The Moody Blues took us for a Ride | College Students' FIRST TIME REACTION!
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The fact that it took until 2018 for there induction into the rock and roll hall of fame when I see rap artist and others going before them is unbelievable. 70 million albums sold.
Just like YES! Bullshit!
Ahh, I wouldn't sweat that too much. The RRHOF is a known joke at this point.
I agree the hall is a joke
And the ones still not in
I agree that groups that deserve to be in the RRHOF are often overlooked for some crap artists. The Guess Who should be in there too but aren't.
It's almost unfair to listen to single Moody Blues songs (even though this song was released as a single). If anybody was an "album band", at that time, it was them.
Yup....much like pulling a single Pink Floyd song out of the middle of an album. You immediately lose all context and it cheapens the listening experience considerably.
When you have 4 Lead singers the harmonies go off the charts.
The song, written by bassist John Lodge is about escaping the rat race. He was disillusioned after finishing school and getting a job. So he joined a Rock and Roll band. Ofcourse! S tier for me. Especially because of Justin Haywards vocals and guitar riffs. The album has to be enjoyed in its entirety. From "Departure" on.
I've thrown "Om" on as the last song on just about every mixtape/compilation CD/playlist I've made for people since I started making them.
My daughter said she would never take me to a MB concert because I would sing louder than them.😂😂
@@aileenturrietta7553 Not louder than me!😄
@@LeChaunce To hear the sun....
@@lisamorrison2149 I'm all in!!!
Saw the band probably 10 times never disappointed. Another timeless compilation of musicians who invented a sound, that will endure.
When I was young, this was one of my go to tripping soundtracks....😁
"Question," "Legend of a Mind," and "Tuesday Afternoon" are outstanding choices from the "classic period" of Moody Blues, but eventually you'll want to hit their 1986 resurgence with "In Your Wildest Dreams": easily one of the best songs of the 80s.
Definitely "Question" next! Other tunes are fantastic too
I love their 80s music! "The Voice", "I Know You're Out There Somewhere", and "The Other Side of Life" are particular favorites.
Question, Legend Of Mind and Tuesday Afternoon are all great choices This whole album is great, especially side 2.
That would be Tuuuuuuuuuuuuuuesday Aaaaaaaaaaaaternoon.
Question is my fav as well
A&A, their “The Voice” and “Question” are Outstanding and next for you!!
Question is good. I’d like to see them listen to Tuesday Afternoon.
@@leetroy3129 Absolutely
"Question" fo show!
i want them to react to tuesday afternoon. it sounds more like nights in white satin. question and voice are good.
The Story in Your Eyes rocks. The entire Every Good Boy Deserves Favour album is worth checking out.
Great song. I forgot about that one. I think they already reacted to it already though
That is my favorite Moody Blues song!
Already done ("Story")
This song was written by bassist John Lodge, and sung, mainly in unison, by Lodge, guitarist Justin Hayward, flutist Ray Thomas, and keyboard/pianist Mike Pinder. It was their encore song for concerts since the late 60's
Such a great song, as so many of their songs are. Very innovative band for all times. Loved Moody Blues 💙. S tier for me
Most flutists for some reason are not well known for their singing.
So maybe Ray Thomas and Ian Anderson are in a very small club.
Mike Pinder the keyboardist playing the Mellotron worked for that company on the side acting as tech repair and sales guy. He was friends with the Beatles, Stones, and Yes which led these groups to use the device on Tomorrow Never Knows, Strawberry Fields Forever, The Fool On the Hill Bungalow Bill, lRevolution 9, Stones: 2000 Light Years from Home, Roundabout....Yes opened for The Moodys.....so shows their influence in releasing the first Prog concept album themselves and then spawning early 70s prog in Yes
Mike made so many adjustments to his Mellotron that, when it began to not work properly, the company repair rep who looked at it gave up. "It ought to be called a Pindertron", he said, because Mike had fiddled so much with it.
@@reginag4053 ...LOL!
Mike added his own arrangement of tapes to the Mellotron too. So he could play what sounds like different instruments with each hand on one Mellotron.
Initially, the Moody's couldn't afford to buy a Mellotron, but found a used one in some sort of old folks home or other facility and bought that one.
Intelligent music from a chaotic place in time.
Woo! The Moody Blues are my favorite! I'm glad to see them here again!
moody blues reads like a tolkien novel - amazing imagery with words
Love the wall of sound vocals. As with many songs of this time period, imagine hearing this come out of an AM radio in 1968. Like so many of their songs, revolutionary for it's time. It's hard to see it through that lens in 2022, but at the time?? Holy smokes! There was nothing else on the landscape like it.
