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Posted: November 21 2015 at 10:25
Beautiful pieces of music? From a rock standpoint, and eliminating a mammoth swathe of classical pieces, I don't know how one couldn't consider nearly every album from the Moody Blues in the 60s and early 70s:
Dawn Is a Feeling
Forever Afternoon (Tuesday?)
Nights in White Satin
The Actor
Visions of Paradise
Voices in the Sky
What am I Doing Here?
Never Comes the Day
Are You Sitting Comfortably
Eyes of a Child
Watching and Waiting
And the Tide Rushes In
For My Lady
You and Me
New Horizons
You can probably add 10 or 20 more on your own. The songwriting prowess of Hayward, Lodge, Pinder and Thomas was formidable, and they all had an innate ability to craft stunningly beautiful tunes, something that has somehow gotten lost in current music with such startling consistency.
...a vigorous circular motion hitherto unknown to the people of this area, but destined to take the place of the mud shark in your mythology...
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Posted: November 21 2015 at 11:43
^ It's hard to think of beautiful music and not think of the Moody Blues. The uplift you get in both Nights in White Satin and Tuesday Afternoon is amazing. And my heart always rises during Question when Hayward sings, "I'm looking for someone to change my life/I'm looking for a miracle in my life...."
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Posted: November 21 2015 at 12:02
emigre80 wrote:
^ It's hard to think of beautiful music and not think of the Moody Blues. The uplift you get in both Nights in White Satin and Tuesday Afternoon is amazing. And my heart always rises during Question when Hayward sings, "I'm looking for someone to change my life/I'm looking for a miracle in my life...."
I certainly agree, Terri. Nothing better than to listen to some Moody's on the patio with a cup of coffee on a Sunday morning. Not this weekend, of course, as the patio has a couple inches of snow.
I'd also include Traffic's Low Spark of High Heeled Boys for some really beautiful tunes, like Hidden Treasure, Many a Mile to Freedom and Rainmaker.
...a vigorous circular motion hitherto unknown to the people of this area, but destined to take the place of the mud shark in your mythology...
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Posted: November 21 2015 at 12:08
The Dark Elf wrote:
emigre80 wrote:
^ It's hard to think of beautiful music and not think of the Moody Blues. The uplift you get in both Nights in White Satin and Tuesday Afternoon is amazing. And my heart always rises during Question when Hayward sings, "I'm looking for someone to change my life/I'm looking for a miracle in my life...."
I certainly agree, Terri. Nothing better than to listen to some Moody's on the patio with a cup of coffee on a Sunday morning. Not this weekend, of course, as the patio has a couple inches of snow.
In the right mood, the Moodies could even dispel snow-induced cold. Give the patio a try.
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Posted: November 21 2015 at 12:28
emigre80 wrote:
The Dark Elf wrote:
emigre80 wrote:
^ It's hard to think of beautiful music and not think of the Moody Blues. The uplift you get in both Nights in White Satin and Tuesday Afternoon is amazing. And my heart always rises during Question when Hayward sings, "I'm looking for someone to change my life/I'm looking for a miracle in my life...."
I certainly agree, Terri. Nothing better than to listen to some Moody's on the patio with a cup of coffee on a Sunday morning. Not this weekend, of course, as the patio has a couple inches of snow.
In the right mood, the Moodies could even dispel snow-induced cold. Give the patio a try.
Hmmm...I'm not a big fan of iced coffee.
...a vigorous circular motion hitherto unknown to the people of this area, but destined to take the place of the mud shark in your mythology...
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Posted: November 21 2015 at 15:51
Just asking, isn't this thread the same as 'Your favourite music today'?? Sometimes I forget what was it yesterday when my today's fave blows my mind. So, wishing that tomorrow there will always be another one, Present music is doing it for today, right now.
Edited by MusicFreak - November 21 2015 at 15:52
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Posted: November 21 2015 at 23:23
The Dark Elf wrote:
Beautiful pieces of music? From a rock standpoint, and eliminating a mammoth swathe of classical pieces, I don't know how one couldn't consider nearly every album from the Moody Blues in the 60s and early 70s:
Dawn Is a Feeling
Forever Afternoon (Tuesday?)
Nights in White Satin
The Actor
Visions of Paradise
Voices in the Sky
What am I Doing Here?
Never Comes the Day
Are You Sitting Comfortably
Eyes of a Child
Watching and Waiting
And the Tide Rushes In
For My Lady
You and Me
New Horizons
You can probably add 10 or 20 more on your own. The songwriting prowess of Hayward, Lodge, Pinder and Thomas was formidable, and they all had an innate ability to craft stunningly beautiful tunes, something that has somehow gotten lost in current music with such startling consistency.
Absolutely, but how could you leave The Morning out
I shook my head and smiled a whisper knowing all about the place
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