Strong Songs cover image

"The Chain" and "Dreams" by Fleetwood Mac

Strong Songs

00:00

Dreams - The Most Harmonically Simple Song Ever Written

Stevie Nix wrote it in her telling extremely quickly she sat down at a piano and the song came out. Mick V's bass part is similarly very simple I mean he's just playing down beats from F to G with occasional extra notes in between though the way that it's mixed is interesting. It couldn't really be a simpler groove there are a million songs that have a drum pattern like this. The thump and the pop and the sizzle are clearer than they have ever been on what Mick Fleetwood is playing on Dreams.

Transcript
Play full episode

The AI-powered Podcast Player

Save insights by tapping your headphones, chat with episodes, discover the best highlights - and more!
App store bannerPlay store banner
Get the app