My Lexi wonders when warmer weather will come in our neck of the woods. We have been having rain but Toronto got some wet snow and other places had freezing rain. Honestly, I always think rain, at this time of year, is natures’ way of cleaning everything up. This week, at Monday Music Moves Me, it’s about Rain and, without further adieu, here are my 3…
1. SINGING IN THE RAIN SUNG BY CLIFF EDWARDS AND THE BROX SISTERS-1929
This famous song did not start with Gene Kelly dancing with his umbrella, but in this 96 year old film with Ukelele Ike and the Brox Sisters introducing the song along with some of the most famous movie stars of the day. Joan Crawford is in this and she truly thought she could sing and dance…..no, just …no. I like seeing Buster Keaton in this and some of the greats that no one knows today. You can also see Arthur Freed who wrote the lyrics and Nacio Herb Brown who wrote the music. Freed became very famous with the Freed unit, his own production group that did bring the very famous film, “Singing in the Rain” to the cinemas.
2. THE RAIN IN SPAIN SUNG BY JULIE ANDREWS, REX HARRISON AND ROBERT COOTE-1956
Of course, we know the famous film with Rex Harrison and Audrey Hepburn as Eliza Doolittle who was dubbed by the famous voice, Marni Nixon but the role was originated by Julie Andrews on Broadway. When it came time to cast for the film version of the Lerner and Lowe musical, the studio didn’t want to take a chance on an unknown so they went with Audrey. Julie Andrews, instead, made a little film called, “Mary Poppins” and won the Oscar over…Audrey Hepburn.
3. ISN’T IT A LOVELY DAY TO BE CAUGHT IN THE RAIN SUNG BY FRED ASTAIRE-1935
This Irving Berlin song is sung by Fred Astaire and so wonderfully danced by Fred and Ginger Rogers. This is from their famous film, “Top Hat” that has so many great musical numbers and this is one of those great numbers. They, also, love to dance in the rain.
Any rain songs you can think of?
We woke up to very cold weather today after a ton of rain - and it did wash away most of the tree pollen.
ReplyDeleteThis early in the morning, all I can think of is November Rain by Guns 'n' Roses.
That song is awesome!
DeleteHi Birgit we long for a bit of cleansing rain here it’s over 2 months since we had any and the garden is parched…now I have an ear worm …singing in the rain …love it xxx
ReplyDelete80s and sunny this weekend.
ReplyDeleteRainy and 40s yesterday.
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Just chilly today.
DeleteCute kitty!
ReplyDeleteGood choices! The first one that came to my mind was "Rainy Days and Mondays" by the Carpenters. @samanthabwriter from
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They always get me down.
DeleteShitty weather we're having! 😒 I didn't know "Singing in the Rain" was so much older than the Gene Kelly movie. Interesting! "The Rain in Spain" is a fun one I bet most people are familiar with. Didn't remember the Fred Astaire number, but he and Ginger always made a great pair. There are so many excellent songs about rain, from bands like Led Zeppelin, Eurythmics, CCR, etc. James Taylor's Fire and Rain brings back a lot of memories. ♥
ReplyDeleteP.S. Thanks for your kind comment on my last blog post. ♥ The website was having technical issues yesterday, and I hope it wasn't a problem for you. I wrote a reply as well. ☺
We have been having spring sunshine - amazing! “Here comes the rain again” by the Eurythmics. Everly Brothers Crying in the Rain.
ReplyDeleteLike them both!
DeleteGene Kelly it wasn't, true, but that 1929 original was fantastic in its own way. I loved it! On Monday, I would have been singing "Oh no there's snow on the ground and I'm not going to do anything about it" but today, spring is back. A sunny day!
ReplyDeleteI know all these songs. When I think of rain songs, I think of Garbage's "I'm Only Happy When It Rains". I'm sorry you've got dreary weather. This time of year is when we put the umbrellas away, not to be seen again until November. (I'm in shorts today. We've had our warm up in the weather.)
ReplyDeleteI've always thought of spring showers...well, any time showers as nature doing its cleaning, too. "Singing in the Rain" is just a fabulous oldie! Thanks for joining the party, Birgit. Have a boogietastic week! xo
ReplyDeleteI love that clip from Top Hat! We finally got some warmer weather in the upper midwest this weekend, so hopefully we sent it your way!
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