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Next do Question I had this album 50 years ago at the age of 10 played it in a stack with Iron Butterfly Live, Jimi Hendrix Axis Bold As Love and Santana III
Justin Hayward, the singer has a ytube thing on Tuesday afternoons with stories about how their songs came to be. Just FYI, all. A fun discussion is was Days of Future Passed, or Sgt Pepper's the beginning of prog/concept rock?
@@marimcge nope. just don't think a lot of YOUNG black men listen to the moody blues is all i mean . and to see that music cross cultures, like al green, marvin gaye, the isley brothers and many many more did with me, is fantastic . it proves that we really are all one . have a wonderful day .
@@cweefy Well you’ll be amazed. The point was stop making assumptions. Second point please stop referring to someone’s skin color as defining their culture. This is American music and as Americans we all listen!!!
This is when people were actual artists. Singers, songwriters and musicians. They didn't "sample" other artists work. They did there own. They were original.
I'm a 70- year-old lady and this was "my music" as a young adult (saw them in concert, still love it). Your commentary on this masterpiece was priceless. I laughed until tears were running down my cheeks. Glad you've discovered the Moody Blues, so glad I discovered you. Cheers!...from a new subscriber.
Ms.Linda 57 here n have seen them live too.Watching Mr.Jamel enjoy what we grew up luvn is priceless he truly enjoys it n is very honest with his reactions.God bless
As a photographer, I covered one of these performances for a newspaper in Northwest Indiana. Though I had heard these tunes back when I was a teenager I garnered a whole new appreciation for them when I heard them live. I downloaded them from from Napster afterward.
My wife and I saw them on our 25th Wedding Anniversary with the Rockford, IL Symphony, 26 June 1997. I scored center, front row seats for us. Nights in White Satin is "Our Song."
Remember mate when peeps said you need to listen to Pink Floyd albums rather than songs... ahhhh so it goes with the Moody Blues. This song is from the album Days of Future Pass... which basically covers the journey of a day. This was one of the first concept albums and the use of a proper orchestra to support a band as well as heavy use of the mellotron. The Moodies became associated with concept albums such as 'A Question of Balance.' as well as being associated with art and progressive rock.
The album cover from In Search of the Lost Chord was my favorite, I think. I went to the Long Distance Voyager (Remember Gemini Dream and The Voice?) concert in ?1990? And another MB concert before that one....(198X?)
You can tell it from the way its structured.. They used the keys of an orchestral movement, complete with samples/allusions to other songs on the album.
Actually, it’s Days of Future Passed. Still have the CD somewhere. I got to see them doing the whole album live with the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra. An amazing show!
@@Wolverines77 that's actually Justin's solo work... for a BBC project... Not taking anything away from you, I regularly pine for their music and those days, best band ever.
Days of Future Passed was one of the earliest concept albums in rock. Each song is part of the day. The most famous is the Night in Nights in White Satin.
Please study this whole album. Not just on the channel, but in your "off time" as well. I use this album as a music theory tool, and as an English/Poetry appreciation tool, for my daughter's lessons. She's 15 and loves this entire album. During my study of this album I have found 4 ways of viewing the story line: A day in a life. A life in a day. The life of a love. The love of a life. The entire piece is one continuous circle, where the opening sound is the closing sound, but backwards. Fading into existence where it faded out. I have been studying this album since 1990, and diacussing it with my daughter for a few uears now. Reliving the discoveries I've made over the years through her joy if discovering something new about the album. Enjoy the ride.
I’ve been listening to the Moody Blues for over 50 years, here’s a few of their other songs that you might enjoy: “Question”, “The Story in Your Eyes”, & “Ride My See-Saw” As always, thanks for the smiles, memories and the shared journey.
As a HUGE Moody Blues fan of over 50 years, I will tell you much of them if you'd like to know. "Tuesday Afternoon" is part of the concept album, "Days of Future Passed" (1967). The album was the first of its kind to fuse rock and classical music together. Unbeknownst to the record label, Decca, the way it recorded, the 5 members of Moodies, along with producer Tony Clarke, hired several studio musicians (credited on the record as 'The London Festival Orchestra'). This album was one of the first true stereo one. Jamal, you asked if they were high? The Moody Blues released FOUR studio albums in barely over 24 months between Nov 1967- Nov 1969, all of which were concept albums. The Moodies have many, many songs that are hits, per se. Most of which were written by Justin Hayward. Nights in White Satin, Voices in the Sky, The Actor, Lovely to See You, Are You Sitting Comfortably?, Never Comes the Day, Gypsy, Watching and Waiting, Question, The Story in Your Eyes, The Land of Make-Believe, Driftwood, The Voice, Blue World, Your Wildest Dreams, I Know You're Out There Somewhere, Say It With Love, and one of my favorite songs, Forever Autumn (a non-Moodies song). And those are only songs by Justin Hayward! Now, if you'd like to add songs by the other 4 Moody Blues band members (3 of which also sang lead vocals on their songs). You can tell now how much I love this group!! 💙💙💙💙💙
Thanks for your comment, Justine! I got a huge kick out of Jamal's reaction. I'm a HUGE Moody Blues and Justin Hayward fan myself - nice to "meet" you here!
