The Moody Blues - Knights in White Satin! Satin Sheets are romantic, but totally impractical!

[@pugowner1347]

The best way to listen to this album is from start to finish, uninterrupted,

[@alrodack4695]

As already mentioned, this is not the whole song. It cuts out the orchestra and a poem at the end. The album was experimental and trailblazing at the time intertwining an orchesta with a rock band and poetry. It was a story about the day in the life of a person. worth a listen because it was so different than anything else. Also all five members wrote the songs and four of them traded lead vocals.

[@mikematusek4233]

The poem was actually the last cut of the album.

[@TheForestCrone]

Cold hearted orb that rules the night...lol. Absolutely, and best listened to with eyes closed, lights low and a lit blunt.

[@lizmagu3189]

Oh no!! Where's the rest.. You HAVE to watch a live version with a full orchestra. Mind blowing!!

[@thisisitreactions]

Will do! Like we said we are new to them! Definitely will check out the longer version!

[@sharonchaput9705]

​@@thisisitreactions awesome. In the longer version with the orchestra the band members are much older.

[@denisegott6425]

Love moody blues fantastic ❤.

[@arwiviv]

This is classic greatness......you two old heads should know this. Im a 53 yo white guy and there isnt a motown song that I DONT know.

[@laurahatzes6964]

This is a hauntingly beautiful song. Agree with others. The live version is incredible. Also suggest listening with headphones while in the mood. We all have different tastes. Thanks for reacting!

[@yoursoulknows6444]

Justin Hayward, the lead singer, has arguably one of the best voices in any band at any time... plus he was incredibly talented, he wrote most of their music... his lyrics were pure poetry!! "Lovely to see you again, my friend. Walk along with me to the next bend. Tell us what you've seen in faraway forgotten lands. Where empires have turned back to sand"

[@MrRobertFarr]

A good line ! Knights In White Satin. Easy to criticise. Difficult to best or better !

[@KevinPierce-pu4bd]

Melancholy Man by them is my favorite song of theirs. Im 65 year old white guy and much of music back then made you think. The real great thing about '60s and '70s music was the wide variety of genres available including motown. It was really a great time for music.

[@JonathanFreise]

Such a great song, one of my favorites from anybody.

[@Bricameron]

Another song that needs to be remastered

[@susanmurray7654]

The story in your eyes...my favorite song of thiers and a fave in general

[@jannigirl]

I'm Just a Singer in a Rock and Roll Band, Questions, Story In Your Eyes are awesome to react to!

[@lindasalaki9404]

Love, Love the song and the band

[@GagiPav]

"Mississippi Queen" by Mountain - if you want blues power.

[@andreasoice5905]

Born in 74/one of best concerts ever!💖 some things you have to experience live!

[@petenrita]

Guys, this was the abbreviated version chopped up by horrible people. What is missing is the best part of the song

[@timothystockman7533]

Actually there is no "chopping". This single version is just the Moody Blues without the orchestra. There are no real strings, just the Mellotron. In the album version, all of the sound from the single is there plus the sound of the orchestra, which really adds a lot.

[@lesliepotts5825]

Agree, need to watch the whole song live.

[@P-M-869]

I remember while in college in '71-'72. I and my best friend would sit in Bob's Pizza & Sub shop have some pizza and a beer listening to this.

[@saraturner8657]

The version live at Albert Hall is SO GOOD!!!! That whole concert was fantastic.

[@tonidarcy5515]

You must watch this live version!!

[@cden409]

I saw these guys in the 90’s. They sounded exactly like when they first recorded it.

[@victorjohnson7512]

Missing The Final Lament: Breathe deep the gathering gloom, Watch lights fade from every room. Bedsitter people look back and lament, Another day's useless energy spent. Impassioned lovers wrestle as one, Lonely man cries for love and has none. New mother picks up and suckles her son, Senior citizens wish they were young. Cold hearted orb that rules the night, Removes the colours from our sight. Red is grey and yellow white. But we decide which is right, And which is an illusion.

[@backgroundmusik]

One of those songs that go on the after dark playlist.

[@doriwiljt]

This album is amazing.

