Great Songs With A Similar Theme...

[MooseDog]

At the risk of turning this thread in an untoward direction I give you (classic rock division):

Relax - Frankie Goes to Hollywood
Pump It Up - Elvis Costello
Turning Japanese - The Vapors
Rosie - Jackson Browne
The Stroke - Billy Squire
Dancing With Myself - Billy Joel
Pictures of Lilly - The Who
My Dingaling - Chuck Berry
Darling Nikki - Prince
Touch Myself - Divinyls
She Bop - Cyndi Lauper

While the writers of the above songs tended to mask the subject with inventive wordplay in most cases, the current crop of pop stars tackle the subject in a much more direct fashion.

[clydepepper]

I spend several hours yesterday, hoping the Sunbelt Baseball League playoff game would be played---only to be postponed 'til this afternoon @ 5, due to a huge thunderstorm...

if you like thunder and lightning, a Ballpark is the place to be.


Meanwhile, the PA guy decided to play every song with 'rain' in it that I've ever heard.


These are the ones I remember being played:

““Have You Ever Seen The Rain”—Creedence Clearwater Revival
““Purple Rain”—Prince
“Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head”—BJ Thomas
““Here Comes the Rain Again”—Eurythmics
““Fire and Rain”—James Taylor
“Who’ll Stop the Rain”—Creedence Clearwater Revival
“It Never Rains in Southern California”—Hammond
“Rainy Night in Georgia”—Brook Benton
“Blue Eyes Crying In the Rain”—Willie Nelson
“Smokey Mountain Rain”—Ronnie Milsap
“Rainy Days and Mondays”—The Carpenters
“I Can’t Stand the Rain”—Tina Turner
“Riders on the Storm”—The Doors
“It’s Raining Men”—The Weather Girls


and these three that ran counter to what we wanted:

““Let It Rain”—Eric Clapton
“I Love A Rainy Night—Eddie Rabbit
“I Wish It Would Rain”—The Temptations

There are a LOT more. How many can you name?




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[JollyElm]

Wow, rain is a great one!!! Well done!!!

I got all of these to add...

• A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall - Prefer the Bryan Ferry & Roxy Music Version
• Another Rainy Day In New York City - Chicago
• Barefoot Children In The Rain - Jimmy Buffett
• Box of Rain - Grateful Dead
• Early Morning Rain - Gordon Lightfoot
• Fool In The Rain - Led Zeppelin
• Here Comes That Rainy Day Feeling - The Fortunes
• I Made It Through The Rain - Barry Manilow
• It's Raining Again - Supertramp
• Laughter In The Rain - Neil Sedaka
• Louisiana Rain - Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
• No Rain - Blind Melon
• Rain - The Beatles
• Rain In The Summertime - The Alarm
• Rain King - Counting Crows
• Rain On The Scarecrow - John Cougar Mellencamp
• Rain When I Die - Alice In Chains
• Rainbow Blues - Jethro Tull
• Rainbow Sign - Fruit Bats
• Rainy Day Women #12 And 35 - Bob Dylan
• Red Rain - Peter Gabriel
• Rhythm Of The Falling Rain - The Cascades
• She's A Rainbow - The Rolling Stones
• Silver Rainbow - Genesis
• So. Central Rain - R.E.M.
• Somewhere Over The Rainbow - Judy G.
• The Rain Song - Led Zeppelin
• Why Does It Always Rain On Me? - Travis

[Cliff Bowman]

Originally Posted by MooseDog

At the risk of turning this thread in an untoward direction I give you (classic rock division):

Relax - Frankie Goes to Hollywood
Pump It Up - Elvis Costello
Turning Japanese - The Vapors
Rosie - Jackson Browne
The Stroke - Billy Squire
Dancing With Myself - Billy Joel
Pictures of Lilly - The Who
My Dingaling - Chuck Berry
Darling Nikki - Prince
Touch Myself - Divinyls
She Bop - Cyndi Lauper

Willie And The Hand Jive - Johnny Otis
Blinded By The Light - Manfred Mann

[Cliff Bowman]

I got one but I can only think of three songs.
Timothy - The Buoys
Silver Spoon - Grace Slick
Nantucket Sleighride - Mountain

[insidethewrapper]

Cinnamon ( Let Me In) - Derek