Vote for your favourite "rain" songs
 

You can choose more than one.

Led Zeppelin - The Rain Song

How can you make this thread and not include

Albert Hammond - It Never Rains In Southern California


Peter Paul & Mary - Early Morning Rain (1966)


R.E.M. - So. Central Rain


edit: since my over-enthusiasm for rain songs has been reproached, I thought I would pare it down to three.

Ummm really, Mr. Heinous Avatar. ^

The correct answer.

This one. This is THE rain song for me.

x2....honestly that has to be one of the most recognized riffs in music

but also....and for me it would beat out Slayer by only an inch

You all suck , Axel Rose is crying somewhere, in the cold november rain.

The first minute of that song is nice.

I hope so. **** Axel Rose.

Thanks, Pet_Sounds - you reminded me of this song, which I haven't heard in years:-



(I voted Beatles, but could've equally gone for Early Morning Rain or Box of Rain too)

I gave The Beatles my vote in the poll but this is my all-time favorite rain song...


Traffic - Rainmaker (Live - 1972)
https://youtu.be/B9iZlw6MllM

Out of this list, by a mile, CCR.

Good one. I love this whole album except for the one hit song - Summer Song.

I don't mind that tune too much. I loved it when it was first released, but it's been played out a bit. The turning point was when a band I opened for (which happens to be a band that my friend Brian from Convoy was in) played it. The female guitar player they had ruined it.

The Eurythmics - Here Comes The Rain Again.

Of the list provided, I'm partial to CCR. But my favorite rain song of all time would have to be "She Gathers Rain" by Collective Soul... The lyrics perfectly reflect what it's like to be a teenager raised in the "Bible belt"... Ed and Dean's own father was a preacher, which highly influenced the restrained-rebellious dichotomy of much of their music.

From the provided list, CCR, both songs.
But if it was a choice I'd side with Chula.

:beer:

Good taste is so hard to find in these parts.

Zeppelin is so tired and played out though.

Ya, I must have heard The Rain Song on the radio, like...... NEVER!

Seriously? I know I've heard it more than a few times.

Seriously though, "Raining Blood" ****s on all of your songs.

You must have been really stoned and imagined it. It came out 42 years ago and I've never heard it played either back east or out here.

I am aware of this.

Good for you. I've heard a few DJ's with Zeppelin boners as large, if not larger, than yours who would throw it on when there was weather in their area from time to time.

The Rain Song used to get air play on WDIZ out of Orlando, Florida back in the 80's and early 90's.

I guess I've just lived in the wrong cities all my life. (Boston, Phoenix, San Diego)

Not wrong, just different.

I would lay money that there are "radio staples" you grew up hearing that never got airplay on some of the other stations around the country.

For instance, I grew up in New Orleans and one of my favorite tunes was "Love is Like Oxygen" by The Sweet.

When I moved to central Florida in the early eighties, I NEVER heard that song even once on the radio. One time about 1987 or so I called to specifically request that tune and the DJ was like "Oh, man I haven't heard that song since I left Seattle back in 1981. I'll see if I can get it on for you". Still didn't get played...


Another great example are the "twofer sets" that get played on Classic Rock stations. Like in Orlando they always played:

Heartbreaker/Livin' Lovin' Maid - Led Zeppelin
Waitin' on the Bus/Jesus Just Left Chicago - ZZ Top
Feeling That Way/Anytime - Journey

Without fail these songs were played together. BUT in other cities they'd have different twofer pairs like:

Bye Bye Love/Moving in Stereo - Cars (on a Tacoma, WASH station)
Silver Wheels/Crazy on You - Heart (from??)
Sailing Shoes/Hey Julia/Sneakin' Sally - Robert Palmer (on a Boston station)

These three pairs were NEVER played on WDIZ. In fact, not song from the Robert Palmer set were even played individually.

Just neat to me how that works.

And now with "I Heart Radio" the major stations all over the country all play the same damn thing. Sad.

Hey, you guys don't get stuck with CanCon.