Just Like Strange Rain

Just Like Strange Rain

Infobox Song
Name = Just Like Strange Rain
Type = Song
Artist = Elton John
Album = Empty Sky (1995 reissue)


track_no = 13
Released = May 16, 1969
Recorded = April 1969
Olympic Studios
Genre = Pop, Psychedelic Rock
Length = 3:43
Label = DJM Records
Writer = Elton John, Bernie Taupin
Producer = Steve Brown
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Just Like Strange Rain is a song by Elton John with lyrics by Bernie Taupin. It was originally released as the b-side to his third single, "It's Me That You Need". It appeared as the last bonus track on the 1995 reissue of his first album "Empty Sky".

Musical structure

The song opens with a loud electric guitar before seguing into the main verse. It is a steady R&B-beat accompagnied by both hammond organ and piano. The song ends with the title being shouted several times over a psychedelic guitar solo. However, there is a certain "hymn"-feel over the song as with many of John's earliest.

Lyrical meaning

Mentioning various colours and being about love it is one of the very few Taupin lyrics that's considered psychedelic. The use of words is very diverse. Words such as "Comic book" and "Embroidered" are very rare to find in the same lyric elsewhere.

It was not performed anywhere at anytime and is not a popular pick among fans.

Personnel

*Elton John - electric piano, piano, vocals
*Caleb Quaye - guitar
*Tony Murray - bass
*Roger Pope - drums


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