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Blind Melon — No Rain
Album: Blind Melon
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Released: 1992
Length: 3:28
Plays (last 30 days): 4
Ooh, hoo hoo hoo
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
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Has to be up there amongst the greatest songs of the 90s. Surprised by the number of haters. Perhaps because it was massively overplayed back in the day which can get on some folks' nerves. 
 pablo_valenta wrote:

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.
 lily34 wrote:


meh. if i never hear it again i won't be sad.


I find I can go a good many years between listens.
 milleymeister wrote:

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.
It shouldn't matter how many times I've heard this song and whether or not it's great or a classic.  There was a point in my life where I was extremely sick of it, especially for how much MTV pushed them on us and then they became one hit wonders plus the untimely death of their lead singer.

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.  
 petvan wrote:

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!!
 dwlangham wrote:

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...

In 1994 I wouldn't have thought that I would be so nostalgic for 1994 in 2022.
Why is Bill making me ruminate on past girlfriends this afternoon?  Twice in the last hour?  Two different past loves?  Sweet, yes ... bitter, certainly.

Ah, it's hell getting old ...
Peed on his audience.. still have trouble with that
Love Blind Melon. Agree this isn’t their best songs. But any Blind Melon is good melon.
Wow, four plays in the Main Mix in the last 30 days. Bill must be feeling all 'melon-y' lately.

Melanie!
 jasonasonier wrote:

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. 
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.
 sergeant_x wrote:

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... 
 mfassett wrote:
lauracox wrote: Of course the singing is off pitch a bit. It's the way humans sing. Today they would have used autotune and made every pitch perfect... but would it make it a better song? I think not. LOVE the song, perfect pitch wouldn't make the song better, IMHO. The thing is we forgive imperfection when we see a band live, because that is the way humans sing. Very few vocalists are pitch perfect live, but as long as the song is good and the emotion is good, it's ALL good.

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... 
I'm 16, I've just got my drivers license and I'm doing sound for a youth group that's visiting the area. They're from a few hours away and connected to the same group of churches so it's a bunch of teens mingling and doing standard church youth group stuff. And then they start some karaoke. One girl does Sinead O'Connors "nothing compares to you". If you don't know the song it starts with almost no instrumentation to get the vocals timed with the music. I have to rewind the tape twice as she misses the intro. She's super nervous but eventually gets through it. Remember, she's probably 15 or 16 years old. A very gutsy move. BUT.......... Here's the the Blind Melon connection. One guy walks up wearing the FULL BEE OUTFIT from the album cover. I've never seen the cover or heard the song before. All I see if this guy walking up in a BEE SUIT. I don't remember how the song went but this memory is forever linked to this song. I can't hear the song without picturing the bee suit. So, even though I'm not a big fan it still gets a 7 from me. 
I admire people who are so anti "pop music" that they can not appreciate good music and musicianship. 
 drewd wrote:


Love this song!! 

Image result for bumble bee girl gif

Who downvoted the bumblebee girl?!! LOL! I don't understand some of y'all!
I was on my 2nd trip to Korea while living in Japan, in Seoul, in the party and shopping district of Itae-won; very much like Shinjuku in its vibe; drinking and socializing in a makkoli dive-bar, when I heard and saw a band jamming this on the balcony of another bar across the street. Well, I took my party over there! An American ex-pat gal was singing, and she and her band nailed it! A fabulous, indelible memory -- thanks, always, RP!
LOVED 1992
This was one reason why!

 jp33442 wrote:
Really bill going to hit the next button
 
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. 
Considering the times (90s), the overplaying and the chart/crossover success, this song has aged well.

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
Really bill going to hit the next button
What do you get when you fuse Grateful dead with Janes Addiction?
That's what I hear in this song and I like it!
 Spalted wrote:

I like it too.  But the GIF is one of the most unique and bizarre things I've ever seen. 
You should probably see the  video then.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qVPNONdF58

I always think Bill's about to say 'Blind Melon Chitlin' when he introduces this.

Ah well, one can hope...
 murdog wrote:
I was at the Vancouver show in the early 90s when Shannon Hoon (singer) peed on the audience (ok, into the pit in front of the stage), and had to be whisked away over the US border so he didn't get caught on obscenity charges. They were opening for Lenny Kravitz I think. He was pretty drunk, and previously walked on stage naked, and then threw the 'bee girl' (an adult, not the video one) on the ground and started dry humping her. Quite a show.
 

