Albert Hammond - It never rains in Southern California

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  • @margaretrodham6815
    @margaretrodham6815 Рік тому +325

    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.

  • @pinepoint14
    @pinepoint14 2 роки тому +135

    The 70's will forever be the best era when it comes to music in my humble opinion

  • @johnmaki3046
    @johnmaki3046 Рік тому +232

    This is one of the songs that DEFINED the 70s! A CLASSIC!

    • @ralfhaggstrom
      @ralfhaggstrom Рік тому +4

      Very earky 70s ..............

    • @dougamundson6836
      @dougamundson6836 10 місяців тому +5

      Sorry, NOTHING defined the 70's. There were too many great songs of different types. The Eagles. Heart. Pink Floyd. Too many.

    • @norbertwilfredban6743
      @norbertwilfredban6743 2 місяці тому +1

      yes yes yes

    • @johnmaki3046
      @johnmaki3046 2 місяці тому

      @@norbertwilfredban6743 LOVED THIS SONG! A GREAT ERA!

  • @franciscorebollargarcia6781
    @franciscorebollargarcia6781 Рік тому +120

    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.

    • @johnmaki3046
      @johnmaki3046 10 місяців тому +2

      A CLASSIC!

    • @frickfracked
      @frickfracked 8 місяців тому +1

      California is home.

    • @stevensmith8666
      @stevensmith8666 6 місяців тому +2

      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.)

    • @pleun315
      @pleun315 2 місяці тому

      Time is just Human made up b s.....we are still young ❤❤❤

  • @koroniriaphillips2418
    @koroniriaphillips2418 Рік тому +102

    Still listening to this song in 2023. Listening from New Zealand 09/23/2023, 7.08pm.

    • @warmey60four
      @warmey60four 5 місяців тому +5

      ..New Zealand 15/07/24 1.50pm ❤💯

    • @pablocarlos3441
      @pablocarlos3441 2 місяці тому +4

      @@warmey60four British Columbia 12/10/24 6:34pm

    • @warmey60four
      @warmey60four 2 місяці тому +3

      @@pablocarlos3441 💯👌

    • @Emmie_McMahn
      @Emmie_McMahn 2 місяці тому +1

      Kia Ora bro!

    • @joelwelch5762
      @joelwelch5762 Місяць тому +1

      ​@@warmey60fourI'm listening from Barrio Barreto, Subic, Olongapo, Philippines 5 November 2024. Was in NZ in 89 Auckland, Christchurch, Arthur's Pass. Church Tower in Christchurch when the mayor dedicated the chest board. Saw the Wizard of Christchurch give a speech.

  • @gdwozz
    @gdwozz 2 роки тому +103

    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.

    • @ltcuaa
      @ltcuaa 8 місяців тому +6

      welcome back!

    • @johnmaki3046
      @johnmaki3046 8 місяців тому +3

      I guess California MAKES DREAMS! I KNOW THE '70s (in Duluth, Minnesota) DID!

  • @christinejautaikunz9438
    @christinejautaikunz9438 Рік тому +18

    I am from PNG I love this song truly love the voice. Still listening to it 2023.

  • @bluestar2253
    @bluestar2253 2 роки тому +412

    So glad I grew up in the 70s listening to this beautiful music

  • @JuergenGDB
    @JuergenGDB Рік тому +25

    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.

  • @BenneWill
    @BenneWill Рік тому +44

    The folks in California are feeling this song right now.

  • @DanielHernandez-jq2zl
    @DanielHernandez-jq2zl Рік тому +33

    Tengo 72 años y es ta musica tiene el poder d aserme vibir m en cantA .

  • @Unclescoot03
    @Unclescoot03 2 роки тому +122

    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.

    • @johnmaki3046
      @johnmaki3046 9 місяців тому +5

      Me TOO!

    • @dianahohimer1107
      @dianahohimer1107 9 місяців тому +1

    • @fredfrenchy
      @fredfrenchy 9 місяців тому +6

      The best period of contemporary music

    • @leaburns9599
      @leaburns9599 9 місяців тому +4

      ❤ 😊 *** LOVE 💘 YOU & I wanted to say a Big Thank You 🙏 😊 ❤ * You are so 😊 😀 ❤ 😘 💖 💗 😊 😀 ❤ 😊 right about Music 🎶 😄 😊 😀 ❤ indeed!!!

