THE MOODY BLUES - Legend Of A Mind | FIRST TIME HEARING REACTION

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[@fenderchamp8241]

They were masters of the mellotron before anyone knew what it was.

[@kittyolsen4695]

Mike Pinder in particular was the Master of the Mellotron

[@chitownlee]

Check out their song Watching and Waiting.

[@Cheshirecat-nx9zn]

I agree it's an excellent song.

[@nj1639]

It's a beautiful song.

[@lsbill27]

John Lennon wrote the Beatles tune 'Tomorrow Never Knows' after reading Timothy Leary's book in the mid 60s.

[@brentfreeland5834]

I got to see The Moody Blues in 83 in Hartford Connecticut. They're opening act was some new up-and-coming kid from Texas named Stevie Ray Vaughan. ✌️

[@phillhuddleston9445]

I met Timothy Leary after a lecture he gave at a university around 1992 which was long after this song came out around 1968, yes he was still alive when this song was written and many years afterwards. He seamed like a really nice guy, the theme of his lecture was to "question authority and think for yourself" and the use of LSD was also discussed in detail.

[@MDElam]

The Moody Blues are so good, and it's worth reacting to their stuff, even if it's not a full album!

[@NoviJimB]

The 'orchestral' sounds you hear is the mellotron. Their keyboardist, Mike Pinder, worked in the factory that made them in 1966, so he was very familiar with them. Before the Moody Blues had started recording 'Days Of Future Past' he had given four of them to all of the Beatles. They were the first rock band (surprise!) to use one, for the flute sounds in the intro of 'Strawberry Fields Forever' in late 1966. The mellotron was basically an early version of a synthesizer. It had tape loops for each individual sound - flute, violin, cello, etc. They also had lots of sound effects on them that weren't musical. Pinder started removng these from his since he only needed the musical sounds. The way I understand it, each individual sound was on a tape loop, and when you changed the sound you wanted a different tape had to be positioned. This made it a mechanical nightmare. Pinder started using them on 'Days Of Future Past' and in concerts in 1967, and they would frequently malfunction. At some poin he started using a different version that was more manageable. On 'Days Of Future Past' there was also music by an actual orchestra that was mixed in with the Moody Blues music. You can tell when it's a full orchestra versus Pinder playing the mellotron. I think there was one song where the orchestra was mixed in with the band, but mostly they were separate musical pieces that were tied together in the studio.

[@philipchambers4165]

Listening to a whole album is rarely necessary, even for progressive rock, and most Moody Blues tracks can be appreciated as stand alone songs. Keep providing a wide variety of genre and era reactions - you do a great job.

[@sourisvoleur4854]

That said, missing cross-fades and abrupt juxtapositions can detract from the enjoyment.

[@mikewoodrow5878]

In Search of the Lost Chord is one of my “deserted island” albums. The mellotron was adopted early by King Crimson, Moody Blues and Genesis to recreate orchestral types of sounds.

[@plantfeeder6677]

Rest in Peace Michael Pinder. The true Legend of our Minds in this group. The Moody Blues were never as good after you left.😢

[@keninboulder76]

So good. I'm re-living my teenage discovery of The Moody Blues in the '70s

[@magicbrownie1357]

"Tune in, turn on, drop out." - Timothy Leary

[@kevinsattler6603]

Been there. Peace ✌️

[@dow311]

Need to listen to the song The Actor.

[@profjohnfrinks]

My core bands growing up... the who, yes, & the moody blues! They are all very different from each other and there are no others like them. What they have in common, to my ear: great concepts, great harmonies, GREAT BASS!

[@glenndespres5317]

Mellotron is making those dreamy violin like sounds…. But that has been pointed out here. The Moodies met and hung out with Leary for a time. When Leary became a fugitive from ‘justice’ and was being hunted down, he left the country and went into hiding. The Moodies missed him and dedicated a second song to him on their Seventh Sojourn album. That song is When You’re a Free Man Again and is really good.😊

[@KJ-4321]

That’s a beautiful song!

[@user-du2ev4ji3o]

My favorite Moody Blues song.

[@jamielandis4308]

You can do by song. They’re all excellent. You’ll never go wrong with the Moody Blues.

[@ilovekansas]

Mellotron. Keyboard player Mike Pinder basically invented it….. fantastic orchestral sounds….. Classic moody blues.

