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I never thought this song was "deceptively happy". And I don't understand why I sleep all day And I start to complain that there's no rain And all I can do is read a book to stay awake And it rips my life away, but it's a great escape I suffered bad depression in my teens and twenties and I knew he was talking about. In 52 now and for the first time in decades I'm not on any antidepressants or antianxiety meds. It's been a long journey. Wish Shannon and other 1990s musicians could have overcome their demons.

Bee Girl was great. She was iconic for people who felt out of place, and I adored her.

Chris Farley was in the bee suit doing a promo for SNL when Blind Melon was a guest. Very funny

When blind melon was coming up I was a young husband and new father. I was only 21 in 1989. I’m an older gen x but this song made me weep for my lost youth. What 21 year olds are married now? Who are fathers at 24? I moved too fast and longed for my fellows. When Shannon died I was shocked. We had only lost Kurt a short time before. Again, I saw my youth slowly dying with the music at the time. But life goes on doesn’t it? Live well, now. Not then. Not tomorrow. Now.

Growing up in rural Mulberry Indiana, I was a neighbor and Shannon was my friend

This song, every single time I hear it, brings back a flood of memories. Man, 90s were the second and last 60s before the new age of technology. This will never, ever happen again. I truly do miss those years, but I am blessed to have experienced them.

I lost a friend Daniel Subberfield to cancer, he was only 18, I was practicing No Rain to show him, he died before I could. When I hear those first notes on the radio, I always think of Dan.

I should be dead from crack cocaine, but I was fortunate enough to respond to treatment, and changed my life around in '89. No Rain was just another good radio song to me, but I first saw the video a couple of yeas ago. I now have a granddaughter about the age of the bee girl in the video, and I can't stop smiling watching that video. Thanks for brightening my day.

My dad who was a musician (and addict) loved Blind Melon and No Rain. Dad was in recovery for about 20 years and died of an accidental OD (about 14 years ago). As a teenager I remember him jammin this song and growing a real connection with my half-sisters after their mom died of cancer. I have very strong emotions around this song recalling how much my dad loved my sisters (and I) and that was his way of promising that he would never leave them... Bittersweet, but I love it and the memories.

No rain was the readers digest of GenX 90s. With so much change happening, learning to deal with doubt, depression, anxiety, transitioning from teen to 20something. We were taken in, our guard was let down, then that moment of joy was taken. Like many lessons for GenX it was the bandaid being ripped off, showing us that Real joy was not given and didnt come from the outside. If we wanted better, we had to do better. I cant speak for all GenX, but most of us have gathered a playlist, we have our own soundtrack for our path. Blind melon definitely earned its spot on our lives mix tape.

Every employee at the records store I managed loved this song, and that was a rare happening. We called their music hippie-rock, cause to us they brought back that peace, love and rock n roll vibe of the 60's. I think fondly of one of my coworkers, whom we lost at the young age of 33 due to diabetes. She was the biggest supporter of Blind Melon. I hope she and Shannon are trippy-dippy dancing around together up in heaven.

I was 30 when this came out. A wife and mom. Wondering about the life choices I had made. This song not only touched the “teenagers” of the day, it also had an effect many others like me. I still cry most of the time when I hear it. It touched me all the way to my inner soul. Truly one of the greatest of all time! ❤

Heather DeLoach, the dancing bee girl, turned out quite all right with a nice family. Good for her.

It's weird how raw the emotion of losing him still is. Somehow these young rock star deaths leave a deep emotional scar. I was trying to tell my teen daughter about their story and found my voice cracking. The cool thing is that she knew the song after I sang 2 lines, so No Rain remains relevant. Thanks for sharing this story.

I was a teenage runaway when this song came out. I remember vividly how this song & soul asylems "runaway train" just seemed to made specifically for me at that point in my life. I'll never forget what it meant to me.

I had only heard “no rain”, but in my early 20s (2007) I went on an aimless road trip. A friend gave me the Blind Melon CD, and man, I put it on as I was driving through the mountains of Tennessee, and man, every song just HIT SO HARD emotionally with what I was going through. The road trip was indeed an attempt to escape, find myself, to change. I became obsessed with the whole album. There’s an individualistic streak, rebellious attitude running through all the lyrics in the album. Searing introspection, and yet, it does all feel like a cry for help, for “someone to save him”… Tones of Home, Change, Sleepyhouse, Drive… such great glimpses into that beautiful free spirit called Shannon Hoon, just trying to figure out how to navigate this chaotic realm and find peace and happiness.

