Monday, 2 September 2013

My Top Ten Hurricane Songs


Hold onto your hats... there's ten hurricanes coming.


10. Catherine Feeny - Hurricane Glass

Much consternation on youtube over the way Catherine treats her guitars in this video. I'm amazed people have the time.

9. Athlete - Hurricane

Impending doom for the Athlete lads as a hurricane threatens to strip them of all they hold dear.

8. Florence & The Machine - Hurricane Drunk

In which Florence gets self-destructive... she's gonna drink herself to death.

7. Black Kids - Hurricane Jane
It's Friday night and I ain't got nobody.
Oh, what's the use of making a bed?
Slovenly.

6. Alice Cooper - Hurricane Years

Mr. Cooper: legend.

5. The Hold Steady - Hurricane J

Jessie's like a hurricane... but Craig might not be the one to save her from herself.
I know you're gonna say what I know you're gonna say
I know you'll look at the ground, I know you'll probably cry
You're a beautiful girl and you're a pretty good waitress
But Jessie, I don't think I'm the guy
4. The Auteurs - Johnny & The Hurricanes

Luke Haines' tribute to forgotten fifties rock 'n' rollers, gets extra points for mentioning Spider-Man in the lyrics.

3. The Horrible Crowes - Behold The Hurricane

Gaslight Anthem mainman Brian Fallon's side-project, this was the Horrible Crowes' debut single, and it may well be the best thing they've done. From an album called Elsie, so extra points for that.

2. Bob Dylan - Hurricane
Here comes the story of the Hurricane
The man the authorities came to blame
For something that he never done
Put in a prison cell but one time he could-a been
The champion of the world.
At 8 minutes 36 in length, Bob beats our Number One today by just 13 seconds. It's a wonderfully noirish, novelistic piece of storytelling... yet not quite strong enough to knock this one off the top spot...

1. Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Like A Hurricane

The trick of making an epic 8 minute plus rock song is to make it still seem too short.
I want to love you but
I'm getting blown away.



So... which hurricane blows you away?
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10 comments:

  1. Martin2 September 2013 at 12:06

    Let me be the first to suggest Jumpin' Jack Flash, since he was "born in a crossfire hurricane", after all...

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  2. Deano2 September 2013 at 12:12

    possibly my favourite Dylan song..love it.

    But I don't have any other suggestions...

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    1. Rol2 September 2013 at 20:56

      That's OK, Deano, I'll allow you the day off.

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  3. Nota Bene2 September 2013 at 13:11

    Honourable mention to Hurricane Smith, and a nod to another Smith...Patti for Pumping 'And free the hurricane'

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    1. Rol2 September 2013 at 20:58

      Wasn't familiar with that Patti Smith song, but I love it now - thanks.

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  4. Steve2 September 2013 at 17:07

    "The Word Hurricane" - Air.

    Other than that all I could think of was Earth, Wind & Fire.

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    1. Rol2 September 2013 at 20:58

      And, amazingly, he resists the fart gag.

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    2. Steve2 September 2013 at 21:23

      Fart gag?

      Wouldn't it technically be a bung? Or a stopper?

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    3. Rol2 September 2013 at 21:55

      I tried not to think about it in that much detail.

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