The Tages - Every Raindrop Means A Lot (1967)

Rock'n'Roll+Psychedelic+FolkRock band formed in the early sixties near Gothenburg, Sweden.

Formed in the summer of 1963 as Tages Skiffle-Group by five young teens in the 16-17 age range. On 17 August 1964 they won a pop contest ( "West Coast Beatles", arranged by GT, the first prize was a London trip). Earlier that year, the group had changed it's name to Tages, and in October they released the single Sleep Little Girl which became a hit and ended up in the Top Ten.

Several successful singles followed, including, I Should Be Glad, Don't Turn Your Back, The One For You, So Many Girls, I'll Be Doggone, In My Dreams and Miss Mac Baren. Every Raindrop Means A Lot was the group's first psychedelic-inspired single; it was released in early 1967. In November of the same year Tages released the LP Tages - Studio. The album has in recent years risen high on various lists developed. In spring 1968, Tages was in the Top Ten for the last time, There's a Blind Man Playing Fiddle in the Street. On August 31, 1968. Tommy Blom decided to leave the group. The other band members wanted to continue, and in June 1969 they changed the name to Blond (3) which resulted in the album Blond (3) - The Lilac Years, also released with a different cover and a different sequence of the same tracks as Blond (3) - Blond.

[funkadelphiarecords]

Very difficult song to sing and perform and yet, the Tages pulled this great song off live! Amazing!

[davidk]

More great stuff I’ve not heard of before. Sounds like pop psych is kicking in finally.

[비정한세상]

The stars are shining on the lane
The flowers are in the sky
And they keep waiting for the rain
So they don't have to die
They built a house in our town
That has the shape of a brain
People will soon be moving in
As soon as it starts to rain
Every raindrop means a lot
One brain less for every drop
All I can see is there are many reasons
Every raindrop means a lot
One brain less for every drop
All I can see is, there are many reasons
The stars are shining on the lane
The flowers are in the sky
And they keep waiting for the rain
So they don't have to die
Every raindrop means a lot
One brain less for every drop
All I can see is, there are many reasons
Yeah, every raindrop means a lot
One brain less for every drop, yeah
All I can see is, there are many-

[edhelvey]

Thanks for introducing me to them. If they're not on the Nuggets box set they should be.

[mortimersnerd]

Wow, I'm going to bookmark this to cite next time someone says the music of the 60's was so much better than today's music.

Thanks for bringing us such fantastic music from those times, both the good and the bad

[TroyWindhorst]

Looks like the director was thrown off just a bit on the first chorus when the lead vocal switched to a different band member. Not for long, though… found that lead vocal after about five to ten seconds.

[beatlesfan]

The Rhythm guitarist looks like Paul McCartney in Magical Mystery Tour

[kepstein]

I thought it was David Bowie playing bass.

[SurreyMan]

This sounds incredibly like Spinal Tap - except the singer can’t sing in tune!