Music A Rain Song -- Favorite one? Memorable one? One you like?

[difalcojr]

Here's one on his birthday today:

 

[morrobay]

 

[Hornbein]

How about The Rain Song.

If you can't see it here's the music only.



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[morrobay]

 

[difalcojr]

Cold rain and snow.

 

[DennisN]

Eurythmics, Annie Lennox, Dave Stewart - Here Comes The Rain Again (Remastered)

 

[DennisN]

Another good one:

Garbage - Only Happy When It Rains (Live, Later Jools Holland, a stellar performance IMO)

 

[sandy stone]

I've got a couple...





Both great songs, and as a New Orleans native they also have particular relevance (for different reasons).

 

[phinds]

From "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid":

 

[pinball1970]

Not the best song about rain probably but it is called Rain. B side of paperback writer I think so it's weird there is a video for it. Never seen it till now, man John looks cool as hell. Paul not so much with his chipped tooth!

 

[pinball1970]

THIS is why I love YouTube. Beatles =blocked and 101 other bands, how about a cover with only a few subscribers? She does a great job and even wears the cool 60s glasses.

Edit: Also blocked....I hate yt sometimes.

 

[pinball1970]

Neil Sedaka

 

[pinball1970]

One in million voice, Karen Carpenter

 

[morrobay]

Another good one:

Garbage - Only Happy When It Rains (Live, Later Jools Holland, a stellar performance IMO)

Allright . Where have they been ? Changed my opinion of modern groups !

 

[DennisN]

a few subscribers? She does a great job and even wears the cool 60s glasses.

Darn, they sound almost like a female version of Oasis! Great vocals!
(and Oasis sometimes sounded like a 1990s version of Beatles, some great songs but not as much variety as the Beatles, of course)

 

[marcusl]

I like "The Sky is Crying" by the late great Elmore James

and "Rhythm of the Falling Rain" by the Cascades

 

[JT Smith]

Peter Gabriel - Red Rain

 

[JT Smith]

Joe Satriani - Tears in the Rain

 

[pinball1970]

Darn, they sound almost like a female version of Oasis! Great vocals!
(and Oasis sometimes sounded like a 1990s version of Beatles, some great songs but not as much variety as the Beatles, of course)

It's just one gal Dennis!

 

[Astranut]

Flowers in the Rain, The Move.
This was also the first record played on the then new Radio One on the 30th September 1967. EDIT: Radio 1 is UK Radio

 

[DennisN]

I just remembered this classic:

Singin' in the Rain (Full Song/Dance - '52) - Gene Kelly

 

[pinball1970]

Buddy Holly, Raining in my Heart.

 

[DennisN]

Darn, I like her voice a lot!

 

[morrobay]

Join the Club

 

[robphy]

Queensryche - Another Rainy Night

 

[difalcojr]

Thank you to everyone who post a rain song. I've really enjoyed listening to all of this music. An eclectic mix of sounds. The 2 old Top 40 ones I remember the most too, Dee Clark and Cascades. 2 very memorable movie songs, and a fun variety, slow and fast, happy and sad, and most of which I never have heard until now, both new and old ones. Good going.

 

[difalcojr]

This one has been playing in my mind for a while lately. Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain.

 

[pinball1970]

Deep Purple, "One more Rainy Day" it's when they were finding their feet, are we psychedelic? Rock? Pop?

I like the music but never liked Rod Evens voice, too cabaret.

Paicey is fantastic on the fade out.

 

[pinball1970]

Credence, "Have you Ever seen the rain."

 

[OCR]

. . .



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[difalcojr]

Folk ladies sang about rain. Judy Collins: In the Early Morning Rain. Joni Mitchell: Rainy Night House

 

[pinball1970]

The Cult.

 

[difalcojr]

Always liked that Credence Clearwater one from post above a lot, but not the video interpretation of the lyrics. Oh well. Raining today here lots.

 

[JT Smith]

Love, Reign O'er Me - The Who

 

[DennisN]

The Cult.

I was thinking about posting that song in this thread actually.

The Cult was one of my favorite bands when was younger. I absolutely love the albums "Love", "Electric" and Sonic Temple". And I've seen them live once only, in Copenhagen.

