That's too awesome! I quite admire the first R&B-styled album by The Moodies. My dad has the first American album, which over here was called "Moody Blues #1" (I think the officially accepted title is "The Magnificent Moodies" from the UK version). However, to get back to my point, my dad played that record quite often--as well as many other records by the Moodies--and I just love their music, no matter which period one wishes to discuss!
Yes it was. I was 9 when this came out and used to hear it a lot late at night on my little AM radio. Not a bad thing to fall asleep to. Same with Don Mclean's Starry Night.
I saw the lead singer/songwriter Justin Hayward perform just before the pandemic and his voice was STILL the same as when this song came out and it was fantastic!
I remember when I was a teen, lying in bed late at night and listening to this. One of the local FM radio stations would play full albums after midnight. I taped it on my little cassette deck, hidden under my pillow so my parents wouldn't hear it. 😂 . Ah, those were the days...
We had a cassette deck/ stereo receiver in another room. I would set up the tape in the cassette deck during the day and set the radio station turned low so that at midnight I could pretend to use the restroom and hit the record button on the tape deck. In the morning I had a present waiting for me! 40+ years ago…
@@lathedauphinot6820 LOL my problem was falling asleep before the album was over… the tape had to be turned over about half way through, so there were several times I only got part of the album.
The first time I heard the poetry section was in the middle of the night when I was a kid. I was asleep and it was playing on the radio and it scared the hell out of me. It's awesome, though.
@@melodymcdonald2140 I fell asleep too, but I used 90 minute tapes. I lost a few endings, but most albums were under 45 minutes, I’d fall asleep during the third song, and morning was like Christmas. I got albums I never would have heard.
That voice is beautiful indeed. Justin Hayward was only 20 (and had written the song over a year earlier) when he delivered that emotion-packed vocal that became a classic. His voice still has that wondrous clarity, tone and power today, over 50 years later. It is a gift.
1967 My oldest brother sat me down put headphones on me and said listen to this! Blew my 7yr old mind! 40yrs later took our oldest daughter to see them in concert. They had the entire Boston Philharmonic orchestra with them. Absolutely phenomenal show!!! Sit and listen to the whole Days of Future Passed album, a story start to finish. After that pick any other Moodyblues and you will not be disappointed. Peace to ya Ms. Fiddlesticks!
Welcome to the Moody Blues. They were a completely different kind of band decades ago from what rock 'n roll people were used to hearing. Same holds true today. They introduced the use of philosophy in rock music as well as being of the groups to pioneer progressive rock. Very deep lyrics combined with almost indescribable instrumentals clearly set them apart... and their music continues to resonate all these decades later. Essentially, they stand alone as being something beyond rock 'n roll. They are their own music genre, as no one else really compares. Thank you for this post! And, yes it was a flute courtesy of Ray Thomas. Maybe you could check out other of their works, especially from their earlier albums. If you do, and along with the unique instrumentals, pay close attention to the lyrics. You won't regret it, just hold onto your hat because some of their music, and the message, will open up another world... the world inside each of us.. For example, maybe something like "Eyes of a Child" (Part 1 and 2) from the To Our Children's Children's Children album or "One More Time to Live" (where they assess the very heart of humanity and the human situation) off the Every Good Boy Deserves Favor album. Thanks again.
That entire album is incredible. It is a concept album about the whole day, starting from Dawn to Night. The Moody Blues were really amazing. The music of my youth.
Yes flute Ray is playing the flute(I forget his last name-he may be deceased now, not sure). We used to smoke weed and drop acid and listen to The Moody Blues. One of the greatest bands of the hippy era of the 60s/70s, they instilled in me a lifelong love of Rock/Classical music which, going on 80 years old, I still have and I am forever grateful to them for it. Thank you, Jayy, for bringing back memories of those grand, wonderful old days and times gone by.
I believe the entire album was recorded with the London Symphony Orchestra, hence the flutes, strings, tympani and such. A masterpiece from my younger days❤️
@@stephaniethurmer5370 Absolutely correct. The flutist for the Moody Blues was Ray Thomas. He passed in 2018. I saw them a couple of times in the 80's and was always amazed at how silent the audience became when he stepped up to the mic, and with good reason. He was an excellent flutist.
@@stephaniethurmer5370 No, can't say that I've ever heard of Annie Haslam and Renaissance. Just looked her and the band up and saw they do progressive rock, so I'll be sure to check them out! Thanks!
