Avg rating:
Your rating:
Total ratings: 2614
Length: 5:48
Plays (last 30 days): 3
Standin there beside your dress.
All the things I wanted from you,
I never could express.
I thought I saw you once in Munich,
But you slipped away.
I'm in the corner with the coffee
At The Dream Cafe.
For once I didn't say anything stupid-
My lover never once looked bored.
And soldiers come in smeared with lipstick,
Like the last day of war.
The band divided up the money,
But the drummer could not stay.
He said he's gonna meet us later,
At The Dream Cafe.
When you turned from the window,
In your worn out slip,
Put your eyes to my fingers,
While the ceiling dripped,
I just could not leave you.
I heard a motorcycle pull away.
Yes, I'll meet you after midnight,
At The Dream Cafe.
There's flowers now on Linn Street,
And the new moon just above.
They tore down all the houses,
Where we used to make love.
But, they'd been long abondoned,
When we went there, anyway.
And I can still smell the lilacs,
In the corner of The Dream Cafe.
We we've only been fighting ten years-
Do you really have to go?
Couldn't you reconsider,
And do it real, real slow?
I like living with you-
I don't care what you say.
I don't care who you meet,
At The Dream Cafe.
Your eyes roll back to midnight-
Lost in a fantasy.
I heard you cry out someone's name,
And baby it was me.
But later as we're walkin',
You seemed so far away.
Am I the man you thought you met,
At The Dream Cafe?
I've come down with a sickness-
I thought you were the cure.
But passion seems to promise more,
Than friendship can endure.
You spelled it out in black and white-
My eyes saw shades of gray,
And, so I sit alone tonight,
At The Dream Cafe.
Heat lightning in the mirror,
And the thunder cries out loud.
I can be to you-
You could be to me,
Just another face in the crowd.
The plane don't leave 'til midnight-
Come with me today.
They'll be plenty of time to be alone,
At The Dream Cafe
Don't forget that Greg's daughter (Pieta Brown) is pretty good, too. Maybe play a little more from her.
And if ya do that, play some songs from that crazy guitar guy, Bo Ramsey. He's play slide for Greg and Lucinda.
Which means you should play some Lucinda, too.
Ya see...it's all connected.
Iowa City represent!
Just like you Iowa City people to always be grabbing the attention.
9>10 dunno why I stopped short. Just one of the best breakup songs written. Greg puts his heart into it and you can just relate with his sorrow of a relationship ending.
"Just one of the best breakup songs written." Perfect.
Greg Brown vs Steve Forbert
Place your bets!
Place your bets!
Very insightful.
There is a definite Dylan vibe and song structure here.
Ah ha!!!! Maybe it's a Highway 61 thing. You see...Highway 61 runs right through Greg's stomping grounds.
I'm getting Leonard Cohen.....
Unless you are Bob Dylan, an intimate song shouldn't be longer than 3 minutes.
Very insightful.
There is a definite Dylan vibe and song structure here.
Ah ha!!!! Maybe it's a Highway 61 thing. You see...Highway 61 runs right through Greg's stomping grounds.
this guy sounds really contrived and then that made me start thinking what is contrived anyway? Isn't it all contrived? Mick Jagger in Superheavy or any of his other incarnations is pretty much pure theatre..
.. but to be fair he is playing a character called Mick Jagger that he spent his whole life creating. I guess Bob Dylan falls in the same category.. meaning the border between the contrived and the real gets pretty blurred... Tom Waits also springs to mind, all of them great artists..
so why the hell do I get bothered when this guy sounds contrived?
"why the hell do I get bothered when this guy sounds contrived?"
Because you are clueless?
IMHO Greg Brown's Dream Cafe is far from contrived.
Celebrating a Puritan Christmas? Well, that'd be no Christmas at all (and, sorry,
no Santa either...;-(
Tony in NJ
W.A.S.T.E.
Cough, cough... better look at the history of the Christmas tree and mistletoe there, bud.
The Church moved the celebration of the birth of the Christ figure to the December solstice because all them pagans were ignoring that Christian bumpf and doing their own thing. Superimposed the celebrations and then started teaching it was Christ all along. These were some SHARP propogandists!
This has become one of my favorite "agony" tunes. Agony being my label for songs about "lost love." My two fav verses are:
We've only been fighting 10 years, do you really have to go? Couldn't you reconsider, and do it real, real slow?
...and...
I've come down with a sickness, I thought you were the cure. But passion seems to promise more than friendship can endure
Yes, it's really hard to beat -- his songwriting is genius on this, and his flawless transmission of the poignancy of the agony you speak of floors me, every time!
i'm hearing Randy Newman.
Funny, I'm hearing Greg Brown.
Saw Greg play there once
To address the Stingray comment below: I sort of agree with the whole "Christmas is a tradition not a religion" thing. He has some valid points. I just wish he wasn't such a baboon's ass about it.
I'm off to the dump to shoot rats now.
Another classic from Cynaera. Keep bumping them guys, there are lots of her hidden gems below on every page. RIP Ann.
