And so to Which Will from the Pink Moon album. A timeless track, which is as quirky as Nick Drake himself. I absolutely love it:
Yes he certainly can be, he carries a sense of superiority sometimes, but then if I could write a song close to anything on Mellon Collie then I probably would be too!
Glad you like it. Not sure how Spotify works as I always get CD’s (until I have the time and money for a decent record player and speakers!) but the release date of the album is 13th October so might not be available yet.
The Moodies in reverse. They refer to the 7 great albums in a row produced by The Moody Blues. Here's One from the Seventh. The not Bucks Fizz version of The Land of Make Believe. If rock music be of quality then this is an example of the best of it:
The five main lines in written music: EGBDF or Every Good Boy Deserves Favour, was the title of the sixth album that was an absolute blinder. All the tracks flow into one as you are carried away on a raft of emotion. Here's One from the Sixth.You Can Never Go Home. Crikey. How many times have I said that to myself over the years:
hiya dude, yeah ive checked and its not on spotify yet>>>>>>>tbh I use spotify 2 dig out stuff ive never heard before and its a great tool for that>>>>I then try finding them on vinyl but prices are soaring in that department ....still its a hobby that I enjoy and keeps me sane from this pit of corrupt politics we have in Britain and the rest of the globe.
I have seen him & the E-street band a few times now . One time with my younger sister at Manchester . She said " If he plays the River & Bobby Jean , I will cry " . He played them both , you can guess the rest !
Love this . and the official video ( must admit have the hots for her bassist ) And these ** really rate this , and yes , we all know it's a cover version **
Moodies again. The fifth album, A Question of Balance, came about because the production of previous albums had become increasingly difficult to accurately replicate on tour, so lush and complex were the recordings. So this album was of simpler production [good luck detecting it]. The other problem was that the wonderful Mellotron, that the MBs were synonymous with, was a bit of a diva on tour. Being a forerunner to a complex electronic keyboard [it was highly electro-mechanical - check it out on Wiki or somewhere] it was capable of amazing sounds, but it could go dramatically out of tune mid-concert, even if the stage temperature changed. But at least they had eliminated one problem. This album was also one of the first to turn attention to ecological matters [Beach Boys were doing it, and a few others], and I can honestly say that my attitude to the environment was first drawn by rock groups who wrote songs in that vein. This is How Is It We Are Here?. Typically, one Moodies song flows into the next, so it doesn't fade to silence. Note that ghostly mellotron sound. This was also the first album where Hayward had perfected his buzzing lead guitar sound. It features on this track and subsequent albums:
You can get a good conversation going amongst Moody Blues fans as to which of the fabulous seven albums is the best. Every time I think I have a favourite, it then changes. To Our Children's Children's Children is the one I measure the others by, so you could say that it is my favourite, but I'm not sure that's true. It's just the one in the middle. The fourth of the core seven. All the band members regularly contributed in MB albums, but perhaps Hayward and Lodge get the attention. Ray Thomas, who wrote this track Eternity Road, is a great vocalist and flautist [check out his solo album From Mighty Oaks for instance] and he features lead here. Once again, the album track cuts off abruptly. You'd think these Youtube up-loaders would learn to fade the tracks out. Never mind. At least it's there:
If you have been savvy enough to have kept some LPs you might have heard of the non-silent run-out groove. There are a few albums which have one. For example, the Beatles' Sgt Pepper runs out and repeatedly shouts "Shall I never, go!" until you take the stylus off the record. On The Threshold Of A Dream runs out to the continuous ghostly sound you hear at the end here. On CDs and Tape [and indeed here] it fades out. Not on a vinyl record. Here's Are You Sitting Comfortably, with a required dose of Have You Heard II spliced on the end, to illustrate the point. The usual nice video from another Youtube up-loader. Must admit they do do them well:
