Dream songs

Subject: Dream songs
From: Milkdud22
Date: 07 Dec 01 - 06:40 PM

Help! My high school English class just finished Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, and now I have to do a project on the book. My group chose to do a music video based on the theme "dreams". If you've never read the book it's about these two guys who go around and work on farms. They don't have a home, and pretty much their entire adult lifes are spent trying to earn enough money to buy their dream house. Just when the dream seems to be almost a reality, an extremely unfortunate event occurs, ruining all hope of ever buying their dream house. For my project I'm trying to find songs having to do with dreams, perferably dreams that didn't come true, but anything will do. Any poems or anything! It doesn't matter what type of song, rap, folk, pop, jazz, whatever! Thanks!

Subject: RE: Dream songs
From: Sorcha
Date: 07 Dec 01 - 07:02 PM

Yo, milkdud, if you will put the word dream in the handy-dandy Digitrad and Forum Search box--(the white one, not the blue one) you will get a lot of hits. Right off the top of my head are "Last night I dreamed the strangest dream" and Dream a "Little Dream of Me". There have to be lots!

Subject: RE: Dream songs
From: Amergin
Date: 07 Dec 01 - 07:04 PM

what about something on the dreamtime land?

Subject: RE: Dream songs
From: Sorcha
Date: 07 Dec 01 - 07:20 PM

California Dreamin'

Subject: RE: Dream songs
From: SharonA
Date: 07 Dec 01 - 07:31 PM

Most of these can be found on the OLGA website (see the Mudcat FAQ for a link). I tried to find "dream" songs that had to do with the subject and weren't about romance...

A song about (sleeping) dreams: "These Dreams" by Heart; "A Series of Dreams" by Bob Dylan

A song about having dreams (goals): "Running Down a Dream" by Tom Petty; "Dream On" by Aerosmith; "Dreaming My Dream" by the Cranberries; "Find a Dream" by Graham Nash; "I Have a Dream" by Abba; "Infinite Dream" by Iron Maiden; "I Could Dream All Day" by The Posies

A song about shattered dreams: "Dont Dream It's Over" by Crowded House; "Bob Dylan's Dream" by Bob Dylan; "Dreams Never End" by New Order; "Daydream" by Smashing Pumpkins; "Deep Dark & Dreamless Nights" by the Souther/Hillman/Furay Band

Songs about the ideal dream house or ideal home situation: "Our House" by Crosby, Stills & Nash; and "Summer Breeze" by Seals & Crofts.

A sarcastic song about housing developments: "Little Boxes" by Malvina Reynolds (this one's in the Digital Traditions file on this website).

Subject: RE: Dream songs
From: Amos
Date: 07 Dec 01 - 07:38 PM

And "What a Day For a Day Dream" and the all time classic Everly Brothers "Dream" and Momma's and Poppas "Dream A Little Dream of Me".

A

Subject: RE: Dream songs
From: SharonA
Date: 07 Dec 01 - 07:49 PM

I commend you, Milkdud, for not requesting songs about rabbits (or have I spoken too soon?) ;^)

Subject: RE: Dream songs
From: Snuffy
Date: 07 Dec 01 - 08:00 PM

"Any Dream Will Do" from Joseph and the amazing technicolour Dreamcoat

Subject: RE: Dream songs
From: GUEST,Argenine
Date: 07 Dec 01 - 08:24 PM

"Dream" lyrics by Johnny Mercer, I think.  It's from the 40's or thereabouts.
"Dream Lover"  (1960's?)
Heart's "These Dreams" is a great one.
The Everly Bros. song is "All I Have To Do Is Dream."
"I'll See You In My Dreams."
"A Dream Is A Wish Your Heart Makes"  (from Disney -- Cinderella, I think)
"I Had The Craziest Dream" (an oldie from about the 30's or 40's)
"Girl Of My Dreams"  (even older)
"Beautiful Dreamer"  (Stephen Foster)
"Daydream Believer"

Argenine

Subject: RE: Dream songs
From: GUEST,Sonja
Date: 07 Dec 01 - 08:31 PM

"John O'Dreams" (in Rise Up Singing)
"When You Wish Upon A Star" ("...as dreamers do...," "...your dreams come true...") "My Isle of Golden Dreams"
"Liebestraum" ("Love's Dream") by Lizst (or is it Liszt?)

