Band originaria di Birmingham (Inghilterra), i Moody Blues esordirono nel 1964 con il singolo "Go Now", seguito un anno dopo dall'album "The Magnificent Moodies".
Dopo varie partenze e nuovi arrivi, nel 1966 la band trovò finalmente quella che, fino a tutti gli anni '70, divenne la sua formazione storica: Ray Thomas al flauto, John Lodge al basso, Michael Pinder alle tastiere, Graeme Edge alla batteria e Justin Hayward alle chitarre. Attraversando gli inizi rhythm'n'blues, i Moody Blues trovarono un loro stile personale nel 1967, con il 33 giri "Days Of Future Passed", nel quale mischiarono rock e sinfonia per crearne un'opera alquanto originale per i tempi. Da notare come l'album contenga il classico "Nights In White Satin" (in Italia coverizzata, tra gli altri, dai Nomadi con un anno di ritardo: "Ho Difeso Il Mio Amore").
Dopo la virata orientale di "In Search Of The Lost Chord" (1968), la band nel 1969 diede alla stampe il suo album più riuscito, "On The Threshold Of A Dream", che definirei un incrocio tra classicismo e psichedelia.
Un sibilo spaziale ci catapulta nell'intro parlato di Graeme Edge "In The Beginning", che lascia spazio poco dopo all'eccitante pezzo rock "Lovely To See You", composto da Hayward, dove le chitarre e la batteria la fanno da padrona. La frenesia iniziale dell'album viene subito placata dall'atmosfera guardinga di "Dear Diary", scritta da Ray Thomas e decorata meravigliosamente dalle sonorità del suo stesso flauto. E' il momento di Lodge che, con l'incalazante chitarra acustica di "Send Me No Wine" e il ritmo martellante di "To Share Our Love", ridona all'album il suo spirito goliardico. L'unisono flauto/batteria è il momento più caratteristico della vivace "So Deep Within You" di Michael Pinder.
Il secondo lato del 33 giri si apre con "Never Comes The Day", di Hayward. Il pezzo comincia con una strofa eterea, supportata dalla chitarra acustica, e pian piano si trasforma nel ritornello in un coro appassionato. Una delle canzoni più belle dell'intera discografia del quintetto. Segue un british pop di classe come "Lazy Day" di Thomas, che insieme ad Hayward compone la successiva "Are You Sitting Comfortably". La melodia e la sonorità del brano sfiorano la pace dei sensi. A calar il sipario ci pensa nuovamente un monologo di Edge che, con "The Dream", apre le porte alla magnifica suite finale di Michael Pinder, che spezza il brano "Have You Heard" in due parti per inserirci un'orchestra e un pianoforte, "The Voyage", degni della miglior musica classica.
Uno dei capolavori più sconosciuti degli anni '60.
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01 In the Beginning (02:08)
First Man: I think, I think I am, therefore I am, I think.
Establishment: Of course you are my bright little star,
I've miles
And miles
Of files
Pretty files of your forefather's fruit
and now to suit our
great computer,
You're magnetic ink.
First Man: I'm more than that, I know I am, at least, I think I must be.
Inner Man: There you go man, keep as cool as you can.
Face piles
And piles
Of trials
With smiles.
It riles them to believe
that you perceive
the web they weave
And keep on thinking free.
02 Lovely to See You (02:34)
A wonderful day for passing my way.
Knock and my door and even the score
With your eyes.
Lovely to see you again my friend.
Walk along with me to the next bend.
Dark cloud of fear is blowing away.
Now that you're here, you're going to stay
'cause it's
Lovely to see you again my friend.
Walk along with me to the next bend.
Tells us what you've seen in faraway forgotten lands.
Where empires have turned back to sand.
Wonderful day for passing my way.
Knock and my door and even the score
With your eyes.
Lovely to see you again my friend.
Walk along with me to the next bend.
03 Dear Diary (03:56)
Dear diary, what a day it's been.
Dear diary, it's been just like a dream.
Woke up late. Wasn't where I should have been.
For goodness sake what's happening to me.
Write lightly, yours truly, dear diary.
It was cold outside my door.
So many people by the score.
Rushing around so senselessly.
They don't notice there's people like me.
Write lightly, yours truly, dear diary.
They don't know what they're playing.
They've no way of knowing what the game is.
Still they carry on doing what they can.
Outside me, yours truly, dear diary.
It's over. Will tomorrow be the same?
I know that they're really not to blame.
If they wern't so blind then surely they'd see.
There's a much better way for them to be.
Inside me, yours truly, dear diary.
.
.
.
Somebody exploded an H-bomb today.
But it wasn't anyone I knew.
06 So Deep Within You (03:10)
Talk to me baby, I want to sleep at night.
My heart is heavy, it's weighed down by the night.
And now I'm lonely, I want to see the light
So deep within you.
Cool wind is blowing through your crazy hair.
Warm colours flowing, this feeling we have shared.
And now I'm lonely I want to feel the love
So deep within you.
Your love's a never ending dream,
A castle by a stream of sweet understanding.
I know you're thinking of me too, the messages
From you are my inspiration.
Love's incense lingers, it never fades away.
Like you I'm waiting for our special day.
And now I'm lonely I want to feel the love
So deep within you
My love is burning, like a forest fire.
My heart is yearning, I feel a warm desire.
And now I'm lonely I want to tough the fire
So deep within you.
07 Never Comes the Day (04:43)
Work away today, work away tomorrow.
Never comes the day for my love and me.
I feel her gently sighing as the evening slips away.
If only you knew what's inside of me now
You wouldn't want to know me somehow,
But
You will love me tonight,
We alone will be alright,
In the end.
Give just a little bit more
Take a little bit less
From each other tonight
Admit what you're feeling
And see what's in front of you,
It's never out of your sight.
You know it's true,
We all know that it's true.
Work away today, think about tomorrow
Never comes the day for my love and me.
I feel her gently sighing as the evening slips away.
If only you knew what's inside of me now
You wouldn't want to know me somehow,
But
You will love me tonight,
We alone will be alright,
In the end.
Give just a little bit more
Take a little bit less
From each other tonight
Admit what you're feeling
And see what's in front of you,
It's never out of your sight.
You know it's true,
We all know that it's true.
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