Maybe this is just a form of catharsis - forgive me if it sounds crass.

I keep hearing songs, or finding myself singing songs, and realizing how much they apply to the current situation. So I'm thinking of burning a CD, but I'd like some other thoughts. Here's what I have now:

Here Comes The Flood - Peter Gabriel (from Shaking The Tree)
Broken Hearted - Eric Clapton (from Pilgrim, although the version he and John Mayer played on CNN a few days ago would be preferable)
Take Me To The Mardi-Gras - Paul Simon (from Here Comes Rhymin' Simon)
You Will Be Moved - Mavis Staples (from The Voice)
Deep Water - Seal (from Seal 1991)
Drowning Man - U2 (from War)
Bridge Over Troubled Waters - Simon & Garfunkel (from BOTW)
S.S.T. - Prince (from NPGMC)

Any other thoughts? (And, in case you think this is somehow a substitute for donating, I have already given more than I can really afford, but I trust that my finances will all work out).

booyah said:

I've been thinking about this too. Last December would surely need to be on there!

Pandora's Aquarium - Tori Amos

Michael Jackson - They Don't Really Care About Us

lilgish said:

Ouch. Good one.

and dream of sheep - kate bush
when the levee breaks - led zeppelin
crescent city - lucinda williams

those pop into mind right now... i'll have to think about it, i'm sure there are alot of good ones.

Rock You Like A Hurricane By The Scorpions

I haven't heard some of these tracks, but I have a feeling they're not all entirely serious. I'm hoping this can stay a respectful thread, and not just a list of songs mentioning hurricanes or floods.

"And Dream of Sheep"
(Hounds of Love)
Written by Kate Bush


Little light shining,
Little light will guide them to me.
My face is all lit up,
My face is all lit up.
If they find me racing white horses,
They'll not take me for a buoy.


Let me be weak,
Let me sleep
And dream of sheep.


"Attention shipping information in sea areas...Bell Rock, Tiree,
Cromaty, gale east...Malin, Sellafield..."

"Come here with me now."
Oh, I'll wake up
To any sound of engines,
Ev'ry gull a seeking craft.
I can't keep my eyes open--
Wish I had my radio.


I tune in to some friendly voices
Talking 'bout stupid things.
I can't be left to my imagination.


Let me be weak,
Let me sleep
And dream of sheep.


Ooh, their breath is warm
And they smell like sleep,
And they say they take me home.
Like poppies heavy with seed
They take me deeper and deeper.

Anything by Katrina & The Waves

"New Orleans is Sinking" - Tragically Hip
"Respect The Wind" - Eddie & Alex Van Halen




[Edited 9/7/05 14:12pm]

R.E.M - The Final Straw

As I raise my head to broadcast my objection
As your latest triumph draws the final straw
Who died and lifted you up to perfection?
And what silenced me is written into law.

I can't believe where circumstance has thrown me
And I turn my head away
If I look I'm not sure that I could face you.
Not again. Not today. Not today.

If hatred makes a play on me tomorrow
And forgiveness takes a back seat to revenge
There's a hurt down deep that has not been corrected
There's a voice in me that says you will not win.

And if I ignore the voice inside,
Raise a half glass to my home.
But it's there that I am most afraid,
And forgetting doesn't hold.

It doesn't hold. Now I don't believe and I never did
That two wrongs make a right.
If the world were filled with the likes of you
Then I'm putting up a fight. Putting up a fight.
Putting up a fight. Make it right. Make it right.

Now love cannot be called into question.
Forgiveness is the only hope I hold.
And love... love will be my strongest weapon.
I do believe that I am not alone.

For this fear will not destroy me.
And the tears that have been shed
It's knowing now where I am weakest
And the voice in my head. In my head.

Then I raise my voice up higher
And I look you in the eye
And I offer love with one condition.
With conviction, tell me why.
Tell me why.
Tell me why.
Look me in the eye.
Tell me why.



[Edited 9/7/05 14:18pm]

Ellie said:

That's so bad.

louisiana 1927 by randy newman

What has happened down here is the wind have changed
Clouds roll in from the north and it started to rain
Rained real hard and rained for a real long time
Six feet of water in the streets of Evangeline

The river rose all day
The river rose all night
Some people got lost in the flood
Some people got away alright
The river have busted through cleard down to Plaquemines
Six feet of water in the streets of Evangeline
CHORUS
Louisiana, Louisiana
They're tyrin' to wash us away
They're tryin' to wash us away
Louisiana, Louisiana
They're tryin' to wash us away
They're tryin' to wash us away

President Coolidge came down in a railroad train
With a little fat man with a note-pad in his hand
The President say, "Little fat man isn't it a shame what the river has
done
To this poor crackers land."
CHORUS

Ellie said:

Oh my god, I was going to say that but I was afraid of being politically incorrect. Good one though!