IM SHOOK!!! THE MOODY BLUES - Nights In White Satin ( Full Version ) | REACTION

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[@ib0093]

Listening to the whole studio album straight through is an incredible experience. You will love it. Hang in there!

[@petebock7021]

Day's of Future Passed is a major 60s classic!

[@Morganasnotarobot0]

🎧🖤🖤✨♥️✨🖤🖤

[@felixsafire]

“Just sitting here, listening to this with my eyes closed…it’s like having an out-of-body experience….it’s purifying” this is why I watch you James, you are clearly a highly sensitive person and the effect of great and powerful music clearly registers on you, as if you yourself were a musical instrument. We benefit from you sharing your experiences with us, helping us, your viewers, gain an even more profound experience from this music. I just want to personally thank you for what you are doing

[@anatay10]

So well said ❤

[@Laniefj]

No matter how many times I hear this song it's always followed by full body chills.

[@GrimrDirge]

I'm glad you watched both. The live version showcases the musicians, this version gives a fuller story

[@mamagucci85]

This one is personal to me because it's one of my parent's songs. And my Dad recently passed away. So, yeah, it's important. Thank you 🙌

[@anny1_232]

So sorry for your loss ❤️

[@mamagucci85]

@@anny1_232 Thank you very much... from myself, my 4 brothers, but especially for my Mom 🙌🏼

[@theresadaly3762]

🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@beedeegee9374]

My condolences to your family.

[@davidlukey5189]

I am in the exact same situation as you word for word. I remember my parents dancing to this numerous times and it being one of their songs. Dad passed away in November 2020 and it destroyed mum. This song came on recently and mum was swaying and crying and it was the saddest thing I'd ever witnessed 😢

[@jeffreydillingham7630]

An absolute ethereal journey to the center of the universe!

[@DianeRinella]

Please give the full album a spin, alone, in the dark, and with headphones. It is truly an experience like no other.

[@timfenton7469]

It’s great that you young people are rediscovering some of the terrific music that I grew up on. There’s so much more to listen to.

[@swampmagiclouisiana1490]

This one is so much better… you will drift into the music………You are a good person … We need you.. Lean into us when you feel down..we are here❤️

[@Lynn-qv2xj]

Its just amazing how music can make you feel .💜

[@Morganasnotarobot0]

💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜

[@tomatolady11]

Lovely reaction. I agree, listen to the entire album. Hugs...

[@theresashadwell9060]

What a beautiful soul you are I'm so glad music lifted you back to your higher self ❤️

[@ramonalfaro3252]

This is a concept album. Each song flows into the next.

[@margarethelminska6346]

Music has the power to soothe and heal the soul

[@jacobreisser8034]

They used a full orchestra in this recording and some of their other work. You should listen to some of their albums from start to finish, it will be a good experience, I guarantee it.

[@shelter9236]

Agree, their albums told a story just like ELO on theirs, they were all one book rather than pulling out chapters to read.

[@gillianwhiteside5516]

Your one of my favourite reactors 🥰🥰

[@gillianwhiteside5516]

This has always been a favourite song of mine😊

[@felixsafire]

James! Your message at the end where you shared your vision of unity and harmony among diverse people is greatly appreciated. So many of us share this vision! This is how great music inspires great souls. And this is one of the many reasons why I watch your channel

[@ronniesnyder3670]

Young man I am so so happy that you are willing to take time to explore Real music . I’m so lucky to have lived during the 60s 70s 80s and of course the 90s , the Greatest era of music Period . I enjoy watching to your reactions … there is Nothing in this era of music that is even close , and it’s sad . Keep enjoying the music that I lived thru .. this is music that you feel deep inside , it does touch you ..

[@joannekucks4343]

This is one of the most beloved love songs in the world and Justin Hayward was 19 when he wrote it. Mike Pinder’s Mellotron made it perfect. Imagine making love to this song. When they were recording the studio version on the Days of Future Passed album you can hear the tubular bells rack fall over…a cat ran through the studio and knocked it over. Everybody held their breath but they decided to keep it in cos it was like the chaos of an orgasm! 🥰🙏🏼🎸

[@armadillotoe]

Justin Haywood still has a great voice, but this is him in his prime. I miss the listening parties my friends and I used to have. The next Moody Blues album was always greatly anticipated. Wonderful times and wonderful friends. You would have been welcome had you been around in the late 60s early 70s.

[@pjackson2064]

Wasn't it just the greatest time? All those memories. And my friends from then are still with me, and I feel blessed

[@John.Mini-Clubman]

armadillotoe; I too agree, this man feels the very essence. It was a time that we so briefly experienced and today so earnestly desire.

