I hope everyone is having a safe Hurricane Sandy. I am in Framingham MA having moved away from my residence on Wingaersheek Beach in Gloucester MA. Because I live 100 steps from the ocean, I thought it was a good idea to move away from the storming ocean for a few days.I've seen a lot of Sandy here - increasing winds, downed branches & trees, closed roads.... In other words, I was driving near the time when it was stupid to be driving (very few were on the road but I wreak of confidence!). We had a blackout, I readied myself for that, and then an hour later, the lights went on. Very nice. Lots of limes and cachaca, a perfect muddler, Tupperware shaker. Yes, all that. Many have it much worse.I'm having all kinds of computer & telecomm problems between the new cord for the new iPhone 5, its $29 adaptor, the failed adaptor in my car, the fact that Jupiter rotates in the wrong direction, etc. AT & T makes life difficult for my iPad use as these scoundrels insist on the identification of where I have "service," where I am billed, whether I am Michael, E. Michael or Edward Michael and which of my addresses (two in MA, one in NJ and one in TN) I use. I can't keep this stuff straight! I keep writing more and more complex melodies o be used as passwords. In addition to that, I'm supposed to know where I live? Send help. I can't do the mundane : )I was living in New Jersey for the last big hurricane - Irene (2011) - to hit the Northeast. In preparation for that disaster, I thought it would be a good idea to put together a set list of songs about big winds. All of the songs from my Big Wind set list were in my iMac. I also wanted to feature songs from many styles, and some non-obvious wind songs. (I omitted The Association's "Windy," for example.)So, here is my 2011 set list reprinted here for your meteorological and emotional comfort. May you have as many smiles with these songs as did I.Annuit Coeptis
Friday, August 26, 2011Pompton Lakes, New Jersey - a day before Hurricane Irene arrivesIn honor of The Big Wind (and Rain), I thought I’d compile some of my favorite songs about wind into a set list. These songs are carefully arranged by my mood - what I want to hear and what feels right following each song. The styles often don’t flow according to those who restrict themselves to a single style or two. But I restrict myself to music and sound that I can perceive - I love as many varieties of music as I do varieties of food, people and geography.Here goes:1. Florida Hurricane - St. Louis Jimmy2. The Wayward Wind - I have & love 3 versions - Neil Young, Gogi Grant & Patsy Cline3. Let The Wind Blow - The Beach Boys4. Parry The Wind High, Low - Frank Black5. Like A Hurricane - Neil Young6. I Hear The Wind Blow - They Might Be Giants7. The Eye Of The Hurricane - Herbie Hancock8. In The Wind - Johnny A.9. March Winds Goin’ To Blow My Blues Away - Carter Family10. A Pillow Of Winds - Pink Floyd11. Summer Wind - Frank Sinatra12. Summer Wind - Desert Rose Band13. Hurricane - Bob Dylan14. Hurricane Eye - Paul Simon15. Hickory Wind - The Byrds (BR5-49 version is also great)16. Smoke In The Wind - Walela17. Inherit The Wind - Elvis Presley18. Trade Winds - Frank Sinatra19. Blowin’ In The Wind - Bob Dylan20. Little Wind - Geri Allen21. Night Wind - Benny Goodman22. I Talk To The Wind - King Crimson23. (I’m Not) A Candle In The Wind - Tammy Wynette24. Temple Of The Winds - Bill Bruford’s Earthworks25. Prairie Wind - Neil Young26. Idiot Wind - Bob Dylan27. Ill Wind - Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong28. That Ol’ Wind - Garth Brooks29. Listening Wind - Talkin Heads30. Santa Ana Winds - The Beach Boys31. Teenage Wind - Frank Zappa32. Tahmizyan: A Cool Wind Is Blowing - Kronos Quartet33. Third Wind - Pat Metheny34. Twistin’ In The Wind - David Byrne35. Aprilwind - Pat Metheny36. Blow Wind Blow - Dr. John37. Blow Wind Blow - Muddy Waters38. Catch The Wind - Donovan39. Cast Your Pod To The Wind - They Might Be Giants40. Dust In The Wind - Kansas41. Easy Wind - Grateful Dead - (God bless Pig Pen!)42. My Oklahoma Home (It Blowed Away) - Sis Cunningham43. G-Spot Tornado - Frank Zappa44. Any Way The Wind Blows - Frank Zappa & The Mothers Of Invention45. Blow Away - George Harrison46. Four Strong Winds - Neil Young47. Gone With The Wind - Sun Ra48. Shelter In The Rain - Stevie Wonder49. Blowing Down That Old Dusty Wind - Woody Guthrie50. A Mighty Wind - the last song from “A Mighty Wind”Please feel free to add your storms, Norm.
I hope everyone is having a safe Hurricane Sandy. I am in Framingham MA having moved away from my residence on Wingaersheek Beach in Gloucester MA. Because I live 100 steps from the ocean, I thought it was a good idea to move away from the storming ocean for a few days.I've seen a lot of Sandy here - increasing winds, downed branches & trees, closed roads.... In other words, I was driving near the time when it was stupid to be driving (very few were on the road but I wreak of confidence!). We had a blackout, I readied myself for that, and then an hour later, the lights went on. Very nice. Lots of limes and cachaca, a perfect muddler, Tupperware shaker. Yes, all that. Many have it much worse.I'm having all kinds of computer & telecomm problems between the new cord for the new iPhone 5, its $29 adaptor, the failed adaptor in my car, the fact that Jupiter rotates in the wrong direction, etc. AT & T makes life difficult for my iPad use as these scoundrels insist on the identification of where I have "service," where I am billed, whether I am Michael, E. Michael or Edward Michael and which of my addresses (two in MA, one in NJ and one in TN) I use. I can't keep this stuff straight! I keep writing more and more complex melodies o be used as passwords. In addition to that, I'm supposed to know where I live? Send help. I can't do the mundane : )I was living in New Jersey for the last big hurricane - Irene (2011) - to hit the Northeast. In preparation for that disaster, I thought it would be a good idea to put together a set list of songs about big winds. All of the songs from my Big Wind set list were in my iMac. I also wanted to feature songs from many styles, and some non-obvious wind songs. (I omitted The Association's "Windy," for example.)So, here is my 2011 set list reprinted here for your meteorological and emotional comfort. May you have as many smiles with these songs as did I.Annuit Coeptis