UA-cam is our modern-day version of a Time Machine; it helps us all go back into time and relive the memories we all miss so much; I just love this song. Thank you UA-cam.
1972 when this song was released . Thirteen years old. It'd seems like Yesterday yo me. Nevertheless was 50 years ago!!!!!. Great song! Great remembrances of my youth.
I was 16. This music took my breath away then, always has, and still does. It will stand the test of time. (My daughter is 20, discovered this song on her own, and loves it.)
I wasn't born is California but worked there as an adult for 35 years. I lost my job and had to live back east for 6 years. The whole time back there all I could think was to come back to Southern California. I did last year. This song was one of the reasons.
What's more is that this song has a story people can relate to. The narrator goes to California with all the hopes and dreams of making it big mainly due to stories he has been led to believe. However, once he is there, he finds that California was not at all what he imagined. Hence, he leaves disappointed and disillusioned.
Only those raised elsewhere, that later resided in California (both back then, and also recently, to now) can "relate." I left for GOOD, recently. Timelessly, Apropos song!
Surprised how many people listen to the song and think it's about rain when in fact it has nothing to do with rain at all. Great lyrics so many of us can relate. The best 70s
Got married in a castle in Salzburg Austria and went to a hotel looking for some place to have dinner...I asked the waitress if she could dedicate a song to us...it was an all German Band, men wearing Lederhosen and women dressed in traditional dresses..I thought they would play a nice German song.....they came on stage and dedicated this song and sang it perfect...my wife died at 47 years old but i will never forget that night RIP Terry
Years ago, I graduated from the great University of Michigan. To celebrate, I decided to drive out to California from my home in Detroit. The first day, I reached St. Louis . I had never seen it rain so hard. I thought I wanted to go home. But, I continued on with my trip and it turned out to be maybe the best trip of my life.
Our cleaner at work just casually mentioned one day that a friend of his had a gym in his house. Quick investigation and it transpires that his friend was Albert Hammond. He even had the pics to back it up. Said he's a lovely guy.
I can honestly believe he is a lovely guy....he interacts so naturally with his audiences...I saw him live in 1975 and he was so natural...almost humble, but with a great empathy with his audience. He is so successful and talented, yet never clamours for the limelight. Albert Hammond, thankyou from the bottom of my heart, for the decades of joy your music has brought me and millions of your fans worldwide. God bless you. We love you. ❤❤
The first time I heard this song, I was at my Dad's friend's ranch.. they had an Oldsmobile station wagon that had many windows in it and on the roof. I just remember driving out to some ranch where I rode a horse for the first time. On the way back home we were in my Dad's 65 GTO, and it was the Hollies playing a Long cool woman in a black dress. RIP Dad, I miss you and all the wonderful times and adventures you gave us kids.
I wasn't even 10 years old when this song came out. I found it middle-of-the-road like so many other songs at the time As I got older I learned to appreciate it. Now that I'm old, I'm glad I have lived long enough to love this song
Lived in San Diego 1974-76, song brings back a lot of memories,I was 22 years old,when you are young everything seems new and exicting,this song takes me back like being in a time machine,the world has always been messed up but 50 years ago it sure seemed like a better place than what it is now.
It’s still a great place! People said that in the 70s remember? People said exactly what you just said in the 70s think about it I remember people saying oh the world‘s gone to pot the banks are gonna crash. The president is terrible everything that’s happening now was happening then, the great stuff and the bad stuff. There is nothing under the sun.❤
"Nunca llueve al sur de California" Recordar es volver a vivir, tiempos que no volverán, gracias a Dios viví la mejor época de la música, los 70s, esa meliodía me trae grandes recuerdos de mi juventud, gracias por compartirla. Saludos desde Costa Rica.
Love this one , and it pours in England too ! Please don’t tell em how you found me - give me a break , give me a break ! How many people want this ? 🥊🤷♀💥😡😱
One of the great American songs of all time. A song that's loved and cherished all over the world. When I was stationed in Heidelberg Germany I remember hearing a lovely German waitress singing this in the booth next to me while she took her break. It was such a poignant moment because she had no idea that was my favorite. I could not help but tear up, then and now as I remember it..
"Brings back sweet memories" -- really? did you read the lyrics past the chorus? It's not a 'happy song', far from it... "Out of self respect, I'm out of bread I'm underloved, I'm underfed I wanna go home" "Will you tell the folks back home I nearly made it?... Please don't tell 'em how you found me Don't tell 'em how you found me Gimme a break"
@@mambi74 thanks for your comments. Sweet memories, I mean a time when I was a kid, where my father used to play this song. I am not referring to the lyric but the tune and nostalgia of the 60s 70s era.
@Matias_V , For many people including myself, the song brings back memories of hearing it when I was a kid and the music is happy sounding. However, I totally agree with you. When you listen to the lyrics, you find they are not happy at all. The narrator goes to California with high hopes and dreams of making it big only to find out it was not what he imagined. Therefore, he is homesick and wants to go home to his hometown.