[@tannonwraith4692]

You need to listen to the full version.

[@joelliebler5690]

You need to do the complete album as it was meant to be played completely. Tuesday Afternoon another legendary tune from this album.

[@dickcnormis1444]

There is an incredible live version with a full orchestra, it’s beyond words.

[@BrokenLady67]

@@dickcnormis1444I agree

[@wheredidthetimego8087]

This song was definitely popular in its day. The lead singer Justin Hayward is 77 years old now. I believe he wrote the song as well.

[@stevenfuller5333]

Justin was 19 when he wrote this.

[@JoanVioletStretch]

Justin is 77 Oct 14 there has been some fake happy birthday posters put out on FB last week. Justin wrote Nights when he was only 19

[@wheredidthetimego8087]

There is a live version when they are a lot older with an actual orchestra. Justin can still sing this good!

[@lsmith992]

This group had the most musically talented guys ever . Between them they could cover so many different instruments and their writing abilities are unmatched. My favourite is the album On the Threshold of a dream. Totally amazing..

[@vernonallen3370]

Days of future past is arguably the first progressive rock album and recorded in conjunction with a symphony orchestra

[@timothystockman7533]

It's the first time they really got the combination to work...

[@kellypullen9722]

These are one of those songs where you just need to close your eyes and go along for the ride....🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻 Also, y'all should hear the extended version.... You guys are awesome!!!

[@duanesandoval7082]

Oh if you only new the times back then , we were totally in awe when we first heard this on f m radio in the middle of the night really stoned with our head phones on and our black light on with black light posters all over our bedroom wall and fish nets hanging on our ceiling that we dipped in floresent. Paint and just tripped on this whole album. They played the whole album because it was so good, .

[@horseygirl645]

Hey guys, Y’all missed the spoken poetic portion which makes the extended version really unique and amazing.

[@roswails1492]

i saw them at red rocks it was a great sound and show

[@swurvegirl1978]

In my top 10 of favorite songs.its so hauntingly beautiful. It always takes me on a psychedelic journey 😊

[@tiffanycocochannel1562]

This wasn’t the entire song. You should watch the live in 2000 version with orchestra (that may explain the background vocals) and it also is a lot better audio.

[@irenelopez3390]

Guys, this is incomplete; the best part is yet to come

[@davidconforti8419]

Check out “I’m Just A Singer In A Rock And Roll Band”. This is a more up tempo rock song from them. Enjoying your channel!!!

[@robertakline9785]

this was the short version. This was a "Rock Opera", you will find more of these, it was a nice change from the psychedelic music.

[@MrDiddyDee]

You got it, videos were in their infancy, produced cheaply and quickly for the international TV stations when songs suddenly climbed the charts but the bands couldn't make personal appearances for practical reasons because of touring commitments or simply the travel distances to another country at short notice. This looks like the band were playing in Paris, there's location shots around the banks of the River Seine, and the band look like they are in the plush foyer of a theatre, probably where they would be playing that evening perhaps. The two other guys in the background are the keyboard player and the drummer, plus the flute player they were three of the original R & B line-up, the two front guys were the new members at this point and took the band in a totally new direction. The blend of pop and orchestral sounds were their signature sound, and they recreated that epic sound live on a Mellotron, the earliest form of sampling using loops of magnetic tape triggered by each key of the keyboard to produce violin, cello and woodwind sounds. They were at the forefront using this technology. The ethereal falsetto vocals are them, no studio tricks they could do this live, all the band (except the drummer) could sing. Justin Hayward, the lead singer on this song, was only 19 when he wrote this classic, he's 76 now and still writing and touring.

[@lizmil]

Hey commentators, don't freak out - this was the radio version. Although I do prefer the longer album version.

[@susanmurray7654]

Its a heartfelt love song with a reference to the crusades...lol

[@kathyrizzi8754]

The Moody Blues are my favorite group today, they had Ten albums done in a short time…from the U.K. I’m old, so I heard them back in the 60’s. They didn’t get enough air time, cause they split up for 4 yrs. Then they united years later. Justin Hayward wrote this song & many others, lead singer.👍👏👏👏💙💙💙

[@donaldduck2139]

they sound great live...they were still performing last few years. .

[@reedwilson64GTO]

Musical journey. They still sound exactly the same.

[@mikematusek4233]

They were part of the British Invasion. The lat two in line are the Drummer and the Keyboardist. they are a deep rabbit hole.

[@user-or1ye3iz6d]

Aw darn! I'm reading the comments and seeing that it's a chopped up version. I'm not even young to torture myself by watching bc the actual song is TOO GOOD. Sorry you got the wrong version. I HIGHLY recommend the actual version. It's incredible!

[@fuzzylogics139]

Thank you for doing this song. I think it has a haunting desperation to it. Where someone loves someone they can’t “have” so much that it hurts their soul not to be with them. Not a healthy kind of love but ok 😗 Anyways that’s it to me. A beautiful pain. And I love Wu Tang very much, too! 😉

[@jiffin1]

Listen to the whole Album - every song is about a part of the day ... this was "the Night" ... and the vocals were real ...

[@chrisjenkins6120]

It’s Mike Pinder, the keyboard man and the drummer, Graeme Edge. The singer is Justin Hayward and the bassman is John Lodge. Yes, they all sing it. The flutist is Ray Thomas and it’s a wooden flute.

[@johnandrews3151]

Two words : Album Version 😮

[@757optim]

That performance is dubbed. There is a live performance with an orchestra in later years that shows they have the chops.

[@gerri3296]

I love this song. Reminds me of my love of English folk music and growing up in a family who played Irish and Scottish ballads.

[@Christopher-Baltimore]

Thank you for doing the original studio version. This may not be the whole long version of the track, but I think you hear the song here. It is completely singular.

[@AE-xs5ze]

Not the best version and not the best video. This is a beautiful haunting song and was #1 for a reason. The lead singer's voice is amazing. As someone mentioned, the live at Albert Hall was the best. You need to listen. The background singing obviously was from a larger chorus, not just the guys in the band. I listen to it when I want to bliss out.

[@kathyrizzi8754]

There’s a more updated video of this band, they were older with an orchestra playing, it’s 10 times better. They started out when the times were psychedelic. Nights In White Satin was from their first album called: Days Of Future Passed. They made Rock & Roll songs as time went on. Those statues are in England, which they were dressed as English men. Please give them another try, playing with a beautiful orchestra in 1997. Thank you…💙💙💙

[@jiffin1]

Two guys in the back ... on the left, the keyboardist ... On the right, the drummer ...

[@timothystockman7533]

This was the "single" version, which did not include the orchestral interludes. Part of the genius of the song is how they wove the band and the orchestra together. Also, the album version includes the poem "Late Lament". There are two different mixdowns of the multitrack tapes, the original 1967 mixdown and a later 1978 mixdown. Almost all modern albums and CDs use the 1978 mixdown. I encourage you to listen to one of the album mixes and hear what this song is really about!

[@marianclough8577]

Actually, it's NIGHTS in White Satin. He's referring to some satin sheets his girlfriend bought for him. The whole band is standing there, though they're not playing the drums or other instruments. You need to watch them with an orchestra. Amazing.

[@frankwilliams9706]

Supposedly, white satin is satin writing paper, he does say"letters I've written, never meaning to send". And writing, of course, at night.

[@lynnieiapichino1121]

☮️💙💙💙

[@santellanr]

"That shit's trash"? One of the greatest songs of all time. Oookay. Like they said, to each their own.

[@annettemoore7264]

You need to watch them live...😊 then you get to see who does what PLUS they're ALWAYS better live...👍😊

[@strategicplanetxmuzik4384]

......gentlemen, it's called recording technology. Those high pitched background voices were done in the studio as overdubs. The band was merely miming the playing of their instruments in this early 60's promotional video. A lot of music 'videos' from this era were all mimed performances including ones that seem live and in front of an audience. How you can tell is by the fade out at the end of the song. Live music doesn't have those radio fades..... 🙂

[@hyacinth673]

Best band ever beautiful music

[@mikebeyen7635]

The short version

[@paulsullivan1650]

The lead singer, Justin Hayward, wrote this song in his bedroom when he was just 17...

