Help me make this mix of songs with rain sounds in their intros or outros

What a good idea!

Oran Juice Jones - The Rain

one of my favorite songs ever starts this way:

dee clark, "raindrops"

Stan by Eminem?

the cascades, "rhythm of the falling rain"

the same deep water as you
black sabbath (though that could just as easily be ozzy taking a long piss)
prologue (opeth)

kingdom of rain - the the

The Doors - Riders on The Storm
The Kinks - Rainy Day in June

"Summer Rain," Johnny Rivers

Lee Perry, Cold Weather

sounds of nature: gentle rain, track 1, "sounds of nature: gentle rain"

"Rain Prayer," Wonderland Falling Yesterday

and hello, Kougezan Koukiji - The Live [11th] Final Hyakusenmansyuuraku!

Yes-Close to the Edge.

lots of songs on Quadrophenia

Chaka Khan - "Clouds"

animal collective recorded campfire songs during a rainstorm. The sound permeates the entire disc.

The Wu "Can it be all so simple?"

I will make this compilation, too. Sounds great.

XTC - Travels In Nihilon

great idea

theres a lot of rain on Neil Youngs Dead Man soundtrack.

also,
Colleen - Mining In The Rain
Benjamin Diamond - The Rain
Burial - Night Bus

Pet Shop Boys - "Vampires" has a good thunderstorm at the start.

propaganda -- "dr. mabuse"

you shouyld call this "i CAN stand the rain."

The Damned's "Sanctum Sanctorum" has both a thunderstorm and a cool pipe organ in the intro, but neither its long running time nor overwhelming goth pompousness make it very mix CD friendly.

Stone Roses "Breaking Into Heaven" (loooooooong intro!)

of course the stone-cold classic (maybe the first time this had been done on a pop recording...?): The Ronettes "Walking in the Rain"

"The Lass of Roch Royal" by Papa M

"Petit Orchestre Sous la Plui" by Jean Michel Jarre
"Drunken Boat" the Pogues

hmm looks like the Cascades probably predates the Ronettes with this trick

There's one on The Cure's Disintegration but embarrassingly I can't put my finger on it right now. Oddly, I don't think it's 'Prayers For Rain' though!

Charlie Howard named it upthread.

can - oh yeah (thunderstorm? sounds like it to me anyway)
viktor vaughn - outro

you should post this mix up when its finished

Love Unlimited "Walking in the Rain With the One I Love"
SWV "Rain"

oooh Graham Central Station's "Can't Stand the Rain" (does the Missy Elliot version also start out with rain...? can't remember)

Mickey Newbury to thread.

dramatics - in the rain

you should totally edit the storm sequences out of the songs, and blend them together, such that the mix is one long rain storm, with song intros and outros fading in and out...

The Temptations - I Wish It Would Rain
Nick Cave - Tupelo
Rare Earth - King of a Rain Country

I bet there's lots of quiet-storm songs that fit in here, too.

The Spy (Part 1)

Stereo Total - "Dilindam"
Every song on Jan & Dean's "Save for a Rainy Day"
Every song on Jonathan Knight's "Lonely Harpsichord on a Rainy Night"

Breaking Into Heaven OTM!!

"Teardrop" - Massive Attack
"The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly" by Missy doesn't have actual rain but has crickets and thunder. Is that close enough?

ok "Teardrop" is actually vinyl static but with the boom at the start it might as well be raindrops. Or, uh, teardrops.

"Molfsee" by Ulrich Schnauss. Rain at both ends of the track so it will segue nicely.

It's funny, I was listening to the above song a few days ago and had this same idea but was too bone idle to act on it.

The Smiths - Well I Wonder

There's one on The Cure's Disintegration but embarrassingly I can't put my finger on it right now. Oddly, I don't think it's 'Prayers For Rain' though!

You could also probably fake it with "Like Cockatoos" from KM^3.

"Rainy Day (Dream Away)" by Hendrix (and maybe M. Quercio's cover of it on the 'Rainy Day' LP?)

Raekwon - Rainy Dayz

The Posies- "Any Other Way" from Dear 23

a-ha: Crying In The Rain

Walker Brothers "Walking in the Rain"

There's one on The Cure's Disintegration but embarrassingly I can't put my finger on it right now. Oddly, I don't think it's 'Prayers For Rain' though!

it's "The Same Deep Water As You."

Massive Attack's "Protection," the Brian Eno remix too IIRC

I was going to add Dead Can Dance "In Power we Entrust the Love Advocated" but I'm not sure if that is rain or just thunder.

