Gemini Dream by John Lodge - new single from 'The Royal Affair and After' Live album.
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The song was recorded live in Las Vegas on ‘The Royal Affair Tour’, and appears on John’s new album ‘The Royal Affair and After’ due for release on December 3rd. This video features John and his 10,000 Light Years Band - Alan Hewitt, Billy Ashbaugh, Duffy King and Jason Charboneau - and together they bring an incredible energy to this recording, and always get the audience up and dancing!
“‘Long time no see’… those opening words to Gemini Dream resonate even more with me today - what was true in 1981 has become true again in 2021. The song is about balancing ‘twin’ lives - touring musicians, and non-touring musicians. I finished my tour on March 8, 2020, and was in lockdown within days, but I never expected to be off the road for this long… Although this was a forced ‘sojourn’, it was a creative time, writing and recording new songs and a time well-spent with family, but as the song says, “the time is right” to get back on the road. Let’s keep that Gemini Dream alive for all of us…..and thank you for keeping the faith.” John Lodge.
JOHN LODGE 2024 TOUR DATES
July 9 Capitol Theatre, Clearwater, FL
July 12 Keswick Theatre, Glenside, PA
July 13 State Theatre, New Brunswick, NJ
July 15 Ocean City Music Pier, Ocean City, NJ
July 17 Patchogue Theatre, Patchogue, NY
July 18 The Warehouse, Fairfield, CT
July 20 Tarrytown Music Hall, Tarrytown, NY
July 21 Memorial Hall, Plymouth, MA
July 23 Nashua Center for the Arts, Nashua, NH
July 24 The Colonial Theatre, Laconia, NH
July 26 The Wilbur, Boston, MA
July 27 Infinity Hall, Hartford, CT
July 29 Bardavon Opera House, Poughkeepsie, NY
Aug 2 Seminole Casino Hotel, Immokalee, FL
Aug 3 Amaturo Theater, Fort Lauderdale, FL
This song is still awesome 40 years later.
Thank you for keeping the wonderful Moody Blues music alive, John!
My hubby & I ❤ The MOODIES 🎵
Absolutely agree! An excellent performance of this classic LDV song. John's voice is still holding up well too.
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From Brazil,
Really good backing band. Drummer lays down a really solid groove.
Long time, no see John...good to have you back... It's going to be a Gemini Dream for you, me and all Moody fans... Would love to see you performing in India... Looking forward to it🎶🎵☮️❤🇮🇳
My dad introduced me to the Moodies. John is my favorite! He sounds fantastic. Thanks for this fabulous live performance!
High energy and a catchy beat... it's a Hit!
John Thankyou for keeping the Moody Blues music alive!
And it's nice to see that you can still rock and roll with the best of them!
Our love and prayers go out to Graeme Edge and also Ray Thomas and their families.
Justin Hayward has been keeping the music alive for 6 to 7 years in his solor tour in the US and all around the world.
Just brilliant. Thank you for keeping the wonderful Moodies' music alive. You are definitely NOT Just a Singer in a Rock and Roll Band!
His keyboard player is great!!!!
Definitely a great groove that was my top highlight from the wonderful LDV. I do find myself spontaneously thinking the lyrics from time to time so thanks to all for the feeling and enjoyment.
I've always liked John Lodge!!! , this is great...Greetings from VB!!
Good to hear from John.
Keep the music 🎶 coming
WOW, Brings back good memories growing up in better times. WELCOME BACK 👍👍👍👍👍👍
Well Done Mr. John Lodge!
AWESOME!
awww! great to see that smile and laugh too, legend that you are Sir John. (yes you truly should be!) Love you forever John X XX
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Fabulous performance by John and his band.
awesome awesome awesome. gives me goose bumps.
This is FIRE!!! Holy Moly after all this time you still rock it!
Superb John and love your new band, please come to Montreal
Awesome Bass Player!!!!!
I really hope that John and Justin did not stop to record fantastic albuns, not live material, with the great talent and voices that both have !
Great video. Got me dancing again. Thanks, John.
You rocked this, John!!❤
Awesome song john you sound great thanks
I always loved this song....
Love it, but clearly a good deal of studio-recorded backing tracks. It's not my favorite practice in concerts. But John still performing with all the enthusiasm, talent and passion he's always had on classic and new songs is something to be treasured. Hope to see you in concert in the US, John.
You’ve got to do California!
Very good track JOHN
outstanding as always
Who Else Second's that emotions... W.E.😉😇😑
Sounds great John!! Good to see you… back up bank fantastic 👍💖
Dare I say this sounds better than latter day Moodies ? John and this band are back in the groove like they were when Patrick Moraz was touring LDV with them. Fantastic, welcome back. It’s great having John and Justin doing solo gigs, we’ve now got two great concerts to attend instead of one.
Agree
Dang,very,very solid performance.Hard to believe I'm 56 and John is old enough to be my dad,and hard to believe John and Justin's kids are just a few years younger than me.Johns backup high vocals are dead on.And of course Days of Future Past to this day here in 2022 STILL gives me chills and goose bumps,and forever will.They mixed the orchestra in perfectly despite not actually playing with the Moodies.The 50 year anniversary concert was mind blowing how it sounded exactly like the album.On that old video of John's song A Beautiful Dream where the audience is dancing all around them are any of their girlfriends or wives in the audience.?
spot on.....i'm 60!!!!
Very nice, John!
Bravo, excelente!!!!
I've always loved the song and I love the video! Great job😄
I'd really like to see Blue Jays 3
then 4, 5, &c...
Always been in love with this rocking
song, wow! !!
Thank y'all for many season's of years ... saw y'all twice in the early 70's... best band in my entire life. Your LYRICS are amazing to all who have heard you and Hayward and the rest of the MOODY BLUES... H.AntonioNetzer Texian Shitkicker Author Writer
You need to do your concerts live on TH-cam for All of us to see. I'm still a big fan of the Moody blues.
Amazing 💜♊️💜
Go John! You rocked this!! The band hit it!!
Wow. Thank you.🍄💗🕉
Great groove! Love the energy!
Life and Love :) ordered
Better than the original!, ordered the signed CD 3 days ago.
Met John at Infinity Hall in Hartford March 4, 2020 - a real gentleman! Planning to see both shows in CT next March. Wonder what it would take to get John and Justin together for a "Blue Jays" tour???
Very cool John ! I just discovered and subscribed to your channel - what a nice way to start the year.
Happy New Year to you and Kristin.
Gemini Dream is good, but “The Voice” was the best song on Long Distance Voyager, and perhaps the best song the Moodies ever recorded.
tie between Candle Of Life and On This Christmas Day imho
Erm, what about "question"?
@@dougreed2257 they have YET to make a klunker
Every Girl’s Crazy ‘Bout a Sharp Dressed Man.
Gives me ELO vibes.
Where is Hayward the voice of the Moody Blues? All the guys are still alive. Reunion anyone?
I didn't know two died
Will never happen. Mike retired back in 1978, Ray died in 2018, and Graeme died November 11th of this year.
Yes, unfortunately the time has run out.
Keyboard player looks like Jonathan Cain.
That is Alan Hewitt. He toured with the Moodies and acted as their musical director.
Good song, but the disco lights are way too distracting . . .
This song is nothing to do with the Moody Blues I love and why they started their concerts with this song I have no idea
Respect to lodge but he's not a lead singer.
Guess you never heard Words You Say.
I hope I never hear “Words You Say” again. It’s unbearable.
@Lionheart Roar: John Lodge is a personable guy, of course. Unfortunately I have to agree ("...he's not a lead singer"). Perhaps about 30 years ago John Lodge was a reasonable vocalist (2nd voice/backing- vocal), but as a very big Moody Blues fan I have been of the opinion for many years that John unfortunately only has a mediocre lead vocals. Even then, when his solo LP "Natural Avenue" was released (1977), I got a big shock and I only heard this LP once. I bought the LP because I'm a fan of the Moodies. His voice has no special or interesting tonal coloring that makes you sit up and take notice in a positive sense. And here with this new so-called live production, I don't want to know how many tracks have been recorded afterwards in the studio and, above all, the vocal tracks have been manipulated, with "Autotune" and Co. I don't know what is called "live" here. should accept. Even with a Freddy Mercury production from 1974, "Autotune" was used heavily in a subsequent release. At Freddy Mercury! ......
John Lodge is charging for appearances? He should pay the audience!
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Overall, his songs and his singing voice are weaker than Justin Hayward’s. Ray Thomas would have helped out a lot with the vocals. He had a very rich voice.
He was lucky to be in the band, for sure. His bass-playing is good, but his other contributions to the band are very uneven. Occasionally he strikes gold with a strong song like Singer in a Rock ‘n Roll Band or Shadows on the Wall or 10,000 Light Years, but most of his material is drek, and I would find it VERY difficult to sit through a whole concert of his. Gemini Dream, which I like, and which I think is the best song in Lodge’s live set, was co-written by Hayward. He needs a lot of help from the other guys.
@@djmcnerney Justin Hayward has had a very successful post Moody Blues career. He can recreate the essence of the band single handedly, with a few back up musicians. Now he has an extensive video library on You Tube. I assume his public venues are now limited, due to age and the lack of necessity to tour for any other reason than pleasure. For Lodge, playing the bass guitar is minimal contribution to a band and his song writing was sparse. But I imagine his part in the band made him a comfortable fortune, so he is in no dire straits.
@@timetryp422 Wow. Why so harsh? John is a very talented musician and a really great person. I don't understand why people leave negative comments on a video of someone performing their chosen artform. If I see a video and I don't like the performance, I don't say anything, I just move on - not for me. It wouldn't occur to me to leave a negative comment.
Might be better than the origianl.
Good job John, I've seen The Moody Blues twice,great shows,one of my favorite 60s bands.