The more I research I undertook on music connected to dreams and dreaming the more songs etc I discovered. so here we go with Dreaming 3, the sequels, sequel. “Dream Lover” is a 1959 song written by Bobby Darin. Darin recorded his composition in March 1959. It was produced by Ahmet Ertegun and Jerry Wexler […]
Dreaming 2
As promised, today we return to the world of dreams and dreaming for another collection of songs. “Daydream Believer” is a song composed by American songwriter John Stewart shortly before he left the Kingston Trio. It was originally recorded by the Monkees, with Davy Jones singing the lead. The single reached No. 1 on the […]
Dreaming
The last of our song collections based on the lyrics of the Dusty Springfield hit record ‘Wishin’ and Hopin’. todaay we come to dreaming and this will certainly provide us with more than one day of posting. So, let’s dive right in. “All I Have to Do Is Dream” is a song made famous by […]
Thinking
So, to the fourth of the actions recommended by Dusty Springfield. Now we come to thinking. I would expect this to provide a rich vein of song for us to mine. Indeed I come to my researches with several songs aleady in mind, so it may be that this topic will stretch over more than […]
Praying
The post today is out of order from the list provided in the song, but as it was Sunday I thought it made slightly more sense. So today we will be praying and tomorrow comes thinking. “My Prayer” is a 1939 song with music by salon violinist Georges Boulanger and lyrics by Carlos Gomez Barrera […]
Hoping
Today we come to the second item in Dusty Springfield’s list. Hope is an optimistic state of mind that is based on an expectation of positive outcomes with respect to events and circumstances in one’s life or the world at large. A classic reference to hope which has entered modern language is the concept that […]
Wishing
I have decided to embark on a series based on the Dusty Sprinfield song ‘Wishin’ and Hopin’ which contains series of actions which might provide some fruitful topics for our researches. The opening lines of the song are ‘Wishin’ and hopin’ and thinkin’ and prayin’ , plannin’ and dreamin’…’ . Ignoring the lamentable contractions of […]
Forward
Having explored left, right, up and down we are now going to explore the alternative commands forwards and back. i suspect that there will certainly be more songs associated with back than with fowards but who knows what we might discover. “Fast Forward” the title track from the 1985 dance film directed by Sidney Poitier. […]
Song Dates
The use of numbers in song is not limited to the number itself, quite often the writer includes a date in the title of the song,either to set it in a period or because that date might be of significance. So in our final, final numerically inspired post we are going to seek out some […]
Honourable Mentions – Numbers
Having decided to conclude the series of numerical songs at 21, I realised that there would need to be at least onepost of ‘honourable mentions’ for songs where they are the only one to refer to a particular number, especially when that number was higher than 21. So here we go. “Land of a Thousand […]