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By: Josh Gross

April showers bring May flowers, as they say. And here in the drought-parched West we sure could use some of that April drizzle. And if we’re going to do a rain dance, then we need the right tunes. So here they are: a mixtape comprised entirely of songs about rain, including obvious classics like “November Rain,” from Gun N’Roses and “The Rain Song,” from Led Zeppelin, but also lesser known rain songs from The Temptations, Bruno Mars and Spoon. Also, “Raining Blood,” from Slayer, because: metal.

Spotify Playlist: http://spoti.fi/1aKDBAE

This article appears in Apr 1-8, 2015.

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Friday Mixtape: Rain Songs

by Hayley Jo Murphy, The Source - Bend, Oregon
April 10, 2015

<h1>Friday Mixtape: Rain Songs</h1> <p class="byline">by Hayley Jo Murphy, The Source - Bend, Oregon <br />April 10, 2015</p> <p>By: Josh Gross</p> <p>April showers bring May flowers, as they say. And here in the drought-parched West we sure could use some of that April drizzle. And if we're going to do a rain dance, then we need the right tunes. So here they are: a mixtape comprised entirely of songs about rain, including obvious classics like "November Rain," from Gun N'Roses and "The Rain Song," from Led Zeppelin, but also lesser known rain songs from The Temptations, Bruno Mars and Spoon. Also, "Raining Blood," from Slayer, because: metal.</p> <p>Spotify Playlist:&nbsp;http://spoti.fi/1aKDBAE</p> <p>This &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/news/friday-mixtape-rain-songs-2433452/&quot;&gt;article&lt;/a&gt; first appeared on &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com&quot;&gt;The Source - Bend, Oregon&lt;/a&gt; and is republished here under a &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/&quot;&gt;Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;img src=&quot;https://i0.wp.com/www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/cropped-Untitled-design-4.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;amp;ssl=1&quot; style=&quot;width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;&quot;&gt;</p> &lt;img id=&quot;republication-tracker-tool-source&quot; src=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/?republication-pixel=true&amp;post=29320&quot; style=&quot;width:1px;height:1px;&quot;&gt;&lt;script&gt; PARSELY = { autotrack: false, onload: function() { PARSELY.beacon.trackPageView({ url: &quot;https://www.bendsource.com/news/friday-mixtape-rain-songs-2433452/&quot;, urlref: window.location.href }); } } &lt;/script&gt; &lt;script id=&quot;parsely-cfg&quot; src=&quot;//cdn.parsely.com/keys/bendsource.com/p.js&quot;&gt;&lt;/script&gt;

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