Being a Brit myself, I get used to people reminding me just how drap and depressing this country’s weather is. So, it is wonderful to hear someone flip things and use our grey, damp, and overcast skies as a metaphor. It certainly makes a nice change from all those songs about sunkissed skies and warm climactic embraces.
And what a great metaphor it is, too. It reminds us that being alone is not the same as being lonely and that seeking solace is a healthy and healing thing to do. After all, if you can’t be happy when you are by yourself, maybe you can’t be happy at all—just a thought.
Ironically, given what I have just said in defense of the capital’s weather, “A London Rain” echoes the hazy and harmonic sound of the late sixties singer-songwriter Laurel Canyon sound of the West Coast. Pedal steel guitars sing, acoustic basses pulse purposefully, drums gently drive, pianos sweep through, and acoustic chords cascade through the center ground. Add a short and mellifluous electric solo, and the song has everything. If anything is missing, it isn’t worth worrying about.
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