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MOODY BLUES - Days of Future Passed MARATHON | FIRST TIME COUPLE REACTION
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This album is like the soundtrack to a beautiful film that does not exist... or rather, a film that only exists in the mind of each listener.
Nicely put!
This album is like Dark Side of the Moon. It needs to be listened to in a dark room, on real good speakers, from start to finish, turned up to 11 (without conversation or stopping). It need to be fully experienced. Every little nuance needs to be explored within ones own mind. Thank you for making today so much better for all of us. I have been listening to this since it first came out in late 1967 and it is still just as amazing as it was the first time.
The LYRICS, the poems, make this album surreal. They just don't do this anymore. Esp. on the second song, "Dawn," which goes, "...the smell of grass just makes you pass into a dream..."! The words just take you deeper, into your own mind. A bong hit helps too.
@@paulbrinkman5631 And a tab of orange sunshine (LSD).
Also, couple of candles need to be in the mix.
It's important to remember that this came out in 1967 and was a contemporary of Sgt Peppers. Mixing orchestral music with pop had been around for a long time, but it had never been taken to this level before. For its time it was a real game changer, even if the orchestrations haven't all aged well (some might call them "twee".) But the MB were really lucky that Decca supported this project (even if the band didn't let the label know *exactly* what they were up to!) One thing you'll learn with the Moodies is that they all contributed as songwriters, and you're getting a taste of the different personalities here. Justin Hayward (vocal/guitar) was usually the most romantic, Ray Thomas (vocal/flute) favored more whimsical songs, John Lodge (vocal/bass) wrote some of their best rockers, Mike Pinder (vocal/keys) contributed their proggiest/orchestral pieces (he helped develop the Mellotron and was the first pop musician to bring it on stage), and drummer Graham Edge contributed the poetry pieces. Those are gross oversimplifications, but it tends to hold up across their "classic 7" albums, from this one through to Seventh Sojourn. Definitely finish the album on camera, and then take the next 6 albums in sequence.
Thank you, @Yeshead, for articulating all this. You taught me a lot. And I really hope this compels you two, @NicknLex, to finish this album on camera with all of us! (BTW, Yes is my favorite band!)
And imo a much better album than Sgt Pepper. It’s subjective, but daylight for me.
huh thats altogether different from what I remember about this album. I remember Decca wanting to release an album showing off its new stereo technology. Decca's main base at the time was symphonic music so THE LABEL offered the Moodys the chance to work with an orchestra because they hoped to bring in the younger market as well. The Moodys were flat broke and on their last legs so jumped at the chance because Decco wasnt interested in the Moodys on their own. The only deception was that the Moodys didnt write completely new material for the project and used a lot of stuff from their stage act. They recorded their parts then handed over the finished masters to Peter Knight who arranged and conducted all the orchestral stuff after the Moodys were long gone. So yea, it was the MBs who came up with the day in the life concept but left on their own, they would never have added the orchestral stuff.
The next 7 Octave is Mike's final album with them. Pats on the next 5. Dan on the last 2.
@@waynesworld7804 Not quote. If Sgt. Peppers is a 10, DOFP is a 7 or 8, some songs rising to a 10.
This really is one of the best albums of all time. it's hard to believe, but this came out in 1967! So very far ahead of its' time.
Imagine being a young teenager and this album being part of growing up. This and ‘in search of the lost chord’ were a big part as was so many other classic albums that were new at the time.
"In Search of..." and "To Our Children's Children's Children" are tied for first place, with Pink Floyd's "Wish You Were Here," and Genesis' "Duke," as my all-time favorite rock albums. (I don't rate the Beatles with anybody else, they are in their own separate space).
That was me.
And thank you for playing DAYS OF FUTURE PASSED. You two are great!
Days of Future Passed: what a fusion of classical, pop, and psychedelic rock. Took the world by storm when it came out. Such beautiful orchestration. The Moody Blues were so utterly progressive. This is very beautiful, invoking many good feelings. I bought the vinyl of this back in the 70s. You simply must hear the rest of the album and let us see your reaction please. Great album, great reaction!
I still have it on vinyl
This whole album is written as if it was meant to be played by an Orchestra. This was a game changer for it's time with all the orchestral parts that are included in the music. You can appreciate this kind of music whether you're sober or under some kind of influence, it is that good!
This album literally kicked off EVERYTHING we listen to in the progressive world....it started it all. In fact, the Mellotron they used on this record (which inspired so many artists to come) has it's own place in the Rock N Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland. Lyrically, the whole story (using "a passing day") is a metaphor for someone's entire lifespan.... birth, development, life, and death. It's an absolute masterpiece!
Same year as Sgt Pepper, they are the first concept albums for me and set up all Prog to come (along with King Crimson 2 years later).
Precisely.
When, not if, Nick and Lex react to side 2, I intend to go in to my own interpretation of the album's concept. There's one very important lyric towards the beginning of the album which links the cycle of a day to a lifetime, in my opinion.
This was side one of the album, so the break after Peak Hour is how we initially heard it, as we had to get up and flip the record over.
And yes please to listening to the rest on the channel!
The Moody Blues "Days of future Passed" Released in 1967 with The London Festival Orchestra Conducted by Peter Knight, Band Members Justin Hayward; Mike Pinder, Ray Thomas Graeme Edge & John Lodge. This entire Lp is a Masterpiece of Analog Tape Production, Recorded & Mixed onto Vinyl Records. This Band and Lp was Unique and Extraordinary among the Various English Bands at that time. Thank You Nick&Lex
You just made my Monday!!
