Herbie Hancock – “The Eye of the Hurricane” The storm’s getting heavy now! This Philadelphia-based band narrates the damage done: “First came a strong wind, ripping off rooftops like bottlecaps / And bending lampposts to the ground / Then came a thunder shattering my windows.” Yikes! This schizophrenic DJ Krush track, with its minor-key synth pattern, shrill strings, and eerily melodic piano line, evokes the impending doom. Not long after the rain begins, the sky gets dark and the storm clouds appear. “And it rained all night and then all day / The drops were the size of your hands and face… It’s relentless…” The precipitation’s presence means the storm is near. The persistent, staccato groove bolstering this song sounds like the tapping of rain upon a window. But now I am a man / And I need a place to hide.” Lesson: don’t play in the storm! “I never thought to worry if the water rose too high / That all the seeds we planted would get washed out with the tide. What he used to perceive as innocent and pleasurable has now become dangerous. This Alison Krauss and Union Station song talks about how the speaker’s perception of storms has changed from when he was a younger man. “Oh, a storm is threat’ning / My very life today / If I don’t get some shelter / Oh yeah, I’m gonna fade away.”Īlison Krauss and Union Station – “No Place to Hide” The war (and the storm) are only a shot away. This classic Stones tracks depicts the menace of the coming chaos. Now that you know the storm is coming, the next step is to seek shelter immediately. Thus, I present my selections for such occasions, most effective when played in order accompanying the trek of the meteorological activity.ĭylan’s idiosyncratic political prophesy about dangers to come perfectly encapsulates the mood upon hearing the tornado sirens go off, the warnings on the radio, or the distant rumble of prescient thunder (“I heard the sound of a thunder that roared out a warning”). So, if we are going to learn to grin and bear this enhanced, prolonged stormy activity, we need an equally stormy playlist to accompany the thunderstorms, tornadoes, hurricanes, and whatever other maladies Mother Nature might throw our way during this summer season. And, of course, we’re only halfway through the year.
The Weather Channel recently reported that the 2011 tornado numbers are 106 percent above average.
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