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The Electric Prunes — I Had Too Much To Dream (Last Night)
Album: I Had Too Much To Dream
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Released: 1966
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Last night your shadow fell upon my lonely room
I touched your golden hair and tasted your perfume
Your eyes were filled with love the way they used to be
Your gentle hand reached out to comfort me
Then came the dawn
And you were gone
You were gone, gone, gone

I had too much to dream last night
Too much to dream
I'm not ready to face the light
I had too much to dream
Last night

The room was empty as I staggered from my bed
I could not bear the image racing through my head
You were so real that I could feel your eagerness
And when you raised your lips for me to kiss

Came the dawn
And you were gone
You were gone, gone, gone

Oh, too much to dream
Oh, too much to dream
Too much to dream last night
Oh, too much to dream
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What is it with '60s bands (some of them one hit wonders) that had the names of foods in them? Moby Grape, Vanilla Fudge, Strawberry Alarm Clock, Electric Prunes...I think I'm missing one or two, but this evening I've indulged my '70s-era need for an occasional puff of weed (just way better shit in '24) and it seems to have affected my usually stellar name-that-tune recall.  
Posted 4 months ago by kingart    [ Reply ]
 countryrds wrote:

Amazing! Mind boggling actually, I mean have not heard this in over 20 years or more but yesterday I bumped into it on u-tube and listened to the beginning then went on with life thinking that it was neat to hear it again and let it go. Then this morning here it is. Some kind of subtle connection going on? I have no idea, but it is uncanny!



I believe they refer to it as coincidence.
Posted 1 year ago by nomnol    [ Reply ]
 kingart wrote:

and it's successor 2000s band, the Biodiesel Plums. 



In 2023 they're now called the Hydrogen Plums.
Posted 1 year ago by Edweirdo    [ Reply ]
no. It’s a yawner & inane & annoying,
Posted 2 years ago by Roguewarer    [ Reply ]
Too much to think last night…
Posted 2 years ago by mach-hog    [ Reply ]
Sixteen when  this first came out and was sure they were singing "I had too much to drink last night!"  Still hear that refrain even today.
Posted 2 years ago by SurlyRon    [ Reply ]
proto-punk influencers...
Posted 2 years ago by vandal    [ Reply ]
and it's successor 2000s band, the Biodiesel Plums. 
Posted 3 years ago by kingart    [ Reply ]
 westslope wrote:
This used to get a lot of AM radio play back in the day.

Enjoy it.  Sure makes me feel old.
 
Takes me back to listening to John Peels Perfumed Garden radio show on pirate Radio London
Posted 4 years ago by Lyndont    [ Reply ]
Good tune.
And I also  had too much to drink last night.
Posted 4 years ago by ace-marc    [ Reply ]
Love the name for sure,  Too much to dream.  Its happened to me lol
Posted 4 years ago by jmjohall    [ Reply ]
 Proclivities wrote:

I don't know; those kind of "weird", incongruous band names were a popular trend around 1966 and '67.   Their's may not even be the the worst band name of the era (e.g.:  Moby Grape, Blues Magoos, Strawberry Alarm Clock, Chocolate Watch Band, Lothar & The Hand People, etc...)   Anyhow, I think those two names you mentioned are far worse, but it's all subjective anyhow.
 
Ultimate Spinach!
Posted 4 years ago by jmjohall    [ Reply ]
Story of my non Waking Life. I can only wish I was a fully lucid dreamer - then I'd have some control over pacing and content. While I am often conscious within my dreams that I am dreaming, and on occasion can change the course of a dream through lucid control, more often than not my nights are filled with an ongoing rollercoaster of hyper intense dreams in full Sensurround and Technicolor. Most mornings I wake up exhausted. I often find myself staggering into my morning routine with my inner jukebox playing this or I'm Tired (of Waking Up Tired)'.
Posted 5 years ago by memoryboxer    [ Reply ]
This used to get a lot of AM radio play back in the day.