ME,! I’m 70 years old actually, those amazing sixties were the best years for music and everything was nice and easy, I still hear those beautiful love songs!! The sixties were the best music,!
A mi me cautivo siendo una niña ,tengo 62 anos, soy cubana, apenas hace dos otres años traduje la letra y verdaderamente no tiene un sentido profundo pero así de simple la melodía me sedujo para siempre...me encanta y trae buenos recuerdos de mi niñez...🎉🎉🎉gracias...
@@isabelperaza89 Hallo du Unbekannte♡ auch mich hat dieses Lied ein Leben lang begleitet...Ich bin auch 62 Jahre alt. ALLES GUTE FÜR DICH! Ramona ( in der Nähe von Berlin)
When I heard this song as a kid, I always wish to move there as it never rains in Southern California. A timeless classic. Love it. Brings back such good innocent memories.
This song always tried to make me cry, because I felt that way many times as inmigrant really far away from home, from Costa Rica 🇨🇷 what a great song 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
The 70s music will put you on another planet that no one will understand unless you have a love of the 70s music. You don't need drugs or alcohol to appreciate the best music ever. God....take me back to the 70s and leave me there....I'll be just fine.
@@mikejohn0088 cause you're too old and your mind has broken down and IF you read my comment then you will see all ages UP TO 90 you're over the hill pops
I was 12 years old...when I heard this beautiful song for the first time. It impacted me...that it has rained a lot in Southern California... this year ! , which means that since the 70s through the present time, there has been a significant change in the weather. However, I love this song, because it takes me back to those magical years when I believed, the world was better than it is today ! Thanks Mr. Albert Hammond for this BEAUTIFUL song !!!
Haven't heard this for a long long time. Oh, how it reminds me of my youth growing up in Southern California. It was so much different back then, so much different. Gonna be 60 in a couple years...God I miss those days. At my age, you do a lot of harking back, especially considering the state of the world right now.
I get chills everytime I listen to this song never will get tired of it so glad I was a teen in the seventies what a shame does not sound like this in 2022
There is some good stuff out there, but it doesn't just pour out of your average radio anymore. You really have to look in back alleys of the internap.
We're the best ever sad how the years have changed but they were great old days when we could all meet in the disco and just dance sing with the music happy days again
He is from my home town of Gibraltar and btw we are bi-lingual ie we can speak and think in this case in english and spanish. Plus his parents and my parents knew each other going back to WW2
I remember singing along this lyric when I was 13 years old and I didn’t even spoke English but I sure took the effort to pronounce each word as close as I could. Love this song !!!!!
And it truly never rains there because it gets piped in from other states. As the pulitizer prize winning book showed. That is why the book was titled Cadillac desert, the capital is on Sacramento , and the federal reserve bank is in San Francisco.
My friend sofia i love this song to went i heard it again in 1971 went i came back to canada from the netherlands i could not speak that much of english because i lived in the netherlands for 1 yr with family on my father side of the family because i got into trouble with my second stepfather too
Wow! the nuns in catholic school taught us this song and one of my sisters or brothers sang it for our Spring show. Brings back good memories of good catholic education. Thank You!!!
Thank you for your kindness yes i do play well you may think that is old music but it is the best thing you ever Heard you probably have the same person who loves the taste of what was there but it is still available and thank You for excepting my own music
Folks, as I'm sitting here watching this, I can't help but wonder if today's kids will ever look back with nostalgia on the music they're growing up with
Our music teacher would come to our school once a month, or so. She would bring her guitar, and we kids would all sing. I still remember singing this song. It was probably 5th grade, or so.
Albert, when I was a kid,.. My family in Tijuana we lessening your music, late 70's. We just live by the Beach. Good memories!... Thank You,.. for your music.
The melody of this song is truly beautiful. I danced this song many times and still do. Reminds me when I went to California many, many years ago. I was in Los Angeles when California was a beautiful state to visit. Love this song, it is very pretty indeed.
Been to many parts of the country and lived in many of them. I have to say it rains in all of them no matter how great they seem to be before you get there. Love this song.
@@michaelkoszowski3716 , Actually, when you think about it, this is song is not really about it raining anyplace. Rather, it is about someone who goes to California in pursuit of his dreams of making it big. However, when he is in California, he finds it is not at all what he was led to believe. Hence, he became disillusioned and wanted to go home.
Jimmy B others are correct here. You totally missed the point of this song. The title is sarcastic. It Never Rains in Southern California is part of the fake picture painted by Hollywood and many people about the beauty, glamor and weather, etc. It's ALL an illusion, just like the movies, the plastic surgery done to make people look "perfect" and all of the other hype about California and Hollywood. He didn't find it to be true because it ISN'T. His dreams were shattered and he realized the truth in the most painful way. This song resonates with many people because there are so many things in life we can be disillusioned by.
