“Don’t Dream It’s Over” – We Know That They Won’t Win

While this site is exclusively about the two best decades in the history of the world, the 1960s and the 1970s, once in a while 00 time-travels back to the ’50s and forward into the ’80s.

For the past few days, he has had involuntary musical imagery (INMI) regarding the 1988 song “Don’t Dream It’s Over” by Crowded House. This was not a favorite song by any means but he has learned that it’s not necessarily repetition of a song and/or lyrics, nor of the like or dislike that cause INMI, but just a part of his strain of Hyperthymesia – therefore many songs just stick, not in whole but enough to register.

So, when a song is persistent 00 wants to know why.

He never listened to the song enough to hear and decypher the true lyrics apart from the surrounding “Hey Nows” but when he did, he realized that this song was about a couple disrupted by the world around them, or some such drama, but also a song relevent to a time called NOW.

This is a timely song that reinforces Individuality amid conformity, and at the same time espouses unity AND even more importantly reinforces strength in never giving in or giving up:

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Don’t Dream It’s Over:
There is freedom within, there is freedom without
Try to catch the deluge in a paper cup
There’s a battle ahead, many battles are lost
But you’ll never see the end of the road
While you’re traveling with me

Hey now, hey now
Don’t dream it’s over
Hey now, hey now
When the world comes in
They come, they come
To build a wall between us
We know that they won’t win

Now I’m towing my car, there’s a hole in the roof
My possessions are causing me suspicion but there’s no proof
In the paper today tales of war and of waste
But you turn right over to the T.V. page

Hey now, hey now
Don’t dream it’s over
Hey now, hey now
When the world comes in
They come, they come
To build a wall between us
We know that they won’t win

Now I’m walking again to the beat of a drum
And I’m counting the steps to the door of your heart
Only shadows ahead barely clearing the roof
Get to know the feeling of liberation and release

Hey now, hey now
Don’t dream it’s over
Hey now, hey now
When the world comes in
They come, they come
To build a wall between us
We know that they won’t win

Don’t let them win (hey now, hey now, hey now, hey now)
Hey now, hey now
Don’t let them win (they come, they come)
Don’t let them win (hey now, hey now, hey now, hey now)

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There is an intense battle going on right now, only it’s a psychological one.

Individuals with independent minds:
keep your mind open and sharp,
maintain a positive attitude,
know right from wrong,
keep spirits strong,
know thyself,
Seek truth.

If it’s a psychological war they want, they are woefully unarmed – they don’t know us.

The Intelligentsia, now known as the Common(Sense) Man, has been accumulating knowledge, and a higher state of mind and awareness, since, well, the Kennedy assassination(s) and have known clearly what has been going on, what is currently going on, and what their ultimate goal is.

And because of that, in the end – we know that they won’t win.

 

THE ROLLING STONES – AFTERMATH – 6/20/66 BETWEEN THE BUTTONS – 1/20/67

00individual continues with his tribute to Charlie Watts with two releases showcasing the Stones first full album with no cover songs, all originals; AFTERMATH – and – Watts’ prominent drums featured on the rockin’ BETWEEN THE BUTTONS.

“The Aftermath” – copyright 2012 00individual TLL

EXPERIENCE ROCK HISTORY!
the ROLLING STONES – AFTERMATH – June 20. 1966

00 LOVES THE STONES!
Always have, always will – and what’s not to love? They truly are the World’s Greatest Rock ‘n’ Roll Band with no one else coming even close – history has proven this.

00’s first Stones LP was “the Rolling Stones Now!” – he played that an obscene amount of times but when Aftermath was released he felt that they had really come into their own – no covers – all originals and while he really liked “Between the Buttons” (regardless of the Stones own disdain for it) Aftermath placed them on par with the Beatles as far as originality regarding the Jagger-Richards vs. Lennon-McCartney song writer teams.

Aftermath, the U.S. release, contained instant classics as well as songs that became classic upon repeated listenings. Side one, tracks one through four are well known, but “Doncha Bother Me” and “Think” had irresistible hooks that equaled them.
“Flight 505” and “High and Dry” foreshadowed the Stones future affinity with country blues and “It’s Not Easy” would’ve fit nicely on “Between the Buttons”. “I Am Waiting” is a beautiful composition and a companion piece to “Lady Jane”.
But to have “Going Home” as the album ender was perfect and it was a total fave as 00’s a sucker for extended tracks and the Stones pulled this off masterfully.  Its groove and the way it chugged along just made 00 want to listen to the whole LP all over again – which he did – many times.

