First listen to Manfred Mann's Earth Band - The Road to Babylon (REACTION)

Wow, the range of musical styles portrayed here is quite impressive!
Original Video: • The Road To Babylon
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[@georgewodicka4839]

Their biggest hit "Blinded By The Light" was on the radio seemingly EVERY TEN MINUTES! But at least it was good...

[@lynnrogers9236]

The road to Babylon is an old religious song to be sung in a round. I like that they expanded on the theme.

[@lyleb.5614]

Singing the dolphin through or this side of Paradise. The whole album is awesome. Great musicianship. It ended abruptly cause it goes right into the next song

[@progmeup]

This Side of Paradise has an astounding synth solo by the magnificent Manfred. Pure emotion.

[@scottcolman9757]

Blinded by the light 😎

[@kirklandraab1999]

Daniel Thanks for that. Great review and great song. Wow! I've never been a follower of Mannfred Mann but I gotta say that song is very cool, sounds like early-mid '70s. Sounds a lot like Queen, in fact I can imagine Queen covering this song before they became popular in '75. Love the instrumentation, singing, arrangement, the choir. These guys applied good music-theory, as well. That's very important. Fantastic lead vocals, sounds a lot like Freddie Mercury. Excellent.

[@gabrielmauller8137]

I recommend their song The Mighty Quinn. Written by Bob Dylan, it’s a classic.

[@MissAstorDancer]

What a great suggestion from your Patron!!!! Super interesting song! Such a cool mix of rock & roll and prog! GREAT guitar work! The song has an ***almost*** Alan Parsons Project quality!!!!

[@progmeup]

Big Project fan here too, but the bands arrived at a similar point from opposite directions. The Earth Band was always a killer live band (still are) and only slowly became more "produced" whereas the Project never played live for many years :) The Chance album could be described as a Manfred Mann Project album since almost every song has a different singer...

[@almostherman6218]

'Davy's On the Road Again' MM's E B- I played it in my band back in the 80s (keyboards) - a great song...more up tempo for dancing in a venue! Just Good Old Rock!

[@lynette.]

Nice to hear this again reminded me of how good it was seeing you hear it for the first time.Do not remember it ending like that. Blinded by the light and more please.

[@fixzeichner5592]

It's nice that Manfred Mann's Earth Band is appealing to a new generation. "The Road to Babylon" is from a later time with the singer Chris Thompson. My favorite album is" Messin "with Mick Rogers as the singer. The Bob Dylan compositions "Father of day, father of night" and "spirits in the night" are also great songs by the band.

[@progmeup]

Seen them three times now, first time was at my 18th birthday :-)

[@Hartlor_Tayley]

First time hearing this one. I really liked it. These weird old records are the best. Your interpretation was insightful. Great reaction.

[@scottcolman9757]

Dang you pick goodies another great tune.

[@RedDawnRocker]

If you like the feel of this song Daniel and the feel of The Magician's Birthday by Uriah Heep you may actually like Rainbow's song Stargazer or The Butterfly Ball which was the theme song to a 1970s rock event featuring bands/musicians such as Deep Purple, Rainbow, etc with legendary actor Vincent Price narrating. It was like a fantasy fairytale come to life through the music and narration.

[@stephenowens8763]

Their keyboard player lent his Moog to Keith Emerson who bought one and made it a lead instrument instead of effect. He also programmed it for him.

[@matthewhoag2609]

Haven’t heard this in a long time. Great song. You’ll have to check out Blinded by the Light which was a big hit. A personal favorite was their version of Mighty Quinn, which he had released with his earlier band that was just called Manfred Mann. Both versions are great, but especially like the Earth Band’s rendition.

[@tamarleigh]

This is an incredible band. Check out You Are, I Am; their awesome cover of Redemption Song; Earth The Circle I and II; Stranded; and Medicine Song. Great video!

[@brucer2152]

From the same album..."Singing the Dolphin through" with one of the best saxaphone solo's EVER.

[@brucer2152]

WOw....doing a deep cut from "The Roaring Silence".

[@jgilbertify]

This song always grabbed my attention....... The lyrics are so deep..................coupled with great music!! Intelligent Rock rules!!

[@sidecardog5244]

Enjoyable song. Only know this band from their early Springsteen covers. Ps, cut off probably cause it went into another song. Recommend Springsteen’s song Rosalita from The Wild and Innocent album.

[@scifimonkey3]

Wow had almost forgotten this. I have ‘the roaring silence’ on cassette tape but for some reason did not buy a CD when tape ‘died’ as a medium It’s probably in my attic with hundreds and others and serves as a huge reminder to go open up the crate and check out what else I failed to replace as I am sure there are many other gems that have dropped off my musical radar. Thanks Daniel and thanks to your Patron for bringing album back into view.