He later OD'd sadly - but talk about warning signs.
Nice segue with I'm So Open. Bill and Rebecca bring their A game.
Lead guitar and bass are off the hook on this one!

(Hoon's awesome too...)
I was at the Vancouver show in the early 90s when Shannon Hoon (singer) peed on the audience (ok, into the pit in front of the stage), and had to be whisked away over the US border so he didn't get caught on obscenity charges. They were opening for Lenny Kravitz I think. He was pretty drunk, and previously walked on stage naked, and then threw the 'bee girl' (an adult, not the video one) on the ground and started dry humping her. Quite a show.
Durable great song
There are much better songs. But, still, ❤️🎶❤️
 drewd wrote:


Love this song!! {#Cool}

Image result for bumble bee girl gif
 
I like it too.  But the GIF is one of the most unique and bizarre things I've ever seen. 
This is a song I can listen to often
 wrighty_wright wrote:
what does this sound like?
 
Yearning, and my youth.
 wrighty_wright wrote:
what does this sound like?
 
Strained and a tad flat... Alas not easy on the ears!
 wrighty_wright wrote:
what does this sound like?
 

'No Rain' by Blind Melon.


Love this song!! 

Image result for bumble bee girl gif
 wrighty_wright wrote:
what does this sound like?
 
No Rain.
what does this sound like?
My daughter ( the artist in the family ) used this song as a background tune to her documentary on the first birthday of our handicapped first born grandchild. It was so fitting. So it will always have a special place in my heart.
Just noticed 2 songs by bands whose lead singer died prematurely.  Have I detected a hidden thread, Bill?  This is an amazing song, BTW.
 sergeant_x wrote:

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!!
 sergeant_x wrote:

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....
Love ,Love, Love this song! Thanks B.& R. for continuing to drop it in once in a while. Such a happy tune. I agree things don't always need to be in tune or pitch to be great!    {#Dancingbanana_2}{#Dancingbanana_2}
 mfassett wrote:
lauracox wrote:
Does no one realize what a BAD song this is? The singing is so off key, it just grates on my nerves!!!
Of course the singing is off pitch a bit. It's the way humans sing. Today they would have used autotune and made every pitch perfect... but would it make it a better song? I think not. LOVE the song, perfect pitch wouldn't make the song better, IMHO. The thing is we forgive imperfection when we see a band live, because that is the way humans sing. Very few vocalists are pitch perfect live, but as long as the song is good and the emotion is good, it's ALL good.
 
The pain expressed in the wavering, off-key pitch is deliberate. It's the point of the song. 
The MUSIC TONIGHT HAS BEEN FANTASTIC!!! THE LAST 5 HOURS HAVE Rocked!!!!!!!
 coloradojohn wrote:
A wonderful song — about being depressed, mind you! and it always takes me back to first hearing it and thinking, hey, new Samples? Hearing it also makes me think of that weird album cover and its possible homage to one of the weirdest movies ever, Eraserhead...

 
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!!

 Sportscam wrote:
great segway from CowBoy Junkies I'm So Open to Blind Melon's No Rain

 
where's @grammarcop when you want him? 
Best thing about this song?  It references a classic movie: The Great Escape.
If you listen to the lyrics closely, it's not a surprise this singer self-destructed...

{#Crown}
great segway from CowBoy Junkies I'm So Open to Blind Melon's No Rain
Love the guiitar solo and his cool voice
so fun to harmonize with this one! {#Yell}
Da werde ich ganz melancholisch...liebe den Song immer noch..und die Zeit, die ich damit in Zusammengang bringe...Long gone and still present 
A wonderful song — about being depressed, mind you! and it always takes me back to first hearing it and thinking, "Whoah, hey, new Samples?" Hearing it also makes me think of that weird album cover and its possible homage to one of the weirdest movies ever, Eraserhead...
ABSOLUTELY LOVE IT!!!!
 Mackmoney3000 wrote:
About all you can ask out of a pop song
 
Yep, this is pop perfection.
Image result for blind melon bee gif
About all you can ask out of a pop song
fun  hipster  would have been great in 1968
 Hannio wrote:

Here's a good application for reductio ad absurdam.

 
You're right! LOL 
Was there a time when this song didn't suck because I remember the '90s well.
Great memories of being a teen with my mates! {#Bananapiano}
I have loved this quirky song since it came out and its great guitar licks
 tonispizzeria wrote:
ich vermisse dich Snannon

 
immernoch
Speak my point of view
But it's not sane
I just want someone to say to me, no oh oh oh
 treatment_bound wrote:
Let's just "retire" this song..as this guy's been dead for almost 20 years!

