{"id":5153,"date":"2013-09-25T22:04:23","date_gmt":"2013-09-26T06:04:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/legendsrevealed.com\/entertainment\/?p=5153"},"modified":"2013-09-26T02:09:15","modified_gmt":"2013-09-26T10:09:15","slug":"was-nightmare-on-elm-street-seriously-inspired-by-the-1970s-pop-hit-dream-weaver","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/legendsrevealed.com\/entertainment\/2013\/09\/25\/was-nightmare-on-elm-street-seriously-inspired-by-the-1970s-pop-hit-dream-weaver\/","title":{"rendered":"Was Nightmare on Elm Street Seriously Inspired by the 1970s Pop Hit “Dream Weaver”?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here is the latest in a series of examinations into urban legends about movies and whether they are true or false. Click here<\/a> to view an archive of the movie urban legends featured so far.<\/p>\n

MOVIE URBAN LEGEND<\/span><\/u>: Was Nightmare on Elm Street<\/em> seriously inspired by the 1970s pop hit “Dream Weaver”?<\/p>\n

Singer-songwriter Gary Wright was a good friend of former Beatle George Harrison. Harrison invited him on a trip to India. Right before going on the trip, Harrison gave him the book Autobiography of a Yogi<\/em> (written by Paramahansa Yogananda) and after reading it Wright soon became fascinated by Indian culture and philosophy. Reading more of Yoganada’s works, he came across a poem by Yoganada titled “God! God! God!” which discusses the concept of the mind controlling its own dreams. I believe it specifically mentioned the mind “weaving” dreams. This inspired Wright to write the 1975 song “Dream Weaver,” which was a major hit on the pop charts in 1976. The song was especially noteworthy for the fact that besides drums by Jim Keltner, all of the rest of the music was performed by Wright’s keyboard synthesizer. Therefore, the song was likely the first “synth pop” hit ever. <\/p>\n

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