[@guidosarducci]

I don't care what anyone else says or thinks; to be alive during the 60s, 70s and 80s when some of the greatest music ever was being created, well, I consider it to be a grand privilege. Music such as this will never come around again, sad to say. Thanks to you Shawn, for your reaction and review. There are still "a few of us" left. 🙂🙂

[@kathyrizzi8754]

Yes, I’m one of the people who lived during these wonderful times of great music. The late 50’s also had good songs, loved the Doo Wop era! 👍👏👏👏♥️🌹

[@guidosarducci]

❤🙂🙂@@kathyrizzi8754

[@TommyFoundation]

First time I "tripped" in '68, I started peaking when listening with headphones to Legend of a Mind: funny how a song can give you a flashback. then in '71 I the nurse for Leary's doctor in Orange County CA,.. - enuff said

[@michaelpitonak3396]

I've seen the Moody Blues in concert many times. My first was in St. Louis in December of 1970. This was my first concert that I have ever attended. it was amazing. I was 22 at the time.

[@user-gb5bl1bl4z]

Forever Autumn is part of a concept album, but it stands on its own very well.

[@obiwanbenobi4943]

The multipart version of FA in the musical is my favorite part of that whole War of the Worlds work.

[@jollyrodgers7272]

I've been suggesting this to many reactors, and you're the first. Ray Thomas, the flautist and lead vocalist, wrote this about Dr. Timothy Leary, the famous proponent of LSD. He was a psychologist and a legend in the counter-culture movement, and very much alive until 1996.

[@signal12hvac]

Moodies have 7 concept albums in a row

[@RickTBL]

Timothy Leary's dead No, no, no, no, he's outside, looking in

[@rogerfleming6354]

My favorite Moodies song to!

[@tommhill9948]

Next listen: “Procession/The Story In Your Eyes” step into the MB’s deep Rabbit Hole - as leagues of us have done over these many years of musical Moody time travel! kzbin.info/www/bejne/d2eod6yqgpamrq8

[@kathyrizzi8754]

I play Days O Future Passed at night to fall asleep. I love the Moody Blues!👍👏👏👏💙

[@craigreid7178]

To my great surprise, when Timothy Leary actually died they didn't play this song on the radio. The astral plane reference was regarding an LSD trip - at this time Timothy was still alive.

[@plantfeeder6677]

They will be listening to progressive rock like this for centurys from now the way we listen to classic music of centurys ago.

[@jackempson3044]

He's outside looking in. Nobody died, he's tripping! Timothy Leary was a professor who experimented with LSD and other hallucinates. When they wrote this Timothy Leary was alive.

[@obiwanbenobi4943]

Funny that I did not know TMB's did this one. :) I should have recognized the voices but I've not heard this for many years and all of my compilation albums by TMB's don't have this one on them. Thanks for the refresh! :)

[@sourisvoleur4854]

First song I listened to when I installed my first car stereo in my 1967 Mustang. Finished all the wiring, turned it on to my favorite AOR station, sat in the garage in the back seat, and just let it wash over me. Needless to say it's had a special meaning for me ever since. As for Melancholy Man, it is definitely my favorite Moody Blues song.

[@KJ-4321]

So… a few more Moody B suggestions…..”Candle of life” .. “Gypsy” .. “Dear Diary” .. “Story in your eyes” .. “Floating” .. “Send me no wine” .. “Nice to be here” .. “Are you sitting comfortably “ .. “I’m just a singer in a rock & roll band” .. “Ride my see saw” .. “Wildest dreams” .. “The voice” … Actually, any song you pick will be amazing! 😀

[@glenndespres5317]

I can tell by your list that you are a true fan and know all the great songs!

[@KJ-4321]

You are right! Well said!!!! 😀

[@gl2700]

One of my very favs is "Lovely To See You Again" if I was on a deserted island and could have all the music of one band Moody Blues would be up there with The Beatles and Pink Floyd when deciding which band.

[@glenndespres5317]

@@gl2700 I have to agree with Lovely To See You. It was the first music I heard while experiencing my first excursion to the inner realm. Lovely indeed.

[@robertmoraga1501]

Dr Leary had a PhD in Psych and tried to use lsd to rehabilitate violent criminals under a govt contract. The first session when he couldn’t get anyone to talk after taking the drug, he opened by saying how scared he was to be in that room with them. They all looked at each other and busted out laughing. When he asked why, they replied it was them who were scared to death, because they had been poisoned and trapped by some mad scientist! The program showed promise, but was ultimately defunded.

[@KevinRCarr]

It will work if you do an album one song at a time in order with concept albums, with the caveat that after the first song you'll want to start each subsequent song with 15-20 seconds of the end of the song that comes before it to remind yourself and your watchers of where it ended last time.

