Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!pt.cs.cmu.edu!andrew.cmu.edu!ws1x+ From: ws1x+@andrew.cmu.edu (William Schwartz) Newsgroups: alt.rock-n-roll Subject: The Moody Blues Seventh Sojourn Message-ID: Date: 19 Jan 90 20:35:55 GMT Organization: School of Urban and Public Affairs, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA Lines: 43 krieg@jupiter.uucp (Andrew Krieg) writes: > What are the overall opinions on _Seventh Sojourn_ and _Octave_? > I have all of the other Mark II Moody Blues studio albums and > enjoy them. Are these later albums in the same vein as the > earlier stuff, or is it just 70's blah type music? Were there > any hits off of these two? I have always been partial to the "Seventh Sojourn" album, probably for sentimental reasons. The album itself meant alot to me while I was in high school and putting it on now just brings back all the wonderful memories....Sorry about that. Anyway, the album starts out with "Lost in a Lost World" which builds up slowly and blends right into the second tune "New Horizons". "New Horizons" is a Hayward ballad that described perfectly my situation in high school. The third track is a Thomas tune, "For My Lady" that lightly skips through, merging into one of the Moodies' best and best known works, "Isn't Life Strange". "You And Me" is a somewhat mellow, typical Moodies, rock-n-roll song that occasionally gets airplay on the Classic Rock stations. "Land of Make-believe" is another typical Moodies number, which leads into Pinder's haunting adagio, "When You're a Free Man". The album closes with probably the hardest rocking song the Moodies have ever done, "I'm Just a Singer (in a Rock and Roll Band)". There is an obvious Christian consciousness in the lyrics that does not scream B-L-E-S-S-E-D or J-E-S-U-S at you. It is more of a social awareness message I suppose. The "Octave" album produced one song that received airplay (and limited airplay at that), "Steppin' in a Slide Zone". The most interesting song on the album is "Top Rank Suite" which seems to be unlike any other Moodies tune I've ever heard---very jazzy. As for the rest of the album, that is up to somebody else. I hope this has been helpful. Sorry if this was a bit long winded. Later, Marty Schwartz CMU***Pittsburgh "I've had dreams enough for one and love enough for three. I've got my hopes to comfort me. I've got my new horizons out to sea." -- Justin Hayward "New Horizons"