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DMD3 03-30-2004 01:32 PM

When Gord wrote "Rainy Day People", was he a rainy day person(3rd person waiting for a relationship between 2 people to subside so he/she can take one's place)or was there another rainy day person he was talking about? I really can't tell.
Or did he just make it up, and it's not from experience at all?

Cathy 03-30-2004 06:50 PM

quote:Originally posted by DMD3:
When Gord wrote "Rainy Day People", was he a rainy day person(3rd person waiting for a relationship between 2 people to subside so he/she can take one's place)or was there another rainy day person he was talking about? I really can't tell.
Or did he just make it up, and it's not from experience at all?



Oh, I like to believe it's not something he just pulled out of his imagination. But I can't answer your question. And that's the beauty of the song. It keeps you wondering.

Cathy http://www.cathycowette.com

Borderstone 04-05-2004 02:54 AM

DMD3,that is the kind of question only Gordon himself can answer. That is,if he chose to say one way or the other about it.

Real singer/songwriter's usually write from personal experience or just their feelings on the subject their writing about.

Sometimes though,it's just good old fashioned imagination. http://www.corfid.com/ubb/wink.gif

Been me,later! http://www.corfid.com/ubb/cool.gif

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Borderstone,gonna post some lines tonight!:D

violet Blue Horse 04-05-2004 10:40 PM

I have always imagined he wrote it from the perspective of being the one who needed the shoulder, rather than the one gave it, if you know what I mean. But yeah, it could just as easily be the other way around.

quote:Originally posted by DMD3:
When Gord wrote "Rainy Day People", was he a rainy day person(3rd person waiting for a relationship between 2 people to subside so he/she can take one's place)or was there another rainy day person he was talking about? I really can't tell.
Or did he just make it up, and it's not from experience at all?




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