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[@ericanderson8886]

Moody Blues were at the origin of progressive rock, their Days of Future Passed being one of the first prog concept albums ever. Love them and S tier. Frank Zappa is unique and brilliant. Agree with you on this one A tier.

[@michele-33]

Were the Moody Blues before King Crimson? I could look up the timeline myself but... How didn't I know that Denny Laine was an original MB member...

[@lessaleadr]

The Moody Blues formed in 1964, King Crimson in 1968.

[@damonhines8187]

The strings you thought you heard likely were played on the mellotron, which used individual tape loops triggered by each key of the keyboard to recreate desirable, popular sounds without having to actually have a string quartet for example in studio.

[@shemanic1]

Oh yes some Zappa. He has magic with the words & with the music. Frank Zappa is one of my favourite innovators in music, A track called "Inca Roads" is one of the most viewed, especially the live version with Ruth Underwood on percussion. Frank has had many great musicians backing him over the years, a deep & interesting hole to fall into.

[@helenespaulding7562]

It certainly wasn’t necessary to be stoned to enjoy the Moodies, but if weed was around, the Moodies were often on the turntable 😁✌️

[@markhodge7]

Zappa is simply Zappa. Nothing else like him and The Mothers. Music often experimentally melodic. Lyrics, often funny, but with hard hitting commentary. Plus, Frank is an amazing guitarist, one of the best. The Over-nite Sensation album is a true classic.

[@jnagarya519]

Try reading Mark Twain for "harder-hitting" than anything in popular music except for a few things by Dylan.

[@mr.dirtydan3338]

I personally don't see this specific song as having especially ingaging commentary. Though I do love a of his songs

[@fastcakes]

Zappa is my man. You could have a whole channel dedicated to Zappa - but be warned, you could play 20 different Zappa tracks and they will ALL be different styles, you have listened to one of his early psyche tracks, you will hear jazz, prog, avant gard, humour, rock, country, blues and all points in-between.

[@markhodge7]

The Moodies. Still my favorite band of all time. Such a rich discography. So many "moods" captured in their songs and music. Early albums or later albums. Always quality musicianship and thought provoking lyrics.

[@jnagarya519]

I recall the critic who wrote that if you've heard one "Moody Blues" LP you've heard them all.

[@markhodge7]

@@jnagarya519 Hearing and listening are two different things. A few philosophers may have mentioned that. I hear lots of music. I tend to listen to artists, both musically and lyrically. I've heard thousands of musical groups and composers. I listen to only a few score.

[@jnagarya519]

@@markhodge7 My skepticism includes critical evaluation of claims to be "artists". So much uninformed "opinion" about how "art" is "all subjective". That's actually no different than the claims made by the "religious". The issue is truth v. falsehood. Everything being "subjective" ignores the fact of objective reality.

[@alphajava761]

Zappa = S, Moody Blues = A. Both underrated artists in today's world buried behind the nostalgic branding of other bands of that era. I can't say I've seen department stores selling Zappa or Moody Blues t-shirts along side Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, AC/DC, Rolling Stones, etc. t-shirts. Great reaction to two great bands 👍.

[@jnagarya519]

"The Beatles" still outsell even "The Rolling Stones".

[@michele-33]

'Fun' Fact: Zappa's dad was a chemist and mathematician. He worked for a chemical warfare facility run by the US Army. They moved often like many military families. Jim Morrison, Michael Stipes and David Crosby are a few others from military and/or political families. Was this a reason they became so rebellious..? Morrison's dad was naval commander during Golf of Tonkin Incident helping to escalate America's involvement in Vietnam..

[@jonathantaylor8562]

In the Moody Blues track the mellotron made the sound of the strings....

[@SocBeat]

This Moodies song is another one that stands alone well, but is exquisite in the context of the album, Every Good Boy Deserves Favour. I'd recommend that you sit down with the whole album if you get a chance. You won't regret it!

[@essdeeem3320]

Discovered Zappa at age 14 with the Freak Out album and that shit woke up my sleepy young brain.

[@gregkerr725]

The Zappa track was awesome.......and to think he released it in 1966....just listen to Zappa's guitar....he was awesome!

[@Hartlor_Tayley]

Moody Blues. A. The Mothers. S. The Moodies made 6 or 7 wonderful albums in the late sixties / early seventies. A real album oriented band with a distinctive and beautiful sound. The Mothers first album Freak Out in 66 which this song is from was so very influential and amazing and incredible. Great reaction and commentary. Thanks

[@jurgenschmidt2759]

This just reminds me again about watching the Muffin Men (Zappa tribute band from Liverpool) performing with FZ's first drummer, Jimmy Carl Black, in a german club and having a beer and a nice chat with him many years ago. Who by the way is the drummer here. Such a nice. humble guy, RIP FZ and JCB!

