@Tom Musial Im concerned you misread one of the comments in this stream. The OP was saying "its criminal that he doesnt get the accolades he deserves" No one said anything negative however I can understand the misinterpretation.
Yes! I share everywhere, the Moodys are the Van Gogh of the rock world. I am confident only after they all die will they be appreciated as the greatest of all beautiful, haunting, deeply experiencing musical creators.
I absolutely love your reactions, for a young man you have a great understanding of the lyrics of most songs....keep up the good work young man...I am now a subscriber...from a 70 year old fart...in Australia !!! :) :)
Born in 1957 here, Boss. I first heard Tuesday Afternoon and Nights In White Satin on the radio and rushed out to buy the Album. I laid on the floor, with head phones on, and listened to it 3 times through. 'Nights' is the clincher. You are spot on: it's a day, a month, a season, a year, a LIFETIME....believe me...it is just as emotional now at 62 as it was at 12...from two different points of view, to paraphrase Obiwan . BTW, I LOVE your takes on these old classics with fresh ears and eyes that so many of us have grown up on! Thank you for sharing!!
Beast, thanks for making me feel like a young man when the rest of the world doesn't see me that way any longer lol. Just a bit younger than you. How amazing is it to see a younger generation discovering the classics? Nostalgic, eh? Remember how we felt?
Brilliant, gorgeous album. Justin Hayward was only 19 when this was written and composed. Nights In White Satin has been my favorite song since it’s release in 1967❤️❤️❤️
He had just turned 21 when DOFP was released in Nov 1967, but I am not sure when he actually wrote it., Justin was born October 14, 1946. They were supposedly playing some of this album live on stage for a while before they recorded and released. My guess is, he was probably 20 when he composed and wrote it.
@@friscoprocessserver6078 Actually Justin Hayward has said in interviews he wrote Nights in White Satin when he was 19. th-cam.com/video/RBClhQ1Nei4/w-d-xo.html
i know right? i actually am taking what he says personally. Justin Hayward is an amazing musician writer husband and father. This kid, IDK, He us really pissing me off!
When I first heard this song back around 1970 it changed how I listen to music. I started actually LISTENING to music. I’ve been a Moody Blues fan ever since.
"Breathe deep the gathering gloom, Watch lights fade from every room. Bedsitter people look back and lament, Another day's useless energy spent. Impassioned lovers wrestle as one. Lonely man cries for love and has none. New mother picks up and suckles her son. Senior citizens wish they were young. Cold-hearted orb that rules the night Removes the colours from our sight. Red is grey and yellow white, But we decide which is right And which is an illusion." Contemplate on those lyrics for a while... absolute masterpiece! Peace.
The words ring as true today as in 1968. It is the mark of a timeless work. Yes your grandparents were EXACTLY as you are. In Every way. Except they had better taste in music
Popular opinion says The White Album from The Beatles in 1968 started the whole progressive rock movement. Arguably, I think it was Days of Future Passed in 1967...
Not sure I'd call The White Album specifically a prog album, Sgt.Pepper fits that bill better, a whole album of songs with a thematic concept, links and segues, and production on a grand scale with elements of rock band and orchestra combined. 'Days of future passed' definitely fulfils that definition within popular music. I would argue the 'concept' album (though not named as such) comes much earlier, within classical music itself, such as 'The Planet Suite'. 'Days of future passed' was an experiment to mix a modern band and orchestra, for the record label to showcase their brand new stereo studio and system, and the band delivered an album that sent them on a new musical direction. All the elements on this album would form a template for all the following albums through to their 'The seventh sojourn' album. All the band members would contribute their own songs and have a vocal spot each, except for the drummer who would provide a poem read by the keyboard player. The songs would blend into one another and be intended to be played in sequence as an 'A side and a 'B' side of the vinyl album. Much like 'Nights in white satin', some tracks were selected to be re-recorded or re - edited to create an abridged version that could be released as a chart single.
I know but it's sacrilegious to say this but I think the Beatles are highly overrated. It's not that they weren't a really good band it's just they don't walk on water the way people think in my opinion.
@@MrDiddyDee A fine analysis of the first seven albums, though I have to point out that Graeme Edge's poems were read by him, not Mike Pinder. I'm in no doubt that 'Days Of Future Passed' deserves to be recognised as the progenitor of the concept album as we understand it - putting Sgt Pepper in that category is a bit of a stretch - but it was by no means the first of its kind. The original Nirvana released 'The Story Of Simon Simopath' the month before DOFP, and if dark forces hadn't intervened we might also have had the Beach Boys' 'Smile' and the Pretty Things 'S F Sorrow' by then. One project from the same year that failed to see the light of day at all was the 'teenage opera' created by Mark Wirtz and Keith West, despite the fact that it had spawned a #2 UK chart single.
I saw them in the 80s in Toronto. At the end of NIWS they received a 5 minute standing ovation. It was cool to see that they didn’t know how to handle the adulation. Eventually the audience quieted enough to allow them to continue, but I will never forget that moment. Have loved this song (and the whole album) since I first heard it 50 years ago. Timeless!
This was a stand alone song written before the album concept was created. It’s about unrequited love. It’s about a girl he loved from afar. Writing letters he never intended to send her. Seeing other people in happy relationships and he is alone. They can’t understand what he is feeling. It’s a beautiful melancholy song.
Where did you get that info? He wasn’t even married when he wrote the song. From his words- I was 19 going on 20 when I wrote it, and I had no idea what it was really about. I was at the end of one big love affair and starting another, and it was not meant to be a single,” Hayward says. “It was the opposite of what a single should be!”
Justin Hayward is the master of songs of this type. Beautiful and sad at the same time. “Forever Autumn” from the “Jeff Wayne’s War of the World’s” is a classic from him.
Just imagine hearing this album back in the day. The Moody Blues were ahead of their time. I could hardly wait for their next album to come out. They have been my favorite band (Justin Hayward singularly as well) for all time. Their music is always in. I hear some song out now on the radio and I instead listen to a Moodies' song. With "Nights", it is a beautiful song but so very sad. He sees people walking by hand in hand and they are oblivious of how he hurts. People around him no nothing of his heartache, and oh how he loves her. It is like a death song. Death of a relationship to which has broken his heart. Beautiful but heart grabbing. He wrote this song after a girl broke up with him and she broke his heart. A little later he runs into another gal and they had a fling and when the relationship was over, she gave him white, satin sheets. Justin explained this in an interview he gave many years ago. This is what makes this song so beautiful and so very sad. As Justin said when a love affair breaks up, someone gets hurt and they have to go through this sort of death....of much sadness, depression, tears, emptiness, heart broken, etc.
