Guy Berger Posted September 25, 2006 Report Posted September 25, 2006 (edited) I went through a phase of really liking this band back in high school and picked up some of their CDs. I think they were in an uncomfortable zone between "singles band" and "album band" -- most of their albums had several good songs, but none were good the whole way through. The Time Traveller box is a pretty good collection of their material, focusing primarily on the '67-'72 material. (The later stuff is generally pretty bad with a few exceptions -- it makes 80s Genesis sound good by comparison.) Their hits were generally pretty good -- "Ride My See Saw", "Question", "The Story in Your Eyes", etc ("Isn't Life Strange" is awful, though) -- but I also like some of the album material like "The Actor", , "Legend of a Mind", "Never Comes the Day", "Voices in the Sky", "Watching and Waiting" (beautiful tune), and the experimental "The Voyage". I think Mike Pinder's mellotron and left-field tendencies made the band much more interesting than they otherwise would have been. Guy Edited September 25, 2006 by Guy Quote
BFrank Posted September 25, 2006 Report Posted September 25, 2006 I pretty much agree with everything Guy said here. My girlfriend went on a Moody Blues jag in the last year or so, even to the point of getting tickets to a recent concert. It wasn't a BAD show, but you could tell that they've been doing the same songs for a LONG time. Their audience seemed to be a pretty hard-core bunch, though. Quote
chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez Posted September 25, 2006 Report Posted September 25, 2006 Chewy-Chew-Chew reporting here: i havent revisited the lps in a long time but i remember getting into them a real long time ago. yes, they were very passe already even by 1978 and it is pretty astonishing they are still going at it. However I am very offended by your Genesis comment- I for one am one of those guys who feels Invisible Touch is the pinnacle of the 80s. Moody Blues 80s albums are ok but they are not as important to the decade in the same way the Genesis lps are/were. Quote
chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez Posted September 25, 2006 Report Posted September 25, 2006 yea yea all ive heard all the hullabaloo aobut V.D.G.G: i have bootleg dvd comp. of their BBC performances and i have a few of their LPs but really i find them kinda boring, esp. the vocals Quote
Tony Pusey Posted September 25, 2006 Report Posted September 25, 2006 AAAAAAAaaaghhhhhh!! Not the Moody Blues, AAAAAAAAaaaaghhhhhh! My blood pressure just went up. Not hip, not hip at all, never was, never will be, even in a parallel universe. Sorry. cant stand them! Did like Van de Graff however, saw them often way back when....... Quote
Big Al Posted September 25, 2006 Report Posted September 25, 2006 I’ve been re-listening to them lately cuz my dad asked me to burn his Moodies LPs to CD. I’ve tried every now and then to get into them, but they just bore me. Maybe one or two good songs here and there, but overall there’s no excitement in listening to them. Quote
RonF Posted September 25, 2006 Report Posted September 25, 2006 I liked a few of the songs in the early days - never bought anything. I've seen a bit of the NEW Moody Blues on PBS fundraisers and I have to say that with the fluffy wigs and ruffled shirts, they pretty much creep my ass out. Quote
chris olivarez Posted September 26, 2006 Report Posted September 26, 2006 I get in the mood for the Moodys every once in a blue moon but then it passes. You're right Ron they do project a creepy image-it looks like they would rather be doing Tom Jones songs. Quote
Rooster_Ties Posted September 26, 2006 Report Posted September 26, 2006 (edited) There are worse things to listen to. But then again, there are far better too!! I went through a Moodies (Moodys?) phase for a couple years back in my high-school days (circa '84-87) -- primarily because a girlfriend I had at the time really liked them. I grew to like them as well.... well, because that's what she liked, and I liked her!! (Haven't we all done things like that??) Can't say I miss them, but every time I happen to hear something of theirs (about once every three or four years, at most), I immediately think of Cheryl. (Well, I certainly thought I ed her at the time, anyway.) Edited September 26, 2006 by Rooster_Ties Quote
Tony Pusey Posted September 26, 2006 Report Posted September 26, 2006 I remember their first hit Go now. I wish they had. Then. Quote
B. Clugston Posted September 26, 2006 Report Posted September 26, 2006 Chewy-Chew-Chew reporting here: i havent revisited the lps in a long time but i remember getting into them a real long time ago. yes, they were very passe already even by 1978 and it is pretty astonishing they are still going at it. However I am very offended by your Genesis comment- I for one am one of those guys who feels Invisible Touch is the pinnacle of the 80s. Moody Blues 80s albums are ok but they are not as important to the decade in the same way the Genesis lps are/were. The psycho in Bret Easton Ellis' American Psycho would agree about Invisible Touch. Quote
danasgoodstuff Posted September 27, 2006 Report Posted September 27, 2006 "Go Now" is nice period Brit pop, and I love that the're named after a Slim Harpo instrumental...but they definitely took a wrong turn for me and epitimize everything I dislike about semi-prog classic rock or whatever you wanna call their thing... Quote
Big Al Posted October 2, 2006 Report Posted October 2, 2006 Okay, finally hit on one I enjoy: To Our Children's Children's Children Some pretty songs, a couple decent rockers, and an absolute winner in "Sun is Still Shining." Plus, to my knowledge, none of these songs have been destroyed by classic-rock radio. This album best captures the spirit of the Moodies better than their other classic albums, IMHO. Quote
Guy Berger Posted October 2, 2006 Author Report Posted October 2, 2006 Okay, finally hit on one I enjoy: To Our Children's Children's Children Some pretty songs, a couple decent rockers, and an absolute winner in "Sun is Still Shining." Plus, to my knowledge, none of these songs have been destroyed by classic-rock radio. This album best captures the spirit of the Moodies better than their other classic albums, IMHO. "Watching and Waiting" is one of their best songs. Guy Quote
Big Al Posted October 2, 2006 Report Posted October 2, 2006 Okay, finally hit on one I enjoy: To Our Children's Children's Children Some pretty songs, a couple decent rockers, and an absolute winner in "Sun is Still Shining." Plus, to my knowledge, none of these songs have been destroyed by classic-rock radio. This album best captures the spirit of the Moodies better than their other classic albums, IMHO. "Watching and Waiting" is one of their best songs. Guy The more I listen to that song, the more I agree. Quote
Guy Berger Posted October 2, 2006 Author Report Posted October 2, 2006 I agree with you that ToCCC is probably one of their best albums, though it has plenty of flaws. Guy Quote
Big Al Posted October 2, 2006 Report Posted October 2, 2006 Really? I'm curious to know which songs you're referring to, for no other reason than just a "different strokes for different folks" curiosity! Quote
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