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Forest For The Trees — Dream
Album: Forest For The Trees
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5.1

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Total ratings: 1059









Released: 1997
Length: 4:36
Plays (last 30 days): 0
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We are all here in the act of creation
Let's fly away on our imagination
You take me to the highest heights
And into the depths of the deepest abyss

When I am dreaming, I don't know if
I'm truly asleep or if I'm awake
And when I get up, I don't know if I'm
Truly awake or if I'm still dreaming

Dream, Dream, Dream, Dream, life is
But a dream
Traveling the waves of an infinite ocean
I feel the deepest emotion
I see a shadow of reality
Please hold me closely and take me away

I'm the first person
You're the second person
Earlier today I was in the third person
Stop cursing, start diversing
Oedipus is bliss
The sunshine will affect your mind
Stretch it out, don't doubt the amount
My brain is caught
I'm just blessed
Trip hoppin' so I flow like a stream
It's just a dream
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When you listen to an "eclectic" radio station, you take the good with the... this. 
Posted 1 year ago by jeremyheilman    [ Reply ]
Even pipes can’t save this POS
Posted 1 year ago by KevinM    [ Reply ]
Pipes! Yes! 
Posted 1 year ago by xrdstv    [ Reply ]
The start of this song reminds me of Flight of the Conchords
Posted 2 years ago by alisathegreat    [ Reply ]
Is this the band ‘trout fishing in America’ ?
Posted 2 years ago by ddbz    [ Reply ]
Make it stop!
Posted 2 years ago by Foggymountain    [ Reply ]
Scratchy guitar and bagpipes! Yay!
Posted 2 years ago by Jelani    [ Reply ]
This song exemplifies the need for a FUN rating -- the song is just fun to listen to!
Posted 2 years ago by scott_bruce    [ Reply ]
Holy cow.... rating of 5.  Must have been because of FM pop stations playing it into the ground back in 1997.  I do think without that problem, this song might have scored a lot better.  It's really not that bad.
Posted 2 years ago by timmus    [ Reply ]

One of these sounds is not like the others,
One of these sounds doesn't belong,
Can you tell which sound is not like the others
By the time I finish my song?

Did you guess which sound was not like the others?
Did you guess which sound doesn't belong?
If you guessed this sound is not like the others,
Then you're absolutely right!
Because three of them were coconuts
And the other one was Ernie's rubber duckie

Posted 2 years ago by MattRudely    [ Reply ]
 philip1 wrote:

Crikey! That is one spread of ratings for this. I would give it 2-7. Not sure where in that range........

edit after a couple of minutes. 7



As a data nerd, I'm always fascinated by songs like this that *don't* have the typical Gaussian ratings curve that  most of the songs do. I've got this as a 5, but I can understand the 2s and the 7s just as well. 
Posted 2 years ago by NeuroJoe    [ Reply ]
 Magikal1act wrote:
 mread wrote:
Works for me. 8.
Don't quite understand all the whining. Yes, it's bonkers, but good bonkers. And dreams themselves can be pretty bonkers too, at least mine.

Not sure if this is whining part you were referring too but it's the best part of the song for me: 

When I am dreaming, I don't know
If I'm truly asleep or if I'm awake
And when I get up, I don't know
If I'm truly awake or if I'm still dreaming


By "whining" I meant all the negative posts about this track.
And yes, the chorus is great.  Can't not sing along.
Posted 3 years ago by mread    [ Reply ]
 tonysilva wrote:
I listen to Radio Paradise to get away from this. Conceptually, sure. Aurally, painful. Would be less bad if the lyrics were ina language I didn't understand.

Where would you normally hear this if not here at RP? Please tell me, may I should go there.
Posted 3 years ago by rklein    [ Reply ]
I listen to Radio Paradise to get away from this. Conceptually, sure. Aurally, painful. Would be less bad if the lyrics were ina language I didn't understand.
Posted 3 years ago by tonysilva    [ Reply ]
Ha, I thought this might have been Flight of Conchords at first. Kind of disappointed that it isn't and that these guys are probably serious.
Posted 4 years ago by bluematrix    [ Reply ]
Crikey! That is one spread of ratings for this. I would give it 2-7. Not sure where in that range........

edit after a couple of minutes. 7
Posted 4 years ago by philip1    [ Reply ]
Not the worst weird remake I’ve ever heard, but I’m not sure why anyone thought it was necessary. (though apparently 19 people think this is a 10… RP forever!)
Posted 4 years ago by jukes1    [ Reply ]
Sounds like techno Flight of the Conchords. 
Posted 4 years ago by LeonD    [ Reply ]
If  you hate bagpipes, I hate you. Just sayin'.

That's not to say that all bagpipe music is good. But if you hate the good bagpipe music, then there's something wrong with you. Very wrong. Deeply wrong. "If it sounds good, it is good" -- Peter Schickele.
Posted 5 years ago by RussNelson    [ Reply ]
 ScottishWillie wrote:

I beg to differ. I like the whole crossover thing and the pipe sections make it for me!

 
Go figure. I would never have thought you'd like the pipes, SW.
BTW, I like them too. 
Posted 5 years ago by nomnol    [ Reply ]
Posted 5 years ago by sunflowerbee    [ Reply ]
Fun, for a listen, once.  But I would not be upset if I never heard it again...
Posted 5 years ago by adib    [ Reply ]
Beware of ideas that are not your own.
Posted 5 years ago by ziggytrix    [ Reply ]
 hbs47 wrote:
This the worst crossover crap, and it has bagpipes too. Dreadful, do NOT play again.
 

I beg to differ. I like the whole crossover thing and the pipe sections make it for me!

Posted 6 years ago by ScottishWillie    [ Reply ]
National Geographic recently had a feature article on sleep.  They equate dreaming with madness/psychosis: our brain perceives things that are not real, yet we believe they are true, regardless of how bizarre they be.  Isn't this tune consistent with that?  Kinda bizarre, but very catchy.  {#Hearteyes}  Solid 8.
Posted 6 years ago by mread    [ Reply ]
This the worst crossover crap, and it has bagpipes too. Dreadful, do NOT play again.
Posted 6 years ago by hbs47    [ Reply ]
Perfect song for my A D D! 
Posted 6 years ago by CCinSB    [ Reply ]
Oh dear! Awful! How can you guys even think this is playable? Please delete it from your playlist.
Posted 6 years ago by david16    [ Reply ]
now, I just learned that I have a login here. Play this again and I'dd delete my account
Posted 6 years ago by wessorh    [ Reply ]
 stickers11 wrote:
This is horrid.  I get musical fusion, but this was done with as much subtlety as a lead pipe to the head.
 

“It’s a good basic axiom that if you take a quart of ice-cream and a quart of dog feces and mix ’em together the result will taste more like the latter than the former."
Posted 6 years ago by aelfheld    [ Reply ]
 dnorden wrote:
Just because you can, doesn't mean you should. 
 
 
{#Yes}
 
 
Just feels dated and half-hearted...
 
Posted 6 years ago by kcar    [ Reply ]
This is horrid.  I get musical fusion, but this was done with as much subtlety as a lead pipe to the head.
Posted 6 years ago by stickers11    [ Reply ]
Cant find this on Amazon or iTunes. Anyone know where I can buy it?
Posted 6 years ago by ScottishWillie    [ Reply ]
Just because you can, doesn't mean you should. 
Posted 6 years ago by dnorden    [ Reply ]
Just terrible

 
Posted 6 years ago by ckcotton    [ Reply ]
What, no Yiddish?
Posted 6 years ago by thewiseking    [ Reply ]
Concur with earlier posters about trying too hard to cram too much stuff in. And, yes, it is like a parody along Flight of Concords line. I've heard way worse here, so 5 it is.
Posted 6 years ago by bluematrix    [ Reply ]
4.7 is too high for these ears, sorry.  PSD for me.
Posted 7 years ago by DaidyBoy    [ Reply ]
 mread wrote:
Works for me. 8.
Don't quite understand all the whining.  Yes, it's bonkers, but good bonkers.
And dreams themselves can be pretty bonkers too, at least mine.

 
Not sure if this is whining part you were referring too but it's the best part of the song for me: 

When I am dreaming, I don't know
If I'm truly asleep or if I'm awake
And when I get up, I don't know
If I'm truly awake or if I'm still dreaming

Posted 7 years ago by Magikal1act    [ Reply ]
Hey, that's a sincere piece. 
But I think they forgot the kitchen sink tub thumper and the digeridoo rapper from Tierra Del Fuego. 
Posted 7 years ago by kingart    [ Reply ]
 SquiddlyDiddly wrote:
Splendid stuff. Can't understand the hate. Hey Ho. Have a 9. 

