Zombies, The - Hung Up On A Dream Lyrics






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 from that nameless changing crowd
A sweet vibration seemed to fill the air
I stood astounded, staring hard
At men with flowers resting in their hair

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

They spoke with soft persuading words
About a living creed of gentle love
And turned me on to sounds unheard
And showed me strangest clouded sights above

Which gently touched my aching mind
And soothed the wonderings of my troubled brain
Sometimes I think I'll never find
Such purity and peace of mind again





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  1. w.... s....

    Fuck off you big idiot @numbers.

  2. a.... ....

    Still playing live today

  3. S.... C....

    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 from that nameless changing crowd
    A sweet vibration seemed to fill the air
    I stood astounded, staring hard
    At men with flowers resting in their hair

    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

    They spoke with soft persuading words
    About a living creed of gentle love
    And turned me on to sounds unheard
    And showed me strangest clouded sights above

    Which gently touched my aching mind
    And soothed the wonderings of my troubled brain
    Sometimes I think I'll never find
    Such purity and peace of mind again

  4. g.... r....

    perfection

  5. D.... J....

    Me too.

  6. b.... ....

    The whole album is alive!!!! 💎

  7. x.... ....

    Great song. Tiny bit of twin peaks in the intro.

  8. R.... S....

    Its above peppers

  9. c.... r....

    I like it but the music overpowers the voice.

  10. F.... S....

    This song is one of the great masterpieces but especially beginning with that trippy baroque at 00:48 beautifully blending into that hard piano tempo change. The chorus at the end, the harmonies, endless beauty here.

  11. s.... ....

    woah this is intense

  12. M.... N....

    At 2:20 when he sings "..never find", dragging out the word "find" it just kills me, it's so heartfelt.

  13. S.... Z....

    I love this song! What a great album!! Here it is! This sounds better in 2019 than it did in 1968!! WRONG!! It sounds as great NOW as it always did! THANK, God , they are FINALLY in the Rock Hall! Peace and Love! Steve

  14. D.... G....

    I don't think I shall ever find, such purity and peace of mind again.

  15. j.... g....

    Very Beautiful indeed it sounds like 70's music. Because the song is definitely out of this time. The Zombies were talented indeed. Thanks for posting because they're worth listening to.

  16. P.... ....

    Clearly influenced by "Sound of Silence" from SAG.

  17. E.... A....

    Lindo Demais!

  18. p.... ....

    I like the way it aggressively pulls you in to it's sublime world!

  19. b.... ....

    This song makes me feel nostalgic for a time I wasn't alive in lol.

  20. a.... ....

    This song is amazing for how catchy it is while being so weird. The basic verse chord progression is G/Em/C/Emajor. It's the change from the minor to the major that is the hook. Argent was really good at going from majors to minors (or vice versa) where it shouldn't have worked and finding a good melody for it. It's elite level songwriting.

    a.... ....

    Totally, you see a lot of modern psych rock bands trying to do this these days now all the time

    a.... ....

    Well im glad their at least trying! We need a vast garbage disposal for what is so popular today. That's just me though. That means nothing! 😆

  21. P.... B....

    Sometimes i think i'll never find
    Such purity and peace of mind agaaaain

  22. C.... D....

    This song sounds exactly like the closer to an epic Who-esque rock opera. Great stuff. I think this shoulda been put after Time of the Season on the album.

  23. M.... E....

    The Avalanches brought me here. Great song!

  24. G.... C....

    A favourite.....mellotron landscape

  25. J.... B....

    This Album is full of heartbreakers... but this one has always haunted me the most.

    J.... B....

    Joe B this whole album is like gospel

  26. d.... ....

    Here's a fun game. Sing the lyrics of "A Day In The Life"' to this melody.

    I read the news today oh boy
    About a lucky man who made the grade

    d.... ....

    dpaul428 the zombies beat the Beatles x10000000

    d.... ....

    @Def Operator eh... not really. They have 1 amazing album. The Beatles have like 5

  27. L.... B....

    My God, take me meow!!! ❤
    Such a brilliant, strong and beautiful song.

  28. Y.... B....

    Fabuleuse

  29. P.... C....

    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 from that nameless changing crowd
    A sweet vibration seemed to fill the air
    I stood astounded, staring hard
    At men with flowers resting in their hair

    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

    They spoke with soft persuading words
    About a living creed of gentle love
    And turned me on to sounds unheard
    And showed me strangest clouded sights above

    Which gently touched my aching mind
    And soothed the wonderings of my troubled brain
    Sometimes I think I'll never find
    Such purity and peace of mind again

  30. C.... L....

    I tripped balls on this video

  31. C.... L....

    I tripped balls on this video

  32. H.... S....

    Reminds me of the beach boys' "surfs up"

  33. R.... L....

    Saw Colin do this alive ( with Rod argent) integral ( The Zombies): what a,n evening: 07-02--2017: Colin's coming back to my town

  34. N.... D....

    this song is just beyond words

    N.... D....

