The Alarm — Rain In The Summertime
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Under the anvil of the sun
Sweat, like a train
I come, I come,
My body to dust
Scorched by the might of the sun
Burning light, burning white heat
Like wildfire
I sweat a fever
My body screams
Disintegrates in the heat
Our love is the FAITH that keeps on burning
I love to feel the RAIN IN THE SUMMERTIME
I love to feel the rain on my face
I love to feel the RAIN IN THE SUMMERTIME
I love to feel the rain on my face
Burnt at the stake, on a bed of fire
My body rises
Taking me higher
My loves desire
Is pure ascension fire
And love is the FAITH that keeps on burning
I love to feel the RAIN IN THE SUMMERTIME
I love to feel the rain on my face
I love to feel the RAIN IN THE SUMMERTIME
I love to feel the rain on my face
And then I run 'til the breath tears my throat
'Til the pain hits my side
As if I run fast enough
I can leave all the pain and the sadness behind
I love to feel the RAIN IN THE SUMMERTIME
I love to feel the rain on my face
I love to feel the RAIN IN THE SUMMERTIME
I love to feel the rain on my face
(I love to feel the rain on my face)
(In the summertime)
Sweat, like a train
I come, I come,
My body to dust
Scorched by the might of the sun
Burning light, burning white heat
Like wildfire
I sweat a fever
My body screams
Disintegrates in the heat
Our love is the FAITH that keeps on burning
I love to feel the RAIN IN THE SUMMERTIME
I love to feel the rain on my face
I love to feel the RAIN IN THE SUMMERTIME
I love to feel the rain on my face
Burnt at the stake, on a bed of fire
My body rises
Taking me higher
My loves desire
Is pure ascension fire
And love is the FAITH that keeps on burning
I love to feel the RAIN IN THE SUMMERTIME
I love to feel the rain on my face
I love to feel the RAIN IN THE SUMMERTIME
I love to feel the rain on my face
And then I run 'til the breath tears my throat
'Til the pain hits my side
As if I run fast enough
I can leave all the pain and the sadness behind
I love to feel the RAIN IN THE SUMMERTIME
I love to feel the rain on my face
I love to feel the RAIN IN THE SUMMERTIME
I love to feel the rain on my face
(I love to feel the rain on my face)
(In the summertime)
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musicbelgium80s wrote:
That must have been confusing …
Check some pictures of The Alarm I took back in 1984 when they were supporting U2 in Belgium : http://bit.ly/alarmfn84 Enjoy !
That must have been confusing …
This could have easily been done in 1997. Way ahead of their time.
joejennings wrote:
Really. Where have you been? :)
GOOD TUNE! This i the 1st time that I have heard of them. That is why we come to RP. Thanx RP! 
Really. Where have you been? :)
68 Guns.. A fantastic track. Give it a listen folks.
GOOD TUNE! This i the 1st time that I have heard of them. That is why we come to RP. Thanx RP!
Rob57 wrote:
Yes - I was there too - don't forget Status Quo! What a day. All for £14.50.
This is a great track, not heard it for years. Saw them at Wembley stadium supporting INXS... who were supporting Queen... what a gig!
Yes - I was there too - don't forget Status Quo! What a day. All for £14.50.
Memories of turning this up to "11" on my newly installed Pioneer CD player, driving down PCH in Malibu, sunroof open enjoying a California summer day back then.
A better version of the Hooters!
Welsh?! Given their similarity to 80s U2 I always thought they were Irish 
Met Mike Peters in a club in Northern England in the early 80s. Met him and the band again in Toronto at Massey Hall a couple of years later. He and the band are solid nice guys. Sad to know of Mike's health issues.
U2? Oh, 1987!
xcranky_yankee wrote:
I love Bombay Sapphire. :)
i like Bombay Sapphire
I love Bombay Sapphire. :)
rbrise wrote:
Not really very punked out...more new romantic...thus your crush...do you feel the same about syd vicious?
go easy on him/her...may not remember Cynaera
Not really very punked out...more new romantic...thus your crush...do you feel the same about syd vicious?
timatmit wrote:
I had a stomach ache in second grade but it went away.
i like Bombay Sapphire
I had a stomach ache in second grade but it went away.