When Shannon died, I was truly gutted. I LOVED this band!!! It was such a horrible loss to watch this incredibly talented young band break with the loss of Shannon. They were soooo unique at that time, these guys had the opportunity to grow into a band with some serious longevity. My introduction with losing a favorite musician to drugs was Andy Gibb and I didn’t even know anything about drugs or addiction, Shannon was my 2nd heartbreak to this vile disease. I am adopted and remember equating finding my birth family with this video and how I would feel to find my people. I found them and my incredibly beautiful and talented nephews pulled out thier guitars and sung this song for me on video when I found them, I had obviously told thier mother about this song. It is one of the most cherished moments of my life and I will never forget it. RIP Shannon and Thank you Blind Melon. ❤️🌻🦋❤️

I had two brothers, one (Josh) lived with me in New Orleans and I know from him that trying to get clean and stay sobor is very hard in a place like New Orleans. My other brother (Jimi) looked like Hoon was a metal guitar player. and had a picture of Jimi and Hoon. - The three of us CRIED when we heard Hoon passed! I am glad that Josh survived (but would die of Covid) and lived another 7+yrs after being sober! The song though lyrically sad - still make me smile when I hear it! Thank you Adam for bringing this man's story to light! on the song and Video -- My aunt and I saw it said it reminded her of me as a kid - We grew up around Beatniks, bikers, artists, musicians and hippies. They were and are my people, where when I wasn't treated well by the 'normals' because I had a visible disability. The video struck a cord with me - I was that kid - just looking for acceptance and was lucky to be surrounded by my people!

Glad you did this video bro. Blind Melon is one of the most underrated bands of all times. Their debut album is a masterpiece! Every song on that album is awesome. It's one of those albums that you never want to hit skip on.

In 1992 I was backstage at their concert at the 23 East Cabaret in Ardmore PA. I had a five minute conversation with Shannon about how he liked to rub tshirt tags between his thumb and index finger to relax. It was so strange yet so endearing. I was 22, drunk and totally psyched to be chatting with him about anything. Good times!

Sadly, I've always related to this song. I still love it and I'm a boomer, not gen x. Great music transcends the generations. Was so sad about Shannon. I hope the remaining band members are doing well.

Im a 55 year old metalhead, but this song has always got my goose. I have always love it. Hated to she what happened to Shannon.

I used to work with a guy who went to high school with Shannon Hoon. One time when I was visiting my friend, he took me out to Shannon's gravesite in Dayton, Indiana. It was pretty surreal seeing the grave with all of the stuff that fans had left there. There was even a couch there in front of the grave! My friend had worked for a large lumber store in Lafayette, Indiana and he told me that just a few weeks before Shannon passed away, he stopped in at the lumber store and was buying a bunch of wood and hardware items and told him that he was getting out of music and going to build birdhouses and other wood items to sell. Unfortunately, he found his way back out on the road a few weeks later and we know the history. 😥

I'm not crying... I have something in my eye. 😭 That album is one of the greatest of all time. I've always spoken of it as such. It's still on my play list. Never gets old. The messages, the comforting melancholy, Shannon's vocals. It's an absolute master piece that speaks to me. It came out when I was finishing High School and was anxious, lonely, and unsure of where to go with my life afterwards. Listening to it now it takes me back to when life was simple. Shannon said "Stay young and beautiful forever", which he ultimately did.

This song and especially the video is a nostalgia explosion for me. I was married, just bought our mobile home, and my daughter was just born (10/21/92 hence the 1021) and life was great but very busy. But now it's all gone but life is still pretty good and not busy enough. lol

I grew up with the lead singer from the other band, and met Shannon WAY before he was famous. He sang for a local band, and performed in area bars before he was of age. I think he was still in high school (?). He was the sweetest person, and had the greatest voice. It reminded me of a voice that would be from the hippy era. Even Larry Norman-ish. It was only fitting that they later did a song from Schoolhouse Rock. I lived in Dayton when they had Shannon's funeral, and it was crazy. Being only an acquaintance, I didn't think it was proper to attend, but I watched the goings on from the store across the street from the funeral home. Sad, just sad.

