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I realize this is probably a weird topic but its something I've been thinking about lately. My mom is a longtime fan of the moody blues and I inherited her taste by exposure. I've always felt that they were a band that was somehow considered separate from what was considered the 'progressive' movement of bands like ELP, yes or gentle giant. Are they symphonic rock? are they prog? something else? does it matter? I've always reallly like john lodge's basslines and think mike pinder's mellotron work is really great, but I also feel like they get short shrift as musicians compared to guys like chris squire or rick wakeman. I guess I'm curious how other people feel about the band.
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Dec 24, 2020 05:50
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They're prog adjacent to me. I listened to a few albums this summer. A few of their early albums flow together. Days of Future Passed has an actual theme. To Our Children's Children's Children flows together to the point I can barely pick out individual songs. The Afternoon is more progressive to me than Nights in White Satin. I'm Just a Singer is pure pop. Melancholy Man is one of my favorite songs ever, but it's not overly complicated. I like the Moodys enough to buy albums, but not enough to spend more than $5 on one.
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Dec 24, 2020 19:24
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any band that makes concept albums in the 60s or 70s and then makes synth bangers in the 80s is prog, imo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmmPFrkuPq0
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Dec 24, 2020 22:19
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abraham linksys posted:any band that makes concept albums in the 60s or 70s and then makes synth bangers in the 80s is prog, imo lol this reminds me that the first time i heard English Sunset with its drum machine i thought it was an EDM remix or something https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d03HXCF2ZL4
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Dec 25, 2020 02:47
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Progressive rock is such a broad genre that's been around for so long and been applied to so many things that In the Court of the Crimson King and Vaxis, Act 1: The Unheavenly Creatures are both considered prog rock albums from two prog rock bands despite sounding nothing alike. In the middle you have the 80s output of bands like Genesis and Yes which verge on synthpop at times. In other words:abraham linksys posted:any band that makes concept albums in the 60s or 70s and then makes synth bangers in the 80s is prog, imo
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Dec 25, 2020 07:23
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I saw The Moody Blues in concert in the mid-80s. The local radio station that sponsored the concert held a poster contest. Each poster had to represent a song by the band. One person's entry was based on "Nights in White Satin". However, I think (or hope) the person thought the first word was "knight" because it pictured a knight wearing a white satin robe. And hood. A pointy hood.
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Jan 1, 2021 02:59
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I always pigeonholed the Moodys as ‘prog for people who don’t do drugs’, or very many drugs, anyway. I’ve never met anyone who liked ‘Tales of a Topographic Ocean’ that was a big Moody Blues fan, and vice-versa.
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Jan 3, 2021 02:19
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It’s mustache rock.
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Jan 6, 2021 20:13
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Nights In White Satin is definitely prog at least
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