The Sea Cat
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Re: The Moody Blues
Feb 04, 2010, 12:58
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Ha Ha!
http://www.wpm003.com/images/moodies4.jpg
'Kinell. Would you buy a cigar from these chaps? I thought not.
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The Sea Cat
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Edited Feb 04, 2010, 13:03
Re: The Moody Blues
Feb 04, 2010, 13:01
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That was Daminxa. I want in on that research fund. Suprised KC isn't sniffing around too ;-)
I'm off to the library shortly as well. I love a prolonged rummage, me.
Good Hunting, Bill!
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Squid Tempest
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Re: The Moody Blues
Feb 04, 2010, 13:03
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Hunter T Wolfe wrote: I'm tempted to start rocking a 1968 Mike Pinder look myself- pencil 'tache, paisley cravat, sideburns, what's not to love?
Haha! If I had any hair left I'd be tempted to go for that too!
Hunter T Wolfe wrote: In Search of the Lost Chord is their best album for me. House of Four Doors and the spooky Legend of A Mind with the 'Timothy Leary's dead' refrain. What was that all about? After that they do get increasingly middle of the road, but all that run up to and including Seventh Sojourn can be enjoyed muchly in the right frame of mind. Actually I think much of the acid effect is embracing the uncoolness- that point where cool and uncool meet in the great cosmic circle and profound genius is the same thing as a ridiculous joke which is like the meaning of the universe man... maybe the Moodies knew...
I seem to remember reading somewhere that once they started on the acid, they were on a mission to spread the word through their music, in a very serious and applied fashion. I think it is this focused attention to the trip which comes vibing through.
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The Sea Cat
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Re: The Moody Blues
Feb 04, 2010, 13:06
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Squid Tempest wrote: Hunter T Wolfe wrote: I'm tempted to start rocking a 1968 Mike Pinder look myself- pencil 'tache, paisley cravat, sideburns, what's not to love?
Haha! If I had any hair left I'd be tempted to go for that too!
Hunter T Wolfe wrote: In Search of the Lost Chord is their best album for me. House of Four Doors and the spooky Legend of A Mind with the 'Timothy Leary's dead' refrain. What was that all about? After that they do get increasingly middle of the road, but all that run up to and including Seventh Sojourn can be enjoyed muchly in the right frame of mind. Actually I think much of the acid effect is embracing the uncoolness- that point where cool and uncool meet in the great cosmic circle and profound genius is the same thing as a ridiculous joke which is like the meaning of the universe man... maybe the Moodies knew...
I seem to remember reading somewhere that once they started on the acid, they were on a mission to spread the word through their music, in a very serious and applied fashion. I think it is this focused attention to the trip which comes vibing through.
You see, I didn't realise that they really were Hard Core acid heads. I thought it was Laura Ashley posing. A new respect is born.
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Stevo
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Re: The Moody Blues
Feb 04, 2010, 13:20
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you got the 1968 Colour Me Pop set? 1/2 hr live tv thing, part of a pretty good series that covered loads of other great bands from the time.
I got it from one of the torrent sites, not sure which. May still be up
&there have been a number of live audio sets upped to Dime over the last few years.
Stevo
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Stevo
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Re: The Moody Blues
Feb 04, 2010, 13:25
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thatr's from the Colour Me Pop show so there's another 25 odd minutes of similar fare available.
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Jim Tones
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Re: The Moody Blues
Feb 04, 2010, 13:45
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Stevo wrote: thatr's from the Colour Me Pop show so there's another 25 odd minutes of similar fare available.
One clip from Colour Me Pop that's (literally) long lost and one I would've loved to have seen, is Giles Giles & Fripp doing "Digging My Lawn" ;-)
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Daminxa
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Re: three Jason Kings, Martin Shaw and an Illya Kuryakin
Feb 04, 2010, 13:50
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Ha! Oh that's not a good look, I don't think it ever has been!
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flashbackcaruso
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Re: The Moody Blues
Feb 04, 2010, 13:55
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Good advice regarding vinyl. Apparently the current CD of 'In Search Of The Lost Chord' is shoddily mastered, although I haven't heard it to verify this. Best bet is to pick up an original LP in its glorious gatefold sleeve for £2.
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Rolling Ronnie
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Re: The Moody Blues
Feb 04, 2010, 13:56
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Never a huge fan, I always found them a bit 'up-tight' somehow. Love the 'Poor Man's Moody Blues' though. Barclay James Harvest are well worth a try.
They've been mentioned in a few threads. Live Tapes, Live 1974, Everyone Is Everybody Else and Octoberon are all good places to start.
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