Enjoy it.  Sure makes me feel old.
Posted 5 years ago by westslope    [ Reply ]
 chyk5 wrote:
I think this might have raced past Hoobastank and Hootie and the Blowfish the worst band name ever.
 
I don't know; those kind of "weird", incongruous band names were a popular trend around 1966 and '67.   Their's may not even be the the worst band name of the era (e.g.:  Moby Grape, Blues Magoos, Strawberry Alarm Clock, Chocolate Watch Band, Lothar & The Hand People, etc...)   Anyhow, I think those two names you mentioned are far worse, but it's all subjective anyhow.
Posted 5 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
Always thought he was saying "drink".  Obviously I was to young to understand the drift.
Posted 5 years ago by jacopo777    [ Reply ]
I have too much to dream every night. Lucid dreamer here! 
Posted 5 years ago by niseywee    [ Reply ]
Posted 5 years ago by sunflowerbee    [ Reply ]
Classic early psychedelia. There must have been something in the 1960s water to inspire band names alluding to fruit and other foods . Strawberry Alarm Clock, Moby Grape, Vanilla Fudge, Electric Prunes and more I could recall but for those dang 1968 soma peanut butter and jiffy  jelly flashbacks I keep having. 
Posted 5 years ago by kingart    [ Reply ]
 LizK wrote:
This song is nice& all, but I think this played an hour ago..  Is Bill awake?
 
I just heard it for the third time in a couple of hours. 

...and now it's starting again for the fourth time in a couple of hours (and the third time in a row)
Posted 5 years ago by ice-9    [ Reply ]
This song is nice& all, but I think this played an hour ago..  Is Bill awake?
Posted 6 years ago by LizK    [ Reply ]
 Scooter5440 wrote:
I'm not going to get all defensive about The Electric Prunes, but I'm balking at "one-hit wonder." The Prunes' Mass in F Minor was an original and influential work for its time — and I'm not religious.

 
yes! mass in f minor! bach. e. power biggs. the band's chest fever. all bill. all RP all the way. this is where i heard of such things. and i'm not home schooled. 
Posted 6 years ago by jambo    [ Reply ]
Amazing! Mind boggling actually, I mean have not heard this in over 20 years or more but yesterday I bumped into it on u-tube and listened to the beginning then went on with life thinking that it was neat to hear it again and let it go. Then this morning here it is. Some kind of subtle connection going on? I have no idea, but it is uncanny!
Posted 6 years ago by countryrds    [ Reply ]
 chyk5 wrote:
I think this might have raced past Hoobastank and Hootie and the Blowfish the worst band name ever.

 
No, I think The Butt Hole Surfers hold the distinction for that accolade.
Posted 7 years ago by Stephen_Phillips    [ Reply ]
 quesarah wrote:
I look forward to the boomer's old folks home, and a nice cup of electric prunes.
well ... someday, some time after 2069

 
Well we can always hope...or maybe even  a we dram of electric prune wine!

{#Cheers} 

Posted 7 years ago by kaybee    [ Reply ]
I always thought the song was "I had to much to drink last night"...all these years.
Posted 7 years ago by pyramid    [ Reply ]
I'm not going to get all defensive about The Electric Prunes, but I'm balking at "one-hit wonder." The Prunes' Mass in F Minor was an original and influential work for its time — and I'm not religious.
Posted 8 years ago by Scooter5440    [ Reply ]
 ozzie1313 wrote:
Too groovy, even back then this was the pap end of psychedelic.

 
I would have given that distinction to Kenny Rogers for "I just Dropped in to See What Condition My Condition Was In".  
Posted 8 years ago by Cueburned    [ Reply ]
I think this might have raced past Hoobastank and Hootie and the Blowfish the worst band name ever.
Posted 8 years ago by chyk5    [ Reply ]
{#Drunk} so much of what I hear today sounds very influenced by this stuff I love it !
Posted 8 years ago by primm    [ Reply ]
 Zep wrote:
Trippy. Definitely has its place in the history of rock 'n' roll.

