The Moody’s are most definitely one of a kind. No other comes close to their musical artistry, genius & uniqueness. Listen to them early & often, their sound never grows old...
I'm 76 years old and so pleased to see young people like you get excited about my generation's music. If you haven't already, check out Procul Harum "A Whiter Shade of Pale".
Drummer Graeme Edge died Nov. 11, 2021 at the age of 80, and their flute player here in this video Ray Thomas, died on January 4, 2018 just 6 days after his 76th birthday. Justin Hayward and John Lodge are still with us.
Kid's ain't ready for Grandpa's epic flute solo... I remember listening to this in the wee hours of the morning, hurtling down dark roads to nowhere, back before I looked like anyone's Grandpa myself... '60s version, of course.
Your "dark roads" imagery is amazingly dead on! Every time I hear this I recall strolling down a dark road, falling in love with this song, listening on my transistor radio❣️
I have heard this live with orchestra multiple times, and each was magical. For all of those complaining that it isn't the same as the original, I suppose you had to be there to appreciate the experience and the sound. I love this band, and I have nearly all vinyl and CD's of their recorded music and it is all great, but being there with all the audience, echos, harmonics, and atmosphere, brings even more to the experience. This particular recording (Hall of Fame at Royal Albert Hall) was done May 1, 2000 and released later that year, a truly fantastic show.
So long that the rock and roll Hall of Fame took so long for these guys to enter. And unfortunately when they did the flute singer passed away so all them years with the band and absolutely killing it, the poor guy doesn't even get to enjoy his induction with his band
This arrangement was originally recorded in 1967. The album was titled, "Days of Future Passed". In the years since its first released, it has been re-released multiple times in the '70's, '80's, and '90's.
One of my mom's favorite bands/songs. I've always been a fan of bands playing with orchestras, from the Moody Blues to Smashing Pumpkins and most of what's inbetween
First release date 1967. I was 6. Keep rockin' Cool!! Jethro Tull, "Aqualung" has KILLER flute. Aerosmith, "Dream On with the SoCal Children's Chorus", also, "I Don't Want To Miss A Thing with the Boston Pops Orchestra". Aerosmith/Run DMC, "Walk This Way" (rock/rap)
Find the 8 min version that describes creation & spiritual awakenings. 8 minute version. Trust me. The song is about a spirit awakening inside it's own coffin during their own funeral. Trust me. Infinity version. -over 8 minutes. 8. Infinity. Day after 7.
My first concert, Sacramento Memorial Auditorium circa 98 or 99…this song changed my life…I was just a kid but I found out what a mellotron was, Mom took me and my brother. Life changing. I think I was 11 or 12.
God I wish I could go back in time to hear this the first time. It came out a year before I was born so I didn’t hear it until I was about 12 but that first time was existential. It took me on a journey and it was a beautiful experience!
Play this whole album it is a journey of a typical day morning, afternoon, evening, and this is night. Turn the lights down lay back and take the journey. Days of Future Passed
From a concert at the Royal Albert Hall in 2000. They were in their 50's at this time. The London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Larry Baird. He was their traveling conductor.
Ray Thomas was 59, Graeme Edge was also 59, Justin Hayward was 54, and John Lodge was also 54 but was turning 55 a few months after this 2000 concert, just to be precise. 😊
This reminds me of going to the Beach when I was a kid. Seven of us siblings jammed into the station wagon Rocking and Rolling with our Mom who blasted it!! Good Times!!! I feel SO SORRY for young people these days.....REAL Music is a thing of the past, unfortunately. Thank God we have RECORDINGS.
That singer was Justin Hayward, founder and leader of the Moody Blues. He wrote "Nights" himself - almost immediately after he graduated from high school.
Do y’all notice the audience is actually listening to the music - not like these days when all they do is scream and yell so you can’t hear anything. Which is why we Boomers are so incredibly blessed with the bands we got to actually hear when we attended their concerts! 😊
I was 15 when this was first released. What a wonderful generation of music was to follow…Moody Blues, Pink Floyd, and so, so many more great bands! I’m proud to say I’ve passed down my musically eclectic tastes to my daughter! 🤷♂️👍😁
I was in the Navy in the late 60's, early 70's, and I had never heard of them until I came home after my enlistment. I went to visit my friend, and first thing he said was, John, you've got to listen to this group, and do it on headphones! That was in late 1974 - since then I have been to 3 of their concerts, late 70's and early 80's, all of them totally awesome!
then you have to hear *a whiter shade of pale* live in denmark ( procal harum) this song, nights in white satin (moody blues )and a whiter shade of pale the best two songs, best ever
That was one of my husbands favorite songs. I had it sung at his memorial mass last year. The lyrics are now etched on my heart so I had “Forever Autumn “ tattooed on the inside of my left forearm.
"He can siiing! ... Who is he?" 😁 I love you and your wide-eyed reactions. So sweet. He is Justin Hayward (David Justin Hayward OBE), ... only one of the best-selling singer/songwriters of all, who happened to write this gem when he was 17 and first recorded it when he was 19, and quite simply one of the best voices to ever draw breath. On the flute is the late great Ray Thomas, one of the founding members of the band and who sadly had to leave the band in the later 2000s due to ill health and died in 2018. He could really make a flute speak. Please check out 'For My Lady', one of the several songs by the band on which Ray took lead. It really shows off his wonderful, deep, almost operatic voice.
I was 18 when the single came out in 1967 and still have my 45..whoever says this live performance isn't as good as the original are probably young kids who's parents weren't even born yet. Justin Hayward's voice is more mature 40 years later and all the band musicians are more accomplished. When you compare this to the original, this live performance at Royal Albert Hall in 2000 is even better than the original.
I agree, their was a comment made by someone on another reactor's channel who did this video, and THAT commenter said, "now that you've watched this TERRIBLE performance, go and listen to the recorded version and listen to how it is supposed to be." !! I couldn't BELIEVE what that person said!!
67-72 Moody Blues albums are all great. Better to listen from the beginning to the end, often 'concept albums' As I saw someone said you may like Jethro Tull , Aqualung and further work. Try also King Crimson, album 21st century schizoid man, all album. Gong, album YOU Aphrodite Child , explore end 60's and 70's Many people heard about but did not listen to Stevie Wonder Songs In The Key of life, great 2x album. One song by Archie Sheep and Jasper van't Hof ''Contracts'' quite interesting, emotional. Neil Diamond , album Jonathan Livingstone Seagull, great orchestral work, very lyrical, and that guy can sing too😊 Pink Floyd, albums Wish you were here, Atom Heart Mother, Dark Side Of The Moon, Meddle Pat Metheny album Secret Story. Alan Stivell album Renaissance de la harpe celtique Mostly music for chilling, mind travelling
great live version but the studio version is the one with the spoken word in it. this group has been covered by every type music from orchestral to blue grass to hip hop and with 16 studio albums numerous solo albums and well over 200 songs, there is a lot to choose from and its a fact the Moodies were considered the worlds smallest orchestra with those 5 guys playing upwards of 33 instruments on an album
.. Justin-Hayward is Singing This Song ... He-Wrote "Knights In White Satin" when he was just 19-Years-Old .. But He Does-Not-Receive Any-Royalties From This Song .. He Unfortunately Signed a Contract When He Was 17-Years-Old, That Gave-Away All of His Income-Royalty-Rights to All of His Song-Compositions at That Time of His Life .. .. as per-Wiki-Pedia .... "Justin Hayward wrote and composed the song at age 19 while touring in Belgium[6] and titled the song after a girlfriend gave him a gift of satin bedsheets. The song itself was a tale of a yearning love from afar, which leads many aficionados to term it as a tale of unrequited love endured by Hayward. Hayward said of the song, "It was just another song I was writing and I thought it was very powerful. It was a very personal song and every note, every word in it means something to me and I found that a lot of other people have felt that very same way about it." .. God-Bless "Justin-Hayward"... I Think Justin-Hayward is One of the Very-Best Singer-Songwriters This Planet Has Ever Known .. 👍🥰😇
Justin Hayward - possibly to his horror today - wrote this in his teens. He was already a gifted songwriter and guitarist and it remains one of the undying classics of British rock. Perhaps wherever romanticism exists this will too.
