… Like the fingers of angels drawing life from the parched ground. 
Rain and music have always felt like a part of the same continuum to me, so maybe that’s why I have linked them so inextricably in my novel. Naturally, my fascination with rain led to a playlist, and to coincide with the wettest month of the year in the midwestern United States, I offer this one.
Lots of variety here, folk, rock, retro, alternative. It seems lots of songwriters share my affinity for stormy weather. Enjoy!
Nice Weather for Ducks |
Lemon Jelly |
Lost Horizons |
Rain In The Summertime |
The Alarm |
Eye of the Hurricane |
Shadows In The Rain |
The Police |
Zenyatta Mondatta |
Fool In The Rain |
Led Zeppelin |
In Through The Out Door |
It Never Rains |
Dire Straits |
Love Over Gold |
Flood |
Jars of Clay |
Jars of Clay |
Tired of the Rain |
Black Stone Cherry |
Black Stone Cherry |
Everyone Thinks I’m a Raincloud (When I’m Not Looking) |
Guided by Voices |
Half Smiles of the
Decomposed |
So. Central Rain (I’m Sorry) |
REM |
Reckoning |
Prayers For Rain |
The Cure |
Disintegration |
Rainy Monday |
Shiny Toy Guns |
We Are Pilots |
Naked Eye |
Luscious Jackson |
Fever In Fever Out |
Let It Rain [Radio Edit] |
4 Strings |
Ultra. Trance 2 |
Purify |
Balligomingo |
Purify Remixes EP |
Reign |
UNKLE & Ian Brown |
Never, Never, Land |
When the Rain Falls (12” Version) |
Mike Monday |
Smorgasbord |
November Rain |
Guns N’Roses |
Use Your Illusion I |
Steel Rain |
Chris Cornell |
Euphoria Morning |
Love, Reign O’er Me |
Pearl Jam |
Love, Reign O’er Me (As featured in the Motion Picture “Reign Over Me”) |
Let It Rain |
Eric Clapton |
Eric Clapton |
Riders On The Storm |
The Doors |
L.A. Woman |
The Rain Song |
Led Zeppelin |
Houses of the Holy |
MLK |
U2 |
The Unforgettable Fire |
Here Comes the Rain Again |
Coury Palermo |
Boxsideout V.I. |
Florida Rain |
Matt Bauer |
The Island Moved In The Storm |
Click here to listen to this playlist on youtube.
What’s your favorite song about precipitation?
No Rain (Blind Melon); and while it actually doesn’t mention weather in the song anywhere, Phil Collins’ ‘In the air tonight’ always puts me in mind of an approaching storm.
Those are great suggestions, and, you’re right, ‘In the Air Tonight’ would fit this list just perfectly!
It’s funny, how once the playlist is done, I always think of that last song or two that I should add. Right now, I’m considering ‘Like A Hurricane.’ I’m a little obsessive like that. 🙂
I’m glad you stopped by!