Rob57 wrote:
I was there too! The Alarm were supporting INXS who were supporting Status Quo who were supporting Queen. What a day. It was my first ever gig...
This is a great track, not heard it for years. Saw them at Wembley stadium supporting INXS... who were supporting Queen... what a gig!
I was there too! The Alarm were supporting INXS who were supporting Status Quo who were supporting Queen. What a day. It was my first ever gig...
Love it, now as I did then! And, I'm in practically the same spot as I was then, too! Now, with the rain-clouds rolling in as it plays, hopefully helping to keep this summer fire-free, I smell the fresh air being pushed down the slopes. Perhaps, as yesterday, I'll get a little sprinkling of Holy Water as I ride the bike to work!
The perfect antidote to Zoe's "Sunshine on a rainy day".
See also Beck, "Devil's Haircut" vs Charlatans "Jesus Hairdo"
any others?
See also Beck, "Devil's Haircut" vs Charlatans "Jesus Hairdo"
any others?
"68 Guns will never die"
Maybe they did, here - just a bit boring, sorry :(
Maybe they did, here - just a bit boring, sorry :(
cc_rider wrote:
"Well, Ramona likes her malt liquor
And a band from Wales that's called The Alarm
She said she cried when they broke up
She still plays their records at the snake farm"
Ray Wylie Hubbard, 'Snake Farm'
c.
Now THAT is a great reference!
"Well, Ramona likes her malt liquor
And a band from Wales that's called The Alarm
She said she cried when they broke up
She still plays their records at the snake farm"
Ray Wylie Hubbard, 'Snake Farm'
c.
Now THAT is a great reference!
rrowdies wrote:
Agree - not a big Alarm fan (I tried at that time, but never stuck for me). This is my fav tune from them.
My favourite Alarm song....saw Mike when he was in Big Country on their 2014 North American tour, great showman great frontman
Agree - not a big Alarm fan (I tried at that time, but never stuck for me). This is my fav tune from them.
My favourite Alarm song....saw Mike when he was in Big Country on their 2014 North American tour, great showman great frontman
"Well, Ramona likes her malt liquor
And a band from Wales that's called The Alarm
She said she cried when they broke up
She still plays their records at the snake farm"
Ray Wylie Hubbard, 'Snake Farm'
c.
Cynaera wrote:
Not really very punked out...more new romantic...thus your crush...do you feel the same about syd vicious?
I have to say it: The guy in the foreground of the album photo looks like a punked-out version of Michael Praed (the guy who portrayed Robin Hood in the Showtime series of the same name.) Yum. Regardless. And I still love this song.
Not really very punked out...more new romantic...thus your crush...do you feel the same about syd vicious?
Antigone wrote:
Exactly what I was thinking!
Agree too!
Exactly what I was thinking!
Agree too!
Went to school in Middlesbrough, England in 1984/85 and was friends with a girl who grew up with these guys.
Mike Peters almost has the same amount of hair on his chest as his head on this album cover 😂
ExploitingChaos wrote:
I used to call my ex Boubou... Now were just friends and I call my friend Boubou
And in these 'enlightened' days it could be your Boubou that is ex...
I used to call my ex Boubou... Now were just friends and I call my friend Boubou
stalfnzo wrote:
Exactly what I was thinking!
At first I thought this was U2, except that... I LIKED it.
Exactly what I was thinking!
misterbearbaby wrote:
U2 and The Alarm are your takeaways from the late 80s? I feel genuinely sorry for you.
The late 80's were a tireless wasteland on non-nutritious music, devoid of composition with no musical influences beyond their own self-referential modified-food-starch and corn-syrup poisonous pop. Just one Bear's opinion-- But hey- don't believe me! Look at the 1987 Billboard top 100 for October 1987 when Eye of the Hurricane was released, #1 was Lost in Emotion by LisaLisa and Cult Jam. Whitesnake charted that month but by then they were a friggin' **hair band.** Tiffany. Billy Idol. All doo-doo, and even the R&B charts sucked it. Q.E.D. Add to the injuries that the vinyl phonograph record was being replaced that year by the initially tragic-sounding CD-- **Perfect Sound Forever, Suckers*.