Rock ‘n’ Roll is so much more than a song or even an attitude, it’s a way of life – and it’s the Spirit that matters, Man, the Spirit of Rock ‘n’ Roll – and the Stones are just that.

AFTERMATH – FULL ALBUM:
1. Paint It, Black  3:22, 2. Stupid Girl  2:56, 3. Lady Jane  3:08, 4. Under My Thumb  3:41
5. Doncha Bother Me  2:41, 6. Think  3:09, 7. Flight 505  3:27, 8. High And Dry  3:08
9. It’s Not Easy  2:56, 10. I Am Waiting  3:11, 11. Going Home  11:13

Here’s another historic and classic element of 1966

Charlie Watts wears the Between the Buttons on his jacket – seen enlarged below.

EXPERIENCE ROCK HISTORY!
The ROLLING STONES – BETWEEN THE BUTTONS – Decca – January 20, 1967

By the time 1967 arrived the British Invasion had peaked – although the Brit allure was still strong, the times moved fast, and other genres were too hot to ignore: Hard Rock, Hard Rock Blues, and Psychedelic Rock were on the rise.  That said, there were still a few more British album releases by groups with that hard-to-define element that made the whole British scene so cool.

Before The Rolling Stones paid tribute to Their Majesty they sealed the Pop/Rock ‘60s deal with an absolute gem of an album, Between The Buttons; a perfect mix of Pop, Rock, Power Pop, Ballads, and Psychedelia.

00individual is a devoted Stones fan and lived life from Now! to Exile religiously and BTB has always been a fave and is as solid an era album, track for track, as their future masterpieces Bleed and Sticky.  This was their swansong as R’n’B Hit-makers before their full immersion as the World’s Greatest Rock ‘n’ Roll Band with the gritty Classic Rock of Beggars Banquet.  Let it be known that Charlie Watts gets a workout on this album – he is the undisputed driver of BTB.

Side one of kicks off with a typical Stones rocker, Yesterday’s Papers 2:04, then really picks up steam with My Obsession 3:17, and nestles into the melancholy magic of Back Street Girl 3:27, Connection 2:08 returns to the rock of Obsession and segues into the frenetic She Smiled Sweetly 2:44, which builds to even more frenzy with Cool, Calm & Collected 4:17.  Side two continues the Watts Workout with All Sold Out 2:17, then the psychedelically-tinged Please Go Home 3:17, Jagger’s accusatory Who’s Been Sleeping Here?  3:55, Watts still at it – and, its all about chicks, Man Complicated 3:15, then the truly whacked climax of Miss Amanda Jones 2:48, and after all of that, Rockers get to bathe in the afterglow of the fun stoned classic Something Happened to Me Yesterday 4:55 which finishes the album acknowledging their shift in consciousness – or altered states of mind –  through experimenting with Marijuana and psychedelics – as their next release would clearly reveal.

The U.S. “BTB” February release had the hits Let’s Spend The Night Together and Ruby Tuesday minus the “Flowers” album’s Backstreet Girl and Please Go Home.

“Well, thank you very much and now I think it’s time for us all to go.
So from all of us to all of you not forgetting the boys in the band
And our producer, Reg Thorpe, we’d like to say “God Bless”
So, if you’re out tonight, don’t forget, if you’re on your bike, wear white
Ev’ning all.”, 

Lounge Music of the Sexy ’60s and Swingin’ ’70s (and some Fabulous ’50s too!): Spys, Sex, and Intrigue, Sci-Fi, Exotica, and Adventure, Groovy Tunes, Jazzy Vibes, and Psychedelic Soundtracks!

Lounge Music of the Sexy ’60s and Swingin’ ’70s (and some Fabulous ’50s too!):
Spys, Sex, and Intrigue, Sci-Fi, Adventure, and Exotica, Groovy Tunes, Jazzy Vibes, and Psychedelic Soundtracks!

Let’s get this Sexadelic Dance Party started!