For us who listened to this in '68, this is S tier all day.
Even into the 70s - the string of concept albums from the Moody Blue were close to perfection. The lenses of time have affected how someone just hearing them could miss the magic. It's like opening an old yearbook for us... we look at Megan and she's still perfection - but when your son sees the picture he doesn't get it.
It's hard to imagine for me, sure. I didn't listen to it until the late 80s (not my fault, age is a factor). I loved it immediately.
To anyone who has seen them live, doesn’t it sound so musically perfect if you close your eyes? I was so impressed by them
2016, Saw them on their Fly Me High Tour...best concert ever, hands down in my then 61 years of life, and to this day!
I saw them live and they were disinterested and going through the motions - sorry
I’ve seen them 3 times back in the 90’s. The 2nd time was like that…. Just going thru the motions. Not great. The other 2 times were amazing. They are human after all.
You must hear "Legend of a Mind" and "The Afternoon," which is also known as "Tuesday Afternoon!"
Also again. This was during the war when a lot of people were singing about finding or creating a new world or utopia where people can be truly free.
Wish, you would chose : The Voice, Tuesday Afternoon, or Question, these are more entrancing, and such wonderful musical, and lyrical, masterpieces.
There’s literally hundreds of Moody Blues songs they could choose and I’d be happy!
very true
YES. Both of them
I like all of their albums except for Long Distance Voyager. Two good songs and the rest is trash.
@@djray369 really?? 🙄🤔😳
Lyrics:
[Chorus 1]
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
[Verse 1]
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
[Chorus 2]
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
[Verse 2]
Left school with a first class pass
Started work, but as second class
School taught one and one is two
But by now, that answer just ain't true
[Bridge]
(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)
[Verse 3]
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
[Chorus 3]
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
[Outro]
Ride my see-saw
Ride, ride
Ride my see-saw
Ride my see-saw
Ride my see-saw...
They always closed their concerts with this one. The core 7 albums need to be done in their entirety. Great tune and reaction.
and in order, please .imho, each album is a chapter, together a "book"
I concur. All 7 in order in their entirety. I saw the Moodies in 1989. They did not disappoint. Excellent sound, even though they played outside in a parking lot.
Core 7 + Long Distance Voyager.
I'm just a Singer (In a Rock n Roll Band) is another great one!..The Live version is banging!!!!...Graeme Edge (drummer) goes Animal (Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem) from the Muppet Show...hahaha...it's effn awesome!!!!!
They've reacted to that one: ua-cam.com/video/1Y6gJ90ubgk/v-deo.html
(not the live version, though)
Love that song, good choice, have not heard it in a long time.
They've done that one. They really liked it.
They reacted to the song a year ago, but they have not reacted to the live version. Can you recommend a specific live version?
Excellent choice-love ‘I’m Just a Singer’! (Just never really liked ‘Seesaw’ very much. 🤷♀️)
The Moody Blues were the first progressive rock/ pop band!
Most Moody Blues songs are understood/appreciated better as a part of the whole album. They were definitely an album band. Writing singles was not their thing, but they have some really awesome albums! Days of Future Passed or On the Threshold of a Dream are 2 of my favorites (& I still have my original copies of!!). A good poll would be to see which Moody Blues album we all would vote first for you to listen to 😄
I realize this is a common view but I respectfully disagree. The 1974 *This Is The Moody Blues* compilation is a better produced and tracked way to get into the band than the albums. This song included is stronger on the compilation because the guitars are turned up more in the mix, which the album version needed, you can barely hear them!
@@Trendyflute I agree that the mixing got better as newer tech became available. I guess I was going more on the over all feel & flow of their songs & how their albums told a story with a definite beginning, middle & end. That being said, music is subjective & leaves room for differing views. I guess we know which album you’d vote for 😀. Valid points.
Seventh Sojourn is my first vote. It's hard as I really love Every Good Boy Deserves Favor. Moody Blues really made amazing albums.
Seems like all the bands at the time were going psychedelic in that time period but the Moody Blues took it to a whole different level
You are right there Sis. That whole intro/experience w nature, described what I went through too and has stayed w me my whole life. Reality is so beautiful, and my ability to - be able to - accept or appreciate it has to do with me and my choices and circumstances ..
They invented prog rock. I see so many sites saying it was The Court of the Crimson King, but the Moody Blues hit it years earlier with Days of Future Passed. Both albums are great, but the Moody Blues really hit it off.