Perry Como used to open his TV show with a song: "Dream Along With Me, I'm on my way to a star...".
"Tevye's Dream" from Fiddler On The Roof


Sonja

Subject: RE: Dream songs
From: masato sakurai
Date: 07 Dec 01 - 10:56 PM

Songs with "dream" in their titles:

Afraid To Dream; All I Do Is Dream of You; All I Have To Do Is Dream; Anything I Dream Is Possible; As Long as I'm Dreaming; Au Revoir, Pleasant Dreams; Baby Dream Your Dreams; Beautiful Dreamer; Boulevard of Broken Dreams; Bring Back My Golden Dreams; California Dreamin'; Castle of Dreams; Come Where My Love Lies Dreaming; The Curse of the Dreamer; Darn That Dream; Day Dreaming; Day Dreams; Daydream; Daydream Believer; Dear Mother, in Dreams I See Her; Deep in a Dream; Did You Ever See a Dream Walking; Distant Dreams; Don't Wake Me Up, I'm Dreaming; Don't Wake Me Up, Let Me Dream; The Door of My (Her) Dreams; Down the River of Golden Dreams; Down the Winding Road of Dreams; Dream (When You're Feeling Blue); A Dream; Dream a Little Dream of Me; Dream Along with Me (I'm on My Way to a Star); Dream Babies; Dream Dancing; Dream, Dream, Dream [2 songs]; A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes; Dream Lover [2 songs]; A Dream of My Boyhood Days; The Dream of Olwen; Dream On; Dreamer with a Penny; A Dreamer's Holiday; Dreaming [2 songs]; Dreams; Dreams of Long Ago; Dreamy Alabama; Dreamy Melody; Drifting and Dreaming (Sweet Paradise); Face to Face with the Girl of My Dreams; Garden of My Dreams; Girl of My Dreams; The Girl with the Dreamy Eyes; Goodbye, Little Girl of My Dreams; Gypsy Dream Rose; Hit the Road to Dreamland; I Can Dream, Can't I; I Dream of You; I Dream Too Much; I Dreamed; I Dreamt I Dwelt in Marble Halls; I Guess I'll Have To Dream the Rest; I Had the Craziest Dream; I Have Dreamed; I Like Dreamin'; I Love You (Sweetheart of All My Dreams); I Wonder If Love Is a Dream; If Dreams Come True; If You Are But a Dream; I'll Buy That Dream; I'll Never Hat To Dream Again; I'll See You in My Dreams; I'm a Dreamer (Aren't We All); I'm (Dreaming) Thinking Tonight of My Blue Eyes; The Impossible Dream, or, The Quest; In All My Dreams I Dream of You; Island of Dreams; Isle o' Dreams; The Isle of Our Dreams; It Was a Dream; It's the Same Old Dream; (I Dream of) Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair; Jeannine, I Dream of Lilac Time; Just a Dream; A Kiss To Build a Dream On; The Land of Golden Dreams; Let Me Dream Again; Li'l Darlin' (Don't Dream of Anybody But Me); Little Dolly Daydream; Lover of My Dreams, or, Mirabelle Waltz; The Maiden with the Dreamy Eyes; Mary's Dream, or, Sandy's Ghost; Meet Me Tonight in Dreamland; Memories Live Longer Than Dreams; The Miner's Dream of Home; My Cabin of Dreams; My Dream Girl, I Loved You Long Ago; My Dream Is Yours; My Dream of Love; My Dream of the Big Parade; My Dreams Are Getting Better All the Time; My Elusive Dreams; My Isle of Golden Dreams; My Rosary of Dreams; My Twilight Dream; My Wonderful Dream Girl; Once Upon a Dream; Out of My Dreams; Pieces of Dreams; (I've Got) A Pocketful of Dreams; Put Your Dreams Away for Another Day; Roses Bring Dreams of You; Rousseau's Dream; Sad Sweet Dreamer; The sailor of My Dreams; Sailor Who Are You Dreaming of Tonight; Say Not Love Is a Dream; Shine Through My Dreams; Smoke Dreams; Someone's Rocking My Dream Boat; (On the) Street of Dreams; Summer Deams; There's Egypt in Your Dreamy Eyes; This Time the Dream's on Me; Through a Thousand Dreams; Till All Our Dreams Come True; Time Was, or, Dreaming; Trail of Dreams; Vagabond Dreams; Vienna Dreams; A Waltz Dream; Was It a Dream; What's the Use of Dreaming; When I Dream; When I Dream in the Gloaming of You; When I Grow Too Old To Dream; When My Dream Boat Comes Home; With My Eyes Wide Open I'm Dreaming; Warp Your Troubles in Dreams (and Dream Your Troubles Away); You Are the Idela of My Dreams; You Can't Stop Me from Dreaming; You Stepped Out of a Dream; You Tell Me Your Dream, or, I Had a Dream, Dear; You're Always in My Arms (But Only in My Dreams)
(From: Roger Lax and Frederick Smith, The Great Song Thesaurus, Oxford University Press, 1984)

