@@geoffhunter7704Ray Thomas 76, another founding member of MB born two days after Mike Pinder passed away on 4th January 2018...RIP Ray ✝️ Btw, I'm December born to 1952 two days before Mike Pinder 😉😎
@@noeldsouza412 RIP Ray Thomas revealed in 2014 that he had been diagnosed with inoperable Cancer passing on in 2016,Graeme Edge was the next passing in 2022 also of Cancer with Covid and finally Mike Pinder passed through the Portal last April aged 82 at home surrounded by his family.All these talented musicians are greatly missed but the Blue Jay's are still with us John Lodge is semi retired and Justin is currently touring the US.
In these ridiculous and terrible times that we live in now, the music of the Moodies is needed more than ever. Way àhead of their time. Justin is gorgeous. Have seen them live several times. RIP 🙏 Ray and Graeme. I am 67 now and have been a fan since 1968. You are my favourite band bar none. I thank God that you have been such a special part or my life.
What a difference they made to interpretation of words and music. I am in my 70's and once had all of their LP's now lost due to water damage. Found them again on RUclips but would love to find out if their old records could be found in CD form. It is music once heard never forgotten. May their music long continue to be appreciated by like minded people🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟👍
Out in a field ..a bunch friends .. at night .. a clear sky .. stars so bright …a warm breeze ..this album just released .. car stereo … a little toke .. what a fond memory…long for those dayz ………………🎼🎸🎹☺️ …72 years old now .. still .. timeless music.
" Be glad of life b be cause I it gives us the chance to work, laug, love, and lie to look at the stars". Henry van dyke, not a perfect quote but the gist of it.
nice to hear. I often see guys my age writing stuff like, "no one makes music like this anymore". I feel sad to read that because there's always so much good new sounds being made... non-pop, indie bands with a similar sound: from 'Musée Mécanique' out of Portland to Tame Impala's early stuff. What's your fave bands now?
Just saw Justin at the Celebrity Theater here in Phoenix June 25, 2024…. Folks, he’s still got it… was a fan decades ago and am listening to these great songs again. Saw him on Tuesday Afternoon!! I am 72 years young!!!!
Timeless, geniuses, as pertinent today as then. 65 and still haven't found anything close to the depth and orchestration they produced! A blessing to humanity.
It’s SO evident today! My goodness the music (garbage) being produced today….what the heck happened to us. What a stark and scary contrast. God be with us all especially our youth
First time I really got to notice MB was in 1971 when I was taking a Sunday afternoon nap listening to the radio when the song "Last Days" came on. I really liked this kind of music. 53 years l.ater and witnessing 7 concerts
Well said.. and an underestimated quality of their music: Inspiration! One of the reasons I decided to become a musician/composer of cosmic inclination 🌛
It was 1970 and went to a friend's house ....had a beer then took some LSD for the second time ...and my friend put on the moody blues .....first time I ever heard them .....can you imagine my experience hearing them for the next 4 hours ....i went on a incredible journey....ever since then MOODY BLUES WAS MY MUSIC ....
Sounds quite similar to my experiences enjoying Moody Blues all night long in a room with 6 to 8 of us tripping .... 1970-1972 I'm 68 yrs old. I lived in no Idaho. The sad thing is myself and 1 girlfriend are the only ones of our. Weekend trippers gang. Moody Blues has always been anazing..
Playing Moody Blues for me is like going to church. So much spirituality!!! So moving and like a soothing balm for the soul. God bless them! A big part of my life indeed. So love to see others feeling likewise. Peace and Love!
I hade 5 albums of the Moodys -- their REAL INSTRUMENTATION, VOCALS AND MEANINGFUL lyrics to ponder! Absolutely the world needs these back on the airwaves! Make it happen people and share!
This amazing album is fifty(!) years old this year, yet it's powerful message is ageless and timeless. I Love The Moody Blues so much! Peace to all. Deb(moodygirl67) 7/13/19
I was 11 when my older brother put this album on the stereo, put the headphones on me and said "Listen to both sides" and left. I did, and found my favorite group of all time. At 61 I use those classic 7 albums as time machines to my youth. Also very spiritual and uplifting.
Nasty Zebra Thanks, we had a very close family. I had three older brothers all into music and hi fi equipment. The 60's and 70's are just a song away in my mind.
My Dad was the same age as me presently, we had a tractor with a cassette player only had two tapes. A Head East band and a tape a two tape set of "This is the moody Blues" he didn't like the Head East one he always listened to the moody Blues. I wish I could discuss the details of album with him now!
First heard this in my college days, 1969, Cullowhee, NC. A long way from home... no phones, no car, no computer, no cable TV...just excellent LP music from the Moody Blues. Still listening at age 69😀.
I was @ SUNY Geneseo in the fall of 1970. I rented a room in a boarding house, so blasting music was verboten. Had a pair of Sennheiser headphones. Just the best music available.
@@josephobenauer3093 i partied heavy in Geneseo at that time. remember gentleman jims , the inn between, vital spot, idle hour. the best times....omg the memories
This is my favourite Moody Blues album, and thus side in particular. I really love "Watching and Waiting". ("2001, A Space Odyssey," its last scene, always comes to my mind whenever I hear it). ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Gypsy is such an awesome song, it is the ultimate, definitive Moody Blues song: epic, adventurous, grand, poetic, atmospheric, mystical, deep, and it rocks!