    • @johnmaki3046
      @johnmaki3046 9 місяців тому +3

      This song, and ALL the REAL TALENT, THE "rides" and EVERYTHING MADE THE 70s THE BEST!

  • @VLADD898
    @VLADD898 Рік тому +64

    😊I love the music in 70’s

  • @MRMATTX2
    @MRMATTX2 10 місяців тому +92

    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.

    • @johnmaki3046
      @johnmaki3046 10 місяців тому +7

      A GREAT song! DOESN'T MATTER WHERE YOU HEAR IT!

    • @williamtiffee3799
      @williamtiffee3799 10 місяців тому +3

      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!

    • @johnmaki3046
      @johnmaki3046 10 місяців тому

      I guess "California AIN'T "gold"!@@williamtiffee3799

    • @69THGILF
      @69THGILF 8 місяців тому +5

      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

    • @vivementvivant
      @vivementvivant 7 місяців тому

      @@69THGILF It's about what ?

  • @LouisGarcia-v3u
    @LouisGarcia-v3u 18 днів тому +7

    I love all the original oldies, they bring back lots of memories of Time with are families,I am a singer myself and I can sing all these oldies, praise God

  • @karenrobertson4544
    @karenrobertson4544 2 місяці тому +15

    I grew up in Orange County in the 1970s in Garden Grove, and on the radio they would always play this song when it was raining 😊😅❤! September 2024, missing southern, CA. now! In northern, CA ❤

  • @houstonsam6163
    @houstonsam6163 5 місяців тому +39

    A beautiful, evocative, timeless piece of music. Iconic of its era.

  • @williamcairns7547
    @williamcairns7547 4 роки тому +683

    What a song. Absolutely timeless.

    • @williamlandolfi7858
      @williamlandolfi7858 3 роки тому +14

      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.

    • @michaelhudecek2778
      @michaelhudecek2778 3 роки тому +4

      ♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️

    • @cristianacevedo188
      @cristianacevedo188 3 роки тому +6

      Grande entre los grandes,,, gracias por tus hermosas letras y tú romanticismo épocas de oro,

    • @mariomendoza4033
      @mariomendoza4033 3 роки тому +6

      Classic.... Simple... & Elegant...

    • @frostflake8394
      @frostflake8394 2 роки тому +2

      @@williamlandolfi7858 where does it say he leaves? Too ashamed to go home.

  • @tuiteruyo360
    @tuiteruyo360 Рік тому +173

    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.

    • @johnmaki3046
      @johnmaki3046 Рік тому +5

      TALENT!

    • @johnmaki3046
      @johnmaki3046 Рік тому +6

      Albert Hammond OWNED this '70s CLASSIC!

    • @huijiang9956
      @huijiang9956 Рік тому +1

      I like it,im 30 years old man from china. But everytime i listen my tear drops

    • @johnmaki3046
      @johnmaki3046 11 місяців тому +2

      CLASSIC!

    • @johnmaki3046
      @johnmaki3046 10 місяців тому +2

      AN ALL-TIME CLASSIC!

  • @o.g.p3538
    @o.g.p3538 Рік тому +33

    Wow...3d Grade....Orange County .. Elementary school....My first crush...Blue eyed "Kelly" .....now 62yrs old ...but I'm still here....those were the days.....🌊🌊🌊

  • @arnaldoarandamereles3852
    @arnaldoarandamereles3852 Рік тому +62

    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.

    • @程竹君
      @程竹君 9 місяців тому

      我82歲聽了腳會跟著打拍子

  • @sojournerjim3726
    @sojournerjim3726 Рік тому +24

    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.

    • @leodawn5913
      @leodawn5913 10 місяців тому +1

      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.❤

    • @genenixon966
      @genenixon966 6 місяців тому

      Great

    • @thumperpaul155
      @thumperpaul155 6 місяців тому +1

      People only remember the good parts so it seems better in the past.