Thank you for review on this song. I have seen the Moody Blues in concert several times. I think you would really like their song I'm Just A Singer in a Rock n Roll band. Its' good, it's really fast paced and it has 2 stops. I hope you check it out. :)
Different type of music, still rock and same generation...but Marshall Tucker Band uses multiple instruments in their music; especially songs like Fire on the Mountain. Check them out
You missed the ending of this song. The poem that g oes with it. When I was a kid my Father took us camping at a beautiful forested campground. It had a kind of yard with green grass. He brought ithe tape player out to me with thia tape in it. Days of Future Past. I got my sleeping bag out,laid down and pushed the tape button to play. Suddenly the entire campground was filled with the sound of this song. It wafted across the air and I just know everyone stopped to listen.
Ok, I’m a little late to this party but I couldn’t help but respond to your question about rock bands with orchestral accompaniment, which is one of my favorite indulgences! If you haven’t heard it already, check out No Leaf Clover by Metallica. There is a recent-ish version they recorded live with the San Francisco orchestra that’s amaze balls. Also, Silent Lucidity by Queensryche has some horns and strings ( not a full orchestra but really great stuff!)
The Moody’s are most definitely one of a kind.
No other comes close to their musical artistry, genius & uniqueness.
Listen to them early & often, their sound never grows old...
I'm 76 years old and so pleased to see young people like you get excited about my generation's music. If you haven't already, check out Procul Harum "A Whiter Shade of Pale".
I think the Grass Roots were wonderful and underrated.
Good choice!
Me too. The music and enthusiastic reactions bring tears of joy to my eyes. I'm 65 btw.
I am 65, both of these tracks are among my top ten all-time favourites.
Procul Harem ripped that off almost, if not all, note for note from Bach and added words to it. Never gave Bach any credit.
keep in mind, all these guys are in their 70s now and still performing on this level...amazing.
Drummer Graeme Edge died Nov. 11, 2021 at the age of 80, and their flute player here in this video Ray Thomas, died on January 4, 2018 just 6 days after his 76th birthday. Justin Hayward and John Lodge are still with us.
❤
Justin and John are still alive, though sadly no longer performing together.
They were in their 50s at the time of this performance.
@@patticrichton1135 What is Michael Pindar? Meatloaf?
Kid's ain't ready for Grandpa's epic flute solo... I remember listening to this in the wee hours of the morning, hurtling down dark roads to nowhere, back before I looked like anyone's Grandpa myself... '60s version, of course.
Your "dark roads" imagery is amazingly dead on! Every time I hear this I recall strolling down a dark road, falling in love with this song, listening on my transistor radio❣️
I have heard this live with orchestra multiple times, and each was magical. For all of those complaining that it isn't the same as the original, I suppose you had to be there to appreciate the experience and the sound. I love this band, and I have nearly all vinyl and CD's of their recorded music and it is all great, but being there with all the audience, echos, harmonics, and atmosphere, brings even more to the experience. This particular recording (Hall of Fame at Royal Albert Hall) was done May 1, 2000 and released later that year, a truly fantastic show.
This is just one of the many reasons the Moody Blues were inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame
So long that the rock and roll Hall of Fame took so long for these guys to enter. And unfortunately when they did the flute singer passed away so all them years with the band and absolutely killing it, the poor guy doesn't even get to enjoy his induction with his band
One of the best songs of all time.
Agree completely.
Absolutely!
You can say that again.
I love this live rendition of this song. Always loved the song from the very first out on 45rpm's to now. His voice is even better now.
I was Justin’s bridesmaid when I was 5….he wrote it to his girlfriend ( who he married)… happy memories
Was your dad Ray Thomas? The Flute player? 🥰
Lovely story, thanks for sharing! You must have been a very glamorose little bridesmaid! 🧚♀️🎼🎵
You are a part of musical history ! ☺️
This arrangement was originally recorded in 1967. The album was titled, "Days of Future Passed". In the years since its first released, it has been re-released multiple times in the '70's, '80's, and '90's.
Actually, it was, 'Days of Future Past'.
