Anyone seen the Moody Blues live lately?

[Studiodad]

eh..they're not that old
here's a recent picture of the lead singer

he doesn't look a day over 200

Yeah but Justin Hayward still has a GREAT voice.
besides if looking 200 was a judge of musical ability, Keith Richards and Mick Jagger would be in a home somehwere.

who said anything about musical ability?

.................that's all I could think of to say.

Let's see, in '79 Justin would have been 32 and I'm now, well, HOLY SHIT....that picture looks a lot like me!!!!

[SWTrex]

I'm wondering if they might be worth seeing...

Go now! Forget about Days of Future Passed - you're On the Threshold of a Dream! Coming to your hometown, you don't need to be a Long Distance Voyageur.

Take the opportunity to see The Magnificent Moodies. After all, Every Good Boy Deserves Favour. This Is The Moody Blues we're talking about here!

On The Other Side of Life, when you're old and grey, you can tell how you saw the Moody Blues in concert To (y)Our Children's Children's Children.








Sorry - couldn't resist

[duncanparsons]

Well, it's all A Question of Balance, isn't it?. Gather up all your Hopes, Wishes and Dreams, and take a wander down the Natural Avenue. You may not get The Keys of the Kingdom, but if they're Caught Live then that's another entry in your Dear Diary.

Oh, and I'm only 33.. I started listening to them about when Octave came out (1978). I always liked the turn of the 70's LPs the best (DoFP->7th Sojourn), tho' admittedly 7thSojourn was abit wet! I liked the solo albums too (as the above might suggest), oddly, Haywards 'The Songwriter' was the weakest of all of them, I felt..

Go see 'em.

DSP

[Zoing]

Thanks for the responses, very nice creative writing there.

I think their wettest stuff was the poetry, I was listening to the bit at the end of nights in white satin the other day, sounded like a monty python skit in places!

I like some of the songs of the Blue jays album too... but I think my fave song is actually Watching and Waiting.

[AndreasE]

How could I miss this thread. The Moodies were always and are my favourite band and I have ALL of their records. Especially the first 7 albums are great, but also their other stuff. My favourite members are/were Justin Hayward with his excellent voice and mellotron guru Mike Pinder.

Unfortunately I didn´t manage to see them live. They didn´t do concerts in Germany since 13 years. I hope they will come soon.

I think my fave song is actually Watching and Waiting.

That´s the first time I hear this from someone other than me. I looove this song, too. Strange that it never had any success. Another one of my favourites is "Melancholy Man".

[soma]

I'll chime in with a seen'em last summer. Great moog solo!

[mister bunko]

I guess this is a question for the more senior members of the forum!

I have a soft spot for their old music, and they are playing in our small city where hardly anyone ever comes to play...

I'm wondering if they might be worth seeing, anyone seen them recently? If so, are they doing lots of their old trippy music???

Saw them on their big reunion topur (1981) when Long Distance Voyager came out.

I had loved the Moodies for a decade, but I fell asleep.

So I, a big fan of their vinyl, say no.

Now CHicago, there was a good live band.

[Studiodad]

I guess this is a question for the more senior members of the forum!

I have a soft spot for their old music, and they are playing in our small city where hardly anyone ever comes to play...

I'm wondering if they might be worth seeing, anyone seen them recently? If so, are they doing lots of their old trippy music???

Saw them on their big reunion topur (1981) when Long Distance Voyager came out.

I had loved the Moodies for a decade, but I fell asleep.

So I, a big fan of their vinyl, say no.

Now CHicago, there was a good live band.

Never saw them in their heyday (I-V), but saw them in the mid 80's a couple of times minus T. Kath and P. Cetera .

They were pretty darn good anyway.

[mister bunko]

I guess this is a question for the more senior members of the forum!

I have a soft spot for their old music, and they are playing in our small city where hardly anyone ever comes to play...

I'm wondering if they might be worth seeing, anyone seen them recently? If so, are they doing lots of their old trippy music???

Saw them on their big reunion topur (1981) when Long Distance Voyager came out.

I had loved the Moodies for a decade, but I fell asleep.

So I, a big fan of their vinyl, say no.

Now CHicago, there was a good live band.

Never saw them in their heyday (I-V), but saw them in the mid 80's a couple of times minus T. Kath and P. Cetera .

They were pretty darn good anyway.

Saw their comeback(?) tour from 1982.


Chris Pinnick was on guitar. It was such a thrill seeing Robert Lamm, though. They did "Scrapbook" for chrissakes!! In fact, I once protested to Full Moon records that he was being cut out of the songwriting by David Foster. They never wrote back. Then I listened to the great, unreleased "Stone of Sisyphus" recordings.

Even a band as successful as Chicago can be screwed over by record companies.

[Timfonie]

Old rockers never die ...

[Studiodad]

Not a bad gig if you can get it!

[duncanparsons]

I like some of the songs of the Blue jays album too... but I think my fave song is actually Watching and Waiting.

I always liked that too, along with 'The Day we Meet Again', and 'The Story in Your Eyes'. There was a thread recently about that.. Seem to recall Har pitching in with some gusto!

DSP

[mister bunko]

"With the power of 10 billion butterfly sneezes...."

I can just imagine Graeme getting stoned with Dick Cavett. Discussing how many butterfly sneeezes it would take for man to conquer the wayward...uh...breezes.

Well, in case you were wondering, 10 billion.

[MickGael]

[Zoing]

So who is the guy that looks like my dad (though my kids might say he looks like me)? Not justin Hayward, I know that much.