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Moody Blues singer and guitarist Justin Hayward was inspired to write "Your Wildest Dreams" after reminiscing about his first love. Of the song's lyrics, he stated, "For me, wanting to know about the first girl you ever fell in love with, really fell in love with and broke her heart, you always want to know, I wonder what happened.
Moody Blues biographer Marc Cushman described the lyrics as "more of those mystical, spiritually inclined, highly interpretable Moody Blues lyrics. [1] Philadelphia Daily News critic Jonathan Takiff said that in the lyrics Lodge "still is promoting his nose-to-the-grindstone keep-on-pushin' philosophy."
The composing credit for the whole album was listed as Redwave/Knight (Redwave being a made-up collective name for the five Moody Blues), although "Nights in White Satin" and "Tuesday Afternoon" were written by Hayward, "Dawn Is a Feeling" and "The Sun Set" were written by Pinder, "Another Morning" and "Twilight Time" were written by Thomas ...
Days of Future Passed is the second studio album by English progressive rock band the Moody Blues by Deram Records. [8] It has been cited by Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and others as one of the earliest albums of the progressive rock genre and one of rock music's first concept albums.
Paul McCartney frequented the club and, being quite taken with the song, attempted unsuccessfully to get several singers and groups, including the early Moody Blues, to record it. [10] After the formation of the Beatles' own Apple Records label, McCartney recorded Mary Hopkin performing the song at Abbey Road Studios in London. [11]
Blue World (The Moody Blues song) D. Dawning Is the Day; Driftwood (Moody Blues song) E. English Sunset; G. Gemini Dream; Gypsy (Of a Strange and Distant Time) I.
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Hayward reflects on this songwriting process at the time: "A song is a song. There are specific Moody Blues songs that start in that quiet way. I've had so many small parts of songs that I've just enjoyed playing, and it takes me a while to realize: 'This is a song. If I just work at it a bit more, I've got a whole song here.'