My teen daughter asked why so many old songs are about California. I told her California has not always been a dump. Not too long ago it was a dream for people all over the world to live there.
One of the greatest Pop songs ever. It is timeless. And I love the melody, the lyrics and above all the voice of this talented young man from Gibraltar.( U.K. territory in Southern Spain ).
A beautiful song , song by a great singer with a stunning voice just lovey I’m so please at 74 I can appreciate such things just great to go to sleep with music and lyrics like these in my head and heart I hope you find the truth some day soon regards Mike sol’s
Thanks for everything Albert. You brought beauty and happiness (even with a sad song (Hey, that sounds like a great song title!)) into a lot of peoples lives.
The 60's were the best decade of all time. IT WAS THE TIME AND PLACE TO BE ALIVE. We all had jobs and plenty of money and great girlfriends and brilliant music and the fashion was unbelievably brilliant for guys and gals. If I could get a time machine I'd travel back to 1968 and then break the time machine and stay there forever. Even the weather was different. You'd have summers that would blister your feet and in December you'd wake up to two feet of snow covering the whole area of where you lived. I was lucky enough to have lived through that fantastic time of great music and great people. I trulu feel sorry for anyone that wishes they could have been there to have been a part of the swinging sixties. You missed out Kelly. I wish you had been around and maybe we could have had a drink together and listened to each others music.
Kelly, it was a much better world back then. I'd be very happy to turn the world back to the 70s. If I could take only 2 things back with me it would be the big screen tv's and surround sound system. EVERYTHING else can go and if it could be a reality, I'd give up the tele n sound system as well. Shame, we can't turn back time.
Back in January of 1973, I was living in Southern California, and it rained unusually a lot that year. This song brings back many memories of driving through the rain while this song played on the radio.
Hello!! How are you doing today, please pardon me for intruding into your privacy but I just wanted to know if you’re a fan ? Have a great day… Stay Safe
When I was a teenager I had been listening to this particular singer. Now I am still playing his lovely song and rhythm music for the past 50 years. Very interesting song and one of my best. Keep the song going.
I guess we are all listening to this great music in the year 2020 what's so many problems in this earth we have to go back in music to make us feel better
To all that are listening to this song and appreciate excellent music the words and the melodic tune will hit you somewhere in your heart and soul it will take you to wherever you want to Go, with a tear or a smile Enjoy 💓💓
Many years ago I walked into a bar in San Francisco singing this song, after escaping from the torrential rain outside, hoping to impress/make the barmaid laugh. She wasn't at all impressed and told me very clearly that SF wasn't in southern California, I just had a beer.
UA-cam is our modern-day version of a Time Machine; it helps us all go back into time and relive the memories we all miss so much; I just love this song. Thank you UA-cam.
This song evokes so MANY GREAT TIMES!
@@johnmaki3046 l agree.
Я из СССР ,мне скоро 75,спасибо You Tube !!!.
Time machine!
Absolutely true.😊
This is one of the songs that DEFINED the 70s! A CLASSIC!
Very earky 70s ..............
Sorry, NOTHING defined the 70's. There were too many great songs of different types. The Eagles. Heart. Pink Floyd. Too many.
So glad I grew up in the 70s listening to this beautiful music
Me too
Are you
I'm 57 and this pure AM gold.
@@klemmetvaagenes7935 Very much so I was born in 1969
I meant 1960 lol .. Im 61 now
1972 when this song was released . Thirteen years old. It'd seems like Yesterday yo me. Nevertheless was 50 years ago!!!!!. Great song! Great remembrances of my youth.
A CLASSIC!
California is home.
I was 16. This music took my breath away then, always has, and still does. It will stand the test of time. (My daughter is 20, discovered this song on her own, and loves it.)
I wasn't born is California but worked there as an adult for 35 years. I lost my job and had to live back east for 6 years. The whole time back there all I could think was to come back to Southern California. I did last year. This song was one of the reasons.
welcome back!
I guess California MAKES DREAMS! I KNOW THE '70s (in Duluth, Minnesota) DID!
What a song. Absolutely timeless.
What's more is that this song has a story people can relate to. The narrator goes to California with all the hopes and dreams of making it big mainly due to stories he has been led to believe. However, once he is there, he finds that California was not at all what he imagined. Hence, he leaves disappointed and disillusioned.
♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️
Grande entre los grandes,,, gracias por tus hermosas letras y tú romanticismo épocas de oro,
Classic.... Simple... & Elegant...
@@williamlandolfi7858 where does it say he leaves? Too ashamed to go home.
I was a kid in New Jersey when this came out, now I've lived in Southern California for over 40 years. Today, the song is right on, it pours.
A GREAT song! DOESN'T MATTER WHERE YOU HEAR IT!
