To me, this is the greatest love song ever.

Absolutely genius and so evocative of bygone times.

RIP Moody Blues.

certainly puts her in the mood

So many of my old music heroes are gone. We did good, didn’t we? There were some corkers among them. That will resonate for a very long time.

I feel old too, and melancholy.

It hurts that they are leaving us so often lately.

Thank you Mike

When another of the former Beatles goes, that is going to hit me very hard. They both have birthdays coming up this summer. Paul will be 82 in June, and Ringo will be 84 in July. Fortunately, they both seem to have healthy lifestyles these days, but they didn't always.

My best friend and I were Beatles fans together back in high school. Her favorite was Ringo, and mine was Paul. When either of them goes, we'll both probably be basket cases.

Paul was my favorite in high school too. Went to see them on September 4th, 1964 in Milwaukee (yes I screamed, but only at the end!). Our group of 4 were absolutely gaga over them.

Dickie Betts also hit me kinda hard as we could hear them practice every night near where I worked in the early to mid 80's in FL, a particularly good time for me.

…of course, first on vinyl, then cassette, then CD…

I was surprised to read that Nights in White Satin and Tuesday Afternoon didn't chart very well at the time. Nights did better when it was re-released.

What a sound!

As far I know, guitarist Justin Hayward and bassist John Lodge still tour, along with Graham Edge (backed up by his son, because Edge can't drum like he used to). Flutist Roy Thomas died over a decade ago.

As for Pinder, he left the band in the late 70's after Octave, their 8th album.

The cool story about why he was so good with the mellotron (an analog sampler keyboard and a notoriously temperamental beast) was that his original day job before they made it big was at a mellotron factory, so if it broke down (frequently) he could fix it himself.

I saw them twice. Once at Sacramento's Arco arena with a backing orchestra when Thomas was still with them. The second time in the more intimate Ironstone Amphitheater after Thomas had passed.

to continue performing till 2018. Justin and John have had solo careers since then. You can find a lot of their recent music, studio tracks and live performances, on YouTube.

Guess his loss was the final straw.

The Moody Blues are one of my favorite bands. I was a young kid the first time I heard Nights in White Satin I was entranced.

I LOVE their In Search of the Last Chord Album.

My favorite track:

Those eraly albums albums are a lotta fun. Both funny and serious, often at the same time.
Back in the day we 'guided' a lot of new trippers to this soothing music with themes both grandiose and simple.
Never lost a one, ha.

Adding this just because it's a deep cut (like yours) and in my copy buffer.

Their tunes are favorites for times like those. Sent me to those special places.

Hayward and Lodge were very early, but not original members. I think they're still with us!

Mellotron, tape effects, then more mellotron, lol.
Some amazing songwriting and arrangement skills. A master of his instrument.
Until Pinder left the band and Patrick Moraz replaced him, bringing his synths in tow...

The Alan Watts of 60's pop music.

making it onto progressive FM music playlists of 60's/70's) and later, Brian Eno, and looong play disco music that evolved into electronica.

Eno was another person whose work, from Roxy on through art installations, and too many other creative minds to list, shaped so much of that history of changes.

70s Eno is one of my favorite periods...

MB to Eno to EDM, dubstep and beyond.

My daughter was lead singer in the duo, Dirty, an ambient technopop thing she and her gay computer nerdy friend (he produced digital herpderp tv characters for the NFL's Monday night football) did in the studio and on a few big Chicago stages. Loved that period of music, got to see the Chemical Brothers, Crystal Method, Moby, listened to Four Tet, Caribou, can't remember others...lol ... it's late, I must be tired...

The most evocative album. RIP.

I never connected to Go Now, but loved See Saw and Tuesday Afternoon.

I saw them live at the Cape Cod Melody Tent in Hyannis 20 or more years ago, and they were at the top of their game then.