The Who - "Love, Reign O'er Me"
Dramatics - "In the Rain" (I think)

there's one on the cure's 'disintegration'. something about 'strangest twist upon your lips' or something?

lol

can - oh yeah (thunderstorm? sounds like it to me anyway)

That's an explosion! But "Meadow Meal" by Faust does have a thunderstorm on it

'The Season is Long' -- Piano Magic

Monolake - Cyan

<i>The Damned's "Sanctum Sanctorum" has both a thunderstorm and a cool pipe organ in the intro, but neither its long running time nor overwhelming goth pompousness make it very mix CD friendly.</i>

Oh but it's awesome, though.

I want to say the live version of "Thunderstruck" by AC/DC features -- WAIT FOR IT -- thunder.

...and there's a massive clap of thunder right before the live "fast version" of "We We Rock You" on Live Killers by Queen

the cure's disintegra...oh wait.

The denouement of my preferred cut off of Matthew Sweet's "In Reverse", ends with the sound of it's titular phenomenon: "Thunderstorm".

Special mention to Van Halen's acoustic "Could This Be Magic" which features real, live authentic rain throughout. (Plus an uncredited backing vocal from Nicolette Larson.) Apparently, they left the studio doors open for ambience. Unfortunately, it's not as audible as a sound effect would be. You can hear it best during the intro and outro both.

The San Sebastian Strings with Rod McKuen. There's a great break-up song off the album Summer ... "Summer Evening" ... which has rain and storm sounds throughout. Killer track, worth searching.

can - oh yeah (thunderstorm? sounds like it to me anyway)

That's an explosion! But "Meadow Meal" by Faust does have a thunderstorm on it

-- Tom D., Friday, August 17, 2007 5:08 AM (9 hours ago) Bookmark

After the explosion there's a rain like hiss. Maybe its thunder?

Yeah, it does kinda sound like rain - I can hear it in my head right now. Simulating atomic fallout or something maybe?

Garth Brooks--The Thunder Rolls

Alice Cooper, "Alma Mater"

Rain - Madonna
Sweetest Taboo - Sade

Black Dice - Endless Happiness (album version) not exactly rain but it's water at least
Fireside - Take A Down

Simulating atomic fallout or something maybe?

ah, coming at the end of "mushroom" that makes a lot of sense!

On the b-side of the 1989 12" called "Shrift" by Pacific on the Creation label, there are two mellow, melancholy instrumentals. One is called "Mineral" and it begins with the sound of rain.

The Sound Of Rain by The Go-Betweens should probably finish the compilation.

I'm pretty sure one or more of the tracks on Queensryche's Operation Mindcrime starts with the sounds of rain, but my memory is poor for this sort of thing.

Altern 8 - A D8 With Pleasure

sorry guys, I noticed both Charlie Howard's and CharlieNo4's posts but not Louis's. My bad.

Has filthy dylan or anyone else made this yet?

I'm working on it, but finding it hard to track down some of the songs.

However, discoveries:

That Dramatics song is FABULOUS. There's a group called the Gentle Rain, who do this great song Sour Soul, which sounds like the title, but with more wah wah guitar.

Anyway, might try and finish it this weekend ...

Also, ILX did this before, for more ideas:

songs with rain/ storm sounds

every single Mystic Moods Orchestra (lounge act) has a rain intro, and they have like 4 million albums

Tom Verlane's "Deep Dark Clouds" might not have actual rain sounds, but it certainly exemplifies an ensuing storm (literally) better than most.

So I finished it! Here you are. Let me know what you think.

http://www.sendspace.com/file/6fdb1s

Track listing:

The Dramatics - In the Rain
The Temptations - I Wish it Would Rain
The Ronettes - Walkin' in the Rain
Wu Tang Clan - Can it be all so Simple
Burial - Night Bus
Sade - Sweetest Taboo
The Cure - The Same Deep Water as You
Floodbuoy - Cloudburst
Geiger - Good Evening (SuperMayer remix)
The Doors - Riders on the Storm
Neu! - Seeland
Lee Perry - Cold Weather
The Cascades - Rhythm of the Rain
Graham Central Station - I Can't Stand the Rain
Echoes of Nature - Thunder and Rain
Rhianna - Umbrella

no Slayer no credibility

It didn't fit the mood! There are a lot of tunes on the cutting room floor!

Come on, 'Left To My Own Devices'/'I Want A Dog'.

damn missed this.
it surely needed sun and rain by madness ?

I can do a volume two, maybe?

a-ha: October
Jean Michel Jarre: several tracks from "Equinoxe", notably nos 5 and 8.

I'm going to be completely egomaniacal and bump the link to my own version of this rain mix idea.

http://www.sendspace.com/file/6fdb1s

Go on. Have a listen. I think it's lovely.