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According
to Dvorak, "Mozart was 'sunshine'". And when you listen
it is easy to see why.
But
the influence of weather on music is much more direct than that.
Without the vagaries of the European climate would Vivaldi have
composed the Four Seasons?
Here
are the songs and artists who made up the Top Five that featured
in the A to Z on Points West:
1.
Travis - Why does it always rain on me?
2. Crowded House - (always take the) weather with you.
3. The Beatles - Here comes the sun
4. Ella Fitzgerald - Stormy weather
5. Burt Bacharach - Raindrops keep falling on my head
Personal
favourites of mine which did not make the list include:
Joy
Division - Atmosphere
R.E.M. -I'll take the rain
Garbage - I’m only happy when it rains
David Bowie - Wild is the wind
Pearl Jam - Hail, hail
Zowie - Sunshine on a rainy day
Bob Dylan - A hard rain’s gonna fall
Finally,
one I am definitely not so keen on:
B*witched - Blame it on the weatherman.
by
Richard Angwin
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