One of all time favorite videos and songs of the 90s . I think we have all felt like that little bee girl looking for a place we fit in perfectly, a circle of people that accepted you for who you were. The lyrics and music to the song paints a picture I believe everyone has felt. Rest in Peace Shannon Hoon gone but never forgotten. Great episode professor on one of the most iconic songs of the 90s

duran duran wedding album was my first tape. blind melon album was my first cd. i always saw the song as someone that was horribly depressed and looking for a reason/purpose to be happy.

I first heard this song and a few of the others on the debut record in 1992 while visiting my fiancé's family in Mississippi. Her younger sister was dating a friend of Brad Smith's who had an early copy on cassette. Hoon's vocals still give me chills. So beautiful.

Excellent description of a troubled soul. Addiction is painted as a moral lapse or failure. This stigma placed on addiction has itself caused death by keeping those in need in hiding. Society must do and be better. Peace ✌️

I really enjoy this sonng, but never knew Shannons story. I was in boot camp when news broke that Curt had passed. Senior Drill Instructor sat down in the evening to tell us. Lots of tears shed that night by many of us. It's sad when things end that way. Great episode Adam !!

Xennial here. I loved Blind Melon and listened to their first album, on repeat, when I was in like 6th grade. It's so weird you posted this today because, for some odd reason, I was thinking about Shannon Hoon just yesterday. Yet another talented but tortured soul, taken from us way too soon. This brought a little tear to my eye.

When this song came out I was like “oh, not this bee girl song again” it was all over the radio. Then I took the time to watch the video and listen to the lyrics. I gotta say, I cried for days it resonated with me something fierce. That voice just pierced through my emotional defenses and that hopefulness at the end hooked me. I’ve been listening to it ever since. It’s even my alarm clock song. No matter how the day goes, there’s always Hope. RIP Shannon 🙏

I was lucky enough to see them twice. Got to meet him on the second tour. One of the best nights of my life. He is one of my major influences and one of the best singers to ever touch a mic, in my opinion. I was broken for a while after we lost him.

I'm 50,, still rock both albums,, galaxy was such a great album.. talk about this band to this day all the time,, seen them in concert multiple times,, thank you for shining a light on what could have been one of the greatest bands ever with such a strong message to the world..

Crazy= I was singing Blind Melon's "Change" when the notification dropped

I absolutely love Shannon Hoon and Blind Melon. It was cool to see him in the GnR Don't Cry video. No Rain was such a good song. It was sad to see Shannon fall as far as he did and couldn't get out of it. RIP

I was lucky to see them open for GnR in 1993 during the Use Your Illusion tour. I felt so bad that they were pretty much booed off the stage. The audience didn't know what they were missing!

I wouldn't have made it this far without Blind Melon and my goto song for shit storms. "Change" has helped me get thru some of life's deepest darkest problems. He lives on through his songwriting. Helping so many along the way...Thanks Shannon!💘💔

Blind Melon was my favorite band for decades. I adored Shannon and this band. I literally cried when he died. I've only cried over two celebrities dying, and that is Shannon Hoon and Chris Farley. Both such special souls and it just hurt so much knowing we would never hear from them again. I often wonder what great music would have came out if Shannon didn't die. Shannon and Blind Melon was my favorite band ever since they came out (I'm 54) and I only recently found Ren and The Big Push and somebody finally dethroned Blind Melon and Shannon. R.I.P. Shannon

Blind Melon struck gold with that video. I love the happy sounding major key guitar solo with it's clean tone and cool licks. RIP B.M , I remember when all the local bands were playing change back in the 90's. Good memories.

Thank you for covering Blind Melon and Shannon Hoon. Such a criminally underrated band and such a tragic story

Blind melon was one of those bands that changed my life. The music was incredible and the lyrics made feel like I was not alone. These albums are still a go to when I feel down. Shanon Hoon is forever intertwined with my soul.

