So I was tagged by @thewillowfarm to do this thing, and as much as I hate to seem like a copy cat, I will also be doing the Moody Blues. Because I lov them
1. Introduce them: Hokay. So, the Moody Blues started in Birmingham (the one in England obv) in the mid 60s and were an R&B group that wore snazzy blue suits and had exactly One (1) hit: ‘Go Now!’ But due to lineup changes and the fact that they only managed that one hit, they ended up ditching the R&B thing to do... something else. That something else turned out to be weird wonderful psychedelic music when they made ‘Days of Future Passed’ (even tho they were supposed to be doing a rock version of the New World Symphony). And thus the Moody Blues as we know them were born! The classic lineup of this period was Justin Hayward (guitar), John Lodge (bass), Ray Thomas (flute and various other things), Mike Pinder (keyboards), and Graeme Edge (drums). All of them but Graeme sing.
2. When did you get into them: Late March of 2016 I think. Just kinda, a lot of signs had been saying “go listen to these nerds” for a while, but that’s when I took the plunge
3. What drew your attention: ’Gemini Dream’ was bop (that was the first song I was conscious was the Moodies), but beyond that. The harmonies and the very layered instrumentation. Their music is some of the most colorful music I’ve ever heard (fun fact, sometimes I interpret sounds as colors), and ‘Days of Future Passed’ is literally the most colorful album I’ve ever heard. It’s wonderful!
4. Favorite thing about them: Can I say everything? Because like, idk if I can pick just one thing to be my favorite. Like I said before, the harmonies, and the instrumentation, the fuckening Mellotron and Ray’s flute. The way that every single song on “Days of Future Passed’ has it’s own distinct color. Idk man
5. Is there anything you dislike about them? I’m not terribly fond of their 80s stuff beyond ‘Long Distance Voyage’. It’s not as colorful.
6. Tell us a little-known fact. Um. Wow, why is it whenever someone asks me for a random Moody fact I forget literally all of them? Uhhhhh, apparently Graeme had Mike read most of the spoken word bits because he felt his own voice was too squeaky at the time
7. Tell us how much you love them: I! LOVE! THEM! I LOV THEM SO MUCH! THEY ARE SUCH WONDERFUL GOOD BOYS AND I LOOOOOOOVE THEM. Especially Graeme!! He is smol and he is drum and he is so good!!!
8. Is there anything you associate with them? A couple of really wonderful peops on here. The entirety of my junior year of college (and a bit of my sophomore year, where they kinda became my mental lifeboat). Feeling happy and excited.
9. How do they make you feel? so many. Like, it really depends on the song. They can make me feel happy, pumped up and ready for anything, chill, content, okay. If I close my eyes on the right songs, like I’m floating in space. I feel safe listening to them, it’s comforting
10. Free Space! Anything you want to add, anything goes! promote them, have they inspired you to do anything?, favorite ________ from them, little things that make you squee….anything. :D
GRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEMMMMMMEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!! I LOV HIM AND HIS SMOLNESS AND HIS DRUMNESS. HE IS FABULOUS AND MAKES QUESTIONABLE FASHION CHOICES AND I LOVE HIM
In other news, I’m gonna get to meet these losers in 8 days and I’m gonna fuckin die hoooooly shit. But I finally get to know how tall Graeme is and I’ll hopefully get to show him the project I’ve been working on (i’m illustrating his poetry book! I only have 3 poems left andjkslnfasioganfowhfuow)
Mike is a chocolate covered pretzel. Most of the time he’s very sweet and kind and enjoyable but sometimes he’s salty as fuck
I have a cassette tape of Mike Pinder reading children’s stories that you can’t buy from his website, and it’s signed by him. It was a surprise included in an order of things you *can* actually buy from his website, and I still don’t understand why he was so nice to me ;v;
Apparently I earned cool points with my roommate’s dad since he likes the Moody Blues too, and I have been facilitating bonding between them on account of Theo knows way too much about the moodles cos I won’t shut up, and can use this knowledge to impress their dad
Me n Theo summon mellotrons periodically before bed during the school year. Like how you summon Beetlejuice in the movie. We like to assume the mellotrons end up in Mike Pinder’s basement and that we are confusing him and slowly filling his basement with mellotrons
Last thing! Theo and I once came up with the plot to a gay buddy cop movie based solely on a single photo of the moody blues and the fact that Theo thought Mike looked like the leader of a communist country. Idk it was finals and so much shit was hitting the fan that anything went (if you wanna know about it tho, feel free to ask)
Idk I’m not gonna outright tag anyone cos I don’t know who to tag. I guess I’ll do the usual ‘if you see it and wanna do it, go for it’