This whole album, no matter what my mood, can put a smile on my face! I cannot feel bad listening to it!! It's a great combination of rock/orchestra...and a beautiful concept to showcase it.
Thanks for doing this! But you MUST complete the album and do side 2, eventually...and soon! (to not do so would be to miss out on Evening, Time To Get Away, The Sun Set & Twilight Time! - which are sandwiched between Tuesday Afternoon & Nights - plus you may not know the true 'end' to the album!!)
By the way... the Moody Blues became quite friendly with the Beatles. Mike Pinder introduced them to the Mellotron, which they used in STRAWBERRY FIELDS. The MBs were the opening act for the Beatles final tour of England. FUN FACT: The Beatles tune, SHE CAME IN THROUGH THE BATHROOM WINDOW, was inspired by something that actually happened to MB band member Ray Thomas.
DAYS OF FUTURE PASSED was not expected to sell. It was a demo album for the DERAM recording company. DERAM had come up with a new recording system which they wanted to demonstrate. They asked the Moody Blues to come up with an album for the demo recording. It was decided that having both rock and symphonic music on the same recording would really demonstrate the range of the system. So the MBs recorded their songs and they were segued by the London Symphony Orchestra performing the themes. The album hit #27 in the UK. But a few years latter a radio DJ in LA used Nights in White Satin to end his show every night. Lots of people started requesting the song at the radio station and eventually, the album gained popularity and hit #3 on the US charts. The concept of the album was sort of a day in the life of humanity. The main band members were Mike Pinder, Ray Thomas, Graham Edge, Justin Hayward, and John Lodge. Thomas and Edge have passed away in recent years.
Mike Pinder has also passed away in April 2024, we lost him a few days ago. He suffered badly from dementia in his final years. He has now made the journey out and in.
Your comment about Mike Pinder "journey out and in" brought me to tears. This album and the Moodies saved my life in late 70's in a dark time as a teenager. I still have their music. Thank you. ❤
This album was groundbreaking. Even today, it is unique. It was the first to combine a traditional orchestra with a rock group. One of a kind, the way the orchestra plays versions of the themes from the various songs throughout the album is addicting. Once you guys have listened to the whole thing, you will enjoy it even more on 2nd or 3rd exposure. Damn, this takes me back. 🙂
Glad you are enjoying the Moodies. Not counting the 1965 album which is very different, the next 7 albums are classics. Some of my favorites are Watching and Waiting, Are you sitting comfortably, And the tide rushes in and You can never go home anymore. You really can't go wrong with any from those albums. Please do some more Moody Blues reactions. You won't be disappointed.
I'm like Nick; it tears me up every single time I listen to it. The narration at the beginning and at the end of Nights in White Satin is poignantly beautiful.
I stumbled upon this album relatively late, by accident in 1981, when a colleague where I worked played it. I loved it so much that I went out and bought the vinyl album.
I especially love this album because it takes me back to those halcyon days of my boyhood in the 1960s. When this album was released I was 11 years old. Every time I listen to it I'm transported to those wonderful days, when The world hadn't morphed into the degeneracy that we see all around us today.
The intro to this album is bits and pieces of each song melded together to form a composition solely unto itself.
In other words, it’s an Overture.
@@michaelcapewell4811 Very much like the Overture from Tommy.
@@ConglomerationCat Very much like the overture from many stage and screen musicals for the last 100 years.
Which in classical terms is call an overture.
Many people are unfamiliar with the word “overture” so nothing wrong with explanation provided by OP. Thank you for educating some of us on its definition.
The brilliant orchestrations Peter Knight composed and arranged for this album are pivotal to its iconic status. You can hear more of Knight’s signature “cosmic” orchestrations in his collaborations with the Carpenters from their late 70’s albums onward to Karen’s passing, including much of their equally iconic Christmas holiday recordings. They’re so distinctive, once you hear them you’ll know immediately they’re Knight’s work.
I'm sure I've said it before in previous posts, but when hearing this extraordinary musical art, I feel so blessed I was a youngster during these years. So very much innovation and experimentation in music. Best years of my life.... 67 to 77.... Your channel helps me relive my youth guys. Thank you. Cheers Bob.....😀😂😀😂
Actually you have already heard two of the main components of the rest of the album; The Afternoon (Tuesday) and the Night (in White Satin). This is the only album by the Moody Blues that has this full orchestral arrangement throughout. On the rest of their albums it is used sparingly.
But it's better to hear it as a whole on the album. It just makes it so much better that way!
@@littleaeros4063 Yes, but at least they listened to all of side one. It's one of the albums you could never appreciate if they only sampled one song. The point I was making is that they have already heard half of side two with the songs they said they already know by the Moodys.
The orchestra is not used ‘sparingly’ on their other albums. It is not used at all.
@@BP-kx2ig Without going through their entire catalog, just off memory the Red Rocks album proves you absolutely incorrect.
@@ForbiddTV Well of course there is an orchestra in the Red Rocks album. That is a recording of an actual live concert with an orchestra. I am talking about studio albums such as the Core 7 (with the exception of Days of Future Passed) and every studio album after Seventh Sojourn. None of these have an orchestra at all.
It's always a pleasure to see reactors listening to this ground breaking album. Thank you both.
