NEW 📀 Ride My See Saw - Moody Blues {Stereo} 1968

1968......#61 U.S. Billboard Hot 100, #42 UK Singles Chart
LP version with "Departure" intro.
Original video edited and remastered with HQ stereo sound.
"Ride My See-Saw" is a 1968 single by the English progressive rock band the Moody Blues. It was written by the band's bassist John Lodge, and was first released on the Moody Blues' 1968 album In Search of the Lost Chord. It was the second of two singles from that album, the other being "Voices in the Sky".
Billboard described the single as a "blockbuster rocker" that "comes on strong with all the ingredients to spiral [the Moody Blues] to the top in short order" and a "mover from start to finish." Cash Box called it a "dance track with powerful teen attraction" and "polished vocals."

[@smurfstoolsoldiesmusictimemach]

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[@rjwintl]

Next best thing to a real time machine !!! … let me know when the flux capacitor is fixed and we’ll go see them in person !!!

[@vasilescarpet7665]

Thanks! Great music!

[@Vitalik346]

Данная музыка выглядит так как будто её записывали для фильма стражи галактики 3 где в самом начале фильма начинается полет корабля и там Питер Квил слушает данную песню подаренный одним из земляков в месте с новыми наушниками.

[@Vitalik346]

This music looks as if it was recorded for the film Guardians of the Galaxy 3 where at the very beginning of the film the flight of the ship begins and there Peter Quill listens to this song donated by one of the countrymen in a place with new headphones.

[@jimries625]

Yep. Yep. Yep

[@richardthomas6331]

R.I.P Denny Laine, Clint Warwick, Graeme Edge, Ray Thomas and Mike Pinder.

[@davidotis5598]

I was so lucky to be born and grow up with these guys. 60s and 70s. What a time for music

[@vince1638]

Berzactly. Me Too!

[@Krisesakes]

me too 😃

[@HeatherMcCall-kelly-yv6sb]

I agree wholeheartedly

[@MareShoop]

Takes me back to my hometown in Chandler, Az. What a time to be! ❤

[@Krisesakes]

@@MareShoop nice place

[@redeemed5554]

Still a great song in July 2024...😂

[@richardmoore890]

Even after 55 years I cant believe how much their music influenced my generation. Really, no words are enough.

[@dawnevans4518]

It’s better than ever!

[@amcone8268]

It’s a kinda funny 😁 song.

[@billyzee261]

Really happy song, excellent video that makes me smile!

[@briane173]

My most enduring favorite band. The _fathers_ of progressive rock. RIP Ray, Graeme, and now Denny Laine.

[@mtnman6557]

The Moody Blues took us along as we all explored new horizons through their music & lyrics. Their songs became the foundation of my philosophy on life. Man, these guys were dialed in!@@Broody58

[@ledhed927]

Their entire discography belongs on the shelves of every serious record collector 👏

[@donaldrhodes8761]

I have 2 vinyl records and always get a thrill whenever I listen

[@ledhed927]

@@donaldrhodes8761 Nice, which ones!?

[@Cinemagoer_64]

Agreed!!!

[@Cinemagoer_64]

Great great band very important band they bridged symphonic pop and progressive rock.

[@cahillgreg]

@@ledhed927 no

[@wedgesmudge6893]

I'm almost 67 yrs old. I knew this song from years ago but god I forgot how absolutely cool and ahead of it's time it is. Thanks. Nice to see and hear it again.

[@smurfstoolsoldiesmusictimemach]

Thanks.

[@peterg.bassist]

This sounds as GREAT today here in 2023 as it did when I first heard it in 1968! Long Live Quality Music!

[@imkluu]

Some music is timeless.

[@morbidmanmusic]

define quality in regards to music, please?! sounds excluding and selfish.

[@peterg.bassist]

@@morbidmanmusic Created with great imagination;-) (Thank you for asking)

[@jimlewis2395]

@@morbidmanmusic Quality as in wayyyyyyyyy better than MC-Bodybag, Fifty Cents and all the other ridiculous garbage that they put out today

[@user-iq4cd1od1t]

My boyfriend took me to see them,my first concert,we just celebrated our 50th.Anniversary last month!

[@kevinwilson2082]

How wonderful! Peace.

[@jeffreymcfadden9403]

My wife in June 1984 took me to my first concert. (her fav,,,,John Denver) 36 years ago she became ex wife. Looking back, I would much rather see the Moody Blues. Such is life.

[@gazzpazzer]

Saw them in Tahoe 1992. They were still great.

[@guslakis]

Awesome comment, thank you!

