MOODY BLUES, THE ACTOR
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- Опубліковано 7 вер 2024
- "The Actor" is a 1968 song written by Justin Hayward. It was first released on their 1968 album In 'Search of the Lost Chord.' "The Actor" is one of Justin Hayward's signature love ballads. The song's lyrics tell the story of a young woman who falls in love with an actor. However, this love is unrequited, since she only sees the actor once when "The Curtain rises." The song prominently features Justin Hayward singing along with an acoustic guitar. Ray Thomas is also prominently featured playing the flute behind Hayward's voice.
One of FINEST songs EVER composed. This displays the true brilliance and talent forged by the greatest rock band in record history -- The Moody Blues. They are a class act. No one can match them and they will forever be unsurpassed in the genre.
NEVER MY DARLING....🙏😇👽💝
Solidifies & Proof Music IS the Universal Language!
🤟💫☮️💯🧡
Beautifully and poetically stated! Thank you for enjoying such a gorgeous song and sharing your genuine impressions.
Totally agree. The Moodies were the greatest band of their time. I feel sorry for those that never got them, they are missing something beautiful.
100% dead right. 👌
I am 63 now and my late father bought this album for me at Christmas in the early 1970s. Whenever I hear the those sung words 'It's such a rainy afternoon....' I still feel a kind of ethereal joy and tranquillity which I cannot even explain. Most of the greatest bands were not as good as the Moody Blues.
I’m 65 and when I call my wife and she answers the phone hello I still get chills! This song is absolutely perfect! Can’t believe it isn’t played on radio three times a day!
How about in the dark with candles? The best music to relax without drugs.
The Moody Blues is definitely the thinking-person's music.
My all time favorite song by them! What I appreciate so much about them is when they sing and play they mean it and feel what they’re saying! You can literally feel the emotions coming through their music. Moody to me is that delightful icecream cone on a hot summer day…. Thank you moody blues for all your beautiful timeless music ❤
Beautifully worded to convey a genuine conviction. Thank you for your words.
Ray Thomas did a fabulous job on the flute on this track.
WE DO MISS RAY INDEED MY DARLING ❤
Justin simply has one of most beautiful voice's ever.
Yes so hypnotic
Hauntingly beautiful!!! My favorite Moody Blues song!!!
So far 3 people have said hauntingly! Maybe one day I'll understand. I've grown to especially like more of their songs over 37 years. I especially like that their just wonderful guys who Justin said have never had an argument.
I had the Honor to see the Moody Blues in concert in Buffalo NY and I love singing Nights in White Satin in karaoke, & all those kids that use to bully me as a child drop a jaw when they hear me singing karaoke and now buy me 🍻 Beer’s and Shots of Jack Danials but I prefer Yagamister with Johnnie Ryan Black Burch Beer Soda on ice 🧊
No-one in my humble millennial generation seems to friggin' know about the Moodies and it boggles my mind
Like. Musical soulmate friends will be into virtually EVERYTHING adjacent to them! All the key players: Beatles, King Crimson, Klaatu(?! ) , Nilsson, Procol Harum, Dan Fogelberg( ok no one is into Dan Fogelberg. Sorry , pops lol). You get the picture, though!
Mine too....❤️
"The sound I have heard in your hello". This lyric is SO powerful. Powerful, because of how true it is. Often times, it was just a simple "hello" that has caused a man to fall in love with a beautiful woman that noticed him and said his name with a kind "hello".
You mirrored my thoughts exactly about this one simple line, especially after such a devastating pause.
To think Hayward was only 21 when he wrote/recorded this masterpiece!! What a legend 😇
No kiddin, I'm 58 and considered immature. But hey I got great taste!
Sick of you idiots keep making such comments. Expect them to be 31 or 41 to write such stuff?
45 years later this still gives me goosebumps like no other song.
Thanks Jim. I have been really off-mark and not properly attending to my role in saying thanks to viewers for their comments. '45' years is in that general time range for myself as well, and guess what -- it's still good to get a case of 'goosebumps' all these years later. Best Regards
50 years later it still gives me goosebumps!!