[@kathleenbryant7334]

The Moody Blues will always have a place in my heart. Bittersweet memories of love and loss flood over me every time I hear this song.

[@subwaygoddess1]

James, they say music is the best medicine. Truth! ✌️🎶💙

[@sharonpate5481]

I saw this Moody Blues in Portland Oregon back in the early 70’s. They are just as good live as they are recorded. Awesome reaction love ❤️☮️👵🏼🎸

[@OldBoiler62]

The Moody Blues were ahead of their time. If this had been recorded in the early ‘90s, it would have been considered New Age. When I here this full version I think of singers like Enya.

[@erwindennijs6639]

Love your involvement, appreciate the willingness to just let go and vibe with the song

[@berndschuster1547]

A Moody Blues song from the 60ies and the Flower Power era with the Hippies. Thank you for the good music!

[@tonigriffith3486]

One of my all time favorite songs! Glad you got to experience it.

[@kathleenbryant7334]

This song came out when I was a teenager (I'm 70 now to give you an idea about the timelessness of this "masterpiece"). As a teenager in love for the first time, the music pulled me into myself and then released me to carry on no matter what obstacle lay in my path. The lament is a key element to open your mind. And I still get goosebumps every time I hear it. Thanks for sharing.

[@Tribblepuppy]

A masterpiece of music, fitting in with the flower-power of our time. So glad you played the long version with the lament at the end.

[@rubydazzler]

Awww, JB, babes, I just want to give you a big hug!! Your beautiful soul has been touched by this. It's so dreamy, isn't?

[@kathysharpe5968]

I was lucky enough to see them in concert live a few times. What an experience!!

[@joanne26]

I love everything about the 60’s and this included music
The song is so ICONIC and Justin Hayward singing it made it so.
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[@timothystockman7533]

I remember the first time I heard the album version of Nights in White Satin. It was about 5:30AM on a pre-dawn morning in 1968 on an all-night FM radio station (yes, some stations were off air from midnight to 6AM in those days). One of the most unique musical recordings I'd ever heard. I heard it a few times on the FM radio, but years later I got an MFSL LP of the Days of Future Passed album, and then a CD when that became available.
The song is actually a blend of two elements, the Moody Blues band which plays most of the song, and the London Festival Orchestra, which plays a short bridge at the beginning before the band starts, and a much longer ending, as well as the music accompanying the spoken poem "Late Lament". What sounds like synthesized orchestral elements during the song is actually played by the band on a Mellotron keyboard. You can hear the orchestra sneak in at the end of the band section and there's a minute or so where you hear both the sounds of the Mellotron as well as the real strings of the orchestra, until the band ends their part with a vigorous drum roll. The orchestra continues with a big crescendo followed by a resolution and the end of Nights, then on to the orchestral backing for Late Lament. Then another big crescendo, ending with the gong.
This whole recording was produced in an era where many popular songs were still being recorded in mono. The record label, Deram, called it the "Deramic Sound System". The LPs of the time were produced from stereo master tape mixed from the studio multitrack recordings in 1967. By the mid 1970s, someone made the decision that the 1967 stereo master tape had become too damaged for continued LP duplication, so in 1978 the entire album was remixed to produce a new stereo master tape. All subsequent LPs and all CDs were from the 1978 mix (up to 2017 when the entire 1967 master was restored and released as part of the album's 50th anniversary). I have a 1969 LP pressing, and certain tracks, especially Tuesday Afternoon, have some vocal backups which are not present on the 1978 mix.
The song and album was a great landmark recording of the day. Not only was it an enveloping stereo recording, but it was really the first time that they actually got the concept of a Rock Band and an Orchestra playing together to work on a grand scale.

[@cliffords.8341]

This has been my favorite song since I heard it for the first time in the mid 70's and there are times when I've listened to it 10 or more times in a row like tonight. I'm glad you enjoyed it as much as I do. It would be hard to believe if there is someone out there that doesn't think this song is amazing.

[@janabraam7963]

This my favorite song of all time! I'm so glad you are reacting to this! I saw The Moody Blues on their Days of Future Passed Tour, the 50th anniversary of this album. Justin Hayward still sounds magnificent. You are right. This is a masterpiece. The poem at the end is called Late Lament & was written by the drummer, who passed away in Nov., 2021. It's frickin' deep & amazing.

[@toniharris2143]

I must say I think the music from 60 through 80's are the best.