I love this song so much, Moody Blues forever 💙💙💙✌️👏😎
The sixties haven't been the same without the music of Moody Blues. Coming home late, going to bed and listen to them in headphones.........flying away to somewhere else.
Growing up in the 80s, you heard two Moody Blues songs on the radio, Knights in White Satin and this.
You heard The Voice, and Gemini Dream
My favorite Moody Blues song is "Question" , it has everything. Check it out , you will love it!
It's really two songs in one. Justin Hayward said he had these two incomplete pieces, one a protest song, one a love song, both in the key of C, but was at a loss as to how to complete them. He answered that dilemma by stitching those two pieces seamlessly together to make a great song. Nancy Wilson of Heart said she used "Question" as the inspiration for the acoustic intro to "Crazy On You."
My favorite too!
Indeed. "Question" is the answer... Er, sorry, couldn't resist. Damn good song, though. You want introspective, pseudo-profound lyrics, without the pseudo--they ARE profound, actually! ) It's SUCH the good song!
That was the first song I'd heard by them. Been a fan ever since.
@@joescott8877 The "answer" coming at the end. Profound.
Their first 7 albums are classics. One of the most under appreciated bands of all time. Nobody did it like The Moodies.
Each album is a packaged EXPERIENCE. Should be played all together.
There's always got to be somebody who says a famous band was underrated. Nobody underrated The Moody Blues then or now.
Tuesday afternoon or question for your next moody blues song. This is one of the smoothest best tracks by them :D.
I love everything The Moody Blues put out there, starting from the 60’s!👍👏👏👏🍾🍷🩵💎
"...and to name the chord is important to some, So they gave it a word and the word is...OM"
A good song, but I would have picked Tuesday Afternoon as the next Moody Blues song that they needed to do.
Hopefully they'll get to that one soon
But Only if it's the Long version of course!!!
Never was a truer statement posted…
There is no wrong song from the Moody Blues. One of my all time favorites. Andy I think you are really coming around to appreciating the 60's
Love that song.
Such a great band. One of the best ever. Great singers and writes combining Rock classical and folk on acid. This is pure art.
My older brother bought this single when it was released in 1968. I absolutely fell in love with it and the Moody Blues, having bought Go Now in 1965 when it was released. I was 12!
Same, "Go Now" was a great start to a wonderful career, and them being my GOAT band, not ignoring Beatles, and a plethora of others, but for great consistency it MB's all the way.
@@emilyflotilla931 Consistency. Key word.
@@paulbrinkman5631 💯
I have to agree about the volume of the guitar! Justin Hayward is an absolute beast on the guitar and needs to be heard! Next, check out “Tuesday Afternoon (Forever Afternoon),” which is the first part of the song “The Afternoon” on “Days of Future Passed.” It really should be heard in its entirety, as "The Afternoon," not just the "Tuesday Afternoon" part of the song. Feel better quickly, Alex!
The guitar is turned up in the mix on the _This Is The Moody Blues_ compilation version and it does help a lot!
I forgot how good this was. Listening to this with good headphones really highlights how talented these guys are. Guess I took it for granted. Wow!
Awrighty boys! Glad you finally got here. The Moody's were much bigger than people know.
“Legend of a Mind” is the other great song from this album and is a must-listen.
I’ve been watching and waiting for you to discover more moody blues
"Watching and waiting for a friend to play with"
The central theme of this album is finding yourself through music...yes it is a concept album
The Moody Blues were great pals with a guy named Timothy Leary. They even wrote a song about it all.
They kept their jobs for 45 years. This group has longevity.
A&A, seeing as you don't do vids on Tuesdays, a nice Tuesday bonus should be Tuesday Afternoon. Great song!
thats a cool idea
@@TheConservativeinaction Thanks!😎
A&A as people are asking for Tuesday Afternoon, that one is on Days of Future Passed as "The Afternoon: Forever Afternoon (Tuesday?)". A title with parenthesis and punctuation!
This song was not intended to stand alone. The music in this album follows the album title. It's in search of the lost chord. "Departure" and "Ride My See Saw" are establishing the futility of life, leading to searching for more meaning. Along the way (in the album) they resort to drugs (Legend of a Mind), learn meditation and end up with religion ("Voices in the Sky","The Best Way to Travel", "The Word", "OM"). I'm shooting from the hip, here. But in the 70's when I was high, I could explain the whole thing.
About as "rock" a sound as you'll hear from The Moodies. Always been one of my faves of theirs.
Auditory beauty at its best.
