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  • @jimwallington437
    @jimwallington437 3 ปีที่แล้ว +407

    It was a lot better being in my 20's in the 70's than it is being in my 70's in the 20's.

    • @carlsmith4878
      @carlsmith4878 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Absolutely!

    • @rhondaserges5136
      @rhondaserges5136 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Yup ..

    • @eddieh3394
      @eddieh3394 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      This comment was the deepest thing I've read in awhile

    • @drackmere
      @drackmere 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Truth.

    • @BypassOne
      @BypassOne 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Born in 71 and I think just like you...

  • @stretchgilbert
    @stretchgilbert 4 ปีที่แล้ว +764

    One of The Most Beautiful Pieces Of Music Ever Written. This Is Why I'm Grateful To Be A Teenager In The 70s. We Were Exposed To All Types Of Music Of All Genres.

    • @tacbear
      @tacbear 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Amen Brother...Class of 79!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    • @rogerevansen2882
      @rogerevansen2882 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      This was released in 1967.

    • @armadillotoe
      @armadillotoe 4 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      Being old now is a small price to pay for being young during the most creative time for popular music ever. Class of 70.

    • @sharoncrawford3042
      @sharoncrawford3042 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Class of 1974.

    • @rickmorrow2674
      @rickmorrow2674 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Class of 73

  • @royjunior3349
    @royjunior3349 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I’m an old white guy who still gets choked up when I listen to the Moody Blues. Brings back memories that I wish I could forget.

    • @joebradshaw5247
      @joebradshaw5247 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Amen Brother

    • @pontiuspilot5887
      @pontiuspilot5887 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Bitter sweet. At 72 still trying to make peace with those memories - Peace and Love Roy.

  • @jrfoster4225
    @jrfoster4225 4 ปีที่แล้ว +68

    What’s amazing to me is, a 19 year old wrote the lyrics AND music for this incredible song. That’s genius. The song is emotional, reflective and powerful .

    • @cherylhulting1301
      @cherylhulting1301 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      JR, yes. I was watching a guy react to the Moodies' "The Story in Your Eyes," which I love so much. At one point he cut the music and just read the lyrics back to us. I pointed out to him how young Justin was when he wrote that song.
      Justin was already a profound songwriter at such a young age. His wife Marie, who has been married to Justin for 50 years, said she was attracted to his depth and that there are still parts of him that she loves but doesn't quite understand.

  • @ericfaulkner7751
    @ericfaulkner7751 4 ปีที่แล้ว +346

    When you keep in mind that this song was released as you just heard it in 1967, you get a whole new appreciation for it. This band is in the rock and roll Hall of Fame for a reason.

    • @jamesaron1967
      @jamesaron1967 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      That entire year probably ranks as THE best in the last century for music. I can't think of a better year although 1968 comes very close. It's a gradual downhill course from there with a few exceptions.

    • @LlyleHunter
      @LlyleHunter 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      We had ten successive years of incredible music of every genre.

    • @wasamata4u
      @wasamata4u 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I agree. It's such a shame that it took so long for them to get inducted into the Hall of Fame. Ray Thomas deserved to enjoy that moment just as much as anyone else in the group.

    • @charliewhite7596
      @charliewhite7596 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Bipolar Nana thinking is the best way to travel

    • @deantait8326
      @deantait8326 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      As i eas graduating from H.S in the LA area. What a ride.....😁

  • @texadan314
    @texadan314 4 ปีที่แล้ว +307

    Yesterday was my birthday, I turned 61. I was talking to my sister about reaction channels and how a new generation was reacting to, and more, enjoying the old songs. I love this. Don't stop. Keep spreading it.

    • @texadan314
      @texadan314 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Dan Thomas Thank you.

    • @terrimobley6067
      @terrimobley6067 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I turned 61 in Jan too. Love watching the reaction vids. Young people discovering the Golden age of music

    • @JohnRodriguesPhotographer
      @JohnRodriguesPhotographer 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Youngster! Okay so I'm only 63.😎🤣

    • @texadan314
      @texadan314 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@JohnRodriguesPhotographer That was a year ago. I'm 62 now, old timer.

    • @chrissaunders4703
      @chrissaunders4703 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Would love to hear your thoughts on sugar mice by marillion from 1986/7

  • @MH3GL
    @MH3GL 3 ปีที่แล้ว +203

    "How is he getting his voice to do that?" 😂
    Well, they didn't have "autotune"...
    That's what's known as TALENT my dear 👍

    • @steveclapper5424
      @steveclapper5424 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      That is not what auto tune does.

    • @markbarrera6807
      @markbarrera6807 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      yes yes. this generation reacts in strange ways.

