Tesla - 'I Wish It Would Rain' (The Temptations cover)

Sunshine, blue skies, please go away.
My girl has found another and gone away.
With her went my future, my life is filled with gloom.
So day after day, I stayed locked up in my room.
I know to you it might sound strange.
But I wish it would rain. (How I wish that it would rain)

'Cause so badly I wanna go outside. (Such a lovely day)
But everyone knows that a man ain't suppose to cry, listen.
I gotta cry 'cause cryin' eases the pain, oh yeah.
People this hurt I feel inside, words can never explain.
I just wish it would rain. (Oh, how I wish that it would rain)

Oh, let it rain.
Rain, rain, rain (Oh, how I wish that it would rain)
Ooo, baby. Let it rain.
(Let it rain) Oh yeah, let it rain.

Day in, day out, my tear stained face
Pressed against the window pane.
My eyes search the skies, desperately for rain.
'Cause raindrops will hide my teardrops.
And no one will ever know.
That I'm cryin'... cryin' when I go outside.
To the world outside my tears, I refuse to explain.
Oh, I wish it would rain. (Oh, how I wish that it would rain)
Ooo, baby.

Let it rain, let it rain.
I need rain to disguise the tears in my eyes.
Oh, let it rain.
Oh, yeah, yeah listen.
I'm a man and I got my pride.
Give me rain or I'm gonna stay inside.
Let it rain.
(Let it rain)
(Let it (rain) (rain) (rain) rain, rain)

Το μακρινό 1981 σχηματίσθηκαν στις ΗΠΑ οι Earthshaker. Το επόμενο έτος (1982) μετονομάσθηκαν σε City Kidd και με αυτό (το όνομα) έμειναν μέχρι το 1986 για να ακολουθήσει η τρίτη (και τελευταία) αλλαγή ονόματος: Tesla εμπνευσμένο από τον μεγάλο επιστήμονα Νίκολα Τέσλα.

«If you are looking to read about the car, you have come to the wrong place. We are TESLA the band and have been rocking out for over 40 years!»

...μας λένε χαρακτηριστικά. Το νέο τους δισκογραφικό πόνημα φέρει τον τίτλο "Homage" και κυκλοφόρησε στην "καρδιά" του καλοκαιριού (στις 17 Ιουλίου 2026) μέσω της δισκογραφικής εταιρείας Frontiers Music Srl. Αποτελείται από 14 τραγούδια, ένα δικό τους και δεκατρείς διασκευές:

01. Never Alone (original song)
02. Bring It On Home (Sam Cooke cover)
03. Spread Your Wings (Queen cover)
04. I Wish It Would Rain (The Temptations cover)
05. Night Moves (Bob Seger cover)
06. If I Can Dream (Elvis Presley cover)
07. Come And Get It (Badfinger cover)
08. I Got You (James Brown cover)
09. Give A Little Bit (Supertramp cover)
10. I Love You (2026 Version) (Climax Blues Band cover)
11. The Ballad Of Curtis Loew (Lynyrd Skynyrd cover)
12. Have You Ever Seen The Rain (Creedence Clearwater Revival cover)
13. I’d Rather Go Blind (Etta James cover)
14. Mind Your Own Business (Hank Williams Sr. cover)

Tesla: «It's hard to believe that it's been over 40 years ago that we started out as a cover band in the night clubs of California before writing and recording our own songs and selling millions of albums.

Just like our musical heroes The Beatles, Rolling Stones, or even Jimi Hendrix, all artists who honed their craft by learning cover songs from the legends before them, we did the same as youngsters and still enjoy paying tributes and recording cover songs today.

Homage is our new album that not only pays tribute to legends but gives us a chance to showcase our lead singer's diversity as well as the musical dynamics we learned as a band many years ago. And now, our new album Homage is a thank-you note written in sound.

An offering to the great singers and songs that shaped the music we grew up listening to and the songs we would eventually write. Each track showcases Jeff Keith's incredible vocal ability Something that may have been overlooked throughout our long career.

But not by our fans!!! Homage isn't about imitation. It's about acknowledgment. About tracing the line from influence to identity, from listening to becoming. You ask why?... why not! It felt like a good thing to do, it's been 20 years since we did Real to Reel...

It sparked writing a new original Tesla song called "Never Alone" And it's what bands are supposed to do... make music. These songs were picked for various reasons... Mostly because they're some of the greatest singers of all time: Elvis Presley Freddie Mercury Sam Cooke David Ruffin Etta James James Brown.

And some of the others because we liked the songs and grew up hearing them on the radio or on our turntables. Anyway, we hope you all enjoy this as much as we did making it... Thank you for all the years... Keep it Real and keep Rockin!!!»