[@guyturbide6348]

🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦
Glad you listened to this version 👍👏👏
Really like to see your reaction to the
ZAC BROWN BAND LIVE FROM AUSTIN CITY LIMITS
SONG IS
🎵 FREE /INTO THE MYSTIC 🎵 🎵 🎶
This one is about living a simple life and love
Keep the GOOD WORK my friend ✌

[@RicoBurghFan]

Keep your head up James. You are much appreciated 💯👍🏾♥️

[@robertcass7723]

Love this. The poem has always been my favorite part of the song. Great reaction.

[@dannford-premiersothebysin9057]

Thanks for sharing James, this music is doing what it's supposed to do. Heal!!

[@shelter9236]

And yes they had to write the orchestra part of the music as well as the band lyrics/music. So much more to check out from them starting from the 60s, there are videos of them in the 1970s on YT on many of their songs.
The Moody Blues' most successful singles include "Go Now", "Nights in White Satin", "Tuesday Afternoon", "Question", "Gemini Dream", "The Voice", "Your Wildest Dreams", and "I'm Just a Singer (In a Rock and Roll Band)". The band has sold 70 million albums worldwide,[13] which includes 18 platinum and gold LPs. They were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2018.

[@kivimik]

No, the band wasn't responsible for the orchestral part. That was done by the arranger, Peter Knight.

[@claimguy]

JB - you probably know now that the singer is Justin Hayward - one of the silkiest voices ever. I think that a solo song he did called "Forever Autumn" from the War of the Worlds soundtrack album might make you lose it............

[@theresadaly3762]

Yes, this is the version I remember! It is wonderful! Thanks, James!

[@nancysamp8517]

You always make me smile. Thank you.

[@marymargaretmoore9034]

Music is food for the soul.

[@greggoodwin3908]

The Moodies r the most underrated band ever. Play their entire catalog and u will go on an out of body experience.

[@anitabrooks6378]

I have loved the Moody Blues since the 1970’s. My favorite is Slide Zone.

[@anatay10]

You are a beautiful spirit.
I thoroughly enjoy your reactions.

[@terencemetcalfe4281]

Classic one of the best ever x take care

[@ptaylor4923]

I saw them in California with friends. Then I looked in the program and saw that in 2 days they would be playing at Red Rocks in Colorado. We drove straight through and saw them at Red Rocks, too. They were amazing. Justin Hayward and John Lodge had great solo albums, too. I think Graham Edge did also. They've always been my favorite band. Denny Laine was originally with the band when they had their 1st hit "Go now." It sounded more like the Beatles or The Dave Clark Five. Then Denny left and Justin Hayward and John Lodge joined the band and the real Moody Blues blossomed into the great band it is with its own unique sound.

[@marybroome7865]

I want to hear this for the first time again. I'd lie in a field covered in flowers. I'll experience it through you

[@cherylsyoutubies]

It is a gorgeous song. You would enjoy the whole Moody Blues album from which it came......Days of the Future Past. When you have time, check it out.

[@lightningbug276]

I’m going to get that album today. I need some Moody Blues!

[@rnrweb1968]

We love you! Yes, we love you! ❤️ Music has kept me fighting for myself when I felt like I had nothing left! Those who put you down are miserable people themselves. They do that because they themselves aren't happy. It makes them feel better to put others down. Don't feed into it!! Smile and walk away! You are a beautiful soul ❤️ Music saves lives! And yes, Music brings us together ❤️

[@caracoidwren944]

Best reaction video to this song ever! As for your family, there's a saying: Why can family push your buttons more than anyone else? Because they installed them.
This is one of the few romantic songs that seems to effect men more than even women. It just replays that deep, yearning love for a woman that--for whatever reason--is no longer or has never been yours. Powerful, and as I've heard many times to describe it, "haunting."

[@JennLynnTarot]

Holding hands in solidarity with you and the collective 💓🕯️🙏🕯️

[@John.Mini-Clubman]

Indeed, w/such 'trials & tribs' so prevalent today, such music touches the honest hearted and soothes one's mind.

[@annettemoore7264]

Hey there J, my brother from another mother...🤗 that's one of my favorite Moodys songs but there are so many more James..have you heard Justin singing Forever Autumn? I know you will LOVE that song, the Moody Blues brought an album out back in the 70s called Every Good Boy Deserves a Favour.....that album is truly amazing James give it a go...peace and love over to ya son...keep on listening..🤗

[@lightningbug276]

Amazing song. You’ll like studio version. The poem makes me cry .

[@lindaw4988]

I luv your heartfelt reactions to music! You are amazing!!