I've tried to sing it for...37 years, and the rats are still leavin the ship! BTW: The Moodies have the best sounding harmony in rock, the reason is probably they're, I would say the best individual singers as well. I thought it was Justin that sang "For my Lady," and "And the Tide Rushes In." Then again I'm only 58 !
I’m 41 so I’ll say 20 😂
So beautiful!!!!💚💚💚
Justin's melodies are so hauntingly beautiful.
Not sure what comes first-- the haunting. or the beautiful, whatever, but it knows
how to stir those of us with deep hearts
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For those who've been blessed with knowing true love at least once in your life this song hits your heart, & brings tears to my eyes. I've known that love. My prayers are that everyone can experience love like this at least once in their lives. What an amazing song. What an amazing voice. Peace!
I'm 65 and have only dreamt of this feeling. I would love to feel it in reality!
I'm no expert on love, but I believe I had experienced true love briefly once or twice in my life. This is definitely a song that touches one's soul and makes you want to sing along to Justin's wonderful voice.
@@capturedangel139 it is possible. Dont lose hope sister.
I agree completely. For me, another Moodies song that does this is "Isn't Life Strange, " especially the hard-to-find longer version with the Chamberlin solo: ua-cam.com/video/3h57gzR2juo/v-deo.html Also, the live version of that when the trumpets ring out @4:08 in ua-cam.com/video/9WZZjXgJ4W8/v-deo.html
We are never too old to learn. I heard this for the first time tonight!
Bless your heart! I didn't start listening to them until I was 20 in '81. Join the club?
Ken Blight Is true
One of Justin's best
Congrats, Ken. Welcome to the hypnotic universe called Moody Blues music.
Justin's voice is just stunning!! I love this song, so romantic, so lovely... What a special gift he has. He sing's of his life, fun and carefree....🥀🥀🥀🥀..2022...
red are your roses
Such a stunning sound. Justin paints a vision with his songs. The moodies were his canvas!😎🇦🇺
Not only is this a great tune, but it's an extremely well-produced recording.
Producers are intregal to any band:
Ezrin; Parsons; Spector, etc.
I was on a hiking holiday with an organisation called the CHA at Llanfairfechan in August 68 [anybody who was there reading this?] and someone had brought the new Moody Blues LP. It was played a lot during that fortnight. Whenever I hear that haunting melody on the flute by Ray, (RIP) I am transported back in time to that holiday and the sixties of course. Justin , well what can I say, superb voice, songs and guitarist.I became hooked on them then and have been a fellow traveller on their journey ever since and I count it a privilege. What a band!
This song meant so much to my husband and I, as well as, so many Moody Blues songs. I posted this beautiful collage today, to honor our love, on the 2nd anniversary of his death. Thank you for putting this together. It is lovely.
Am so sorry for your loss
Justin had one of the best male voices ever during their heyday, and the music is eternally great.
I my humble opinion, the greatest lover song ever written. The lyrics, Justin's vocal performance and the musical backwash carry you to place where a man's heart and a woman's heart are longing for each other.
So well put--I am impressed. Appreciate you taking the time to share! : )
I disagree. The longing is to be whole, to be man and woman in yourself. To become whole. The romantic thing is a trap in the Matrix.
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It's actually the OPPOSITE of a love song...He is yearning for her to love him as much as he loves her....
@@godbluffvdgg exactly, but he's with someone else.. and the only thing they know comes so easily. get it?
OMG...my very favourite MB song. I just Astro-projected back to1974. Wow. What a voice. Gorgeous.
Hayward's voice is stunning and so is John Lodge's background vocals. This and Emily's song are 2 of my favorites. .
What a wonderful sweep of emotion - Hayward is masterful.
Years ago a young handsome man played this song for me. We had just met. He said when I spoke to him it felt like someone hit him with a sledge hammer. Everytime I play it now I close my eyes I feel like he's standing there. One of my favorites of theirs. Thx for sharing,
Cannot get this song out of my brain.Another moodies masterpiece. So damn beautifully haunting.