  • @taconner1000
    @taconner1000 3 місяці тому +16

    My wife & I lived in California in late 1977 when it was so dry that all the grass was brown. We went to the east coast for Christmas with her parents & came back to lush green fields as it rained most of the time we were gone. Every time I hear this song it reminds of that time.

  • @ヨコスカボーイ-h6y
    @ヨコスカボーイ-h6y 5 місяців тому +7

    今から50年以上前にFEN聞いていると 必ずと言っていい程 カリフォルニアの青い空、とダニエルがラジオから流れて来ました この歌を聴いていて一生懸命フォークギター練習したのを覚えてます 半世紀経過しても決して色褪せません。

  • @brandimedeina3128
    @brandimedeina3128 10 місяців тому +78

    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!

    • @wevend4639
      @wevend4639 10 місяців тому +4

      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!!!

    • @archierodriquez1847
      @archierodriquez1847 10 місяців тому +1

      I've sung this @ karaoke...cool song.
      Good WCS/Cha Cha.

    • @joycekellner9957
      @joycekellner9957 8 місяців тому

      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

  • @johnlee-yo8jc
    @johnlee-yo8jc 3 роки тому +16

    At 61, the older you get, the more this song gets to you

  • @debbyharrison9198
    @debbyharrison9198 4 роки тому +402

    How can we ever get tired of this song!!😊

  • @marystaggs9525
    @marystaggs9525 3 роки тому +184

    As someone who's lived in So. Cal for 60 years I really love this song.

    • @martinaosullivan1622
      @martinaosullivan1622 3 роки тому +5

      Me to good DAYS WISH I COULD GO BACK TO THEM

    • @bobbydazzler8620
      @bobbydazzler8620 3 роки тому +4

      Lucky Gal

    • @mrs.palafox7370
      @mrs.palafox7370 3 роки тому +6

      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,!

    • @theodoreritola9758
      @theodoreritola9758 3 роки тому +7

      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 ,,

    • @marystaggs9525
      @marystaggs9525 2 роки тому +1

      @@martinaosullivan1622 me too

  • @sasaetiareimoanafualautoal6985
    @sasaetiareimoanafualautoal6985 2 місяці тому +4

    Timeless song, reminds me of the best times of our lives in the 70s when life was simple and people live together harmoniously...

  • @jamesstrutz4937
    @jamesstrutz4937 2 роки тому +14

    I BLASTED THIS SONG IN MY VOLVO ROADSTER IN 1970'S ON HIGHWAY 405 IN CALI !!! DAMN THOSE WERE GREAT TIMES !!!!

  • @kellymccain3403
    @kellymccain3403 4 роки тому +336

    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..

    • @davidwalsh4628
      @davidwalsh4628 2 роки тому +20

      One of the great AMERICAN songs? He is ENGLISH!

    • @jasonburns4071
      @jasonburns4071 2 роки тому +3

      Yep! Widnes I think...

    • @raystewart6524
      @raystewart6524 2 роки тому +13

      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..

    • @jdnly9716
      @jdnly9716 2 роки тому +10

      One of the best songs about California.

    • @motsigman
      @motsigman 2 роки тому +1

      @@jasonburns4071 Gibraltar near Widnes?

  • @777Aron
    @777Aron 3 місяці тому +9

    ..."Please don't tell them how you found me..." This happened to everyone who migrate to LA. Struggling all the time as we age. Now I am in 70s looking back those beautiful days.

  • @glennhoddle10
    @glennhoddle10 3 місяці тому +292

    I'm leaving this comment here so maybe after a week or a month or a year when someone likes it, I get reminded of this awesome song.

    • @Smartychase
      @Smartychase 2 місяці тому +12

      Didn't have to wait long did you

    • @gregengel1616
      @gregengel1616 2 місяці тому +11

      You might get tired of the notifications, but we'll never get tired of this song.

    • @craigrussell3062
      @craigrussell3062 2 місяці тому +4

      Gimme a break, man. Give me a break.

    • @garybellamy5311
      @garybellamy5311 2 місяці тому +6

      Here ya go, from East Texas!

    • @kaylaliebeck4894
      @kaylaliebeck4894 2 місяці тому +4

      Hello. ❤

  • @jamesschult9704
    @jamesschult9704 2 місяці тому +4

    Was 15 when this song came out in 1972, love it even more today.

