IMonster - Daydream In Blue (censored version)

[YasminSharp]

This is probably my favourite version of the song, I like the original though, I think people need to stop messing around with it.

[shadowaeroE]

It's sad to say that I listen to this song a lot less after seeing the video because i keep seeing the male puppet in my head. :/ it's disconcerting

[getoutamyface]

Soo.... is this a fan made video or an actual I Monster one? I've just found the band for the first time this last month and I fucking dig them.

[MrJohnshopkins53]

first heard this song in the closing credits of the movie " Steal".. I had to google the song title to find this vid... cool..

[AronHallan]

i know this song from the movie Riders at the end the jet plane scene in a beautiful sunny day.. awesome!

[RiOTMaK3Rx09]

Ahh Lupe, You are a awesome

[GOTHICLORD69]

fucking hell this version took me several hours to find

[SuperPhg]

@GOTHICLORD69 your not the only one

[LosersIncorporated]

22 people didn't dream a dirty dream..

[STARZCAPTAINWOOD]

omfg i have been trying to find out the name of this song for 4 years now and you have made my life 20% better !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[robskim101]

It's increibly ironic that people complain about Lupe sampling this when this song itself samples a 1968 song:Daydream by Wallace Collection.

It's like people who get mad about Kanye West sampling Daft punk in stronger, yet they don't know that Daft punk make most of their music from sampling old songs. The main beat from Harder,Better, Faster,Stronger is actually sampled from another song.

[DieMenschMaschine85]

@robskim101 : I agree but you are wrong. IMonster and Lupe Fiasco sampled The Gunter Kallmann Choir version of Daydream. And yes, Harder, Better ... is almost cover of Cola Bottle Shaped Girl by Edwin Birdsong.

[geniusgza7]

btw this is a sample anyway, this song is from 1969

[weleven111]

Its called sampling, they all do it, and there is nothing wrong with it. just as long as they produce something great, which I think lupe did !!

and most of you would not recognize the song before listening to lupe's version !!

[ThisCharmingMan001]

@weleven111 Most of who? This was a hit in the UK for I Monster in 2002, way before Lupe heard it. I think he did something great with it too.

[MrSaneperson]

@weleven111 i like the original version better>>Gunter Kallman Chorus - Daydream [1969]..combines ambient, classical & jazz elements all in one..

[Patalenski]

I wonder what is the uncensored version... :-)

[ThisCharmingMan001]

@Patalenski They keep taking the uncensored version down... you can find it on myspace... dot com forward slash redemptionuk

[warlordgold]

wher cna i find the daydream i feel asleep beneath the flowers bit?

[ThisCharmingMan001]

@warlordgold @Patalenski They keep taking the uncensored version down... you can find it on myspace... dot com forward slash redemptionuk

[warlordgold]

@ThisCharmingMan001 i actually meant the sample from this ahah :P

[xwolbx]

@warlordgold here:

/watch?v=4xNJhqfby-Q

[bsubassbaby2]

wait i'm confused...how is this censored? is there a part i haven't heard before?

[KennyKudda]

@bsubassbaby2 Sounds like the original track to me too, so my guess is that this is the censored VIDEO.

[ThisCharmingMan001]

@bsubassbaby2 the uncensored video is a little 'racier'... too much for most websites as they keep taking the thing down.

[gregwsil]

This is ill... not sick.

[TwistedGentleman]

Being John Malkovich: The Music Video

[SoapsAreStupid]

...BLACK NINJA?

[DharmaRecordsUK]

@TheFlight420 Correct, except that Lupe Fiasco didn't sample the Wallace Collection. He sampled the I Monster master with their additional production, sounds, vocals, crackles etc.

[TheFlight420]

@DharmaRecordsUK It's clearly obvious that he samples IMonster...my statement still holds true. To me. :)

[DharmaRecordsUK]

@TheFlight420 Fair enough :) but while I'm on of course I omitted to mention that I Monster sampled the Gunter Kallman Choir version.... so nobody actually sampled the Wallace Collection. I love their original version though.

[TheFlight420]

@DharmaRecordsUK "everything else doesn't matter" :)

[blackrockcity]

I created a playlist of songs based on Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake.

Click on my user ID then the 'Playlists' button at the top of my channel page to see the playlist.

