Paul Weller Early Morning Rain

[dogs1905]

this is good, very good

[gooooooooooooddddddd]

And the rimming all was fast.

[gooooooooooooddddddd]

I love the taste of wicker.

[vjkazz]

aztabetyár de yool szól!!!

[highwaysongs]

wow. big lightfoot fan here. big weller fan here. great to see weller digging it.

[MrDavewebbie]

Class

[myrslok517]

This is amazing, just love it.

[shadow3pne]

good effort by the modfather, peter paul amd marys far better

[somedecency]

He is a God. Beautiful beyond belief.

[MACHAWK123]

One fabulous songsmith covering another fabulous songsmith - result - FABULOUS

[georgedrummond77]

gordon lightfoot is the best but good effort

[chrisraupo]

David Bowie asked Paul Weller, if he could have his haircut back. Pahahahaha, love an affectionate joke

[feisalkkhan]

cheers! you have made me happy in islamabad, Pakistan and that's a fucking challenge....

[anthonythirteen]

For all those looking to pick fights, there seem to be so great versions: PPM, Eva Cassidy (love the guitar work especially) as well as Lightfoot.

[chocolatefrogs1992]

u know it says below d video "no description available" when it should b sayin "no description needed".. :)

[HarleyDX]

@chicokeith - it's the liquor tasted good ;)

[HugeGene]

Great version.. very soulful. When you have a truly great song, it's amazing how many different arrangements of it can work. Thanks for this clip.

[macgiver351]

best version by country mile

[tessroyable]

i guess my day has been made. two of my favorite singers and songwriters. whoever posted this ... thanks.

[shgp1956]

AWFUL !!

[TheDarklps]

@shgp1956

one of the best songs ever

[chicokeith]

Oh!! Thought he'd sing and the lemons all were fine.

Very haunting version,really good.

[iluvhockeycardz1316]

Nice twist.... I like it! :)

[chicokeith]

The wicker tasted good?

[TheMrDobbins]

@chicokeith liquor

[BOYBLUE444]

Like an excellent port, this man gets better with age!! Love this!!!

[Heuri1]

@BOYBLUE444 Yep...as I mellow he, I realise, mellowed too. Was it him or me...yep, it was him and I'm lovin the way our roads wend....next time I look, of our lives it WILL be a beautiful end.

(To the prat who said awful...your biased and deaf in one ear, Gordon is great...but have you ever heard of Paul Weller?)

[modmutha]

genius indeed.. love this man!

[currypot1965]

Weller,what a voice,what a fucking genius.

[messershit109]

having heard both the original and wellers version, i must say i like pauls version better lyric wise, but thats just me. great song whoever sings it in my mind !!!!!!

[damselinthisdress1]

Good version, but can't beat Gorden Lightfoot. He lived it!

[jayandelle1]

elvis version is better? what planet are u on my friend,i saw elvis take a shit on stage... are u 4 real! how can it compare to perfect arrangement soulful voice and sweet accompainiment. yes elvis was special but his version cannot possibly compare to mr weller's- special m8

[giver7700]

Sounds great! Just a tad bluesy...good voice.

[BlondeRocknRoll]

ah love this ..sounds so good ...

[yarak59]

this is the best version

[spock8131]

Did it right.

[pooey219]

Back in 1971 I saw Elvis Presley have a shit on stage, I gotta say that it ws the best shit I had ever seen at that point, whats more I have never seen such a fantastic shit since. Its hard to convey just how superb it was, boy was that a great shit.

Ive never seen Paul Weller take a dump on stage but I think that it would have to be something very special indeed to match that dump by the King...

[RocketMusicTube]

I like Elvis' version, but hands down I give it to Tommy Makem. He said: "When we think of ballads or folk music, we have a tendency to think in terms of the long-ago and far-away. When you hear songs about the old whaling ships and the clipper ships with the lovely names like "The Flying Cloud" and ship lines that were called "The Black Ball Line," it is hard to think that today a beautiful lonesome song can be written about the majesty of a great big silver bird called the 707.

[195477]

Elvis's version is the best ever followed by Dylans.....this can't hold a candle.

[spock8131]

Perfect

[Delfan1961]

With all due respect to everybody else's opinion, I really like Paul Weller's version. As he's aged, his voice has developed a weathered, world-weary quality that seems to perfectly fit the mood painted by the lyrics. In his younger "Jam" days, I don't think that he could have sung this song convincingly. It's the type of song he needed to grow into. My son and I saw Weller, in Washington, D.C., two or three years ago and it was a memorable show.

[Shesmad]

is this on an album?

[retroguitar]

@Shesmad - Yes, it is now - it was released a couple of years ago on a great live sessions album, 'At the BBC'; it's a really brilliant collection of quite a few different BBC radio sessions Paul's done over the years.

I'm so pleased this track's been released on CD - I remember hearing it on

Mark Lamarr's show on Radio 2 a few years back and I've been desperate ever since to hear it again, it's a really great cover.

[Shesmad]

@retroguitar thank you! After having listened to the other versions of this song, have to say this is the best, all bias aside! Most get that cd now!

[Puguglybonehead]

Nice interpretation of the chord changes, but I have to agree, he's missing half the melody of the vocal. To me, this just isn't Weller's type of song. He really doesn't seem to grasp the moment that the song is in. I'd rather see an interpretation by somebody like Paul Westerberg or somebody else like that. Honestly, I still think the best cover version is still Peter, Paul & Mary.

[goneoverboard2]

@Puguglybonehead

Yes!!! I also believe Peter Paul and Mary`s version is def the best cover.

[74kennymac]

elvis does the best version but this comes pretty damn close !!! FAB !!!

[wovokanarchy]

@74kennymac Elvis? Elvis could taken a massive shit on stage and Elvis fans would have thought it was the greatest shit ever taken.

[74kennymac]

@wovokanarchy as long as that shit had some uppers and banana peanut butter in it then yeh it mite be the king of all shits

[CuteJolteonGirl01]

my favourite song by weller.

[ffruuitube]

NICE WELLER NICE !

[michaelmjharris]

looking for someone to capture the song fully, to love it, to believe it, to want to jump the jet plane

[mickdoylemd]

I love this version

[jimooky7113]

He`s neck looks like Mike Tyson`s in that photo!!!

[bigcraigieboy]

This has got to be my all time favourite weller cover although the Studio150 album had some other crackers on it (Wishing on a star, thinking of you, Along the watchtower and one way road) . Nice work man. I attempted to cover this and have tried to post it as a video response here so you guys might be able to see it. If not check my page out.

Cheers man to all and how i have enjoyed writting this message to such a quality tune.

PEACE ! !

[AberavonAbstractics]

love the way he adds his wellerness to this song..we salute you the everchanging changingman...5*****

[musicalifer]

A heart-felt performance and a nice voice. Too bad he doesn't know the tune. He has changed the original melody and reduced the beauty of Lightfoot's composition to a dull repetition of his own invention. Thumbs down.

[canadianroot]

i kind of know what you mean, but i recommend a few listens. the problem is, most people parrot the song almost note for note like the original.

this is the most interpretive of the versions i've heard.

[hoadmaboab]

Eight years, and I still miss her

[Ciderbhoy]

Paul Weller you are fucking BRILLIANT

[jworpington]

weller's just a genius

[Glasg50w]

yep