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In a November 2005 interview, bassist John Lodge explained the decision to record a Christmas album: "The Christmas album came about because all of our albums are theme albums. And Christmas is one of the greatest themes for everyone. Another reason is because we thought it would be nice to show The Moody Blues' commitment to the holiday period."
The careful production, layers of overdubs and lush instrumentation made the album difficult to reproduce live in concert. The Moody Blues were able to perform only "Gypsy" live at the time of its release, leading to a creative decision to strip back the production of their next album, A Question of Balance. Hayward reflects on the situation ...
Extend the moody Christmas color palette to your gift wrap and place gifts wrapped in dark and moody shades under the tree. Wrapping paper, gift bags, tissue paper, and ribbon are all a great way ...
I spoke to Ray just before Christmas — because his birthday was after Christmas, on the 29th — and we had a long conversation. We're very close friends — or were very close friends. Very sad. Very, very sad." [54] Thomas was posthumously inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, as a member of The Moody Blues, in April 2018. [55] [2]
[5] Moody Blues biographer Marc Cushman described the song as a "gentle and lovely song [that] is surprisingly punctuated by louder-than-expected drum rolls from Graeme Edge. [6] Musicologist Walter Everett believed that "Dawning Is the Day" was modeled on the Beatles' " Mother Nature's Son ", particularly citing the " chromatic descent over ...
"Your Wildest Dreams" made the Moody Blues the first act to earn each of its first three Top 10 singles in the United States in three different decades. [14] Moraz departed in 1991, followed by Thomas in 2002. The band's last studio album was the Christmas album December (2003), after which they decided against recording any further studio ...
[5] Classic Rock critic Malcolm Dome rated it as the Moody Blues' 8th greatest song. [ 6 ] One of the most noticeable differences in the band's sound after this hiatus was that the Mellotron and Chamberlin (a similar instrument to the Mellotron) had been replaced with more widely used synthesizers , and "Steppin' in a Slide Zone" was the first ...
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