Live vocals from Justin against studio backtrack, from 'The Lost Performance (Live in Paris '70)' filmed for French tv. www.themoviedb... www.progarchive... www.allmusic.c...
I don't want him to Rest In Peace. I'm not sure what his faith was, but I picture him in Heaven. Singing and playing music with Ray, Graeme, and my Big Brother, who was a Moody Blues Fan until the day he passed. Have fun guys. I hope to see you all soon.
I was reading over the comments on this thread and it's so obvious that a lot of the people that are into the Moody blues are deep feeling, very sensitive, a lot of them are spiritually inclined, individuals! There is so much heart and emotion expressed in these comments! So many of us looked deeper into their lyrics, and not just the music! I got caught up in a heroin epidemic in NYC back around 1975, and I felt I was a prisoner that would never break free of my addiction. Throughout the 70's and 80's their music kept speaking to me and was a big source of comfort during those dark years of my life! They kept alive a yearning in my heart to be free of the addiction and to know a relationship with the God of my understanding! They gave me hope, and I believe God spoke to me through their music and lyrics, and helped me not to give up and that there was something in this world that was good, and worth living for! I finally achieved freedom from my addiction in 1989!
Allan Dinegar bro im currently in rehab right now for opiate addiction. so happy to finnal be clean. now i can embrace who i truly am, a musician, spiritualist, and most importantly, a healer to anyone in need. grow stron. PEACE!
Allan Dinegar Great comment Allan. Also, I admire you for having the courage and determination to keep on fighting until you were free. I guarantee you that your great post will help others. Have a great weekend my friend. John
+Allan Dinegar ~ Excellent post. Yes, I believe people who are into the Moody Blues are deep feeling, sensitive people. I have attended several Moody Blues concerts recently and can listen to their lyrics and music and it transports me back to a far different place. There is a song for practically every situation I find myself in. "I know you're out there somewhere" is one of my favorites as is "I'm just a singer in a rock and roll band". I can't understand why they have not been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. They are one of the hardest working and most enduring bands out there. Good luck with your achievement. Congratulations on your hard work. My two grandsons were heroin addicts and they are working very hard at kicking the addiction. Both are back in rehab and one has 15 months of sobriety. I pray every day that they can beat this beast.
+Allan Dinegar amen to their music deep feeling , very sensitive ,all that you said ,moody blues a class act will always love them ,especially nights in white satin that Justin wrote after a very sad break up ! this music touches my soul in so many ways !
Allan Dinegar~ Congratulations on your recovery. Knowing of it gives me one more to add to the hundreds of thousands of reasons to be grateful to the Spirit (in the sky) that so many have given their own unique handle and billions have, and do, acknowledge as responsible for all we see and have yet to see; the one we see and hear in each other, when we look, if we listen; the one that is able to use the ordinary things we do, in our clumsy stumbling along life's paths, to reveal unto us that we are not the result of an "accident" nor are we here by happenstance. For me it is a most forceful revelation when presented through the songs written, played, and performed by this group; evidently, I'm not the only one. I graduated in the beginning of summer in '68 and by the end of January 1969, I had completed about one and 1/2 weeks of boot camp at MCRD in San Diego. (that's Marine Corps Recruit Depot) Amidst all the yelling, crying, screaming, violence, craziness, and chaos, their music was my anchor in the realm of normality, my reminder there WAS such a thing, and to it I often turned, seeking the restoration of some semblance of serenity, and tranquility. Through them, it was always delivered; and so was I. Coming here today started by accident, but once I had arrived, it seemed the prudent thing to try finding some of my favorites, which I managed. But I'm a bit dismayed that I've not found one which, it seems at least to me, wouldn't, or maybe shouldn't, be absent considering the depth of the universal application with which the thoughts conveyed by the lyrics in so much of this music is, by so many of us, associated. When I happened on the area provided for visitors to compose and leave comments, I thought first about just leaving an inquiry as to whether or not I had simply not looked in all the possible locations. But then I started reading comments others had made and when I read yours, it said that I would be making a mistake if I didn't say something and direct my remarks to you. Now! You have my congratulations and historical relationship with these gifted artists. Are you, or anyone else, able to tell me anything about the songs on the album entitled, "A Question of Balance"? Here's to you, and your continued recovery success. B L E S S I N G S ! ! _____ M T B
I've said this before. I went to war,this band and its music returned me to some form of sanity. I will always be grateful I found the Moody Blues. They helped me return home.
Welcome home Alan Barker! My oldest brother fought in Vietnam and he was traumatized in every way. He would find solace in music also. He would keep busy by recording his favorite songs that helped him and he would give me copies. I'm glad that I had the chance to grow up with the Moody Blues!
Friday afternoon, no more classes until Monday, Chilling out with another 'Nam vet in our off-campus apartment, listening to the Moodies, eating blue cheese, getting mellow (no need for an explanation). Where did it all go?
Big Tnx ! Dana Disabled Vn Era Combat Medic & Surgery Tech...First Army MEDDAC Dept. Surgery & CMS Vet Rep [ Ret ] We lost many friends who gave their supreme devotion to duty....db
This was my dad's favorite song. This year, in January, he lost his life due to suicide. 💔 He was living his life in the fast lane, with really big highs and lows. The mornings were his biggest struggle. I am grateful for this song. It makes me sad, the lyrics is very meaningful. It also gives me peace, the lyrics describes my dad's battle with depression. It brings me closer to my dad. If anyone is reading this who's struggling with depression or suicidal thoughts: you are important and you are loved❤ If this day feels impossible, talk with someone. The days will become lighter - the voice in your head is telling you lies. ❤
The Golden Age of Rock n Roll. I'm still discovering stuff I didn't get to and albums I didn't get around to buying. I do keep up with new stuff - you know, there's nothing close to this.
Am I just a boomer or, am I right about there not being any song like this these days ? Thoughtful lyrics good vocal harmony and chorus, pace changes, chord changes, fanfares and cascades.
You might be, I'm not (not far off), but still appreciate 70s-80s. You're right though, chords do not move nowadays. Pick a key (usually C or G) and they just hang there. There are bangers out there, however, just gotta look. All the best. ;-)
Good point. The 60's exploded with a lot of great and new upcoming bands and sounds. The 70's started to morph into new melodic genre's with the advent of the progressive rock movement with the popularity of the Mellotron sound. The 80's produced some great talent too. After that............garbage. Since you mentioned there's no songs like this these days, it's not Moody Blues, but there is hope for the younger generation. Here's Contra Bass performing Deep Purple's Burn. Holy Moly. These guys are just kids. ruclips.net/video/Lw6vsHuqoGw/видео.html
"And when you stop and think about it, you won't believe it's true That all the love you've been giving, has all been meant for you" These words I wrote down and gave to my daughter when she was going through immense heartache.
Just a random Moody Blues search has led me to a newfound appreciation of this underrated band. Lyrics that are understandable and actually mean something.
I am 71 now . I hear this and it brings tears to my eyes because of the memories that burst through my mind of my youth and friends and lovers that have come and gone, some passed away , some I have lost contact with, some who no longer recognise me. Thankfully I can still listen to this amazing music in these sometimes unbearable times that we now live in.
My first concert was Jethro Tull and some unknown group was the backup band called Yes. Holy moly..... I have just about every album the Moody Blues put out because I agree, they're pretty awesome. I saw the Moody Blues 50th anniversary tour of Days of Future Past a few years ago. They are still awesome. Ian Anderson is still touring too....I truly believe he's immortal. You have great taste in music.
@@stargate1555 I had all the Moody Blues,and Jethro Tull on vinyl. European pressed. I was stationed there as was my husband. We just sold them to a collector in Savannah. But I have them digitized and stored on a flash drive. But still love the music of the late 60's and early 70's. I'm just that old.
@@marydegenkolb9603 . I know the restless feelings. Maybe this could also help you to go with a friendly flow and cheer up: Mozart: kv313, kv299 and kv315. Many cd's. I own Philips, Irene Grafenauer and conductor Sir Neville Mariner; Academy of St.-Martin-in-the-fields. Or some Decca-release. DGG an do to.
I can't pick a greatest, but for a tight single, I vote For Do You Believe in Magic. 3 verses, chorus, instrumental interlude, and a fade, all in two minutes flat, the tightest single in rock history.
Jim Coleman Yes, music from those decades can never be matched!! Was born at just the right time for growing up with all of it (1957). Thanks mom and dad!!
It is so hard to explain the impact the Moody Blues have had on music and music history. I remember it like it was yesterday. So creative and such innovators. They made history and will never be forgotten. Live long my friends.
I had the privilege of seeing them in concert back in the 70s. I have loved them since then. I'm looking for a miracle in my life. That IMO speaks volumes even today.
This live performance sounds so close to the original studio version, but different enough to be able to tell they weren’t just lip syncing. Justin Hayward’s voice is incredible.
"Between the silence of the mountains and the crashing of the seas, there lies a land I once lived in and she's waiting there for me. But in the gray of the morning, my mind becomes confused, between the dead and the sleeping and the road that I must choose." Genius songwriting....
So true. Justin was and is, a true poet in every sense of the word. A romantic troubadour, giving voice to what we feel inside but can't express. Hard to pick just one song as a favorite ....... But 'For My Lady' and 'Forever Autumn' are surely two of the most beautiful.
There's a few moments in musical history where I would love to have a time machine and just be the proverbial fly on the wall and this is one of those moments
My daughter bought tickets for me to see them about 10 years ago, and when I seen them walk on stage I started to cry, thinking of all the times there songs touched my life, music is very powerful.
Janet Babeuf - I had seen them three times over the years. They're amazing.... To say the least. My current favorite at the moment is "New Horizons", because the woman who I loved more than anything on this earth 🌎, had caused our relationship to end.... Sadly. I also love "Watching and Waiting".
I've seen them four times. the last time was the first for my wife. The first time with Mike Pinder, and always with Ray Thomas. Ray retired shortly after I saw them last.
You are Sooo Right, Music is Very Powerful!!! It can bring people Like Us Together, Like You said, You started to cry when They walked out onstage, Music can make You Happy, Sad, Angry... I Love Music, I REALLY Do!!!
About to hit 70. I've been an avid fan since I first heard "Tuesday Afternoon" on late night FM radio back in the 60's. Rest in peace to the members no longer with us. Be assured that your music will last forever.😊👍👍
I went to the Moody Blues 50th anniversary tour of Days of Future Passed and during intermission they paid tribute to former band members that are no longer here...............there were like 20 of them. I had no idea.
I am a bit younger, but the same song got to me too. None of my friends understood what I saw in their music. I would eventually go on to work for IBM, get degrees in electrical engineering and computer science, and study classical guitar. That likely explains some of it.
Justin was one of the finest rock singers ever...never flat or sharp. Cuts the key so clean it takes my breath away...RIP Ray and Graeme. True troubadours of our generation.
