Feb 11 2008
Music on Mondays - Here Comes the Flood
I’m moving up some of my mix exchanges. I wasn’t due until March for this one and May for next week’s, but I need to get them done right now or I won’t be able to honor the commitments I made to the groups. So you’ll be getting 2 mix exchanges in a row.
This week’s is another theme mix. This is the second theme I did, with the last one being the Road Trip USA mix. This time I opted for Rain. A few people have already done similar mixes, one with Water, one was Rain or Shine, and another was about Weather in general. I feared flooding some people out, but honestly, when the whole theme thing came up, Rain was the first thing I thought of because I pretty much already had this mix made, at least in my head. It came about not on a rainy day weatherwise, but a rainy day for me, emotionally. I’m feeling like that again as I continue through this growth period (I’ll write more about that later). Here’s the mix:
- I Think It’s Going to Rain Today - Bette Midler
- Feels Like Rain - John Hiatt
- A Hard Rain’s Gonna Fall - Edie Brickell & New Bohemians
- Rain - Patty Griffin (the song that started this whole mix!)
- Raindrops - Regina Spektor
- Rain Come Down - Eastmountainsouth
- Downpour - Brandi Carlile
- Let Her Feel the Rain - Tara MacLean
- London Rain (Nothing Heals Me Like You Do) - Heather Nova
- Only Happy When It Rains - Garbage
- Come Rain or Come Shine - Etta James
- Purple Rain - Prince
- November Rain - Guns N Roses
- It Can’t Rain All the Time - Jane Siberry
- Last Rain - Tanya Donnelly
- Bursting Through - Bic Runga
For me, it’s a perfect rainy day mix, no matter if it’s rainy outside or I’ve just turned on the waterworks. Enjoy!
You missed “Rain” by the fab four Beatles and “Raindrops Keep Falling on my Head” by Hal David and Burt Bacharach. Or maybe that was before your time.
Funny that you made this collection in a town that rarely rains, whereas I’m living it in the great northwest. I think I will make a collection about “sunshine”.
Cheers Kirsten.
…BB
Bloke, I only had one CD to work with, so there were space constraints. As it is, I had to leave out some songs.
I do miss the rain here. I miss ANY variety in the weather here. Bright and sunny is fine, but it gets boring when it’s day in and day out.