funnily enough yesterday's Times had an article on Hipgnosis with a review of Us and Them by Mark Blake ( pub Feb 2 by Nine Eight books) mark blake - us and them: the authorised story of hipgnosis - resident
For Days of Future Passed, with my digital flac collection I have been using the full frame of the artwork over the original text up top as dated as it may look. Personally, the full art does look more palatable IMHO and how awesome it would look if I had a vinyl collection...
Ya, sure. That's why they're not in the Rock HOF. Oh, wait, they are. The MBs ARE considered among the great rock groups of that era and are considered so among their peers.
Yes that was my reaction too. I'm not sure in what universe the Moody Blues have "some degree of difficulty being taken seriously."
But since you want to go there, why not. The Denny Laine Moodies might have had three members that would continue but they were two very different bands. And that is why it is perfectly okay to view both records as debuts.
I think what might have hurt the band the most is that their shows had such bare-bones production. Their music would had very much suited a great show behind it.......something that really made their shows stand out and would had given them a lot of “word of mouth” credibility. As it was, they were seen as boring and anonymous characters, with silly poems and even sillier concepts. They are my favorite band of all time, but unless you really got them, it is easy to see how they could get forgotten about or shortchanged by the critics.
I'll take your word for it, but I just don't recall reading or hearing that kind of criticism, at least not until after the time of the "Core 7".
Well maybe not, but they sure weren’t championed either. I know that Rolling Stone thought of them as the art rock version of someone like AC/DC. Didn’t they refer to their music as “an in-joke carried on far too long?” And what about this doozy from the WP in 1981: https://www.washingtonpost.com/arch...ge-back/56861b43-a89b-4ea6-85d1-811d7132c876/
Some good points. they don’t have a live reputation which i think all the great bands have. No epic shows or tours, nothing famous live at all. They were a fab band and maybe they wanted the music to do the talking but now that you mention it they could have put more into their concerts, especially when you consider how vivid their songs could be. Some sort of presentation that could embellish their unique style. I guess I’m only thinking of their golden era before octave. They did eventually do the orchestra thing, i saw that, but so what, and i didn’t care for their current music by this point.
I don't know why everybody on this site has to staunchly declare their distaste for the 'Going for the One' cover (and '2112' as well). Oh wait, yes I do.
See also: Molly Hatchett. I used to look at those covers and think how awesomely heavy this band must be.
I certainly agree that AC/DC were an in-joke carried on far too long. This is possibly the first time I have encountered AC/DC and the Moody Blues being referenced in the same paragraph.