 
Yeah...GROOVY, MAN!
Posted 8 years ago by treatment_bound    [ Reply ]
 ycb661 wrote:
for a second I though it was the Dukes of the Stratosphere!

 
Yeah, this should be followed by 25 O'Clock.
Posted 8 years ago by slaven41    [ Reply ]
Trippy. Definitely has its place in the history of rock 'n' roll.
Posted 8 years ago by Zep    [ Reply ]
Excellent selection. I was feeling a little bit electrically constipated, you know- out of touch with the deranged 60's 'me'... I did however used to believe this band was the salvation from the sickening surf music shit my band was forced to play, nonstop. My thinking may have been a little , ...um,  ...*clouded* those days however.
Posted 8 years ago by misterbearbaby    [ Reply ]
 DaveInVA wrote:
I still have the reel to reel tape of this I bought way back in High School:



 
HOT DAMN!!!
Posted 8 years ago by misterbearbaby    [ Reply ]


cool image from:
 F1
(Pacific NW...gotta get back to Chicago) posted Nov. 12, 2009
Posted 8 years ago by hayduke2    [ Reply ]
I was so in love with this song when it came out, and I think it's still a great 60's acid rock song...
 
Posted 8 years ago by mdfergy    [ Reply ]
 DaveInVA wrote:
I still have the reel to reel tape of this I bought way back in High School:
 

That is awesome!  Does anybody know when reel to reel tapes of full albums were discontinued by record companies.  I'm guessing it had to be sometime in the late 70's, right?
Posted 10 years ago by treatment_bound    [ Reply ]
I really hate this song...
Posted 12 years ago by shellbella    [ Reply ]
 quesarah wrote:
I look forward to the boomer's old folks home, and a nice cup of electric prunes.
well ... someday, some time after 2069
 
Yeah !  Our our ole folks homes are gonna smell of incense, not disinfectant.

And broccoli will be more than just what's for dinner.
Posted 12 years ago by kurtster    [ Reply ]
for a second I though it was the Dukes of the Stratosphere!
Posted 12 years ago by ycb661    [ Reply ]

Posted 12 years ago by jagdriver    [ Reply ]
Playing the 45 in my room - mom standing in doorway - shakes head and walks away.  Gotta love her.
Posted 12 years ago by Patti    [ Reply ]
..and when you raised your lips for me to kiss       {#Tongue}my kinda dream
Posted 12 years ago by 1wolfy    [ Reply ]
Cosmic, man.  Yeah, lobby muzak for the boomer old folks home.  Reckon I should be getting my reservation ...
Posted 12 years ago by unclehud    [ Reply ]
I look forward to the boomer's old folks home, and a nice cup of electric prunes.
well ... someday, some time after 2069
Posted 12 years ago by quesarah    [ Reply ]
HA!! Electric Prunes! Still a great sound.
Posted 12 years ago by gemtag    [ Reply ]
Do you think electric prunes help regulate the power grid?
Posted 12 years ago by WonderLizard    [ Reply ]
the beginning reminded me of "Summer Wine" by 

Nancy Sinatra and Lee Hazlewood


Posted 13 years ago by thediceareloaded    [ Reply ]
Too groovy, even back then this was the pap end of psychedelic.
Posted 13 years ago by ozzie1313    [ Reply ]
{#Daisy}   LOVE LOVE LOVE!!

Posted 13 years ago by bethnca    [ Reply ]
 More_Cowbell wrote:
They had too much to drink last night, until the record company changed the lyrics.

Just kidding.
 
This song had nothing to do with drinking ...

9 to 10 after all these years.