Oh this beautiful song and that beautiful guy. My mom had cancer when this was out. I clung to the words, we so needed a miracle in our lives. Angelic.
Absolute Magic, I was born in 1954 and feel so privileged to have grown up with the best music the world has ever heard, and most of it played by British Bands!
Justin Hayward's voice is a gift from a higher place. He can melt you, send shivers down your spine, and bring a tear to your eyes. No one, but no one, has a voice like his.
"I'm looking for, someone to change my life. I'm looking for, a miracle in my life!!!" I've been sitting those lines for the last 2 hours, so even though I didn't know the name of the song, I had to come find it! That's The power of a great song after all these years
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Denny Laine, forgive me, but I hope you're not resting in peace. I hope you're up in Heaven playing, singing with Graham, Ray and my Brother who plays Bass. My Brother was/is one of The Moody Blues strongest fans. He drew me into The Moody Blues and I am as much a fan as he is. Please keep the music going.
I'm a musician and play over 100 percussion, string, and woodwind instruments so I bought a Mellotron M4000D back in 2017 because of the Moody Blues. Holy moly......this band really influenced me too. I was lucky enough to be invited to their 50th anniversary of the Days of Future Passed tour. Fan forever too.
I was a 14 year old, in a suburb of Cleveland in 1974 listening to this - not necessarily understanding the depth of the lyrics - yet at the same knew this was a masterpiece and an incredible song.
Me too. Slavic Village. I was just about to comment but instead started reading through thinking isn't it funny that this video from 12 years ago is still getting hits and people sharing what the band and in particular this song meant to them! This is my favorite song from my favorite band. My 1st album was Octave, given to me on my 14th birthday 1978. I have not stopped listening since then. Have a great night.
In 1968 when I was eighteen I was in the US Navy on the Aircraft Carrier USS Enterprise. I bought In Search of the Lost Chord at the ship's store for $1.50. I had a portable stereo set up behind my bunk. We were on a seven month cruise and I listened to that album nearly every night. It brought such peace to me under the circumstances. I know every word to every song on the album. Still when I hear the Moody Blues I am taken back to those days when I was on a warship in a combat zone but I was able to put on the Moody Blues and my headphones and be transported to an altogether different wo5.
That's so cool I was on the Truxton Dlgn 35 listening to the Moodies in the fire locker it was a little later in time 73 we always went out with the Big E part of the nuc fleet
The truest magic is never lost. It's always felt and heard deep in our memories, renewing us all if we only dare to remember. The Moody Blues awakened many to the magic all around us.
Something about the best of the Moody Blues, particularly Justin, is that their lyrics were often very prayerful, seeking, longing. Their beauty really comes thru...Many recognized the spiritual wisdom, but really, they weren't so wise as they were humble and honest...carrying a sort of naivete as in all of us. Love that band!
I fell in love with the Moody Blues in 1970. I was fourteen. My boyfriend and I snuck out to go to their concert in Clevland. Oh that Justin Hayward, what a gorgeous man! I love the music. I still do Moody Blues marathons with the original vinyl. I ended up marrying my boyfriend at 18, he was 19, now we're 63 and 64. Love lasts a lifetime.
I remember i was only 11 years young when i heard this song and the MOODY BLUES for the very first time and now it is the year 2024 and finally after 50 plus years they were recently and finally induction into the ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME an awerd that was way past overdue...I guess better late than never...
Beginning a long time ago radio waves traveling throughout the universe carry the music in it’s infancy of the Moody Blues, Gordon Lightfoot, John Denver, etc. performing to the cosmos forever are without Question gifts from earth for all existence to behold.
Still celebrating 420 in 2023 with some Moody Blues. Not a bad way to end it should it be the last one. If there's anything that reminds you there's more than just this chaotic nonsense going on in the world today, it's The Moody Blues.
I can't possibly express how much I would have given just to be a FACE IN THE CROWD when the boys debuted this song. In the absence of words, I will simply thank Justin Hayward and the guys who made it happen.
Ill never forget the day my husband waa diagnosed with cancer, we were scared,l was crying on the way home l put in a mixed CD & this was the song when it got to the living & the dead it hit us whats in store for him.Yes the fans are deep, this song is meant to listen without talking & it says it all.
What a beautiful song, esp the way Justin sings it, you can feel every single note and word that comes out of his beautiful mouth. He sings so perfect.
Im only 37 and wasn't alive when this all went down but I've loved moody blues since I discovered them at 24 and I would give almost anything to have a time machine and travel back to this performance
The Moody Blues introduced me to spirituality through their music and lyrics. I have been a serious fan of the group. Send them live in concert couple of times in New York and owners a collections of their previous albums. Long live moodies.❤🙏
This was the song of the time I met my first boyfriend, a dark haired French boy called Patric. I went cycling with him on the back of his bike, my arms around his waist, my hair blowing in the breeze and my face pressed to his white tee shirt which smelt of fresh soap. I felt moments of magic. We said we loved each other. Our parents broke us up and I was distraught. He was taken back to France and I never saw him again. This stunning song brings back bittersweet memories.
Is there no end to my longing for more. They've ( the moody blues) been in my life for 50 years. Thank you for the memories. I will take those memories to my grave and not sharing. A tearful betrayal is remembered of days long gone.
I just got home from my dear friends funeral. Only 57. She loved these guys. I remember her singing parts of this song. . over and over and over! Good times. God bless you Merk. Rest in Peace.