    • @mikedo6
      @mikedo6 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Also, he was in his early 20's when this was recorded...so there is that!

    • @Wolverines77
      @Wolverines77 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      That is not talent, that is a God given ability...

    • @jono.pom-downunder
      @jono.pom-downunder 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Voice modulation it is a skill that real singers can master, it's an incredible device called talent.

  • @wasamata4u
    @wasamata4u 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    That instument, my dear Sushi, was the late Ray Thomas on the flute. He died shortly before the Moody Blues were voted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Justin Hayward on lead guitar and lead vocal, John Lodge on bass guitar and backup tenor vocals, Mike Pinder on keyboard and narrative voice of Late Lament, Ray Tomas on flute and vocals . . . and finally, Graham Edge on drums and writing poetic lines of Late Lament. Nights In White Satin is from the Album "Days of Future Passed", which was basically a theme album of the events of a day put to music and lyric.
    My oldest surviving sister turned me on to the Moody Blues when I was a teen. If you want another Moody Blues song, you might want to consider "The Actor".

  • @ninline2000
    @ninline2000 4 ปีที่แล้ว +334

    The record label lost their mind when they came out of the studio with this. It's not rock, its Moody Blues. A masterpiece.

    • @deborahmillar-jervis5916
      @deborahmillar-jervis5916 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      I always find it interesting to see the reaction of black folks!
      “ what... these white dudes can sing!”
      Music has NO colour
      NO colour
      It’s music
      We are All PInk on the inside

    • @lindae2524
      @lindae2524 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Yes, the record label expected a modern interpretation of Dvorak's New World Symphony.
      One guy saved it from being canned when they heard it. Thankfully! It was supposed to be a vehicle to showcase the "new" stereo sound. 😁

    • @viksox13
      @viksox13 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@deborahmillar-jervis5916 I've been saying it for years, Soul has no color

    • @unknownx7252
      @unknownx7252 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Indeed a masterpiece

    • @unknownx7252
      @unknownx7252 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@deborahmillar-jervis5916 mostly an American thing, I'm from Haiti so from day one I listen to different music and knew who the artist were. Plus radio was lest segregated when I was coming up.

  • @stevemonkiewicz9771
    @stevemonkiewicz9771 4 ปีที่แล้ว +162

    REMEMBER: this was in 1967. There had NEVER been anything like this (classic and rock combined) before. This the kind of thing that made the late 60s and very early 70s so amazing. It was the music NOT money that drove the psychedelic era. Everything you do today falls FAR SHORT...GENIUS BEFORE PROFIT...

    • @maureensanday6367
      @maureensanday6367 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      I put the Moody Blues and Electric Light Orchestra in similar categories... PURE GENIUS!!! Never duplicated.

    • @ksmith9050
      @ksmith9050 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Don’t forget Procul Harum.

    • @joemiles5094
      @joemiles5094 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      This particular album was recorded and released in 1970

    • @guykatz3592
      @guykatz3592 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yes. Progressive rock is just something else.

    • @guykatz3592
      @guykatz3592 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@joemiles5094 This song was originally featured in the album Days of Future Passed which came out in 1967.

  • @franksfiddle9031
    @franksfiddle9031 4 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    Lady - you really have a soul. That part where his voice shifts as you describe it, to me is the difference between him singing from his throat and then from his heart. When he opens his voice box and his soul sings the words

  • @keegan773
    @keegan773 4 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    That sound doesn't come from the voice, it comes from the soul. It's timeless.
    I was 16 when this came out, right time, right place, takes me right back.

  • @leannmiller7153
    @leannmiller7153 4 ปีที่แล้ว +231

    This is from a concept album called Days of Future Passed. The album follows from morning to night. Gorgeous album! Justin Haywood, lead singer, was only 19 when he wrote and composed this album. This was released in 1967. I’ve been listening ever since♥️♥️♥️

    • @jdolew
      @jdolew 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Justin Hayward

    • @timothyparsons8327
      @timothyparsons8327 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      There was much innovation around this period 1967... the mellotron features prominently on this and many other Moody Blues songs but there is orchestration which was a major part of their concept album...Days Of Future Passed. I would suggest playing it through to understand it better. This version of Nights In White Satin is from the LP, which includes the “poetry” at the end, spoken by Mike Pinder, who also plays the mellotron.

    • @josephchristopher5209
      @josephchristopher5209 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      ALL the members wrote this . A 'concert'ed effort .

    • @larryd4352
      @larryd4352 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I was 10 years old when I first heard this song at my cousin's house. I was hooked on the Moody Blues from that day forward. Hard to believe that was 53 years ago...
      If you want to listen to more Moody Blues, try "Tuesday Afternoon"...another of their great songs.

