This is my fifth song pick for Hanspostcard’s song draft. Santo and Johnny Sleep Walk.
I have always liked and admired good instrumentals. I look at them the same way I look at the great silent movies of the early 20th century. They have to get across what they want to say without dialog. That is not easy to do but when they succeed…they are great. When I hear Sleep Walk it’s like hearing a dream set to music…haunting and beautiful at the same time.
Lyrics would not do this song justice…it says all it needs to say.
I first heard it on the movie La Bamba and I never grew tired of it. Unlike other soundtrack songs…I don’t think of the movie when I listen to this one. It’s on it’s own little island.
I like many instrumentals but this one is probably my favorite. It sets a mood like no other. It was written and performed by Santo and Johnny Farina in 1959. It peaked at #1 in the Billboard 100 and #22 in the UK Charts.
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Great! I like it. It’s quite the late 50s!
Yea I like this one also.
Like I said over at Hans’s, “Great instrumentals tell a story without words, and this is a great instrumental.”
That steel guitar just sounds amazing. When the music is so beautiful, you really don’t need vocals.
Yes it is Christian…I go back to this song a lot.
gorgeous track, I’ve always wanted this to get a reissue or sales boost so I can chart it in my personal charts. Period-evocative, but also timeless. It’s one I would point to as an example when lovers of lyrics and poetry get puzzled by my ability to ignore not-so-great lyrics and still love the music. I love music, and emotion, sometimes music doesn’t need words…..
You said it perfectly in your last sentence. Words would not do this justice.
I remember this song on AM radio in the 50s. Hot summer days, no air conditioning and this tune.
Great music brings back memories…the no air conditioning is tough but when you are young you don’t think about it as much.
I guess I did all my blabbing on Hans site but…HEY! LOL!
LOL…the more the merrier….if that is the correct spelling!