 
9 too. Pretty close to Comfort Eagle, wich is 11.
Posted 7 years ago by semaca    [ Reply ]
Forest For The Trees- 

took me away for a bit anyways.

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Posted 7 years ago by Faithful_Fool    [ Reply ]
So needed this right now. Dance BREAK!
Posted 7 years ago by Magikal1act    [ Reply ]
Works for me. 8.
Don't quite understand all the whiny posts.  Yes, it's bonkers, but good bonkers.
And dreams themselves can be pretty bonkers too, at least mine.
Posted 7 years ago by mread    [ Reply ]
ummmmm...well......hmmmmmmm...uhhhhh....man it's hard to be nice sometimes
Posted 12 years ago by DD rabbi_phil    [ Reply ]
Guess it is possible to be too eclectic.  It's like they're trying too hard to include every type of music they could.  It's a fun song, but maybe a little too hodge podge.{#Ask}
Posted 12 years ago by cmarcan    [ Reply ]
 Decoy wrote:
Cacophony of nonsense.

It sounds as if you reopened your browser, and you had several youtube videos start playing at the same time. 
 
exactly!
Posted 12 years ago by Jelani    [ Reply ]
Cacophony of nonsense.

It sounds as if you reopened your browser, and you had several youtube videos start playing at the same time. 
Posted 12 years ago by Decoy    [ Reply ]
Still a 1.
Posted 12 years ago by WhiteWater    [ Reply ]
 haljordan wrote:
How is this not Flight of the Concords?
 
That's exactly what I thought when I heard the first few bars - sounds just like Bret.
Like the bagpipes bit. Strange song. Kinda catchy. Not sure what I rate it yet. 
Posted 12 years ago by satkinson    [ Reply ]
Kinda like this oddity.
Posted 12 years ago by ziakut    [ Reply ]
Splendid stuff. Can't understand the hate. Hey Ho. Have a 9. 
Posted 12 years ago by SquiddlyDiddly    [ Reply ]

Far out man.


Posted 12 years ago by danoodles    [ Reply ]

{#Sick}


Posted 12 years ago by thyceomx    [ Reply ]
Breath taking! Well done!
Posted 12 years ago by bircow    [ Reply ]
This song just plain sucks.
Posted 12 years ago by jimmpypowder    [ Reply ]
 gobits wrote:
Good party music... Party!!!

 
Really good song to drink the kool-aid to....
Posted 12 years ago by oso_negro    [ Reply ]
Possibly the worst song I have ever heard.{#Clap} That's a slow clap...
Posted 12 years ago by oso_negro    [ Reply ]
Like a Stew - many elements.  Too many  {#Stop}. 
Posted 12 years ago by LizK    [ Reply ]
Need a rating for "curious."
Posted 12 years ago by Geecheeboy    [ Reply ]
I appreciate RP branching out a bit, stretching it's musical wings... but this an experiment gone wrong. Can't take it. 
Posted 12 years ago by mikexican    [ Reply ]
 iTuner wrote:
It sounds like they're killing a sheep at one point.
 No thats just the bagpipes
Posted 12 years ago by ScottishWillie    [ Reply ]
How is this not Flight of the Concords?
Posted 12 years ago by haljordan    [ Reply ]
Will have to hear it again. This one has the potential to grow on me. . .or not. Time will tell!
Posted 12 years ago by lathyris    [ Reply ]

This is all over the place!  I kind of like it?  {#Eh}


Posted 12 years ago by jen3005545    [ Reply ]
 colt4x5 wrote:
a curious mix of 7 and 1. 
 
ha! good call.

Posted 15 years ago by zipper    [ Reply ]
Obscure, Different,  . . . was surprised to see it this low
Posted 15 years ago by wenatchee    [ Reply ]
 colt4x5 wrote:
a curious mix of 7 and 1. 
 
{#Yes}
Posted 15 years ago by fingerpin    [ Reply ]
I like it even though it is horrible. Can't rate it.

It sounds like they're killing a sheep at one point.
Posted 15 years ago by iTuner    [ Reply ]
whiskey tango foxtrot?
Posted 15 years ago by MinMan    [ Reply ]
 kaybee wrote:
I would prefer it without the hiphop and scratch.  Oh well, the bagpipe, bhangra and bit of the kitchen sink is rather nice.
 

