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General => General Music Discussion => Topic started by: carl320 on June 24, 2010, 01:17:04 PM
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I saw them last week on the opening date of their tour, so in preparation, I listened to In Search of the Lost Chord and A Question of Balance. I had completely forgotten how great this band is. Since the show, I've been listening to TMB a lot, and borrowed a few discs from my brother.
Discuss.
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They have some great tunes. Question is probably my favorite song.
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I saw them often in the 80s, early 90s... very enjoyable.
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Days Of Future Passed is a great album, and they have many other great ones too. The Story In Your Eyes is perhaps my favourite song of theirs.
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I have DOFP, Seventh Sojourn, and TOCCC. Days of Future Passed is one of my all time favorite albums.
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I LOVE The Moodies! Definitely one of the more overlooked bands in the rock genre; they were one of the first prog rock bands, yet they never seem to get credit for that, which is a crying shame.
Anyway, I like most of their stuff, even some of the pop rock stuff of the 80s, but the first seven albums are where it's at. Favorites are In Search of the Lost Chord, To Our Children's Children's Children and Every Good Boy Deserves Favour. I actually think Days of Future Passed is arguably the least best of the seven, although I still dig it.
Plus, how many bands can say they have had four legitimately very good lead singers like the Moodies did back in the day?
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Saw them in Bethel Woods on Saturday. They kicked so much ass. Justin Hayward sounds as good now as he did then
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Justin Hayward sounds as good now as he did then
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Plus, how many bands can say they have had four legitimately very good lead singers like the Moodies did back in the day?
It's also very cool that every member contributed musically. It doesn't seem like that happens often anymore.
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Do you think there's enough interest in a survivor?
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Sadly, probably not. I mean, look at how few posts this thread has gotten. Doing a Survivor with less than 10 people participating always seems pointless to me.
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*Appreciates*
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At the end of a long day, there are few bands better to chill to. The Moodies are gonna help me off to dreamland tonight... :hat
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I've only been a Moody Blues fan for about six months now, and only have three albums so far, so I look forward to hearing the others. One of my favorite songs at the moment is "The Actor" : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0VDGwPiyLS8
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I have a Moody Blues-related story I'd like to share.
This past Christmas my Dad and I were driving back to my house after visiting relatives. I was listening to my iPod and wasn't paying attention to the classic rock station my Dad was listening to. Suddenly, I became aware that my Dad was very, very angry about something. I took off my headphones and was greeted with this: "What the fuck is this? This isn't rock, this is just pussy crap. Fuck this radio station, they keep playing all this artsy-fartsy bullshit. You hear this, Drew? [sarcasm on] Isn't this the greatest fucking song you've ever heard? ROCK ON DUDE!" [/sarcasm]
I was just like...sure Dad, yeah I agree, chill out.
I had never heard of The Moody Blues before, and I still have no idea what they sound like because my Dad was too busy blowing a gasket about how much he hated it, and I couldn't hear the song over him yelling. I don't know what the song was either, maybe you guys could help me identify it. He kept mentioning how the song started out with some "queer ass narration" followed by "some fucking gay classical stuff" after which the guitars entered and it became a "normal song." Kind of vague, but does anyone know what song it might have been? I'm curious and would like to listen to it.
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Meant to see them with my dad before he passed... never was able to.. I grew up on them.
Appreciated
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Gadough, I'd say it is likely the song was either "Ride My See-Saw" or "Nights in White Satin." The former has a brief spoken narration at the beginning, but no real classical parts, while the latter has plenty of classical bits but narration at the end (not the beginning), but it is possible that your father, who seems to have terrible taste in music :lol, was confused and just ranting. Given that the song was being played on the radio, it was probably one of those two songs.
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I saw them many many times in the late 70s and early 80s..great band
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Gadough, I'd say it is likely the song was either "Ride My See-Saw" or "Nights in White Satin." The former has a brief spoken narration at the beginning, but no real classical parts, while the latter has plenty of classical bits but narration at the end (not the beginning), but it is possible that your father, who seems to have terrible taste in music :lol, was confused and just ranting. Given that the song was being played on the radio, it was probably one of those two songs.
