This week we’re listening to songs about dreams—not in the sense of goals or ambition but in the sense of images that flash across your subconscious as you sleep. Send your song recommendations to symposiumofsongs@gmail.com!
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Ratboys, “My Hands Grow” (Printer’s Devil, 2020)
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5:15
Barenaked Ladies, “Pinch Me” (Maroon, 2000)
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9:50
The Beatles, “I’m Only Sleeping” (Revolver, 1966)
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15:18
Reading: Samuel Taylor Coleridge, “Kubla Khan”
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17:35
Rolling Stones, “Rocks Off” (Exile on Main St, 1972)
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21:55
R.E.M., “I Don’t Sleep, I Dream” (Monster, 1994)
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25:22
Patti Smith, “Break It Up” (Horses, 1976)
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29:31
Reading: Patti Smith, Complete
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31:02
Ida Cox, “Graveyard Dream Blues” (single, 1923)
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33:53
Camper Van Beethoven, “Take the Skinheads Bowling” (Telephone Free Landslide Victory, 1985)
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36:17
Depeche Mode, “Dreaming of Me” (single, 1981)
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40:36
Reading: Emily Dickinson, “We dream”
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42:12
Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers, “Southern Accents” (Southern Accents, 1985)
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46:46
Bonny Light Horseman, “Lowlands” (Bonny Light Horseman, 2020)
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50:09
Wilco, “Summer Teeth” (Summer Teeth, 1999)
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54:25
Chagall Guevara, “Treasure of the Broken Land” (Strong Hand of Love, 1994)
