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The Dandy Warhols — Sleep
Album: Thirteen Tales From Urban Bohemia
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Total ratings: 842









Released: 2000
Length: 5:55
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Well I could sleep forever
But it's of her I dream
If I could sleep forever
I could forget about everything
If I could sleep forever
If I could sleep forever
If I could sleep forever
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Alright, dudes. Usually you happen. This seems like filler. It's a sleeping pill. 
Posted 6 years ago by kingart    [ Reply ]
I like it somehow!{#Cheesygrin}
Posted 8 years ago by VH1    [ Reply ]
Sorry, not for me.  Seems boring and a bit pretentious.
Posted 10 years ago by ScottN    [ Reply ]
 Proclivities wrote:

...not really (though it does sound pretty similar):
"Building A Mystery" chords:  Em - Cm7 - Gm6 - Em9/Em7/Em9/Em6
"Sleep" chords:    Em - G - D - A
 
Same chords as Alice in Chains- Down in a Hole. Leave to the Warhols to "borrow" from a good song.
Posted 10 years ago by drewd    [ Reply ]
Hummm..  Was hoping this was going somewhere, then I realized it was, going to put me to Sleep!!! Needs to be put into a night time song routine.. I know, night time where?
Posted 10 years ago by ski19570    [ Reply ]
Nice tune…but is it going somewhere?  zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz…...
Posted 10 years ago by kingart    [ Reply ]
This song is a complete - and pleasant - surprise for me!
Posted 10 years ago by BBoyes    [ Reply ]
 Stingray wrote:
Simple but 10!!!!

 
........ yes
Posted 10 years ago by Peter_Bradshaw    [ Reply ]
great segue from PT's sleep together.  tempos mesh well and the sleep theme is zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.
Posted 10 years ago by dpvest    [ Reply ]
Love this song! Upped it from 8 to triple Z!   Great for....sleep...ing....absolutely ...love.... narrrrrrrrrrrrrggggghhhhhhhh{#Sleep}
Posted 10 years ago by devilturtle    [ Reply ]
Simple but 10!!!!
Posted 10 years ago by Stingray    [ Reply ]
I Haven't been to RP in months. Tuned in yesterday and it was Godless by the Dandy Warhols. I came back just now and lo, it's Sleep by the Dandy Warhols. I am perfectly ok with that.
Posted 10 years ago by vit    [ Reply ]
another Dandys classic
 
Posted 10 years ago by fatcatjb    [ Reply ]
Remember, Dandy is Handy...but s*x won't rot your teeth ;)
Posted 10 years ago by coolpeople_rule    [ Reply ]
...what a boring loop!!... {#Rolleyes}
Posted 10 years ago by Nenelena    [ Reply ]
Wish I could.{#Drunk}
Posted 11 years ago by pixelpush    [ Reply ]
{#Sleep}
Posted 11 years ago by Orodrigues    [ Reply ]
This is pretty.
Pretty annoying. 
Posted 11 years ago by Jelani    [ Reply ]
hypnotic repetition...dreamlike...
I'm smiling
Posted 11 years ago by meadowwoods    [ Reply ]
Sleep Forever. Sign me up. I want to dream though!
Posted 11 years ago by pixelpush    [ Reply ]
Woody Allen:  I am not afraid of death.  I just don't want to be there when it happens.......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
Posted 11 years ago by rdo    [ Reply ]
Hello Crash Test Dummies.
Posted 11 years ago by heberman    [ Reply ]
 Proclivities wrote:

...not really (though it does sound pretty similar):
"Building A Mystery" chords:  Em - Cm7 - Gm6 - Em9/Em7/Em9/Em6
"Sleep" chords:    Em - G - D - A


 
... see thread below.

RP is great.  You guys crack me up. 
Posted 11 years ago by unclehud    [ Reply ]
Hypnotic.  Tonight, that's a good thing.
Posted 11 years ago by unclehud    [ Reply ]
This album is definitely their opus work - outstanding! Must own if you like or want to get into DHs
Posted 11 years ago by aspicer    [ Reply ]
 expatlar wrote:
Well they sure seem to be enjoying the sound of their own voices for that last few minutes.

 

I'm enjoying them too!
Posted 11 years ago by jkhandy    [ Reply ]
 On_The_Beach wrote:
Dreary, plodding, melancholy . . . I love it.
 
