This album was the second album they released in 1969 (Threshold in early '69 was their first), coming in November of that year. As you can see here at the start of this video, the moon landing of July of that year is quite impressionable on this great album's opening track.
I did, in Stowe, Vermont with the Vermont Symphony Orchestra. The wind was blowing, and Ray, while playing his flute solo during Legend of a Mind, looked up and said, " I can blow harder"! It was a magical night.
Saw the Moody Blues In Dallas two weeks after Red Rocks. Same line up of songs. Had the two fine Blue Jay's songs. 1996. Dallas Symphony Orchestra backup. Two hundred a ticket paid by a friend who treated me and his brother and sister to a trip.
This is one of those Bands that is way more than just music, but something more precious than anything you ever learned in school... There are not many today which is sad.
how many groups music made us think about life, our place in the world, or spiritually about a creator, and another existence after this one on earth? Only the Moody Blues It was such a trip every time my friends and I enjoyed this music, and I still listen to it regularly 50 years later. Did I say 50 years? Wow
Thanks my friend...saw them in concert at Rupp Arena in Lexington Kentucky years ago with my beloved sister who died of ovarian cancer...know she's in a better place and waiting for us.
My son refers to the Moody Blues as the Mystic Travellers. I have loved their music since I first heard them. The absolutely best gift I was given occurred several years ago when my daughter called me from Winnipeg to let me know she had tickets for the Moody Blues Concert for her and me. It was phenomenal!
I had seen them at the Holiday Star in Indiana many years ago and It Was A Great Show and I Hope you Had A Great Time yourself with your Daughter at the concert
Classic Rock never gets old....Im 57 and going to college....I find any Moody Blues album to play when Im doing Heavy math.....it just feels so natural......also Looney Tunes and Johnny Quest never gets old
I am almost 60 and still listen to these old albums on vinyl but I enjoy finding them on you tube and reading people's comments about the songs and the band
Someday Justin Hayward will get the credit her richly deserves for being the absolutely BLISTERING lead guitarist that he was both in the studio AND on stage. Live in the early days he'd effortlessly toss off these searing lead mini-solos and my friends and I would mutter "Holy sh**!" To younger fans I'll just say this. In their prime the Moodies always ripped the roof off!
Justin is one of my favorite rock musicians in any genre. I think I was maybe 13 when I got my first album (To our Children's Children's Children) and quickly built up my Moody's library. Not too much later I was playing guitar on "The Story in Your Eyes" in a band. Finally got to see the Moodies back in the '90s, I believe. Dream come true!
I was 15 y/o in 1972 when I found this incredible set. It opened my mind and set the path for my life to enjoy the beautiful music of the Moody's. I'm now 65, munched on an edible, sipping on some blackberry brandy, and enjoying this through the eyes of a child ! RIP Graham Edge.
Ten months late, but me too-allllll of your comment. I just love their tunes, every last album is composed of story installments that all combined are beyond compare. One after another after another…….
I love all Moody Blues albums! I think they were way ahead of all groups!! This is my all time favorite album! The ultimate classic album that know one else could do! The core seven albums with Tony Clarke at the producer achieved the best achievement in musical history ever!✌🏼🏃🏻❤️
I will avoid today's news cast! Nothing but horror! Instead I choose the harmony, love and peace these lads have given our world. My last thoughts before turning out the lights of the day, are to listen to The Moody Blues. My medication no longer works for me. Their music affords me the rest I need. Thank you to these beautiful miracle maker's that should be on at the 6pm hour. Nothing but music.....Peace to all!
The Moody Blues were so far ahead of their time that they were telling us that there music is To Our Children's, Children's, Children. 3 generations equals roughly 75 years. Recorded 1969 + 75 years = 2044. It will be interesting to see if their music gets a new round of appreciation around that time. Of course it will, even 100 years from now people will sort of marvel at their music which was at the beginning of the Shift of Consciousness.
Well, My grandchild is singing, "Blue..bird flying high. Tell me what you see...." (you know the song) So when he sings this to his child and his grandchild - there you go!
This masterpiece of an album is Fifty(!) years old this year, and yet it is timeless. Love these men and their music so much. Peace to you all, Deb (moodygirl67/berrygirl64) 7/11/19
I was a young soldier stationed in West Germany the first I went to a Moody concert, and my wife and I went to hear them again 2 years ago. Great then great now!
Everybody should be forced to hear it, the world would be a better place! Musical geniuses consider this to be the finest album ever produced by humankind! Nuff said...
it takes some time for a catapillar to turn into a butterfly or a egg to change into a bird...but now you can SEE..so fly you FREEBIRD!! LOVE/ LIGHT to you....
