La's - Tears in the rain -

"Tears in the rain". By the La's. Kitchen tape.

[@KingMonkey89]

The La's and Lee in particular wrote some of the most beautiful and thought provoking music I have ever heard. Alot of these rare recordings show just how good the tunes they had really are.

[@craigbunney6307]

Unreal song, absolute gem. We were in Liverpool watching the stands, many moons ago, and missed our last train to Blackpool. We ended up spending the night drinking with Lee Mavers and a few of his pals, they were honestly some of the nicest people I've ever met. It's still, to this day, the greatest night of my life.

[@thesameoldstory9858]

Love your comment.

[@strangebrew1925]

Sounds like a great night and I love The Stands they are criminally underrated!!!!!!

[@raphaelzajac3090]

it's one of my dream to meet lee, so lucky you are

[@guitartopro]

wow, I love to meet him, you should've ask him for the music he records in his shed, I bet it's goid

[@markdoherty8161]

Like a flame into a flame, I will find myself again. Lee Mavers = a lyrical genius!!!!!

[@abicon1]

Most musicians would give their right bollock to write a song this good and it sits languishing on an old demo tape..what can you say..comon Lee it's not too late

[@neonhat]

Lee, seriously, I'm lost for words... Let these songs out man, they need to be heard

[@vikkihogg4147]

Is -and always will be - the best songwriter on the planet in my eyes. And countless others no doubt ⭐️

[@thegoodsgone1965]

Certainly one of the greatest. Part of what makes him great is his mysterious quality. Demos like this have a haunting, magical quality that is really unique.

[@mc1968-z7w]

I can't think of any other musician who would write a song like tears in the rain and not record and release it. He's supposed to have countless other songs as well.

[@schmeldwicksmith5379]

Holy shit, so beautiful. It's one of the great tragedies of rock n roll that this band imploded. Thanks for sharing.

[@jennifershelley6938]

OMFG! Where has this song been all my life ? ! ?

[@mick4839]

What a tune, man why is this not out there on an album. Total genius and only one album, tragic

[@theculturedthug6609]

One of the best songs I've heard.

[@ians9961]

Absolutely haunting but a classic song , would love to hear it recorded properly

[@MegaJw99]

craft and lyricism in this song impress Mavers voice undervalued Flexible as bamboo cane , with the bite of a shark and the soul of a desert nomad. Picture the multitudes in transports of joy, strumming wings waxed in feathers that flew too close the fiery Sun

[@ScottWDoyle]

Georgeously stated...

[@jllackey2464]

“Its a nice blend. With the notes, ye can hear ye fingers touch... the soft touch”

[@neonhat]

Lee if you ever read this, you helped me understand and I love you for that.

[@CasperLD]

It's so sad that these songs never got properly recorded. Genius writer.

[@maverscomeback]

best la's song. Perfect in every way

[@ilanasilva6833]

I'm Brazilian and adore that!

[@pedrez_]

Me too

[@adrietc]

This song is so beautiful!

[@ronaldlizardman4825]

What a great song, never cease to amaze me

[@Mick-Kahl80]

He's a god, he's a man He's a ghost, he's a guru

[@greigypeg]

oh my god i cant stoppin listenin to this song!!!!! seen lee once wen i was in huyton village... he bounced thru with his sunnies on haha class

[@rohaihuparaguay]

My god, I think this is the best of their tunes, even better than looking glass, what a great, great song. Lee, we know you love perfection but trust me, the song is perfect, just record this song anyway you like it will still be perfect.

[@RollingPeople97]

Maybe if Lee did record a new La's album all the magic surrounding the band would fizzle away! I'm happy enough to listen to these old demos. Keep them coming though please!!!

[@bhp8711]

amazing lyrics! brilliant songwriter

[@ryansams1268]

Haunting, magical.

[@THESWAGGERMUSIC]

Love this tune The La's so underrated

[@IHATEYANKS41]

Musically and lyrically, amazing. Thank you Lee.

[@gordontaggart9239]

What a song..

[@Sydonia108]

So underrated, brilliant

[@NolalanD]

what a vocal melody

[@segafrog]

genius, like syd barrett

[@bgeek]

This is exactly what it is. I've said the same for years.

[@Garethfeb16]

wow! just wow.....

[@peaceric]

god these songs are so good, i'm dying to hear better versions the man's a genius!

[@isseypratt5287]

Love how you can hear them writing and talking about this as it’s being played man! Exactly how me and me mates go on when a guitars getting passed round at a party. Beautiful man, lee is a genius and these are as sentimental as it gets

[@efcgarv]

Lovely song

[@theblueflashinglight]

whoa. i cant believe i only just discovered the la's. this is fucking brilliant.

[@michaelsnow7252]

just think, if this recording was lost or recorded over or whatever, literally NO ONE outside of the band would of known about this song......

[@jackhannaway6432]

rawness of lees voice on this really shows another side of his voice.

[@Elbowdude]

Magnificent!

[@ruth1488]

what can you say! lee for feck's sake,you gotta get these gem's recorded mate!

[@Picnicl]

They actually made another VERY different version of Tears in the Rain as well - different lyrics and upbeat! I wouldn't get rid of this melancholic version for the upbeat version. I think only few would.

[@lucasoheyze4597]

Yep. This version is just amazing.

[@stalkek]

@markloveshelen Yeah for me no question the Beatles the greatest ever band, but Lee Mavers best moments are unsurpassed. How could he squander his genius? Whatever his inner problems, he doesn't seem to have really gone the Peter Green/Syd Barrett road.

[@rgrandles]

great song this, love it.......

[@skeeter_henry_21]

After that, you can understand why Lee was furious about Steve Lillywhite's production on the main album !!!