Only those raised elsewhere, that later resided in California (both back then, and also recently, to now) can "relate." I left for GOOD, recently. Timelessly, Apropos song!
I guess "California AIN'T "gold"!@@williamtiffee3799
Surprised how many people listen to the song and think it's about rain when in fact it has nothing to do with rain at all.
Great lyrics so many of us can relate. The best 70s
@@69THGILF It's about what ?
I lived in Los Angeles for two years and I never forget what a great place to live it was !!!
Got married in a castle in Salzburg Austria and went to a hotel looking for some place to have dinner...I asked the waitress if she could dedicate a song to us...it was an all German Band, men wearing Lederhosen and women dressed in traditional dresses..I thought they would play a nice German song.....they came on stage and dedicated this song and sang it perfect...my wife died at 47 years old but i will never forget that night RIP Terry
I’m so sorry you lost your Terry so young, David. I’m glad this song brings back memories of the happy times you shared together. Best wishes, Nadine
Sintiendo mucho su perdida. SALUDOS DESDE GUAYAQUIL ECUADOR
David sorry to hear you lost your lovely wife this is a lovely song. God bless
BEAUTIFUL STORY!!!
@@victordavilacortazar7533 God bless you!!!
Its nice to be able to hear every word sung so clearly don't seem to get that these days. Guess I'm showing my age !!!
Years ago, I graduated from the great University of Michigan. To celebrate, I decided to drive out to California from my home in Detroit. The first day, I reached St. Louis . I had never seen it rain so hard. I thought I wanted to go home. But, I continued on with my trip and it turned out to be maybe the best trip of my life.
👍👍🎤🎸🎺🎹🎶🎼🎵🎶🎼🎵✌️🇲🇽
No matter when you listen to it, it’s a song that you’ll want to listen to over and over again with its refreshing melody and pleasant singing voice.
TALENT!
Albert Hammond OWNED this '70s CLASSIC!
I like it,im 30 years old man from china. But everytime i listen my tear drops
CLASSIC!
AN ALL-TIME CLASSIC!
How can we ever get tired of this song!!😊
This and "Me and you and a dog named Boo" are 2 of my favorites!
Never!
Would. Not want to 👍
not possible ever
I agree entirely.
Our cleaner at work just casually mentioned one day that a friend of his had a gym in his house. Quick investigation and it transpires that his friend was Albert Hammond. He even had the pics to back it up. Said he's a lovely guy.
I can honestly believe he is a lovely guy....he interacts so naturally with his audiences...I saw him live in 1975 and he was so natural...almost humble, but with a great empathy with his audience. He is so successful and talented, yet never clamours for the limelight. Albert Hammond, thankyou from the bottom of my heart, for the decades of joy your music has brought me and millions of your fans worldwide. God bless you. We love you. ❤❤
Tengo 70 años,lo escuché de muy joven...ahora estoy escuchando otra vez y vibrando de emoción como la primera vez.
Maravilloso,trasciende el tiempo.
我82歲聽了腳會跟著打拍子
The first time I heard this song, I was at my Dad's friend's ranch.. they had an Oldsmobile station wagon that had many windows in it and on the roof. I just remember driving out to some ranch where I rode a horse for the first time. On the way back home we were in my Dad's 65 GTO, and it was the Hollies playing a Long cool woman in a black dress. RIP Dad, I miss you and all the wonderful times and adventures you gave us kids.
I wasn't even 10 years old when this song came out. I found it middle-of-the-road like so many other songs at the time
As I got older I learned to appreciate it. Now that I'm old, I'm glad I have lived long enough to love this song
So well said! 💓
Beautiful ...
We're from the same era. I loved this song when I was ten & still do. I guess I'm in a time warp!
I was a teenager then. I loved it then i love it even more now. Best years in the planets existance. Then, was when America was great. Not now.
One of the CLASSIC "'70s Memories"!
Lived in San Diego 1974-76, song brings back a lot of memories,I was 22 years old,when you are young everything seems new and exicting,this song takes me back like being in a time machine,the world has always been messed up but 50 years ago it sure seemed like a better place than what it is now.
It’s still a great place! People said that in the 70s remember? People said exactly what you just said in the 70s think about it I remember people saying oh the world‘s gone to pot the banks are gonna crash. The president is terrible everything that’s happening now was happening then, the great stuff and the bad stuff. There is nothing under the sun.❤
Great
People only remember the good parts so it seems better in the past.
"Nunca llueve al sur de California"
Recordar es volver a vivir, tiempos que no volverán, gracias a Dios viví la mejor época de la música, los 70s, esa meliodía me trae grandes recuerdos de mi juventud, gracias por compartirla.
Saludos desde Costa Rica.
