1067 The Moody Blues - The Dream

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1067 The Moody Blues - The Dream
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The Moody Blues have quite a few of these "songitesimals" in their catalogue; they are another band from their music I could compose this entire theme week from. Many of these shorter tracks from their catalogue are comprised of odd music behind the reciting of poetry; this one is no different.
This track is actually part of a suite of music written by keyboardist Mike Pinder titled: Have You Heard. This track, The Dream, was used as an intro into the greater piece of music. It features a mellotron being played making odd sounds/music with poetry recited over it. While the lyrics were penned by drummer Graeme Edge they were performed on the album by Mike Pinder.

Here is the studio version on YouTube.
Here is a live performance on YouTube.


My song pick a year ago today: Azteca - What'cha Gonna Do?
My song pick two years ago today: Slaughter - Fly to the Angels

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