"Is This the Dream"

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I just listened to the two songs that were released to-day in 1965.  I'd already finished my transcription of "Is This the Dream," but I looked over it anyway, and I finished transcribing "Don't Go Away."

Last time I worked on the transcription for "Is This the Dream," the line "'Cause, baby, you'll just cry for a shadow" sounded sort of familiar to me.  It wasn't until now though that I placed it.  "Cry for a Shadow" is the title of an instrumental Beatles song, recorded in 1961 when they were backing Tony Sheridan.  It's track #12 on the first disc of Anthology 1.  Apparently it was actually released (in 1964), but - while the Beatles are an acknowledged influence on the Zombies - I sort of doubt that the title of this particular song influenced that line.  Still, I thought it interesting.