I am sorry for your lost friend. This song will follow me rest of my life, the words and the music is wonderful. We had this music with my brothers funeral 2015. He was 60 years old when he died and I loved him so much we were so tight and I really miss him so. I belive he look down sometimes and listen when I play Qustion. ❤️
*RIP Mike Pinder* 😞 (27 December 1941 - 24 April 2024)
Rest In Peace
I don't want him to Rest In Peace. I'm not sure what his faith was, but I picture him in Heaven. Singing and playing music with Ray, Graeme, and my Big Brother, who was a Moody Blues Fan until the day he passed. Have fun guys. I hope to see you all soon.
😊😊
wow i didn't know mike died recently.of course he will never really die and live on through his music.
Doug Ingle of Iron Butterfly died the same day, age 78
Stunning I'm still listening who else is loving this great band?
I like to look at Justin, so handsome.
@@virginiawalters7841 oh ya 🙋♀️
My all time fave tune
@@vanessahawarden9028 🙋♀️
Got to know them only from 'Pirates of Silicon Valley'. A bit late yes it was, but better than never 🤷♂️.
I was reading over the comments on this thread and it's so obvious that a lot of the people that are into the Moody blues are deep feeling, very sensitive, a lot of them are spiritually inclined, individuals! There is so much heart and emotion expressed in these comments! So many of us looked deeper into their lyrics, and not just the music! I got caught up in a heroin epidemic in NYC back around 1975, and I felt I was a prisoner that would never break free of my addiction. Throughout the 70's and 80's their music kept speaking to me and was a big source of comfort during those dark years of my life! They kept alive a yearning in my heart to be free of the addiction and to know a relationship with the God of my understanding! They gave me hope, and I believe God spoke to me through their music and lyrics, and helped me not to give up and that there was something in this world that was good, and worth living for! I finally achieved freedom from my addiction in 1989!
Allan Dinegar bro im currently in rehab right now for opiate addiction. so happy to finnal be clean. now i can embrace who i truly am, a musician, spiritualist, and most importantly, a healer to anyone in need. grow stron. PEACE!
Allan Dinegar Great comment Allan. Also, I admire you for having the courage and determination to keep on fighting until you were free. I guarantee you that your great post will help others. Have a great weekend my friend. John
+Allan Dinegar ~ Excellent post. Yes, I believe people who are into the Moody Blues are deep feeling, sensitive people. I have attended several Moody Blues concerts recently and can listen to their lyrics and music and it transports me back to a far different place. There is a song for practically every situation I find myself in. "I know you're out there somewhere" is one of my favorites as is "I'm just a singer in a rock and roll band". I can't understand why they have not been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. They are one of the hardest working and most enduring bands out there. Good luck with your achievement. Congratulations on your hard work. My two grandsons were heroin addicts and they are working very hard at kicking the addiction. Both are back in rehab and one has 15 months of sobriety. I pray every day that they can beat this beast.
+Allan Dinegar amen to their music deep feeling , very sensitive ,all that you said ,moody blues a class act will always love them ,especially nights in white satin that Justin wrote after a very sad break up ! this music touches my soul in so many ways !
Allan Dinegar~
Congratulations on your recovery. Knowing of it gives me one more to add to the hundreds of thousands of reasons to be grateful to the Spirit (in the sky) that so many have given their own unique handle and billions have, and do, acknowledge as responsible for all we see and have yet to see; the one we see and hear in each other, when we look, if we listen; the one that is able to use the ordinary things we do, in our clumsy stumbling along life's paths, to reveal unto us that we are not the result of an "accident" nor are we here by happenstance.
For me it is a most forceful revelation when presented through the songs written, played, and performed by this group; evidently, I'm not the only one. I graduated in the beginning of summer in '68 and by the end of January 1969, I had completed about one and 1/2 weeks of boot camp at MCRD in San Diego. (that's Marine Corps Recruit Depot)
Amidst all the yelling, crying, screaming, violence, craziness, and chaos, their music was my anchor in the realm of normality, my reminder there WAS such a thing, and to it I often turned, seeking the restoration of some semblance of serenity, and tranquility.
Through them, it was always delivered; and so was I. Coming here today started by accident, but once I had arrived, it seemed the prudent thing to try finding some of my favorites, which I managed. But I'm a bit dismayed that I've not found one which, it seems at least to me, wouldn't, or maybe shouldn't, be absent considering the depth of the universal application with which the thoughts conveyed by the lyrics in so much of this music is, by so many of us, associated.
When I happened on the area provided for visitors to compose and leave comments, I thought first about just leaving an inquiry as to whether or not I had simply not looked in all the possible locations. But then I started reading comments others had made and when I read yours, it said that I would be making a mistake if I didn't say something and direct my remarks to you. Now! You have my congratulations and historical relationship with these gifted artists. Are you, or anyone else, able to tell me anything about the songs on the album entitled, "A Question of Balance"?
Here's to you, and your continued recovery success. B L E S S I N G S ! !
_____ M T B
I've said this before. I went to war,this band and its music returned me to some form of sanity. I will always be grateful I found the Moody Blues. They helped me return home.
Welcome home Alan Barker! My oldest brother fought in Vietnam and he was traumatized in every way. He would find solace in music also. He would keep busy by recording his favorite songs that helped him and he would give me copies. I'm glad that I had the chance to grow up with the Moody Blues!
Friday afternoon, no more classes until Monday, Chilling out with another 'Nam vet in our off-campus apartment, listening to the Moodies, eating blue cheese, getting mellow (no need for an explanation). Where did it all go?
