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Days of Future Passed: The Moody Blues - Extended Play Lounge (Ep. 22) (Patreon)

Published:
2022-06-14 17:27:45
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2023-05

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Our 22nd installment of the Extended Play Lounge has us visiting the music of the Moody Blues for the first time in this series. This was my first time hearing this album in its entirety, and some of the songs were first time listens. It's a beautiful and historic album, and I had a wonderful time reacting to it. I hope you enjoy!

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Comments

Steve Hartke

First time listen, along with Doug… This is not Prog. IMO, this is 60s BritPop with some psychedelia… Cool concept, interesting orchestra interludes… Not my cup of tea. If this is the high point of The Moody Blues, I’ll take a pass on the rest…

Zachary Bell

Transatlantic did an excellent cover of Nights in White Satin. Hearing Neal Morse sing it was very special. Definitely worth a look

Jeff Norman

Hmm. I think the somber feel of "Dawn Is a Feeling" suggests that the adult is the one preparing to think about that journey back to childhood...with the full knowledge of the night. After all: the second before dawn, it IS still nighttime. And: that reversed gong beginning the instrumental overture suggests something similar: the beginning recapitulates the end, so too the man contemplates his life, and it's only with "Another Morning" that we fully inhabit the "child's world"...

Itsfun2listen

How can you not feel a sense of bliss after listening to the Moodies, lovely experience, thanks for the journey

Paul Halicki

"In the context of the narrative, it definitely connects." Welcome to album rock.

Gerard Dion

Hello Doug. Thanks again for a fine and enjoyable review! I, however, don’t consider this album as progressive. Perhaps proto-progressive at best. It’s pretty basic rock with lovely orchestral music folded in. There are two undeniable and timeless classic songs- Tuesday Afternoon and Nights in White Satin. For me, progressive rock started mainly with The Nice and King Crimson.

Anonymous

Great stuff! Ageless, timeless music from arguably the greatest era of creativity

Allen

I really enjoyed this one Doug. I liked how you emphasized the allegorical nature of their "Days" as "ages" in our life; I didn't pick up on that while I've been listening to this over the years.

Allen

I think this album is important (regardless of its status as "progressive" in a technical sense---by the way, you'd probably enjoy Edward Macan's scholarly book on progressive rock). This is even more conceptually tight than the usual suspect ("Sgt. Pepper").

Illume Eltanin

If anyone is interested, Jim Newstead reacted to side 1 of his vinyl copy of Days of Future Passed yesterday, and side 2 today. Jim is more of an entertainment reactor, so his reaction isn't as detailed as Dr. Doug's, but it's kind of nice to see an honest non-classically trained musician's reaction to the orchestral interludes and separation of the interludes from the band's tracks. He says his vinyl copy is not an original, but rather a repressing from '67 or '68. However, I'm pretty sure the original mix is retained on this copy, as the falsetto and other harmonies on Twilight Time about 10 minutes into the second video are definitely better than in the mix Dr. Doug listened to. Hopefully Jim will continue the journey through the Magnificent Seven as well.

Jan Michael

I'm new to this stuff, I was born 5 years after this album appeared. But I really enjoyed it. Of course I know nights in white satin and I love it. About 1 year after recording this album Genesis started their carreer and their first album had also orchestral pieces in it, or at least strings because the producer insisted to use them. It seems that was a common thing in the late 60ies. The Moody Blues show how to combine orchester and band just wonderfully.

Gerard Dion

Listening to this album again makes me reflect on the progression of popular music at this point in time. IMO, it's not full on prog, more like proto prog. Later other bands like Yes, ELP, Genesis, Renaissance, etc., will more fully integrate classical music with rock and also with a higher degree of musical complexity and musicianship. That in no way diminishes this album, again, IMO. It is an exquisitely crafted album and a great accomplishment by the Moodies.