[Off topic]

Two fun clips about The Cult:

The Cult's Billy Duffy on his History with Gretsch | Artist Interview | Gretsch Guitars


Famous Band’s #1 Song DIVIDED Fans SO MUCH a Fan PUNCHED the Singer in the Face! | Professor of Rock


Incredibly enough, the Love album which the song Rain is on, was produced by Wham!s producer Steve Brown (it's described in the video above).

By the way, I've played She Sells Sanctuary live once, actually (I played lead guitar).
It's not particularly difficult, but you got to get the guitar effects right, it's a central part to the guitar in that song. One of the early bands I was in did a gig with only covers, and that was one of the songs.

[/Off topic]

 

[pinball1970]

Cloud busting Kate Bush

 

[pinball1970]

Riders on the Storm, the Doors.

 

[DennisN]

Cloud busting Kate Bush

Riders on the Storm, the Doors.

Two excellent songs.
I liked The Doors but I was not a diehard fan...

...but once I was driving at night in the middle of nowhere, and Riders On The Storm suddenly started playing on the radio... it was the perfect circumstance for hearing the song, and my appreciation for the song was greatly increased after that experience.

 

[strangerep]

Since no one seems to have mentioned it...

Mike Oldfield -- Man in the Rain.

 

[pinball1970]

 

[robphy]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jason_Becker
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perspective_(Jason_Becker_album)

Rain - Jason Becker


(cover by Desafinados) Jason Becker - Rain - Guitar cover

 

[difalcojr]

View attachment 337815Everly Brothers. My very first favorite musicians. "Bye, Bye Love." Age 6. Started a lifetime love of music for me. Such melody and harmony. All their songs were good. And wish I had hair like that.

 

[difalcojr]

 

[difalcojr]

raining today.

 

[phinds]

The Searchers (post #30) do a credible job on "What Have They Done to the Rain" but Joan Baez's version has an ethereal beauty that transcends that and, to my mind, any other rain song I've ever heard.



I heard her sing this, and other of her songs when I was in college in the mid 60's. Her concert was incredible.

 

[strangerep]

[James Taylor, Fire & Rain...]

Ah, that one conjures (good) memories of my senior high school years, during which (among other things) I formed a new friendship that has lasted to this day.

The sad emoticon is because my friend (who I think of as a brother) now has very severe health problems.

 

[strangerep]

["What Have They Done to the Rain" ... Joan Baez]

What have they done, indeed? The heavy violent rain here around Xmas night on the Gold Coast (QLD) was unprecedented, blasting large areas. I heard later there was even a small tornado that passed within a few kms of my place (though I was untouched). That's also unheard-of until now.

 

[phinds]

What have they done, indeed? The heavy violent rain here around Xmas night on the Gold Coast (QLD) was unprecedented, blasting large areas. I heard later there was even a small tornado that passed within a few kms of my place (though I was untouched). That's also unheard-of until now.

You're talking about climate change. She's singing about nuclear fallout. Not quite the same thing.

 

[strangerep]

You're talking about climate change. She's singing about nuclear fallout. Not quite the same thing.

Yes, I know. But it only just occurred to me that the sentiment is applicable to both.

Anyway... the following is not a song about rain as such, but something a tad more uplifting after the rain...

... yet it still induces tears if I'm in a melancholy mood.

 

[robphy]

It's Raining Again - Supertramp (1982)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It's_Raining_Again


Red Rain - Peter Gabriel (1987)
https://petergabriel.com/release/red-rain/
(update: was posted earlier: #17 )


Raining Blood - Slayer (1986)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raining_Blood

Slayer on Jimmy [ Fallon ] - (Jimmy Fallon, Tonight Show, 2017) [ a better, fuller video on Facebook ]
- Kids CRUSH Raining Blood by Slayer / O'Keefe Music Foundation (a very good cover/variation)
- (guitar cover) Mel cover SLAYER - "RAINING BLOOD" [Guitar Cover + TIPS]

Raining Blood - Tori Amos (2001)
https://toriamos.fandom.com/wiki/Raining_Blood