UNDERNEATH This DECEPTIVELY HAPPY #1 Song is a DEVASTATING Secret! | Professor of Rock
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- Coming up… It’s one of the most instantly recognizable songs and iconic music videos of the rock era: No Rain by Blind Melon. It instantly blew up radio and MTV. And though this bright and quirky tune will have you singing along from the start... it was hiding a secret sadness. No Rain is much more bitter than sweet. In its time it became so over-hyped that lead singer Shannon Hoon hated singing it. And its success became one in a series of events that led him down a path of personal destruction. So, is this song just a caricature of Blind Melon, a band who had more to say? Or is it one of the most beloved hits of its time? I’ll let you decide... NEXT on the Professor of Rock.
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It’s time for another episode of our series Bottled Lightning. This is a sad one.. in 1990, Blind Melon frontman Shannon Hoon wrote in his journal, "My hometown really never held a future for me, except maybe a prison term or an early funeral. My life has changed so much and now my dreams of singing to the world are very close.” Needing to escape what he considered a stifling small-town existence in Lafayette, Indiana, Shannon boarded a Greyhound bus in March 1990. His destination? California, the land of golden opportunities. Arriving in Los Angeles with guitar in hand, Hoon set about searching for a rock band and a new lease on life.
But Shannon wasn’t the first member of Blind Melon to get there. Ahead of him, back in 1988, two childhood friends and musicians from Mississippi: guitarist Rogers Stevens and bassist Brad Smith had already set up camp. They had come to LA for the same reasons. To chase their musical dreams. While in the Sunshine State, they were in and out of several transitory bands. Later they met Hoon through a mutual friend at a party. There Shannon auditioned for the duo, playing an original song called "Change" on his acoustic guitar.
Rogers and Brad were sold and immediately brought him aboard. Shannon’s song had the same kind of vibe and the same kind of attitude they wanted for their music. Previously, the pair had met rhythm guitarist Christopher Thorn at a different audition and invited him to join as well. Chris, who originated in Pennsylvania - kept the California transplant streak going. Months later, the foursome called upon Glen Graham, a drummer from the Mississippi club circuit, to round out the band.
With Graham in place, the quintet’s first order of business was to record a demo, which once finished caught fire immediately. Almost from the get-go buzz started generate around the band, which they called Blind Melon. Apparently, it was a term Brad’s father used to call his ‘unlikely-to-succeed next-door neighbors.’ “We’d only been together for like a week,” said Shannon. “And the four track fell into someone’s hands and we got a call...
Poll: Who is your pick for the greatest singer who peaked in the 90s?
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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.
Exactly. Now it's forever the bee song
@@flossy7258 I don't think it was ever just the bee song. For me it was the hippie song that said everyone is beautiful, and we all have a place, including the weird bee girl.
I didn't hear it as happy or sad at first. I just heard it as someone singing a song about my life. It was only years later that I realized there was anything sad about my life. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
@@joustwave6541 Oh you lucky b*st*rd! Seriously, I'm happy for anyone who grows up content and confident in the world. It just seems kinda rare. Maybe those of us who felt more miserable growing up just winge on about it more.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
(I'm stealing your emoticon!)
Me too. I don't remember any of the people I knew at the time thinking it was a happy song.
My father was a dear friend of Shannon’s. I remember going to his home in Lafayette in 1994 and meeting him for the first time.When my father and I arrived, Shannon was helping someone work on the engine of their utility van. He autographed my CD for me. “From Sha to Devon”. Sadly, it was lost in a move. I had a backstage pass to their next show and woke up to hear of his passing and was crushed. Watching this video taught me a few things I didn’t know about myself and the band. My father grew up playing Music with Axle Rose (Bill) and had mentioned his sister. I didn’t realize that Shannon and Axle also knew each other. Shannon is still remembered and missed dearly in the area, by family and in the music world. This was a great video. Thank you so much for sharing this. You have no idea how much it means to me.
(BILL) What does that mean next to Axl Rose? Just wondering
Bee Girl was great. She was iconic for people who felt out of place, and I adored her.
I agree.
Does anyone know what her name was and what has happened to her since?
Yeah she was! I always called it "The Bumblebee Song."
@@tedgemberling2359 ua-cam.com/video/5SA79lfwdQ0/v-deo.html
Heather DeLoach - Wikipedia en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heather_DeLoach@@tedgemberling2359
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.
