I remember hearing ‘Dreams’ by Gabrielle a while before it became a hit and I recall it had a sample of Tracy Chapman’s ‘Fast Car’ woven into it. By the time it had hit the charts however the sample had been removed but whenever I hear it I can still subconsciously hear the opening bars of that song which is another of my personal favourites.
‘Dreams’ reminds me of working at ‘The West Yorkshire Playhouse’ back in 1993 and living in Hyde Park with June a social worker who occasionally put actors up when they were working in Leeds. June was a lovely woman and an absolute pleasure to have as a landlady. I remember that she was out during the day and as an actor appearing at the theatre in the evenings I was out then so we didn’t see too much of each other apart from on Sundays.
During my stay I redecorated her living room for her, stripping the walls, hanging new paper and painting it a lovely magnolia and a deep burgundy matt on the woodwork. Whist I worked I had the stereo on (covered by an old sheet) and this song was one of the ones I played as I decorated. I love decorating, especially wallpapering as it is one of the few things that I can actually ‘do’ in relation to DIY skills and there is nothing I like more than doing the decorating while listening to my music. This song invokes another happy memory as a result of that.
Now listen to the song (as it was originally intended…)
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