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Hoo hoo hoo
All I can say is that my life is pretty plain
I like watchin' the puddles gather rain
And all I can do is just pour some tea for two
And speak my point of view
But it's not sane
It's not sane
I just want someone to say to me, no oh oh oh
I'll always be there when you wake, and a-yeah-hea
You know I'd like to keep my cheeks dry today
So stay with me and I'll have it made
And I don't understand why I sleep all day
And I start to complain that there's no rain
And all I can do is read a book to stay awake
And it rips my life away, but it's a great escape
Escape, escape, escape
Oh yeah
Ooh, hoo hoo
Whoa
All I can say is that my life is pretty plain
You don't like my point of view, you think that I'm insane
It's not sane, it's not sane
I just want someone to say to me, no oh oh oh
I'll always be there when you wake, and a-yeah-hea
You know I'd like to keep my cheeks dry today
So stay with me and I'll have it made
Lord, and I'll have it made
Ooh, and I'll have it made
Oh-ho
Lord, I'm gonna
You know I'm really gonna, really gonna have it made, yeah-hea
You know I'll have it made
Oh-oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh-oh
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Is it me, or does this song get played every. single. day.?
Yep, its you. Good song tho.
exactly the same feeling here, how i wish i could go back to those years anc comitt the same mistakes all over again...
I wish I could go back and make different mistakes.
meh. if i never hear it again i won't be sad.
I find I can go a good many years between listens.
Love Blind Melon. Agree this isn’t their best songs. But any Blind Melon is good melon.
meh. if i never hear it again i won't be sad.
But you know what, this is an "8" worthy song and I often catch myself singing the jingle long after I heard it. 30 years is enough time to forgive the constant rotation that this was once on.
Peed on his audience.. still have trouble with that
Never heard that, though it kinda makes sense if he peed on the audience while performing "No Rain"!!
I'm still at a 9 on this one that was on the airwaves when I listened to the airwaves. Junior/Senior year of high school...and YES I would LOVE to go back and do it all over again (assuming I got to keep all I've learned in the last almost 30 years!)
LLRP!!
In 1994 I wouldn't have thought that I would be so nostalgic for 1994 in 2022.
exactly the same feeling here, how i wish i could go back to those years anc comitt the same mistakes all over again...
Ah, it's hell getting old ...
Melanie!
Blind Melon is one of my favourite bands of all time. I rated No Rain 8/10. It's the song that they are most famous for, it's a really good song, but it's really does not represent who they are as a band.
I give anything to hear a different Blind Melon song.
The pain expressed in the wavering, off-key pitch is deliberate. It's the point of the song.
So, purposely bad? Wow...that'll stick it to the man for sure. They were so alt...lol..sure...
Actually many singers practice and perfect their craft rather than getting high on the tour bus. Maybe go out and see a few folks live...not Top 40 crap either, which is all studio trickery. Lots of artists are better than this recording (where he had the chance to get it right) live...
Love this song!!
Who downvoted the bumblebee girl?!! LOL! I don't understand some of y'all!
This was one reason why!
Feel free to do it. There's no need to tell us all about it. Give the song your rating, hit PSD, and get on with your life.
Maybe I dismissed it some time ago. Maybe I'm listening with old ears now, maybe it's the history of the band and their vocalist.
Or maybe it's the current times!
LLRP
That's what I hear in this song and I like it!
I like it too. But the GIF is one of the most unique and bizarre things I've ever seen.
Ah well, one can hope...
He later OD'd sadly - but talk about warning signs.
(Hoon's awesome too...)
Love this song!!
I like it too. But the GIF is one of the most unique and bizarre things I've ever seen.
Yearning, and my youth.
Strained and a tad flat... Alas not easy on the ears!
'No Rain' by Blind Melon.
Love this song!!
No Rain.
The pain expressed in the wavering, off-key pitch is deliberate. It's the point of the song.
Amazing how hard that is for some to understand....heck....seems like it's something one should FEEL without questioning....thanks for the reminder...Long Live RP!!
The pain expressed in the wavering, off-key pitch is deliberate. It's the point of the song.
Agree. Although it sounds "upbeat", clearly the vocals are extremely morbid and depressing. And didnt the lead singer (Shannon Hoon) ultimately kill himself?
Final thoughts, to me, Hoon sounds a hell of a lot like Perry Farrell and/or Robert Plant....
The pain expressed in the wavering, off-key pitch is deliberate. It's the point of the song.