You consider yourself a fan of theirs and not include...for example, the whole album "On the Threshold of a Dream", then...the list goes on and on and on...
@@shawnkilbane6693 you don't know me and to post a reply to me like that is mean. How many tattoos dedicated to the Moodies do YOU have? I've loved this band since I first heard "Nights in White Satin" in 1967!! I was 8!! 💙
This is music as art. Like Pink Floyd's _Dark Side of the Moon_ and The Beatles' _Sgt Pepper's, Days of Future Passed_ deserves to be heard from start to finish.
Where I grew up, they never played the Beatles "A Day in the Life" without the Sargent Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Reprise in front of it - the Two go together incredibly well, it makes that quite the journey too. I think a law should be passed that says you cannot play "A Day in the Life" without the Reprise in front of it, as it is on the album. The Reprise is a heavy metal hard rock version with 4 part harmony from ALL the Beatles (including Ringo), something very rare for them (I'm not aware of another) - and then goes from this fast beat heavy metal hard rock sound and then slides into the mystical ballad like sound that opens the Day in the Life. As most are aware, the Day in the Life is really two songs, the bridge is a McCartney penned song and the rest is Lennon. By putting the Reprise in front of it you now have a suite that includes three different songs/melodies, with one of those melodies being offered up three times. It becomes more than just a great song. Like the Moodies here and in very many places, its as Jamal says, a journey.
You're exactly right, the "Days of Future Passed" should be listened to all at one time. We had a "Reel to Reel" tape recorder growing up...and in high school, my older brother decided he didn't have room for it, so I claimed it. I eventually taped all my L.P.'s so I could listen to my music on my head phones! Most of my albums were hard rock/heavy metal...and my mom hated it!
"Is there a chance this brother might be just a little bit high?" LOL There is EVERY CHANCE. The Moody Blues are my favorite band - I've seen them more times than I can count, & it'll never be enough. If you haven't already, I highly recommend you react to their song "Question". Also, "Isn't Life Strange?". Beautiful songs. (My band covers Tuesday Afternoon, btw, & I get to sing lead!)
The second half of this is a whole other song, BTW, called "Time to Get Away." Further down the Moodies rabbit hole: "Ride My See-Saw" "Legend of a Mind" "The Dream"/"Have You Heard (Part 1)"/"The Voyage"/"Have You Heard (Part 2)" "Higher and Higher" "Gypsy (Of a Strange and Distant Time)" "And the Tide Rushes In" "The Story in Your Eyes" "My Song" "Isn't Life Strange" "I'm Just a Singer (In a Rock 'n' Roll Band)"
saw them at the Royal Albert Hall in 2002 and they were absolutely magnificent. Some 50years since i first saw them at the legendary Isle of Wight '70 fest.
The Moody Blues are one of the greatest band's out there ! They were so good to help relax me after Viet Nam ! They are good at setting up your mood, to help you calm down and take a breath ! They can make you happy or make you cry ! Song's like, The Tide Rushes In , Watching and Waiting ! You can get very emotional listening to !
I grew up with these songs. They played a 50th Anniversary tour of the "Days of Future Passed" album in 2017. It was a fantastic concert hearing the entire album played in order (plus other great hits). They still sounded great 50 years later.
Listening to the Moody Blues is like walking through all the stages of one's life. Their music encapsulates the variety of human emotions which is why, unfortunately, many people don't find them overly appealing. There is also their eerie, uncanny sound. It makes you ruminate your existence in a way which only great music can do.
It seems to be tied in with Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon and The Moody Blues' Days of Future Passed that seem to have more meaning as I've grown older.
@Natalia Their Live at Red Rocks was a great album. My mum loves MB and I listened to a lot of it but it's only as I've grown older that I see what she saw and understand it better. I've noticed that with a lot of music that I loved I now can understand it at a deeper level.
