Top 10 Songs for a Rainy Ass Day
April 14th, 2009 by Leilani Polk in News, Top-10It’s been raining all day, even before I woke up, making the already problematic feat of getting out of bed doubly difficult. The gray weather is making my brain cloudy and I’m having a hard time focusing on anything other than the soothing pitter-patter of drops on the Creative Loafing office’s metal roof. (If it was raining harder, it’d be near impossible for me to even think.)
Anyway, here’s a list of my top 10 personal favorite songs about rain. I know there are plenty I left out, but there are so many goddamn songs about rain. Makes a person wonder how many songs there are about the sun.
1. “Rain Song,” Led Zeppelin, Houses of the Holy, 1973
2. “Here Comes the Rain Again,” The Eurythmics, Touch, 1984
3. “Why Does It Always Rain on Me?” Travis, The Man Who, 1999
4. “Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head,” written by Burt Bacharach for Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, 1969
5. “Dry the Rain,” The Beta Band, The Three EPs, 1998
6. “November Rain,” Guns n’ Roses, Use Your Illusion I, 1992
7. “Only Happy When It Rains,” Garbage, Garbage, 1995
8. “The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly),” by Missy Elliot, Supa Dupa Fly, 1997
9. “Box of Rain,” The Grateful Dead, American Beauty, 1970
10. “Love, Reign o’er Me,” The Who, Quadrophenia, 1973
April 14th, 2009 at 4:49 pm
Rain, the Cult
Have you ever seen the rain, CCR
April 14th, 2009 at 6:48 pm
Send Down the Rain by M. Fashek, my favorite….I think this is the album version, circa 1986
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwoOzGqjxDI
April 14th, 2009 at 9:19 pm
Rainy Day Woman #12 &35
I know it’s overdone, but it’s about getting stoned! You know, like the Apostle Stephen.
April 15th, 2009 at 6:08 pm
Hey Leilani, this is a really great top ten list. Sweet November Rain is one of my favorite song of all time, Long Live GNR. I would also add Purple Rain by Prince, the movie is pretty killer too. You can post this to our site http://www.toptentopten.com/ and then link back to your site. The coolest feature is you can let other people vote on the rankings of your list.
July 29th, 2009 at 3:01 pm
Hell yeah martin, you’re totally right “Have you ever seen the rain” by CCR is sooooooo awesome! But also quite depressive…