OH MY GOSH!!.. | FIRST TIME HEARING Moody Blues - Nights In White Satin REACTION
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- OH MY GOSH!!.. | FIRST TIME HEARING Moody Blues - Nights In White Satin REACTON
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To the "old folks " out here. Our music blows this new shit away
It really does 😊
SO true 73..........best 60s-70s. Love all the younger generation responses.
Amen!
100%
Yes it does!!
I’m an old lady, and I feel that you lovely young people have truly missed out on the best music EVER💖
Indeed - The Soundtrack of Our Lives!
I’m with you sister. Also an old man and still listening. :-)
Same here.
OK... Y's ready? ...I had this on an 8-track in my basement. I prepare for the 'click' over each time I hear it.
So we'll said my good lady. It is so gratifying to see today's youth appreciate this very special music.
The legendary voice of Justin Hayward, He's definitely one of the great voices of Britain.
I’m 62 and I still get chills hearing this!👍😄
Girl you were born inthe wrong age
I wish i couldtake you to live shows ,,,😅😅 You would have loved the Round House
Hidepark for the Rolling Stones est
So do I at 60
Amen! 63 here
Nov 1 1962 ,with you my friend .
I’m 55 yrs old and most of the music you guys react to I’ve listened to most of my life. It’s so nice to see younger folks like you appreciate this music so much. I almost feel guilty for taking all these great songs for granted. You two are awesome. Beautiful family by the way.
58. It's like hearing it again for the first time through someone else's ears. Love the reactions.😀👍
@@edwardwilliams8238 now 73 and i revisit all these when the world crowds in and i remember all the mates now gone who i had a beer with when we visited the clubs and venues where these groups played,really were the good days of music in my opinion.
jc6621 I so agree with you it is about time the youger gen listened to this music it is so awesome i am 63 and really miss this type of music
Absolutely!!!
Check it out at the Royal Albert
The 60's and the 70's had the GREATEST music!!
I'm 71,thanks for talking me back to my youth!👍
The lead singer Justin Hayward wrote this masterpiece when he was 19 (!) and here in this live performance he is 65 years old. A rare talent. Listen to the studio version as well, there is a beautiful poem he recites at the end.
You need to hear the poem at the end. I still have the album. It's 57 yrs old song.
is it graeme edge who recites the poem i think?
The poem portion is excellent.
The ‘poem’ (it’s actually doggerel) was written by Graeme Edge, but recited by keyboard player, Mike Pinder.
One of the most beautiful songs ever written.
Anything Moody Blues to me is a masterpiece. Justin's voice...This song to this day gives me goosebumps....
Ditto Mr Clarke. ❤️
cheers
From the 1968 experiment to mix rock and orchestra.
Agreed.
Moody Blues is criminally underrated. Their songwriting and musical ability is off the charts, and their song construction/composing is next level.
Yeah but no but! ... They're only "criminally underrated" because they never, in their over fifty years of existence, received much airplay other than in America and even there, only in the 1980s when they adopted a 1980s sound, because their "style" was so eclectic that it was impossible to pigeon-hole them and they were therefore difficult to place into different radio stations' appropriate playlist. However, all that said, their achievements and their standing amongst musicians and "musos" speaks for itself.
They are in the Rock N Roll Hall of Fame and have countless top 10 albums. But underrated from the respect of not being included on the same level as legendary bands like the Beatles and the Rolling Stones. Their first 7 albums are amazing.
@@CandleLight1974 - The Moody Blues had 8 top 40 hits in America prior to 1980 along with 8 top 25 albums. They were my favorite group growing up in America in the 60s and 70s.
Agree! Masters!
Agreed.
The voices are still there as old men one of my favorite from the 70's
This is one of the best songs ever written hauntingly beautiful
I am 67 and sorry to say we took all the awesome music from the 60’s and 70’s totally for granted. We loved it and we grooved to it but we didn’t realize how awesome and spectacular it was. Thanks for loving it.
SO true, we did take the music totally for granted. The 60s and 70s were an explosion of the Arts. We grew up through those amazing times and it was all we knew. We were so, so fortunate !
