Rain, rain, rain records
无毛视频淪unshine, blue skies 无毛视频� please go away. My girl has found another and gone away.无毛视频�
I first heard those words in 1967, when those Motown legends 无毛视频� The Temptations 无毛视频� convinced a record-buying public that they 无毛视频淲ish(ed) it would rain.无毛视频�
To understand The Temptations无毛视频� dilemma, you had to imagine a fellow so overcome by the loss of his girlfriend, his grief made it impossible for him to go outside in public unless rain could mask his tears.
无毛视频淲ith her went my future. My life is filled with gloom. So, day after day, I stay locked up in my room,无毛视频� they confessed.
(Where am I going with this? Heck. I don无毛视频檛 know. But please keep reading.)
As we listened to that catchy late-1960s tune, it became obvious that The Temptations either needed some form of professional help, or they were also going to have a hit on their hands.
无毛视频淚 know to you it might sound strange, but I wish it would rain,无毛视频� they proclaimed.
Falling rain was their refuge.
Rain has always been a convenient songwriting device.
Take the R&B group, The Dramatics.
Five years after the Temptations expressed their need to employ rain as a disguise, so did the Dramatics, with their tune, 无毛视频�(I Wanna Go Outside) In the Rain.无毛视频�
They weren无毛视频檛 shy about stealing The Temptations无毛视频� theme.
They even added the sounds of ominous-sounding thunder in the background, to accentuate the fact that, as they sang, 无毛视频淥nce the rain starts falling 无毛视频� on my face 无毛视频� you won无毛视频檛 see a single trace, of the tears,无毛视频� they were crying.
Rain, rain, rain.
B.J. Thomas wanted us to know that 无毛视频淩aindrops keep falling on (his) head.无毛视频�
Ray Charles was going to love somebody, 无毛视频淐ome Rain or Come Shine.无毛视频�
In 1971, Richard and Karen Carpenter weren无毛视频檛 very happy because 无毛视频淩ainy Days and Mondays无毛视频� were always getting them down.
When I undertook my (not really) extensive research for this column, I was struck by all of the websites that list music using rain as part of their theme.
I found sites that list the top 20, 25, 27, and 30 best songs about rain.
Each of them uses subjective analysis. One site may consider Gene Kelly无毛视频檚 无毛视频淪ingin无毛视频� in the Rain无毛视频� as the top rain-oriented song. Another site might not even list it on theirs.
I found one site that lists 无毛视频�154 Songs About Rain to Soothe the Soul.无毛视频�
James Taylor无毛视频檚 haunting Fire and Rain is listed as No. 23 on that site. But I无毛视频檓 not sure it无毛视频檚 very 无毛视频渟oothing,无毛视频� since it无毛视频檚 about a friend of his who committed suicide and about Taylor无毛视频檚 own fight with heroin addiction.
It is, though, part of Mr. Taylor无毛视频檚 greatest hits. Sweet Baby James has had a lot of those.
Rain, rain, rain.
Does anybody know exactly what Prince (the artist who would become the artist formerly known as Prince, before he was 无毛视频� oh, never mind) meant with his tune, 无毛视频淧urple Rain?无毛视频�
Not many people seem to know exactly what purple rain or that song means. Although, for me, it无毛视频檚 got quite a thoroughly infectious quality.
So does the song 无毛视频淢acArthur Park,无毛视频� which has been sung by several popular singers. But it was considered to be a big hit when actor-turned-singer Richard Harris released it in 1968.
I found one website that questions whether 无毛视频淢acArthur Park, And A Cake out in the Rain, is the worst lyrics. Ever.无毛视频�
Well, you be the judge.
无毛视频淪omeone left the cake out in the rain. I don无毛视频檛 think that I can take it 无毛视频檆ause it took so long to bake it.无毛视频�
I don无毛视频檛 know if it无毛视频檚 the worst lyrics. But it may be the worst use of rain in any song ever written.
Albert Hammond lied when he sang that 无毛视频淚t Never Rains in Southern California无毛视频� in 1972.
I无毛视频檝e lived in Southern California twice. I can assure you it does rain out there.
I have to wonder why Hammond, who hails from London, England, is so worried about rain, anyway.
Peabo Bryson asked, 无毛视频淐an You Stop the Rain无毛视频�?
Yep!
I can.
Right here.
Edward A. Owens is a multi-Emmy Award winner, former reporter, and anchor for Entertainment Tonight, and 50-year TV news and newspaper veteran. E-mail him at freedoms@bellatlantic.net.