One of The advantages of the old vinyl albums was the inside jackets often had the lyrics printed to all the songs...a great boon, as some of these online versions are wrong....
We can thank The Beatles for that, as they were the first rock/pop band to print lyrics on the covers! They were the first to do so many things, musically, and related to pop culture, as well as some "political" firsts!
:) Daniel, it's strange, but your reactions make me feel as if I'm listening to a song for the very first time.... analyzing the lyrics the way you do is a big plus for me. Always very interesting! I'm glad to have found your channel. :)
I really love your very thoughtful reactions, you are awesome and when I got up this morning I was delighted to see that this was posted. My mother's favorite album and at her funeral I played Elvis gospel, this song during communion and the Supremes someday we'll be together at the end. It's so easy to see that you love music and that's really great don't ever stop...♡ Can't believe your 16, that's amazing!
Ah, yes - Nights in White Satin...one of the most beautiful tracks ever laid down. Justin Hayward's voice was just so perfect for this melody. I agree with LoopORama and can also recommend the War of the Worlds concept album by Jeff Wayne - Forever Autumn by Justin is another classic that I remember from my school days. They just don't make music like this anymore.
Congratulations, Daniel, I am pleased and impressed. Your journey through "Days Of Future Passed" has been delightful on many levels. You see now why so many people of about my age consider it required listening, in the same way as "Dark Side Of The Moon", "Quadrophenia" and "Aqualung". That you chose to seek it out and experience it in order, in its entirety, is a testament to your intelligence and your dedication. "Nights In White Satin" was released as a single, with all the orchestration before and after the lyrics removed, as well as "Late Lament". The song remained so popular that, nine years after its release, it was the theme of my Senior Prom. (I didn't end up attending my prom, due to the strenuous objections of my girlfriend. Her exact wording was: "What the f*ck is wrong with you, have you gone even more insane??!!!") The first time I heard "Days Of Future Passed" in its entirety was through another musical touchstone of my life, The Seventh Day. My local FM station did a show every Sunday night from Midnight to 6:00 AM, wherein they played seven albums in their entirety, with the only commercial breaks between each album side. (Double albums counted as two.) The DJ actively encouraged listeners to record the show, giving them an extra 30 seconds of silence before and after each side in which to turn their tape recorder on and off. The first album of every show was a major new release from that week, and frequently the second album was as well. The Seventh Day caused a profusion of home-recorded 8-Tracks and Cassettes to appear in bedrooms and dashboards all around town. It also increased the sales of new albums; if you liked what you heard, you'd naturally want to buy a copy on vinyl, thus getting the cover art, lyrics, and improved stereo sound. And if you heard an older album you'd missed, or one you'd forgotten but really liked hearing again, you'd go buy that too. The show's primary sponsor was Boogie Records, a local store that also gave customers a $1 discount on any album played on the show that week (which usually amounted to a 25 per cent savings). Boogie also catered to large-scale collectors: buy ten albums at a time and you'd get a 20 per cent discount on all ten.
I grew up in a poor, broken home. We didn't have much, but what we did have was a flea market record player and an old set of head phones with the giant, curled cord. Many sleepless nights I, not unlike yourself, went on long musical voyages with the likes of Simon and Garfunkel, Procal Harum, Pink Floyd, and of course- the Moody Blues. I genuinely appreciate you sharing your journey with us, it helps me remember my connection with music and lyrics. Keep doing great work, my friend.
Oh boy, I knew that you would love "Nights in White Satin" ! It is such a dramatic song. They recorded a live album called "A Night at Red Rocks with the Colorado Symphony Orchestra" in September 1992 and I was there !!! And I can tell you that they were just as good then as they ever were. Great analysis as always !✌❤🌻😷🎶
I've seen them at Red Rocks several times. Tough to beat Red Rocks for any concert, but listening to them with the lights of Denver at twilight off in the distance over the stage is something else.
The most beautiful song in the world - it kind of makes the rest of the album look bad. Tuesday Afternoon also became a pretty big hit. Other great songs from them are The Voice, Question, Wildest Dreams and I'm Just a Singer.
I love old LP´s. Sound is so freaking good. It kinda seems like there are better tools for musicians these days. But less talent. Everything is so easy. Too easy.
I’m glad it’s everything we hyped it up to be and that you enjoyed it! I love the poem at the end, and have memorized it over the years as many of us has. I think you can see how it wouldn’t have been the same without it - some radio stations did play it edited! And Denny Laine was no slouch - he became and integral part of Paul McCartney and Wings.
It actually borrowed a lot of techniques from movie scores of the time. Several movies of the late 60s sort of had that sound. And then I'd almost say that John Williams ripped off the celeste/flute part from this and used it in a couple of scenes in Star Wars.
I saw them several times withy the Houston Symphony at Cynthia Woods Pavillian. But the performance that knocked me out Jeff Waynes War of the Worlds...OMG Justin singing forever autum
So glad to see someone listening to this musical masterpiece. There is just nothing else that compares. I am a Moody from day one. I really love to hear Tuesday afternoon when i walk in a nice park. Question is good too. I really love (k) nights in white satin. It’s all good.
When I was a teenager in the early 1980s, a neighbor let me plow through their record collection and take whichever ones I wanted because they had recorded all of them to cassette tape, lol. This album was one of the ones I snagged. Life was never the same after that fateful day. :)
I once heard that although this song was released it was about five years before it became a big hit. And that it was a popular DJ on the west coast that played it every night around midnight that helped promote it to the charts.
You are on the right track. 'Nights' and 'Tuesday Afternoon' were among the few songs that charted multiple times...they fell off then gained popularity again.
The day is not only a metaphor for a life but the title is a clue....its days of future passed. It's the patterns that you will repeat over and over in the future before it is over. The message to me is hold on to what is good as well as you are able to before that long good night. Also the image of the nights (knights) in white satin is a reference to soldiers returning home in caskets from the Viet Nam war.
@@fixzeichner5592 My favorite song Justin has ever sung ... and that's not an easy task considered just how many top-notch quality songs Justin has done vocs on.