They should have been inducted into the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame Long before they were in. What a shame. No One Will EVER bring this kind of Beautiful And Timeless Music ❤
First with a concept album, first with a flute, first to tour with an orchestra, first with a melotron, first to sell 100,000tickets at Madison Square Garden, maybe first with four lead singers( and no I don’t consider Ringo a lead singer). Even if you didn’t like their music how can you possibly think they weren’t incredibly influential in the music world. I mean give me a break they are incredible
Agree wholeheartedly, Moodies sit outside, partly inside but always in their own relevant place amongst Popular,Rock & Progressive styles; luckily for us they created marvelous albums such as this.
Im right there with you. This has been my favorite album of theirs since I discovered it in 1973 in college. I still listen to it all the time some 50 years later. The MB were simply in a league of their own. Nothing holds a candle to their beautiful creativity and sounds that just capture the heart. I got a chance to see and meet John Lodge on his solo tour a couple months ago. It was beyond what I could imagine! If you have a chance see it, experience it! Also Justin Hayward is on a solo tour as well through the eastern US.
avid moody blues lovers from gerogia here, and youve got something goin on right! me and my dad think you did a great job! great to see someone else knows good music when they feel it.
The cassette release in the US had side two as side one, so the hit Gypsy was the first song played. Very strange marketing ploy. Very nice production here, thanks. Oh, and astronauts heard the album in space, too. But you fans know that.
I remember hearing this album for the first time in 1970 with headphones on and the scent of Mary Jane very prominent in my nostrils. No desire to repeat that at 70 but at that time it was quite extraordinary.
I've been listening to the Moody Blues since I was 10. Have a brother who was 14 @ that time and let me listen to his albums, I fell in love with Justin. I am now 61 and still in love with him! 😊 I actually love all the Moodies! Best music around still!!!
IF THE MESSAGE, THE BEAT, THE HARMONY, THE LYRICS, DONT CONVINCE YOU THIS IS THE GREATEST BAND EVER AND THE GREATEST BLESSING WE WILL EVER EXPERIENCE IN THE WORLD OF MUSIC MAYBE NOW YOU REALIZE IT! THANK YOU !
I have followed the Blues since their first single “Go Now”…’65 … have ALL their music .. Spent many a night under the stars trans fixed on their musical message to me💕🎸☺️
..and yet, HistoricusJoe..probably the most deeply spiritual and christian (yep..visions of Our Father, touched by His Loving Son" (You and Me) in rock history.
I've been in love with the Moody Blues since I was a kid. And, hearing their music again, has struck the innocence I once had. What an awesome gift to be given, as almost every piece is a spiritual connect. O' Thank You, Sweet, Sweet Jesus.
The most incredible opening song of all time...so powerful. I shall never forget the night in October 1972 when I heard "Higher and Higher" live...to see Justin play that guitar was just incredible.
To have seen them live in '72 had to be a true thrill. The album Futures Of Days Past and the song Nights In White Satin both were re-released in '72, to much success. I remember at 12 yrs old in '67 hearing Tuesday Afternoon and Nights In White Satin, but not the album Days Of Futures Past. Probably not until '72 at 17 yrs old, did I listen to the whole album. By the release of The Seventh Sojourn in '71, they had cemented their legacy as legends for all time. After that, as is the case with many a human endeavor, the high mark they had set for themselves the previous six years ('67-'71), was incredibly hard to maintain. I think there is a natural limit to genius, for all areas of human life- I feel blessed to have had the Moody's in my lifetime.
Good work Joe. Easy, when you're using a good album such as TOCCC. Thanks for keeping to the original album, I'm flipping it over to Side 2 now. Like 215, C33, V16757. /:-)
heard Higher and Higher on the radio in 69 and freaked out. I was hooked from then on. Before that Go Now by the Moodies with Denny Laine was what I was used to from this band then they blew the roof off their sound from this album. Never stopped listening to them. My second favorite band behind the Beatles.
"Vast vision must improve our sight". I've long thought that "Higher and Higher" is severely underplayed. In my humble opinion, it is not only one of Greame's best poems, but may have been Mike's best spoken word performance with the Moody Blues (the other competitor being "The Balance").
Of the Core Seven albums, this is the apex. At such a late date, it is sad to reflect and realize that a reunion of the classic lineup performing this album live will no longer be possible.