Justin wrote that song at 19. It is about his ex girlfriend who gave him white satin sheets as a present. Even after they broke up those sheets reminded him of her.
Beautiful. How I miss songs like this. In the 60's and 70's there were many. In the 80's less. Then in the 90's they seemed to disappear. I do not know why, because they were beautiful, and older people like me really miss them. The music is wonderful, and the vocals are superb. Welcome to orchestral rock.
My senior year in college, my fraternity brother was the evening DJ on the campus radio station and he'd always end his show with this song. Justin Haywood wrote this in hight school about a girl he adored from afar. Years later after he'd become successful someone told her she was the inspiration for this song. She contacted him, they met and is now his wife !🙂
A beautiful story but not true. 🙂 However, the real story is quits lovely. Justin Hayward wrote "Nights" at age 19 while he was living in London. He was at the heartbreaking end of one love affair, but he had met a new, long-haired beauty named Marie who was exciting him. The central image was in fact based on the white satin sheets a previous girlfriend had given Justin and with which he dressed his bed. But the song itself reflected his passion and pain for these two young women in his life. He married Marie in December 1970 and they are still married today.
If you ever get a chance to see them, do yourself a favor and GO! Ray Thomas was the flute player and sang For My Lady, another great of many songs by them
The lead singer Justin haywood had a solo career & had a great hit called Forever Autumn, that's a must listen to even if its not featured on your channel it is a beautiful song👌
yes, that is a flute in the instrumental break. It was played by Ray Thomas. The album was recorded with the London Philharmonic Orchestra. The poem at the end is called "Late Lament".
Justin Hayward (the main vocalist) wrote this song when he was just 19. I've seen them in concert so many times and they are just awesome! Now you will have to go down the Moody Blues rabbit hole.. Plz. check out the Moodies doing: "New Horizons", "Highway" and "Had to Fall in Love". RIP Ray Thomas (the flautist, vocalist and founding member of the Moody Blues).
John Lodge is the one with the gr8 falsetto voice. And now we have lost another original Moody: Graeme Edge; the original drummer. What you just heard was the full version with the spoken-word poem, "Late Lament" at the end. Sometimes they start the song with the poem at the beginning. They used to most times perform with an orchestra or the Mellotron, which can sound like an orchestra. In 2008, South Carolina’s Hard Rock Park in Myrtle Beach unveiled the Nights In White Satin: The Trip theme park. The Moodies are one of my top 5 favorite bands and always will be. Peace. :-)
I was raised on The Moody Blues, Procol Harum, Dusty Springfield, Climax Blues Band. My father returned from the Vietnam War, we listen to this music for years! The most meaningful music of the century! Don't forget about Louis D Armstrong, What a Wonderful World.! This man set me on a course that changed my life.!
I remember that, always thought that was kind of an odd pairing their music is so different. I listened to the Moody Blues a lot in the early 70's not so much in the 80's. Then again there have been much odder pairings for tours like Hendrix opening for the Monkees.
@@cesarnarro6013 Yes I heard about the Hendrix/Monkees tour lol. To this day I'm mad at myself because in '83 I knew SRV only a little bit from MTV but had no idea he was the master he was. When he hit the stage I was saying "ok get him on get him off, I'm here for Nights in White Satin." Shows you what I know 😒
@@davidhapka5410 First saw him in the late 70's in a little club in Austin. Lou Ann Barton did the singing in their band but and she was really good but I knew Stevie was special. Only previous time I had seen a guitarist that good in a small club in Austin was Johnny Winter.
@@cesarnarro6013 I'm envious. As I said, my first SRV exposure was the very commercial SHE'S MY SWEET LITTLE BABY I'M HER LITTLE LOVER BOY....it was in heavy rotation on MTV but that song and video doesn't hint at Stevie's talents. It wasn't until the mid eighties I discovered who and what he really was. Oh well, at least I can say I saw him play live.
This was the theme song to my Senior Prom. Whenever I hear it, I'm right back in our high school gymnasium at the prom. So happy you reacted to this song. Happy to see you back home. Take care and be well. Peace.
Justin Hayward is truly a musical genius. You should next react to, "Never Comes The Day", another beautiful classic, as well as "The Voice" and "Question" and the list goes on and on.
