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"Gemini Dream" was written jointly by the band's lead guitarist Hayward and bassist Lodge, both of whom won an ASCAP songwriting award for it. [3] While Hayward and Lodge had collaborated on a duet album outside of the Moody Blues in 1975 called Blue Jays, "Gemini Dream" was the first song performed by the Moody Blues that they had written ...
In the 1980s they took on a more synth-pop sound, having hits with "Gemini Dream" (1981), "The Voice" (1981), "Your Wildest Dreams" (1986) and "I Know You're Out There Somewhere" (1988). "Your Wildest Dreams" made the Moody Blues the first act to earn each of its first three Top 10 singles in the United States in three different decades. [ 14 ]
"Gemini Dream" – 4:20 "I Know You're Out There Somewhere" – 5:23 "The Voice" – 5:18 "Say It with Love" – 3:20 "The Story in Your Eyes" – 3:02 "Your Wildest Dreams" – 4:53 "Isn't Life Strange" – 7:20 "The Other Side of Life" – 6:47 "I'm Just a Singer (In a Rock and Roll Band)" – 6:58 "Nights in White Satin" – 6:49 "Question ...
The song continued the success of previous single "Gemini Dream", becoming a Top 40 hit on the Billboard Hot 100, where it peaked at No. 15 in October 1981. The song had previously topped the Billboard Top Rock Tracks chart for four weeks during June–July 1981. [1] The song also reached No. 9 in Canada.
"Legend of a Mind" is one of the Moody Blues' longer songs, lasting about six and a half minutes, with a two-minute flute solo by Ray Thomas, in the middle.. During the 1980s, Thomas and keyboardist Patrick Moraz (who joined the band in 1978, replacing Mike Pinder) modified the live performance of the song by composing a flute and keyboard duet as part of the flute solo.
Gemini recorded and released the new version in 1985. Cover versions of both the original version and the Gemini-version has since been released by amo. Angelika Milster under the German title "Einfach So" (1987), The Webb (1996), Björn Again (1993), and Abbacadabra (2014).
The full moon rises in the sign of Gemini. The same day as the new moon, Mercury, the planetary ruler of Gemini, turns direct and completes the retrograde cycle that began on Nov. 25 in Sagittarius.
The album is named after The Moody Blues song "Lovely to See You", from their 1969 album On the Threshold of a Dream. Unlike the Moody Blues' two previous live albums A Night at Red Rocks with the Colorado Symphony Orchestra and Hall of Fame , Lovely to See You: Live does not feature a live orchestra.