Eyes of a Child ~ Moody Blues - TH-cam th-cam.com/video/oVBfsJ7SoxI/w-d-xo.html Lyrics Listen, hear the sound The child awakes Wonder all around The child awakes Now in his life, he never must be lost No thoughts must deceive him In life he must trust With the eyes of a child You must come out and see That your world's spinning 'round And through life you will be A small part of a hope Of a love that exists In the eyes of a child you will see Earth falls far away New life awaits Time it has no day New life awaits Here is your dream And now how does it feel? No words will go with you And now what is real? With the eyes of a child You must come out and see That your world's spinning 'round And through life you will be A small part of a hope Of a love that exists In the eyes of a child you will see
Prepare the Way for the Messiah, He will Pray to the Father for Us to have the Spirit of God, for a Teacher, and Comforter, Forever, in the Bible book of John, chapter 14, verse 26 John, chapters 14, through 17 are Spiritual Rebirth Chapters... soon children, soon... Peace
Michael Pinder's mellotron is so much of their sound it really disappointed me that he was not allowed onstage while his ex bandmates performed. Yes, I know there was a conflict between Graeme and himself, but why can't people put that aside for one night?
'Higher and Higher"....the band asked NASA to send them a tape of an actual blast off. It wasn't nearly good enough. So they used a combination of forearms on the mellotron keys, and microphones placed beside Hammond organ and mellotron motors to get this astonishing effect! John Lodge said they played with the idea of sending a tape of what they'd done to NASA but thought it might be a bit too cheeky.
The Moodies were part of my journey in spirituality. It was one i found through music, without lyrics, as music itself is a voice. But i also needed the lyrics to make sense of it all because it appeared to me as a child and their era had just passed by that time, so i had to go backwards in time to pursue the thread i had taken hold of. They helped me more than i can say.
Really? I have an old Apple Pro Mac, that is outdated when it comes to these type of things. Still, it seems that just recently, the 'thumb nail' option for the first side 'Children's, Children's, Children has appeared as such (thumb nail), and of course i've been enjoying it. The second side of this album has been showing for a longer period though. Thanks to Mr. Joe, we can both now enjoy the whole album, the likes (Children's) of which is my favorite Moody's LP.
Maybe some mushrooms unless you know your chemist. Just a thought. ; ) I saw them on this tour in that very frame of mind. I was so impressed by it all and then they started playing.... I could see the chords Hayward was playing, and I was not looking at his guitar. The air was vivid with waves of deep greens and blues. There was no light show. Then there's how they actually sounded...they opened with Gypsy and Hayward was playing a Telecaster, not an acoustic like the recording. It was a most enjoyable experience that evening. Thank you for letting me remember that!
Its been a year since anyone has proclaimed what a magnificent LP TOCCC is. I will have the honor. Never get tired of listening to this work of art. The opening rocket launch alone is a trip!
Why dont YOU add them for us? Josey ikker. Ill add Eyes of a child, you add Floating? Eyes of a Child ~ Moody Blues - TH-cam th-cam.com/video/oVBfsJ7SoxI/w-d-xo.html Lyrics Listen, hear the sound The child awakes Wonder all around The child awakes Now in his life, he never must be lost No thoughts must deceive him In life he must trust With the eyes of a child You must come out and see That your world's spinning 'round And through life you will be A small part of a hope Of a love that exists In the eyes of a child you will see Earth falls far away New life awaits Time it has no day New life awaits Here is your dream And now how does it feel? No words will go with you And now what is real? With the eyes of a child You must come out and see That your world's spinning 'round And through life you will be A small part of a hope Of a love that exists In the eyes of a child you will see
Floating, free as a bird Sixty foot leaps, it's so absurd From up here you should see the view Such a lot of space for me and you Chorus: Oh you'd like it Gliding around, get your feet off the ground Oh you'd like it Do as you please with so much ease Now I know how it feels To have wings on my heels To take a strole among the stars Get a close look at Planet Mars Chorus Bouncing about on the moon Guess you'll all be up here soon The candy stores, they'll be brand new And you'll buy a rock with the moon right through Chorus Come fly...
I love, LOVE this album, and am pleased to say (slightly off-topic) that recently I've been doing "Who Are You Now" (From "Blue Jays") at coffee houses and open mics. (My girlfriend sings John's harmony parts. I love, LOVE that song.)
Beautifully done, I love this album, but I don't like that you covered up the American Flag in that moon shot. Censorship for no good reason, I am proud of my country, and that we were able to achieve such a historic mission. Nothing to be ashamed of that America was the first (and only) country to get to the moon, several times. I think the Moody Blues members would all have been equally proud, and also ashamed of anyone who would cover up our proud American flag in such a historic picture.
