Here Comes the Rain, Again!

Here in NYC, it’s been raining, and raining. So, in honor of all the water that keeps falling from the sky, let’s enjoy some “rain” songs.

“Here Comes The Rain Again” – Eurythmics

“Rain King” – Counting Crows

“Rain” The Beatles

“It’s Raining Again” – Supertramp

“The Rain Song” – Led Zeppelin

“Rhythm of the Falling Rain” – The Cascades

“Purple Rain” – Prince

“Blame It On The Rain” – Milli Vanilli

“A Hard Rain’s Gonna Fall” – Bob Dylan

“Have You Ever Seen the Rain?” – Creedence Clearwater Revival

And my favorite rain song: “November Rain” – Guns N’ Roses

On the sunny side, we have Blind Melon singing “No Rain” and George Harrison telling us it’s alright with “Here Comes The Sun.”

In Tribute: George Harrison

Today, Feb. 25, 2009, would’ve been George Harrison’s 66th birthday. He was the lead guitarist of The Beatles and crafted some of the group’s songs, including While My Guitar Gently Weeps, the love song Something, the psychedelic Blue Jay Way, Within You Without You (no other Beatle performs on this song; George plays the sitar), and the gem Here’s Comes The Sun.

His solo work showed off his song writing skills and his stellar guitar talent. His triple album masterpiece All Things Must Pass includes such hits as My Sweet Lord, If Not For You, What Is Life, Isn’t It A Pity, and the title track.

Other notable songs from his solo catalog include All Those Years Ago (dedicated to Lennon after his murder), Give Me Love, When We Was Fab, I Got My Mind Set On You.

His posthumously-released album Brainwashed and his work as part of the supergroup The Traveling Wilburys are highly recommended as well.