Sometime around 1970 or 71, a kid down the street offered to trade albums with me. He offered 2 Moody Blues albums, “Future Passed” and “Lost Chord”, which he hated because it had “orchestra music” on it. I held out, though, until agreed to throw in Zeppelin 3 (which he hated because it had acoustic guitars). In exchange, I gave him two Top Hits compilation albums I had been given for my birthday. He thought he was putting one over me because the compilations were both double-albums; he was getting 4 records in exchange for 3.
I only got to see the Moodys live once. They could only play in cities with a symphony orchestra that was willing to be their backup band. Fortunately I was able to catch them at Woodlands Pavilion with the Houston Symphony while all the key members were still alive.
Beautiful classic, Tuesday Afternoon, and Evening, The Other Side of Life are my favorites MB tunes.
Hi guys. Can’t wait for this I love the Moody Blues. I’m off today so I actually get to watch this when it first plays so excited
This was a concept album about discovery. The opening "Departure" was written by drummer Graeme Edge, who passed away late last year, defining the journey to find "God". The song was written by John Lodge who was raised as evangelical Christian. He eschewed use of drugs or involvement in meditation and other 60's activities, although the others partook. He originally wanted to be an engineer and attended college to become one. He was disillusioned with his job in the industry and did, at his friend, Ray Thomas' (Moody flautist, singer and composer) encouragement, join the Moody Blues. Lodge is also the falsetto voice you hear.
SHROOMS!! Gents, the search begins! This i8s the opening to a great album
“Question” is a heater from the Moody Blues.
I think their song Question should be next for you guys. The middle part of that song is so pretty it makes me feel like crying.
Guys this was released in 1968. The arrangement is outstanding. And I think of the see-saw as the ups and downs of life. 😎
Oh yeah, this one’s a banger! 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 but truly an albums band if ever there was one.
This entire album needs to be heard on Patreon. But 'Legend of a Mind' should still be done on this channel.
My wife and I with a couple friends saw them in concert around 30 years ago. They closed with this song. Love this song along with Nights In White Satin. Great in concert.
I saw them then!
My freshman roommate was an excellent guitarist who also had echoic memory. He could listen to a song and have the chords worked out in minutes, the solos within a couple of hours. He was a huge Moodies fan, and over the course of the two trimesters we shared a room, he learned the entire catalog. He also flunked out of school, but at least he could play every Moody Blues song.
“I went to a little bit of a different place for awhile there..” Yep!! this is the Moody Blues, that’s *Exactly* what you’re Supposed to do!! Lol! 😉😆😁👍 Please, keep on Diving Deeply into MB.. they’re such an amazingly unique group with diverse subjects and deep meaning material.. imho no one could possibly regret their time spent listening to and learning from.. the Moody Blues!🤩 (same as with Pink Floyd and some others you’re checking out!) Cheers 👋 from 🇨🇦 👍😁🙏
Yep, as well as Yes ("Close to the Edge," "Tales from Topographic Oceans") and Genesis (esp. "Duke," and "Seconds Out" Live)
Love that short but sweet guitar solo. So much energy!
Moody Blues songs are more layered than a nine layer bean dip, both with meanings and with sounds. A lyric might sound self-explanatory, but there's a message wrapped within the message wrapped within a message. Their music is never boring and forever intriguing and so glad you guys have been hooked by their mystical power.
You guys really need to listen to this entire album.
One if the best concerts I ever saw. Period.
One of my favorite from "The Moody Blues"!
Absolutely magical harmonies! ❤
Yep Classically trained musicians writing and singing acid rock. Ah Psychedelic man
Wow I recall almost all of the lyrics from 54 years ago. Now remembering what I did yesterday, that’s problematic 😎
Lol. Just remember your address and you'll be fine.
You definitely want to hear "Question", an absolute masterpiece. But it's hard to go wrong on almost anything from the Moody Blues.
This is one of their best hits! The way the bass relentlessly drives the song is intense.
My favorite rendition of this song was on "The Present Tour." The concert was played on KLOS Los Angeles, but not made into an album as it should have been. As far as I know.
I have so much fun listening to them interpret songs and groups.
Every album was a "concept", listen to them all !! Keep it up !!
My uncle is a very good painter, mostly oils. He’s a huge Moody Blues fan too. He’s made his own versions (close recreations with personal touches) of some of their more iconic album covers, such as the one you just showed.
Highly recommend covering this album in entirety on Patreon. Brilliant start to finish
Justin Hayward and John Lodge released an album together called “Blue Jays” that is just beautiful.
Absolutely great live! Cold and rainy day under a tarp but still a great show!