Back in 1967, Decca records wanted to demonstrate to their loyal classicl music listeners and the younger 'hipper' listening audience, their new STEREO recording equipment. So they pitched an idea to Moody Blues of recording a cross-over style album consisting of Dvorjak's 6th Symphony (From A New World), with elements of Moody Blues thrown in...all in wonderful stereo. Unbeknown to Decca the band secretly had other ideas, so when they hit the recording studio, they completely through out the Dvorak idea and did their own thing without telling Decca. When Decca found out, they weren't impressed and the album may not have seen the light of day if it hadn't been for Walt Maquire at Decca's US subsiduary (London Records) saying that he liked it, and so it was released in the US. Once it became a US hit, Decca had to admit they were wrong and the rest is history. TMB really were pushing the boundaries, back in the day and this album is definitely worth a listen, it's quirky, original and yes...progressive.
Wow!! I didn't know just like them that there was SO much more to the M. B. yet to discover! I regret not listening to it before, but I think the fact that after 50 or so years I can listen to it for the first time as it were new, is almost a better feeling considering the sad state of affairs of the majority of today's music. Love that! Thanks Kai for the suggestion, and my two kiddos Nick and Lex! Dad. 😍
The Moody Blues are just as significant as any band that ever was. Check them out fully.
One of my most favorite albums of all time. Thank You to you both!!
This is a good introduction to Moody Blues, they have made a lot of good albums:
"To Our Children's Children's Children"
"A Question of Balance"
"Seventh Sujourn"
"On the Threshold of a Dream"
"In Search of a Lost Chord"
The other albums feature just the band.
My favorite album by the Moody Blues is the sixth of the Magnificent Seven, Every Good Boy Deserves Favour. But I strongly feel their albums take the listener on a musical journey from Days of Future Passed forward, and should be listened to in chronological order to be appreciated.
@@IllumeEltanin I would agree with you they should be listened to in chronological order. I didn't write them in order, I put my 2 favourites first ;-)
@@IllumeEltanin Yes, take the whole day off, line up all seven, take a bong hit in a dark room, and then CHILL!!
You can call me "an OLD Timer" if you want!
@@IllumeEltanin It seems that "In Search..." "To Our Children's..." "A Question..." and "Every Good Boy..." were CUT FROM THE SAME CLOTH, ya know? But those seven, and even the later "commercial" gems, are truly magnificent.
Much of the credit for this album has to go to Peter Knight who did all of the orchestral arrangements for the album. The band worked with record producer Tony Clarke, engineer Derek Varnals, and conductor Peter Knight.[The group recorded and mixed their sessions first, then passed the finished tapes over to Knight for arranging and recording the orchestral interludes. He became famous for his rich lush orchestration for The Moody Blues' Days of Future Passed, most widely known through the single Nights in White Satin.
This is one of my most favorites, they take you on a life's journey, but they're describing the events of one day...
I've always thought of this music as quintessentially "English" not Hollywood. For the most part there was absolutely nothing similar to this being pressed to vinyl at this time. There is even some mellotron to be found in these songs.
Great job.
'...absolutely nothing similar to this'? Really? You might wanna check out some of their contemporaries. The Beatles, Procol Harum, Rolling Stones all used mellotron by '67 and/or had recordings similar in style/spirit to this album. Pink Floyd also had some instrumental pieces similar to some of these songs that would later be released.
@@kevinlakeman5043 Mike Pinder and the Moody Blues were the most profilic creators of the mellotronic sound. Most of the other bands you mention (except Procul Harum) merely dabbled in it.
I too was taken aback by the Hollywood reference. Unless the mere symphonic-ness of it made them think that. Love the Moodies. I agree also that with a concept album in particular, listening uninterrupted is better.
Need to check out the biographic youtube on the Moody Blues. You'll be more impressed with them.
I'm just starting your reaction, but I do hope you allowed the tracks to run together. At the time, this merging of rock tracks and orchestra was ground breaking.
When you do get to side two, I have so much to say regarding the concept of the album, from the opening backwards gong and spoken word to the closing spoken word and gong. All I'll say for now is to keep in mind it is meant to be a cyclical loop.
Such soul stirring,life affirming music...brings tears to my eyes whenever i hear this...
I never listened to a single Moodies song but would sit and pic an album and enjoy the journey. My favorite was To Our Children’s, Children’s, Children.
I'm 75 the moody blues was the music my wife and I were listening to when we were first together in '72. it is still very special to us even now. Each album, as first publish, is a complete story. To get the full effect listen to each one from start to finish uninterrupted.
The back half of the album includes "Tuesday Afternoon" and "Nights In White Satin", songs you already know. This is a fantastic choice though. Thank You!
Ah...
I was hoping for them to discover that for themselves on initial listen. But, it explains the reference to Nights In White Satin in the overture-like track The Day Begins.
Great album. I think that the Moody's In Search of the Lost Chord is even more cohesive and IMO their strongest album. Ride My See Saw, House of Four Doors, Legend of a Mind, Voices in the Sky, and The Actor are absolutely flawless.
I am still catching up on your listens. I watched this one last night. I have to say that you two had me in tears at times. You inspired me to listen to it again for the first time. I was brought back to hearing it with my dad. With the incredible music, my memories and your reactions, I spent some moments in tears. Thank you, guys!
Aww that is so sweet to hear. Music is very powerful that way! ❤️ Thank you for sharing!