If the Beatles are number 1 the moody blues are 1A. Got to admit that there are times when their harmonies reach a high where no other band including the Beatles cannot reach. Pure beauty.
The Moody Blues were way better than the Beatles, Pink Floyd and of course the rest. The secret? Positivity, honesty, a very clear idea of what they wanted and being very much a group of friends during the main years.
Always consistently magical! Once on a Tuesday afternoon at an outdoor show it began to rain but when they started "Tuesday Afternoon" they actually chased the clouds away to an absolutely beautiful evening sky!
Once, at Shorline Ampitheater, while 'I know you're out there somewhere' played, a big jet flew right over us when they sang they lyrics 'like thunder in the air'. That was intense!
For me, they calm me down all the time, when I need it most, serenading my heart and soul. It's like they are reading beautiful bed time stories for all ages.
This band inspired me as much as the Beatles, Bach Beethoven. All 7 classic albums were equally brilliant. Yet as I witnessed the first moon landing by us human beings, so did the whole world. And the Moody blues also. So I'll give "To our childrens childrens children" an 11, all other records being 10. I can say no more. Alexander Callison.
You are like me. Being part of the universal spirit is how I see it. Enlightenment is ongoing, forever. Each of us is both a particle and wave of energy. I believe one day there'll no longer be any finite or physical plane, and we'll ascend to pure energy. The universal mind.
The only group who's music could take you to places both in the past and future with a positive affirmation that we're all part of this cosmic experience called life. Are we spirits longing for a meaningful human experience or humans craving spiritual guidance or both? Moody Blues music is both timeless yet relevant in whatever decade you've heard it
Guess im the youngster, ill be 71 in a month or so .. bought this when it came out ... brought me down after many mental sojourners... beautiful landings, all the time ...
Big , long time Moody Blues fan here. I truly feel To Our Children's Children's Children is my all time favorite Moody Blues album. From my favorite song Candle of Life by John Lodge to Justin's Gypsy of a Strange and Distant Time to Ray Thomas's Eternity Road, this album is chalk full of classic Moodys tunes. I never get tired of listening to this album year after year, seriously.
@@paulhickson1007, I love all the Moodies classic albums, and certainly this is an album that I play from time to time and just marvel at how good it is everytime. 😛cttgaegoaktd
fell in love with this album as a 15 year old during the summer of '69. Was blown away then and still am now. Of all the brilliance that is present on this release, it is the simplest cut of them all, the magnificently beautiful and (for me) prescient "Watching and Waiting", that remains in my personal Top 10 or so songs of all time. This album marked the emergence of Justin Hayward into all of our lives. What a wonderful time for such music and for such genius.
Well written songs. Superior heartfelt arrangements. Musically adroit. Each member brought something to the table. Not party music. More like classical ambience. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 2 glasses of wine or Aqua-Vit A reefer & a great stereo system. The album, This is the Moody Blues, double album set is all a man truly needs.
As I lay here reading comments, I have my earphones on and enjoying the talent which comes from this group.. Listening with earphones one can catch every note that is played which creates such enchanting music. Bands come and go throughout the years. But the Moodies, they never go away. I love their music just as much now, as I did when I was 20 years of age. They are a unique band who wrote timeless music. . I have to have some Moodies everyday. If I am in my car and they play a song by the Moodies, if someone is in my car, well ALL talking stops, as I want to hear and sing with the Moodies like it is the first time I have heard a particular song.
So Beautiful done! As a teenager I always loved The Moody Blues and as a senior I feel the same way now, they are such amazing musicians and stroy tellers...🎶💟🎶
Balladeers.....no break between songs.....these guys were so far ahead of their time......prophets...poets....far more than "just singers in a rock and roll band". Thank you gentlemen.....Always a pleasure. And thank you Joe for putting it together.
Ahead of their time indeed! Not sure anyone has mentioned this but this whole album was their interpretation of what life would be on a multi-generational interstellar ship to another star.
@@beast1624 I am 67 and have been a Moody's fan all the way back to the "Go Now" era. I had never heard that but it makes perfect sense now. Thanks for the turn on. Hope I can return the favor someday. Cheers...
The first time I heard the Moody Blues was in 1972, with the album DAYS OF FUTURE PAST, and I was blown away. I must have listened to that album whenever I could for a solid month. After that, once a month I would buy one of their albums, and I bought them in the order that they made them. It's been a trip with the Moody's since then, as their music still causes that emotion that touches my soul 47 years later.
These guys were a God send .once in a life, and never again to happen. What a blessing they were in my life time.......Thankyou God for the Moody Blues..their memory will live forever .....Thankyou Moody Blues for all your music....✝....🎸🎼🎹
I cannot say enough how wonderful their music is. The one concert I will always remember above the hundreds I have seen is THE MOODY BLUES WITH THE MILWAUKEE SYMPHONY ORCHISTRA. it was as good or better than anything the Moody's ever put on vinyl records. When they performed DAYS OF FUTURE PASSED, I just about melted into the seat I was sitting in. To listen to Days of future passed on vinyl is like floating in space and time, the whole album is a glimpse into the day and night and experiences of a man's life for just that day.
