There was a garage sale where an entire collection of Moody Blues albums sat in a box and not having heard them for forty years, I got the collection. Having now listened expectantly to one album after another, I have decided that they were not very good. These albums will go to the thrift shop along with some furniture I'm tired of packing around every time we move. Why were the Moody Blues so successful, anyway?
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Ageed. A very weak band.
If you enjoy them fine. Please, no comparisons to Crimson.
jfzea
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Moody Blues, they made one of the first progressive recordings of the time : an album called "Days of Future Passed" high performance music with stereo of the time where some instruments were fixed in one channel, but the overall sound is quite good. There are some other albums, but it's a matter of taste, they are a very melancholic band.
They come from the same city where Black Sabbath was borned : Birmingham - England.
They come from the same city where Black Sabbath was borned : Birmingham - England.
ARE YOU KIDDING? In my opinion(and millions of other fans who bought over 70 million recordings) the Moody Blues are the best band ever. They were innovative in using the mellotron(analog synthesizer) and recorded with classical symphony orchestras to make music that was beyond rock. All members(Justin Hayward, John Lodge, Mike Pinder, Ray Thomas, and Graham Edge) contributed in writing their own songs that have proven to be inspirational, spiritual, timeless, and sound as fantastic today as 40 years ago. Perhaps only John Lennon of the Beatles are in the same league as song writers. In terms of longevity the Moody Blues toured from 1965 to 2012 and only the Rolling Stones toured less frequently over a longer time span. In the future,the Moody Blues will probably be considered classic like we currently consider composers Mozart, Beethoven, Chopin, etc.
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I hear a lot in each myself.
And though I think KC is the better band, I don't think they are by that much. Both bands have many weak albums imo, but both also have several fantastic albums.
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kneeOhFight
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D'accord.
kneeOhFight
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I hear a lot in each myself.
This does not surprise me.
I agree, but you have to admit that The Moody Blues couldn't make a good HipHop or rap "song" if they tried to.
Moody Blues were big in the 60s-70s and had a huge audience.
Basically ambiguous optimistic lyrics, lush vocal harmonies, and a multi-instrumental musical base.
Kind of a progression from the folkies and beach sounds that were mainstream at the time.
At first they were really innovative (Days of Future past), but, they did keep dipping into the same ocean.
They broke up in 1974 and although they reformed, they were not quite the same afterwards (opinions vary on that).
Like a lot of acts from that era, if you weren't into their sound at the time you are not likely to get them today.
(see Procol Harum, the Doors, early Deep Purple, etc ...)
Basically ambiguous optimistic lyrics, lush vocal harmonies, and a multi-instrumental musical base.
Kind of a progression from the folkies and beach sounds that were mainstream at the time.
At first they were really innovative (Days of Future past), but, they did keep dipping into the same ocean.
They broke up in 1974 and although they reformed, they were not quite the same afterwards (opinions vary on that).
Like a lot of acts from that era, if you weren't into their sound at the time you are not likely to get them today.
(see Procol Harum, the Doors, early Deep Purple, etc ...)
The Moody Blues were (and remain) successful because they wrote excellent songs, were more than decent instrumentalists, and had top rate production on their albums. Furthermore, they have always given great performances.
They have sold millions of records and millions of concert seats. Millions of people are generally not wrong.
I trust that will answer your question.
I found a sealed John Lodge LP last year and it was boring beyond words.
Then it's probably not the album for you!
But there are a lot of solo and duo albums for the folks who are big fans ...
I liked the BlueJays album .... and most of the first 7 albums - tho Days of Future Past is just overplayed for me ..
Also, most of the post 7th Sojourn stuff is pretty hit and miss for me -
a song here, a song there,
I saw the band twice in the early days - plus the 7th Sojourn tour,
plus one of the post-reunion tours (but just the once ...)
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