I loved watching you two listen to this. Your animations of dancing, air guitar & air keyboard, and the other meaningful hand gestures are what make this so much fun. Hope you have a great life as a beautiful couple. DOFP Has been one of my favorites since it came out in 1967. I'm 71. When I was about 19 (1971), some friends introduced me to LSD. I listened to this mesmerizing album again under the influence, and it made so much more sense. I realized what the phrase, "Pinprick holes in a colorless sky" was talking about. So if you look at a starlit sky and imagine that someone has placed a huge piece of black construction paper with little holes punched in it in front of a powerful light...well, you'll understand. I think that good music should portray the lyrics written. Such as, Peak Hour being a busy fast-paced tune. It's so easy to see the hustle & bustle in a thriving city. So many instances of music matching the lyrics in this album. It's actually hard for me to listen to this now. For me, there are so many memories associated with it. Most of all, it just reminds me of how old I am and how I will never be able to be the person I was back then. And so many of my old friends are "gone" now. Again, I loved your video. Peace!
Thank you SO much for your good vibes and support!! So glad you enjoyed this with us!
Now THIS is a worthy marathon. Excellent!
This is your best reaction that I have seen, and I'm a subscriber too. You're both not old enough to have grown up with this music, but glad you have the opportunity to still listen to what we had in the late 60's and early 70s.
I had bought this album in 1968, I think, and it blew me away, as the only music that was on the radio at the time was hard rock, such as the Rolling Stones, Jimmy Hendrix, Bob Dylan, Santana, Grand Funk, and soul, which was ok.
The Moody Blues blew my mind on my large speakers, and 50 years later, listening to them, it puts me back into my bed with the lights turned off when I was 17, and letting their music take me to some other place.
The person reciting the poem, written by Graham Edge (drummer), is Mike Pender, the keyboard player, who had that great voice. The symphony arrangement (really the London Symphony, moonlighting at night) was composed by Peter Knight. He was great. The songs had already been written by the Moody Blues, and they were the songs they performed in their gigs. Peter's idea was, "You guys just play your songs like normal, and I'll add the symphony." But, when they got with Peter Knight, who liked their music, the Moody Blues then went in a different direction with the rest of their music, and with the mellotron (forefather to the synthesizer), which gave them a portable symphony, they could take their band/symphony on the road.
FYI. All the original score, was destroyed in a fire and was lost forever, as no copies had been made and stored. During the 90's, the Moody's started to do concerts with a full orchestra, and all the arrangements had to be composed by ear and scored by conductor Larry Baird. He did a great job in trying to duplicate the original score of Peter Knight. The Moodies live Hall of Fame (The Moody Blues album) concert at the Royal Albert Hall, will mesmerize you. If you want to see what a Moody Blues concert was like, do a review of that DVD.
Yes, finish the album, and then do their other first 6 Albums as a marathon, playing each album all the way through. Sitting in my living room, with this album playing loud enough to feel the lower notes rumble through my body, is the experience you want, that good headphones cannot give. Enjoy.
I was 14yo when this came out, it blew my mind. And I was already well into Vanilla Fudge by then. A glorious album full of great songs and music but has to be listened to from start to finish. A great reaction too. Hi from Tasmania!
I listened to this album over and over with the lights off. It was a religious experience. When In Search of a Lost Chord came out, I bought the album but wouldn't play it for months because I didn't think anything could measure up. Lost Chord is definitely worthy of your reaction, and great for headphones!
Totally, totally agree a 120 percent........
It's clearly better than Days...imo.
@@kevinlakeman5043 Days certainly has a very special place when the mood strikes but In Search Of The Lost Chord shows them using their creativity to the fullest extent.
@@kevinlakeman5043 I agree. In Search of the Lost Chord is the Moody Blues, fully realized. Days of Future Passed is a set of concept songs about the passing of one day with Peter Knight writing the instrumental interludes and played by the London Symphony Orchestra. The album was conceived as a gimmick for Decca Records, where they were applying stereophonic sound to classical music. Fortunately, the happy accident worked..
Felt the same after Threshold of a Dream. Bought Lost Chord but didn't listen to it for months but when I did, it literally changed my life.
I adore this album so much. I absolutely love the mix of orchestral performance and rock album.
I have many Moody Blues albums along with the "boxed set" Time Traveler which has 4 very full discs and a 5th bonus disk which, FTMP, is their concert live at Red Rocks. It was on PBS years ago. Excellent performance. (Legend of a Mind with Ray Thomas on the flute is mind blowing)
As Time Traveler states, the record company was expecting Dvorak's New World Symphony done in a modern way. Rock & orchestra sharing the "stage" so to speak.
They wanted to showcase their "new" stereo technology. The Moodies did their own thing & when the company heard it, they were upset. "you can't dance to it!" But the big boss liked it & the rest is history.
The album has had many interpretations but ALL say that it's a classic. The way that I see it, is that it follows the course of a day. Whose day...That's up to you. But it must be heard all together in the correct order. You can't have twilight time before Dawn is a feeling. The London Symphony Orchestra gives their interpretation of each part of the day and then the Moodies give theirs.
It begins with a beautiful poem & ends with the ending of that poem. One part heralding the sunrise & the start of a new day. The latter describes how the end of a day might be seen or experienced by different people.
Mike Pinder is speaking Graeme Edge's poems
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"The Day Begins
Cold hearted orb that rules the night,
Removes the colours from our sight.
Red is grey and yellow white,
But we decide which is right,
And which is an illusion.
Pinprick holes in a colourless sky,
Let insipid figures of light pass by,
The mighty light of ten thousand suns,
Challenges infinity and is soon gone.