And this was just part of Tuesday. The entire album takes you through the course of a single day, from "The Day Begins" until "Nights in White Satin", and this piece is the afternoon portion into the early part of the evening.
This is what was called: “Album Rock”. It was not uncommon for Album Rock radio stations to play whole album side at one time, and full album without a break. Instead of “Singles” cut at 3:30 minutes. Many albums were pretty much the whole side of the record. RUSH, with their Pts.1-3, And others. This was fairly common. I love your channel. I here long forgotten songs and have to add them to my Playlists.😁 Music is an international language all it’s own. It also possesses healing powers, and brings people together - all people. Also, it’s hard for people to fight, when everyone is dancing.😁 Love your channel. 📻🙂
There was a small underground FM station a couple of blocks from where we lived, back about ‘74. They’d just put on an album and wander off every once in a while, leaving some dead air until someone noticed. We’d go over, hang out with the DJs, smoke a doobie, have a beer. It was a very different time.
I was one of the DJs that would put on a side. Actually, I was there to assist with the news but as with a lot of radio stations if someone didn't show up, you were the DJ. It was a very special time and you could never do what we did in the early 1970's. Whenever a new album would come out, like Zeplin or Floyd or Moody Blues and others, we would advertise we were presenting the whole album (usually at midnight on a Friday or Saturday) and we would get big Arbitron numbers for the timeslot. Also, you could spend more time with your girlfriend in the control room because you were usually the only one there.
joonzville Yeah, there were a few around. We had a Collage station that would do most anything. KWUR- U.R.-90.3 Washington University, St.Louis. I lived near enough, and had a good enough radio to pull it in most of the time, though technically [just] outside of their coverage range, considered “ fringe “ area. They did some crazy things❗️ Stuff NO ONE could ever get away with. 📻😁
This is actually two songs, afternoon and evening, what comes next is sun set, twilight time and the night (Nights in White Satin). The story of the album is quite interesting. The record company wanted to show off their stereo sound (which was rather new in 1967). The record company wanted the MB to work with a symphony orchestra on a version a classical work (I think Vivaldi's four seasons). The Moodies didn't want to do that, they already had a concept of songs that told the story of a day in the life. So the record company agreed to record their Days of Future Passed with songs about times of day, and have a composer (Peter Knight) provide symphonic segments to transition between songs. The use of the Mellotron (tape recording of strings) and flute playing by Ray Thomas of the Moodies, made the songs by the band sound a lot like the orchestra, so it flowed together almost seamlessly. The album is a timeless masterpiece. Oh hell yes, we hippies got stoned and often spent the whole evening listening to Moody Blues records (sometimes with a little King Crimson or Yes thrown in too).
You might get there with marijuana, or you might get there with with meditation; you might get there with music like this, or it might just suddenly dawn on you out of the blue... the important thing is to get there somehow... everybody needs a little Tuesday Afternoon magic in their lives! Take a few minutes each day to gaze at a tree, or the clouds... Life is so special, and so beautiful, still, even amidst the madness...
Been listening to the Moody Blues from birth. My dad would come home from work (even when I was a newborn, according to my mom), turn down the lights, put on a record (you know, the old 12" vinyl LP), lay down on the floor, and just let the music take him away. It's honestly one of my first solid memories, and it's been reinforced every single night for the first decade of my life. Here's the thing: From Days of Future Passed through The Seventh Sojourn - about seven albums - each album has to be listened to from start to finish. Put on a record, turn out the lights, relax, and listen to the whole damn thing. Then move to the next one at a later date. My dad wasn't high when he was listening to these, and neither was I. That said, it's well understood that the band was floating through the 60's and 70's - at least until their break in 1974. From my experience, you don't need to be high to listen to these guys. If you just relax, close your eyes, and go wherever the music takes you, you'll be levitating by the time it's done. Stop listening to just single songs from those albums. They were never intended to be singles. The best way to experience them is to listen to the entire album.
I was blown away when this first came out in my teens. Just like your dad, I would kick back in a comfy chair with the best headphones I could afford and just bliss out to the whole album. No expensive enhancements necessary - it was a super cheap high that my parents couldn't complain about. Except for skipping homework, of course.
For the Moody Blues you should listen to In Search of the Lost Chord (whole album like we did) and On the Threshold of a Dream (whole album). Then consider these were done in the 60s, no computers or modern keyboards and effects. They had to innovate sounds.
This was actually two songs off their concept album, Days of Future Passed. They worked with a full orchestra for it. Each track represents a different part of the day, which in turn is meant to be representative of a lifespan. This was the "afternoon/evening" tracks, which in turn lead into the major hit, Nights in White Satin.
