@@donnamadej7459 R.I.P Denny Laine, Clint Warwick, Ray Thomas, Mike Pinder and Graeme Edge. They are no longer with us but they will never be forgotten.
yes so timeless like so much of the music back then. most the music in 60s & 70s you could hear and understand the words. such a loving time then and the music that'll never die. I like watching vids of people hearing music of the time for the first time they're always blown away
Looky there., Real musisians playing and singing in real time. No quantization, pitch correction. No stealing some other artists sound. Remember those days?
Except of course that they're not playing and singing in real time. They're miming to a recording that's filled with overdubs and samples. Best part is the guy "playing" the sax even though there's no sax to be heard.
Incredible. and for giggles, compare the drummer with Animal drumming in the Muppet band. Epic. Always make me happy, and not a lot does in these times!!
@@Sasfoot John is up tempo anyway. I've been to John's solo gig as well as Justin's (Justin's more so because I fell in love with that haunting voice in Nights in White Satin when I heard that song back in 1970.) Anyway, John's gigs are up tempo where Justin's is a little more mellow.
@@ladyhecate9450 I know. TMB were my parents' fave band and I practically got raised on them. They saw them multiple times and my mom has seen Justin a few since my dad died. It's ironic that you also mentioned Nights in White Satin since that was their wedding song.
@@Sasfoot Really.....Nights was their wedding song? But that is a song about a man whose love of his life broke up with him. It is a sad song. He was not really living until he met her and then saw things in a different light. Everything was brighter after he met her. Now that she broke up with him, It makes him sad to see other couples so in love, walking hand-in-hand, but he is hopelessly in love with the gal who broke up with him and cries out oh how he loves her. I have a DVD of one of Justin's releases and in that video, he said that when in love and a person breaks up with you, it is like a death. You mourn the loss and have to go throw the steps of grieving over the lost love and that is what the man in the song is going through. He said that he does not talk about that aspect because people see Nights as a romance song. For me, it is a sad song. He said he wrote that song after a gal broke up with him and then later met up with a gal who gave him while satin sheets. It is hard to believe, but he said several gals broke up with him. Poor guy. But that is the first song I heard and between his haunting voice, the music and the lyrics, I fell in love with that song. I think it is better than any Beatles' record regard they have ever made and I loved the Beatles. I even saw them the first time the came to America. It was awesome seeing them and all the screaming that went on. I just sat there and absorbed each moment. I was 12 years old.
I am 66 remember all these masterpieces being played by my 16 And 18 sisters. Now I realize just how truly great they were hearing them play on radios or records. Thank you Moody Blues for the memories
In some songs, particularly the Blue Jays ones, he used single line guitar parts often not as a lead instrument but as harmonic accompaniment, like an orchestral string backing. He knew how to use the fuzz pedal to get just the perfect tone for this.
IF I remember correctly this song was an answer to the situation where the Beatles were accused of saying they were more popular than Jesus Christ. The Moody Blues made a clear statement that they were "just singers in a rock n roll band"! And what a band it was!
@@Patrick-hb7bk I believe it was from an interview I watched on TH-cam of one of the band's members talking about the inspiration for the song. That the Beatles had just gotten a bunch of backlash about John Lennon's comment that the Beatles were more popular than Jesus now!
Hit our airwaves (in the US) in Feb, 1973 and I knew it would be a big hit (reached #12) Classics like this make this old guy teary eyed. A great year for music. I hum this one frequently.
As a 8 yr old hearing it on our bus drivers brown leather covered (Filco/ford)am/fm radio still takes me back to the best of times growing up South of Detroit
Unbelievable! We are privileged to hear this music. I say this in part because the quality of this music is testimony of the measured rise and decline of humanity. The irony is that many who read this won’t understand what I am saying.
@@h.antonionetzer8398 Thank you for the comment. I’ve been listening to Moody Blues music since 1970 and saw the band in concert at the Baltimore Civic Center in Oct 1972. I had just returned from Vietnam. Saw the Moody Blues again in concert Oct 2013 at the Paramount in Seattle. The lyrics in the songs of the Moody Blues are always thought provoking.
I have contended for fifty years that the Moody Blues are the greatest rock band in history. Their lyrics, orchestral compositions, and personas have never been matched. I have seen them several times, but the greatest was at The Gorge in Washington state. They had an eighty piece orchestra behind them on risers, and the crowd (26,000) watched the sun set over the Cascade Mts. as the Lads played Tuesday Afternoon. With the evening glow casting a hint of glory over the mountains they played Nights In White Satin. They rocked the darkness with such as I’m Just a Singer,... You get the picture. Thank you Ray, and farewell!
I am very sorry to have missed that -- with all the other great shows I've witnessed at The Gorge, and being from Wash. State I have no excuse. Saw Steely Dan, Yes, Rush, Sting, Supertramp, and Pearl Jam but would love to have seen the Moodies play there!
Although the song makes liberal use of the Chamberlin keyboard (precursor to the Mellotron and later, digital samplers) which some back then thought of as "cheating." From Wikipedia: "The Chamberlin has a piano-style keyboard. Underneath each key is a tape-playing mechanism. Each tape is prerecorded with various musical instruments or special effects. When the musician presses a key, a pressure pad pushes the tape against a tape head." All the sting and horn parts you hear in the song are played on the Chamberlin. I think it sounds great, but you know, there are always people out there that want to complain about something.
And it turned out to be necessary. People were asking them to bless their children and things like that. This was probably because nobody's message was a positive as theirs.
That's one interpretation, but I have a different one. Sometimes artists give more thought to the issues of the day than we do, and we know the Moodies spoke out against humanitarian offenses of all kinds. So when they sing: "So if you want this world of yours to turn about you(rself) and you can see exactly what to do, please tell me I'm just a singer in a rock and roll band." I interpret that as a challenge to the narcissistic politicians of the day who would prefer to insulate themselves from criticism and not listen to the activism in the musical lyrics and demonstrations around them, preferring to dismiss musical criticism as nothing more than rock-n-roll. Not saying you're wrong, but I think that's why it's a faster, more aggressive song - it's a challenge to the existing powers. Peace.