Full concert with a concert orchestra backing them..outstanding. I have seen them twice live ,once at Red Rocks, and the other at Polaris, Columbus Ohio . My husband and I fell in love with and during this album and Nights in White Satin was our song.
I’m 71 and the Moody Blues music was what we listened to when we’d get stoned....I’ve seen them in concert so many times....incredible evenings of music.
I'm glad you caught that the lyrics for Twilight Time were horribly wrong! The imagery created by the lyrics always make me think of evenings at the cottage - they captured it perfectly!! (A nightingale plays a dark mellow phrase, of notes that are rich and so true. An aerial display by the firefly brigade, dancing to tunes no one knew. Bats take to wing, like puppets on string, prancing through cool evening air - just pure magic!!) I love the variety of musical styles presented on this album - they captured it all. Nights has to be (for me) one of the ultimate love songs ever written! (enough so that it became THE song for my wife and I at our wedding). You are absolutely spot on with the feelings of longing evoked with the music. Oh, please note, the sounds of 'violin' at the early parts of the song are done by mellotron - actually most of the song's 'orchestra' is done by the incomparable Mike Pinder. The true 'orchestra' only chimes in at the end section. Late Lament is the poem at the end (as you mentioned), and again, you juxtapose it to the beginning poem, and you have the perfect beginning and end to the day. Now you can see why this is one of my best 'feel good' albums ever. I could be in the worst mood, and I put this on the turntable and bam, all negativity is gone (bonus if my wife is listening with me - we always take a moment to dance, even if just for a minute, when Nights comes on). Thanks for taking the time to experience this! Cheers Daniel.
So many more great Moody Blues songs: Go Now (an early hit) Question The Voice Your Wildest Dreams I Know Your Out There Somewhere Ride My Seesaw Isn’t Life Strange I could go on.
I'd add The Story In Your Eyes, Have You Heard, Never Comes The Day, and perhaps some Ray Thomas songs such as Dear Diary or For My Lady just to get that side of the band.
This album was a shocker and ground breaking in 1967. First album I listened to with headphones. I saw the Moody Blues several times in concert, the latest in 2012. They sounded as good as ever.
First heard this driving alone on a cold frigid night after a winter storm had passed.No moon just stars and contemplating the words; no I wasn't stoned!
"There you go man, keep as cool as you can, face piles of trials with smiles, it riles them to believe that you perceive the web they weave, and keep on thinking free"
The journey never ends. So much music, so little time. Not only that, but the excellent pieces require many listens, in many different settings. Alone with headphones, at barbeques, morning music, night music, getting ready for school music. Isn't it wonderful? You enjoy orchestral music... I know there is a MASSIVE selection of 'classical' music that you would enjoy. Yes, it is possible to enjoy both heavy metal and the vast emotional range that classical music can conjure up. (I am using classical in the broad sense, for you nitpickers out there.) While it does not fit in with this format, please dip into the composers you have heard of - while doing homework, etc. Heck, you could start with Emerson Lake and Palmers 'Pictures at an Exhibition' and then compare to the orchestral suite itself. ( I just heard electronic pioneer Tomita do his version of 'Pictures' - sooo good!} I will not bore you with a suggested list, but your active imagination, intelligence, and natural curiosity will be rewarded many times over. Classical is much much more than Vivaldi at tea time! Loving what you do, brother! Even if you make my eyes mist sometimes.
Daniel, your appreciation of this album makes me appreciate the brilliance even more. Thanks brother! Also, you really need to react to and dissect Question, one of their deep and epic songs.
i was about your age when i first heard this album ( it had just been released) instant fan. i humbly suggest: listen to the next moody blues records in order, and from top to bottom. so, so amazing.
Knew that you'd love the finale; you reacted like so many who heard this song/lyrics since 1967! Such a moving and beautiful song one never tires of listening to the deep haunting lyrics and fantastic orchestral arrangement. Great analysis.
You remark on the passion in Justin’s voice.....I need you to know that I have heard him sing this live several hundred times over the last 46 years, and EVERY time he delivers the song with the same commitment. That is INCREDIBLE. Such a star, our Justin. Love your channel, well done
The best thing about the music from my day is that you fell it as much as you hear it. The bar was set very high, as we all benefitted from it. Peace out, stay healthy, and let the music play.
I'll never forget the night my best friend got drunk and was listening to this song on headphones. She started singing. Bad idea. Listening to someone who can hear the song (when you can't) sing off-key and way too loud is just wrong. "Wooooo, I looove yooooou!" She couldn't understand why I was laughing so hard. It's hard enough to sing sober! She passed away 15 years ago, too young. But every time I hear this, I smile and think of her. RIP Tracy.
Justin Hayward was 17 years old when he wrote the words and music, it was released in 1967, yes 1967, unheard of then and even now. A MASTERPIECE no other word for it. The poem was written by the drummer. Justin Hayward is a genius, he's 75 now and still performing. Moody Blues were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame a few years ago, and about time too. Well done a beautiful reaction, one who appreciates wonderment when he hears it. 👏👏👏
Oh, Daniel, you are such a thoughtful ‘ol soul; I danced to this when it was released while in high school. You appear to really appreciate sounds from your grandparents’ decade( of which I would probably be a part), and you seem to have a sensitivity that most young people your age lack and that’s okay; it is perfectly permissible to find joy in both the present and the past.
Interesting review, it's great to see younger generation appreciate such a brilliant album over 50 years old, I remember how i felt when i first heard it! Keep up the good work! 👍
Priceless reaction to a brilliant song, and not your first. Avid new subscriber my dude - loving youyr reactions. Change nothing, you feel the music and emotion and it shows.
Here is there best part of their catalog include "Go Now", "Nights in White Satin", "Tuesday Afternoon", "Question", "Gemini Dream", "The Voice" and "Your Wildest Dreams". The band has sold 70 million albums worldwide!! This song is a must have!!!
The odd thing about this song is . Most artists have a song or two that reach "Cult" status years , sometimes decades after their inception. The opposite was true with this song. It gained nearly instant Cult classic status just a short time after it's release. It became very cool for even the hard rockin bands of the day , to try to cover this song in their sets, because it was the instant way to prove you had style , class and taste . For very good reason too. The song , and the band indeed had "style , Class , and taste" . True classic. One of the tunes that can easily help you drift into another other-worldly place while listening. Also try "The Hollies" especially " The air that I breathe" OR the " Amboy Dukes-- Journey To The Center Of The Mind" They too are very similar moody , ethereal sounding tunes that tell great stories. Great Job ...I'm starting to think of you as the "Mr Rodgers" of reaction comments, because your breakdowns are poetic , and almost psychological interpretations .. good job kiddo , keep it up .
Bravo 9(Daniel), For bringing me back to this. It was in my collection since released and got moved back in my memory. Satin was huge. but some of their other songs are absolutely emotional. For My Lady and Question are killer tracks! All their albums have a thread as evidenced by their titles. Cheers my friend. Chicago Ray
One of the most perfect songs ever written. One of the most evocative melodies ever penned in rock history. I love your analysis and insights of all this old music. Keep it coming :-) You may want to check out 'Forever Autumn' by Justin Hayward, from the album Jeff Wayne's Musical version of the War of the Worlds, and if possible listen to the album version, rather than the single cut. You won't regret it :-)
How did you get so wise??....It's so reassuring ...and a little frightening!!LOL...I do not believe you are 16 yrs old!....Listen to the Moody's albums in chronological order...next up is "In Search of the Lost Chord".....Cheers to you old soul in a young man!
Sixteen, good Lord, I thought you were a college kid. The older you get you will look back to certain situations and wish you had done better. Then at some point, you realize that the three people involved in the memory have been dead for years. Then you know it is time to move on. And you are so right about only knowing your own head. A close friend once said, "Not matter how well you think you know someone, you can never get inside their head."
Listen to the Moody’s song “Question”.....they close their shows with this brilliant Justin Heyward song....if you want to watch a live performance the Moody Blues Live at Red Rocks with the Denver Symphony Orchestra...it will blow you away.
Daniel, I know there is no such thing as "Perfect" song or album but if there is something that is near perfect in music, this album is definitely near perfect and Nights in White Satin is a near perfect proverbial "cherry on top" and that is why this album is LEGENDARY! Add this entire album to your personal playlist!! Peace.
I said it before but there's so much good Moodies out there. "Question", "Story in Your Eyes" two of my favorites. Just what you want to be, you'll be in the end.
Such a great album by one of the best of their time, or any time. I was 19 years old when this came out, and now I'm 72. The album is still on the shelf with the rest of my record collection... "One song; the lyrics, the melody, the mood - it can take you back to a moment in time like nothing else can"
Love your musical acumen. I always loved the song Nights in White Satin, so very hauntingly beautiful song. I was a mere child of twelve when it came out (evidently for the second time in 1972).
Timelessly beautiful, powerfully evocative, this song blew me away when I was 12 years old and that was 50 years ago! Thank you for letting us relive our own first reactions through your own.
Justin Hayward is criminally underappreciated as a composer, guitarist and singer. Talent on another level.
ABSOLUTELY. He is an International Treasure
oui ! le Méllotron de M. Pinder est absolument grandiose !....Hayward la grande classe!
@Tom Musial Im concerned you misread one of the comments in this stream. The OP was saying "its criminal that he doesnt get the accolades he deserves"
No one said anything negative however I can understand the misinterpretation.
Yes! I share everywhere, the Moodys are the Van Gogh of the rock world. I am confident only after they all die will they be appreciated as the greatest of all beautiful, haunting, deeply experiencing musical creators.
@@charlesbishop4000 absolutely spot on Charles, that's exactly what I think!
I absolutely love your reactions, for a young man you have a great understanding of the lyrics of most songs....keep up the good work young man...I am now a subscriber...from a 70 year old fart...in Australia !!! :) :)
Welcome aboard, glad you're enjoying the videos:)
You are such an old soul. Wise beyond your years. ❤️
Born in 1957 here, Boss. I first heard Tuesday Afternoon and Nights In White Satin on the radio and rushed out to buy the Album. I laid on the floor, with head phones on, and listened to it 3 times through. 'Nights' is the clincher. You are spot on: it's a day, a month, a season, a year, a LIFETIME....believe me...it is just as emotional now at 62 as it was at 12...from two different points of view, to paraphrase Obiwan . BTW, I LOVE your takes on these old classics with fresh ears and eyes that so many of us have grown up on! Thank you for sharing!!
Beast 1624 Same for me being born in 1960.My brother had the album and I played it especially the second side every chance I could get!👍🏻❤️☮️
Beast, thanks for making me feel like a young man when the rest of the world doesn't see me that way any longer lol. Just a bit younger than you. How amazing is it to see a younger generation discovering the classics? Nostalgic, eh? Remember how we felt?
same here Beast
I love you. Kindred soul, I did the same thing.
...1957, me too!
Brilliant, gorgeous album. Justin Hayward was only 19 when this was written and composed. Nights In White Satin has been my favorite song since it’s release in 1967❤️❤️❤️
He had just turned 21 when DOFP was released in Nov 1967, but I am not sure when he actually wrote it., Justin was born October 14, 1946. They were supposedly playing some of this album live on stage for a while before they recorded and released. My guess is, he was probably 20 when he composed and wrote it.
Amazing, 1967 and it's still just as haunting, just as powerful 50 years later.
Kris Schedler he could have been older, I was just going by what’s written about the song. No matter his age, it’s absolutely brilliant❤️
@@friscoprocessserver6078 Actually Justin Hayward has said in interviews he wrote Nights in White Satin when he was 19. th-cam.com/video/RBClhQ1Nei4/w-d-xo.html
This album blew our minds in 1968. At gatherings we'd play it over and over.
Don't you miss anxiously awaiting their new albums just to have friends over to listen?
And it still blows our minds after all these yesrs. After watching this video I had to play nights in white satin 3 or 4 more times.
i know right? i actually am taking what he says personally.
Justin Hayward is an amazing musician writer husband and father. This kid, IDK, He us really pissing me off!
When I first heard this song back around 1970 it changed how I listen to music. I started actually LISTENING to music. I’ve been a Moody Blues fan ever since.
One if the most hauntingly beautiful love songs ever written..
"Breathe deep the gathering gloom,
Watch lights fade from every room.
Bedsitter people look back and lament,
Another day's useless energy spent.
Impassioned lovers wrestle as one.
Lonely man cries for love and has none.
New mother picks up and suckles her son.
