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Poll Question: Were the Moody Blues ever a true prog band?
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They were prog before there was prog......... maybe?........
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Originally posted by lazland lazland wrote:

Originally posted by Dean Dean wrote:

Originally posted by Hercules Hercules wrote:

If you were alive and listening to music in the late 60s (and I was) you would know that the Moodies were one of the bands that defined the genre.
 
So - yes, uneqivocally.
Absolutely.
 
 
 
You guys can't keep trying to re-write history just because it doesn't fit with your modern interpretations of what is and what isn't Prog Rock. You can't make stuff up either. What happened, happened; what was, was.

 These two, in spades. Incredible that it should even be open to question.

I concur with my Welsh friend!  


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Multiple votes so you can vote for art rock or only in early days. There's times when it might apply just don't contradict yourself. :)
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Points: 1474 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 30 2013 at 22:39
Ok, I just changed it back. Multiple votes probably wasn't a good idea after all. 
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Concerning the album 'On The Threshold Of A Dream' - one should only listen to the last section - the suite of 'The Dream/Have You Heard/The Voyage/Have You Heard II' - if anyone does NOT believe that it is Progressive composition, please leave the room. Bob Fripp may have been in awe of the Moodies when he envisioned Crimso........."I'm going to purchase a Mellotron and show them what it's all abowt" LOL

My absolute fave Moodies album, 'To Our Children's Children's Children' is a beautifully crafted Prog album start to finish.  It was never about how many notes they could play per bar, it was the placement of fewer notes within a bar that created undisputable magic. Very creative and cutting edge for the time.
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Originally posted by Tom Ozric Tom Ozric wrote:

Concerning the album 'On The Threshold Of A Dream' - one should only listen to the last section - the suite of 'The Dream/Have You Heard/The Voyage/Have You Heard II' - if anyone does NOT believe that it is Progressive composition, please leave the room. Bob Fripp may have been in awe of the Moodies when he envisioned Crimso........."I'm going to purchase a Mellotron and show them what it's all abowt" LOL

My absolute fave Moodies album, 'To Our Children's Children's Children' is a beautifully crafted Prog album start to finish.  It was never about how many notes they could play per bar, it was the placement of fewer notes within a bar that created undisputable magic. Very creative and cutting edge for the time.

The use of Mellotron by Bob Fripp is light years ahead of anything the Moodies every did.
 
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Originally posted by iluvmarillion iluvmarillion wrote:

Originally posted by Tom Ozric Tom Ozric wrote:

Concerning the album 'On The Threshold Of A Dream' - one should only listen to the last section - the suite of 'The Dream/Have You Heard/The Voyage/Have You Heard II' - if anyone does NOT believe that it is Progressive composition, please leave the room. Bob Fripp may have been in awe of the Moodies when he envisioned Crimso........."I'm going to purchase a Mellotron and show them what it's all abowt" LOL

My absolute fave Moodies album, 'To Our Children's Children's Children' is a beautifully crafted Prog album start to finish.  It was never about how many notes they could play per bar, it was the placement of fewer notes within a bar that created undisputable magic. Very creative and cutting edge for the time.

The use of Mellotron by Bob Fripp is light years ahead of anything the Moodies every did.
 
Why indeed !!! But the use of Mellotron by Thomas Johnson is in the same league of Bob Fripp LOLLOL........
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Soooo, 59 yes's, and 55 no's. The yes's have chimed in with there reasoning, but the no's are nowhere to be found. Does this mean that everyone who voted no just doesn't know who the Moody Blues are?
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Originally posted by Metalmarsh89 Metalmarsh89 wrote:

Soooo, 59 yes's, and 55 no's. The yes's have chimed in with there reasoning, but the no's are nowhere to be found. Does this mean that everyone who voted no just doesn't know who the Moody Blues are?


No it means that when multiple votes were allowed one stupidly selfish spoilt brat idiot child sat pressing the "no" button 50 times because they thought it would be "funny". Stern Smile 
 
Before then the actual number of "no" votes was very few.
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Originally posted by lazland lazland wrote:

Originally posted by Dean Dean wrote:

Originally posted by Hercules Hercules wrote:

If you were alive and listening to music in the late 60s (and I was) you would know that the Moodies were one of the bands that defined the genre.
 
So - yes, uneqivocally.
Absolutely.
 
 
 
You guys can't keep trying to re-write history just because it doesn't fit with your modern interpretations of what is and what isn't Prog Rock. You can't make stuff up either. What happened, happened; what was, was.

 These two, in spades. Incredible that it should even be open to question.

I question it. never heard of them being considerd Prog until I came here.
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Points: 2673 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 31 2013 at 13:45
Originally posted by Dean Dean wrote:

Originally posted by Metalmarsh89 Metalmarsh89 wrote:

Soooo, 59 yes's, and 55 no's. The yes's have chimed in with there reasoning, but the no's are nowhere to be found. Does this mean that everyone who voted no just doesn't know who the Moody Blues are?


No it means that when multiple votes were allowed one stupidly selfish spoilt brat idiot child sat pressing the "no" button 50 times because they thought it would be "funny". Stern Smile 
 
Before then the actual number of "no" votes was very few.


Are multiple votes always allowed on this site, or just a poll-to-poll basis? I don't have the ability to vote yet, and I really don't know.
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Points: 4707 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 31 2013 at 13:51
Originally posted by Metalmarsh89 Metalmarsh89 wrote:

Originally posted by Dean Dean wrote:

Originally posted by Metalmarsh89 Metalmarsh89 wrote:

Soooo, 59 yes's, and 55 no's. The yes's have chimed in with there reasoning, but the no's are nowhere to be found. Does this mean that everyone who voted no just doesn't know who the Moody Blues are?


No it means that when multiple votes were allowed one stupidly selfish spoilt brat idiot child sat pressing the "no" button 50 times because they thought it would be "funny". Stern Smile 
 
Before then the actual number of "no" votes was very few.


Are multiple votes always allowed on this site, or just a poll-to-poll basis? I don't have the ability to vote yet, and I really don't know.

When you set up a poll you have the option to make it multiple vote or not

I think we have just proven that  'not' is the better choice   :)
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Points: 2673 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 31 2013 at 20:20
I'll give that one 50 yes votes Wink
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Points: 29630 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 02 2013 at 08:05
Not related to the poll, just a cool video posted on Hippie Peace Freaks -



Edited by Slartibartfast - February 02 2013 at 08:05
Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened...
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Due to their very limited (almost absent) fusing of jazz into their compositions, I voted no.
However, I think their first seven albums are worth owning.


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The requirement for "jazz" in prog is vastly overstated, there is sod all jazz in most Prog - probably about as much as there is C&W in Grunge.
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Points: 1754 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 02 2013 at 12:30
Originally posted by Dean Dean wrote:

The requirement for "jazz" in prog is vastly overstated, there is sod all jazz in most Prog - probably about as much as there is C&W in Grunge.
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Originally posted by Dean Dean wrote:

The requirement for "jazz" in prog is vastly overstated, there is sod all jazz in most Prog - probably about as much as there is C&W in Grunge.

This.

But in any case, I don't find Days of Future Passed prog at all.
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....could you possibly elaborate on specifically how you think it isn't prog at all? I'm just curious to know the thought process that leads you to that conclusion
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Well perhaps I exaggerated a little. It's not that it's not prog whatsoever, I just don't really feel any prog when I listen to it. It does have a few elements, but it kinda feels more like psychedelia with string sections than prog.
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