Fire and Rain

What have you chosen for us, Lorrie Graham, and why?

I've chosen Fire and Rain by Marcia Hines because that's my era.

[laughs]

[laughs] And I think she's an amazing singer, and that's a song that's always really, I've really always loved that.

[gentle music] Well, here it is, Fire and Rain by Marcia Hines.

And Lorrie Graham, thanks once again.

Thanks, Julian.

I've seen lonely times when I could not find a friend.

Right.

And I remember that, you know? I mean, that is really the reason I wound up doing what I'm doing, is I was sure that James Taylor wrote Fire and Rain about me.

Yeah.

As a 12-year-old.

... from, you know.

Or you have, you have songs where, like, you know, like, what is it? Uh, the song "Fire and Rain." It's a very-

Yeah

... depressing song.

Like, if-

Right

... like, there's different stages that you go through when you're listening to, like, a song like "Fire and Rain." And, like, you could be like, oh, like, you're just beginning to process it or, like, it's been a while and you've had time to process it, but you still have that sadness.

But, like-

Blame It on the Rain by Millie Vanilli, suggested by Abby.

Fire and Rain and Purple Rain, suggested by Lizzie.

Rain by Zero, texted in by Anne and Brian.

And Skyler says the only reason Riley won was because only old people are awake this early and none of them know come clean.

That's fine.

But if you don't know what Come Clean by Hilary Duff is, uh-uh, no, sorry.

okay uh got a couple more texts in here ariel text in fire and rain by james taylor sandy says set fire to the rain by adele good one and kim another good one is natural disaster by pentatonix a lot of good texts though for for playlist playoff there

were lots of songs i did not even think of and and then y'all everyone start texting in and come man that's a good song like ah man

...

Fire and Rain again, and again, and again.

And so he plays it, and he delivers it, and that's absolutely fine, you know.

He's obviously ...

I wasn't trying to like play something simple, man.

I was like trying to learn how to play Fire and Rain and-

Oh, I know

... you know, my first song, you know?

And both are capable of getting your attention.

James Taylor's Fire and Rain gives us the other side of fire.

Fire can mean warmth.

It can also mean destruction, renewal, but it can also extinguish the flame.