[@allenperry9481]

Perhaps the most underrated band ever.

[@xxrandmlinksxxbruh2419]

No cardi B is more underrated tbh

[@gogoyubari366]

What makes you believe they're underrated?

[@UptheStairs2]

@@gogoyubari366 Yeh. I always thought they were way over-rated.

[@romancandle416]

@@gogoyubari366 Radio rarely plays them anymore, and it took them a long time to get in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

[@michelekurlan2580]

Def a more sophisticated niche.

[@ZOIDRAB]

One of the best Rock songs of all time.

[@blairsterling6141]

Moody Blues created some of the greatest sophisticated rock albums of all time. From 1969 through about 1975 no group reached such great heights of pure genius. Every song took us on incredible trips. They were so influential in rock history.

[@richardharrold9736]

They were a good psychedelic pop band, but to put them above Pink Floyd and Led Zeppelin? Not a chance.

[@bismarkia52]

Actually, their finest music was recorded between 1965 to 1971.

[@james-jg8iu]

You are forgetting the dark side of the moon. Sorry to say they were on the same level

[@james-jg8iu]

Did you stop listening to the moody blues in 71 because some of there music was un comparable Like money from dark side of the moon

[@james-jg8iu]

⁠@@richardharrold9736they were every bit as great as Led Zeppelin I have seen both bands multiple times I saw Led Zeppelin every year from 68 to 75 and I think you didn’t see Pink Floyd enough how about Go Now there first hit in 61

[@BSinNH]

Was 5 when this came out. Just sent to a few of my HS/college buds. The BEST time for music. We were very fortunate.

[@HardRockMaster7577]

R.I.P. Graeme Edge

[@xxrandmlinksxxbruh2419]

R.I.P Gorge Floyd

[@davidg3944]

@@xxrandmlinksxxbruh2419 And his brother, Pink.

[@ianmacdonald9201]

Gorge Floyd, Pinks mentally challenged older brother @@davidg3944

[@Hendrixrides]

Dig the foot shuffle and ties...

[@edsmith6464]

I used to love driving long trips at night on the interstate…and firing up the Moody Blues on my 8 track. Amazing time to be a late teen.

[@TralfazConstruction]

Upon leaving home after getting married years and years ago I left my collection of Moody Blues 8-track tapes and Motorola player to my younger brother who was 13 at the time. Little did I know at the time how he'd come to embrace the band. My brother remained a Moody's fan up until the moment of his untimely passing at age 47 a little under 13 years ago. He would go to see the Moody Blues anywhere within a 300-mile radius of home. My dear, dear brother.

[@relic69]

So sorry for your untimely loss. My youngest brother now in his 50's, became hooked when I recited Lament to him when he was wee.

[@royrobles7423]

I am so very sorry for the loss of your brother

[@torybrown7730]

I love this song. It will NEVER sound dated. It's so well done!! Their harmony is so perfect!!

[@gerardwallis8709]

Agree!

[@udrinkit]

Word.

[@aceyorba]

Not to mention the dance moves...

[@Robert-tj3qq]

​@@aceyorbathings were beautiful

[@jamestonybrown1712]

Timeless treasure! 1968 nice to see not everyone was tripping on acid...or were they?

[@cliffhouser9138]

The Moody Blues, pure class!!! I still listen to them after 50 years and never grow tired of their greatness. Truly timeless!!!

[@robertknowles2699]

'Knights in White Satin ' lives on.

[@steffanmaximum]

The first seven albums from Days of Future are classics.

[@davetomlin5246]

Ride the wave Mike. Your brilliant work is complete. Say hello to Ray, Gram, and Denny. You guys leave us a little richer and happier!

[@georgeralph8031]

One of the oddest, yet most beautiful, songs ever recorded....IMHO.

[@davidkastin4240]

Love their music. They were in a league of their own.

[@jlandon6028]

No one had a sound like them or wrote songs like them. They were like Cream totally different.

[@vinto34]

Great tune...Ray's shuffle is everything in this.

[@chinchillaq1]

I love Ray in this. Makes me smile every time.

[@cd3694]

Any Hollies fans out there? He’s channeling Allan Clarke

[@KittyGrizGriz]

Ray’s got his “swerve” move going on big time here, love it!

[@KittyGrizGriz]

@@cd3694I love the Hollies! 😅

[@njaneardude]

Yeah, I was digging that!

[@RobertPlant-rh9ro]

I'm 70 this is my number 1 band of all time!!!! Had the opportunity to see them on their many tours. Solid music STILL withstands the test of time ageless

[@dougalexander7204]

I’m 70 also. There is a woman whom this music brings back memories.