[julia01575]

Can someone explain the similarities to Beta Band's 'Squares' for me? Who sampled who, or did they both sample someone else?

Thanks

[MrVenediktos]

Wallace Collection-daydream

[MussieOGunBomb]

such a great choon

[VisoBoard]

someone please make a dubstep version of this song. My instincts say that it will make a great song with heavy bass

[ROBYNsano]

This song is so good

[extreme101010]

These guys must have been so chill when they wrote/played this

[JakeJohnRogers]

@extreme101010 or high

[twinge]

Does anyone else think he looks like the puppeteer from the movie, "Being John Malkovich?" Coincidence? Hmmm...

[skaterboyask]

this song is sick and trippy good song to bang to lmao

[soizicbillandon77]

Vraiment j'adore, le clip est mortel!

[Mthtmty]

I really like this. :)

[TheoHeath]

b.e.a.u.t.i.f.u.l

[JasonZauss]

is there anywhertei can find this song withought the dude that sounds like he has a voicebox

[FeeLtheHertZ]

@JasonZauss That's like the best part of the song dude!

[jafri998]

@JasonZauss yea....its called "daydreaming" by Lupe Fiasco

[JasonZauss]

@jafri998 that has him rapping and that one bitch singing which is worse

[virtuous101]

This song is too damn sexy!

[SuperFlouss]

what's the instrument called that the bald guy is playing?

[violetxoxox]

@SuperFlouss It's a Suzuki Omnichord.

[generalrugged]

DAT VOICEBOX VOCODER TING IS THE SHIT MAAAAAAAAAAAAAN! MAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA­AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAD! ANYONE KNOW WHAT VOCODER THEY USED ON THE VOICE FOR THE VERSE??????

[violetxoxox]

@generalrugged They used a vintage Electro-Harmonix Vocoder EH-0300.

[admdc01]

@violetxoxox : I saw GoldFrapp using another technique; putting the mike insert into the Lfo control of a mini moog and then turning the lfo filter in and out;

check for : lovelyhead from GoldFrapp;

have a wonderful day

[jamalchoto]

dont have skip its only a litle diferend clip withut boobies

[Brook1888]

Lol i am not even high but i feel it :P

[dorkysmile390]

@Brook1888 i always feel like that when i listen to mgmt.....but they always write their songs when they are high.

[collewobbles]

Lovely relaxing, sweet music - I just love it!!

[dorkysmile390]

@collewobbles do you know what its about?

[adzthejuggler123]

"Edward Hitler,put down that washboard at once young man"

[MegaBollywoodstar]

i love this song

[TheStoopsgirl]

that was....strange.....I do like barbie swingin from the chandelier...ha haa!! Cool song though....

[stnega]

i didnt hear any skips in the song

[OrangeCounty26]

@stnega lol The there are no skips, just distorted voice when he sings ... I dream a dirty dream of you baby You're crawling on the bathroom floor, You float around the room and you're naked, Then you're flying out the bedroom door, I dream a dirty dream I dream a dirty dream and ... I dream a dirty dream of you baby You're swingin' from the chandelier I'm climbing up the walls 'cause i want you but when I reach ya, you disappear, I dream a dirty dream I dream a dirty dream.

[stnega]

wats the uncensored have

[iguanamarie]

@stnega moar gurl

[goalyssago]

@stnega hahahaha thats what i was just gonna ask.

[etyrnal]

i have that keyboard…

[petdogwater]

was searching for this song for years, nobody knew what it was called

[deadcousinted]

This song is incredibly sexy.

[Ireland004]

I love when artists can sample songs and can create even more art from the original versions. For me this song is reminiscent of the scene in The Wizard of Oz when Dorothy falls asleep in the poppy field

[inforekker]

Kőkemény! :)

[IArielI]

Mr. Nobody :)))

[Alterverse]

@IArielI yeahhhh :):)

[silkyish]

eels up inside ya,

[Yadablahblahblahbla]

@silkyish finding an enterence where they can

[blrrosenberg]

I'm not a big rap fan but Lupe Fiasco's version of this has to be my favorite

[glebber]

heard this song in the show Hustle. and just had to hear the whole thing!!!

[skatefreer]

oh yaaaaaah hey baby

[lewie180]

Where can I download origional on mp4?

