I was done w/ this song back in the 70's.

One of the local radio personalities recites the poem at the end in a heavy drunk Irish brogue.  Hilarious.

Sorry, I know it's a "you-had-to-be-there" thing, so forgive me.  But try to imagine ...

This short sample motivates me to break out the original and listen to the whole thing.  "Just what you want to be, you'll be in the end..."  How many times in my life have I ruminated over that thought? Many.

always fine!!! great, timeless song!!!

Overblown drama...lends itself to very pretentious content. In this case with the Moody Blues...it works. I like the production and over use of strings and the stately, dramatic "breathe deep" reading...It's all part of a time gone completely from mainstream music. Never such a concept or vision is created today in this sterile, "buy one song from the artist not the album on iTunes", formulaic music society. Long story short...yes it's a bit campy and over the top...but I'll take it.

 fuzzy wrote: 

When in the hell is the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame gonna get their head out of their ass and induct these guys?  I mean....ABBA???

a tiny bit before my time, can take it or leave it, liked it more when I first heard this than now in my late 40s

not terrible.

This was one of those tunes that turned me away from pop way way back in late 60's. It's still one of my favs. It was one of the first songs I heard while listening to Radio Caroline. The BBC would never play anything good except on Saturday's "Allan Freeman Show" but Caroline even predated that. What ever happened to Radio Caroline? Oh well, RP a damned fine successor though.

Ah, the 60s and the psychedelic drugs before they became problematic... This song is a 10, but "Tuesday Afternoon" is a 12..

And all this time I thought it was "Knights" in White Satin. I'd like to say this changes everything, but I'm still sooooo tired of this song.

"Breath deep...the gathering gloom..."  — accompanied by mellotron and gong.

 rotten wrote: 
Interesting, as I was thinking along the same lines. I've found the 'Let it Be, Naked' album released without all the schlopp to be spectacular. I'd like to hear this track re-mastered without all the "stuff" and see how it stands up.

 macbags wrote: 
I do.

 ZiegZeon wrote: 

that's not it.  He can't speak Canadian!  give it up for Cleveland, land of Smoke on the Water/Cuyahoga.  Gotta love dem Buckeyes! ;)

This song evokes so much emotion and so many remembrances it is both beautiful and bittersweet simultaneously.

U2 is equal to moody blues::?    8.1??
I DON'T THINK SO.

These guys played recently in Minneapolis.  Justin Hayward still sounds exactly the same..

 Bozo wrote: 
The whole "Rock and Roll" Hall of Fame is a joke. The owner won't let Rush in simply because HE doesn't like Rush.

One of the best albums evah! Still listen to it regularly

Heck of a nice segue from U2 on this allnighter - thanks

I gave it a 10 at the top of the page and again in the middle of the page, does that equal a 20?

One of the greatest ending poems/lyrics of all time. Makes you think of your life's history.

Mike Pinder Era Moody Blues were great. Wish they would remix this album without the awful orchestral parts.

A timeless song!

What a cloying piece of doggy do.

One of the great omissions in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame along with Yes, Chicago, Hall and Oates, Jethro Tull, and Emerson Lake and Palmer.  Not these guys, yet Leonard Cohen?  Puh-leez!!!

 Stingray wrote: 
....  mais tu est trop nostalgique 

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