[@MK-su6eg]

You were truly blessed to see them live! 64 years old and remember my older cousin turned me on to the MB! RIParadise my favorite cousin! Aloha

[@bobgoble2228]

72 here and loved this band. Had all of it on 8 track!!!

[@beezalporquait]

Was in high school back then was my favorite band, some of my classmates thought I was strange because I liked them, graduated in 1969.

[@Maldoror200]

💀..as in R.Plant..?..(he's KILLIN IT on that Telecaster..Ohh Yah..!!)

[@user-bk2lc4im3g]

I really miss the 60's.

[@Birdwatching754]

It would take forever to explain their impact in music history. In my college days we wore out moody blues albums playing day after day. It was a privilege to be listening to them in their time.

[@mtnman6557]

We wore out Moody Blues 8-Track tapes even quicker, but cruising through the mountains w/ their music playing was the coolest! IMO, they had no rival; their music was & still is incredible.

[@philc.9280]

Haven't heard this song in years. Glad I ran into this. What a wonderful time in the late 60's. Sad to hear the drummer Graeme Edge passed away in 2021 in Florida of cancer..

[@timothyruth4980]

Well he was stylin cool here! He looks like a cooler Ringo. ✨😼

[@christopherlussier4383]

RIP Mike!! "Forever a Moody!!"

[@toocamcivic]

Didn’t know Mike was gone til just now. Always come back to this song, glad my parents have great taste in music…….

[@Catlover53-lu9wy]

I am so glad I grew up in an era with this wonderful music of the 60s and 70s. The Moody Blues are my favorite band and their music will never go out of style.

[@user-cw1nq1bv2l]

I saw them with San Diego symphony. It was awesome. My number one band of a ll time with or without acid

[@rodneydavenport4646]

I can remember walking through Piedmont Park on a Saturday or Sunday afternoon hearing The Moody Blues or a San Francisco rock band softly blaring in the background…what a great time!

[@Me97202]

Ray Thomas is hilarious in this video, with his dance steps.

[@TimothyWilson-uh7os]

" Ride my See Saw" and way so many more of those Moody Blues songs are the absolute greatest and I am glad to be in a part of the time frame that they are in, even though Ray Thomas and Graem Edge are no longer with us. Rest in peace!

[@johndenman371]

Superb track . . . . God Bless Mike Pinder, passed away yesterday . . . . the King of the Mellotron.

[@theresaakins2317]

Yes Pinder, like Brian Jones and a few others could play many instruments and odd ones at that. RIP to one of the Moodies, all true artists. I was lucky to see them in 1980. I think Pinder had left by then.

[@coreyfagan1019]

Was the last surviving original band member as well 😕

[@ianstuart5660]

Yes, definitely, RIP. Him and John Paul Jones for Mellotron!

[@ianstuart5660]

​@coreyfagan1019 The rest have all passed? 😢😢

[@annaforehan7784]

​@@ianstuart5660 Yes, all the original members, which doesn't include Justin Hayward and John Lodge.

[@fowrunnah]

Many years since i heard this. Still like it😊

[@larrygucciardo3801]

I was sweet sixteen when this song came out. My girlfriend and I would listen to this and the Moody Blues other songs and make out in her living room. Flower children we were and will always be. Thank you, Moody Blues, for these great songs that are timeless. They mean so much to me and my teenage memories.

[@user-xk7ys8ys9r]

I was Lucky enough to see them in concert in the early eighties, they put on a show still love these guy’s great music they are timeless

[@mike-hf6qv]

Was in High School in San Antonio, Tx,, such good memories with this great band. Such great music, Now I'm 70 and still enjoy the Moodies as much as ever.!!!

[@vancegilmore245]

The Moody Blues used such meaningful metaphors and emotional expressions in their songs. Their music is very spiritual.

[@rgfick]

Justin Hayward just oozes talent.

[@cherylbergeron4280]

And gorgeousness

[@brendendesimone9278]

My favorite Moody Blues song

[@scuzzytwo7556]

Look how young these guys are makes me feel old.

[@johansterk354]

A true gem of a song, the guitar solo is addictive, and that one note just keeps hanging in the air ...

[@nancynewman1465]

They have some great guitar playing in a lot of songs just brilliant musicians

[@mikeyj.3605]

That driving beat! Love this song!!!!

[@timoteo950]

My exact thought too. Driving throughout.

