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)
Musical hieroglyphics and wonders 