56 years after its release, and I still get chills.
The moody blues were one of the most bad ass bands ever you need to play more of their music please
The lead singer Justin Hayward was 19 when he wrote this when on tour one evening. Justin is in his mid 70s now and still touring and doing this song amongst may more and he still does it brilliantly.
Wow! At 19, I was getting drunk in clubs and generally making a tit of myself. Some people are just destined for greater things, I guess 🤷🏽♀️🤭
It blows my mind that such a sophisticated piece of music was written by a 19 year-old!
@@gimmegimmefierce He got a LOT of help with the orchestration and arrangement. It wasn't all by himself.
The Metallica song that has a similar sounds as this one is "Nothing Else Matters". I listen to a whole range of music from classical, blues, jazz, big band to hard rock & heavy metal. I've grown up listening to the old country artist like Loretta Lynn and Patsy Cline. I love the joy of music.
Yep, just what I caught too when watching this. Interesting story about that song, James Hetfield (Metalica lead singer and songwriter) wrote that song and was afraid to bring it to the band, because it was so different for them. After he had them take a listen and they loved it, he describes this as a sort of life-changing moment, when he realized it was OK to be who you are and write what you like
I am 67 yrs young, I love the Moody Blues! You need to listen to the whole album. It's called Days of Future's Past!
Agreed
Absolutely, Moody Blues are one of my favorite bands.
Highly recommended.
Ooh, don’t stop there! Question of Balance, In Search of the Lost Chord, Threshold of a Dream….just a few to start with.
I grew up listening to all types of music, but I would have to say I am a rocker . Love bands like Moody Blues, Led Zeppelin. Pink Floyd, Etc, and I am thrilled that younger audiences are listening, exploring, and enjoying bands of my teenage years.
That whole album is a concert masterpiece. Do listen to the album (headphones on) in it's entirety. It is an audiophile's heaven. Truly a delight to your senses. The Album is "Days of Future Passed".
He wrote it at 19 and here he is singing with his strong voice at 65 yrs old.
The marriage of rock and a full blown symphony orchestra is shown to be the definition of perfection.. timeless, beautiful, a classic for decades to come.... Breathtaking!!!
I'm up in my 70's, and I remember when they started out, a lot of people said, "A British rock band with a symphonic orchestra? Are you crazy?" Well, history was made. I'm so glad you enjoyed, AND, did a very good job on commenting!
We had the greatest music in the 60’s and 70’s
Yes especially in GB 🇬🇧
My favorite song and so many deeply personal reasons why.
The Metallica song you're thinking of is NOTHING ELSE MATTERS. Really similar intro. Well done! I love that you guys are exploring the music of my youth, as a 64 year old lady.
I never thought about it but now that you say it, the intro to Nothing Else Matters is almost identical.
Really similar, you say???
Right on, I say but The Moody blues were around way before Metallica but if you listen to the intro to night's in white satin off the album: Days of future passed that'll actually show you something totally different.
While listening to the live version of night's in white satin I was saying scorpion's with Michael Schenker but you are totally 100% correct, Metallica: nothing else matters
it's not only the drum it's also the guitar riffs
@@jasonbrown3694 great point. The Moody Blues were first, so perhaps Metallica admired KNIGHTS IN WHITE SATIN before they wrote NOTHING ELSE MATTERS.
It’s funny you say it sounds western or like old country, because both come from old Irish music, specifically Sean-nós singing. Even some sea shanties take from old Irish folk music.
Little history lesson, some say Sean-nós singing sounds like Arabic and it’s funny because it’s now being said that the Irish original came from Iran and other areas of the Misdle East and when they’ve studied the Irish language they’ve found so many similarities with old Semitic languages.
It almost makes me sad that so many people missed out on the intensity we experienced during this generation of music. It wasn't just music or a genre. These artists shaped our existence. I'm so happy to see you enjoying these iconic bands.