[@Gregory......]

Please do " Blinded by the Light "

[@christianmunthe1572]

Many mention Blinded by the Light, but I’d also press Spirits in the Night, another Springsteen cover from the next album Nightingales and Bombers. It has very nice storytelling lyrics, and a killer guitar solo.

[@geoffw913]

Earth Hymn from "The Good Earth" album is another worth listening to. A much neglected and ignored Prog. Rock band who have a great catalogue of songs. This is a top song and thanks for the reaction.

[@sherryheim5504]

I liked this band back in the day. It was an interesting time for music with a lot of different musical styles. I don't remember a lot by this band though I know that there was a lot of songs by them. The Rolling Stones used a boy's choir in one of their songs as well.

[@paullane1680]

Captain Bobby Stout... written by Lane Tietgen and originally done by the Jerry Hahn Brotherhood is one of Manfred Manns best

[@anthonyblakely399]

Love this song.......great musicians.....great song.....and You are right!

[@theplanetruth]

Blinded By the light!!!!! Cover of Bruce Springsteen

[@lynette.]

Bruce springsteen did the cover.

[@LillyMarzSheps]

@@lynette. Springsteen wrote it.

[@Hartlor_Tayley]

But Mama that’s where the fun is.

[@gerryweed7697]

Nest one , Blinded by the light .. or Hollywood town .. 😎👍🎸🎶

[@midnightfury7267]

My friend got a Manfred Mann 45 rpm record out of a bag of potato chips as a gimmick many years ago. The song was called "My Name Is Jack", check it out sometime groovy catchy song from the 60's a bit child-esque but you can see the bands progress from then to this song.

[@2ALibertarian]

Many people don't understand the full value of this song. They were highly understated for their time. Don't Kill it Carol was another great one!

[@indyfastal]

Got this as an 8 track in '76, LP in '81 so I could record it to cassette, then CD. Now I just watch people's reactions when they first listen to it on You Tube...

[@bartstarr100]

Blinded by the light. Spirits in the Night. For You. All Springsteen covers. The Mighty Quinn... Dylan cover. Brilliant cover band

[@HelgeKS]

"Time is Right" from the masterpiece Nightingales and Bombers

[@brucer2152]

yeah it transitions into the next song.

[@thesoundship]

Many greats songs by them.......not only the well known ones. Glorified Magnified - Look Around that have the greatest guitar solo I ever herd....almost. Messin - Buddha, Black and Blue Solar Fire - Pluto the Dog is a funny little song Nightingales And Bombers - Time is Right, Visionary Mountain The Roaring Silence - Questions, an instrumental one And on the album called 2006 there is a song called Frog that was a little story Manfred loved to tell. Funny little story.....worth listening just because of that :-) Enjoy

[@sikksnakk]

One of my favorit bands ever. Thank you for reacting to theese guys. A realy magic sound with a lot of strange lyrics. If you want to listen to another great song from the album "The roaring silence" you must hear Questions. An Organ, guitar and ear orgasm.

[@mackeymintle66]

I’d love to see you do the Manfred Mann covers of Springsteen’s Blinded BTL, and “I came for You”. Then listen to the originals... Either order would work...

[@ahb424]

The battles expressed in the instruments.

[@danishphoto]

Manfred Mann's best song ever. The guitar long guitar solo is amazing.

[@kenlee1416]

For me, the best albums by the band are ''Solar Fire'' and ''The Good Earth''. There was an earlier incarnation of a Manfred Mann band called MM Chapter III - and their two albums are a great amalgamation of free-jazz and psychedelic rock (eg songs: One Way Glass, Snakeskin Garter, Devil Woman). Trippy stuff.

[@brucer2152]

Some of the best prog rock! ;)

[@andreasheidepriem1090]

Blinded by the light! 👍👍👍

[@ahb424]

It’s known as Earthband as its creators were extensions of Egyptian history and referring to the Anunnaki and the era we stumble about in understanding.

[@scottcolman9757]

It’s referring to the children of god (Israel) being taken into Babylon captivity. It’s in the Old Testament.

