Scoring the Storm
Monday, August 29, 2011
This weekend, as the Eastern Seaboard braced for Hurricane Irene, one Brooklyn singer-songwriter thought he might sing the storm to sleep. The Reverend John DeLore dusted off Leadbelly's classic "Goodnight, Irene," gave it a New York spin - and invited 19 friends to join in. We'll hear the resulting lullaby to the lashing wind and rain - and we'll open the phones to hear how you scored the storm.
Listeners: What role did music play during your weekend while you waited out Hurricane Irene? Let us know.
Comments [16]
What a phenomenal production. Excellent.
Loved it!
For me, having no electricity meant no radio for a long time. (I did spend some time playing the piano…) So riding around in my car made me so happy 'cause I could listen to music again!
I only heard this 2nd hand, but Friday night at a major Upper West Side synagogue, the closing hymn was sung to the tune of "Goodnight, Irene." (For those who know the songs, the rabbi's preference is apparently "Adon Olam," not "Yigdal," but either could fit the tune!)
LOVE John DeLore's hurricane compilation of "Goodnight Irene".
Thankyou, thankyou.
Am I the only person who finds this segment wholly gimmicky and annoying?
Great music and art usually comes after the creator gains a little perspective or does some rumination over an event that had great impact on her/him. Why must we be subjected to music that was written in an afternoon by people with no actual deep-rooted experience of an event? It's wholly surface, and taking advantage of the worst aspects of the Internet. Pass!
The Color Guard's dark-pop ditty "In A Hurricane":
http://suziblade.com/thecolorguard/hidden.html
I was catching up on cooking shows: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eovuIfeH2k4
Thanks, Vegan Black Metal Chef for the episode of "Cooking with Seitan"
There is nothing more awesome than listening to the Doors' "Riders on the Storm" on your porch in 60 mph winds.
I listened to the Carter Family
Cyclone of Rye Cove
-really good storytelling
This is corny. All these songs are corny. And do any of these people realize the hurricane wasn't only in New York?
In the Middle of a Hurricane
http://www.reverbnation.com/play_now/song_1856724
Played the Kinks' "Lost and Found" on accoustic for my girlfriend while the power was out.
No need to change the lyrics on that one.
A friend of ours actually started a Hurricane Irene room on turntable.fm—all storm/rain/hurricane/end-of-the-world themed songs. Good times. Good times.
Saturday night as the storm was raging I had a sudden urge to listen to Leonard Cohen! His deep, mournful voice and apocalyptic songs like "The Future" and "Waiting for the Miracle" were just perfect.
Click on "Hurricane's Eye" here. I uploaded it while we were in Irene's eye yesterday:
http://www.reverbnation.com/lauriespiegel
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