Not to say all 80's pop music was dreck- just 95%. In 1987, U2 released The Joshua Tree, a beautiful landmark album on themes of American experience, exceptionalism, and thought. It's still beautiful after 35 years. [With or Without You charted.]
I feel better now! But I gotta' admit it. If you ignore their countless miles of doo-doo pressed into their other records' record grooves, The Alarm blazed blindingly for 5 minutes and 12 seconds in that lost, long-forgotten time. This is an outstanding tune that damn near approaches the quality of U2's music- gasp! - but just the one tune. Strange... add them to The Hall of One-Hit Wonders, special mention.
Not to say all 80's pop music was dreck- just 95%. In 1987, U2 released The Joshua Tree, a beautiful landmark album on themes of American experience, exceptionalism, and thought. It's still beautiful after 35 years. [With or Without You charted.]
I feel better now! But I gotta' admit it. If you ignore their countless miles of doo-doo pressed into their other records' record grooves, The Alarm blazed blindingly for 5 minutes and 12 seconds in that lost, long-forgotten time. This is an outstanding tune that damn near approaches the quality of U2's music- gasp! - but just the one tune. Strange... add them to The Hall of One-Hit Wonders, special mention.
U2 and The Alarm are your takeaways from the late 80s? I feel genuinely sorry for you.
The late 80's were a tireless wasteland on non-nutritious music, devoid of composition with no musical influences beyond their own self-referential modified-food-starch and corn-syrup poisonous pop. Just one Bear's opinion-- But hey- don't believe me! Look at the 1987 Billboard top 100 for October 1987 when Eye of the Hurricane was released, #1 was Lost in Emotion by LisaLisa and Cult Jam. Whitesnake charted that month but by then they were a friggin' **hair band.** Tiffany. Billy Idol. All doo-doo, and even the R&B charts sucked it. Q.E.D. Add to the injuries that the vinyl phonograph record was being replaced that year by the initially tragic-sounding CD-- **Perfect Sound Forever, Suckers*.
Not to say all 80's pop music was dreck- just 95%. In 1987, U2 released The Joshua Tree, a beautiful landmark album on themes of American experience, exceptionalism, and thought. It's still beautiful after 35 years. [With or Without You charted.]
I feel better now! But I gotta' admit it. If you ignore their countless miles of doo-doo pressed into their other records' record grooves, The Alarm blazed blindingly for 5 minutes and 12 seconds in that lost, long-forgotten time. This is an outstanding tune that damn near approaches the quality of U2's music- gasp! - but just the one tune. Strange... add them to The Hall of One-Hit Wonders, special mention.
Not to say all 80's pop music was dreck- just 95%. In 1987, U2 released The Joshua Tree, a beautiful landmark album on themes of American experience, exceptionalism, and thought. It's still beautiful after 35 years. [With or Without You charted.]
I feel better now! But I gotta' admit it. If you ignore their countless miles of doo-doo pressed into their other records' record grooves, The Alarm blazed blindingly for 5 minutes and 12 seconds in that lost, long-forgotten time. This is an outstanding tune that damn near approaches the quality of U2's music- gasp! - but just the one tune. Strange... add them to The Hall of One-Hit Wonders, special mention.
Pioneer_Sing wrote:
I'm picturing you with your Walkman and headphones and you're dancing like Napoleon Dynamite to 68 Guns...
It’s good to hear some Alarm, but 68 Guns is better than this.
I'm picturing you with your Walkman and headphones and you're dancing like Napoleon Dynamite to 68 Guns...
It’s good to hear some Alarm, but 68 Guns is better than this.
Rockit9 wrote:
I used to call my ex Boubou... Now were just friends and I call my friend Boubou
This tune always grabs me by the Boo-Boo. Very well produced.
I used to call my ex Boubou... Now were just friends and I call my friend Boubou
Released: 1987
You don't say?
(It's still a good song)
You don't say?
(It's still a good song)
Rockit9 wrote:
When you're a celebrity they let you do that, I hear.
