I cannot lie
I loved the Moody Blues
First as a Brit invasion band but then as something far far different
They were the perfect accompaniment to lovemaking
And that dense internal dialogue wind down from a trip....especially a test style trip
Looking back they get lampooned as pretentious
But if you lived it
You “got it”
This is in no way an endorsement of such intoxicants
I STILL love the Moody Blues.
I have all their albums, including Hayward’s and Lodge’s “Blue Jays” album, and haven’t been able to play them in years. No turntable. I’m in heaven right now listening to this. aaaaaaaahhhhh!
I saw them in Murfreesboro in ‘78, front row center seat, and sang every song along with them. At one point, Justin Hayward smiled at me and I thought I was going to faint. LOL!
1967 was when that album came out? Wow -- four and five years later it was still going strong, then, because that's when I "lived it." And you nailed it!
It was orchestral but more than that, it was refreshing and positive. When I listen to '40s big band great stuff ala Bennie Goodman and Les Brown, I end up thinking, "No wonder we won the war." Positive, gutsy music, forward looking even when it was reflective and wandering.
As for growing up in the '70s, although I complained at the time, there was plenty of good music around, actually. I still love Jethro Tull.
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meanwhile they are not in the R&R HOF but donna summers is!! what a crock!
I remember carrying a battery-operated cassette player into a Moody Blues concert and attempting my first (and only ) pirate recording. It wasn’t because I wanted to make money from it - I thought a live recording of MB would be awesome.
It had to be around 1972 because they performed most of Days of Future Past. Of course what I hadn’t anticipated was that the cheap microphone would accentuate crowd noise. I recall wincing as I reviewed the recording later only to hear some clod shouting for his buddy to pick up his jacket and all the whoops and shout-outs.
I bet I still have that cassette somewhere in the garage in a box ;’}
I can’t argue with a word of that.
Best,
L
Yep - gotta agree. And thank God we survived.