It’s drizzling here in Southern California, and in light of the fact that this is probably the last rain we’ll see for the next six months or more, I thought today’s Request Line would feature songs about rain. What’s that, Knowshon? You don’t like songs about rain? They make you sad? Aw, poor widdle baby! You gonna cry about it? Wait, no, stop! I was only kidding, I…[is swept away by a flash flood]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DED812HKWyM
I guess I pull out the minimalism. Steve Reich-It’s Gonna Rain, Parts I and II
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vugqRAX7xQE
Didn’t see it on my quick glance through, but I looooove this song:
Rise Against – Historia Calamitatum
My embed no longer works? THIS IS MADNESS!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x__QzJDSrlI
It’s been wonky for me too.
AC/DC – Stormy May Day
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r2sdBfld45g
Billy Talent – Rusted From the Rain
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RAOnUF8t20w
And also I got another post with multiple throwback jewels (giggity) in moderation, so how ’bout you higher ups get on the stick…sheeeesh?
😉
Admittedly, I have yet to read back thru the entirety of this thread, but I’m gonna presume none of these have yet been posted. If they have been, then I just gained increased reverence for one or more of you.
Ella Fitzgerald and the Inkspots – Into Each Life Some Rain Must Fall
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4uGxAjNJXk
Buddy Holly – Raining in my Heart
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WNf7Y7Z5Jq8
Bob Dylan – A Hard Rain’s a-gonna Fall
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NGJFxpTOE2Y
Joni Mitchell – Rainy Night House
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9I7mV2FpLI
White Strips, “Red Rain” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KoPevTpoiYo
Grateful Dead, “Weather Report Suite” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IN6mjNMNytY
Willie Nelson, “Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JA644rSZX1A
Scorpions, “Rock You Like a Hurricane” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6yP1tcy9a10
Metallica “Ride the Lightning” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uebInqG1pJI
Lionel Richie – You Are The Sun, You Are The Rain
https://youtu.be/sWGV3diJuNc
50 Cent – When It Rains It Pours
https://youtu.be/GHkwCNzs-ww
According to Albert Hammond, It Never Rains in California so I don’t know what this [makes quotation marks with fingers] Rikki-Tikki-Deadly is talking about-if that is his real name.
https://youtu.be/-pyC7WnvLT4
Red Rain Peter Gabriel-
https://youtu.be/u6BesY5Doec
Raekwon – Rainy Dayz
https://youtu.be/qQA4XKdxAPg
The 5th Dimension – Rainmaker
https://youtu.be/SbyhvxPYUUg
Dio – Rainbow In The Dark
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qcWKZTI9OC4&nohtml5=False
This is a great choice !
Fuck it: Eddie Santiago – Lluvia
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=77voGMwjsfY
The 80s fashion more than makes up for it.
Alice In Chains – Rain When I Die
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qR0K0mmm6R4&nohtml5=False
The Alarm-Rain in the Summertime-
https://youtu.be/cbIlR2fFXM8
Rusted Root – Rain
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7Bw40MsjF4
Cloudbusting by Kate Bush-
https://youtu.be/GQ4DeDIh5c0
Red Hot Chili Peppers – The Adventures of Rain Dance Maggie
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U0g0u0drxDs
The White Stripes – 300 mph Torrential Outpour Blues
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=mcog70xgyAw
The Beatles – Rain
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=jTxlDC93mXs