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Dreams
1,167
Classical
Dreams was released on February 16, 2018 by Nonesuch as a part of the album Landfall
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Release DateFebruary 16, 2018
LabelNonesuch
LanguageEnglish
Melodicness
Acousticness
Valence
Danceability
Energy
BPM

Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Kronos Quartet
Kronos Quartet
String Quartet
Laurie Anderson
Laurie Anderson
Violin, Vocals, Keyboards, Percussion, Electronics, Sampler
David Harrington
David Harrington
Violin
Hank Dutt
Hank Dutt
Viola
John Sherba
John Sherba
Violin
Sunny Yang
Sunny Yang
Cello
Konrad Kaczmarek
Konrad Kaczmarek
Electronics
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Laurie Anderson
Laurie Anderson
Composer, Arranger
David Harrington
David Harrington
Composer
Hank Dutt
Hank Dutt
Composer
Jeffrey Zeigler
Jeffrey Zeigler
Composer
John Sherba
John Sherba
Composer
Sunny Yang
Sunny Yang
Composer
Kronos Quartet
Kronos Quartet
Arranger
Jacob Garchik
Jacob Garchik
Transcription
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Kronos Quartet
Kronos Quartet
Producer
Laurie Anderson
Laurie Anderson
Producer
Noah Killeen
Noah Killeen
Assistant Engineer
Scott Fraser
Scott Fraser
Producer, Recording Engineer, Editing Engineer, Mixing Engineer
Robert C. Ludwig
Robert C. Ludwig
Mastering Engineer

Lyrics

Don't you hate it when people tell you their dreams?
You know they say things like
"I had this dream
And there was this man, and he was my father
No, no, no, no, wait, wait, he was my uncle
No, no, no, wait, he was, he was my father
No, I, I, wait, I'm not sure."
And you say, "Please don't tell me your dream."
But they go on anyway
"Yeah, I think, yeah, it was my father
And he, and he had this bloody severed head."
And they tell you the dream like it's a movie
That you might want to see sometime
And not something that's happening
Only in the back of their own head
You know, a while ago I was in Germany
And I walked into a huge recording studio
And in the middle of the studio was a man
Wearing no clothes and playing the flute
And covered with flies
And there were enormous mikes all over the room
And when I got closer, I saw that the flies
Were actually tiny microphones
Attached all over his body
And these mikes picked up every little sound
So the engineers kept saying
"Um, we can hear your shirt rustling
Can you take it off?"
And a few minutes later
"Um, your pants are really loud, they're gonna have to go too
And, and you know, the shoes are deafening."
So he was standing there shivering and playing
And there were mikes inside the flute too
That recorded his breath as it blew through the tube
And turned into notes
And in the mix, the sounds from all the microphones
Combined into a huge symphony
And when you put headphones on the sound was really so
Spatial
The breath rushes into one ear
And curves around the top of your skull in chords
And harmonics
And turns around and around and blows out the other ear
So being in your head
Was like being in a huge drafty barn
With the wind blowing through
No, it wasn't like being in a head
Filled with brains and blood and teeth
But something completely light
And empty
And full of wind
And music
Written by: David Harrington, Hank Dutt, Jeffrey Zeigler, John Sherba, Laurie Anderson, Sunny Yang
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