[@stalkek]

I think it’s pretty obvious at this stage Lee was going to sabotage any release of his stuff for whatever supposed reasons. How much stuff has he released since using different producers? Why has for instance this song never been recorded using the desired basic manner and released?

[@yuwajerry9344]

it's been coooool since morning with this

[@meandmydawgs]

Can't get enough of Lee's music. Does anybody know what he's doing now? He should be recording.

[@Garethfeb16]

Callin all has most of the stuff the la's never released and lee will be lucky to see much money for it!!! why the hell hasn't this boy found someone who has a recording studio and the ability to give him as much time as he wants in there to finnish atleast one album the way he wanted it to sound!!! if i win the lottory i will build a studio in liverpool and invite him to spend as much time as he like to record whatever he wants to!!!!

[@555pontifex]

LOL... I had almost the same idea. In my fantasy, I'm a billionaire and I build a kick-ass recording studio on a desert island with engineers and everything you need. Then I literally kidnap Mavers and tell him he can go home when he's finished the album.

[@panidropper]

@@555pontifex i had this same thought some time ago !!!

[@thegoodsgone1965]

He already has his own studio and all the time in the world.

[@deanfowles3707]

very similar to radiohead - bishops robes. great minds think alike :)

[@bazilkush388]

lost like tears in the rain.. this is completely different to the one on lost la's

[@ElDiabloDisciple]

Lee Mavers & Mick Head 2 scouse genuises that never furfilled their full potential :(

[@bazilkush388]

Thanks for putting me into mick head

[@angelariley.9963]

I'm sure Mick Head and his fans would disagree with that.

[@theblueflashinglight]

@J4f94 yeah. from what i hear of these tunes and their one album, theyre great!

[@cupovdmt]

dunno about that, mick head's released loads of stuff it just never catches on for some reason. but i agree he's a genius

[@belissaable]

ooh Lee Mavers, es brillante.

[@AkyovNorthWest]

3:19 mavers' acoustic outro is amazing,, what scale is that?

[@jimbosaul3996]

agree. he is a genius ! how many unreleased songs are in his head we will never hear. such a shame to humanity!

[@joshpalmer9292]

If anyone has tabs i need these, thanks

[@neets1437]

A demo?! A fuckin demo?!……wtaf! The best thing you will hear in 10yrs x

[@northernswagga]

will amaze me forever.people may have slagged lee mavers off but c'mon check the crap that gets airplay these days its fuckin ridiculous.

[@tom.d.reggamon7432]

take my hand and pour my heart into the ?land? and walk my bones into the ?sand? so now the soul will understand burn that light that leads to where i stand and fight and like a moth into a light i will dance my death tonight it’s so hard to explain lost like tears in the rain it’s the same let water into waters rain and like a flame into a flame i will find myself again da da da da... it’s so hard to explain lost like tears in the rain lost like tears in the rain tears in the rain tears in the rain

[@EnglishforFOOTBALLFANS]

Great song - 'I'd say it was 'like' not 'light'.... and like a moth into a light... and like a flame into a flame

[@tom.d.reggamon7432]

@@EnglishforFOOTBALLFANS oh yeh sorry that’s a typo

[@ukbarton]

Trouble is these tracks are 20+ years old. He may have lost the plot by now. His story is a sad one. So many years wasted.

[@J4f94]

yeah, good tune.

[@Dangarus1]

The start sounds like Corporal Clegg by Pink Floyd!

[@kyuseok98]

Thought the same as well, yet both this and Cpl. Clegg are awesome..!

[@northernswagga]

@IrishWhispers88 and they never ever sold out,thank god for the likes of lennon,but thank him to for mavers

[@Garethfeb16]

@ashestoflame ha ha, lets all club together and buy him a cassette recorder? atleast that way he'll have the kind of original sound from the 60's he wanted lol........

[@CheestosParade]

Great songs by Lee. Wish he could had have George Martin record and produce the La’s

[@philharrison5242]

I will dance my death tonight. ...

[@J4f94]

yeah, a forgotten genius

[@rradiofan9768]

Not really my kind of thing but I think its very good.

[@GreyRose93]

@BENL12 :D what sainsburys do u work at?x

[@J4f94]

@theblueflashinglight they are a good band, its just a big waste that these tunes were never recorded properly and they only ever made one album

[@J4f94]

Oh right, cool.

[@simonpage5870]

Wonder what Lee is at now

[@Johnconno]

Eh Mavers! Nicking lines from Blade Runner/ Rutger Hauer.

[@isaacgallagher9363]

Biblical.

[@1tracklover]

i bum these la'

[@J4f94]

Who, mavers? And whats your work, coz if its a shop or something i see what you're talking about.

[@cupovdmt]

morrisey and marr? jokin arnt yer. couple of good songs and the rest is for bed wetters! not in the same league mate. best since weller

[@dan32113]

Mavers ain"t on Macca & Lennons level. He is better than Oasis though. Lee is best songwriter since Morrissey/Marr combo.

[@cupovdmt]

does lee have any other songs apart from tsg and timeless melody? ,,go and have a look,,morrisey and marr? come of it lad bed wetters music

[@jjh___5459]

james wilson You joking?

[@progforcefield5779]

it reads to me that a smiths fan deleted his comment

[@efcgarv]

Just a pity this band fucked it all off after the first album.

[@raymartin10]

sounds like noel gallagher here

[@dan32113]

Morrisey and Marr are not singing songs they wrote 22yrs ago! Seriously does Lee have any other songs apart from There she Goes & Timeless melody. He keeps singing the same couple of songs over & over a tad boring & predictable