A Dream within a Dream - Alan Parsons Project

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A Dream within a Dream - Alan Parsons Project

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"Tales of Mystery and Imagination
Edgar Allan Poe" (Narration Orson Welles)
For my own part, I have never had a thought
Which I could not set down in words
With even more distinctness that which I conceived it.
There is however a class of fancies of exquisite delicacy
Which are not thoughts and to which as yet
I have found it absolutely impossible to adapt to language.
These fancies arise in the soul,
Alas how rarely, only at epochs
Of most intense tranquillity
When the bodily and mental health are in perfection.
And those mere points of time
When the confines of the waking world
Blend with the world of dreams.
And so I captured this fancy
Where all that we see or seem
Is but a dream within a dream.

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@bluewidow1302 3 жыл бұрын

1976 & severe weather - I had just begun working in ER (a&e) & the charge nurse offered a ride home as motorcycle was my transportation. We listened to this in her car & I was so taken she invited to her place to turn me on to some more APP . We were together for 40 years of bliss so much thanks to Alan Parsons. The APP & Pink Floyd was pretty much the soundtrack of our life together.

@JoyPaul-pe7ij Ай бұрын

Congratulations

@lyndadavis2228 6 жыл бұрын

No one but Alan Parsons could put Poe to music in this fashion. Beautiful!

@Brasil_Brasileiro2018 4 жыл бұрын

No doubt...

@Bubbsized 11 ай бұрын

The band Propaganda does it well kzfaq.info/get/bejne/h5p1ZN1-sc3MmI0.html&ab_channel=DawnRazor

@sealyoness 2 ай бұрын

Creepy. But gorgeously ponderable.

@1138thz 13 жыл бұрын

The Alan Parsons project has always been a favorite with me. And it figures that with Dark Side Of The Moon where Alan Parsons was the engineer and mentor for the band The Floyd ended up being flavored with APP's sound...forever.

@bmajs 16 жыл бұрын

My friends and I would get really high, turn out the lights and play the whole side of this album really loud. My mind would go on such a journey! Love it! Love the whole album, actually.

@jerrymyers1798 4 жыл бұрын

Mine too.

@andreaandrea2407 3 жыл бұрын

i'm doing it right now, it's amazing

@lovebigbootie69 2 жыл бұрын

That story sounds made up.....Sorry not buying it!

@arealist1960 2 жыл бұрын

Yep

@fartkerson 2 жыл бұрын

Alan Parsons last solo album released about a month ago made reference to Dream Within a Dream on the song Fare The Well.

@Fernandocatan 9 жыл бұрын

When a group starts its discography with such a piece of music, you immediately understand how great it will be. Long lives The Alan Parsons Project!!

@CambriaSantiago 6 жыл бұрын

I agree!

@Sugarsail1 5 жыл бұрын

or how pompously indulgent

@HeLpLOstGOdAny1 5 жыл бұрын

@@Sugarsail1 Your comment is. You're dissing him & his fans? Doh!

@ricklewis5804 5 жыл бұрын

Fernando Catan Right on. APPs 1st 4 albums are fantastic. I never get tired of listening to them. Lots of talent and creativity. They were studio musicians who rarely toured until the later years.

@toddwilbur1139 4 жыл бұрын

Unbelievable mastery of poetry and music. Love the Alan Parsons Project!

@treborif 12 жыл бұрын

bought this in 1976 then met my first love on the train home - she said 'do you want to come to my place to listen to that?' - I was 16, she was 17. We were virgins. This song just took me back to that train ride. isnt it great how muzik does that.

@mattwestwood8967 3 жыл бұрын

I did something like that with Olias of Sunhillow.

@bluewidow1302 3 жыл бұрын

Hey Rob. Similar situation for me in ‘76. Had just begun working in hospital ER (A&E ) & my only transport was my motorcycle. Raining & thunderstorms so the charge nurse offered me a ride home. On the way we were listening to this & I was so taken with it she invited me to her place to “further my education” . We were together ever since until I scattered her ashes in the sea. APP & Pink Floyd music was the soundtrack of our 40 years together. Thanks for your response that sparked these great memories !

