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Saturday, January 22, 2011

I Have A Dream: I Dreamed A Dream

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Aretha Franklin : I Dreamed a Dream [ purchase ] Last year, YouTube was abuzz with a version of this Les Miserables song done by a prev...

I Have a Dream: Innocent When You Dream

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Tom Waits : Innocent When You Dream [ purchase ] There is a history of other artists missing the point when covering the songs of Tom W...

I Have A Dream: Dreaming's Free

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Ryan Adams: Dreaming's Free [ don't purchase; download ] I've said it before: though it's blasphemous to say so, I'm a ...
Friday, January 21, 2011

I Have a Dream: Coming Apart at the Dreams

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Peter Himmelman : Coming Apart at the Dreams [ purchase ] There is a state between waking and dreaming that can be very disorienting. I...
Thursday, January 20, 2011

I Have A Dream: Dreaming

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Blondie: Dreaming [ purchase ] Yo La Tengo: Dreaming [ purchase ] Has it really been two and a half years since we last posted a tune from ...

I Have a Dream: All I Have to Do Is Dream

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The Everly Brothers: All I Have To Do Is Dream [ Purchase ] When I was growing up I had an unshakable crush on a boy in my grade who wouldn...

I Have A Dream: Dreaming My Dreams With You

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Cowboy Junkies : Dreaming My Dreams With You [ purchase ] Waylon Jennings : Dreaming My Dreams With You [ purchase ] I am the last pe...
Wednesday, January 19, 2011

I Have a Dream: I Will Dream

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Emmylou Harris : I Will Dream [ purchase ] I Will Dream is a song of unrequited love. There is a tenuous quality to both the emotion an...
Tuesday, January 18, 2011

I Have A Dream: Dream On (Live)

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Greg Brown: Dream On (Live) Purchase Dream On is a cynical song, suggesting that it is in vain that we hope for true love, a peaceful world...

I Have A Dream: Dream Baby

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Cherilyn : Dream Baby (Out of print) Cherilyn, who released her single “Dream Baby” in late 1964, would very soon find greater and lasting...
Monday, January 17, 2011

I Have A Dream: Don't Dream It's Over

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Crowded House: Don't Dream It's Over [ purchase ] Crowded House: Don't Dream It's Over [live acoustic] [ purchase ] There...

I Have a Dream: Last Night I Had the Strangest Dream

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Ed McCurdy : Last Night I Had the Strangest Dream [ purchase ] I think it’s fair to say that everything Dr Martin Luther King did in hi...
Sunday, January 16, 2011

I Have A Dream: Cristofori's Dream

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David Lanz : Cristofori's Dream [ purchase ] This single song spans many dreams. First, we have the inventive dream of the title f...

Sleepsongs -> I Have A Dream: Sleep To Dream

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Fiona Apple: Sleep To Dream [ purchase ] Bettye LaVette: Sleep To Dream [ purchase ] It's hard to find a better transitional song to ge...
Friday, January 14, 2011

Sleepsongs: A Sleepin’ Bee

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Nancy Wilson and Cannonball Adderley : A Sleepin‘ Bee [ purchase ] Hey, did you know that Truman Capote wrote a musical? It’s true. It ...
Thursday, January 13, 2011

Sleepsongs: Sound-A-Sleep

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Blondie : Sound-A-Sleep [ purchase ] Blondie headlined the first rock and roll concert I went to. It was an all-day bill that also held Dura...
Wednesday, January 12, 2011

Sleepsongs: (Last Night) I Didn't Get to Sleep at All

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The 5th Dimension : (Last Night) I Didn't Get to Sleep at All [ purchase ] Are all of us SMMers nocturnal? Let me add my vote to th...

Sleepsongs: You Might As Well Go To Sleep / Sleeper

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Greg Brown: You Might As Well Go To Sleep [ purchase ] Eliza Gilkyson: Sleeper (orig. Greg Brown) [ purchase ] As a chronicler of the huma...

Sleepsongs: Sleep Away Your Troubles

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The Softies: Sleep Away Your Troubles [ Purchase ] The Softies are what some might call the definition of the term "twee". Two gi...

Sleepsongs: Behind the Wall of Sleep

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The Smithereens : Behind the Wall of Sleep [ purchase ] Just try to sleep to this one. The Smithereens play it loud. In the 1980s, some...
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