The Moody Blues - I'm Just A Singer (In A Rock And Roll Band)

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  • Опубликовано: 4 окт 2009
  • Music video by The Moody Blues performing I'm Just A Singer (In A Rock And Roll Band). (C) 1972 Universal Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
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  • @stevenleslie8557
    @stevenleslie8557 3 месяца назад +78

    50 years later and it still sounds amazing!

    • @wac8516
      @wac8516 2 месяца назад +2

      yes so timeless like so much of the music back then. most the music in 60s & 70s you could hear and understand the words.
      such a loving time then and the music that'll never die. I like watching vids of people hearing music of the time for the first time they're always blown away

    • @charlesallan-ks6gq
      @charlesallan-ks6gq Месяц назад +1

      Now Mike Pindet has left us.

    • @Rl082992
      @Rl082992 8 дней назад

      @@charlesallan-ks6gq RIP Mike

  • @stephenclossick968
    @stephenclossick968 4 года назад +439

    Producer: We got a 5 minute song to record but only 4 minutes left on the album.
    Moody Blues: Hold my beer.

  • @jefflivengood1860
    @jefflivengood1860 Год назад +19

    Omg. Somebody please invent a time machine

  • @whoarru3601
    @whoarru3601 Месяц назад +45

    RIP Mike Pinder. You were the best. The last of the original group.

    • @0017Bulldog
      @0017Bulldog Месяц назад +1

      You said it buddy. RIP. These guys were beyond phenomenal.

    • @benjamindeforest9363
      @benjamindeforest9363 Месяц назад +1

      Sad.

    • @melaniejean85
      @melaniejean85 Месяц назад +2

      as another band slips into history. I wept today, finally.

  • @CaptainHandbrake
    @CaptainHandbrake 3 года назад +1131

    This is one of the most kick-ass, energy packed numbers in all the rock genre. It is the audio equivalent of a supernova.

    • @sarahdee374
      @sarahdee374 3 года назад +34

      Incredible. and for giggles, compare the drummer with Animal drumming in the Muppet band. Epic. Always make me happy, and not a lot does in these times!!

    • @Sasfoot
      @Sasfoot 3 года назад +17

      John Lodge was/is known for writing the high energy, up tempo songs like this.

    • @ladyhecate9450
      @ladyhecate9450 2 года назад +14

      @@Sasfoot John is up tempo anyway. I've been to John's solo gig as well as Justin's (Justin's more so because I fell in love with that haunting voice in Nights in White Satin when I heard that song back in 1970.) Anyway, John's gigs are up tempo where Justin's is a little more mellow.

    • @Sasfoot
      @Sasfoot 2 года назад +10

      @@ladyhecate9450 I know. TMB were my parents' fave band and I practically got raised on them. They saw them multiple times and my mom has seen Justin a few since my dad died. It's ironic that you also mentioned Nights in White Satin since that was their wedding song.

    • @ladyhecate9450
      @ladyhecate9450 2 года назад +14

      @@Sasfoot Really.....Nights was their wedding song? But that is a song about a man whose love of his life broke up with him. It is a sad song. He was not really living until he met her and then saw things in a different light. Everything was brighter after he met her. Now that she broke up with him, It makes him sad to see other couples so in love, walking hand-in-hand, but he is hopelessly in love with the gal who broke up with him and cries out oh how he loves her. I have a DVD of one of Justin's releases and in that video, he said that when in love and a person breaks up with you, it is like a death. You mourn the loss and have to go throw the steps of grieving over the lost love and that is what the man in the song is going through. He said that he does not talk about that aspect because people see Nights as a romance song. For me, it is a sad song. He said he wrote that song after a gal broke up with him and then later met up with a gal who gave him while satin sheets. It is hard to believe, but he said several gals broke up with him. Poor guy. But that is the first song I heard and between his haunting voice, the music and the lyrics, I fell in love with that song. I think it is better than any Beatles' record regard they have ever made and I loved the Beatles. I even saw them the first time the came to America. It was awesome seeing them and all the screaming that went on. I just sat there and absorbed each moment. I was 12 years old.

  • @martijnvaassen
    @martijnvaassen 2 года назад +89

    You can put the sticks down now, Graeme. You've done your bit. Rest in peace!

  • @s.powell335
    @s.powell335 9 дней назад +7

    It makes you wonder how truly great musicians find each other and come together. Then add exceptional songwriting skills within the band as well!
    Legendary performance!

  • @kansascomet8473
    @kansascomet8473 2 года назад +337

    Graeme Edge's drumming, especially during the intro, is superb. RIP GRAEME EDGE

    • @angelinarobledo2016
      @angelinarobledo2016 2 года назад +10

      Yeah, that energetic intro draws me into this masterpiece & the song captivates the listener. His energy will live on forever

    • @marvinthemaniac7698
      @marvinthemaniac7698 2 года назад +3

      He died from metastatic cancer on November 11, 2021.

    • @ericilsen864
      @ericilsen864 2 года назад +13

      Now we know where the inspiration for Animal from the muppets came from.

    • @montgomerydenzer8805
      @montgomerydenzer8805 2 года назад +2

      Like a train coming up to speed

    • @brothermaynardsbrother
      @brothermaynardsbrother 2 года назад +1

      EXACTLY what I thought when I watched this for the first time (now MANY times as this is a damn addictive tune).

  • @johnsonpgd9164
    @johnsonpgd9164 3 года назад +769

    Every member in this band is working every single second of this song. A masterpiece!

    • @ayhaque
      @ayhaque 2 года назад +10

      Well yeah except there’s no baritone sax on the song so Ray Thomas is just playing for the look.

    • @catharinaketelaar7299
      @catharinaketelaar7299 2 года назад +6

      Do do do agree , masterpiece like all music at their albums ! Why don’t excist no bands anymore like these ?

    • @georgepruitt637
      @georgepruitt637 2 года назад +4

      @@ayhaque Lip synching ???

    • @triciabyrne7761
      @triciabyrne7761 2 года назад +4

      Yes!!! Blows my mind! 🤯🤯🤯

    • @ireneleung5644
      @ireneleung5644 2 года назад +10

      I’m saddened by the fact that Ray Thomas was just mimicking playing the saxophone here.