@valentineich9882 6 ай бұрын

Schade das die vielen deutschen Fans keine positiven Kommentare liefern. Alan war in den 70er ein absoluter Hero.

@GasCityGuy 9 жыл бұрын

I doubt anyone could ever do narration of Edgar Allan Poe better than Orson Welles.

@laureanoruaorozco1562 9 жыл бұрын

GasCityGuy you have all reason¡¡¡

@NoMastersNoMistress 9 жыл бұрын

+GasCityGuy I doubt anyone could ever do narration of _anything_ better than Orson Welles.

@wanderreis 7 жыл бұрын

Maybe Edgar Allan Poe himself could.

@mwmann 7 жыл бұрын

GasCityGuy I do agree but Christopher Lee does an excellent Raven and The Fall of the House of Usher Usher Usher.

@juliathepony 6 жыл бұрын

Vincent Price?

@audiearmorer2686 5 сағат бұрын

They just made the 70's ...more bearable ...still love their tunes !! Progressive Rock👍. 😎

@sarge2906 15 жыл бұрын

I first heard this album in 1977...8th grade english. We were studying the works of poe. What timing!!! and what a terrific teacher to play this for us!

@mapkos2007 16 жыл бұрын

Its a masterpiece! Very beautiful!

@oblixwell 14 жыл бұрын

Beautiful,Alan Parsons brings me to tears,beautiful tears so often,everyone should listen to these.

@robertjohnson1602 8 жыл бұрын

All of Alan Parsons classic albums had a theme. The Orson Welles introduction and content which the music was based on remains both enigmatic and fascinating. Highly recommended.

@wontollawolf 9 жыл бұрын

Beautiful ! I have all the Parson's vinil .

@MurgenTemplar 8 жыл бұрын

Me too, up to the moment he starts repeating himself too much ...

@goprodog4304 7 жыл бұрын

Good for you, Sire, I used to have some of them. Music of my youth.

@ameliaosorio5448 6 жыл бұрын

Giacomo I É uma relíquia , vale ouro 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

@GrowndCrewMember 13 жыл бұрын

TODAY was my birthday 27 years ago!!! This is the third most valuable song I wanted to hear!! Greetings from Bulgaria!

@vollmacuser 3 ай бұрын

And look at you now! You’re 40!

@valentineich9882 6 ай бұрын

Der Tatort in den 70er mit diesen Meilensteinen der Rockgeschichte waren für unsere Generation wegweisend. Einfach toll. ❤😂😊

@valentineich9882 4 ай бұрын

Rechnung mit einer Unbekannten . Tatort der Spitzenklasse

@franelder2560 5 жыл бұрын

No playlist is complete without A Dream Within A Dream !!!!!

@theoldgalah 15 жыл бұрын

Gosh I remember these AP albums and laying there in the dark listening while mum and dad thought I was asleep.Absolutely beautiful music

@andreassaduk9039 3 жыл бұрын

My Favorit Music wen i was 14 ..great

@billysheppard6091 2 жыл бұрын

I bought this record in like 1976 or so..I was 15 yrs. old...I'm 61 yrs old now..and I still listen to this record... semper fi..

@mickeymousebiker1 12 жыл бұрын

Magnificent! Orson Welles' narration is superb! A million thanks to you for posting this gem! Thank you, Alan Parsons Project!

@Metalan1 14 жыл бұрын

Alan Parsons war damals meine Zeit. Es war Winter, ich saß an der Heizung und hörte stundenlang AP. Ich sang die Texte mit und lies mich in andere Welten tragen. In diesem Moment war ich glücklich und das ganz ohne Drogen. Diese Musik ist Zeitlos!

@debbielouisehaywardwanner6896 7 жыл бұрын

Tales of mystery and imagination by Edgar Allen Poe beautifully mixed with Allen Parsons music is one of my favorites and all time one of the greatest albums ever. Been listening to it since the album came out. Beautifully mastered in its entirety. I buy every copy tape album and cd i can find. It often grows legs once shared. lol or i just plain wear it out. love it love it love it!

