It Was All A Dream

[zircona1]

I'm at a U2 concert, my seat is in the back. Somehow, I make my way down to the floor and stand in the back. Their set is fairly short, they do a version of 'Beautiful Day' different from the normal version. They come out for an encore and do a cover of Duran Duran's 'Rio', and I'm like, "what the fuck?" The guys from Insane Clown Posse are on stage singing it with them. After that, the lights go out and the band comes back to where I'm standing on the floor. I'm too starstruck to say anything. Then, snow starts falling. The band goes back to the stage to play 'With Or Without You' while the snow falls. Afterwards, I think, "that's a good idea with the snow, except for the fact that people will slip and fall while trying to leave."

I've had a few dreams take place at U2 concerts for whatever reason.

[venom]

Nov 6, 2021 14:24:54 GMT -6 zircona1 said:

I've had a few dreams take place at U2 concerts for whatever reason.

when shows got shut down in march 2020, i started having dreams of being at a show but not seeing music performed. i showed up too late, the band cancelled, i got lost in tunnels underneath the venue, etc. many of these were about my favorite band. at least 6 or 7. then two weeks ago, i saw my favorite band and figured the dreams would stop. but last week i dreamt it again. although, in that dream i saw two side project bands. one was called negative thoughts; the other was night girls. brains are weird, man.

[chvrchbarrel]

Somewhere near “Hollywood,” a friend and I are outside in a wide open field trying to spot celebrities. We look up a hill and I say, “is that Paula Abdul arguing with Paul Rudd?” Sure enough, it is them. Abdul is far more recognizable than Rudd who looks a little worse for the wear. Both are flailing their arms around and really laying into each other. Abdul is pissed.

They walk toward us as they argue and then, my head whips to the right and I see Zooey Deschanel smiling mischievously at them. Then I woke up.

[monasterymonochrome]

Dec 3, 2021 8:15:44 GMT -6 chvrchbarrel said:

Somewhere near “Hollywood,” a friend and I are outside in a wide open field trying to spot celebrities. We look up a hill and I say, “is that Paula Abdul arguing with Paul Rudd?” Sure enough, it is them. Abdul is far more recognizable than Rudd who looks a little worse for the wear. Both are flailing their arms around and really laying into each other. Abdul is pissed.

They walk toward us as they argue and then, my head whips to the right and I see Zooey Deschanel smiling mischievously at them. Then I woke up.

Thought this was the Concert Memories thread at first and got confused

[chvrchbarrel]

Nov 6, 2021 14:24:54 GMT -6 zircona1 said:

I've had a few dreams take place at U2 concerts for whatever reason.

dreams i have had where i am at a u2 concert -

1. U2 invites me on stage to play "Desire"
2. I am one of the only ones who shows up to a U2 show, I am in the GA pit, they come out and start playing all covers and I leave
3. U2 is performing in an arena that is completely on fire and everyone thinks its part of the show

[scoots]

Thankfully never had a dream where I've come face to face with Bono.

[chvrchbarrel]

theyre not those kind of dreams usually

[thebosma]

“Usually” doing a lot of lifting there

[venom]

the dream started with me talking to my parents about Get Back and morphed into me talking to george, john, and paul about Get Back. basically, george asking about how him leaving the band was shown and if the whole doc was done respectfully.

then i had a separate dream sitting around with musicians talking about music documentaries. dave pirner said that he and steve joanes liked watching music documentaries. i thought he meant steve jones, but he clarified it was "steve joanes, you know, from the toadies." so i looked him up on wikipedia. and in my dream wikipedia, he was the toadies' frontman until he killed himself. (the rest of the wiki entry was basically about doug hopkins - wrote a lot of songs, got depressed over fame, committed suicide.)

[zircona1]

The other night I dreamt that I was watching SNL, and Tom Waits was the host. I thought this was a big deal, b/c he hadn't been on TV since Letterman's farewell week.

Similar to U2, I've had a couple of Tom Waits-related dreams. And SNL-related ones. 

[scoots]

I had a dream last night that there was a velociraptor chasing me through our house and every time it came close to catching me I'd do a Three Stooges move and run away. Pretty damn great dream.

