Music to Garden (?) To....

steveTu · October 2019

Ain't No Sunshine was mentioned on the Strictly thread (I think - I have a goldfish memory) - so do you listen to muisc when you garden or do you prefer the sound of nature?

I thought -

I Can't Stand the Rain (Ann Peebles)

I Wish It Would Rain (for a month ago) (The Temptations or Marvin Gaye)

In the Rain (The Dramatics)

It Feels Like Rain (Aaron Neville)

Set Fire To The Rain (Adele or even Amac - bad joke)

Come Rain or Come Shine (BB King & Eric Clapton)

Fire & Rain (James Taylor or Bobby Womack)

Looking For A Rainbow (Chris Rea)

Rainy Night In Eastbourne (Brook Benton)

Hold Me Tighter In The Rain (Billy Griffin)

Walk Between Raindrops (Donald Fagen)

Over The Rainbow (Eva Cassidy)

I Think It's Going To Rain Today (Joe Cocker)

Raining In My Heart (Leo Sayer)

Red Rain (Peter Gabriel)

After The Rain Has Fallen (Sting)

Rain (T'erence T'rent D'Arby and Joan)

Fallin' Rain (Neville Brothers)

Why Does It Always Rain On Me (Travis)

Save My Love For A Rainy Day (The Undisputed Truth)

Raincheck (Van Morrison)

Ain't No Sunshine (Bill Withers (as do my plants) or The Temptations) - just to finish it off

..should do about an hours worth.......more than enough in this weather...

Brexiteer · October 2019

I always think of the song I've seen tom Jones sings when my missus wants something doing outside on a frosty morning ☺☺ baby it's cold outside

steveTu · October 2019

... a James Taylor Christmas classic...

josusa47 · October 2019

Raindrops keep falling on my head

I never promised you a rose garden

Fairygirl · October 2019

Hate to correct you @steveTu, but Fire and Rain isn't about the weather

star gaze lily · October 2019

Aww, we used to have a music thread 🎵🎶🎵
Not necessarily to garden to but do love Motown

Brexiteer · October 2019

Fairygirl said:

Hate to correct you @steveTu, but Fire and Rain isn't about the weather

😂😂😂😂

punkdoc · October 2019

steveTu · October 2019

@Fairygirl

What? Noooooooooooo - my illusions are shattered. Not only that song Fairygirl, but virtually all of the others aren't about the weather as it turns out. I've listened to a few this morning and your thoughts on Fire & Rain could be applied to most (if not all) of the rest. Oh well - scrap this thread it's based on Fake News..... Fancy using rain as a metaphor rather than as a literal - I'll never trust a song writer again. Even Ain't No Sunshine isn't really about the sun - is nothing sacred? I think I'll mail Bill Withers and reprimand him for misleading his adoring fans...does that mean that Grandma's Hands isn't really about her hands either? Aaaaaarrrrrrggggghhhhhhhh - my brain is in turmoil.......

Fairygirl · October 2019

It's about the loss of a friend to suicide, intially @steveTu, and James's turmoil and addiction as a young man.
'#Just yesterday morning, they let me know you were gone ' - refers to his friend who killed herself, after they were in an institution together.
One of his greatest lyrics, but also one of the most moving. Never fails to get me going.

You could always have had his '#Rainy Day Man' or 'Might as well rain until September' [by his good friend Ms King] - although not really about weather either

steveTu · October 2019

@Fairygirl

Thank you for the insight.....A big James Taylor fan then eh? This version will probably be anathema to you:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWTppmwChBg

Music is music eh? Makes you happy when you're sad, makes you sad when you're happy.. evokes all sorts of emotions and recalls so many memories. The world would be a sad place without it.

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