{#High-five}
Posted 11 years ago by olivertwist    [ Reply ]
I recall many a dreary night where my only hope was to fall asleep, hoping against hope that it would last forever...
Posted 11 years ago by rdo    [ Reply ]
Beautiful. I love this band. {#Sunny}
Posted 11 years ago by nicolewe    [ Reply ]
My teenage son's theme song.
Posted 12 years ago by Hannio    [ Reply ]
Well they sure seem to be enjoying the sound of their own voices for that last few minutes.
Posted 12 years ago by ExpatLarry    [ Reply ]
Dreary, plodding, melancholy . . . I love it.
Posted 12 years ago by On_The_Beach    [ Reply ]
 creekgirl wrote:
a snore
 
Hate to say that I agree. I like DW, but this doesn't work for me. The slight phase or chorus effect on the keyboard is slightly annoying to me.
Posted 12 years ago by ziakut    [ Reply ]
What a great Album.
Posted 12 years ago by Stranglersfan    [ Reply ]
a snore
Posted 12 years ago by creekgirl    [ Reply ]
The first time I heard this, it was called "Down in the hole", by Alice in Chains. Sounds good though.
Posted 12 years ago by sandpebble    [ Reply ]
Fantastic album...
Posted 12 years ago by DD gypsyman    [ Reply ]
{#Yes}   I wake to sleep and take my waking slow.

Posted 12 years ago by rdo    [ Reply ]
Down in the hole. Losing control
Posted 12 years ago by sandpebble    [ Reply ]
Cool transition from L. Williams - Are You Down.....very niiiice!  This song is sublime!
Posted 12 years ago by aspicer    [ Reply ]
This album reminds of a month long trip travelling the West Coast. When i got to Portland there were posters advertising a gig in a couple of days time. I extended my stay in Portland just to see them.

Only really knew them from Bohemian Like You but they were so good. From them i then got into James Town Massacre (past group of some members) which i don't think we will hear on RP.

Posted 13 years ago by merkin_muffley    [ Reply ]
touches that deepest core of sorrow
Posted 13 years ago by drcrnp    [ Reply ]
Trippy and just what I needed now. These guys are good.
Posted 13 years ago by gatorade    [ Reply ]
OK, enough already. I get it.
Posted 13 years ago by Jelani    [ Reply ]
I remember first hearing this cd at the listening bar at Tower Records.

Picked it up and loved it.

Still do. 
Posted 13 years ago by Propayne    [ Reply ]
the kings of the 4-chord stomp
Posted 13 years ago by DoctorHooey    [ Reply ]
Stunning song. The Dandies' finest 6 minutes IMO.
Posted 13 years ago by jpdribbler    [ Reply ]
 RedGuitar wrote:
I like the arpeggiated guitar part.

 

 spigolli wrote:

Yeah, they're running through the chords of Building a Mystery over and over.

 
...not really (though it does sound pretty similar):
"Building A Mystery" chords:  Em - Cm7 - Gm6 - Em9/Em7/Em9/Em6
"Sleep" chords:    Em - G - D - A

Posted 13 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
No, hypnotic as in delicious.  Warhols are one of my fave heavy-on-the-production bands.        

Posted 13 years ago by xkolibuul    [ Reply ]
Hypnotic- If by hypnotic, you mean stupefyingly boring! Snoozerama!
Posted 13 years ago by handwaver    [ Reply ]
 pannaramma wrote:
Is it over yet?
 

exactly my thought.....it could be about 2 minutes shorter—just cut off the stuff at the end...
Posted 14 years ago by triskele    [ Reply ]
Is it over yet?
Posted 14 years ago by pannaramma    [ Reply ]
 Elliot wrote:
I suddenly have an urge to listen to this album...
 
I have it on my iPod and did so a couple of nights ago on the way home. When you're taking a subway to a bus to a park'n'ride, making the quotidian transition from urbs to suburbs, a vast work like Thirteen Tales... grounds you in a way that it anneals you to the numbing effect of long, dreary, managed commutes. Truth be told, virtually any good rock'n'roll can do that, but Thirteen Tales... is especially effective.


