Just curious
The Moody Blues-- Melotron and guitars
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- KVRist
- 47 posts since 26 Sep, 2003
Any Moody Blues fans out there. I use to be a huge fan during the late 60's. My faves being; Search fo the Lost Chord, To Our Children's Children's Children, and Threshold of a Dream. Woke up in the middle of the night last night and had one of there tunes in my head, dreamt that I was singing it to a girlfriend. Have not listened to them in a long time. Those Melotrons sounds were gorgeous and the guitar playing from Justin Hayward were inspirational to me.
Just curious
Just curious
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- KVRian
- 864 posts since 9 Jul, 2001 from Chester County PA, USA
Definitely a fan, especially their older Mike Pindar era material (I'm a total sucker for that gobs-o-reverb-making-everything-sound-a-million-miles-away kind of sound on the Mellotrons, the vocals... 
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I always thought "The Story in Your Eyes" has a great guitar riff and would make a GREAT metal cover....surprised nobody ever did it. Hmmm....maybe I should...
)I always thought "The Story in Your Eyes" has a great guitar riff and would make a GREAT metal cover....surprised nobody ever did it. Hmmm....maybe I should...
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- KVRian
- 1262 posts since 15 Feb, 2003 from Up the Pennine way
ahh, nostalgia One of my fav bands from the past. Their guitar work lyrics and vocals were excellent.
Funny you should say that as only last week there was a news article on the radio about diaries. As a fan you can guess what I was singing.
Time to give them a blast again, thanks.
Pleasant memories and also sing along stuff! Something a bit rare these days.
fake You cant beat people up then have them say "I love you"
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- KVRian
- 1024 posts since 8 Mar, 2004 from Network 23
Days of Future Passed...long-time Moodies fan here
We shall see orchestral machines with a thousand new sounds, with thousands of new euphonies, as opposed to the present day's simple sounds of strings, brass, and woodwinds. -- George Antheil, circa 1925 ---
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- KVRist
- 58 posts since 10 Jan, 2003 from Munich
To our children's children's children was my most listened to LP. I am still a very big fan. I got all their albums and still play them a lot.
Their last album "Strange times" is also very good.
I hope they will do some more
Their last album "Strange times" is also very good.
I hope they will do some more
It's about time for the past to end
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- KVRAF
- 1821 posts since 5 Oct, 2003
A close friend of mine (like myself, a fan for over many years) wrote this amusing review of "To Our Children's Children's Children":
http://www.danieljslewis.com/reviews/mo ... ldren.html
Alas, the review site has not really taken off like I had hoped, but his review is terrific and funny...
Long Live Mr Bunko!
http://www.danieljslewis.com/reviews/mo ... ldren.html
Alas, the review site has not really taken off like I had hoped, but his review is terrific and funny...
Long Live Mr Bunko!
"Time makes fools of us all. Our only comfort is that greater shall come after us." Eric Temple Bell
http://thetomorrowfile.bandcamp.com/
http://thetomorrowfile.bandcamp.com/
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- KVRAF
- 8389 posts since 11 Apr, 2003 from back on the hillside again - but now with a garden!
I always liked 'Every Good Bot Deserves Favour', especially the opening/ One More Time To Live, could easily be one of the best 'protest' songs written.
I also liked things like 'The Story in Your Eyes', 'Tuesday Afternoon', man, all of it. Did you ever get the 'Caught Live +5' LP? It was them live just after 'Children's' came out (they open with Gypsy), great LP (tho' the 5 studio tracks are a bit pants..). I also like Octave, 'The Day we meet again' being one of those great tears in eyes nostagia tracks!
I kind of lost track of them through the 80's, I bought Sur La Mer, but didn't think much of it.
I had most of the solo albums too, 'Hopes, Wishes and Dreams','From Mighty Oaks' , 'Natural Avenue', the 'BlueJays' one, etc. They were OK, all very homely, warm fuzzy stuff!
Some great passages - Peak Hour would make for a great cover as well - I LOVE that organ solo! It's on the 'Caught Live' LP, and Graeme Edge does 2 rather large solos in it! (Actually, thinking of Edge, 'After You Came' is another great rocker!)
So, there we are. I concur that the 8 LPs of the
classic line up are the best, altho' I was singing 'Go Now' the other day to a collegue at work to wind him up!
DSP
I also liked things like 'The Story in Your Eyes', 'Tuesday Afternoon', man, all of it. Did you ever get the 'Caught Live +5' LP? It was them live just after 'Children's' came out (they open with Gypsy), great LP (tho' the 5 studio tracks are a bit pants..). I also like Octave, 'The Day we meet again' being one of those great tears in eyes nostagia tracks!
I kind of lost track of them through the 80's, I bought Sur La Mer, but didn't think much of it.
I had most of the solo albums too, 'Hopes, Wishes and Dreams','From Mighty Oaks' , 'Natural Avenue', the 'BlueJays' one, etc. They were OK, all very homely, warm fuzzy stuff!
Some great passages - Peak Hour would make for a great cover as well - I LOVE that organ solo! It's on the 'Caught Live' LP, and Graeme Edge does 2 rather large solos in it! (Actually, thinking of Edge, 'After You Came' is another great rocker!)
So, there we are. I concur that the 8 LPs of the
classic line up are the best, altho' I was singing 'Go Now' the other day to a collegue at work to wind him up!
DSP
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- KVRian
- 1206 posts since 10 Apr, 2002 from Born, living and probably dying in Germany
Just stumbled across this old thread.
I was (am) a huge Moody Blues fan from the beginning of their career. It´s their ´67-´72 stuff I like most. Mainly "In search of the lost chord", "To our Children´s ..." and "Threshold of a dream (with this fantastic suite at the end of the album)" have all a strange mystical mood which I absolutely love.
The Moodies were the ones who made the mellotron (at these times a revolutionary instrument) really famous. Mike Pinder´s mellotron playing and Justin Hayward´s guitar playing and voice always deeply touch my soul.
For me nowadays they are one of the most underrated groups of the past. But I still love their music.
I was (am) a huge Moody Blues fan from the beginning of their career. It´s their ´67-´72 stuff I like most. Mainly "In search of the lost chord", "To our Children´s ..." and "Threshold of a dream (with this fantastic suite at the end of the album)" have all a strange mystical mood which I absolutely love.
The Moodies were the ones who made the mellotron (at these times a revolutionary instrument) really famous. Mike Pinder´s mellotron playing and Justin Hayward´s guitar playing and voice always deeply touch my soul.
For me nowadays they are one of the most underrated groups of the past. But I still love their music.
Listen to some Monkey-Music-
- KVRAF
- 8389 posts since 11 Apr, 2003 from back on the hillside again - but now with a garden!
..I did wonder when you might turn up Andreas!
DSP
DSP
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- KVRian
- 1206 posts since 10 Apr, 2002 from Born, living and probably dying in Germany
duncanparsons wrote:..I did wonder when you might turn up Andreas!
DSP
This thread appeared when I was in holidays, so I did miss it. Good that I found it now. 