Thursday 26 April 2012

cold rain


I always loved this song, it's a kind of an old companion. But I never knew the meaning of its words. I always thought that this song was about some kind of hidden loss... Until now.



"I was visiting my mother in England in early 1977...
I was staying at the Midland Hotel in Manchester where, in 1960, my friend Allan Clarke and I met the Everly Brothers.
It was a typical Cold, rainy day in the North of England and I was standing on the hotel steps watching the people come and go about their daily business.
I began to think about how their lives were, what difficulties they were facing.... how miserable some of them looked battling the weather...
I used to be one of them...some of them could be me as a younger man... I began to realize, once again, how lucky I have been in my life...
Looking at all the people made me both elated and sad...
Elated because I had made the decision earlier in my life to become a musician and had 'escaped' and sad because a lot of my friends were still there battling the elements...
And I started the song on the steps of the hotel... "Cold Rain" was the result..."
Graham Nash (2012 April 22)

Thank you Graham, John and Val :)

5 comments:

asperezas said...

Of course I would prefer to post a life performance. There isn't any by the moment...

asperezas said...

Today was a cold rain day, BTW.

valerie walsh said...

hahahha! i thought you might say that :) what a cool thing! very generous of Graham to write and tell you the meaning of cold rain! makes you believe that anything is possible ;)
ps: they said you are welcome Peras Asperezas!

valerie walsh said...

it's raining here :}

asperezas said...

Hahaha :D
'course I don't believe that anything is possible but this kind of gesture that Graham had, shows the greatness of a person :)

It's grey here :/
Hope you have a happy day :}