Fleetwood Mac "Dreams"
There are breakup songs. Then, there's "Dreams."
The song is written from a point of knowing as all five members, including both intra-band couples, were going through breakup or divorce, giving the song deeper meaning than what comes through in the song alone.
Written in C-major, the song has a dower sound to it, leaving no mistake before the lyrics even begin that it is about some sort of loss and/or longing.
One of Stevie Nicks's finest performances, "Dreams" -- like many songs on the album it's from, Rumours -- feels like a series of daggers sent toward the unnamed other, making it a go-to song when a relationship goes wrong. The words "What you had and what you lost" have never sounded so bitter.
Twenty-nine years after "Dreams" was released, the Iranian-American DJ duo Deep Dish recorded a techno version of the song with Nicks's original vocals. Nicks liked it but wanted to re-record her vocals to better fit the mood and timing of the new version of the song.
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