❤️lindas palabras
Bellísima . Si quieres recordar el pasado con amor y ternura escucha una vieja canción!🤩
Los 70s fueron extraordinarios. 🌻
💖
Es verdad, la mejor época..👍
Love this one , and it pours in England too ! Please don’t tell em how you found me - give me a break , give me a break ! How many people want this ? 🥊🤷♀💥😡😱
good morning my friend christine how is the weather in the UK today?
One of the great American songs of all time. A song that's loved and cherished all over the world. When I was stationed in Heidelberg Germany I remember hearing a lovely German waitress singing this in the booth next to me while she took her break. It was such a poignant moment because she had no idea that was my favorite. I could not help but tear up, then and now as I remember it..
One of the great AMERICAN songs? He is ENGLISH!
Yep! Widnes I think...
Born in in London of Gibraltarian parentage..he returned to Gib after the war..I taught his cousin to drive whilst posted in Gib in the 80s..
One of the best songs about California.
@@jasonburns4071 Gibraltar near Widnes?
This song brings back great memories for me of being a teenager in the early seventies.
YEAH YOU RIGHT...GREAT TIME THE SEVENTIES...
Yeah, seventies was a great time, right.
Tal cual hermosa canciones de adolescencia
This brings back great memories for me of YOU being a teenager in the early 70's too! signed, your stalker. (just kidding).
AWESOME! This song is a TIMELESS CLASSIC!
What a beautiful song !!! Brings back sweet memories to my mind about the Golden State of California. Timeless and evergreen classic.
"Brings back sweet memories" -- really? did you read the lyrics past the chorus? It's not a 'happy song', far from it...
"Out of self respect, I'm out of bread
I'm underloved, I'm underfed
I wanna go home"
"Will you tell the folks back home I nearly made it?...
Please don't tell 'em how you found me
Don't tell 'em how you found me
Gimme a break"
@@mambi74 thanks for your comments. Sweet memories, I mean a time when I was a kid, where my father used to play this song. I am not referring to the lyric but the tune and nostalgia of the 60s 70s era.
@@MrMarimero1234 🤘
@Matias_V , For many people including myself, the song brings back memories of hearing it when I was a kid and the music is happy sounding. However, I totally agree with you. When you listen to the lyrics, you find they are not happy at all. The narrator goes to California with high hopes and dreams of making it big only to find out it was not what he imagined. Therefore, he is homesick and wants to go home to his hometown.
Yup❤
As someone who's lived in So. Cal for 60 years I really love this song.
Me to good DAYS WISH I COULD GO BACK TO THEM
Lucky Gal
ME,! I’m 70 years old actually, those amazing sixties were the best years for music and everything was nice and easy, I still hear those beautiful love songs!! The sixties were the best music,!
When i was a teen in the 70s I didnt know how good i had it ,,, BUT I SURE DO NOW BEING 60 , What i would do to go back to the 70s ,,
@@martinaosullivan1622 me too
This song instantly zooms me back to 1973.
A timeless classic....
Me too...1973 was a pretty nice place to be.
Me to I was ten wow happy days if life was so easy today
I am listening in 2020. I like this song. I was 14 years old. Love from Norway.
Nice!
august 2020 love from wales in uk xx
@M Suzuki greeting from wales uk
@M Suzuki good luck to you and your family xx
@M Suzuki Very sad to hear about all the trouble with your weather hope you and your loved ones are safe Good night to you xx
It is sad they don't make music like this anymore.
All "music" is SOLD today! I HATE THIS!
TOTAL TALENT!
Lucifer took over.
@@mikejohn0088 NO TALENT "took over"!
@@johnmaki3046 Greed took over.
It's Mon Feb 5, 2024. The LA River is filled to the brim. Streets are impassable. I thought of this song. I always loved this one!
I was going to leave a comment on this but I can't beat yours so I will just like it and give props to you my friend!!!
I've sung this @ karaoke...cool song.
Good WCS/Cha Cha.
I grew up in So. Cal. We almost got washed away in winter 1961 or 62. Periodic El Ninos. It was a gret place to be young
Hay veces que una canción te transporta a otro tiempo, esto me pasa con este tema. GRACIAS SIEMPRE ALBERT😊
A mi me cautivo siendo una niña ,tengo 62 anos, soy cubana, apenas hace dos otres años traduje la letra y verdaderamente no tiene un sentido profundo pero así de simple la melodía me sedujo para siempre...me encanta y trae buenos recuerdos de mi niñez...🎉🎉🎉gracias...
@@isabelperaza89 Hallo du Unbekannte♡ auch mich hat dieses Lied ein Leben lang begleitet...Ich bin auch 62 Jahre alt. ALLES GUTE FÜR DICH! Ramona ( in der Nähe von Berlin)
When I heard this song as a kid, I always wish to move there as it never rains in Southern California. A timeless classic. Love it. Brings back such good innocent memories.