Big Tnx ! Dana Disabled Vn Era Combat Medic & Surgery Tech...First Army MEDDAC Dept. Surgery & CMS
Vet Rep [ Ret ] We lost many friends who gave their supreme devotion to duty....db
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@@alanbarker6578 Thank you for your service. I have a lot of respect for you. 💯
This was my dad's favorite song. This year, in January, he lost his life due to suicide. 💔 He was living his life in the fast lane, with really big highs and lows.
The mornings were his biggest struggle. I am grateful for this song. It makes me sad, the lyrics is very meaningful. It also gives me peace, the lyrics describes my dad's battle with depression. It brings me closer to my dad.
If anyone is reading this who's struggling with depression or suicidal thoughts: you are important and you are loved❤ If this day feels impossible, talk with someone. The days will become lighter - the voice in your head is telling you lies. ❤
My husband committed suicide and loved the moody blues, especially Isn’t Life Strange. Sending hugs
I'm sure millions of us are still listening.
They sang the question about why so much hate and war, in 1970.
Over 50 years later, we're still asking.
or 5000 yrs or so.
How about "Monster" 1969 more to the point today than 1969
My favorite group. Still listening in 2024 at the age of 70.
I feel that the beginning and ending of this song are like two book ends holding up a beautiful novel about love.
+Steve Jackson yes not WAR AND PEACE Wuthering Heights maybe You mentioned LOVE
This was actually two separate songs originally.
Justin just thought that they would fit well together.
I am crying
Perfectly explained
Beautifully said! Listening on my birthday 5/29. Would have loved to been there listening. 🌹
I just needed to listen to this tonight. I’m 73 and still a dreamer. ♥️
70 here
61, guess I'm the baby here lol.
Special musicians………………….
Far out! ;)
73 and it’s delicious!!!
I am 69 and so glad to have lived with the best bands ever.
Same here! 👍👍
Coudlent say it better. Today's kids are loosing out big time
The Golden Age of Rock n Roll. I'm still discovering stuff I didn't get to and albums I didn't get around to buying. I do keep up with new stuff - you know, there's nothing close to this.
Same here.. I’m 68 :)
Going on 74 years old. I grew up with the Moodys. They were, and still are the most significant band in moving my life.
Am I just a boomer or, am I right about there not being any song like this these days ? Thoughtful lyrics good vocal harmony and chorus, pace changes, chord changes, fanfares and cascades.
You might be, I'm not (not far off), but still appreciate 70s-80s. You're right though, chords do not move nowadays. Pick a key (usually C or G) and they just hang there. There are bangers out there, however, just gotta look. All the best. ;-)
Good point. The 60's exploded with a lot of great and new upcoming bands and sounds. The 70's started to morph into new melodic genre's with the advent of the progressive rock movement with the popularity of the Mellotron sound. The 80's produced some great talent too. After that............garbage. Since you mentioned there's no songs like this these days, it's not Moody Blues, but there is hope for the younger generation. Here's Contra Bass performing Deep Purple's Burn. Holy Moly. These guys are just kids. ruclips.net/video/Lw6vsHuqoGw/видео.html
lol, just good taste
@@joeherald7319 "Just" a boomer?! 🤣 😎
Hearing this 52 year old song reminds me that most of today’s music is crap.
"And when you stop and think about it, you won't believe it's true
That all the love you've been giving, has all been meant for you"
These words I wrote down and gave to my daughter when she was going through immense heartache.
One of the most prolific and mystical bands whose music still stands the test of time, 50 years on
Just a random Moody Blues search has led me to a newfound appreciation of this underrated band. Lyrics that are understandable and actually mean something.
I am 71 now . I hear this and it brings tears to my eyes because of the memories that burst through my mind of my youth and friends and lovers that have come and gone, some passed away , some I have lost contact with, some who no longer recognise me. Thankfully I can still listen to this amazing music in these sometimes unbearable times that we now live in.
Brings us back.
Same here! Saw the Moodies at Cobo Hall, Detroit, 1970...fabulous!
55 and been to 2 moody blues concerts. You're still young, my friend.
71, you're just getting warmed up, still lots of living ahead, Bless everyday of your future !!
so true, man. god bless
Moody Blues and Jethro Tull, two groups that are true artists in an age of discovery. When I am sad or blue, I play the Moodys to calm my soul.
My first concert was Jethro Tull and some unknown group was the backup band called Yes. Holy moly..... I have just about every album the Moody Blues put out because I agree, they're pretty awesome. I saw the Moody Blues 50th anniversary tour of Days of Future Past a few years ago. They are still awesome. Ian Anderson is still touring too....I truly believe he's immortal. You have great taste in music.
@@stargate1555 I had all the Moody Blues,and Jethro Tull on vinyl. European pressed. I was stationed there as was my husband. We just sold them to a collector in Savannah. But I have them digitized and stored on a flash drive. But still love the music of the late 60's and early 70's. I'm just that old.
@@marydegenkolb9603 . I know the restless feelings. Maybe this could also help you to go with a friendly flow and cheer up:
Mozart: kv313, kv299 and kv315.
Many cd's. I own Philips, Irene Grafenauer and conductor Sir Neville Mariner; Academy of St.-Martin-in-the-fields.
Or some Decca-release. DGG an do to.
@@marydegenkolb9603 if you are looking for new music I heartily recommend the string cheese incident and umphreys McGee two really good jam bands
The people did not know they were the first to hear one of the greatest songs in rock history
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I can't pick a greatest, but for a tight single, I vote For Do You Believe in Magic.
