can't get this song out of my head since Katrina

[helderheid]

If it keeps on rainin’, levee’s goin’ to break,
If it keeps on rainin’, levee’s goin’ to break,
When the levee breaks I’ll have no place to stay.
Mean old levee taught me to weep and moan,
Lord, mean old levee taught me to weep and moan,
Got what it takes to make a mountain man leave his home,
Oh, well, oh, well, oh, well.
Don’t it make you feel bad
When you’re tryin’ to find your way home,
You don’t know which way to go?
If you’re goin’ down south
They go no work to do,
If you don’t know about chicago.
Cryin’ won’t help you, prayin’ won’t do you no good,
Now, cryin’ won’t help you, prayin’ won’t do you no good,
When the levee breaks, mama, you got to move.
All last night sat on the levee and moaned,
All last night sat on the levee and moaned,
Thinkin’ ’bout me baby and my happy home.
Going, go’n’ to chicago,
Go’n’ to chicago,
Sorry but I can’t take you.
Going down, going down now, going down.

-Led Zepplin

[me b zola]

1. I have never heard that song, but the lyrics are hauntingly perfect

The song that I can't get out of my head is "Do you know what it means to miss New Orleans" as sung by Louis Armstrong.

[helderheid]

2. Oh yes... so sad

[hamerfan]

3. Lyrics author is...

From Wikipedia:

"When the Levee Breaks" is a blues song written and first recorded by husband and wife Kansas Joe McCoy and Memphis Minnie in 1929. The song is based on the Great Mississippi Flood of 1927.

It was famously re-worked by Led Zeppelin as the last song on their fourth album. The lyrics in Led Zeppelin's song were based on the original recording by Kansas Joe McCoy and Memphis Minnie, which Robert Plant had in his personal collection.

[helderheid]

4. I was JUST about to post this! I just found the originals :) Thanks

http://www.publicdomain4u.com/html/kansas_joe.htm

http://www.mp3.com/tracks/1503905/dl_streams.html

[helderheid]

5. led zepplin link

http://www.mp3-center.org/mp3/9613864/Led%20Zeppelin/When%20the%20Levee%20Breaks

[helderheid]

7. direct link to mp3

http://courtneyrau.audioblog.com/download/cb9cd1ee-6687-5af6-8a0d-c94d930e82a4.mp3

[wovenpaint]

6. Me too!!

I think I even refered to that song in a reply to another post along the way, after the levees broke in NO.....
:hi:

[helderheid]

9. I'm surprised they didn't use it for Bill Maher or Jon Stewart or AAR

[merh]

8. ~~

:cry:

[spuddonna]

10. I've had "Five Feet High And Rising?" by Johnny Cash stuck in my head...

My mama always taught me that good things come from adversity if we put our faith in the Lord.
We couldn't see much good in the flood waters when they
were causing us to have to leave home,
But when the water went down, we found that it had washed a load of rich black bottom dirt across our land. The following year we had the best cotton crop we'd ever had.

I remember hearing:

How high's the water, mama?
Two feet high and risin'
How high's the water, papa?
Two feet high and risin'

We can make it to the road in a homemade boat
That's the only thing we got left that'll float
It's already over all the wheat and the oats,
Two feet high and risin'

How high's the water, mama?
Three feet high and risin'
How high's the water, papa?
Three feet high and risin'

Well, the hives are gone,
I've lost my bees
The chickens are sleepin'
In the willow trees
Cow's in water up past her knees,
Three feet high and risin'

How high's the water, mama?
Four feet high and risin'
How high's the water, papa?
Four feet high and risin'

Hey, come look through the window pane,
The bus is comin', gonna take us to the train
Looks like we'll be blessed with a little more rain,
4 feet high and risin'

How high's the water, mama?
Five feet high and risin'
How high's the water, papa?
Five feet high and risin'

Well, the rails are washed out north of town
We gotta head for higher ground
We can't come back till the water comes down,
Five feet high and risin'

Well, it's five feet high and risin'
:(

[KharmaTrain]

11. Written About The 1927 Flood

One that was eerily similar to this one...thousands of blacks ended up drowned and/or stranded in Mississippi...and almost destroyed New Orleans (we left that to meeester boosh to do).

Other flood tunes:

Before The Deluge - Jackson Browne
The River's Rising - Edgar Winter Group
The River's Gonna Rise - David & David
Louisiana, 1927 - Randy Newman
A Hard Rain's Gonna Fall - Bob Dylan

and I'm sure many other DU'ers can add their suggestions.

At least it wasn't Katria & The Waves.

[we can do it]

12. Thanks - I finally got it out of my head....

....now its back again, Cant' Get It Outta My Head........;-)

[Secular Agent Man]

13. Check this one out by John Fogerty (from 1986):

Change In The Weather

Aaah!
CHORUS:
Change in the weather, change in the weather,
Somethin's happenin' here.
Change in the weather, change in the weather,
People walkin' round in fear.

Uh huh, you better duck and run,
Get under cover 'cause the change has come.
Storm warning, and it looks like rain,
Be nothin' left after the hurricane.
This here's a jungle, ain't no lie,
Look at the people, terror in their eyes.
Bad business comin', can't be denied,
They're running with the dogs, afraid to die.

CHORUS

Uh huh, you best believe it's true,
The levee's busted, badness comin' through.
Oh no, there ain't no place to hide,
Reach out and pluck you, take you for a ride.
Sea of frustration, take everything in sight,
Won't be no blessing if we make it through the night.
Down on your knees, go ahead and pray,
But every demon has to have his day.

CHORUS

Well! Oh, God!

High noon, I can't believe my eyes,
Wind is ragin', there's a fire in the sky.
Ground shakin', everything comin' loose,
Run like a coward but it ain't no use.
Edge of the river, it's an ugly scene,
People gettin' pushed, people gettin' mean.
The change is comin' and it's gettin' late,
Ain't no survivin', and there ain't no escape.

CHORUS
Oh!
CHORUS
Well! Oh, no!

[sniffa]

14. the other day on the radio they pLayed

'rock you Like a hurricane'

after the initiaL, "yeah! this brings us way back" we thought, hmmm, too soon.

the next song after was, 'refugee'

somehow, i doubt it was a coincidence.