  • @mariochartouni
    @mariochartouni 5 лет назад +1082

    This song is epic, M0:00dy Blues replay it please

    • @edgyteenager8577
      @edgyteenager8577 4 года назад +59

      Makes me wanna rewind time

    • @FauZhee
      @FauZhee 4 года назад +54

      That reminds me of my big tiddy goth ex boyfriend with a purple lipstick.

    • @sabeeqfatih6224
      @sabeeqfatih6224 4 года назад +8

      Yare..

    • @plainperson7033
      @plainperson7033 4 года назад +10

      @@edgyteenager8577 BITES ZA DUSTO

    • @gillettjr3
      @gillettjr3 4 года назад +9

      I'm here for the same reason

  • @gregraines1599
    @gregraines1599 2 года назад +436

    RIP to Mr. Edge. What a great drummer in such a great band.

    • @darylfountain5198
      @darylfountain5198 2 года назад +52

      My wife took care of him in the hospital before he passed. Said he was a super nice guy. Rip

    • @laurieshick1448
      @laurieshick1448 2 года назад +20

      @@darylfountain5198 Thank You to you're Wife. My Childhood Favorite Band ❤💜

    • @frankbarnwell____
      @frankbarnwell____ 2 года назад +8

      Good people. That's all we need. Thank you.

    • @angelinarobledo2016
      @angelinarobledo2016 2 года назад +5

      @@user-otzlixr That is so beautiful...

    • @lilajagears8317
      @lilajagears8317 2 года назад +3

      When did he die?

  • @muffs55mercury61
    @muffs55mercury61 4 месяца назад +47

    Hit our airwaves (in the US) in Feb, 1973 and I knew it would be a big hit (reached #12) Classics like this make this old guy teary eyed. A great year for music. I hum this one frequently.

    • @lisanolan2382
      @lisanolan2382 Месяц назад +1

      what a song that guitar is unreal

  • @msstevie1951
    @msstevie1951 9 лет назад +906

    I was 19 and a wife and mother when this came out! I remember dancing with my son in my arms in my living room to this song! Love it today as a 63 year old Great Grandma! ♥♥♥

    • @rexrockandroll
      @rexrockandroll 9 лет назад +31

      the best music..brings out our youths.....I don't want to get old..ha....

    • @khloudzjia
      @khloudzjia 7 лет назад +32

      here a 65 yr old grandma fan as well! ;))

    • @reksubbn3961
      @reksubbn3961 6 лет назад +11

      msstevie1951 beautiful comment. Thank you. Their music just keeps sounding better all the time.

    • @Sonny-xx9us
      @Sonny-xx9us 6 лет назад +10

      I'm a great uncle. They all tell me how great I am!

    • @jackypatterson6271
      @jackypatterson6271 6 лет назад +11

      Love them..always did and always will

  • @DerekArmsden
    @DerekArmsden 4 года назад +84

    Fuck me there's a lot of song going on here. The most densely packed song in the history of songs. You could not squeeze any more song into this song.

    • @andrewhoag6167
      @andrewhoag6167 3 года назад +8

      This is exactly what I love about the Moodies: there is so much music in their music.

    • @finnajane
      @finnajane 3 года назад

      at 4 min 17 sec - head explodes 🤣

    • @jamespfitz
      @jamespfitz 3 года назад +1

      😆 Well said!

  • @sailorgregor
    @sailorgregor 3 года назад +332

    I saw Moody Blue twice (back then). What they did better than just about anyone is reproduce their studio sound immaculately, which considering the complexity of their sound, is quite a feat. Tempos, instrumentation and vocals were all spot on. Incredibly tight and talented performers. Hayward never gets credit for being one of the great guitarists of the age as he is often lost in the arrangements rather than the 'front'. Even so, his guitar work, timing and delivery, ranks with the best.

    • @Glock-Tec1
      @Glock-Tec1 2 года назад +25

      Spot on. It's a rare thing to see a band perform as well live as it does in studio. The Moody Blues was definitely one of the rare ones with that ability.

    • @karennephew3576
      @karennephew3576 Год назад +10

      Oh I so agree! So many times you would go to a concert and the artists just didn't quite meet the mark of putting all of themselves in a performance. The music that came out of these guys is amazing. They are my fav band of all time. I have been a fan since the first time I heard them.

    • @dclefevre
      @dclefevre Год назад +8

      I am lucky enough to seen them about 4-5 times including 2 times in the 90s accompanied by a local orchestra. The tours with the full orchestras were different but it almost seems like they were born for that, too.

    • @allisgrace1313
      @allisgrace1313 Год назад +7

      I love reading comments like yours here. Thanks for the first person accounting!

    • @palcanon6888
      @palcanon6888 Год назад +3

      You blessed fo sho!!!

  • @ralphduli1141
    @ralphduli1141 7 месяцев назад +24

    I was 16 years old working an all night gas station on the weekends when this song came out and help me get through the night.

    • @barryandreev8333
      @barryandreev8333 2 месяца назад

      Used to be a gas jockey in the '70s too. Spring of 1974, just after odd/even ended at an Esso station with 3 islands.

  • @sligoson1925
    @sligoson1925 5 лет назад +286

    I have contended for fifty years that the Moody Blues are the greatest rock band in history. Their lyrics, orchestral compositions, and personas have never been matched.
    I have seen them several times, but the greatest was at The Gorge in Washington state. They had an eighty piece orchestra behind them on risers, and the crowd (26,000) watched the sun set over the Cascade Mts. as the Lads played Tuesday Afternoon. With the evening glow casting a hint of glory over the mountains they played Nights In White Satin. They rocked the darkness with such as I’m Just a Singer,...
    You get the picture. Thank you Ray, and farewell!

    • @neilcarlson661
      @neilcarlson661 4 года назад +10

      Wonderfully expressed,yes The matchless Moodies!

    • @oregongaper
      @oregongaper 3 года назад +3

      George at the Gorge is an amazing venue, bet that was a great show.

    • @FRANKSNAKE71
      @FRANKSNAKE71 2 года назад +1

      And you are 100% Correct!

    • @lifetimes2983
      @lifetimes2983 2 года назад

      AMEN !!

    • @zenpaganwarrior
      @zenpaganwarrior 2 года назад

      I am very sorry to have missed that -- with all the other great shows I've witnessed at The Gorge, and being from Wash. State I have no excuse. Saw Steely Dan, Yes, Rush, Sting, Supertramp, and Pearl Jam but would love to have seen the Moodies play there!

  • @ladbeethoven9
    @ladbeethoven9 3 года назад +519

    A time when Rock Band members actually played instruments and you could understand the lyrics....Rock on Moody Blues

  • @kevinobrien2735
    @kevinobrien2735 Год назад +298

    These guys are so sincere in their music. And they don't sound messed up playing live. Actually sounds like the record. Few rock bands can do that.

    • @greghill1106
      @greghill1106 Год назад +31

      It is the recorded version,lol!

    • @ndogg20
      @ndogg20 Год назад +12

      @@greghill1106, but hey, they lip sync so sincerely!

    • @paulaepstein9051
      @paulaepstein9051 Год назад +4

      Beg to differ...

    • @dreamdiction
      @dreamdiction Год назад +4

      But the sound quality is TERRIBLE.

    • @cliffords.8341
      @cliffords.8341 Год назад +1

      I've been to many concerts in my day and the band that sticks out of just being out if sink or played like crap was Aerosmith in 1984 or 85 down in the Miami Baseball stadium if Florida.

  • @sess122
    @sess122 Год назад +89

    I haven't heard this song for years and what a treat to hear it again! THIS, ladies & gentlemen, boys & girls, is ROCK AND FUCKING ROLL by one of the greatest rock bands in history!!! And what are we exposed to today? Tribal chants accompanied by primitive jungle beats, aka: (C)rap. And NONE of those pushing it could even carry any of these guys' instruments. You have to feel sorry for today's youth being exposed to such garbage today, especially when compared to such iconic songs/groups like The Moody Blues.

    • @candicewitzkoske3155
      @candicewitzkoske3155 4 месяца назад +5

      No one today can touch the 70s bands!!

    • @EugeneGeorgeWeaver3rd
      @EugeneGeorgeWeaver3rd 4 месяца назад +4

      I understand exactly what you mean sir and thank you! Eugene Weaver sunstudiorocksnSamPhillipsis#1

    • @sslaytor
      @sslaytor 4 месяца назад +4

      "Tribal chants accompanied by primitive jungle beats" - some people thought that of this when it was released! Just like most of rock and roll. We called them old people.

    • @sess122
      @sess122 4 месяца назад +2

      @@sslaytor Well, I was one of those (now old) "rock and roll musicians" back in that era and I, along with many of my fellow musicians LOVED music from the Big Band era...Miller, Dorsey, et. al and we always admired how "tight" those swing bands were, not to mention talented. Granted, some of them did frown on R&R but groups like The Moody Blues, Yes and others really knew what they were doing, not to mention The Beatles of course.
      Even though "Story In You Eyes" is one of their "rockers", songs like "Isn't Life Strange", "Nights In White Satin" and "Tuesday Afternoon" have beautiful arrangements. Calling "(C)rap chants" music at all is an insult, even to us "classic rockers".

    • @miltonchavez1262
      @miltonchavez1262 3 месяца назад +4

      I am 66 and a bass player. Today's music is garbage with snippets from the past rock greats passing for creativity. Boston, Earth, Wind and Fire, Chicago, Moody Blues, The Who, Beatles, Tower of Power, Heart, Led Zepplin and many others created, sang, and played their music. Real rock.

  • @cynthiasmith4130
    @cynthiasmith4130 7 месяцев назад +51

    Still listening to them, in 2023!!!! They are such great artist's!!!!! Justin, can sing!!!!! John can too!!!!!! So exhilarating, energy filled!!! Makes you want to get up and dance!!!!! 💃💃💃💃... 💙💙💙💙... 🌟🌟🌟🌟....

    • @muffs55mercury61
      @muffs55mercury61 4 месяца назад +2

      Oh this one gets me teary eyed. I was 18 in Feb, 1973 when this hit our top 40. So magnificent to say the least and lots of memories that year.

    • @rosaleitegarcia6620
      @rosaleitegarcia6620 3 месяца назад

      2024 😊❤

    • @sugarbooable
      @sugarbooable 2 месяца назад

    • @charlesallan-ks6gq
      @charlesallan-ks6gq Месяц назад

      RIP MIKE PINDER

  • @LkOutMtnMan
    @LkOutMtnMan 7 лет назад +795

    IF I remember correctly this song was an answer to the situation where the Beatles were accused of saying they were more popular than Jesus Christ. The Moody Blues made a clear statement that they were "just singers in a rock n roll band"! And what a band it was!

    • @chuckyanus3563
      @chuckyanus3563 6 лет назад +27

      Interesting. Thanks.

    • @Patrick-hb7bk
      @Patrick-hb7bk 4 года назад +4

      How did you work that one out , just question .

    • @LkOutMtnMan
      @LkOutMtnMan 4 года назад +34

      @@Patrick-hb7bk I believe it was from an interview I watched on RUclips of one of the band's members talking about the inspiration for the song. That the Beatles had just gotten a bunch of backlash about John Lennon's comment that the Beatles were more popular than Jesus now!

    • @rockmegently4410
      @rockmegently4410 4 года назад +16

      @@LkOutMtnMan yeh-I think he regretted saying that

    • @jimlucia3625
      @jimlucia3625 4 года назад +21

      I thought this song came out 6 years after the Beatles situation, which took place in 1966.

  • @thefutureisnow8767
    @thefutureisnow8767 Месяц назад +12

    One of the best pieces of art created ever.

  • @donnamadej7459
    @donnamadej7459 9 месяцев назад +16

    they just don't make bands like this anymore so sad

  • @NilezII
    @NilezII 4 года назад +82

    Justin Hayward is a very under-appreciated guitarist. He is Up There.