When Shannon died my mother and my daughters were so very sad. The band was coming to Las Vegas so the😂was could see them perform. I was telling him how much better his life was going to be. Becoming a father he finally got it. He was happy to be a father. Life is a theif especially when you finally stop looking for the bad things to in life. And trying to grasp a hold of the positive!

like Eric Draven from the crow said " It can't rain all the time " R.I.P Brandon Lee and Shannon

The third time I heard No Rain on the radio I knew it was about depression -something I recognize all too well.

I was fourteen when I saw the video for the first time in a lovely girl's basement.. having dealt with depression and drug issues all my life I can relate to the song on so many levels.. rest in peace Shannon Hoon.. you helped me on my own personal journey..

I think you captured the essence of this song, and all the underlyings of it beautifully, and respectfully, Adam. I was in my late 20's /early 30's when this song was released, and I remember how it touched me in both a joyful, and melancholic way the very first time I heard it -- it has been a part of many personal playlists, since then. Requiem for a Gentle Soul 💜

30 days in rehab is rarely enough. Research shows consistently that the longer the program (inpatient or outpatient), the more likely one is to be successful. A normal outpatient program is 9 months to a year, and a 28-day inpatient rehab is usually recommended to be followed by the 9-month or 1-year outpatient. The inpatient program removes one from the environment during detox and post-acute withdrawal, and the longer outpatient program helps the person cope with the outside world sober. I remember seeing that Woodstock performance (on video) and thinking he was wasted. Great show, great performance of the song "Soup," another song about depression that doesn't sound like it on the surface, until you hear the lyrics "I'll pull the trigger and make it all go away", a rough lyric in the aftermath of Cobain's suicide. Maddeningly, the song "Soup" is not on the "Soup" album. It is on the posthumous album "Nico."

First time I REALLY listened to Blind Melon was back in the summer of 2003 when a friend threw their first album on while we were tripping HARD on mushrooms.....I was blown away. Back in the 90s, I had written them off because I thought the song "no rain" was what all their music was like...Im usually a metalhead, but something about Shannon's vocals man.....that pathos in his voice....how can anybody listen to something like Mouthful of Cavities and not be broken down?

I think that this is the best video you have made yet. In my opinion, Blind Melon is the most overlooked and unappreciated band in rock and roll history. For those of you out there that have not listened to their albums, do yourself a favor and check them out ASAP. PS- On any road trip, the first Blind Melon album is a must.

Blind Melons first album is a classic in every way. Great from top to bottom and still relevant 30 years later.

Shannon was my favorite voice of the 90s. Absolutely magical.

His vocals on Change still gets me every time.

Every time i spin one of your videos- I’m always so grateful. Such thoughtful and insightful commentary

Adam, I love how you always start your videos off with a vague description, without just blurring out what the subject is, it allows us to speculate and think about what other bands / songs could fit! Love your channel brother!

Those first two albums are absolute gold and don't get nearly enough respect!

I always liked this song. Really don't know too much about Blind Melon, but I remember being really sad and disappointed when Shannon Hoon died of an overdose. I think he had a young child at the time, which makes it even sadder.

Thanks man. I love Blind Melon and like many fans of the band and Shannon, remember when we heard the news of his passing. The music still takes me back, for the good times and the bad.

Thank you, Professor, for this wonderful video. Poignant. I love "No Rain". Play it all the time. I'm 79 years old. I've tried to keep up with the great new bands even as I'm getting older. My other favorite band from the 90's, besides Blind Melon, is the Goo Goo Dolls.

I'm from Indiana. We lived out in Port Orchard, WA at the time this song came out. My ex was Navy at PSNS. Grunge was big, Pearl Jam, Nirvana, all the good stuff. We came back to Indiana when Ex retired. I miss what WA used to be. It's nothing like it was now. Glad I'm back home.

I was working at Sam Goody and we received an early promo copy of Blind Melon and played it in store. I knew immediately that “No Rain” was going to be huge! I was always pretty good at predicting chart success even if I didn’t particularly like the song. This track I liked a lot!🖖🏼

I was and still am a huge Blind Melon fan. Shannon had the most wonderful voice . I'll never forget driving to work in the middle of October and hearing the report about Shannon passing away, my girlfriend and I had tickets for a October 31st show. It was either in Philly or across the river in Camden N.J. I can't remember now, but I will never forget the feeling of sadness that is still with me today.