  • @patriciagutierrez9947
    @patriciagutierrez9947 Місяць тому +4

    Albert Hammond!
    Beautiful Song!
    I love it!

  • @daviddiener9527
    @daviddiener9527 4 роки тому +2803

    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

    • @nadineireland3361
      @nadineireland3361 4 роки тому +177

      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

    • @victordavilacortazar7533
      @victordavilacortazar7533 4 роки тому +55

      Sintiendo mucho su perdida. SALUDOS DESDE GUAYAQUIL ECUADOR

    • @lindaoneill5266
      @lindaoneill5266 4 роки тому +71

      David sorry to hear you lost your lovely wife this is a lovely song. God bless

    • @rolandosulbaran681
      @rolandosulbaran681 4 роки тому +74

      BEAUTIFUL STORY!!!

    • @deloresmurtzia5168
      @deloresmurtzia5168 4 роки тому +40

      @@victordavilacortazar7533 God bless you!!!

  • @johnmaki3046
    @johnmaki3046 Рік тому +13

    I can see why this GREAT TALENT is teaching music! AN AWESOME TALENT!

  • @ssd2178
    @ssd2178 2 роки тому +56

    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 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

    • @rosamariavela314
      @rosamariavela314 2 роки тому +1

      👍👏✌️🎹🎤🎸🎺🎶🎼🎵🎶🎼🎵🇲🇽

  • @RomanL.N
    @RomanL.N 9 днів тому +3

    Many times have passed but this song still sounds great!

  • @agustintellez4788
    @agustintellez4788 3 роки тому +196

    "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.

  • @MrMarimero1234
    @MrMarimero1234 2 роки тому +154

    What a beautiful song !!! Brings back sweet memories to my mind about the Golden State of California. Timeless and evergreen classic.

    • @mambi74
      @mambi74 Рік тому +4

      "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"

    • @MrMarimero1234
      @MrMarimero1234 Рік тому +8

      @@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.

    • @mambi74
      @mambi74 Рік тому +2

      @@MrMarimero1234 🤘

    • @williamlandolfi7858
      @williamlandolfi7858 Рік тому +4

      @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.

    • @wagner9050
      @wagner9050 Рік тому +2

      Yup❤

  • @label1877
    @label1877 2 роки тому +82

    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.

    • @scottross6404
      @scottross6404 2 роки тому +12

      New York and California are the Best states to live in. The nicest and smartest people in the U.S.

    • @ivyconry69
      @ivyconry69 10 місяців тому +7

      Still lovely for me

    • @label1877
      @label1877 9 місяців тому

      @@scottross6404 The massive population exodus from both states say otherwise. Smart people know to leave.

    • @sunriver3946
      @sunriver3946 8 місяців тому +9

      @@scottross6404 I wouldn't live there if you paid me to!

    • @thegrandmasabrina
      @thegrandmasabrina 6 місяців тому +5

      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.

  • @charliedeleon440
    @charliedeleon440 10 місяців тому +23

    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 !!!

    • @johnmaki3046
      @johnmaki3046 9 місяців тому +1

      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!

    • @tillyvacher8098
      @tillyvacher8098 8 місяців тому +1

      This is saying it never rains but it pours in Southern California!

  • @prima6170
    @prima6170 Рік тому +6

    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.

  • @edithpiwowarski4704
    @edithpiwowarski4704 29 днів тому +4

    Oh, my favorite songs are playing tonight, thank you, UA-cam..🤗

  • @bw1357
    @bw1357 4 роки тому +237

    This song brings back great memories for me of being a teenager in the early seventies.

    • @MsFranksc
      @MsFranksc 3 роки тому +6

      Yeah, seventies was a great time, right.

    • @mariaelenaflores9539
      @mariaelenaflores9539 2 роки тому

      Tal cual hermosa canciones de adolescencia

    • @doughefernan2758
      @doughefernan2758 Рік тому

      This brings back great memories for me of YOU being a teenager in the early 70's too! signed, your stalker. (just kidding).

    • @johnmaki3046
      @johnmaki3046 Рік тому

      AWESOME! This song is a TIMELESS CLASSIC!