DRRwine As an African American Moodies fan,I couldn't agree more,I'm now in my late fifties and this song is as fresh as it was in high school in the seventies!
I haven't heard this song for years and what a treat to hear it again! THIS, ladies & gentlemen, boys & girls, is ROCK AND FUCKING ROLL by one of the greatest rock bands in history!!! And what are we exposed to today? Tribal chants accompanied by primitive jungle beats, aka: (C)rap. And NONE of those pushing it could even carry any of these guys' instruments. You have to feel sorry for today's youth being exposed to such garbage today, especially when compared to such iconic songs/groups like The Moody Blues.
"Tribal chants accompanied by primitive jungle beats" - some people thought that of this when it was released! Just like most of rock and roll. We called them old people.
@@sslaytor Well, I was one of those (now old) "rock and roll musicians" back in that era and I, along with many of my fellow musicians LOVED music from the Big Band era...Miller, Dorsey, et. al and we always admired how "tight" those swing bands were, not to mention talented. Granted, some of them did frown on R&R but groups like The Moody Blues, Yes and others really knew what they were doing, not to mention The Beatles of course. Even though "Story In You Eyes" is one of their "rockers", songs like "Isn't Life Strange", "Nights In White Satin" and "Tuesday Afternoon" have beautiful arrangements. Calling "(C)rap chants" music at all is an insult, even to us "classic rockers".
I am 66 and a bass player. Today's music is garbage with snippets from the past rock greats passing for creativity. Boston, Earth, Wind and Fire, Chicago, Moody Blues, The Who, Beatles, Tower of Power, Heart, Led Zepplin and many others created, sang, and played their music. Real rock.
I was 19 and a wife and mother when this came out! I remember dancing with my son in my arms in my living room to this song! Love it today as a 63 year old Great Grandma! ♥♥♥
I've been to many concerts in my day and the band that sticks out of just being out if sink or played like crap was Aerosmith in 1984 or 85 down in the Miami Baseball stadium if Florida.
I saw Moody Blue twice (back then). What they did better than just about anyone is reproduce their studio sound immaculately, which considering the complexity of their sound, is quite a feat. Tempos, instrumentation and vocals were all spot on. Incredibly tight and talented performers. Hayward never gets credit for being one of the great guitarists of the age as he is often lost in the arrangements rather than the 'front'. Even so, his guitar work, timing and delivery, ranks with the best.
Spot on. It's a rare thing to see a band perform as well live as it does in studio. The Moody Blues was definitely one of the rare ones with that ability.
Oh I so agree! So many times you would go to a concert and the artists just didn't quite meet the mark of putting all of themselves in a performance. The music that came out of these guys is amazing. They are my fav band of all time. I have been a fan since the first time I heard them.
I am lucky enough to seen them about 4-5 times including 2 times in the 90s accompanied by a local orchestra. The tours with the full orchestras were different but it almost seems like they were born for that, too.
I’m only now at 60 really appreciating how great this band was. I was a hard rock VH, RUSH, LZ, but I loved the songs by them but they didn’t get the credit they deserved.
I'm 65 years old and seen these guys twice in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania over 35 years ago. I actually waited near the ramp after the concert was over and when they come up in their limo...I followed them thru the city for a little bit but had to turn back for my long journey home. But it was the concert that the band, Til Tuesday, opened for. And they were AWESOME live!!! Most bands aren't as good as the recordings sound. But they were just awesome!!!! Remember their hit "Voices Carry"????
I didn't hear them until I think it was the Freedom Rock commercial , Story In Your Eyes, and then I was lead to Nights In White Satin, I slept on this group, and I was listening to I Know You're Out There Somewhere. I heard it played in some stores, but didn't realize it was the Moody Blues who sang it. This song is awesome.
I say that if I had a time machine I would travel back and attend a LOT of iconic concerts : Beatles, Stones, Moody Blues, the Supremes, Temptations, the Who, Doors, Zeppelin, CCR, CSN, Jefferson Airplane, Mamas & Papas, Cream, Queen, Simon & Garfunkel for a start. Then I'd come back and have a shitload of musical memories to carry me till the day I die with a smile on my face.
With media wizardry, augmented reality and A.I., many young people can get close to the experience. They too can not only have memories but will be able to relive things. Even great music from the past that has been recorded will become timeless.
Still listening to them, in 2023!!!! They are such great artist's!!!!! Justin, can sing!!!!! John can too!!!!!! So exhilarating, energy filled!!! Makes you want to get up and dance!!!!! 💃💃💃💃... 💙💙💙💙... 🌟🌟🌟🌟....
Hello, there are many things I do not know about which is why I try to learn something new every day. Have you every met Justin Hayward and John Lodge?
An incredibly talented band, playing a very complex piece of music, and playing it incredibly well - THAT was the Moody Blues!! One of my favourite bands of all time, and I've been listening to their music since the 70's!
It makes you wonder how truly great musicians find each other and come together. Then add exceptional songwriting skills within the band as well! Legendary performance!
I wish people would stop calling Pinder the last of the originals what are Justin and John chopped liver? Those two have been there on every major studio album and wrote most of the bands hits😮😊❤signed some one who knows more about goodies than anyone named my son justin😊😊😊
I just watched this video with the Closed Caption on, so I could see the words. I've heard the song a hundred times but never got a handle on what the lyrics were. Wow. Those lyrics are very thoughtful and poignant.
The drummer reminds me of Animal on the Muppets, or vice versa. And watch at 3:36, and imagine he isn't playing the guitar. What kind of passion does that remind you of? They gave so much to the music. So blessed to have their music in my soul forever!
