Today's music thread is for fans of THE MOODY BLUES!!!!

[LynneSin]

Gotta love the Moody Blues with their whimsical progressive rock musical stylings. Without a doubt my favorite album would have to be "Days of Future Past" and in honor of my favorite song "Tuesday Afternoon" I decided to dedicate this thread to the Moody Blues.

Here's the band back in 1968:


And today they're still touring with mainly Haywood, Edge and Lodge. Most of their work that I own is in vinyl and of their earlier works: Days, Lost Chord, THreshold, Seventh Sojourn and a live album. But whenever I'm in a whimsical mood I know that the Moody Blues is the band to set me off on a wonderful musical journey.

So check in all you Moody Blues fans!

[Hugin]

1. Yay! I knew my love for you was well founded LynneSin!

:woohoo:

Official Site... (With some sound files, BTW)

http://www.moodyblues.co.uk/music.htm

[RockaFowler]

2. They are playing at the Hard Rock in Hollywood this month

My husband isn't a fan, but I love them. I saw them about 10 years ago in an outdoor stadium. They had an orchestra that just blew me away

[Hugin]

3. Yeah, I've noticed over the many many years... There are no in-between...

fans of The Moody Blues.

[bbernardini]

4. Love them with the orchestra!

I saw them...hmm...probably in the early 90s in Philadelphia, and it was incredible. "Question" with an orchestra is one of the greatest pieces of music ever created. (As I recall, Anne Dudley of The Art of Noise did the orchestral arrangements for the version on the greatest hits album.)

I was so pleased when I discovered the two disc, unedited version of the Red Rocks concert had been released. I had no idea.

[LynneSin]

5. I was looking at getting the Red Rocks CD

sounds good to me!

[Hugin]

6. My #1 greatest life disappointment is that I didn't go to that concert...

When I very well could've... In fact I was planning on it.

The real rub is that I can't remember what I did instead.

x(

[LynneSin]

7. Mine is that I didn't see Queen in concert when Freddie Mercury was alive

I had a chance to go when Queen toured back in the early 80s and they were going to play Hershey Stadium. But I was never keen on the stuff QUeen put out after Jazz (the last album they did without synthesizers). So I ended up not going figuring I'd hear a bunch of stuff I didn't like from their current albums.

Who knew that Freddie only had some many years left on this earth. I would rather sit through a concert of Queen music with Freddie singing the songs I wasn't keen on then to see this travesty tour they're doing this year with Paul Rodgers doing lead vocals. Even still I'm tempted to see Queen just to pay tribute to Roger Taylor and Brian May but I can't bring myself around to do it!

[Blue_In_AK]

27. Mine was missing Jimi Hendrix

at Red Rocks in 1968 or '69. If I had known he was going to be dead the next year, I sure would have found a way.

[anarch]

8. Ride, ride my see-saw,

Take this place
On this trip
Just for me.

Ride, take a free ride,
Take my place
Have my seat
It’s for free.

I worked like a slave for years,
Sweat so hard just to end my fears.
Not to end my life a poor man,
But by now, I know I should have run.

Run, run my last race,
Take my place
Have this number
Of mine.

Run, run like a fire,
Don’t you run in
In the lanes
Run for time.

Left school with a first class pass,
Started work but as second class.
School taught one and one is two.
But right now, that answer just ain’t true.

Ah ah ah ah, ah ah ah ah, ah ah ah ah ah
Ah ah ah ah, ah ah ah ah, ah ah ah ah ah

My world is spinning around,
Everything is lost that I found.
People run, come ride with me,
Let’s find another place that’s free.

Ride, ride my see-saw,
Take this place
On this trip
Just for me.

Ride, take a free ride,
Take my place
Have my seat
It’s for free.

Ride, my see-saw.
Ride, ride, ride, my see-saw.
Ride, my see-saw...

:thumbsup:

[SteppingRazor]

9. If you're gonna do a Tuesday song...

why bust out "Tuesday Afternoon" when you could play "Tuesday's Gone" by Lynyrd Skynyrd?
:headbang:

[LynneSin]

11. Don't pollute my thread with redneck freeper rock

:grr:

[SteppingRazor]

12. Don't pollute the Lounge with crappy wuss rock

:evilgrin:



On edit: At least, LynneSin, I think we can both agree that, no matter which of the songs you play, it could definitely use more cowbell :thumbsup:

[LynneSin]

13. If we put this to a poll I bet there would be more Moody Blues fans

than Lynard SKynard!

[SteppingRazor]

14. Maybe so, but...

just because the majority votes for it doesn't make it right.

Exhibit A: The 2004 election.

Besides, DU is biased against southern redneck music, due to southern redneck voting patterns.

[Z_I_Peevey]

10. The oldies station was playing 'Go Now'

as I arrived at work today. The Moody Blues wavelength is strong today.

[DancingBear]

15. Well, if I'm going to join you in appreciation

then you are just going to have to get "Days Of Future Passed" (not Past) correct.