Look again. It's "Days of Future Passed". Google it. The album cover comes right up.@@Arcadia61
One of my mom's favorite bands/songs. I've always been a fan of bands playing with orchestras, from the Moody Blues to Smashing Pumpkins and most of what's inbetween
First release date 1967. I was 6. Keep rockin' Cool!! Jethro Tull, "Aqualung" has KILLER flute. Aerosmith, "Dream On with the SoCal Children's Chorus", also, "I Don't Want To Miss A Thing with the Boston Pops Orchestra". Aerosmith/Run DMC, "Walk This Way" (rock/rap)
I was 17 when that album came out. It’ll always be great !
Procal Harum, live in Denmark singing Whiter Shade of Pale. First released in 1967 so concert is 39 years later.
*Procol
The best music came out of the 60s.
Find the 8 min version that describes creation & spiritual awakenings.
8 minute version.
Trust me.
The song is about a spirit awakening inside it's own coffin during their own funeral.
Trust me.
Infinity version.
-over 8 minutes.
8.
Infinity.
Day after 7.
My first concert, Sacramento Memorial Auditorium circa 98 or 99…this song changed my life…I was just a kid but I found out what a mellotron was, Mom took me and my brother. Life changing. I think I was 11 or 12.
Love seeing young folks hear great music like this - and appreciate it. What a fun video thanks Officialcammm!!!
Anything and everything by the Moody Blues, it will blow you away, I promise. Tuesday Afternoon is great also.
One of my father’s favorite bands when I was a little girl I would hear these songs now listening gives me chills ❤
God I wish I could go back in time to hear this the first time. It came out a year before I was born so I didn’t hear it until I was about 12 but that first time was existential. It took me on a journey and it was a beautiful experience!
I saw them in concert with an orchestra in the 1990’s. This brought the house down.
Play this whole album it is a journey of a typical day morning, afternoon, evening, and this is night. Turn the lights down lay back and take the journey. Days of Future Passed
Welcome to the Moody Blues
From a concert at the Royal Albert Hall in 2000. They were in their 50's at this time. The London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Larry Baird. He was their traveling conductor.
Ray Thomas was 59, Graeme Edge was also 59, Justin Hayward was 54, and John Lodge was also 54 but was turning 55 a few months after this 2000 concert, just to be precise. 😊
This reminds me of going to the Beach when I was a kid. Seven of us siblings jammed into the station wagon Rocking and Rolling with our Mom who blasted it!! Good Times!!! I feel SO SORRY for young people these days.....REAL Music is a thing of the past, unfortunately. Thank God we have RECORDINGS.
That singer was Justin Hayward, founder and leader of the Moody Blues. He wrote "Nights" himself - almost immediately after he graduated from high school.
Do y’all notice the audience is actually listening to the music - not like these days when all they do is scream and yell so you can’t hear anything. Which is why we Boomers are so incredibly blessed with the bands we got to actually hear when we attended their concerts! 😊
that is the Moody Blues
Justin Hayward, the writer/singer of this song, has been touring the East Coast of the US.
I was 15 when this was first released. What a wonderful generation of music was to follow…Moody Blues, Pink Floyd, and so, so many more great bands! I’m proud to say I’ve passed down my musically eclectic tastes to my daughter! 🤷♂️👍😁
The most beautiful of all songs! 🖤🖤
1967. Justin Hayward.
I was in the Navy in the late 60's, early 70's, and I had never heard of them until I came home after my enlistment. I went to visit my friend, and first thing he said was, John, you've got to listen to this group, and do it on headphones! That was in late 1974 - since then I have been to 3 of their concerts, late 70's and early 80's, all of them totally awesome!
Imagine being born, with that playing... ;) I was. This band is very deep and poetic.
Me too 😊
then you have to hear *a whiter shade of pale* live in denmark ( procal harum) this song, nights in white satin (moody blues )and a whiter shade of pale the best two songs, best ever
Justin Heywood is the lead singer. He also sung "Forever Autmn" [Jeff Wayne's Musical version of "The War of the Worlds"].
That was one of my husbands favorite songs. I had it sung at his memorial mass last year. The lyrics are now etched on my heart so I had “Forever Autumn “ tattooed on the inside of my left forearm.
His name is Justin Hayward..
This video is part of a concert. The whole thing is available here on TH-cam.
One of the best ever
First came out in 1967 is a British band, I'm 77 years love it then still love it ❤
"He can siiing! ... Who is he?" 😁
I love you and your wide-eyed reactions. So sweet.
He is Justin Hayward (David Justin Hayward OBE), ... only one of the best-selling singer/songwriters of all, who happened to write this gem when he was 17 and first recorded it when he was 19, and quite simply one of the best voices to ever draw breath.
On the flute is the late great Ray Thomas, one of the founding members of the band and who sadly had to leave the band in the later 2000s due to ill health and died in 2018. He could really make a flute speak. Please check out 'For My Lady', one of the several songs by the band on which Ray took lead. It really shows off his wonderful, deep, almost operatic voice.
Try Clannad's "I will Find You" from the movie 'The Last of the Mohicans'. Absolutely gorgeous!!!
The conductor - he reads the music score.
LET IT PLAY!!!!!
You must hear the studio version!
I love how you love it 🥰
You need to watch the 1970 live video when they were much younger. You won't regret it.
I was 18 when the single came out in 1967 and still have my 45..whoever says this live performance isn't as good as the original are probably young kids who's parents weren't even born yet. Justin Hayward's voice is more mature 40 years later and all the band musicians are more accomplished. When you compare this to the original, this live performance at Royal Albert Hall in 2000 is even better than the original.
I agree, their was a comment made by someone on another reactor's channel who did this video, and THAT commenter said, "now that you've watched this TERRIBLE performance, go and listen to the recorded version and listen to how it is supposed to be." !! I couldn't BELIEVE what that person said!!
This is one of the rare songs where you REALLY need to appreciate the lyrics.
67-72 Moody Blues albums are all great. Better to listen from the beginning to the end, often 'concept albums'
As I saw someone said you may like Jethro Tull , Aqualung and further work.
Try also
King Crimson, album
21st century schizoid man, all album.
Gong,
album YOU
Aphrodite Child , explore end 60's and 70's
Many people heard about but did not listen to
Stevie Wonder Songs In The Key of life, great 2x album.
One song by Archie Sheep and Jasper van't Hof ''Contracts'' quite interesting, emotional.
Neil Diamond ,
album Jonathan Livingstone Seagull, great orchestral work, very lyrical, and that guy can sing too😊
Pink Floyd, albums
Wish you were here,
Atom Heart Mother,
Dark Side Of The Moon,
Meddle
Pat Metheny
album Secret Story.
Alan Stivell
album Renaissance de la harpe celtique
Mostly music for chilling, mind travelling
Yes it was released 2 years before I was born 1967 and I was born Oct.7, 1969.
happy 54th even though i'm late. 🙏🏽
The birth of progressive rock. Originally recorded in 1967.
This was the SHORT version of this song
great live version but the studio version is the one with the spoken word in it. this group has been covered by every type music from orchestral to blue grass to hip hop and with 16 studio albums numerous solo albums and well over 200 songs, there is a lot to choose from and its a fact the Moodies were considered the worlds smallest orchestra with those 5 guys playing upwards of 33 instruments on an album
Yes Deep greef, the poem..
Best band ever! Justin Hayward a legend!
Well if you liked this then please check out Procol Harum performing A Whiter Shade of Pale live in Denmark 2006.
There is another album called "In Search of The Lost Chord" which is an album with traditional India music. Its worth a listen too.
It's way way cool watching you react to one of my favorites!
Nights in white satin are speaking of the sexy nights wrapped in satin sheets with a lover he lost. So sad
If you want more rock orchestra try Procul Harum “whiter shade of pale” and “conquistador”
.. Justin-Hayward is Singing This Song ... He-Wrote "Knights In White Satin" when he was just 19-Years-Old .. But He Does-Not-Receive Any-Royalties From This Song .. He Unfortunately Signed a Contract When He Was 17-Years-Old, That Gave-Away All of His Income-Royalty-Rights to All of His Song-Compositions at That Time of His Life .. .. as per-Wiki-Pedia .... "Justin Hayward wrote and composed the song at age 19 while touring in Belgium[6] and titled the song after a girlfriend gave him a gift of satin bedsheets. The song itself was a tale of a yearning love from afar, which leads many aficionados to term it as a tale of unrequited love endured by Hayward. Hayward said of the song, "It was just another song I was writing and I thought it was very powerful. It was a very personal song and every note, every word in it means something to me and I found that a lot of other people have felt that very same way about it." .. God-Bless "Justin-Hayward"... I Think Justin-Hayward is One of the Very-Best Singer-Songwriters This Planet Has Ever Known .. 👍🥰😇
Nights in White Satin.