@@chitlika Written by bassist John Lodge, although Graeme, who wrote many spoken word pieces, did collaborate with Justin Hayward occasionally on later songs
An unforgettable Drum-Intro that gets faster and faster . . . leading into John's melodic Bass--Groove and singing about the uncertainty going on in the World. In 74 or 75 when I was 13 or 14 years old = I walked into a dime store and bought a 2-record set entitled " This is the Moody Blues " - and after a week of listening I was Absolutely mesmerized and spell-bounded by this music and totally forgot what a Basketball or Sports was . . . and now its 2021 and I'm 60 years old and sad to hear of Graeme's recent passing. Whether physically on this planet / or not , Justin Hayward , John Lodge , Ray Thomas , Mike Pinder and Graeme Edge will always be COSMIC ROCKERS . Thanks boys - for filling my Brain with such great Melodies and Lullaby's .
+Randy Ventresca First time listener . Instantly captivated by the drums intro leading into the bass line . For me , the rest of the song has far too much going on. It's like a fight between the different instruments and the vocals to be at the forefront of the song . I think the song would benefit from being leveled better or lose one of the instruments in the main riff and give it an interlude part or something.
The interplay of the instruments is what makes the song so good IMO. And, so true, it's a great rock intro. Love the bass in this and other songs in the early 70s period.
Unfortunately on the original album they faded it in (I guess the effect was to segue from the previous song and for the song to reach full volume once the band kicks in) so the effect of the drums picking up steam is greatly reduced. One of the few songs where the Greatest Hits version is vastly superior to the album version, if only for this reason.
This song was written by John Lodge (the bassist) and was the closing song for their album "Seventh Sojourn". Wonderful performance by the band -- they really ended this album with an exclamation point!
Watching this on my phone with bluetooth 2024 I thought my phone was going to fly across the room. So much energy here. Thank you Moodies all your great music. From a 4 ever fan. You rock.
In the '70s, we were musicians experimenting with drugs, today it is drug addicts experimenting with music. - Steven Tyler He said this in the 1990s at the height of tha Grunge movement. The industry never recovered. Even show bands, like KISS, used to put more effort into the craft than bands do today. Moody Blues were craftsmen as well as artists who were dedicated to the music before the money, women and other rewards came.
At 70 yrs old I never was a M.Blues fan though I did like their songs. BUT - Seeing their videos gives a new meaning to their music! As "As a below commenter said "This is one of the most kick-ass energy packed numbers" !
Yes they are and were! I don't know why they never got the adulation and attention from the Rock press in general that they were indeed the greatest band with the greatest songs ever written! The only ones who have really appreciated them and have stayed true to them and what they wrote, are us...their fans!
The most UNDERRATED band of all time. Took so long to get in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Their music has so many layers. Such a talented group of musicians.
RIP the two members of The Moody Blues Graeme Edge (March 30, 1941 - November 11, 2021), aged 80 Ray Thomas (December 29, 1941 - January 4, 2018), aged 76 You both will always be remembered as legends.
1Moodymusic You are correct. I was grateful to see Jeff and the boys finally get nominated. However, there's still a great bunch being left out as you stated. Another thing with the Hall is that so many non-rock artists are being inducted. I understand these artists are great in their own rights but put them in their own place. If they are going to let in non-rock groups then they should consider the other great non-rock groups that they are leaving out. Example: if ABBA can join, why not Duran Duran? If Madonna can join, why not John Denver? The Crock and Bull Hall of Shame will do things their own way so it seems.
I am obsessed with this song. Drummer 10/10, bassist 10/10 don't know what else to say. I have always loved The Moody Blues. Had a bad divorce and as consolation went to concerts to bands I liked. Saw them Live about 5-7 years ago. I had been going to lots of concerts at the time. I felt under dressed. I had jeans and a T-shirt. Everyone else 3 piece suits. WTF? They were awesome.
I'm 70 & a life long lover of the moodies! Was fortunate enough to have seen them live on the lakefront in Milwaukee in 80's. One of best bands of ALL time!!
La mejor cancion de la historia del rock una percusion extrema y perfecta y una canción muy bien interpretada Jamas oi una canción tan buena Excelente la mejor que escuché en mi vida esta la original Fantastico nada que ver con la porquería que sale hoy. Saludos a todos desde Mallorca Bartolomé.
What makes me happy and content I guess is that I was alive and of an age when I could and did walk into a record shop and buy this piece of genius on vinyl and still have it in it's original sleeve on my shelf.
they just don't make bands like this anymore so sad
@@donnamadej7459 R.I.P Denny Laine, Clint Warwick, Ray Thomas, Mike Pinder and Graeme Edge. They are no longer with us but they will never be forgotten.
Yes very sad
50 years later and it still sounds amazing!
yes so timeless like so much of the music back then. most the music in 60s & 70s you could hear and understand the words.
such a loving time then and the music that'll never die. I like watching vids of people hearing music of the time for the first time they're always blown away
Now Mike Pindet has left us.
@@charlesallan-ks6gq RIP Mike
2024
I'm exhausted just from *watching* Graeme do his thing... 😅
You can put the sticks down now, Graeme. You've done your bit. Rest in peace!
EDGE IS NOW A LEGEND
Ray too!
What a band...take me back in time
Bad ass drummer for sure
R.I.P Denny Laine, Clint Warwick, Mike Pinder, Ray Thomas and Graeme Edge 😢😢😢
People would argue it's over produced... but I don't think so... it's EXACTLY the amount of produced...
Looky there., Real musisians playing and singing in real time. No quantization, pitch correction. No stealing some other artists sound. Remember those days?
Except of course that they're not playing and singing in real time. They're miming to a recording that's filled with overdubs and samples. Best part is the guy "playing" the sax even though there's no sax to be heard.
This is what it's all about
lip synced. half of their sound is studio magic, orchestration, and tape tracks. The way they sound live is much different.
This is one of the most kick-ass, energy packed numbers in all the rock genre. It is the audio equivalent of a supernova.
