Songs About Sleeping and Not Sleeping

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Harry Nilsson, Sleep Late, My Lady Friend
Harry Nilsson, Are You Sleeping?
Harry Nilsson, Gotta Get Up
Harry Nilsson, Daylight Has Caught Me
Harry Nilsson, Turn Out the Light

Some lullabys:
Harry Nilsson, Little Cowboy
Harry Nilsson, Lullaby In Ragtime

Fuggit, did I remember to put the milk in the fridge last night:

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Vicious Cop Kills Gentle Fool (Dada), Thursday, 11 August 2005 12:40 (eighteen years ago) link

We're not done with the Fab Four yet
"Golden Slumbers" -Beatles
"Good Night" -Beatles

Get Up Jake - The Band (about lying in bed in the morning instead of going to work)
"When You Awake"- The Band (probably about some spiritual awakening, but does use the word "sleep")

and so

"Rubber Ring" - The Smiths

k/l (Ken L), Thursday, 11 August 2005 13:12 (eighteen years ago) link

The Cure - Lullaby

Mädchen (Madchen), Thursday, 11 August 2005 13:17 (eighteen years ago) link

The Seekers - Morningtown Ride

Mädchen (Madchen), Thursday, 11 August 2005 13:19 (eighteen years ago) link

Chicago - 25 or 6 to 4

PappaWheelie II, Thursday, 11 August 2005 17:25 (eighteen years ago) link

The final mix. (The slight cornyness is deliberate.)


The Trampoline Hall 'Sleep and Sleeplessness' Show

PRESHOW:
torontonightair (anonymous field recording found on the 'net)
Crickets & Water (Wilderness River: The Natural Sounds Of The Wilderness)
I'm So Tired (The Beatles)
Enter Sandman (Metallica)
Wake Up Little Susie (Everly Brothers)
Dreaming (Blondie)
I Woke Up In Love This Morning (Partridge Family)
I Had Too Much To Dream Last Night (Electric Prunes)

FIRST INTERMISSION
Good Morning Good Morning (The Beatles)
Wake Up (Cordelia's Dad)
The Lion Sleeps Tonight (The Tokens)
Enter Sandman (Pat Boone)
Sleep On The Left Side (Cornershop)
Go To Work (Revolution Compared To What [The Funky 16 Corners])
Pissed Off 2 A.M. (Alejandro Escovedo)
Sleepwalking (Lyle Lovett)
My Mind's Playing Tricks on Me (Geto Boys)

SECOND INTERMISSION
I'm Only Sleeping (The Beatles)
Wake Me Up Before You Go Go (Wham)
Where Did You Sleep Last Night (Leadbelly)
Up All Night (Slaughter)
Dream A Little Dream Of Me (Jim Jones of My Morning Jacket, on an obscure comp called From Iceland To Kentucky)
No Sleep Blues (Incredible String Band)
I Dreamed I Had to Take a Test… (Laurie Anderson)
Color In Your Cheeks (The Mountain Goats)
Tossin' and Turnin' (Bobby Lewis)
Tired of Waking Up Tired (Diodes)
Go To Sleep Little Baby (Gillian Welch et al, O Brother Where Art Thou?)
Stay Up Late (Talking Heads)

POST-SHOW
Good Night (The Beatles)
Wake Up (The Arcade Fire)
Sleeping Is the Only Love (Silver Jews)
Lullaby (Tom Waits)
Up At Night (SS Cardiacs)
Good Night Sweetheart (Al Bowlly - Ray Nobel)
Asleep and Dreaming (Magnetic Fields)
When I Wake Up To Sleep No More (Ralph Stanley and Friends)
Palmcorder Yajna (The Mountain Goats)
The Lion Sleeps Tonight (Eek-A-Mouse)
2:45 A.M. (Elliott Smith)
4 a.m. (Richard Buckner)
Walking After Midnight (Patsy Cline)
The Big Light (Elvis Costello)
Heaps of Sheeps (Robert Wyatt)
Hyperballad (Bjork)
Insomniac Trance (Brian Eno)
True Patriot Love (Joel Plaskett Emergency )
Rocks Off (Rolling Stones)

carl w (carl w), Wednesday, 17 August 2005 06:22 (eighteen years ago) link

Tracie's "I Love You When You Sleep." Lovely little pop song.

Hillary Brown (Hillary Brown), Wednesday, 17 August 2005 12:40 (eighteen years ago) link

two months pass...
Animal Collective - Sleeper Factory

dog latin (dog latin), Wednesday, 19 October 2005 16:15 (eighteen years ago) link

Kate Bush - And Dream Of Sheep

dog latin (dog latin), Wednesday, 19 October 2005 16:16 (eighteen years ago) link


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