Karaoke?

Karaoke. It's not for everyone. Historically, myself included. But lucky for us, there are karaoke lists that include a good number of our favorites: songs about dreams.  As proof, a photo I snapped right from the songbook itself.  I won't look at karaoke the same!

Monday Morning

‎"There's nothing to do so you just stay in bed. Why live in the world when you can live in your head?" 


-Monday Morning, Pulp

40 Day Dream

"Well I been sleepin' for 40 days
I know I'm sleepin' cos this dream's too amazing
She's got gold doorknobs where her eyes used to be
One turn and I learn what it really means to see...

Hey I been sleepin' for 60 days
Nobody better pinch me, I swear I'd go crazy

She's got jumper cable lips
She's got sunset on her breath
I inhaled just a little bit
Now I got no fear of death now..."
-40 Day Dream, Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros

Official video:



A little background information on the group--

Edward Sharpe is an extraterrestrial being who was sent to Earth to help and heal humanity, however, he continually distracts himself from his mission when he falls in love... Lucky for us, he also makes great music! The band is planning for a second album in the near future, as well as solo projects from both Alexander (aka Edward Sharpe) and Jade.

She Comes to Me in Dreams

From the Great Lake Swimmers, here is a really happy, genuine song that sings of love and dreams and embodies the happiness of pre-summer- that we are hopefully all experiencing on this gorgeous Saturday. You can see how deeply they are feeling the music they are playing, how authentic they are. They close their eyes and let it flow through them. It's almost as if they are dreaming while playing!

Check out their website (linked above) for tour dates and album information. If you dig this song, you will love their others--

Jackie Evancho: Chasing Her Dreams

Check out this brief interview with the young and talented Jackie Evancho and find out how she is chasing her dreams. You can also hear part of her original song which is, ironically or not, about dreaming...

Jackie Evancho: Chasing Her Dreams, from National Public Radio's All Things Considered 05/23/2011.

Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want

Good times for a change
See, the luck I've had can make a good man turn bad
so please, please, please please let me get what I want this time...

Haven't had a dream in a long time.
See, the life I've had can make a good man bad
so, for once in my life, let me get what I want,
Lord knows, it would be the first time.
Lord knows, it would be the first time...

Who will take my dreams away?

-Marianne Faithfull

...The World Will Live as One

You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one.  I hope someday you will join us, and the world will live as one.  -John Lennon

Paul McCartney's Top 10 Dream

Did you know that Paul McCartney created one of the world's most famous songs, "Yesterday," in a dream? It's true! He awoke with the melody in his head, wrote it out immediately, and played it for various people, certain that he must have heard it somewhere before, that it was someone else's song. 

But no matter who he played the song for, they told him they had never heard it before. He wrote out some lyrics, (originally "Scrambled eggs, oh my baby how I love your legs") recorded it, and now the song is world-famous!

How's that for a good dream!? 

Paul performs the song here: 

(More information at the Wikipedia article, here)

"Dream a Little Dream of Me" by She & Him

For those in Chicago who were able to catch She & Him perform for free this evening, here is a small encore. For all others who missed out, watch this pale substitution. A rendition of the popular song, made famous by various musical talents, notably "Mama" Cass Elliot and Ella Fitzgerald. This is "Dream a Little Dream of Me" as performed by Zooey Deschanel and M. Ward, otherwise known as She & Him: