I'm Just a Singer (In a Rock and Roll Band) - The Moody Blues | College Students' REACTION!

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  • @andyandalex
    @andyandalex  3 роки тому +265

    Our first time diving into The Moody Blues!! We’d been getting asked about them for a LONG time now and we’re here to hit it! Loved their sound, what’s NEXT?! 🙌🏻🔥

    • @susanklasinski1805
      @susanklasinski1805 3 роки тому +88

      Nights In White Satin, Question

    • @jnywd8450
      @jnywd8450 3 роки тому +4

      What's next? How about Brownsville Station - MARTIAN BOOGIE

    • @vonnyb9052
      @vonnyb9052 3 роки тому +11

      Your first time...WOOOW

    • @JamesRea2
      @JamesRea2 3 роки тому +68

      Nights in White Satin - Long version

    • @moefeaux1442
      @moefeaux1442 3 роки тому +75

      You both need to hear "Tuesday Afternoon" & "Nights in White Satin" off of the "Days of Future Passed" album if not the whole album in its entirety as it is meant to be and was back in the day. Some circles claim the Moody Blues were the earliest of the prop rock genre with that album.

  • @ethanwalmark5621
    @ethanwalmark5621 3 роки тому +387

    Nights In White Satin, Tuesday Afternoon, Question, The Story In Your Eyes, Ride My See-Saw, there's so many more to name.

  • @rustytimetraveler
    @rustytimetraveler 3 роки тому +210

    This was bassist's John Lodge's song about how, at the time, people seemed to look to rock stars for answers to the world's problems, and his response is contained in this song: he had no answers.

    • @matthewbuckner4000
      @matthewbuckner4000 3 роки тому +2

      Ozzie : I Don't Know hmmm

    • @marktrail8624
      @marktrail8624 3 роки тому +12

      Yeah because people had started to look to them as gurus of sorts. Positive messages in their songs had people asking them to bless their babies and all.

    • @SirDoofus2u
      @SirDoofus2u 3 роки тому +10

      True, much like "I'd Like to Change the World" by Ten Years After. Young people were searching for answers and occasionally a songwriter would help them, so expectations got high. Turns out you have to find your own answers.

    • @grahamthedark
      @grahamthedark 3 роки тому +10

      I wish stars wold think the same thing these days and just perform and not get into politics they are out of touch with the general populace people need to quit worshiping them as leaders

    • @rustytimetraveler
      @rustytimetraveler 3 роки тому +6

      @@grahamthedark I hear that!

  • @ericwincentsen587
    @ericwincentsen587 3 роки тому +71

    It's not multi-tracking on the voice. Four of the five members at the time could sing, so it was them harmonizing.

    • @lindabergman3127
      @lindabergman3127 2 роки тому +8

      And they harmonized perfectly ❤️👏👏👏👏👏

    • @lhcarter
      @lhcarter Рік тому +3

      It was live.

  • @shelter9236
    @shelter9236 3 роки тому +51

    The story behind this song written by John Lodge: “This is where one of the lyrics for came from… I remember coming back from a tour and there was a whole load of people camped out in my front garden! I was like, ‘Er… What are you doing?’ and they all said, ‘John, we’ve come to tell you you’re going to save the Earth. You’re going to be flying the spaceship and fly us all to safety…’ And I was like, ‘Pardon? Just a minute, I actually don’t like flying! So it won’t be me.’ And they said, ‘When the time comes, it will be you.’ “So that’s when I started thinking: ‘Hang on, I’m just a singer in a rock ‘n’ roll band. I know nothing.’
    One of my favorite groups growing up, they had such deep lyrics and were spiritual in their message. So many great hits from them and most of the members of the Moody Blues are still together performing to this day.

    • @elizabethrogers8306
      @elizabethrogers8306 Рік тому +4

      Actually it was one person who carried a sign saying something like "10 days until the Moody Blues save the world, 9 days until... etc." Then was upset when they didn't do anything miraculous. Lodge said, "I'm just a singer in a rock 'n roll band"

    • @velvetbees
      @velvetbees 4 місяці тому

      That is so 1960's. It was a wonderful time, and things like this could easily happen. But everybody just went with the flow for the most part. And if you realized you were a little out there, it was like, "Maybe I'm a little confused, but I'll figure it out eventually." And it was kind of funny. For me it was a much better time than now.

  • @cindynau8068
    @cindynau8068 3 роки тому +290

    Oh goodness, "The Story in Your Eyes" is magical both musically and lyrically. "Nights in White Satin" is an experience.

    • @penderyn8794
      @penderyn8794 3 роки тому +3

      Meh. Their Earlier stuff is much higher tier than that commercial pop

    • @jml-rj5re
      @jml-rj5re 3 роки тому +1

      @@penderyn8794 Long Distance Voyager and Strange Times have gravitas. Octave and Keys to the Kingdom etc. not so much

    • @marktrail8624
      @marktrail8624 3 роки тому +1

      Story in Your Eyes is a deeeep song about what's basically happening now in 2020-2021. If you want a relevant followup to Just A Singer... go with Story in Your Eyes.

    • @bonniearbuthnot198
      @bonniearbuthnot198 3 роки тому +1

      @@penderyn8794 Their earlier stuff is a lot of fun.😁

    • @stevedem76
      @stevedem76 2 роки тому

      @@penderyn8794 I agree with you, but if you want to get young people who like hard rock into the Moody Blues, The Story in Your Eyes is a good introduction.