Senior citizens wish they were young.
Cold-hearted orb that rules the night
Removes the colours from our sight.
Red is grey and yellow white,
But we decide which is right
And which is an illusion."
Contemplate on those lyrics for a while... absolute masterpiece! Peace.
Rather prophetic for these days isn't it?
Written by the drummer. Spoken by the mellotron player (Mike Pinder) because Grahame Edge thought his teenage voice was too high pitched.
what you forget is that the last line is a question.
The words ring as true today as in 1968. It is the mark of a timeless work. Yes your grandparents were EXACTLY as you are. In Every way. Except they had better taste in music
Part troubadours tale, circa 1300, part late 1960s progressive rock.song…. In the top 50 of the most important songs of the past 120 years
One of the most beautiful songs by the Moody Blues. RIP Ray Thomas, your voice will be so very missed.
Popular opinion says The White Album from The Beatles in 1968 started the whole progressive rock movement. Arguably, I think it was Days of Future Passed in 1967...
Not sure I'd call The White Album specifically a prog album, Sgt.Pepper fits that bill better, a whole album of songs with a thematic concept, links and segues, and production on a grand scale with elements of rock band and orchestra combined. 'Days of future passed' definitely fulfils that definition within popular music. I would argue the 'concept' album (though not named as such) comes much earlier, within classical music itself, such as 'The Planet Suite'. 'Days of future passed' was an experiment to mix a modern band and orchestra, for the record label to showcase their brand new stereo studio and system, and the band delivered an album that sent them on a new musical direction. All the elements on this album would form a template for all the following albums through to their 'The seventh sojourn' album. All the band members would contribute their own songs and have a vocal spot each, except for the drummer who would provide a poem read by the keyboard player. The songs would blend into one another and be intended to be played in sequence as an 'A side and a 'B' side of the vinyl album. Much like 'Nights in white satin', some tracks were selected to be re-recorded or re - edited to create an abridged version that could be released as a chart single.
It was Sgt.Peppers by the Beatles
I know but it's sacrilegious to say this but I think the Beatles are highly overrated. It's not that they weren't a really good band it's just they don't walk on water the way people think in my opinion.
@@MrDiddyDee A fine analysis of the first seven albums, though I have to point out that Graeme Edge's poems were read by him, not Mike Pinder.
I'm in no doubt that 'Days Of Future Passed' deserves to be recognised as the progenitor of the concept album as we understand it - putting Sgt Pepper in that category is a bit of a stretch - but it was by no means the first of its kind. The original Nirvana released 'The Story Of Simon Simopath' the month before DOFP, and if dark forces hadn't intervened we might also have had the Beach Boys' 'Smile' and the Pretty Things 'S F Sorrow' by then. One project from the same year that failed to see the light of day at all was the 'teenage opera' created by Mark Wirtz and Keith West, despite the fact that it had spawned a #2 UK chart single.
I saw them in the 80s in Toronto. At the end of NIWS they received a 5 minute standing ovation. It was cool to see that they didn’t know how to handle the adulation. Eventually the audience quieted enough to allow them to continue, but I will never forget that moment. Have loved this song (and the whole album) since I first heard it 50 years ago. Timeless!
This was a stand alone song written before the album concept was created. It’s about unrequited love. It’s about a girl he loved from afar. Writing letters he never intended to send her. Seeing other people in happy relationships and he is alone. They can’t understand what he is feeling. It’s a beautiful melancholy song.
Where did you get that info? He wasn’t even married when he wrote the song. From his words-
I was 19 going on 20 when I wrote it, and I had no idea what it was really about. I was at the end of one big love affair and starting another, and it was not meant to be a single,” Hayward says. “It was the opposite of what a single should be!”
Justin Hayward is the master of songs of this type. Beautiful and sad at the same time. “Forever Autumn” from the “Jeff Wayne’s War of the World’s” is a classic from him.
It's good to see a young man enjoying a classic album.I still have this one on vinyl.
Just imagine hearing this album back in the day. The Moody Blues were ahead of their time. I could hardly wait for their next album to come out. They have been my favorite band (Justin Hayward singularly as well) for all time. Their music is always in. I hear some song out now on the radio and I instead listen to a Moodies' song. With "Nights", it is a beautiful song but so very sad. He sees people walking by hand in hand and they are oblivious of how he hurts. People around him no nothing of his heartache, and oh how he loves her. It is like a death song. Death of a relationship to which has broken his heart. Beautiful but heart grabbing. He wrote this song after a girl broke up with him and she broke his heart. A little later he runs into another gal and they had a fling and when the relationship was over, she gave him white, satin sheets. Justin explained this in an interview he gave many years ago. This is what makes this song so beautiful and so very sad. As Justin said when a love affair breaks up, someone gets hurt and they have to go through this sort of death....of much sadness, depression, tears, emptiness, heart broken, etc.
Hauntingly beautiful. Another great video! 👍🏻
One of The advantages of the old vinyl albums was the inside jackets often had the lyrics printed to all the songs...a great boon, as some of these online versions are wrong....
We can thank The Beatles for that, as they were the first rock/pop band to print lyrics on the covers! They were the first to do so many things, musically, and related to pop culture, as well as some "political" firsts!
Yes, and liner notes telling us who backed them up, key musicians, and often a back story...
They were also good for separating the chaff from the wheat, the seeds from the grass etc. LOL
:) Daniel, it's strange, but your reactions make me feel as if I'm listening to a song for the very first time.... analyzing the lyrics the way you do is a big plus for me. Always very interesting!
I'm glad to have found your channel. :)
This is a cool presentation. Thanks. Been a Moodies fan for 48 years. Seen them 15 times. Their music never gets old.
I really love your very thoughtful reactions, you are awesome and when I got up this morning I was delighted to see that this was posted. My mother's favorite album and at her funeral I played Elvis gospel, this song during communion and the Supremes someday we'll be together at the end. It's so easy to see that you love music and that's really great don't ever stop...♡
Can't believe your 16, that's amazing!
Ah, yes - Nights in White Satin...one of the most beautiful tracks ever laid down. Justin Hayward's voice was just so perfect for this melody. I agree with LoopORama and can also recommend the War of the Worlds concept album by Jeff Wayne - Forever Autumn by Justin is another classic that I remember from my school days. They just don't make music like this anymore.