This was one of my mom's favorite album's, it came out when I was like 7 and there were morning's I'd wake up for school and this album would be on the stereo, what a great way to start the day, you should listen to the whole thing, it is a very happy and joyful album, you'll love it...♡
A real masterpiece that most people don't really appreciate what a perfect arrangement it has. Your reaction is PRICELESS. I must say "The Girl Got IT"...She recognized the genius of the Moody Blues!
Ray Thomas played flute and sax as a member of the Moodies. He also sang beautifully and wrote wonderful songs. He followed around a hundred people on Twitter and I was surprised and honored to discover that I was one of them. After the announcement that the Moody Blues had been selected for induction into the R&R Hall of Fame I wrote to him to congratulate him, and to thank him for all the great music. Unfortunately he died not long after and prior to the induction ceremony.
What a classic that you never get tired of hearing. A song that holds back many memories for me and I'm sure for many others. Now you see why people crave songs from the 60's, 70's and 80's, especially the decade of the 70's, where music was music. It finally happened, on August 13, 2018 the Moody Blues were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and what took them so long. Love your comments on this classic.
This has always been one of my favorite songs by The Moody Blues and I got to know John Lodge a bit back in 1990 when I played doubles with him in the late Michael Landon's Tennis Tournament in Tucson.. It was a lot of fun and he was a real nice guy..:)
Such an amazing song, album, band....I could go on and on. And you, too! Your emotion shone through while you were listening, and that's why I keep coming back. Thank you. Yes, that was a flute. They do this live, and always have a flutist.
My next door neighbor used to blast this from her house , had her windows while she was cleaning her house on Saturdays!!! That was how I discovered this back in 70's. I was only in middle school at the time. She play this album on her turn table.
I saw these guys a few years back with the New Orleans Symphony...OMG, so many tears flowed as they performed this song....What an epic experience hearing it live...
This is my first time watching your show. I love the purity of your response to the music! I'm 59 and treasure each and every response of your generation to the music I grew up with, having had no idea at the time it would become a genre isolated by low-tech instrumentation (eg, the flute!) and real vocals.
This song always brings me back to whenever I first heard it. In my Dad's pickup, headed to the hardware store. He inserts the cassette tape. I was absolutely mesmerized. I gained a new perspective on music and my father that day. What blows my mind...even to this day...Justin Hayward was 19 when he wrote the lyrics and music to this song in 1967. 19. So happy to have experienced this song with you.
Instrumental in the middle was indeed a flute. The poetry part is actually a song called "Late Lament". These two numbers closed out The Moody Blues first album - 1967s Days of Future Passed. Years ago, "Late Lament" became intrinsically linked to NIWS on radio stations. There's also an orchestra at the beginning and end of NIWS and for Late Lament, as well.
16 studio albums, numerous solo albums and over 200 songs, the Moodies will always take you on a journey and yes that was a flute which is on many of their songs
And we love You, Sweets! Ur reactions make us love each song over again. Keep up ur beautiful vibe! Isn't it great? I'm nearly 50, and it's before MY time! Matters little, as we pick it up where they left off! God Bless Music
Wow! Someone who had the good sense to react to the studio album on top of the unedited original track instead of the concert reactions that are making the rounds. Smart lady.
This is a fully orchestrated version, more than the single release that made the charts. The band performed live with full orchestra on many occasions over the years, Royal Albert Hall, Red Rocks in Colorado, and on the 50th anniversary tour for "Days of the Future Passed".
There is "more"! Get the album...... MORE is there. Not better but a beautiful continuing of the music...... The finest, choicest, gift we can give back to God for the gift of music that he, firstly, gave to us. And how he must enjoy it! He gets to watch - his- creation create. What a special gift to him and what pure Joy to give and receive!
I'll always remember this song as a 14-year-old girl in 1972 with my 2 friends practicing our modern dance routine to this song for our Hawthorne Junior High gym class.
Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU for doing the original full length studio version and NOT the various shortened live versions that everyone else is doing. This is, hands down, the greatest romantic classic rock ballad of all time. My favorite band. Their music is majestic, mystical and magical. I knew you'd love it. 😎✌☮💕❤
My dad was a professional musician and drummer he got this album in December of 1967 he played it when I was about 7 years old I couldn't sleep for about a week and I had a nightmare every night for a week until I could finally figure out the beauty of this song I was only a kid my father laughed when he first got the album it blew his mind
You got it. The writer just broke up with a girl and he was having a very difficult time due to the break up. He then remembered he had a set of satin sheets which a previous girlfriend had gifted him. Long story short, the satin sheets started off the song and it went on to him stating that he still loved her. The song gradually moves on to other topics too long to get into here but suffice to say, you are the only person who mentioned satin sheets. Good for you!
I saw the Moody Blues in 1986 when they had hits like "Your Wildest Dreams" and "The Voice", both of which I highly recommend. But I also like their older classics like "The Story In Your Eyes" and "Tuesday Afternoon" and "Ride My Seesaw".
I can't help but cry, when I hear this tune. Tears for my Maternal grandparents (Grandfather died 21st January 2021 aged 92 Coronavirus) (Grandmother died 28th January 2021 aged 94 Coronavirus). RIP Grandfather Leslie and Grandmother Irene I love you so much xxxxx Missing you both so terribly. Fly High And Wait For Me xxx
My great uncle Clint Warwick was the original Bass player for The Moody Blues, when they had their number one single Go Now
That's too awesome! I quite admire the first R&B-styled album by The Moodies. My dad has the first American album, which over here was called "Moody Blues #1" (I think the officially accepted title is "The Magnificent Moodies" from the UK version). However, to get back to my point, my dad played that record quite often--as well as many other records by the Moodies--and I just love their music, no matter which period one wishes to discuss!
Wow!
Is it the same song Paul McCartney did with Wings and Denny Laine would sing? If it is GREAT Song
@@gilhodges2025 Denny Laine was the lead singer on Go Now. The song I think your thinking of was probably Mull of Kintyre? Might be wrong
@@mickeyowen3594 on McCartneys Wings Over America they do Go Now and Denny does the lead vocal ruclips.net/video/gMee_r95Nfs/видео.html
A masterpiece for the ages!
54 years and still amazing.
Always been one of my favorite pieces!
55 an still. Amazingly good when you look at the state of music now.
"Just what you want to be, you will be in the end" gets me every. single. time.
I agree
My song line is from Glenn Campbell, and I need you more than I want you.......from Wichita Lineman.
Now imagine a whole generation of young people reacting to this the same way you just did. It was a magical time!
Yes it was. I was 9 when this came out and used to hear it a lot late at night on my little AM radio. Not a bad thing to fall asleep to. Same with Don Mclean's Starry Night.
Every few days we would get another timeless hit across the radio waves....for years, what a Great Time to Grow Up.
One of the most beautiful pieces of music ever recorded. ❤✌
%100000 correct.
I saw the lead singer/songwriter Justin Hayward perform just before the pandemic and his voice was STILL the same as when this song came out and it was fantastic!
This song puts me in tears every time. The plaintiveness in his voice when he's singing "oh how I love you".
His "I love you's" sound so desperately haunting and beautiful💜🤘🔥
That song is part of the soundtrack of my life.
Justin has A GREAT EMOTIONAL VOICE !! 💜😥
They touch your soul!!!
@@GinnyRobertsonLLC same.
I remember when I was a teen, lying in bed late at night and listening to this. One of the local FM radio stations would play full albums after midnight. I taped it on my little cassette deck, hidden under my pillow so my parents wouldn't hear it. 😂 . Ah, those were the days...
We had a cassette deck/ stereo receiver in another room. I would set up the tape in the cassette deck during the day and set the radio station turned low so that at midnight I could pretend to use the restroom and hit the record button on the tape deck. In the morning I had a present waiting for me! 40+ years ago…
@@lathedauphinot6820 LOL my problem was falling asleep before the album was over… the tape had to be turned over about half way through, so there were several times I only got part of the album.
The first time I heard the poetry section was in the middle of the night when I was a kid. I was asleep and it was playing on the radio and it scared the hell out of me. It's awesome, though.
@@melodymcdonald2140 I fell asleep too, but I used 90 minute tapes. I lost a few endings, but most albums were under 45 minutes, I’d fall asleep during the third song, and morning was like Christmas. I got albums I never would have heard.
I’m always surprised I got any sleep because I listened late at night, too.
Moody Blues, any, all and everywhere....still listening. They were the first I heard to use symphonies...
That voice is beautiful indeed. Justin Hayward was only 20 (and had written the song over a year earlier) when he delivered that emotion-packed vocal that became a classic. His voice still has that wondrous clarity, tone and power today, over 50 years later. It is a gift.
This song even after all these years still gives me goosebumps, will still be beautiful in a 100 years from now !!!!!
One of my favorite songs of all time. Thank you for playing this.
1967 My oldest brother sat me down put headphones on me and said listen to this! Blew my 7yr old mind!
40yrs later took our oldest daughter to see them in concert. They had the entire Boston Philharmonic orchestra with them. Absolutely phenomenal show!!!
Sit and listen to the whole Days of Future Passed album, a story start to finish. After that pick any other Moodyblues and you will not be disappointed. Peace to ya Ms. Fiddlesticks!
Welcome to the Moody Blues. They were a completely different kind of band decades ago from what rock 'n roll people were used to hearing. Same holds true today. They introduced the use of philosophy in rock music as well as being of the groups to pioneer progressive rock. Very deep lyrics combined with almost indescribable instrumentals clearly set them apart... and their music continues to resonate all these decades later. Essentially, they stand alone as being something beyond rock 'n roll. They are their own music genre, as no one else really compares.
Thank you for this post! And, yes it was a flute courtesy of Ray Thomas.
Maybe you could check out other of their works, especially from their earlier albums. If you do, and along with the unique instrumentals, pay close attention to the lyrics. You won't regret it, just hold onto your hat because some of their music, and the message, will open up another world... the world inside each of us.. For example, maybe something like "Eyes of a Child" (Part 1 and 2) from the To Our Children's Children's Children album or "One More Time to Live" (where they assess the very heart of humanity and the human situation) off the Every Good Boy Deserves Favor album.
Thanks again.
Awe.. I'm glad you did this one. Nights in White Satin has always given me goosebumps when I listen to it 🤘🔥💜
That entire album is incredible. It is a concept album about the whole day, starting from Dawn to Night. The Moody Blues were really amazing. The music of my youth.
I'm glad you did the studio version with the orchestra and the poem. Try "I'm Just a Singer In a Rock and Roll Band" by them.
This song is everything . Glad to see you discover it ❤
One of the most beautiful songs ever written. It touches my soul.
@@kerrythorn8575 However , my favorite song to this day is still Kate Bush - A womans work . Always has been . Always will be . ❤
@@nicolewilliams3434 I love that song 💜
@Nicole Williams - that song is right up there, no doubt. ✌
You got the rarest version, consider yourself lucky that you got the poem at the end!
That's from teh album. Not really so rare. Radio stations often cut the poem off at the end.
Please watch The Moody Blues Live at Red Rocks. Phenomenal watch. God bless.
So glad you did the long version with the poem at the end. It's so incomplete on the short version.
the phrase "untimely ripped" comes to mind when I see it end without that.
Yes flute Ray is playing the flute(I forget his last name-he may be deceased now, not sure). We used to smoke weed and drop acid and listen to The Moody Blues. One of the greatest bands of the hippy era of the 60s/70s, they instilled in me a lifelong love of Rock/Classical music which, going on 80 years old, I still have and I am forever grateful to them for it.
Thank you, Jayy, for bringing back memories of those grand, wonderful old days and times gone by.
One of the best songs on history music. This song is a true masterpiece. The extended version is the best.
I believe the entire album was recorded with the London Symphony Orchestra, hence the flutes, strings, tympani and such. A masterpiece from my younger days❤️
It was actually the London Festival Orchestra. A much smaller orchestra than the London Symphony Orchestra.
@@TheCkent100 and the flute solo was a member of the band, not the orchestra. He recently passed away
@@stephaniethurmer5370 Absolutely correct. The flutist for the Moody Blues was Ray Thomas. He passed in 2018.
I saw them a couple of times in the 80's and was always amazed at how silent the audience became when he stepped up to the mic, and with good reason. He was an excellent flutist.
@@TheCkent100 thank you for Ray's name. I was drawing a blank when I wrote that. By any chance are you familiar with Annie Haslam and Renaissance?
@@stephaniethurmer5370 No, can't say that I've ever heard of Annie Haslam and Renaissance. Just looked her and the band up and saw they do progressive rock, so I'll be sure to check them out! Thanks!
Justin wrote that song at 19. It is about his ex girlfriend who gave him white satin sheets as a present. Even after they broke up those sheets reminded him of her.
Beautiful. How I miss songs like this. In the 60's and 70's there were many. In the 80's less. Then in the 90's they seemed to disappear. I do not know why, because they were beautiful, and older people like me really miss them. The music is wonderful, and the vocals are superb. Welcome to orchestral rock.
My senior year in college, my fraternity brother was the evening DJ on the campus radio station and he'd always end his show with this song.
Justin Haywood wrote this in hight school about a girl he adored from afar. Years later after he'd become successful someone told her she was the inspiration for this song. She contacted him, they met and is now his wife !🙂
Thanks for the details about the song . I love that ending ❤
Well that's cool!
sounds nice but not true sadly
A beautiful story but not true. 🙂 However, the real story is quits lovely. Justin Hayward wrote "Nights" at age 19 while he was living in London. He was at the heartbreaking end of one love affair, but he had met a new, long-haired beauty named Marie who was exciting him. The central image was in fact based on the white satin sheets a previous girlfriend had given Justin and with which he dressed his bed. But the song itself reflected his passion and pain for these two young women in his life. He married Marie in December 1970 and they are still married today.
@@cherylhulting1301 reality proves to be an even more beautiful love story.
If you ever get a chance to see them, do yourself a favor and GO! Ray Thomas was the flute player and sang For My Lady, another great of many songs by them
Greatest rock song of all time. Only Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody even comes close.
Love your reaction...
I was 15 when I first heard this...
Always a treat...
This song always gives me goosebumps! Yes that was a flute.
A brilliant piece of music.
The lead singer Justin haywood had a solo career & had a great hit called Forever Autumn, that's a must listen to even if its not featured on your channel it is a beautiful song👌
yes, that is a flute in the instrumental break. It was played by Ray Thomas. The album was recorded with the London Philharmonic Orchestra. The poem at the end is called "Late Lament".
Justin Hayward (the main vocalist) wrote this song when he was just 19. I've seen them in concert so many times and they are just awesome! Now you will have to go down the Moody Blues rabbit hole.. Plz. check out the Moodies doing: "New Horizons", "Highway" and "Had to Fall in Love". RIP Ray Thomas (the flautist, vocalist and founding member of the Moody Blues).
John Lodge is the one with the gr8 falsetto voice. And now we have lost another original Moody: Graeme Edge; the original drummer. What you just heard was the full version with the spoken-word poem, "Late Lament" at the end. Sometimes they start the song with the poem at the beginning. They used to most times perform with an orchestra or the Mellotron, which can sound like an orchestra. In 2008, South Carolina’s Hard Rock Park in Myrtle Beach unveiled the Nights In White Satin: The Trip theme park. The Moodies are one of my top 5 favorite bands and always will be. Peace. :-)
I was raised on The Moody Blues, Procol Harum, Dusty Springfield, Climax Blues Band. My father returned from the Vietnam War, we listen to this music for years! The most meaningful music of the century! Don't forget about Louis D Armstrong, What a Wonderful World.! This man set me on a course that changed my life.!
Saw the Moody Blues in my city in 1983. Stevie Ray Vaughn was the opening act! 😎
me Too!
I remember that, always thought that was kind of an odd pairing their music is so different. I listened to the Moody Blues a lot in the early 70's not so much in the 80's. Then again there have been much odder pairings for tours like Hendrix opening for the Monkees.
@@cesarnarro6013 Yes I heard about the Hendrix/Monkees tour lol.
To this day I'm mad at myself because in '83 I knew SRV only a little bit from MTV but had no idea he was the master he was. When he hit the stage I was saying "ok get him on get him off, I'm here for Nights in White Satin."
Shows you what I know 😒
@@davidhapka5410 First saw him in the late 70's in a little club in Austin. Lou Ann Barton did the singing in their band but and she was really good but I knew Stevie was special. Only previous time I had seen a guitarist that good in a small club in Austin was Johnny Winter.
@@cesarnarro6013 I'm envious. As I said, my first SRV exposure was the very commercial SHE'S MY SWEET LITTLE BABY I'M HER LITTLE LOVER BOY....it was in heavy rotation on MTV but that song and video doesn't hint at Stevie's talents. It wasn't until the mid eighties I discovered who and what he really was. Oh well, at least I can say I saw him play live.
"I'll sit up for this one" :-) Such a gorgeous song.
Yes it's a flute. There's a great live version of this the moody blues do with the Danish National Orchastra that's definitely worth checking out.
This was the theme song to my Senior Prom. Whenever I hear it, I'm right back in our high school gymnasium at the prom. So happy you reacted to this song. Happy to see you back home. Take care and be well. Peace.
That beautiful voice is Justin Haywood. Gorgeous song. ✌️
The moody blues - Greatest band of all time. so ahead of their time.
