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The Wizard 
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Posted: December 19 2005 at 22:43 |
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It's a shme we barely talk about these guys, I mean they are usually considered one of the most important prog bands. Great band anyway, my favorite is either The Lost Chord (love the sitars and dreamy production) or Question of Balance (the hardest rocking of the lot). Anyway, I feel like they need some more recognition here.
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tardis
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Posted: December 19 2005 at 23:10 |
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I only have one Moody Blues album: Long Distance Voyager. Good album, but I'm sure they've done better.
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NetsNJFan
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Posted: December 19 2005 at 23:16 |
Days of Future Passed is a masterpiece of the highest order
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ClemofNazareth
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Posted: December 19 2005 at 23:27 |
Seventh Sojourn was the first Moody Blues album I heard - loved it.
In 1981 while in college I made a 1,300 mile cross-country road trip with only two cassettes (plus the radio) - Moody Blues Long Distance Voyager and ELO's Time. I will never forget that trip, or any of the songs on those two albums.
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"Peace is the only battle worth waging."
Albert Camus
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Rob The Good
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Posted: December 20 2005 at 02:00 |
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The Moody Blues don't get discussed as much as they should is shameful. To be honest, they're my "first musical love" in a manner of speaking. They, more than any other band I believe, really kicked psychedelia into prog territory.
My favourite is "To Our Children's..." - simply the lushest and most dense work they produced. A mixed blessing actually, because back then they found it nearly impossible to play live - hence the stripped-back nature of "EGBDF" and "Question".
The thing I enjoy most about their albums, and I refer to their Core 7 here, is the fact that there is quite a visible progression on each one. You can clearly draw a line from "Days of Future Passed" to "In Search of the Lost Chord" and onward. With each album they experiment in different ways, and in only 6 hectic years!
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And Jesus said unto John, "come forth and receive eternal life..."
Unfortunately, John came fifth and was stuck with a toaster.
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tardis
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Posted: December 20 2005 at 02:02 |
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Speaking of Long Distance Voyager, what do people think about this album? I like "Nervous", it seems to be one of the first songs that springs to my mind off the album.
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Rob The Good
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Posted: December 20 2005 at 02:09 |
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I think it's a great comeback album - especially when you consider it was made after Punk's big fizz.
I love "22,000 Days", and the final "Painted Smile/Reflective Smile/Veteran Cosmic Rocker" suite at the end.
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And Jesus said unto John, "come forth and receive eternal life..."
Unfortunately, John came fifth and was stuck with a toaster.
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Ivan_Melgar_M
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Posted: December 20 2005 at 02:13 |
 tardis wrote:
Speaking of Long Distance Voyager, what do people think about this album? I like "Nervous", it seems to be one of the first songs that springs to my mind off the album. |
I love Long Distance Voyager, is probably one of the best albums of the 80's (If I'm not wrong it was released in 1981), PatricK Moraz does a hell of a job replacing Pinder.
My favorite tracks are the wonderful The Voice and thefrantic closer Veteran Cosmic Rocker.
Probably one of their few really Prog' albums.
Iván
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Posted: December 20 2005 at 02:17 |
Theyre great
What an unheard of forum
(YET WHY!!!)
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tardis
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Posted: December 20 2005 at 02:18 |
Funny thing, I picked up Long Distance Voyager in a used CD store...that meant someone didn't like it anymore!! 
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tardis
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Posted: December 20 2005 at 02:18 |
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(Either that or they needed money for crack)
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Emiaj
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Posted: December 20 2005 at 02:38 |
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the only album I have is Prelude (a compilation of singles, b-sides and outtakes from their firsts albums)
..like them or not a legendary band
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Rob The Good
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Posted: December 20 2005 at 03:34 |
I think Mike Pinder is supposed to be regarded as one of the first chaps to use the Mellotron - in fact, I believe he introduced it to the Beatles (what a legacy!).
Oh, and Graeme Edge was the first to use an electronic drumkit! 
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And Jesus said unto John, "come forth and receive eternal life..."
Unfortunately, John came fifth and was stuck with a toaster.
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The Wizard
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Posted: December 20 2005 at 10:19 |
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The only thing that bugs me about them is sometimes they are little too poppy/soft rock for me without being psychdelic. Otherwise I love them.
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shanocles
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Posted: December 20 2005 at 10:29 |
NetsNJFan wrote:
Days of Future Passed is a masterpiece of the highest order
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totally, especially that poem at the end, the orchestra, and the gong
how does it go again...something about a cold hearted orb, hang on memory has kicked in ...'impassioned lovers wrestle as one, lonely man cries for love and has none"
yeah we have forgotten their pioneering efforts into the unknown horizons of prog.
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if left is wrong i don't wanna be right... 
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moodyxadi
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Posted: December 20 2005 at 10:51 |
I only have their seven classic albums, plus Caught live, Red Rocks and Hall of Fame. Knowing some of their 80s songs, I think I don't need anything more.
I'm obsessed with To Our children's.. and A question of balance. These albums are SO great. many people seem to dislike the end of this last album, but I think it fits very well the spirit of the work. Anyway, as I have said before: if you are looking for poetry, you're on the wrong place. Go read some Borges...
DoFP was the first Moodies' album that I bought, in vynil! I feel shivers down my spine every time I hear "Dawn". I love Mike Pinder's voice. "Melancholy man" in A Question... is another great piece of this wonderful (and underrated) singer.
They're very underrated in this site: in general people recognize their importance, but in private they seem to think they're too ingenuous or poppish when compared to the "true" prog giants. This point of view is totally wrong, and just shows how some prog fans can mix talent in songwriting with creation of intricated and meaningless sound sequences (a lot of Tull passages and Yes' Tales, e.g.).
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Velvetclown
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Posted: December 20 2005 at 10:57 |
mOODY-----------------------------------------  .............................. 
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Azrael2112
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Posted: December 20 2005 at 13:24 |
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Rob The Good
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Posted: December 20 2005 at 20:11 |
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And Jesus said unto John, "come forth and receive eternal life..."
Unfortunately, John came fifth and was stuck with a toaster.
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lunaticviolist
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Posted: December 20 2005 at 22:58 |
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I love the Moody Blues! In Search of the Lost Chord and Days of Future Passed are great!
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