This song evokes such powerful emotions. The best from the Moodies.
The gong at the end is played at the beginning of the album, but in reverse.
You reacted to the correct Nights in White Satin. I'm so 😊!!!!! I love your reaction to this thank you for playing it. 😘👍👍👍👍👍👍🌹🌹🌹🌹
Also Daniel I love the expressions on your face when you get shocked or pleasantly surprised
I wish I could go back to 1967, to the first time I heard this and see the look on my 9 year old face.
_In Search of the Lost Chord_ is another classic album....
Threshold of a Dream too... In the beginning.
Yes! My favorite Moodies LP. Very psychedelic..........
My favorite
Congratulations, Daniel, I am pleased and impressed. Your journey through "Days Of Future Passed" has been delightful on many levels. You see now why so many people of about my age consider it required listening, in the same way as "Dark Side Of The Moon", "Quadrophenia" and "Aqualung". That you chose to seek it out and experience it in order, in its entirety, is a testament to your intelligence and your dedication.
"Nights In White Satin" was released as a single, with all the orchestration before and after the lyrics removed, as well as "Late Lament". The song remained so popular that, nine years after its release, it was the theme of my Senior Prom. (I didn't end up attending my prom, due to the strenuous objections of my girlfriend. Her exact wording was: "What the f*ck is wrong with you, have you gone even more insane??!!!")
The first time I heard "Days Of Future Passed" in its entirety was through another musical touchstone of my life, The Seventh Day. My local FM station did a show every Sunday night from Midnight to 6:00 AM, wherein they played seven albums in their entirety, with the only commercial breaks between each album side. (Double albums counted as two.) The DJ actively encouraged listeners to record the show, giving them an extra 30 seconds of silence before and after each side in which to turn their tape recorder on and off. The first album of every show was a major new release from that week, and frequently the second album was as well.
The Seventh Day caused a profusion of home-recorded 8-Tracks and Cassettes to appear in bedrooms and dashboards all around town. It also increased the sales of new albums; if you liked what you heard, you'd naturally want to buy a copy on vinyl, thus getting the cover art, lyrics, and improved stereo sound. And if you heard an older album you'd missed, or one you'd forgotten but really liked hearing again, you'd go buy that too.
The show's primary sponsor was Boogie Records, a local store that also gave customers a $1 discount on any album played on the show that week (which usually amounted to a 25 per cent savings). Boogie also catered to large-scale collectors: buy ten albums at a time and you'd get a 20 per cent discount on all ten.
I grew up in a poor, broken home. We didn't have much, but what we did have was a flea market record player and an old set of head phones with the giant, curled cord. Many sleepless nights I, not unlike yourself, went on long musical voyages with the likes of Simon and Garfunkel, Procal Harum, Pink Floyd, and of course- the Moody Blues. I genuinely appreciate you sharing your journey with us, it helps me remember my connection with music and lyrics. Keep doing great work, my friend.
On that note, please add Procal Harum's Whiter Shade of Pale to your list. The live version is amazing, but any will do. Thank you and take care.
Res. I still have a set of Waltham headset with large curly cord and controls on the side of the ear pieces. ☺️
Oh boy, I knew that you would love "Nights in White Satin" !
It is such a dramatic song.
They recorded a live album called "A Night at Red Rocks with the Colorado Symphony Orchestra" in September 1992 and I was there !!! And I can tell you that they were just as good then as they ever were. Great analysis as always !✌❤🌻😷🎶
I've seen them at Red Rocks several times. Tough to beat Red Rocks for any concert, but listening to them with the lights of Denver at twilight off in the distance over the stage is something else.
The most beautiful song in the world - it kind of makes the rest of the album look bad. Tuesday Afternoon also became a pretty big hit. Other great songs from them are The Voice, Question, Wildest Dreams and I'm Just a Singer.
and Ride My Seesaw
Basically all their albums are amazing.
Listening and watching you experience this music makes me feel as though I'm also hearing it for the first time...
I love old LP´s. Sound is so freaking good. It kinda seems like there are better tools for musicians these days. But less talent. Everything is so easy. Too easy.
you hit the nail on the head
Yes, Daniel. You've got it.
I’m glad it’s everything we hyped it up to be and that you enjoyed it! I love the poem at the end, and have memorized it over the years as many of us has. I think you can see how it wouldn’t have been the same without it - some radio stations did play it edited!
And Denny Laine was no slouch - he became and integral part of Paul McCartney and Wings.
I'd say the song is about self-discovery. For a change of pace, check out Moody Blues "I'm Just a Singer in a Rock'n'roll Band."
Can you imagine writing the arrangements for the orchestra?
Killer album.
It actually borrowed a lot of techniques from movie scores of the time. Several movies of the late 60s sort of had that sound. And then I'd almost say that John Williams ripped off the celeste/flute part from this and used it in a couple of scenes in Star Wars.
Imagine coordinating all those local orchestras with their band on those tours they used to have.
I saw them several times withy the Houston Symphony at Cynthia Woods Pavillian. But the performance that knocked me out Jeff Waynes War of the Worlds...OMG Justin singing forever autum
So glad to see someone listening to this musical masterpiece. There is just nothing else that compares. I am a Moody from day one. I really love to hear Tuesday afternoon when i walk in a nice park. Question is good too. I really love (k) nights in white satin. It’s all good.
In the 1970's, when I was a teenager - teenage girls thought this was the most romantic song in the world... Nights In White Satin, that is.
It still is.
@Kelly Johnson One of the most depressing songs I ever heard. What is romantic about it?
Not only 70´s girls. Song is ageless.
They weren't wrong
@Kelly Johnson Damn, wish someone had shared this knowledge with me a couple of decades ago XD
You're very articulate for 16!!
I really enjoy your reactions. Honest and refreshing. It is so great watching you experiencing the music from my youth.
When I was a teenager in the early 1980s, a neighbor let me plow through their record collection and take whichever ones I wanted because they had recorded all of them to cassette tape, lol. This album was one of the ones I snagged. Life was never the same after that fateful day. :)
I once heard that although this song was released it was about five years before it became a big hit. And that it was a popular DJ on the west coast that played it every night around midnight that helped promote it to the charts.
You are on the right track. 'Nights' and 'Tuesday Afternoon' were among the few songs that charted multiple times...they fell off then gained popularity again.
