Favorite Sunny/Rainy Music

[ham_man]

Rainy

• Picture (Kid Rock & Sheryl Crow)
• Mariano (Robert Earl Keen)
• John Lennon (love his music, but it always felt suited to a downer day, especially "Mother" and "Working Class Hero")
• George Harrison (what is it with ex-Beatles? )
• Neil Young

Sunny

• Bob Marley (nothin' like Reggae)
• Creedence Cleerwater Revival
• Modest Mouse
• The Beatles
• Bob Dylan (Blonde on Blonde specifically)

 

[nagromme]

Sun:
White Zombie (remixes preferred)
Bjork
Mono

Rain:
Portishead
Rufus Wainwright
Dead Can Dance
Zero 7

And rain isn't depressing! I like it. Even if I'm outside I don't mind a smaill amount.

In fact, one of the most depressing weather events for me is when rain is promised (especially T-storms) and they never arrive.

 

[louispavlo]

Heres my list. I have done two versions of what my favorite 5 rain and sun bands were from last year/summer, and then another list of what I think will be my 5 rain and sun bands for this year/summer:

Last Year:

Rain:
Snow Patrol (Final Straw)
Modest Mouse (Good News For People Who Love Bad News, Especially Float On and The World At Large)
Sunhouse (Crazy On The Weekend)
Jeff Buckley (Grace)
Damien Rice (O)

Sun:
Brett Dennen
Coldplay (Parachutes)
Eels (Beautiful Freak)
Fat Freddy's Drop (Hope, Flashback)
Athlete (Vehicles & Animals)

This Year:

Rain:
Radiohead (O.K Computer... What else?)
Peter Doherty (Acousticalullaby)
The Dears (No Cities Left, The Second Part especially)
Eels (Electro-Shock Blues)
Patrick Wolf (Wind In The Wires)

Sun:
Babyshambles (F*** Forever + their forthcoming album)
Bright Eyes (I'm Wide Awake Its Morning)
Bloc Party (Silent Alarm)
Primal Scream (Screamadelica)
Coldplay (X&Y)

Even though rain is classified as sad, i have some happy ones under that list because i would listen to those to cheer me up!

 

[melsmusic]

We are waiting for rain. Then I can tell you !!

 

[Dismal]

Rainy
Opeth (Damnation album)
Radiohead
Acid Bath
Breaking Benjamin
Interpol
Nine Inch Nails
REM
Staind

Not so rainy (I live in Louisiana, and it hasn't been sunny lately)
Cradle Of Filth
Dimmu Borgir
Slayer
Rage Against The Machine
Opeth
Avenged Sevenfold
Misfits

 

[adianavy]

Rainy:

Babylon - David Gray
Served Chilled - Groove Armada
Lover, You Should've Come Over - Jamie Cullum
Back to You - John Mayer
Sunday Morning - Maroon 5
Run - Snow Patrol

Sunny:

Like a Feather - Nikka Costa
Aeroplane - Red Hot Chili Peppers
Take Your Momma - Scissor Sisters
Cold Hard B**** - Jet
Jerk It Out - The Caesars
Take It Off - The Donnas

 

[shabbs]

Sunny:
- Chemical Brothers
- Crystal Method
- Paul Oakenfold

Rainy:
- Stabbing Westward
- NIN
- Nirvana

Good thread.

 

[Rod Smith]

"Early Morning Rain" by Gordon Lightfoot

I have two versions of this song, one is from Eva Cassidy's Imagine album. I don't really let the weather tell me what to listen to, but that's a really nice song.

"Rainy Night" by Brazzaville. Brazzaville is the best. Try some Brazzaville. Not the Swedish band with the same name. David Brown's Brazzaville.

 

[ShanD]

Sunny

Sun Caged (Threw this one on top for irony - always reminds me of good times and warm days.)
Devin Townsend
A.C.T.
dredg
Ark
Machinae Supremacy
Rush
Circus Maximus
Yes
Into Eternity

Rainy

Porcupine Tree (In Absentia basically "defines" the rainy day album. It defines the snowy day album better.)
Pain of Salvation
Opeth
Riverside
Evergrey
Wastefall
King Crimson
Marillion
Fates Warning
Sleepytime Gorilla Museum

 

[soonershane]

Great thread! I never really thought about it until now, but I guess that I do lean towards certain bands during certain weather. So, here are mine!

Sunny
R.E.M.
The Smithereens
The BoDeans
Jack Johnson
Bob Marley

Rainy
Indigo Girls
Van Morrison
The Smiths
U2
The Cure

Oh, and The Beatles can be listened to in ANY weather!!