  • @williamhenry9609
    @williamhenry9609 4 роки тому +29

    I'm 22 again when I hear this song. Fifty years later - still love this number.

  • @johnnyk8211
    @johnnyk8211 3 роки тому +30

    Wow 1973 those were good days and this is a cool song

    • @martinaosullivan1622
      @martinaosullivan1622 3 роки тому +1

      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

    • @MrUltralight55
      @MrUltralight55 3 роки тому

      Still in 2021!

  • @MarionGordon-sb9lt
    @MarionGordon-sb9lt 2 місяці тому +7

    Just love this song, it reminds me of my younger days🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

  • @annelliott3810
    @annelliott3810 Рік тому +38

    I love this song as much as an adult!! As I did as a teenager, probably more!!! Such a beautiful song!!

    • @johnmaki3046
      @johnmaki3046 Рік тому +1

      A GREAT SONG! Albert Hammond OWNED THIS!

  • @frankrothiz4u
    @frankrothiz4u Рік тому +166

    This music appeals to all ages, from a baby to a 90 year old person, it's really just that good !

    • @mikejohn0088
      @mikejohn0088 Рік тому +1

      I'm 107 and I think it sucks!

    • @frankrothiz4u
      @frankrothiz4u Рік тому

      @@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

    • @randydownes9116
      @randydownes9116 11 місяців тому

      @@mikejohn0088. I think you suck then

    • @normcheers6870
      @normcheers6870 2 місяці тому +1

      ​@@mikejohn0088You are an idiot.

  • @alainmills4816
    @alainmills4816 2 роки тому +202

    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

    • @needpyae9004
      @needpyae9004 2 роки тому +5

      true

    • @timothysmith8667
      @timothysmith8667 2 роки тому +3

      I hear that . Good music . One of a kind.

    • @fredbunn
      @fredbunn 2 роки тому +4

      It Sounds good to me😊. Remember hearing it many years ago.

    • @davidbaldwin1591
      @davidbaldwin1591 2 роки тому +2

      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.

    • @Thataintnothing
      @Thataintnothing Рік тому +2

      Born in 57 Grew up with the Best Music and Cars!

  • @tedtimothy9074
    @tedtimothy9074 2 роки тому +32

    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.

    • @rosamariavela314
      @rosamariavela314 2 роки тому +1

      👍👍🎤🎸🎺🎹🎶🎼🎵🎶🎼🎵✌️🇲🇽

  • @estebanescuderoflores6437
    @estebanescuderoflores6437 Рік тому +40

    Hay veces que una canción te transporta a otro tiempo, esto me pasa con este tema. GRACIAS SIEMPRE ALBERT😊

    • @isabelperaza89
      @isabelperaza89 Рік тому +1

      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...

    • @ramonakuisat2906
      @ramonakuisat2906 Рік тому

      ​@@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)

  • @AlmostReady504
    @AlmostReady504 Рік тому +107

    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

    • @PaigeDavis-df1hh
      @PaigeDavis-df1hh Рік тому +1

      So well said! 💓

    • @barbyginebeggerstaf3181
      @barbyginebeggerstaf3181 Рік тому +1

      Beautiful ...

    • @vickiri2475
      @vickiri2475 Рік тому +3

      We're from the same era. I loved this song when I was ten & still do. I guess I'm in a time warp!

    • @toke7560
      @toke7560 Рік тому +3

      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.

    • @johnmaki3046
      @johnmaki3046 Рік тому

      One of the CLASSIC "'70s Memories"!

  • @sofiafahrenkrog2299
    @sofiafahrenkrog2299 4 роки тому +149

    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 !!!!!

    • @johnhickey8429
      @johnhickey8429 4 роки тому +3

      sofia fahrenkrog I was still in the Army when this came out. Just came to mind. It’s bringing back memories.

    • @Rascal356000
      @Rascal356000 4 роки тому +2

      Sofia I was a young child but did like the easy going lyrics.

    • @carmenchang7185
      @carmenchang7185 3 роки тому +1

      Congratulations Sofia

    • @robertgandler3177
      @robertgandler3177 2 роки тому

      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.

    • @larryvermeer6170
      @larryvermeer6170 2 роки тому

      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

  • @keriksen1213
    @keriksen1213 4 роки тому +189

    I am listening in 2020. I like this song. I was 14 years old. Love from Norway.