Night time, to some a brief interlude,
To others the fear of solitude.
Brave Helios wake up your steeds,
Bring the warmth the countryside needs."
(my interpretation - The music swells to represent the sunrise)
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"Late Lament
Breathe deep the gathering gloom,
Watch lights fade from every room.
Bed-sitter people look back and lament
Another day's useless energy spent.
Impassioned lovers wrestle as one,
Lonely man cries for love and has none,
New mother picks up and suckles her son,
Senior citizens wish they were young.
Cold hearted orb that rules the night,
Removes the colours from our sight.
Red is grey and yellow white,
But WE decide which is right,
And which IS an illusion."
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Hi NicknLex, glad that you knew some of their music already but as they were a concept album band it is best to listen to all the way through in one go!. Other albums to check out that have not been mentioned already are, Every Good Boy Deserves Favour & Seventh Sojourn.
Please experience the second half of this recording on camera! I am a subscriber & a fan! I have greatly enjoyed your sharing of your reactions to the music I grew up hearing. I'm an old guy, (born in 1952) who plays guitar & loves music! From early rock & roll through the Beach Boys, the Beatles & the "British Invasion", classic rock, rhythm & blues & hard to classify artists like Steely Dan & The Moody Blues, The Alan Parsons Project,etc., it has been great! Keep it up. The ride is worth it!
Wow awesome reaction guys to my 2nd favorite band (Beatles are still #1 with me). I have seen the Moody's more than any other band, something like 7 or 8 times. I so wished you would have kept going on this album the 2nd side is more Moody's than orchestra. The Sunset is awesome. I want to point one thing out that always gives me goosebumps every time I hear it on that first side. When Mike Pinder is reciting the poem the part where he says "brave Helious (the sun) wake up your steads, bring the warmth the countryside needs" and then right after that the orchestra builds up and when it hits the crescendo you can just picture the sun popping over the horizon and greeting the new day with it's rays. Shit I'm getting goosebumps just explaining it. Love that part, especially when I hear it on a cold winter day. Please do the 2nd side. The first song at our wedding was a Moody Blues song New Horizons from Seventh Sojourn. Long story behind that one. Other Moody's that would be awesome is the minny trilogy at the end of side one to In Search of the Lost Cord. With Have you Heard part 1, Legond of a Mind (Moody classic) and Have you Heard part 2. Play them all together you will LOVE it. The Moody's were very much one of the original founders of the Prog movement. They never get there just credit for this as fat or as I'm concerned. So much to dive into.
Was introduced to moodies by my elder brother in 1969 with the album ON THE THRESHOLD OF A DREAM bought the back catalogue and the future albums and just takes me back to laying in my dark bedroom listen to this beautiful music ,can’t believe it’s 50 years ago now ,lucky enough to see them twice at the royal Albert hall and it was magical ❤️
Hi you two! Back in 1967, The Decca Record Company was introducing its Deramic Super Sound and wanted The Moody Blues to play a rock version of Dvorak's New World Symphony while an orchestra played along in order to demonstrate that stereo enhanced both classical and rock musical formats. The Moody Blues had already written a group of concept songs depicting the various parts of the day and were performing these onstage. So they decided instead to record their songs and have the orchestra play the musical themes between the songs. The Moody Blues were using an instrument called the Mellotron which is an early analog sampling keyboard and mimicked orchestral sounds, so the marriage between classical and rock fit their sound just perfectly. The Moody Blues members are ... Justin Hayward (guitars, vocals), John Lodge (bass, vocals), Mike Pinder (mellotron, piano, keyboards, vocals), Ray Thomas - RIP (flute, harmonica, vocals), Graeme Edge - RIP (drums, percussion). Justin is the one who wrote and sings Tuesday Afternoon, Nights in White Satin and many of the group's biggest hits.
I would love to see you finish your reaction to this groundbreaking album. Also, their first seven albums (1967-1972) are all outstanding. You might also consider reacting to 1969's "To Our Children's Children's, Children". It is a concept album around man's landing on the moon. Very cool with some beautiful sounds and vocals. Cheers.
Like I said-one of the best-Thank You-You guys are great !!!!!!!!! Brian Birch
NicknLex you will find when you go from album to album of the MB...each one will take you to another level. I admired their ability to put their music into a story...it made you reflect...think...wonder...dream!! The Moody Blues in my opinion we're brilliant!!!
Many years ago I arose before sunrise and took LSD and listened to this album. Then went outside in an open field and watched the sunrise. So powerful. I tripped all day and saw the sunset in the same field. I’m old now but hearing this takes me back to all those years ago as if was yesterday.
I've listened to this hundreds of times and have been enjoying singing along. :)
You should look at photos of the Moodies way back then with the really cool clothes that were popular at the time. I also suggest watching the Live at Red Rocks video. Sadly their flutist Ray Thomas died a few years back and then the drummer Graeme Edge died in late 2021. I saw them in concert twice and they were beyond awesome! Justin Hayward, the beautiful blonde lead singer, and John Lodge, of the fabulous smile, still tour and still look great in their 70s.
This album means so much to me. It is just so beautiful. People either get the Moodie or they don't. If you get them you are truly blessed because their music can take you to a whole other world.
Thanks for playing this. I got into them after hearing On The Threshold Of A Dream. They were my favorite band until I got turned onto YES. I've seen them many times over the years including their 50th year concert in Las Vegas.
What fun that you made a connection between this album and 60s TV. You are exactly right and you weren't even alive then....
