“Don't know why
There's no sun up in the sky
Stormy weather
Since my man and I ain't together
Keeps raining all of the time Oh, yeah
Life is bad
Gloom and misery everywhere
Stormy weather, stormy weather
And I just can get my poor self together
Oh, I'm weary all of the time
The time, so weary all of the time When he went away
The blues walked in and met me
Oh, yeah if he stays away
Old rocking chair's gonna get me
All I do is pray
The Lord will let me
Walk in the sun once more Oh, I can't go on, can't go on, can't go on
Everything I have is gone
Stormy weather, stormy weather
Since my man and I, me and my daddy ain't together
Keeps raining all of the time
Oh, oh, keeps raining all of the time
Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah raining all of the time
Stormy stormy
Stormy weather
Yeah” The Tempest (Derek Jarman, 1979)
Jul
28
Sailors dancing in a room wildly decorated with guirlandes and flowers (via). DP: Peter Middleton.
Local nightlife: people dancing or at a show*
– Elisabeth Welch, Stormy Weather (Harold Arlen & Ted Koehler, 1933)
A radiant Goddess (Elisabeth Welch) performs the torch song Stormy Weather. Enchanted sailors dance.
* the Bales 2025 Film Challenge for July is, for unknown reasons, mostly not date-related and follows some sort of vacation narrative.