That's a trip. All the hundreds of time I've heard this song and never even knew there was an intro to this until now. Every version I ever had or heard on the radio must have always been the single version.
Man, I had forgotten how cool the opening to this song was...
Recently while going through a box I found a ticket stub from a Moody Blues concert in April 1972. The venue probably held 8 or 9 thousand people. The music was great but one of my most vivid memories was of the smoke from the weed. It was so thick I could barely see the band. Almost dream like.
In the last song on that LP, they found the lost chord they were looking for.
Always thought the Moody Blues set the stage for Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon with these studio experiments added onto songs. Always underrated, never disappointing.
Maybe because radio isn't the greatest place to promote entire albums. Hearing the songs together makes such a big difference. Same thing for Pink Floyd, and even hard rocking Van Haylen--listen to the each entire album, and a bunch of good songs together makes for GREAT listening.
Floyd was performing tunes from Dark
Side as early as 69. ✌️
The "Core Seven" albums from the Moodies are required listening. Prog rock at its best, and most of the best tracks are deep cuts that weren't singles. The albums are concept albums and are meant to be listened to in their entirety in one sitting. After taking a break in the mid-70s, they reemerged as more of a pop band, but still put out some excellent music. And yes, this is the greatest album cover art ever. You really need to find it on vinyl and hold it in your hands to experience its full awesomeness.
Crying for the memories. This song was meant for an older me. ,,,, You wonder how much psychedelics they (we) did? Their music designed for psychedelics. Their music is for tripping.
Everyone seems to forget their “Legend of a mind” with the late Ray Thomas on vocals and flute
GOOOOOOOD MORNING A&A FAMILY!
☮️💟♾️
I appreciate these songs even more as I age. Been listening to these guys for almost 50 years and they never get old.
Like the Energizer Bunny. And it's a good thing, 'cos I don't know of any ROCK music today that is so complex, beautiful and deep.
1968, the year I was born. It's a fantastic Song. One of the best footage of it was on the TV programme Colour me Pop which is on You Tube. They swing it Old School. Greetings from the UK.
Compare this to anything in popular music today---I am glad to have experienced it.
The "road trip" song of my youth! Thanks guys, for bringing back such great memories! 🥰
If you saw them live you would love it! They were fantastic! I have all their music, them and The Bee Gees…oh, and you had to be there too…the 60’s and 70’s were a whole other vibe. Many songs were written like this, you could have a mind altering experience even with out the drugs! They were however, the go to smooth sounds you would want to listen too if you were high. ( no one wants head banger music at that time to kill the mood).
I was 6 when this song came out. I'm now 60. The music you react to (60s70s) is the fabric of my life.
Thanks
Live…they were spotless, and had plenty of atmosphere.
Back in the days of record stores, the Sticky Fingers album cover had an actual normal sized working zipper on it. Used to be you never ever saw one in the store that someone hadn't already torn the cellophane wrapping so they could zip and unzip the blue jeans on the cover. It went on like that for quite a few years.
As always Graeme Edge is a beast on that drum kit. The inclusion of his poetry, in this song it was Departure, gave an added depth to the songs and albums of the moody Blues.
They are one of the great bands that composed albums, not just songs. The way to experience them is A to B. One day I hope you two get a chance to experience that with eyes closed. When you have the time to explore concept albums, these guys 1967 "Days of Future Past" or ELPs "Pictures at an Exhibition" would be a good start along the path. And thanks for another great reaction.
I listened to "Pictures" once, a long time ago, and never listened to it again. Didn't care for it. Should probably give it a try again. After fifty years!
Good insights from a first listen! I like the decision to look at the lyrics.
When this came out all I needed was a joint, this album and a pair of headphones. Pleasant memories for a man in his 70's.Psychodelics? One of the songs on this album is called Timothy Leary is Dead.
This song has a special meaning for surfers from the 70s. It backed up surf movies. Laid back, beach life style.
the Album is a story from start to finish, and great for meditation
Moody Blues are one of the great live bands ever!
I am 65 years old and I have been schooled by these two kids. I hitchhiked to see the Dead, Crosby Sills Nash, & BB King. I mowed Duane Allman's lawn in Atlanta one time. YET...I have NEVER EVER heard the actual beginning to this song. You guys are so much fun !!
I would LOVE LOVE LOVE to watch you react to their song "QUESTION" I know you will at some point!!! They were sooooo talented and so unique. Their albums are meant to be listened to in their entirety...each song flows into the next and their lyrics are always very interesting. So happy to see the Moodies today!!! Thanks guys!!! 😃