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The Beatles — Rain

 (1966)
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Lazarus
(Bethany)
Posted: Mar 09, 2013 - 08:48
 
 big stud Romeo Tuma wrote:


This poem uses elemental imagery to describe how "it's just a state of mind" that really matters— the attitude with which you see things that you cannot affect, like the weather, is what really counts for your good state of mind...  and the music rocks...  this may be my number one favorite song of all time...  it is a contender for sure...

"Rain" was first released in June, 1966, as the B-side of "Paperback Writer", which is another contender for my all-time fave... I think that is the best 45 ever released...
 

Love this song...
 

dew34
(Wisconsin-quite woodsy)
Posted: Dec 15, 2012 - 15:18
 
It's rained all day today and the woods here are soggy!     {#Hungry}

kojiroh
(Istanbul, Turkey)
Posted: Nov 14, 2012 - 06:24
 
Why haven't I ever heard this one before!?

(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: Oct 13, 2012 - 22:04
 


THIS SONG IS SOOOO GOOD IT MAKES US TEAR OUR CLOTHES OFF AND DANCE!!!!

Thank you, John Lennon...  miss you...
 

Proclivities
(Carrboro, NC)
Posted: Sep 12, 2012 - 08:53
 
 kcar wrote:

Well...not quite live on Sullivan, if you're referring to this . Those songs were definitely pre-recorded. Pretty fun, though. Didn't know that Paul had chipped his tooth...

 
Yes, by then they were not doing very many live performances, and the Sullivan Show had fewer and fewer rock acts performing 'live' by that time.  The Beatles simply submitted the films to the network.

bushrat
(Chainsaw Ridge)
Posted: Jul 11, 2012 - 10:30
 
This is my favourite Beatles song as well.

Transports me straight back to the 70's listening to my brother's record collection {#Yes} 

Horsechestnut
(UK)
Posted: Apr 08, 2012 - 05:52
 
This is my favourite Beatles single track - flipside of 'Paperback Writer' if my memory is correct from buying the single as a teenager when it was first released. Paul's great base playing and Ringo's great drumming.

icemang
(Boston & DC, mostly)
Posted: Apr 07, 2012 - 05:47
 
All Paul's base are belong to us?

cybrbug
(Appleton, WI)
Posted: Mar 06, 2012 - 13:24
 
I don't know what it is about this song... I loved it the minute it came out. Maybe it's Paul's Base. or John's Vocals... It just has always been my #1 Beatle song from the begining... Thanks for playing...

(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: Mar 06, 2012 - 13:22
 
 rdo wrote:


I concur.  This is my favorite Beatles song, and one of my favorite songs of all.
 
Yes, this song is incredible...  love it...
 

lemmoth
(NYC)
Posted: Mar 06, 2012 - 13:16
 
They were not the only band experimenting with the recording studio in 1966 but.......they were the only one that was already the most popular band on the planet when they started doing so.  They opened up the doors to so many.

rdo
(DC)
Posted: Mar 06, 2012 - 13:15
 
 romeotuma wrote:


This poem uses elemental imagery to describe how "it's just a state of mind" that really matters— the attitude with which you see things that you cannot affect, like the weather, is what really counts for your good state of mind...  and the music rocks...  this may be my number one favorite song of all time...  it is a contender for sure...

"Rain" was first released in June, 1966, as the B-side of "Paperback Writer", which is another contender for my all-time fave... I think that is the best 45 ever released...

 

I concur.  This is my favorite Beatles song, and one of my favorite songs of all.

linden
(Santa Cruz, CA)
Posted: Mar 06, 2012 - 13:14
 
 crnkan wrote:

Paul and Ringo are great on this song!

 
Yes, one of Ringo's best bits here.

(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: Feb 03, 2012 - 20:40
 


Absolutely profound elemental imagery—  this song is one of the best of all time... great lyrics; great music...

we miss you, John...

 

kcar
Posted: Jan 03, 2012 - 01:54
 
 rpdevotee wrote:
This was the first use of backwards music by the Beatles and began the trend of unconventional music.  They performed this song on the Ed Sullivan Show.

Amazing!
 
 
Well...not quite live on Sullivan, if you're referring to this . Those songs were definitely pre-recorded. Pretty fun, though. Didn't know that Paul had chipped his tooth...


(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: Oct 31, 2011 - 17:00
 

Everybody in my hotel room loves this song...
 

bachbeet
Posted: Oct 31, 2011 - 16:56
 
I guess I'm in a minority here.  This is not one of my faves of theirs.  I still like it.  Just not as much as many here.

(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: Sep 29, 2011 - 23:26
 

This is one of the best songs in all infinity...  love it!!!!

TheMagus
(Memento mori UK)
Posted: Aug 29, 2011 - 14:04
 
 They were and are without equal...... all the more amazing as a humble b side to Paperback Writer.

cohifi
(Denver)
Posted: Jun 27, 2011 - 18:41
 
 xtalman wrote:
We finally got some this weekend!!!!!!!{#Dancingbanana}
 
how many is that ?


(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: Jun 27, 2011 - 18:36
 


love it...



rpdevotee
Posted: May 27, 2011 - 03:14
 
This was the first use of backwards music by the Beatles and began the trend of unconventional music.  They performed this song on the Ed Sullivan Show.

