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Hurry high, butterfly,
As clouds roll past my head.
I know why the skies all cry.
Om. Om. Heaven. Om.
The Earth turns slowly round.
Far away, the distant sound
Is with us everyday.
Can you hear what it says?
Om. Om. Heaven. Om.
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The rain is on the roof.
Hurry high, butterfly,
As clouds roll past my head.
I know why the skies all cry.
Om. Om. Heaven. Om.
Help me out, fellow baby boomers ... was there anyone else making music like the Moody Blues back then? Such a unique sound, but I can't recall any peers.
Can only think of The Beatles during their Maharishi period.
I cannot over-estimate the importance of this song, this album, to me and my particular journey in this life... TRANSCENDENCE!
COOL! I was 13yrs old when this was released. WNEW FM 102.7 NYC used to play it a lot. SUPERB TUNE!! Brings back fond memories. Thanx RP!
Amazing, how good this sounds, EVERY TIME... Especially now, on such a lovely greening spring morning here, as I sit looking over at the snowy peaks as the sun pushes light and temps to a pleasing level not seen since this time last year, enjoying my morning mug of Sumatra coffee and a puff of Golden Goat. May The Truth of Om and The Universal Truth vibrate as One with The Universe, and may I remain as an active and aware participant. Amen.
Satori CJ?
Oh god, I'm actually teaching from home via a chatroom with students, and decided I was going to listen to RP for a bit of moral support, comic relief and socialising all wrapped into one. And this comes on. I'm sorely tempted to send the link to students now. I would still think of it as part of my job :)
the kids will love this
A memory: bunch of us lyin' back on Pierre's living room carpet (Lacombe Avenue, Montréal 1970), eyes closed, box speakers held tight to my ears (this was before I could afford decent headphones), wide grin (the acid tab might'a had something to do with that), ears liquid...
That was when music was not just heard, it permeated and vibrated my molecules, and Moody Blues set my cells to pulsating just right...
Synchronicity. Nice when you can catch them ...
I miss the days of all the great covers in full size!
Help me out, fellow baby boomers ... was there anyone else making music like the Moody Blues back then? Such a unique sound, but I can't recall any peers.
No. Not at all. Not even close.
One of the best run of six albums ever.
In 1968 we got there with a little sunshine from San Fran.
The closest band in that period is the original line-up of Genesis with Peter Gabriel, imho.
Love it!
Not consistently, but there were -- to my ear -- a few who would occasionally make me think of The Moody Blues. I'm having trouble recalling which ones specifically, but one that is sort of reminiscent: "Journey to the Center of Your Mind" by the Amboy Dukes was a wannabe.
Of course, YEMV (your ear may vary). 😉
and early 70s....spacey soft rock for hippies...
seldom seen, yes...but there for all who look ...
Yeah those red necks from Antelope are freakin insane
If the Moodies were a cause for embarrassment at any point, that time has passed. The song and album belong in the 60s and no one is claiming that In Search of the Lost Chord is a cutting-edge work. If it works for as a new song or as an old chestnut, it doesn't matter when it was released.
Really, you don't have to be stuck in the 60s to like this.
Judging by the comments I'd say it sure helps.
One native elder i know mixes patchouli with musk oil and/or white sage oil to have new scents to wear...
I like!
ps only trying to imagine the last lasting thought. thanks for indulging me
Beautiful. RIP Ray. Only saw them once in the 80s but have always loved their music. There is meaning, feeling and passion. I have to thank my parents for playing lots of Moody Blues on long car rides growing up.
Maybe it sounds ahead of its time to some folks, but this sounds exactly like quasi-Eastern, 1968 psychedelia to me.
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Eastern block? Is that a band?
ps only trying to imagine the last lasting thought. thanks for indulging me
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Thanks to my fellow MB fanatics...
buddy wrote:Thanks-hope I'm not too late!
Occultist book said that when you wear patchouli, don't trust a person that dislikes the mixed scent of patchouli & your own: that person cannot be trusted.
...Oh, and bell bottoms are back; i've seen lots of girls/women wearing them.
You can
Put a drop of patch on an incandescent light bulb for incense.
Put drops of patch in your bath.
Put drops of patch in your laundry {washing machine} .
One native elder i know mixes patchouli with musk oil and/or white sage oil to have new scents to wear...
bitbanger wrote:
...just trippin' man}.
Good example of early use of sitar in rock.
And, well at least it's not Jeff's Electric Light Orchestra. Lol
ODAD wrote:
What?
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It's been said that it's not as much fun if you have to explain, but...
you know, Omigod !
What?
(here's some scary/funny current events: Dalai Lama: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO) - YouTube
On John Oliver's Show, Dalai Lama Says He Convinced Mongolians ...
Maybe it sounds ahead of its time to some folks, but this sounds exactly like quasi-Eastern, 1968 psychedelia to me.
My first Moody Blues Album
It had to happen...
If the Moodies were a cause for embarrassment at any point, that time has passed. The song and album belong in the 60s and no one is claiming that In Search of the Lost Chord is a cutting-edge work. If it works for as a new song or as an old chestnut, it doesn't matter when it was released.
Really, you don't have to be stuck in the 60s to like this.
Haven't changed my opinion in the years since this was posted..
Do you often reply to your own posts?
Must be a UK thing!!
Haven't changed my opinion in the years since this was posted..
Prefer windowpane
I preferred Woodstock, as in the Bird lol oh man what fun!
No, really. I want some of whatever it is you're doing, man.
John is an "old soul"......I enjoy his posts.
Orange sunshine anyone
Prefer windowpane
Orange sunshine anyone
Couldn't have said it better. Even then, this was thought almost a tad too arty by half. Still, they were an awesome band—saw them live some time in '68 or '69—and their hearts were in the right place.
♫ Listen to what the flower people sayyyy ♪
One had to be in an altered state, however one got there, to appreciate the full trip that the music was-within a song, within an album. Moodies music still keeps me grounded as a state of mind-Weird sh*t all around—Moodies puts it all in perspective.
Me too! Justin just released another album
even though this is NOT Justin singing lead for this song, he is playing the zitar
I STILL have a crush on Justin. Who doesn't? Ah he is beautiful.....
I cannot over-estimate the importance of this song, this album, to me and my particular journey in this life... TRANSCENDENCE!