@valentineich9882 7 ай бұрын

Weltklasse Tatortfans lieben diese Hit

@frieslaura 16 жыл бұрын

Tales of mystery and imagination was the name of the first album-He also did some work with the Beatles before Pink Floyd

@joker777x 16 жыл бұрын

I stand amid the roar Of a surf-tormented shore, And I hold within my hand Grains of the golden sand- How few! yet how they creep Through my fingers to the deep, While I weep- while I weep! O God! can I not grasp Them with a tighter clasp? O God! can I not save One from the pitiless wave? Is all that we see or seem But a dream within a dream? - EA Poe 1849

@jere119 16 жыл бұрын

Alan Parsons Project is the best duo. Not only are the producers and sound engineers, they know how to make real music. Not just an average singer with a name.

@Molotovnic 3 жыл бұрын

This is a musical delicacy. A treasure. I have passed this on to my young. It should live forever I got Cd Cassette LP Album

@heavendreamful 6 жыл бұрын

Wonderful album in my collection, thanks for vid

@tpot91 15 жыл бұрын

I love the word epochs, and i love this song. It has something very chill and relaxing about it.

@CooperGirl44883 Жыл бұрын

There music was unique and I always loved it. This is probably my favorite because Orson Welles adds so much with this reading of Poe's The Raven.

@skorpy6248 2 жыл бұрын

love it! ♥ ♥ ♥

@nancybalzer8730 4 жыл бұрын

One of the greatest instrumentals ever!!!!

@jamdinbard 16 жыл бұрын

A Dream Within A Dream became my favorite Alan Parsons Project the first time I heard it so long ago.

@rpantojal 16 жыл бұрын

muy buena cancion la verdad al igual q todo el disco!!! saludos a toda la banda q le agrada esta musica!!!

@antonismagiafis7796 6 жыл бұрын

Τα τσακάλια. Με Μιχαλοπούλο στο δρόμο.

@dimitriskraloglou6397 4 жыл бұрын

Μεγαλε...

@FCAEKAthens 4 жыл бұрын

Κομματαρα

@johnhand3170 4 жыл бұрын

@IRON WILL Εγώ είμαι σε άλλη φάση ειμαι στο αλλού.

@makavelirap4809 4 жыл бұрын

Ακόμα εδώ. 80s😉

@tonygiak 3 жыл бұрын

Μιχαλακοπούλου...όχι απλά στο δρόμο 😄

@LucidiaRevolution 5 жыл бұрын

Absolutely beautiful music and images.

@panchukjulio1227 8 жыл бұрын

maravillosa interpretación del espíritu músical a lo escrito por el gran EDgar A. Poe. el narrador más impresionante,

@alfonsioux 8 жыл бұрын

de acuerdo contigo, es una proeza musical capturar la atmosfera de misterio de los relatos de Poe ..una obra maestra.

@user-dc7ew9kz7w 3 жыл бұрын

It's beautiful😍✨

@Buttcrack72 9 жыл бұрын

Excellent reading by Orson Welles. How could it be otherwise??

@AnnieO100 Жыл бұрын

The earth is level stationary and reserved for fire 🔥.

@haarlem-op2qm 11 жыл бұрын

fantastic video with a fantastic song, one of my favourite APP songs. saw them live on march 29th in Heerlen The Netherlands . and what a great performance .... The APP pulled me through the 80's still the most inspiring band in the world!

@NisiCaloponis 4 жыл бұрын

This is the 1987 Remix of the 1976 version (The original version starts with music fading in and not with vocal speech, in this version reed music fades in later at 0:13). Published on reissue / redux Cd-s, mostly on 2 CD audiophil versions with a lot of bonus tracks. See more at this great video: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/es2XdNlqu9nKn6M.html ('Album differences: Tales of' etc. by 'Laineycrusoe').

@bdevelik 16 жыл бұрын

This is my all time favorite band (after Pink Floyd :))

@bensolo908 6 жыл бұрын

You have to be too badass to have the first track in your debut album start with a narration from Orson Welles. Alan Parsons and Orson Welles are both legends

@davidsnow2420 6 жыл бұрын

I think the Welles narration was added to later reissues of the album. But it's hard to imagine Tales without it.