[@sharongranger5860]

My favorite song by them🤗

[@lawrencedizon-weisberg8073]

I'm a huge fan of Manfred Mann's Earth Band ('70s through 2000's). Yes, their cover of Bruce Springsteen's 'Blinding By the Light" is the best (the long version). But they have many other tracks, including a cover of The Beatles "Hey Bulldog" which is fantastic. Other MMEB tracks to try are 'Davy's On the Road Again,' 'Questions,' 'You Angel You,' 'Eyes of Nostradamus,' and 'Angels at my Gate.' I call their style Prog Pop (much like the band 10cc, early ELO, and the Alan Parsons Project). Do not confuse MM's Earth Band with his '60s band 'Manfred Mann' (he's the keyboardist and founder of both bands). MM's sound was very much '60s pop ("Doo Wah Diddy Diddy" was their biggest hit in 1964).

[@progmeup]

The 60s band was actually far more versatile than their hits suggest. They were perhaps the only British beat band that could take on both blues and jazz with such ease. "The Abominable Snowmann", "Sack O' Woe" or "Groovin'" are nothing like "Do Wah Diddy Diddy". To me MMEB are more rock than pop (Get Your Rocks Off, In the Beginning Darkness or the fast parts in Mighty Quinn are hard rock). Oh and the Bulldog cover is IMO one of the few misfires Manfred ever made ;-) Opinions, opinions...

[@428chase]

blinded by the light was big hit but I would listen to any of the ones I shared here first

[@barriehull7076]

The Hanging Gardens of Babylon.......................were one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World listed by Hellenic culture. The Seven Wonders of the World or the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World is a list of remarkable constructions of classical antiquity given by various authors in guidebooks or poems popular among ancient Hellenic tourists. Although the list, in its current form, did not stabilise until the Renaissance, the first such lists of seven wonders date from the 2nd-1st century BC. The original list inspired innumerable versions through the ages, often listing seven entries. Of the original Seven Wonders, only one-the Great Pyramid of Giza, oldest of the ancient wonders-remains relatively intact. The Colossus of Rhodes, the Lighthouse of Alexandria, the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus, the Temple of Artemis and the Statue of Zeus were all destroyed. The location and ultimate fate of the Hanging Gardens are unknown, and there is speculation that they may not have existed at all.

[@michaelkeefe8494]

Doo wah diddy... There are some lyrics to dig into.

[@davebnsfnscale4433]

Eric Burton and the Animals...Sky Pilot

[@BeeBumper]

Well your patron has amazing taste in music, this is a great song by these guys and there are many more. Spirits in the night, I see you did Blinded by the light, awesome, another over looked song is singing the dolphin through, and the runner are just a taste of some of their best songs. These guys were active 60's (another form), 70's 80s 90s 00's and so on. They do a lot of covers but make them their own in many cases. Blinded by the light is a perfect example of how they took a great song by Bruce Springsteen and cranked it up to 11 to quote Spinal Tap, because 11 is one more better than 10 There will be times, like for me when I first listened to this song at 15 in 85, that you feel eh that wasn't too great or something was off putting such as the vocal intro. But I learned in my teens that some songs take time to grow on you and time to appreciate what they were going for, and this is one of those songs for me. I was put off at first but over time, giving it several listens I really started to appreciate a lot of their more obscure non radio friendly songs including this one. This became one of my favorites, so don't feel bad if it doesn't hit you first listen, feel free to be honest about that, but give them a chance by listening to songs that you don't feel initially several times. Some songs need that time to appreciate what they are and many will become songs you truly appreciate.

[@porflepopnecker4376]

I LOVE this song. It's the only song on that album that I ever listened to. What a pleasant surprise to find you reacting to it. Here's my parody of it entitled "Frankie Avalon": www.amiright.com/parody/70s/manfredmann20.shtml

[@BeeBumper]

You did yourself a disservice if this is the only song you listened to off this album

[@progmeup]

I like that you noticed the album cover - MMEB had a couple really great ones from Messin' onward. This also ties in with the title of the stupendous 7/4 instrumental funnily titled "Waiter, There's a Yawn In My Ear"! That one really goes off into outer space. I like your interpretation. Obviously this is full of metaphors but with the biblical context. Anyway, this song is good proof why Chris Thompson in his prime was one of THE best rock vocalists. The line "the empty sound of sorrow", holy moly! Also, Dave Flett is such an underrated guitarist; this solo is just as good as the one in "Blinded by the Light". Regretfully, Manfred has no synth solo here (I consider him to be the best soloist on the Moog, not in a show-off-y way at all), but the way he underpins the song with mellotron choir/strings and synth soundscapes is still magical. Drummer Chris Slade later joined AC/DC not once but twice! Finally, as others have said, the abrupt ending works in the LP's context. It's one of those albums that really works well from start to finish, several of the songs have that same majestic feeling (which they first perfected on "Father of Day, Father of Night", still with Mick Rogers on vocals and guitar - perhaps the best MMEB song). And so does "Watch", which is a bit lighter sounding but pretty much flawless. If nobody has reacted to the spine-chilling keyboard solos on "Martha's Madman" or the totally reworked "Mighty Quinn" (which also rocks like hell at parts, with a really burning organ) yet, well... As for the band name, Manfred always had the problem that his name was also the name of his first band, so he kept adding things to his name in order to distinguish between the eras. Manfred Mann Chapter Three (very interesting band, btw), Manfred Mann's Earth Band (which has a nice ring to it - they also considered "Elastic Band", "Arm Band" and "Head Band"!), Manfred Mann's Plains Music (an album based on American Natives' songs) and Manfred Mann '06... it wasn't until 2014 that he released a solo album under his own name, the also very interesting and modern "Lone Arranger".