  • @OriginalLictre
    @OriginalLictre 3 роки тому +207

    When you take a look at "Nights in White Satin", make sure you find a copy that's labeled as 'full version' or 'long version'.

    • @Pjaypt
      @Pjaypt 3 роки тому +5

      absolutly!

    • @adrianabustamante4611
      @adrianabustamante4611 3 роки тому +8

      Yes!!! Agreed...do NOT listen to the radio version first!

    • @ericanderson8886
      @ericanderson8886 3 роки тому +5

      yes, breath deep the gathering gloom, the long version

    • @lionheartroar3104
      @lionheartroar3104 3 роки тому

      Get the remastered version..makes a big difference

    • @maddy7
      @maddy7 3 роки тому +1

      Nights is my fave of the Moody Blues.

  • @danhollifield
    @danhollifield 3 роки тому +8

    The story is that the Moodys were doing a concert and one guy in the audience expected their songs to change the entire world, just by their performing. He heckled them as they left the venue, shouting “you didn’t change anything!” The guitar player thought “why are you mad at me? i’m just a singer in a band.” Then he wrote this song. I’m not sure that’s the actual series of events, but it is a great story, befitting a great song. Whatever the reality of it was back in the day, the song is just as philosophical as many of the Moody Blues songs turned out to be throughout their entire history.

  • @sherrihurst3142
    @sherrihurst3142 3 роки тому +34

    Even though I hate being older sometimes I love the music I grew up with...

    • @markbajek2541
      @markbajek2541 2 роки тому +1

      especially when all the older band members start dying off.

  • @RicoBurghFan
    @RicoBurghFan 3 роки тому +79

    Never heard the Moody Blues? Man gotta hear Nights In White Satin, Question, Tuesday Afternoon, so many others.

    • @jimschroeder1176
      @jimschroeder1176 3 роки тому +1

      I was just going to recommend the same.

    • @marktrail8624
      @marktrail8624 3 роки тому

      hard to believe nobody hearing of the Moody Blues since they spanned 3 decades and sold over 80 million albums.

    • @larryrucker
      @larryrucker 2 роки тому

      @@marktrail8624 6 decades, Mid 1960s to now.

  • @bobgorman3874
    @bobgorman3874 3 роки тому +75

    About fucking time dudes. The most disrespected band in rock history (even ahead of Rush) is The Moody Blues. One of the most influential bands in rock history. Justin Hayward's beautiful voice and great guitar. John Lodge's great bass. Question is the song to do next. Lyrics dudes, lyrics, just like this song. Story In Your Eyes after that. Late 60's and early 70's, getting high and listening to The Moody Blues was considered a religious experience.

    • @jlsagely6892
      @jlsagely6892 3 роки тому

      There’s reason for that...

    • @jnywd8450
      @jnywd8450 3 роки тому +1

      At least bobgorman didn't say underrated.

    • @shortpom6
      @shortpom6 3 роки тому

      Gray Edge is a legend as well.

    • @TheMirolab
      @TheMirolab 3 роки тому +1

      @@shortpom6 Ummm.... If you like Graeme Edge so much you could have at least spelled his name correctly. (blame spellcheck?)

    • @djdelegge3929
      @djdelegge3929 3 роки тому

      @@TheMirolab Miro, just a friendly FYI, he refers to himself as Gray, as do his friends.

  • @djm4457
    @djm4457 3 роки тому +39

    The Moody Blues is a giant of a rock n roll band. Beautiful, pure story tellers that could craft melodies, play, and sing with the very best of them.

  • @metalmark65
    @metalmark65 3 роки тому +11

    One of the most incredible bands in the history of music, bar none.

  • @jeffschielka7845
    @jeffschielka7845 3 роки тому +132

    Nights In White Satin is a must next. It is their masterpiece.

    • @MagravatorMag
      @MagravatorMag 3 роки тому +1

      I love playing that song on my geeetar because I love the lyrics. Makes me happy! 😄

    • @marktrail8624
      @marktrail8624 3 роки тому +1

      A and A are more rock n roll. But yeah Nights is a beautiful song.

    • @loriray7547
      @loriray7547 3 роки тому +2

      I totally agree!

    • @Nightcrawlerfive
      @Nightcrawlerfive 3 роки тому +2

      Just be sure to put on your 70s prom tux before listening to it. (It was everybody's prom song in the 70s)

    • @jeffschielka7845
      @jeffschielka7845 3 роки тому +1

      @@MagravatorMag It's a great song Maggie.

  • @extracaliber432
    @extracaliber432 3 роки тому +31

    Ride My Seesaw on Tuesday Afternoon.

  • @ericmorgan204
    @ericmorgan204 3 роки тому +27

    My personal favourite of these guys, is “The Voice”, but they have so many to choose from.

  • @shillcreativeworkshop
    @shillcreativeworkshop 9 місяців тому +2

    They are an Iconic band! Other bands wish they could even come close to them! One of the greatest rock in history!

  • @darrylgarvin3002
    @darrylgarvin3002 3 роки тому +98

    While I am in the camp that thinks that "Nights In White Satin" should be next, I am hoping that "Ride My See-Saw," "The Story In your Eyes," "Tuesday Afternoon" and "Gypsy" are not far behind.

    • @whazzuphere
      @whazzuphere 3 роки тому

      Absolutely!

    • @burtonmediaprod
      @burtonmediaprod 3 роки тому +1

      Love Gypsy!!!

    • @bobbyscott5162
      @bobbyscott5162 3 роки тому +1

      You all forgetting the 80's hits...Do NOT do that!

    • @BeatLA24
      @BeatLA24 3 роки тому +1

      Ride My See-Saw is my favorite Moody Blues song. This is a must.

    • @darrylgarvin3002
      @darrylgarvin3002 3 роки тому +2

      @@BeatLA24 To me it sounds like Psychedelic surfer music, which is an upbeat groove. The 4th track of Days of Future past "Lunch Break Peak Hour" has a similar groove starting at 4 mins. into the track.

  • @ethanwalmark5621
    @ethanwalmark5621 3 роки тому +68

    They were also part of the British Invasion and had their first hit with "Go Now" with Denny Laine on lead vocals.

    • @peteb2304
      @peteb2304 3 роки тому +3

      I just learned that 'Go Now' was their only #1 song in the UK, definitely worth a listen.

    • @BillPenny
      @BillPenny 3 роки тому +2

      Love this track so much!

    • @davidshingledecker1016
      @davidshingledecker1016 3 роки тому +4

      I love the way "Go Now" sounds nothing like the Moody Blues of later years....no orchestra or that wall of sound. Just gritty singing and the bare minimum of instramentation.

    • @saberindsafety1562
      @saberindsafety1562 3 роки тому +3

      Unpopular and probably controversial opinion but for me, the first record with Go Now, Let Me Go, I Go Crazy was their best work by far

    • @jasonremy1627
      @jasonremy1627 3 роки тому

      Later lead guitarist for Wings...

  • @greenbluemonkey
    @greenbluemonkey 3 роки тому +9

    The album To Our Children's Children's Children is a phenomenal album by Moody Blues.

  • @bradhernandez5823
    @bradhernandez5823 3 роки тому +7

    "A thousand pictures can
    be drawn from one word
    Only who is the artist
    We got to agree
    A thousand miles can
    lead so many ways
    Just to know who is driving
    What a help it would be"
    Wow! What a powerful statement.
    Deep dive into these guys so many great songs.

  • @paulhislop4591
    @paulhislop4591 3 роки тому +49

    A & A just getting to the Moody Blues now is kinda like the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame waiting so long to induct them. So long overdue!

    • @Shawney-jf6kc
      @Shawney-jf6kc 3 роки тому +1

      They are in the hall of fame.

    • @paulhislop4591
      @paulhislop4591 3 роки тому +3

      @@Shawney-jf6kc Yes, they were inducted in 2018 after years and years of fans clamoring for their inclusion.

    • @angier5775
      @angier5775 3 роки тому

      IKR?? A&A has been on for 2 years and this is the first time??
      You’re gonna wish you heard them sooner! 😉

    • @Shawney-jf6kc
      @Shawney-jf6kc 3 роки тому

      @@paulhislop4591 ya. I know. I think the reviewers got them there.

    • @signal12hvac
      @signal12hvac 3 роки тому

      very well said

  • @timbates6309
    @timbates6309 3 роки тому +93

    "Legend Of A Mind" is a great trippy song. It starts out with the lyric, "Timothy Leary's Dead".

    • @ETBrenner
      @ETBrenner 3 роки тому +7

      Yay! Another fan of this song!

    • @juliecrane9647
      @juliecrane9647 3 роки тому +3

      @@ETBrenner And then there were three! 😄🎼🎶🎵😂

    • @SG-ct4yn
      @SG-ct4yn 3 роки тому +11

      No, n-n-no he's outside, looking in. :)

    • @pauldevito7476
      @pauldevito7476 3 роки тому +5

      LOVE Legend of a Mind. With Hayward, Lodge, and Pinder all in the same band, Ray Thomas sometimes gets overlooked. He added a lighter touch at times when the band was getting too deep. RIP Ray. Love your flute playing. Beautiful.

    • @justinthyme3396
      @justinthyme3396 3 роки тому +1

      OM!

  • @raiskis1
    @raiskis1 3 роки тому +4

    When they toured America in the 70"s audiences listened to their more mystical songs and started to believe that the band had the answer to the meaning of life. This is their answer.

  • @onsesejoo2605
    @onsesejoo2605 3 роки тому +15

    "For My Lady" is a gem from that album and entirely a different style of song.

  • @bodhisattva3774
    @bodhisattva3774 3 роки тому +42

    The Moody Blues have guided many a psyconaught back to a calm, peaceful place when the trip got too intense. ...or so I've heard. Lol

  • @johnsparks8083
    @johnsparks8083 3 роки тому +25

    Ride My Seesaw, Nights In White Satin, The Quetion, Tuesday Afternoon, and my FAVE Melancholy Man. Enjoy the ride fellas!

  • @WMalven
    @WMalven 3 роки тому +17

    Nights in White Satin, Dawn is a Feeling, Gypsy, The Actor, Out and In, Dear Diary, Question...and on and on and on. A very long list of great songs.

  • @crashcorrigan9733
    @crashcorrigan9733 2 роки тому +3

    These guys put out entire high quality record albums back in the day like they were candy. You could party all night playing nothing but The Moody Blues. They were really that talented.

  • @lreadlResurrected
    @lreadlResurrected 3 роки тому +110

    The Moody Blues did songs that had mystical and metaphysical themes. They had a following that included many fans who looked to them for direction and purpose in their lives. This was their swan song in a manner of speaking. It is the final cut on the last of their essential seven albums (Days of Future Past to Seventh Sojourn) and was a statement to those fans that "we don't have the cosmic answers you think we do - we're just singers in a rock and roll band.