Back in the day, some of my friends used to say that the Moodies were pretentious. My response was, "Maybe you lack imagination." I appreciated their willingness to reach for lyrics beyond the banal. Their concepts showed a spiritual side missing in most rock music.
Yep 73 I was pregnant&had my son in that year October just before Halloween at 17& almost 18.Got robbed of this life, this life makes absolutely not any meaning for me!!! Hard living ever since64 or 65
"Nights in white satin" was my intro to the moodies and truthfully at first i didnt like them because i was into heavier rock bands and then i heard "Tuesday afternoon". I went out and bought the album and ive always believed these guys are so underrated.
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Bursting forth with the power of 10 million butterfly sneezes!
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Every time I listen to this album I'm blown away by its complexity and its beautiful harmonies. Such a treasure.
This album was the second album they released in 1969 (Threshold in early '69 was their first), coming in November of that year. As you can see here at the start of this video, the moon landing of July of that year is quite impressionable on this great album's opening track.
Should have seen them with a full orchestra. Unbelievable
Channah Ussery me too! I still get shivers remembering that concert, I always tell my kids it was like being in Heaven.
I did, in Stowe, Vermont with the Vermont Symphony Orchestra. The wind was blowing, and Ray, while playing his flute solo during Legend of a Mind, looked up and said, " I can blow harder"!
It was a magical night.
Saw the Moody Blues In Dallas two weeks after Red Rocks. Same line up of songs. Had the two fine Blue Jay's songs. 1996. Dallas Symphony Orchestra backup. Two hundred a ticket paid by a friend who treated me and his brother and sister to a trip.
Take another sip, my love
This is one of those Bands that is way more than just music, but something more precious than anything you ever learned in school... There are not many today which is sad.
how many groups music made us think about life, our place in the world, or spiritually about a creator, and another existence after this one on earth? Only the Moody Blues It was such a trip every time my friends and I enjoyed this music, and I still listen to it regularly 50 years later. Did I say 50 years? Wow
They have become 'A soundtrack to a life'....
Thanks my friend...saw them in concert at Rupp Arena in Lexington Kentucky years ago with my beloved sister who died of ovarian cancer...know she's in a better place and waiting for us.
Moody Blues music always sends me on a spiritual adventure. This is music
This is the effect of Psychedelic Rock. I know I get the same emotions from listening to them. It's a great feeling!!!
My son refers to the Moody Blues as the Mystic Travellers. I have loved their music since I first heard them. The absolutely best gift I was given occurred several years ago when my daughter called me from Winnipeg to let me know she had tickets for the Moody Blues Concert for her and me. It was phenomenal!
I had seen them at the Holiday Star in Indiana many years ago and It Was A Great Show and I Hope you Had A Great Time yourself with your Daughter at the concert
He's correct.
I have listened to the Moodies for 51 years and they never get old... a magnificent journey of love
Long distance voyager!
Me too,
Classic Rock never gets old....Im 57 and going to college....I find any Moody Blues album to play when Im doing Heavy math.....it just feels so natural......also Looney Tunes and Johnny Quest never gets old
I am almost 60 and still listen to these old albums on vinyl but I enjoy finding them on you tube and reading people's comments about the songs and the band
Me too 👍😊
Someday Justin Hayward will get the credit her richly deserves for being the absolutely BLISTERING lead guitarist that he was both in the studio AND on stage. Live in the early days he'd effortlessly toss off these searing lead mini-solos and my friends and I would mutter "Holy sh**!" To younger fans I'll just say this. In their prime the Moodies always ripped the roof off!
Sorry, I obviously meant to say HE richly deserves.This is why I never knock other peoples' typos!
I named my son after him.....
Justin is one of my favorite rock musicians in any genre. I think I was maybe 13 when I got my first album (To our Children's Children's Children) and quickly built up my Moody's library. Not too much later I was playing guitar on "The Story in Your Eyes" in a band.
Finally got to see the Moodies back in the '90s, I believe. Dream come true!
Over fifty years and it still makes me happy
me too man
Ditto!
yup
I was 15 y/o in 1972 when I found this incredible set. It opened my mind and set the path for my life to enjoy the beautiful music of the Moody's. I'm now 65, munched on an edible, sipping on some blackberry brandy, and enjoying this through the eyes of a child ! RIP Graham Edge.
Ten months late, but me too-allllll of your comment. I just love their tunes, every last album is composed of story installments that all combined are beyond compare. One after another after another…….