I agree but there is amazing music right now - and it isn't getting the attention it deserves. The wonderful Young Gun Silver Fox, for example show what great music there is now but they are not in the charts. Same with Silvertwin and Riverside - fantastic music and as good as anything from the past. Check them out 🙂
The trouble is the contemporary reaction isn’t always the same as the rear view decades later. A lot of songs from the 70s hit #1 and were total crap. We see that much later. Many songs were minor hits, but we go back and take a listen and “Woah, I haven’t heard this in 20 years. It was really great!”
A very few get the credit that they deserve in their own time.
@@mikekolokowsky Excellent point. There was a lot of crap in every era. For example a lot of novelty hits have kept classics from hitting the No.1 spot.
At least they are giving it a go.
Checked out Silvertwin, and Riverside Bands most will never hear. Zero Radio play. You guys missed what a giant thing it was,
and the effect it had.
Bands of the 60's, and 1970's will be heard a hundred years after they are gone...
The Bands you named sound like fragmented bits of old songs that didn't make the A list for radio play.
I didn't say it's bad just not that interesting.
As great musicians the Band Poliphia are very progressive, and personally love their music, it will not be a group that commands airtime on Radio.
I feel terrible for the true Songwriters because, Radio grew true Songwriters, and that is sad.
To this day the big groups now are mostly elderly versions of Bands from the 1960's, and 70's.....
Meant respectfully. .
I love the way Amber melts into the sound when the horns start playing
I have always loved this song. It just seems incomplete without the poem at the end.
I will be 70 yrs old in December 2022 and have been a Moodies fan since their first album in 1965. It just does this old man's heart good to see young people fall in love with them much as I did when I was their age. love you guys!
Happy early birthday, fellow December baby!
@@MissShembre Awww thank you! that is very kind of you to mention
Me, too! I'll be 70 in Dec of 2022! Aren't the memories great?! If I just close my eyes...
@@soonermimi1953 WOW twins sons from different moms! AND with great taste in music too 🎸🎸💓💓
I am the same. 70 next February
Real musicians no auto tune, no tricks just massive talent.
Guys I was 14 years old in 1967 when the Moody Blues recorded this song. To me this one greatest songs ever. It touches my soul deeper today, to me the Moody Blues were one of the greatest bands that came out of Britain or anywhere! Thanks 🙏🏼 for sharing. You need to hear the studio cut.
Hey! Same here. I turned 14 in 1967 and loved The Moody Blues along with many other bands of that era.
I was 20 when this came out. God without doubt I lived in the best musical time. 50s, 60s, 7Os and early 80s. Great lyrics you could understand.
100% agree although this live version so many years later may be just as good if not better than the original studio cut. And I love the appreciation for musical greatest that these two kids have.
You are right Amber, a good concert is really a 2-3 hour escape from reality 🎉
NO!!! They didn't do the ending Gong and the poem, "Late Lament"! You two REALLY REALLY need to listen to the album version with the ending Gong and the poem! It's simply perfection! PLEASE promise you will listen to the whole complete song on the album! Back in the 80s, I saw them in concert where they sang this song, with the Gong and the poem. So powerful! Peace!
And then listen to the beginning of the album which connects the end of the night to the beginning of the next day. The album is called Days of Future Passed for a reason.
Pick any songs by the Moody Blues and you will be in awe
The song is just listed as The Night on the album, but yes - I screamed where is the gong and poem?
Saw them in the 70s
You are right Kim. I was waiting to see how they'd react to what I consider the normal ending. :-(
They read the comments, so hopefully they will seek out a performance with the complete ending.
Oh no, if you didn’t hear the poem at the end, then you didn’t get the full experience; you owe it to yourselves to hear the version from the album DAYS OF FUTURE PAST. It’s part of a whole “day” told from the very beginning to the “night” and of course NIGHTS IN WHITE SATIN is the finale. You won’t regret it.
This poem is "Late Lament" by Graeme Edge which was later added to EP. I don't know who reads it for the LP but they kill it.
Jay and Amber-- try to find the Moody Blues live at Red Rocks. They performed the entire album "Days of the Future Past" (that "Nights in White Satin" is just one track of) with a symphony orchestra. I have it on VHS...
