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Fire and Rain
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"Fire and Rain" was one of the singer's first mainstream hits,
james taylor
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Blues R&B, funk, classic rock, and originals
Used to do bands but now prefer to write and produce my own and covers.. I occasionally do retirement gigs with a friend. 50s 60s and 70s harmony rock with acoustics.
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Genre
Acoustic • Cover Songs
Charts
Peak #25
Peak in subgenre #3
Author
james taylor
Uploaded
December 15, 2022
Track Files
MP3
MP3 4.0 MB • 163 kbps • 3:28
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BPM
75
Beat
4/4
Vocals
Male
Character
Energy
relaxed, cool
high-energy
Danceable
coffee-place
dancefloor
Positivity
dark, sad, angry
happy
Appeal
unique
radio-friendly
Story behind the song
"Fire and Rain" was one of the singer's first mainstream hits, ranking third on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1970. He first wrote the song two years prior, according to CNN, when he was just 20 years old and had just learned about the death of his childhood friend Suzanne Schnerr. According to James Taylor in an interview with David Mikkelson (via Genius), each verse of the song is about something different. "The second verse is about my arrival in this country with a monkey on my back," he said, "and "[Won't you look down upon me,] Jesus" is an expression of my desperation in trying to get through the time when my body was aching and the time was at hand when I had to do it." Taylor is referring to his struggles with heroin at the time, according to Snopes, which brought him to a hospital in Manhattan and a psychiatric institution in Massachusetts called Austen Riggs.
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