The Dream Academy special Gilbert Gabriel

<p>Gilbert Gabriel - The Dream Academy - in conversation with David Eastaugh</p> <p>The Dream Academy were a British band consisting of singer/guitarist <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_Laird-Clowes'>Nick Laird-Clowes</a>, multi-instrumentalist (chiefly <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oboe'>oboe</a>, <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cor_anglais'>cor anglais</a>player) <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kate_St_John'>Kate St John</a>, and keyboardist <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilbert_Gabriel'>Gilbert Gabriel</a>. The band is most noted for their 1985 <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hit_record'>hit singles</a> "<a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life_in_a_Northern_Town'>Life in a Northern Town</a>", "<a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Love_Parade_(song)'>The Love Parade</a>" and their 1985 cover of <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Smiths'>the Smiths</a>' song "<a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Please_Please_Please_Let_Me_Get_What_I_Want#The_Dream_Academy_version'>Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want</a>", which was featured in the <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Hughes_(filmmaker)'>John Hughes</a> film <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferris_Bueller%27s_Day_Off'>Ferris Bueller's Day Off</a> in 1986.</p>