[@kentclark6420]

One of my favorites of theirs. I saw the band about ten times in concert. I loved the solos they did on this song. Ray Thomas was amazing on flute, and he passed away around 5 years ago. Two of the original 5 members have passed on, not counting the lineup in their very first album, 'Go Now'.

[@marksimpson1991]

Good point. Their songs do really tend to flow into each other, almost unlike any other band. But don't let that stop you. So many fantastic songs!

[@andrewpetik2034]

This song haunted me for years.....I had heard it once and didn't know who performed it or what it was called! This was long before the internet, and I heard it again years later, and the DJ identified the song/ performers....I was turning cartwheels!!

[@johnrawson7589]

Off In Search of the Lost Chord, their best album. I had them all years ago. Check out opening track Ride my See-saw. One of the best opening tracks.

[@subwaygoddess1]

I love The Moody Blues. They have so many masterpieces, my favorite may be "The Story In Your Eyes." It may change, though, as it sometimes does, each day! ✌️🎶

[@chrisy8989]

I haven't listened to this one for a while but it's a gorgeous song.

[@tohagil57]

Experimented back in the day to this and other prog bands. Out of body experiences, just like the lyrics!

[@FavoriteMovieDate]

I have never seen them perform before, that I recall, which is crazy, since I have loved and listened to their music my whole life. Wonderful. So crazy how I appreciate the music of these 60’s and 70’s bands even more now than at the time. The talent was astounding but we just thought it was normal!

[@davidmckenzie420]

You absolutely must give some time to this amazing pioneering group.

[@extracaliber432]

The Word and Om.

[@sourisvoleur4854]

"Om" is so pretty.

[@joelliebler5690]

A legendary band that needs to be reacted to regularly if not do an album side every once in awhile. You will be thankful because we already know how mind blowing their songs and albums are!

[@Dooklawz]

“We are all wired into a survival trip now. No more of the speed that fueled that 60's. That was the fatal flaw in Tim Leary's trip. He crashed around America selling "consciousness expansion" without ever giving a thought to the grim meat-hook realities that were lying in wait for all the people who took him seriously... All those pathetically eager acid freaks who thought they could buy Peace and Understanding for three bucks a hit. But their loss and failure is ours too. What Leary took down with him was the central illusion of a whole life-style that he helped create... a generation of permanent cripples, failed seekers, who never understood the essential old-mystic fallacy of the Acid Culture: the desperate assumption that somebody... or at least some force - is tending the light at the end of the tunnel.” Hunter S. Thompson [fr: Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas]

[@susanhall4063]

that is so accurate, unfortunately.

[@ukesrule58]

ALL OF "Seventh Sojourn" please please please 😊

[@billhiggins1882]

Try waiting and watching

[@peterstilla8733]

I couldn't wait until you found out who Timothy Leary was! You're right, its kinda sad we'll likely never hear this quality music again, but im super glad i lived when it was happening!

[@elizabethrogers8306]

There are approximately 200 songs in the Moodies catalog. They run the gamut of styles and are all interesting and enjoyable. In the "golden age" of the band there were 5 writers and 4 singers. After the late 70's there were 4 writers and 3 singers. The Mellotron became a staple of their sound and they introduced the instrument to the Beatles, who subsequently used it on the "Sgt Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band" album. Today, two of the surviving members, lead guitarist Justin Hayward ("Nights in White Satin"), and world-rated bassist John Lodge ("I'm Just a Singer (In a Rock and Roll Band)", still tour.

[@user-pf7jm9go6o]

Timothy Leary was a professor at Harvard who was one of the loudest proponents of using LSD to "tune in, turn on, and drop out." He was eventually busted for drugs, after LSD was made illegal. So in this song, he represented the use of drugs for spiritual enlightenment - taking trips, etc. They also talk about the local dealer who brings you high and low, etc.

[@dwoehrma]

Days of Future Passed is the only album that should be listened to as a whole. The rest are separate songs (for the most part) The Moody Blues are the penultimate 60s hippy experience. Definitely dive into their work. Its like no other band.

[@sourisvoleur4854]

The "House of Four Doors" Suite should be listened as a whole.

[@KJ-4321]

House of 4 doors is incredible!

[@jimmyfortrue3741]

Don't steer away from the Moody Blues... Wanna do a single? Do their "Steppin in a Slide Zone" It a hidden gem. Likely, no one else will ever request it... I never have heard it on the radio. But it is cool. Inspired by a UFO encounter in the southwest Usa desert by one of the band members. As haunting as Legend of a Mind.... But different.

[@kathyrizzi8754]

You really don’t have to listen to their music in a concept, I never did, I just play their songs as is. Their music is too good, played anyway, I love all their music & if you like this, you will like them all, Shawn! 👏👏👏💛💛

[@KJ-4321]

Well said!!