[@pauleller7164]

Music calms the savage beast as they say....stay strong, my friend and GOD BLESS

[@meliplay]

Just wanted ya to know this album is like the pink Floyd albums all the songs flow into each other it's a good ride

[@88pjtink]

officially, my favorite reactor. so genuine. you're the best JB!!

[@bobspriggs5849]

i love this watch a young mans sole grow in his eyes these reactions are so important for these young folks to hear from an old rock guy

[@kaychristensen4394]

Sending love and good vibes❤💚💛💙💜

[@adamrosemead1574]

Listening to the Moody Blues' "You And Me" and "Voices In The Sky" is highly recommended!

[@sanigirlmpls3732]

I’m so glad that you found the version with the poem at the end. The song isn’t the same without it. This is a song I want at my funeral along with Kansas ‘dust in the wind’ great life altering music.

[@Cooljack906]

I love how this music touches your soul. That's what music is suppose to do . ❤️

[@oldschool72]

Between performances at Woodstock, you could hear this being played everywhere in cars, on blankets from portable 8 tracks. Moody Blues were part of the British invasion and we referred to them as a psychedelic rock band. In my 70's I still light one up when I play Moody Blues 78 Vinyls...

[@mt0115]

Music can be a great equalizer among people, I hadn’t listened to this whole version for awhile, great stuff. I used to have this on a cassette tape of my collected music, had to start leaving it at home as this song wasn’t driving music, it was close your eyes and contemplate music. Beauty 😎🍺🇨🇦

[@azcactus2008]

Check out the whole album start to finish as it is meant to be listened to. I probably listened to this album at least five times a week usually while I’m falling asleep. I have been listening to this album in heavy rotation for the last 41 years.

[@Mikex973]

YOU SHOULD LISTEN TO THE WHOLE DAYS OF FUTURE PAST ALBUM ALL OF IT SO GOOD BUT THEN AGAIN YOU COULD LISTEN TO ANY TRACK OF THE MOODY BLUES OFF OF THEY FIRST 7 ALBUMS AND THEY ARE ALL GREAT.

[@jaynewilliamson4019]

God bless you James we love you ☺

[@donnaseese1663]

Don't let anyone bring you down. That is their crap that is overflowing into your life. Let it go! Change you cuz you can't change them.

[@dlbeal]

JB, next one should be Tuesday Afternoon from this same album only I think it is called Afternoon. Such a great album in it's entirety.

[@Gort-Marvin0Martian]

And now you've heard the real one! Amazing where great music can take you! Be safe man.

[@flash1660]

And that is why you want to hear the longer version ! It’s not the same without the poem ! It is a beautiful song

[@christinerobinson9372]

Awe, I'm so glad you decided to do this version😊 The live version is good, his voice is still clear but it's not as strong as when he was young. And you can understand the song held much more meaning for him when it was new. I don't know how bad it is for you with your family, but I had to stop speaking to my mother for many years because she was such a toxic person. I had to have time and space away from her. I did go back and rebuild my relationship with her after eight years, and even then I had to let her know she could not treat me that way or I would be gone again. After that, our relationship improved very much and we were able to be friends in her last years. Remember that last stanza of this poem, it is important. "We decide which is right and which is a delusion."

[@kivimik]

Bringing people together was always the intention of the band. Before being incorporated into what became Days of Future Passed (which is quite the story on its own), Justin Hayward wrote "Nights in White Satin" while the band was in Belgium working on their new sound after Justin Hayward was brought in to replace Denny Laine (they had been an R & B outfit between 1964 and 1966). Effectively a stream-of-consciousness song inspired by the satin sheets he was given by his girlfriend, he presented the song to the band. Their initial reaction was "Meh, it's alright." Mike Pinder, the keyboardist, asked Justin to play it again. Mike then added the Mellotron part, and the band's collective ears perked up. It was likely that this song influenced their development of their stage act that would become Days of Future Passed: the idea of a day in the life of one guy.

[@itsmissyvonne]

Yep. ALWAYS choose the studio version to really appreciate the music. When this song came out, there was not a lot like it on mainstream radio. It's a masterpiece.

[@defletcher2902]

I prefer the studio version because I can hear the flute better. Always loved this song. Thanks for sharing!