Posted 14 years ago by WonderLizard    [ Reply ]
I know other songs from this album ... nice suprise! {#Sunny}
Posted 14 years ago by 4merdj    [ Reply ]
I suddenly have an urge to listen to this album...
Posted 14 years ago by Elliot    [ Reply ]
Nice.  I especially appreciate that they didn't use the evil autotune on the "arpeggiated" vocal outro.  Being largely human myself, I enjoy listening to humans sing.  On this point I find my opinion differing from that of the borg.
Posted 14 years ago by jaydeman    [ Reply ]
love the Dandy Warhols so much... Always capable of reinventing themselves. This song is to turn you stone! Bliss...
Posted 14 years ago by rythmbaby    [ Reply ]
 RedGuitar wrote:
I like the arpeggiated guitar part.
 
Oh sure, any chance to use the word "arpeggiated"! {#Wink}
Posted 14 years ago by On_The_Beach    [ Reply ]
Forgot to say: I really have liked everything I have heard from DW. 
Posted 14 years ago by Ears_of_Stone    [ Reply ]
 fuh2 wrote:
 
  Another good rationale to move from the "Walmart Nation" to Europe.  
 
What's stopping you? The US has no restrictions on anyone leaving.  Just saying...

Posted 14 years ago by Ears_of_Stone    [ Reply ]
 RedGuitar wrote:
I like the arpeggiated guitar part.

 
Yeah, they're running through the chords of Building a Mystery over and over.

Posted 14 years ago by spigolli    [ Reply ]
SHIVER....
Posted 14 years ago by Stingray    [ Reply ]
 RedGuitar wrote:
I like the arpeggiated guitar part.

 
I listened it differently after this comment. Nice

Posted 14 years ago by ambrebalte    [ Reply ]
I like the arpeggiated guitar part.

Posted 14 years ago by RedGuitar    [ Reply ]
 vandal wrote:

please stop bumping/replying to Stingray's posts, that one is almost 2 yrs old. . .

 
I vote to 86 stingray.

Posted 14 years ago by lysisphere    [ Reply ]
 Ag3nt0rang3 wrote:

Seriously, guy, ask yourself how many people see one of your posts coming up, and skip it, solely because you use large, garishly-coloured fonts, SHOUT A LOT IN ALL-CAPS, and can't spell, to boot?  I would bet that it's a lot of people. I know I'm one of them. It's okay if you make posts in regular, black font, and only use capital letters at the beginning of sentences and proper nouns, people will read your posts. Maybe more people than read your posts now.



 
please stop bumping/replying to Stingray's posts, that one is almost 2 yrs old. . .

Posted 14 years ago by vandal    [ Reply ]
This is HUGE
Posted 15 years ago by Felix_The_Cat    [ Reply ]

Seriously, guy, ask yourself how many people see one of your posts coming up, and skip it, solely because you use large, garishly-coloured fonts, SHOUT A LOT IN ALL-CAPS, and can't spell, to boot?  I would bet that it's a lot of people. I know I'm one of them. It's okay if you make posts in regular, black font, and only use capital letters at the beginning of sentences and proper nouns, people will read your posts. Maybe more people than read your posts now.


 Stingray wrote:

Crash Test Dummies...? This is TOTALLY redicolous! There are worlds, lightyears and milky-ways between the great-great "Warhols" and those old men called "Dummies". Sufjan Stevens - yes, I can subscribe to this! The song "SLEEP" is rather simple, true, but has certain magical powers. What was Jonny Depp smoking as Sherlock Holmes...? That is the inviroment this song was made in (I guess) and should be heard in - I say! Sleeeeeeep.... STINGRAY
 

Posted 15 years ago by Ag3nt0rang3    [ Reply ]
need a double espresso chaser ....
Posted 15 years ago by WayUpNorth    [ Reply ]
and I was just contemplating an afternoon nap...
Posted 15 years ago by Middleton    [ Reply ]
I just fell asleep.
Posted 15 years ago by TheKing2    [ Reply ]
 HarrO wrote:

The whole "Trance" thing was really, really big in Europe and this almost kinda fits in that genre. Drove me nuts when I lived there, but I kind of like this.

 
Neat insight. I hadn't considered trance and the Warhols together. On a certain level, it makes sense.

Posted 15 years ago by WonderLizard    [ Reply ]
 jbtidwell wrote:

It's funny, the Warhols seems to be much more popular in Europe than here in the states.  Anyone have an opinion about why this is?
  