Blues songs with "dream" in their titles:

Lonesome Midnight Dream; Graveyard Dream Blues; Black Snake Dream Blues; My Dream Blues; Lonesome Dream Blues; Dream Blues; Dream Blues; Frank Stoke's Dream; Gambler's Blues; She Was a Dreamer; Dreaming Blues; Hambone Willie's Dream-Eyed Woman's Blues
(From: Michael Taft, Blues Lyric Poetry: An Anthology, Garland, 1983)

~Masato

Subject: RE: Dream songs
From: MMario
Date: 07 Dec 01 - 11:05 PM

'If I had my druthers' from L'il Abner.

Subject: RE: Dream songs
From: masato sakurai
Date: 07 Dec 01 - 11:28 PM

The numbers of "dream" songs in the Levy Collection are:

(in titles) dream (206)
dreams (123)
dreaming (57)
dreamin' (1)
dreamer (19)
dreamy (13)

More songs with "dream" in lyrics (first lines, choruses).

~Masato

Subject: RE: Dream songs
From: Chip2447
Date: 08 Dec 01 - 12:14 AM

Don't know if anyone mentioned "DREAM WEAVER"

Subject: RE: Dream songs
From: GUEST,Vintage Martin
Date: 08 Dec 01 - 02:19 AM

How about "Sweet Dreams," as sung by Patsy Cline?

Subject: RE: Dream songs
From: Willa
Date: 08 Dec 01 - 03:10 PM

Dream Home, by Brian Bedford, is about a homeless person wandering the street and dreaming of a home.

Subject: RE: Dream songs
From: GUEST,Canuck
Date: 09 Dec 01 - 04:21 AM

I dreamed I saw St Augustine ~ Bob dylan
Bob Dylan's dream ~ Bob Dylan
Motorpsycho nightmare - Bob Dylan

Subject: RE: Dream songs
From: Susan A-R
Date: 09 Dec 01 - 09:52 PM

My personal favorite is still Steve Goodman's Vegamatic about falling asleep with the tv on and dreaming that he orders all of the stuff from the late night ads. He wakes up and finds that he's done it.

Buffie Saint Marie does one called the Dream Tree about a sailor's wife.

Brother can You Spare a Dime is also a great song about thinking you are part of a greater dream, then being cut out of the dream after you've done much of the heavy lifting. Fits in with some of the Steinbeck themes too.

Somewhere Over the Rainbow is a beautiful (if over done) song about dreams.

Henry Lawson's Waterlilly (as sung by Priscilla Herdman) is more of a nightmare song, although a poignant one.

Oh well, this could go on and on. Have fun.

Susan (don't trust my spelling) A-R

Subject: RE: Dream songs
From: twister
Date: 11 Dec 01 - 12:47 AM

poo head, she's my sister

Subject: RE: Dream songs
From: Sorcha
Date: 11 Dec 01 - 12:54 AM

Wonder where milkdud went? Come in milkdud......!!!!

Subject: RE: Dream songs
From: Jeri
Date: 11 Dec 01 - 10:46 AM

As Sorcha pointed out, anybody can plug "dream" into a search engine and get loads of results to sort through. To find songs that fit Milkdud's project, it helps to know a bit about the song. Probably why he/she asked here - because we know the songs, not just how to use a search engine.

A song about dreams - not the literal kind, but dreams of the future, hopes, plans. Dreams at the beginning of the journey, about hope and the way life will be, or towards the end, when the dream is obviously not going to come true. The songs have to relate to the "Of Mice and Men" theme...hmmm

Bob Dylan's Dream - lyrics here
I'm thinkin' Woody Guthrie ought to have written a few, or Utah Phillips, or maybe Kate Wolf. Nothing else is coming to my mind right now.

Subject: RE: Dream songs
From: Mary in Kentucky
Date: 11 Dec 01 - 11:51 AM

Don't forget Masato's suggestion of "I Dreamt I Dwelt in Marble Halls" by Enya here -- it just might relate well to the dream of a home. (But I can't quite see Enya music with "Of Mice and Men.")

