Comments on: Rain

By: MartinG

MartinG — Thu, 21 Feb 2019 01:17:28 +0000

John seemed to be a creative genius, but then we hear that others did significant amounts of the work. So I don’t know what to believe. I know that Paul was a workaholic, so he would regularly visit John’s place to write. Maybe a lot of those shared songs would have been John-only songs if Paul had not dropped by so often.

By: MikeP

MikeP — Wed, 12 Dec 2018 16:40:36 +0000

I agree. Outside of Beatle fanatics (like us) it’s not a well known song at all – even to those who were around at the time. To me, it’s a much more interesting RECORDING / PERFORMANCE than it is an interesting song (as are quite a few Lennon compositions).

By: silverhammerYT

silverhammerYT — Wed, 12 Dec 2018 01:43:59 +0000

Rain is definitely a great song, and especially the vocals sound beautiful, either played backwards or reversed to play forwards.

By: Thor

Thor — Mon, 17 Sep 2018 19:23:27 +0000

Rain should have been on a Rubber Soul/Revolver double album. One of my favorite songs, ever.

By: Teddy Salad

Teddy Salad — Mon, 10 Sep 2018 16:18:56 +0000

As I recall reading, maybe this site but probably Lewisohn, most younger fans in those days usually couldn’t afford a WHOLE album (“lp…album”), so they would only buy the singles anyway. Albums were for the older generation.

By: Bobby Clementine

Bobby Clementine — Thu, 21 Dec 2017 03:09:58 +0000

Paperback Writer is a pretty awesome song. Rain is a song with an interesting sound but it’s not a great melodically flowing pop song. Rain is a Bside.

By: VIbarluzea

VIbarluzea — Fri, 01 Sep 2017 15:31:46 +0000

Now I know where Oasis got the template

By: MikeP

MikeP — Sat, 15 Jul 2017 15:29:59 +0000

“more enlightened…”? Oh! Please!
You made up something from your own little biases and inclinations , but you’re “enlightened”.
Sorry to tell you, but it only shows you have little knowledge about this song and the Beatles themselves.
They were into pot and acid at this time. Lennon was the only one who used H, and that wasn’t until 1968.
If you have similar notions in the future, you might present them with a less sanctimonious attitude.
It only makes you look really foolish.

By: Michaelbearfella

Michaelbearfella — Sat, 15 Jul 2017 13:04:19 +0000

The most underrated Beatles song. Should have been another double a-side.

By: Hennyon

Hennyon — Tue, 25 Apr 2017 11:47:10 +0000

Sounds dangerous; tuning up the 6th string a minor third and the 5th and 4th a whole fourth would probably make them burst…

By: Hennyon

Hennyon — Tue, 25 Apr 2017 11:31:20 +0000

Yes, but the single and the album were released on the same date, which kind of neutralizes the rip off-thing.

By: Joel

Joel — Sun, 12 Feb 2017 23:22:44 +0000

Does anyone have a link to the original promotional videos of Paperback Writer and Rain filmed at Chiswick House?

And in the case of Rain, I don’t mean the montage of all three videos as seen on the Anthology TV series.

By: David

David — Wed, 08 Feb 2017 16:58:50 +0000

I play this in open G (with Keith Richards style additional fingers, probably where he got theide fro Honky Tonk women from) and it sounds quite close to the record so I think at least one of them probably must have played it in open A before slowing it down.

By: tiff333

tiff333 — Mon, 06 Feb 2017 01:09:48 +0000

Underrated song, I love Ringo’s drumming and John looked stunning with the sunglasses on the music video.

By: Mark Collard

Mark Collard — Tue, 10 Jan 2017 03:42:17 +0000

This is the Beatles at their peak as musicians. George’s guitar work can really be appreciated listening through headphones becoming very atmospheric – psychedelic!

By: Lex Lewis

Lex Lewis — Mon, 26 Dec 2016 14:53:40 +0000

I would have liked a Revolver with Rain and Paperback Writer in place of Good day sunshine and For no one,

By: Bob Allen

Bob Allen — Sun, 25 Dec 2016 15:12:56 +0000

Still get chills every (and I mean every) time I hear it, even 50 years after the fact.

By: SaxonMothersSon

SaxonMothersSon — Fri, 18 Nov 2016 02:15:55 +0000

Bought the single new. 1st time you could actually hear Paul’s bass as a separate instrument on both songs. Plus the “special effects” as we called them, on both songs were just brilliant. Taste of things to come. A 2-sided hit, they were played equally on the radio.

By: Ryan

Ryan — Sun, 23 Oct 2016 04:41:05 +0000

This has nothing to do with Heroin. The only person who used dope was John and that was around 68-70. No, this is definitely about Acid.

By: Mikey59

Mikey59 — Wed, 28 Sep 2016 18:46:43 +0000

I first heard this song when a friend of mine lip synched it at an elementary school talent show after it came out in ’66. Even at 7 I knew there was something different about it.
I think the Paperback/Rain single was perhaps the first songs where Macca used the Ric bass? I think they also ran it direct into the console for the first time here, either with or without also micing the amp. In any case it was much more defined and present in the mix compared to the Hofner, and is one reason it sounds like “lead bass”on this song. The Ric has a lot more high end so it cuts though.
I love the eighth note triplets in 4 that Macca does over the big guitar power chords in the bridge; the drums drop out and it kind of floats at that point! Very trippy.
The way the bass locks in with the drums was unusual and really made a lot of non-musicians aware of the bass at the time & really helped bring bass to the forefront, along with The Who’s My Generation, IMHO.
The way they slowed down the tape makes the low strings on the gtrs sound almost bass-like on the outro–a huge great sound which was innovative at the time. I wasn’t aware they tuned down also on this song but that would account for some of the huge gtrs too. Another innovative aspect of this song, if they did indeed tune down. Heavy rock bands still tune down to this day for the same reasons.