Hey Jamel, I also grew up in this era and OMG!!! Their music, the poetry, the classical touch seemed to me like they were a step above and beyond . A total experience!!! Take a bow Moody Blues, your music will last forever!!! So beautiful man!!!! I’d never, ever get tired of their music, so many songs you gotta listen to!!!!!!
"This was written by lead singer Justin Hayward, who explained: "I sat down in a field, smoked a funny African cigarette, and that song just came out. It was a Tuesday afternoon." My older brother had all their albums and played them all the time. To me they were okay, but you really could not skate to them as I based most of the music I liked back there by what I could skate to.
@@christinerobinson548 basically what it boils down to is a big roller skater.. if you know anything about The Moody Blues LOL that's not music you really roller skate to... so basically if com editor did not think he could roller skate to the band or the songs then they weren't that good to him.
Of course you are my bright little star, I've pile of file, pretty files of you forefathers fruit, and now to suit our great computer, your magnetic ink. I'm more then that, at least I must be. There you go man keep as cool as you can it riles them to believe that your perceive the webs they weave and keep on thinking free.
@@rondias6625 yep, it's annoying. Like Kravitz doing American Woman, video had scantily clad women, I don't think he realized or just decided to bastardized it. American Women is a protest song against the Vietnam war. And so many do remixes totally butchering classics.
@@woodrose50 all they can see these days are dollar signs..they are clueless to what was really going on and why songs were written in the first place..
"Y'all be floatin'." Not necessarily, but it is good music for just sitting somewhere, closing your eyes, and letting the music carry you away all on its own. As you said, it is a journey. Hopefully you enjoyed it though. :D
Yes it is good music to "float" with. But there are ways to float, that don't involve drugs...yes? The Moody blues Solidly, Represent Rock and Roll. a music style that changed the course of civilization that cant be said about Jazz or Classical music ! from playing in bars in England the band now has symphony orchestras around the world, playing symphonic versions of these old "hippy drug songs" ...
BTW, the lead singer and writer, Justin Hayward, was 19-20 when he wrote most of this album. You really should listen, not necessarily react to the whole album. Nights in White Satin was also on this album.
@@pempem9129 It's not "Knights", it's "Nights". Justin Hayward, who wrote "Nights in White Satin" has a YT channel called "Tuesday Afternoons" on which he publishes a new video every Tuesday that explains his songwriting process for all of his major songs, what inspired him to write the song, his location and situation at the time, etc.
Rick Kopp They all wrote songs on this. Justin wrote this one and “Nights in White Satin.” John Lodge wrote “Peak Hour” and “Evening (Time to Get Away)”, Mike Pinder wrote “Dawn is a Feeling” and “Twilight Time”, and Ray Thomas wrote “Another Morning” and “Sunset”.
The Moody Blues were the first (along with the Beatles) to bring a symphonic element to rock ‘n roll. But make no mistake - these guys could rock the house. Check out “The Story in Your Eyes” or “I’m Just A Singer in A Rock and Roll Band.” Their song “Question” has some extreme highs and lows, making it a fascinating musical ride. And of course their classic “Nights In White Satin” is a crowning achievement. And we’ll never forget their debut hit, “Go Now.” One of the often overlooked groups of the ‘60s/‘70s, the Moody Blues belong in the top ten rock groups of all time. PS: You’d be surprised at all the great music that was written by people who were high at the time. ;-)
"Melancholy Man" is another masterpiece. There are so many songs that come to mind I love by "The Moody Blues." As you said their songs are constructed in a way which makes transitions between different parts of a particular song so smooth.
I fell asleep listening to Melancholy Man on 8 track. The tape got messed up somehow and when I woke up it was replaying that song over and over. Apparently it looped while I was asleep and I could not get that damn song out of my head for weeks. To this day I can't listen to it anymore. "A beam of light will fill your head....." AHHHHHHHHHH!
"Breathe deep the gathering gloom...." "Days of Future Passed" was like a composition with many movements... not an album with individual, unrelated cuts.
That was just the afternoon, there's still the dawn, morning, evening, twilight and night on that album! (well, this reaction was really for two songs, Afternoon and Evening)
You are helping us all, including yourself, at this time, when we are all dealing with a lot of life's problems. I hope you're growing spiritually from this gift of music. We love you Jamel.
Saw these guys in concert 4 years ago in South Bend, Indiana. Best. Concert. Ever. in my 66 years...flawless from start to finish. Great acoustics in the theatre, light show..great Art Noveau decorations, and crowd!