It's almost impossible for me to hear this track and "Changes" and not well up with tears in my eyes.... At the very same time though, they make me remember how amazing it feels to have those kinds of emotional reactions..... Blind Melon is one of those great things that makes life special. You live on in our hearts Shannon ❤

I love the bottled lightning videos Professor, and this one especially hit hard. Your description of the emotions this song brings are spot on. Thank you 😎

Another great song of the 90s with a great music video is Runaway Train by Soul Asylum. It's amazing what those guys chose to do with their music video once they got their big break.

Dude you’re awesome, your stuff is the best. Shannon Hoon is the greatest singer of the 90s. His voice is irreplaceable.

A truly wonderful and respectful video, talking fondly of the song and sensitively about the dark side of a terrible illness and a tragic loss. Truly excellent work, Professor. Thank you. xx

❤🎉 Blind Melon! Love No Rain! Aren't most great songs a contrast between happy and sad? This song was an earworm that is still instantly recognized today. Thanks Professor! Chugging along with another great episode.

The Dancing Bee Girl has grown up into 😂lovely young lady!

I just sent my daughter this band this morning. Love you. Passing it on to to my daughters friends in the dorm in San Diego. They love you too. ❤

Thanks for that lovelly tribute 💜 I’m a Melonhead and used to go Shannon Hoon vigils at his graveside in Indiana. Met his whole family and the fans- sang his songs for an entire weekend - candlelight at night with artists from around the world gathered to honor his life. Unforgettable Shannon💜

It is always a sad thing to see such talented people taking their lives. Going from a normal person wanting to do great things, to the pressure of fame and bad habits from the past, is not always that easy. We have lost to many who are creative inside. Good show as usual.

No rain by blind melon brings me back to grade 8 and seeing this video on constant rotation and thinking it was a decent song but as an adult and seeing what happened to lead singer Shannon Hoon this song and video has a whole new meaning however this song is still a time capsule from an innocent and fun time that was the early 90s

Of all the great 90's albums I have in my collection I have replayed this one the most. Great overview of the song, band, and Hoon.

I was 18 in 95' and being from Indiana, I was so bummed when Shannon died. The song "Change" will always be my favorite BM song. There's a lyric from that song on his grave. "But I know we can't all stay here forever. So I'm gonna write my words on the face of today. And then they'll paint it"

My kids loved the bumblebee song! 🐝

One of my favorite bands of all time. I listened to their albums in high school over and over. They were just different than everyone else and I really connected to the mood and my emotions when listening to them. I still play this record and soup to this day. And they have some great songs on Nico too. Underrated band. Great video.

Blind Melon is HAND DOWN one of the most underrated bands of the 90’s. This band got me through so much shit because of the LYRICS! I’m a musician and this band is where my heart began to create my own bearable bubble. Nothing hits more than a song that understands you better than you do yourself. A truly important piece of the 90’s puzzle.

Love the”Lighting in a Bottle” series! Cool story Professor!🤘🔥

He passed away 18 years & a day after lynard skynard plane crash. 😥.

No Rain sang by Shannon Hoon was me... it was how my soul thought, felt, functioned. He spoke to me.. And it has stayed with me well into adulthood. It was a special song I shared with my best friend, a black lab, my Jersey girl ❤ I'm glad to see others who get how important this song and Shannon's message are. ❤

No Rain was my introduction to Blind Melon and the lyrics always touched me. I could certainly understand his pain as an addict myself. I might add that I’m also a musician (drummer). We were the same age and, fortunately, I found recovery before it took me out. One day at a time, God has blessed me beyond measure. If you listen to Change, Walk and Dear Ol Dad, you can certainly hear the pain Shannon battled with in addiction. Their debut album is still one of my favorites of all time.