One of my all time favorite album's frlm the 70's!
60’s. It was released in 67.
@@unclemeat7310 Mike Pinder, the Moody Blues keyboard player read the poems while he was in the band. Graeme Edge read "Late Lament" the last time I saw them live.
‘Just what you want to be, you will be in the end’! Words/ philosophy to live by!
Growing up in the 60’s, 70’s and 80’s, I can honestly say I was blessed to have lived to experience such great music.
Watching you two experience this is twice the blessing.
And like me still growing up 😂 even for me at 64 yoa🤣
This song always gives me chills. It's so hauntingly beautiful.
This was the song my dad chose for my mom's funeral....brings back so many memories for me. Unfortunately my dad isn't here anymore either. It reminds me of them both now....and just how much they loved each other. I feel lucky to of seen what real love looks like until we lost my mom aged 11. True soul mates. I hope they are together now ❤
They’ve got the benefit of synthesizers on this recording. When they did it in 1967 they only used a mellotron, a unique key instrument that deserves a response video of it’s own. IN FACT, watch the Moody Blues in front of 600,000 at the Isle Of Wight in 1970 & comment on THAT spectacle!
Why have they got the benefit of synthesives
This is good but the studio version with the poem at the end is so much better. It is hauntingly good
Very true, but the poem has much more impact if you've first heard the other one (Morning Glory) at the beginning of the cycle. As others have said in these comments, you have to take the album entire to get the very best from it.
Yeah, I was gonna say the same thing, sorta…
Nothing against this performance, but the studio version with the original band members 40 years younger DOES make a difference.
The whole album ‘days of future passed’ is a masterpiece!!!
Nonsense
Im 80. Listened to this song so many times.. all i can remember of it is.. ..... breath deep the gathering gloom. Watch lights fade from every room.
@@rayshelld791oh so true ❤
Can’t believe I lived at a time when so much creativity gripped the music world! So glad to see young folks appreciating this!
This is when music was created by true musicians,! So much of their heart and soul went into each note and word. And I am blessed to have Rob and Amber appreciate such classic music and what goes into it! Thank you both!
Soon you may discover Gordon Lightfoot. The Canadian generous song writer of Canada
And still gripping. Like 56 years later and these songs are still being played. I don't think today's music will stand the test of time like the music of the 60's & 70's
Days of Futures Past is one of the best concept albums ever. It takes you from early morning to Nights in White Satin, incredible orchestration!!!
I'm 57, I literally have been listening to, and enjoying this song since I was a small child,- it never gets old.
One of the most ethereal bands that’s ever existed, exquisite music from a seminal band.
Not only is this live, but they first did this song about 40 years before this concert.
Yes, what a voice.
The concert they did this AT was in a place called the Isle of Wight , was a awesome concert . They did at venuss as well lol
@@elsieservant6963the 1970 concert on the Isle of Wight, which is an Island of the south coast of England was attended by more people than Woodstock. I wasn’t old enough then to attend but I wish I’d been there. This is some of the lineup at the festival - some of the true greats of the era.
The 1970 event was by far the largest of these early festivals; indeed it was said at the time to be one of the largest human gatherings in the world, with estimates of over 600,000, surpassing the attendance at Woodstock. Included in the line-up of over fifty performers were Jimi Hendrix, Miles Davis, The Doors, The Who, Lighthouse, Ten Years After, Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Joni Mitchell, The Moody Blues, Melanie, Donovan, Gilberto Gil, Free, Chicago, Richie Havens, John Sebastian, Leonard Cohen, Jethro Tull, Taste (Irish band) and Tiny Tim. The unexpectedly high attendance levels led, in 1971, to Parliament adding a section to the Isle of Wight County Council Act 1971 preventing overnight open-air gatherings of more than 5,000 people on the island without
The extended version is even more amazing
Watching again. My son admits that my generation had the best music.
I was a Moody Blues addict. I would lay in the dark, headphones on and lose myself in their music and ironiclly I found myself by listening to their music. In this rendition they are much older but still nailing it. You must listen to the entire album "In Search of The Lost Chord", " On the Threshold of a Dream," "Days of the Future Past" ....listen to them in the dark, relaxed...they will take you on a journey and, if you are lost, you will find yourself along the way. Incredible works of art.