This tune always grabs me by the Boo-Boo. Very well produced.
When you're a celebrity they let you do that, I hear.
tinypriest wrote:
Best acoustics in the country in Massey Hall IMHO.
Saw them do a great show at Massey Hall Toronto in 1988. U2-like at the time, but there was room for more than one.
Best acoustics in the country in Massey Hall IMHO.
Saw them do a great show at Massey Hall Toronto in 1988. U2-like at the time, but there was room for more than one.
spencervignes51 wrote:
INXS, The Alarm, Status Quo, Queen, July 1986, Wembley Stadium. Quite a day, so it was!
Too true, except for the pretentious Michael Hutchence.
I lobbed an apple at him, hoping he might take a bite and shut up for a moment 😎
INXS, The Alarm, Status Quo, Queen, July 1986, Wembley Stadium. Quite a day, so it was!
Too true, except for the pretentious Michael Hutchence.
I lobbed an apple at him, hoping he might take a bite and shut up for a moment 😎
Love to feel the rain in the summertime? Good. Then you can walk my dog this morning.
Mike Peters is still doing it today. He even sang for Big Country for a bit after Stuart Adamson passed.
Rockit9 wrote:
YEAH MAN, like bass fishing in reverse; if God,,,
(anonymous) wrote:
The resulting EP "Electric Folklore Live" is quite good. It seems they are/were better live than in the studio.
I saw this tour "Electric Folklore" twice. They put on an awesome show. Then they fell of the face of the planet.
I will always remember this song from my freshman year in college.
The resulting EP "Electric Folklore Live" is quite good. It seems they are/were better live than in the studio.
bassbambi wrote:
Thanks for pointing out that U2 is not the same band as without The Edge.
I understand why people refer to U2 because of the singers voice. But not having The Edge makes it totally different, its more simple minds in a sense then U2
Thanks for pointing out that U2 is not the same band as without The Edge.
jelgator wrote:
Agreed
This song blows
Agreed
A Welsh band promoting rain in the summertime.
Rob57 wrote:
INXS, The Alarm, Status Quo, Queen, July 1986, Wembley Stadium. Quite a day, so it was!
This is a great track, not heard it for years. Saw them at Wembley stadium supporting INXS... who were supporting Queen... what a gig!
INXS, The Alarm, Status Quo, Queen, July 1986, Wembley Stadium. Quite a day, so it was!
We could use a little more rain in the midwest this summer...
Rockit9 wrote:
What?!
God Dammit this is the BOMB!!!
What?!
God Dammit this is the BOMB!!!
I understand why people refer to U2 because of the singers voice. But not having The Edge makes it totally different, its more simple minds in a sense then U2
jelgator wrote:
Easy Tiger....Grapefruit & Bananas are totally different!
This song blows any Radiohead song out of the water.
Easy Tiger....Grapefruit & Bananas are totally different!
Need to play Ray Wylie Hubbard's 'Snake Farm' after this...
c.
c.
Still loving this song years later. I had it originally on vinyl.
8 for the song, +1 for the SWEET hair!
This song blows any Radiohead song out of the water.
This is a great track, not heard it for years. Saw them at Wembley stadium supporting INXS... who were supporting Queen... what a gig!
Quite outdated. Like most of the songs from that period.
Holy crap, I haven't heard this in FOREVER!! I had the album on cassette and played it during road trips in the old Honda. Great memories, thanks RP :)
Boxie wrote:
Those two and Big Country definitely occupied a similar niche at the time, in my head anyway. Welsh, Irish and Scots respectively, with Big Country even playing bagpipes on the guitar. ;)
I thought this was U2. Doesn't mattet excellent song.
Those two and Big Country definitely occupied a similar niche at the time, in my head anyway. Welsh, Irish and Scots respectively, with Big Country even playing bagpipes on the guitar. ;)
U1.3
The Alarm is one of my favorite bands ever. Love it!!
I thought this was U2. Doesn't mattet excellent song.
musicbelgium80s wrote:
Thanks for the link. I was there too at that time in Vorst Nationaal !
Check some pictures of The Alarm I took back in 1984 when they were supporting U2 in Belgium : http://bit.ly/alarmfn84 Enjoy !
