Synonymous with the “soul” genre of music is artist Seal. Since his self-titled debut 1991 he has been taking the scene by force and is now one of the categories foremost performers.
On November 11th, (Ironically a day used to recognize the heroes of our past) Seal released his Soul album, which pays homage to the greatest soul songs ever written, by pioneers of the genre from decades ago.
The songs on this album are some of the best of their kind, that sample true emotions such as pain, loss, romance and love.
The second song on Soul is a 1973 hit by renowned R&B and soul singer/songwriter Anne Peebles, called “I Can’t Stand the Rain”. It is one of her most recognizable songs and quickly came to be her best single. This is a terribly sad song about being without someone you truly care about. The rain beating against her windowpane creates deep imagery and also appeals to the listener’s emotions.
I Can’t Stand The Rain has been covered several times by multiple artists. Most notably, Tina Turner released a version of this song as her 6th single from her 1984 album Private Dancer. Commercially the song did very well for Turner, even peaking at the #2 spot in France in early 1985.
Missy Elliot’s debut single “The Rain” also features an excerpt from “I Can’t Stand The Rain” as the chorus.
The video for Seal’s version of the song is a very moving scene of the band in a seemingly abandoned house. As the music begins the lights start flickering. And the use of light is used several times throughout as the music rises and falls, including light from windows and swinging bulbs.
In Seal’s moving performance throughout the video, he makes it very easy to absorb the emotion and tone the song was meant to be sung with, and there is no doubt that Seal has once again done justice in serving a classic soul song a deserving amount of tribute.
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