    • @stevemd6488
      @stevemd6488 3 роки тому +4

      Yea was gonna make this same comment, their fans had gone a little apeshit so the bassist wrote this song.

    • @PK1971PK
      @PK1971PK 3 роки тому +5

      Great post! I think Alex understood the essential meaning but just didn't have the context that you provide. Love your avatar--I'm sure you know the link between those essential seven albums and In the Court of the Crimson King. Call it the essential eight--I had and loved them all. When the Moodys broke up after Seventh Sojourn, and then the Wetton era KC did the same, left a great void in my life musically for some time. Moodys later stuff was good, I just never got into them as deep as I had done before.

    • @duncanparsons
      @duncanparsons 3 роки тому +4

      Thank you - you saved me some typing!

    • @lreadlResurrected
      @lreadlResurrected 3 роки тому +5

      @@PK1971PK Don't get me started. :-) I was almost one of those goofy fans myself.
      I was haunted by Greg Lake's voice the first time I heard King Crimson and that album lives forever in my head. Last time I saw the Moodies was a couple of years ago. They were down to Justin, John, and Graeme - and Graeme was kind of going through the motions with a second drummer carrying the bulk of the percussion. I still loved every minute as they performed all of Days of Future Past.

    • @pandacosu8217
      @pandacosu8217 3 роки тому +7

      Well stated. As another person said, you saved me a lot of typing. One other related comment. A lot of their fan base was heavily into acid and really did believe these guys had the answers. Check out the song "Legend of a Mind" about Timothy Leary.

  • @stephaniethurmer5370
    @stephaniethurmer5370 3 роки тому +22

    Just start doing Moody Blues albums. It will be easier on you. First out of the gate should be Days Of Future Passed. Enjoy guys.

  • @butchphaneuf9675
    @butchphaneuf9675 3 роки тому +2

    Been into these guys since 1970. The title "I'm JUST a singer (in a rock n roll band)" I think is the Moodies speaking to that portion of their audience that looked to them for answers to questions about the meaning of life and man's place in the cosmos. Almost as if to say, we have the same questions you do and we're really no better or that much different than you. We have this wonderful universal platform that we can use to communicate what we THINK we've learned from our journeys so far, but don't put us on a pedestal like we're the Supreme Yogi. The driving power of the song I think speaks to the same desperation that's carried by the lyrics. Just my $.02

  • @debbiechang5781
    @debbiechang5781 3 роки тому +7

    I saw the Moody Blues sometime in the 1980’s at Tanglewood, an outdoor venue In Massachusetts. Great concert. Great band. Great reaction. More please? Also, need more female rockers!! Especially Linda Ronstadt. Please🥰

  • @shelleylucus9385
    @shelleylucus9385 3 роки тому +40

    FYI: The Moodies 'Question' was the inspiration for the intro to Heart's 'Crazy on You'...

  • @brucejacobs4026
    @brucejacobs4026 3 роки тому +31

    when you do "Nights in White Satin" you must do the long version!

  • @vaportrails7943
    @vaportrails7943 3 роки тому +3

    Nights in White Satin is their biggest song, by far. Very underrated band. If the technological quality of their recordings wasn’t dated, their stuff would sound even more incredible.

  • @popeye807
    @popeye807 5 місяців тому +1

    You've got to check out the live version. At the end of it the drummer is absolutely exhausted so much so that he almost collapses.

  • @chuckmadden2251
    @chuckmadden2251 3 роки тому +46

    The Moody Blues well is pretty deep, think you guys would enjoy diving in.

  • @fishcultureman
    @fishcultureman 3 роки тому +76

    Everyone below talks about "Nights in White Satin." But if you want a banger, review "The Voice."

    • @jefffiore7869
      @jefffiore7869 3 роки тому +2

      I agree, The Voice is one of my faves from Moody Blues.

    • @whazzuphere
      @whazzuphere 3 роки тому +2

      @@jefffiore7869 Agree. "Tuesday Afternoon", "The Story In Your Eyes" and "Ride My Seesaw" are also excellent songs from the Moody Blues.

    • @stephenriggs8177
      @stephenriggs8177 3 роки тому +2

      Great song, but I preferred Gemini Dream, off that album.

    • @jefffiore7869
      @jefffiore7869 3 роки тому

      @@stephenriggs8177 Yes. They had a LOT of great songs.

    • @tpackdinar
      @tpackdinar 3 роки тому

      Agree

  • @elkeism
    @elkeism 3 роки тому +2

    "the story in your eyes" is a MUST!

  • @thelowe6393
    @thelowe6393 3 роки тому +3

    Justin Hayward and John Lodge are genius writers/arrangers. They were major players in what made 70's music so effing good!!

  • @ashulman2008
    @ashulman2008 3 роки тому +13

    My vote for most underrated band in rock history

    • @Shawney-jf6kc
      @Shawney-jf6kc 3 роки тому

      Hall of fames. They made it!

    • @marktrail8624
      @marktrail8624 3 роки тому +1

      Not underrated, under appreciated totally. George Martin producer of Beatles said the M's were "criminally underappreciated."

  • @dannycasson1551
    @dannycasson1551 3 роки тому +76

    This group is truly Legendary. “Nights In White Satin” is one of the most
    incredible songs ever written. One of my Favorites is “Tuesday “Afternoon.”