21 here and finding a lot of late sixties and early seventies psychedelic bands recently. I am strongly branching out my library and soooo obsessing over these bands. It's great to prepare a bit with lights and such and enjoy the ride! Reading comments about youth these days not knowing great music is a bit wrong though! It's just an oversaturated market but creative bands and genres are still out there. I can even say that there are very big subcultures of many genres, all also having psychedelic versions. And I am lucky that I can listen to both :) Although i do am jealous of the sixties and seventies. Must have been less stressfull and a bliss of free minds experiencing it all without the internet! Being able to have everything answered in an instance is actually not that great for our journey towards self discovery, takes away mystery and too much information just equals to stress and overthinking. But we will get there! Eventually we all have to find happiness but I bet the ones who listened to this music when it came out surely did! I envy you and can't wait to see what my journey has in store! Peace!
love your comment...I lived through the 60's + early 70's...it was a very creative time.musically...and personally....I was + still am a "Flower child"of the 60's...and i still "meditate....The only way OUT of this mess...is to go "WITHIN" Namaste .
There may be hope yet…I cannot thank you enough for your thoughtful words! You remind me of myself many years ago…and now for that matter. As long as you keep your head up, meaning don’t give up, be patient and find others like yourself and keep the dream alive! You should achieve your dreams in time, here’s one person who is cheering you on, hoping for the best for you in doing so. And I don’t even know you. Seems I’ve heard enough just finding you here listening to this incredible music and writing the words that you wrote though. Maybe I wouldn’t have felt so alone in my thoughts in my day if there’d been an internet. So think about that too. As the late, great Janis Joplin so famously said; “it’s all the same fucking day, man”. 😅
Saw them a few years ago at Hollywood Bowl. I kept telling people I was going to see the Moody Blues and many didn’t know who they were! Younger people have not heard of them. I was saddened because the world needs them.
I've seen them 6 or 7 times since the 80's, and recently in Bethlehem, I saw Justin solo. I cried throughout the show. The moodies, God's gift to Rock and Roll!
I never get tired of listening to the Moody Blues. I recorded this LP to tape to save the record from getting worn out. So wonderful to hear a crisp , clean play of the music. Gram Edge Michel Pinder Ray Thomas Justin Heyward John Lodge All great musicians with wonderful music!
In '69 I was already hooked on the Moody's "On the Threshold of a Dream". "To Our Children's Children's Children" touched something deep within me that still resonates decades later.
For me, Watching And Waiting is a much overlooked masterpiece. Very simple strum, fabulous arrangement with the mellotron and one of Justin's best vocal performances.
As I've revisited this album, I've decided that Candle of Life also falls into the overlooked masterpiece category. Just gorgeous. Gypsy, of course, is a renowned masterpiece :-)
The Moody Blues started when I was 10 with their song Go Now, and I remember listening to it on my crystal radio. (only us antiques know what that was.) My favorite is still Nights in White Satin, but really loved all the songs on Seventh Sojourn, my favorite album.
The lyrics in the song Gypsy are downright haunting-and the amazing visuals that accompany it, complete the effect. Kudo's to the creator of this fabulous piece that 'HistoricusJoe' has made available to us.
Got hooked on the Moodies sitting in my high school cafeteria during lunch 1969. There was no turning back. Still have every album made by the classic lineup. When Mike Pinder left, I lost focus even though Hayward and Lodge made some good tunes. Imagine the Moddy Blues without a Mellotron! There will never be another. How unique they were.
I was 14 yrs old in 1969 I mowed lawns, had both a daily route and joined Columbia House and found this Moody Blues album. I Wore this album out , in all I still have 9 albums although in storage though :( The Mike Pinder days were in my mind by far their best.
I liked them so much that I saw them in concert 13 times!!! Sometimes I took my oldest son, then my middle son, & finally my third son!!! I thought they needed introduction to the GREATEST music/musicions EVER!!! Ray & Graeme RIP!
I was in thirties when I came a cross of a cassette of The Moody Blues on the sidewalk. That evening it stayed a Sunday evening that I still remember today. That was 1983. Their music reaches very deep in my life. I'm now almost seventy it still does the same
Gypsy gives me chills. The whole album is my all time favorite from my all time favorite band, Just realized i don't have it on my phone. That will change.
I just came across a fond reflection of my early days with the Moody Blues. I still have the Pioneer SE-30 headphones that I purchased in 1971. Sitting in total darkness in my living room, listening to the Moody Blues with a little buzz on (never necessary, but always welcome!) I would literally drift off to the enchanting world their music created. I'm fortunate to have seen them live 13 times! I have listened to a wide variety of great bands in that era but none are as unique or as "inviting" as the Moodys! My late friend Winfield used to refer to their music as spell weaving, and it certainly was! All this from a 74 year old fan who is eternally grateful that he grew up with this exceptional group of musicians! "Forever Moody Blues." 😊 ♥🎧 🎸
Still loving this at the end of 2019, left without a hope of coming home, screaming for a future that can never be, watching and waiting for someone to understand me, hope it won't be very long
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I agree I'm 72 and still love the Moodies. They give me some sort of peace in these times. First listened to them in 1969. Always my favorite ❤
They were one of my favorites that was the time to have lived through
Mike Pinder passed away at 82yrs on 24-4-24, RIP Mike.