[@brettgilliland9800]

If you want to react to Manfred Mann covering a Springsteen song, Spirits In The Night is MUCH better than Blinded by the light.

[@ahb424]

The abrupt ending had to deal with the dimension no one sees.

[@BeeBumper]

Oh just a quick note, if you want to listen to a band that has a huge catalogue and is completely underappreciated in America, listen to "Max Webster" they are an awesome Canadian band worth giving time to listen. I think you will love them, start with High Class in borrowed shoes (album or song, but album is worth the listen). If you are a Rush fan they have a duet with Rush called Battlescar

[@christophermorrison1986]

I think the song refers to the Babylonian exile of the kingdom of Judah under Nebuchadnezzar

[@williambradley6736]

Good tune, might suggest " Davy's on the road again " from the album Watch.

[@richard-yz6cz]

."Singing the Dolphin through"

[@brucer2152]

I came back to watch your reaction again dood and I just get a kick out of seeing you let the music overtake you and you just close your eyes and it washes over you. You really should do "Singing the Dolphin Through" from the same album.

[@clintmaffett2570]

Solar Fire

[@cletushouse906]

You should try angles at my gate. Not a bad tune of theirs.

[@vovindequasahi]

It also means the Goddess of Fornication Babylon in Revelations. The Goddess who rides the Beast, and drinks the blood of the Saints.

[@joelliebler5690]

Blinded by the Light was the only number 1 hit written by The Boss, Bruce Springsteen!

[@JamesSavik]

The intro sounds like something that should have been in the Lord of the Rings Soundtrack. Then we get to the trippy 70s psychedelic part. **Sighs** And me having kicked drugs last millennium. Blinded by the (radio b)Light is the only Manfred Mann stuff I've ever heard and, didn't want to hear anymore. BBTL was probably the most overplayed (and despised) song ever sending generations to their deaths on dark, rainy nights changing the channel.. Too bad the radio didn't play their good stuff. I'd have some of it if they did. PS_ PLEASE, for the love of God, DON'T DO BBTL. It's an OK song but most of us are burned out on it for eternity.

[@Hartlor_Tayley]

James Savik I once quit a job because they kept playing that song. Radio killed the radio star.

[@ahb424]

The album wasn’t like a Beatles ladida band. Cool album.

[@stevejuszczak9402]

If you can listen to RUNNER BY THIS SAME GROUP YOU MIGHT FIND IT INTERESTING

[@timarnett672]

THE SONG WILL MAKE MORE SENSE IF YOU TAKE THE TIME TO READ THE BOOK OF DANIEL, WHICH IS NARRATIVE HISTORY AS WELL AS PROPHETIC, THAT COVERS THE ENTIRE EXILE OF JUDAH AND DANEIL (PRINCE OF JUDAH) FOR 70 YEARS IN BABYLON UNTIL CYRUS THE GREAT OF PERSIA CONQUERED BABYLON IN THE TIME OF BELSHAZZAR. THERE IS ANOTHER VIDEO, WHICH HAS A WONDERFUL VIDEO TAPESTRY CONTAINING FIL FOOTAGE OF THE MOVIE "INTOLLERANCE" BY DW GRIFFITH, AND ALSO FOOTAGE OF THE AMERICAN PRESENSE IN BAGHDAD.

[@Macilmoyle]

That lyric transcription is a a bit dodgy, it's not "these I am", but "thee Zion"

[@christophermorrison1986]

see Psalm 137

[@sabiantheomnivore5592]

If there is a technically or musically better album, apart from Songs from the Big Chair, listen to that one instead...

[@stuarthastie6374]

I disliked the miming of he original Manfreds. And they seemed to have a TV management stamp of approval.

[@ahb424]

Waiter there’s a yawn in my ear.