The Jimi Hendrix Experience—Still Raining, Still Dreaming
Reveling in wah-wah excess, this track features some of Hendrix's most audacious guitar playing.
Despite the fact that its subject is not an actual hurricane, but rather boxer Rubin "Hurricane" Carter, this song is indispensible for a hurricane playlist if only for its name. Dylan's poignant political message gives the song its heft.
Beethoven—Symphony No. 6 (Fourth Movement)
One of the greatest examples of program music, Beethoven's Pastoral Symphony includes this striking evocation of a storm, which should fit nicely with any ill-fated ventures to and from the Quad.
Bruce Springsteen—4th of July, Asbury Park (Sandy)
Though perhaps the most dubious entry in the playlist—the lyrics make no reference to a storm of any kind—this entry from the Boss is apt in light of how much of New Jersey is probably already underwater.
Adele's new single is meant for the upcoming James Bond film, but it fits the present meteorological situation perhaps even better. Her lyrics come on a little dramatically—"For this is the end / I've drowned and dreamt this moment," she intones—but her soulful voice is worth the listen.