Difficult to put into words the emotional impact this song has had on me throughout my life.
Everything from the rolling build up of the verse into the spiralling chorus, its one of the most beautiful songs I've ever heard.
As the first reviewer noted, the song is both uplifting and sad at the same time. It's melodramatic magic, a fearless call to humanity to the possibility and existance of the purity of hope and love, sadly a call most human beings in this world will never hear.
The entire album is a testament to how music can transend beyond the concept of just a song, just a piece of music, this 'song' and this album are far more than that.
Though I honestly have a difficult time listening to this track, without crumbling into dust, from my own personal sadness felt through past and present guilt and regret, I hope this song and others like it are never forgotten.
@la10738939 Same here. I found this album: seventh sojourn in 1976 and could not stop listening to this side and especially this song. Along with Jethro Tull Passion Play and Yes Fragile, these three emotionally affected me very deeply. Land of Make Believe is one of the most emotive songs I have ever heard - and I even learned to play it on the piano to try and evoke some of the same emotions on the fly. An anecdote: my piano is a Sojin [Korean Babay Grand]. Patrick Moraz, of YES and The Moody Blues played a concert at my...
@la10738939 Same here. I found this album: seventh sojourn in 1976 and could not stop listening to this side and especially this song. Along with Jethro Tull Passion Play and Yes Fragile, these three emotionally affected me very deeply. Land of Make Believe is one of the most emotive songs I have ever heard - and I even learned to play it on the piano to try and evoke some of the same emotions on the fly. An anecdote: my piano is a Sojin [Korean Babay Grand]. Patrick Moraz, of YES and The Moody Blues played a concert at my house in 1995 - a long story. Anyway when he was leaving, he signed the sound board in my piano, and in his signature, he wrote "7th Sojin" a play on the title of the Moodies Album. BTW, Patrick did not play on that album - it was before he joined the Moodies. :)
Difficult to put into words the emotional impact this song has had on me throughout my life. Everything from the rolling build up of the verse into the spiralling chorus, its one of the most beautiful songs I've ever heard.
As the first reviewer noted, the song is both uplifting and sad at the same time. It's melodramatic magic, a fearless call to humanity to the possibility and existance of the purity of hope and love, sadly a call most human beings in this world will never hear.
The entire album is a testament to how music can transend beyond the concept of just a song, just a piece of music, this 'song' and this album are far more than that. Though I honestly have a difficult time listening to this track, without crumbling into dust, from my own personal sadness felt through past and present guilt and regret, I hope this song and others like it are never forgotten.
@la10738939 Same here. I found this album: seventh sojourn in 1976 and could not stop listening to this side and especially this song. Along with Jethro Tull Passion Play and Yes Fragile, these three emotionally affected me very deeply. Land of Make Believe is one of the most emotive songs I have ever heard - and I even learned to play it on the piano to try and evoke some of the same emotions on the fly. An anecdote: my piano is a Sojin [Korean Babay Grand]. Patrick Moraz, of YES and The Moody Blues played a concert at my...
@la10738939 Same here. I found this album: seventh sojourn in 1976 and could not stop listening to this side and especially this song. Along with Jethro Tull Passion Play and Yes Fragile, these three emotionally affected me very deeply. Land of Make Believe is one of the most emotive songs I have ever heard - and I even learned to play it on the piano to try and evoke some of the same emotions on the fly. An anecdote: my piano is a Sojin [Korean Babay Grand]. Patrick Moraz, of YES and The Moody Blues played a concert at my house in 1995 - a long story. Anyway when he was leaving, he signed the sound board in my piano, and in his signature, he wrote "7th Sojin" a play on the title of the Moodies Album. BTW, Patrick did not play on that album - it was before he joined the Moodies. :)