In terms of the USA, you are correct. "Nights" did hit it fairly big in Europe though, especially France, in 1967.
That's the way it was in the midwest also at 12 am it became Album Oriented Rock, they played whole album sides
Now I get it! I always thought the name of the song was " Knights in White Satin" not " Nights in White Satin"...how embarrassing.
Thanks for playing this album, I really needed to find an excuse to buy more vinyl, and you have just given me that excuse.
This cut was played as a single on Top Ten radio back in the day.
The day is not only a metaphor for a life but the title is a clue....its days of future passed. It's the patterns that you will repeat over and over in the future before it is over. The message to me is hold on to what is good as well as you are able to before that long good night.
Also the image of the nights (knights) in white satin is a reference to soldiers returning home in caskets from the Viet Nam war.
Album Oriented Rock AOR. Those stations played the album cuts. They stopped existing in the 90s
it was a big hit 2 or 3 diff. times
Those were the days!!!
for concept albums, also check out Jeff Wayne's War of the Worlds. Justin Hayward is on it.
"Forever Autumn" Hayward still sings at concerts today.
@@fixzeichner5592 My favorite song Justin has ever sung ... and that's not an easy task considered just how many top-notch quality songs Justin has done vocs on.
Full concert with a concert orchestra backing them..outstanding. I have seen them twice live ,once at Red Rocks, and the other at Polaris, Columbus Ohio . My husband and I fell in love with and during this album and Nights in White Satin was our song.
The Legion rewarded handsomely with 2 of the absolute all-time classics in one day. Thanks and well done. Combined, 80 min of superior TH-cam content.
I’m 71 and the Moody Blues music was what we listened to when we’d get stoned....I’ve seen them in concert so many times....incredible evenings of music.
You so got all their intent in their music. This is a classic song and album for the ages.
It's so fun to see newer generations acknowledging and loving iconic songs of the 60's and 70's. Good music is good music.
I'm glad you caught that the lyrics for Twilight Time were horribly wrong! The imagery created by the lyrics always make me think of evenings at the cottage - they captured it perfectly!! (A nightingale plays a dark mellow phrase, of notes that are rich and so true. An aerial display by the firefly brigade, dancing to tunes no one knew. Bats take to wing, like puppets on string, prancing through cool evening air - just pure magic!!)
I love the variety of musical styles presented on this album - they captured it all.
Nights has to be (for me) one of the ultimate love songs ever written! (enough so that it became THE song for my wife and I at our wedding). You are absolutely spot on with the feelings of longing evoked with the music. Oh, please note, the sounds of 'violin' at the early parts of the song are done by mellotron - actually most of the song's 'orchestra' is done by the incomparable Mike Pinder. The true 'orchestra' only chimes in at the end section.
Late Lament is the poem at the end (as you mentioned), and again, you juxtapose it to the beginning poem, and you have the perfect beginning and end to the day.
Now you can see why this is one of my best 'feel good' albums ever. I could be in the worst mood, and I put this on the turntable and bam, all negativity is gone (bonus if my wife is listening with me - we always take a moment to dance, even if just for a minute, when Nights comes on).
Thanks for taking the time to experience this! Cheers Daniel.
So many more great Moody Blues songs:
Go Now (an early hit)
Question
The Voice
Your Wildest Dreams
I Know Your Out There Somewhere
Ride My Seesaw
Isn’t Life Strange
I could go on.
no, go on
I'd add The Story In Your Eyes, Have You Heard, Never Comes The Day, and perhaps some Ray Thomas songs such as Dear Diary or For My Lady just to get that side of the band.
Yaktahbay Good suggestions all
Incredibly deep catalog.
Nights Winters Tears, I dreamed last night. So amazing, I am 67, and its actually painful to listen to with what is happening
I've heard this song, hundreds, if not thousands of times, and it still get's me!
Their crowning achievement 🙌🏼❤️❤️❤️
This album was a shocker and ground breaking in 1967. First album I listened to with headphones. I saw the Moody Blues several times in concert, the latest in 2012. They sounded as good as ever.
There are maybe 20 to 30 great classic rock songs that I never get tired of hearing........This is most definitely one of them.
First heard this driving alone on a cold frigid night after a winter storm had passed.No moon just stars and contemplating the words; no I wasn't stoned!
"There you go man, keep as cool as you can, face piles of trials with smiles, it riles them to believe that you perceive the web they weave, and keep on thinking free"
From Threshold of a Dream
The journey never ends. So much music, so little time. Not only that, but the excellent pieces require many listens, in many different settings. Alone with headphones, at barbeques, morning music, night music, getting ready for school music. Isn't it wonderful?
You enjoy orchestral music... I know there is a MASSIVE selection of 'classical' music that you would enjoy. Yes, it is possible to enjoy both heavy metal and the vast emotional range that classical music can conjure up. (I am using classical in the broad sense, for you nitpickers out there.) While it does not fit in with this format, please dip into the composers you have heard of - while doing homework, etc. Heck, you could start with Emerson Lake and Palmers 'Pictures at an Exhibition' and then compare to the orchestral suite itself. ( I just heard electronic pioneer Tomita do his version of 'Pictures' - sooo good!}
I will not bore you with a suggested list, but your active imagination, intelligence, and natural curiosity will be rewarded many times over. Classical is much much more than Vivaldi at tea time!
Loving what you do, brother! Even if you make my eyes mist sometimes.
Nights in White Satin.....the most famous MB song......I love it, but wish more of their discography would get air time.
That was GREAT! Nice listening to the entire album. Next...."TOMMY" a rock opera by THE WHO. I'm sure you will love it
Tommy has a deserved acclaim, but I think Quadrophenia is the superior, in terms of music, theme, and cohesion as a fully realized work.
Yes Tommy.....I saw the play also..amazing...
the original who is awesome but the movie version has its charms too!!
Daniel, your appreciation of this album makes me appreciate the brilliance even more. Thanks brother! Also, you really need to react to and dissect Question, one of their deep and epic songs.
Nights In White Satin has one of those choruses that just give you goosebumps all over
Oh, you are SO gonna like the next three Moodies albums.
BEST 1st four albums of any band!
i was about your age when i first heard this album ( it had just been released) instant fan. i humbly suggest: listen to the next moody blues records in order, and from top to bottom. so, so amazing.
