Man, what a storm! The howling wind woke me up at 5 o'clock this morning, and then I couldn't go back to sleep. So, maybe because I still had Merry Clayton's gale of a voice in mind, I made a list of songs that fit the scene. Nothing else to do today but watch the videos. Certainly, no one should go outside.

A declaration of "holy shit!" seems to be the standard response to this. And I agree. Listen to this vocals-only track of the Rolling Stones song "Gimme Shelter." Listen to the part that comes around 2 minutes and 50 seconds in, when back-up singer Merry Clayton is singing. Is the hair on your arms standing up? No? Then you don't have hair on your arms. Or arms. (In which case, sorry. This is not so funny.) The Dangerous Minds website has put up all the instrumental component tracks that went into making the song. And, again, holy shit. It's awesome.

And tempting fodder, I imagine, for some [...]