Last night I asked my ever-ready Facebook friends to throw me some songs about sleep, and they came through as always (boy, did they ever). First though, a few they missed:
1) "I Go to Sleep", Pretenders
Chrissie and co. released two versions of this Kinks song, on a studio LP and on the wonderful live Isle of View (get it?) concert release. Both versions blow away the original.
2) "Sleep", Azure Ray
Maria Taylor's somber, aching vocals and the tempo of the song capture perfectly the restless eternity that is a sleepless night.
3) "Can't Do A Thing to Stop Me", Chris Isaak
Scary stalker Chris is gonna dream about you, and ain't nothing you can do about it.
4) "Sleep Won't Ever Come", Best Coast
Sometimes it feels that way.
5) "Walking in My Sleep", Roger Daltrey
There are probably a million reasons I shouldn't like this song, but I always have.
And now our Facebook gang's contributions:
David Anderson
"Talking in Your Sleep", Romantics
"In My Dreams", Dokken
Michele Ferlisi
"Wall of Sleep," Black Sabbath
"Sleeping Village", Black Sabbath
Sally Fenn-Tucker
"Sweet Dreams Are Made of This", Eurythmics
"Through the Long Night", Billy Joel
Brenda Balin
"Wake Up Little Susie", Everly Brothers
"Dream A Little Dream", Cass Elliot
A&H Blogger Curt Alliaume
"I'm So Tired", the Beatles
"I'll Sleep When I'm Dead", Warren Zevon
"I Need A Nap", Weird Al and Kate Winslet
Twla Meding
"Virginia Calling", Sons of Bill
Anne Campisano-Detlet
"Dream Weaver", Gary Wright
Rich Bilitz
"The Lion Sleeps Tonight", the Tokens
Karen Aagesen Cerini
"Dream On", Aerosmith
"Let's Go to Bed", the Cure
Eddie Johns
"In Dreams", Roy Orbison
Billie McIntyre Dunn
"It's Raining Again", Supertramp
Rich Kurlantzick
"Rose Darling", Steely Dan
"Daysleeper", R.E.M.
Mike Haines
"MLK", U2,
"Sleepless", King Crimson
Donna Mellusi
"Peaceful Relaxing Scene", Ann-Margret
Mark Traeger
"Sleep", Dopesmoker
Rosie Perez
"All I Need", Air
Anna Russomano Broskie
"Where Hides Sleep", Alison Moyet
mine is best...
ReplyDeleteUnimprovable, I'd say:
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