  Another good rationale to move from the "Walmart Nation" to Europe.  


Posted 15 years ago by fuh2    [ Reply ]
 jbtidwell wrote:

It's funny, the Warhols seems to be much more popular in Europe than here in the states.  Anyone have an opinion about why this is?
 
The whole "Trance" thing was really, really big in Europe and this almost kinda fits in that genre. Drove me nuts when I lived there, but I kind of like this.

Posted 15 years ago by HarrO    [ Reply ]
interesting

or was it intersecting?
Posted 15 years ago by bodhisattva1031    [ Reply ]
Do we love the Dandies? Yes we do!!!

{#Sleep}
Posted 16 years ago by hippiechick    [ Reply ]
 jbtidwell wrote:

It's funny, the Warhols seems to be much more popular in Europe than here in the states.  Anyone have an opinion about why this is?
 

Europeans have better taste in music.
Posted 16 years ago by TJS    [ Reply ]

The thing I like about...this........song...............is....................zzzzzzzzz

Posted 16 years ago by Laptopdog    [ Reply ]
 hewijew wrote:
Not keen on American music, but willing to make an exception for the Dandy Warhols. Very good band!
 
It's funny, the Warhols seems to be much more popular in Europe than here in the states.  Anyone have an opinion about why this is?


Posted 16 years ago by jbtidwell    [ Reply ]
enidualc wrote:
Mmmmm 4:28 pm - Dandy Warhols - Sleep 4:21 pm - Porcupine Tree - Sleep Together 4:17 pm - Imogen Heap - Glittering Cloud
As is July 1.
Posted 16 years ago by countyman    [ Reply ]
Not keen on American music, but willing to make an exception for the Dandy Warhols. Very good band!
Posted 16 years ago by hewijew    [ Reply ]
Mmmmm 4:28 pm - Dandy Warhols - Sleep 4:21 pm - Porcupine Tree - Sleep Together 4:17 pm - Imogen Heap - Glittering Cloud
Posted 16 years ago by enidualc    [ Reply ]
Romantic...It's of her I'd dream...great track !
Posted 16 years ago by 1wolfy    [ Reply ]
Thank you Portland Oregon for one of the great American albums
Posted 16 years ago by NorthernLad    [ Reply ]
RP is genius at juxtapositioning songs - Porcupine Tree "Sleep Together", then this one ..... Gives me the warm fuzzies
Posted 16 years ago by Trickpony    [ Reply ]
Stingray wrote:
Crash Test Dummies...? This is TOTALLY redicolous! There are worlds, lightyears and milky-ways between the great-great "Warhols" and those old men called "Dummies". Sufjan Stevens - yes, I can subscribe to this! The song "SLEEP" is rather simple, true, but has certain magical powers. What was Jonny Depp smoking as Sherlock Holmes...? That is the inviroment this song was made in (I guess) and should be heard in - I say! Sleeeeeeep.... STINGRAY
douche
Posted 16 years ago by jimmyjacksteel    [ Reply ]
Crash Test Dummies...? This is TOTALLY redicolous! There are worlds, lightyears and milky-ways between the great-great "Warhols" and those old men called "Dummies". Sufjan Stevens - yes, I can subscribe to this! The song "SLEEP" is rather simple, true, but has certain magical powers. What was Jonny Depp smoking as Sherlock Holmes...? That is the inviroment this song was made in (I guess) and should be heard in - I say! Sleeeeeeep.... STINGRAY
Posted 16 years ago by Stingray    [ Reply ]
DEFINITELY putting me to sleep...
Posted 16 years ago by agnes    [ Reply ]
Monkeysdad wrote:
I hear Crash Test Dummies.....
Sufjan Stevens for me.
Posted 16 years ago by horstman    [ Reply ]
It's my Monday morning song! And yes, I agree with what others have said - this is am amazingly good album.
Posted 16 years ago by cayenne    [ Reply ]
this entire CD is spectacular...discovered on RP, where else?
Posted 16 years ago by fatcatjb    [ Reply ]
I bought this song after hearing it on RP..Nice harmonies and lyrics...Thanks Bill for all of my NEW music
Posted 17 years ago by 1wolfy    [ Reply ]
dpjag wrote:
Absolutely. The next song wakes you up.