    • @ronlheureux7623
      @ronlheureux7623 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      An what an album it was and is. It really was a milestone.

  • @shayleeledevre6401
    @shayleeledevre6401 4 ปีที่แล้ว +223

    When he hits that " Oh how I love you " , I feel that to the bottom of my soul and I am not even in love with anyone. Classic.

    • @sequoyahwright
      @sequoyahwright 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      I've heard and deeply felt the pain and sorrow in his expression of those lyrics many times over the years. I have been in and out of love at various points during those times. Looking back now, I much prefer the times I was not in love when experiencing this music. The emotion expressed has more purity, I think, when uncorrupted by feelings of love for another, especially considering the fact that all those lovers are gone now, off living their lives wherever they may be. And yet I can feel this music and soak myself in the heartache and longing of the lyrics, and feel the pure beauty untarnished. This song is truly a work of art. Without it, my life would have been less rich.

    • @cherylhulting1301
      @cherylhulting1301 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@sequoyahwright This is so beautifully said. It's funny but you're right. "Nights" has just as much impact if you are not in love and listening as it does when you are. Perhaps even more.

    • @sequoyahwright
      @sequoyahwright 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@cherylhulting1301 Thank you, Cheryl. :)

    • @bcaffrey98
      @bcaffrey98 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Listening to the "Oh how I love you" has, to me, always been his shouting his love to the heavens. It's as if he puts his entire soul into declaring his love. The whole piece wraps around the theme about the "love of my life". Powerful yet romantic.

    • @daletwin1
      @daletwin1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It gives me goosebumps every time and I have heard this song countless times.

  • @CamiMack5616
    @CamiMack5616 3 ปีที่แล้ว +64

    Justin Hayward wrote this masterpiece at age 19, during a bad breakup with his girlfriend. 😔

    • @IamAmericasDaughter
      @IamAmericasDaughter 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      He did write the song at age 19. But it was when he was sent satin sheets as a present. He said it’s about love that’s out of your reach. But I feel you can read anything into it, which I believe makes a great song.

  • @mikebunner3498
    @mikebunner3498 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    This is one of favorite bands. Another import from jolly old England. And I got to see them in concert. Breath taking!

  • @laurenpeck3609
    @laurenpeck3609 4 ปีที่แล้ว +149

    That is a flute. One of the most beautiful love songs ever.

    • @steffanhoffmann8937
      @steffanhoffmann8937 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Mellotron

    • @Jelperman
      @Jelperman 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@steffanhoffmann8937 Both.

    • @DeterminedGoat
      @DeterminedGoat 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      😂

    • @williampearson9679
      @williampearson9679 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      lauren smith Ray Thomas was the one with the enchanting sound of the flute. He played the with an amazing sound on several songs of The Moody Blues over the years. He wrote songs, sang and played other instruments as well.

    • @EricIrl
      @EricIrl 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@williampearson9679 And sadly passed away not that long ago.

  • @joannedungan8381
    @joannedungan8381 4 ปีที่แล้ว +129

    I can't think of suggestions after this song because I'm taken back to being a child all warm in my bed while my sister puts on FM radio. I'm laying there hoping they play this song and when they do I curl up and just listen. I then hope it's the long version with the poem. It is and I am so happy so warm. My only thoughts drift to how sad the lonely man is and how the senior citizens wish they were young. I'm safe because I'm just a child in my mom's house all tucked in. Great memories

    • @TexasMagnolia
      @TexasMagnolia 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      JOANNE DUNGAN same here! How was that?

    • @joannedungan8381
      @joannedungan8381 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@TexasMagnolia awesome. Omg so awesome

    • @pontiuspilot5887
      @pontiuspilot5887 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Yes Joanne. I had a transistor radio and would listen to stations across the border ( I live in Ont. Canada) at night. I turn 72 next week. Now I am that old man. Peace and Love and Happy New Year dear

    • @josephchristopher5209
      @josephchristopher5209 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Quite well done . Drawing pictures with words .

    • @kentclark6420
      @kentclark6420 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Pretty heady stuff for a child! You were ahead of your time!

  • @jimbeau8838
    @jimbeau8838 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I've seen the Moody Blues live five times over the years, with and without an orchestra. That was the late Ray Thomas playing the flute. I've also watched numerous interviews with Justin Heyward and he claims that he wrote it when he was 19 going on 20, when he was leaving one relationship and heading into another, and he just wrote down random thoughts he felt while living the life of a rock star, sang it from his heart, but never thought people would like it, let alone turn it into one of their signature songs. He never intended it to be a single (45rpm).

