Gypsy (Of a Strange and Distant Time)
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"Gypsy" is a 1969 song by the progressive rock band The Moody Blues
, from their album To Our Children's Children's Children
, a concept album about space travel. Due to its long name, the song is often referred to on compilation albums as simply "Gypsy." It is often regarded as the album's most popular track.
The lyrics of "Gypsy" are related to the album's space travel theme by describing a traveler who is "traveling in panic all direction blind, aching for the warmth of a burning sun, freezing in the emptiness of where he'd come from." It is also revealed that this traveler will not be returning home to earth
from the line "Left without a hope of coming home."
The Moody Blues
The Moody Blues are an English rock band. Among their innovations was a fusion with classical music, most notably in their 1967 album Days of Future Passed....
, from their album To Our Children's Children's Children
To Our Children's Children's Children
To Our Children's Children's Children is the fifth album by The Moody Blues, first issued in late 1969. It was the first album released on the group's newly formed Threshold Records label, which was named after the band's previous album from the same year, On the Threshold of a Dream.It was...
, a concept album about space travel. Due to its long name, the song is often referred to on compilation albums as simply "Gypsy." It is often regarded as the album's most popular track.
The lyrics of "Gypsy" are related to the album's space travel theme by describing a traveler who is "traveling in panic all direction blind, aching for the warmth of a burning sun, freezing in the emptiness of where he'd come from." It is also revealed that this traveler will not be returning home to earth
Earth
Earth is the third planet from the Sun, and the densest and fifth-largest of the eight planets in the Solar System. It is also the largest of the Solar System's four terrestrial planets...
from the line "Left without a hope of coming home."
Personnel
- Justin HaywardJustin HaywardJustin Hayward is an English musician, best known as singer, songwriter and guitarist in the rock band The Moody Blues.Hayward was born in Dean Street, Swindon, Wiltshire, England...
: vocals, acoustic and electric guitars - John Lodge: bass guitar, backing vocals
- Mike PinderMike PinderMichael Thomas "Mike" Pinder is an English rock musician, and is a founding member or the British rock group, the Moody Blues. He left the group following the recording of the band's album, Octave, in 1978...
: mellotron, backing vocals - Ray ThomasRay ThomasRay Thomas is an English musician, best known as the flautist and as a singer and composer in the rock band, The Moody Blues.-Career:...
: bass flute, backing vocals - Graeme EdgeGraeme EdgeGraeme Charles Edge is best known as the drummer and a songwriter for the Moody Blues, but has also led his own outfit, the Graeme Edge Band.-Biography:...
: drums, percussion