Yep. Too bad none of the rockers from this album are on RP's playlist. This is an incredible record.
Posted 17 years ago by Uncle_Fenester    [ Reply ]
This is worlds away from "Bohemian Like You." I like both songs, but for different reasons.
Posted 17 years ago by Baby_M    [ Reply ]
I hear Crash Test Dummies.....
Posted 17 years ago by Monkeysdad    [ Reply ]
Is anyone else hearing Crash Test Dummies with the background vocals?!?
Posted 17 years ago by pmnixa    [ Reply ]
Pretty Good song!
Posted 17 years ago by oscar_driver    [ Reply ]
zaknafein wrote:
13 Tales is an awesome record, and this is one of my favorite cuts from it. Maybe you have to hear it in context to appreciate it.
Absolutely. The next song wakes you up.
Posted 17 years ago by dpjag    [ Reply ]
OK we need to pick the speed in the song selection. I am feeling tuned out...an appropriate title for this song
Posted 17 years ago by eastcoast    [ Reply ]
Wilmshurst wrote:
soothing or boring...hard to tell
Yes, I agree. But also strangely compelling.
Posted 17 years ago by westslope    [ Reply ]
Brilliant tune at this early hour!
Posted 17 years ago by Shesdifferent    [ Reply ]
Again a solid 9.
Posted 17 years ago by rKokon    [ Reply ]
musikalia wrote:
I know the feeling. ...not just the feeling you get when the alarm goes off in the morning.
But this is a song about death and dying ... as in sleeping FOREVER. Still, it's great Dandy Warhols stuff ... Luv 'em!
Posted 17 years ago by Misterfixit    [ Reply ]
Very nice, but not something for my "wake up" playlist.
Posted 17 years ago by DrLex    [ Reply ]
C57BL6 wrote:
in japan here they'd now call you a part-timer
buwahhaa man, where do I need to live to work 4 hours a day and make enough money to live comfortably (moderate car, house, food, entertainment, etc)? preferably with naptimes!
Posted 17 years ago by jenakle    [ Reply ]
Decent song, but compressed below RP's acceptable rate. You can hear the compression artifacts.
Posted 17 years ago by ArbiterOfGoodTaste    [ Reply ]
jenakle wrote:
uuhhh I just started 10 hour days...
in japan here they'd now call you a part-timer
Posted 17 years ago by C57BL6    [ Reply ]
uuhhh I just started 10 hour days...awesome song..but bad choice when I'm trying to wake up zzzzzzzzzzzzz
Posted 17 years ago by jenakle    [ Reply ]
Wilmshurst wrote:
soothing or boring...hard to tell
Soothing and dreamy
Posted 17 years ago by inindian    [ Reply ]
Nice song, but feel like it was an opportunity lost..
Posted 17 years ago by Rachoh    [ Reply ]
Hypnotically beautifull.
Posted 17 years ago by madaxeman    [ Reply ]
I know the feeling. ...not just the feeling you get when the alarm goes off in the morning.
Posted 17 years ago by musikalia    [ Reply ]
Wilmshurst wrote:
soothing or boring...hard to tell
I used to think boring. But now I think soothing. 3 --> 8
Posted 17 years ago by ElSupreme    [ Reply ]
Wilmshurst wrote:
soothing or boring...hard to tell
I vote the latter
Posted 17 years ago by pret-a-porter    [ Reply ]
soothing or boring...hard to tell
Posted 17 years ago by Wilmshurst    [ Reply ]
I so love this album!
Posted 17 years ago by hippiechick    [ Reply ]
Trying to stay awake after staying up too late last night and coming in to work 2 hours early this morning, I did not need to hear this right now. I love this song though, and this is an awesome CD.
Posted 17 years ago by cayenne    [ Reply ]
Really only got into the Warhols over the last couple of years. This is a great album. As said below best heard within the whole album.
Posted 17 years ago by merkin_muffley    [ Reply ]
This song is not helping motivate me on a post-long weekend Monday.
Posted 17 years ago by Tireux_De_Roche    [ Reply ]
13 Tales is an awesome record, and this is one of my favorite cuts from it. Maybe you have to hear it in context to appreciate it.
Posted 17 years ago by zaknafein    [ Reply ]