#Rain January 26

by Coach4aday · January 26, 2025

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For January 2025, several of us are taking part in the 30-Day Song Lyrics Coach4aday Challenge. Each day we utilize a theme and post the song lyrics from a song that connects the two. Today my theme is on rain and my song is RAINY DAY WOMEN #12 and #35.

In 1966 Rainy Day Women #12 and #35 and was included on Bob Dylan’s album “Blond on Blonde“. Dylan wrote the song, and many critics did not like it. The song was often referred to as a drug song, but Dylan insisted it’s meaning could be found in Acts 7:54-60 referencing Stephen. His message was no matter what Stephen said he was going to get stoned by his enemies.

Song Lyrics 30-Day Challenge Guidelines

Like previous challenges there are no hard and fast rules to participate. There are a few suggested guidelines

Post the lyrics to the song of your choice, and explain, if necessary, why it connects to your daily theme.
Please try to include the songwriters
Link to a video so people can listen to the song

January 26th-Theme-Rain-Song-Rainy Day Women #12 and #35

Many of Dylan’s songs have appeared in films including this one. This was on the soundtrack to the 1994 movie Forrest Gump. Some critics have said the song sounds like a tune the Salvation Army brass band would play. There might be a good reason for that.

Guitarist and bassist Charlie McCoy played the trumpet on this. He recalled to Uncut magazine March 2014: “(Producer, Bob) Johnston said, ‘Tonight he wants to do a song with a Salvation Army sound – we need a trumpet and trombone.’ I said, ‘Does the trumpet need to be good?’ He’s said, ‘no!’