Saw them live at Red Rocks. It was amazing. I was front row center and it was the best show I have ever heard.
Justin Hayward - possibly to his horror today - wrote this in his teens. He was already a gifted songwriter and guitarist and it remains one of the undying classics of British rock. Perhaps wherever romanticism exists this will too.
I can’t believe this song is at all to his horror. He’s still singing it on his tour. I saw him this year.
Procul Harem Whiter Shade of Pale Denmark..will blow your mind. Dude is at least 70 and soo soulful..
"Procol Harum" is the CORRECT spelling, in case he wants to look it up.
Good morning.
It is better to be awakened than to remain asleep.
Man, he's singing about "Nights in White Satin SHEETS!
The bass, man - the bass lines drive it.
John Lodge
This is so awesome
This is the final song from their album "Days of Future Past". It's about a universal day. One of the best story album.
I highly recommend Procol Harum live with the Denmark Orchestra..."A Whiter Shade of Pale". 🎶🎼🎵🎸🥁🎧🎤🎙🎹🤘🤘🤘
love you brother
Now, these are "Musicians".. wow
check out Procol Harum - A whiter shade of pale -with the danish symphony orchestra.
One of the best songs in a generation wild bill
King Crimson….and of course Camel…two of my favorite bands.
Thank you for review on this song. I have seen the Moody Blues in concert several times. I think you would really like their song I'm Just A Singer in a Rock n Roll band. Its' good, it's really fast paced and it has 2 stops. I hope you check it out. :)
This song and the album were made in 1967. Listen to the whole album "Days of Future Past"
What this song live in 1970 , amazing
get onto Procol Harum singing a Salty Dog.
Knights in White Satin was released originally in 1969.
Nights in White Satin - not Knights.
ELO
The guy waving his arms is a conductor and he does keep the orchestra in sync, they couldn’t do it without him--
but it’s cool, huh?
This was before the machine. You had to have TALENT.
Different type of music, still rock and same generation...but Marshall Tucker Band uses multiple instruments in their music; especially songs like Fire on the Mountain. Check them out
You have to understand that they have been making #1 hits since the 60's and still perform. Can you name another band that has done this?
Manheim Steamroller and the Electric Light Orchestra
You missed the ending of this song. The poem that g oes with it.
When I was a kid my Father took us camping at a beautiful forested campground. It had a kind of yard with green grass. He brought ithe tape player out to me with thia tape in it. Days of Future Past. I got my sleeping bag out,laid down and pushed the tape button to play. Suddenly the entire campground was filled with the sound of this song. It wafted across the air and I just know everyone stopped to listen.
I'm always hoping one of my reactors will do the long full awesome version of this song.
Soul song
The first time I heard this was around 40-50 years ago, when they didn't have grey hair like me, lol..
top 5 song all time
Justin Hayward definitely in the top 10 greatest rock and roll band vocalists.....
Check out ELO electric light orchestra
Recorded in the 60’s.
Yes, originally done in 1967, but THIS video and performance at the Royal Albert Hall in London was in MAY of 2000
@@patticrichton1135 Oh my, yes, of course, lol. My bad. Some TH-cam Add, ugh.
Justin Hayward, he answered the ad in the paper, guitar player wanted.
Ok, I’m a little late to this party but I couldn’t help but respond to your question about rock bands with orchestral accompaniment, which is one of my favorite indulgences! If you haven’t heard it already, check out No Leaf Clover by Metallica. There is a recent-ish version they recorded live with the San Francisco orchestra that’s amaze balls. Also, Silent Lucidity by Queensryche has some horns and strings ( not a full orchestra but really great stuff!)
Check out Luciano Pavarotti!
This is a great band and a great song. Try Lucky Man by ELP.
was produced in 1967
First released in 1967….😊
i bought this in 1968.