You lived it same time I did
A friend of mines older brother had moved to the Bay Area and played some in Quicksilver
He always came home with early 70s Orange Subshine from the now infamous Nick Sand and the Brotherhood of Eternal Love.
The Moodys were almost always a part of the downhill portion of that ride
Soothing and introspective they set a warm tone and it was comforting to hear someone sing about it who appeared to understand
They were musical and literary and of course rather English
So unusual considering they started out Yardbirds lite more like the Grass Roots
I have nothing against the Grass Roots..,,great junior high kissing in a dark room music
Later at Ole Miss in 77-78 on when of my last trips with a group of 7-8 guys and coeds we all sat around in Kincannon dorm and listened to virtually every trippy Moody Blues album all night till the sun came up
It was a very pleasant second half
{^)
I love your reminiscences! It was and is intelligent music, even if used to accompany dumb behavior (hey, Brother FReeper, I was right there with yas!).
Aren't you glad we survived all the stupid stuff we did when we were young and stupid!