r/MoodyBlues

I am picking a random song (using a random number generator) from the Moody Blues albums from The Magnificent Moodies through December (plus a few non-album tracks thrown in).

Today’s song is the 1981 Ray Thomas track, Painted Smile, from Long Distance Voyager.

What are your thoughts on this song?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQb2kV-3LJ8&list=RDXQb2kV-3LJ8&start_radio=1

I am picking a random song (using a random number generator) from the Moody Blues albums from The Magnificent Moodies through December (plus a few non-album tracks thrown in).

Today’s song is the 1965 Laine/Pinder B-Side, And My Baby's Gone, later released on The Magnificent Moodies CD issues.

What are your thoughts on this song?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zyGsL36pt9M&list=RDzyGsL36pt9M&start_radio=1

I am picking a random song (using a random number generator) from the Moody Blues albums from The Magnificent Moodies through December (plus a few non-album tracks thrown in).

Today’s song is the 1988 Justin Hayward track, No More Lies, from Sur La Mer.

What are your thoughts on this song?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yir8Okvhg-s&list=RDyir8Okvhg-s&start_radio=1

I am picking a random song (using a random number generator) from the Moody Blues albums from The Magnificent Moodies through December (plus a few non-album tracks thrown in).

Today’s song is the 1972 Ray Thomas track, For My Lady, from Seventh Sojourn.

What are your thoughts on this song?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9zvHCrhosw&list=RDx9zvHCrhosw&start_radio=1

I am picking a random song (using a random number generator) from the Moody Blues albums from The Magnificent Moodies through December (plus a few non-album tracks thrown in).

Today’s song is the 1969 Hayward/Thomas track, Are You Sitting Comfortably, from On The Threshold of a Dream.

What are your thoughts on this song?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPcPApPO20s&list=RDaPcPApPO20s&start_radio=1

Nights in White Satin emerges as the winner, having to face two opponents in the finals. Even the combined weight of Question and The Story in Your Eyes couldn’t take down a giant.

Thank you to everyone who voted. Thank you for all the interesting discussions. My knowledge of my favorite band is deepened for listening to how these songs resonate with you all personally.

I’ll take a 2 week break before jumping into the sadness bracket, methinks.

Ach, maybe this all seemed inevitable. But I held a lot of songs up to scrutiny in this 5 week exercise, imagining that I’d vote for Question over Nights in the end. But when art moves beyond beautiful and becomes sublime, well… that’s hard to quantify, and impossible to ignore.

I am picking a random song (using a random number generator) from the Moody Blues albums from The Magnificent Moodies through December (plus a few non-album tracks thrown in).

Today’s song is the 1999 Justin Hayward track, All That Is Real Is You, from Strange Times.

What are your thoughts on this song?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=om_EGlEgES4&list=RDom_EGlEgES4&start_radio=1

I am picking a random song (using a random number generator) from the Moody Blues albums from The Magnificent Moodies through December (plus a few non-album tracks thrown in).

Today’s song is the 1986 Hayward/Lodge track, Slings and Arrows, from The Other Side of Life.

What are your thoughts on this song?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7j77DstGCg&list=RDU7j77DstGCg&start_radio=1

Welp… with 28 votes in semifinal 2, between Question and Story, the winner is… no one.

Both songs will move on to the 3-way final (will post that poll soon).

In the meantime, here are some fun links.

https://youtu.be/88uv7S9Bz9U?si=0yz4p-OZVNxHjQwZ

https://youtu.be/eaTiFbuuI14?si=AsxNoG2GhYzM1484

https://youtu.be/t-iJ47in9YQ?si=fJxfeTVoDmNoYhwK