Justin Hayward is truly a musical genius. You should next react to, "Never Comes The Day", another beautiful classic, as well as "The Voice" and "Question" and the list goes on and on.
JAYY would melt into a puddle with "Never Comes the Day".
This was one of my mom's favorite album's, it came out when I was like 7 and there were morning's I'd wake up for school and this album would be on the stereo, what a great way to start the day, you should listen to the whole thing, it is a very happy and joyful album, you'll love it...♡
What a great memory to have! ✌
@@brucedillinger9448 I miss my mom and I still listen to this album usually in the morning while getting ready for work lol...♡
My favorite band of All time. Seeing them live is Beyond words! !♡♡♡
A real masterpiece that most people don't really appreciate what a perfect arrangement it has. Your reaction is PRICELESS. I must say "The Girl Got IT"...She recognized the genius of the Moody Blues!
Welcome to the 70's. the greatest era of music. you have only scratched the surface of this band. Justin can take you there!
Ray Thomas played flute and sax as a member of the Moodies. He also sang beautifully and wrote wonderful songs. He followed around a hundred people on Twitter and I was surprised and honored to discover that I was one of them. After the announcement that the Moody Blues had been selected for induction into the R&R Hall of Fame I wrote to him to congratulate him, and to thank him for all the great music. Unfortunately he died not long after and prior to the induction ceremony.
Live version is even better!
What a classic that you never get tired of hearing. A song that holds back many memories for me and I'm sure for many others. Now you see why people crave songs from the 60's, 70's and 80's, especially the decade of the 70's, where music was music. It finally happened, on August 13, 2018 the Moody Blues were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and what took them so long. Love your comments on this classic.
This has always been one of my favorite songs by The Moody Blues and I got to know John Lodge a bit back in 1990 when I played doubles with him in the late Michael Landon's Tennis Tournament in Tucson.. It was a lot of fun and he was a real nice guy..:)
I believe this is what my Mum & Dad had their first dance to at their wedding
Such an amazing song, album, band....I could go on and on. And you, too! Your emotion shone through while you were listening, and that's why I keep coming back. Thank you.
Yes, that was a flute. They do this live, and always have a flutist.
My next door neighbor used to blast this from her house , had her windows while she was cleaning her house on Saturdays!!! That was how I discovered this back in 70's. I was only in middle school at the time. She play this album on her turn table.
One of the most beautiful songs ever written. STILL can't listen to it without tears...
I used to listen to the whole album over and over again. One of the best ever made.
I saw these guys a few years back with the New Orleans Symphony...OMG, so many tears flowed as they performed this song....What an epic experience hearing it live...
This has been my favorite song for 52 years.
It's from a time when music was awesome.
This is my first time watching your show. I love the purity of your response to the music! I'm 59 and treasure each and every response of your generation to the music I grew up with, having had no idea at the time it would become a genre isolated by low-tech instrumentation (eg, the flute!) and real vocals.
This song always brings me back to whenever I first heard it. In my Dad's pickup, headed to the hardware store. He inserts the cassette tape. I was absolutely mesmerized. I gained a new perspective on music and my father that day. What blows my mind...even to this day...Justin Hayward was 19 when he wrote the lyrics and music to this song in 1967. 19. So happy to have experienced this song with you.
❤❤exactly, I always fall back in time too when I listen to the great music of my youth, nice memory👍! 💓
I'm 57, I have been enjoying This Wonderful song since 1969. I used to own The Album and later cassette.
I have seen the Moody Blues 15 times dating back to 1971. Their music inspired me to play the flute.
When she said, "Imma bout to love you back" I died. Yeah, it is a perfect song.
His vocals are so beseeching in the way he is expressing his love.
they were unbelieveable !!!!! the most smooth band ever !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hauntingly beautiful classic 70's tune. My heart still opens up when I hear this.✨♥️🙏🏾🎶
A full range orchestra mix with a flute, then the poetry in the end.
This is a masterpiece from Moody Blues.
Instrumental in the middle was indeed a flute. The poetry part is actually a song called "Late Lament". These two numbers closed out The Moody Blues first album - 1967s Days of Future Passed. Years ago, "Late Lament" became intrinsically linked to NIWS on radio stations. There's also an orchestra at the beginning and end of NIWS and for Late Lament, as well.
16 studio albums, numerous solo albums and over 200 songs, the Moodies will always take you on a journey and yes that was a flute which is on many of their songs
Yes, this was a flute played by the late great Ray Thomas. He was a master!