This song always tried to make me cry, because I felt that way many times as inmigrant really far away from home, from Costa Rica 🇨🇷 what a great song 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
👍👏✌️🎹🎤🎸🎺🎶🎼🎵🎶🎼🎵🇲🇽
The 70s music will put you on another planet that no one will understand unless you have a love of the 70s music. You don't need drugs or alcohol to appreciate the best music ever. God....take me back to the 70s and leave me there....I'll be just fine.
Me TOO!
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The best period of contemporary music
❤ 😊 *** LOVE 💘 YOU & I wanted to say a Big Thank You 🙏 😊 ❤ * You are so 😊 😀 ❤ 😘 💖 💗 😊 😀 ❤ 😊 right about Music 🎶 😄 😊 😀 ❤ indeed!!!
This song, and ALL the REAL TALENT, THE "rides" and EVERYTHING MADE THE 70s THE BEST!
One of the best songs ever. ❤️
100% Agree 🎼
yes
Yes, indeed!
I'm 22 again when I hear this song. Fifty years later - still love this number.
😊I love the music in 70’s
I love this song as much as an adult!! As I did as a teenager, probably more!!! Such a beautiful song!!
A GREAT SONG! Albert Hammond OWNED THIS!
This music appeals to all ages, from a baby to a 90 year old person, it's really just that good !
I'm 107 and I think it sucks!
@@mikejohn0088 cause you're too old and your mind has broken down and IF you read my comment then you will see all ages UP TO 90 you're over the hill pops
@@mikejohn0088. I think you suck then
I was 12 years old...when I heard this beautiful song for the first time.
It impacted me...that it has rained a lot in Southern California... this year ! , which means that since the 70s through the present time, there has been a significant change in the weather. However, I love this song, because it takes me back to those magical years when I believed, the world was better than it is today !
Thanks Mr. Albert Hammond for this BEAUTIFUL song !!!
Back in '89, I owned a (tired) '73 Dodge conversion van. This song was (often) on the radio! My '70s WERE LATE, BUT I LOVED THIS!
This is saying it never rains but it pours in Southern California!
This dude was criminally underrated!
I can see why this GREAT TALENT is teaching music! AN AWESOME TALENT!
Haven't heard this for a long long time. Oh, how it reminds me of my youth growing up in Southern California. It was so much different back then, so much different. Gonna be 60 in a couple years...God I miss those days. At my age, you do a lot of harking back, especially considering the state of the world right now.
Better "over the hill" than under it, bro. I'll be 60 in January. But birthdays are a gift denied to many. 😎
I can relate. Born 69’👍
I get chills everytime I listen to this song never will get tired of it so glad I was a teen in the seventies what a shame does not sound like this in 2022
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I hear that . Good music . One of a kind.
It Sounds good to me😊. Remember hearing it many years ago.
There is some good stuff out there, but it doesn't just pour out of your average radio anymore. You really have to look in back alleys of the internap.
Born in 57 Grew up with the Best Music and Cars!
Wow 1973 those were good days and this is a cool song
We're the best ever sad how the years have changed but they were great old days when we could all meet in the disco and just dance sing with the music happy days again
Still in 2021!
Love Albert Hammond! So talented and versatile! His Spanish songs are just as good and loved.
Man , i was 37 years old when i found out albert was british . I heard all his spanish song but not this one . This guy is so talented . Amazing
Yessss was successful in both languages😎♥️♥️♥️
I believe that Albert was born in Gibratar.
He is from my home town of Gibraltar and btw we are bi-lingual ie we can speak and think in this case in english and spanish. Plus his parents and my parents knew each other going back to WW2
He was the best in BOTH worlds, Spanish and English worlds!!!
I used to listen to his songs as a child!!!
I remember singing along this lyric when I was 13 years old and I didn’t even spoke English but I sure took the effort to pronounce each word as close as I could. Love this song !!!!!
sofia fahrenkrog I was still in the Army when this came out. Just came to mind. It’s bringing back memories.
Sofia I was a young child but did like the easy going lyrics.
Congratulations Sofia
And it truly never rains there because it gets piped in from other states. As the pulitizer prize winning book showed. That is why the book was titled Cadillac desert, the capital is on Sacramento , and the federal reserve bank is in San Francisco.
My friend sofia i love this song to went i heard it again in 1971 went i came back to canada from the netherlands i could not speak that much of english because i lived in the netherlands for 1 yr with family on my father side of the family because i got into trouble with my second stepfather too
Seeing his appearance and hearing his voice really reminds me of the time when I was young with him, thank you
I thought i am old at 80 but there is someone here who is 84. Good luck and excellent health for you.
I'm 60 and you will both out live me.
Wow! the nuns in catholic school taught us this song and one of my sisters or brothers sang it for our Spring show. Brings back good memories of good catholic education. Thank You!!!
This is a time when people enjoyed music , easy listening and gotta be one of the best ballads written, beats the crap out of today's rubbish.
