A Very She & Him Christmas is the first Christmas album and the third studio album by the folk/indie rock band She & Him consisting of actress and musician Zooey Deschanel (vocals, piano, ukulele) and M. Ward (guitar, production).[The album was released in October 2011, and features several covers of classic holiday songs. The twelve-track […]
Dreaming 8 – White Christmas
I am finally putting a stop to the series on Dreams and Dreaming by bringing together the best versions of “I’m Dreaming of a White Christmas’. This will serve as a marker for the start of a new series on Christmas Albums. So, let’s dream together for the last time. “White Christmas” is an Irving […]
Dreaming 7
So, another interesting selection of songs about Dreams and Dreaming. For today we have reached back in time to find some real classics. I’ll See You in My Dreams” is a song, composed by Isham Jones, with lyrics by Gus Kahn, and published in 1924. It was recorded in December that year, by Isham Jones […]
Dreaming 3
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 […]