Incredible. and for giggles, compare the drummer with Animal drumming in the Muppet band. Epic. Always make me happy, and not a lot does in these times!!
John Lodge was/is known for writing the high energy, up tempo songs like this.
@@Sasfoot John is up tempo anyway. I've been to John's solo gig as well as Justin's (Justin's more so because I fell in love with that haunting voice in Nights in White Satin when I heard that song back in 1970.) Anyway, John's gigs are up tempo where Justin's is a little more mellow.
@@ladyhecate9450 I know. TMB were my parents' fave band and I practically got raised on them. They saw them multiple times and my mom has seen Justin a few since my dad died. It's ironic that you also mentioned Nights in White Satin since that was their wedding song.
@@Sasfoot Really.....Nights was their wedding song? But that is a song about a man whose love of his life broke up with him. It is a sad song. He was not really living until he met her and then saw things in a different light. Everything was brighter after he met her. Now that she broke up with him, It makes him sad to see other couples so in love, walking hand-in-hand, but he is hopelessly in love with the gal who broke up with him and cries out oh how he loves her. I have a DVD of one of Justin's releases and in that video, he said that when in love and a person breaks up with you, it is like a death. You mourn the loss and have to go throw the steps of grieving over the lost love and that is what the man in the song is going through. He said that he does not talk about that aspect because people see Nights as a romance song. For me, it is a sad song. He said he wrote that song after a gal broke up with him and then later met up with a gal who gave him while satin sheets. It is hard to believe, but he said several gals broke up with him. Poor guy. But that is the first song I heard and between his haunting voice, the music and the lyrics, I fell in love with that song. I think it is better than any Beatles' record regard they have ever made and I loved the Beatles. I even saw them the first time the came to America. It was awesome seeing them and all the screaming that went on. I just sat there and absorbed each moment. I was 12 years old.
This timeless masterpiece still rocks in 2024 and it always will rock.
Graeme Edge's drumming, especially during the intro, is superb. RIP GRAEME EDGE
Yeah, that energetic intro draws me into this masterpiece & the song captivates the listener. His energy will live on forever
He died from metastatic cancer on November 11, 2021.
Now we know where the inspiration for Animal from the muppets came from.
Like a train coming up to speed
EXACTLY what I thought when I watched this for the first time (now MANY times as this is a damn addictive tune).
Every member in this band is working every single second of this song. A masterpiece!
Well yeah except there’s no baritone sax on the song so Ray Thomas is just playing for the look.
Do do do agree , masterpiece like all music at their albums ! Why don’t excist no bands anymore like these ?
@@ayhaque Lip synching ???
Yes!!! Blows my mind! 🤯🤯🤯
I’m saddened by the fact that Ray Thomas was just mimicking playing the saxophone here.
RIP to Mr. Edge. What a great drummer in such a great band.
My wife took care of him in the hospital before he passed. Said he was a super nice guy. Rip
@@darylfountain5198 Thank You to you're Wife. My Childhood Favorite Band ❤💜
Good people. That's all we need. Thank you.
@@user-otzlixr That is so beautiful...
When did he die?
I am 66 remember all these masterpieces being played by my 16 And 18 sisters. Now I realize just how truly great they were hearing them play on radios or records. Thank you Moody Blues for the memories
You and me.Rediscovering so many great musicians. Thank you MB.
Producer: We got a 5 minute song to record but only 4 minutes left on the album.
Moody Blues: Hold my beer.
Classic lol
Most perfect comment ever posted.
🤣🤣🤣🤣
Hit it animal
so they speeded it up and this is IT::::::::::
The Ultimate Rock and Roll Band with a Totally Unique Sound that is Larger than Life that will never be Replicated Ever!!!!!!!!
RIP Denny
@@Joe61055 Also R.I.P Clint Warwick, Ray Thomas, Graeme Edge and Mike Pinder
Justin Hayward is a very under-appreciated guitarist. He is Up There.
His expression during that solo - blissed out totally.
In some songs, particularly the Blue Jays ones, he used single line guitar parts often not as a lead instrument but as harmonic accompaniment, like an orchestral string backing. He knew how to use the fuzz pedal to get just the perfect tone for this.
Who’s still listening to my favorite band The Moody Blues? 10/7/2024
10 8 2024 from Bakersfield California
I am and have been since the early 70's.
10/13/24
Yep
This is a timeless piece of music made in the 70's
I can listening every day
RIP Mike Pinder. You were the best. The last of the original group.
You said it buddy. RIP. These guys were beyond phenomenal.
Sad.
as another band slips into history. I wept today, finally.
and Graeme Edge.
@@Rl082992 and Ray Thomas
I’m just SO glad this stuff was recorded !!
IF I remember correctly this song was an answer to the situation where the Beatles were accused of saying they were more popular than Jesus Christ. The Moody Blues made a clear statement that they were "just singers in a rock n roll band"! And what a band it was!
Interesting. Thanks.
How did you work that one out , just question .
@@Patrick-hb7bk I believe it was from an interview I watched on TH-cam of one of the band's members talking about the inspiration for the song. That the Beatles had just gotten a bunch of backlash about John Lennon's comment that the Beatles were more popular than Jesus now!
@@LkOutMtnMan yeh-I think he regretted saying that
I thought this song came out 6 years after the Beatles situation, which took place in 1966.
70s were the best decade for rock and roll
I was 16 years old working an all night gas station on the weekends when this song came out and help me get through the night.
Used to be a gas jockey in the '70s too. Spring of 1974, just after odd/even ended at an Esso station with 3 islands.
@@barryandreev8333 Ah! Good old gas-rationing in the seventies! Never thought I'd miss it!
I was 17 flunking a class. Had better things to do, like listening to and being mesmerized by 70s music.