    • @gailcox5753
      @gailcox5753 3 роки тому +1

      Every song on that album is incredible. It's a journey that must be taken.😍😍😍

    • @kathynicholson103
      @kathynicholson103 3 роки тому

      I know it was "poppy"", but I've always loved "Wildest Dreams"

    • @stevedem76
      @stevedem76 2 роки тому

      @@gailcox5753 Days of future past is an incredible album, but I grew up listening to it. I'm not sure many young people could wrap their head around it. I love the spoken word part that comes after "The Night"

  • @colleenmelton6735
    @colleenmelton6735 3 роки тому +2

    I am sooo excited!! My boys have finally opened the door to the Moody Blues. Guys they have so many great songs. I do hope you delve in deeper. They really do have it all. Please please check out "Nights in White Satin", "Story In Your Eyes", "Tuesday Afternoon" . There are just too many to name them all. I love their lyrics they are not a band that just throws words together. The words they write mean something. Once again great reaction guys. Lots of love and stay safe.

  • @margaretchayka6878
    @margaretchayka6878 3 роки тому +1

    Can't go wrong with Moody Blues, they have an incredible catalogue of music!

  • @laurentco
    @laurentco 3 роки тому +22

    "Ride My Seesaw" is a great song by the Moodies as well!

  • @jonm1114
    @jonm1114 3 роки тому +49

    The Moody Blues were one of the early groups to put out a concept album. Their second album, Days of Future Passed, has songs that progress through the day, starting with "The Day Begins" and ending with "Nights in White Satin". Two of the songs are real standouts, those being "Tuesday Afternoon" and "Nights in White Satin". I would suggest "Nights in White Satin" is their most iconic song and it would be a good choice for your next Moody Blues song.

    • @charlesofsavage7393
      @charlesofsavage7393 3 роки тому

      I get that the show is singles, but Days of Future Past would be a great longer special show.

    • @thomasm195
      @thomasm195 3 роки тому

      Really the album is just like one never ending song in many styles

  • @ingroundpool
    @ingroundpool 3 роки тому +12

    Pretty sure the constant “Group Vocals” aren’t just one guy, it’s the whole band more or less singing together

  • @dlordmeister
    @dlordmeister 3 роки тому +6

    I'm 34 and the Moody Blues are my all time favorite band!! They have a ton of great music with well written lyrics! I'm excited for you guys to dive into their catalog, be sure to check out - Question, Legend of a Mind, the Story in Your Eyes, Blue Guitar, Forever Autumn, Ride My See-Saw, Voices in the Sky, Living in a Land of Make Believe, New Horizons, The Actor, and many many more

  • @jimigrunge
    @jimigrunge 3 роки тому +20

    "Nights in White Satin"

  • @sallydwyer2735
    @sallydwyer2735 3 роки тому +14

    In concert they are magnificent!

  • @donnawoods8039
    @donnawoods8039 2 роки тому +1

    We used to get high to this group a lot. This is a REAL band, original voices, talented musicians.

  • @ursulaturner7980
    @ursulaturner7980 3 роки тому +2

    OMG!!! I haven't heard this song in soooo long. My momma& I saw them in concert ( may she rest in peace, love you momma❤) they were great!!!✌

  • @andyo3689
    @andyo3689 3 роки тому +77

    More history from the old musician...due to their lyrics and songs a lot of fans were putting the Moodies into Guru status and the guys were NOT having it...hence this song. a fun fact (not too fun for the band) whenever they play their greatest hit Nights in White Satin they have to pay royalties because as young musicians they signed a shady publishing deal that made them customers for their own early music.

    • @grangerjung4129
      @grangerjung4129 3 роки тому +4

      From what Taylor Swift is going through, nothing's changed. Sleazebag companies...

  • @svtinker
    @svtinker 3 роки тому +26

    Nights in White Satin is one of the bookends of rock (be sure to get the long version). And, keep in mind, the writer , lead singer, and lead guitar is 19 when this song was recorded.

  • @magicbrownie1357
    @magicbrownie1357 3 роки тому +1

    One of the best "psychedelic" bands of the 60's/70's. Beautiful music and arrangements and lyrics and production values. Really a gem of a group.

  • @darlenegriffith6186
    @darlenegriffith6186 3 роки тому +2

    The Moody Blues bring back wonderful memories of my youth. I recommend Tuesday Afternoon - it's dreamy and hauntingly beautiful.

  • @roberthalpern5454
    @roberthalpern5454 3 роки тому +29

    There is no band like them. Try the song Question. Its 2 songs in one. Anything from their first 7 albums.

  • @alanhynd7886
    @alanhynd7886 3 роки тому +25

    Nights in white satin, please

  • @davidschecter5247
    @davidschecter5247 2 роки тому +1

    The Moody Blues wrote and performed (impeccably) some of the most gorgeous and uplifting and beautifully produced music in rock and roll history. They didn't trash hotel rooms, they didn't go into drug rehab, they just created magnificent music, as good as any band in history. Five songwriters, four fabulous singers, and a symbiosis unique in rock music given that all of them could write. I hope Andy and Alex explore more of them.
    Oh, and Justin Hayward is one of the most talented songwriters and guitar players of the last 50 years. He is so unbelievably melodic in his guitar writing, and like George Harrison can get to the point really fast and memorably. I don't know if he's better on acoustic or electric, but he is so underrated it is ridiculous. And as a writer, while not as prolific as Lennon, McCartney, and Brian Wilson, I'd put him as close to them as possible in terms of songcraft.
    People keep pointing out the obvious "hits," but the Moodies' deep cuts were as brilliant if not more so than many of the more popular ones. And there are truckloads of them: "After You Came," "New Horizons," "The Land of Make Believe," "Isn't Life Strange," "For My Lady," "Peak Hour," "Voices in the Sky," "The Actor," "Never Comes the Day," "Have You Heard/The Voyage/Have You Heard," "Gypsy," "Out and In," "Watching and Waiting," "It's Up to You," "And the Tide Rushes In," "One More Time to Live," "You Can Never Go Home," "Emily's Song," "Our Guessing Game," "You and Me," "Steppin' in a Slide Zone," "Driftwood," "Survival," "Meanwhile," "Sitting at the Wheel," "Running Water," "Sorry," "Say It with Love," "Never Blame the Rainbows for the Rain," "English Sunset," "Sooner or Later (Walkin' on Air)," etc.