Posted 13 years ago by kurtster    [ Reply ]
wow...what was that like? Heard so much about that place.
 rjewyo wrote:
Danced to this at the LA Whiskey A Go-Go....wasn't that just yesterday?????{#Cheers}
 


Posted 13 years ago by blkstd    [ Reply ]
superb
Posted 13 years ago by blkstd    [ Reply ]
A moldy oldie golden goodie. Quite dated, but a tie dye psychedelic chestnut classic. Groovy, man. 
Posted 13 years ago by kingart    [ Reply ]
so seriously ahead of their times. 
Posted 13 years ago by tbaloney619    [ Reply ]
I'm going to need to have too much to DRINK right now, in order to erase this song from my aching head. This is awful. Nails. Chalkboard. Aaaaaaauuuuuuuugh!
Posted 13 years ago by mikexican    [ Reply ]

Posted 13 years ago by iTuner    [ Reply ]
Horrible
Posted 13 years ago by iTuner    [ Reply ]
Bleh.
Posted 13 years ago by mikexican    [ Reply ]
Yes!!!!!!! A true classic.
Posted 13 years ago by spotcheckbilly    [ Reply ]
What fun!
Posted 13 years ago by haresfur    [ Reply ]
 Proclivities wrote:

Indeed!  Tull is following again.  Time to change stations when this ends.
 
+1
Posted 14 years ago by iTuner    [ Reply ]
A garage rock classic!! A true Nugget!
Posted 14 years ago by akousa    [ Reply ]


I bought this a few years ago...


https://www.amazon.com/California-Electric-Prunes/dp/B0002A59K4/ref=ntt_mus_ep_dpi_lnk

What a pleasant surprise.
It;s got a really great song on it called "The Rickenbacker 12 String".
A great tribute to the Byrds.
I uploaded it a few back (2005)... sorry  23/8  74%.
It didn't make it.
Dagnabit.

Posted 14 years ago by KurtfromLaQuinta    [ Reply ]
 shawshank wrote:
I had prunes last night! {#Roflol}
 
But were they Electric?

Posted 14 years ago by KurtfromLaQuinta    [ Reply ]
Danced to this at the LA Whiskey A Go-Go....wasn't that just yesterday?????{#Cheers}
Posted 14 years ago by rjewyo    [ Reply ]
 Critty wrote:

Under 50, like it better than the Jethro Tull for sure!
 
Indeed!  Tull is following again.  Time to change stations when this ends.

Posted 14 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
 More_Cowbell wrote:
They had too much to drink last night, until the record company changed the lyrics.

Just kidding.
 

Up until I saw the title just now, I thought all these years they were singing too much to drink.
Posted 14 years ago by ronniegirl    [ Reply ]
Hey it's my senior year college theme song. {#Drunk}  {#Puke}{#Roflol}
Posted 14 years ago by GeneP59    [ Reply ]
 HazzeSwede wrote:
Paint it black,,{#Yes}
 
Similar.  One of my favourite early Stone numbers.

Posted 14 years ago by westslope    [ Reply ]
Man o man! What a great little psychadelic blast from the past!{#Cheers}
Posted 14 years ago by sirdroseph    [ Reply ]
I still have the reel to reel tape of this I bought way back in High School:


Posted 14 years ago by DaveInSaoMiguel    [ Reply ]
Electric prunes must have been one weird trip.

The over 50s in the audience may remember one of the great moments in early TV advertising when a laxative ad inquired of prunes, "Is two too many; is one enough?" You can still get a chuckle from certain age groups with this line. And an interesting discussion of the effects of stewed prunes if you search for "is two too many, is one enough."
Posted 14 years ago by FrankMc    [ Reply ]
 Lrobby99 wrote:
Do the listeners under, say, 50 like this one?
 
This one does.

Posted 14 years ago by vit    [ Reply ]
 Lrobby99 wrote:
Do the listeners under, say, 50 like this one?
 
Under 50, like it better than the Jethro Tull for sure!
Posted 14 years ago by Critty    [ Reply ]
 Lrobby99 wrote:
Do the listeners under, say, 50 like this one?
 
just under 50, yes, I do

Posted 14 years ago by ambrebalte    [ Reply ]
Paint it black,,{#Yes}
Posted 14 years ago by HazzeSwede    [ Reply ]
Do the listeners under, say, 50 like this one?
Posted 14 years ago by Lrobby99    [ Reply ]
 RobRyan wrote:

The perfect trifecta: Follow "Just Dropped in..." with Strawberry Alarm Clock "Incense and Peppermints"

I'd actually enjoy that set!