  • @marysella3836
    @marysella3836 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    To me the feeling is pure melancholy...When I hear it, it zooms me back to being parked on a street next to a lush, green park in Ann Arbor, Michigan when I was seven, listening to this song on the radio, waiting for my mom to come out of the doctor’s office. She was dying of leukemia. This song, my dad chain-smoking Camels, feeling like my world was ending. Exquisite pain.

  • @kissedbyfirewyrms7312
    @kissedbyfirewyrms7312 4 ปีที่แล้ว +168

    Justin Hayward’s voice is, and always will be, one of my favorite bits of alchemy in this amazing and beautiful world. He still sings with the voice of an angel. He’s one of a kind, and the music of the early Moody Blues was like lightning in a bottle. We’ll never see its like again.

    • @sequoyahwright
      @sequoyahwright 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Indeed.

    • @robertbold5509
      @robertbold5509 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@sequoyahwright... i thought emerson lake and palmers Lucky man was moody.blues for years.Lol. 0

    • @williamrankine8323
      @williamrankine8323 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Don’t forget his work with Jeff Wayne in war of the worlds, especially forever autumn, his voice full of emotion

    • @jonshepherd2550
      @jonshepherd2550 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Him and Bobby from the righteous brothers... Could Justin do it as masterfully as Bobby live? Honest question

  • @mrmsmcgill
    @mrmsmcgill 4 ปีที่แล้ว +52

    This is what we used to call music back in the 20th Century. Great music. Timeless beautiful music.

  • @kingoffire9373
    @kingoffire9373 3 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    "Cold hearted orb that rules the night, removes the colors from our sight..."

  • @geraldwilkerson5703
    @geraldwilkerson5703 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    This is a song written by one of the band members named Justin Hayward. He liked a girl who gave him satin bed sheets as a gift. He fell in love with her, and she didn't return his affections the same way. One of the lines in the song is "lonely man cries for love and has none", and this is perhaps the biggest indicator of the entire meaning of the song. Beautiful masterpiece for sure.

  • @ronaldcomtois8663
    @ronaldcomtois8663 4 ปีที่แล้ว +42

    I was 15 when this came out and it blew my mind. One of the greatest songs of all time. Justin Hayward is a genius.

    • @cherylhulting1301
      @cherylhulting1301 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yes he is!

    • @larryrichards6106
      @larryrichards6106 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I totally agree with you. Can't believe these kids neve heard this great music, and can't relate to it like we did in the seventies.

  • @cameraman655
    @cameraman655 4 ปีที่แล้ว +84

    "The Lament" at the end, gets everyone, even when I was 9 years old and heard this for the first time as my older brother was playing it (an actual LP).

    • @timfurnier7061
      @timfurnier7061 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      It's what drew me to the song, then the album, and then the group! They're one of my all-time favorite groups!!!!!

    • @galupas
      @galupas 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      I still have all of their LPs 😁

    • @julietenning7981
      @julietenning7981 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Me too. I was 8. Too young to understand the true meaning, but I knew on hearing the first time ,that I wanted someone to feel like that about me one day.
      Lucky me I did, twice. Unfortunately, I survived them both..

  • @bruce7223
    @bruce7223 4 ปีที่แล้ว +41

    A 7 minute love song the studios were skeptical about, because you can't dance to it, but they forgot that you could make love to it !

    • @TTTzzzz
      @TTTzzzz 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I did. More than once!

    • @jono.pom-downunder
      @jono.pom-downunder 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      But only if you put it on repeat

    • @TTTzzzz
      @TTTzzzz 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@jono.pom-downunder True.

    • @deborahbarchard5957
      @deborahbarchard5957 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Can't dance to it?? Says who??

    • @sinbrown1501
      @sinbrown1501 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      so very true indeed. well said

  • @williamgallucci9913
    @williamgallucci9913 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    If anyone doesn't feel this in their souls I will never understand this masterpiece

  • @sandwichman100
    @sandwichman100 4 ปีที่แล้ว +55

    from a time when musicians would create 'concept' albums, several of the moody blues early albums were like one long track, no real breaks.
    they were masters of the concept album that told a story.

    • @allensaunders449
      @allensaunders449 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      One of my favorites albums is s concept album out right now. The warning. Queen of the murder scene. Great bands and albums still exist

  • @onlyme114
    @onlyme114 4 ปีที่แล้ว +47

    Music from the days of bell bottoms and peace signs. MISS THOSE DAYS !! ✌

  • @margaretwomacque1247
    @margaretwomacque1247 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I was listening to this album on a record player, while sitting on my bed listening to last draft for Viet Nam in 1972 -- my fiance's birthday never got drawn. This album and song are iconic -- one of the greatest bands ever !