  • @zogger5281
    @zogger5281 3 роки тому +1

    Finally you got to the Moody Blues. Probably their best rocker. Their nice vocals (4 singers), interesting lyrics, great melody, great work on the instruments (lead guitar, bass guitar, drums, and organ), excellent production.

  • @nicolecolson182
    @nicolecolson182 3 роки тому +59

    “Are You Sitting Comfortably?” was written by angels - one of the most beautiful songs I’ve ever heard

  • @gp8209
    @gp8209 3 роки тому +12

    Moody Blues - Nights in White Satin (full version), Question, Tuesday Afternoon
    Days of Future Passed is worth a full listen.

  • @Mubi333
    @Mubi333 3 роки тому +2

    The Moodies got me through my teen years! Their music is so relevant to what we are all going through at this crazy time in history. Poetic and visionary💥
    Please do more.

  • @popeye807
    @popeye807 Рік тому +1

    I have seen a live version of this song and after it finished the poor drummer was absolutely knackered

  • @herbyragan7801
    @herbyragan7801 3 роки тому +61

    The “Days of Future Past” album is a must listen to.

    • @marktrail8624
      @marktrail8624 3 роки тому +1

      just make sure ya give credit to the song by spelling it passed, would be correct.

    • @herbyragan7801
      @herbyragan7801 3 роки тому +1

      @@marktrail8624 my bad

  • @carollandrum9223
    @carollandrum9223 3 роки тому +13

    Justin Hayward is "just" the lead singer for my favorite band of all time. This is a giant rabbit hole to go down!

    • @Jonni1027
      @Jonni1027 3 роки тому

      I saw him perform in 2019 in San Diego at a small club and his voice is still all there and he was able to recreate those beautiful sounds from those wonderful songs. SOOO FUN!

    • @NYCOPERAFAN
      @NYCOPERAFAN 3 роки тому

      John Lodge is the lead singer of this song. Back during the "classic 7" period, 4 of the 5 band members shared vocal duties (usually singing the lead vocals on their individual compositions), even though most of their biggest hits were by Hayward.

    • @carollandrum9223
      @carollandrum9223 3 роки тому

      @NYCOPERAFAN they actually all sang on this particular song but Justin is known as their lead singer.

    • @NYCOPERAFAN
      @NYCOPERAFAN 3 роки тому

      @@carollandrum9223 Incorrect; he EVENTUALLY became known as the lead singer particularly in the mid-1980s and beyond. On the vast majority of songs for the "classic 7" albums from Days of Future Passed to Seventh Soujourn the author of the song is the one who sang it (with a few exceptions mostly of those written by Lodge but not many). Ray Thomas and Mike Pinder's contributions were very distinctive and unique and they sound nothing like Justin. In this song, they mostly all take part but the solo voice is clearly Lodge. Frankly, I think was a far better arrangment than the eventual devolution into the "Justin and John" (mostly Justin) show to which you are alluding.

    • @carollandrum9223
      @carollandrum9223 3 роки тому

      About
      Justin David Hayward is an English musician best known as songwriter, lead singer, and guitarist of the rock band The Moody Blues. Hayward became the group's principal lead guitarist and vocalist over the 1967-1974 period, and the most prolific songwriter and composer of several international hit singles for the band. Wikipedia
      Born: October 14, 1946 (age 74 years), Swindon, United Kingdom
      Spouse: Ann Marie Guirron (m. 1970)
      Music groups: The Moody Blues (Since 1966), Moody Bluegrass, Disaster Plan

  • @markharris5107
    @markharris5107 3 роки тому +3

    Nights in White Satin is the song that vaulted them into the stratosphere. Absolutely essential.

    • @Shawney-jf6kc
      @Shawney-jf6kc 3 роки тому

      Gives me chills to listen to.

    • @SibKiss-hc7zn
      @SibKiss-hc7zn 3 роки тому

      The Question made an impact on my youth, to question why we are always at war

  • @racerfink
    @racerfink 3 роки тому +2

    This is my uncle’s absolute favorite band. He has recreated several of their album covers on canvas for his home.

    • @emmef7970
      @emmef7970 3 роки тому

      They always had the best album covers! Very cool uncle!

  • @FizzFop1
    @FizzFop1 3 роки тому +12

    Love the Moody Blues!!! Ride My See-saw is my favorite. There is no other song like it that I can think of. Especially when you add the Departure intro.

    • @johndef5075
      @johndef5075 3 роки тому +1

      That guitar solo is the shizzle!

    • @dynodon9182
      @dynodon9182 3 роки тому +1

      C'mon, let's push for this one.

    • @ETBrenner
      @ETBrenner 3 роки тому +1

      Yes! That's one of the many reasons why I want them to do a full-album reaction to In Search of the Lost Chord, and why that album is a personal favorite of mine.