    • @miklmiklmtrcycl6009
      @miklmiklmtrcycl6009 4 роки тому +1

      Nice!

    • @kevinbeck6785
      @kevinbeck6785 4 роки тому +2

      august 2020 love from wales in uk xx

    • @kevinbeck6785
      @kevinbeck6785 4 роки тому +1

      @M Suzuki greeting from wales uk

    • @kevinbeck6785
      @kevinbeck6785 4 роки тому

      @M Suzuki good luck to you and your family xx

    • @kevinbeck6785
      @kevinbeck6785 4 роки тому

      @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

  • @redin9987
    @redin9987 Рік тому +18

    Seeing his appearance and hearing his voice really reminds me of the time when I was young with him, thank you

  • @LoveYourKitties
    @LoveYourKitties 2 роки тому +40

    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.

    • @Punnybone55
      @Punnybone55 2 роки тому +4

      Better "over the hill" than under it, bro. I'll be 60 in January. But birthdays are a gift denied to many. 😎

    • @Rudimentary007
      @Rudimentary007 2 роки тому +2

      I can relate. Born 69’👍

    • @rememberthegoodoldays193
      @rememberthegoodoldays193 3 місяці тому

      Did it ever rain?

  • @anaespinoza7483
    @anaespinoza7483 19 днів тому +6

    I been singing this song since I have memories 👏👏👏👏😍😍😍😍

  • @kjones4956
    @kjones4956 4 роки тому +180

    Love Albert Hammond! So talented and versatile! His Spanish songs are just as good and loved.

    • @Otak00l
      @Otak00l 3 роки тому +10

      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

    • @irmacarrera2475
      @irmacarrera2475 2 роки тому +5

      Yessss was successful in both languages😎♥️♥️♥️

    • @renatonunes2550
      @renatonunes2550 2 роки тому +7

      I believe that Albert was born in Gibratar.

    • @TheBeatleman66
      @TheBeatleman66 2 роки тому +4

      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

    • @Iolanthe22
      @Iolanthe22 2 роки тому +4

      He was the best in BOTH worlds, Spanish and English worlds!!!
      I used to listen to his songs as a child!!!

  • @bobsmith3217
    @bobsmith3217 4 роки тому +36

    This is when things started getting really mellow. Lot of great soft rock from about 1972 to 1978.

  • @edwardpootchemunka8027
    @edwardpootchemunka8027 Рік тому +7

    UA-cam is like a time machine right now this song takes me back to my teenage days

  • @michaelsolomons1456
    @michaelsolomons1456 10 місяців тому +4

    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

  • @木曽寛
    @木曽寛 11 місяців тому +19

    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‼️

    • @이상현-l1r4i
      @이상현-l1r4i 5 місяців тому

      1960년생쯤 되셨겠네요. 건강하세요. 저는 1967년생.South Korea.

  • @MrNapoleon01
    @MrNapoleon01 3 місяці тому +228

    Who else is still listening to this beautiful song now in 2024?

    • @clark4797
      @clark4797 3 місяці тому

      Why do ask stupid Qs like this other than to get clicks?
      Down vote,

    • @정철-r4x
      @정철-r4x 3 місяці тому +6

      The years slid past, 72years old me

    • @richardklem1857
      @richardklem1857 3 місяці тому +5

      Me! I’ll do my version soon and put it on UA-cam!

    • @618benjamin
      @618benjamin 2 місяці тому +3

      Me

    • @onlyme7248
      @onlyme7248 2 місяці тому +4

      Me , from Jordan.

