Totally geeky fun!

And we can’t forget the song about the burning of the Cuyahoga river (an event that helped bring about the Clean Water Act):
‘Burn On’ by Randy Newman.

Here are a bunch of others:

‘I’m Only Happy When it Rains’ by Garbage
‘I Think it’s Gonna Rain Today’ by Randy Newman
‘Goodbye to a River’ by Don Henley
‘I Wish it Would Rain’ The Temptations
‘Walk Between the Raindrops’ by Donald Fagen
‘California Rain’ by Madeleine Peyroux
‘South Central Rain’ and ‘Find the River’ by REM
‘Rains on Me’ by Tom Waits
‘Black River’ by Amos Lee
‘Long and Lazy River’ by Nellie McKay
‘The River’s Rising’ by Joe Cocker
‘This River is Wild’ by The Killers
‘Traveling Riverside Blues’ by Led Zeppelin
‘Ride Across the River’ by Dire Straits
‘Crystal River’ by Mudcrutch
‘Big River’ by Johnny Cash
‘Jump in the River’ by Sinead O’Conner
‘Watershed’ by the Indigo Girls
and the traditional folk song ‘The Water is Wide’
(I like the James Taylor or Karls Bonoff versions)

And on fluvial geomorphology:
Castles Made of Sand – Jimi Hendrix

Beyond the Sea – Bobby Darin

Red Sails in the Sunset – Nat King Cole

City of New Orleans – Arlo Guthrie and others

Singin’ in the Rain – Debbie Reynolds did in the ’50’s movie of the same name

Mississippi Mud – Bing Crosby

Victory at Sea – Music by Richard Rodgers for a TV series of the same name in the ’50’s

Roll on Columbia – The Weavers

Down by the Riverside – so old I don’t know who did it.

Also Julie London did an incredible version of “Cry Me a River”

One of my favorites of all time:

“Cryin’” by Rob Orbison

“Blue Bayou” also by Roy Orbison

Who could forget “Rainy Days and Monday’s” by The Carpenters I was crazy about Karen.

“Raindrops Keep Fallin’ on My Head” – B. J. Thomas

Finally:

“Cry” by Johnny Ray

My husband actually suggested “Riders on the Storm,” but I thought it might be too metaphorical. I stand corrected.

He also suggested the Van Morrison tune, “And It Stoned Me.”