3 verses, chorus, instrumental interlude, and a fade, all in two minutes flat, the tightest single in rock history.
So glad I grew up in the late 60's and early 70's - THE BEST MUSIC EVER! Nothing even close!
Jim Coleman Yes, music from those decades can never be matched!! Was born at just the right time for growing up with all of it (1957). Thanks mom and dad!!
as long as you're not deaf 👎🏽
@@jimcoleman4435 I like a lot of the nineties , not nirvana or grunge, definitely ska and the bosstones cherry Poppin daddies
Same here
The most underrated English band of all time.
I dont Know ... They were in the Top three or Four in my book... Saw them several times and they always delivered a moving show.
It is so hard to explain the impact the Moody Blues have had on music and music history. I remember it like it was yesterday. So creative and such innovators. They made history and will never be forgotten. Live long my friends.
I had the privilege of seeing them in concert back in the 70s. I have loved them since then. I'm looking for a miracle in my life. That IMO speaks volumes even today.
@@jeanday9747 thats awesome. I agree, lyrics and music that lasts a lifetime.
No one had recorded an album with an orchestra prior to the Moodys "Days of Future passed. And I saw them live myself sans Pinder though.
This live performance sounds so close to the original studio version, but different enough to be able to tell they weren’t just lip syncing. Justin Hayward’s voice is incredible.
Actually, I think Hayward’s vocals are live, but the backing track is the studio version, if I’m not mistaken.
@@kevinscheuller4429 Correct. 👍 See the info section under the video. 😉
"Between the silence of the mountains and the crashing of the seas, there lies a land I once lived in and she's waiting there for me.
But in the gray of the morning, my mind becomes confused, between the dead and the sleeping and the road that I must choose."
Genius songwriting....
amen
Justin is a fantastic songwriter, singer and guitar player
So true.
Justin was and is, a true poet in every sense of the word. A romantic troubadour, giving voice to what we feel inside but can't express.
Hard to pick just one song as a favorite ....... But 'For My Lady' and 'Forever Autumn' are surely two of the most beautiful.
Jim McCreery I couldn't have done much better myself..........
Jim McCreery This guy just seems tapped into the numinous.
There's a few moments in musical history where I would love to have a time machine and just be the proverbial fly on the wall and this is one of those moments
Loved them in 1970 when I was 14. Still love them today aged 67. Oh, but where did the years go…..?
Same, I went to see them in concert at 14. Have been mesmerized ever since.
I realy hope that the youngsters of today hear and learn from this epic song. Written in a time of believe and hope for the future.
The audience had no idea they were witnessing greatness at the time.
It sill blows my mind.
We didn't realize the extent of what we had in the 60s-70s... years later...! We look back and damn! those days were the best!
My daughter bought tickets for me to see them about 10 years ago, and when I seen them walk on stage I started to cry, thinking of all the times there songs touched my life, music is very powerful.
Janet Babeuf - I had seen them three times over the years. They're amazing.... To say the least. My current favorite at the moment is "New Horizons", because the woman who I loved more than anything on this earth 🌎, had caused our relationship to end.... Sadly. I also love "Watching and Waiting".
God bless
@@joeyricci3796 Try "Driftwood"
I've seen them four times. the last time was the first for my wife. The first time with Mike Pinder, and always with Ray Thomas. Ray retired shortly after I saw them last.
You are Sooo Right, Music is Very Powerful!!! It can bring people Like Us Together, Like You said, You started to cry when They walked out onstage, Music can make You Happy, Sad, Angry... I Love Music, I REALLY Do!!!
Who's still rockin to Question in 2024 ?
I just love to listen to the Moody Blues.
Right here
About to hit 70. I've been an avid fan since I first heard "Tuesday Afternoon" on late night FM radio back in the 60's. Rest in peace to the members no longer with us. Be assured that your music will last forever.😊👍👍
I went to the Moody Blues 50th anniversary tour of Days of Future Passed and during intermission they paid tribute to former band members that are no longer here...............there were like 20 of them. I had no idea.
I am a bit younger, but the same song got to me too. None of my friends understood what I saw in their music. I would eventually go on to work for IBM, get degrees in electrical engineering and computer science, and study classical guitar. That likely explains some of it.
No auto tune, just pure vocal talent.
My sister bought this LP for me in 1970 and I still play it now The Moodys are Great RIP Greame and Ray
The Moody's were one of the greatest bands of their times and didn't get the credits they deserved
@sandrabryan7823..Know what You mean..!!
The Moodies didn't get into the R&R HOF until 2018. Which means the R&R HOF is a joke.
Can you imagine being in that audience and hearing this MASTERPIECE for the very first time??? Hadn't even been released yet! Omg😢😢
This is an anthem to our time and I’m 70 yrs old… not much has changed since this song came out. Thank you moody blues for your prescience…
Over fifty years later it stops you in your tracks so so good.
Agreed!
Red Rocks was epic!
Justin was one of the finest rock singers ever...never flat or sharp. Cuts the key so clean it takes my breath away...RIP Ray and Graeme. True troubadours of our generation.
Oh this beautiful song and that beautiful guy. My mom had cancer when this was out. I clung to the words, we so needed a miracle in our lives. Angelic.
I loved this song when I was 17.now at 71 I still love it. Maybe even more...
Fell in love with Justin when I was 18. I am 70 now and I still feel the same way about him.