As a fellow Gen Xer, I think you nailed it.
We grew up in the optimistic 80s, thinking we'd have the success our parents enjoyed, if we did all the right things (college, marriage, house, kids). The 90s was the wake up call we didn't know we'd get.
And now, we're old. 😂
@@jtoland2333 And we were still better off than the generations to come. Although just hanging on by a string, in a sense, we were the last fundamentally true US generation...
Doesn't mean we will be the last, but I'm not seeing much of a renaissance in sight.
Chris Farley was in the bee suit doing a promo for SNL when Blind Melon was a guest. Very funny
😟 They probably partied together.
Definitely, it was perfect for Chris to be the Bee Grrl
(trivia) The bees were reoccurring SNL thing waay before Blind Mellon.
@@evilkep7390John Belushi🐝
Yes, John Belushi was the king bee @@evilkep7390
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.
That's rough, man. Clot shot?
@@anotherlover6954 no man, this was 1994, when the song came out.
@@JayGuitars1 Thanks. Sorry for being so up front about the question. But these days people are dying suddenly -- dying suddenly -- to cancer. For real. In 2021 a firefighter was fighting a fire when he died. They finished the investigation. It was cancer. The cancer caused a heart attack, and that was, apparently, how he found out he had cancer. He died to it. Kate Middleton just had surgery -- that sounds like it came out of nowhere -- for cancer. Everyone knows someone coming down with a bad cancer today since the shots. That's why I ask.
I just re-read your initial comment, too, and saw that I was far too eager to ask my question. Sorry about that. That's a sad story, man.
All the best.
Peace
I was born in 1990
@@anotherlover6954stop pushing your agenda on people sharing vulnerable stories.
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.
My brother I lost in 2017 he was born in 1992 ... I met blind melon in 2018 and talked to Travis Warren and took a photo with them for free
I’m so sorry. Hope u believe u will see him again one day. Song came out when I was in High School. For those I have lost, have found a comfort listening to every NDE (near death experience) I can find. Really, they should call it a DE, these people actually die, sometimes for pretty long periods, and come back. I’ve only heard one no bueno NDE. Happened when he was a young man, probably on Oprah long ago? He admitted he knew was truly a really absolutely awful person who had zero intent to ever change, until he died still young, he described what actual hell must be. Changed it all to the max when he got his 2nd chance. Have heard hundreds of them all sound like Heaven. So, that guy must have really been a bad dude. Anyway, hope for your healing
Sorry to hear that man. That's hard. I can't imagine. It sounds like you have been through allot. Best wishes
Peace.
My father was also a former drug addict though he wasn't a musician and he died of an accidental overdos as well about 12 years ago
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.
I had never heard of this guy. I knew about Kurt Cobain of course. It seems like just a few years ago. Time flies. 1995 was 29 years ago. In another 29 years I’ll be dead or 90. I need to enjoy every day! We need to create a pill that makes time seem to last longer.
Me and my husband married in 1993. I was 16, he was 20. We had our daughter in 1998 and 1999... we're still married...31 years this year. He took loves this song ..but so do I.
Similar story
I was 21 and pregnant... Getting ready for a wedding I wasn't prepared for ... A life I wasn't prepared for.
This song... And so many others carried me thru that time.
Times were scary... I was terrified of my future as it wasn't turning out how I had planned it.
This song ... So many songs really defined my life. Genuinely got me thru all of the scariest times of my life.
Including 9/11
Toes across the Floor haunts me till this day.
I am also a recovering addict... Just celebrated 10ys clean.
Life is strange... Life is not guaranteed.
We must make the best of it.
I'm PROUD and grateful to be part of Gen X!
We lived thru some of the best times ever ❤❤❤
@@pettykittyfam congratulations on your sobriety. Yes, many songs got me through that time as well. My marriage didn’t last the decade and I was left raising my child. With a lot of help from family thank goodness. Music lifted me when I was on the floor. Sometimes literally.
I was 18, single, with twins. Do8ng it all on my own
So 24, married, really isn't that young
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.
Did you name your kid after Necco wafers?
Congratulations on kicking that nasty habit ! I lost a lot of friends to various different drugs during the ‘80’s and ‘90’s and had to step away from a lot more because they couldn’t see what was coming . I miss every one of them and some so much it still hurts to think about . There are better ways !
