Your Wildest Dreams

[wintergr3y]

Last Friday, at Friday Night Waltzes, Joan Walton (the dj) surprised me by playing "Nights In White Satin." Just like when they play Billy Joel's "The Piano Man" I was happy to sing (loudly) along. It was a fabulous waltz. Only problem: no one else was singing (although Joan, at least, appreciated that I loved the song). What's with all of you? Nights In White Satin, people! Sing!!

And the song got stuck in my head....

I had a rough evening last night. At the end of it all I was feeling kind of down, and plopped myself down on my bed. Then the perfect solution hit me; I dropped my Best of the Moody Blues album in the stereo and listened to all my favorites. I haven't listened to that album, oh, since the last time I drove around Lake Tahoe with Monica a few years ago. And lo, it was good.

A few minutes later Bill (my room mate, who's a few years older than I, and with whom I've only been living for 6 months or so) comes up to my door.

"You surprise me," he said.

"Hmm? What, the music?"

"Yeah, I never would have figured."

"Moody Blues?" I responded. "What, you thought it was all techno and Linkin Park for me?"

"Well, yeah..." he smiled.

"I was thinking of pulling my Alan Parsons Project albums out next, you know. After all, I gotta keep you guessing, Bill."

"Well, you're doing a good job. Keep it up."

And lo, it was good. And so today it will be Games People Play, Let's Talk About Me, and Standing On Higher Ground.

Comments

[winetraveldance.livejournal.com]

I love the Moody Blues song Your Wildest Dreams. It always seemed perfect for someone who had to leave all her friends behind and move on every few years. I really should pick up that Best of album.

[terpsichoros.livejournal.com]

There's Piano Man, and then there's what Joan played at the most recent FNW.

[corva.livejournal.com]

I have been a Moody Blues fan for years and years. When I was a young teen I had the wonderful pleasure of catching them in rural upstate New York at a mostly open-air show. It was a beautiful night with fine company and the stars shone so bright...
I adore Big Band and crunchy blues, and that has been a suprise to some folks when they are exposed to it.

[unseelie23.livejournal.com]

If there's any Alan Parsons that you don't have, let me know. I have all but one of the ones after Eric Woolfson left to do his own thing.

I'm remembering how much I threw you back when we were still playing Fading Suns when I quoted Queensryche... :)

[tsgeisel.livejournal.com]

I loved hearing Nights in White Satin, but wasn't enthused about it as a song to waltz to. But maybe I'm just lacking the dance skills. Or was too caught up in singing along (to myself, for which you should be thankful), to be concentrating on the dance. Or maybe it was my partner. Dunno.

I'm a big fan of Turn of a Friendly Card and Eye in the Sky, although On Air and their live albums are also very good.

"Time? Isn't that thing that keeps slipping, slipping, slipping into the future?"
"No...it flows like a river, to the sea."
"Well whatever, I've got too much of it on my hands."
- old conversation between my brother and I, long ago...

[neverjaunty.livejournal.com]

I *will* track down a techno dance remix of it for you, Paul :D

*hugs*

[zhaneel69.livejournal.com]

I love you and that surprising people thing. And your roomie deserves to be on his toes. :-)

Zhaneel