  • @philt1771
    @philt1771 3 года назад +10

    If this doesn't get you rocking your dead!

    • @claudiabranch7613
      @claudiabranch7613 3 года назад +1

      This song drives me so hard. I know exactly how you feel. They take me on a very fast ride on the Freeway!!!

  • @kande6916
    @kande6916 3 года назад +177

    No recording makeup no fake nothing!!! The real deal and real talented musicians!!! god we miss that!!

    • @Airamahrog
      @Airamahrog 2 года назад +2

      You gotta admit, that after a while they really do need the make-up!? Except Ray Thomas that is. REST IN PARADISE!

    • @iliketowatch.
      @iliketowatch. 2 года назад +5

      Although the song makes liberal use of the Chamberlin keyboard (precursor to the Mellotron and later, digital samplers) which some back then thought of as "cheating."
      From Wikipedia: "The Chamberlin has a piano-style keyboard. Underneath each key is a tape-playing mechanism. Each tape is prerecorded with various musical instruments or special effects. When the musician presses a key, a pressure pad pushes the tape against a tape head."
      All the sting and horn parts you hear in the song are played on the Chamberlin. I think it sounds great, but you know, there are always people out there that want to complain about something.

    • @kande6916
      @kande6916 2 года назад +4

      I understand that every group has recording makeup but the fact is these guys have the education and musical background to make great music!!!

    • @nadinetasmania
      @nadinetasmania 2 года назад +3

      No auto tune - yes they had the tech of the time but they could really play! Epic song!

    • @mdonnelly591
      @mdonnelly591 2 года назад

      Badass song. Way underrated band.

  • @DOLRED
    @DOLRED 2 года назад +208

    One of the greatest rock songs of all time. The tempo and theme are the best.

  • @morriswilson2274
    @morriswilson2274 Год назад +4

    I’m just a guitarist, singer 👩‍🎤 in a rock and roll band myself! Making music making people dance, making people sing and making them happy

  • @jurgstreuli3093
    @jurgstreuli3093 3 года назад +127

    The music of our generation was the best music ever !!!

  • @eduardoalmeida61
    @eduardoalmeida61 8 дней назад +3

    I'm just another person who is frightened by the people who are scorching this earth.
    Thank you moodies.

  • @wlodell
    @wlodell 2 месяца назад +21

    Unbelievable! We are privileged to hear this music. I say this in part because the quality of this music is testimony of the measured rise and decline of humanity. The irony is that many if not most who read this won’t understand what I am saying.

    • @Russeaman
      @Russeaman 2 месяца назад

      You got that right!!!

    • @wlodell
      @wlodell 2 месяца назад

      @@Russeaman I rest my case...

  • @TheMityquin
    @TheMityquin 3 года назад +182

    They all looked like they loved performing this song and the drummer was especially crazy. What a performance!!! This was Rock and Roll!

    • @sarahdee374
      @sarahdee374 2 года назад +7

      The drummer reminds me of Animal on the Muppets, or vice versa. And watch at 3:36, and imagine he isn't playing the guitar. What kind of passion does that remind you of? They gave so much to the music. So blessed to have their music in my soul forever!

    • @chrisbath3956
      @chrisbath3956 2 года назад +7

      The drummer was Graeme Edge. Very underrated but extremely talented as you can see from his performance here! He was really killing it in this song!

    • @chitlika
      @chitlika 2 года назад +1

      @@chrisbath3956 He principally wrote this song but didnt think just a drummer in a rock and roll band sounded right SO.........

    • @elizabethrogers8306
      @elizabethrogers8306 2 года назад +5

      @@chitlika Written by bassist John Lodge, although Graeme, who wrote many spoken word pieces, did collaborate with Justin Hayward occasionally on later songs

    • @palcanon6888
      @palcanon6888 Год назад +2

      Yes! Rock and Roll personified!!!

  • @kevinobrien2735
    @kevinobrien2735 2 года назад +110

    Honestly the most underrated band from the 60s and 70s.

    • @marktrail8624
      @marktrail8624 2 года назад +10

      Beatles producer George Martin called them "criminally underrated".

    • @scootover7
      @scootover7 Год назад +1

      I didn't hear them until I think it was the Freedom Rock commercial , Story In Your Eyes, and then I was lead to Nights In White Satin, I slept on this group, and I was listening to I Know You're Out There Somewhere. I heard it played in some stores, but didn't realize it was the Moody Blues who sang it. This song is awesome.

    • @mikewa2
      @mikewa2 7 месяцев назад +3

      Not in my social circle! They were very highly rated. Very popular with the university crowd!

    • @ghw7192
      @ghw7192 6 месяцев назад +1

      @@mikewa2 Same here! They were VERY well known and popular!

    • @frandanco6289
      @frandanco6289 5 месяцев назад

      Who ever proved they were "underrated"????? Just quit saying this b/s ok ????

  • @TRUTHandLIGHT4809
    @TRUTHandLIGHT4809 Год назад +20

    Playing this in your car gives you a 90% chance of getting a speeding ticket.

  • @henriettehald
    @henriettehald Месяц назад +7

    RIP Mike 🌹

  • @mikereiss4216
    @mikereiss4216 9 лет назад +1004

    This was their way of telling their fans that they are not gurus and not messiahs just regular guys in a rock band nothing more.

    • @Shun-the-Sun
      @Shun-the-Sun 6 лет назад +70

      And they did it in the most epic way.

    • @disgruntledtoons
      @disgruntledtoons 6 лет назад +61

      And it turned out to be necessary. People were asking them to bless their children and things like that. This was probably because nobody's message was a positive as theirs.

    • @kalinakimble5660
      @kalinakimble5660 6 лет назад +8

      and that is enough!

