The Rain
The Rain were the Manchester band that eventually evolved into Oasis. The band formed in Manchester, England in 1991, taking their name from The Beatles' B-side, "Rain". Founding members were Paul "Bonehead" Arthurs (guitar), Paul "Guigsy" McGuigan (bass), Chris Hutton (vocals). Drummer Tony McCarroll joined shortly after the band formed to replace their drum machine and Hutton was replaced as vocalist by Liam Gallagher, who became the band's songwriter, in partnership with Arthurs. In this partnership, they wrote several songs including "Take Me" and "Life in Vain". The band rehearsed only one day a week and did not perform at shows often.
Shortly after Liam joined, the band was renamed Oasis, at his suggestion. Various explanations of the origins of the name have been offered, however, it came about when Liam’s older brother Noel roadied for the Inspiral Carpets at a venue in Swindon called the Oasis Leisure Centre. Liam reportedly liked the name's "resonance of imagery."
One day in August 1991, Noel, having recently returned from the Inspiral Carpets' tour of the U.S., went to watch his brother's band perform at the Manchester Boardwalk, supporting a band called Sweet Jesus. Noel offered to join, reportedly on condition that he would be the lead guitarist and they would perform only his songs. Noel made an instant impact on the band, he began to introduce new sounds and ways of creating music. After a few small warm up gigs in towns such as Middlesbrough, the band decided to produce Definitely Maybe, under the name of Oasis.
The Rain (disambiguation)
The Rain were a band from Manchester, England, that eventually evolved into Oasis.
The Rain may also refer to:
See also
The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)
"The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)" is a 1997 hit song recorded by American rapper Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott. It was written and composed by Don Bryant, Bernard "Bernie" Miller, Elliott, and producer Timbaland for her debut album Supa Dupa Fly (1997) and contains a sample of Ann Peebles' 1973 single "I Can't Stand the Rain", whose lyrics serve as the chorus.
The song was released to U.S. radio stations on May 20, 1997, and the Hype Williams-directed video was released to video shows starting June 3, 1997. The song entered the Hot R&B Airplay chart in mid-June, and peaked at #6 the week of August 9, 1997. It peaked at #51 on the Hot 100 Airplay chart the following week.
The song was released as the album's lead single on July 2, 1997 (see 1997 in music), and reached the top twenty in the United Kingdom and New Zealand. VH1 ranked the song 99th on VH1's 100 Greatest Songs of the '90s. And in 2010 Pitchfork Media included the song at number 33 on their Top 200 Tracks of the 90s. In 1998, "The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)" was named the fourth-best single of 1997 by the The Village Voice's annual-year end Pazz & Jop critics' poll.
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by Jet 2
The Timeline
by: Jet 2[Hook]
Let me explain to you all a story where my mind is at
Where is that exact place? (Repeat 4x)
[Verse 1]
Comin' up, I'm a young Jet like J.J. the jet plane,
nigga
Now around this time, I'm like somewhere between five
and eight
Not the height though
So I'm barely gettin' off the training wheels
Remote controlled cars, playin' with the Tyco
Grew up with a pretty girl named Jasmine
Moved and met back in high school
Different story, this is back to when I was eight
Tryin' to buy that Sean Carter, volume 2
But my mommy didn't let me buy that because of the
parental advisory
Ooh... Nigga what, nigga who?
So you mean I can't play that?
Wrote down my first rhyme that my daddy recorded on the
A-Dat
Arlington Heights elementary, think I was A-Track (uhh)
I had a teacher in the fifth grade that said I would be
somethin'
If I paid attention (uhh)
I had a teacher in the fourth grade, read Harry Potter
To the whole class like classroom conduct
Eventually, I fell in love with the whole series
In which expanded my creativity not to mention
[Hook]
[Verse 2]
What's up, what's up, this is Audubon
A young scrub, I'm tryin' to prove I'm not
I met Jorge in the sixth grade playin' System of a Down
and Linkin Park on the drums
Word to Serj...
Brenner's Jimmy's cousin and I met him first
Yeah, woah what a first day, Royanae walks in
Pretty face, brown skin, look at her curves,
God...I think I'm gettin' into girls now
At this age how I look at the world now
Skip to the seventh grade and my homie Kevin told her
and I got turned down
So what... You know what the mission is
They've got drums, let me play, Mr. Merideth
In between flag football, broken arms, bee bee guns
Gotta get the waves for the heritage
[Hook]
[Verse 3]
Ooooh, now we're in high school
Them girls is gettin' older, I'm tryin' to be that fly
dude
But I am too shy too... What's up
Throwin' passes, where your corners at?
Dreams of playin' quarterback since DB was at
quarterback
Learned to freestyle thinkin' I'm too cool for school
So I'm feelin' as smooth as Max
But that was after Tilly stated my name as Jet 2, in
fact
At the time, I was feelin' that, so I took it and ran
with it
Literally ran track with it, until I ran a track with
But back to them passes, it really didn't work out like
I visioned it
Long story short, I was shorter than the story is
So I didn't start at quarterback on varsity
But my football pads was all I needed, and DDP and
My spikes for track and a girl that went to Crenshaw
High School,
How swagged is that? Yeah!