Rain songs...

[robeiae]

Rain. It's a great theme for a song, no? So many great songs incorporate it; many use it as a principal theme and even in their title.

Why is that? What about this mundane, everyday occurence makes it such a great theme for great songs?

What are your favorite rain songs?

[PattiTheWicked]

Other: Rain, beautiful Rain, by Ladysmith Black Mombazo

[poetinahat]

How can one vote against "Singin' in the Rain" -- especially having seen the film?

Zeppelin's "Rain Song" must rate a podium position, even though I don't recall it being much about rain.

I'd tack on "Rain" by Tones On Tail (Bauhaus spin-off), recognising that it's somewhat obscure. But it does sound very dank, drippy and moist.

[robeiae]

Zeppelin's "Rain Song" is hard to go past, even though I don't recall it being much about rain.

I'd tack on "Rain" by Tones On Tail (Bauhaus spin-off), recognising that it's somewhat obscure. But it does sound very dank, drippy and moist.Feel free to tack on anything you so desire, Supra Moderatus...

[poetinahat]

Poor word choice on my part, O Whiggly one. I meant in no way to impugn your wide-ranging and comprehensive selection.

[RLB]

What about-

Kathy's Song
Paul Simon, 1965

I hear the drizzle of the rain
Like a memory it falls
Soft and warm continuing
Tapping on my roof and walls

And from the shelter of my mind
Through the window of my eyes
I gaze beyond the rain-drenched streets
To England where my heart lies

My mind's distracted and diffused
My thoughts are many miles away
They lie with you when you're alseep
And kiss you when you start your day

And a song I was writing is left undone
I don't know why I spend my time
Writing songs I can't believe
With words that tear and strain to rhyme

And so you see I have come to doubt
All that I once held as true
I stand alone without beliefs
The only truth I know is you

And as I watch the drops of rain
Weave their weary paths and die
I know that I am like the rain
There but for the grace of you go I

(I also love the eva cassidy remake)

[robeiae]

Poor word choice on my part, O Whiggly one. I meant in no way to impugn your wide-ranging and comprehensive selection.
No, no. I'm not complaining or being snappy. I'm saying that you can add to the poll, if you want to. I'm happy for there to be more choices and I don't suffer from poll-envy. :D

[rugcat]

Rain. The Beatles.

[Devil Ledbetter]

Prayers for Rain - The Cure Disintegration.

you fracture me
your hands on me
a touch so plain
so stale it kills
you strangle me
entangle me
in hopelessness and
prayers for rain

[Perks]

Not necessarily my favorite, but the first thing that came to mind was Here Comes The Rain Again, by The Eurythmics

[rugcat]

I Wish It Would Rain. The Temptations.

[TrainofThought]

“Rain, Rain, Go Away, Come Back Another Day”

[Silver King]

The Doors' Riders on the Storm, equipped with thunder and rain effects.

[Patricia]

Other: Who'll Stop the Rain? Creedence Clearwater

[Gozzy]

Two tracks from Electric Ladyland (Jimi Hendrix Experience), Rainy Day, Dream Away and Stll Raining, Still Dreaming.

"Lay back and groove on a rainy day."

Beautiful music for the rainy season here.

[cletus]

Acid Rain by Liquid Tension Experiment - From one of my "writing music" CDs.

Raining Blood by Slayer and Euope After the Rain by Kreator - Two for those that like their rain heavy.

I Love a Rainy Night by Eddie Rabbit - Sorry, forgot this was meant to be for favourite rain song.

Love Reign O'er Me by The Who - It might be "Reign" in the title and the chorus, but throughout the verses there is a lot of "rain". And it's a great song.

[III]

Acid Rain by Liquid Tension Experiment - From one of my "writing music" CDs.


I gotta rep you for bringing up LTE, Cletus. How about Phil Collins I Wish It Would Rain Down? (I can't believe I beat Chunky C to a Phil Collins reference!)

[Silver King]

Ooo, I thought of another: Peter Gabriel's Red Rain.

[aadams73]

*humph* Where is "Come Rain or Come Shine"?

[billythrilly7th]

Rainy Night in Soho by the Pogues.

Brilliant.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=eLffHEzfqac&mode=related&search=

And Rainy Days and Mondays obviously should have been in the poll.

[My-Immortal]

"Rain Forever" Track 5 of The Crow movie soundtrack.
"Tracking the Prey" Track 7 of The Crow movie soundtrack - includes the in-movie song "It Can't Rain All the Time".

[ChunkyC]

The Who: Love Reign O'er Me from Quadrophenia. First lines are "Only love can make it rain"

The Guess Who: Rain Dance

[CATastrophe]

Raining in Baltimore - Counting Crows

[robeiae]

Why is that? What about this mundane, everyday occurence makes it such a great theme for great songs?Thanks for all the answers to my other questions, guys.

*sigh*



;)

[ChunkyC]

Why? Dunno. :D

Maybe because sadness, next to love, is one of the most powerful emotions and rain seems to evoke that?

[Ol' Fashioned Girl]

Kentucky Rain, Elvis.

'Cause rain reminds us of tears? 'Cause it comes from dark skies? 'Cause it ties in so well with the moods that cause tears?

