Last Saturday night, party animals that we are, some friends and I went on Rhapsody and searched for pop songs that mention "hurricanes." Sweet Jesus, there were a lot of them. And a large percentage used "eye of a hurricane" as a bad love metaphor. So we were inspired to make a hurricane music soundtrack, which we'll be playing today at my D.C.-based party for Storm World. For pop culture mavens (like Sheril), here are the songs, beginning with the classic "The Hurricane" by Bob Dylan--which, of course, isn't really about a hurricane, and which is the best song of the bunch IMHO. After the jump, I've included some lyrical selections, chosen mostly for their incredible badness:
Hurricane, Bob Dylan (And She Said) Take Me Now, Justin Timberlake Eye Of The Hurricane, Blue Oyster Cult Hurricane, Joan Osborne Hurricane Eye, Paul Simon One Of The Survivors, The Kinks Hurricane, Bette ...
