Cali Dreaming

"On a winter's day" when it is cold outside and "the sky is grey" everyone starts to think of where they would rather be. The dream of being in the sunshine and to enjoy the weather in California is always the dreams of people who live in cold areas. The song California Dreaming by the Mamas and the Papas, talks about a man being in a city during the winter. How he is cold and miserable, that the sky is grey, that everything around him is cold and brown. And how in his thoughts he wishes to be in the sunny “streets of LA”. In the lyrics he mentions about going to a church in order to get warm, but that the preacher is giving him a cold stare and that he as well likes the cold. The only way for the man to get away from the cold and grey, is to think of California and of the warm winters. The dream to be warm in a sunny state such as California is always on everyones mind. To be sitting in the sun by the beach during winter, while in other places there is snow and its cold.

Comments

[Tyler Hay]

I also believe the lyrics about the artist visiting the church to get warm and receiving a cold stare from the preacher relate to the artist's own personal conflicts, creating a desire to visit California. The artist may have also been reffering to a better religous culture in California which he would like to experience. The lyrics in the song also point towards the thought of happier people in California, because of all the sunshine. For example, the artist says that the preacher is cold and loves the cold. Maybe people in California are more warm and fuzzy, because the weather is fuzzy... or maybe not