{#Lol}

Outrageous. And I really like it.
Posted 15 years ago by Rotterdam    [ Reply ]
I would prefer it without the hiphop and scratch.  Oh well, the bagpipe, bhangra and bit of the kitchen sink is rather nice.
Posted 15 years ago by kaybee    [ Reply ]
Good party music... Party!!!

Posted 15 years ago by gobits    [ Reply ]
 alux wrote:


Its not flat at all, its bimodal.  You either hate it or you like it.   There are other songs with similar distributions in the RP library, but they aren't common.  Usually we are of one mind as a population.   
 
Well, technically spoken a bimodal distribution is closer to a uniform distribution than a unimodal distribution {#Propeller}

The chorus with the bagpipes is pretty likable, but overall this sounds like they put everything they could put their hands on into a giant blender.


Posted 15 years ago by DrLex    [ Reply ]
I think it's fun! Mostly because of the bagpipes. {#Music}
Posted 15 years ago by smilestoomuch    [ Reply ]
I would have given it a higher score but the cover typography is so bad, as a human being and graphic designer I have to subtract from their score.
Posted 15 years ago by Papernapkin    [ Reply ]
The low ratings are because of the semi-cheesy 90s white-guy rap portion of it.  People shouldn't be so harsh: non-hip hop artists rarely do it right today, let alone did they do so back in 1997.
Posted 15 years ago by finethen    [ Reply ]
 spacemoose wrote:
Wow this song has the flattest distribution of ratings I've seen yet on RP.
 

Its not flat at all, its bimodal.  You either hate it or you like it.   There are other songs with similar distributions in the RP library, but they aren't common.  Usually we are of one mind as a population.   
Posted 15 years ago by alux    [ Reply ]
Love the bagpipes. The vocals and the rest, well, hmmmm. Overall a 3.
Posted 15 years ago by HarrO    [ Reply ]
 Hannio wrote:
Anything with bagpipes gets at least a 7.
 
Amen to that!

Posted 15 years ago by Stardust83    [ Reply ]
Anything with bagpipes gets at least a 7.
Posted 15 years ago by Hannio    [ Reply ]
a curious mix of 7 and 1. 
Posted 15 years ago by colt4x5    [ Reply ]
 ulibcn wrote:
hey man, what's wrong with this?
C'mooooon, this rocks....{#Angel}
  Agree! 9
Posted 15 years ago by lmic    [ Reply ]
What is this?