[@danmayberry1185]

This version of Story In Your Eyes is less polished than the one I know. Are the Moodies blockers?

[@denpea-mm8zr]

That is some weird alternate mix of "The Story In Your Eyes" I have never heard before. Not the released version from "Every Good Boy Deserves Favour" album. Still, it sounds nothing like the Beach Boys.

[@lisarainbow9703]

I don't think they're blockers, but this sounds more like a demo, than the polished studio cut...

[@helenespaulding7562]

The Moodies made some of the earliest uses of mellotron and synths. They were prog and psychedelic….They were very much a “concept album” band. They hit in late 60’s, along with Pink Floyd, but hit their zenith, in my opinion, a few years earlier than Floyd. IMO, Floyd took over that niche with their release of Dark Side of the Moon and The Moody Blues fame faded….although they continued to release albums and tour. Excellent band…superlative musicianship….great lyrics.

[@jnagarya519]

"The Moody Blues'" first hit, "Go Now," was a Bob Dylan song SANITIZED. And as a critic put it during the early 1970s, if you heard one "Moody Blues" LP you heard them all. They were basically a traditional Irish "barbershop" group that played instruments. There was nothing actually groundbreaking or "progressive" about them.

[@w.geoffreyspaulding6588]

@@jnagarya519 how do you get from barbershop to psychedelic prog rock? And one last question: How old were you in 1969? If you weren’t at least a young adult by that time, you really don’t have an idea of how different they were from every other band. Completely different sound. And even if you obviously don’t think much of them…a little respect isn’t asking too much. They didn’t just “play instruments”. They were Damn good at it. I’m not even a big fan of their work but I at least do know enough not to diss them. So unnecessary.

[@jnagarya519]

@@w.geoffreyspaulding6588 "Prog. rock" is a crock of shit. In 1969 I was 21. "Different"? They were in the same category as "The Searchers": Irish barbershop.

[@frankavellone1175]

In addition to Zappa's cultural comedy, his serious music is studied in many university jazz programs. Good example is the album The Grand Wazoo. Zappa claimed to be influenced by abstract classical composer Edvard Varese.

[@aaronfledge]

Nice! I give Zappa an S of course, as I'm the one who picked it (I'm Justin). The Moody Blues track was fire, I'll give that an A.

[@mrb532]

The whole Apostrophe album is worth chekcking out for Zappa

[@Charles-xu7pu]

Did not expect a track from Zappa's debut album lol. Cool song

[@muriel2267]

Is the Moody Blues track a re-recording? It sounds a bit off to me 🤔

[@lisarainbow9703]

You're correct. I've heard this alternate version on a few reaction channels, and it doesnt quite sound right..

[@mattshaw6180]

The Moody Blues created musical soundscapes with rich lyrics that really did run through the mainstream for decades; they were great on stage, too. This song is an A, though they do have other, better songs. As for Zappa and the Mothers, they were really influential and experimental (like the Velvet Underground, really) if not widely listened to. This song is a rap, isn't it? It's an A as well but only because it's just a piece of the crazy mosaic Zappa spent his life composing.

[@inexplicablyleft2729]

This is the most bluesy song I am aware of from Zappa, and the least quirky musically, but the lyrics are 100% Zappa. Love him.

[@keef7224]

Satire is a noun. Satirize is the verb. 🤙🏼

[@Hawks7757]

Dude, I've watched a shitload of your reaction vids, and i gotta say, of everything I've seen, you are definately more responsive, captivated, surprised and seemingly impressed by metal🤘. You know what you need to do?😉

[@sarahfullerton6894]

Another cool Frank Zappa song is , "I'm The Slime" , from 1973's "Overnight Sensation" album. Clever song again, this time, prescient about the rot and control of tv. Check that one out, plus "Montana", from that album. Both are kinda crazy.

[@robertcabrera6232]

Interesting introduction to Zappa. Be careful, once you delve into Zappa the more you want to hear. He's addictive and will make you think, like Dylan, but in a more straightforward way. He will often make you laugh while making you think too. He's a master musician who surrounded himself with other brilliant musicians, but can't be typecast into any specific genre. He can rock out with the best of them, but he can play pseudo-pop, country, and jazz-fusion too... May I recommend you listen to "Dumb All Over" from his classic "You Are What You Is" Album or "Dinah Moe Humm" from his "Over-Nite Sensation" album or "Don't Eat The Yellow Snow" from his "Apostrophe (')" album. These three songs are all in completely different styles from one another and from what you listened to here. Enjoy!

[@dangabbert3944]

My favorite Zappa song against a good Moody’s tune. I generally prefer the Moodys, but in this case I’m picking Frank. This recording of Story in your Eyes is not the version that is on the album, by the way.

[@ziggymarlowe5654]

Moody Blues: A. Zappa: S. Zappa was a genius.

