“I’ll See You In My Dreams”
There is a really nice version of this at the end of the Concert for George [Harrison] DVD.
These Dreams - Heart
Dreams - The Cranberries.
“I Don’t Sleep, I Dream” - R.E.M.
“Dreamin’ Again” - Jim Croce
Thanks for all the titles, y’all! There’s just one thing I didn’t think of before, though… the older and more traditional the songs are, the better. It’ll be hard to work in the newer ones.
Dream Operator, Talking Heads
“Marble Halls” by Enya
Also “Dreams” from The Frog Prince score? by C. McGettigan performed by Enya, and “The Frog Prince” by Roma Ryan, performed by Enya from the same score.
“I May Not Awaken” by Roma Ryan, performed by Enya
“The Song of the Sandman” by Roma Ryan, performed by Enya
How about “Bedtime Story” by Madonna? Bjork helped write that song. The video is trippy.
If you want a spooky mood, Marylin Manson’s cover of “Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)”
Also spooky would be “Lullaby” by The Cure. (Check out the video, scroll a bit to find it.) Here are the lyrics.
Only in Dreams - Weezer
“When you Dream” by the Barenaked Ladies, at the end of “Stunt”. He’s singing to his sleeping newborn son, asking what his son is dreaming about.
Here are a few:
–“Sleep to Dream” by Fiona Apple
–“Spill the Wine” by Eric Burden and War
–“Daysleeper” by R.E.M.
Here is a page from Amazon.com which has asoundclip for “Song of the Sandman”
You want traditional? How about Stephen Foster (1862)?
I meant to add, that as you can see by the soundclip, most of the Enya stuff can fit in, despite the synthesizers they still sound timeless because of the vocalizations.
Or how about “All I Do Is Dream of You” (1934).
(Later recordings by Dean Martin and Perry Como, among others.)
I just found out that “Marble Halls” was written in the 1800s. Scroll down to the “Unhappy Love, False Love, and Seduction” catagory, and click on “I Dreamt I Walked in Marble Halls”, it seems I can’t link to the correct page on that site directly.
(This is) Ponderous by 2nu
David Byrne (post-TH) wrote a charming song on the wonderful Rei Momo also called The Dream Police.
Goodnight Georgie - Clinic
These Dreams Of You Van Morrison
…who also did Only A Dream.