 

 
Here's a good application for reductio ad absurdam.
ich vermisse dich Snannon
 Rick_V wrote:


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.
Let's just "retire" this song..as this guy's been dead for almost 20 years!

 

 Mackmoney3000 wrote:
Leading into this song, Bill said in a break "what's next... oh, its Pixies!" and then this song came on.

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...
This song sounds like me smoking dope in highschool in 1993
Leading into this song, Bill said in a break "what's next... oh, its Pixies!" and then this song came on.

I laughed very hard. 
I like this song. It's quirky.
The electric guitar on this is alone worth the price of admission.
 LowPhreak wrote:
I am SO sick of hearing this. :P

 
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.
 
 LowPhreak wrote:
I am SO sick of hearing this. :P

 
My wife feels the same...

I still like it though  ;)

 
I am SO sick of hearing this. :P
you know they have other songs. 😒
 jimbolia wrote:
This entire album is incredible wiith much better cuts than "No Rain". Too bad this is the the song this band is associated with.
 
I'm half with ya on that.  The entire album is great but this is still the best song on it.
This entire album is incredible wiith much better cuts than "No Rain". Too bad this is the the song this band is associated with.
If I wasn't in an office of 50 people, I'd be dancing around the room now singing. Perhaps I shall. Imagine me now, in a boring corporate office, everyone with their heads down working, when some crazy nut gets up from his desk and starts skipping around singing. 

In my imagination now, everyone would join in and start dancing too. In reality, I'd be carted out by security. 
 formersnowbug wrote:
I don't tell this to many people, but I'm pretty sure my friend Karla and I killed Shannon Hoon.

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.
 alvarorb wrote:
Please make it stop.
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.
for reasons unknown, I have always loved this song and love hearing on RP! Thanks Bill
Please make it stop.
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 still stop what I'm doing to appreciate this song, and I wish Shannon Hoon had hung around a bit longer. 
Don't get it. 
I understand and like the premise of this song....but I just don't really like the song. Does nada for me. 
  yup ! hippiechick wrote:
I have heard this song about 100 times too many.
 


I know that this song was over played...but it doesn't matter. It's a great don't and I never get sick of it.
This song is quite good but most of the album's songs are better then this song.

 More_Cowbell wrote:
Bee Girl


 
I love Bee Girls

Bee Girl


I have heard this song about 100 times too many.
that would make a great costume!

Such a sad, wonderful song.
 jktravl wrote:
an incredible loss to the music industry, what a great jam band, love this tune everytime I hear it and cranked!
 
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.

an incredible loss to the music industry, what a great jam band, love this tune everytime I hear it and cranked!
I never get tired of this song.
 raerae333 wrote:

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.

Don't like it.
 mapman wrote:
There's something about this tune.  Uniquely recognizable?  I don't know of anything else that sounds like it.  Plus I love the playing and its unusual beat.  Good stuff!

{#Jump}

 
When I  first heard this tune, I thought it was the Grateful Dead. Good music.

There's something about this tune.  Uniquely recognizable?  I don't know of anything else that sounds like it.  Plus I love the playing and its unusual beat.  Good stuff!

{#Jump}

 skyguy wrote:
I always think of Cheech and Chong "Blind Melon Chitlin"when I hear this.
"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!


Blech!
I always think of Cheech and Chong "Blind Melon Chitlin"when I hear this.
"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."


I'll always be there when you wake.  ... unless you're playing "Soup."

 SuzG wrote:
I hated this song when it first came out. 
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 


I hated this song when it first came out. 
Its growing on me as I get old. 
 formersnowbug wrote:
I don't tell this to many people, but I'm pretty sure my friend Karla and I killed Shannon Hoon.

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.

Agreed a classic!  Can't say as though i could name another good track by them though.
"grating" like having your eardrums pulled out and pushed through a cheese grater.

stupid song, sickening voice. 
 sirdroseph wrote:
This songs ok, it was really cool at first but Shannons voice can be quite grating after awhile. Unified theory had some cools songs only cause Vedder wasn't singing!  That reminds me, need to upload AM radio; great song that is currently not in the RP library.{#Yes}

Later edit: However, this song is not right for RP, sooooo Top 40!{#No}
 
I think instead of "quite" grating, a better word would be something like, "unbelievably", or "incredibly", or "extremely". This song is a solid 1 - sucko-barfo all the way!

I do agree with your edit though - I would gladly see this song banished from RP!