[@KittyGrizGriz]

Running In Place; cool rhythm section 😅

[@roybean7166]

Thus was such a great band. From my youth, teen yrs. Have this lp as well, on vinyl. Roy b, CapeTown south africa 🇿🇦

[@jamievidd775]

Timeless classic. The beginning is such gold.

[@ILoveMusicfromthesonwards]

14th September 1968 edition of the BBC2 music show, Colour Me Pop. R.I.P. Ray and Graeme

[@ryanhoskins458]

*These fellas have always been & will always be groovy* ☮🎸🎶

[@rjwintl]

and far out , man !!!

[@danielbrown3461]

The Association blew them off stage at the monterey pop festival.

[@davanmani556]

The Association were great musicians and performers who could write songs but not like the Moody’s.

[@westrokker]

I was very fortunate to have met all of them at a concert in Cincinnati back in 1992...

[@sharonastill]

Mike pinder passed away yesterday rest in peace in land of the Hammond organ in heaven!.from shaz in the East Midlands

[@annaforehan7784]

@@sharonastill The mellotron.

[@debbieahrens8953]

Really dig Ray Thomas's fancy footwork!

[@davidlincoln78240]

The drummer of any band makes or breaks the band. He fucking rocks

[@samuelparker9882]

AGREED

[@ilovekansas]

RIP Graeme Edge ….. performed the opening poetry

[@KittyGrizGriz]

Graeme was a very powerful man~drummer~time keeper, he’s fantastic! 😅

[@danielbrown3461]

Bill Ward of Black Sabbath was better....so was Buddy Rich and Neil Peart.

[@aiames]

​@ilovekansas Wrote it, too.

[@Digmen1]

The guy on the left who has no instrument always amazes me. He is having such a good time I believe he played the flute on some of their songs

[@kaleidoscopesdannybrigman2061]

Good friends of ours those were the days they were brilliant live cheers Dan

[@donaldrhodes8761]

Great dance moves!

[@larryb6715]

It truly does not get any better.

[@jimlewis2395]

Timeless masterpiece. This will ALWAYS sound good

[@jdelaney9325]

I grew up listening to this thanks to my oldest brother. He had all of the albums by them.

[@misternewoutlook5437]

Such a cool group. To this day they have an army of fans in the millions.

[@kevinlakeman5043]

A total killer song from my favorite albums of theirs. The Moody Blues could rock when they wanted to do so.

[@jimmydouglas33]

Just awesome!

[@kennyhagan5781]

The classiest rock band of the 60s and 70s. This is the good stuff.

[@dickgoesinya9419]

not good enough for the rock hall of fame though, but the beastie boys are.

[@lisaparsons9068]

One of my favorite Moody Blues songs!!!

[@rolandsingh]

December 12th, 2023 - Now THIS, is MUSIC ! Mind-boggling Talent on display here, as relevant today as it was back in the Sixties !! The UK has given us several of the greatest performers ever, way too many to name as the list is incredibly long ❣ 🇬🇧 Roland Singh, Canada 🇨🇦

[@debswatching]

Yes it is!

[@KittyGrizGriz]

British Invasion and the Moodies are da bomb! 😉 ♥️

[@gjhf11]

Good on yer Roland!

[@Mister_Pedantic]

Lots of talent here, a shame that they couldn't have played live.

[@judyannboyd6245]

Love this song!

[@sean9960]

It's like taking LSD without taking it

[@user-bk2ki4dl4m]

No it's not. But the moodies were on every "playlist" when we dropped. Unfortunately/fortunately I gave away a crate full of albums--several M.B.s--years ago. But I know I put some GREAT music out there to be carried forward 😸☮️. And still have CD and cassettes of Every Good Boy Deserves Favor and greatest hits stuff. 🌻

[@CatDaddySteve]

Such a happy song, I first heard it as a 10 year old in the evening on the school playground in southern Californiaholding a cheap am radio while swinging on the swing set radio in hand all by myself 😁

[@stukawarner4051]

I used to sing this to my son when he was less than a year old when he was in a fussy mood ,😃he would laugh and stop being troublesome and lie back and smile

[@Fourwheeljive]

Still as fresh and thrilling to me at 72 as it was the first time I heard this song those many years ago. I still have all those history making albums. Amazing music!

[@KittyGrizGriz]

This gets me going like no other, I feel like a little girl again chasing friends around the playground equipment, going up and down on the wooden see saw with metal handles, using feet to propel higher. John Lodge is a monster bassist and carry’s us along until we are ready set go for blastoff 💥🚀!!

[@GaryAa56]

Oh my goodness, music was so much better that now in 2024.

