Mercury goes into retrograde motion tomorrow for a spell of seemingly backwards bullshit, and in honor of that, a song that stands on its own in the face of the joke of a band that released it. This is ‘Blame It On the Rain’ by Milli Vanilli (and written by the great Diane Warren) – some of us remember when it came out in the fall of 1989 because we were freshmen in high school, but my fifty-year-old ass digresses.
You said you didn’t need her
You told her goodbye (goodbye)
You sacrificed a good love
To satisfy your pride
Now you wished that you should had her (had her)
And you feel like such a fool
You let her walk away
Now it just don’t feel the same
The essence and melodies of the song remain intact after all these years, and the lyrics are more profound than I remember, lost to the Vanilli backlash of the ensuing years. It’s a piece of aural popcorn – a trifling snack that will never fill you up but is worth hearing for the fun factor. Not everything needs to approach high art to be worthy of admiration.
Gotta blame it on something (gotta blame it on something)
Gotta blame it on something
Blame it on the rain that was fallin’, fallin’
Blame it on the stars that didn’t shine that night
Whatever you do, don’t put the blame on you
Blame it on the rain, yeah, yeah
You can blame it on the rain