Remember, this was one of the first “concept” albums and one of the first to use a full symphony. It was their first album and it tracked a typical day from dawn to night
The band famously was supposed to be working on a rock version of Dvorak’s “New World Symphony” for Decca Records, but asked for privacy from the studio. They talked the conductor for the symphony into creating arrangements for their stageshow, and then recorded their own concept album instead in one week. The orchestra created arrangements that wound each song together into the concept of one day in the life of a man. Justin Hayward has a magnificent voice. He has often talked about the effects of drugs on his work, but they added, and didn’t detract, from what he created back then. It was like lightning in a bottle.
When my parents saw them live back in the early 90's, they had the whole London Symphony backing them. My dad said the only band to outshine the Moody Blues in concert was Pink Floyd.
This song was written when Hayward smoked a joint in a park with his dog, Tuesday. The day was also Tuesday, lol. I love to play this song on my Acoustic Guitar!
A unique band, with members of singular talent. Another song of theirs I really like is called "My Song." People often overlook them as the pioneers in mixing electronics and psychedelics.
I had the privilege to see these guys during their Red Rocks tour in the 90's and their Strange Times tour in 1999. Both times they toured with a symphony orchestra. This was my mother's favorite band of all time and it was an honor to see them in concert. They were one of the first, if not the first rock bands to intertwine the rock genre with classical symphonics.
That moment when you find yourself staring out the windshield to see what's ahead and you realize you should have been looking out of the passenger window the whole time.
OMG..."All this is going down on a Tuesday?" Hah...the look on your face when the song continued after the Disney section...this ain't just the "long version"; actually, you went into a separate, different song! Rolled into "Evening (Time to Get Away). DAYS OF FUTURE PAST (correction: PASSED) is a concept album, and the songs flow into each other. (The theme is "a day in the life"...) It's an album that's really designed to be listened to as a whole.
Thank you. I like this guy, but I always end up yelling at him for not doing any basic research before he listens to something completely unknown to him.
I am 67 yrs old and in my honest opinion The Moody Blues are undeniably and unquestionably the best group ever to have made music to this standard. I have all their album's and listen to them regularly.
“The Moodies” are considered “psychedelic/folk music” & were very popular through the 60’s & 70’s-even had a song or two on the charts in the 80’s!! I think I owned almost all of “The Moodies” albums & love them all! Justin Hayward’s addition to/band was quintessential & changed everything! Tuesday Afternoon is from the album “Days Of Future Passed” recorded with the London Symphony Orchestra & basically was an album describing a day in the life of creation-day, night, seasons, time, etc.
@@welshwitch2126 I can relate to your experience of the song. I likewise sense something very elegiac, plaintive about the song. It bespeaks that time of life which one would like to return to but cannot do so. Like a cold, misty autumn day whose colours and fragrances invoke remembrance of things past which infuse one with a sense both of elation and melancholy.
Hey Jamel, this album is continuous, start to finish, taking you through all stages of the day. It starts in the morning and finishes at night (Nights in White Satin). All songs are bridged by studio orchestra (session musicians) called The London Festival Orchestra, so there is no silence between songs. You actually played two songs which are often linked together on Sirius XM. Forever Afternoon (Tuesday?) and (Evening) Time to Get Away. They are bridged by the session orchestra so it is continuous. If you played it on vinyl, these songs would have been the beginning of side two. If you haven’t, check out the entire album. Truly a masterpiece!
You betcha! This album is really meant to be listened to from beginning to end on headphones, when it came out, I was never high on anything but the talent of these gentlemen, they do take you on a journey!
When I was much younger, a bunch of friends and I were coming of a day of mild hallucinogens. We were listening to the radio and the station was in the habit of playing full albums without interruption at this time of night. There was no introduction, they just said “here we go” and I heard the opening notes. My friends were more into heavier rock and were going to change the station. Having heard the whole album before, I sternly protested and said that everyone needed to just lay back and relax. By the end, which seemed like both hours and seconds at the same time, they were all grateful I insisted they all listen. Straight or otherwise, I believe it is nearly impossible to not appreciate the majesty of the work of art!
The first three albums I serial listened to as a kid, were, Sly & The Family Stone's Greatest Hits, The Blues Brothers' Briefcase Full of Blues and The Moody Blues' Days of Future Past. Days of Future Past is definitely an acid trip on vinyl.
lots of the Prog bands from that era had transitions in their music like this (Yes, Rush, Emerson Lake and Palmer etc) ...they were compositions reminiscent of classical compositions done by the great composers.....epic stuff