Music that never gets old . Stations should play more of their music.
@@geoffhunter7704Ray Thomas 76, another founding member of MB born two days after Mike Pinder passed away on 4th January 2018...RIP Ray ✝️
Btw, I'm December born to 1952 two days before Mike Pinder 😉😎
@@noeldsouza412 RIP Ray Thomas revealed in 2014 that he had been diagnosed with inoperable Cancer passing on in 2016,Graeme Edge was the next passing in 2022 also of Cancer with Covid and finally Mike Pinder passed through the Portal last April aged 82 at home surrounded by his family.All these talented musicians are greatly missed but the Blue Jay's are still with us John Lodge is semi retired and Justin is currently touring the US.
In these ridiculous and terrible times that we live in now, the music of the Moodies is needed more than ever. Way àhead of their time. Justin is gorgeous. Have seen them live several times. RIP 🙏 Ray and Graeme. I am 67 now and have been a fan since 1968. You are my favourite band bar none. I thank God that you have been such a special part or my life.
Well said. From another old Moody.
Always rewarding to not only listen but to absorb and be inspired.
I am your age and completely agree and do consider this to be one of their best. Timeless.
Sadly, this timeless, beautiful music would be lost on the ears of these insane times. I feel what you're saying and agree.
What a difference they made to interpretation of words and music. I am in my 70's and once had all of their LP's now lost due to water damage. Found them again on RUclips but would love to find out if their old records could be found in CD form. It is music once heard never forgotten. May their music long continue to be appreciated by like minded people🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟👍
Out in a field ..a bunch friends .. at night .. a clear sky .. stars so bright …a warm breeze ..this album just released .. car stereo … a little toke .. what a fond memory…long for those dayz ………………🎼🎸🎹☺️ …72 years old now .. still .. timeless music.
Love you sharing my man.
69 and same.
beautiful memories beautifully rendered. So grateful that I had much the same as you described here
I remember all too well & then the cops coming over to the car
" Be glad of life b be cause I it gives us the chance to work, laug, love, and lie to look at the stars". Henry van dyke, not a perfect quote but the gist of it.
I'm 67, and this means a lot to me even that I heard first time in 1970, 54 years ago, you believe or not.
Add 2 years for me! Loved the Moody Blues, still do. 😊
I'm 19 years old and this is the best music ever.
nice to hear. I often see guys my age writing stuff like, "no one makes music like this anymore". I feel sad to read that because there's always so much good new sounds being made... non-pop, indie bands with a similar sound: from 'Musée Mécanique' out of Portland to Tame Impala's early stuff.
What's your fave bands now?
Welcome aboard! Enjoy the ride! It's beautiful in so many ways, on so many levels!
Thank you for listening...
You have great taste. I seen them 5 times It gets better with all the memories you will reflect on years later
it has a serious depth to it
I feel sad for people who never discovered this music
You’ve said it right!
Good music never dies.. it always returns every generation.!!
Where age is concerned, I'm 81, and loving this...still!
❤💙🤍👍
. . . I have outdoor speakers and I crank it LOUD . . (still)
Congrats to you! I hope I live as long as I can! Love the Moody Blues!❤
Just saw Justin at the Celebrity Theater here in Phoenix June 25, 2024…. Folks, he’s still got it… was a fan decades ago and am listening to these great songs again.
Saw him on Tuesday Afternoon!!
I am 72 years young!!!!
Celebrity theater I just missed Justin. But I saw Todd Rungren. I can never find anybody to go with
Timeless, geniuses, as pertinent today as then. 65 and still haven't found anything close to the depth and orchestration they produced! A blessing to humanity.
We Still need their Blessing 😉🙂
It’s SO evident today!
My goodness the music (garbage) being produced today….what the heck happened to us.
What a stark and scary contrast.
God be with us all especially our youth
The spirit of your thought,
And All the Angels in Heaven are working ceaselessly to bring a “.few” to the Right-side, interfering the work of demons!
BxssV
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At 61 there will never be any better music than this.
Lots of 72 year old people tuning in . And I'm another one , and this music still works for me as well.
First time I really got to notice MB was in 1971 when I was taking a Sunday afternoon nap listening to the radio when the song "Last Days" came on. I really liked this kind of music. 53 years l.ater and witnessing 7 concerts
And here's a soon to become 72 from India who's in love with the moodies since the late 60's 🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶☮️❤️
I'm 70 and yes !!
Scary I am 72 and yes still love this d@@rickmaloney4303and
Same here brother!
My most favorite concert and I’m 71 years old. Nothing compares! Embedded in my memory forever for their ability to inspire!
❤❤❤
Well said.. and an underestimated quality of their music: Inspiration!
One of the reasons I decided to become a musician/composer of cosmic inclination 🌛
Saw them in Chicago, 1972.
