The last song then, starts out: “Anyone here in the audience/with a pad that I can crash in?” It’s a begging song!—from the perspective of the “poor musician.” First verse asking for shelter, second for food, and third for love—though it’s hard to be sure if that means “love” or merely sex. Then there’s a song called “Names, Tags, Numbers & Labels” which is about exactly that. I mean, if you’re putting it in a song, why not? Label Epic Seems it never rains in southern California Seems I've often heard that kind of talk before It never rains in California, but girl, don't they warn ya?
It’s got one of those covers that annoyingly opens sideways, so that you can tack it vertically to your wall—just in case you want a tall, black and white photo if this good-looking, kind of hairy, guy with his shirt open, a small medallion, and leather pants that just keep going. I’m going to go out on a limb and assume he’s asking for a place crash, something to eat, maybe some booze or drugs, hot sex, and true love. Plus, I never had any idea what it means: “It never rains in Southern California… but it pours.” Offhand, I’d say it means it’s always sunny, but that doesn’t mean you can’t have a broken heart—but I’m not even sure, because there’s a part about not getting enough to eat, again. Carol Carmichael It pours, man, it pours Will you tell the folks back home I nearly made it? Plus, I never had any idea what it means: “It never rains in Southern California… but it pours.” Offhand, I’d say it means it’s always sunny, but that doesn’t mean you can’t have a broken heart—but I’m not even sure, because there’s a part about not getting enough to eat, again. Got on board a westbound seven forty-seven
Out of work, I'm out of my head Out of self respect I'm out of bread I'm under loved I'm under fed I wanna go home It never rains in California Then “Down by the River,” which is I knew nothing about Albert Hammond, so I thought this record would fill in a bit of that missing part of my past—and it does a good job of that. I had no idea Albert Hammond is who was responsible for another of these 1973, Ohio, AM radio, 7:30 a.m. flashbacks. It never rains in California, but girl, don't they warn ya?
If you get half of that, it was worth it.On the other side, then, is the hit, the title song.
Album No fault of either of these guys. Seems it never rain in Southern California Seems I've often heard that kind of talk before It never rains in California But girl, don't they warn ya It pours man it pours. ! The song appears on Hammond's album It Never Rains in Southern California and peaked at number five on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart. The next one is a corny folk-rock song that I find a little annoying. "It Never Rains in Southern California" is a 1972 song written by Albert Hammond and Mike Hazlewood and sung by Hammond, a British-born singer-songwriter. So, this is another song that brings back eating cereal at the breakfast table before school, this would be Junior High or so. Had offers but don't know which one to take Please don't tell 'em how you found me Don't tell 'em how you found me Gimme a break, give me a break Seems it never rains in southern California So the internet tells me he’s from England and this was like his first record, hadn’t had a big hit at the time they recorded it, so some of these laments about being a hungry musician very well might be literal (and if you want to take it metaphorically—about love—Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in:You can type the name of the band you'd like to find in the box below and then hit "GO" and it will magically find all the posts about that band!! Out of work, I'm out of my head Out of self respect, I'm out of bread I'm underloved, I'm underfed, I wanna go home Michael Omartian The first two songs really remind me of some old Cat Stevens songs, and there’s nothing wrong with that—it’s just that I haven’t been able to listen to a few of those songs since they were playing all the time at at job I had in 1982.
Michael Lietz Instrumental backing was provided by L.A. session musicians from the Wrecking Crew. The Tonies' video for their single "It Never Rains In Southern California" from their album The Revival, which dropped back in 1990. Seems it never rains in southern California Seems I've often heard that kind of talk before It never rains in California, but girl don't they warn ya It pours, man it pours. Don Altfeld Don Altfeld, The third song reminds me of a Mott the Hoople song, at least the beginning of it—so I like that better—and the line: “California tastes so good/like coffee should/I can’t put it down” speaks to me. It Never Rains In Southern California (1972)