Hit our airwaves (in the US) in Feb, 1973 and I knew it would be a big hit (reached #12) Classics like this make this old guy teary eyed. A great year for music. I hum this one frequently.
what a song that guitar is unreal
Our bus driver listened to wABX 99.5 in Detroit everyday,first time hearing it at 8yrs old still takes me back to the best of times
As a 8 yr old hearing it on our bus drivers brown leather covered (Filco/ford)am/fm radio still takes me back to the best of times growing up South of Detroit
@@curtsal That's what memories are supposed to be made of. I was 18 in early 1973 and felt the same way.
We listened at our assignment at HLMR testing 1973 lol seemed to echo more...
Unbelievable! We are privileged to hear this music. I say this in part because the quality of this music is testimony of the measured rise and decline of humanity. The irony is that many who read this won’t understand what I am saying.
You got that right!!!
I'm 63 I know exactly what you're talking about!
@@DavidWright-xd9wi Thanks man!
So, sooo true, saw the Moody Blues WHEN this song came out, lyrics are right-on, need-not-say more, AMERICA IS falling... from within.,
@@h.antonionetzer8398 Thank you for the comment. I’ve been listening to Moody Blues music since 1970 and saw the band in concert at the Baltimore Civic Center in Oct 1972. I had just returned from Vietnam. Saw the Moody Blues again in concert Oct 2013 at the Paramount in Seattle.
The lyrics in the songs of the Moody Blues are always thought provoking.
A time when Rock Band members actually played instruments and you could understand the lyrics....Rock on Moody Blues
understand the lyrics? actually play instrument?
Indeed
Today its all shit.
@@jeffevans3193 old man
@@lastnamefirst4035 JIJI!
This song is epic, M0:00dy Blues replay it please
Makes me wanna rewind time
That reminds me of my big tiddy goth ex boyfriend with a purple lipstick.
Yare..
@@edgyteenager8577 BITES ZA DUSTO
I'm here for the same reason
Thank you Moody Blues.
I have contended for fifty years that the Moody Blues are the greatest rock band in history. Their lyrics, orchestral compositions, and personas have never been matched.
I have seen them several times, but the greatest was at The Gorge in Washington state. They had an eighty piece orchestra behind them on risers, and the crowd (26,000) watched the sun set over the Cascade Mts. as the Lads played Tuesday Afternoon. With the evening glow casting a hint of glory over the mountains they played Nights In White Satin. They rocked the darkness with such as I’m Just a Singer,...
You get the picture. Thank you Ray, and farewell!
Wonderfully expressed,yes The matchless Moodies!
George at the Gorge is an amazing venue, bet that was a great show.
And you are 100% Correct!
AMEN !!
I am very sorry to have missed that -- with all the other great shows I've witnessed at The Gorge, and being from Wash. State I have no excuse. Saw Steely Dan, Yes, Rush, Sting, Supertramp, and Pearl Jam but would love to have seen the Moodies play there!
No recording makeup no fake nothing!!! The real deal and real talented musicians!!! god we miss that!!
You gotta admit, that after a while they really do need the make-up!? Except Ray Thomas that is. REST IN PARADISE!
Although the song makes liberal use of the Chamberlin keyboard (precursor to the Mellotron and later, digital samplers) which some back then thought of as "cheating."
From Wikipedia: "The Chamberlin has a piano-style keyboard. Underneath each key is a tape-playing mechanism. Each tape is prerecorded with various musical instruments or special effects. When the musician presses a key, a pressure pad pushes the tape against a tape head."
All the sting and horn parts you hear in the song are played on the Chamberlin. I think it sounds great, but you know, there are always people out there that want to complain about something.
I understand that every group has recording makeup but the fact is these guys have the education and musical background to make great music!!!
No auto tune - yes they had the tech of the time but they could really play! Epic song!
Badass song. Way underrated band.
we will miss you, graeme.
If this doesn't get you rocking your dead!
This song drives me so hard. I know exactly how you feel. They take me on a very fast ride on the Freeway!!!
This was their way of telling their fans that they are not gurus and not messiahs just regular guys in a rock band nothing more.
And they did it in the most epic way.
And it turned out to be necessary. People were asking them to bless their children and things like that. This was probably because nobody's message was a positive as theirs.
and that is enough!
That's one interpretation, but I have a different one. Sometimes artists give more thought to the issues of the day than we do, and we know the Moodies spoke out against humanitarian offenses of all kinds. So when they sing: "So if you want this world of yours to turn about you(rself) and you can see exactly what to do, please tell me I'm just a singer in a rock and roll band." I interpret that as a challenge to the narcissistic politicians of the day who would prefer to insulate themselves from criticism and not listen to the activism in the musical lyrics and demonstrations around them, preferring to dismiss musical criticism as nothing more than rock-n-roll. Not saying you're wrong, but I think that's why it's a faster, more aggressive song - it's a challenge to the existing powers. Peace.
DRRwine As an African American Moodies fan,I couldn't agree more,I'm now in my late fifties and this song is as fresh as it was in high school in the seventies!
I haven't heard this song for years and what a treat to hear it again! THIS, ladies & gentlemen, boys & girls, is ROCK AND FUCKING ROLL by one of the greatest rock bands in history!!! And what are we exposed to today? Tribal chants accompanied by primitive jungle beats, aka: (C)rap. And NONE of those pushing it could even carry any of these guys' instruments. You have to feel sorry for today's youth being exposed to such garbage today, especially when compared to such iconic songs/groups like The Moody Blues.
No one today can touch the 70s bands!!
I understand exactly what you mean sir and thank you! Eugene Weaver sunstudiorocksnSamPhillipsis#1
"Tribal chants accompanied by primitive jungle beats" - some people thought that of this when it was released! Just like most of rock and roll. We called them old people.
@@sslaytor Well, I was one of those (now old) "rock and roll musicians" back in that era and I, along with many of my fellow musicians LOVED music from the Big Band era...Miller, Dorsey, et. al and we always admired how "tight" those swing bands were, not to mention talented. Granted, some of them did frown on R&R but groups like The Moody Blues, Yes and others really knew what they were doing, not to mention The Beatles of course.