Subject: RE: Dream songs
From: MMario
Date: 11 Dec 01 - 12:01 PM

"I'll be home for Christmas" could fit in there. So could "Hard Times"

Subject: RE: Dream songs
From: Milkdud22
Date: 11 Dec 01 - 11:50 PM

Thanks you guys! I'm going to go check out most of these songs. And, yeah, I tried the search thing, but I got every kind of dream song you can imagine! I found that Vegematic song somebody mentioned, and I really enjoyed it! It's quite funny. Thanks again! -Milkdud

Subject: RE: Dream songs
From: Milkdud22
Date: 12 Dec 01 - 12:18 AM

Help again! I thought the "Dream Home" song Willa suggested sounded like a great idea, but I can't find the lyrics anywhere. She said it was by Brian Bedford, and the only thing I can find about him is that he did the voice for Robin Hood in the Disney movie, and that may not even be the right guy! I was also wondering if anybody could find the words to "Dream Weaver". I know I've heard the song, but I'm just drawing a blank. All the lyric sites only have lyrics for recent songs. If anybody knows of a really good lyric site, please let me know! -milkdud

P.S. I really like the Brother Can You Spare A Dime song. THat was a brilliant idea!!!

Subject: RE: Dream songs
From: Mary in Kentucky
Date: 12 Dec 01 - 08:03 AM

Milkdud, here are the words to Dream Weaver. Most of us use the search engine Google.com. If you type in the words "dream weaver" you get too many hits not related to the song. So type in the words "dream weaver lyrics," and it pops up first hit. Also, when searching for lyrics, it's usually better to type in a phrase from the song in quotes. As far as browsing for other songs, many times when you find a site with one song you like there will be other suitable songs at that same site. Good luck. Let us know how the project turns out.

Subject: RE: Dream songs
From: LR Mole
Date: 12 Dec 01 - 08:53 AM

"In My Own Dream" by the Paul Butterfield Blues Band. Good lyric, and open enough musically to use players you might have for incidental music (or a sort of Greek-chorus) guitarist person just offstage; the minor chords can make it quite ominous).

Subject: RE: Dream songs
From: Willa
Date: 12 Dec 01 - 07:34 PM

milkdud, will try to post the lyrics tomorrow.

Subject: RE: Dream songs
From: Willa
Date: 13 Dec 01 - 03:05 PM

Dream Home © Brian Bedford Streets are for walking when they don't hold your number,
Roads are for taking when they don't take you home.
Doors make you feel safe but not from the outside,
A dream home's just a dream and all you own.

When you're homeless, nowhere to go ,BR> When you're homeless, who wants to know? BR> If you're homeless, just a form to be lost
When the players count voters and you count the cost

A street is where you park cars but stand and you move on.
Roads are for postmen to find where you're not. ,BR> Doors are for closing when you ask them for shelter. BR> A dream home's just a dream and all you've got

When you're homeless, you sleep where you fall.
When you're homeless, find a hole in the wall
If you're homeless, you're nameless as well,
And inside a dream is where you dwell.
Lanes are for fast cars, crescents for trees.
Every avenue searched leads to somebody's fees,
And doors are for beating when nobody hears,
If your dream of a home disappears.
Streets are for walking when they don't hold your number.
Roads are for taking when they don't take you home

Doors make you feel safe but not from the outside.
A dream home is just a dream and all you own.

Subject: RE: Dream songs
From: captain wheels
Date: 13 Dec 01 - 05:57 PM

Dream Angus. Its about the man who sells dreams

Subject: RE: Dream songs
From: Art Thieme
Date: 13 Dec 01 - 07:46 PM

Just one song:

"Me And Jimmie Rodgers" by Shel Silverstein.

It truly fits these guys and their fantsies.

Art Thieme

Subject: RE: Dream songs
From:
Date: 13 Dec 01 - 11:45 PM

did someone already mention Joe Hill? mg

Subject: RE: Dream songs
From: GUEST,bflat
Date: 13 Dec 01 - 11:51 PM

How about: "You're Innocent When You Dream." Beautifully sung by Lisa Moscitello and the finale of the movie "Smoke." I don't recall the author but if interested I will research.

Ellen

Subject: RE: Dream songs
From: GUEST,Steve Latimer
Date: 14 Dec 01 - 10:53 AM

More Dylan

Bob Dylan's 115th Dream

Talking World War III Blues.

These are both pretty funny but have some brilliant social commentary.