[iMixMasTer]

guru hood dreamin

[Realness97]

Heard this for the VERY FIRST time on Claire Anderson's Late Lounge show on jazzfm.com - A Revelation for real.. (to me at least!!)

[skimboley]

beautifull song, WORST VIDEO.

[lozleigh]

Howard moon?

[MomoImmortal]

This could be in a trippy alice in wonderland movie

its awesome

[luis19473]

is awsome

[rotvarotva]

this is great,great song!!!

[pac157]

hello, I wonder where I can find the instrumental basis of this song?? from already thank you

[Hashpotato]

@pac157 glory box portishead

[sirselfdestruct]

@Hashpotato glory box samples ike's rap 2. as does tricky's hell is round the corner. similar sound, not the same.

[leftnutsicle798]

ITS MAKIN ME BLOW UPPPP!!!!!!!!!!!

[ComedyCowz]

this is pretty odd.

[hookey221]

This song sounds exactly like "squares" by Beta Band, I think its the same lyrics. D:

[ShoTown]

@hookey221

That's because it's the same sample. Beta Band actually had to delay the release of Squares because this came out using the same sample and melody around the time they'd planned to release Squares.

It samples the same song, 'Daydream' by Wallace Collection.

This is my favorite version but I love Squares too, Lupe Fiasco blows.

[comeonanythingrandom]

Am i the only one who hear similarities in the bass line, in the song "Feeling Good" by Nina Simone :)?

[Poopaskull]

@comeonanythingrandom Yup, they both have chromatic bass-lines

[Kevkev309]

lupe fiasco

[skate2themax]

@Kevkev309 this song was out way before lupe fiascos version

[Kevkev309]

@skate2themax yeah but he made it better

[violetxoxox]

@Kevkev309 I Monster actually produced Lupe's version. :)

[chrislarson15]

@Kevkev309 Lupe Fiasco can eat a huge dick.

[abSOULuteD]

@chrislarson15 Ey Lupe is hella better than the so called hip-hop artist you hear on the radio today.

[Nexven]

@chrislarson15 No need to bash Lupe, he's a great artist that's alot more respectful than any other hip hop artists, he's very true to his words and actually talks about relative terms in life. Regardless, this is sick.

[chrislarson15]

@Nexven I can bash Lupe, because he didn't even thank I Monster or the Wallace Collection when he won the Grammy for his shitty song.

[luckyjinxer]

@chrislarson15 Thats fuckin rap. They take samples they think sound cool and use them in their own music, call it their own. Like it or not. Lupe's not the first, wont be the last.

[toreyspindler]

I CAME >:O

[tchocksprincess]

"Walrus" tendency : )

[stlouis521]

dude i found this song a few years ago ive been smoking weed for a year now and i just remembered this song when im high dude its so good like i was gonna cry it was so beautiful lol

[LovesXpills]

This song, I've loved since it came out? I haven't thought of this song in years, and my friend reminded me of us singing it.

:>

[DR0PKiiCKMURPHY92]

creepy as shit lol

[kafilkaphish]

hype

[VagosS]

Anyway, to me, this is a very good song.

But, ok, they could never be compared to Portishead, one of the best triphop bands... Personal opinion.

[ErtiaLedo]

Personally, I prefer this to Portishead. ^^

[otrebla567]

Both are great, but portishead belongs to another genre... trip hop, & Imonster.. I don´t know but not trip hop

[ErtiaLedo]

What is trip-hop exactly? ^^

[goalyssago]

great eminem fucked up a good song.

[psychedeluxe]

are you cereal? wtf.

[shotgunwedding06uk]

haha NYE 2009

[ryanspanger]

yo DeepSoul1960s ur right

[DeepSoul1960s]

What I'm missing in the comments is that this is actually a cover of a hippy tune written by a German composer - I think it's from 1969, but I'm not sure. Check out Wallace collection...The bass scheme is the basis for most of the TripHop genre...

[DeepSoul1960s]

PS: the same bassline was already used in "Glorybox" by Portishead, 7 years earlier. Don't get me wrong, I like this tune, but IMonster is actually a late-comer on the TripHop/Lounge scene...

[VagosS]

DeepSoul1960s you are so right.