Also RIP Ray Thomas first to pass.
and now Mike has joined his bandmates God bless the Moody Blues as the go Higher and Higher
I love all Moody Blues albums! I think they were way ahead of all groups!! This is my all time favorite album! The ultimate classic album that know one else could do! The core seven albums with Tony Clarke at the producer achieved the best achievement in musical history ever!✌🏼🏃🏻❤️
I like eternity road, what creative music at the end there
I will avoid today's news cast! Nothing but horror! Instead I choose the harmony, love and peace these lads have given our world. My last thoughts before turning out the lights of the day, are to listen to The Moody Blues. My medication no longer works for me. Their music affords me the rest I need. Thank you to these beautiful miracle maker's that should be on at the 6pm hour. Nothing but music.....Peace to all!
The Moody Blues were so far ahead of their time that they were telling us that there music is To Our Children's, Children's, Children. 3 generations equals roughly 75 years. Recorded 1969 + 75 years = 2044. It will be interesting to see if their music gets a new round of appreciation around that time. Of course it will, even 100 years from now people will sort of marvel at their music which was at the beginning of the Shift of Consciousness.
Well, My grandchild is singing, "Blue..bird flying high. Tell me what you see...." (you know the song) So when he sings this to his child and his grandchild - there you go!
...oh, and this album was at my own beginning of the Shift of Consciousness....
Timeless and classic music...The most original band of all time! Too bad Mike Pinder left the group early...☹️
@@HVYMETL .
Very VERY well said. They certainly shifted mine!
This masterpiece of an album is Fifty(!) years old this year, and yet it is timeless. Love these men and their music so much. Peace to you all, Deb (moodygirl67/berrygirl64) 7/11/19
JUST APPRECIATE THE TIMING ON THE EYES OF A CHILD EVERY PART OF THE SONG COMES TOGETHER AS ONE! THE UNITY OF THE MOODY BLUES IS UNAPPROACHABLE!
This is my fave Moodies album . . . Until I play the next one.
That is so Kool
I always say the same. Best Moodies' song? The one that's playing.
Right? You guys are great! ❣ The Moody Blues!
I remember the day we went to the moon. The moodies brought it to life and made a beautiful memory.
Perhaps one of the greatest recordings ever, love the moodies, when I want the classics the moodies appear. Thankyou,
Their music is endless. Forever.
Have seen them live over 5 decades. Love ❤️❤️❤️
I caught them in 2007........ best concert I've ever seen, and I've seen lots of shows.
You know what I can't stand? The end of a Moodys Album!! Oh, but then I just play another of their epic journeys!!
I guess after 6 listens you'd have to take a Seventh Sojourn!!
Rosemary, Parsley and Stanley?
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Isn't it a great feeling and time to listen to them?
I was a young soldier stationed in West Germany the first I went to a Moody concert, and my wife and I went to hear them again 2 years ago. Great then great now!
Right on Joe! 642 views ? ? Should be 642 million-best band and best album ever!
over 17,000 now
@@HVYMETL over 78,000 July 2019, but not enough
Everybody should be forced to hear it, the world would be a better place! Musical geniuses consider this to be the finest album ever produced by humankind! Nuff said...
So much a part of my teen years... and for all my life
I wish I had understood a long time ago , more of what these guys were saying.....
it takes some time for a catapillar to turn into a butterfly or a egg to change into a bird...but now you can SEE..so fly you FREEBIRD!! LOVE/ LIGHT to you....
They should have been inducted into the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame Long before they were in. What a shame. No One Will EVER bring this kind of Beautiful And Timeless Music ❤
First with a concept album, first with a flute, first to tour with an orchestra, first with a melotron, first to sell 100,000tickets at Madison Square Garden, maybe first with four lead singers( and no I don’t consider Ringo a lead singer). Even if you didn’t like their music how can you possibly think they weren’t incredibly influential in the music world. I mean give me a break they are incredible
They are in their own genre, completely their own. R&RHOF is just one stop on a never ending journey.
Agree wholeheartedly, Moodies sit outside, partly inside but always in their own relevant place amongst Popular,Rock & Progressive styles; luckily for us they created marvelous albums such as this.
This album is a hidden gem, it's my favorite from the Moody Blues, what a beauty!
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I agree.
My favorite is Days of Future Passed...
There ya' go Lad, Keep on thinking free!
Im right there with you. This has been my favorite album of theirs since I discovered it in 1973 in college. I still listen to it all the time some 50 years later.