    • @DRRwine
      @DRRwine 6 лет назад +63

      That's one interpretation, but I have a different one. Sometimes artists give more thought to the issues of the day than we do, and we know the Moodies spoke out against humanitarian offenses of all kinds. So when they sing: "So if you want this world of yours to turn about you(rself) and you can see exactly what to do, please tell me I'm just a singer in a rock and roll band." I interpret that as a challenge to the narcissistic politicians of the day who would prefer to insulate themselves from criticism and not listen to the activism in the musical lyrics and demonstrations around them, preferring to dismiss musical criticism as nothing more than rock-n-roll. Not saying you're wrong, but I think that's why it's a faster, more aggressive song - it's a challenge to the existing powers. Peace.

    • @chi303
      @chi303 6 лет назад +35

      DRRwine As an African American Moodies fan,I couldn't agree more,I'm now in my late fifties and this song is as fresh as it was in high school in the seventies!

  • @KDOERAK
    @KDOERAK 8 месяцев назад +22

    The drummer is a super high-energy guy👍

    • @philc.9280
      @philc.9280 5 месяцев назад +1

      Graeme Edge is his name and one of the leaders of this British band. Unfortunately, he died in 2020 of cancer and lived in Florida.

  • @sharonw4037
    @sharonw4037 Месяц назад +5

    One of my Dads favourite bands, truly amazing to listen to and watch, plus makes me think of Dad as well so a double whammy of joy❤

  • @ronaldzent6321
    @ronaldzent6321 Месяц назад +7

    Sadly, Brian Wilson was just recently diagnosed with Dementia, truly one of the greatest voices and of composing some of rhe most beautiful melodies. Pray for him. My wife also suffers from Dementia, such an insidious disease. It literally takes everything a person has in the ways of just everyday living.

    • @prezakid9
      @prezakid9 13 дней назад

      That is terrible news and I am a huge Brian Wilson fan, but this post is a Moody blues track not The Beach Boys!

  • @conniewoods7857
    @conniewoods7857 Год назад +12

    My husband and I saw the Moody Blues in New Orleans at the Loyola Field House in the ‘70’s

  • @kvernon1
    @kvernon1 8 месяцев назад +36

    This song was written by John Lodge (the bassist) and was the closing song for their album "Seventh Sojourn". Wonderful performance by the band -- they really ended this album with an exclamation point!

    • @muffs55mercury61
      @muffs55mercury61 4 месяца назад

      Love that LP and still have it. Favorite is the lead off song "You & Me".

  • @stansroka5443
    @stansroka5443 10 месяцев назад +19

    God, I wish these kind of bands and music was back!!

  • @trespatines8698
    @trespatines8698 2 года назад +14

    #RIP Graeme Edge

  • @coolcat6303
    @coolcat6303 9 лет назад +454

    This classic song is proof that the Moody's could rock with the best of them. Also, Graeme Edge was a total beast behind that drum kit. The way he throws his body around kinda reminds me of Animal from the Muppets. Haha.

    • @camgreer
      @camgreer 8 лет назад +19

      Tobias Chance That's so funny, when I looked at this I thought the exact same thing! Animal could have been based on him.

    • @1954SCOTTIE
      @1954SCOTTIE 8 лет назад +7

      Tobias Chance Never though about it, but you are right.

    • @pamelamichaels221
      @pamelamichaels221 8 лет назад +12

      +Tobias Chance No shit you're right, Edge and the beast, one and the same moves, thanks for a good laugh....

    • @citizenterryk
      @citizenterryk 8 лет назад +8

      +KoolCat ! yeah, for a second there I thought poor Graeme was gonna keel over on his drum kit!!!!.......

    • @pamelamichaels221
      @pamelamichaels221 8 лет назад +6

      +Terry Knepper Right, no shit, when he was wound up I think they over did it....kinda like the energizer bunny, lol

  • @markmans1
    @markmans1 2 года назад +95

    An unforgettable Drum-Intro that gets faster and faster . . . leading into John's melodic Bass--Groove and singing about the uncertainty going on in the World. In 74 or 75 when I was 13 or 14 years old = I walked into a dime store and bought a 2-record set entitled " This is the Moody Blues " - and after a week of listening I was Absolutely mesmerized and spell-bounded by this music and totally forgot what a Basketball or Sports was . . . and now its 2021 and I'm 60 years old and sad to hear of Graeme's recent passing. Whether physically on this planet / or not , Justin Hayward , John Lodge , Ray Thomas , Mike Pinder and Graeme Edge will always be COSMIC ROCKERS . Thanks boys - for filling my Brain with such great Melodies and Lullaby's .

  • @WilliamDoyle-rb6lt
    @WilliamDoyle-rb6lt 5 месяцев назад +15

    Thanks God for allowing me to be a teenager and in my 20s in the 60's and 70s.I actually feel sorry for the kids today. What they missed.

    • @sarahdee374
      @sarahdee374 4 месяца назад +1

      I say that if I had a time machine I would travel back and attend a LOT of iconic concerts : Beatles, Stones, Moody Blues, the Supremes, Temptations, the Who, Doors, Zeppelin, CCR, CSN, Jefferson Airplane, Mamas & Papas, Cream, Queen, Simon & Garfunkel for a start. Then I'd come back and have a shitload of musical memories to carry me till the day I die with a smile on my face.

    • @BorisBadinahv
      @BorisBadinahv 4 месяца назад

      With media wizardry, augmented reality and A.I., many young people can get close to the experience. They too can not only have memories but will be able to relive things. Even great music from the past that has been recorded will become timeless.

  • @theoriginalOSOK
    @theoriginalOSOK 4 месяца назад +9

    Dear diary, what a day it's been.

  • @tomrussell3266
    @tomrussell3266 8 лет назад +432

    Justin Hayward is a genius. Always the force of the Moody Blues! I have every album they've made. Wouldn't sell them for a million bucks!

    • @MerleOberon
      @MerleOberon 8 лет назад +20

      +Tom Russell A part of our time! I know the feeling!

    • @tomrussell3266
      @tomrussell3266 8 лет назад +8

      Hello, there are many things I do not know about which is why I try to learn something new every day. Have you every met Justin Hayward and John Lodge?

    • @stephenharper8935
      @stephenharper8935 8 лет назад +8

      +Tom Russell I have those albums as well... and yes you can just take your milliion and keep movin on.