I think this is one of the very best love song ever made
Great song by one of the greatest groups ever.
no question
Between The Moody Blues and Pink Floyd, both of which I enjoy listening to, I feel that The Moody Blues are a little more easier to listen to and so admire their chord arrangements and lyrics. Don't get me wrong, I enjoy Floyd, but they have put me to sleep at times.
the afc west always has the best qb s
The goosebumps, body tingles, tears in the eyes!
That's got to be the lovelyest elaboration I've ever heard! And it's Friday too?
And? And?
This song was made for a rainy Sunday afternoon with someone you're in love with. And who loves you.😘⛄
This song and all of MB music resonates now as much or maybe more than ever.... I hope we all can feel the deepest meaning to life's questions
I love this song AND the band. Unparalleled in my opinion. I just don't tire of their sound, it's so calming and other worldly. And who doesn't need calm, and wish they were in another world, beside this one we're currently in? All of us, right?
I have a new crush on Justin Hayward....and I'm too old for that kind of thing. Great song. I've never heard it before. Glad I didn't miss out completely
You're NEVER too old to have a crush on Justin! I've harbored a crush on him for about 30 years now. ;)
Most of these comments are from years ago..... These masterpieces are needed in 2022 more than ever... Words and music for all life in the universe
Justin Hayward has the most beautiful voice of all time! Thank you for this gift!!!!
THE GREAT MOODY'S BLUE'S.....I LISTEN TO THEM EVERY DAY.....🙏😇💗
i cry everytime i hear the flute playing by Ray Thomas! :(
The chorus/refrain is so haunting, that it has always given me chills.
I remember in the Army and feeling utterly alone at times (and yet at peace). I would just put this song on and sit quietly behind a tree or building or HUMVEE and eat my dinner and watch the day slip to night and think of my fiance (now wife) and where she is, what she was doing, how she was doing. It always made me calm (along with Nights in WS).
Was my soundtrack, US Army 1974'77. MP CORP.K-9,THANKS FOR SERVING OUR AMERICA. 🇺🇸
What a perfectly realized song. And his voice was really something else and then all the musicians blended with the flute and the acoustic guitar and everything. Wow, so great.
Actually, the first album had a different lineup, but it was a second album with nights in White satin that began a terrific run.
My favorite MB song. Still get goosebumps and can listen to it over and over again like it was the first time. One of the most brilliant works of musical composition ever.
That yearning, earnest sound in Justin's voice on "OH, darling" gets me EVERY TIME. ❤ Reminds me of my late husband.
His voice, the band, the lyrics, and the music - so moving.
A truly timeless classic that will never fade away.
I so agree. There is no one that compares with the MB's. In a few seconds of playing any number of their hits I feel the special effects of their artistry take hold of me. Hard to believe it's not being controlled by some form of preventative governmental agency : ) Glad you took the time to write! Appreciate it!
My favorite Moody Blues song.....
RIP Ray Thomas.
This album was in my 8 track the day it came out....,and drove around college blasting See Saw....takes me back to '67 where did the time go....and what happened to music today??? All their albums magic.....music will never be this enjoyable, sit back and dream, traveling but nothing required...the MB very clever sliding with a chord , bottom-top-and down a step...just listen to the hook...what great music
Painfully beautiful song that reminds me of a sensitive soul that has departed, RIP Kevin Keely.
And I as well. RIP Nanda Devi Unsoeld. You can Google her. The gentlest, most beautiful soul I have ever met.
Loved this one always..stunningly beautiful and haunting.
Me too
One of my very favorites from The Mood Blues!
Super!
One of those rare songs that hit you in the gut and instantly provides a lump in your throat. So sad that so few know and appreciate this song.
Justin's voice is just awesome in this song
It was not well known, but those who found it, seem to love it.
I loved making it and took many photos in many places to assemble a background
Love this song I have heard it before, it is so beautiful has so much great meaning 👍🏼❤️
Such a classic track!
That's for sure! Thks for taking the time to write!
