Comments on: Days of SQ Surpassed: The Timeless Flight of Justin Hayward and The Moody Blues

By: tim

tim — Fri, 14 Mar 2014 02:10:17 +0000

Thanks Mike for the great interview with Justin Hayward and the behind the scenes with the group, engineers and even Ray Dolby. I’ve seen the Moody Blues many, many times over the years in six states with and without the orchestra. I’ve been a fan since 1972 and felt their music had a LOT of depth that was and still is rare. Their lyrics and music have held up over the years and I appreciate the songs even more after all of the listenings and time. I need to get the 5.1 releases now. I also very much enjoy your Christmas album too. I’m not up on every guitarist or guitar but Justins electric guitar sound is unique and always want to hear more of it. Congratulations Moody Blues on your 50th anniversary! I caught you in concert last year in Cincinnati and twice previously in Knoxville for other great evenings. Thank you Moody Blues! … I’m just a listener of the singers in a rock and roll band!

By: Blanche

Blanche — Wed, 12 Mar 2014 17:20:05 +0000

Excellent interview, Sound Bard. Lovely to revisit origins and applaud the engineers who contributed so much to the Moody Blues oeuvre at the onset. It was a labor of love and an assembly of like minds that transported us in the 60s and has kept us charmed to this day. The Timeless Flight tour is tweaked a bit to resurrect a few of the old numbers … and periodically the tunes are reshuffled. Each one still sounds fresh and urgent. Particularly pleasing are the guitar highlights that have been reworked and switched up. Justin plays like no one else. He is superb, one with whatever guitar he holds at the time … together they create magic. Hail the red Gibson! Thank you for this satisfying read. Very pleased to learn the Spirits of the Western Sky DVD is close to release. All the more reason to anticipate May and the 2nd leg of the solo tour.