  • @0mcl
    @0mcl 4 роки тому +174

    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 🙂

  • @隆利-f8h
    @隆利-f8h 3 місяці тому +4

    日本のPopsで大ヒットした『さらば恋人』(歌唱:堺正章 作曲:筒美京平)という楽曲が、この『カリフォルニアの青い空』の旋律とあまりにもソックリだったので、きっと京平先生が参考にして作ったんだろうな‥と、ずっと思ってましたが…何と『さらば恋人』の方が先に発売されていてビックリしました☆どちらも素晴らしいメロディー・メイカーで、大ファンだったので嬉しいミステリーでしたね☆

  • @Charlee723-u8l
    @Charlee723-u8l Місяць тому +2

    He is the best. 15 years old when i first listened to his voice. Fell in love❤. Never care for rock music. His voice is soothing. Awesome. Thanks!❤❤❤❤

  • @carmenv.mateos4586
    @carmenv.mateos4586 3 місяці тому +4

    Huy ! What a song 🥰🎵
    I 🩷California
    I was there this spring, when everything was covered in flowers and the weather was perfect for enjoying the beaches and going out into the countryside and mountains. I miss you California 🥹🌈💜🌻🌺🌼🌸

  • @pelagiajones7963
    @pelagiajones7963 14 днів тому +6

    ❤ so much thank you all for putting an awesome song together 🤙🏼

  • @donnythompson408
    @donnythompson408 4 роки тому +111

    This song instantly zooms me back to 1973.

    • @srinivasrao5078
      @srinivasrao5078 3 роки тому +2

      A timeless classic....

    • @blockcl
      @blockcl 3 роки тому +1

      Me too...1973 was a pretty nice place to be.

    • @martinaosullivan1622
      @martinaosullivan1622 3 роки тому

      Me to I was ten wow happy days if life was so easy today

  • @thereselisle8325
    @thereselisle8325 6 років тому +162

    love Albert Hammond's Never Rains In Southern California. What a good looking guy and still is xx.

    • @johncupples776
      @johncupples776 4 роки тому +1

      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

    • @noreenramirez9928
      @noreenramirez9928 3 роки тому +3

      Agree he was handsome in his youth and still good-looking...in his older years...

  • @christinescarff4920
    @christinescarff4920 2 роки тому +24

    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 ? 🥊🤷‍♀💥😡😱

    • @larryvermeer6170
      @larryvermeer6170 2 роки тому +2

      good morning my friend christine how is the weather in the UK today?

  • @apheshavaldez405
    @apheshavaldez405 3 роки тому +18

    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 ♥️

    • @rosamariavela314
      @rosamariavela314 2 роки тому

      👍👍👏🙌✌️🎤🎸🎺🎹🎶🎼🎵🎹🎶🎼🎵🇲🇽

  • @zuzellogan5613
    @zuzellogan5613 Рік тому +10

    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.

  • @michaellee5610
    @michaellee5610 6 місяців тому +12

    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 !!!

  • @angelinam358
    @angelinam358 6 років тому +251

    One of the best songs ever. ❤️

  • @antoniohoyos9827
    @antoniohoyos9827 Рік тому +10

    This. Song 🎶 Bring good memories of my mother RIP she dint understand the words But she loved 🥰 the music 🎼 i love ❤️ you my mother ❤️💯💯💯🤗🤗🌹🥰

  • @renatonunes2550
    @renatonunes2550 2 роки тому +11

    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 ).

  • @frankfalukozi5039
    @frankfalukozi5039 4 роки тому +53

    What a genius to write a song like this it's timeless

  • @kennygr8ify
    @kennygr8ify 3 роки тому +33

    This dude was criminally underrated!

  • @jimmyb1559
    @jimmyb1559 3 роки тому +30

    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
      @michaelkoszowski3716 3 роки тому

      Interesting observation . 👍

    • @williamlandolfi7858
      @williamlandolfi7858 3 роки тому +5

      @@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.

    • @michaelkoszowski3716
      @michaelkoszowski3716 3 роки тому +1

      @@williamlandolfi7858 ..yeah , especially when that mortgage bill came in . 😖

    • @skysensor8015
      @skysensor8015 3 роки тому +1

      You missed the point brother, he sings about the beautiful picture they paint about Hollywood to young aspiring actors and actresses

    • @monicasmith6698
      @monicasmith6698 3 роки тому +1

      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.

  • @kellywilson6023
    @kellywilson6023 3 роки тому +11

    Another one of those great 70's songs. The greatest decade in rockn roll.

  • @MargaretMartin-j2c
    @MargaretMartin-j2c Рік тому +23

    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.

  • @jcam783
    @jcam783 3 роки тому +11

    I was 9 years old when this came out , definitely remember hearing this on the radio in NYC .