Limp biscuit rules
Best music Best times everything was the Best
OMGsh!! So true. Songs like this is always the best to listen to. Memories upon amazing memories.
yup, now the best we got is Yummy or 7 rings
can’t agree more! i
love Albert Hammond's Never Rains In Southern California. What a good looking guy and still is xx.
Thank you for your kindness yes i do play well you may think that is old music but it is the best thing you ever Heard you probably have the same person who loves the taste of what was there but it is still available and thank You for excepting my own music
Agree he was handsome in his youth and still good-looking...in his older years...
The folks in California are feeling this song right now.
Folks, as I'm sitting here watching this, I can't help but wonder if today's kids will ever look back with nostalgia on the music they're growing up with
I don't think they will.
IS THAT WHAT THEY CALL IT NOWADAY'S ,,,,,,,, MUSIC? I HAVE OTHER NAMES FOR IT!!.
What’s to look back on? We have a generation of writers who took Frost and Shakespeare, who got replaced with a group with studied poetic illiteracy.
This is when things started getting really mellow. Lot of great soft rock from about 1972 to 1978.
Stumbled upon this song quite by accident, it's before my generation but i love the lyrics and generally it's a lovely song, thank you ♥️
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５０年前中学生の時初めて好きになった洋楽です🎉懐かしい限りです😂鳥肌がたちました‼️
Our music teacher would come to our school once a month, or so. She would bring her guitar, and we kids would all sing. I still remember singing this song. It was probably 5th grade, or so.
70’s but heard it a lot in my childhood in the 90’s when my parents were listening to their vinyls! I love it, so nostalgic 🙂
There were the beautiful days. We were so beautiful!😂
Or we oo
Albert, when I was a kid,.. My family in Tijuana we lessening your music, late 70's. We just live by the Beach. Good memories!... Thank You,.. for your music.
I love Tijuana. I miss it so much.
Still love this song after all these years..
This song WAS the 70s! A CLASSIC BY A GREAT TALENT!
The melody of this song is truly beautiful. I danced this song many times and still do. Reminds me when I went to California many, many years ago. I was in Los Angeles when California was a beautiful state to visit. Love this song, it is very pretty indeed.
In quarantine and listening to old school 27/03/2020
HAHA, me too.
@@1smokeye An elite band we make !!!!!!!
Quarentine has led me to this beautiful gem. Take care. Peeps. 💘
@Scott Puru
Me too....
on Easter Sunday 12. April 2020
Stay healthy! You and everybody!!!
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Listening to this tune during quarentene abril 14 2020 they don’t make music like this anymore. ❤️❤️❤️
What a genius to write a song like this it's timeless
Been to many parts of the country and lived in many of them. I have to say it rains in all of them no matter how great they seem to be before you get there. Love this song.
Interesting observation . 👍
@@michaelkoszowski3716 , Actually, when you think about it, this is song is not really about it raining anyplace. Rather, it is about someone who goes to California in pursuit of his dreams of making it big. However, when he is in California, he finds it is not at all what he was led to believe. Hence, he became disillusioned and wanted to go home.
@@williamlandolfi7858 ..yeah , especially when that mortgage bill came in . 😖
You missed the point brother, he sings about the beautiful picture they paint about Hollywood to young aspiring actors and actresses
Jimmy B others are correct here. You totally missed the point of this song. The title is sarcastic. It Never Rains in Southern California is part of the fake picture painted by Hollywood and many people about the beauty, glamor and weather, etc. It's ALL an illusion, just like the movies, the plastic surgery done to make people look "perfect" and all of the other hype about California and Hollywood. He didn't find it to be true because it ISN'T. His dreams were shattered and he realized the truth in the most painful way. This song resonates with many people because there are so many things in life we can be disillusioned by.
I was 9 years old when this came out , definitely remember hearing this on the radio in NYC .
I was five when it came out & I remember listening to the 45. It's a great song!
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I BLASTED THIS SONG IN MY VOLVO ROADSTER IN 1970'S ON HIGHWAY 405 IN CALI !!! DAMN THOSE WERE GREAT TIMES !!!!
This. Song 🎶 Bring good memories of my mother RIP she dint understand the words But she loved 🥰 the music 🎼 i love ❤️ you my mother ❤️💯💯💯🤗🤗🌹🥰
My teen daughter asked why so many old songs are about California. I told her California has not always been a dump. Not too long ago it was a dream for people all over the world to live there.
New York and California are the Best states to live in. The nicest and smartest people in the U.S.
Still lovely for me
@@scottross6404 The massive population exodus from both states say otherwise. Smart people know to leave.
@@scottross6404 I wouldn't live there if you paid me to!
Still is "the dream" for many. Just depends on one's attitude. I loved the years I lived in California and I still like to visit on occasion.
Driving through my old home town in 2022, I hear this playing.
I so want to be 20 again.
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Me too 😢
Don't we all!!