Jayy, love your reaction to this masterpiece!! This song never gets old!!!
Justin was a super talented singer. An all time brilliant emotive song.
And we love You, Sweets! Ur reactions make us love each song over again. Keep up ur beautiful vibe! Isn't it great? I'm nearly 50, and it's before MY time! Matters little, as we pick it up where they left off! God Bless Music
Please tell me that you will look up the live concert at the Red rocks with the Moody blues it is amazing and to see them perform is a treat
Yes their Red Rocks concert in 1992 was wonderful and the whole concert is available on RUclips and also DVD and streaming.
Wow! Someone who had the good sense to react to the studio album on top of the unedited original track instead of the concert reactions that are making the rounds. Smart lady.
I'm so glad I grew up in in the 60s. We had all the best bands, producing all the best music. May it live forever!
Tuesday Afternoon should be next. I was lucky enough to see them with a philharmonic orchestra. Just wow.
This is a fully orchestrated version, more than the single release that made the charts. The band performed live with full orchestra on many occasions over the years, Royal Albert Hall, Red Rocks in Colorado, and on the 50th anniversary tour for "Days of the Future Passed".
One of my favorites for winding the evening down . Tuesday Afternoon is another CLASSIC by these boys!!!
There is "more"! Get the album...... MORE is there. Not better but a beautiful continuing of the music...... The finest, choicest, gift we can give back to God for the gift of music that he, firstly, gave to us. And how he must enjoy it! He gets to watch - his- creation create. What a special gift to him and what pure Joy to give and receive!
I'll always remember this song as a 14-year-old girl in 1972 with my 2 friends practicing our modern dance routine to this song for our Hawthorne Junior High gym class.
This song always takes my soul on a journey. The instrumentals are just so beautiful and his voice!
I love the Moody Blues they have a lot of great songs 🎶🎶❤️❤️❤️🎶🎶😎
Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU for doing the original full length studio version and NOT the various shortened live versions that everyone else is doing. This is, hands down, the greatest romantic classic rock ballad of all time. My favorite band. Their music is majestic, mystical and magical. I knew you'd love it. 😎✌☮💕❤
My dad was a professional musician and drummer he got this album in December of 1967 he played it when I was about 7 years old I couldn't sleep for about a week and I had a nightmare every night for a week until I could finally figure out the beauty of this song I was only a kid my father laughed when he first got the album it blew his mind
That gong at the end get me every time. Thanks Jayy, always love your reactions.
Hey Jayy, This is a very iconic & classic masterpiece as the orchestration & the vocals take this track to another level & higher heights!!!
I've seen Moody Blues in concert. When they recorded this, they used the London Philharmonic Orchestra. Yes, you heard a flute.
You got it. The writer just broke up with a girl and he was having a very difficult time due to the break up. He then remembered he had a set of satin sheets which a previous girlfriend had gifted him. Long story short, the satin sheets started off the song and it went on to him stating that he still loved her. The song gradually moves on to other topics too long to get into here but suffice to say, you are the only person who mentioned satin sheets. Good for you!
Tuesday Afternoon is a wonderful tune. You'd love it.
Tuesday has some darn good songs :)
This entire album is a masterpiece! And Nights in White Satin is my favorite. :)
Its something out of a movie!!! Beautiful 🥰 tune!!
I saw the Moody Blues in 1986 when they had hits like "Your Wildest Dreams" and "The Voice", both of which I highly recommend. But I also like their older classics like "The Story In Your Eyes" and "Tuesday Afternoon" and "Ride My Seesaw".
COLD HEARTED ORB THAT RULES THE NIGHT
So happy you're doing the full version. It's not the same without the "Lament" at the end! ❤
Right. The other reviewers play a live video, which unfortunately leaves it out.
I can't help but cry, when I hear this tune. Tears for my Maternal grandparents (Grandfather died 21st January 2021 aged 92 Coronavirus) (Grandmother died 28th January 2021 aged 94 Coronavirus). RIP Grandfather Leslie and Grandmother Irene I love you so much xxxxx Missing you both so terribly. Fly High And Wait For Me xxx
Justin Hayward was 19 years old when he wrote and recorded that song. (Lead singer in this song) and the song still makes me cry
I am SO fiddlesticking glad you did the longer album version !
And I KNEW the symphonic music and “poetry” at the end was going to blow your mind.