Originally coming to fame in the mid-1960s singing orchestral pop ballads as the frontman of The Walker Brothers, Walker went on to a solo career balancing a light entertainment/MOR ballad approach with increasing artistic innovations in arrangement and writing. Despite a series of acclaimed albums, a disastrous drop in sales forced him back into straight Middle of the road recordings with little of his own artistic input. This in turn eventually led to a Walker Brothers reunion in the mid-1970s (although the latter eventually moved, by mutual consent, into more avant-garde areas).
From the mid-1980s, Walker revived his solo career while drastically reinventing his artistic and compositional methods, via a series of acclaimed and vividly avant-garde albums. These combined his iconic voice with an unsettling avant-garde approach which owed more to modernist and post-modernist classical composition than to his pop singer past. This change in approach has been compared to "Andy Williams reinventing himself as Stockhausen".
Walker has been a continuing influence on other artists, in particular The Last Shadow Puppets, Marc Almond, Goldfrapp, Douglas Pearce of the band Death in June, Billy MacKenzie of The Associates, David Sylvian, Julian Cope, Antony Hegarty, Thom Yorke, Steven Wilson, David Bowie, Leonard Cohen, Trey Spruance, Perry Blake, Radiohead, Noah Lennox, Mikael Ã…kerfeldt, and the Divine Comedy/Neil Hannon.
Walker continued to release solo material until his death, and was signed to 4AD Records. As a record producer or guest performer he worked with a number of artists including Pulp, Ute Lemper, Bat For Lashes and Sunn O))).
All I Do Is Dream About You
Scott Walker Lyrics
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With the dawn, I still go on and dream of you
You're every thought, you're every thing,
You're every song I ever sing
Summer, Winter, Autumn and Spring
And were there more than twenty four hours a day
They'd be spent in sweet content dreaming away
When skies are grey, when skies are blue
All I do the whole day thru, is dream of you
All I do is dream of you the whole night thru
With the dawn, I still go on and dream of you
You're every thought, you're every thing,
You're every song I ever sing
Summer, Winter, Autumn and Spring
And were there more than twenty four hours a day
They'd be spent in sweet content dreaming away
When skies are grey, when skies are blue
Morning, noon and night time to
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All I do the whole day thru, is dream of you
The lyrics of Scott Walker's song "All I Do Is Dream of You" portray a sense of obsession and infatuation with someone. The singer dreams of this person throughout the night and even continues to think of them when the dawn arrives. The person they are fantasizing about is all-consuming, as they are "every thought" and "every thing." This person is also the subject of every song the singer sings, indicating that they are the inspiration for all of their creativity. The singer dreams of this person during all seasons, showing that their feelings for them are constant and unwavering regardless of external circumstances. Even if there were more than 24 hours in a day, all of that time would be spent thinking and dreaming of this person. The song ends with the repetition of the line, "All I do the whole day thru, is dream of you," emphasizing the intensity of the singer's fixation.
Overall, the lyrics of "All I Do Is Dream of You" reflect an intense longing for someone, to the point where they consume the singer's thoughts and dreams. The song captures the feeling of being completely entranced by another person, to the point where they are the sole focus of one's thoughts and imagination.
Line by Line Meaning
All I do is dream of you the whole night thru
I spend my entire night dreaming about you and nothing else.
With the dawn, I still go on and dream of you
Even after the sun rises and the night has ended, I continue to dream about you.
You're every thought, you're every thing
You dominate my thoughts and consume everything in my mind. You are everything to me.
You're every song I ever sing
Every song I sing reminds me of you, and I can't help but sing about my longing for you.
Summer, Winter, Autumn and Spring
No matter what season it is, I am constantly dreaming of you and my love for you is timeless.
And were there more than twenty-four hours a day
If there were more hours in a day, I would still spend all of them dreaming about you.
They'd be spent in sweet content dreaming away
I would spend all of my extra hours in complete happiness and satisfaction while dreaming about you.
When skies are grey, when skies are blue
No matter what the weather or circumstances are, I am constantly thinking of you and dreaming about you.
Morning, noon and night time too
Every moment of the day, no matter what time it is, I am always dreaming about you and longing for you.
All I do the whole day thru, is dream of you
I spend my entire day consumed by thoughts of you and my love for you. All I do is dream about you throughout the day.
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Written by: ARTHUR FREED, NACIO BROWN, NACIO HERB BROWN
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
the ghost of redd foxx
Wish the doc would shown more of this period. What an incredible insane career this man has had. I regret learning of him so late.
Nievs Gatcha
I listened to the whole album... come on, Scott was young and his voice was different then.
Sodhats
Weird how his style and phrasing was pretty much exactly the same, even when his voice was so different.
AdrianDX
Just dropping by to say that this is not Scott Walker even though the copyright information, SoundHound and a quick Google search confirms that this is Scott Walker....🙃
Mark Shipham
Scott Engel!!!
VABkWrm
He sounds a lot like Browning Bryant here.
Michael Skywood Clifford
This is not Scott Walker
urchill1
not SCOTT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Gerry Coe
This is absolutely not Scott Walker.
SINGSTRESS100
I do not think this is Scott Walker. Not the way he sings