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I’m convinced that if “No Rain” by Blind Melon were released today, it would STILL be a massive hit.
Seriously. Play those opening guitar notes and suddenly you’re transported to a sunny afternoon in 1993, wearing a flannel shirt you probably bought at a mall, wondering why your hair was doing that.
And here’s the part that hurts:
“No Rain” is 34 years old.
At this point, the song isn’t retro. The song is old enough to have a mortgage.
Released on Blind Melon’s self-titled 1992 debut album, “No Rain” became the band’s signature hit when it exploded in 1993. It reached No. 20 on the Billboard Hot 100 and topped both the Album Rock Tracks and Modern Rock Tracks charts.
And then there was THE BEE GIRL. 🐝
You remember her.
The glasses. The bee costume. The tap dancing. The little girl desperately looking for someplace where she belonged.
The video, starring Heather DeLoach, became one of MTV’s most recognizable videos of the era and helped turn Blind Melon’s debut album into a multi-platinum success.
Basically, MTV said, “Here’s a rock band, a bee costume and a tap-dancing kid.”
And America said, “Yep. We’ll take 47 million of those, please.”
Blind Melon’s charismatic singer, Shannon Hoon, was born in 1967 and died in New Orleans on October 21, 1995, at just 28 years old. He was found unresponsive on the band’s tour bus while Blind Melon was on tour. Contemporary reports said the apparent cause was a drug overdose; later accounts identified it as a cocaine overdose.
Hoon would have turned 59 just a few days ago.
Think about that for a second.
The guy whose voice is forever frozen in our minds as that young, energetic frontman would be pushing 60 today.
Time is rude. Really, really rude.
Hoon’s death came just as Blind Melon was trying to move forward with its second album, Soup. He left behind a young daughter, Nico, and a musical legacy that turned out to be far bigger than anyone could have known at the time.
And that’s why “No Rain” remains such a special song.
It sounds effortless. It sounds happy. It sounds like sunshine.
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