Dream On
| Dream On | |
|---|---|
| Aerosmith | |
| publication | January 13, 1973 |
| length | 3:25 (single) 4:28 (album) |
| Genre (s) | skirt |
| Author (s) | Steven Tyler |
| text | Steven Tyler |
| Producer (s) | Adrian Barber |
| Label | Columbia Records |
| album | Aerosmith |
Dream On is a rock ballad by the band Aerosmith . It was first released in 1973. It was the band's first single and part of their first album Aerosmith . The song has since appeared on almost all of the band's best-of albums. In the list of 500 best songs of all time of Rolling Stone Magazine has Dream On Course 173rd
occupation
- Steven Tyler - vocals , Mellotron
- Joe Perry - guitar
- Brad Whitford - guitar
- Tom Hamilton - bass
- Joey Kramer - drums
history
Steven Tyler's father was a trained musician. As a child, Steven was often under the piano when his father played. He later writes that this was where the harmonies for Dream On came to him. Tyler started writing Dream On when he was 17 or 18 and had worked on it intermittently for over six years. He completed it in collaboration with the other band members. Aerosmith rarely played the song at first because they wanted to establish themselves as a rock and roll band in the short time they had on stage . Joe Perry didn't like the piece at the time. In November 1971 they played it for the first time on a small gig at the Shaboo Inn , Willimantic , Connecticut .
For the first band album Aerosmith they played the song. Steven Tyler generally tried to sing a little lower so that he sounded more like colored artists. According to Tyler, Dream On was the only track on the record in which he had used his "real" voice. In an interview he later said:
"The song was so good it brought a tear to my eye."
"The song was so good that I had a tear in my eye."
When the band ran the risk of losing their record deal with Columbia Records due to lack of success , their management convinced the company to release Dream On as the group's first single . The single version differed from the album version. It was more moderate to increase the chances of being played on the radio. The single reached number 59 in the US charts in 1973. In 1976, Aerosmith manager David Krebs convinced the record company to release the piece again. This time the song reached number 6 in the US, its highest ranking to date. It stayed on the Billboard charts for a total of 29 weeks . In 1987 and 1993 the record was re-released after the band had reached a new audience through their albums.
content
The text is general. Regarding the meaning of the piece, Tyler said, "The piece is about the desire to be someone: dream until your dreams come true." The song summarizes the difficulties that a young band has to deal with. The key is F minor.
Refrain
Sing with me
Sing for the year
Sing for the laughter and sing for the tear
Sing it with me
If it's just for today
Maybe tomorrow, the good Lord will take you away
Refrain
Sing with me
Sing for the year
Sing for laughter and sing for tears
Sing it with me
If it's only for today
Maybe God will take you away tomorrow
Honors
In 2004, the curator of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame , James Henke, worked with a committee to select 500 songs that are believed to have had the greatest influence on rock and roll . Dream On is one of them. In the list of 500 best songs of all time of Rolling Stone Magazine has Dream On Course 173rd
For the tenth anniversary of MTV , a version with an orchestra was recorded on video (director: Marty Callner).
Dream On was used in TV shows, trailers and commercials , for example for the US company Walmart .
Cover versions
There are numerous cover versions of this song in various styles. These include, for example, the jazz version by the Alex Skolnick Trio ( Goodbye to Romance: Standards for a New Generation , 2002), an instrumental version by Michael Angelo Batio ( Hands Without Shadows , 2005), a version by the metal band HolyHell ( Magic Circle Festival 2008 DVD ) or the punk band Blessthefall ( Punk Goes Classic Rock , 2010). Rapper Eminem sampled Tyler's vocals in 2002 and got Aerosmith guitarist Perry for his song Sing for the Moment . Other internationally famous artists were for example Tori Amos ( The Original Bootlegs , 2005) and Anastacia ( It's a Man's World , edition in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, 2012).
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e Song Facts - Dream On by Aerosmith (English), accessed May 24, 2017
- ↑ a b Rolling Stone - The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time , accessed May 24, 2017
- ↑ David Dalton, Steven Tyler Steven Tyler - Does The Noise In My Head Bother You. My rock 'n' roll memoirs , Edel Germany; Edition: 1 (May 7, 2012), ISBN 978-3-8419-0126-2 , p. 18.
- ^ Billbord - Aerosmith , accessed May 25, 2016
- ↑ http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/steveparker/halloffame.htm
- ↑ "500 Songs That Shaped Rock." Infoplease , © 2000-2017 Sandbox Networks, Inc., publishing as Infoplease, May 21, 2017 (English), accessed on May 21, 2017
- ^ YouTube - Dream On (MTV 10th Anniversary) - Aerosmith , accessed on May 26, 2017
- ↑ Yahoo Finance - Walmart's new Olympics ad highlights American job creator , accessed May 26, 2017
- ↑ Amazon - Goodbye To Romance: Standards For A New Generation , accessed on May 26, 2017
- ↑ Official Site of Michael Angelo Batio - Hands Without Shadows , accessed May 26, 2017
- ↑ a b MusicBrainz - Dream On , accessed May 26, 2017
- ↑ Songfacts - Sing for the Moment (English), accessed on May 26, 2017