  • @cesarnarro6013
    @cesarnarro6013 3 роки тому +5

    Remember early 70's hanging around with friends late night smoking something the Moody Blues usually got put on the turntable at some point.

    • @emmef7970
      @emmef7970 3 роки тому +1

      It's a haze but I remember! lol. :)

  • @christinawoolley6206
    @christinawoolley6206 3 роки тому +1

    Seeing them in concert......with an orchestra...they perform as if you're hearing overlays! Amazing artists! 😽🎶

  • @kenwelch198
    @kenwelch198 3 роки тому +2

    The Moody Blues has a career that spanned three decades. From the 60s well into the MTV era. I can't think of a bad song from them. All are musical masterpieces.

  • @rubentullenaar2934
    @rubentullenaar2934 3 роки тому +21

    Singer Justin Hayward did some amazing singing on Jeff Wayne’s epic album “War of the Worlds”. Check out the song “Forever Autumn”. And you must have heard “Nights in White Satin” though you might not remember it now. It’s one of the most aired song.

    • @Mr-SRG
      @Mr-SRG 3 роки тому +4

      I sold high end home audio equipment and their beautiful Forever Autumn was one of my go to demo songs to make speakers sing.

    • @emmelleperry9956
      @emmelleperry9956 3 роки тому

      Forever Autumn is one of my favorites

  • @markburnam1244
    @markburnam1244 3 роки тому +7

    Instant smiles 🤟😄🤟🎸 Lots of nuggets from them
    1) Question - fast as chit right hand 12 string strumming (that I loooooove playing and singing myself)
    2) Ride my See Saw (upbeat)
    3) Nights in White Satin (despite being a slow song you may very well call it an “S banger”)
    4) Story in Your Eyes
    5) Tuesday Afternoon
    6) Isn’t Life Strange

  • @mikepastor.k6233
    @mikepastor.k6233 2 роки тому +1

    When a Moody's song come on the radio, it just is in a different category that's hard to define. The vocals and orchestral motifs lend it in a way unlike any other band.

  • @827dusty
    @827dusty 3 роки тому +1

    This song was written to people who seemed to think Rock Band members, were somehow more enlightened than all of us "regular" people. They were saying, "We don't know the answers to the world's problems either." "I'm just a singer in a Rock and Roll Band." Very refreshing, and truthful response.

  • @allisonreed7682
    @allisonreed7682 3 роки тому +22

    This was such a pleasant surprise! I love The Moody Blues! I dont think I've ever seen y'all so caught off-guard at the start. This is an incredibly good song. The lead singer, Justin Hayward, is quite active on @The Moody Blues UA-cam channel and has been releasing amazing acoustic performances over the past year. Your next Moody Blues song should be "Question," and then check out "Nights in White Satin" and "Tuesday Afternoon (Forever Afternoon)."

  • @thewarmthofthesun1
    @thewarmthofthesun1 3 роки тому +1

    Live, all three singers would sing this. Towards the end, they each sang "I'm just a singer in a rock and roll band" alone then sang it together as they walked across the stage together. It was a famous move that fans knew to expect.

  • @pinballman1
    @pinballman1 3 роки тому +11

    Never Heard Moody Blues????? "Tuesday Afternoon" - "Knights In White Satin" are both a must listen.

  • @burtonmediaprod
    @burtonmediaprod 3 роки тому +14

    Their early albums were on a different plain. Amazing! They were spiritual and Zen. They were looked to by their fans for "the answer". They responded by saying "I'M JUST A SINGER IN A ROCK AND ROLL BAND".

  • @jfabris
    @jfabris 3 роки тому +20

    The MB lyrics were so trippy, some of their crazier fans literally thought they were some kind of prophets. This song is a reponse to that.

    • @willasacco9898
      @willasacco9898 3 роки тому +1

      That is the best interpretation that I have come across. Now, I understood it better.

    • @Shawney-jf6kc
      @Shawney-jf6kc 3 роки тому +1

      I think their music was so beautiful that people compared them to prophets. I grew up with that music. I lived those days.

    • @cindyspangler3982
      @cindyspangler3982 3 роки тому

      Exactly! Glad someone else understood this tune.

  • @michlkwitz
    @michlkwitz 3 роки тому +1

    I've been waiting for you guys to get to the Moodies. This song just hits sooo hard musically, lyrically, and emotionally. John's bass just smacks you in the face.

  • @Nastyfinger1444
    @Nastyfinger1444 3 роки тому

    My wife loves The Moody Blues. We are both in our sixties. This music is our generation.

  • @petetobey3933
    @petetobey3933 3 роки тому +18

    seeing your faces when the bass starts after the drums at the beginning is the best part of reaction videos... I grew up on this stuff... "The Story in Your Eyes" is my other favorite Moody Blues song...

  • @bullzeyez3236
    @bullzeyez3236 3 роки тому +8

    Nights In White Satin, Question, Tuesday Afternoon. Please 💛💛💛

  • @alfredfarber3385
    @alfredfarber3385 3 роки тому +2

    In their heyday in the late '60s and early '70s, the Moody Blues were known as the smallest symphony orchestra in the universe. They were the real pioneers of progressive rock, and friends with Timothy Leary. Best appreciated on acid.

  • @jono10531089
    @jono10531089 3 роки тому +1

    The combo of 'Procession' and 'The story in your eyes' (need both together) is the most amazing of all their songs. It will blow your mind.

  • @susanklasinski1805
    @susanklasinski1805 3 роки тому +47

    They like to infuse classical instrumentation in their songs. They're not bad live. You should check them out live at Red Rocks. They performed with the Colorado Symphony.

