This song is really really old! The Lovin’ Spoonful released it in 1966. Sixty-six! My mother was a child. Well, time can passin’ me by a lot, and things always change, but only the good stuff survive along the years. The name of this band is hard to remember (I’m one who couldn’t), but this song is remarkable. One time you hear it, you will never forget it. “Daydream” is like “Raindrops keep falling on my head”, but with whistlings. Both songs are an anthem for their generation.
Speaking about comparison, The Lovin’ Spoonful’s leader, John Sebastian (he’s the only guy sitting down in the photo below), composed “Daydream” attempting to rewrite the Supremes’ “Baby Love”, though it turned into something quite different. Better! You also can read in Sogfacts.com that “this song started the whole New Vaudeville Bandwagon in the late 1960s of which Sgt. Pepper was the most well known example. This song influenced the Beatles, as John Lennon’s jukebox included both this and 'Do You Believe In Magic?’. This song was a major influence on Paul McCartney’s Beatles composition 'Good Day Sunshine’.”
“Daydream” peaked #2 on Billboard Hot 100 in the same year of its release and also #2 on the UK Singles Chart. The eponymous album “made the Billboard 200 Albums of the Year Chart in: 1967, 1966”.
Speaking about comparison, The Lovin’ Spoonful’s leader, John Sebastian (he’s the only guy sitting down in the photo below), composed “Daydream” attempting to rewrite the Supremes’ “Baby Love”, though it turned into something quite different. Better! You also can read in Sogfacts.com that “this song started the whole New Vaudeville Bandwagon in the late 1960s of which Sgt. Pepper was the most well known example. This song influenced the Beatles, as John Lennon’s jukebox included both this and 'Do You Believe In Magic?’. This song was a major influence on Paul McCartney’s Beatles composition 'Good Day Sunshine’.”
“Daydream” peaked #2 on Billboard Hot 100 in the same year of its release and also #2 on the UK Singles Chart. The eponymous album “made the Billboard 200 Albums of the Year Chart in: 1967, 1966”.
Bah. Let’s its historic behind. Download the song, put it on your MP3 Player, go outside and take a walk, take a walk in the sun... ;)What a day for a day dream,
What a day for a day dreamin’ boy.
And I’m lost in a day dream,
Dreamin’ 'bout my bundle of joy.
And even if time ain’t really on my side,
It’s one of those days for taking a walk outside.
I’m blowing the day to take a walk in the sun,
And fall on my face in somebody’s new mowed lawn.
I’ve been havin’ a sweet dream,
I’ve been dreamin’ since I woke up today,
It’s starring me in my sweet dream,
'Cause she’s the one that makes me feel this way,
And even if time is passin’ me by a lot,
I couldn’t care less about the dues you say I got.
Tomorrow I’ll pay the dues for dropping my load.
A pie in the face for being a sleepy bull toad.
And you can be sure that if you’re feelin right
A day dream will last a long time into the night.
Tomorrow at breakfast you may prick up your ears,
Or you may be dreamin’ for a thousand years.
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