[@DirkGrosemans]

Location was filmed in Belgium

[@KJ-4321]

Awesome! Thank you Shawn! I was looking forward to this! Melancholy Man is definitely one of my favorite songs by them! Moody Blues is my favorite band! Since there’s no way to really sit down and react to the entire album, one at a time is better than none at all! You will continue to be blown away by them! I totally agree…. This amazing creative type of music just isn’t promoted today… they go with whatever will bring in the $. Thank you so much Shawn! 😀

[@KJ-4321]

😀Yw…. Me toooooo! I’m happy he’s wanting to do more!

[@anahatatutu]

To understand the times you have to know about Leary!

[@MrNormaltoo]

my favorite . thank you.

[@scottrbloom]

If I'm not mistaken, Timothy Leary was a somewhat influential Professor of Psychology who lectured at Harvard, among other places, and became an advocate for safely expanding one's mind using psychedelic drugs such as LSD. His work in the field led to a revolution of experimentation with doses and delivery methods, not to mention combining with other drugs to help control the individual's "trip." Unfortunately it was extremely difficult to control the amount used without proper pill-making machinery, and people got extremely inconsistent dosages. There were many horror stories about losing one's mind on LSD, (never happened,) but the occasional accident caused by hallucinations under non controlled use made the drug an enemy of parents everywhere. Leary tried to confront the situation by explaining what was needed to keep a person safe, such as having an experienced non-user present at all times, but in many places his books and even mention of his name were banned for many years. Now there are psychologists once again toting the use of hallucinogens in various situations to help with everything from depression to phobias.

[@rk41gator]

This is so trippy!

[@fenderchamp8241]

Psychedelic to the max. Love the middle part with the flute. Somewhat haunting.

[@bumperu]

Chocolate Mescaline time in the old college dormitory in 1972. What a trip with Timothy and the Moodys.

[@susanhall4063]

Listen to Forever Autumn. Makes me cry everytime. And it’s not well known.

[@raymondregis6219]

Their albums are more like 'theme' albums not stories or concepts. They crossfaded all tracks on the 'classic seven' albums but that's just a style.

[@TomGorham]

I was a big fan and follower of Timothy Leary and I love this song. He is floating through space now as his ashes were taken there by NASA and let loose.

[@charlesbishop4000]

I’ve loved the Moody Blues since the summer of 1970. Spent the whole night, alone, listening to Threshold of a Dream with a nice supply of hash. A beautiful life changing experience. I love the Moody Blues.

[@bobdelp2023]

FUNNY HOW YOU SAID THAT SHAWN! 👍KINDA LIKE THE TITLE OF THEIR EPIC ( 67 ) ALBUM: DAYS OF FUTURE PASSED 😊

[@rk41gator]

You can't tell me that Genesis didn't listen to a LOT of Moody Blues.

[@johnniekight1879]

Timothy Leary is on John & Yoko's "Give Peace A Chance". I got to see the Moodys in '71.

[@anthonyblakely399]

Patrick Moraz later joined the band Yes on the album, "Relayer. "

[@bobcorbin3294]

Moraz joined Yes in 1975.He did not join The Moody Blues untill 1978. I saw him with them that year.

[@robabiera733]

They are all concept albums - at least the early ones are. But you don't have to listen to the whole album at once. They have plenty of stand-alone songs and all of them are worth checking out. And they are all different - don't judge the Moody Blues by just one song!

[@scoxocs]

Could also be interpreted as "Timothly Leary's dead..." in that LSD causes a death of ego or dissolution of ego. It could be interpreted as "no, he's outside looking in." as in the death of ego/self to the oneness of the universe, you can see the universe from outside your physical existence on a whole other "astral plane" LSD is a hell of a drug.

[@mattjohn4731]

I've heard Moody influence in ELO, Hawkwind, Genesis, Flaming Lips, XTC, even the Damned (Standing On The Edge Of Tomorrow) 🧙‍♂️🕊️

[@JohnJackson-si5bz]

'A light that shines so clear'. He's talking about Clearlight LSD.

[@signal12hvac]

your reaction says YOU must listen to their core 7 albums end to end

[@KJ-4321]

ABSOLUTELY!!!! 😀

[@christinecarter7800]

One of my high school teachers had Timothy Leary as their college professor. I just about lost my shit when I found out!!

[@intothesunset3]

❤❤❤

[@anthonyblakely399]

You already did concept albums: Yes. Pink Floyd. Rush. You already done concept albums. Your reactions are based on our first reactions to songs we heard on albums.