Seen them 5 times best $ ever
A very underrated group. I love the Moody Blues and always will.
It was 1970 and went to a friend's house ....had a beer then took some LSD for the second time ...and my friend put on the moody blues .....first time I ever heard them .....can you imagine my experience hearing them for the next 4 hours ....i went on a incredible journey....ever since then MOODY BLUES WAS MY MUSIC ....
Sounds quite similar to my experiences enjoying Moody Blues all night long in a room with 6 to 8 of us tripping .... 1970-1972
I'm 68 yrs old. I lived in no Idaho.
The sad thing is myself and 1 girlfriend are the only ones of our. Weekend trippers gang.
Moody Blues has always been anazing..
I could spend an eternity listening to the Moody Blues and never tire.
Especially with earphones on.
Geen zin in
Geen zin
@@ladyhecate9450 Definitely! A good head set! Moto mod projector, for night viewing, is ✌️
Pravda !
Candle of Life. My Favorite.. got me into this group while in HS. I still get chills listening to it.
I hope the next generations embrace this group.
Their music is haunting, lyrical, and melodic. Almost nothing like their music exists today, almost.
Playing Moody Blues for me is like going to church. So much spirituality!!! So moving and like a soothing balm for the soul. God bless them! A big part of my life indeed. So love to see others feeling likewise. Peace and Love!
I hade 5 albums of the Moodys -- their REAL INSTRUMENTATION, VOCALS AND MEANINGFUL lyrics to ponder! Absolutely the world needs these back on the airwaves! Make it happen people and share!
You're missing 2 (they recorded 7 sojourns) +++
a touch of the miraculous throughout the entire album!
Another wonderful song by the greatest band ever!
One of the best albums of all time thank you for sharing and God bless everyone
At 64 I still get into the Moody Blues at night before crashing out!
This album is so spiritual and just plain sweet. The Moodys invented Transcendental Rock.
Love that description. Yes their art was totally transcendental ❤
"It is both a blessing and a curse, to feel everything so very deeply." The Moody Blues. Thank You, from the bottom of my heart.
This amazing album is fifty(!) years old this year, yet it's powerful message is ageless and timeless. I Love The Moody Blues so much!
Peace to all. Deb(moodygirl67) 7/13/19
I was 11 when my older brother put this album on the stereo, put the headphones on me and said "Listen to both sides" and left. I did, and found my favorite group of all time. At 61 I use those classic 7 albums as time machines to my youth. Also very spiritual and uplifting.
@jeffheck....you had /have a great brother!! BRAVO!
Nasty Zebra Thanks, we had a very close family. I had three older brothers all into music and hi fi equipment. The 60's and 70's are just a song away in my mind.
I get my Moody's fix about twice a year - a whole vinyl album played loud in the LR. Been doing that for like, 45 years
Usually on the weekend I start my mornings with a book, coffee, and Chopin, Steely Dan or Moody Blues.
My Dad was the same age as me presently, we had a tractor with a cassette player only had two tapes. A Head East band and a tape a two tape set of "This is the moody Blues" he didn't like the Head East one he always listened to the moody Blues.
I wish I could discuss the details of album with him now!
This album is a masterpiece even after all these years.
I don't care which album the moodies did, they were all awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
My last name is Swain now, not Elder.🐑🐑🐑😇😇
First heard this in my college days, 1969, Cullowhee, NC. A long way from home... no phones, no car, no computer, no cable TV...just excellent LP music from the Moody Blues. Still listening at age 69😀.
I was @ SUNY Geneseo in the fall of 1970. I rented a room in a boarding house, so blasting music was verboten. Had a pair of Sennheiser headphones. Just the best music available.
College in Ithaca in the early 70's.......
@@bethb7965 Great! So was I - Cornell until 1975
IC 73-75 til I transferred to Michigan for my major.
@@josephobenauer3093 i partied heavy in Geneseo at that time. remember gentleman jims , the inn between, vital spot, idle hour. the best times....omg the memories
I was so lucky to have seen them! 🎶🎶🎶❤
The Moody Blues,still Deliver 50yrs later,pity no one Listened to the message.
Oh many have 😅❤
This is my favourite Moody Blues album, and thus side in particular.
I really love "Watching and Waiting".
("2001, A Space Odyssey," its last scene, always comes to my mind whenever I hear it). ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Watching and Waiting. Oh. Yes. Great memories
Gypsy is such an awesome song, it is the ultimate, definitive Moody Blues song: epic, adventurous, grand, poetic, atmospheric, mystical, deep, and it rocks!
If the Beatles are number 1 the moody blues are 1A. Got to admit that there are times when their harmonies reach a high where no other band including the Beatles cannot reach. Pure beauty.
Children's children is a masterpiece of drop dead gorgeous music.
Agree
The Moody Blues were way better than the Beatles, Pink Floyd and of course the rest. The secret? Positivity, honesty, a very clear idea of what they wanted and being very much a group of friends during the main years.
Think you’re right although CSN runs a close 2nd
P S I know it sacrilege but never that crazy about the Beatles
@@drewsagar2634 yes , CSN Does have beautiful harmonies.