God bless you. Peace. ☮️
Congrats on avoiding the reaper!
Good job!
Growing up in rural Mulberry Indiana, I was a neighbor and Shannon was my friend
That's awesome! Can't 1-up that!
I'm so sorry he left you too soon. I miss him and I never knew him.
I lived in mulberry, in in the 70s. Moved from Huntington beach, ca in 9th grade. Still in therapy 😅
Did you see star potential in him back then?
@@Stahlgewitter I mean, I was a teenager, so any little bit of talent seemed larger than life, but yes, he definitely seemed to have star quality
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! ❤
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.
Totally agree. I grew up in the 70s and didn't have the same feelings for music until the 90s. Luckily my daughter grew up then, and I was able to experience the magic with her.
Me too hon, me 2
Absolutely! Something magical really did happen in the 90s with music and a last homage to the countercultures of the 60s and 70s.
The 90's were the absolute best. We had great tech with CD's and music had meaning and it wasn't to match the rhythm that is catchy to make it popular like it is now. Even gangsta rap like the Geto Boys was great compared to 2010+ rap with few exceptions. Music from the 90's is still played on modern radio more than current music because current music is awful. Kids weren't being indoctrinated in school. There was not even a thought of drag queen story hour for children. And why children? Why isn't there drag queen story hour for highschoolers or electricians? It's because they want your children. The 90's were massively safer and so was the country. Yes there was always murders and always will be but not like today especially with the wide open border allowing the worst drug known to humans to freely flow right across. I wish we could go back to the 90's I graduated in 98 and if I went back in time and told my 18 year old self that the number one killer of people in age 18-40 is fentanyl and that there were going to be endless wars and a questionable pandemic with revised numbers and an election with 7 states that stopped counting and 3 states that didn't finish for two weeks after the election and that a president would lie to get us into a war and nothing would happen to him, BUSH, and that I would go to that war and lose friends and Marines, Id have slapped myself because that would not happen in America.
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.
The whole album was awesome.
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.
So sad...
Holy Man remains one of my favorite songs of all time. (and I've heard a lot of songs dude)
I love Tones of Home! A personal favorite!
I had the same experience at the same time. Hello Brother!
That album belongs with Beethoven on the Voyager's golden record (but was too late). No Rain is my least favorite song on the album.
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!
With all that partying and drinking in NOLA, must have been an uphill battle. But I’m glad you all got across.
Sorry for your loss, man. That's rough.
I'm glad your brother was able to stay clean & sober for so long & I'm sorry you lost him to Covid.
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.
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!
Thanks for sharing.
I used to do that!
@@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980My daughter is 26 and sometimes still does. It’s harmless enough, so if it helps, why not?
It's bizarre how many people have this compulsion in them, including me. I had a blue blanket as a kid with a corner seam that I would rub between those fingers (I called it my "favorite tickle," a term that would probably warrant a visit from CPS if I'd ever told anyone that). And I currently have a similar blanket and still find myself doing it from time to time. I haven't seen her in years but I knew a grown woman who had a small square from her childhood blanket that she kept in her purse, it was just like mine and had a corner she would rub between her fingers. I bet she still carries it. It has to serve some purpose in the brain, maybe something leftover from evolution that we evolved out of.
I do this with pillow case edges. I like the feeling when it touches the webbing in between my fingers. I also like to run the material under my fingernails. I sit and do it when I'm going to sleep. I never really realized it, until a girlfriend pointed it out. She thought it was cute. 😅
Heather DeLoach, the dancing bee girl, turned out quite all right with a nice family. Good for her.
thanks for sharing.
I didn’t know what her name was! Thanks.
That's great! Thanks for sharing that as I was wondering what became of her! Also wondering what became of Shannon's daughter....?? Hope she is living a good life!!
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.
Fellow Gen Xer, thanks for mentioning us 💙
I think one of my favorite songs of the era was “Star Gazer” by Mother Love Bone.
I was born and raised in Seattle and to me, MLB really captures an essence.
100%, I'm an older millennial and my older/Gen X cousins (we all grew up in Seattle area) were huge on MLB and Andrew was their favorite rockstar. Another one gone waaay too soon there
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
Thanks my Name. Do you have the record?
@@ProfessorofRock this was at a time I was buying CD's instead of vinyl, which I regret now something about vinyl, I bought this CD and Soup, never got to see them live though.