Classical for sure. Combine a rock band with the London Symphony Ochestra and hey! But too soon ito it to call it Hollywood (though I will always respect your impressions. Mine go too far back LOL) so this beginning is a typical overture where all the different themes for the tracks are covered briefly, musically so the kinds of music you hear is very varied. Love that it hit you emotionally very early on.
And Dawn Is A Feeling; have you ever heard such a beautiful song in your life? It transported you Lex…. It transported so many of us! Justin Hayward’s voice is just so perfect for this music.
Oh, and Peak Hour. Best live clip I’ve ever seen is the band doing this in some club in Paris and all the young hipsters are up and just dancing away. I just love that you two are doing this and you are both rocking some very cool t-shirts! More please!
For a different experience try In Search of The Lost Chord by The Moody Blues, an album that slipped by but I guarantee you will both love it. It has to be played through so maybe a Patreon whole album reaction
One thing you need to keep in mind is that noody blues and Emerson laker and palmer and otheres of this era were classsically traine musicians.
The album of a "Day" is an allegory for a lifetime.
55 years ago and it always touches the soul..these guys are one of the greatest bands ever..vocals,mood,instrumentation..their song "ride my seesaw" from >"in search of the lost chord" would be an excellent one to react to.. keep em' comin my rocky mtn friends..much love,kent.
Hey Nick and Lex.
Awesome reaction. Having requested some of The Moodies myself, it was cool to see you check out some of this groundbreaking and experimental album.
Didn't know you were already somewhat familiar with them.
Are you familiar with my other request, Traffic? Hope not and hope you check out some of the John Barleycorn record soon. Jazzy-blues-rocky stuff. Cheers, y'all!!
I was only 11 when this came out, so I didn't hear it for about 5 years, when it had a bit of a come back on Detroit rock radio, with "Nights in White Satin" and "Tuesday Afternoon". I spent many an hour on the couch with the lights low and headphones on, drinking up the beauty of this record! Happy memories!! Thanks! And it would be great to watch you two react to the "other side!"🎵💖🎵
So many great songs from all of their first 7 albums that you both will love exploring and reacting to The legendary Moody Blues.
After you've listened to the 'classic seven' Moody's albums, check out 'Blue Jays' by the Moody's guitarist and bassist, Justin Hayward and John Lodge, released in 1975. Also their single 'Blue Guitar', which is included on some CD issues of the 'Blue Jays' album.
One of my all time favourites, I have the Blue Jay's album too.
What an absolute confection these pieces are guys...Lovin all of it!
Justin Hayward - acoustic and electric guitars, piano, sitar, vocals
John Lodge - bass, vocals
Mike Pinder - Mellotron, piano, tamboura, gong, vocals (including spoken)
Ray Thomas - flutes, percussion, piano, vocals
Graeme Edge - drums, percussion, vocals
with
Peter Knight - conducting, arrangements
The London Festival Orchestra (the 'house orchestra' for Decca Records)
The above stolen from wilipedia :)
Keep going with them, the other side(half) of this album, In Search of the Lost Chord, On the Threshold of a Dream, and To Our Children's Children's Children. They lose the full orchestra after this album but you will not regret listening to the rest.
This was one of the first albums that I obsessively learned every note, every lyric, every emotion -- and I was 10. It was like finding a magical tome of secret knowledge and immortal heavenly beauty. I still feel that way. It instilled hope in me that growing up was going to be an adventure, even the idea of getting old was less scary somehow, like it was natural or something. I felt very grown up for knowing this music inside out, while my friends were singing nursery rhymes and cartoon songs, and seemingly oblivious to music as some kind of thing to actually pay attention to. I think my dad, (who bought the album based on the title) was concerned. He 'didn't care for' the rocking, hippie sounding parts, but liked the symphonic interludes, and even the poetry. I Thought "Dawn is a Feeling" and "Tuesday Afternoon" were the absolute best songs in the world for a while. Now I get that "Morning: another morning" may be the most emotionally satisfying track, as I have the benefit of nostalgia for my own youth.
The second half of the album will be all the more meaningful and satisfying now, and yes perhaps a private listen would be better as it will more of a treasure for you. This album is a such a personal experience because we all have our own childhood and growing up, and we feel a kind of emotion hard to describe when we see we our journey as both individual and part of a larger journey all people take as well. Our stories are different, yet similar and intertwined, and they begin and they all end, and to hear how we actually fit into the life cycle of spiraling days and nights is a wonder and a mystery. This is that set to music, without judgement or malice, just beauty.
This has got to be one of the best comments I've ever read regarding music. Not just very, very true but downright poetic as well! Congrats! 👏
You need to sit down and write.. You're that good.. Thank you for the visual journey into your childhood..
I just love it when I find others who love and appreciate this band and this album as much if not more than I do and always have. Thank you for allowing me the pleasure of reading your comments, to the point where I feel I don’t have to say much more. Songs from this album set me on my spiritual journey. Tuesday Afternoon is in me. Body and soul.
At the time this came out, I was studying piano (Royal Conservatory).
A friend of my next door neighbour came by his house and put this album on loud enough for most of the neighborhood to hear....
Even my mother enjoyed it.
It started my journey into modern music... (Same year as Sargent Pepper)
Just a heads up for you: The *Two Best* Moody Blues songs they ever created were both on their 7th album *Seventh Sojourn.* The are *You And Me* and *The Land Of Make Believe.* Both have these soaring passages that _give you chills._ Just saying...