[@thisisitreactions]

Wow

[@debraconaway6763]

The album days of future past was a concept album. Begins with " Dawn is a feeling " " Tuesday Afternoon " Nights in White Satin " is the end.

[@kellyhawkes3191]

When I was little, I thought this song was about Knight's in white satin, I thought how impractical. 😂

[@bitslammer]

That "background vocal" you are hearing is a pretty deep layer of guitar, strings (or a Mellotron) and the vocals which all sort of blend together to make it's own thing.

[@tinamakaneole8866]

❤😊

[@craigmarkowski7156]

There's a live version out there that everybody reacts to , Not sure what Europe came out but you can obviously see that the gentleman in the band are in their Late 60s maybe even early 70s , They had a huge orchestra behind that is the version you should check out it would change your mind completely about the song you just listen to

[@EpicFrozenMoment]

One thing you've gotta say about the 70s - Men were unabashed in declaring their love (or lust, as in Whole Lotta Love by Led Zeppelin) in music. Plainly said, dramatic and raw - no euphemisms. I def would want somebody I love to be willing to yell their feelings about me to the rafters--without shame. Or needing to be cool/aloof. Who wouldn't?

[@kimberlygarwood-jl5om]

The Moody Blues are the best classic rock band to come out of Great Britain. Justin Hayward has an incredible voice. The live version is better .

[@jillwanlin9558]

Hi guys. Just found your channel recently and loving it. I agree with other comments. Check out the live version with full orchestra. You won’t be disappointed. ❤

[@fredshred5194]

They dabbled in LSD.

[@MrRobertFarr]

Hello. Just tuning into the start. "I make do, with what I got". Moody Blues. Nights In White Satin. 1967 ? We formed a band, in The Methodist Church. The Pianist, gave guitar lessons. I jammed with him. On guitar and that went ok. There were two old guys named Phil. Phil the pianist in a local bar, and at home in his palace of a flat. But, Phil The Drummer had been in bands. And he wanted to do. Nights In White Satin. We, could not hold it together, but made some friends. I ended up performing a couple of times. With my dad. For free community, outdoor events. A Street Party. And, a Party In The Park . As part of a talent competition. I maybe made £20 in my whole music career . But, made important contacts including. The man, who introduced me to the friend. That introduced me, to a friend. Who produced our daughter ! And, I sung for a while in the Bla Bla !

[@jiffin1]

It's called a FLUTE!

[@christinewaide5249]

Listen to “I’m just a singer” You might like that one. It’s awesome.

[@thefoss5387]

The two guys in the back are Mike Pinder, the keyboardist, in this song, a mellotron, and the drummer, Grahame Edge. This video was lip synched. The background vocal was the four guys, besides the drummer, but, the background vocal was heavily reverbed. The other band members were, guitarist/lead singer Justin Heyward, Bassist, John Lodge, and Woodwind player, here, a flute, Ray Thomas.

[@sharonchaput9705]

What happened? The song is cut off and you definitely need the live version with the orchestra.

[@montemurdoch5032]

Should have done the long version!

[@somebodypeculiar]

The early Moody Blues were known for their use of the Mellotron, that background sound you wondered about. This was from their mellow end, but they rocked too. If you want to appreciate them you need to play the ALBUM In Search of the Lost Chord. Albums in those days weren't always just a bunch of songs, and that was a classic example of a Theme album. Ride My See-Saw was a rocking song on that album, but it is best heard together with the 45 second Departure setting it up. It is also a classic album of Head music. Legend of a Mind later on the album has that Mellotron working on the vocals, but the words on that one might give you something to talk about for sure. (Refrain: Timothy Leary's dead.) Anyway, it was a top album to play when smoking grass. Another note about listening in those far off days. There was AM radio, where Rafferty's Baker Street was heard everywhere. AM was singles, 45 rpm sales that "charted". Then FM, if you were lucky enough to have a good station playing the good stuff. NYC had one or two. They played singles, but also lots of the rest of the good stuff on albums. To really evaluate sales in those days you would have to track album sales, not singles. Otherwise if you were seriously into music you bought the LP, and of course heard all the songs. One more wee bit. . . 1970, riding to HS on the bus, AM radio playing. Bus gets to school while Green Eyed Lady is playing. Nobody gets out of their seat until the song is over. A one-hit wonder, charted to 3.