@siamak6567 Жыл бұрын

I like listen this song in the rainy night 🌧️🎵

@mickeymousebiker1 11 жыл бұрын

Yes, I believe that is true, since our brains are computers. I've also believed that some dreams are preconceived activities/events that are in the planning stages only - life's unfinished business. Hope lies within our dreams, as well. Take care -- W

@berylman 14 жыл бұрын

This song is pure beauty....of exquisite delicacy,,,alas how rarely , arises in the soul

@happymanfeelssogood 14 жыл бұрын

this is allan parson's greatest and most genius project... i got this album sometime in the mid 70's...

@Succubus2Angel 13 жыл бұрын

My first and foremost favourite song and first and foremost album that I enjoy and of the immense talent of both Alan Parsons and Edgar Allen Poe. What a beautiful fusion of the two ideals. So amazingly simple but so complex in its beauty and adapatation.

@qtpieamongus8954 9 ай бұрын

Alan's silent partner is rarely/little spoken about, Eric Woolfson. He was a talent and its a travesty that he's not acknowledged. Unfortunately there's barely any footage of him but you can find a couple of videos of him playing APP's music on piano. Leads me to believe he must have been the brains behind the inception of the songs which Alan then engineered to add all the flashy bits.

@Succubus2Angel 8 ай бұрын

Woolfson was an absolute genius and complete complimentary yin-Yang in APP. Without him, I highly doubt Parsons would have reached the heights it did. However, without Parsons, Woolfson would have languished just as he would have done. They were utterly in sync and to this day I adore what they achieved together :)

@butchherring5663 5 жыл бұрын

Music that makes the soul feel good

@cristetoile11 14 жыл бұрын

Ces gens ont fait des choses incroyables. Incroyables!!!!!!!!!!

@michaelross1339 5 жыл бұрын

Phenomenal album.

@eztheelf5410 11 жыл бұрын

Can you hear your heartbeat? Can you feel your soul.. Don't you feel immortal? March on, March on, Nothing can stop you now.

@SteveFlanigan 12 жыл бұрын

It brings back memories of sitting on the beach in the darkness of the night with only the light of the stars showing...and a bottle of Jack Daniel's.

@Squirrely24 13 жыл бұрын

I always loved this album,fantastic concept,so well engineered the sound just crisp....

@rich5309 7 жыл бұрын

Alan Parsons, One of the finest engineers ever.

@klabaca1 15 жыл бұрын

Wunderbare Bilder zu Musik die man schon fast vergessen hatte. Echt super!!!!!

@yazan3bsi 9 жыл бұрын

Edgar Allan Poe is genius

@pigurine 6 жыл бұрын

One of a kind genius.

@BillyJoeVegas 14 жыл бұрын

From Abby Road to the Dark Side of the Moon then Tales of Mystery and Imagination. What a trilogy of events... quite a resume !

@marcycountry 14 жыл бұрын

bravo pour cette magnifique vidéo, un régal pour les yeux

@user-bl7lt5mv4i 6 жыл бұрын

what a beautiful music. Nostalgia.

@fruitloopz4eva 14 жыл бұрын

it matters not how great a stretch in time there is between caressing the ears with such pleasures as this...the alan parsons project still tantalises the senses to the extreme

@cristetoile11 14 жыл бұрын

This is the most magnificent thing I was watching and listening on youtube. Beautiful as mind of a writer... a dream within a dream.

@philippschneider2697 9 жыл бұрын

Ich höre das nur wenn ich mich zurücklegen und zur ruhe kommen will. Viele sind erstaunt, daß ich mit 34 jahren so was kenne

@Serpil297 8 жыл бұрын

+philipp schneider Auch mit 34 kann man sowas kennen . Alan Parsons ist genial seine Musik drückt ruhe und gelassenheit aus.Ich höre sie heute noch und hab fast alle LP`s von ihnen

@scorpionsword9056 5 жыл бұрын

One of the Best Albums of The Alan Parsons Project ...

@MyMREDDIE 13 жыл бұрын

Orson Welles voice,even at this late stage in his life just Holds you then Melts you.

@rossengergov5184 11 жыл бұрын

A perfect match, a favourite writer/poet/critic and a favourite band!

@elczanka 16 жыл бұрын

It is very, very beautiful movie. Thank you.