Thanks for the link. I was there too at that time in Vorst Nationaal !
Went to school in Middlesbrough UK with a girl who grew up with these guys. Always liked their music.
Check some pictures of The Alarm I took back in 1984 when they were supporting U2 in Belgium : http://bit.ly/alarmfn84 Enjoy !
They were never as cerebral or self-absorbed as U2, but they rocked earnestly.
maier66 wrote:
Awfully . . . good? Agreed. 8.
Awfully
Awfully . . . good? Agreed. 8.
Awfully
Cynaera wrote:
'Yum' indeed! :-D
I have to say it: The guy in the foreground of the album photo looks like a punked-out version of Michael Praed (the guy who portrayed Robin Hood in the Showtime series of the same name.) Yum. Regardless. And I still love this song.
'Yum' indeed! :-D
This tune always grabs me by the Boo-Boo. Very well produced.
I saw these guys in 86 at Lord Beaverbooks in Sacramento and they blew the whole place away.....what a memory!
Wiki thankfully explained why this sounds like U2...and to learn that the band used to be called 'The Toilets' - ha! What was the next name to be used...the Beds or The Sink?
I did re-rate my 6 to a7....maybe next listening i'll even go to an 8. Long Live RP!!
I did re-rate my 6 to a7....maybe next listening i'll even go to an 8. Long Live RP!!
Lazarus wrote:
Ditto.
Everybody in my alien space craft loves this song...
Ditto.
Please, make it stop. My boom box can't take it anymore.
Not too much into the singer's style, but the production quality is way in advance for a 1987 act.
At first I thought this was U2, except that... I LIKED it.
Grammarcop wrote:
Interesting then that we are still listening to them, so obviously you were wrong.
Pretty much everyone I knew in the Detroit New Wave scene back in the late 1980s viewed this band with distain. Their music had no depth.
Interesting then that we are still listening to them, so obviously you were wrong.
Pretty much everyone I knew in the Detroit New Wave scene back in the late 1980s viewed this band with distain. Their music had no depth.
Only the band U2 could have been...
Still touring, plus doing great work raising funds and awareness for cancer. Good luck to them.
https://thealarm.com/
https://thealarm.com/
Great to hear The Alarm on Radio Paradise - not really because I am a massive fan of their music, but they were local to me in North Wales growing up and were real role models for up and coming bands (as well as being really nice guys as well!)
Mike Peters and his lovely wife Jules have both had serious health problems, so they set up a charitable foundation called Love, Hope, Strength and he still performs at his annual "Gathering" festival get-together which celebrated its 25th Anniversary in 2017
Just a bit of trivia for all you RP folks :)
Mike Peters and his lovely wife Jules have both had serious health problems, so they set up a charitable foundation called Love, Hope, Strength and he still performs at his annual "Gathering" festival get-together which celebrated its 25th Anniversary in 2017
Just a bit of trivia for all you RP folks :)
love to feel deranged in the summertime
This album has so many great songs on it.
A Truly Great band That's Not U2
kimschoice wrote:
I thought the opening was that Bruce Springsteen thing from 2002
Holy crap. Always thought this WAS Bono.
I thought the opening was that Bruce Springsteen thing from 2002
Coolest thing was always the guitar intro, after that it's a b-side from U2.
Holy crap. Always thought this WAS Bono.
I meant Mr. DJ
Ditto mr do thanks
Oh, I love these guys. And this song is wonderful!
Imagine if Bono's singing was even worse. Ladies and Gentleman, The Alarm.
Guessing this charted very high. Great anthem!
The louder I play this track, the more I like it!! 
First time I saw them and heard this song - SF Auditorium around 1982 - they were the opening act for an exciting new band from Ireland - called U2. Nice tune. But IMO U2 had a bit more impact...
Wonderful memories along with this jam. I was living down along Boulder Creek with Mad Patrick, Crazy Mary, and my Siamese cat Syd. Flying Saucers were seen often that summer (the best blotter, from Guffy up in Nederland) and my Japan dream was incubating.
joempie wrote:
68 Guns is even better imho.
Yep. The Alarm got a lot of flak for being so overblown and that was deserved. This song's bombast doesn't fit the lyric at all. But 68 Guns? It works. Big themes, big sound.