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Thank you for this episode. I am in tears at the moment, after just finishing watching it. Blind Melon was My Band in 1993, the year after I graduated from college, and listened to the debut album on repeat, as I delivered pizzas in that 1993, post-college, Gen X economy. And Blind Melon is still My Band to this day. Getting to the end of that debut CD and listening to Time... Brad's repeating bass line... I don't have words to describe it at the moment. I had the great fortune to see Shannon Hood for the first and only time at the Chicago Metro Show in 1995. I had finally gotten on my feet, moved to Chicago, started on my professional path, but still suffered from that post-college heartbreak. That show is memorialized on the Metro DVD. I was right up front, in front of Rogers at stage left. (And yes, I said Stage Left, echoing my first and always and forever band). I still remember knowing and singing along to all the songs... except for one weird, unknown song, which the Nico album revealed to be Soup, the title track that was left off of the Soup album. For the next several years, after Shannon's death, after devouring every track off of the 3 (is the magic number) official albums, I discovered the world of bootleg recordings. I collected and devoured every live Melon show I could find. After a bit, I intuitively knew each nuance of each version of each show. Do you know there is an audience recording where the dude in the audience with the recorder is literally standing next to Chris Farley. He is recognized, and humbly introduces himself to the people rocking out next to him, as the show is happening. Farley was a HUGE fan of Melon, and you can find the Woodstock photo where Farley is holding Hood in his arms. Years later, 10 years later I believe, Blind Melon had found a new singer, Travis T. Warren. Of course anyone would be skeptical of any attempt to revive a band with a new singer. By that time I was in NYC. I dived into the MySpace (yes that was a thing) Blind Melon Group, with surprising passion for someone who typically was not a joiner. The anticipation was palpable for all of us new online friends, at a time when online friends was a new and novel thing. We had a pre-show meet up before the show, where I met Keith, and Kacie, and fans who traveled all the way from Australia and Slovenia to see this show. The show at the Canal Room was unbelievable. I went up to Travis afterwards, in awe, and thanked him profusely. "We never thought we would hear these songs live again," I told him. "Thank you so much," I gushed, nearly in tears. Travis wasn't a mere karaoke singer of the songs. Travis embodied the songs, lived the songs. And that is why, after a couple years of looking for a singer after Shannon's death, and several years of giving up on ever finding a replacement, the band knew the very same thing the moment they heard Travis sing. That night at the show I met Colleen, who would eventually make the All I Can Say Blind Melon documentary. And I handed my point and shoot digital camera to Danny Clinch, the official Blind Melon photographer / harmonica player, and world famous rock photographer and documentarian, and made him take a photo of me and my new Melon friends. Me and my newfound Blind Melon friends went on to follow the newly reunited band. We all converged on Keith's house for a pre-show party before the D.C. show. Another Melon fan from Tennessee, Carolyn, walked in the door, and was welcomed with opened arms. She felt a little hesitant, thinking she had just walked in on a group of people who apparently knew each other for years. Little did she know at that moment, we had only just known each other for days, even hours, but had all immediately bonded over our Melon and Shannon connection. The feelings, the emotions, the connections ran so deep from years of listening to Shannon's music, his voice, that we were all instantly deeply connected, without having to explain it. Yes, I know that sounds cliché... and yet Carolyn and Kacie want on to be the closest of friends from that moment on, traveling across the country to share each other's most important life moments. We followed the band on to North Carolina, three car loads of brand new friends, where we all took a side trip to take selfies in front of Sleepy House. We all converged at the house of a couple of Melon fans, Sonya and Greg, and jammed together late into the night. My carload was about to all head home and go our separate ways, but we couldn't stop. I cancelled my ticket home, basically quit my job, and continued on the Melon road trip. Over the next several months, we reunited again in D.C, in New Jersey, Connecticut, and the New Year's show in Detroit. Well, so much more I could share, but that will do for now... www.flickr.com/photos/dojoklo/2104410994/in/album-72157603435534953/

first time i heard it back in the day as they say... i was like oh cool boppy kinda upbeat. after the 3rd or 4th time actually "HEARING" it, when i listened and didnt just dance a bit in my seat while driving, i would almost break down in tears. This song for the area i lived in (another small town this time in Ohio) i could feel the pain behind it i understood it in ways i quite frankly dont understand even to this day. It always makes me the best kind of happy, and sad, but understood most of all from somoene out there in the world. I still have a visceral reaction when someone insults this song, band, or hell even the little girl in the video. Much love to Shannon, we miss you, we love you, and we had it made when you were here.

