DREAM. DREAM. DREAM.*

All I Have to Do is Dream, was and is, a Romantic Love Ballad that still speaks to Lovers today. This song, is an old one. How old? Well it was issued in 1958 (before any music listening time for me). 

This song is also a Classic and is still known. Best known in The Everly Brothers 1958 version, the song was ranked Number 142 by Rolling Stone magazine among the 500 Greatest Songs of all time.

Meanwhile, relating to Dreams themselves, there are a lot of theories about them and the purpose they may serve in our lives. Anybody with a Psychology course under their belt, knows that Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung both had theories about dreams and how to interpret them and what they meant. Some of these were, quite frankly, pretty weird.

To the rest of us however, many of the Dreams we have when we Sleep seem to be nonsense. Often we wonder why the heck we were dreaming some crazy thing in our sleep the night before.

Possibly the ones that make a bit more sense and/or seem more connected to reality, might be ways we work out things we need to think about and resolve.

The Dreaming in the song however, is the way in which the Singer thinks about his memories about someone he loves. He relives their romance and when he is apart from his love, all he has to do is dream about her.

Of course, the only trouble is that he is dreaming his life away. I know how he feels, because I am a champion day dreamer and secretly (till now) hopeless romantic.

Memories are with us whether we are asleep or awake. Dreams meanwhile can be memories that we actually experienced or our hopes and dreams for the present and future. It might also be a way to consider and plan how we might make our dreams a reality.

I don’t think it does any harm to dream. I hope the Writers and Singers Dreams became a reality. I hope mine do too. Meanwhile, I enjoy my Dreams, and hope you enjoy yours too.


*All I Have to Do is Dream - song issued in 1958 and issued as a 45r.p.m. record sung by the Everly Brothers. Ranked No. 142 on Rolling Stones Magazine's 500 Greatest Hits of All Time. Written by Felice and Boudleaux Bryant.