    The lyrics are in the description ;)

    N.... D....

    amaxamon that's why...

    N.... D....

    batata nada mano

    N.... D....

    Nikki D The whole album is as well. Fantastic. Best word I have for it. Or masterpiece.

  35. J.... K....

    So gorgeous

  36. M.... R....

    Red Road brought me here 2!

  37. J.... G....

    Someone recommend some songs like this to me, please!

    J.... G....

    "If I Knew You Were The One" by Richard Twice, "One Day The Train Never Came" by The Consortium".

    J.... G....

    "M.E.S. (Mailbox Execution System)" by 1-2-6, , "Goodyear" by Five Day Rain.

    J.... G....

    Jake The Snake Jim Sullivan-jerome

    J.... G....

    Margo Guryan "Think Of Rain"

    J.... G....

    Similar feel: Amen Corner-If Paradise is Half as Nice, Honeybus-I Can't Let Maggie Go. Both big UK hits but not in the US.

  38. T.... C....

    great song!

  39. j.... d....

    i wish ive lived i the 60s!!!!

    j.... d....

    Well The Zombies are still touring and still led by Colin and Rod. Worth ten times the admission, believe me!

  40. C.... W....

    Red Road brought me here.

  41. J.... W....

    Thanks Alex, I respect this recommendation.

  42. S.... ....

    I think the voices at the end are singing "sublime"........................but maybe that's my imagination!

    S.... ....

    +SuperNevile "Gentle Love"

    S.... ....

    +Philmod68 Thanks a lot!!....You say below you saw them doing this live.......great.

    S.... ....

    +SuperNevile YES I did! It was AMAZING! Brought me to tears....

    S.... ....

    @Philmod68 Colin and Rod played Scarborough a few years ago. Wish I'd gone. Friend went and had a brilliant evening. He was able to chat to Colin afterwards and asked why he hadn't sung "This Is Your Captain Calling"....cheers.

  43. S.... C....

    Anyone know what the background vocalists are saying in the last bit?

    S.... C....

    I think their saying changed my life. Don't quote me! 😊

    S.... C....

    Thank you I never interpreted it that way but now that mention it, it totally does sound like that they're saying that. :)

    S.... C....

    +Sean Coolahan They are singing "Gentle Love". When i saw them some months back preforming this song....i was like...."ahh that is what they are saying".....awesome line!

  44. s.... F....

    What a voice colin has

  45. S.... ....

    O & O cost £1000 to make (Sgt Pepper cost twenty five times that). The band put up another £200  for the stereo mix. The "Time Of The Season" single went on to sell 2 million copies worldwide. Incredibly, the album wasn't released in the US until 1969, after prompting by Al Kooper

  46. R.... G....

    This and "This Will Be Our Year" are the relatively hidden gems on O&O.  Actually it's all gems, I just especially adore the way those sparkle.

  47. R.... G....

    Chris White:  "Hung Up On A Dream" was our token flower power song, but we were never influenced by psychedelic drugs or any drugs whatsoever.  There was this one period where there was this incredible hope, around the time of Monterey, and we believed in it too, it wasn't cynical.  -- Zombie Heaven box set book

  48. A.... K....

    l'album est énorme, mais ce morceau a quelque chose de magique et de fou, une drogue en soi. Texte lysergique, construction atypique (1 couplet 1 refrain 1 couplet), une batterie a donf (surtout la deuxième partie), mais un piano qui plane, une guitare dingue (elle appuie les fins de ligne mélodique, mais peut aussi être épique, voir presque western), les choeurs de la deuxième partie sont magnifiques (comme sur tout l'album), et élégiaque sur la fin. Pas vraiment de début, ni de fin. Bref, la parfaite définition du rêve, un truc un peu floue et un peu fou, qui peut rester dans la tête longtemps.

  49. S.... ....

    This song may not be too impressive on first listen, but once you get it stuck in your head it feels exactly like when you remember a dream.

    S.... ....

    @SufferingFoolsMusic  I thought the same at the beginning, but the final verse/outro with the choir, mellotron, jangle guitar and piano raises it into something else

  50. C.... W....

    Just found The Zombies, lovin' em'.

  51. S.... ....

    One of the most unusual songs I have ever heard. No beginning or end, just JOY!

  52. A.... ....

    This may be my favourite on the album - the piano melody in the intro gives me the chills, and the sounds here make an amazing psych-pop atmosphere.

    A.... ....

    I hear a bit of proto prog in this song also mainly due to the mellotron.

    A.... ....

    Don't forget the mellotron!

  53. R.... A....

    Acabei de conhecer

  54. S.... R....

    I can't wait to see the ZOMBieS today in SF

  55. C.... L....

    dislikes?  really?  weirdos

  56. M.... ....

    Beautiful song!!!

