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David Justin Hayward [1] [2] OBE (born 14 October 1946) is an English musician. He was the guitarist and frontman of the rock band the Moody Blues from 1966 until that group's dissolution in 2018. He became the group's principal vocalist and its most prolific songwriter over the 1967–1974 period, and composed several international hit singles ...
"Question" is a 1970 single by the English progressive rock band the Moody Blues. It was written by guitarist Justin Hayward, who provides lead vocals."Question" was first released as a single in April 1970 and remains their second highest-charting song in the UK, reaching number two and staying on the chart for 12 weeks.
Justin Hayward (formerly of Marty Wilde's band) joined on guitar and vocals and John Lodge (an early bandmate of Ray Thomas) joined on bass and vocals. [5] The 'classic' Moody Blues lineup, active from 1966 to 1978, from left to right: Mike Pinder, Graeme Edge, Justin Hayward, Ray Thomas and John Lodge.
"Forever Autumn" is a song written by Jeff Wayne, Gary Osborne and Paul Vigrass, and sung by Justin Hayward. The original melody was written by Wayne in 1969 as a jingle for a Lego commercial. Vigrass and Osborne , the performers of the original jingle, added lyrics to the song and recorded it for inclusion on their 1972 album Queues .
"Running Water" is a ballad that is highlighted by Hayward's "gentle" acoustic guitar and the synthesized orchestrations. [2] Music journalist Geoffrey Freakes felt that the keyboard refrain sounds a little like the Moody Blues song "The Day We Meet Again", also written by Hayward, from the 1978 album Octave. [2]
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In a 1996 interview, Hayward discusses making the album and how it was his first time recording an album from start to finish as a single batch of songs. He explains, "My other albums were collections of random bits of recording that I would finally put out once I had an album's worth of material.
Hayward first recorded "Blue World" as a demo in is home studio, utilizing a LinnDrum drum machine. [3] The final recording by the band also used the LinnDrum. [3] Producer Pip Williams said: Justin wrote the song and prepared a demo at home with exactly the same verse/chorus structure as the finished product.