Not really a big MB fan, but I do dig the trippy stereo panning stuff on this song that was contributed by the mix engineers...



                                                                          

 Cynaera wrote: 

Miss you so much, Cynaera...

love this song...
 

Oh, the Moody Blues. How many times must I have heard this. My older brothers used to play their LP's over and over.

I thought it was music for old people. I was right. I am beginning to like it.

Did I hear, "You're going to scrape a zit"?

Gorgeous sounds!!

Love it.

Lovely to hear you again, my friend.

Lovely

Wonderful and classic! That sound and aesthetic really penetrates.

 amyjpr wrote: 
I just love this comment. I would have plus oned it, liked it, tweeted it etc - but in the end say it made my wife and I laugh out loud!

 jagdriver wrote: 
Remastered and remixed in 1997... I liked the original '69 vinyl mix better.

 Why don't you just go away then?

Ericocean wrote: 

Great stereo separation and L/R panning made a lot of these Moody tracks great ear candy with headphones a headfull of cosmic meanderings.

 

Yes and the Moody Blues - two horrible bands that just won't go away until the baby boomers do.

I've been listening to this music since childhood and it never fails to move me.

There are stretches of pure transcendence with radio paradise for me, when it seems that Bill is reading my mind and even working from my music collection. And then there are times when I cannot change the station fast enough, like now.

 smackiepipe wrote: 

But if you play the album it leads right into Dear Diary.
Another great song.

My goodness - I have to dust this one off and play it loud while lying in the hammock on a summer day.  What a wonderful album! 

 HazzeSwede wrote: 

I just love this.

Fantastic song, and nice sentiment as well.

 jools wrote: 
I've always found their cover art to be pompous and childishly kitschy, but to each his own.  Good tune, though - even with the sudden blast of cavernous reverb on the chorus.  I prefer their tunes where I can actually hear guitars instead of just that mellotron smothering every other instrument.

Best album cover ever!!

another shrill up the spine song

Lovely to see you again, my friend!

 HazzeSwede wrote: 
Ain't that the truth about the Moodies! Has any album been played from beginning to end-especially a concept album? Anyhoo, this is the marquee song on this album for me-amazing memories associated-and yes, I CAN remember, I think....there I go man....

 84MacGuy wrote:Maybe it's a remaster?

I agree.  Released in 1997 hit me as rather odd since I remember if from way, way long ago.  Maybe the album got on one of those faster than light particles the Europeans just discovered and passed through time.
 balko wrote: 

 PA1749 wrote: 
Maybe your nostalgia is clouding your memory.  Older music (and culture) had plenty of drama (real or contrived) in it.  Few bands were as "dramatic" (or even melodramatic) as The Moody Blues, with their mellotrons, gongs, 26-part harmonies, and of course, their "mystical" lyrics and album titles.  I think a lot of people (not you per se) like "older music" because they have heard it hundreds of times - they're used to it and there is nothing challenging about it - it's like an old sweater.  Televisions have been in most American homes since the 1950's, though the content has certainly changed since then, but adolescents have always sought drama - that's nothing new.
Most things are more simple when one is a child and I still like this tune.