I wasn’t really a fan until I saw them live at Santa Barbara bowl. They opened for somebody but all I remember is Blind Melon. They were rockin’ the place for sure, Jam band but still pretty tight. Lots of players up there switching acoustic to electric vibe. Sound was clean, crowd was stoked.
The bee girl was me my whole sophomore year. Trying to figure out where I fit in at my school, and people not understanding me multiple times.
@@latentsea I wish I had gotten the chance, sounds like my kinda band
Thank you for covering Blind Melon and Shannon Hoon. Such a criminally underrated band and such a tragic story
This song and this album played such a huge role in my life in the mid 90's. I was suffering from depression for nearly 8 years when it came out. At age 14 I had broken my neck playing football and had suffered paralysis from the neck down. I had a really good recovery but not a complete. I had lost all the dreams I had hoped for. I didn't ask for help so by the time I was in my early 20's using drugs to cope was a huge part of my life. No Rain came out while I was living in Lawrence KS and attending Kansas University. All I could think was how cool Shannon looked with his long hair, and how I could relate to the words. The album blew my mind, his song Change spoke to be on such a deep level. So I packed my bags and followed a dream of moving to Vail, CO of his be a ski bum, and grew my hair long. Well long for me, just past my neck. I loved it, and was finally starting to be happy after I got on Prozac, Prozac nation member 95'. It was devastating to hear of his passing. I was shook for a long time. The album is still one of my favorites today. It will always be too. Thank you Shannon! You are missed.
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 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"
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.
me too. I ran away from Anderson SC to McMinnville OR when I was 15. I was listening to Blind Melon on the way to the Greyhound bus station.
Curious if you guys made it back home or stayed gone forever?
My brother ran away February 94 from MD came back home in May.
@@KombuchaLiz I ran at 14 & came back at 17.
@@KalteGeist damn. That's a long time. I hope you are well now
@KombuchaLiz Certainly doing OK now. Still haven't made the family life I wanted then (Probably never will) but I'm in my 40s & have learned to make a home for myself.
I remember him first in the video for Don't Cry when I was an Axl Rose impersonator. I didn't realize it was him until I studied the video years after it was released to get all of Axl's moves right. When No Rain came out, I was a quiet, introverted song writer that wrote music in class and aced the test later. I had very few friends, and people mostly hated me for just being me unless they needed something. When I first saw the video, I cried, because I knew exactly how the "bee girl" felt being consistently austracisized for just being herself. They couldn't understand how I could be crying over the song. I understood every lyric to the song long before I started my own drug experience chasing the dream of being the next rockstar. I didn't know his complete backstory, so thank you so much for telling it. From one musical historian to another, my hat is truly off to you, brother. Keep it going so that nobody forgets.
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.
I was at a festival in 1997, I was 17, and I was laying there on an acid trip and this guy outside my tent was sitting there smoking with someone else and played this album over and over and after that night every time I hear them I go back to that morning... What a great album. Now it has totally different meaning to be having been in recovery for a while now and surely I could have ended up just like Shannon, I just wouldn't have left half the mark on the world that he did. I hope he knows he's a rock star 🤘🏽🌟🥺
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.
As a middle of the era Gen Xer from smalltown middle America, I found myself in the PNW at the time that Grunge took flight. Talk about a culture shock. I went from being a shitkicker to a full on Grunge diehard. To me the music had alot more soul. It was like nothing I had never heard before and here I am right smack in the middle of its birthplace. I absorbed as much of it as I could. So you could say Grunge holds a special place in my heart.
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.
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.
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'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.
Blind Melon's melancholy music spoke to me after my sister passed in a car accident. Thank you for the therapy
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 !!
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
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 ✌️
Thanks!
It’s like the stigma surrounding autism.
@@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980not even close. Nobody tells people with autism that they deserved to die because they chose to have it
I've always loved this song, and it hits so much harder since losing my husband to addiction. I was a sophomore in high school and this, along with GnR was my jam.
Very Well-said.
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.
No kidding. Thanks!
Music brings us together!
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.
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. ❤
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?
Thanks for sharing.
I should listen to some of their other songs.
And I don't understand why I sleep all day, and then I start to complain there's no rain...
There are no words for how much I to this very day, love this song...🥺🥺
Man I can't go to rehab... there won't be anyone there when I wake..😢
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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."