Don't forget Long Distance Voyager.
been there..done that. The beautiful thing about the Moody Blues music is you do not need hallucinogens to enjoy it..I've listened both ways and I still am transported. I saw them at Poplar Creek in 1981 and I was under the influence and it imprinted on my brain to the point that the next day, I bought the remaining 4 albums I didnt have. Long Distance Voyager is underrated. But my favorite album (partially due to the events surrounding the disaster trying to record it in LA, is 'Octave'. Driftwood and The Day We Meet Again was a cornerstone in a relationship I had from 1984 to 1986 witha woman 20 years my senior who grew up with the 60s music and offered me a "trip" down her memory lane with bootlegs, etc. We knew it was only for a short moment in time, as she refused to keep me from exploring women more my age in college, and I was fine with what it was...but when we listened to this music sober or high, it attached that album to her in my mind..and I smile and appreciate those 2 years with her....++++Timothy Leary's dead...no, no, no, no he's outside looking in.+++++
This track is from days of future past very orchestrated album very great album very beautiful poetry and relaxing that covers the day twilight and nights well worth listening to written at the tale end of the 60s nights is a great epic track
Recomend moody blues song the voice
It was used to create quadrophenic sound a early form of surround sound that didnt take off in the 60s moody's got asked to do a orchestrated album to see what they could come up with
look up the history of this Legendary Song, because it goes way back and they here performed it with the same perfection. It is their song from the 60/70ties, and their albums are soooo beautiful
I know this clip is a few years old, and you may not see this comment, but I am 56y old and I first heard this in my late teens. To this day I truly believe this is the best song ever written and performed in music history. I know this is just my opinion, but I am a lover of most styles and genres of music and this is the best, most captivating piece out there!!❤
13 years old. 1974…. my world changed. Still, the most beautiful song I’ve ever heard 💕
Just think, you could have been listening to them since you were 6 years old cause this song was released in 1967.
@@allengator1914Yes indeed, I wasn't 6, but turn the number upside down, and you got it. These 2 are so lucky to hear all these tracks for the first time. It's certainly an experience
I'm 70. This was the final song to every high school dance in my day. I'm amazed you can appreciate it. Brings me to tears. Thank you.
Me too!
I'm a boomer - we had the tunes.
Tears in my eyes too. What a voice
My only wish is that you could have heard this in the studio version. They are the GOAT of psychedelic heavy thinking music.
loved the Moody's. Still have all of their Lp's they always had great covers, works of art.
I am 69 years old and this song lifts me up a few feet into the air just like it did when I was 20. I enjoy watching you two and appreciate your reactions to all the fabulous music.
thats what the music from the 60's and 70's gave us, emotions!!!! love seeing young people experience our music from the day. its timeless
I really get a thrill out of watching the younger generation really appreciate some of the best music ever made. The next time you listen to nights in white satin, be sure to listen to it to the very end.There is some beautiful poetry written by one of the members of the band, that is so poignant and fitting for that song. So do yourself a favor and listen to that poetry at the end. I know you will love it.
Nights In White Satin was the theme of my senior prom in high school, and this was the slow dance/feature song. Very fond memories, and nothing but love for the Moody Blues.
Justin Hayward, lead singer/songwriter did a song on the British movie “War of the Worlds” called “Forever Autumn”. Not long after my mother died, I was playing this on my CD player while I was cleaning, and my then 14 yo daughter said, “This makes me think of Grandma.” So we hugged and cried together while we listened to it again. And, of course, I think of her every time I hear it. So thank you, Justin, for writing such a beautiful song, and The Moody Blues for 50+ years of pure musicality.
Yes, thanks for the reminder. I love “Forever Autumn” but haven’t heard it in a very long time. I’m glad its a happy memory for you and your daughter.
Not actually a movie, but a concept album. It's full name is "Jeff Wayne's Musical Version Of The War Of The Worlds".
