Tuesday, July 03, 2007

Hurricane Katrina-Inspired Songs

I was driving to work this morning when the song "Dollar Days" by Mos Def came on. This song starts with Mos telling a story about some rescue workers a few days after the storm, find this old lady wading through the flooded streets. By this time, they weren't expecting to find any survivors, so they were surprised to see this lady alive. They approached her and said something to the affect of, "How did you survive? Where have you been?" and her response was, "Where have I been? Where have YOU been?"

So that got me thinking about the songs that have been created in response to that mess. I've heard a few but i want to get a collection together and make a top 5 list later in August, around the time we'll be hearing from the mainstream media just how great everything has become over the last 2 years.

Here is a link to some more tunes.

The one's i like so far are definitely Wide Awake - Audioslave and Dollar Days - Mos Def.

What are your favorites?

Reminds me of the Hurrican Katrina mix i made in 2005 shortly after the storm:
1. Led Zeppelin - When the Levee breaks
2. Bob Dylan - Hurricane
3. REO Speedwagon - Riding the Storm Out
4. Journey - Wheel in the Sky
5. REM - New Orleans Instrumental No. 1
6. Credence Clearwater Revival - Who'll Stop the Rain?
7. The Doors - House of the Rising Sun
8. Dispatch - Water Stop
9. Johnny Cash - Bridge over Troubled Water
10. Blindside - Eye of the Storm
11. Bob Dylan - Blowin in the Wind
12. The Scorpions - Rock You Like a Hurricane

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