Rehab would actually work if they taught personal responsibility and consequences, instead of avoidance and religious garbage.
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!
Thanks for sharing!
Life does throw you curveballs!
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 ❤
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.
My Daughter, who is an aspiring musician, covers No Rain in all of her live shows. It's always been one of my favorite songs of the 90's and when she decided to learn it and cover it, that cemented the song as one of my alltime favorites.
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 💜
Anyone watching this video-please watch the film ‘All I Can Say’-such an important film…it debuted at Tribeca in 2019 and it was a true labor of love. 💫♥️💫
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.
No Rain is depression in a nutshell. Outwardly it's cheerful, but the inner part, the lyrics, are laying out everything. I may seem happy at first impression but I'm really not, and that's what I got from this song.
Crazy= I was singing Blind Melon's "Change" when the notification dropped
Wow! Great song!
What a great one. My favorite song of the decade. Sad Shannon passed so young and his/their true talent got overshadowed
@@treygoodman1347 they're back out there now , with a new singer !
dude same yesterday im.driving in car melon comes on the one counting numbers but cant think.of title they were in.my area recently
...and that's ok, they're just afraid of change
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.
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 was a teenager in the 90s, probably one of the best decades to have been a teen (although I expect the 70s would have been markedly better). 'No Rain' was phenomenal and still is. It spoke to the disaffected, different, awkward teen who was upset that the world seemed wrongheaded and worse than it should be. It spoke to the ennui that pervaded Gen X teens who grew up being told we would be the first generation to have it worse than our parents did.
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.
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
Shannon was my favorite voice of the 90s. Absolutely magical.
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.
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!
It was a sad death. This is probably the only Blind Melon song I know really well, but I know Change 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💜
CALI!!! It’s Tonya! I miss you!! ❤❤
Blind Melons first album is a classic in every way. Great from top to bottom and still relevant 30 years later.
Broke my heart to lose these amazing singers so young. Shannon, layne, Scott Weyland, Andy wood. 😢❤ no rain always makes me think of driving from Kalamazoo mi to shipshewana Indiana through the back roads with my hippie rocker aunt.
like Eric Draven from the crow said " It can't rain all the time " R.I.P Brandon Lee and Shannon
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..
Those first two albums are absolute gold and don't get nearly enough respect!
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..
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.
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!💘💔
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.
My older sons are in Seattle and oh how I wish they'd get out!
@@dalzoiWhat's happened to Seattle?
@@FlailTV look up the documentary called Seattle is Dy*ng"
I grew up on the Texas coast and learned to surf there, it rained a lot and the only good thing about that was the surf would be up when it would rain, but the rain would make me depressed, but the surf would would make me happy, (to this day every time it rains I get all giddy inside)…. One day it was raining and I was heading to the beach and this song came on the radio, the surf was phenomenal, I had all the wave to myself, setting on the out side with this cute little song stuck in my head….. I had a lot of issues at home, and school, but surfing seemed todo something, gave me something that I could do just to hold on, I guess it was like a drug for me…. Rock on people
His vocals on Change still gets me every time.
No Rain inspired the opening line of a song I wrote about my very first college roommate We were both in acting school in NYC as 18-yr-olds from small towns. She was a lot more home-sick than I was and she used to play No Rain over and over and over for what seemed like hours we’d she’d get sad. The song I wrote in tribute to her began: “She’s the kind of girl who buys the whole CD just to listen to one damn song…” 🤣 That said - of COURSE that song takes me right back to that first year away from home, studying acting, dancing at clubs and after parties until the the Sun came up and the little breakfast places opened, going to see “cinema” at the Angelika on Houston and Mercer and dancing and belting out songs on nearly empty subway cars with my friends on the way home from Broadway shows and cafes… 💜
The third time I heard No Rain on the radio I knew it was about depression -something I recognize all too well.
In the era of dark and deep emotions, No Rain was a beam of sun light. While having a poppy beat to it, the lyrics hide the darkness of it. Due to the video I had thought it was about being an outcast to finally finding others like yourself. That’s what made it really resonate to people.
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!🖖🏼
Thanks for sharing. I agree. Upon first listen it grabbed you.
It’s a great singalong.
