“A godlike symphony to teenhood.” 8.0 - Pitchfork
“You’d never guess that a pair of teens from rural Washington could pull off an album that’s part garage-psych, part blue-eyed soul and part sunshine pop, and that all parts would exceed expectations. Remarkably diverse and listenable.” - NPR
It’s been a long time coming for Donnie & Joe Emerson. What started humbly in 1979 as a combination of youthful ambition, colossal tallent, and an incredible family support system has blossomed into a supernova 33 years later. For this weeks’ Free Basin’ Fridays, we’re giving away a very special Donnie & Joe mega-pack! The giveaway includes the Emerson brothers lone album, Dreamin’ Wild (your choice of 180-gram LP or CD), the “Team Dreamin’” old-school baseball tee, PLUS an original and super rare copy of Donnie & Joe’s first release, the “Take It” b/w “Thoughts In My Mind” 45!
For your chance to win, leave a comment below with your name and email address (kept private) and tell us what it means to you to DREAM WILD. Winner will be announced next Friday, July 9 at 12PM PST. Sorry but if you’ve won a giveaway of ours in the last two months you’re not eligible. Good luck and remember you can pick up the CD/LP/Digital versions of Dreamin’ Wild here as well as the “Team Dreamin’” tee here!
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Dreamin Wild – pushing your creativity and freedom beyond the limits of what can be done.
Let your dreams run wild! Always blow your mind and the minds of others!
Dreamin’ Wild means when reality fails to produce a positive result over a period of time in one’s existence and the certainty of existing as a mere single digit in the void of the 9-5 world becomes a near death experience 24/7, all you have left are your dreams, whether you’re awake or not. And make those dreams as wild and feral as you can, without restraint, without limits, without regret, and especially without fear.
“President Simpson Wins Super Bowl”: Has there ever been a wilder dream?
Dreamin’ Wild is living your life as much like Twitter icon @dadboner as possible, all day, every day. Even when studying for the state bar examination. Especially when studying for the state bar examination.
dreaming wild = producing an off kilter soulful soft rock masterpiece whilst in your teens in white elvis jump suits whilst everyone else in school dresses like joey ramone. 30 years to catch on? keep trawling those record crates.
with the innocence of youth blowing full wind in your sails, you venture towards your heart’s yearning, no matter the mines of doubt hidden along the way. no matter the passage the time, if you believe in them still, you are dreaming free, dreaming wild.
dreamin wild is the album made by two siamese twins, donnie and joe emerson
Love this record, and have been awaiting it’s release for some time.
Dreamin’ Wild is high life-ing, heavy spirits, low income-endless summer of loving. It means to be completely free and has always suggested a child-like sort of innocence, to me. Just like the Emerson brothers mumbled hyper-sensual lyrics and extreme ambition. Dreamin’ wild is swimming in a river a going under to find a world you didn’t remember, existing down there, dreamin’ wild. Baby.
Dream the impossible dream.
Just a fantastic record, i stumbled upon it on youtube and just fell in love with it!! fantastic!!