[@ForceGalaxia1]

It was Chris Claremont who wrote "Days of Future's Past" in the Uncanny X-Men. Though Stan Lee created the X-Men.

[@davidmckenzie420]

It's a shame you guys have not heard of this fantastic band. They are arguably the #1 pioneers of prog-rock and symphonic rock. They also introduced the world to the melotron.

[@midnightrider1100]

This is not the version to enjoy. This was probably shortened for radio. The long version is the real deal if you kick back in a dimly lit room, close your eyes and absorb it.

[@StuartBiliack]

If you want to appreciate flute in rock music, listen to some Jethro Tull. Try Bouree, his jazz-rock take on an old Bach guitar piece, or We Used to Know, or the ultra-aggressive Locomotive Breath. Listen to studio versions first.

[@danmayberry1185]

MTV began in 1981. Most videos before that weren't for public consumption. Just industry demos to show labels, etc how the band looks for touring.

[@elizabethrogers8306]

Multi Instrumentalist, Ray Thomas, played the flute in this song which is considered a defining moment in the creation of Prog Rock. Any falsetto sound is from bassist John Lodge. The background vocals is a "cry" created by multi-layering the groups vocals many times. It is "Nights" not "Knights". This is a VERY early music video. This is one of those groups that sold out concerts in mere minutes.

[@GS-xt8fu]

Guys. You are the best. Your reviews are classy etc. love you guys. Would you play the live version of this with the orchestra from the last decade. It will blow you away. This one was cut up. Your the best guys

[@loisrogers9042]

Made a stab at a creative 1967 video. Other band members look like they're not contributing much because drums, etc didn't fit the scene they were creating. I was in 8th grade!😅

[@sliceofheaven3026]

Not sure why you are doubting that they dont sing the background vocals. This is one of the classics from the 1960´s. Back in those days singers needed to have good singing voices since there was no autotune to fix the voice like it is possible these days.

[@christinewaide5249]

Ok guys. I have a song that’s a MUST LISTEN for you. It’s Grand Funk “Inside looking out”. I don’t know if you’ve listened before. If not, you have to! ❤

[@marioarguello6989]

We Are An American Band, Some Kind Of Wonderful, I'm Your Captain.

[@HXERkYJclMcKLAWwQW]

These guys were the beginning of psychedelic music, where the music was meant to be seen and experienced. Your hearing , but you ain’t listening to the music. The albums were all continuous all the songs blended together. The “ erie “ sound was a melotron . Space music - and yes LSD .

[@cheriemelissa]

You did not find the original version. Check out the original recording.

[@sarahstrickland5329]

Please do some stevie ray Vaughan Texas Flood

[@terryconheady3739]

Then strings in this song are played by their keyboard player, Mike Pinder, on a Mellotron, an early keyboard ( along with its other incarnation the Chamberlin) that played tapes of recorded instruments, in this case 3 violins in unison . Actually the first of what is now known as a sampler . I heard the lead singer, Justin Hayward, play this song live about a week ago and he can still hit those high notes.

[@deanhaight7258]

This song is about Suicide, you have to listen to the long version. "Letters are written never meaning to send" when he talks at the end of the song it's about when you cross over.

[@susannebrown3255]

Try ‘. Tuesday afternoon’. My fav is Veteran cosmic rocker. 👍🏻🇨🇦🐉👩🏼‍⚖️

[@johnfleming6236]

Trust me they were singing! 🤷🏼‍♂️

[@deniseriley6622]

I just subscribed and I can honestly say I have been binge watching Ya'lls shit for hours. So Fun 😊❤

[@thisisitreactions]

Much love!!! Thanks for coming on the journey with us!!!

[@toda304]

Flute in 1970's music you should listen to the band JETHRO TULL