Yeah that's it, it was Knights in White Satin. Thanks. :D
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Looks like the fail is genetic, Gadough.
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I saw that you had replied to the thread and I instantly knew that you would say something like that. :lol
SO PREDICTABLE
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Looks like the fail is genetic, Gadough.
:lol :lol
And it is NIGHTS, not Knights, Gadough. Not trying to nitpick or being a grammar nazi, but that is one song title I always see people mess up. :facepalm:
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It's not my fault calling it Nights in White Satin is deliberately misleading. They're basically asking for people to mess it up.
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Isn't that a cover song? Or am I confusing it with something else.
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No, it is an original song, not a cover.
And more people really need to get into this band. They deserve much more love than they usually get. :censored
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I've only been a Moody Blues fan for about six months now, and only have three albums so far, so I look forward to hearing the others. One of my favorite songs at the moment is "The Actor" : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0VDGwPiyLS8
That's a beautiful song. Probably my favorite of Lost Chord.
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For me, it is hard to top "Legend of a Mind," but In Search of the Lost Chord is chock full of killer tunes. "Visions of Paradise" has always been a personal favorite of mine, even though it is one of the lesser-known songs from that record. "The Actor" is definitely a great one, as well. And we can never forget about the classic, "Ride My See-Saw." :metal
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Voices In The Sky and The Best Way To Travel are also aces on that album.
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Definitely. I remember one of the old classic rock stations here in St. Louis did a top 100 classic rock albums list way back in the mid 90s, and I was pretty happy when In Search of the Lost Chord came in at around number 15. It definitely helped that the main DJ at night on that station was a huge Moodies fan, but that album really is that good. So is To Our Children's Children's Children, which I rate just a hair below ...Lost Chord.
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NP: Question of Balance
Question is a great song (especially the middle part :D )
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BUMP
Every Good Boy Deserves Favour :heart
One More Time to Live is amazing.
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I have to give credit to Seventh Sojourn, what an underrated album.
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Definitely love One More Life to Live; it's one of my two or three favorites on EGBDF.
Seventh Sojourn is very good, although I admittedly like most of the others (from the first seven) better.
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Oh good, a Moody Blues thread. One of my favorite bands. ALBUM RANKINGS:
1. Every Good Boy Deserves Favour
2. Long Distance Voyager
3. To Our Children's Children's Children
4. In Search of the Lost Chord
5. A Question of Balance
6. Seventh Sojourn
7. On the Threshold of a Dream
8. The Present
9. Days of Future Passed
10. Octave
11. Keys of the Kingdom
12. Strange Times
13. The Other Side of Life
14. Sur la Mer
I never heard December. And DOFP might seem low, but anyway...
Sadly, this band is underrated.
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I LOVE The Moodies! Definitely one of the more overlooked bands in the rock genre; they were one of the first prog rock bands...
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By my reckoning...they are not "one of"...they ARE the first. DoFP predates ITCOTCK by almost two years. (Days was Nov 1967, Crimson King was October 1969)
Sgt Pepper should probably get credit as the first prog album...but The Moody Blues (IMHO) are the first prog rock band.
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Greatness:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_J-hmyAS6c
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What a coincidence, I just put on some Moodies. Right now it's On The Threshold Of A Dream.
Can't really decide which album is their finest, it varies so much. Usually I put Days Of Future Passed at the top, but now I don't know anymore.
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I think I already said this in this thread when it was first started, but I've never considered Days of Future Passes one of their absolute best. It is great, yes, but I think both In Search of the Lost Chord and To Our Children's Children's Children are both much better. Granted, it is hard to go wrong with any of those first seven...
It seems like many merely focus on the "hits" from those earlier records, but so many of the deep cuts are terrific!
And while Genesis and King Crimson became largely known for the mellotron in the 70s, Mike Pinder was the original King of the Mellotron. Unquestioned! :hefdaddy :hefdaddy
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I dunno, man. I grew up on Days, and I freaking love that album. Last year I heard Lost Chord and Threshold for the first time and thought they were severely disappointing. Maybe I'll have to give them another go. I find with the other albums I own (The Magnificent Moodies, Long Distance Voyager, The Present, Sur La Mer, Keys Of The Kingdom, Strange Times) there will be one good song on the album and the rest will be boring.
