Ten Rainy Day Songs

As a follow up to my "10 Songs to Cruise To" Post I have decided to come up with another list of 10 rainy day songs.

This one should be really popular amongst all my fellow citizens of Vancouver.

The Cure - Plainsong (from Disintegration)
Garbage - I'm Only Happy When It Rains (from Garbage)
REM - I'll Take The Rain (from Reveal)
The Carpenters - Rainy Days and Mondays
Leonard Cohen - Famous Blue Raincoat (from Best Of)
Esthero - Superheroes (from Breath From Another)
Blue Rodeo - Rain Down On Me
Cowboy Junkies - Souther Rain (from Black Eyed Man)
The Doors - Riders on the Storm
U2 - Love Comes Tumbling

Enjoy... and please comment. It's often rainy out here in Lotus Land

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  • 1 - Phillip Winn

    Jun 01, 2003 at 3:57 pm

    What, no Eurhythmics? Here comes the rain again...

  • 2 - Matt

    Nov 05, 2006 at 8:07 pm

    Damn straight, nothing says driving in Vancouver like Cowboy Junkies

  • 3 - Brewer

    May 12, 2007 at 8:30 am

    I love this list. I've been working on one for about 10 years and reordering it. I don't know why, but I've never considered the Cure, and a lot of their music is perfect. A couple of other groups to consider: Wilco (Anything from Summerteeth), The Postal Service (particularly Umbrella) and a good portion of The Suburbs catalogue are always worthy contenders. And, of course, Rain by the Beatles.

  • 4 - rachel

    Jun 05, 2007 at 2:39 pm

    I love it!! I'm using some of these songs in a care package to my friend as a "mix tape"... I couldn't ever find the Cowboy Junkies tune... but I much approve of this list! :)

  • 5 - yuyka

    Jun 07, 2007 at 3:33 pm

    what about Guster´s Rainy day?

  • 6 - Sylvz

    Nov 04, 2007 at 4:34 am

    I'm making my own "Rainy Days" list.
    I too had Famous Blue Raincoat, and another one of The Cure's songs - To wish impossible things. A beautiful tune, but I do love Plainsong also. :) I may have to reconsider!

  • 7 - Caramelfrapp

    Feb 14, 2008 at 5:33 am

    Got to love Paramore- When it Rains, great song. And anything by REM is perfect.

  • 8 - Jason | GetYourOJ

    Aug 22, 2008 at 8:30 am

    Here's an updated list from the year 2008 for those of you that are interested in check it out

  • 9 - Dog_Face_Gremlin

    May 04, 2009 at 9:59 pm

    The Blue Nile - Tinseltown in the Rain This is an over looked rainy day song.

  • 10 - Do_Face_Gremlin

    May 04, 2009 at 10:02 pm

    The Who - Love Reign O'er Me

  • 11 - Dog_Face_Gremlin

    May 04, 2009 at 10:06 pm

    The Doors - Riders of the Storm

  • 12 - revaz

    May 07, 2009 at 1:50 pm

    My rainy day mixtape/podcast has been posted. Enjoy!

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