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Sorry to hear this. I don’t know all their music by any means, but quite a few I do know are so wonderful. Nights in White Satin is my most favourite one by them.
I did a post about them not so long ago:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/3597825/posts?
I heard somewhere that he wrote some letters that he will not be able to send.
One of my all time favorite groups. As I was reading this, I just realized a coincidence. The first time I heard Moody Blues was at a co-workers home when I was in the Air Force back in 72. I remember hearing The Story in Your Eyes on is big Quad Channel stereo and thought “I have to get that album!” Been a fan ever since.
Ray wrote Legend of a mind, about Timothy Leary. Great tune! RIP
Love it. Nothing comes close........
Thanks for the music.Rest in peace.
Rest in peace.
Ray Thomas was THE founder of the Moody Blues. He kept them going through some lean times and personnel changes. His most famous song was Legend of a Mind (Timothy Leary).
There was a thread on the Mellotron today where I mentioned the Moody Blues.
“If there’s a rock & roll heaven, you know they have a helluva band.”
RIP & thanks for all the great music.
Nights In White Satin....As haunting and emotionally evocative tune as ever written. Not a lot of bands can say that. RIP.
One of my top favorites. I’ve turned others into life long MB fans. There was nothing more magical than seeing them here at Red Rocks Amplitheater. Loved his voice. :(
The Captain gave permission for the crew (and us Middies) to use the helicopter flight deck as a relaxation area and allowed use of the ship's stereo system from the wardroom to play music. Either the ship or the crew had a very good selection of Moody Blues albums .. Days of Future Past, In Search of the Lost Chord, On the Threshold of a Dream, A Question of Balance, Every Good Boy Deserves Favour, and Seventh Sojourn .. and they played every single one of them that night.
All of the ship's external lights .. except for those required for navigation .. were turned off. Blackness except for the wake and the clear sky just overwhelmed with stars. General silence except for the music. All of the music was just so right for that situation that it gave me goosebumps. "For My Lady" from Seventh Sojourn, was appropriate .. "My boat sails lonely seas, battles oceans filled with tears ..". The guitar and bass intro to "The Story in Your Eyes" just blew me away. And "Nights in White Satin" almost brought me to tears.
Laying flat on my back on the flight deck, gazing up at the Milky Way, listening to The Moody Blues ... it was an experience that I will never forget.
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The rock and roll band that went the furthest into the possibilities of the genre. They are without peer.
Oh, how I LOVED the Moody Blues. From early years on through, these guys had their own sound.
Ray Thomas, Rest in Peace, and thank you for the music and the memories.
I saw the Moody Blues at the Oakland Colesium in ‘76
and I liked them a bunch. Much later, Mike Pinder, a
founding member of the band quit the group and moved
to my rural California community. Roger Hodgson of
Supertramp and Jim Tucker of the Turtles are also
locals now here in Hicksville.
Anyway, RIP Ray Thomas.
Being a die-hard fan since the ‘60s, this is heart-breaking news.