@idiotsavant751 5 жыл бұрын

The song w/ Orson Welles is great. The video is very nice. Pleasing Images.

@marjon1320 13 жыл бұрын

How wonderful that I hear Orson Welles' voice again, wow!

@LeslieWolf71 14 жыл бұрын

This soothes my soul like nothing else in the world. Great poem and even more beautiful music.

@thankGodforDavidG 15 жыл бұрын

very hard to find a mix of words, music and natural beauty such as this, just the right gift for a holy Sunday afternoon, thanks !!!

@juanaltredo2974 7 жыл бұрын

Poe is one of the few chosen ones who can decipher this reality and unravel another one with his words as keys. Welles was another one, the two together in the same song? they talk to us from a higher plane, and although we don't really get the full meaning, its wondrous to imagine it!

@greekfloyd 16 жыл бұрын

excellent songs like that, deserve the best of videos. And this video is one of the best. Thank you, whoever you are Alcyna

@AlbanoMedvescigh 16 жыл бұрын

FANTASTIC!!!!!!!!!!!! 5 stars

@THaughton 4 жыл бұрын

Absolutely masterful video... Does the music justice.

@elizabethmachado5963 3 жыл бұрын

Gracias APP y canal, por tanta maravilla. 💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜🤗🤗💜💜

@jamminjim247 11 жыл бұрын

Very articulate and true I believe. Its amazing how. if we are not distracted, when we read something new to our minds, how it can allow our thoughts to create ideas to better ourselves. Thanx!

@ampelokipoi13 7 жыл бұрын

Μιχαλόπουλος σε ταινίες 80's κι αντε γεια ! ! !

@energybengt Жыл бұрын

Beautiful imagery for this … exquisite ❤

@Broblem12 13 жыл бұрын

Orson Welles intro, well chosen visuals and the music all fit together so well. Thanks!!!

@TheGurtang 14 жыл бұрын

Edgar Poe was the outstanding person for international literature. That's why his verses were published and translated in different languages. My the first novels contain was the big unnamed book. And of course this video is fabulous.

@keepthemusicplaying0 16 жыл бұрын

What a wonderful combination: Poe, Welles, AAP and... Alcyna! Altogether a video of great beauty and impact. Thank you, Giovanna:-)

@mr.mammuthusafricanavus8299 7 жыл бұрын

First album I ever heard of by Alan Parsons Project, LOL you know it is a masterpiece when you can listen to this album over the past 2 decades

@ritabertini984 6 жыл бұрын

beautifulllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll

@kallikallimero3791 3 жыл бұрын

Alan Parsons Project made genius music you would know.

@allanssquirt 13 жыл бұрын

It doesn't get better than this!! Thanks for the posting.

@isigarre4846 8 жыл бұрын

este grupo, si me gusta mucho, Jesse, gracias

@Flap999 15 жыл бұрын

Wow...the genius of AP...limitless.

@lilamagritte 17 жыл бұрын

Ohhhhhhhhh!!!! Genial.

@aldralee 16 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this! I grew up listening to this album. So fabulous.

@walter1962ful 5 жыл бұрын

Beautiful ..!!!

@Spydhd 6 жыл бұрын

La primera canción de The Alan Parsons Project. Transmite tanta tristeza y energía a la vez. Con el intro de Orson Wells como para darle un mejor sentido al poema de Poe.

@Clooney88 16 жыл бұрын

Fantastisches Video!!! Vielen Dank !!

@Alicia7777777 15 жыл бұрын

Very very good video! Thank You so much. Big hug & best regards.

@Islandsprincesas 14 жыл бұрын

Fantastico.............. Se me hace muy corto... Gracias. Un beso

@DefiniteArticle12 12 жыл бұрын

can't get enough of this.

@associationea 12 жыл бұрын

Hélas combien rarement, seulement à des époques De la tranquillité la plus intense Lorsque la santé physique et mentale sont à la perfection. Et ces nouveaux points de temps Lorsque les confins du monde éveillé Mélanger avec le monde des rêves. Et si j'ai capturé cette fantaisie Où tout ce que nous voyons ou paraissons N'est qu'un rêve dans un rêve.