Forever Autumn began it's life as a jingle written by Wayne for a lego commercial. The guys who played it later added lyrics and recorded it themselves. Then Jeff Wayne wanted it as the album's love song and hired Hayward because he literally wanted that voice from "Nights In White Satin".
Forever Autumn is a very emotional song. Reminds me of my wife, who I lost last month. Autumn was her favorite season.
My brother got the album for me when I was around 15. First time ive e er heard ir mentioned, but it was a great album.
It is a must listen to, my Spotify "randomly" picks Forver Autumn 5 to 1 over this song... lol
The best way to describe this song is it is hauntingly beautiful.
So great it was a hit twice.
A effing agree
This piece is one of my all time favourites, it’s so moving and so transporting. I was born in the early sixties in England and grew up with the likes of these brilliant artists. It was always a teen favourite slow dance at the end of the disco, this or whiter shade of pale/ procul harem and you really felt like you were in love with whoever you slow danced with . What really moves me is the almost supernatural backing wail when Justin songs “I love you “, my hairs go up , it’s a rush , so amazing ❤ I have been truly blessed to grow up in the UK with so so much brilliant music and artists over the decades . Music is everything ❤
I wish you reacted to the original recording. His voice is even better when he’s younger. Still great for his age. Sometimes as we get older, it’s not quite the same.
Oh MAN this is about the most beautiful rock song from my youth. Imagine your a 16 year old hippy hearing the amazing pice of poetry put to epic music. Truly art! Hearing this again makes my truly sorry for todays youth. They are completely deprived of beauty.
As a guy in my 20s, we can’t imagine it. Because it’s not new. Listening to this stuff new must have been amazing. Jealous. There’s some still relatively new stuff that you’d like though. “Hey moon” by John Maus really reminds me of this song. And if you dig into bands and artists he associates with, it’s a nice little rabbit hole.
Moody Blues is one of the few “rock” groups that can play with a full symphony orchestra. They’re amazing
There’s quite a few rock groups that can, the ones who can do it well understand music, probably reasonably well versed in classical music.
I love the Moodies - but I'll add Procol Harum to the list of great rock bands linking seemlessly with an orchestra. They did it at Edmonton Canada 1971 and again in Denmark in 2006. But yes, they also were sophisticated, well trained musicians who we could assume would have what it takes to play in an orchestra themselves if they so chose
I am a classical musician and the orchestra gives me chills.
They, among others: Camel, Genesis, Renaissance, Yes, Magenta Iona, America.
Mike Pinder was an Orchestra all by himself.
Im 64yrz old ...knights in white satin has been my favorite song since it came out in 1967. Yall should go back and hear the original too !
"Walking in the sand thinking of things, adventures in my mind of tall ships that sail across the ocean wide. They don't wait for me, see how they glide, away so gracefully, and with tomorrow what will become of me... it leaves me so much to explain....." (Guessing Game - Moody Blues) They were such an amazing group!
Soooooo beautiful, I'm 72 years old and enjoyed the music then and it's soooooo awesome to hear you listening to this music!
Im 72 as well.... remember listening to this in College... appreciate their appreciation of a brilliant song
Me too
Geez! Justin Hayward wrote this song when he was only 19! The arrangement is so beautiful beyond belief and warms you all over.
Moody Blues is the first album I ever bought, after all the Beatle albums!!❤❤❤
This song transcended the greatest rock songs of our time. I'm now 70 and have heard many classics in my day, but Nights in White Satin always brings me back to a very special place and time. Sincerely good reaction from you two. Peace!
Breathe deep the gathering gloom
Watch lights fade from every room
Bedsitter people look back and lament
Another day's useless energy is spent
Impassioned lovers wrestle as one
Lonely man cries for love and has none
New mother picks up and suckles her son
Senior citizens wish they were young
Cold-hearted orb that rules the night
Removes the colors from our sight
Red is grey and yellow-white
But we decide which is right
And which is an illusion
that song is not complete without that spoken part, for me.