This is not rock. It is modern classical music. One of my favorite bands! I saw them in the early seventies in Minneapolis. Unforgettable.
Beyond time. Beyond space. Directly to our hearts. Like Beethoven's 5th, this music will always and forever be.
Was a moving song then and still is today. They don’t make songs like this anymore 😊JohnWinsor
Without a doubt,my favorite group of all time, can’t even imagine anyone else coming close.
Absolute Magic, I was born in 1954 and feel so privileged to have grown up with the best music the world has ever heard, and most of it played by British Bands!
Same here Andy, this would have been our sophomore yr in high school. How lucky were we to grow up in an amazing time of music...cheers to you sir.
Me, too! 66 now, and weren't we lucky to have been there...and lucky now to have RUclips?
I agree with you though born in 64 .
Best Music Ever. The 70 s.
So true born in 1955 we were so lucky
Born in 1963, damn we were so spoiled, we had the best of it all.
From 1970, one of the best songs of the year! The Moodies were brilliant!
I havnt heard this for years yet i knew every word ,,,sign of a miss spent youth listening to The Moody Blues , now turning 70 !!!!
It couldn't have been too awful misspent, we got to listen to stuff like this as teenagers...
Justin Hayward's voice is a gift from a higher place. He can melt you, send shivers down your spine, and bring a tear to your eyes. No one, but no one, has a voice like his.
💯 the cry in his voice is soul touching, his phrasing is amazing too. Not to mention hell of a guitarist as well.
I am just an old soul tripping back to better days. Anyone else?
Count me in x
Seriously doesn't Justin have the most beautiful vocals, I love his voice.
Just the best lyrics anyone could write. I’m looking for someone to change my life absolutely beautiful
I've forgotten how many great songs Moody Blues has made! Justin is still around in his 70's and still sings very well!
This piece of music will last forever . 2020 ..we are all looking for a miracle
Can i cry
"I'm looking for, someone to change my life. I'm looking for, a miracle in my life!!!"
I've been sitting those lines for the last 2 hours, so even though I didn't know the name of the song, I had to come find it!
That's The power of a great song after all these years
How amazing it must have been to be in such a small intimate venue with these consummate artists playing and singing!!!
@ightwoman I would have to say it equally compares to having sex. 😁
I have seen them three times two of which were in a small venue. My favorite group.
It's blowing my mind.
@@BryanJHorn Did you see them in this era or later on?
@@cliffords.8341 Lay off the porn. It's unwholesome, dark energy. If you are so obsessed with sex that you inject it into everything, that's problematic.
The first thing to grab your attention is the catchy tune but then you start to listed to the lyrics. Holy moly.
I love Justin's voice - so heartfelt and full of emotion and spiritual. The truly spiritual band of that time ❤❤ God bless the sadly departed 😢😢
nice
My favorite band. I'm 70 now and still love them. I had the pleasure of seeing them in concert 3 times.
Denny Laine, forgive me, but I hope you're not resting in peace. I hope you're up in Heaven playing, singing with Graham, Ray and my Brother who plays Bass. My Brother was/is one of The Moody Blues strongest fans. He drew me into The Moody Blues and I am as much a fan as he is. Please keep the music going.
One of the best songs of all time. Thank you moody blues!!! That question has still not been answered …
Shaughn Bennett - I found my miracle on August 5th, 1982 ☺️🙏🏻
I was 11yrs of age when I first heard of the Moody Blues!! I was so lucky to grow up with this music , deep n true❤❤❤
I'm a musician and play over 100 percussion, string, and woodwind instruments so I bought a Mellotron M4000D back in 2017 because of the Moody Blues. Holy moly......this band really influenced me too. I was lucky enough to be invited to their 50th anniversary of the Days of Future Passed tour. Fan forever too.
@stargate1555 as a musician, then, you can tell me, have Identified a 12 string guitar in there? My favourite instrument!
I was a 14 year old, in a suburb of Cleveland in 1974 listening to this - not necessarily understanding the depth of the lyrics - yet at the same knew this was a masterpiece and an incredible song.
Me too. Slavic Village. I was just about to comment but instead started reading through thinking isn't it funny that this video from 12 years ago is still getting hits and people sharing what the band and in particular this song meant to them! This is my favorite song from my favorite band. My 1st album was Octave, given to me on my 14th birthday 1978. I have not stopped listening since then. Have a great night.
Me too Westlake. Saw them in 67. Changed my life direction
In 1968 when I was eighteen I was in the US Navy on the Aircraft Carrier USS Enterprise. I bought In Search of the Lost Chord at the ship's store for $1.50. I had a portable stereo set up behind my bunk. We were on a seven month cruise and I listened to that album nearly every night. It brought such peace to me under the circumstances. I know every word to every song on the album. Still when I hear the Moody Blues I am taken back to those days when I was on a warship in a combat zone but I was able to put on the Moody Blues and my headphones and be transported to an altogether different wo5.
Glad you're still here bro.
I remember all of the songs and on the uss enterprise as well HS-2 1972 1973 and 1974 1975
@@harryanderson5424 I was in Navigation Division 67-71
That's so cool I was on the Truxton Dlgn 35 listening to the Moodies in the fire locker it was a little later in time 73 we always went out with the Big E part of the nuc fleet
Love this band! Especially Justin Hayward. Beautiful man, beautiful soul.
The truest magic is never lost. It's always felt and heard deep
in our memories, renewing us all if we only dare to remember.
The Moody Blues awakened many to the magic all around us.
