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Creation Date: 04-26-2010 10:46 PM
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the water does not try
to reflect the moon
and the moon has no desire
to be reflected
but when the clouds clear
there is the moon in the water
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  #137 New 10-21-2012 07:55 AM
moonlight and rain
Entre les gouttes et les arcades by Fred | Gilderic Photography



When the first dawn came
Like a cigarette in the rain
Heard the thunder miles away
Didn't think that it would work out this way
The storm came and it rained all night
Randy Crawford, Cigarette in the Rain


I need a phone call
I need a raincoat
I really need a raincoat
I really, really need a raincoat
I really, really, really need a raincoat
Counting Crows, Raining in Baltimore


I remember what he said about that town
He said I went to London once, came back
Wiped the tears from my eyes, looked out the window
And it was still pouring down
More of that rain, rain, rain
Rain, rain, rain
Rain, rain, rain
Rain, rain, rain
I'm gonna get a train
Never coming back again
Ian Hunter, Rain


I took shelter from a shower
And I stepped into your arms
On a rainy night in Soho
The Pogues, Rainy Night in Soho


All at sea again
And now my hurricanes
Have brought down this ocean rain
To bathe me again
Echo and the Bunnymen, Ocean Rain



It's raining again.

Usually September is the typhoon season in Japan. But September 2012 was the hottest September for more than 100 years. And typhoons are still coming late in October.

I've written about the rain before. About the rainy season in endless rain. And about the typhoon season in typhoon. And last week I wrote about the Kenji Miyazawa poem ame ni mo makezu in translating japanese | strong in the rain. There are some great songs about the rain. There are links to some cool ones in those posts and there are a few more below.

Tales of Moonlight and Rain by Akinari Ueda is an 18th century collection of stories. A movie adaptation called Ugetsu was made in 1953. It was directed by by Kenji Mizoguchi. It's a classic of Japanese cinema.

I've been told recently that I've become an ame otoko, 雨男. A rain man. When I go outside it starts to rain. When I get off a train it starts to rain.

It's raining again.

Niall


music and background articles

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwHIBGaj8Lg
Randy Crawford, Cigarette in the Rain

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MjF95ZNrhMc
Counting Crows, Raining in Baltimore

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mV9MSxSnwFo
Ian Hunter, Rain

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3MKMF-qIZk
The Pogues, Rainy Night in Soho

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Naw4TQgl_Zs
Echo and the Bunnymen, Ocean Rain

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5LprQTMwPU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fT8GqP7ILQY
Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers, Ugetsu parts 1 and 2

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=osz_zvB7ls0
Triple ACE and Johannes Enders, Ugetsu

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfwc7QQD4Ps
Ugetsu directed by Kenji Mizoguchi on youtube

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tales_o...light_and_Rain
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ugetsu
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ugetsu_(album)


photo: Entre les gouttes et les arcades by Fred | Gilderic Photography


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© niall matthews 2012
Views: 3281 | Comments: 2


RSS Feed 2 Responses to "moonlight and rain"
#2 10-29-2012 10:41 PM
niall Says:
Thank you Francis. Yes in some countries I would be lucky!
#1 10-22-2012 12:21 AM
aikishihan Says:
Being called a "rain man", you are singled out as a lucky charm. In America, the man who "brings the rain" causes significant prosperity for the company, and all who are involved. For me, however, the raindrops keep falling on my head. Thanks for the reminders of Japan's rainy season.
 




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