 

[sebadooo]

Rainy:
Nirvana
Grandaddy

 

[lovepoke]

Sunny: Missy Elliot, Bob Marley, Jet
Rainy: Coldplay, The Killers, Jet

 

[Verita']

Sunny:
Chemical Brothers
Jimmy Hendrix
Franz Ferdinand
Rolling Stones
The Crystal Method


Rainy:
Coldplay
Radiohead
The Cure
Moby / VooDoo Child
Bob Dylan

 

[dharmabum420]

Sunny:

Bob Marley
311
Sublime
Stone Temple Pilots
Dave Matthews Band

Rainy:

Tom Waits
Pink Floyd
John Coltrane
Leonard Cohen
Aimee Mann

 

[sixerfan3]

the first song that comes to mind for me when it comes to rain is "no rain" by blind melon (one hit wonder). simply a nice song, imo. i'm surprised it hasn't been mentioned it yet.

 

[MyMochaMadness]

It's hard for me to label an artist or band as rainy or sunny; afterall, most cds have a mix of both. That being said, I'll list some songs instead. It's a rather long list, and for that I apologize, but I had a very hard time narrowing it down to this list as it currently stands.

Rainy:
"Rainy Day" by Oleander
"Banana Pancakes" and "Mediocre Bad Guys" by Jack Johnson
"Some Devil" and "Gravedigger" by Dave Matthews
"Captain" and "Crush" and "Stolen Away on 55th and 3rd" by The Dave Matthews Band
"All At Sea" by Jamie Cullum
"Absolutely Zero" by Jason Mraz
"The Scientist" by Coldplay
"All These Things I've Done" by The Killers
"Secret" by Maroon5
"Down Here in Hell" by VanHunt
"The District Sleeps Alone Tonight" by The Postal Service
"In Your Eyes" by Peter Gabriel
"Fall To Pieces" by Velvet Revolver
"Samba de mon coeur qui bat" by Coralie Clement (French)

Sunny:
"Jerk it Out" by The Caesars
"Sitting Waiting Wishing" by Jack Johnson
"Ocean Breathes Salty" and "The View" by Modest Mouse
"This Love" by Maroon5
"Baba O'Riley" by The Who
"Ants Marching," "So Much To Say," and "I Did It" by The Dave Matthews Band
"Coin-Operated Boy" by The Dresden Dolls
"Wish I" by Jem
"Take Your Mama" by Scissor Sisters
"Pretty Baby" by Vanessa Carlton
"Feel Good, Inc." by Gorillaz
"Au Comptoir" by Debout sur le Zinc (French)

 

[Capital R]

Sunny:
-Metallica
-Infected Mushroom (techno/trance)
-Incubus
-Copeland
-Franz Ferdinand
-Red Hot Chili Peppers
-311
-Sublime
-The Doors

Rainy:
-Metallica
-Killswitch Engage
-Incubus
-E Nomine
-Rammstein
-Pearl Jam
-Chopin

 

[violinmathchick]

Sunny: LCD Soundsystem
Rainy: Patrick Wolf

 

[iTel]

I'll put albums down.

Rainy:
28 Days Later Soundtrack
American Beauty Soundtrack
Bernard Butler - People Move On
Bruce Springsteen - Nebraska
Coldplay - Parachutes
Death Cab For Cutie - Transatlanticism
Dire Straits - Brothers in Arms
Doves - Last Broadcast
Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Yanqui U.X.O
Grandaddy - The Sophtware Slump
Jeff Buckly - Mystery White Boy (Live)
Mogwai - Happy Songs For Happy People
Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
Portished - Dummy
Sasha - Involver
Sigur Ros - ( )
Sigur Ros - Von
Xiu Xiu - Knife Play

Sunny:
Alfie - Do You Imagine Things
Aziz - Lahore To Longsight
The Bees - Sunshine Hit Me
Dave Matthews Band - Crash
Devendra Banhart - Niño Rojo
Dogs Die In Hot Cars - Please Describe Yourself
James - Best Of
José González - Veneer
Josh Ritter - Hello Starling
Kings Of Convinience - Quite Is The New Loud
Kula Shaker - K
Leftfield - Rythm And Stealth
Maximo Park - A Certain Trigger
Nick Drake - Five Leaves Left
Nick Drake - Made To Love Magic
Nick Drake - Pink Moon
Ocean Colour Scene - Marchin' Already
Paul Simon - Anthology
Paul Weller - Stanly Road
Pink Floyd - Animals
Radiohead - The Bends
The Rolling Stones - Sticky Fingers
Stone Roses - Turns Into Stone

I guess thats about it.

 

[NiTRO]

the first song that comes to mind for me when it comes to rain is "no rain" by blind melon (one hit wonder). simply a nice song, imo. i'm surprised it hasn't been mentioned it yet.

Blind Melon get's thrown into that "one hit" category but they were a great band. Soup is an incredible album! Also, Unified Theory, a later band featuring some of the former Blind Melon members was very cool as well. Their album is definitely worth a listen.