    • @vickiri2475
      @vickiri2475 3 роки тому

      I was five when it came out & I remember listening to the 45. It's a great song!

    • @rosamariavela314
      @rosamariavela314 2 роки тому

      👍👏👏👏✌️🎹🎶🎼🎵🎤🎸🎺🎶🎼🎵🇲🇽

  • @rage6382
    @rage6382 2 роки тому +5

    I grew up with this song in Germany. Very fond memorys.

  • @melissahamlet1933
    @melissahamlet1933 3 роки тому +26

    My mom introduced me to this song when I was little, I enjoyed it ever since

    • @marcbouley6331
      @marcbouley6331 3 роки тому

      songs had meaning,if you like the 70s tunes,you will just do fine in life...

  • @ลุงเจมส์เที่ยวชิม

    A song to fight for life for everyone who comes to seek luck in America. The song is very beautiful.

  • @2007odyssey
    @2007odyssey 2 місяці тому +2

    泣ける歌です・・華やかな場所を求めても、どこへ行ったっていい事ばっかりじゃない。

  • @sharkpuppet2.06
    @sharkpuppet2.06 3 роки тому +9

    Fell in love with you and this song back in the 70s when I was a teen 😊😊❤️❤️❤️❤️

  • @claudiacarrasco7404
    @claudiacarrasco7404 4 роки тому +20

    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.

  • @クッキー-g3s
    @クッキー-g3s 4 роки тому +16

    Nostalgic Albert Hammond videos are rare and good

  • @Luciano9Bezerra
    @Luciano9Bezerra 6 місяців тому +4

    I lived in Los Angeles for two years and I never forget what a great place to live it was !!!

  • @AnthonyGauci-q1m
    @AnthonyGauci-q1m Місяць тому +1

    Such a talented man , deserves more credit for his singing and writing of so many hit songs sung by other artists 🌹❤️⚽️

  • @jmrodas9
    @jmrodas9 Рік тому +4

    The voice of the singer is outstanding, considering it is real, and the music backing him is good too, this is one of those old songs I still like to listen to.

  • @BarneeFife
    @BarneeFife Рік тому +21

    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.

  • @lorenzoparedes2306
    @lorenzoparedes2306 4 роки тому +25

    When this song was popular and playing on Boston radio, I was a graduate student in a well known Cambridge, Massachusetts university. I was married, my wife and I had a little boy of about two years old. I was working part time (sometimes two jobs) and carrying a full academic program, and it was extremely difficult to make ends meet. Scholarships and loans did not cover personal living expenses. I had to pull out and accept the Master's degree with the anticipation of getting a full time job after graduation, stabilizing our financial situation, and returning for the doctorate. It never happened. I had to give priority to my family over my academic pursuits.
    The phrase in this song: "Will you tell the folks back home, I nearly made it?" always put a lump in my throat back then, and it still reminds me of a goal that I was not able to achieve.

    • @brucelee1527
      @brucelee1527 4 роки тому +1

      I totally agree with you.....

    • @johnmcnally5307
      @johnmcnally5307 4 роки тому

      Havaaaad.

    • @johnmcnally5307
      @johnmcnally5307 4 роки тому +1

      I'm from Roxbury. I live in Southie now

    • @lorenzoparedes2306
      @lorenzoparedes2306 4 роки тому

      @@johnmcnally5307 We lived in Brighton, down the street from St. Elizabeth's Hospital and Boston College. During slippery snowy weather, we could just sit on the front steps of the building and watch cars slide down towards Washington Street, if the drivers wouldn't slow down beforehand.

    • @brendabence5199
      @brendabence5199 4 роки тому +2

      I am sorry for your disappointment, but I hope you can get some contentment from the fact that you out your family first

  • @ErmelindaLaban
    @ErmelindaLaban 3 місяці тому +2

    Thank you for this song,it reminds me that Mama Mary always loves me,she helped me pray to God that my wishes are all granted esp.for our health,financial,& spiritual problems,Thank u very much Mama Mary.

  • @rickycole6327
    @rickycole6327 2 місяці тому +2

    A song that reached number five on Billboard pop singles chart in 1972 Albert's biggest hit.