[dertaschenrechner]

the Wallace collection was actually a Belgian band

[DeepSoul1960s]

True and that is actually the original one and it was written by two members of that band. Mea culpa on that one. The German I was referring to was Gunther Kallman and they covered the song to produce the most wellknown version of it.

[DeepSoul1960s]

PS: the Wallace Collection I am talking about, of course. iMonster actually uses the Portishead bassline in the chorus.

[violetxoxox]

You're mistaken. I Monster doesn't sample Portishead. (However Portishead samples Isaac Hayes' "Ike's Rap II" in "Glory Box").

The ONLY thing "Daydream In Blue" samples is the Gunther Kallman Choir's cover of "Daydream" (the original having been done by The Wallace Collection).

The confusion lies in the fact that "Glory Box" and "Daydream In Blue" both the same very common bass progression. (Example: this same progression is used in the chorus of "Gethsemane" from Jesus Christ Superstar.)

[violetxoxox]

That should have been Gunther KALLMANN Choir. Sorry, tired.

[hloomymann]

well there we have the professional :D thanks for clearing things up ^^

[DeepSoul1960s]

Actually, no. iMonster samples Portishead - they've said so themselves in an interview that I read. But for the rest this song is just a modern rendition of the Wallace Collection's Daydream. And about the bassprogression: I myself have used it in 3 tunes: Mon rêve, Petite Diable and Irish Porn. And besides, it's not a very common bassprogression - I've seen it used only a handful of times.

[violetxoxox]

I'm friends with the band and assure you this song does not sample Portishead. The only sample it contains is the intro and first verse from GK's Daydream. If you saw anything about it in an interview, it would have been the guys saying it annoys them when people say it samples Portishead.

With regard to the descending bass line, I'm surprised you would say it isn't common, especially since you seem to be a musician. It's a basic progression, used in genres from classical to death metal.

[DeepSoul1960s]

The interview as a few years ago, so that may be true. All I wanted to say is that the song isn't as original as poster wants us to believe. As far as the bass-progression is concerned, it's used more often but it isn't as common as, say a Bminor, C or a 12-bar E scheme/progression. And trust me, as I seem to be a musician, I am also a fan and I've heard 80 to 90 per cent of the music released in the Western Hemisphere for the past 50 years...(tbc)

[DeepSoul1960s]

...Yup I'm a bit older than you, probably :)

Another thing what I wanted to point out is that this song is basically a cover with two or three added lines as although, as you say, only the first verse of the GK-rendition of Daydream is sampled, the entire tune floats on it, which makes it imo a cover. (tbc)

[DeepSoul1960s]

...You have to hand it to Portishead, Tricky (compare Hell Is Around The Corner) and a couple of other guys that they made a complete new song out of the same sample. That's what I myself also try to do (although my only "famous" contribution is participation in the Venga Boys - for which I sincerely offer my apologies but hey, it was 15 years ago and I needed money :P...

[DeepSoul1960s]

so I participated in that project plus a couple of other projects which names I don't even dare to mention, but I punished myself for that mistake by going back to the basics, so I guess I have been redeemed ;) ).

Anyway, does iMonster still exist? Usually bands like this exist a handful of years and then dissolve quietly...

(sorry, for the many comments, but YT didn't allow me to put it in just one, that's why :| )

[3Drives]

@DeepSoul1960s they have just done a new album (in 2009)

[violetxoxox]

@DeepSoul1960s Oh yes, I Monster definitely still exists. They released an album in 2009. Incidentally, they did a great live version of Daydream on BBC Radio 2 last August, with Kevin Pearce and Philly Smith on vocals. It's available on their "Dear John" EP. Right now they're gearing up to release albums for two side projects, Skywatchers and People Soup. (There are some Skywatchers videos on the skywatchersmusic channel, if you're interested. Trippy and psychedelic.)

[jerbaut]

@violetxoxox HOLLY COW!!! thx dude!! i saw mr. nobody a week ago and since then i was looking for the song!! The Wallace Collection´s one

[violetxoxox]

@admdc01 I think you're getting them confused. Wallace Collection wrote and recorded the original, then the Gunter Kallmann Choir recorded a cover version. It's the Gunter Kallmann version that I Monster samples. :)

[admdc01]

@violetxoxox : my mistake dear, you're right, I sampled Gunter Kallmann, put it in an nn-xt sampler, added some rotating effects et it just sounds like I Monster;

And comparing to the original, the sound quality is much better;

So once again, all my apologies

[admdc01]

@violetxoxox : but anyway, this remains a super groovy electro stuff :-)

[ighetjaysz13]

this song is soooo relaxing

[lildance360]

so relaxing...esp when ya light'n it up!