Me too and listen to this music for another 68 years or so
Nostalgic Albert Hammond videos are rare and good
One of the greatest Pop songs ever. It is timeless. And I love the melody, the lyrics and above all the voice of this talented young man from Gibraltar.( U.K. territory in Southern Spain ).
My mom introduced me to this song when I was little, I enjoyed it ever since
songs had meaning,if you like the 70s tunes,you will just do fine in life...
Timeless Tune that never gets old.
It sure is
Great
@@donharris362 germany 1974 st peter ording x
Sorry, just marked you down because my comment has only twelve ticks. Sheer jealousy.
Fell in love with you and this song back in the 70s when I was a teen 😊😊❤️❤️❤️❤️
Another one of those great 70's songs. The greatest decade in rockn roll.
A song to fight for life for everyone who comes to seek luck in America. The song is very beautiful.
i keep listening even now 2024
A beautiful song , song by a great singer with a stunning voice just lovey I’m so please at 74 I can appreciate such things just great to go to sleep with music and lyrics like these in my head and heart I hope you find the truth some day soon regards Mike sol’s
Thanks for everything Albert. You brought beauty and happiness (even with a sad song (Hey, that sounds like a great song title!)) into a lot of peoples lives.
I love this song.❤
Wow, what a great sound ...... makes me wish I had been around in those days. The world seemed to be a totally different place in the 60s and 70s.
If you were lucky or smart enough to steer clear of the hallucinogenic drugs that were so prevalent with their resultant brain damage.
It was.
The 60's were the best decade of all time.
IT WAS THE TIME AND PLACE TO BE ALIVE.
We all had jobs and plenty of money and great girlfriends and brilliant music and the fashion was unbelievably brilliant for guys and gals.
If I could get a time machine I'd travel back to 1968 and then break the time machine and stay there forever.
Even the weather was different. You'd have summers that would blister your feet and in December you'd wake up to two feet of snow covering the whole area of where you lived.
I was lucky enough to have lived through that fantastic time of great music and great people. I trulu feel sorry for anyone that wishes they could have been there to have been a part of the swinging sixties.
You missed out Kelly. I wish you had been around and maybe we could have had a drink together and listened to each others music.
Kelly, it was a much better world back then. I'd be very happy to turn the world back to the 70s. If I could take only 2 things back with me it would be the big screen tv's and surround sound system. EVERYTHING else can go and if it could be a reality, I'd give up the tele n sound system as well. Shame, we can't turn back time.
IT WAS FANTASTIC ,, IM 60 SO I KNOW
🥀Beautiful Song Brilliant lyrics, vocals and music🥀✌
I remember California! USMC San Diego! 1967..... Beautiful weather and girls!!!
Back in January of 1973, I was living in Southern California, and it rained unusually a lot that year. This song brings back many memories of driving through the rain while this song played on the radio.
It is raining hard now
I love this track and it never gets old !!!
My favourite as well. 👏👏
A well crafted pop song that still sounds brand new even after all these years... & it tells an interesting but sad story.
Grew up hearing his music. 🎸🎸🙏🙏🍀
Un éxito que no pasa. Genio Albert Hamond, gracias por cantar también en español.
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Es gibraltareño, habla perfectamente español con acento andaluz...
It’s amazing MR. Hammond is a great songwriter and talented singer.
Agree. 💜💜
Such a sad song. He brings out the emotion.
Grew up in the 70-s--so glad! Beautiful song.
Hello!! How are you doing today, please pardon me for intruding into your privacy but I just wanted to know if you’re a fan ? Have a great day… Stay Safe
When I was a teenager I had been listening to this particular singer. Now I am still playing his lovely song and rhythm music for the past 50 years. Very interesting song and one of my best. Keep the song going.
Who's listening in 2020 🎙✌
I am still loving this
Me, I grew up with this song.
And the Dead!!
Me!!!
I guess we are all listening to this great music in the year 2020 what's so many problems in this earth we have to go back in music to make us feel better
Ako.
To all that are listening to this song and appreciate excellent music the words and the melodic tune will hit you somewhere in your heart and soul it will take you to wherever you want to Go, with a tear or a smile Enjoy 💓💓
I am from PNG I love this song truly love the voice. Still listening to it 2023.
My mom had this song on 45 record, she played it until she wore it out , I learned it I love it
Many years ago I walked into a bar in San Francisco singing this song, after escaping from the torrential rain outside, hoping to impress/make the barmaid laugh. She wasn't at all impressed and told me very clearly that SF wasn't in southern California, I just had a beer.
rofl
boy I wish I could go back in time.
Had this on cassette tape in the 70s I wore it out playing it, thank goodness for you tube
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Me trae recuerdos de juventud, la he bailado muchas veces, sus canciones me gustan mucho ❤️❤️❤️
Thank you for the good memories, and go back in time and space.