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I will say that I prefer by a wide margin the version of Legend of a Mind on the This Is The Moody Blues compilation than the original on In Search of the Lost Chord. They went a little too haywire on the original with some stuff only being in one channel to where some of the featured vocal and instrumental spots aren't up front enough (like the main musical theme in between the first chorus and second verse); the remix on the compilation makes it sound more full and natural. Most of the post-1972 albums definitely are all spotty at best, but that doesn't take away from that incredible seven album-run from 1967-1972
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Found this on the web:
(https://jointstereotype.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/graeme_edge_fuck_u_postcard.jpg)
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Of the first 7 I don't have Threshold or Days. But I have to agree with Kev that you can't go wrong with any of the first seven.
Another album that I love (but don't hear much about) is Every Good Boy Deserves Favour :heart
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Another album that I love (but don't hear much about) is Every Good Boy Deserves Favour :heart
That's a nice one. It has probably my favourite Moodies song, The Story In Your Eyes.
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I remember getting that album and not knowing what to expect since The Story in Your Eyes (definitely a great song) was the only song from it on the This Is The Moody Blues double CD compilation I talked about earlier. But I was more than pleasantly surprised. Our Guessing Game, After Your Came and One More Life to Live were instant favorites, and the rest sounded pretty solid as well. I eventually realized what a fantastic closer My Song is. :hat
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Bumping to say that EGBDF is probably my favorite album. They'll be in my area again in the fall and i'm wondering if I should go to the show (dumb question).
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I love that album, too! I can't say I love it as much as In Search of the Lost Chord or To Our Children's..., but it might very well be my 3rd favorite of theirs.
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RIP to a great musician. Arguably one of the founding fathers of progressive rock and roll. It's a good day to spin some MB. :'(
https://www.newsnationnow.com/entertainment-news/graeme-edge-dead/
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RIP Graeme :-[
I'll spin some In Search Of The Lost Chord tonight.
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Listened to a Moodies album on the ear buds on a slow afternoon at work today as a tribute.
R.I.P. Mr. Edge.
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I've had the tunes going all day. Had to pull out the Red Rocks Show from '92. Gotta love a band with a symphony orchestra and duo drums. Even 2 Robert Palmer-ie back up girls! LoL
Edge just rocks it hard.
Fucking kick ass. :heart
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mcBAUaBLOyM
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They had a lot of good hits, but (and I am sure I said this years ago already in this thread) the real magic for me with them was in those album cuts from the core 7. My favorite Moodies over time has become To Our Children's Children's Children, which was probably the only one of the seven that didn't have a hit that was a must-play for them on every tour (maybe On the Threshold... as well, as I cannot remember how much of a mainstay Lovely to See You was). It is just a magnificent record with incredible atmosphere and fantastic pacing.
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https://loudwire.com/moody-blues-graeme-edge-dead-80/
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I just realised that none of the original guys are in the current lineup now. Both John and Justin joined in 1966 (while Ray and Graeme are now gone). Ray left the band in 2002 and died in 2018.
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bump.
Denny Laine RIP :(
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/dec/05/denny-laine-star-musician-with-moody-blues-and-wings-dies-aged-79
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I saw them a few times in the mid 80s and it was always are great show of cool tunes....
I may need to do a dive back into their stuff
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bump.
Denny Laie RIP :(
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/dec/05/denny-laine-star-musician-with-moody-blues-and-wings-dies-aged-79
He died on the 50th anniversary of Band on the Run.
:(
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bump.
Denny Laie RIP :(
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/dec/05/denny-laine-star-musician-with-moody-blues-and-wings-dies-aged-79
He died on the 50th anniversary of Band on the Run.
:(
That's a Top 10 album of all time for me.
RIP Denny, I grew up with a lot of Wings music and he had some great songs on their albums (No Words, Time To Hide, Deliver Your Children, and of course Mull Of Kintyre) either as a writer or co-writer.
And of course, Go Now (although he didn't write it, but he sang lead), the Moody Blues #1 UK hit from 1965.