My Embarassing Dream Soundtracks

28 August, 2012Posted inObservations1 Comment
As I've written about before, I remember most of my dreams, which isn't so bad, but they always have a soundtrack. A bad one. Usually a short section of a song or jingle that repeats throughout the dream like a broken record. Ninety percent of the time, it's a musical genre I would not listen to, willingly. Worse, I wake up with the song replaying in my head. This morning, it was Olivia Newton John's Xanadu. Here's some of the more revolting ones from this month. The theme music from HGTV's Love It or List It Shakira's Hips Don't Lie…

Dream soundtracks, take one

16 January, 2011Posted inObservations5 Comments
Do you ever have soundtracks in your dreams? I have one every damn night. The worst part of is, it tends not to be music I like, but in my dreams, it loops continuously throughout the night. Scientists say our brains are just working out things we encountered that day. I don't buy it. Some of the music that pops up in my dreams I haven't heard in years. I made an effort to write down every dream soundtrack of 2011. January 1: The Green Manalishi. Not the brilliant Judas Priest cover version. The intolerable Fleetwood Mac version. January 2:…

Annoying!

04 March, 2009Posted inObservations29 Comments
I have soundtracks in my dreams. If they were cool bands, like Aphex Twin, The Bravery or Fleet Foxes, I could deal. But they aren't. They're generally annoying songs that end up being stuck in my head all the next day. Last night was tolerable (Mott the Hoople's All the Young Dudes), but it will not leave my head. Worst of all, it's the same line that keeps repeating. Here is my plea to you, dear readers. Tell me a better song so I can erase it from memory. Thank you and bless you.