  • @allanpolk2681
    @allanpolk2681 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    This song is about love lost.
    Remembering nights with his lover between sheets of white satin, and the melancholy heartbreak of losing his lover, and no one understanding what he is going through.
    What is also so amazing about the Moody Blues, other than their stellar composition, is the fact that they played all of the instruments heard on the recordings themselves .
    Phenomenal musicianship
    and diversity; In a class all of their own.

  • @lsp3
    @lsp3 4 ปีที่แล้ว +68

    Tuesday Afternoon is another great song among many others by them.

    • @PcPilot82
      @PcPilot82 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Great song

    • @joelbusald6416
      @joelbusald6416 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      The whole album is Great

  • @malcolmdmuir5408
    @malcolmdmuir5408 4 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    The Moody Blues had a distinctive sound and when ever you here one of their songs come on the radio, you KNOW it's the Moody Blue's. Wonderful and enchanting. And they are still touring and packing them in. Great music always lives on !

    • @bigdicklarryc
      @bigdicklarryc 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      *hear #issahomophone 😫

  • @anthonydidonato7692
    @anthonydidonato7692 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This is one of the most beautiful song ever made remember its 57yrs ago just wow

  • @brucegreg1859
    @brucegreg1859 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    You "GET IT GIRL" So nice to have younger than I love their talent!

  • @sciwiz57
    @sciwiz57 4 ปีที่แล้ว +54

    This song reaches deep into your soul-it did into mine way back in the 70’s. It literally helped save my life when in a serious depression. It is 100% emotion and that is so rare these days. It is a day in all our lives-no matter how old you are. Glad you listened Sushi-try “Tuesday Afternoon”.

    • @unity1016
      @unity1016 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      And Lazy Days!

    • @Oldclimber1
      @Oldclimber1 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Bullshit !!! This is the crafting of emotional expression through applied thought and hard work, however wrong with the ending of " ... we decide ... ". The songs of today are 100% flatulent emotion, with no thought beyond the payday, and are mostly the gruntings of the souls of, or to, burgeoning beasts.

  • @aragorn50th
    @aragorn50th 4 ปีที่แล้ว +41

    Moody Blues is what was called psychedelic very melodic. Great band.

  • @anthonymichel4660
    @anthonymichel4660 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    If I'm not mistaken I believe that was a flute. The arrangements in this masterpiece are preformed by The London Philharmonic orchestra. A group has to be something pretty special to have musicians like them to be on their album. It never gets old hearing this. 🌹🌹🌹

  • @diplomasaurus4232
    @diplomasaurus4232 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    More than a song, it's like a whole 'overture', very dramatic. Beautiful vocals

  • @j.w.matney8390
    @j.w.matney8390 4 ปีที่แล้ว +251

    The good old days when bands were comprised of musicians. People who could read and write music, imagine that.

    • @sbearly
      @sbearly 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Right. Those good old days when a generation of kids grew up having the good fortune to hear a great, wide variety of new and interesting music and now look back thinking the music they listened to back then was the only good music ever made. How sad. What happened to those kids?

    • @allensaunders449
      @allensaunders449 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      There are still real bsnds out there search instead of complaining

    • @SuperCer054Real
      @SuperCer054Real 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@allensaunders449 who is complaining? Those who seek will find,

    • @philipem1000
      @philipem1000 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      These kinds of bands were still relatively few in the day. The genre is progressive rock, a genre made up of bands that did complex music requiring lots of talent, most of them from people with classical training. There were still lots of bands made up of people of much more limited musical virtuosity or just wanting to make simpler music. The other Prog Rockers were really diverse in the sounds they created, experimental in their work. YES, King Crimson, Moody Blues, Pink Floyd, and prog rock in general were my taste but as it takes time to build music like this it takes time to absorb it. You listen to this over and over to enjoy the depth of thought, the complex pulse and composition, the unusual instrumentation, the experimental sounds. Doesn't mean pop and other kinds of rock aren't good or done by people with talent. In fact it does stand out against the average music of the era, but I'd argue the current pop era still has a tone of great music in it. Music that makes you think. Music that's beautiful, music that emotes. I guess waht I'm saying is, it's all good, and Moody Blues for instance stands out because it is unique now, was unique then.

    • @kens32052
      @kens32052 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Nick te Lindert Might as well add Stevie Ray Vaughn to the list too lol.

  • @marialeon4097
    @marialeon4097 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    I fell in love with this song as a teenager and has continued to be one of my favorites my entire life.

