It Never Rains in Southern California

Rain in Southern California brings two things to mind

Number One: It convinces me that we are weather cry-babies. There are people who live in areas that face mudslides or other dangers and people who have physical conditions effected by the weather. They have legitimate concerns. But so many of us complain about getting hit with rain. We act like we are the wicked witch in the Wizard of Oz and we are going to melt if we get wet. Not only that, we gripe when it is too hot, when it is too cold, when it is too dry, too wet, too windy, etc.

Number Two: There are so many songs that I think of when it rains and then I can’t get them out of my head. Here are a list of my favorite rain songs.

1. It Never Rains in Southern California
2. She Rather Have The Rain
3. Baby, The Rain Must Fall
4. Rainy Days and Mondays
5. Rain
6. Another Rainy Day In New York City
7. Go Ahead and Rain
8. Fire and Rain
9. Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head
10. Pray For Rain
11. Midnight Rain
12. Walking in the Rain
13. December Rain (I wrote that one)

I challenge my readers to name the artists who recorded these songs. How many can you name?

Time For Another Blog

I received some free music downloads. Searching for hidden gems that I wouldn’t normally be interested buying enabled me to dig deeper and find some little sonic treasures. My Itunes Top Ten is being dominated by some of these obscure examples of ear candy. In no particular order, here is my current list of favorites.

1. Where We Started From-David Pack & Timothy B.Schmit
2. Grouch of the Day-Squeeze
3. I’ll Feel a Whole Lot Better-The Byrds
4. 10 Simple Rules-Mercy Me
5. This Is Love-The Archies
6. You’re My Favorite Waste of Time-Jeffrey Foskett
7. I Can Hear Music-Kathy Troccoli w/The Beach Boys
8. Love In Time-Dan Fogelberg
9. Here I Am to Worship-Tumes, Ashton And Denté
10.I Just Wasn’t Made For These Times-Sixpence None The Richer

The Archies? Yes, the Archies!