[Stammahammer]

One of my favourite songs of all time!

[lmeg1088]

nice...

[neon471]

Eh.

[3kliksphilip]

I like the intro, rest of it's a bit rubbish though. Nice to see them attempting something original and old-school, though.

[L1qu1d1ty]

If you don't like lupe's version, you clearly don't understand the lyrics.

[PattiWitti]

hahaha they show the spin position :D

i saw it one time in a kamasutra book

Q_Q

[redpopripple]

This song was originally done by The Wallace Collection. This version, the audio, (and video) rocks.

[wembleyhed1]

the bald guy looks like adrian edmonson lol

[serzantas]

Loooooooooove it!

[KG8oston]

this song sampled the song that sampled the original. I like almost all of the versions i've heard, including lupe fiasco's song he didn't jus "recite couplets" over the song if you listen to the lyrics it's a very deep and metaphorical song, that probably took a lot of thought, he is actually a very skilled writer, and because he avoids the commercial "dumbed down" lyrics his albums don't sell as much as they could.

[camry009]

Lupes song wasn't "just taking" things from this song. The songs much deeper than you may realize or give credit.

He sampled it and it sounded great thats what matters really.

Kanye sampled a few old artists I love and I was happy with it. If it was bad then I wouldn't like it of course but sometimes bias gets in the way I think when it comes to it.

Anyway its not as if he rode this chorus to fame or something. I see it as paying homage music is lucky honestly to have Lupe

[msammas]

all that maters is that the cover is done originally, essentially taking one idea and turning it into another. what I Monster did accomplished that, and then some! What Lupe Fiasco did (or even Kanye West) did not accomplish that. Taking someone else's work and just reciting couplets over it doesn't make you original.

[kennerguy66]

I agree with you. Although probably quite a few people wouldn't.

If you take something and make it your own, changing the sound/vibe, that takes skill. Sampling and rapping over it (regardless of great lyrics), just doesn't impress me.

Some samples are very well integrated and expanded upon. Like A Tribe Called Quest sampling Lou Reed's 'A Walk on the Wild Side' for 'Can I Kick It'... Or Public Enemy sampling 'For What It's Worth' from Buffalo Springfield for the song 'He Got Game'.

[TheNewTestament321]

iiiiiiiiii Dream a dirty dream of ya babbbbbbbbbbyyy!!!!!!!!!!!

[crvenonebo13]

Its really sad that no one can make something new and fresh, they all have to copy old songs...Art has died..

[jamesspicer]

It's called a cover and this band has many new and fresh songs..... The fact that they did a cover only shows how much they enjoyed the original. If every song they did was some kind of cover or remix, then I would second that. It is not, so I can't. But it also is true that music is dead, but you should have left that comment for bands like Panic at the disco, Kanye west, The jonas brothers, Puddle of mud, creed, nickleback...etc. not a band that truely is the last hope.

[snobordinJACboi15]

NO U

[altoidsours]

Oh the melodrama of it all! Art has died! Nooo! But at least pretension is still alive and well, hm?

[jenniferrigby]

what?

[altoidsours]

It was a reply to someone else.

[Alexandrahas]

NICE SONG!

[thampex]

from my home town sheffield:-) great tune though, i think one of em used to be in the all seeing i

[Sebbester88]

:( I didn't realize how much Lupe actually sampled from this song. I have lost respect for Fiasco's version now.

[MoonGaurd]

Yep...he lost about 60% of his fans in the last few years....

[LeezyBastard]

Dude, almost every hip hop beats are made that way

[redmunkee]

To be fair, this song heavily sampled the Gunter Kallman version which is a cover of another song. So is it really unoriginal to sample a sample of a cover?

[gmu2]

you are a dipshit! this itself is a twice sampled song. way to think that one through...

[KausheelKumar]

can you get this song with just the violins ? as in, acoustic version ?