Mal ,'Shindig'
There's a lady plays her fav'rite records/On the jukebox ev'ry day/All day long she plays the same old songs/And she believes the things that they say/She sings along with all the saddest songs/And she believes the stories are real/She lets the music dictate the way that she feels.
My list isn't nearly as cool as Corwood's, but here goes. All songs except the last one come up when I search under "rain" in my iTunes (along with a couple featuring "train" and "drain"):
"Rain", the Beatles.
"No Rain", Blind Melon.
"Don't Rain on my Parade", Bobby Darin.
"Eastern Rain", Fairport Convention.
"Rain and Snow", the Pentangle.
"Flowers in the Rain", the Move.
"And then the Rain", True West
"Bottom of the Rain", Buffalo Tom
"Hey Mr. Rain", Velvet Underground
"I Love You the Rain", Sleepyhead
"I Wish It Would Rain", Wreckless Eric
"Justify the Rain", Cosmic Rough Riders
"Rain", The Chills
"Rain", Blake Babies
"Raining on TV", Bevis Frond
"South Hampstead Rain", Bevis Frond
"Rainy Day Sun", Spinal Tap
"Ray Ray Rain", Bettie Servert
"Tomorrow Will Bring Rain", Green Pajamas
"Walking in the Rain", Flash and the Pan
and last but not least:
"Chocolate Rain", Tay Zonday
"Chocolate Rain" brings to mind the '90s bubblegum-soul "Candy Rain," though I can't remember who sang it.
And how could we forget "It's Raining Men"?
Hallelujah!
"Chocolate Rain", Tay Zonday
Well, I know what will be in my head for the rest of the day.
Anyone have a digital copy of "Georgy Girl" by the Seekers they could send my way?
Oooh, Randy Newman's "I Think It's Going to Rain Today", which has my vote for possibly most depressing song ever.
Those are great, if a bit wrongheaded sometimes.
My search pulled up:
"The Wind and the Rain," Ben Kingsley (from Twelfth Night)
"The Beauty of the Rain," Dar Williams
"And the Rain Crashed Down," Eddie from Ohio
"North Pacific Rain," "Eddie from Ohio
"Rainy Day," Guster
"Raining All the Time," Kill Hannah
Those are great, if a bit wrongheaded sometimes.
Meh. I resent the implication that just because a song could be used on television, it must be bad.