  57. B.... K....

    Love this song!

  58. B.... B....

    Old trends.  Newer reality.

  59. M.... B....

    :57 though

  60. j.... f....

    vote for the Zombies for RRHOF

  61. A.... ....

    "Sometimes remind me Morrissey's voice!"

    A.... ....

    Not really. Lol

  62. w.... ....

    Mike Pinder introdused the mellotrone to John Lennon , you can se Mike
    here on the tube

    w.... ....

    Moody Blues forever 💙💙💙

  63. b.... ....

    Far and beyond The Beatles music in my opinion, and i'm a diehard Beatles fan!

  64. b.... ....

    Don't get much better than this!

  65. J.... R....

    Timeless...

  66. R.... H....

    I love this song, and this album. They never get old. Thank you for posting.

  67. C.... ....

    None at all, other than their both probably about lsd...lol

  68. R.... H....

    Underrated band, underrated album, underrated song.

  69. i.... ....

    GOODNESS WHY ARE THEY SO UNDERRATED

  70. B.... ....

    Does anyone here see a slight resemblance to the Beatles Lucy in the Sky of Diamonds? Although I think it stands by itself

  71. b.... ....

    If you're from the '60's, you're not old! I wish I lived back then! :)

  72. k.... T....

    250,000 views and counting. Conclusion: this "unknown" song is great and should have been a hit.

  73. M.... N....

    omg best

  74. h.... ....

    Why is this not more famous? Everyone always cites "She's Not There," "This Will Be Our Year," and, of course, "Time of the Season," but this is their best song! (In my opinion, of course.)

    h.... ....

    This song and "Changes" are my favorites from the album. Both are melancholic but beautiful.

    h.... ....

    The whole album is amazing!

  75. d.... ....

    Man I wished they would have played this when I saw them last March.

  76. m.... ....

    Oooohhhhhh, PBS! Yes!

  77. m.... ....

    Interestingly enough, it was used out of necessity more than anything else . . . as a cost-saving measure. At the time it was developed in the eaarly 1960s it was not intended for the use we all associate it with today. I remember an interview with Rod Argent - probably around the time of the success of 'Hold Your Head Up" - wherein he stated "We used mellotron instead of strings and only used session men on one track [This Will Be Our Year]. I think it sounds bloody good for what it cost."

  78. S.... D....

    '68 I think

  79. S.... D....

    For me, this is the best song from the album.

  80. N.... ....

    does anyone know what year this was released?

  81. T.... ....

    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

  82. J.... R....

    What an incredible album. Soundtrack to th best days of my life.

  83. T.... P....

    umf asddsadanvaojvj
    the zombies > life

  84. m.... m....

    Best song

  85. P.... ....

    np, i love The Zombies

  86. P.... ....

    Sorry, your opinion is a fanboy opinion..

  87. S.... ....

    This song would not have been out of place on the Beach Boys' "Sunflower" album two years later.

    S.... ....

    "Sunflower" is the second-greatest Beach Boys album after "Pet Sounds."

  88. T.... ....

    A unique achievement....showing the way forward to all music movements of the 70's....Tony Banks and Steve Hackett must have wept to this ANTHEM....

  89. e.... ....

    Hung up on a dream - nice band!

  90. B.... A....

    You'd probably love the first Left Banke album.... assuming you don't already have it.

  91. S.... ....

    Hi everyone, I am an old fart from this era. Started playing professionally at age 16 in 1967. This is my music. You should also listen to : Rodriguez - Cold Fact; Pearls before Swine - The Jeweller; Yes - Close to the Edge; early Moody Blues; and Miles Davis - Kind of Blue (absolute classic jazz album). Good listening folks. G.

    S.... ....

    Hey old fart ;-) thanks for the recommendations! I was born ‘85 and from my generation you should try Weyes Blood (Andromeda) Cut Worms (Song To The Highest Tower), King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard (Robot Stop), Big Thief (Shark Smile)

  92. m.... ....

    Agreed, Zombies is my 3rd favorite band (1st Beatles then Monkees)

  93. T.... R....

    Groovy Man!

  94. m.... ....

    Of course, I love The Zombies, but, if we mixed both bands we kind of get some Pink Floyish sound.

  95. m.... m....

    this song reminds me of a great relation ship gone to shreds and you feel as tho its a dream

    m.... m....

    *as though it's a dream ;)

  96. m.... ....

    Zombies+Beatles= Pink Floyd.
    I suppose.

  97. k.... ....

    So much good music in the sixties that buried in time...great to see people discover this after so many years....

  98. t.... ....

    Yeah you can tell it's a mellotron when the strings when sound like they've been recorded over twice

  99. G.... P....

    SoundsSimiliar to A day in a life by the Beatles..