By the way, all of these guys are super nice. After I met them I really wanted them to make it. I guess they did.
68 Guns is even better imho.
Yep. The Alarm got a lot of flak for being so overblown and that was deserved. This song's bombast doesn't fit the lyric at all. But 68 Guns? It works. Big themes, big sound.
By the way, all of these guys are super nice. After I met them I really wanted them to make it. I guess they did.
AphidA wrote:
'Tis a barnet of great awesomeness, right enough.
This is a great song but, possibly, the only The Alarm song to warrant any air play. And, incidentally, Mike Peters' hair is something thou shalt not gaze upon if you want to avoid bursting out in uncontrollable laughter.
'Tis a barnet of great awesomeness, right enough.
AphidA wrote:
68 Guns is even better imho.
This is a great song but, possibly, the only The Alarm song to warrant any air play. And, incidentally, Mike Peters' hair is something thou shalt not gaze upon if you want to avoid bursting out in uncontrollable laughter.
68 Guns is even better imho.
"....and I still haven't found what I'm looking for...."
AphidA wrote:
That's true, but the same could be said about the hairstyles of a lot of performers from the 1960s and '70s.
This is a great song but, possibly, the only The Alarm song to warrant any air play. And, incidentally, Mike Peters' hair is something thou shalt not gaze upon if you want to avoid bursting out in uncontrollable laughter.
That's true, but the same could be said about the hairstyles of a lot of performers from the 1960s and '70s.
I loved this song when they overplayed it on the radio back in the day and have enjoyed rediscovering The Alarm years later. These guys were always just trying to be big and brassy and I think the test of time has shown that they cultivated their own sound, U2 comparisons not withstanding.
How cool. I've been collecting summer songs for a playlist lately (harder than it seems), and this is one of them.
This is a great song but, possibly, the only The Alarm song to warrant any air play. And, incidentally, Mike Peters' hair is something thou shalt not gaze upon if you want to avoid bursting out in uncontrollable laughter.
planet_lizard wrote:
Blimey - are they still going? I saw them at Wembley in about 86 when they were on the bill with INXS, Status Quo and Queen. Was a cracking gig and they were very good.
That sounds like an amazing show...even though I tend not to like large rock concerts.
Blimey - are they still going? I saw them at Wembley in about 86 when they were on the bill with INXS, Status Quo and Queen. Was a cracking gig and they were very good.
That sounds like an amazing show...even though I tend not to like large rock concerts.
I added this to my current playlist this morning. That's just spooky, Bill.
Everybody in my alien space craft loves this song...
Perfect for a rainy morning.
ziakut wrote:
Ironic, considering that The Alarm were labeled U2 clones when they came out.
This song has a sound, which is a victim of its own 80s shroud. The fact that you don't hear it too often anywhere makes it more appealing in this format here. I'll take this over almost any U2 at the moment.
Ironic, considering that The Alarm were labeled U2 clones when they came out.
Saw these guys open for the Pretenders way back in 83.
We could really use some rain right now in California....
Me love this song looong time 
It reminded me of Arcade Fire in the beginning...so it's not that bad...
Love the melody and guitar.......!! 
Lord, but this time sounds good with beer!
This song has a sound, which is a victim of its own 80s shroud. The fact that you don't hear it too often anywhere makes it more appealing in this format here. I'll take this over almost any U2 at the moment.
Both Alarm and u2 have good tunes. Thanks for playing the less heard on RP!
Cynaera wrote:
Sweet!
I have to say it: The guy in the foreground of the album photo looks like a punked-out version of Michael Praed (the guy who portrayed Robin Hood in the Showtime series of the same name.) Yum. Regardless. And I still love this song.
Sweet!
I've never heard this before, but I like it and not too dated. Maybe I'm too dated?
msymmes wrote:
Fixed that for you. :)
Nothing sounds better than U2 any day !!
Fixed that for you. :)
At first I thought this was U2, except that... I LIKED it.
Junior U2