Something about the best of the Moody Blues, particularly Justin, is that their lyrics were often very prayerful, seeking, longing. Their beauty really comes thru...Many recognized the spiritual wisdom, but really, they weren't so wise as they were humble and honest...carrying a sort of naivete as in all of us. Love that band!
I fell in love with the Moody Blues in 1970. I was fourteen. My boyfriend and I snuck out to go to their concert in Clevland. Oh that Justin Hayward, what a gorgeous man! I love the music. I still do Moody Blues marathons with the original vinyl. I ended up marrying my boyfriend at 18, he was 19, now we're 63 and 64. Love lasts a lifetime.
That's a beautiful story.
Love & Laughter are priceless, makes the years fly-by
I remember i was only 11 years young when i heard this song and the MOODY BLUES for the very first time and now it is the year 2024 and finally after 50 plus years they were recently and finally induction into the ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME an awerd that was way past overdue...I guess better late than never...
possibly the most underrated song in history to date
I loved them in the ‘70’s when I was a hippie. I still love them and am now an ‘old hippie’.
Ever listen to Old Hippie by Bellamy Brothers?
Beginning a long time ago radio waves traveling throughout the universe carry the music in it’s infancy of the Moody Blues, Gordon Lightfoot, John Denver, etc. performing to the cosmos forever are without Question gifts from earth for all existence to behold.
Watogo Agreed on the moody Blues and Gordon Lightfoot But I'd drop John Denver in favor of the old Parrot head/ Pirate Jimmy Buffet!!!!
I've said this forever...Justin Hayward is the most underappreciated songwriter ever.
I'm still listening to this poem of a song it strikes a cord deep in me
So sad to hear the news - rest in peace Graeme you brought so much joy to your fans. The Moody Blues a magnificent band! 😇
Perhaps one of the most under-appreciated songs in rock history.
First saw them in concert in 1968. 55 years latter the magic of the music is still there.
This was filmed in a small club in Paris and they didn't even know they were witnessing music history.
Still celebrating 420 in 2023 with some Moody Blues. Not a bad way to end it should it be the last one. If there's anything that reminds you there's more than just this chaotic nonsense going on in the world today, it's The Moody Blues.
Wow. The voice of an angel. Brings tears to my eyes.
RIP Graem Edge you left us with some great music for all eternity.
I can't possibly express how much I would have given just to be a FACE IN THE CROWD when the boys debuted this song. In the absence of words, I will simply thank Justin Hayward and the guys who made it happen.
Ill never forget the day my husband waa diagnosed with cancer, we were scared,l was crying on the way home l put in a mixed CD & this was the song when it got to the living & the dead it hit us whats in store for him.Yes the fans are deep, this song is meant to listen without talking & it says it all.
What a beautiful song, esp the way Justin sings it, you can feel every single note and word that comes out of his beautiful mouth. He sings so perfect.
what can i say.... i love it... im very emotional right now listening to this fabulous piece of music... it simply stirs my soul
Are you kidding ,International Renowned of only 3 groups worldwide. Classical Rock !! Who can compare with this Great Band
This version of the Moody Blues had some of the most amazing harmony vocals. And here it is on display. These four guys just gelled.
The Moody Blues are singing poets. Their lyrics are so beautiful.
Im only 37 and wasn't alive when this all went down but I've loved moody blues since I discovered them at 24 and I would give almost anything to have a time machine and travel back to this performance
Justin Hayward...the Most underrated Vocalist EVER! For me, for Progressive Rock - it's him, Greg Lake, and Peter Gabriel!
The Moody Blues introduced me to spirituality through their music and lyrics. I have been a serious fan of the group. Send them live in concert couple of times in New York and owners a collections of their previous albums. Long live moodies.❤🙏
Justin’s singing live was just as pitch perfect as the album’s. The whole band in fact!
My goodness what a talented group of musicians ! Love the moody blues!
It's sad to think that there will never be music like this again.
you have got that right. I am 69 wish i could turn back the clock.
Never say never. We did have the goods though, didn't we?
This was the song of the time I met my first boyfriend, a dark haired French boy called Patric. I went cycling with him on the back of his bike, my arms around his waist, my hair blowing in the breeze and my face pressed to his white tee shirt which smelt of fresh soap. I felt moments of magic. We said we loved each other. Our parents broke us up and I was distraught. He was taken back to France and I never saw him again. This stunning song brings back bittersweet memories.
Is there no end to my longing for more. They've ( the moody blues) been in my life for 50 years. Thank you for the memories. I will take those memories to my grave and not sharing. A tearful betrayal is remembered of days long gone.
The Moody blues are a national treasure.
I just got home from my dear friends funeral. Only 57. She loved these guys. I remember her singing parts of this song. . over and over and over! Good times. God bless you Merk. Rest in Peace.
I'm so sorry for your loss prayers for you and your family AMEN God bless I've been listening to them since the 60s and I still do love them
I am sorry for your lost friend. This song will follow me rest of my life, the words and the music is wonderful.
We had this music with my brothers funeral 2015. He was 60 years old when he died and I loved him so much we were so tight and I really miss him so. I belive he look down sometimes and listen when I play Qustion. ❤️
So sad to hear about Graeme Edge. Graeme will be sadly missed by Moody Blues lovers around the world including me from New Zealand. RIP Graeme. xx
I have loved the Moody Blues since I was a young girl in Denmark. I am 70 now and have lived in the USA since 1984. 11:00 am
Lucky that you arrived in America at 11am, just in time for lunch!😅