    • @williamlucas4656
      @williamlucas4656 3 роки тому +6

      Saw them at red rocks. What an awesome venue!

    • @susanklasinski1805
      @susanklasinski1805 3 роки тому

      @@williamlucas4656 You're so lucky!

    • @TammiePhillips
      @TammiePhillips 3 роки тому +1

      @@williamlucas4656 I saw that show too - just amazing in that venue 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

    • @jameswilson8433
      @jameswilson8433 3 роки тому

      I was there. I prefer them with Pinder.

    • @knowhere60
      @knowhere60 3 роки тому +1

      Saw them in Foxwood, MA with the live orchestra, great show!

  • @davexvs
    @davexvs 3 роки тому +29

    " ISN'T LIFE STRANGE "
    hits the very core of the emotions
    one of my all time favs of theirs
    deffo worth a listen
    {:-) PAV uk

    • @signal12hvac
      @signal12hvac 2 роки тому

      yes the full version will be my funeral song

  • @garyb9455
    @garyb9455 3 роки тому +1

    THANK YOU for finally getting to The Moody Blues! This band is so under appreciated by rock critics, it’s ridiculous. They are an amazing group of musicians and their versatility is shown on every one of their first eight albums (with their best known line-up, rather than their early British Invasion sound). From the album “Days of Future Passed” through “Octave”, they put out some brilliant music. “Nights In White Satin” is a beautiful piece of music, but must be listened to in its seven and a half minute entirety, which includes “Late Lament”.... and be sure to let it play entirely out for an epic ending! “The Story In Your Eyes”, “Ride My Seesaw”, “You And Me”, “Tuesday Afternoon” and “Question” are all great songs, too. Speaking of “Question”, this song was one of their biggest hits but was originally two separate partial songs, one a protest song and one a love song. They were in need of another song for the album and, being pressed for time, writer and lead vocalist Justin Hayward combined two songs he was working on because they were in the same key! Little did he realize that he would strike gold by doing that!

  • @MoodyMike007
    @MoodyMike007 3 роки тому +6

    Love how you guys are thinking here. I’ve loved this band all my adult life, the number of comments you are getting, with the love that is usually contained within them, tells you everything you need to know!
    Try everything they have done, look for live stuff on UA-cam too, they were sensational.
    The video released for I’m just a singer was awesome too.

  • @briggscopeland6192
    @briggscopeland6192 3 роки тому +19

    Next Moody blues song has got to be nights in white satin! Love y’all’s stuff, keep it up!

  • @surlechapeau
    @surlechapeau 3 роки тому +36

    A&A, Their "The Voice" and "Question" are next for you!!

    • @sallybannister6224
      @sallybannister6224 3 роки тому +1

      Question, has just got to be next, the bass line is amazing, even the slow middle bit is fab, before creeping back into the heart and soul of the track. ❤️

    • @brianlandry6956
      @brianlandry6956 3 роки тому +1

      Wore out the grooves on Question when it came out!

    • @JimGeigerMusic
      @JimGeigerMusic 3 роки тому

      -zzzzzzzzzzzzz

  • @staudtj1
    @staudtj1 3 роки тому

    I'm 65 and the Moody's have been my favorite band for over 40 years. Glad you found them!

  • @thomascanfield9165
    @thomascanfield9165 3 роки тому +1

    Loved how they combined poetry into some of their songs like “Have You Heard”. No one else was that artistic.

  • @barbchittenden4087
    @barbchittenden4087 3 роки тому +23

    I've always liked "question" or "Tuesday Afternoons", and then there is the classic "Nights in White Satin". Any one of those would be a great choice from the Moody Blues.

  • @pastorofmuppets13
    @pastorofmuppets13 3 роки тому +81

    Everything you guys love about progressive rock is most likely traced back in some way to the Moody Blues.

    • @wicky4473
      @wicky4473 3 роки тому +3

      That is so true...

    • @ETBrenner
      @ETBrenner 3 роки тому +2

      Yep. They were definitely out in front of the wave in 1967. Just posted above how Mike Pinder introduced the Mellotron synthesizer to the Beatles, not to mention to the public in general through several albums of Moodys magic, thus firmly anchoring synthesizers into prog rock and into popular music generally.

    • @artrock101
      @artrock101 3 роки тому +1

      @@ETBrenner not to be that guy, but a Mellotron is not a synthesizer.

    • @ETBrenner
      @ETBrenner 3 роки тому +1

      @@artrock101 I stand corrected. I submit though that the Mellotron was a forerunner of the now-ubiquitous "techno-magical keyboards that can make amazing sounds," whose popularity inspired techies to do it better with improved digital technology, eventually resulting in true samplers and synthesizers.

    • @artrock101
      @artrock101 3 роки тому

      @@ETBrenner They are different technologies developed along the same timeline.. a Chamberlain was a precursor to the Mellotron and had been out since the 50s.

  • @kevinbreaux3039
    @kevinbreaux3039 3 роки тому +2

    My dearly departed sister's favorite band. Saw them in concert 3 times with her. This was their closing song every time. Great song to end the concert.

    • @1stltwife
      @1stltwife 3 роки тому

      My condolences but you have these memories! God bless 🙏 🙌❤

  • @izzywong7027
    @izzywong7027 3 роки тому +3

    So glad to see y’all checking out The Moody Blues. They put out some pretty amazing music. Powerful and intense. One of my favorite groups back in the day. And still.