I remember in Jr High school in 1981 I bought Long Distant Voyager by the Moody Blues. The album received a lot of airplay and peaked at #1 in the Billboard album charts. It had two top twenty hits with The Voice and Gemini Dream. Gemini Dream peaked at #12 in the Billboard 100.
The Moody Blues knew how to adapt. They started off as an R&B band, moved into experimental orchestral rock, dipped into rock, and in the 80s produced some high charting pop songs. I always liked their early seventies output the best but this was a great comeback for them entering the 80s. This album introduced them to another generation of fans.
This is a combination of two songs, the first being bass player John Lodge’s song about going on the road again and the second being guitarist Justin Hayward’s song about love being shared or twin “Gemini” dreams.
Gemini Dream
Long time no see
Short time for you and me
So fine, so good
We’re on the road
Like you knew we would
First night, so long
A state of mind
What can go wrong
We’re here, the time is right
To rock ‘n’ roll
Right through the night
Make it work out
Make it work
Make it work out
Make it work out
For each other tonight
Stage fright, candle light
You can’t let go
Tonight’s the night
Came back for you
Glad to see
That you came too
There’s a place a Gemini dream
There’s no escaping from the love we have seen
So come with me, turn night today
You gonna wake up
You know you gonna wake up in a Gemini dream
Turned round to see
Where we’ve been
And what we believe
In life, love
Take a chance
See it through
You’ll be glad
That you came too
There’s a place a Gemini dream
There’s no escaping from the love we have seen
So come with me, turn night to day
You gonna wake up
You know you gonna wake up in a Gemini dream
Long time no see
The lights go up
For you and me
We’re here
The time is right
To rock ‘n’ roll
Right through the night
Living it
Believing it
Wanting it
Make it work out
Make it work
Make it work out
Make it work out
For each other tonight
Long time no see
Short time for you and me
So fine so far so good
We’re on the road
Like you knew we would
Good album, good tune. I liked the song Talking Out Of Turn quiet a lot.
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It’s been a while since I heard that one. It came back to me when I heard it.
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I’m a huge Moodies fan, and I love this album, but Gemini Dream isn’t a fave. Not sure why. It got a lot of airplay, though.
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Yes it did. I heard it more than The Voice at the time. It is catchy…I will give it that.
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Check out the bottom comment: https://albumreviews.blog/2019/12/03/ten-favourite-music-producers/
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That is cool… I mean really cool. Not everyday you get a visitor like that.
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I didn’t realize this was The Moody Blues!!!! I thought it was 10cc! It’s a really good song.
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I like it…It was their change into the 80s
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I’m glad they were able to roll with the rock and roll of the day.
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Great song, from a very good album. Think The Voice was my favorite on it, but there were a number of really good tracks.
Spoke too soon a few days back – Santa left a heaping pike of flu and we’re all suffering in the family.
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Oh man… 2 years in a row for you…
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Good post – I have always been a fan of this band – One of the high points of this past year for me was when my blog got a ‘ follow ‘ from Justin Hayward -which is something I did not expect!
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That is great! I’ll have to check his stuff out. It’s a band I want to see.
I love their seventies output the best but they knew how to adapt and keep their style in tact. I loved this album in the 80s.
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