    • @CB-xr1eg
      @CB-xr1eg 7 лет назад +8

      How about 2 million?

    • @mjsmcd
      @mjsmcd 7 лет назад +21

      Tom Russell john lodges song here and pinders songs were sublime

  • @xiropigado
    @xiropigado 2 года назад +7

    1965 -1975 music years will never be bettered

  • @nicholassanguinetti9147
    @nicholassanguinetti9147 8 месяцев назад +15

    That drummer dont get enough credit

  • @skybridge6394
    @skybridge6394 8 лет назад +230

    HAD TO PUT ON MY SEAT BELT FOR THAT ONE

    • @cynthiahern
      @cynthiahern 6 лет назад +7

      I had to put on my helmet.

    • @bartolomesalvajose8383
      @bartolomesalvajose8383 5 лет назад +5

      La mejor cancion de la historia del rock una percusion extrema y perfecta y una canción muy bien interpretada Jamas oi una canción tan buena Excelente la mejor que escuché en mi vida esta la original Fantastico nada que ver con la porquería que sale hoy. Saludos a todos desde Mallorca Bartolomé.

    • @teresal.taylor2463
      @teresal.taylor2463 5 лет назад +6

      Easy to speed while listening to in the car lol!!!

    • @williambabyak1094
      @williambabyak1094 5 лет назад +4

      @@teresal.taylor2463 Too right!

    • @samsam9773
      @samsam9773 3 года назад +1

      SKY BRIDGE n

  • @jackspry9736
    @jackspry9736 2 года назад +4

    RIP the two members of The Moody Blues
    Graeme Edge (March 30, 1941 - November 11, 2021), aged 80
    Ray Thomas (December 29, 1941 - January 4, 2018), aged 76
    You both will always be remembered as legends.

  • @petermastronardi6641
    @petermastronardi6641 6 месяцев назад +3

    This fucking song was, is and will always be spot on

  • @chrisgilbreath
    @chrisgilbreath 10 месяцев назад +4

    This is where I come for bearded drummer energy and saxophone fist raising

  • @traviscooper6883
    @traviscooper6883 5 лет назад +75

    The most UNDERRATED band of all time. Took so long to get in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Their music has so many layers. Such a talented group of musicians.

    • @marktrail8624
      @marktrail8624 Год назад +1

      Underappreciated more like it. Justin once said they weren't for everybody. Old souls click with their music.

    • @swamifakkananda4043
      @swamifakkananda4043 Год назад

      I personally think u r underrated too!!!

    • @frandanco6289
      @frandanco6289 5 месяцев назад

      Prove this band was Every Underrated !!!! Hilarious !!!

    • @beedevil11
      @beedevil11 5 месяцев назад

      They're in, still waiting on J Geils.

  • @robertdrollinger4710
    @robertdrollinger4710 Год назад +7

    Graham Edge. The first "Animal" to play drums. WOW

    • @cathywilson3146
      @cathywilson3146 Год назад

      Maybe not as Animal as Keith Moon - about the same era?

    • @jeffreybarkin3177
      @jeffreybarkin3177 4 месяца назад

      Please do NOT ask ERIC BURDON or COOKIE MONSTER...
      Seriously!
      😂

  • @tomwheeler6760
    @tomwheeler6760 2 года назад +5

    John Lodge gets somewhat overlooked for the Excellent Bass player he is.

  • @ad8065
    @ad8065 2 года назад +11

    RIP, Graeme Edge

  • @themadcap1898
    @themadcap1898 8 лет назад +118

    The Moody Blues are probably one of the best bands ever! They're right up there with Pink Floyd! Omg they are geniuses!

    • @2Zero8discipline
      @2Zero8discipline 3 года назад +3

      The two bands that invented progressive RnR.☮️

    • @kenmore01
      @kenmore01 3 года назад +7

      Better than Pink IMO.

    • @Shawney-jf6kc
      @Shawney-jf6kc 3 года назад +4

      @@kenmore01 yes...better than Pink.

    • @marktrail8624
      @marktrail8624 2 года назад +4

      Both bands different styles but both very sophisticated bands.

    • @bernarddougcook6787
      @bernarddougcook6787 Год назад +1

      Yes they are and were! I don't know why they never got the adulation and attention from the Rock press in general that they were indeed the greatest band with the greatest songs ever written! The only ones who have really appreciated them and have stayed true to them and what they wrote, are us...their fans!

  • @stephenroman9015
    @stephenroman9015 2 года назад +3

    I got to see bands like The Moody Blues, Emerson Lake and Palmer and King Crimson I consider myself very fortunate and glad that I grew up when I did

  • @theinspiredgardener6434
    @theinspiredgardener6434 7 месяцев назад +7

    I love this video, we get to watch each musician giving it all they got, I especially enjoy watching “Animal” on the drums, I think Sesame Street made a muppet with him in mind 😎

  • @edlawn5481
    @edlawn5481 4 месяца назад +2

    Justin Hayward never seems to get mentioned as one of the great rock guitarists, but he's right up there with any of them in my book.

  • @charmatic_yt2195
    @charmatic_yt2195 4 года назад +4

    How come their voices sound so surreal?

  • @randyventresca4152
    @randyventresca4152 8 лет назад +140

    One of the greatest all-time rock song intros.

    • @deanings
      @deanings 8 лет назад +1

      +Randy Ventresca First time listener . Instantly captivated by the drums intro leading into the bass line . For me , the rest of the song has far too much going on. It's like a fight between the different instruments and the vocals to be at the forefront of the song . I think the song would benefit from being leveled better or lose one of the instruments in the main riff and give it an interlude part or something.

    • @kelbu
      @kelbu 8 лет назад +9

      I love all the instruments together - part of what makes the song so great

    • @tullfan7872
      @tullfan7872 6 лет назад +1

      The interplay of the instruments is what makes the song so good IMO. And, so true, it's a great rock intro. Love the bass in this and other songs in the early 70s period.

