The Whole Nine Yards Episode 229                                                                                 With Roy Stannard

On Mid Sussex Radio 103.8FM

Sunday 15th June 2025 3-5pm

http://www.midsussexradio.co.uk/listen

Dreaming out Loud

Musicians are dreamers. So it’s hardly surprising that songs about dreams represent a rich seam of music for today’s show.  They tap into the human experience, awaken emotions, and are a metaphor for hope, aspiration and an odd bit of romance.

Dreams are a mirror, a canvas, and a looking glass in popular music. They allow artists to express deep emotional truths, social commentary, or pure fantasy in a way that audiences instantly “feel,” even if they don’t fully understand.

Hour One

The Chordettes – Mr Sandman (extract 1950)

Syml – Mr Sandman (Single 2017)

Adele – Daydreamer (19 1996)

Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong – Dream a Little Dream of Me (Ella & Friends 1950)

Alice Martineau – If I Fall (Daydreaming 2011)

The Candle Thieves – Dreaming of Lucy (Sunshine and other Misfortunes 2010)

The Big Moon – Daydreaming (Here is Everything 2023)

Ellie Goulding – Little Dreams (Lights 2010)

Future Islands – A Dream of You and Me (Singles 2014)

Empire of the Sun – Walking on a Dream (Walking on a Dream 2009)

The Farmer’s Boys – More Than a Dream (Get Out and Walk 1983)

Nabihah Iqbal – Dreamer (Dreamer 2023)

Laura Mvulu – Unbelievable Dream (Sing to the Moon 2013)

The Freddy Jones Band – In a Daydream (Waiting for the Night 1993)

Hour Two

Alvvays – Dreams Tonite (Antisocialites 2017)

Kristina Train – Dream of Me (Dark Black 2012)

Alison David – Dreams (Believe 2006)

Grace Cummings – Dreams (Storm Queen 2022)

Jack Savoretti – Dreamer (Between the Minds 2007)

Madeleine Peyroux – Dreamland (Dreamland 2004)

Emma Stevens – Dream Trees (Enchanted 2013)

Angus & Julia Stone – Santa Monica Dream (Down the Way 2010)

Ben’s Brother – Bad Dream (Beta Male Fairytales 2007)

José Feliciano – California Dreaming (Feliciano! 1968)

Loney Dear – I Dreamed of You (Hall Music 2011)

Dermot Kennedy – Dreamer (Sonder 2022)

Sandy Denny – I’m a Dreamer (Rendevouz 1977)Hour One

The Chordettes – Mr Sandman (extract 1950)

Syml – Mr Sandman (Single 2017)

Adele – Daydreamer (19 1996)

Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong – Dream a Little Dream of Me (Ella & Friends 1950)

Alice Martineau – If I Fall (Daydreaming 2011)

The Candle Thieves – Dreaming of Lucy (Sunshine and other Misfortunes 2010)

The Big Moon – Daydreaming (Here is Everything 2023)

Ellie Goulding – Little Dreams (Lights 2010)

Future Islands – A Dream of You and Me (Singles 2014)

Empire of the Sun – Walking on a Dream (Walking on a Dream 2009)

The Farmer’s Boys – More Than a Dream (Get Out and Walk 1983)

Nabihah Iqbal – Dreamer (Dreamer 2023)

Laura Mvulu – Unbelievable Dream (Sing to the Moon 2013)

The Freddy Jones Band – In a Daydream (Waiting for the Night 1993)

Hour Two

Alvvays – Dreams Tonite (Antisocialites 2017)

Kristina Train – Dream of Me (Dark Black 2012)

Alison David – Dreams (Believe 2006)

Grace Cummings – Dreams (Storm Queen 2022)

Jack Savoretti – Dreamer (Between the Minds 2007)

Madeleine Peyroux – Dreamland (Dreamland 2004)

Emma Stevens – Dream Trees (Enchanted 2013)

Angus & Julia Stone – Santa Monica Dream (Down the Way 2010)

Ben’s Brother – Bad Dream (Beta Male Fairytales 2007)

José Feliciano – California Dreaming (Feliciano! 1968)

Loney Dear – I Dreamed of You (Hall Music 2011)

Dermot Kennedy – Dreamer (Sonder 2022)

Sandy Denny – I’m a Dreamer (Rendevouz 1977)