First moodys tune I ever heard. It was love at first encounter
Always consistently magical! Once on a Tuesday afternoon at an outdoor show it began to rain but when they started "Tuesday Afternoon" they actually chased the clouds away to an absolutely beautiful evening sky!
Once, at Shorline Ampitheater, while 'I know you're out there
somewhere' played, a big jet flew right over us when they sang they lyrics 'like thunder in the air'. That was intense!
Your soooo right they will be missed
I always love to hear the wonderful stories their songs tell. They're so lovely to listen too.
For me, they calm me down all the time, when I need it most, serenading my heart and soul. It's like they are reading beautiful bed time stories for all ages.
I'm 63 The Moody blues has been my favorite band my entire life thank you Moody blues I love you all
This band inspired me as much as the Beatles, Bach Beethoven.
All 7 classic albums were equally brilliant.
Yet as I witnessed the first moon landing by us human beings, so did the whole world.
And the Moody blues also. So I'll give "To our childrens childrens children" an 11, all other records being 10.
I can say no more.
Alexander Callison.
The Moody Blues were the only religion I needed during my turbulent late 60's teenage life.I thank the Universe for their presence in my life.
So dead-on right
Same.
You are like me. Being part of the universal spirit is how I see it. Enlightenment is ongoing, forever. Each of us is both a particle and wave of energy. I believe one day there'll no longer be any finite or physical plane, and we'll ascend to pure energy. The universal mind.
The only group who's music could take you to places both in the past and future with a positive affirmation that we're all part of this cosmic experience called life. Are we spirits longing for a meaningful human experience or humans craving spiritual guidance or both? Moody Blues music is both timeless yet relevant in whatever decade you've heard it
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This album is a masterpiece...
What a wonderful album. Meant much to me in my teenage years.
Gypsy still gives me goose bumps. It is one of my top favorites of all groups.
Guess im the youngster, ill be 71 in a month or so .. bought this when it came out ... brought me down after many mental sojourners... beautiful landings, all the time ...
Big , long time Moody Blues fan here. I truly feel To Our Children's Children's Children is my all time favorite Moody Blues album. From my favorite song Candle of Life by John Lodge to Justin's Gypsy of a Strange and Distant Time to Ray Thomas's Eternity Road, this album is chalk full of classic Moodys tunes. I never get tired of listening to this album year after year, seriously.
It is an extremely good album indeed
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@@stevenhaywood1195 - Very true Steven . Still is my all time favorite Moody Blues album. I could listen to it all day long, and not get tired of it.
Since 1975 this LP has being my favorite when I first heard it in Whitehorse
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@@paulhickson1007, I love all the Moodies classic albums, and certainly this is an album that I play from time to time and just marvel at how good it is everytime.
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Agree. I wore this album out all those years ago. I did get to see them several years ago with orchestra. Amazing. They played so many songs.
Very Celtic style of music. Lots of stories and fantasy tales.
I'm now a great grandfather and still listening, so this is for Evie, my great grand daughter.
Never thought Id'e be 60
Carry On................. The Music That Can Be PASSED to Your CHILDRENS, CHILDRENS, CHILDREN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@@montgomerydenzer8805 Damn right about that!
I am one of those too, wonderful
Play it for her!
Life has changed so much since this came out..can never be replaced or imitated
fell in love with this album as a 15 year old during the summer of '69. Was blown away then and still am now.
Of all the brilliance that is present on this release, it is the simplest cut of them all, the magnificently beautiful and (for me) prescient "Watching and Waiting", that remains in my personal Top 10 or so songs of all time.
This album marked the emergence of Justin Hayward into all of our lives. What a wonderful time for such music and for such genius.
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I totally agree!
Well written songs.
Superior heartfelt arrangements.
Musically adroit.
Each member brought something to the table.
Not party music. More like classical ambience.
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2 glasses of wine or Aqua-Vit
A reefer & a great stereo system. The album, This is the Moody Blues, double album set is all a man truly needs.
just lovely. These first 7 albums told a story. Looking at these other posts here shows I'm in good company. ;))
Their music will stand the greatest test of all - TIME!!
I have only been to two concerts in my life, both of them were the Moody Blues. 1971 and 1975.
Love the visuals with the music especially reading the words. New generations this is 50yrs.old,give them a listen. They will live through the ages.
As I lay here reading comments, I have my earphones on and enjoying the talent which comes from this group.. Listening with earphones one can catch every note that is played which creates such enchanting music. Bands come and go throughout the years. But the Moodies, they never go away. I love their music just as much now, as I did when I was 20 years of age. They are a unique band who wrote timeless music. . I have to have some Moodies everyday. If I am in my car and they play a song by the Moodies, if someone is in my car, well ALL talking stops, as I want to hear and sing with the Moodies like it is the first time I have heard a particular song.
So Beautiful done! As a teenager I always loved The Moody Blues and as a senior I feel the same way now, they are such amazing musicians and stroy tellers...🎶💟🎶
it`s a shame they weren`t all alive when they finally got into the hall of fame.What a great group and great music.
