I'm gonna build a chain of dyed in the silkscreen hippy communes for boomers who don't want to go to senior's jails for their sunset years. No meds. Just old girls serving lentils and sausages and lots of whole wheat and dates in buns and bread and the Friday mead and beer bottoms up. Wood stoves and cold showers and a quiet turn when the end comes. Isn't that what the Moody Blues would have wanted?
What genere do The Moody Blues fit in?
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geartech
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"She's Leaving Home" from Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. exactly fits the description of Baroque Pop. But you see the problem almost any "pop' song can be argued to fit in many different pigeon holes
LordOfTRings
Be Cool with the Blues
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Coytee
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He's right. I heard an interview once on the radio with them. I suppose it was in the late 70's. His record count however must be messed up....it would have been the first (core) SIX LP's as it was on the seventh LP (Seventh Sojourn) that they released "I'm just a Singer in a Rock & Roll band".
This song was was written to deal with this very topic.
I don't however, believe their being 'worshiped' had anything to do with them suspending the group at the time.
I've probably seen them over 20 times live and frankly, think they have such a wide menu of music, it almost offends me that their play list stays so narrow.
I understand they'd probably get skinned alive if they didn't play Nights in White Satin but c'mon..... you've got sooooooooooooooo many good songs, mix it up over the years.
Nice idea, luddite. You'll have to have some AKers design the sound systems for the communes. MB will have to change their lyrics to "I'm just a senior in a rock and roll band".
bhundu
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Great thread and an interesting read.
I suppose I'm lost on the definition of prog. I thought I was a fan. After all I love PF, ELO, KC and MB.
What gets me is I can't get into Genesis and Yes. I have about 4 Yes albums and picked up the entire Genesis collection late last year, but they are no MB or KC in structure of album.
Putting on one of MB's 2nd to 6th album is like sitting down to watch a movie. They are complete pieces.
Symphonic Rock works well, but I 'm one of the ones that doesn't catalogue by genre. It's a world of hurt to do so. A-Z personally except for soundtracks and curios.
I suppose I'm lost on the definition of prog. I thought I was a fan. After all I love PF, ELO, KC and MB.
What gets me is I can't get into Genesis and Yes. I have about 4 Yes albums and picked up the entire Genesis collection late last year, but they are no MB or KC in structure of album.
Putting on one of MB's 2nd to 6th album is like sitting down to watch a movie. They are complete pieces.
Symphonic Rock works well, but I 'm one of the ones that doesn't catalogue by genre. It's a world of hurt to do so. A-Z personally except for soundtracks and curios.
If you read the definitions of Art Rock and Progressive Rock found in Wikipedia you'll see that there's a lot of interchangeability between these 2 sub-genres. Interestingly you like both - ELO and MB are cited as Art Rock and PF & KC as Prog. ELP and Tull are mentioned in both. Reading on though they put Deep Purple in the Prog camp which leads back to the "world of hurt" part.
I agree! This thread reminds me of the comment I heard Ramsey Lewis make in an interview with WCLK radio last Friday. The interviewer asked him if his music was considered jazz, jazz fusion, funk jazz? Ramsey's reply (paraphrased):
We musicians have a term for people who like to divide jazz into sub-categories. We call them the jazz police. The true musicians just call it jazz.
I know this thread is about prog rock but Ramsey's statement made me rethink how I categorize music. The Moody Blues are a rock band.
Purpleamber
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Updated the the statement...But.... +1000!
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Found elsewhere on the 'nets.
"There are only two kinds of music—good (music) and bad (music)” is a saying associated with Duke Ellington (1899-1974) and Louis Armstrong (1901-1971)—two composers who died in New York City. Armstrong added that he played the “good” kind of music.
Italian compose Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868) was credited in 1863 with saying: “My dear sir, there is no such distinction as you suppose between Italian, German, French music; there are only two kinds of music, good and bad.” Rossini has long received credit for the saying, although it’s not certain when he said it.
An English journal in 1846 did not credit Rossini: “William, you see then there are two kinds of music, as there are of everything else, good and bad.”
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I agree. Jazz, rock and most genres have over catagorized and subdivided. Lines become blurred after a while.
Found elsewhere on the 'nets.
"There are only two kinds of music—good (music) and bad (music)” is a saying associated with Duke Ellington (1899-1974) and Louis Armstrong (1901-1971)—two composers who died in New York City. Armstrong added that he played the “good” kind of music.
Italian compose Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868) was credited in 1863 with saying: “My dear sir, there is no such distinction as you suppose between Italian, German, French music; there are only two kinds of music, good and bad.” Rossini has long received credit for the saying, although it’s not certain when he said it.
An English journal in 1846 did not credit Rossini: “William, you see then there are two kinds of music, as there are of everything else, good and bad.”
I'm not sure this is credited correctly, but no matter who said it first it's true enough.
"There's only two kinds of music... The Blues and Zip-a-dee-doo-dah."
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KeninDC
Hazy Cosmic Jive
Fun, breezy thread. Labels and classifications help us discuss music. You know, like rock steady vs. ska.