[venom]

i'm in college and on a bus talking with joni mitchell. someone interrupts our conversation to say hi to her and also gush to me like "don't you just love her music?!" to which i say "i actually don't like her music, but she's a very nice woman." the person is aghast and turns to joni who says "he doesn't have to like my music. we're having a pleasant conversation." when i get off the bus, i walk up a hill and people are chalking sidewalks about SNL. someone walks up to me and asks "why are they chalking about SNL when joni mitchell is on campus?" i lie and say someone from our college is going to be on SNL. then they get very excited "who???!?! who is it???" i tell them it's casey wilson. (she did not go to my college.) they don't know who that is.

then i walk to my apartment, which is across the street from a big concert where sick of it all is currently playing. i think green day is headlining. i walk into my room, grab my wallet, and then notice someone's following me. i see my roommates watching the show from our porch and tell them i'll be back for green day. they tell me that all is headlining. i then walk away to elude the follower and end up in a fast food place with a muslim friend. the woman behind the counter is a racist patty mayonnaise who's talking trash to my friend. coffee comes up and she starts mocking him for drinking a lot of coffee because he's middle eastern. he replies "the only way, and i do mean this, you know you're done drinking coffee is when you start chewing gum." and then i woke up.

[zircona1]

That's impressive you remember all those specifics. Half of the time when I dream, I can't remember it after I wake up. Last night, I had one where people were treating me badly - verbal abuse - and I felt bad about myself. But all other details were gone after I got up.

[venom]

Jan 19, 2022 8:47:24 GMT -6 zircona1 said:

That's impressive you remember all those specifics. Half of the time when I dream, I can't remember it after I wake up.

my remembering tactic is to not actually get up after waking up and to run the dream over in my head once or twice. i find that once i get moving my brain wants to clear the cache and get on with the day. but if i lay in bed thinking it over for thirty seconds, then the dream's usually rattling around my head while i get ready for work.

[ten15]

Agree that the amount of detail is impressive.

Best part of that dream would be All headlining a big concert.

[doso]

I had a stress dream two nights ago where I HAD to do a karaoke duet of “Sometime to Return” by Soul Asylum with Sam Richardson in front of a fairly large crowd but without a teleprompter and I knew all the words except I couldn’t remember the very first line. Woke up with a headache and still couldn’t pull the first line from memory.

[zircona1]

Jan 19, 2022 22:33:35 GMT -6 doso said:

I had a stress dream two nights ago where I HAD to do a karaoke duet of “Sometime to Return” by Soul Asylum with Sam Richardson in front of a fairly large crowd but without a teleprompter and I knew all the words except I couldn’t remember the very first line. Woke up with a headache and still couldn’t pull the first line from memory.

One time at an Open Mic, the guy on stage said he was going to do 'Hotel California', and then said, "Oh, I forgot the first line..." I promptly yelled out, "ON A DARK DESERT HIGHWAY..."

[venom]

this board is based in a ski resort town and there have been fewer and fewer shows coming to the town. some boarders like bigruff do not want to continue the board because of the lack of recent shows. bigruff says clouddead moving to the suburbs was a betrayal. other boarders have developed their friendships even without shows as a reason to hang out. teekoh has set up a commune in a log cabin in the mountains. tweet and others are on the fence about joining the commune. i walk up the mountain to see what's going on and teekoh's group is doing a pig roast. since i don't eat meat, i walk back down the mountain.

[mookie]

I don't remember much of hte details from my dream last night, but all I remember is that a 10 second countdown started, and right when it ended at 1, my alarm went off. Don't think that's ever happened to me before.

[teekoh]

Hell yeah let’s start a commune.

[teekoh]

I'd also like to note that my commune would offer a veggie option. Open to suggestions.