  • @K4rouWS9
    @K4rouWS9 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    When I listen to this music .. so do my neighbors!

  • @mikebunner3498
    @mikebunner3498 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Yes, my dear. The moody blues are Wow. I have been to their concert. They are masters... So good. One of my all time favorites. Thank you so, very much.

  • @judywalker1505
    @judywalker1505 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    50 year old masterpiece.Legends.Orchestra gives chills at the end.Live version made me cry twice.You have a great heart,my dear.Powerful.

  • @TheMike_I
    @TheMike_I 4 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    I always loved that song, great choice. big hit on classic rock radio. it was recorded n 1967, still sounds great.

  • @Agislife1960
    @Agislife1960 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    It's a profound love song, typical of the deep feeling song writers of the 1960's and 70's

  • @lukeslayer
    @lukeslayer 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    One of my favorite songs of all time. I'm 28, i grew up with my parents playing the classics and I'm blessed to have heard so many amazing songs.

  • @smittycal
    @smittycal 4 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    Classic song right there. Just straight emotions.

  • @connieleighton4375
    @connieleighton4375 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    One of the most beautiful albums ever made, this came out in 1967 and was one of my mother's favorites. Tells the story of a busy day from dawn to nights in white Satin... grab a bottle of wine and sit down with your man and listen to it, I promise you will love it.
    Love your Elvis reactions and now this song so I'm gonna go subscribe now, thx for sharing...♡

  • @gregoryeatroff8608
    @gregoryeatroff8608 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Before this album they were known as an R&B cover band.
    This song is part of a concept album -- the whole thing covers a day in the life of an ordinary man. The other big hit from the album is "Tuesday Afternoon," but to get the full impact you need to listen to the entire album in order.

  • @sciwiz57
    @sciwiz57 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Going through tough times at home growing up- abuse when there was no 1 800 number, the Moody Blues help save me.

  • @michaeljerauld9757
    @michaeljerauld9757 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    When the Moody Blues were first given their chance to record a full album, the record company wanted them to work with the label's symphony orchestra and get a rock an roll version of Dvorak, the arranger for the orchestra having heard the MB's tunes asked them to let him make the arrangements with their music. The rest they say is history because this first album defined the Moody Blues sound for their career. Welcome to the Moody Blues

  • @k1hasard
    @k1hasard 4 ปีที่แล้ว +73

    You chose the right version, that's the full length version, not the radio version.

    • @stlpaulie
      @stlpaulie 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I guess I was lucky, KSHE always played the album version.

    • @hilarywilkes7853
      @hilarywilkes7853 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Agreed! I hate when the radio does that!

  • @denisbellars9260
    @denisbellars9260 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    This song is just great , the feeling of it overtakes you and sends you on a trip , what a joy to hear it !!!

  • @Frank-pe9pk
    @Frank-pe9pk 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I was just a young teen when this song came out. To this day it is still one of my favorite songs to play on my guitar. The melodic chord changes are incredibly soothing.

  • @gabbajay9739
    @gabbajay9739 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Justin Haywoods voice gives me goosebumps.... 52 yrs old, same as me.

  • @kellygnow1
    @kellygnow1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    This song pulls my heart out, very intense in the best kind of way.

  • @jazziered142
    @jazziered142 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Justin Hayward, the lead singer, was 19 years old when he wrote and composed this song. That fact always blows my mind.

  • @angelreading5098
    @angelreading5098 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    What a lovely intuitive young lady,it is very interesting hearing your appraisals of these songs from yesteryear,thank you.

  • @zackaryxbinks
    @zackaryxbinks 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    This song is so simple musically, but it's so elegant.

  • @keithterrill2303
    @keithterrill2303 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    This is the end of the concept album "Days of Future Passed". It is the Moody Blues second album.
    You are correct in that it is meditative. It is also a love song.
    My wife and I consider this "Our song."
    To listen to this correctly, or to get the original impact like we did when it came out you need to put on top quality head set, lay back in a bean bag chair, and listen to the whole album from begining to end with out interruption. For me it helps to close your eyes.
    Welcome to the Moodies.

  • @ricknbacker5626
    @ricknbacker5626 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Fantastic video T.S. At around 5:30 you point out Justin Hayward's vocal delivery on the line, 'Oh how I love you'. Certainly one of music's most powerfully delivered vocals. It conveys his longing and his desperation alongside those downbeat string stabs driving the beat Your reaction at 4:40 through 4:50 is beautiful. Your look is of one being swept away in the moment. It perfectly reflects the atmosphere of the song at that time. WOW! Thanks for sharing, RNB

  • @jackndew2
    @jackndew2 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The correct line at the end is "Cold hearted ORB that rules the night...." He is talking about the full MOON that ..."removes the colors from our sight." Perfect interpretation of what we actually see in the moonlight. I appreciate your reaction, this is a very relaxing song that you can just get comfortably lost in.

  • @shawnj1966
    @shawnj1966 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I met the band when I worked at Universal Studios. Didn't have a clue that they did this until years later. Great guys! Beautiful song!

  • @captaintrips2980
    @captaintrips2980 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    "Nights" was so good it was rereleased again in '72, when it went to #2 on Billboard's chart.
    The flip side on the 45 was an under appreciated tune called "Cities"

  • @matinuskathundrrphukk3233
    @matinuskathundrrphukk3233 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I love how you are so moved by the songs, a good one can touch your heart.

  • @jkm49us25
    @jkm49us25 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    One of my all time favorites, the Hall waited to damn long to induct them, if they had. I was fortune to see them live in London with the symphony accompanying them at the Royal Festival Hall. 2nd Row middle section. The stars aligned that night for me and my friend, they hard 2 cancellations and we got them.

  • @armadillotoe
    @armadillotoe 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Glad to see you dipping your toe into classic rock. I know this type of music, because I grew up with it. This song is from a concept album which had musical representations of morning, afternoon, and night. There was also poetry introducing some songs. That was a flute you were listening to. In the way back, my group of friends would impatiently await the next Moody Blues album, then get together to listen to it. It created a type of stereo war in which we were always upgrading our stereos. LOL Good times. Many of my friends are gone now, but I still have the music.

  • @philtarbox8256
    @philtarbox8256 4 ปีที่แล้ว +65

    "Cold hearted orb that rules the night
    Removes the colors from our sight
    Red is grey and yellow is white
    But we decide which is right
    And which is an illusion"
    This poem has been etched in my memory since the early 70's... one of my all time favorite songs

    • @gabbajay9739
      @gabbajay9739 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Beautiful words.

    • @shirleyswaine4701
      @shirleyswaine4701 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I think the line that gets me is "Bedsitter people look back and lament, another day's useless energy spent" possibly because that's how many young - and not so young - people lived, especially when starting work. I started work in 1974 and lived in a bedsitter, no tv, no phone, 2 bar electric fire for heating, shared bathroom. It was tough because inflation and tax were very high, but it was pretty much the norm so we didn't consider ourselves poor or deprived.

    • @ronbeck201
      @ronbeck201 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I spent many a night in the moon light back on the farm, If you're out there long enough you can start to make out colors when your eyes get fully adjusted.

    • @Blue-qr7qe
      @Blue-qr7qe 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Amazing that this lyrics sheet read: "cold hearted LOVE" (not ORB [as in MOON]).
      Wrong, wrong, wrong.

    • @papercup2517
      @papercup2517 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Blue-qr7qe Yes, IKR, and I've been trying really hard to ignore those apostrophe crimes - 'Night's in white satin... Letter's I've written..." Really?!!
      Oh - damn, there I go, now I'm a grammar Nazi...

  • @ElleCoyote
    @ElleCoyote 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Oh I LOVE this song. Thank you. Always makes me cry and get goose bumps.

  • @brookebenton8192
    @brookebenton8192 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I love to listen to this song right before sunset while I walk through a beautiful wooded area near my house. It transports me through time and space:)

  • @gregh7400
    @gregh7400 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Released 52 years ago and still as relevant today as it was originally. Justin Hayward recorded a song called "Forever Autumn" as a solo, but you can find the song on Moody Blues CD's. It's a really cool song as well. You should give it a listen if you get the chance.

    • @dlordmeister
      @dlordmeister 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      One of my all time favorites! I hope she reacts to it 🙂

  • @joannedungan8381
    @joannedungan8381 4 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    My all time favorite song. I love my Elvis but this song by the moody blues has and always will be my all time favorite

  • @donaldleider7382
    @donaldleider7382 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    The word your looking for to describe his voice is ‘ Ethereal ‘ , Meaning celestial or heavenly !!!

  • @SuperPacificcoast
    @SuperPacificcoast 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Sushi missed all this music because she is so young. I'm glad I listened to these songs when they came and during the times they came out. Nothing will replace the music.

  • @Chris-op7lg
    @Chris-op7lg 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    An absolute classic

  • @TexasMagnolia
    @TexasMagnolia 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Holy Hell! Girl you just don’t know how great this is! Welcome to Rock Opera. I stopped a movie to watch this. You are hearing a full orchestra...a flute is what you’re asking about. This always seemed to play at night on FM radio right when I was going to bed (70’s).

