Albert Hammond - It Never Rains In Southern California

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[TheBearcub410]

god listening to this music makes me realize what crap the music is today .l love this thank you

[FashionablyBad]

This is the kind of song you WANT to get stuck in your head.

[locuratronic]

Enzo francescoli le canta a river y a uruguay jajaja

[simizoli70]

Mr.Hammond! This is the best song in the World!!!

[drmilankov]

@simizoli70 +++

[RachidCastor]

Got on board a westbound 747

Didn't think before deciding what to do

Ooh, that talk of opportunities

TV breaks and movies

Rang true

Sure rang true



[RachidCastor]

Seems it never rains in southern California. Seems I've often heard that kind of talk before. It never rains in California. But girl don't they warn ya.. It pours, man it pours.. Out of work, I'm out of my head.. Out of self respect, I'm out of bread.. I'm underloved, I'm underfed, I wanna go home. It never rains in California.. But girl don't they warn ya.. It pours, man it pours.

[RachidCastor]

Will you tell the folks back home I nearly made it Had offers but didn't know which one to take Please don't tell 'em how you found me Don't tell 'em how you found me Gimme a break, give me a break Seems it never rains in southern California Seems I've often heard that kind of talk before It never rains in California But girl don't they warn ya It pours, man it pours

[hotstuffandicecream]

Got to love the radio stations who still play these classics!

[cpassion199]

toni tony tone stole it ahahahahahahaha

[ThePvcast]

Lindos y talentosos el padre y el hijo

[sidekaxx]

Esto hace grande a gibraltar y soy español que conste viva Albert

[tadsza]

this guy is a musician, not a product of a label

[kennethj1956]

They Always played this song when it was raining in So. Cal.

It was required............

Brrrr, cold rain walking to school 1972.

[MrBillyhedge]

Does it ever rain in Southern California? Honestly!

[carpenterabc]

@MrBillyhedge

come on now...you are ruining the song by this type of question !

[tonydalcon]

@MrBillyhedge Yes, it rains Torrance! (oh, I slay me sometimes)...

[juan01684]

Lo mejor de Albert.......muy buena cancion..parte de mi vida.

[pdorn777]

They used to play this song on the radio about every 5 minutes, but somehow I never got tired of it!

[nicepine4]

what a musical family, the Hammonds. :)

[ThePeteBkk]

This brings back so much sweet memories from my childhood. Thank you very much for posting this song! From Bangkok, Thailand

[debtwoable]

Jeez, I never cared that much for this song, but after watching him sing it, I've changed my tune!!!!

[laggie24]

Many of us grew older, we don't even have those looks anymore... yet this tune will never get old!!!

[njplr]

Just another reason (if any are actually needed) why I believe pop music reached its zenith in the 70"s. This song is timeless to me, as good music SHOULD be - and, while pure 70's, doesn't sound dated whatsoever. A classic.

[JofeAmoraw]

Well.

I know this song from my childhood..in Ethiopia. Heartfelt.



[toddles18184]

for some reason this song brings back great memories of a family trip we took to souther california when i think i was 13, it was my first trip out of Australia

[Aston761]

the best from fredrikstad no

[TheMillersTale2001]

it rains all the time in Manchester, England

[Londoneye57]

I think I like Mammas & Pappas version better

[BestMusicExpert]

@Londoneye57 HUH? This is the first version which came out AFTER their breakup....

[LarryFogarty]

i helped out in the writeing of all his songs......i lent him my pen...........no serious a great writer...no not the pen ...him

[Dtodo1pocoo]

me gusta el tema!!...pero yo lo adoro a su hijo ;D #AlbertHamondJr♥

[burpo]

Pop songwriting perfection.

[mybgn]

nice song

[kenny56ism]

Great song it alway makes me happy when i put on

[1955porsche]

this guy obviously never lived in SoCal.....lol

[espigeromaximo]

@1955porsche hahahahah he never lived in socal!!! specially in january to february! hahahahahah pinche vato loco , of course it rains at buckets in socal!....hahahahah VIVA SOUTHER CALIFORNIA PENDEJOS!

[kevinisblack1]

I love Albert Hammond... JR!!

[MrPhlopip]

This guy stole "when your gone" by Bryan Adams and Mel C!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[JoeAnthony1963]

@MrPhlopip Really?...Bryan Adams was in diapers , when this song came out...lol

[JoeAnthony1963]

@MrPhlopip Really ? This song came out when Bryan Adams was in diapers...and suckin mommy's tit...lol

[donships]

@JoeAnthony1963 He was 13 when this song came out, so a bit old for what you suggest....lol

[KDMensch]

"You're listeneng to AM 800...The Big 8!!!, C-K-L-W...The Motor City!"