[zircona1]

Another concert-related dream. I'm walking through an underground tunnel. A man opens a door and lets me through, where I walk some more and see two more guys at another door, holding it open for me. As I pass through, I hear I one of them say, "Ashton." I'm like, "do they think I'm Ashton Kutcher? Well, just go with it." I eventually get to a small office where there are a couple of people lined up, waiting to get into the venue. They let us in. I don't have a ticket, but they wave me in. We walk out onto Wrigley Field, where a stage has been built in the middle of the field. Pearl Jam is playing tonight, and I'm amazed that I got in so soon with no ticket. I'm hoping they don't find out I'm not a celebrity.

[venom]

i've had that "imposter at a concert" dream a lot. but i'm always one of the musicians. i'm handed a guitar when i walk on stage and realize i don't know how to play any of the songs.

[zircona1]

I don't think I've had a dream like that, but I've had many where I'm backstage in a play and I don't know any lines.

[zircona1]

You ever dream you're at your old job? My first job was McDonald's, where I worked for a few years. I sometimes dream I'm still working there, and in the dream I'm like, "why am I still here?"

I had one of those last night. Several new menu items had peppers in them, and I didn't know how to make them.

[ten15]

Apr 27, 2022 8:19:06 GMT -6 zircona1 said:

You ever dream you're at your old job? My first job was McDonald's, where I worked for a few years. I sometimes dream I'm still working there, and in the dream I'm like, "why am I still here?"

I had one of those last night. Several new menu items had peppers in them, and I didn't know how to make them.

Yep.  I occasionally dream I am working at the now defunct grocery store I worked at in high school and I have no idea how to operate the new cash register.  

Classic stress dream.  Hope you are well. 

[alady]

Last night I dreamed that I was at someone else's family reunion (not mine or anyone I know). They were playing lawn games and I was kinda bored but it was a nice day so I decided to eat some mushrooms. For some reason I ate twelve mushrooms and then I was like "oh no I ate like twelve mushrooms". My friend Jenn was there and she was like "don't throw up it'll make it worse" so I just buckled in for the ride but nothing really bad happened? I left the family reunion and started walking home and my friend called and was like "hey stop by on your way" so I did but she and her bf were still in bed and I felt super awkward so I just said "hey I ate like twelve mushrooms, I should probably go" and then I woke up.

[kb]

an unfortunate side effect of my covid experience is disturbing and very vivid dreams, most involving exes. like i can remember most of my dreams for the past week. usually i forget them after a dsy or so. not these bad boys!

[venom]

i'm leaving work on the day before thanksgiving and get on an escalator headed to the pedway. michael stipe is with a friend on the next escalator over. they're having a normal conversation and then he starts singing "don't go back to rockville." in my head, the song is about not wanting to go to your hometown for thanksgiving. i can't believe my luck at hearing him sing it at such an appropriate time.

i take out my phone and pretend to text, but i'm recording the audio. i then notice that our escalators are going to merge, so i angle the phone to also get video in case anyone doubts it's really him. once the escalators merge, he notices me and quiets down but keeps singing. at the end of the escalator, he finishes the song and we go our separate ways. then later i realize i'm in a dream and do not actually have a clip of him singing. but in that moment i do still think i'm going home for thanksgiving and that "don't go back to rockville" is a thanksgiving song.

[venom]

i'm in line to get in a concert. i'm supposed to meet someone from this board at the show. but i don't know what they look like. the line is moving very slowly and everyone is a little annoyed. the person in front of me starts yelling about the slowness and punches the door person taking tickets. they keep yelling while instigating a fight with the staff. i tell them to calm down and that we're all annoyed. they turn around and it's captain kangaroo. but i also realize it's the boarder i'm supposed to meet up with. they're like "venom? hey, what's up?" and i deny it's me and then step around them to get my ticket scanned.

there is a problem with the scanner and captain kangaroo berates me for cutting in front of him. my ticket finally scans, but the door guy's like "the venue is two blocks away." then i go on a tirade about how absurd it is to scan tickets two blocks from the venue. i begrudgingly walk the two blocks in pouring rain. once inside, i see a friend from LA sitting alone in a box. as i approach to say hi, venue staff is kicking him out because he's one person taking up a box and they want to fill the box to capacity. he insists that he paid for all of the tickets specifically to be alone. then he sees me and says i can join him in the box, but the staff balks at that because i have a GA ticket.