@johnny G thank you for put up the lament
Oh my! I hope you kids will be playing the album version. If you miss out on the lament at the end that would be sad. You thrill me to watch @ 52! Keep it up this is far more entertaining than anything on the tv!
Perfect. Thank you for reciting that part of this masterpiece.
Bedsit, meaning a studio apartment.
This is what the live version was missing at the end
Breathe deep the gathering gloom
Watch lights fade from every room
Bedsitter people look back and lament
Another day's useless energy spent
Impassioned lovers wrestle as one
Lonely man cries for love and has none
New mother picks up and suckles her son
Senior citizens wish they were young
Cold hearted orb that rules the night
Removes the colours from our sight
Red is grey and yellow white
But we decide which is right
And which is an illusion?
AMEN!
Yes!!
It adds to the beauty of this song and is such a beautiful ending.
I was really hoping this specific video had it. It elevates an already genius piece of music to another plain ❤
@@DAL12343 So was I
Awesome choice 👍 More Moody Blues masterpieces: "Your Wildest Dreams", "Question", "I'm Just A Singer In A Rock And Roll Band", "Ride My See-Saw" and "I Know You're Out There Somewhere".
also Gemini Dream
@@sourisvoleur4854 Oh yeah. That's one of my favorites, and I forgot it. Thanks Souris 🙂
Don’t forget Story in Your Eyes
@@williampearson9679 I agree, it's one of a very few songs by the Moody Blues where guitarist Justin Hayward gets to show off. Watching him live was a complete blast!
@@williampearson9679 Pretty much all of their songs are great.
Ahhhhh when music was music! Love seeing young people enjoy the music we grew up on, Thank you for doing what you do. 🙏🏼🇺🇸❤️
You have to appreciate how underrated The Moody Blues were, this song first came out in 1967 and didn't make much impact.
Re-released in 1972, they took off to new heights when all of a sudden a 5 year old song, made the charts again.
A group that had much polish and class in their act.
If you want to hear songs with orchestration and strong vocals, check out Barry Ryan from 1968-9 with Eloise and Love Is Love.
These 2 songs have all the hallmarks of big production with strong vocals and great music.
His brother Paul and he went to a friends house where Richard Harris the actor was present and proceeded to play his new song
MacArthur Park mid 1968, written by Jimmy Webb, another great tune with big production and orchestration.
When they came away his brother then wrote Eloise and as the rest they say is history.
Never have the words "Oh, how I love you..." been sung or said with such painfully anguished passion.
I’m so pleased you loved them. I was there with my beautiful husband at The Royal Albert Hall for that concert. It was truly amazing, Justin did not disappoint. His voice was pitch perfect, they sounded awesome.
The orchestra were amazing. I first fell in love with The Moody Blues back in 1967. You must check out their album Days of Future Past. Justin wrote the album starting in the morning. One of the stand out track is Tuesday Afternoon. It follows the day and ends with Nights in white Satin.
So many fabulous bands back in the day. The Beatles, Gerry and the Pacemakers. They were magnificent Enjoy xx ❤️❤️
What a great band
Moody Blue was unique. Nobody sounded like them. I love watching you discover our music! Watching you enjoy it as much as we did back in the day makes my heart happy!
This song was written and performed long before Metalica was even heard of. I love Moody Blues' orchestral arraignments. Just amazing!! I have been listening to them since the mid 1960s
He is saying that Metallica was probably influenced by this song and used a cord progression in one of their songs. It's a tribute. I know what he is talking about but can't think of the song.
@@catmanduu66 Nothing Else Matters (my guess)
Originally the orchestra was Mike Pinder and a Mellotron - a keyboard controlled tape loop - one per note per sampled instrument, with a pitch - vibrato and tremolo electronic variation system
@@robertleeluben Agree with Nothing Else Matters. Never noticed it before, but it does sound similar.
@@robertleeluben I'm sure that's the Metallica song he was thinking about.
This beautiful song never gets OLD. That's what good music is all about.
Hell ya we get older but the our music never gets old.
When I listen to it takes me back i can feel young again for 5 minutes anyway 😂
Amber, You SO belong in the 1960’s! Your soul fits so well. Love you guys!