Sin duda es un grupo fuera de serié que grandes y hermosas canciones compusieron a través de tantos años
Such a subtle emotional song with a nice contribution from Ray Thomas... There's a tear.
beautiful song...
This song will always be my introduction to "The Word" and "OM" for aren't we all searching to strike that hidden chord within us?
Fabulous illustrations to a timeless song. Hard to believe that was 1968, 45 years ago...
This is just a perfect love song.Justin sings and writes from his soul.Thats why so many can relate to his words.
‘And the only truth we know comes so easily ...’
Such truth.
A first-rate and typical Justin Hayward masterpiece of beautiful melody that exemplified the Moodies throughout their career, along with that inimitable, full-blown wall of sound. Not content to just write a good song, they made listening to it an immersive voyage. The album this song is on, In Search of the Lost Chord, is my personal favorite. It's the second of the so-called Core Seven.
All the so called Core Seven are a set of 'Seven Wonders' its hard to pick the best album, they are all beautiful. I've always thought side two of To Our Children's Children's Children is absolutely faultless, with every song one of my favourites. My personal favourite song is New Horizons from the Seventh Sojourn album, out of the five band members, Justin's songs were the best for me.
I've been listening to the Moodys since I was a teen. I am now 68,soon to be 69. I still love the Moodys and I am playing my guitar and singing The Actor. What a wonderful song ❤. JeffreyBradfield.
Good call on their music being underated; Days of Future Passed was released in 1967, but it took another 5 years before it was appreciated on mainstream radio. Their songs have always been personal to me. Listening to the opening of "nights in white satin", alone at night in my room with a few beers, taking me back to my memories, is something special to me. If music be the food of memories, play on....
A magical love song, hauntingly soulful.
I wish this feeling I could share 🎶🎶 it's so poignant and beautiful... the sound I have heard in your hello aaaah ahh ahh
Their Music is so magical. It needs only the pictures in your mind and away you go!
Terry Hurlburt Sorry Terry for my neglect in acknowledging your vivid note. It's so true about the magical part of the MB's music, plus the length of time that their quality and imaginative work has survived and has even grown in scope all these years later. I find that magical as well.
Terry Hurlburt Totally....
Background vocals sound as if angels
Lost for words ...
Hauntingly Magnificent!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
beautiful song. Love the Moodies. and such a beautiful, wonderful video. nice job. I can tell it was a true labor of love. thanks for sharing with us
Perfectly captures the essence of romantic wistfulness. Simply delightful, atmospheric, and transcendent.
I really love the addition of the rain effects. Really sets a mood. One for my favorite kind of day.
+Ellen Yarbrough You are the first to share such a note about the details we work hard to
incorporate into some videos. Yes, in my youth I did love the rain, and had a tendency to
run around in it until someone told me it was 'dangerous.' Ah, how caution always seems
to pick away at our youth and send us closer towards the pinpoint of a rational adulthood.
I love the subtle thunder and rain you added. It sounds like it belonged there in the original.
Wonderful song by my favourite singer: number 10 in my top 500
awesome..love it. got to see them about 18 years ago and it was an awesome time. forth row,center. I hollered out, "The Actor Justin," he looked at me like, wow, why don't we have that in our set tonight. definitely a moment..😎
Wish I could have shared that with you--so cool!
Outstanding.
I remember listening and loving this song when I played "In Search of the Lost Chord" back in 1969. Heard the Justin Hayward sing his song many years later at Konocti Harbor resort on the shore of Clear Lake in Northern California.
I used to live in Holland on the North Sea. I discovered the Moody's in the early '70's in L.A. and their music has more or less been the soundtrack to my life. And this song amongst them all has always summed up both me and my great affection and admiration for their style of song. Justin, Ray on the flute, the whole band and their devotion to one another and their craft, they always carry me away somewhere and I love it. Thank you for the post. I needed to hear this again today...
THE MOODY BLUES: THE SUBLIME SOUNDTRACK TO OUR LIVES. PERFECT.
I first heard this live at The Running Mare Cobham. You could touch Justin Hayward and John Lodge from where we stood.
What a voice and lyrics!