    • @annualblood3032
      @annualblood3032 6 лет назад +1

      Unfortunately on the original album they faded it in (I guess the effect was to segue from the previous song and for the song to reach full volume once the band kicks in) so the effect of the drums picking up steam is greatly reduced. One of the few songs where the Greatest Hits version is vastly superior to the album version, if only for this reason.

    • @moiraclark7862
      @moiraclark7862 4 года назад

      @@deanings That's exactly what I DO like about the song.

  • @BahamutINFINITY
    @BahamutINFINITY 6 месяцев назад +3

    I'm exhausted just from *watching* Graeme do his thing... 😅

  • @MachineThatCreates
    @MachineThatCreates 8 месяцев назад +4

    For the youngsters...check out these guys catalogue. You will not be disappointed.

  • @RG-hf4et
    @RG-hf4et 3 года назад +8

    John Lodge wrote this and doesn't get enough credit for his MB's contributions. Met John twice after 2 solo shows. What a lovely, lovely man!

  • @irisdainter6507
    @irisdainter6507 6 месяцев назад +8

    Don't come much better than this period.

  • @tlc8865
    @tlc8865 Год назад +2

    Such a great John Lodge bass line intro. All great musicians, I wish Mike Pinder stuck around longer, that cat was fucking brilliant.

  • @quetzalcoaxial7280
    @quetzalcoaxial7280 2 года назад +2

    People would argue it's over produced... but I don't think so... it's EXACTLY the amount of produced...

  • @larrymartin9550
    @larrymartin9550 5 лет назад +14

    Absolutely brilliant song. Wish I can hear things like this on the radio again rather than the Top 40 tripe we currently have today. No "sexy" backup dancers, no mediocre lead singers being half-naked or posing nude every damn time, all I need is just the singer/s and their voice/s. Take me back.

    • @jereuter01
      @jereuter01 4 года назад +1

      For real. Example was half-time SB 54 - you could call it a celebration of the wagging tongue, the shaking booty and spread-eagle coochie in the face performance.

    • @kevinallison2227
      @kevinallison2227 4 года назад

      Reflections of my life.
      Mamalades.

  • @LJW55
    @LJW55 9 месяцев назад +8

    What makes me happy and content I guess is that I was alive and of an age when I could and did walk into a record shop and buy this piece of genius on vinyl and still have it in it's original sleeve on my shelf.

  • @philipemery5503
    @philipemery5503 Месяц назад +1

    To be honest in my humble opinion the Moody's are still relevant in this day and age. Unfortunately lost my moody collection due to flood water

    • @melissatyree566
      @melissatyree566 Месяц назад +1

      Sorry to hear that 😢

    • @philipemery5503
      @philipemery5503 Месяц назад +1

      @@melissatyree566 one gets to know things happen in life. One must accept them and move on

  • @PuffPuffPass0420
    @PuffPuffPass0420 9 месяцев назад +2

    🎶Riots by the people for the people who are only destroying themselves and when you see a frightened person who is frightened by the people who are scorching this earth🎶

  • @nancyleeorvinbrumby5856
    @nancyleeorvinbrumby5856 9 лет назад +172

    When I hear this song, every cell of my being feels like I am 20 years old again.... and talk about awesome artistic energy just bursting out of all of these guys...

    • @rexrockandroll
      @rexrockandroll 9 лет назад +1

      HAPPY WEEKEND NANCY..U ARE SO RIGHT ABOUT THIS ....PEACE..X0

    • @Sterianos
      @Sterianos 4 года назад +2

      the band that made me happy a lot of times in my youth and I listen to them now and with great pleasure

    • @paulbaker4120
      @paulbaker4120 3 года назад

      Love this song but when I see Hiwatt amps I think of Long Love Rock.

    • @lindabergman3127
      @lindabergman3127 3 года назад

      Wonderful Harmony awesome musicians

    • @blackwingvalleylover
      @blackwingvalleylover 3 года назад

      Watched it once and now I'm pregnant...

  • @mustangmikep51
    @mustangmikep51 2 года назад +8

    This is when they were at their PEAK right after 7th Sojourn was released...after this Mike left...and so did the golden age of the Moodies...but the 1st 7 albums were beyond belief! love + light to all!

  • @garybradley1
    @garybradley1 2 года назад +8

    Just one more take...................Graeme, this time can we have a little effort!!!

  • @michellehuntington2718
    @michellehuntington2718 Год назад +2

    7th grade. I thought this was awesome! The school played this on the intercom.

  • @patchinhasinbiller7380
    @patchinhasinbiller7380 4 года назад +50

    Sometimes you get a group of creative, talented musicians who come together at the right time and place... The Moody Blues

  • @bobbybernhardt5233
    @bobbybernhardt5233 3 года назад +178

    who else is listening in August 2020. Timeless song!!

    • @sliglusamelius8578
      @sliglusamelius8578 3 года назад +6

      Forget Stairway to Heaven, this could be the best rock song of all time. It's not artsy or pretentious or sophisticated, but just raw straight up rocknroll jam-bam from start to finish.

    • @troyannbladsacker1811
      @troyannbladsacker1811 3 года назад +9

      @@sliglusamelius8578 one of my favorites. I was 17 in the seventies when I started listening to the Moody Blues. Still love them. Listening in January 2021. In my opinion, the seventies was the best time to be a teenager. Best music.

    • @simulatedbass
      @simulatedbass 3 года назад +3

      *2021 :)

    • @cs54721
      @cs54721 3 года назад +3

      January 2021.

    • @johnlow7621
      @johnlow7621 3 года назад +3

      February 2021 in Munic during lockdown. Music helps to remain sane.

  • @urocknetwork
    @urocknetwork 2 года назад +4

    Always makes me feel Like the First Time I Heard it

  • @debishelton9647
    @debishelton9647 2 года назад +44

    They were a spiritual rock group; WAY ahead of their time. Loved them in 1972; and, Honor them in 2022!