Vampyros Lesbos Sexadelic Dance Party  Manfred Hüber & Siegfried Schwab – (1969)
“There’s No Satisfaction” is a lounge take on the Stones’ “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction”

Executive Party  Andre Previn – from Rollerball OST – (1975)
Now this is the kind of party and music 00 could groove to – in the future!
(Actual scene from the Exec Party – turn volume up all the way to hear voices and music)

This is a terrific film predicting a corporate run world with a fanatical worldwide sport better than any Base, Basket, or Foot ball – Rollerball!

00 saw this at the Cinerama Dome on Sunset Blvd. opening day in ’75.
With the Dome’s curved theater screen, the Rollerball scenes with motorcycles and skaters on the curved track was like being there as action went from one side of the screen to the other – trippy!

Back then seeing a good movie meant going back and seeing it again before it left the theater never to be seen until years later, edited, and with commercials on TV – so 00 would go back again, and in this case, the next night – as this was a really powerful and entertaining film – right up to the end – up to the very last frame. Excellent!
James Caan was the Man! Jonathan! Jonathan! Jonathan!

Music Out of the Moon: Music featuring the Theremin – Les Baxter – (1947)
The THEREMIN!

Lounge Air – Soft Tempo Compilation
The Way Things Were – In-Flight Lounge – Groovy!

Harry Revel’s “Music from Out Of Space” feat Stuart Phillips and his Orchestra (1955)
The ’50s an ’60s were spacier than 2021!

Sid Bass – From Another World (1956)
Even the album covers were psychedelic!

Quiet Village (Original Mono Version) · Martin Denny – (1958)
Had to include the penultimate Tiki / Exotica Lounge instrumental that popularized the genre.

Russ Garcia – Fantastica (1959)
00 still has this album from 00’s Dad’s LP collection!

Song of the Sun – Paul Dupont and his Orchestra from “5 bambole per la luna d’agosto” (1970)
Great mellow representation of Lounge Music – regardless of the poster image.

Frank Comstock- Music From Outer Space (1962)
LAX Encounter restaurant serves as an excellent image for an excellent album!

The Avengers Theme – Laurie Johnson – (1960s)
A tad upbeat for Lounge purists but quite an impressive ditty and too cool to be omitted.

Our Man Flint – Jerry Goldsmith – (1966)
Taught martial arts by Bruce Lee, James Coburn balanced sophisticated camp with dead-on seriousness on par with Connery.
Great Espionage Lounge music.

“Striptease” from “Machine Gun McCain” – Ennio Morricone – (1969)
Enticing Morricone Lounge.

SOUNDPROOF – Ferrante and Teicher – (1956)
The Sound Of Tomorrow Today!

When 00 dabbled in oil painting in the ’70s, he was always captivated by the “Forbidden Planet” movie spacecraft and environment of this album cover and painted it sans text. Not a great accomplishment of mainly aqua-blues, but still a “foreboding and beautiful image”. Once again from 00’s Dad’s LP collection which 00 still has.
Here’s the oil painting – 00’s interpretation – while in his 20s.

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Three Days of the Condor – Dave Grusin – (1975)

Saved the best for last – this movie and soundtrack are the absolute best example of why the ’70s were the height of movie-making history and the creme de la creme of Spy Lounge and Adventure Intrigue soundtracks.

See the film and enjoy the soundtrack – whenever, wherever, you can – you will be thoroughly entertained by both – and can also vicariously groove to the Big Apple’s cool kick-ass gritty, groovy sexy, noir vibe of the ’70s – a long gone but not forgotten time, place, and era.

THE ROLLING STONES, NOW! February 13, 1965

Due to the passing of Rolling Stones’ drummer, Charlie Watts, 00individual wants to celebrate his life’s work with a post or two a month, in chronological order, of some of the best Stones album releases in Rock history, and therefore some of the best drumming in Rock History.

These albums were obtained by 00 at the time of their release and coincided with the historical era of the eight years from 1965 to 1972 when 00 was 14 through 21 – 00 was blessed.

Up first is “Now!”, (known as No. 2 in the U.K.) this 1965 Rockabilly R ‘n” B  Blues album not only juxtaposed the Pop of The Beatles, but set a level of badness that only The Animals approached at that time.

 THE ROLLING STONES, NOW!

On February 13, 1965 “The Rolling Stones, Now!” album was released in the U.S.- a week later it was 00individual’s 14th birthday, and with the gift of birthday money he bought the original monaural vinyl long playing record album.

