This next batch of songs will be 10 of my favorite songs of all time. They will be some very well known songs and maybe some that you don’t know, but either way, I think they are awesome. I hope you enjoy them as well…
My Sunday Song #41 is “Dream On” by Aerosmith. The song is off their debut album, ‘Aerosmith’ and was their first big hit. When it was originally released, it only made it to #59 on the Billboard Charts. When it was later re-released in 1976, it made it all the way up to #5, but for some reason never made it to #1. It was that re-release and hit that saved Aerosmith from being dropped by their record company, Columbia.
At 17 or 18, Steven Tyler started writing “Dream On”. It took him about six years to finish, but it is still amazing to me that someone so young could create something so amazing. The lyrics seem to speak about life and aging and how you have to keep trying no matter what to make your dreams come true.
The opening two lines – “Every time I look in the mirror / All these lines on my face getting clearer”, he is being reflective on his life at 17 as he is snorting the cocaine off the mirror and thinking how fast time has already gone by.
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