    • @vickitrotter7947
      @vickitrotter7947 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      This is NOT ROCK OPERA.....they did often play with a symphony or orchestra.....They are in a niche all of their own ...no one compares....❤

  • @jamesclark4523
    @jamesclark4523 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Top 5 best songs ever composed. He wrote this song when he was 19 about a girlfriend that dumped him, but bought him a gift of white satin bedsheets at some point in their relationship.

  • @487shawntower4
    @487shawntower4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    When you don't see the live version you realize how amazing the live preformance is transforming

  • @Gledge9
    @Gledge9 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    They're fantastic live. This is sooo haunting to hear live

  • @geralddrobick6390
    @geralddrobick6390 4 ปีที่แล้ว +39

    Try "Forever Autumn" by Justin Hayward

    • @martynadams2011
      @martynadams2011 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      You should listen to ‘Jeff Wayne’s War of the Worlds’ in its entirety- Justin Hayward just one of the great sounds . From 1976 and still fresh

  • @peterhaskell2123
    @peterhaskell2123 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    As you have discovered, this is a one of a kind, highly creative, and incredibly intellectual, and fully orchestrated piece. It was written by the Moody Blues, but the orchestrated with a composer, and released to the public during those explosive years of incredible music in the 60´s and 70´s. It was like listening to the Beatles SGT. Peppers album. This cut was the signature song, and has withstood the test of time. Peter.

  • @kouricarter1783
    @kouricarter1783 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    They "re-emerged" back in the late 80's with a couple of songs that went mainstream. "Your wildest dreams" along with the accompanying video shows the MB's sustained ability to really tell a story.

  • @jonmills6927
    @jonmills6927 4 ปีที่แล้ว +69

    Darlin' this comes from a time when music was heart felt, imaginative and told stories. Not like all this three cord, repetitive, gimic shit they produce nowadays.

  • @larryfisher5796
    @larryfisher5796 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    One of my favorite songs Moody blues

  • @patroscher6240
    @patroscher6240 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Moody Blues always had this haunting quality in their music. Saw them twice back in my youth and they didn't disappoint me. Thus song will endure for many more generations to come. The poem at the end is deep as well.

  • @musickf
    @musickf 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I absolutely love the transition from the song to that poem. It gives me chills, each and every time.

  • @a_squuared7530
    @a_squuared7530 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    So nice to see a young person start listening to high quality and timeless classics.........all while realizing the stuff she "used" to listen too was literally garbage. Makes me smile, Sushi. :)

  • @Kiwinan1701
    @Kiwinan1701 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    It’s a flute. This is a beautiful composition. I was in my early teens and this blew me away...

  • @JohnDoe-lg8sq
    @JohnDoe-lg8sq 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This is from an album that I think must be listened to in it's entirety in one sitting.

  • @dansampson8203
    @dansampson8203 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    70's were still good. I loved the 60's. You could roll a big fat one, lay back and enjoy.

  • @matthintz9468
    @matthintz9468 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    You have to listen to the whole album. Do that and the entire thing makes even more sense, and is that much more powerful.

  • @scottcolman9757
    @scottcolman9757 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    One of the greatest voices of the 70s Justin Haywood. They harmonized so well.
    It is very melodic and moody hence the Moody Blues.

    • @cherylhulting1301
      @cherylhulting1301 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      🙂 It's Justin Hayward; friend. And you're absolutely right about his heavenly voice. He's still got most of it intact today.

  • @chethoumann3658
    @chethoumann3658 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Love your appreciation for some of the greatest music ever performed! Beautiful!

  • @devinluoto873
    @devinluoto873 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Great underrated classic here
    One of the best

  • @robertquinting9701
    @robertquinting9701 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    This song is close to my heart. I will always love it.

    • @markwheeler202
      @markwheeler202 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Very bitter-sweet memory for me. My college girlfriend and I had broken up but remained friends. We were out with friends one night and slow-danced to this song. One of the very last times I saw her. If only...

  • @williamlilleston1595
    @williamlilleston1595 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    One of the most beautiful songs ever written / performed. Justin Hayward's voice is one that will last throughout time.

  • @randygregory413
    @randygregory413 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This and a lot of these videos are the type of music I grew up listening to . Shows me a lot of younger folks today have never heard and don't know what really good music is. Glad to see they are starting to discover it . Love to see your reactions.

  • @MikeRobWil
    @MikeRobWil 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Most interesting to see the reaction of someone who has never heard this classic song before! It's from a great album which is the first of the equally incredible "Core Seven" Moody Blues albums. Each of these seven albums are near perfect from first cut to last. After a pause in the mid-70's the Moodies came together again for some new great music but they never again maintained the quality of the first seven albums.