In Search Of The Lost Chord - Moody Blues (The)

...a synthetic sound that climbs in pitch and grows in volume - a throw back to the start of 'Days'. In similar vein there is a short spoken verse which collapses into a bout of maniacal laughter. 2. Ride My See-Saw **** This is a rock standard that has become one of the fixtures of the Moodys stage shows. They start their 2003 concert season in March and you bet this will be on the play list. It has a driving beat with voices in unison in the verses. ...
...story of an enchanted house in the midst of a forgotten land (?Lost in a Lost World). The choruses are sung falsetto with a regular verse counterpoint. There is a musical continuum between the verses that varies from an Elizabethan to a Rachmaninov feel. Listen to the stereo sound effects - especially the creaking doors. After the last door opens, the song blends into … 5. Legend Of A Mind. ***** This is a much more serious Ray Thomas opus and ...

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...I got a copy of In Search of the Lost Chord. Did it change my life, for ever? Mmmm. Tough question. Because I think that the answer is, yes, it probably did. The Moody Blues was yet another of those fantastically innovative and inventive groups that came out of Birmingham. In fact, I would go out on a limb and say that, from the point of innovative, interesting music the hierarchy would be: Birmingham, Manchester and Liverpool. Can I prove this? ...
...But back to the review. In Search of the Lost Chord was originally released in July of 1968 on the Deram label. It reached 5 in the UK charts and 23 in the USA. An d it was released on one of those funny round black disks, that we called Long playing records, or LPs. It starts with Departure, and then goes into Ride my See Saw. This song is, indeed, a stirring anthemic song. Forget The Beatles! Never mind The Who! This song is all about leaving ...

Martinscholes 29.10.2005 · Read full review
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