Dream Academy - 'Indian Summer' (Official Music Video)

[cclinton]

I'm in my Indian Summer years at 81 yrs old. Brings tears as I reflect on life and the years that can't come again. Such beautiful music from the Dream Acadamy.

[leighpelzel]

Brilliant group. Never got anything close to the recognition they deserved.

[bobwerner]

One of the most artistic, amazing I love them!! Been listening to them since 1983

[lala]

one of the best albums ever made, should have sold millions

[billjanis]

I worked for the Warner Bros. label Reprise and we worked really hard on this record. It was my favorite act. For a while. We just could not crack this thing open the way it deserved.

[OdeGrateful]

I think this video really captures the lyrics and melody well. It's as if John Hughes himself had something to do with it. Summer fading to fall, a dining room table fading from good friends together to a lonely and empty room; definitely a work of art. Sure thought Nick and Kate's reunion a few years ago was awesome. It's said we can never go home again but thankfully the memories remain.

[donaldsaxton]

A seriously underrated group for sure!!

[LIFEInnovating]

This album has stayed with me all the years since it came out. “Through poppy fields...”

[netwalker-]

Thunders & hypnotic native american ("Indian") chants blending with the lyrics... When that part starts, the song become into a sensorial experience.

[kevd]

"I knew those days would never come again."
Oof, hit me pretty hard with that one.

[alienlundy]

Great song! One of my favorites from Dream Academy

[mikesargent]

I love this song. Happy to say I saw them live in a small university venue in London. A great night.

[林振宏-pr]

I love DREAM ACADEMY very much, "Life in the northern town" "Indian summer"-always on my mind.

[jrpark]

Another great song by the Dream Academy!

[sauron]

When real music mattered, Dream Academy was a giant. Their work has not dated at all.

[timothyb]

This song makes me cry - not out of sadness but out of happiness... remembering my time in Athens, GA. No those days will never come again, but we can remember them.

[Chordonblue]

I worked at a boarding school through the 2000's and I lived next to the students next door. I introduced one of them to all three Dream Academy albums, which she really enjoyed. A few months later, she drops a CD off on my desk and says, 'I think you should listen to this guy, he's sounds a LOT like Dream Academy...' I said I would, but it was after her graduation and well over a year before I put Nick Drake's 'Five Leaves Left' into my CD player. I was STUNNED - this was recorded in 1969! Suddenly, I had to hear everything that guy did - and if you look him up online, you'll find that he was the true inspiration for the D.A., with 'Life in a Northern Town' being their elegy to him. He has inspired quite a few other melancholia artists - some I've listed below.

I never got a chance to thank her. But it showed how closed minded I'd gotten in my old age - I waited a year to even give it a chance. SHAMEFUL! Lesson learned. If she reads this: THANKS!

So I thought maybe Nick Drake had pretty much invented the style... Until I got the Drake box set and heard his MOTHER'S piano recordings. Unbelievable! 😮

Also recommended in this genre:

Beck - Morning Phase and Sea Change
The Believers (Gilbert Gabriel's solo project) - Angels and Fools
The Ocean Blue - My favorite being: Cerulean
and pretty much anything by Duncan Sheik - love his self-titled album

[ericgiguere]

My eyes well up sometimes when I listen to the Dream Academy. They are my favourite band... their music is so achingly beautiful, lush 80s pop infused with folk and a touch of melancholy, it transports me back to my youth.. I was 21 in 1988 and I started dating this gorgeous girl. I introduced her to Remembrance Days and Indian Summer was her favourite song as we met in September and it reminded her of us. I wish I could go back to that time.

[stubobish]

Great song and video! There music is timeless!
Kate is so pretty!!

[Aramanth]

_Remembrance Days_ still remains a favorite album of mine.
Songs like "Indian Summer", "Humdrum", "Power to Believe" &
"Hampstead Girl" are all very close to me... Overlooked brilliance... 💎