The Beatles – “Rain”

Why not talk about something universal, such as the rain? I certainly don’t mind. You know, I could have written about Bob Dylan’s “Jokerman,” and L. Ron Hubbard willing, who knows, perhaps I still will one of these mysterious and foggy mystical afternoons, oh my only little brothers and vampire undies. I will say that at this precise moment, I am greatly influenced by a very bouncy and happy Beatles number with a decidedly Psychedelic flavoring, a multi-flavorful musical crouton, if you will. The backing vocals Rock the bells, and I do believe that The Beatles were collectively quite underrated as singing talents, particularly when it comes to the all important vocal harmony chorus portions of the song.

The lyrics are simplistic, but can be read into from a decidedly metaphorical standpoint. I am sensing a strong transcendental meditation influence, if I am thinking about this correctly. The early use of ye old backwards audio technique, as it is safe to say that these chaps accomplished quite a lot just by smashing a couple of analog 4-tracks together. This is the song that actually got me to start drinking lemonade regularly, to the point where I no longer felt like a sissy about it (Tee-he!).

I know that Beatles maniacs can probably enlighten my cute little butt as to the cultural specifics of this cut, but I do fully realize as a man of normal intelligence that this lovely little Rocker is around the time period of “Revolver,” which is the best individual Beatles record and the early experimental period which still had a “Band” sound rather than just some bizarre collage. The bass work is groovy as fart, and the percussive element sounds astounding and Lennon per usual of this time period sounds rather similar to those eerie little Village of The Damned kids. There’s a good melody going on in the primary guitar bit as well, and there ain’t nothing wrong with that.

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