Man, it’s been a rough summer. I don’t have to tell you, but: hurricanes, tornadoes, earthquakes, drought, heat, wildfires and so on. I’m waiting for that plague of locusts next, you know?
But it’s not like us to bitch (much) so we thought we’d compile some disaster – natural and otherwise – songs for your Labor Day playlist. There are plenty more elsewhere on this blog, so scroll down and pick ’em up!
MP3: “Cities On Flame With Rock and Roll” by Blue Öyster Cult
MP3: “Black Rain” by Ozzy Osbourne
MP3: “I Feel The Earth Move” by Carole King
MP3: “Fire and Rain” by the Isley Brothers
MP3: “Hotter Than Hell” (live) by KISS
MP3: “Burnin’ For You” by Blue Öyster Cult
MP3: “Behold the Hurricane” by the Horrible Crowes
MP3: “Walking In A Hurricane” by John Fogerty
MP3: “When The Levee Breaks” by Led Zeppelin
MP3: “This Wheel’s On Fire” by the Byrds
MP3: “My City Of Ruins” by Bruce Springsteen
MP3: “Gimme Shelter” by the Rolling Stones
More Disaster Playlists:
Welcome to Hell … or Houston, it’s all the same
Fire, Flooding, Greed and Vengeance
Hurricane Warning: Shelter from the Storm
Homework assignment:
News story from the Associated Press: “An Extreme and Exhausting Year”