Mood is right. I've heard this song literally hundreds of times....still gives me the goosebumps to this day. The music from back in the day was just different. So much variety and changes of cadence and beats and dynamics. And the harmonies were off the charts. Today's music is so overproduced, monotonous, and they use the same old trap beats and auto tuned vocals. Just overall it doesn't stack up and you won't be listening to any of today's music 50+ years from now like we are listening to this 1967 classic song now.
The Moody Blues are right up there with bands like Pink Floyd and Emerson Lake and Palmer when it comes to beautiful and powerful instrumentals and deeply emotional lyrics.
@@abracadabra3033 It is an official video BUT it is the short version of the song. Back then they had singles and this was the single version. The long album version has so much more to it.
This is my absolute favorite Moody Blues song. It ALMOST closes their 1967 concept album, "Days of Future Passed." You didn't continue it to its conclusion. It ends with Graeme Edge's "Late Lament," which is a spoken word poem that places an exclamation point to "Nights in White Satin" and to its parent album! The lead vocalist, Justin Hayward, was about 21 or 22 when this was recorded. Mike Pinder played the Mellotron and provided backing vocals. Ray Thomas is the flutist and also provided backing vocals. This album was made in secret with a few studio musicians playing string instruments and such, and credited as "The London Festival Orchestra" on the album. The record company was unaware that The Moody Blues were recording this type of album. It is a beautiful record that needs to be experienced as a whole to attempt to gather the full effect of it! It was one of 4 in a row that they recorded in a few days over TWENTY FOUR MONTHS!!!! All of them are concept records and all will blow your mind! 💙💙💙💙
Yeah...was 1967 a year or a decade...as a boy of 11 and 12 the music was awesome with a FUSION of everything belting out from groups and singers we knew from the early 60s to newcomers like the “Moodies” and The Pink Floyd to name but a few.
I saw them in concert when I was eighteen in Houston, Texas in the 1980s. We were the youngest people there as most of their fans at the concert were from the previous 1960s generation. Let me say it was the best, most chill concert experience I’ve ever had. We were in the 3rd row and the people our parents age kept passing doobies up and down. No one stood up so everyone got to see the concert from their seats like civilized people. Except of course for standing ovations. Lots of standing ovations. Every song had a mood to it, and the lighting was incredible. Then they started Nights In White Satin .....the arena was pitch black with those first mysterious bars. Then brilliant blue and purple lights that turned to white light and a white knight was on stage. Like a live music video with a story. It was a mystical mid-evil dream. At one point they pulled out an enormous bejeweled silver sword that caught the light and shined back on the entire audience. That was an experience. Obviously it made an impact since I’m still talking about it over 35 years later.
Most memorable concert of my life.. Moody Blues with Trapeze as the opener. Snuck into the venue through the side entrance with two buddies and a lid of weed. What a concert! What a time to be a teenager in 71'.
Personal favorite! Such a beautiful, melodic, well executed, and perfectly written song of the 60's. Still gives me goose bumps! Thankyou. It doesn't get better than this.❤
Imagine being a teenager in the late 60s and hearing the Beatles Revolver, Cream, Hendrix, and Nights in White Satin for the first time. A lot of the music was just so new and the recording techniques evolved considerably over the decade.
Oh I have loved the Moody Blues for five decades now! They're so calming! Thank you for this! You're a bright spot in a dark world, beloved! Love from Florida and God bless you mightily! ❤ Oh! This is only 2/3's of the song. The continuation says "Breathe deep the gathering gloom Watch lights fade from every room Bedsitter people look back and lament Another day's useless energy is spent Impassioned lovers wrestle as one; Lonely man cries for love and has none New mother picks up and suckles her son Senior citizens wish they were young Cold-hearted orb that rules the night Removes the colours from our sight Red is grey is yellow white But we decide which is right And which is an illusion"
THey started out as more of a blues group. Justin Hayward (guitar), a 19 year old kid stepped into the role vacated by Denny (Wings) Laine and brought this and other great songs. This is one of the very first "Progressive Rock" works. A sitdown with the whole album would be something you'd enjoy. there is good poetry and it is a fine piece of work that you can get lost in. Recorded in 67.
