The World in Six Songs by Daniel J. Levitin

Author Bernard Gendron considers the guitars reminiscent of harpsichords, leading him to place the song in the contemporary baroque rock trend. īassist Steve Boone later reflected being 'mesmerized' by each of his bandmates' guitar work, characterizing it as 'like music from heaven'. Yanovksy used his standard amplifier, a Fender Super Reverb, which he later said added extra bottom end while also being loud.

To generate a French horn-like sound, he turned the treble off on his guitar but turned up the amplifier's treble and gain, resulting in distortion and the beginning of feedback. Yanovsky added further elements with his Guild Thunderbird electric guitar. In addition, Sebastian played an Irish harp, a stringed instrument he acquired when the band visited Dublin in April 1966. Produced and arranged by the Lovin' Spoonful's regular producer Erik Jacobsen, the recording features an interplay of guitars between Zal Yanovsky and Sebastian, including a Ditson acoustic twelve-string and a pedal steel guitar. The song similarly describes two lovers listening to the rain, while featuring a melody suggestive of the Greek Mixolydian mode. John Sebastian composed 'Rain on the Roof' after a night spent listening to the rain with his wife Loretta 'Lorey' Kaye in their Greenwich Village apartment. Contemporary reviewers noted the difference between the singles, while still positively reviewing 'Rain on the Roof'. Released three months after the harder-rock styled single ' Summer in the City', 'Rain on the Roof' represented a return to the softer sound for which the Lovin' Spoonful had become known. 'Rain on the Roof' features several guitars played by Sebastian and Zal Yanovsky, as well as an Irish harp. The song reached number ten on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, making it the Lovin' Spoonful's sixth consecutive single to reach the top ten in the United States. It was released as a single in October 1966 and was included on the album Hums of the Lovin' Spoonful the following month.

' Rain on the Roof' (sometimes titled ' You and Me and Rain on the Roof') is song by American pop band the Lovin' Spoonful, written by John Sebastian. 'Pow (Theme from 'What's Up, Tiger Lily?')' From the album Hums of the Lovin' Spoonful

The World in Six Songs by Daniel J. Levitin