Fleetwood Mac “Dreams (Megaman & Panic City Remix)”
There are few songs in the world that are as honest-to-God, capital-p Perfect as Fleetwood Mac’s “Dreams”.
The song, one of many crazy-beloved entries housed on the group’s 1977 blockbuster classic Rumours, just feels like the result of the planets and stars aligning in a certain magical way; the soft, warm churn of the steady drum hits and guitar flourishes having the power to transport one’s mind to a state of dreamy bliss from second one, and the somber heartache found in Stevie Nicks’ distinctive rasp as she comes to terms with the finality of a romance damn near leaving one wanting to be nursing a bruised heart over a glass of wine in the dark just so her words can dig in deeper all amounting to a gem that’s never un-welcome when hit by a random spin of it at any time of the day.
No wonder then, that the song has experienced a renewed life of sorts in the past decade (otherwise known as the “Nothing Is Un-Remixable” era) with countless DJ’s and producers taking a stab at giving “Dreams” a modernized luster, whether in darker, (whatever)-gaze-y framings that emphasize the emotional ache behind the lyric, or flashier dancefloor revisions that pay tribute to the song’s timelesss greatness with a fist-pump grandeur club-sparkle seemingly specifically made to incite various drunken “THAT’S MY SONG!!!” exclamations once the TGIF night crowd figure out what song is being tinkered with beyond the thump.
This latest remix, by DJ’s Megaman and Panic City, falls into the latter category and it’s simply fantastic, utilizing many familiar dance production tricks in such a grandiose way that the whole thing deserves a slot on a post-midnight NYE playlist to help sustain that giddy celebratory feeling long after the ball has dropped.
For the younger set not all that sure about hyping a club edit for the baby boomers, here’s DJ Panic City’s equally strong remix of Drake’s “Take Care”:
