After another solo US tour, Edwards played at CMJ in the fall of 1987 where he met Gerard Cosloy and eventually signed a contract with Homestead Records early the following year, releasing Let's Skip the Details in May 1988.
Soon after, he added the first band members to the revolving My Dad Is Dead touring lineup: bassist Jeff Curtis and drummer John McEntire (later to gain fame in Tortoise). The Best Defense, an album of material from the previous album's sessions, was released on Homestead in December 1988. In the spring of 1989 the band toured with Homestead labelmates Bastro. Shortly after the tour Mcentire left the band and joined Bastro,
In June of 1989 the band participated in a European tour dubbed the "Homestead Package Tour" with Happy Flowers and Bastro, coinciding with the release of it's last album for Homestead, a double LP titled The Taller You are the Shorter you Get. With McEntire gone on to Bastro and Curtis unwilling to tour, Edwards recruited the Prisonshake rhythm section — Chris Burgess on bass and Scott Pickering on drums — for the tour. .
After Gerard left Homestead, My Dad Is Dead moved to Scat Records in April 1990 for the Shine EP, which was recorded after the first European tour with the 1989 lineup. With yet another lineup (this time guitarists Tim Gilbride and Doug Gillard plus Burgess on bass), the band toured Europe again in June 1990 with Gillard and Edwards splitting drumming and guitar duties. and the same band performed as opening act for half of the fall Pixies tour that year.
The band's first album for Scat, Chopping Down the Family Tree, was released in October 1991, just after Nirvana's breakout Nevermind. In 1992, Burgess, Pickering and Gillard became more active in Doug's band Gem. Matt Swanson (Clockhammer/Lambchop) joined on bass, and toured in 1992 with a drum machine again, this time an Alesis HR-16. Pickering rejoined on drums for half of the songs on 1992's Out of Sight, Out of Mind which also appeared on Scat in the fall of that year.
Edwards and co. moved to Emperor Jones the following year, and recorded For Richer, For Poorer in Nashville in 1994, releasing the album in the spring of 1995..
The band released 2 more records for Emperor Jones (1996's "enhanced" 20 song version of the Scat Records Shine 2x7" called Shine(r), and 1997's Everyone Wants the Honey but Not the Sting (with Shayne Ivy replacing Pickering). The band toured sparingly in 1995-1997 before taking a 5 year hiatus.
In 2002 Edwards returned with "Engine of Commerce" for Vital Cog records. Recorded mostly at home and with Mark Edwards playing all the instruments again, the record came full circle back to the beginning days of the "band".
2005 saw the release of "A Divided House", back to a full band format and joined again by old friends Scott Pickering, Chris Burgess, Tim Gilbride and Scott Lasch in Don Depew's 609 Studios in Cleveland. This was the first release on the band's own "Unhinged Records" label.
In the fall of 2009 the band is preparing to release it's 13th LP, "A New Clear Route". Pickering remains on drums and the band is joined by new member Billy Buckley on bass.
Edwards ended the project in 2010.
I Had a Dream
My Dad Is Dead Lyrics
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People saying "I love you" out loud
Standing in the middle of large crowds.
And I was not afraid.
And I was not ashamed.
I never wanted to wake up
I never wanted to wake up,
I never wanted that party to break up.
I had a dream. There were no secrets anymore.
No reasons to wage war.
No reasons for fighting at all.
And I was not afraid.
And I was not ashamed.
I never wanted to wake up
From a dream to pedestrian makeup.
I never wanted to wake up,
I never wanted that party to break up.
The song "I Had a Dream" by My Dad is Dead, talks about a dream that the singer has. The dream is full of tired old clichés, where people are expressing love out loud and standing in large crowds. However, the singer is not afraid or ashamed in this dream. He talks about how he never wanted to wake up from this dream as it was the complete opposite of pedestrian daily life that he has to go through.
The dream that the singer visualizes is a world where there are no secrets, no reasons to fight or go to war. The dream is a utopia where everyone is living in harmony and peace. This dream gives the singer hope and comfort, a glimpse of what the world could be or can be. Through the lyrics of the song, the artist talks about how we all wish to escape into something better, something that is not the mundane life that we are leading. It's a song about hope and a wish for a better world, where the singer could live without fear.
In conclusion, the song "I Had a Dream" by My Dad is Dead is all about a world that we all aspire to live. It's a dream that we all have, a world where there is no fear, hate, or wars. The song shows the power of a dream and how it can help us rise above the cynicism of life. It's an inspiring song that speaks directly to our hearts, a world that we all want to live in.
Line by Line Meaning
I had a dream full of tired old cliches.
I dreamt of clichés which made me tired and bored.
People saying "I love you" out loud
In my dream, I heard people express their love aloud.
Standing in the middle of large crowds.
I was surrounded by huge groups of people in my dream.
And I was not afraid.
Despite my surroundings, I was not scared.
And I was not ashamed.
I was also not embarrassed or ashamed about anything.
I never wanted to wake up
I didn't want to end the dream.
From a dream to pedestrian makeup.
I didn't want to transition from the magnificent dream to everyday reality.
No reasons to wage war.
The dream showed a world where there was no reason for warfare.
No reasons for fighting at all.
There was no reason for any kind of conflict in the dream world.
I never wanted that party to break up.
I didn't want the fun and joy of the dream to end.
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: John B. Sebastian
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Betard
Очень люблю эту песню,отражает мое душевное состояние последние несколько лет
Si erra
I played this on a loop in the beginning stages of my last heartbreak. It's so clarifying to stumble across a song that describes a feeling you could never put in words alone.
LimeCultivist
One of my favorites of theirs.
Sergio Andrés cortés
Magnífico sonido chimba
SwistAk
до сих пор слушаю
Je Nny
@Holden не сказала бы.. наоборот в тоску вгоняет
Holden
В 2013 году узнал о mdid. С тех пор это мое лекарство от депрессии
Iggor
Holy shit, this is the best song ever
chris hesiod
Seen MDiD years ago at the Phantasy in Lakewood. One of the better shows I've seen, lot better than 7 Seconds.
stephen roche
I had a dream to meet this singer.