As for the Moody Blues, there is a fantastic OOP CD box set called "Legend of a Mind: The Underground Anthology" that does a swell job of putting together similar DECCA/DERAM artists from prog to acid blues. Here's the track list for some context:
1. Legend Of A Mind - Moody Blues
2. Screams In The Ears - Bill Fay
3. Suite No One - Giles Giles And Fripp
4. Introspection (Part One) - The End
5. I Cant Keep From Crying Sometimes - 5 Ten Years After
6. Austin Osmanspare - Bulldog Breed
7. The Song Of McGuillicudie The Pusillanimous - Egg
8. Voodoo Forest - Johnny Almond Music Machine
9. Nymphenburger - East Of Eden
10. Once Upon A Hill - Put That I N Your Pipe And Smoke It - Aar
11. No More White Horses - T2
12. Hello Hello (Single Version) - Caravan
13. Freelance Fiend - Leafhound
14. Nutmeg Bitter Suite - Grannys Intentions
15. The Witch - The Rattles
16. Still As Stone - The Alan Bown (Feat Jess Roden)
17. Maybe Someday - Human Beast
18. Chauffer - Black Cat Bones
19. Tomorrow Morning Brings - Pacific Drift
20. The Unknown Years - Zakkarias
21. Free To Be Stoned - Clark Hutchinson
22. Cemetery Junction (Part One And Two) - Room
23. Roundabout - Keef Hartley Band
24. Question (Album Version) - Moody Blues
25. Love Like A Man (Album Version) - Ten Years After
26. Jig A Jig - East Of Eden
27. Golf Girl - Caravan
28. Boulders On My Grave - Mellow Candle
29. Theme Song - Keep Hartley Band
30. Hellbound Train - Savoy Brown
31. Stranded - Khan
32. The Rise And Dear Demise Of The Funky Nomadic Tribes - Thin
33. Seafull - Trapeze
34. CLu Thlu - Caravan
35. Whiskey In The Jar (Full Version) - Thin Lizzy
36. Lady Fantasy Encounter Smiles For You Lady Fantasy - Camel
37. Nights In Armour - Pete Brown And Friends
38. Porpositions - Curved Air
39. Air Born - Camel
40. The Envoy - Darryl Ways Wolf
As for the Moody Blues, there is a fantastic OOP CD box set called "Legend of a Mind: The Underground Anthology" that does a swell job of putting together similar DECCA/DERAM artists from prog to acid blues. Here's the track list for some context:
1. Legend Of A Mind - Moody Blues
2. Screams In The Ears - Bill Fay
3. Suite No One - Giles Giles And Fripp
4. Introspection (Part One) - The End
5. I Cant Keep From Crying Sometimes - 5 Ten Years After
6. Austin Osmanspare - Bulldog Breed
7. The Song Of McGuillicudie The Pusillanimous - Egg
8. Voodoo Forest - Johnny Almond Music Machine
9. Nymphenburger - East Of Eden
10. Once Upon A Hill - Put That I N Your Pipe And Smoke It - Aar
11. No More White Horses - T2
12. Hello Hello (Single Version) - Caravan
13. Freelance Fiend - Leafhound
14. Nutmeg Bitter Suite - Grannys Intentions
15. The Witch - The Rattles
16. Still As Stone - The Alan Bown (Feat Jess Roden)
17. Maybe Someday - Human Beast
18. Chauffer - Black Cat Bones
19. Tomorrow Morning Brings - Pacific Drift
20. The Unknown Years - Zakkarias
21. Free To Be Stoned - Clark Hutchinson
22. Cemetery Junction (Part One And Two) - Room
23. Roundabout - Keef Hartley Band
24. Question (Album Version) - Moody Blues
25. Love Like A Man (Album Version) - Ten Years After
26. Jig A Jig - East Of Eden
27. Golf Girl - Caravan
28. Boulders On My Grave - Mellow Candle
29. Theme Song - Keep Hartley Band
30. Hellbound Train - Savoy Brown
31. Stranded - Khan
32. The Rise And Dear Demise Of The Funky Nomadic Tribes - Thin
33. Seafull - Trapeze
34. CLu Thlu - Caravan
35. Whiskey In The Jar (Full Version) - Thin Lizzy
36. Lady Fantasy Encounter Smiles For You Lady Fantasy - Camel
37. Nights In Armour - Pete Brown And Friends
38. Porpositions - Curved Air
39. Air Born - Camel
40. The Envoy - Darryl Ways Wolf
Brett a
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I'm quite certain no one is sure to whom it should be credited. (Rossini and Ellington are the two that seem to get sited most often). I think it may be lost to history. Doesn't matter though. It's a pretty universal truth and I'd bet it predates even Rossini's 1863 siting.
I can see that.
A lot of their stuff centers on yearning for peace of mind, searching for the "truth", their place in the universe, desire for romantic contentment, etc. Basically, all the things most young men obsess about. Of course these were artists doing it all to a backdrop of the 60s and the culture of that time. Most rock stars are a bit vain.
Funny thing. Back in college (big surprise) I had my first conversation with an actual Buddhist. Nice fella who happily answered my questions and told me about Meditation. At one point I stopped him and said much of what he said could be from a Moody Blues song. His response was, "Absolutely. Don't kid yourself. The Moody Blues know what they are talking about."
There are only 2 kinds of music; music I like and music I don't like.
Spoken by a man who's been known to listen to Louis Armstrong, Mortification, Vanessa Williams and Mozart respectively and consecutively. :thmbsp:
Spoken by a man who's been known to listen to Louis Armstrong, Mortification, Vanessa Williams and Mozart respectively and consecutively. :thmbsp: