Rain

Rain is a symbol of unhappiness, and some may say loneliness. In most of the movies, a broken heart is usually accompanied by a torrent of heavy rain. Rain = tears from the sky? Is the sky crying for those poor broken hearted soul?

For me, rain is a symbol of something else – bad luck. Back in the old days when I was in college and couldn’t afford a car, I always go around in my faithful Honda EX5 motorbike. One time I actually got lucky when one very sweet looking girl from the Faculty of Language Studies asked me to ferry her to a commuter(train) station. Half-way there, the rain falls like no tomorrow. We were soaked wet and tried to find shelter under some deserted bus stop.

She was wearing a white blouse on that day – she looked absolutely nice - and the rain sort of improve it by making it significantly transparent. I was staring like an idiot. She looked away – her face a little red.

After the rain stopped, she asked me to bring her back to hostel – she needs a change. I waited for her for a very long time in front of her hostel – guys are forbidden to enter girl’s hostel – but she never showed up. I was waiting there like an idiot. In the end I asked a fat girl passing by if she could check whether she’s still in. Maybe the fat girl pitied me. She went around asking people for that white-blouse girl and they said she had left by the back entrance. A guy in BMW was waiting for her there and had probably driven her to the train station – as she was supposed to go back to her hometown that day.

Needless to say, I was crestfallen. I rode away with dejected look on my face.

Nowadays I have a big car, but there is no longer any sweet girl asking me to fetch her to any train station. And with the advance of time, rain is no longer a symbol of bad luck to me; it became a symbol of something more sinister – traffic jam.

So for those of you stuck in the jam this morning like me, let’s listen to some songs with the word “rain” as the title. Rain, no doubt, has been the main theme of countless songs. Here are 3 of my selections.


The first one is from a veteran Japanese band that comes from the same era as X Japan. While X Japan went on to become popular all over the world, Buck-Tich (from Japanese word bakuchiku – meaning firecracker) never made it that big, despite the fact that their music is much more original – dark, intense and gripping.

BUCK-TICK –Rain



Next we have a British cult band called Cult. Not many people heard of this band before in Malaysia, although they have been around for ages. Honestly, I think their music is way before their time – much more lethal than those 90s Brit Pop acts.

CULT – Rain



Finally, for those who are still stuck in the jam after hours in the rain and feel like crying, here’s A-Ha with their version of Crying in The Rain – which IMO, is better than the original version by the Everly Bros.

A-HA – Crying In The Rain