The MB were simply in a league of their own. Nothing holds a candle to their beautiful creativity and sounds that just capture the heart.
I got a chance to see and meet John Lodge on his solo tour a couple months ago. It was beyond what I could imagine! If you have a chance see it, experience it! Also Justin Hayward is on a solo tour as well through the eastern US.
avid moody blues lovers from gerogia here, and youve got something goin on right! me and my dad think you did a great job! great to see someone else knows good music when they feel it.
"With the eyes of a child."....
Yes, it's precious...
With the power of 10 billion butterfly sneezes........higher & higher....
Let's not forget John Lodge's excellent bass playing, rocking his Fender Precision Bass like it was a part of him.
Joe, you're the man. Thank you so much. Couldn't find this album in proper quality. Keep it up.
Iconic and timeless. Today its throwaway like most everything else.
These digital days,too much to throw away it seems to me.
Thank You I needed this 1/12/2023 Love Doug
The cassette release in the US had side two as side one, so the hit Gypsy was the first song played. Very strange marketing ploy.
Very nice production here, thanks.
Oh, and astronauts heard the album in space, too. But you fans know that.
an age ago my maker..... etc , ya know folks. I mean wow
Wow indeed BIG TIME
Favorite Moodies album
Valerie I love you so much always think of you when i hear Moody Blues music 🎶
I remember hearing this album for the first time in 1970 with headphones on and the scent of Mary Jane very prominent in my nostrils. No desire to repeat that at 70 but at that time it was quite extraordinary.
I've been listening to the Moody Blues since I was 10. Have a brother who was 14 @ that time and let me listen to his albums, I fell in love with Justin. I am now 61 and still in love with him! 😊 I actually love all the Moodies! Best music around still!!!
All I can say is when you know it’s a complete mind journey of beauty
The video images, printing the lyrics, the music itself - if I were a teacher this would fit into any class
IF THE MESSAGE, THE BEAT, THE HARMONY, THE LYRICS, DONT CONVINCE YOU THIS IS THE GREATEST BAND EVER AND THE GREATEST BLESSING WE WILL EVER EXPERIENCE IN THE WORLD OF MUSIC MAYBE NOW YOU REALIZE IT! THANK YOU !
@Michael Florio - Well said! I concur 100%.
Don't forget the melodies...
I have followed the Blues since their first single “Go Now”…’65 … have ALL their music .. Spent many a night under the stars trans fixed on their musical message to me💕🎸☺️
..and yet, HistoricusJoe..probably the most deeply spiritual and christian (yep..visions of Our Father, touched by His Loving Son" (You and Me) in rock history.
Beautiful
RIP Mike Pinder last of the Originals! Had to play after listening to Melancholy Man. MY favorite LP of theirs
Love Moody Blues, was always mesmerized with the lericks they spoke& what they all were saying ???
Simply celestial, thank you. 🌺💐🌷 "The art of music is divine and effective. It is the food of the soul and spirit." ~ Baha'i Writings 🌹🌼🌸
I've been in love with the Moody Blues since I was a kid. And, hearing their music again, has struck the innocence I once had.
What an awesome gift to be given, as almost every piece is a spiritual connect. O' Thank You, Sweet, Sweet Jesus.
Nailed it! Haunted by the Holy Spirit!
Greatest stoner band, of all time
I think God touched Mike Pinder and the mellotron.
YES.........🙏😇💫✨👽❤💗
........... ONE. PRICELESS ALBUM..........!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The most incredible opening song of all time...so powerful. I shall never forget the night in October 1972 when I heard "Higher and Higher" live...to see Justin play that guitar was just incredible.
To have seen them live in '72 had to be a true thrill. The album Futures Of Days Past and the song Nights In White Satin both were re-released in '72, to much success. I remember at 12 yrs old in '67 hearing Tuesday Afternoon and Nights In White Satin, but not the album Days Of Futures Past. Probably not until '72 at 17 yrs old, did I listen to the whole album. By the release of The Seventh Sojourn in '71, they had cemented their legacy as legends for all time. After that, as is the case with many a human endeavor, the high mark they had set for themselves the previous six years ('67-'71), was incredibly hard to maintain. I think there is a natural limit to genius, for all areas of human life- I feel blessed to have had the Moody's in my lifetime.
I wish l could have seen them in the seventies .... first time was in 1986 ... 3 times since then... sadly never again...
A Timeless Legacy for those Who Tried to make a more palatable existence for us all.
