OT: Songs About Water in any Form - Rain, Ice, Snow, Fog, T- Storms, the Sea, etc.

[Scud49]

Randy Newman - "Sail Away":

 

[Scud49]

Randy Newman, Ry Cooder, and Linda Ronstadt - "Rider in the Rain":

 

[Scud49]

CCR - "Born on The Bayou:

 

[Hoops66]

Ian & Sylvia - Early Morning Rain:

Thanks for posting this. I still have this album and with "Four Strong Winds" it's one of my favorite folk albums and songs. I remember seeing them at the Newport Folk Festival in 1963, and they were riveting. If wind was water I would have posted "Four Strong Winds"!

 

[nwhoopfan]

 

[nwhoopfan]

 

[Centerstream]

 

[Centerstream]

 

[Scud49]

CS&N - "Wooden Ships":

 

[Scud49]

Pat Boone - "Moody River":

 

[Jackcatscal]

CS&N - "Wooden Ships":

I like the Jefferson Airplane version as well. The creaking at the beginning of the song is, I'm told, the sound of David Crosby's sailboat. And Grace Slick's soaring soprano is stupendous.

Jefferson Airplane - Wooden Ships

Title: Wooden ShipsAlbum: VolunteersTrack No: 6Written By: Paul Kantner, David Crosby, Stephen StillsMarty Balin - Lead VocalsGrace Slick - Lead VocalsJorma ...

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[Jackcatscal]

Deep Purple: Smoke on the Water

I've heard this called the first heavy metal song. The bass work is indeed fine.

 

[Scud49]

I like the Jefferson Airplane version as well. The creaking at the beginning of the song is, I'm told, the sound of David Crosby's sailboat. And Grace Slick's soaring soprano is stupendous.

Yes, likewise, I'm always torn between the two. As I recall, the Airplane's Paul Kantner was a co writer of the song along with the CSN guys.

 

[mjm88]

 

[Bigboote]

(trio version of Let's make the water turn black)

That's really cool! Of course, as with many Zappa songs, the lyrics are a large part of it:

 

[Bigboote]

Leaves' Eyes did a lot of Viking-inspired songs. This one is called Meredead, which means something like killed by the sea in old English. It's written in old English, too.

 

[Bigboote]

Don't tell anyone from Virginia, but the river in the traditional version of Shenandoah is the Missouri. Here's a tearjerker version from Connie Dover. If anyone knows what Connie's up to these days, I'd love to hear; haven't heard anything about her in several years.

 

[Woof 101]

A little post Memorial Day Tribute ditty here. Thank you to veterans of all services. This for some family and friends who served on the seas.

 

[nwhoopfan]

I've heard this called the first heavy metal song.

I'm sure this is a source of raging debates. I think Black Sabbath beat them to producing something that could be called heavy metal. Just doing a little googling, I see The Beatles, The Who and Led Zeppelin also mentioned. I've also seen it argued that certain classical music pieces were pretty much "metal," they just didn't have electric guitars yet. Fun topic.

 

[Jackcatscal]

I'm sure this is a source of raging debates. I think Black Sabbath beat them to producing something that could be called heavy metal. Just doing a little googling, I see The Beatles, The Who and Led Zeppelin also mentioned. I've also seen it argued that certain classical music pieces were pretty much "metal," they just didn't have electric guitars yet. Fun topic.

Stravinsky, Rite of Spring.

 

[nwhoopfan]

Stravinsky, Rite of Spring.

Mussorgsky, Baba Yaga

Holst, Mars, Bringer of War (also wouldn't be Star Wars and probably many, many other movie soundtracks without this one)

Grieg, In the Hall of the Mountain King



That's just a few, probably many more good examples. I've heard a bunch of classical pieces played on electric guitar and it always sounds really, really good.

 

[TerpWomenFan]

 

[TerpWomenFan]

 

[TerpWomenFan]

 

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