Songs about disasters

[cemaphonic]

Don't think we've done this theme yet, and I just heard Tom Rush's excellent cover of "Wasn't That a Mighty Storm," a song about the 1900 Galveston Hurricane, written by the intriguingly named Sin-Killer Griffin.

Then there's Blind Willie Johnson's song about the Titanic, "God Moves on the Water."

What other songs do you all like about disasters?

[CBGLuthier]

1. Gavin Bryars: The Sinking of the Titanic

Perhaps not to everyone's taste, but I love it.

[cemaphonic]

3. Oh yeah, haven't listened to Gavin Bryars in years

I suppose "Nearer My God to Thee" would qualify, since it is so closely identified with the Titanic.

[Arugula Latte]

30. Another Titanic song (It Was Sad When That Great Ship Went Down)

[mrmpa]

2. Gordon Lightfoot..The Wreck of the Edmond Fitzgerald

[Out of Time Man]

8. You beat me to it!

This track was the first one I thought of when I read the OP...I'll settle for another song about the Titanic, probably my favorite one on the subject...

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[elleng]

12. Beat ME to it, too!

[cemaphonic]

16. Surely the all-time champ of the genre.

[Paper Roses]

22. My first thought. Take a quick listen.

Great song:

[lastlib]

41. We could also add his song "Ballad of Yarmouth Castle".

(don't have time to look for a video, sorry.....)

[Doc_Technical]

4. Deportee (plane wreck at los gatos)

[petronius]

5. Just coming to post that!

[GreydeeThos]

6. 30000 pounds of bananas

[hobbit709]

7. The original When The Levee Breaks

[cemaphonic]

18. Always love that ragtime guitar sound.

Dylan did a version of this that is pretty close to the original.

[Number9Dream]

9. Would the Kent State shootings qualify as a disaster?

Four killed, nine wounded. Ohio by CSNY:

The Vietnam War was a disaster. Many songs about it.

[kentauros]

10. The Flu Pandemic Song by The Flying Fish Sailors

TFFS are some friends of mine that have this great folk band. Hopefully, y'all will like their song here

[femmocrat]

13. "Landslide" and "Blown Away" (Two of my favorite country songs):

[malthaussen]

40. Didn't know the Dixie Chicks covered "Landslide" n/t

[benld74]

14. Does Jumpin Jack Flash count?,,,,,,

I was born in a cross-fire hurricane
And I howled at my ma in the driving rain

[ghostsinthemachine]

15. String Cheese Incident: 100 Year Flood

Jonestown food I think.

[cemaphonic]

17. Drive-By Truckers - Tornadoes

Can't believe I forgot to put this one in the OP. Small scale, but personal and emotional.

[LynneSin]

19. Not about any disaster in particular but still relevant when you think about Katrina

And I always love an excuse to post a Led Zeppelin song

[cemaphonic]

23. Have you seen this one yet?

[clarice]

20. American Pie...Don Mcclean...actually about the Buddy Holly plane crash. nt

[clarice]

21. Texas Flood....SRV. nt

[Lizzie Poppet]

24. Rasputina--My Little Shirtwaist Fire

[mikita]

25. Thresher Submarine Disaster -- 1963

Hauntingly beautiful account:

[cemaphonic]

31. Do you have any recommendations for Shovels & Rope?

I've liked a lot of what I've heard of them on the radio, but haven't really looked into them very much.

Nice song.

[mikita]

42. have you seen this?

Here's a video of a 3-song show they did for NPR Tiny Desk Concert. I first saw them in person in Asheville -- they put on an awesome live performance if you ever get a chance to catch them.

[Tikki]

26. About the mining and all...

Tikki

[PufPuf23]

27. The Great Canyon Fire in General -Spirit

Song about the Canyon

Spirit - 07 - Topanga Windows

Song about the Fire

Spirit - 10 - The Great Canyon Fire In General

[catbyte]

28. "It's the End of the World". R.E.M.; "Eve of Destruction", Barry McGuire

[Arugula Latte]

29. Do riots count? Sublime's song about the '92 LA riots:

[bluedigger]

32. Kepone Factory

[SwankyXomb]

33. How high's the water, John?

[rurallib]

34. Joan Baez - "the Night They Drove Old Dixie Down"

[Mendocino]

35. Anna Lee

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[GoCubsGo]

36. Louisiana 1927, Randy Newman.

[Xipe Totec]

37. THE CHIEFTAINS - March to the battle

[lame54]

38. The biggest disaster of all...

[malthaussen]

39. New York Mining Disaster, 1941

(Worth it just to see the BeeGees in Mod phase)

-- Mal

[Donkees]

43. My City of Ruins

[discntnt_irny_srcsm]

44. The disaster that never ends

Not sure if this fits but here:

[jmowreader]

45. Smoke on the Water - Deep Purple

[cemaphonic]

46. Oh yeah, good one.

Surprised it didn't show up before now.