[Toruyan0114]

I love this song!

[TrueHamal]

I remember this song. Those were the days, my friends.

[Point101100]

awww he is so amazing :D even when he sings he looks lovely :)

[NOSFERATUalu]

Hes got the same smile of Jr. haha

[blackforest270]

What a great feel good song! Man i miss music like this............

[rockfanaaron]

my dad loves him and i love his son

[hancar]

What a cute and charming guy he was! Sitting here with a grin on my face and feeling kind of happy when I watch this! Ahh, those were the days!

[irafajardo]

Very nice song and easy to sing too, try it.

[hulkami40]

Awesome sound!!!

[bigcheese1973]

He isnt talking about actual rain. He is talking about opportunities raining down or lack there of.

[photobart1]

I was starting high school in the San Fernando Valley when this song came out so it brings back good memories. I still live in Southern California and it is going to rain this weekend. What's up with that.

[TravelinBand747]

This is very George Harrison-esque isn't it? Even looks like George!

[tonydalcon]

@TravelinBand747 Hey yeah, I never noticed that before! (the song isn't very much like him though).

[jeff62rey]

Back in Fall of '72 we had this really cool Junior High Bus Driver who would turn on the Radio to CKLW every morning. This song came on and I so vividly remember this raven haired girl named Claire. She was a "Gypsy," and so an outcast as far as the rest of the kids were concerned. You didn't talk to her, or associate with her kind. But everyday that we left the Junior High bus lot on #44, we looked at each other as if we understood the other's thoughts. I felt we missed so much.

[tonydalcon]

@jeff62rey Did "Gypsy Woman" ever play? :)

[ursula4983]

OMG this song was my anthem growing up in Germany. I only understood that it never rains in SO CAL and I had to go! Maybe if I had understood the rest of the song I would have kept my butt at home and saved myself a lot of heartache! It is very bittersweet for me but I still adore this song and Albert Hammond for singing it so beautifully :(, :)

[rodolfoarmando1]

un clasico de 1975

[StollyDolly]

beautiful song xx

[artbyvince]

Man, I miss the melodies from those days. Music reached all time highs. Thanks you for the post.

[warmsunnyday]

wish i was on board a west bound 747 right now

[wol714]

I was born and raised in Southern California! Straight out of the O.C., but now I'm in college in New York...IMY SoCal...and this song is true. It's always sunny:)

[magiczoo]

I miss Veronica Mars.

[jimmyvincenzo]

THIS SONG ROCKS!!

[mrlmonroe]

He looks so happy performing this song. It's awesome!!!

[mybgn]

nice

[jeff62rey]

"Out of work, i'm out of my head, out of self respect, I'm outta bread." Boy does this describe too many of the 99% today. O for simpler, secure days.

[criket527]

aww junior got his daddy's curly hair

[TimewarpLabs]

3:00 er muss sich das lachen unterdrücken........

[deathn3t0]

LOST....

[junho8611]

yeah right... im soaked from walking back home from my 9 oclock class

[aegisfate117]

@junho8611 Guess you missed the "It doesn't rain in Southern California, it pours, yeah it pours" part hahaha

[missfanpire612]

Veronica Mars anyone?

[daughterofRMS]

I'm underloved, I'm underfed...I want to go home.

[pstrokeslibsarctic]

this is why albert hammond jr has such a wonderful talent

[nereidas68]

GREAT SONG!!!!!! ;o)

[carlosthompsonlenz]

Esta melodia la escribio el comediante Benny Hill junto con Albert.

[nutleyguitar1968]

Written by Albert Hammond and Mike Hazlewood who also wrote "The Air That I Breathe" recorded by The Hollies.

[1991pengguangyi]

南加州从不下雨

[46947sindy]

Woke up this morning singing this for some reason. Had to see the real thing.

[fumetti]

His son is in the Strokes, right?

[viroonrat]

@fumetti yes

[DJBoLtZ]

@fumetti yes its his son

[aloraonvas]

@fumetti Yep--his son is in The Strokes. Great band.

[santyagom]

@fumetti yes!!!

[herberteliete1]

Yes!!!

[defaucumberg]

Boy does that bring back High School memories! THanks for the trip down memory lane :)

[1955porsche]

it never rains in southern california, you just get robbed and shot at

[SuperKay0]

menso tema estas son canciones. no esas mugres que tocan como el regeton, no tienen ningun sentido. yo soy joven y por mi madre llegue a este cantante y me encanto. lo mejor

[AaronWyatt94]

I think Albert Hammond Jr. should do a cover whenever he makes a new album.