  • @70Lu07
    @70Lu07 5 лет назад +353

    i listen to this while i do my job in mafia with my T H I C C blue imaginary friend who makes telephone noises

    • @zilean4324
      @zilean4324 5 лет назад +33

      Matheus Duarte make sure you get increasingly angry whenever the blonde kid with the donut hair breathes in your direction

    • @70Lu07
      @70Lu07 5 лет назад +12

      @@zilean4324 yes, he piss me off

    • @mypetcrow9873
      @mypetcrow9873 4 года назад +4

      so what have you people been smoking anyway?

    • @Joseph-no6sn
      @Joseph-no6sn 4 года назад +19

      My Pet Crow golden weed

    • @howeyyadoing9070
      @howeyyadoing9070 4 года назад +6

      Onceknown *JOJO ROLL THE WEED*

  • @user-ik4fd9ny4b
    @user-ik4fd9ny4b 4 месяца назад +5

    At 70 yrs old I never was a M.Blues fan though I did like their songs. BUT - Seeing their videos gives a new meaning to their music! As "As a below commenter said "This is one of the most kick-ass energy packed numbers" !

  • @tadsomato1940
    @tadsomato1940 6 месяцев назад +2

    Some: "The Moody Blues are too mellow for me."
    The Moody Blues: "Hold my beer"

  • @allansbullet
    @allansbullet 2 месяца назад +5

    An incredibly talented band, playing a very complex piece of music, and playing it incredibly well - THAT was the Moody Blues!! One of my favourite bands of all time, and I've been listening to their music since the 70's!

  • @wolverine84
    @wolverine84 9 лет назад +30

    It is such a crime that The Moody Blues aren't in the R&R Hall of Fame!

    • @Sonny-xx9us
      @Sonny-xx9us 6 лет назад +5

      R&R is nothing but BS!

    • @mattwc4394
      @mattwc4394 5 лет назад +5

      They are now!

    • @robbaker7653
      @robbaker7653 4 года назад +1

      @@mattwc4394 Yes, and deservedly so at last!

    • @blokerama
      @blokerama 3 года назад

      Hall of Fame ? I didn't know the Moodiys needed one . .

  • @MikeJones-rk1un
    @MikeJones-rk1un 8 лет назад +195

    Certainly a sophisticated band. They endured and were wildly successful. Great part of music history.

    • @kalinakimble5660
      @kalinakimble5660 6 лет назад +7

      They were an incredible band...are they still performing?

    • @bkswanson2461
      @bkswanson2461 6 лет назад +7

      Kalina Kimble....Absolutely!!!!!!!!!! going to be inducted in HOF2018,....they've never stopped touring...they are Brilliant!!!

    • @neilcarlson661
      @neilcarlson661 5 лет назад +4

      YEAH MAN!!!

  • @petergambaccini7396
    @petergambaccini7396 Год назад +2

    When Ray Thomas and Graham Edge were still with us

  • @theinformer9381
    @theinformer9381 2 года назад +1

    RIP Graeme Edge, drummer for the Moody Blues. He died at the age of 80 on Nov. 11, 2021.

  • @maidacameron4093
    @maidacameron4093 6 лет назад +26

    This song is like a rocket going 3,000 miles an hour. It’s other worldly.

  • @kathyhays4025
    @kathyhays4025 7 лет назад +109

    John Lodge said they wrote this song to show everyone that they didn't have any answers. That they were just singers in a rock n roll band. Not to be idolized as different.

    • @IPlayOneOnT.V.
      @IPlayOneOnT.V. 3 года назад

      ....And becoming Rock & Roll music icons in the process. LOL!

    • @mikepastor.k6233
      @mikepastor.k6233 3 года назад +1

      A hard driving rock song.. Ok.. Drop mic

    • @2Zero8discipline
      @2Zero8discipline 3 года назад

      @@davidgoodsell973 They invented progressive RnR not the Beatles.

    • @philt1771
      @philt1771 3 года назад

      What a humble guy, I'm still in awe of these musicians after all these years!

  • @Hermeticelder
    @Hermeticelder 3 месяца назад +1

    I used to crack my friends up at certain times....id diffuse a situation by saying I'm just a singer in a rock & roll band .😂

  • @scootergeorge7089
    @scootergeorge7089 6 месяцев назад +3

    Loved listening to this on 8 track tape deck in my Rambler. Seriously!

  • @IbanezArtist85
    @IbanezArtist85 10 лет назад +56

    A low-pitched saxophone creates such a huge droning sound. A brilliant musical concept from a brilliant band.

  • @macausey2932
    @macausey2932 8 лет назад +198

    good lord what a song, what a band!!!!!!!!

    • @jasonraczkowski6001
      @jasonraczkowski6001 8 лет назад +21

      Moody blues so underrated . love these guys . they're coming to toledo in October and I want to see these guys play .

    • @algeebop
      @algeebop 6 лет назад +4

      Hope you enjoyed it, I really did when I saw them about 3 years ago.

    • @theband7737
      @theband7737 6 лет назад +5

      Jason Raczkowski the thing about being underrated is that its better than being overrated

    • @mattdwyer9432
      @mattdwyer9432 4 года назад +1

      @@theband7737 interest ing

    • @Pulsatyr
      @Pulsatyr 4 года назад +1

      In the '70s, we were musicians experimenting with drugs, today it is drug addicts experimenting with music. - Steven Tyler He said this in the 1990s at the height of tha Grunge movement. The industry never recovered. Even show bands, like KISS, used to put more effort into the craft than bands do today. Moody Blues were craftsmen as well as artists who were dedicated to the music before the money, women and other rewards came.

  • @randyproby215
    @randyproby215 2 года назад +4

    'How can we understand that lies by the people for the people that are destroying this earth" powerful lyrics
    the whole song actually.

    • @douglimapiano827
      @douglimapiano827 4 месяца назад

      It’s “how can we understand riots by the people, for the people who are only destroying themselves…”
      I bought this LP the day it came out. I was 15.

  • @nev707
    @nev707 9 месяцев назад +10

    One of the great intro’s of any Rock song- drums, then bass lead into the song.
    Very unique and clever.
    RIP Graham Edge and Ray Thomas.

  • @sheronlyn2693
    @sheronlyn2693 7 лет назад +36

    they were never just singers in a rock and roll band. they were so much more.