Creedence Clearwater Revival – Have You Ever Seen The Rain?

“Have You Ever Seen The Rain?” is a song from the album “Pendulum”, Creedence Clearwater Revival. Charted #36 in UK and #8 in US.

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Creedence Clearwater Revival - Have You Ever Seen The Rain

John Fogerty (Creedence Clearwater Revival) "Have You Ever Seen the Rain” LIVE on CONAN02:35

“Have You Ever Seen the Rain” features John Fogerty’s signature throaty snarl, as he airs his heartache and frustrations over the situation. “Someone told me long ago there’s a calm before the storm / I know, it’s been comin’ for some time,” he crows his admission right on the opening verse. “When it’s over, so they say, it’ll rain a sunny day / I know, shinin’ down like water.”

The song, allegedly inspired by instrumental funk band Booker T. & the MG, who once opened for Creedence Clearwater Revival, switches between plainspoken emotion and rich poeticism. “I wanna know, have you ever seen the rain / Comin’ down on a sunny day?,” he howls on the hook. It’s simple, yet effective.

“That song is really about the impending breakup of Creedence. The imagery is, you can have a bright, beautiful, sunny day, and it can be raining at the same time,” John reportedly told Rolling Stone journalist Michael Goldberg in a 1993 interview. “The band was breaking up. I was reacting, ‘Geez, this is all getting serious right at the time when we should be having a sunny day.’”

“Have You Ever Seen the Rain?” este compoziția lui John Fogerty, lansată de Creedence Clearwater Revival pe single în anul 1971 de pe albumul Pendulum (1970)

Au fost speculații că melodia r fo despre Vietnam, ploaia fiind o metaforă pentru bombe. Dar, John Fogerty a spus de mai multe ori, chiar pe scenă, că melodia este despre tensiunile existente în grup, și plecarea iminentă a fratelui sau Tom. Grupul s-a despărțit în anul următor, după ce au lansat albumul Mardi Grass.

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