I'm with you on this one (like most really) CoJo...hell, I just went 8 → 9 on it - not many songs on RP that came out when I was in HS (91-95) that I like (I'm looking at you, grunge bands!) and as I've aged, or matured, the lyrical content of this one is way more important than I remember.
Long Live RP!!
where's @grammarcop when you want him?
Yep, this is pop perfection.
Here's a good application for reductio ad absurdam.
You're right! LOL
immernoch
But it's not sane
I just want someone to say to me, no oh oh oh
Here's a good application for reductio ad absurdam.
Snannon Hoon did not die in Houston. He died from a heroin overdose in his tour bus in New Orleans hours before Blind Melon was supposed to play a show at Tipitinas.
They were in Houston the night before he died, so you're both right.
I laughed very hard.
In the many years I have been listening to RP, that was the first 'hiccup' I've ever heard. Maybe he was looking at the girl on the Blind Melon album cover...
I laughed very hard.
I am SO sick of comments like this.
You will get sick of hearing just about any song at one point or another so there is no need to let us know. Just move on and listen to something else.
My wife feels the same...
I still like it though ;)
I'm half with ya on that. The entire album is great but this is still the best song on it.
In my imagination now, everyone would join in and start dancing too. In reality, I'd be carted out by security.
The night he died, he was playing at #s in Houston. We didn't know they were playing; we were looking forward just to going to our club to hang out for a bit. When we got there and saw the line and figured out that the line was for Blind Melon, we turned all post-adolescent, which means we got extra loud and silly.
"Blind Melon? Ugh! I hate them!"
"Oh I know! Me too! I wish they would just die!"
laugh laugh drive drive
And then he DID die. I think we killed him. (Or it was the cocaine. I'm still not positive.)
True story.
Snannon Hoon did not die in Houston. He died from a heroin overdose in his tour bus in New Orleans hours before Blind Melon was supposed to play a show at Tipitinas.
I heard this song enough times in the 90s. I'd be OK if I never heard it again.
Funny hearing all the comments about this song being overplayed. I've never in my life heard this song before. I guess it never made it over the Atlantic.
I heard this song enough times in the 90s. I'd be OK if I never heard it again.
Love this fine classic song...
great holy smoking doggies— this was over 20 years ago now... I remember it like it was a just a few years ago... time flies when we're having fun— As a result of the video for this song, DeLoach appeared on the 1993 MTV Video Music Awards, and reprised her Bee Girl dance (in full costume) in the video for "Weird Al" Yankovic's song "Bedrock Anthem"...
I love Bee Girls
The video for this was cute. There was only one album, right? Wow, that's not right: according to Wikipedia the band regrouped in 2006. You do wonder what more Shannon Hoon would have done it he hadn't ODed.
I loved it then, i get it now.....i'm incredibly lucky to have someone who will always be there when I wake and tries to keep my cheeks dry...everything else is kinda meaningless.....i mean the bills have to be paid, so love isnt all you need, but its damn close
Took me a few tries, but I found that person too. It's hard to feel lost and adrift in the fog when her smile shines like a lighthouse.
Yeah, it's cheesy... so sue me.
When I first heard this tune, I thought it was the Grateful Dead. Good music.
"what's this ding dong you're talking about? The kids are hung up I the lyrics these days, I don't know why"
"I think he's going to show JR."
"We'll never fit that on the album cover, JR."
WOW! What a nice surprise, thnx Bill!
"what's this ding dong you're talking about? The kids are hung up I the lyrics these days, I don't know why"
"I think he's going to show JR."
Its growing on me as I get old.
I loved it then, i get it now.....i'm incredibly lucky to have someone who will always be there when I wake and tries to keep my cheeks dry...everything else is kinda meaningless.....i mean the bills have to be paid, so love isnt all you need, but its damn close
Its growing on me as I get old.
The night he died, he was playing at #s in Houston. We didn't know they were playing; we were looking forward just to going to our club to hang out for a bit. When we got there and saw the line and figured out that the line was for Blind Melon, we turned all post-adolescent, which means we got extra loud and silly.
"Blind Melon? Ugh! I hate them!"
"Oh I know! Me too! I wish they would just die!"
laugh laugh drive drive
And then he DID die. I think we killed him. (Or it was the cocaine. I'm still not positive.)
True story.
So, when are you playing at #s in Houston?
Just asking.
So good!
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