 
Yes, Bill!! Pretty please....

Posted 15 years ago by kaybee    [ Reply ]



Posted 15 years ago by F1    [ Reply ]
 conglif wrote:


    Personally, I prefer Acoustic Prunes!

     (Which apparently, are NOT the ONLY things unplugged!)
                                         

 
Fart jokes and watching people pick their nose NEVER get less funny.{#Stupid}
Posted 15 years ago by Nhodson22    [ Reply ]
 
 CamLwalk wrote:
California is the world's largest producer of prunes, producing 60% of the world's supply. Prunes are an excellent source of dietary fiber, potassium, and antioxidants.

 To which Aegean responded:
..not to mention farts!  {#Moon}

 
     And akmegan wrote:
Yeah! Electric Prunes! Wow blast from my past! {#Dancingbanana_2}
 

    Personally, I prefer Acoustic Prunes!

     (Which apparently, are NOT the ONLY things unplugged!)
                                         

Posted 15 years ago by conglif    [ Reply ]
Reminds me of A Hazy Shade of Winter
https://www.radioparadise.com/content.php?name=songinfo&song_id=34556

Posted 15 years ago by travism    [ Reply ]
...i like this!..
Posted 15 years ago by mandolin    [ Reply ]
Love this tune!! Haven't heard in 12 years. Had the 45. Thanks RP.
Posted 15 years ago by tom-kenna    [ Reply ]
I had prunes last night! {#Roflol}
Posted 15 years ago by shawshank    [ Reply ]
 sholtzma wrote:
The perfect followup:  Kenny Rogers and the First Edition "Just Dropped in to see what condition my condition was in"
 
Loved that tune!  Kenny Rogers kinda switched gears after that, didn't he?

Posted 15 years ago by RedGuitar    [ Reply ]
I loved this kind of stuff back in the '60s!  Gimme more, please!
Posted 15 years ago by RedGuitar    [ Reply ]
 RobRyan wrote:

The perfect trifecta: Follow "Just Dropped in..." with Strawberry Alarm Clock "Incense and Peppermints"

I'd actually enjoy that set!

 

And then maybe Pink Floyds Intersteller Overdrive......
Posted 15 years ago by DaveInSaoMiguel    [ Reply ]
Damn, its hard to believe High School was really that long ago....
Posted 15 years ago by DaveInSaoMiguel    [ Reply ]
 sholtzma wrote:
The perfect followup:  Kenny Rogers and the First Edition "Just Dropped in to see what condition my condition was in"
 
The perfect trifecta: Follow "Just Dropped in..." with Strawberry Alarm Clock "Incense and Peppermints"

I'd actually enjoy that set!

Posted 15 years ago by RobRyan    [ Reply ]
{#Crashcomp} HARSH TRANSITION

Posted 15 years ago by camatcba    [ Reply ]
Yeah! Electric Prunes! Wow blast from my past! {#Dancingbanana_2}
Posted 15 years ago by akmegan    [ Reply ]
Reminds me, I've got to recharge the bananas and empty the dream basket.
Posted 15 years ago by peter_james_bond    [ Reply ]
They had too much to drink last night, until the record company changed the lyrics.

Just kidding.
Posted 15 years ago by More_Cowbell    [ Reply ]
 sholtzma wrote:
The perfect followup:  Kenny Rogers and the First Edition "Just Dropped in to see what condition my condition was in"
 

{#Lol}
Posted 15 years ago by jagdriver    [ Reply ]
The perfect followup:  Kenny Rogers and the First Edition "Just Dropped in to see what condition my condition was in"
Posted 15 years ago by sholtzma    [ Reply ]
Adrian Belew said that you got to remember that songs like this (and Strawberry Fields Forever) are best listened to on an old AM radio playing in your parent's kitchen while your mom makes dinner.