[@user-ph9wt3ue7c]

This song really showcases the Mellotron.

[@anthonyblakely399]

Timothy Leary was a drug experimentation using also LSD, various mushrooms, and other hallucinogens and wrote about his experiences on these drugs and many of his books were bestsellers. He died and this is a tribute song to Timothy Leary.

[@bobcorbin3294]

Timothy Leary was alive when this song was written

[@jollyrodgers7272]

He was alive and kicking when this came out. He died in 1996.

[@bobcorbin3294]

@@jollyrodgers7272 yeah I know people will post anything without factchecking themselves.

[@jackempson3044]

The guy singing this joined Wings with McCartney. He just passed away a few months back.

[@billalbritton4972]

Ray Thomas wrote and sang lead. Denny lane played and sang on the first Moody album. He later joined Wings.

[@davidbentley145]

Timmy passed the "Acid" test! For sure!

[@blitztim6416]

Cool video. I always loved this song. One of my favorite albums. Try ‘Voices in the Sky’ There is good music and good bands still out there. Not necessarily ones that are English speakers tho.

[@ilovekansas]

First time listener here….so maybe you have other videos that feature the whole album, or at least a side. Best way to listen to moody blues…….. Best band ever, by the way….

[@johnmorris3941]

Witness the birth of Progressive Rock.

[@purplenewbalance]

Ex girlfriend named her son Justin. Has seen or Moodys or Justin 40x.

[@angiebervinkle1575]

The moody blues is what they call pchedelic rock

[@MisterWondrous]

Me and dis song and album, we go way back, I tells ya. Here I am. Ninth grade. Invited to a friend of a friend. He whips out dis album and puts it on. Then lights up dis hand-rolled cigarette. Next ting I know I'm staring at dis mandala inside the bi-fold album, listening to the sound of an LSD trip. Chum's chum also plays Cat's Peace Train. Life change. Flash forward a few years. Dr. Leary is speaking here in Charlotte at the university. They play this song before he speaks. He peaks around the curtain. In his talk he brought you up and down and all around, like a roller coaster, planting you back firmly on the ground. Flash forward to the '90s. Old Tim Leary is talking in Richmond, so I take a copy of his "Jail Notes" which he wrote while in jail for pot, and wherein he called Gurdjieff's great work the great book of the 20th century. We discuss this. His face looks like it is going to break into a million pieces. Yet on stage, he danced around like a child. He was a remarkable, controversial, man, whose big journey began as a curious Harvard professor. Great reaction, Shawn. Great song and band too. And times.

[@normanwallace7658]

Timothy Leary was an American Phsycollogist who was an advocate of psychedelic drugs!!

[@lightmagnet1961]

Took ALOT of trips with the Moody Blues.

[@redzone77p]

The acid king, drop a tab, get on board and enjoy the ride.

[@user-pf7jm9go6o]

I believe this song is a refutation of the drug culture in favor of more spiritual searching. That's why Timothy Leary's dead. One of the other songs on the album, The Best Way to Travel, says, "Thinking is the best way to travel" - possibly about astral projection. Very much thought leaders of their time.

[@kevinlese633]

Timothy Leary. The inventor of LSD

[@mattjohn4731]

I thought of more underground types (not similar to Moody Blues, sorry). Days 'N' Daze, Alice Bag, Jesse Jett, Jesse Welles, Squirrel Flower, David Rovics, Prism Bitch, and my cousin's bluegrass band Miles Over Mountains🗻🎻

[@kevinmach5910]

Shawn, there is a band called The Lemon Twigs that are 2 brothers in their early 20’s who are all about 60’s and 70’s with influences that comprise most of the music you are enjoying on your journey here. Check them out

[@user-xv9ix2it6j]

There are some good psychedelic songs from back in the day. Try 50,000 miles beneath my brain, Ten Years After.

[@Mikex973]

I KNOW I AM IN THE MINORITY BUT I THINK MY FAVORITE SONGS BY THE MOODY BLUES IS GYPSY AND YOU CAN NEVER GO HOME ANYMORE I THINK THOSE ARE REACTIONS YOU SHOULD DO.

[@KJ-4321]

Great songs!

[@jimoliver660]

The guitar in Gypsy is awesome.

[@mattjohn4731]

You mentioned underground rock. Yeah the corporations are the reason popular music sucks. They rarely tolerate anti-war sentiments (just like cable "news"). Or creative artists. I don't know much modern acts but but I do recommend Zulu, Rhiannon Giddens, OFF!, MDC, Jello Biafra and the Guantanamo School Of Medicine ✊🏴‍☠️🎤