I knew instinctively and immediately what that no rain lyric meant the first time hearing that song. It's so sad that he and so many other great 90s musicians didn’t make it. Strangely, in the black grip of depression, it really is easier to...exist when the weather is dark and rainy as well . For me, underneath addiction is pain, and underneath that is childhood PTSD, also called complex PTSD. Finally waking up to the problems it has caused in every area of life, but it may still win.
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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.
I ❤️ Blind Mellon. I actually bought the CD in the 90 for my son. Obviously I had to comfort my son upon the tragic overdose of Shannon Hoon . I remember my parents going through this when Janis Joplin died. GOD BLESS MY PARENTS.
Thanks for watching!
Thanks for sharing. @@vpombovp
So many examples. Hey Ya, Wonderwall, Mr. Jones…
I loved this song, as a child/teen dealing with some heavy stuff, I felt seen. It breaks my heart to know that his poor child grew up without one of their parents due to addiction, that could have been me so easily. Wherever he and his family are, I wish them peace and hope.
The Dancing Bee Girl has grown up into 😂lovely young lady!
Do you know her?
Oh i loved that little girls character in the video SO much. ❤️❤️
@@sandijohnson2216 She was a great example of overcoming stereotypes and prejudices!
Really? That's awesome.😊❤🐝
So good!@@sandijohnson2216
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. ❤️🌻🦋❤️
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.
Have you sen our interview with SA?
Thank you for this. Blind Melon hardly gets any coverage. Their music always made me think and just made deep connections.
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 😎
Thanks for listening
My first rock concert was Blind Melon, the Meat Puppets and Alice Donut back when I was 13. In MD, the local modern rock station, WHFS, didn't play "No Rain," choosing "Tones of Home" as their main single. Shannon Hoon looked shocked when the whole arena was shouting back every word of "ToH." He appeared to be equally confused when the crowd could barely muster anything beyond vague mumbling for "No Rain." Either way, it was an awesome show I'll never forget!
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
Thanks George. Always enjoy your comments!
@@ProfessorofRock you're welcome always a pleasure
And who could pick a better symbol than the bee girl?
@@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 the bee girl was such an amazing symbol of individuality, staying true to yourself and it's totally ok to be different blind melon was that band who could've been the revivalists of Southern Rock with the early 90s twist a short lived band gone to soon
@@georgemathie8123 I’m neurodivergent and I like standing out in a way, so I’m definitely a bee girl.
R.I.P. SHANNON!!!
15 -20 YR opiate addict, I got clean here n there,longest was 9 yrs,my dad passed away,and got divorced,and lost my home all in same year,....yup I slipped for lousey 2 weeks,and fetty will grab your ass n not let you go in thar short time. Took me 3 yrs ,to finally get to be clean again. 2 things stopped me from "buyin the rope", 1) MUSIC ,2) MY KIDS. Yes this song fit in my head,like a puzzle. I was livin it again at 47yrs old. Well,good freind belived in me,went to treatment,and 4 months clean....this time is it,im sayin goodbye to missing all them beautiful days that normally 3 days a week,I was too sick to get dressed. Ppl who never done opiates,have absolutely NO IDEA how much every cell of your body cryies pain,and your head is so full of anxiety you cant add 3+3. "No one understands a users mind" L.S. Anyone needing help,its out there. But feels soooo good to be doped up. But never ends good,and us lucky ones survive. I od'ed 3 times,and still NEEDED that drug to be just normal. Glad its behind me,I will never touch brown again. ....well brown,white,blue whatever color the stuff came. Hope everyone can get help,and MY BEST GOES TO THOSE WHO ARE IN THE TRANSITION OF 4 DAYS ,completly withdrawling,sneezing,crapping,throwing up,and no sleep for 3 days,then maybe 20 min naps every 4 hrs. Ugh. I love all,get help. Lifes short,im 52 and no nothing. Im scared,but working at it. 1 day here n there.
Love the”Lighting in a Bottle” series! Cool story Professor!🤘🔥
THanks Brent! Any requests for our next Ep?
@@ProfessorofRock Rainbow was a cool band that didn’t last long!
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.
My kids loved the bumblebee song! 🐝
Awesome!
I completely forgot about this band. I’m 51 years old now, but back then I remember completely hating them! I don’t know why I clicked on your video but listening to some of the music clips in the video. I find myself enjoying the music. How strange?
He passed away 18 years & a day after lynard skynard plane crash. 😥.
So did a million others. People die everyday. Your point ?