It's really, really beautiful love song, I love you Justin....
When I used to take breaks as a music teacher, I would cruise around the corner to the McDonald's and fill up on fries and double cheeseburgers. Then I would play this and Tuesday Afternoon, Legend of a Mind through a portable CD player, but I discovered the 1/8 micro-stereo input plug on the headphones would phase cancel the front vocals if I halfway plugged it in to the CD player. Nothing beats the beauty of those background tracks. Chain smoking in total heaven.
Chain-smoking to the MOODY BLUES? Somehow..............
This song is constantly in my head at the moment - best earworm ever - so when I was creating a new playlist today it was the first one I chose. Such a beautiful song, it gives me goosebumps and brings tears to my eyes.
Beautiful
It is, thanks for sharing a thought. You look like a nice couple!
The Moodies are up there with the best.....even the greatest....
Awesome song! I love the Moody Blues. :)
Brilliant video for one of the most hauntingly beautiful songs Justin Hayward has ever written ... Bravo!
This song enters straight into our souls and make it like a freedom scream!
Excellent!!!
Is there anything justin cannot write play and sing .Wonderful songwriter but thats not enough he plays and sings with so much feeling .A true great
maurice kirkham That is for sure. Even in his solo appearances he gives you nearly everything you came to experience at a full concert.
TreasureLeaf true, saw him November. Sound was crystal clear ,beautiful, nuanced, highly recommend his solo performances.
Jackie kirkham you can feel what he’s feeling as he belts it out. A true artist
I missed a chance to see Justin when he played solo in my town a couple of years back. I regret that and hope he returns.
My hat goes off to you for such a beautifully structured montage photo show accompanying this immortal classic by Justin Hayward...You totally get the essence of good video editing....too many others out there think that loading a series of disparate images per verse somehow lends their undertaking a degree of panache but it of course it doesnt-all they manage to do is overwhelm the eye with a lot of loud images whilst the ear strains to listen....You, on the other hand, have created an aesthetically pleasing, artistically sound work that offers thematic unity and artistic imagination as well as integrity. Thank you!
Perfectly stated Doyle.The pics./video flowed as one with the music, which I thought was the purpose. Duh, how simple minded of me.I've loved the Moody Blues since growing up in the sixties and saw them at the Denver Coliseum in 1970. It doesn't get any better than their incredibly versatile repertoire, from rock 'n roll to, as I've heard stated before, the smallest symphony orchestra in the world. Blending my two favorite genres. They've truly provided a bit of heaven for me these many, many years.I'm into classical now but still listen to them quite frequently...and this song is one my favorites.
Hi Rick,
Yes, all you said is quite true. I have seen the Moodys live 3 times and each time there are multiple generations at their concerts. Probably with parents and grandparents, but for a band from the Rock era to have multiple generations of fans is incredible. They have a classical music background and influence that is undeniable as well. They are just a damned good band, and really there is no band like them. I love Pink Floyd and Yes, but not as much as I love the Moodys.
I agree about the Beatles hype (glad no one can come beat me up & any nasty reply I can just delete!), they were a totally talented group of grand musicians, but the comparison doesn't mesh with me. Probably because they were a different genera maybe? But back then everyone lumped all this type of music and these type of bands as rock n roll.... Now, I think we've evolved enough in our aesthetic to separate them, most of us anyway who know about real music. Thanks much Treasure for posting!
Thank you for the video. Lovely song...
THE SOUND OF YOUR HELLO~~~~SO ROMANTIC~~~~~
Superb sound !
Beautiful!
My big brother Rob Roy R. God rest his soul introduced me to this outstanding band and every time I listen to there music it brings back memories of how he knew what real meaningful music was supposed to do uplift you and make your spirit and soul sore like an eagle. R.I.P. Brother 😇
I am getting flashback thinking of those I used to associate with arer all gone from my life and all I have is the music..........I treasure listening to the majesty captured in their albums......it suprises me the different thoughts that come to my mind......thanks for the moodies.
I always loved this song my favorite from the lp " In Search of the lost chord " 50 years ago