Then it was all fake (how can anyone belittle Legend of a Mind?). Tuesday Afternoon a simple little, non creative tone. There literally seemed to be an agenda to write a new history about the Moody Blues – a band of mediocre talent, selling a cheap-brand-of-nothingness-packaged-to-fool-an-unsuspecting-public. In all the great music I explored, I heard nothing even remotely as creative or consistently excellent as the Moodies Core Seven albums.Īt the same time I witnessed some off the charts mean spirited reviews of the Moodies. I was blown away by the creative explosion of those seven albums. I began to revisit previous decades and some great music. No interruptions.īy the 2000s I found little new music to be interesting. But, as I explored the core seven I was blown away by the dedication to the whole album – Each album was complete. I Lost interest in some of the bigger bands because they could mix crap with a few serious efforts and still be critically fowned over.
In college the great albums became fewer and fewer. Seventh taught me to listen to albums rather than a collection of songs. With time it changed the way I listened to music. In high school,1972, I bought Seventh Sojourn. Question of Balance (a killer album, but one has to finish last). It closed a 30+ year journey with their best album since…Seventh Sojourn.ĭays of Future Passed (but most important) They released their last real studio album in 1999. Only to return in 78 with a more modern sound. They were burned out and rather than maximize their value they walked away. Then at the very top….they stopped for six years. Seventh Sojourn was the #1 album, but two others were in the top 10. Seventh Sojourn has nothing in common with any of the previous six, etc.īy 1972 the Moodies were the best and biggest band in the world. Days was an album unlike anything before or after. The most important aspect of the Moodies is that over a span of 6 years they created 7 albums that together represent a burst of creativity that has perhaps never been recreated. If nothing else, they are clearly one of the most genre bending, influential band of the past 60 years. I have no problem with anyone not liking the Moodies or any band.
They are casually dismissed by many, most of whom have heard little of their work, and probably nothing too deep. To others they were thought provoking mind trips with or without the drugs. And frankly the list could go on.īut their cardinal sin, according to the various High Priest of Rock is dopey lyrics….to some. They mastered and then “mainstreamed” the Mellotron -> Chamberlain. All five members contributed to albums, 4 took turns singing lead and together harmonized like few if any band. They made album art and gatefold a thing unto itself. They mastered and perhaps invented the concept album. They practically invented the Prog/Art rock scene. They meld all the following: folk, rock, art, Prog, psych. The Moodies have been busted for being Prog, for not being Prog, for not smashing guitars on stage, not doing enough drugs, etc etc etc.
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