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re: Songs that are about or could be about disasters
Posted on 1/9/25 at 7:12 am to contraryman
Posted on 1/9/25 at 7:12 am to contraryman
"Tear Stained Eye" by Son Volt is about the 1993 Mississippi River Basin flood that wiped out St. Genevieve, MO
Walking down Main Street getting to know the concrete
Looking for a purpose from a neon sign
I would meet you anywhere, western sun meets the air
We'll hit the road, never looking behind
Can you deny, there's nothing greater
Nothing more than the traveling hands of time?
Sainte Genevieve can hold back the water
But saints don't bother with a tear stained eye
Seeing traces of the scars that came before
Hitting the pavement still asking for more
When the hours don't move along, worn out wood and familiar songs
To hear your voice is not enough, it's more than a shame
Can you deny, there's nothing greater
Nothing more than the traveling hands of time?
Sainte Genevieve can hold back the water
But saints don't bother with a tear stained eye
Like the man said, rode hard and put away wet
Throw away the bad news, and put it to rest
If learning is living, and the truth is a state of mind
You'll find it's better at the end of the line
Can you deny, there's nothing greater
Nothing more than the traveling hands of time?
Sainte Genevieve can hold back the water
But saints don't bother with a tear stained eye
Sainte Genevieve can hold back the water
But saints don't bother with a tear stained eye
Walking down Main Street getting to know the concrete
Looking for a purpose from a neon sign
I would meet you anywhere, western sun meets the air
We'll hit the road, never looking behind
Can you deny, there's nothing greater
Nothing more than the traveling hands of time?
Sainte Genevieve can hold back the water
But saints don't bother with a tear stained eye
Seeing traces of the scars that came before
Hitting the pavement still asking for more
When the hours don't move along, worn out wood and familiar songs
To hear your voice is not enough, it's more than a shame
Can you deny, there's nothing greater
Nothing more than the traveling hands of time?
Sainte Genevieve can hold back the water
But saints don't bother with a tear stained eye
Like the man said, rode hard and put away wet
Throw away the bad news, and put it to rest
If learning is living, and the truth is a state of mind
You'll find it's better at the end of the line
Can you deny, there's nothing greater
Nothing more than the traveling hands of time?
Sainte Genevieve can hold back the water
But saints don't bother with a tear stained eye
Sainte Genevieve can hold back the water
But saints don't bother with a tear stained eye
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Posted on 1/9/25 at 7:17 am to contraryman
Beatles “Fixing a Hole” for a disaster in the making.
“I’m fixing a hole where the rain gets in”
“I’m fixing a hole where the rain gets in”
Posted on 1/9/25 at 8:35 am to yallgood
Posted on 1/9/25 at 9:59 am to rileytiger
Posted on 1/9/25 at 11:19 am to TommyCheeseballs
this is a long song 18+ minutes, but worth the time
Posted on 1/9/25 at 11:46 am to contraryman
Not a natural disaster, and someone nobody on here has ever heard of...but I've always liked "Waiting on the Water" by PL Parke. It's about the people in the Tennessee Valley waiting on their family farm to flood after a TVA dam was completed.
Posted on 1/9/25 at 11:52 am to Legba007
Posted on 1/9/25 at 11:52 am to Big Scrub TX
Posted on 1/9/25 at 12:51 pm to contraryman
NY song was based on the Aberfan, Wales disaster. NY is a disaster for a lot of other reasons.
Posted on 1/9/25 at 6:09 pm to madmaxvol
quote:
"Tear Stained Eye" by Son Volt is about the 1993 Mississippi River Basin flood that wiped out St. Genevieve, MO
Tear Stained was the first song I thought of...but I'll continue the Farrar/Tweedy theme:
This post was edited on 1/9/25 at 6:17 pm
Posted on 1/9/25 at 6:13 pm to Grifola
the quintessential song about a west coast apocalypse:
Posted on 1/9/25 at 6:17 pm to Grifola
Posted on 1/10/25 at 11:14 am to fontell
My all-time favorite song about a disaster:
Posted on 1/10/25 at 12:29 pm to contraryman
"Prayers by the window all through the night
Keepin' the vigil till the morning light
Walk out in the sunshine, glad to be alive
Hugging each other with our eyes on the sky"
Glad you and your family made it through the night, Tony Joe!
This post was edited on 1/10/25 at 12:30 pm
Posted on 1/10/25 at 2:38 pm to contraryman
We Lost the Sea - Challenger: Part 1 - Flight, Part - A Swan Song
Posted on 1/11/25 at 1:10 pm to Galactic Inquisitor
Before the Deluge-Jackson Browne
After the Flood-Lone Justice
After the Flood-Lone Justice
Posted on 1/11/25 at 2:24 pm to 88Wildcat
Inspired by the band hearing about the Chernobyl disaster on the radio and then the DJ going straight in to some pop tune...
"hang the DJ"
"hang the DJ"
Posted on 1/11/25 at 2:29 pm to TFTC
Posted on 1/11/25 at 3:24 pm to contraryman
Covered by Led Zeppelin
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