[@Morganasnotarobot0]

that's beautiful Man!
thanks man! this is so cool♥️lovin it! Yo And U Are totally beautiful too!🖤Thanks for Ur Great Mojo🌟🖤cheers Wishing yall beautiful A Great day!🍂🌼🌄🌹🍂🌼Beautiful Nite💫✨🖤🌙✨💫

[@revbenf6870]

When these guys were recording, they didn't know (how would they?) that decades later, folks in faraway places, would be listening to and reacting to, their music. I didn't even know that as I listened to them in the 70s. But I'm glad, as I expect the band members who remain are, that the artistry, the skill, the sentiments, are appreciated all over again. Some of the lyrics are uniquely British, and may pass you by, but it seems you still get it...

[@jr8870]

This version was recorded 35 years before the video performed at The Royal Albert Hall…. Total masterpiece!!!😊

[@wendy-leemorrissirrom8636]

Real music Absolutely

[@rayjennings3637]

You will never be disappointed by a Moody Blues album!

[@johnmatrix4685]

MAJESTIC

[@mrmped1]

The rock groups from the 60s, 70s and 80s, 90s blow what we have today.

[@danastearns7939]

This song was actually a "filler" song on an earlier album in the late 60's, but not released as a single until 1972 from the album Days of Future Past. That album is considered the first true "concept" album. you should listen to it - as it takes you from dawn to night. They wrote all of their songs and lyrics- mostly by Justin Haywood. They always have the orchestra for background music. Their songs will have deep meanings, and have different interpretations from person to person. Often referred to as "the thinking man's band" as their music and lyrics are thought provoking. just as the lyrics at the end: night holds different meanings to different people= some like, some fear it.

[@Shawney-jf6kc]

The real James has a good heart. I can hear it.

[@stevedem76]

Even as a little kid, when this song came out, that spoken word part at the end had an ominous feel to it. This full version is the only way to hear this song, not the radio edit. My older brother had this on 8-track, and we wore it out at my house.

[@MisterWondrous]

Over the decades, I have found that their music, and that of Jon Anderson and Yes, would always bring me back to a good place.

[@theresadaly3762]

Yes, Jonathan Antoine's music does that for me too! RUclips Videos & Solo Albums are awesome! So full of emotion. His song 'Compass'is very uplifting. I also love his version of 'The Prayer' where he harmonizes with his own voice! So talented and only 27 now! Following him 10 years now. Enjoy.

[@MisterWondrous]

@@theresadaly3762 Thank you Theresa! I'll go check him out now.

[@MisterWondrous]

@@theresadaly3762 His "O Holy Night" is not so bad either! ruclips.net/video/1QNFLZUw1Q8/видео.html

[@theresadaly3762]

Thank you @MrWondrous

[@bpfromowc]

Some of the best stuff comes from the 60’s.
“Everlasting Love” by Love Affair is another monster hit from the decade. Check it out please James. ✌️
EDIT: Another iconic 60’s performance is the Bee Gees (on the Ed Sullivan Show) singing “Words”.

[@yvonnedoran2604]

Great choice, one of my favourite songs.

[@annesmith2259]

Everlasting love was the first record I owned. My parents gave me it for my plastic record player

[@bpfromowc]

@@annesmith2259 Lucky you. It’s timeless. 🙂

[@rayjennings3637]

Only some?

[@rickperry2196]

I was really hoping you'd react to this brother!

[@notmypotato3730]

I haven't seen your videos in a while. I hope you are feeling healthy. You said in another video that you have been sick. You are looking great. Since you lost a little weight. Your features are really standing out. You are very handsome.

[@dianesinnett4391]

A great song for meditation

[@jeanhansen1333]

This song is masterfull, but , you are so much more masterfull!

[@OneEyeBlinkn]

Days of Future Past is the Album of Moody Blues you must listen to ... and keep in mind this Album was done in 1967....Welcome to the Moddy Blues

[@chuckster255]

This was actually two separate tracks, the first of course is "Nights in White Satin", which back in the early 70's when I really started listening to music, I mistook as "Knights in White Satin", it wasn't a few years later that my older brother telling about the song's history and corrected me on the name. The second part is really a separate track called "Late Lament" and as I've been told, on the record album, the two tracks were laid down so close to each other that radio disk jockeys would play both together, either because they weren't paying attention or because they sound good together.
Something else interesting about this song, it was released on their 1967 album "Days of Future Passed" but didn't really become a hit until after its rerelease in 1972 when it reached number 2 on the Billboard 100 chart.

[@kamdynjensen4344]

This song is absolutely beautiful and I just can't help but to release my emotions by crying which helps alleviate and cleans and purifies my soul ❤️🎶 music is absolutely a must for my therapy because being autistic and having ADHD music has basically saved me from pure insanity ❤️🎶✌️🙏🏳️‍🌈

[@paulnelson5713]

Welcom back man ,missed your comments 👍