I'm not sure you can really call them rock and roll? Their music was so unique and strictly their own.. so many instruments all mixed together
@@ralphmelvin1046 agreed they are art in highest musical form
melvin c They're just singers in a rock & roll band. Hmm...I wonder.
Believe me, they all are still alive. Their splendor lives forever.
Yeah, about 20 years too late. #EfEm
So much a part of my life for 52 years, love their music as much as I love Chopin.
Balladeers.....no break between songs.....these guys were so far ahead of their time......prophets...poets....far more than "just singers in a rock and roll band". Thank you gentlemen.....Always a pleasure. And thank you Joe for putting it together.
Ahead of their time indeed! Not sure anyone has mentioned this but this whole album was their interpretation of what life would be on a multi-generational interstellar ship to another star.
@@beast1624 I am 67 and have been a Moody's fan all the way back to the "Go Now" era. I had never heard that but it makes perfect sense now. Thanks for the turn on. Hope I can return the favor someday. Cheers...
The albums were a nightmare for disc jockeys trying to cue up a cut.
@@captaintrips2980 KZAP would just cue the whole album, no problem! Not your average radio station though.
@@hannabaal150 It's a little sad that radio stations don't do that sort of thing anymore.
The first time I heard the Moody Blues was in 1972, with the album DAYS OF FUTURE PAST, and I was blown away. I must have listened to that album whenever I could for a solid month. After that, once a month I would buy one of their albums, and I bought them in the order that they made them. It's been a trip with the Moody's since then, as their music still causes that emotion that touches my soul 47 years later.
Fantastic! Best band on earth!
I did nearly the same thing! Then I put them on reel-to-reel, same order. They would play for several hours!
To our children children.
They have to listen Moody Blues music!
These guys were a God send .once in a life, and never again to happen. What a blessing they were in my life time.......Thankyou God for the Moody Blues..their memory will live forever .....Thankyou Moody Blues for all your music....✝....🎸🎼🎹
Way to say it, Randy!
Randall Genshaw Yes I thank God that he let us experience this gift. Thank you Moody Blues
Long live THE MOODY BLUES!!!
Their harmony was amazing. I just listen in awe, and appreciate them more every time.
I cannot say enough how wonderful their music is. The one concert I will always remember above the hundreds I have seen is THE MOODY BLUES WITH THE MILWAUKEE SYMPHONY ORCHISTRA. it was as good or better than anything the Moody's ever put on vinyl records. When they performed DAYS OF FUTURE PASSED, I just about melted into the seat I was sitting in. To listen to Days of future passed on vinyl is like floating in space and time, the whole album is a glimpse into the day and night and experiences of a man's life for just that day.
21 here and finding a lot of late sixties and early seventies psychedelic bands recently. I am strongly branching out my library and soooo obsessing over these bands. It's great to prepare a bit with lights and such and enjoy the ride!
Reading comments about youth these days not knowing great music is a bit wrong though! It's just an oversaturated market but creative bands and genres are still out there. I can even say that there are very big subcultures of many genres, all also having psychedelic versions. And I am lucky that I can listen to both :) Although i do am jealous of the sixties and seventies. Must have been less stressfull and a bliss of free minds experiencing it all without the internet! Being able to have everything answered in an instance is actually not that great for our journey towards self discovery, takes away mystery and too much information just equals to stress and overthinking. But we will get there! Eventually we all have to find happiness but I bet the ones who listened to this music when it came out surely did! I envy you and can't wait to see what my journey has in store! Peace!
love your comment...I lived through the 60's + early 70's...it was a very creative time.musically...and personally....I was + still am a "Flower child"of the 60's...and i still "meditate....The only way OUT of this mess...is to go "WITHIN" Namaste .
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i think you’re gonna have a great life!!!
Death son...but if you listen ..Enjoy.
There may be hope yet…I cannot thank you enough for your thoughtful words! You remind me of myself many years ago…and now for that matter. As long as you keep your head up, meaning don’t give up, be patient and find others like yourself and keep the dream alive! You should achieve your dreams in time, here’s one person who is cheering you on, hoping for the best for you in doing so. And I don’t even know you. Seems I’ve heard enough just finding you here listening to this incredible music and writing the words that you wrote though. Maybe I wouldn’t have felt so alone in my thoughts in my day if there’d been an internet. So think about that too. As the late, great Janis Joplin so famously said; “it’s all the same fucking day, man”. 😅
Saw them a few years ago at Hollywood Bowl. I kept telling people I was going to see the Moody Blues and many didn’t know who they were! Younger people have not heard of them. I was saddened because the world needs them.
From an early age the moody blues had always my favourite by far. Any mood I am in thei music uplifts me. My eldest son is named after Justin hayward.
They have been unique and their sound is amazing. It takes you away to a great place until the next magical time when you listen to the Moody Blues.
Candle of Life is amazing. Love all this album, and all the others. Was introduced to the moodies in early 70s and have never looked back.
Me too a,d me either.
This amazing album takes me back to college days in the early 70's. Lots of great music to listen to on my turntable.
This album was ahead of it's time! Beautifully done.
I've seen them 6 or 7 times since the 80's, and recently in Bethlehem, I saw Justin solo. I cried throughout the show. The moodies, God's gift to Rock and Roll!
