It pours, man, it pours

It's raining today, and the weather of late here has been very dreary. It's one of those days.

Come Wind, Come Rain - Vashti Bunyan
Have You Seen The Rain? - Creedence Clearwater Revival
It Never Rains in Southern California - Albert Hammond
Rainy Day People - Gordon Lightfoot
River Man - Nick Drake

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Cover and Original: Have You Ever Seen The Rain?

Have you ever gotten one of those songs stuck in your head, and just can't find it, and can't figure out where you heard it?

I've come across this problem recently when I was watching TV with GE's commercials touting their green initiatives - one of them, regarding water recycling, had a cover of CCR's Have You Seen The Rain? Great song, but I couldn't place the title.

Secondly, this was a really cool cover version, and only through a little searching did I find that it was performed by Juju Stulbach - a version that I still haven't been able to find anywhere, although someone said that it was due out on iTunes sometime next month, which I'll really be looking out for.

However, here's a couple other covers to tide you over. Teenage Fanclub's is okay, not great. It's a little too emo sounding. R.E.M. has a really good cover of it. Quality's not great here, but they do a good rendition. Hi Hopes's version is okay, while I really like the Bishop Allen version. None of these really take off from the original that much, but they're not the worst covers out there.

Have You Ever Seen The Rain (Creedence Clearwater Revival) - Teenage Fanclub
Have You Ever Seen The Rain (Creedence Clearwater Revival) - R.E.M.
Have You Ever Seen The Rain (Creedence Clearwater Revival) - Hi Hopes
Have You Ever Seen The Rain (Creedence Clearwater Revival) - Bishop Allen
Have You Ever Seen The Rain - Creedence Clearwater Revival

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