Eternity Road (song)
"Eternity Road" is a song by the band the Moody Blues from their 1969 album To Our Children's Children's Children, a concept album about space travel. Written by band member Ray Thomas, "Eternity Road" is a slightly upbeat song, and its lyrics describe the vast "eternity" of space as a continuing road, and how one doesn't know what lies ahead on it. Thomas takes lead vocals on the song.
| "Eternity Road" | |
|---|---|
| Song by The Moody Blues | |
| from the album To Our Children's Children's Children | |
| Released | 21 November 1969 |
| Recorded | May–September 1969 |
| Genre | Progressive rock |
| Length | 4:17 |
| Label | Threshold |
| Songwriter(s) | Ray Thomas |
| Producer(s) | Tony Clarke |
Background
Interviewed by Jason Barnard, for website thestrangebrew.co.uk in 2014, Thomas said:
I was born in 1941 and during the war I was taken down the air raid shelter. There was our family and two other families who were our neighbours. Sometimes the Luftwaffe were all over us before even the sirens came off. Every night my grandmother would go "Hark" and her friend Mrs Ackland, next-door, would go "Listen". Mrs James lived on the other side would then go "Here he comes." So they became known as "Hark", "Listen" and "Here he comes." So that stuck in my head so that’s how I started "Eternity Road".[1]
Personnel
- Ray Thomas – vocals, flute
- Justin Hayward – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, backing vocals
- John Lodge – bass guitar, backing vocals
- Mike Pinder – Mellotron, piano, backing vocals
- Graeme Edge – drums, percussion
References
- "Ray Thomas – The Moody Blues". 3 December 2014. Retrieved 27 February 2019.
- "THE MOODY BLUES - To Our Children's Children's Children (1969)". Progarchives.com. Retrieved 27 February 2019.
- To Our Children's Children's Children, Threshold THM1, 1969, album cover notes