[tantaktantaktantak]

It is an uncle in Japan.

It is a tune that starts when I am a junior high school and tuned in on the radio.

It misses it very much.

[tantaktantaktantak]

It is an uncle in Japan.

It is a tune that starts when I am a junior high school and tuned in on the radio.

It misses it very much.

[HaleyOakie]

uploaded this wonderful song on my birthday<3 great present;)

[berean111]

One of the great songs i remember over the past 60 years!... Bob

[itsmeagaaain1]

This song defines a time in my life. I have never been to So Cal (I am Australian), but I can relate. He is handsome and has such a warm expression. What was he like in person?

[psychedelicsam1]

part of his lack of american chart hits was the small label he was on, mums

[nastyprismz]

i love him and his son 

[O2BINLAALSO]

It is certainly true! It doesn't rain in So. CaL., but man it pours!! Love this song! Haven't heard it in many, many yrs! Thanks for posting it! :-)

[bmlrealist]

Great tune Albert!!! So is "The Free Electric Band" and "Down By The River"

[melzinha447]

Bom rever você minha paixão antiga.Está lindo nesse vídeo.Bjsssssssssssss.........­..............

[ReneeRawrz13]

His kid is Albert Hammond Jr??? Fuck yes this dude is an auto win!

[kja427]

Wonder why he didn't have more hits on The Billboard Pop Charts; Did he have a problem being focused? This tune is nice, he should have had more hits than he did.Oh well...

[marcostar57]

It's true .. when it does rain in So Cal it pours!

[titcdrum]

sample that "out of self respect i'm out of bread" or mainly out of bread. make it a rap song about making money hahah shit be dope

[7mimo8]

this song is for to all who live in California. you must like this video!

[Otterboy411]

Greenberg ;D

[montoyam9]

nice to remember, california las chicas mas lindas.

[LpRiver774]

Thaksin you Albert, reminding me of the 1970's :-)

[mikevigano1]

fuck yeah!!! Great!

[fazhionrocks]

Albert Hammond Jr. got the talent of his dad that for sure!!!!!!! 

[HilaryMG]

Oh gosh what an amazing singer he is, and most likely one of the most handsome for sure..So how come back then, I never knew of him? such a shame, glad we have Youtube yes indeed :)

[Bembecka]

The 64 dislikers lives in Northern Calitornia ;)

[Davidblue5]

@Bembecka i like this song and i live in nor cal sac town here

[bugibbab0y]

it was actually 97%

[Potomacstud]

Albert Hammond , he was once the only music I knew :)

[bugibbab0y]

Ask the people of Gibraltar if they want to stay British. 100% VOTED YES. Cueta is a rock in Morroco stolen by the Spaniards.

[MrQuaker62]

@bugibbab0y 100%? I don't think i would trust that vote count!

[sassyone10]

Albert's dad rox!

[spiderkins]

Spain, under Phillip V, lost the War of the Spanish Succession and one of the prices they paid was ceding Gibraltar to the British. It wasn't "stolen", that's how things worked back then. Get your facts straight.

Great song btw.

[mgxby89]

@spiderkins From the point of view of 21 century. We call that was "stolen" and "robbed". Cheers.

[mgxby89]

This song is about a young man who was not well prepared before came to S. California, only to find out that life was not sunshine (easy) all the time. It rained sometimes. However, I would say that even though, if you fight hard, you will reach your goal (like Albert Hammond) or you come to get a higher engineering degree here at LA, and get a great job, then you will feel S. Califonia is sunshine all the time :) :)

[bluelighter100]

I remember hearing that are a movie about a guy that moves to cali and suffered a horrible ordeal . This is what this song reference to. Nice song . Good video. However that sad true story tainted the song in mind mine. I want to know the name of the movie.

[dirc16]

Roots of The Strokes...

[fidel5249]

uno de los mejo en este tipo de musica

[UivadKram]

F¨¨k he is really like his son.

[yumehik0]

美しい。

[RoflCopterEatsPotato]

63 people believe it rains in california

[ysuzuki1773]

Cool !!

I think you are playing hammond organ. ,,,,,,,,, sorry.

please my hammond organ in japan.

my name is suzuki.

[ysuzuki1773]

Cool!

I think that you are playing hammond organ.

please show my hammond in japan.

[schabidu]

just thought that albert hammond looks like a mixture of raul and carles puyol...

[dodgeboykev]

Still a great song to listen to, Love it.