Good work Joe. Easy, when you're using a good album such as TOCCC. Thanks for keeping to the original album, I'm flipping it over to Side 2 now. Like 215, C33, V16757. /:-)
heard Higher and Higher on the radio in 69 and freaked out. I was hooked from then on. Before that Go Now by the Moodies with Denny Laine was what I was used to from this band then they blew the roof off their sound from this album. Never stopped listening to them. My second favorite band behind the Beatles.
In my life these guys were the next step in the evolution revolution.
BRING THEM BACK - THE MOODY BLUES...... WE NEED ALL THE CHILDREN AWAKE....
the best album.... sends shivers down my backbone
Gary Speed that’s just the flashbacks 🤙❤️
Agree! One of their two greatest LP´s together with DOFP, very deep, soulful and probably darkest their recorded...
Eyes of a child part2 really demonstrates the capabilities of the Gibson 335. Also good shots of the moon studios.
This album represented the zenith point. One of the 5 best rock albums of all times!
I love the 'big seven', albums 2 (Future) thru 7 (Sojourn), but if I had to select just one, it would have to this one. Every track works for me.
"Vast vision must improve our sight".
I've long thought that "Higher and Higher" is severely underplayed. In my humble opinion, it is not only one of Greame's best poems, but may have been Mike's best spoken word performance with the Moody Blues (the other competitor being "The Balance").
Magnificent !
I have owned this album since June 1972 . 47 years .of good music.
In life no words can deceive you though many dis-harmonious voices attempt that. Stay Moody Blues Strong.
Of the Core Seven albums, this is the apex. At such a late date, it is sad to reflect and realize that a reunion of the classic lineup performing this album live will no longer be possible.
Eyes of a Child ~ Moody Blues - TH-cam
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Lyrics
Listen, hear the sound
The child awakes
Wonder all around
The child awakes
Now in his life, he never must be lost
No thoughts must deceive him
In life he must trust
With the eyes of a child
You must come out and see
That your world's spinning 'round
And through life you will be
A small part of a hope
Of a love that exists
In the eyes of a child you will see
Earth falls far away
New life awaits
Time it has no day
New life awaits
Here is your dream
And now how does it feel?
No words will go with you
And now what is real?
With the eyes of a child
You must come out and see
That your world's spinning 'round
And through life you will be
A small part of a hope
Of a love that exists
In the eyes of a child you will see
Prepare the Way for the Messiah, He will Pray to the Father for Us to have the Spirit of God, for a Teacher, and Comforter, Forever, in the Bible book of John, chapter 14, verse 26 John, chapters 14, through 17 are Spiritual Rebirth Chapters... soon children, soon... Peace
Thank you for this..never heard this before. Missed alot of their music over the years.
It is never to late my friend. Enjoy....the comming years !
Blocking out the flag of the United States was in very poor taste and lame. Just sayin'.
Go MAGA, just saying.....
Michael Pinder's mellotron is so much of their sound it really disappointed me that he was not allowed onstage while his ex bandmates performed. Yes, I know there was a conflict between Graeme and himself, but why can't people put that aside for one night?
Sadly, Mike suffers from Alzheimers and is not cognitive enough to function with the band.
@@gareebee thats terrible.
Pinder was the first to bolt because of family considerations. Couldn't be replaced, really.
Gazing past the planets,we have the looked at the out, but we need to make the journey the the in side
'Higher and Higher"....the band asked NASA to send them a tape of an actual blast off. It wasn't nearly good enough. So they used a combination of forearms on the mellotron keys, and microphones placed beside Hammond organ and mellotron motors to get this astonishing effect! John Lodge said they played with the idea of sending a tape of what they'd done to NASA but thought it might be a bit too cheeky.
i believe the rocket sound is a match lighting in super slow speed
The Moodies were part of my journey in spirituality. It was one i found through music, without lyrics, as music itself is a voice. But i also needed the lyrics to make sense of it all because it appeared to me as a child and their era had just passed by that time, so i had to go backwards in time to pursue the thread i had taken hold of. They helped me more than i can say.
The moodies were such a trippy band
Another video my browser 'does not currently recognise. Yet it can play the second side! Ain't progress wonderful!
Really? I have an old Apple Pro Mac, that is outdated when it comes to these type of things. Still, it seems that just recently, the 'thumb nail' option for the first side 'Children's, Children's, Children has appeared as such (thumb nail), and of course i've been enjoying it. The second side of this album has been showing for a longer period though. Thanks to Mr. Joe, we can both now enjoy the whole album, the likes (Children's) of which is my favorite Moody's LP.
Being played right now on Facebook page "All The Good Music" and my homepage Mike Ramey
BTW, Thanks for the album art!