[@user-lo7qs5bt1w]

The music was great and the musicians were amazing and awesome the music never gets old

[@martinbunchdd412]

My Parents had this album growing up in the early 70's. As a child I loved this band and still do today at 57! Graham Edge was the voice of the intro and John Lodge was the high pitched singer on their songs. Tuesday Afternoon was my fav...

[@wjack4728]

The Moody Blues had magnificent music, and those album covers were the coolest. I used to imagine being an astronaut being launched into outer space while listening to this song. WOOOOO!

[@danhemming6624]

Love this Song. My dad introduced me to Moody Blues when I was young. Still hooked at 52 in 2022. Ride my see-saw everyday.

[@gregoryromano9211]

The winner of the best dressed band of '68 is the Moody Blues. The Kinks were a distant second.

[@waldoparsnip1025]

Ha ! Mod was the look !

[@LastDaysADDaniel]

These guys fvcked our minds up as young, They were a tornado and just toooo close. . . I love them for this. . .

[@RobertPaskulovich-fz1th]

The drummer is 100% into it!

[@sams220guy3]

yes here they are the ones I know & know well too since 1964-65 ..... RIP.... Graeme

[@rjwintl]

Thank you Sharon Piontkowski for turning me on to the Moody Blues in your bedroom at your brother’s birthday party … two years older and wiser , really pretty and oh so cool 😎 !!!

[@cynthiasmith4130]

The best band EVER!!!!! They are so phenomenal!!!! I have all their albums, they are so very great..... They are my favorite band.... 💙💙💙💙....

[@lynnglidewell7367]

These guys where huge in my day back in the middle 60s and beyond. Ride my See saw was a favorite of mine. Still is.

[@ALF782]

RIP Mike Pinder

[@bismarkia52]

One of the greatest rock songs ever recorded. Total wow. Thank you! The Moody Blues are in a class by themselves.

[@subspace7999]

So short but some of the very best of the’60s. Love the guitar solo.

[@ec1516]

This is the era of my parents, but I grew up hearing it on the local classic rock radio station in the 80's. What a timeless piece of music! If I were stuck on a deserted island for the rest of my life and only had 3 cd's to listen to, the Moody Blues would be one I would choose.

[@carseye1219]

They defied any effort to put them into a category. The Beatles were in awe of them when they opened for the Fab Four in '65.

[@mickb474]

Such a timeless track!

[@Stephen-K68]

There will never be a good band like the Moody Blues, they were ahead of their time !

[@myvws2]

I forgot how much I love their music!

[@winstonsmith6166]

I was 9 years old when this song first came out and didn't listen to it until 1970 when I "found music". If I say I have listened to this song 500 times, I might be guilty of a serious undercount.

[@dhollerbach1]

Wow! I was seven years old when this came out and don't remember ever hearing it. Over 50 years later and it blows my mind. The Moody Blues were amazing and the period of psychedelic rock between 1965 and 1969 is some of the best music ever made!

[@smurfstoolsoldiesmusictimemach]

It sure is!

[@1955canuck]

What an absolute masterful musical production! I feel so blessed to have witnessed music of this caliber when it was originally released.... and I'm still able to rock to it all these years later. The Moody Blues, one of the greatest bands ever.

[@kenseibert144]

Excellent 1968 video The Moody blues and doesn't get any better than that it's priceless it's perfect and every way The moody blues were the best band in the 1960s my opinion❤❤❤❤❤

[@1964dangerous]

Mike Pinder...RIP....

[@jamespn]

These guys were way ahead of their time, what an excellent band.

[@deaddocreallydeaddoc5244]

Nope, sorry... they were in their time and they reflected and influenced it.

[@KittyGrizGriz]

R I G H T {{ON}} T I M E!!👌♥️

[@davidperry3257]

When music is great, it’s great forever and it will outlive the musicians that made this album.❤️

[@jazzander5314]

The harmony is just perfect! None better!

[@bhaebe6671]

This song came out when I was a teenager. I’ve loved it ever since. I did not realize they had cordless guitars back then.

[@robertjamison1463]

They didn't have cordless guitars then but often TV performances wee mimed.

[@TimothyWilson-uh7os]

Yes, that is the studio version and they " lipped synched" that song. A lot of other bands also faked their studio versions.

[@Caleb-xf5yn]

You needed all 5 of these guys to create the actual soul of this music; and Mike Pinder gave it a depth that went under-appreciated.

[@alligatorcowboys]

one of the best guitar solos ever in my opinion . short and sweet