Even though "Story In You Eyes" is one of their "rockers", songs like "Isn't Life Strange", "Nights In White Satin" and "Tuesday Afternoon" have beautiful arrangements. Calling "(C)rap chants" music at all is an insult, even to us "classic rockers".
I am 66 and a bass player. Today's music is garbage with snippets from the past rock greats passing for creativity. Boston, Earth, Wind and Fire, Chicago, Moody Blues, The Who, Beatles, Tower of Power, Heart, Led Zepplin and many others created, sang, and played their music. Real rock.
I was 19 and a wife and mother when this came out! I remember dancing with my son in my arms in my living room to this song! Love it today as a 63 year old Great Grandma! ♥♥♥
the best music..brings out our youths.....I don't want to get old..ha....
here a 65 yr old grandma fan as well! ;))
msstevie1951 beautiful comment. Thank you. Their music just keeps sounding better all the time.
I'm a great uncle. They all tell me how great I am!
Love them..always did and always will
These guys are so sincere in their music. And they don't sound messed up playing live. Actually sounds like the record. Few rock bands can do that.
It is the recorded version,lol!
@@greghill1106, but hey, they lip sync so sincerely!
Beg to differ...
But the sound quality is TERRIBLE.
I've been to many concerts in my day and the band that sticks out of just being out if sink or played like crap was Aerosmith in 1984 or 85 down in the Miami Baseball stadium if Florida.
Omg. Somebody please invent a time machine
me
Haha, we have one, its called you Tube, my friend!
I’m coming back with you!
I’ll buy that ticket, and take that ride!❤️
@@chris33337 Ha ! Good one , ' like your wit !
Why can’t we flip a switch and go back to that wonderful time!
I saw Moody Blue twice (back then). What they did better than just about anyone is reproduce their studio sound immaculately, which considering the complexity of their sound, is quite a feat. Tempos, instrumentation and vocals were all spot on. Incredibly tight and talented performers. Hayward never gets credit for being one of the great guitarists of the age as he is often lost in the arrangements rather than the 'front'. Even so, his guitar work, timing and delivery, ranks with the best.
Spot on. It's a rare thing to see a band perform as well live as it does in studio. The Moody Blues was definitely one of the rare ones with that ability.
Oh I so agree! So many times you would go to a concert and the artists just didn't quite meet the mark of putting all of themselves in a performance. The music that came out of these guys is amazing. They are my fav band of all time. I have been a fan since the first time I heard them.
I am lucky enough to seen them about 4-5 times including 2 times in the 90s accompanied by a local orchestra. The tours with the full orchestras were different but it almost seems like they were born for that, too.
I love reading comments like yours here. Thanks for the first person accounting!
You blessed fo sho!!!
One of the greatest rock songs of all time. The tempo and theme are the best.
Yes! Yea Indeed
...and in typical Moody fashion, the lyrics are brilliant.
The Magnificent Moody’s… They have always been, and shall forever remain, one of my all-time favorite bands!❤️
July 2024 & this song still ROCKS!!! ❤❤
I'm just another person who is frightened by the people who are scorching this earth.
Thank you moodies.
Me, too.... 🔥🌎
Me too
They are ALL at the top of their game…let em BEAT THE HELL OUT OF THAT SONG!!
I’m only now at 60 really appreciating how great this band was. I was a hard rock VH, RUSH, LZ, but I loved the songs by them but they didn’t get the credit they deserved.
Rest in peace Graeme. x
The music of our generation was the best music ever !!!
Amen!
@@lisamcbride8921 Amen also!!!
Shut up and listen to king gizzard
Right on man.
As a member of Gen Z, yeah, I can agree.
I'm 65 years old and seen these guys twice in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania over 35 years ago. I actually waited near the ramp after the concert was over and when they come up in their limo...I followed them thru the city for a little bit but had to turn back for my long journey home. But it was the concert that the band, Til Tuesday, opened for. And they were AWESOME live!!! Most bands aren't as good as the recordings sound. But they were just awesome!!!! Remember their hit "Voices Carry"????
good times, i guarantee, sir. you are fortunate!
Say what you will slamming the Boomer generation but thank them for the Moody Blues and all the greatest rock & roll of all time for all posterity !🦊
The Lyrics to this song are resonating on This Earth as I type this in July of 2023..... Powerful!
Honestly the most underrated band from the 60s and 70s.
Beatles producer George Martin called them "criminally underrated".
I didn't hear them until I think it was the Freedom Rock commercial , Story In Your Eyes, and then I was lead to Nights In White Satin, I slept on this group, and I was listening to I Know You're Out There Somewhere. I heard it played in some stores, but didn't realize it was the Moody Blues who sang it. This song is awesome.
Not in my social circle! They were very highly rated. Very popular with the university crowd!
@@mikewa2 Same here! They were VERY well known and popular!
Who ever proved they were "underrated"????? Just quit saying this b/s ok ????
This song never gets old! It takes one's emotions on a wonderful ride even 50+ years later. The precision between the boys is incredible.
Thanks God for allowing me to be a teenager and in my 20s in the 60's and 70s.I actually feel sorry for the kids today. What they missed.
I say that if I had a time machine I would travel back and attend a LOT of iconic concerts : Beatles, Stones, Moody Blues, the Supremes, Temptations, the Who, Doors, Zeppelin, CCR, CSN, Jefferson Airplane, Mamas & Papas, Cream, Queen, Simon & Garfunkel for a start. Then I'd come back and have a shitload of musical memories to carry me till the day I die with a smile on my face.
With media wizardry, augmented reality and A.I., many young people can get close to the experience. They too can not only have memories but will be able to relive things. Even great music from the past that has been recorded will become timeless.
Amen to that!!!
I wasn't in my 20s till the 80s but they still played this stuff on an oldies station....excellent!
