- published: 03 Oct 2011
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The Moody Blues are an English rock band. Among their innovations was a fusion with classical music, most notably in their 1967 album Days of Future Passed.
The Moody Blues have sold in excess of 70 million albums worldwide and have been awarded 14 platinum and gold discs. As of 2012 they remain active with one member from the original band from 1964 and two more from the 1967 lineup.
The Moody Blues formed on 4 May 1964, in Erdington, Birmingham, England. Ray Thomas, John Lodge, and Michael Pinder had been members of El Riot & the Rebels. They disbanded when Lodge, the youngest member, went to technical college and Michael Pinder joined the army. Michael Pinder then rejoined Thomas to form the Krew Cats. The pair recruited guitarist/vocalist Denny Laine, band manager-turned-drummer Graeme Edge, and bassist Clint Warwick. The five appeared as the Moody Blues for the first time in Birmingham in 1964. The name developed from a hoped-for sponsorship from the M&B Brewery which failed to materialise, the band calling themselves both "The M B's" and "The M B Five" and was also a subtle reference to the Duke Ellington song, "Mood Indigo".
Get around, make a sound
Write a song and say "It's just for you"
My benefit, my conscience too
But now I'm feeling moody blues tonight.
Break it down, to the ground
Tell me why my innocence is gone
I've been at this for far too long
And still I'm riding electric storms tonight
But, now I'm feeling like you're stealing the light
What you've got, it ain't quite right
And now I know I need to settle the score
I'm feeling like I never have before
I'm on the floor
I'm Moody Blues tonight
Get around, steal a sound
Sing a song and know it's just for me
My thinking deep, my therapy
It's all I have and what I need tonight
Chorus
Well, there you are you're watching me
I've got no space and I can't breathe
And all along you let it be...