Something gives me the feeling that these women don’t get what the song is about but they just like the vibe. It’s a good cover nonetheless just kind of funny. But hey that’s music
Glad you can enjoy it! Thanks for dropping a comment. For anyone wondering, here's the songwriter's explanation of the song (source: UltimateGuitar.com): "'No Rain' came from when I first moved to California, and I was playing songs on Venice Beach for change. I was having to come up with the material during the week after my construction job, and then I would get my guitar and go down to the beach and open up a guitar case. I'd play on the Venice Beach boardwalk for change, for enough money to pay for parking and chicken teriyaki. That was my weekend. And it was inspired by just how tough it was in LA. I had bouts of depression and the whole, 'What am I doing out here? Am I going to go back to Mississippi? I'm never going back to Mississippi.' I would just fight it and stick to my guns. Like, 'I want to be a musician, I want to be out here in California. I don't want to go back home.' I had nobody out here. There was no family; I didn't know a soul out here at first. So the song is about not being able to get out of bed and find excuses to face the day when you have really, in a way, nothing. It was like rock bottom. I wasn't even on drugs or drinking. It was just tough. It was just a tough point in my life. And the cool thing about that song, I think a lot of people do interpret those lyrics properly and can connect with it on that level, where "I don't understand why I sleep all day and I start to complain that there's no rain." It's just a line about, I'd rather it be raining so I can justify myself by laying in the bed and not doing anything. But it's a sunny day, so go out and face it. So that's where the lyric and the song was inspired from, is just having to write songs. Then being in the state of mind I was in and having to come up with material to go play down on the beach for change. I played that song on the beach for change for over a year before Shannon Hoon actually joined the band and really made that song a hit. I think that was a good song, and Shannon made it a great song."
@@saltlicksessions interesting. I had never heard that. I know a lot of the members of the band struggled with drug addiction I think one of them might have even died from an overdose and I had always heard that that’s what that song is about just what life while under the grip of drug addiction was like. Because it does make a lot of sense in that context It makes me wonder if what he said was true or if when they found success via that song if he had to come up with a “mainstream” and socially/culturally acceptable explanation. Who knows. As with any song lyrics though of course they’re very subjective but I did not know that he had said that. It’s very interesting;some good food for thought. Thanks for sharing!
This song seems manifestly obvious in its meaning, it is all there in the lyrics. It is about depression and the struggle to not just "make it" in the business, but survive and find even a modicum of personal happiness. And as one of the previous comments notes a member of Blind Melon did die of an overdose. As I remember they actually died on the tour bus going from one gig to the next. The beauty of this song, beyond just the wonderful music, is the conflict between the human emotions of struggle, depression, and the will to go on. I think this cover version is beautiful and spot on. Kudos to the band!
Good performance! I think Shannon Hoon would be proud!
Wow sounds wonderful ladies!
Love this ❤
This is a great cover! Well done, thanks for sharing
Love the comment. Thanks for watching!
Solid body mandolin! So cool. This sounds great.
5 string?
Lovely
YOU are :)
that came out great!
It’s good
Nice Cover❤, If The Original Singer Was Still Alive He Would've Loved This
Woohoo! ❤
Couldn’t have said it better ;)
Celia is my daughter. She's super!
She sure is 🙌
This is beyond amazing! I only wish the standup bass was a tiny bit louder :P
Something gives me the feeling that these women don’t get what the song is about but they just like the vibe.
It’s a good cover nonetheless just kind of funny.
But hey that’s music
Glad you can enjoy it! Thanks for dropping a comment. For anyone wondering, here's the songwriter's explanation of the song (source: UltimateGuitar.com):
"'No Rain' came from when I first moved to California, and I was playing songs on Venice Beach for change. I was having to come up with the material during the week after my construction job, and then I would get my guitar and go down to the beach and open up a guitar case. I'd play on the Venice Beach boardwalk for change, for enough money to pay for parking and chicken teriyaki. That was my weekend.
And it was inspired by just how tough it was in LA. I had bouts of depression and the whole, 'What am I doing out here? Am I going to go back to Mississippi? I'm never going back to Mississippi.' I would just fight it and stick to my guns. Like, 'I want to be a musician, I want to be out here in California. I don't want to go back home.' I had nobody out here. There was no family; I didn't know a soul out here at first.
So the song is about not being able to get out of bed and find excuses to face the day when you have really, in a way, nothing. It was like rock bottom. I wasn't even on drugs or drinking. It was just tough. It was just a tough point in my life. And the cool thing about that song, I think a lot of people do interpret those lyrics properly and can connect with it on that level, where "I don't understand why I sleep all day and I start to complain that there's no rain." It's just a line about, I'd rather it be raining so I can justify myself by laying in the bed and not doing anything. But it's a sunny day, so go out and face it.
So that's where the lyric and the song was inspired from, is just having to write songs. Then being in the state of mind I was in and having to come up with material to go play down on the beach for change. I played that song on the beach for change for over a year before Shannon Hoon actually joined the band and really made that song a hit. I think that was a good song, and Shannon made it a great song."
@@saltlicksessions interesting. I had never heard that. I know a lot of the members of the band struggled with drug addiction I think one of them might have even died from an overdose and I had always heard that that’s what that song is about just what life while under the grip of drug addiction was like. Because it does make a lot of sense in that context
It makes me wonder if what he said was true or if when they found success via that song if he had to come up with a “mainstream” and socially/culturally acceptable explanation.
Who knows.
As with any song lyrics though of course they’re very subjective but I did not know that he had said that. It’s very interesting;some good food for thought.
Thanks for sharing!
This song seems manifestly obvious in its meaning, it is all there in the lyrics.
It is about depression and the struggle to not just "make it" in the business, but survive and find even a modicum of personal happiness. And as one of the previous comments notes a member of Blind Melon did die of an overdose. As I remember they actually died on the tour bus going from one gig to the next.
The beauty of this song, beyond just the wonderful music, is the conflict between the human emotions of struggle, depression, and the will to go on.
I think this cover version is beautiful and spot on.
Kudos to the band!