Otherwise, well I just don't know.... :)

P.S. I HATED The Moody Blues during their heyday, but Mrs. DB liked them a lot.

I've grown to enjoy them over time, but, like all 60's/early 70's bands, they should not be out touring at age 60.

[LynneSin]

16. I have to disagree with that last statement

Because if Led Zeppelin or Pink Floyd wants to do one last reunion tour the that's just fine with me.

:D

Of course Robert Plant is only 58 but I believe Jimmy Page is around 60

[DancingBear]

17. Watching old geezers pretend is sad to us, well, old geezers

I mean, I saw Zeppelin in '69 and '70, and Floyd in '67 and '68.

There is an expression that many of us who lived through those times remember well - it was a time when the music mattered.

I could never explain it to anyone who wasn't there, but to hear Led Zeppelin in a Cadillac commercial takes a little piece out of all us of who were there, and who thought/knew we were a part of something special. Stuff like the Airplane's "Volunteers" and "We Can Be Together" were literally a part of your life, and despite what anyone of this generation says it can NEVER be like that again.

Watching bands like The Rolling Stones still tour is both sad and pathetic, for even though they (and anyone else who plugged an amp in during those beautiful years) are playing the music it no longer matters, and that is a shame.

[LynneSin]

18. But the difference with the Stones vs. Led Zepp/Pink Floyd

is the fact that the Stones have a tour like every other year and have had the "Farwell Tour" several times. You can lump The Who in with them too (I saw the Who on their farwell tour back in 1989).

I never had a chance to see the music because by the time I was old enough Bonham died :cry:

But I lived that music up until that point and it would be great to see them tour just one last time. The excitement is there because there hasn't really been a true LZ or PF tour since the groups disbanded back in the 80s. Sure Page & Plant have done a few tours and so has Gilmour and Waters (but separately). And on occasion we might see a glimmer of hope at special events like LZ back in 1985 at LiveAid and PF last year at Live8.

Sure, it chaps my ass everytime I see that damn Cadillac commercial, but that still hasn't taken away the desire. But I think for all of the true fans of Led Zeppelin and/or Pink Floyd - the yearning to see one last tour just aches your heart. I hope that I have a chance to see both of them before it's too late!

[DancingBear]

19. I guess perception is just that

For me, watching what I consider to be "oldies acts" making (again, what I consider to be a farce) a mockery of the time and place their music came of age is difficult to absorb. Lynne, for me The Stones are 1965, with "Satisfaction" coming out of a transistor radio and my best friend and I waiting all day in vain for the station to play it again. The Who are Woodstock and mud, and Hendrix is the second balcony of Woolsey Hall in New Haven, CT in 1969. These times, you see, ARE the music for me and countless others. It defined our times, our lives, and our experiences, and no "one last time" tour will ever be what that music meant.

That's what I mean when I say that I can't explain it, although I tried. For me, they were Led Zeppelin 1970 and The Doors 1968 and Big Brother And The Holding Company etc.- and they stay in that frame of mind for me today. I just can't watch them pretend anymore, but I can understand if someone like yourself did not have that experience then perhaps you would want to experience a brief glimpse into what I was lucky enough to live through.

BTW, I'll have to tell you my Led Zeppelin story sometime - you'll like it.

My dad meets an old friend in a bar... :) :)

[Hugin]

20. It's interesting to hear someone say that...

I feel the same way about the original music videos.

No matter how much pulp is churned out now... It'll never replace the
old video days. I can remember being excited every Friday to see what
was new...

I *liked* the V.J.s and the "radio format" on Mtv.

[LynneSin]

24. It's the only reason I'm thinking of getting digital cable again

VH1 Classic plays all the great videos from back then!! I could just put that channel on and watch it for hours. No commericials (except some promo ads for VH1 main channel) and even no DJs - songs didn't need them!

[Blue_In_AK]

29. I was at Zeppelin's VERY FIRST concert in the states

in 1968 in Denver. We didn't even know who they were - it was before the first album was released. We had gone to the concert to see Vanilla Fudge :rofl: and Spirit who were also on the bill. We couldn't believe our ears when Zeppelin played - they were just phenomenal.

[MissMillie]

22. They have announced that this year's tour will be their last (n/t)

.

[Hugin]

23. Oh, NO!

Makes seeing them a MUST!

[MissMillie]

21. I've seen them 9 times

Love 'em

Days of Future Passed is about as good as it gets.

[In_The_Wind]

25. My favorite came from The Other Side Of Life ~ Your Wildest Dreams

:hi:

[Blue_In_AK]

26. Oh, I LOVE the Moody Blues...

They were always my favorites and I finally got to see them live sometime in the early '90s here in Anchorage. They were just wonderful.

[LynneSin]

30. Hey, what happened to your picture of SKinner at the DU Party

I went to pull up the link and the photo was removed!

[Blue_In_AK]

31. Oh, I'm sorry, Lynne...

I must have taken those photos off to free up space on PhotoBucket. Here they are again, in all their glory. :)

[HEyHEY]

28. My Highschool team's name