Makes me want to try a tab of acid after 40 odd years lol😁😉
Maybe some mushrooms unless you know your chemist. Just a thought. ; )
I saw them on this tour in that very frame of mind. I was so impressed by it all and then they started playing....
I could see the chords Hayward was playing, and I was not looking at his guitar. The air was vivid with waves of deep greens and blues. There was no light show. Then there's how they actually sounded...they opened with Gypsy and Hayward was playing a Telecaster, not an acoustic like the recording.
It was a most enjoyable experience that evening. Thank you for letting me remember that!
Well done, with the pictures!
Historicus Joe: Visuals are incredible !!!!! Thank you !!
I just saw a list of the best bands during the past 50 years and they were not included. WHAT A BIG MISTAKE!
DOESN'T MATTER MY DARLING.......WE KNOW.......THATS WHAT IMPORTANT........NOT WHAT THE MASSES THINK....🙏😇👽✨💫❤👁👁
Should be #1- no brainer!
Masterful, piece, HistoricusJoe.
Its been a year since anyone has proclaimed what a magnificent LP TOCCC is. I will have the honor. Never get tired of listening to this work of art. The opening rocket launch alone is a trip!
"tranquility" should have been capitalized. "Higher and Higher" obviously is referring to the place.
Why are there no lyrics for Eyes of a Child Part 1 & the first part of Floating?
Why dont YOU add them for us? Josey ikker. Ill add Eyes of a child, you add Floating? Eyes of a Child ~ Moody Blues - TH-cam
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Lyrics
Listen, hear the sound
The child awakes
Wonder all around
The child awakes
Now in his life, he never must be lost
No thoughts must deceive him
In life he must trust
With the eyes of a child
You must come out and see
That your world's spinning 'round
And through life you will be
A small part of a hope
Of a love that exists
In the eyes of a child you will see
Earth falls far away
New life awaits
Time it has no day
New life awaits
Here is your dream
And now how does it feel?
No words will go with you
And now what is real?
With the eyes of a child
You must come out and see
That your world's spinning 'round
And through life you will be
A small part of a hope
Of a love that exists
In the eyes of a child you will see
I have most of their early albums. Ill add this one to my collection!
Floating, free as a bird
Sixty foot leaps, it's so absurd
From up here you should see the view
Such a lot of space for me and you
Chorus:
Oh you'd like it
Gliding around, get your feet off the ground
Oh you'd like it
Do as you please with so much ease
Now I know how it feels
To have wings on my heels
To take a strole among the stars
Get a close look at Planet Mars
Chorus
Bouncing about on the moon
Guess you'll all be up here soon
The candy stores, they'll be brand new
And you'll buy a rock with the moon right through
Chorus
Come fly...
Beautiful
I love, LOVE this album, and am pleased to say (slightly off-topic) that recently I've been doing "Who Are You Now" (From "Blue Jays") at coffee houses and open mics. (My girlfriend sings John's harmony parts. I love, LOVE that song.)
I have the complete set of Moody's albums
Beautifully done, I love this album, but I don't like that you covered up the American Flag in that moon shot. Censorship for no good reason, I am proud of my country, and that we were able to achieve such a historic mission. Nothing to be ashamed of that America was the first (and only) country to get to the moon, several times. I think the Moody Blues members would all have been equally proud, and also ashamed of anyone who would cover up our proud American flag in such a historic picture.
Psychedelic Christian Music :)
Back in the day, some of my friends used to say that the Moodies were pretentious. My response was, "Maybe you lack imagination." I appreciated their willingness to reach for lyrics beyond the banal. Their concepts showed a spiritual side missing in most rock music.
prophetic
Damn..this album 1973. At right the moment!!!
Yep 73 I was pregnant&had my son in that year October just before Halloween at 17& almost 18.Got robbed of this life, this life makes absolutely not any meaning for me!!! Hard living ever since64 or 65
Ruined by all the stupid bloody ads. Gave up half way. 😣
"Nights in white satin" was my intro to the moodies and truthfully at first i didnt like them because i was into heavier rock bands and then i heard "Tuesday afternoon". I went out and bought the album and ive always believed these guys are so underrated.
God bless Historicus Joe for his contribution. You get it Joe. And God bless the Moody Blues!
All these years and albums . For me the original first 7 were always the best but I really miss the Mike pinder input .
To boldly go where we should go Explorer
Love the Moody Blues they were my spiritual mentors.
This album lifts me out of a bad mood. It’s my musical Prozac.