First voice you heard narrating the poem was Michael Pinder. First singer you heard was Justin Hayward
this music...like real life has its own natural pace...it's own natural sweep and inner majesty
Great band! So many great songs! I saw them live, in only their 3rd show back after their initial break-up. 1978, I think it was in Madison, WI, perhaps, if memory serves...? What a show!
Good morning beautiful couple. This is my kind of music 🎶 yay!
As you commented you don't know the group:
Justin Hayward - Guitars & Vocals (main lead) - sings on Dawn Is A Feeling, Tuesday Afternoon, Night In White Satin
John Lodge - Bass & Vocals - sings on Peak Hour, Time To Get Away
Ray Thomas - Flute, Tamborine & Vocals - sings on Another Morning, Twilight Time
Mike Pinder - Keyboards, Piano, Mellotron & Vocals - sings on The Sunset & all poem recitations (Morning Glory (during The Day Begins) & Late Lament (after Nights))
Graeme Edge - Drums & Percussion (he writes all the poems!)
Insanely talented bunch of English lads! 4 top notch singers making feel-good music for 50 years!!
Both Thomas (2018) and Edge (2021) have passed (RIP)
I wiped away many happy tears when you two sat down with this one. The Moody Blues, especially during 1967 to around 1972 were super experimental. I found listening to them at night in the dark with headphones took you on many journeys in the mind. When Justin Hayward was recruited in the group in 1967, they really did evolve into a fantasy, storytelling platform that really separated them from most groups at the time. Their first 7 albums are quintessential to anyone's music collection.
One of the first concept albums and probably one of the first bands to use a full concert orchestra. The orchestra parts are very melodic and certain songs are used within the opening section which feature later in the album, ie Nights in White Satin and Tuesday Afternoon in their rock entirety. Peak Hour is very 60´s and now quite dated , but most of the other tracks have held up well with time. Please go on to listen to the remainder of the album and I am sure you will not be disappointed. When you get to the evening and night, you will hear Nights in White Satin together with an orchestra and not the original single version.
I've been waiting for some Moody Blues music on your channel for some time. Well done guys and pleased with your reaction.
ALWAYS enjoy watching first-timers having their WTF moment as the record begins playing but apparently no sound is coming through ....
"Machinery!" - LOL!
Its been awhile to hear this. The "Overture" is awesome as we hear the songs to come :). The "Poem" after *Nights in White Satin* is always a tear-jerker, its said so powerfully. But I forgot the 1st version of the poem at the beginning, so I was caught off guard. Its amazing that it came out in 1967. Though at times, it does sound like a Disney soundtrack of the 60's, you guys were right on the mark. "Its SHOW TIME!" (or city life at peak hours in the day) :D
"Peak Hour" sounded like a *Who* song from the same era :).
The poems on the next albums; The intro to "Ride My See-saw" with the keyboard swell that sounds like its in the room instead of directly into the mixing board, and "In the Beginning" before "Lovely to See You", it sounds like something from a H.G. Wells novel (though I'm not sure what it has to do with Lovely to See You Again) and what "technology" would have sounded like in the 1800's.
Oh no! Lexi dancing again! 🙂. . . . sighhhh 😍
Interesting story around the orchestration. Urban legend says that Graham was told by a friend who did classical music that rock and roll bands would never be able to have music that sounded like the old orchestra classics. So he wrote the orchestration and presented it to the London Philharmonic, where his friend played, telling them it was a recently discovered manuscript from several hundred years ago. The orchestra played it not knowing it was written by the Moodys. They also kept the orchestration a secret from their label, Decca, and did not tell anyone what was going on until after the album was completed.
This the 1967 mix that became damaged, the 1972 mix is much higher quality. This is one of the very earliest if not the first stereo rock albums. There is a story with the conception of this album. This began as a demo album for Deca Records to show case their new stereo recording equipment. The Moody Blues were told to collaborate with Peter Knight to create a Classical/Rock version of Dvorak. The Moodys had a stage show that was the beginning of Days of Future Passed. Well they didn't do Dvorak they did this and the record execs didn't know till the album was finished. It almost didn't get released, the head of London Records in the US liked it and made sure it was released.
There is a 50th anniversary live performance on DVD and Blueray that was on PBS Great Performances in 2017.
Guys this will blow your mind ! This is 1967 1st album combining Rock and Classical with a real orchestra. Days of Future Passed not Past. sorry about being so technical. Justin Hayward singer and song writer guitar, John lodge bass lead and back round vocals, Graham Edge RIP Drums and dialogue just passed away a few months ago, Ray Thomas Flute and back round vocals RIP passed a few years ago. Mike Pinder keyboards (helped invent the Mellotron). Peter Knight RIP and the London Festival orchestra Peter arraigned the orchestra. Please do the rest of the album online.
Mike Pinder lives about 20 miles down the road from me. Got to be an a conference call with him once with a guy pitching an animated children’s video of one of Mike’s songs. Patrick Moraz did many Moody Blues gigs over the years, replacing Pinder.
@@markalexander6655 that is so cool
Definitely do the rest of the album on camera for us. I have to admit to never having listened to this album all the way through. I'm really a child of late 70's, through late 80's rock, so the Moody Blues I was closest to were the albums Long Distance Voyager and The Present. I was familiar with all the early hits and owned those 7 albums always intending to listen to them through, but you really need to be in the right head space for it. Listening with the two of you put me in that space. This really is like a movie soundtrack. It also has always reminded me of "How The Grinch Stole Christmas." Thank you for bringing me along on this journey. I really like that you're so open to marathons and listening to concept albums as they should be. One of my favorites is The Day The Earth Caught Fire by City Boy, which starts and ends with the same British time check. Not many people will bring up this album because it didn't get a lot of attention since it came out in 1979 when most people weren't listening to long prog songs and had moved on to Disco and Punk.