[Gibtrickz]

I'm from Gibraltar.  :D

[Kylebko]

:)

[glorneis]

I LOVE THIS SONG,,, SO MUCH

[ClaudiasOnicA91]

His son is Albert Hammond Jr. from the strokes?

[MilesKaneArgentina]

@ClaudiasOnicA91 yes, he is!!

[denestud]

@ClaudiasOnicA91 wow really?, and hes a singer aswell eh??

[machinesent]

@ClaudiasOnicA91 yes

[RcEdits]

@ClaudiasOnicA91 yes

[cachirimochilis]

@ClaudiasOnicA91 of course ;)

[nerxuss]

@ClaudiasOnicA91 yep, he is :)

[deatho10o]

@ClaudiasOnicA91 Yes! Talent runs in the family!

[TokoroTenNo1]

@ClaudiasOnicA91 Yes he is.

[camus21]

@ClaudiasOnicA91 Sure

[justalinkooh]

@ClaudiasOnicA91 he is, yes :)

[SuperMv73]

@ClaudiasOnicA91 yuppp

[Futurolvidado]

@ClaudiasOnicA91 Yes, he is a Albert Hammond's Jr. father.

[Piquet3wc]

@ClaudiasOnicA91 - YES his son is in the strokes band, good eye..

[MrLuis992]

@ClaudiasOnicA91 NO SHIT

[zarambio]

@ClaudiasOnicA91 yeah!

[penny539]

he sound like Neil Diamond

[TheMusbeat]

My Favorite song !!!!!!!!

[jlsc7]

gratos recuerdos de adolescencia cuando todo eraa puro y hermoso

[nirvanapearljam1]

his son is better

[ycruce]

gracias por subir estas lindas canciones de este gran artista que a ha aportado tanto al arte,..

Me gustaria saber si esta cancion existe en español..

Saludos..

Desde Santo Domingo.

Robert Santos.

[SirRosco]

This is the description of a summer hit!

[gpuber]

63 people thinks it raind in south california

[GlorifiedTruth]

Albert Hammond... or PETER BRADY???? THINK ABOUT IT, FOLKS... THINK ABOUT IT!!!!!!!!

[Pachichin2012]

es un buen recuerdo.Gracias por subir tu video.

[95Alistair]

@RainOnlvy ......Stolen? I think you mean Ceded by Spain to Great Britain, in 1713. Check out The Treaty of Utrecht. Please get your facts right. :)

[Awesomedavid34]

Thanks for posting this. Always wondered if anyone would post some of the great stuff from this gifted songster. Now we've got Piers Morgan on CNN, maybe he'll resurrect him on one of his shows!!

[enrique23f]

Estas canciones hacen llorar no como las nuevas que son mierdas

Pd: Pulgar arriba si estas de acuerdo.

[momsher1]

@enrique23f

Don't much care what language he speaks. This song was a fun tune in my growing up! 

[enrique23f]

@momsher1  Sorry i'm spanish :)

[JubalCalif]

@momsher1

I second that emotion! I can remember as a teenager hearing this song a lot on local radio when it first came out in the 70's. Quite a catchy tune...and I must say, Mr Hammond was one handsome chap! Dig that 70's hair in the video! Ha! THANKS for your thoughtful and insightful comment! :)

[elizabethgutierrez19]

@enrique23f son lindas pero tanto como melas nooo pssssss jijijijij

[Mintaraga81]

One of the most successful songwriters in the 70s and beyond. He's written so many hits for himself and others for many decades, and he's such a natural story teller. To me this song is his best from that 70s era. Not the best singer, but the best song written by one of the best songwriters in the world ... ever. Love him!

[luislink121]

EN SERIO QUE BUENAS CANCIONES LA VERDAD TENGO 17 AÑOS PERO AGRADEZCO A MI PADRE POR ENSEÑARME LA BUENA MUSICA COMO ESTA FELICIDADES SEÑOR HAMMOND A USTED Y A JR. MUY BUENOS MUSICOS LOS DOS .

THE STROKES 4EVER

[Mexicanchillipepper]

La metafora de California se aplica a muchas cosas, en el amor no se diga, ves a esos tipos de la tele o el cine besandose, enamorandose, rompiendo y reconciliandose y la misma gente te hace pensar eso, pero cuando llegas ahi y te enamoras nadie te advierte lo dificil que es, y asi como te dijeron que California era seco y al final siempre si llueve y mucho, aca te dicen que el amor es muy lindo y todo lo resuleve y sorpresa jeje no es asi.

[bibiflr]

o melodie foarte draga mie in tineretea mea timpurie...

[babyimawantyou]

this song is fresh right from Over Here