Knew that you'd love the finale; you reacted like so many who heard this song/lyrics since 1967! Such a moving and beautiful song one never tires of listening to the deep haunting lyrics and fantastic orchestral arrangement. Great analysis.
You remark on the passion in Justin’s voice.....I need you to know that I have heard him sing this live several hundred times over the last 46 years, and EVERY time he delivers the song with the same commitment. That is INCREDIBLE. Such a star, our Justin. Love your channel, well done
Great response to an absolute classic. Loved your reaction at the end.
The best thing about the music from my day is that you fell it as much as you hear it. The bar was set very high, as we all benefitted from it.
Peace out, stay healthy, and let the music play.
I always found this song beautifully haunting. Thanks for sharing.
I'll never forget the night my best friend got drunk and was listening to this song on headphones. She started singing. Bad idea. Listening to someone who can hear the song (when you can't) sing off-key and way too loud is just wrong. "Wooooo, I looove yooooou!" She couldn't understand why I was laughing so hard. It's hard enough to sing sober! She passed away 15 years ago, too young. But every time I hear this, I smile and think of her. RIP Tracy.
Justin Hayward was 17 years old when he wrote the words and music, it was released in 1967, yes 1967, unheard of then and even now.
A MASTERPIECE no other word for it.
The poem was written by the drummer.
Justin Hayward is a genius, he's 75 now and still performing.
Moody Blues were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame a few years ago, and about time too.
Well done a beautiful reaction, one who appreciates wonderment when he hears it. 👏👏👏
Oh, Daniel, you are such a thoughtful ‘ol soul; I danced to this when it was released while in high school. You appear to really appreciate sounds from your grandparents’ decade( of which I would probably be a part), and you seem to have a sensitivity that most young people your age lack and that’s okay; it is perfectly permissible to find joy in both the present and the past.
Interesting review, it's great to see younger generation appreciate such a brilliant album over 50 years old, I remember how i felt when i first heard it! Keep up the good work! 👍
I got to watch them in concert. Amazing. One of the best albums ever.
"Every Good Boy Deserves Favour" is a complete masterpiece!
Priceless reaction to a brilliant song, and not your first. Avid new subscriber my dude - loving youyr reactions. Change nothing, you feel the music and emotion and it shows.
Here is there best part of their catalog include "Go Now", "Nights in White Satin", "Tuesday Afternoon", "Question", "Gemini Dream", "The Voice" and "Your Wildest Dreams". The band has sold 70 million albums worldwide!! This song is a must have!!!
Again I have herd this so many times and never saw this video. Well done young man.
The odd thing about this song is . Most artists have a song or two that reach "Cult" status years , sometimes decades after their inception. The opposite was true with this song. It gained nearly instant Cult classic status just a short time after it's release. It became very cool for even the hard rockin bands of the day , to try to cover this song in their sets, because it was the instant way to prove you had style , class and taste . For very good reason too. The song , and the band indeed had "style , Class , and taste" . True classic. One of the tunes that can easily help you drift into another other-worldly place while listening. Also try "The Hollies" especially " The air that I breathe" OR the " Amboy Dukes-- Journey To The Center Of The Mind" They too are very similar moody , ethereal sounding tunes that tell great stories. Great Job ...I'm starting to think of you as the "Mr Rodgers" of reaction comments, because your breakdowns are poetic , and almost psychological interpretations .. good job kiddo , keep it up .
Bravo 9(Daniel), For bringing me back to this. It was in my collection since released and got moved back in my memory. Satin was huge. but some of their other songs are absolutely emotional. For My Lady and Question are killer tracks! All their albums have a thread as evidenced by their titles. Cheers my friend. Chicago Ray
very good reaction -- i like your analysis comparing this to a life -- never thought of this song that way but it fits
One of the most perfect songs ever written. One of the most evocative melodies ever penned in rock history. I love your analysis and insights of all this old music. Keep it coming :-) You may want to check out 'Forever Autumn' by Justin Hayward, from the album Jeff Wayne's Musical version of the War of the Worlds, and if possible listen to the album version, rather than the single cut. You won't regret it :-)
How did you get so wise??....It's so reassuring ...and a little frightening!!LOL...I do not believe you are 16 yrs old!....Listen to the Moody's albums in chronological order...next up is "In Search of the Lost Chord".....Cheers to you old soul in a young man!
I'm going to listen and like any other Moody Blues reactions you have. Thanks.
No. thank you:) We go through the Days of Future Passed album song by song in order.
Wow!! Brings back memories, man!
The ending is a companion piece called late lament
Sixteen, good Lord, I thought you were a college kid. The older you get you will look back to certain situations and wish you had done better. Then at some point, you realize that the three people involved in the memory have been dead for years. Then you know it is time to move on. And you are so right about only knowing your own head. A close friend once said, "Not matter how well you think you know someone, you can never get inside their head."
Listen to the Moody’s song “Question”.....they close their shows with this brilliant Justin Heyward song....if you want to watch a live performance the Moody Blues Live at Red Rocks with the Denver Symphony Orchestra...it will blow you away.
Daniel, I know there is no such thing as "Perfect" song or album but if there is something that is near perfect in music, this album is definitely near perfect and Nights in White Satin is a near perfect proverbial "cherry on top" and that is why this album is LEGENDARY! Add this entire album to your personal playlist!! Peace.
I said it before but there's so much good Moodies out there. "Question", "Story in Your Eyes" two of my favorites. Just what you want to be, you'll be in the end.
Nothing like a great song to send your heart and mind to flight eh Daniel?
Such a great album by one of the best of their time, or any time. I was 19 years old when this came out, and now I'm 72. The album is still on the shelf with the rest of my record collection... "One song; the lyrics, the melody, the mood - it can take you back to a moment in time like nothing else can"
Good job. I wish you well in your life's journey.
Love your musical acumen. I always loved the song Nights in White Satin, so very hauntingly beautiful song. I was a mere child of twelve when it came out (evidently for the second time in 1972).
Excellent interpretations and depth analysis, Daniel. It is both, which makes this recording so magical!
Timelessly beautiful, powerfully evocative, this song blew me away when I was 12 years old and that was 50 years ago! Thank you for letting us relive our own first reactions through your own.
I never noticed this before, but "Twilight Time" sounds similar to a Syd Barrett Pink Floyd song at times.
Nice catch
Listened to that album at least a hundred times in the mid 1960's.