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Hung Up On a Dream (Argent)
From the Zombies' 1968 album 'Odessey and Oracle.'
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(Verse 1)
Well, I remember yesterday
Just drifting slowly through a crowded street
With neon darkness shimmering through the haze
A sea of faces rippling in the heat
And through that namesless changing crowd
A sweet vibration seemed to fill the air
I stood astounded staring hard
At men with flowers resting in their hair
(Guitar Solo w/2 guitar sound)
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(Bridge)
A sweet confusion filled my mind
Until I woke up only finding everything was just a dream
A dream unusual of its kind
That gave me peace and blew my mind
And now I'm hung up on a dream
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(Verse 2)
They spoke with soft persuading words
About a living creed of gentle love
And turned me on to sounds unheard
And showed me strange and clouded sights above
Which gently touched my aching mind
And soothed the wanderings of my troubles mind
Sometimes I think I'll never find
Such purity and peace of mind there
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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
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Sir Stuff Professional |
#1 by Sir Stuff at Sep 30, 1970 at 5:03 PM EST |
| I think this song is related to art of dreaming. You know some things about the power of dreaming. | |
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Colleen Average |
#2 by Colleen Shmeltin at Jan 10, 1973 at 5:39 PM EST |
| This was the guitarist Paul Atkinson's favorite song off of Odessey and Oracle. It's also commonly described as the Zombies flower power song. I think it's the most 'psychedelic' the band ever got with a particular song. | |
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adg Average |
#3 by adg ??? at Jul 28, 1978 at 6:06 PM EST |
| This was the guitarist Paul Atkinson's favorite song off of Odessey and Oracle. It's also commonly described as the Zombies flower power song. I think it's the most 'psychedelic' the band ever got with a particular song. | |
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Dakota Lead Player |
#4 by Dakota Sparks at Sep 15, 1983 at 1:38 AM EST |
| I really like this song which is strange because i'm not really a fan of 60s beat or psychedelia. However, it fits both these categories loosely. The lyrics are indeed mellow and pretty but I wouldn't label it 'hippie crap'. :o I love it. I love the music and the words. The Zombies, I think, had a very unique edge. | |
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Derek Average |
#5 by Derek Lamberty at Jan 17, 1990 at 3:27 AM EST |
| I really like this song which is strange because i'm not really a fan of 60s beat or psychedelia. However, it fits both these categories loosely. The lyrics are indeed mellow and pretty but I wouldn't label it 'hippie crap'. :o I love it. I love the music and the words. The Zombies, I think, had a very unique edge. | |
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Niks Average |
#6 by Niks at Jun 20, 1997 at 11:07 AM EST |
| Yes I agree with all of you. Though, maybe the song also tells about the dreamy nature of ideals. In this case the hippie ideal. It never became true, and the singer is just thinking he "may never find such pirity and peace of mind again".. only in dreams. The dream of unity by the way.. wasn't unique to the hippies only. Many groups have dreamed of it, but so far its just a dream. And keeping all this in mind, this song stands as a blue eyed dream of a perfect world in the youths point of view..and I .. love it | |
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IM A MAN WHO C Rhythm Player |
#7 by IM A MAN WHO CHANGED INTO A BEAST at Aug 21, 2000 at 10:49 PM EST |
| Yes I agree with all of you. Though, maybe the song also tells about the dreamy nature of ideals. In this case the hippie ideal. It never became true, and the singer is just thinking he "may never find such pirity and peace of mind again".. only in dreams. The dream of unity by the way.. wasn't unique to the hippies only. Many groups have dreamed of it, but so far its just a dream. And keeping all this in mind, this song stands as a blue eyed dream of a perfect world in the youths point of view..and I .. love it | |
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~Ivy Loves Shav Rhythm Player |
#8 by ~Ivy Loves Shavo~ at Jun 28, 2003 at 5:16 AM EST |
| I think this song is related to art of dreaming. You know some things about the power of dreaming. | |
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