[@danwood4171]

I thought I knew FZ. This is far more rap then I ever heard from him and I already love him. There is the naughty like dynamo hum, catholic school girls, then there is the funny like Don't eat the yellow snow, than then there is his genius composing and there is too many examples to mention.

[@John-ux8zj]

Both are A to me. Though Zappa is a stronger A if that makes sense.

[@scotttrainer9704]

You should take a deeper dive into Frank, he was a guitar wizard among other things.

[@neilmartin99]

Been hoping someone would review that Zappa song. Finally someone did it. Def based on race riots.

[@JeddackAl]

All them witches is interesting band....and King Buffallo.....

[@BuffaloBeatle]

Freak Out! by The Mothers of Invention is an amazing groundbreaking album, so cool to see Trouble Every Day on here

[@lipby]

We're Only In It For the Money is one of the most brilliant and weird albums of the 60s. A masterpiece.

[@BuffaloBeatle]

@@lipby Probably my 2nd or 3rd favorite. Depends on how I’m feeling about Cruising With on the day 😂 All those Mothers albums are fantastic 👍

[@lipby]

@@BuffaloBeatle We're Only In It for the Money for the acerbic social satire. Uncle Meat for the wildly inventive instrumentals.

[@olibertosoto5470]

👍🏼

[@robertherring9277]

Zappa is awesome!

[@Driecnk]

Far beyond genius

[@troyshilanski380]

Sir please just play CRASS bloody revolution. Its back from 1977 and is more relevant now than ever.

[@MrGmonkeywillruleyou]

Try frank zappa - Willy the pimp

[@michael_hh]

ZAPPA! What else?

[@SpaceCattttt]

Probably the least representative Frank Zappa track of them all. But still a good one.

[@mustangdebbie56]

But is any one song representative of Zappa? I would think a minimum of 3 songs might give someone a rough idea. Probably need closer to 8.

[@SpaceCattttt]

@@mustangdebbie56 Perhaps not, but this song is the only example that I can think of where Frank not only raps (unless you count "Dumb All Over") but directly comments on a then current event in a non-satirical or political way. He almost never allowed his emotions to show through as much as he did in this song, and you can tell that he was very appalled and angry.

[@mustangdebbie56]

@@SpaceCattttt Fair lol.

[@rickeylucero3955]

Hip hop. No Frank's band plays!!!!

[@rikurodriguesneto6043]

moddy blues xD

[@jdj830]

This is probably Zappa’s most “normal” song in the sense that its musical style was radio-friendly for the time and its lyrics are coherent and sincere if a bit snarky at times (as opposed to snarky all the time.) It’s interesting that you compare him to Dylan; Zappa was a big fan of “Like a Rolling Stone”and thought that it should have revolutionized pop music and was disappointed when it didn’t, so in a way you could say that his career was about taking off from that song in a direction that Dylan himself dared not go. (Later in the 1980s Dylan asked Zappa to produce the album that would become Infidels, his first album after he recovered from his Christian phase; Zappa declined.) Zappa was on the Beatles’ radar as well, and the album this song was from, Freak Out!, was named by Paul McCartney as the other major influence on Sgt. Pepper’s along with the Beach Boys’ Pet Sounds. In fact I would suggest, as your next stop on your Zappa journey, to check out Zappa’s parody of Sgt. Pepper’s, the album We’re Only In It For The Money. It’s actually a very dark album in many ways that, like Trouble Every Day, is sadly prescient.

[@sharonsnail2954]

Syed: Before you start giving Frank Zappa an A listen to the next track on this album ("Freak Out") "Help I'm A Rock" kzbin.info/www/bejne/gYCraKJui9xpg8U and "King Kong" from "Uncle Meat" kzbin.info/www/bejne/rGK9kqOMpt2Wq8k I'm not sure you'll be in tune with these tracks especially as the last one is 18 minutes long has NO lyrics. This is just to highlight FZ's range and we're only up to 1969 in his output. Several decades to go after that. 😲

[@sqonk21]

The Moody Blues A/S tier..Frank Zappa...not my cup of tea...I just couldn't get into his style...

[@Greg-om2hb]

E.L.O. Not “eelow”

[@ZionForman]

never cared for the Moody Blues that song is a grade C. Zappa can't be graded.

[@troyshilanski380]

Argh i gotta realize youre half my age or more. And well nobody listens to FM radio for 30 years.

[@jnagarya519]

Stop putting it ass-backwards: Rock and roll began in the early-mid 1950s. It was shorthanded as 'Rock" in the mid-late-1960s. The yelling and autotuned crap called "Rap"/"Hip-Hop" took the place of music -- even the most illiterate of early (folk/)blues had melody -- beginning in the 1980s. One may look to popular culture for "meaning," and perhaps "understanding," but one does not look to it for intelligent philosophy.