First mix in a while... first post in a while actually.
A quickie mix done in almost one sitting. Used iTunes to create a list of songs with dream in the title as a source to work from. Why dreams? I had a mix in progress that started with the Tyler Ramsey song and then I was inspired by my friend Cliff's posting of his "mind" theme mixes on ZeRO.
My list of dream songs was quite large and I'm planning on a second volume of this theme mix and maybe even a third. I was pleased with this collection and I think they work quite well together. How Long Must I Dream
1. Tyler Ramsey - A Long Dream (A Long Dream About Swimming Across The Sea, 2008)
2. Eels - The Trouble With Dreams (Blinking Lights And Other Revelations, 2005)
3. Randy Newman - Last Night I Had A Dream (Sail Away, 1972)
4. Love - Dream (Four Sail, 1969)
5. The Lovetones - Inside A Dream (Meditations, 2005)
6. Of Montreal - I Was A Landscape In Your Dream (The Sunlandic Twins, 2005)
7. My Morning Jacket - Dream A Lil Dream Of Me (Ch.2 Learning: Early Recordings, 2001)
8. Dion - Life Is But A Dream (Acappella Underdub) (King Of The New York Streets, 2000)
9. Daniel Johnston - I Had A Dream (Why Me? LIve Volksbuhne Am Ros, 2000)
10. John Lennon - #9 Dream (Walls & Bridges, 1974)
11. Olivia Tremor Control - Define A Transparent Dream (Dusk At Cubist Castle, 1996)
12. Hawkwind - You Know You're Only Dreaming (In Search Of Space, 1971)
13. The Teardrop Explodes - When I Dream (Kilimanjaro, 1980)
14. Pixies - Bird Dream Of The Olympus Mons (Trompe Le Monde, 1991)
15. Robyn Hitchcock - I Often Dream Of Trains (I Often Dream Of Trains, 1984)
16. Nico - Wrap Your Troubles In Dreams (Chelsea Girl, 1967)
17. The Zombies - Hung Upon A Dream (Odessey and Oracle, 1968)
18. John Martyn - Dreams By The Sea (Solid Air, 1972)
19. Richard Thompson - I Still Dream (Amnesia, 1988)
20. Los Lobos - Dream In Blue (Kiko, 1991)
21. Roy Orbison - Dream Baby (How Long Must I Dream) (The Soul of Rock and Roll, 2008)
The Tyler Ramsey lead song is also the lead song off his recent solo album. He plays in Band of Horses. I could listen to song over and over. I did.
I'm a big fan of Eels and Blinking Lights... may be my favorite of albums of theirs although I really like the recent Useless Trinkets B-sides & rarities collection.
Sail Away is probably the only Randy Newman album that I could listen to all the way through but that album is a classic. Every song is great. I like a few of his songs scattered throughout his career but overall I don't pay much attention to him.
I close the mix with Roy Orbison. You can't have a collection of dream songs without him. He is the King of Rock 'n Roll Dreams. I'll probably start the next mix with him.