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I've never heard a live version of this. I absolutely love the studio version.
I was really worried about how he'd hit that powerful bit, but he did it really well.
You should listen to the studio version, though, also. It is beautiful
Like Justin said when I saw them live “ you’ve heard classic rock, now you’re going to hear classical rock” and they nailed it!
This is the last song on "Days of Future Passed" album released in 1967. It's an album of songs that takes the listener through the day from dawn to night. A must listen. My Dad loved this album. Right before he passed away, I put my phone up to his ear so he could hear this masterpiece 1 last time. 1 tear streamed down his cheek, I then knew he heard this beautiful song. 💔
That’s so wonderful! I did the same with my mom. Different song but same sentiment. You brought back a bittersweet moment. Thank you
My dad passed a few weeks ago. He loved this song. Hearing it today was nostalgic and sad. Beautiful song.
Well you have me in tears.......So very sweet & caring. My Dad is gone now 18 years, but it seems like just yesterday. I'm a Daddy's girl.
That was an amazing thing to do for dad!🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
1967 yo. Unbelievable how big that year was for music. If I had to rate the top 30 albums of the past 60 years, almost of them would be from that year alone.
The Moody Blues were considered Progressive Rock and I love them!
But the absolute winner of Progressive Rock music of the 1970s is the group Renaissance.
Their music shines and has such amazing breath and variation and power, you will be astounded!
They have the star female vocalist Annie Haslam who has a vocal range that has her considered one of the top female vocalists of all time.
Please review them and in particular the songs “A Trip to the Fair”, “Ashes are Burning”, “Mother Russia”, “Ocean Gypsy”, and “Can You Understand?”
You will be happy I referred this!
I saw the Moody Blues perform this beautiful composition in concert along with a full philharmonic orchestra when I was a teenager in Los Angeles. I still remember it vividly to this day at age 69. 😉
I’m 63 and I love that I grew up with witnessing extremely talented musicians and vocalist! Brings back beautiful times! Such emotion!
I grew up on this music. The instruments were played live so you got the depth of the sound...if you heard a horn, flute or violin, someone was actually playing it, not machine made...this was real music
These are true musicians!
Another great band from the best era in music
Love this one and also "Your Wildest Dreams" by them. It's a sweet, nostalgic song looking at the past. Moody Blues are wonderful.
I love this song too!
yes! I saw them live in Las Vegas before the pandemic and while Nights in White Satin stopped my breath, for some reason, "Your Wildest Dreams" had me sobbing. Go figure.
I LOVE Your Wildest Dreams. The video adds poignancy.
The music video for this song was so well done.
I love and appreciate how respectful you two are with the older musicians. I was not this open minded in my youth. You're so open to everything and that's a learning experience for me. Keep it goin'.
Good Music is good music.and timeless.
I agree ..love these two beautiful people!!
Yes, I think exactly the same; they are so open-minded and respectful when it comes to listening to all of these music makers outside of their own generation 👍
you need to hear the full version, there is a narrator who says a poem which I think is the an important part. I'd like to see your reaction on that.
Beautiful...music...favorite of the 70's...never get tired of it..ever..
Almost all the Moody Blues albums from '69 to "74 were "story" albums with all the songs tied together with a common theme. Listening to an entire album sets the story to music. Never has a band done that as amazingly as these guys did, since.
Or before.
Very unique thanks for explaining somewhat
His voice is just as good live even after all these years.
Absolutely. He has a gift from God. The angels must have kissed his mother when he was born.
Yea but they should have listened to the longer, none live version.
This song right here, OMG!!! 🔥🔥🔥
How to be super talented,highly respected,perhaps revered,killer good looks for any age and be 70. He wrote this song at 18. Justin Hayward
The base player is John Lodge. I had a honeymoon in Barbados in 1981. I saw him in a group of people at a restaurant. I asked a lady if it was him. She turned out to be his wife. She said to go over and say hello. I then went back to my table. He then came over and chatted with me for about 20 minutes. He was a very interesting and thoughtful guy.