One of my all time favorite albums is "Going Driftless", a compilation tribute to Greg Brown. Performed by female roots royalty, song after song of sheer beauty.
They're both somewhat tragic/heartbreaking.
You must be listening to another station.
It's an adaptation of the pagan winter solstice celebration and the man known as Jesus WAS NOT born in December, though the SUN does RISE in the sky after the solstice so....seems way more like it's the pagan (i.e. Country Dweller) celebration than anything. Heck, not until Charles Dickens wrote "A Christmas Carol" it wasn't a very popular holiday....oh, this song is a 10 for me....LLRP!!
Celebrating a Puritan Christmas? Well, that'd be no Christmas at all (and, sorry,
no Santa either...;-(
Tony in NJ
W.A.S.T.E.
Definitely.
Christmas is a tradition because it's a celebration of the birth of Christ. You're welcome to celebrate a tradition because you feel left out, but it's for Jesus, plain and simple.
It's an adaptation of the pagan winter solstice celebration and the man known as Jesus WAS NOT born in December, though the SUN does RISE in the sky after the solstice so....seems way more like it's the pagan (i.e. Country Dweller) celebration than anything. Heck, not until Charles Dickens wrote "A Christmas Carol" it wasn't a very popular holiday....oh, this song is a 10 for me....LLRP!!
To address the Stingray comment below: I sort of agree with the whole "Christmas is a tradition not a religion" thing. He has some valid points. I just wish he wasn't such a baboon's ass about it.
I'm off to the dump to shoot rats now.
Christmas is a tradition because it's a celebration of the birth of Christ. You're welcome to celebrate a tradition because you feel left out, but it's for Jesus, plain and simple.
Than friendship can endure."
Unbearably poignant!
- Leonard Cohen
I should have known this was not written by some RP listener.
- Leonard Cohen
Desolation Row? ;)
Exactly right -- but I like it anyway. As much. Maybe more. Dylan tends to this surreal, this is more real life.
This has become one of my favorite "agony" tunes. Agony being my label for songs about "lost love." My two fav verses are:
We've only been fighting 10 years, do you really have to go? Couldn't you reconsider, and do it real, real slow?
...and...
I've come down with a sickness, I thought you were the cure. But passion seems to promise more than friendship can endure
.. but to be fair he is playing a character called Mick Jagger that he spent his whole life creating. I guess Bob Dylan falls in the same category.. meaning the border between the contrived and the real gets pretty blurred... Tom Waits also springs to mind, all of them great artists..
so why the hell do I get bothered when this guy sounds contrived?
Desolation Row? ;)
(edit) I just read the lyrics. Would someone please come pull the knife out of my heart?
Nice voice though.
Wow!
You are playing old Greg Brown. That good ole Iowa boy. But you need to play GB when he's got Bo Ramsey playing slide. Bo also plays slide for Lucinda Williams.
To address the Stingray comment below: I sort of agree with the whole "Christmas is a tradition not a religion" thing. He has some valid points. I just wish he wasn't such a baboon's ass about it.
I'm off to the dump to shoot rats now.
I wish all of you "MERRY CHRISTMAS",
wherever you are - whoever you wanna be!
Christmas is a sweet-naive tradition -
not a religious event!
I like it anyway!
Still - I hope Bill takes the chance
to rock the christmas-tree to pieces tonight!
"Happy Christmas
your "BAD SANTA",
aka STINGRAY
-from Cologne/Germany-
PS
Sermon of the day (promise: I'm serious):
The "Three Wise Men" - Melchior, Balthasar + Caspar
are buried in a golden sarcophage in"our" dome, the famous
"Cologne dome" - the third highest church-building
in the world - right in the very centre of town, next to the Rhine.
A gothic building of extra-class!
Have a look:
https://de.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Datei:Koelner_Dom_bei_Nacht_1_RB.JPG&filetimestamp=20060517174554
The "grave" for the non-believers:
https://www.koelner-dom.de/17450.html?&L=1
+
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shrine_of_the_Three_Kings
Than friendship can endure."
what a line!
Not big on the song, but that's a very clever line.
-2-
!!!!
She is one sexy girl full of mystery
She says she doesn't love me but she likes my company
For now that's good enough for me
Um, 12:30 is the time the song was played, not how long the song is.
ohh shezzz sorry my bad.....it just felt that way........
Um, 12:30 is the time the song was played, not how long the song is.
????????????????????????????????????????
9 > 10
agreed!
This one is growing on me: Dream Cafe, is it anywhere near the Field of Dreams?
"Is this Heaven? No, its Iowa."
I don't know did who this artist is, but every time I hear one of his songs, I grin a little bit and love him more. Money will be spent.
To address the Stingray comment below: I sort of agree with the whole "Christmas is a tradition not a religion" thing. He has some valid points. I just wish he wasn't such a baboon's ass about it.
I'm off to the dump to shoot rats now.
Any success rat hunting? How do you cook them? I like mine pan fried with a brown butter sage gravy !