Sounds like Nelly Furtado is singing {#Stupid}
Posted 16 years ago by Kerly    [ Reply ]
hey man, what's wrong with this?
C'mooooon, this rocks....{#Angel}
Posted 16 years ago by ulibcn    [ Reply ]
what a crap song is this?? makes me mute and rate it a rare 1
Posted 16 years ago by petesku    [ Reply ]
Wow this song has the flattest distribution of ratings I've seen yet on RP.
Posted 16 years ago by spacemoose    [ Reply ]
Wow, I love RP becuase it plays obscure music. However, I thought that I was the only person to ever listen to this song many years ago.
Posted 16 years ago by Ecocruiser    [ Reply ]
kenjismokum wrote:
sounds like an irish spring commercial.
This was in a commercial, wasn't it? Not irish spring... maybe for an airline?
Posted 16 years ago by Koan    [ Reply ]
Thats... different?
Posted 16 years ago by TheFriendlyCat    [ Reply ]
Never again! Please, Bill?
Posted 16 years ago by sub-arctic    [ Reply ]
What and annoyingly catchy tune.
Posted 16 years ago by Grizzly_old_man    [ Reply ]
Eeeeeeee-yarf!!!! I can see the forest for the trees, now if I only didn't have to hear it. Aaaaaaah. Mute = bliss
Posted 16 years ago by MojoJojo    [ Reply ]
Marley wrote:
That cheesy opening rap pretty much ruins the rest of the song for me. Shoulda left that out.
Totally agree! I was just about to mute it when it got tolerable.
Posted 16 years ago by Ellehcim    [ Reply ]
Visons of the Conchords 'Robots' The distant future, the year 2000. ... The humans are dead, The humans are dead. We used poisonous gasses And we poisoned their asses. The humans are dead. (Yes they are dead.) The humans are dead. (I confirm they are dead.) It had to be done So that we can have fun. I hope... is dead They're system of oppression What did it lead to? Global robots depression. Robots, robot people They had so much aggression That we just had to kill them, Had to shut their systems down. Don't you see, we are becoming just like them? Silence! Destroy him! ... To poison their asses. (Actually their lungs) Binary solo: 0000001 00000011 0000001 00000011 0000001 0000001 0000001 0000001 Once again without emotion: The humans are dead dead dead dead dead dead dead dooo...
Posted 16 years ago by a_genuine_find    [ Reply ]
The parakeet likes it--she's chirping along!
That made me smile on a Sunday morning We have a bengal cat that loves Porcupine Tree- whenever we play them in the bedroom he jumps up on the bed and lays down close to one of the speakers with a curious smile on his face
Posted 16 years ago by Deadwing    [ Reply ]
That cheesy opening rap pretty much ruins the rest of the song for me. Shoulda left that out.
Posted 16 years ago by Marley    [ Reply ]
this group never received enough credit for their lyrics and experimental sound... i loved the whole album! it probably was just too highbrow for the mainstream. :) /peace Justin Almeida United States Peace Corps Group 22, Romania
Posted 16 years ago by Paxus    [ Reply ]
witchchild wrote:
Funky. A combination i wouldnt have thought of myself.....but very cool. Like modern 'Deep Forest'. Love the bagpipes! Bagpipes and rap? How odd. Can't decide.
Posted 17 years ago by ronniegirl    [ Reply ]
Love it! 9... 7 for how good it is, 1 cause this guy is a buddy of Beck's and 1 to be a contrarian.
Posted 17 years ago by lmic    [ Reply ]
MCKY wrote:
clear cut!
Stumped for a reply. = the number of people who each contributed 40 seconds to this track. Comes under the heading of "Guilty pleasures"
Posted 17 years ago by TerryS    [ Reply ]
handyrae wrote:
Kind of like a cut-rate Afrocelt Sound System.
*That's* it! Infectious in a non-illness sort of way. The parakeet likes it--she's chirping along! ">
Posted 17 years ago by jomercer    [ Reply ]
Nuevo-psychedelia?
Posted 17 years ago by oldsinger    [ Reply ]
Kind of like a cut-rate Afrocelt Sound System.
Posted 17 years ago by handyrae    [ Reply ]
I thot this was "Avalanche" doing a follow up to "Frontier Psychatrist." Isn't that the same child's giggle? And other effects? Must be using same source...
Posted 17 years ago by tnt_thomas    [ Reply ]
sunnysoul03 wrote:
Please tell me this is tinted with sarcasm...
maybe not if it's being followed by John Lennon...
Posted 17 years ago by leoparadise    [ Reply ]
"Forest for the Trees"? Shouldn't that be "Music for the Noise"? Okay, okay, some parts are okay. The music parts.
Posted 17 years ago by Xeric    [ Reply ]
sounds like an irish spring commercial.
Posted 17 years ago by kenjismokum    [ Reply ]
Posted 17 years ago by mocat    [ Reply ]
Possibly the weirdest tune I've ever heard on RP.
Posted 17 years ago by Squirrel    [ Reply ]
Bleh
Posted 17 years ago by rain    [ Reply ]
aurora1957 wrote:
channelling George Harrison?
Please tell me this is tinted with sarcasm...
Posted 17 years ago by sunnysoul03    [ Reply ]
darkhorse53 wrote:
Need to get rid of...
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Posted 17 years ago by buckskin    [ Reply ]
whafrog wrote:
It's bad, but I like it!
Ojyes.
Posted 17 years ago by UltraNurd    [ Reply ]
Heh, weird! And not, at the same time. somehow manages to pack all the "trippy" song cliches out there into one mediocre song! Despite that, sort of fun to listen to.
Posted 18 years ago by blastmeh    [ Reply ]
It's bad, but I like it!
Posted 18 years ago by whafrog    [ Reply ]
Heehee! I havn't heard this played by anyone in years. Brings me back. Overproduced, and the vocals need to go away, but a memorable track.
Posted 18 years ago by auburntigerrich    [ Reply ]
clear cut!
Posted 18 years ago by MCKY    [ Reply ]
Funky. A combination i wouldnt have thought of myself.....but very cool. Like modern 'Deep Forest'. Love the bagpipes!
Posted 18 years ago by witchchild    [ Reply ]
Need to get rid of...
Posted 18 years ago by darkhorse53    [ Reply ]