You should do a top 10 list of overplayed overrated Overanalyzed and over appreciated songs. This one would hit the top 3 in a heartbeat.

I remember being at a cabin party in the 90s and we had put on Blind Melon's Change. I quickly got up to crank the volume as we all really liked the song, but as it was someone else's cabin I wasn't familiar with the stereo and accidentally threw the balance all the way to the right in stead of the volume. To everyone's amazement we were greeted with only the harmonica and Shannon Hoon's haunting vocals. We discovered it was recorded in stereo. Our minds were blown and the party was amazing.

Thank you for such a great retrospective on this song. I love this song every time I hear it. It brings back so many memories of time long forgotten.

As a teen in the 90’s and remember no rain coming in the radio and being one of those bright spots of the day that you couldn’t help but sing because like you said we did know what sadness was and hearing no rain was definitely a welcome break if only for a few mins!! RIP Shannon!!!

This song i love it carried me through depression as a teen there was something so heartfelt and understanding in the music and lyrics that touched a hurt heart. “ i just want someone to save me oh oh oh oh..”😢 i thank him for pouring his heart in this song and I’m sorry he felt his only saving was the end he kept so many from. Now understanding the industry in its fullness i can’t imagine the things he saw that didn’t help heal him❤🙏🏾 thank you

This vand was sucha. Underreared group. I aeen them in a small club in the early 90s in columbus ohio.. they were incredible. Such a diffeenrt take on the style of music thebplayed vs many other bands of the time.. Hoon was a dynamic frontman.. just imgaine if .... Thanks for the time on this song and the group..

Wow, memories. I went to hs with Shannon & Lisa (graduated in 87) and played on the basketball team (Lisa was a cheerleader). Our team was moderately successful and I had made it on the Lafayette news and in the newspaper several times. Whenever I ran into Shannon during the late 80s he would always point my way and say "...aren't you that famous guy I saw on tv?" and we would both laugh. I listened to that album so many times. I was sad but not shocked when I heard the news.

I always thought of this as a frivolous 90s pop song, but never knew this ran so deep. This is when the channel is at its best. Really changed my entire view of this song.

One of my favourite songs - reminds me of my younger days in my early 20s! Such a cool song and video clip. Loved his voice.

Wow.. I can't believe this video just popped up in my feed. No Rain for me, is one of "those songs" that carry an extra special meaning or memory.. for one reason or another, could be good or bad but it's always there with you if you hear it or even think about that song. No Rain is that special song deep in my heart and soul.. I used to sing it to and with my very best friend.. my beautiful, loyal, unconditionally loving, sweet Black Lab, Jersey ❤ That girl was by myside through the 12 hardest years of my life.. first arrest in 2011, rehab twice 2016 & 2019 (doc opiates), the DEVASTATING loss of my mom but finally getting and staying clean in 2020.. on to battle my food addiction and lose 70 lbs in 2021... only to lose her, my precious Jersey girl in 2022... which crushed my world and lead me back to drug addiction. That girl was part of my life and I could barely get out of bed without her 🥺 Thank god I had my husband and our other girl, the worlds actual best and smartest Pit Bull, TD.. but she's my husband's soul mate lol If anyone ever reads this... Thank you for listening. This all just rushed out of me bc I thought about No Rain ❤

I had an extremely close friend who suffered from alcohol addiction and depression who loved this song, we lost him later that year when he drown on the lake down the street from our home. Rest in peace Jessie , every time I hear this song it takes me back to our deep conversations about what we were going to do with our lives and it makes my heart hurt knowing that you are no longer here to be my friend and be a father to your son. You will always be here in our memories. Cherish the people you have in your life ❤

No Rain was my introduction to Blind Melon and the lyrics always touched me. I could certainly understand his pain as an addict myself. We were the same age and, fortunately, I found recovery before it took me out. One day at a time, God has blessed me beyond measure. If you listen to Change, Walk and Dear Ol Dad, you can certainly hear the pain Shannon battled with in addiction. Their debut album is still one of my favorites of all time.