Saturday 9: All I Have to Do Is Dream (1958)

 

 

All I Have to Do Is Dream
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Saturday 9: All I Have to Do Is Dream (1958)

 
Unfamiliar with this week's song. Hear it here.

1) Did you dream last night?  Yes, but I don't usually remember my dreams anymore.

2) In this song, The Everly Brothers dream of kissing "lips of wine." Do you prefer red or white wine? I prefer red to be dry, and white if it's sweet.

3) In 1975, Rolling Stone ranked Phil and Don #1 on their list of the greatest duos of all time. Name another musical twosome. The Carpenters are a duo that was, to me, one of the greats.

4) Mike Love has acknowledged the influence The Everly Brothers had on The Beach Boys' harmonies. What's your favorite Beach Boys song? My favorite is hard to pick, because I think everything they did was noteworthy.  But since I must pick, I choose, "Wouldn't It Be Nice".  Now I shall try to add it to the post.....

If this doesn't work, I will have to fix it later...  You Tube and I don't always play well together....

5) The pressure of touring took its toll on the Everly Brothers' personal relationship, and those stresses spilled onto the stage. They once had a fight in front their audience that ended with Phil smashing his guitar and storming off. Have you ever busted something in anger?  Since I HATE cleaning up broken china or glassware, and I haven't EVER been mad enough to attack any of my stringed instruments, the answer to this is No.
 
6) One of Don's friends was author/storyteller Garrison Keillor and that's how the Everly Brothers came to perform on Keillor's radio program, A Prairie Home Companion. Do you often listen to the radio or to podcasts? No, but I used to listen to Casey Kasem faithfully every week.  That is, until I didn't like the music anymore. I do like to listen to YouTube music videos.
 
7) The brothers chose to live in different cities and held opposite views on politics. Don said, "Everything is different about us, except when we sing." Do you have siblings? If so, are you more alike or different?  I have a brother and a sister.  We are all very different. None of us live in the same city but my sister is pretty close (seven) miles away. We keep in touch by phone calls every week, and visit when we can.

8) In 1958, the year this song was a hit, Americans were doing the Cuban dance, the cha-cha-cha. Do you ever dance or sing when you're home alone? I used to dance and sing all the time. But not anymore. I danced so much that one of my kids drew a picture in Kindergarten, and when she was asked who it was, she said that's a mother named L dancing.
 
9) Random question -- Do you believe we each get one true love? If we are lucky, we do.  Sometimes it doesn't work out,and we don't find that person in time. I've seen it happen and it's sad. But I know I have lived with, and been in love with, my soul mate since we were young.

Thank you Sam!  

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