The Moody Blues was a genre of their own. Back in high school I had a double album of their greatest hits and I'd put it on the stereo and blasted it out while I was cleaning house. Moody Blues is one of a hand full of groups I can listen to for an entire album without getting tired of them. They're just great.
Haunting voice in the most beautiful way, throw that flute in and you’re so relaxed and chill then Michael Myers slits someone’s throat out of nowhere 😂🤣
This song is so enchanting. I wish todays music wss like this.Just sit back and enjoy.So beautiful. I'm so happy to have been old enough to appreciate so many eras of music.
Breathe deep the gathering gloom Watch lights fade from every room Bedsitter people look back and lament Another day's useless energy is spent Impassioned lovers wrestle as one; Lonely man cries for love and has none New mother picks up and suckles her son Senior citizens wish they were young Cold-hearted orb that rules the night Removes the colours from our sight Red is grey is yellow white But we decide which is right And which is an illusion
You definitely need to hear the long version. Just by judging from your reaction you'd be able to easily listen to this part again but be totally blown away by the epic ending in the long version. All of you doing reactions make this new for me again. Thank you.
Dude "That Part" had the same effect on me since I was a child. I was like 10 and my Mom would play this while cleaning the house. I still distinctly remember that ethereal haunting sound.
Got into this song after hearing it on Rossean show. Becky and her friend were home alone and snuck into there parents liquor cabinet and started listening to there old album's. I was like man this song is awesome and i was pretty sure ive heard it before and had to look it up. And im only 28 lol
I feel the same way, this song elevates ones spirit to transcend into heavenly love, this music raises the spirit to soar like a bird in graceful flight.
We oldsters had many smorgasbords to choose from when it comes to music. There was always so much to choose from down through the years.The 60s especially.You could get high off the music itself. .Amazing.
"SPIRITUAL" Saw Moody Blues do this album twice in 1 night. There first tour in, America. We screamed more, more. They didn't have more music; so they did their set again. Seattle Washington; 1967
Their genre is Progressive Rock. One of the earliest and best bands from the early 70’s who had a longer period of creative inspiration than most prog rock bands from that era.
I saw them live at the Portland auditorium in the early 70’s. They were one of the bands starting to use the synthesizer. Awesome reaction my friend. Love what you do! 🔥❤️☮️👵🏼
seriously my friend, you should listen to the whole album start to end. this is 1 of if not the first concept album of which they did 7 in a row. 16 studio albums and numerous solo albums. the Moodies are in a class of their own and they are the grandfathers of progressive/symphonic rock. great video you posted.
Bad company -*feel like making love* Foreigner - *I've been waiting for a girl like you* Boz scaggs - *lido shuffle* Just a few I thought I'd throw your way brother I really enjoy your show and your reactions you're very open-minded and you seem like you're a cool guy to hang out with you know chill out your music
i knew you'd like that one, i kind of figured that you at least heard parts of it. here's a quick story. the first time i heard this song i was in a record store back in 1981 or 82, it touched me so much that i was asking the people who worked there who it was and a beautiful girl ( a customer ) told me that it was these guys and how it was her favorite song. ( she was georgeous and i was young so i couldn't get up the courage to try to ask her out ) anyway, ever since, whenever i go out with a girl, to this day, i always use this song and the everly brothers - unchained melody to set the mood and start great music conversation. they never fail.
MOODY BLUES, ICONIC "NIGHTS IN WHITE SATIN"... PROBABLY THE MOST NOTABLE SONG. SOME MORE, "TUESDAY AFTERNOON", "I'M JUST A SINGER IN A ROCK AND ROLL BAND"..... ✌ABRACADABRA
Great channel, Abracadabra. A bit of trivia for you. I used to go to uni with the daughter of the lady who this song was written about . The Mum used to be Justin Haywards girlfriend and apparently bought him the White Satin sheets as a present. Little did she know at the time that it would become inspiration for a classic song.