You traveled into a wormhole through space and time and all you brought back was Keith Moon?. Great Power Pop Bands that never got their due…. In your wildest dreams (ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah) This gave the songs a similar musical feel to connect them musically, and then he wrote the lyrics to continue the story.Īnd when the words are touched with sorrow Justin Hayward wrote the song “I Know You’re Out There Somewhere,” which appeared on the next Moody Blues album, Sur la Mer, as a sequel to this song, with the singer longing to find the girl.įor “Somewhere,” he went back to his Yamaha DX7 synthesizer and used the same keyboard and bass sounds, keeping the same tempo. And he was very, very good at it, so I enjoyed every moment of that.” Tony Visconti was very much into that and the first person who really turned the band on to programming in a serious way. So it was just another way of exploring musical avenues. “The piece at the beginning that sounds like a sort of Theremin, a (humming) ‘oooo ooo,’ that’s a guitar synth. “Most of ‘Wildest Dreams’ – 90% of it – is Tony Visconti, my DX7, and a guitar synth,” Justin Hayward tells us. Tony Visconti, famous for his work with David Bowie, produced The Other Side Of Life album and encouraged the band to use some unusual instruments. After Pinder’s departure in 1979, Justin Hayward began experimenting with synthesizers and became particularly fond of the Yamaha DX7, which is apparent on this track. Mike Pinder, a founding member of the band, was their Mellotron virtuoso. The Moody Blues were one of the first bands to use a Mellotron, which was a keyboard instrument that played sounds by triggering tape loops. But I found out that it was a common experience and desire by a lot of people. I thought ‘Wildest Dreams’ would be a throwaway thing that people wouldn’t really take much notice of lyrically. “I thought I was writing a frivolous sort of song. Justin Hayward: “I found with ‘Wildest Dreams’ that it was a common experience for a lot of people,” he said. It was written by Justin Hayward and peaked at #9 in the Billboard 100, #1 in the Adult Contemporary Charts, and #2 in the Mainstream Rock Charts in1986. This song is more of a pop song than some of their early ones but a catchy one. I’ve always thought the Moodies were a great pop/rock band who plays for the song like Story In Your Eyes, Question, and others. Maybe because I don’t particularly like progressive rock bands. 
The Moody Blues have been described as a progressive rock band but I have never thought of them that way. It has a great hook and it gets you right away.
It’s easy to relate to this song… most have someone who they felt got away and you still think about them and wonder if they think about you.
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