Posted 15 years ago by nagsheadlocal    [ Reply ]
another psychedelic era is always needed, no hygeine or not...{#Fire}

 dmax wrote:


...but with hygeine.
 


Posted 15 years ago by emsbob    [ Reply ]
 renlat wrote:
Very pale imitation of all that was going on those days.
 
It was a pop song for Christ's sake!! What would you expect from a band called The Electric Prunes?


Posted 16 years ago by capandjudy    [ Reply ]
I had too much to dream last night?

Hahahahahaha!

I know the era produced some trippy stuff, but c'mon. That had to be pretty bad even then.
 


Posted 16 years ago by mattt    [ Reply ]
 CamLwalk wrote:
California is the world's largest producer of prunes, producing 60% of the world's supply. Prunes are an excellent source of dietary fiber, potassium, and antioxidants.
 ...not to mention farts!  {#Moon}

Posted 16 years ago by Aegean    [ Reply ]
California is the world's largest producer of prunes, producing 60% of the world's supply. Prunes are an excellent source of dietary fiber, potassium, and antioxidants.
Posted 16 years ago by CamLwalk    [ Reply ]
tonyp2 wrote:
In terms of what was going on in those days...this was a nice little throw away that showed up on the radio for a bit. That's what radio was.
Exactly. CKXL Calgary dominated the airwaves and the minds of us "kids".
Posted 16 years ago by birdland    [ Reply ]
thewiseking wrote:
oy vey. you can find some of those haircuts from my junior high school yearbook.
OK, now you have to upload your picture from 7th grade. I bet you were a real chick magnet back then.
Posted 16 years ago by rtrudeau    [ Reply ]
renlat wrote:
Very pale imitation of all that was going on those days.
In terms of what was going on in those days...this was a nice little throw away that showed up on the radio for a bit. That's what radio was.
Posted 17 years ago by tonyp2    [ Reply ]
Yes, instantly recognizable and fun. Didn't this song rip some riffs from an Eric Burden & Animals song?
Posted 17 years ago by westslope    [ Reply ]
oy vey. you can find some of those haircuts from my junior high school yearbook.
Posted 17 years ago by thewiseking    [ Reply ]
Is that Spock in the middle there?
Posted 17 years ago by PeterRigg    [ Reply ]
i feel like doin the Watusi
Posted 17 years ago by thewiseking    [ Reply ]
Groovy Baby!
Posted 17 years ago by a_genuine_find    [ Reply ]
renlat wrote:
Very pale imitation of all that was going on those days.
I really like this song, but yeah, you're right.
Posted 17 years ago by Hannio    [ Reply ]
It never ceases to amaze me how many songs I recognize instantly, within the first bar! What a rush from the past! And what an amazing thing the brain is!
Posted 17 years ago by philbertr    [ Reply ]
I always did like this tune. Though it was, by the time I heard it, quite old.
Posted 17 years ago by jpfueler    [ Reply ]
We all know Bill is the king of the segue, but WOW!! That was MAGICAL! 5:30 pm - The Electric Prunes - I Had Too Much To Dream (Last Night) 5:23 pm - Guster - Ruby Falls
Posted 17 years ago by rtkmusic    [ Reply ]
Used to know one of the guitarists in the Prunes, after he became a computer tech in Chico. Had great stories of their glory days, including a situation where the lead singer freaked out, tried to bail out of a tour, flew to LA, and was met at the airport by two large guys in suits who persuaded him that it was in his best interests to get back on the plane and fly back to finish the tour. Looks like they brought out a new album in 2004.
Posted 17 years ago by lee_sf    [ Reply ]
The timing on this one was impeccable
Posted 17 years ago by Shesdifferent    [ Reply ]
I did have too much to drink last night. Well not too much, but too much for a Thursday.
Posted 17 years ago by ElSupreme    [ Reply ]
Blimey - where did RP dig this one up from - must have been deep in vault!
Posted 17 years ago by mgkiwi    [ Reply ]