[TrainofThought]

Kentucky Rain, Elvis.

'Cause rain reminds us of tears? 'Cause it comes from dark skies? 'Cause it ties in so well with the moods that cause tears?NO, NO! Rain is sexy. I love having my windows open, a breeze whishing through as the showerhead of thunder and lightning turn on to shower the earth.

[RLB]

Rain comes in so many varieties: stormy, tempestuous, soft, steady, sideways, soothing, lonesome, spitting, refreshing...

There's good song material/emotion in all those.

[Nolita]

Yeah I'm a dork but...

Couldn't Stand The Weather has these lyrics:

Runnin' through this business of life,
rarely time if I'm needed to
Ain't so funny when things ain't feelin' right,
then daddy's hand helps to see me through
Sweet as sugar love won't wash away,
rain or shine, it always here to stay
All these years you and I've spent together,
all this, we just couldn't stand the weather

Like a train that stops at every station,
we all deal with trials and tribulations
Fear hangs the fellow that ties up his years,
entangled in yellow and cries all his tears
Changes come before we can grow,
learn to see them before we're too old
Don't just take me for tryin' to be heavy,
understand, it's time to get ready for the storm

Me Likey so what?

[Nolita]

Hate me if you must but Rainy Days and Mondays deserves some recognition...

I can't help it. I always did like the Carpenters, even the Muzak versions of their songs always got to me.

[Rainy Night]

Got to admit this thread hits kind of close to home.:Guitar:

[Mud Dauber]

How about Rain King, by the Counting Crows?

[poetinahat]

It's Raining Men... Hallelujah!

Why rain? Rain's a versatile metaphor. Depression, sadness, excess, relief, inevitability, comfort -- it can symbolise a lot of different things. So it's handy. It's universal: everyone knows rain. And it's evocative: rain and rainy weather make people feel - wet, cold, cool, clean, refreshed, slaked.

And it looks cool in videos.

[Shadow_Ferret]

Other: Rain by Uriah Heep.

[Unique]

Kentucky Rain, Elvis.

'Cause rain reminds us of tears? 'Cause it comes from dark skies? 'Cause it ties in so well with the moods that cause tears?

Yes. Even tho ...

Yes. where was I

Check it out. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qpdasTDx99s)

[Magdalen]

Rainy Day Women #12 & 35. Okay so it isn't about rain. Here I'll tell you a little story to make up for it.

Eight years after she'd begun to show symtoms, five years after she no longer recognized me, I was visiting my Mom at the Alzheimer's nursing home where she lived. I would bring cherry tootsie-pops (first soaking them in a cup of water to get the flavor going) for her to enjoy, but I couldn't let her bite the chewy center, because she might have choked on the tootsie roll part. It was a cloudy day but I pushed her (in her) wheelchair outside anyway, for a bit of fresh air. The disease was quite advanced (she died less than two years after this episode) and while she could still speak, it was limited to "yes" and "no" and "thank you". As we sat beneath a tree, a rain drop fell on her cheek. "Rain!" she said and she smiled. I just about jumped for joy. She was more or less oblivious to her surroundings otherwise, but damnit, she still knew a raindrop when she felt one!

In better days, long ago days, she would sit in the car when a rainstorm came, to better hear the patter of the raindrops on the roof. She loved the rain. Her favorite Rain Song was "Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head"

[Lady Esther]

Other:

the first song I thought of was "Can You Stand the Rain" by Boyz II Men.

[jonereb]

Fire & Rain -- James Taylor

Just yesterday morning, they let me know you were gone.
Suzanne, the plans they made put an end to you.
I walked out this morning and I wrote down this song,
I just can't remember who to send it to.

I've seen fire and I've seen rain.
I've seen sunny days that I thought would never end.
I've seen lonely times when I could not find a friend.
But I always thought I'd see you again.

Won't you look down upon me Jesus,
You've got to help me make a stand.
You've just got to see me through another day.
My body's aching and my time is at hand.
And I won't make it any other way.

I've seen fire and I've seen rain.
I've seen sunny days that I thought would never end.
I've seen lonely times when I could not find a friend.
But I always thought I'd see you again.

Now I'm walking my mind to an easier time,
My back turned to the sun.
Lord knows when the cold wind blows
It'll turn your head around.
There's hours of time on the telephone line,
To talk about things to come.
Sweet dreams and flying machines in pieces on the ground.

I've seen fire and I've seen rain.
I've seen sunny days that I thought would never end.
I've seen lonely times when I could not find a friend.
But I always thought I'd see you again.

[Unique]

it feels like it's raining ...


All over the world. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zqoyhra8X0A)

But who did the original?

I don't remember (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kt5BOpn-0b4) ..... ... . ...

[jonereb]

it feels like it's raining ...


All over the world. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zqoyhra8X0A)

But who did the original?

I don't remember (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kt5BOpn-0b4) ..... ... . ...

Brook Benton?

[maestrowork]

This is all over YouTube and the Internet:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EwTZ2xpQwpA

[Writer2011]

The Rain Songby Led Zeppelin is one of my favorites songs EVER...Although, Rain by the Beatles is another favorite of mine...November Rain--it's a good song, but a bit, well kind of boring to me..yeah I like listening to it, but well you know.