Roxy Music - In Every Dream Home a Heartache

I couldn't find this here so I decided to upload it myself. The live version is nice but I prefer this version from the album.

Excuse the "still picture while audio plays" style of "video".

Roxy Music - In Every Dream Home a Heartache.
From the album For Your Pleasure, released March 1973.
Writer: Bryan Ferry
Producer: Chris Thomas, John Anthony and Roxy Music
Musicians:
Bryan Ferry - Vocals, rhythm guitar
Brian Eno - VCS 3 synthesizer, tape effects
Phil Manzanera - Guitar
Andy MacKay - Farfisa organ, saxophone
Paul Thompson - Drums
John Porter - Guest Bass

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[Hollandia777]

Coulsd any native Briton, please, explain what does "In Every Dream Home A Heartache" exactly mean? (Honestly, I face a grammar problem here! :D). Many thanX!

[vulpinoid]

It might make more sense if you imagine it written as "In every dream home, there is a heartache", perhaps.

It's talking about how something can seem perfect and happy from the outside, but under the surface things are not so perfect.

[mal pal]

Sushi Girl trailer :)

[Hollandia777]

Honestly, I suspected the same, but... that's always just THINKING in English that could help with that kind of punctuation problems! Anyway - many thanx!

[anomalek]

I assume you are asking more about the peculiar grammatical construct than the meaning, which should be fairly clear.

I am a native english speaker.

What you are seeing is poetic grammar - Ferry is violating the ordinary rules of grammar for poetic effect. Here the clipped sentence seems a result of trying to conform to the meter of the piece. The missing (but unnecessary) grammatical components also convey a sense of urgency, and suggests some crucial absent element in the home.

[2000toddowen]

I get the idea from this song that Roxy was obviously fans of Hammer horror films.

[Hollandia777]

Well, thanx indeed, but... My question was 'bout English grammar, u know So again: the only way fo me to understand the meaning of this title is it's like a combination of the 2 common English sentences - "In every dream home" & "A hertache" (with some points in between!).

[ANTon1nARTaud]

Though not being English I always thought of its meaning as the poetic equivalent of "home sweet home". That every time you dream of your home your heart pounds with sorrow because you are missing of it.

[IncoherentMoron]

at least Hollandia's is understandable, while yours is almost entirely incomprehensible (you didn't even get the meaning right, what the hell)

[bookbabe001]

Obviously not "American". Tool.

[Hollandia777]

Yeah, many thanx! :DD

[ovalroom2]

In every cloud..a silver lining same difference read in every cloud THERE IS A silver lining what is your first language...don't tell me probably American...!!??NO yes bubbles lightening and sqeeks!!

[2000toddowen]

It seems to me that Brian gives a hint of a Deutsch accent when he says "but you blew my mind".

Alluding to kinky Germans having all sorts of sex toys perhaps? Could be.