Still listening to them, in 2023!!!! They are such great artist's!!!!! Justin, can sing!!!!! John can too!!!!!! So exhilarating, energy filled!!! Makes you want to get up and dance!!!!! 💃💃💃💃... 💙💙💙💙... 🌟🌟🌟🌟....
Oh this one gets me teary eyed. I was 18 in Feb, 1973 when this hit our top 40. So magnificent to say the least and lots of memories that year.
2024 😊❤
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RIP MIKE PINDER
I’m just a guitarist, singer 👩🎤 in a rock and roll band myself! Making music making people dance, making people sing and making them happy
Justin Hayward is a genius. Always the force of the Moody Blues! I have every album they've made. Wouldn't sell them for a million bucks!
+Tom Russell A part of our time! I know the feeling!
Hello, there are many things I do not know about which is why I try to learn something new every day. Have you every met Justin Hayward and John Lodge?
+Tom Russell I have those albums as well... and yes you can just take your milliion and keep movin on.
How about 2 million?
Tom Russell john lodges song here and pinders songs were sublime
An incredibly talented band, playing a very complex piece of music, and playing it incredibly well - THAT was the Moody Blues!! One of my favourite bands of all time, and I've been listening to their music since the 70's!
It makes you wonder how truly great musicians find each other and come together. Then add exceptional songwriting skills within the band as well!
Legendary performance!
I wanna be a singer in a rock and roll band
I wish people would stop calling Pinder the last of the originals what are Justin and John chopped liver? Those two have been there on every major studio album and wrote most of the bands hits😮😊❤signed some one who knows more about goodies than anyone named my son justin😊😊😊
Moodies
Read the Wikipedia article on Justin Hayward. It includes an account of how he came to be in the Moodies. An account that centers on Eric Burdon!
1965 -1975 music years will never be bettered
RIP Graeme Edge.....there from the beginning.
I just watched this video with the Closed Caption on, so I could see the words. I've heard the song a hundred times but never got a handle on what the lyrics were. Wow. Those lyrics are very thoughtful and poignant.
I did the same thing with the closed captions and realized o had some of the words wrong. Damn and after all these years
God, I wish these kind of bands and music was back!!
They all looked like they loved performing this song and the drummer was especially crazy. What a performance!!! This was Rock and Roll!
The drummer reminds me of Animal on the Muppets, or vice versa. And watch at 3:36, and imagine he isn't playing the guitar. What kind of passion does that remind you of? They gave so much to the music. So blessed to have their music in my soul forever!
The drummer was Graeme Edge. Very underrated but extremely talented as you can see from his performance here! He was really killing it in this song!
@@chrisbath3956 He principally wrote this song but didnt think just a drummer in a rock and roll band sounded right SO.........
@@chitlika Written by bassist John Lodge, although Graeme, who wrote many spoken word pieces, did collaborate with Justin Hayward occasionally on later songs
Yes! Rock and Roll personified!!!
Why did no one ever tell me the moody blues rocked out like this. I LOVE THIS SONG.
This is one of the band's two rock-out singles (the other being "Ride My See-Saw"). Both are my faves from this band.
An unforgettable Drum-Intro that gets faster and faster . . . leading into John's melodic Bass--Groove and singing about the uncertainty going on in the World. In 74 or 75 when I was 13 or 14 years old = I walked into a dime store and bought a 2-record set entitled " This is the Moody Blues " - and after a week of listening I was Absolutely mesmerized and spell-bounded by this music and totally forgot what a Basketball or Sports was . . . and now its 2021 and I'm 60 years old and sad to hear of Graeme's recent passing. Whether physically on this planet / or not , Justin Hayward , John Lodge , Ray Thomas , Mike Pinder and Graeme Edge will always be COSMIC ROCKERS . Thanks boys - for filling my Brain with such great Melodies and Lullaby's .
Indeed!!
Well said
Bought the same album = transfixed!
You were spellbound by the music.... Not spell bounded... :)
One of the greatest all-time rock song intros.
+Randy Ventresca First time listener . Instantly captivated by the drums intro leading into the bass line . For me , the rest of the song has far too much going on. It's like a fight between the different instruments and the vocals to be at the forefront of the song . I think the song would benefit from being leveled better or lose one of the instruments in the main riff and give it an interlude part or something.
I love all the instruments together - part of what makes the song so great
The interplay of the instruments is what makes the song so good IMO. And, so true, it's a great rock intro. Love the bass in this and other songs in the early 70s period.
Unfortunately on the original album they faded it in (I guess the effect was to segue from the previous song and for the song to reach full volume once the band kicks in) so the effect of the drums picking up steam is greatly reduced. One of the few songs where the Greatest Hits version is vastly superior to the album version, if only for this reason.
@@deanings That's exactly what I DO like about the song.
The drummer is a super high-energy guy👍
Graeme Edge is his name and one of the leaders of this British band. Unfortunately, he died in 2020 of cancer and lived in Florida.
Graeme wrote a book of poetry and it's wonderful. RIP Sir
Still awesome in June 2024!!
Yep, even in JULY, 24🤩
@@chris33337 Fantastic! The weather may be shit , but this is HOT
@@joanthomas6337 Totally agree with you,, haha!:horrible wheather, AMAZING music! 🎵💜
July here, yes 2024
They're not just " singers' in a rock and roll band " .....they're genuises ' !
Six minutes of sublime music
My husband and I saw the Moody Blues in New Orleans at the Loyola Field House in the ‘70’s
This song was written by John Lodge (the bassist) and was the closing song for their album "Seventh Sojourn". Wonderful performance by the band -- they really ended this album with an exclamation point!
Love that LP and still have it. Favorite is the lead off song "You & Me".
Don't come much better than this period.
Watching this on my phone with bluetooth 2024 I thought my phone was going to fly across the room. So much energy here. Thank you Moodies all your great music.
From a 4 ever fan. You rock.
