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Sorry, but IMHO, the Moodies music is neither pretentious nor pseudo-intellectual, ...it's just poetic.

Posted by Audiophilander (A) on April 24, 2006 at 13:32:59

In Reply to: pretty pretentious, pseudo-intellectual stuff... posted by Jackaro on April 24, 2006 at 10:40:06:

As I see it, the music was written to STIMULATE dreams and the imagination, not provide the answers to probing questions; the musicians said as much over the years in interviews. If these guys had been as pretentious and self-absorbed about their creativity as you seem to think, viewing their poetic work as serious philosphy aimed at intellectuals rather than merely music to entertain and stimulate a hip young generation caught up in the same turbulent era in which they found themselves, then you might have a point, ...but you don't. Of course you're entitled to your opinion, but I consider your evaluation of the MB's music completely in error.

>>> "That is what I thought the first time I heard them, and I'm 54, those guys always kinda made my skin crawl." <<<

FTR, I'm exactly the same age you are, dude, and if your skin "crawled" when listening to the Moody Blues then you must've been scoring the wrong kind of dope, monkey man! ;^)

>>> ""Cold hearted orb that rules the night..." never sounded profound to me, just pretentious. I know lots of people who go all goopy when they hear it still, I just kinda sigh under my breath." <<<

"Goopy?" Sheeeesh! Most poetry sounds pretentious when you get right down to it; lighten up! You're looking for reason in rhyme when the very basis for most music-related art is interpretation; you just have to go with it. If it says something to you that makes you think serious thoughts about life, existence, or whatever, fine, but you shouldn't assume that that's where the musicans were coming from! If the poetry evokes images that have deep personally relevence or the music causes you to reflect on something filed away in your memory, almost forgotten, but important to you long ago, ...something that perhaps brings a smile to your face, then the music has achieved all that is required of it.

The beauty of the Moody Blues, more than most music of that chaotic era, is that it tends to stimulate memories that folks hold dear. I'm sorry if this music no longer appeals to you & Mr. Hardy, assuming that it ever did. I realize that some folks feel the need to critisize or find fault, but it's wrong to assess music from an era of adolescent exploration and social change as if that music must hold the same exact relevence in today's world or be of no contemporary value as a listening experience. No offense, but it's that kind of attitude which strkes me as rather pretentious, much more than the music, I dare say.

AuPh

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