Last year's mix is bookended with the haunting Fleetwood Mac ballad "Dreams". In addition to the original, I have a breathy cover by The Morning Benders.
A couple other songs on this mix explicitly reference dreams. Roy Ayers Ubiquity cover Aretha Franklin's "Day Dreaming" and Tilly & The Wall ask "Do You Dream At All?". Gil Scott-Heron critiques the dream for space exploration on the biting "Whitey On the Moon", and the country standard "Fairy Tale" is covered by both The Pointer Sisters and Elvis Presley.
Other stuff: Snoop Dogg's autobiographical "Murder Was The Case", Howlin' Wolf's suggestive "Pop It To Me", Public Image Ltd.'s swirling "Pop Tones", Kool G Rap's furious "Erase Racism" with Big Daddy Kane and Biz Markie, Ike & Tina Turner with The Ikettes on a funky cover of The Rolling Stones' "Honky Tonk Women", Depeche Mode's despondent "Nothing", Mos Def's affectionate "Ms. Fat Booty", Hank Williams' forlorn "I Don't Care (If Tomorrow Never Comes)", the guitar-heavy "Dying For It (The Blues) by The Vaselines, Merle Haggard's regretful "My Past Is Present", Tommy Petty with Stevie Nicks on the tender "Insider", George Harrison's sweet "I Live For You", Liz Phair's bittersweet "Explain It To Me" and Stephen Bishop's mournful "On And On".