Amazing!
 

(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: Apr 25, 2011 - 13:34
 


This could be the second best song recorded in the history of humanity...  the only song that is better is Imagine...

this song relies on the elemental imagery of true poetry... and it rocks...  love it...

 


xtalman
(What dimension?)
Posted: Apr 25, 2011 - 13:33
 
We finally got some this weekend!!!!!!!{#Dancingbanana}

gabrielle7nt
(Palo Alto)
Posted: Apr 25, 2011 - 13:32
 

My favorite Beatles tune.



loeleh
Posted: Jan 21, 2011 - 07:15
 
The sound is special indeed because the tapes were actually played a bit faster than normal while recording. Played at normal speeds this is what made this special 'sloopy' sound, it's what you hear with the bass and drums. So even the bass was being played faster (and higher)


Proclivities
(Carrboro, NC)
Posted: Jan 21, 2011 - 07:06
 
 AphidA wrote:
play this, i'm only sleeping, tomorrow never knows, and all the other psychedelic beatles tunes on an endless loop and it'd make a fairly decent radio station.
 
I assume you are engaging in hyperbole.  As great as this, and those other songs are - hearing them once a day is more than enough.


jimbaca
(Albuquerque)
Posted: Jan 21, 2011 - 07:03
 
Love the "lead'' bass guitar!


shutter
(You can't get here from there)
Posted: Jan 21, 2011 - 07:02
 
 peter_james_bond wrote:
Found it!

11 Button
 
Oh, man, thanks!  11 it is!


sirdroseph
(Yes)
Posted: Jan 21, 2011 - 07:02
 
Hey, this bands pretty good.

(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: Dec 20, 2010 - 21:47
 
 tulfan wrote:
Perfection
 

Yes, this is one of my all-time favorite songs...  it rocks, and it is soooo profound...  love it love it love it...



martinc
(Ottawa Canada)
Posted: Nov 19, 2010 - 04:19
 
Watch the 1964 live concert footage at Apple site. Amazing

tulfan
(One of the last ones in SE MI)
Posted: Nov 19, 2010 - 04:18
 
Perfection

peter_james_bond
(West Of The Burg)
Posted: Oct 18, 2010 - 12:51
 
 shutter wrote:
Where's the damn 11 button!!!!?????
 
Found it!

11 Button
 


1wolfy
(Mission Viejo California)
Posted: Oct 18, 2010 - 12:17
 
rates up there with my favorites of always...I can show youuu {#Umbrella}{#Daisy}

mrdak
(Middle GA)
Posted: Sep 16, 2010 - 18:22
 
unbephuckinlievable

(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: Jul 14, 2010 - 20:00
 


This poem uses elemental imagery to describe how "it's just a state of mind" that really matters— the attitude with which you see things that you cannot affect, like the weather, is what really counts for your good state of mind...  and the music rocks...  this may be my number one favorite song of all time...  it is a contender for sure...

"Rain" was first released in June, 1966, as the B-side of "Paperback Writer", which is another contender for my all-time fave... I think that is the best 45 ever released...




shutter
(You can't get here from there)
Posted: May 12, 2010 - 05:17
 
Where's the damn 11 button!!!!?????

(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: Apr 10, 2010 - 11:23
 


This song is brilliant use of elemental imagery..  love it...



guiguy
(Near Mt.Fuji)
Posted: Mar 09, 2010 - 20:51
 
 romeotuma wrote:
Well-said, whole-heartedly AGREE!

This is one of my all-time most favorite songs...  I mean it...  in the top 10 songs of infinity to me...  we miss you, John...  the weather's fine...

 



(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: Mar 09, 2010 - 20:49
 


This is one of my all-time most favorite songs...  I mean it...  in the top 10 songs of infinity to me...  we miss you, John...  the weather's fine...




(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: Feb 06, 2010 - 08:48
 
 crnkan wrote:

Paul and Ringo are great on this song!


 

John sings—  they're all great!  This song rocks...



crnkan
(Pleasant Hill, Mo)
Posted: Feb 06, 2010 - 08:33
 

Paul and Ringo are great on this song!



sirdroseph
(Outer Mongolia)
Posted: Feb 06, 2010 - 08:32
 
I think Harrison shines in this one!{#Bananajam}

Jelani
(Home of the freak, land of the vague)
Posted: Feb 06, 2010 - 08:31
 
Hey, is this Oasis?

(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: Jan 05, 2010 - 21:58
 
 j7 wrote:
Romeotuma says it all.......{#Arrowd}
 

Thank you!  This is one of my all-time favorite songs...  I hope you are having a marvelous new year!



j7
(Earth's largest mountain)
Posted: Dec 05, 2009 - 13:25
 
Romeotuma says it all.......{#Arrowd}

(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: Oct 03, 2009 - 14:42
 


This song is absolutely awesome!!!!  (We hear you, Johnny...)



(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: Aug 01, 2009 - 13:58
 


This song is soooo good for the ears...



(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: Jun 30, 2009 - 20:16
 


We got the volume turned up all the way... we be singing...  love it... this is one of my all-time favorite songs...