Never realized how often "RAIN" is incorporated into the various songs.I was listening to "Soft and Wet" and reference is made about a woman being as wet as rain. Now I am curious... tell me a song where rain is mentioned.

Rain is wet, and sugar is sweet
Clap your hands, and stomp your feet
Everybody, everybody knows
When love calls, you gotta go

Girls and Boys.

Uh, what was the name of that song?
I'm sure rain was mentioned in it somewhere.
I think it was by Prince.
...Purple Rain?

17 Days.

17 Days, let the rain come down.

FunkMistress said:

well, yeah i was purposely avoiding the obvious.

Hallucination Rain.

"Thunder"

"T'was like rain, falling on a window pane, tears came 2 my eyes when I asked her name..."

*sigh*

"Somebody's Somebody"

"It's 2 o'clock in the morning, & I just can't sleep,
outside the rain is pouring, I'm lonely as can be..."

you're undisturbed by the rain...

--from "leaving from new york", demo from '76

Joy In Repetition
"and it started to rain (rain, rain)"

"Dark"

I take it there's a lot of different ways
he uses the reference ...I only want to see u in the purple rain...maybe we can stop the rain from coming down...the weatherman likes the rain--aint that insane

Definitely surprised to learn that!!

Here's a few...
(I'm sure there's a lot more as well)


Raspberry Beret:
"The rain sounds so cool when it hits the barn roof"

17 Days:
"Let the rain come down, let the rain come down"

Thunder:
"Like rain falling on a window pane"

Free:
"Don't sleep 'til the sunrise, listen 2 the falling rain"

When 2 R In Love:
"Falling leaves will appear 2 them like slow motion rain"

Purple Rain:
"Purple rain, purple rain"

Somebody's Somebody:
"Outside the rain is pourin', I'm lonely as can be"

Joy In Repetition:
"she only said the words again and it started to rain"

Sometimes It Snows In April:
"A time 4 lovers holding hands in the rain"

In This Bed Scream:
"Maybe we can stop the rain from coming down"

Girls & Boys:
"It looked like rain, Mama, birds do fly"

My Love Is Forever:
"You're the wind and the rain"

Lovesexy (and No intro):
"Rain is wet, sugar is sweet"

Soft And Wet:
"You're just as wet as the evening rain"

Emale:
"We can do it here, my dear, but I fear your tears will fall like rain"

Emancipation:
"See U in the purple rain"
.

enjoyniki said:

hi enjoyn. Not just the man's songs, but other artists as well

Rain sometimes equals "reign", no?

Peace

andyf said:

Yeah, i do believe Prince is into the roalty thang and would like to reign here on earth as a modern day...
I was only thinking about rain in a sense that most people want the rain to go away so they can play in the sunshine,but his songs are full of "rain". One begins to appreciate what rain can do...april showers bring may flowers.

FunkMistress said:

that's the first to come to mind