Fuck me there's a lot of song going on here. The most densely packed song in the history of songs. You could not squeeze any more song into this song.
This is exactly what I love about the Moodies: there is so much music in their music.
at 4 min 17 sec - head explodes 🤣
😆 Well said!
NOW THIS IS A SONG !
Playing this in your car gives you a 90% chance of getting a speeding ticket.
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I find that I get better gas mileage.
So true
Lol! That's exactly what happens to me every single time Radar Love by Golden Earring comes on. I just spontaneously start speeding.
Yes it does!!
good lord what a song, what a band!!!!!!!!
Moody blues so underrated . love these guys . they're coming to toledo in October and I want to see these guys play .
Hope you enjoyed it, I really did when I saw them about 3 years ago.
Jason Raczkowski the thing about being underrated is that its better than being overrated
@@theband7737 interest ing
In the '70s, we were musicians experimenting with drugs, today it is drug addicts experimenting with music. - Steven Tyler He said this in the 1990s at the height of tha Grunge movement. The industry never recovered. Even show bands, like KISS, used to put more effort into the craft than bands do today. Moody Blues were craftsmen as well as artists who were dedicated to the music before the money, women and other rewards came.
Sometimes you get a group of creative, talented musicians who come together at the right time and place... The Moody Blues
essentially the pinnacle of rocks music, unreal
At 70 yrs old I never was a M.Blues fan though I did like their songs. BUT - Seeing their videos gives a new meaning to their music! As "As a below commenter said "This is one of the most kick-ass energy packed numbers" !
rock us moody blues...one of best band ever...me so lucky to grow up with all this great music....
Justin Hayward never seems to get mentioned as one of the great rock guitarists, but he's right up there with any of them in my book.
This fucking song was, is and will always be spot on
The Moody Blues are probably one of the best bands ever! They're right up there with Pink Floyd! Omg they are geniuses!
The two bands that invented progressive RnR.☮️
Better than Pink IMO.
@@kenmore01 yes...better than Pink.
Both bands different styles but both very sophisticated bands.
Yes they are and were! I don't know why they never got the adulation and attention from the Rock press in general that they were indeed the greatest band with the greatest songs ever written! The only ones who have really appreciated them and have stayed true to them and what they wrote, are us...their fans!
Ray Thomas looks so healthy here, I almost thought he was someone else? He usually seemed on the thin side. RIP my talented friend.
I love moody blues❤
One of the best pieces of art created ever.
Didn't realise how good this band were absolutely brilliant
I got to see bands like The Moody Blues, Emerson Lake and Palmer and King Crimson I consider myself very fortunate and glad that I grew up when I did
Me too. We had the best music
The most UNDERRATED band of all time. Took so long to get in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Their music has so many layers. Such a talented group of musicians.
Underappreciated more like it. Justin once said they weren't for everybody. Old souls click with their music.
I personally think u r underrated too!!!
Prove this band was Every Underrated !!!! Hilarious !!!
They're in, still waiting on J Geils.
They were a spiritual rock group; WAY ahead of their time. Loved them in 1972; and, Honor them in 2022!
RIP the two members of The Moody Blues
Graeme Edge (March 30, 1941 - November 11, 2021), aged 80
Ray Thomas (December 29, 1941 - January 4, 2018), aged 76
You both will always be remembered as legends.
The greatest band that's NOT in the Rock and Roll Hall of fame!
1Moodymusic You are correct. I was grateful to see Jeff and the boys finally get nominated. However, there's still a great bunch being left out as you stated. Another thing with the Hall is that so many non-rock artists are being inducted. I understand these artists are great in their own rights but put them in their own place. If they are going to let in non-rock groups then they should consider the other great non-rock groups that they are leaving out. Example: if ABBA can join, why not Duran Duran? If Madonna can join, why not John Denver? The Crock and Bull Hall of Shame will do things their own way so it seems.
they need to be
Them and Yes! How in heck can you call yourself a Rock n Roll Hall of Fame without them!
They're a great rock band, no doubt. Jethro Tull's another.
They are currently second only to Bon Jovi in the fans vote.
Last year, the fans got 4 of 5 right. There is hope.
Justin Hayward still can do and was great this year in Tucson!
I heard this in 78 on 8-track. I kept it so long that in 97 I bought a 76 LTD that had an 8-Track. AND PLAYED IT
NIIIIICE
I am obsessed with this song. Drummer 10/10, bassist 10/10 don't know what else to say. I have always loved The Moody Blues. Had a bad divorce and as consolation went to concerts to bands I liked. Saw them Live about 5-7 years ago. I had been going to lots of concerts at the time. I felt under dressed. I had jeans and a T-shirt. Everyone else 3 piece suits. WTF? They were awesome.
I'm 70 & a life long lover of the moodies! Was fortunate enough to have seen them live on the lakefront in Milwaukee in 80's. One of best bands of ALL time!!
TH-cam won't let me leave a like! But this is one my favorite songs. TURN IT UP AND DREAM A MINUTE... so good...
HAD TO PUT ON MY SEAT BELT FOR THAT ONE
I had to put on my helmet.
La mejor cancion de la historia del rock una percusion extrema y perfecta y una canción muy bien interpretada Jamas oi una canción tan buena Excelente la mejor que escuché en mi vida esta la original Fantastico nada que ver con la porquería que sale hoy. Saludos a todos desde Mallorca Bartolomé.
Easy to speed while listening to in the car lol!!!
@@teresal.taylor2463 Too right!
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What makes me happy and content I guess is that I was alive and of an age when I could and did walk into a record shop and buy this piece of genius on vinyl and still have it in it's original sleeve on my shelf.
Certainly a sophisticated band. They endured and were wildly successful. Great part of music history.
They were an incredible band...are they still performing?
Kalina Kimble....Absolutely!!!!!!!!!! going to be inducted in HOF2018,....they've never stopped touring...they are Brilliant!!!
YEAH MAN!!!