One of my favourite songs at the moment is Don’t Fuck With
Our Dreams by The Smith Street Band. Taken from the five track EP from the same
name released in 2013 on Australia’s Poison City Records.
The song itself was inspired by a band called The Bennies.
Both bands were playing a show together in Australia when a violent man turned
up to the show with the attention of hurting someone. Unfortunately that
someone turned out to be a friend of The Smith Street Band and while he was
bleeding out of his head he turned to the violent guy and just said “Don’t Fuck
With Our Dreams.”
The song itself starts with some gentle guitar strokes
whilst lead singer Wil Wagner opens the hugely singable song with the lyrics “Living
in living rooms and it’s true that I haven’t gone to bed since the last time
that I saw you. ‘Cause going to couch or going to floor, well it doesn’t quite
provide the eight hours that my body is screaming for” before the rest of the
band joins in playing a punchy tune for the rest of the first verse before
really giving it some rock and roll beans for the first chorus.
The chorus tells a tale of life on tour, how every night is
a massive party but the mornings are a drag (“’Cause every night’s a Saturday
night, and every day’s a Monday morning”). It talks about how on tour things
happen at the spur of a moment and how they’ve picked the right people to go on
tour with. They then finish with the
statement “Don’t Fuck With Our Dreams!” I think that this line is just a great
statement for sticking up for what you believe in despite what other people might
think about it or to the people who try and mess with them. It also receives a
massive sing along when it is played live.
My favourite part of the song is the break down that happens
after the second chorus. The song really mellows out and Wagner begins to sing
about leaving a lasting legacy and will help give strength at the lowest points
and not backing down or giving in. The bridge then goes on to say “So call me
what you will, I don’t care, I know what happened I was there, We Know what
happened we were there” meaning that people can say what they want about things
that happen in life, as long as the person who was at an incident knows the
truth that’s all that matters. This bridge works fantastically well live with
the crowd screaming the “We know what happened we were there” line.
Don’t Fuck With Our Dreams then finishes off with another foot
stomping final chorus that really brings a brilliant song round full circle.
Now Listening to: Ducks Fly Together by The Smith Street Band
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