Raining Pleasure by The Triffids

The Triffids

The Triffids were a seminal Australian alternative rock and pop band formed in Perth, Western Australia, in May 1978 with charismatic, David McComb as singer-songwriter, guitarist, bass guitarist and keyboardist. They achieved negligible success in Australia, but greater success in the U.K...

 was released as a 12" EP in 1984

1984 in music

This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1984.-Janury-March:*January 21 – "Relax" by Frankie Goes to Hollywood reaches number one in the UK singles chart, despite being banned by the BBC; it spends a total of forty-two weeks in the Top 40.*January 27 – Michael Jackson's...

 and reached #95 on the Australian Charts.

Although the EP has not been in print for some time, selected tracks appeared on the Love in Bright Landscapes

Love in Bright Landscapes

Love In Bright Landscapes is an anthology of The Triffids' songs from their album, EP and single releases in the period 1983 - 1985, during which time the group were resident in Perth, Sydney and London...

and Australian Melodrama

Australian Melodrama

- Track listing :# "Red Pony" - 4:06# "Hell of a Summer" - 4:27# "Beautiful Waste" - 3:20# "Raining Pleasure" - 2:28# "Bright Lights Big City" - 3:30# "The Seabirds" - 3:18# "Wide Open Road" - 4:06# "Lonely Stretch" - 5:00...

compilations, while all seven tracks were compiled on Beautiful Waste and Other Songs in 2008.

"Raining Pleasure" was covered by Australia

Australia

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n band, The Paradise Motel

The Paradise Motel

The Paradise Motel are a critically and commercially successful independent Australian band from Hobart, Tasmania, first active from 1995–2000, who reformed in 2008.-Formation and early releases 1994–1998:...

, on their 1996 EP

Extended play

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, Some Deaths Take Forever, which is mostly a heavily processed instrumental, with few recognisable vocal fragments.

Greek

Greece

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 indie

Indie (music)

In music, independent music, often shortened to indie music or "indie" is a term used to describe independence from major commercial record labels or their subsidiaries, and an autonomous, Do-It-Yourself approach to recording and publishing....

 band, Raining Pleasure

Raining Pleasure

Raining Pleasure is an Indie / Rock band originating from Patras, Greece, often credited with spearheading the newest wave of Greek bands with English lyrics. The band was formed in September 1990 under the name "Rest in Peace". A year after their formation the band started appearing live locally....

, based the name of their band on the song "Raining Pleasure".

Track listing

All songs written by David McComb, unless otherwise noted.

1. "Jesus Calling"
2. "Embedded"
3. "St. James Infirmary" (trad. arr.)
4. "Everybody Has to Eat" (David McComb, James Paterson)
5. "Ballad of Jack Frost"
6. "Property is Condemned"
7. "Raining Pleasure" (David McComb, James Paterson)

The Triffids

• David McComb
  David McComb
  David Richard McComb was an Australian rock musician. He was the singer-songwriter of the Australian band, The Triffids.-Early years in Perth:...
  
   - lead vocals, guitar, piano
• Robert McComb - violin, guitar, percussion, vocals
• Alsy MacDonald
  Alsy MacDonald
  Alan MacDonald is an Australian rock musician and lawyer, best known as the drummer of the 1980s band The Triffids, where he performed under his nickname 'Alsy'....
  
   - drums, tympani, congas, vocals
• Martyn Casey
  Martyn P. Casey
  Martyn Paul Casey is an English-born Australian rock bass guitarist. He had been a member of The Triffids, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds and Grinderman. Casey plays either his Fender Precision Bass or Fender Jazz Bass.-Biography:...
  
   - bass
• Jill Birt
  Jill Birt
  Jill Birt is an Australian rock musician and architect, best known as the keyboardist of the 1980s band The Triffids.-Early years:Jillian Birt was born in Tambellup, where she attended Tambellup Primary School. She attended Methodist Ladies College in Perth, as a boarder...
  
   - keyboard, vocals, lead vocals on "Raining Pleasure"

Additional musicians

• John Sandow - piano
• Neil Sanderson - viola
• Michael "Blue" Dalton of The Lighthouse Keepers
  The Lighthouse Keepers
  The Lighthouse Keepers were an independent band in Sydney in the early 1980s, combining a loosely-rehearsed, casual ethos with C&W humour, Punk DIY attitudes and Pure Pop songcraft.__NOEDITSECTION__-Introduction:...
  
   - harmonica
• Margaret Labi - backing vocals
• Melanie Oxley
  Melanie Oxley
  -Biography:Melanie Oxley is the sister of Jeremy Oxley and Peter Oxley, who were founder members of popular Australian pop-rock band The Sunnyboys and younger brother Tim Oxley a musician in his own right....
  
  - backing vocals
• Nick Mainsbridge - trumpet