When guitarist Justin Hayward sings Dawn Is A Feeling the orchestra sounds different and that’s because it’s keyboardist Mike Pinder playing the Mellotron and the orchestra comes back at the end of the song. Another voice is on there as well it’s woodwind player Ray Thomas. These guys were literally teenagers 2 years prior. Drummer and poet narrator is Graeme Edge who recently joined Ray in Heaven so the only members left are Justin Hayward and bassist John Lodge. The next 6 albums are masterpieces.
In The Search Of The Lost Chord(1968)
To Our Children’s Children’s Children(1969)
On The Threshold Of A Dream (1969)
A Question Of Balance(1970)
Every Good Boy Deserves Favour(1971)
Seventh Sojourn(1972)
I certainly would love to see you react to side 2.
This album has special meaning to me. There was a rare moment when I had to drive my Dad from Sacramento to Eureka California which was around 160 miles and he had just worked graveyard shift and was very tired. We were in my VW Bus which had a bed in the back with speakers on the front and the sides so he needed to sleep and I asked if he would mind hearing music and he said no problem so I put on Days Of Future Passed and he talked about it later to my Mom how much he enjoyed it. Usually he hated Rock so that was 1974 and he seemed like a different person after that.
The history of how this album got made is very remarkable. You're listening to the "overture" of the piece. It has been thought of as waking up to a day, or being born to a life, and the story progresses through a day or a life. The Moody Blues were just trying to get a recording deal and what they were offered was a demonstration record for a new stereo process. It was supposed to be classical compositions interspersed with the band doing rock and roll. Well, the Moody Blues said screw that, we'll write the whole thing. There were at least two hits on this "demonstration" record. And, the rest is history.
I remember listening to this album for the 1st time in my bedroom, rural Pa. Quite wonderful orchestration. Thanks again guys!
Glad to see you guys enjoying the greatest music of all time. The Moodies showed that the album could be the unit of rock, not the “song”. So the first five complete MB albums constitute their “best of”. As far as songs go, I’d love to see your reaction to Tarcus, an overwhelming 20 minute piece with 7 movements.
And that's where progressive rock came from, kids. You need to do this with all of their "Core Seven" albums. You'll be glad you did.
1970 and 1971...
Listening to this with my Mom...
She wanted to listen to this on her deathbed...
I miss her so much...
Please do the other side...
You need to investigate the music of the 60s, the best decade for innovative music. Also Threshold of a Dream by the Moodys needs a listen
Awesome reaction guys!! Absolutely superb choice for a marathon too! wow..... Also, *I second Neal Turner's suggestion for Traffic*..... Steve Winwood and his EXCELLENT band members.... one of the best combos ever! As well as another early band that Steve Winwood and Eric Clapton were in.... Blind Faith...... sooo classic... if you are not familiar with these groups, I beg of you!!!!!
Yes! I would vote for a John Barleycorn Must Die full album reaction!
🥰🥰Love Nicks reaction! I Feel it too! You Must do the entire Album!! Must!😉
Yes, Please!! Do the rest of the album!! Thank You!!
Remember this though....during the interludes is full orchestra....but during the Moody songs, it is the Mellotron that is heard,...not the orchestra...it confused people for decades...Mike Pinder was master of this instrument...it was their signature sound.
Definitely a album listen .. classic .. Tuesday forever Tuesday ..the Blues had to fight to add the orchestration remembering this was 1967
Suggest: In Search of the Last Chord .. ‘ … and they call it .. Om ‘
My favorite Moody Blues album is Seventh Sojourn, which is so real for me today.
Never thought of it as "Hollywood", but I think that characterization is apt. It is not abstract, technical music, but instead a conscious effort to depict the sounds and feelings a person might experience during a typical day for a typical person, so it very much has the feeling of a movie soundtrack composed to mesh with the visuals and stories within a movie.
My own musing about DoFP involved wondering about the reverence we give to all the great classical music composers. Our orchestras play their symponies 300 years later, and they are treated as musical demi-gods. Then along comes a group of young Englishmen seeking to meld classical music to rock music, and out of their minds comes this beautiful album. Makes me think that anybody has within them to spark to compose magic.
What you have to know is Stereo in the UK in 1967 was a brand new thing. So only a hand full of pop music was produced in it. The first Hendrix album was in mono. Days Of Future past was the first album with Justin Hayman and wanted to get any from the RnB The Moody Blues were known for. The record label approached them with the concept of orchestra with pop songs and so this album was made.
One of my favorite albums since I first heard it in the early 70's. Finally, saw them live in 1999 with the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra. It was amazing!
One of my favorite bands and favorite albums of all time. A masterpiece!
If you love this, another band that incorporated orchestras in its sound and very Beatlesque is Electric Light Orchestra. The 3rd side of their album, Out of the Blue is a concept called Concerto for a Rainy Day and concludes with the song Mr Blue Sky. Another masterpiece of a side, just perfection of who ELO was as a band.
I always associated this beginning and poem as being an analogy to the beginning of the Universe, itself. And the beginning of our collective current physical incarnation since the Big Bang.