Sitting in semi dark room, in late afternoon, listening to the Moody Blues, and just drifting away.
I never get tired of listening to the Moody Blues.
I recorded this LP to tape to save the record from getting worn out.
So wonderful to hear a crisp , clean play of the music.
Gram Edge
Michel Pinder
Ray Thomas
Justin Heyward
John Lodge
All great musicians with wonderful music!
Thanks for a lifetime of memories, Moody Blues Forever.
In '69 I was already hooked on the Moody's "On the Threshold of a Dream". "To Our Children's Children's Children" touched something deep within me that still resonates decades later.
the moody blues are a household name in my house- they should have been inducted into the rock and roll hall of fame years ago!!÷
Definitely, on their first year of eligibility, sadly. Many that are in don't deserve to be in .
Right behind the Beatles... not 20 years later... they are above the rest of the crowd..the Troubadors of music...
thank god they finally got "induced"!...the soundtrack of my LIFE Namaste.
They should name the RRHOF after the Moody Blues, not just induct them.
They should have been in the rock hall of fame on their first qualification. Not 20 years later.
Somebody else is just like me. Posted side two, the side I always put on. What, about 45-50 years ago. Thank you!
For me, Watching And Waiting is a much overlooked masterpiece. Very simple strum, fabulous arrangement with the mellotron and one of Justin's best vocal performances.
Great song
One of my MB favorites-ever.
As I've revisited this album, I've decided that Candle of Life also falls into the overlooked masterpiece category. Just gorgeous. Gypsy, of course, is a renowned masterpiece :-)
Yes! and how bout Candle of Life for a song of hope & beauty? (just saw some one had already stated my case for me!)
Candle of Life is so captivating to the senses!
The Moody Blues started when I was 10 with their song Go Now, and I remember listening to it on my crystal radio. (only us antiques know what that was.) My favorite is still Nights in White Satin, but really loved all the songs on Seventh Sojourn, my favorite album.
'watching and waiting' changed me forever.
The lyrics in the song Gypsy are downright haunting-and the amazing visuals that accompany it, complete the effect. Kudo's to the creator of this fabulous piece that 'HistoricusJoe' has made available to us.
Haunting.
Candle of Life for me
Thanks to my dad for enlightening me. Thanks H. Joe for putting it together
Such Compassionate and deeply moving music, The Moodys have had such shaping of my life and emotions, just love them so appreciatively!
Got hooked on the Moodies sitting in my high school cafeteria during lunch 1969. There was no turning back. Still have every album made by the classic lineup. When Mike Pinder left, I lost focus even though Hayward and Lodge made some good tunes. Imagine the Moddy Blues without a Mellotron! There will never be another. How unique they were.
I was 14 yrs old in 1969 I mowed lawns, had both a daily route and joined Columbia House and found this Moody Blues album. I Wore this album out ,
in all I still have 9 albums although in storage though :( The Mike Pinder days were in my mind by far their best.
I was about 16 when I got into them & still listening at 72 .Coiumbia House now that's a memory
They make / made the best mind consumption music. Just puff puff pass and off you go....❤
RIP and thank you, Mike Pinder......4-27-24
I liked them so much that I saw them in concert 13 times!!! Sometimes I took my oldest son, then my middle son, & finally my third son!!! I thought they needed introduction to the GREATEST music/musicions EVER!!! Ray & Graeme RIP!
Great music as the Moody's created transcends time and is timeless-it will be listened to in amazement for generations to come
I was in thirties when I came a cross of a cassette of The Moody Blues on the sidewalk. That evening it stayed a Sunday evening that I still remember today. That was 1983. Their music reaches very deep in my life. I'm now almost seventy it still does the same
Gypsy gives me chills. The whole album is my all time favorite from my all time favorite band, Just realized i don't have it on my phone. That will change.
I just came across a fond reflection of my early days with the Moody Blues. I still have the Pioneer SE-30 headphones that I purchased in 1971. Sitting in total darkness in my living room, listening to the Moody Blues with a little buzz on (never necessary, but always welcome!) I would literally drift off to the enchanting world their music created. I'm fortunate to have seen them live 13 times! I have listened to a wide variety of great bands in that era but none are as unique or as "inviting" as the Moodys! My late friend Winfield used to refer to their music as spell weaving, and it certainly was! All this from a 74 year old fan who is eternally grateful that he grew up with this exceptional group of musicians! "Forever Moody Blues." 😊 ♥🎧 🎸
Still loving this at the end of 2019, left without a hope of coming home, screaming for a future that can never be, watching and waiting for someone to understand me, hope it won't be very long
We got you!
Stay strong xx
My god. this is beautiful !! RIP Graham Edge.
The Moody's can be so spiritual and uplifting.
I always thought that too!
This ALBUM is an PRlME EXAMPLE of What MUSIC is ALL ABOUT........!!!!!!!!!
A sermon set to music.
Absolutely… I agree with all of you 100%
They changed my life bro!
First Moody's album I ever bought....still in my head, and still moves me almost fifty years on....amazing!
I get asked "Beatles or Stones?" I ALWAYS say "Yes,The Moody Blues"!