Every 14 year old knows the weird transition of feeling old enough to do bigger things, but being held back because you were, well, 14.
At 11 and 12 you’re a long way off from the freedom you would like to enjoy. Even one more year at 15 the reins loosen, and at 16 you’ve made it, you can legally drive, to the Moon and back. But at 14 that seems like a decade away.

However, there was a maturing process going on under the radar. While 00individual had not experienced many of the emotions about relationships and love on the tracks of this album – ‘cept for spurts of Puppy Love – he knew that these were all important songs and were not Pop “Top 30” fare.

While the tunes on “The Rolling Stones, Now!” were infectious, and the Rockin’ Blues were down home, there was the double entendre or outright messages of the songs written by Bo Diddley, Chuck Berry, and Willie Dixon that made 14 year old 00individual feel that he knew something others didn’t – and that, folks, is the essence of Rock ‘n’ Roll; you either got it, or you didn’t.

00individual was going to comment on each track but realized that it was every track, the whole entire album, that just felt sooo right – he had not heard anything like this before. This was the real deal; the choice of songs, the delivery, the musicianship, real raunchy Blues, and Jagger’s classic vocals were, well, perfect – perfect for a frustrated rockin’ 14 year old..

Side One
1. “Everybody Needs Somebody to Love” Solomon Burke, Bert Berns, Jerry Wexler. The Rolling Stones No. 2 (UK version of Now!) has an alternative longer version 2:57
2. “Down Home Girl” Jerry Leiber, Artie Butler The Rolling Stones No. 2 4:15
3. “You Can’t Catch Me” Chuck Berry The Rolling Stones No. 2 4:30
4. “Heart of Stone” Jagger/Richards single (US) 2:49
5. “What a Shame” Jagger/Richards B-side of “Heart of Stone” (US) 2:50
6. “Mona (I Need You Baby)” Ellas McDaniel a.k.a. Bo Diddley The Rolling Stones (UK) 3:55
Side two
7. “Down the Road Apiece” Don Raye The Rolling Stones No. 2 3:00
8. “Off the Hook” Jagger/Richards B-side of “Little Red Rooster” (UK) 2:35
9. “Pain in My Heart” Naomi Neville a.k.a. Allen Toussaint The Rolling Stones No. 2 2:12
10. “Oh Baby (We Got a Good Thing Goin’)” Barbara Lynn Ozen The Rolling Stones, Now! 2:06
11. “Little Red Rooster” Willie Dixon single (UK) 3:00
12. “Surprise, Surprise” Jagger/Richards The Rolling Stones, Now! 2:20

The songs were recorded between June 10 and November 8 1964 at the Chess Records studio in Chicago, and RCA Records studio in Hollywood, California; except “Mona (I Need You Baby)”, January 3–4 1964, Regent Sound Studios, London.

At the time of these recordings:
Jagger was 21, Richards 21, Jones, 22, Watts 23, and Wyman 28.
Mick Jagger – lead vocals, harmonica, tambourine, percussion
Keith Richards – electric guitar, backing vocals
Brian Jones – electric and slide guitars, harmonica, backing vocals
Charlie Watts – drums, percussion
Bill Wyman – bass guitar, backing vocals

Additional personnel
Jack Nitzsche – piano (2), “Nitzsche phone” (sound effects on 9)
Ian Stewart – piano (1, 5)

It was like this, up ’til then it was all Pop, even Rock ‘n’ Roll was in the mold of Elvis, but this, this felt deeper – and right then The Stones cast their mold as the Bad Boys of Rock and Blues with gritty soulful electrified attitude within every member of this soon to be World’s Greatest Rock ‘n’ Roll Band.

00individual saw the Stones live in 2013 at the “50 & Counting World Tour” concert at the Staples Center, Los Angeles – with VIP seats!
In 1972 for the now classic Hollywood Palladium “Exile On Main St. Tour” concert – up front and close
and in 1969 at the first show at the Fabulous Forum

With Jones long gone, Wyman retired, and now Watts enjoying Jazz on another level, that leaves the Glimmer Twins to carry on, which without a doubt they will continue to do til their dying day – all truly members of the World’s Greatest Rock ‘n’ Roll Band.