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Monday, August 31, 2009
Concert preview: The Moody Blues at the Meyerson Center (September 2 and 3)
Forty five years into a brilliant career, progressive icons The Moody Blues (who will be playing with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra at the Meyerson Center on Wednesday, September 2 and Thursday, September 3) still carry on to packed theatres. Their 1967 progressive landmark Days Of Future Passed set the stage for the prog-rock evolution, especially with its use of Mike Pinder’s melodeon arrangements, and vocalist Justin Hayward’s lush voice and very “English” lyrical prose.
With the groundbreaking records to follow, including In Search Of the Lost Chord and To Our Children’s Children, the Moodies set the template for atmospheric dream pieces. “Knights In White Satin,” “Tuesday Afternoon,” along with upbeat AOR fodder like “Story In Your Eyes,” “Just A Singer In A Rock and Roll Band,” and “Question” keeps the band at the top of the classic rock radio heap. The remaining original members Hayward, bassist John Lodge and drummer Graeme Edge are still superlative and with a top-notch backing band, they have never sounded better. If you by chance caught them at Nokia their last time through, they proved that even with 40+ years in the bag, the Moody Blues still shine through. Plus with the Dallas Symphony included, imagine the majestic Live At Red Rocks album.
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Christin Richard says:
Thanks for previewing this performance. A couple of months ago, ticket prices were estimated to be significantly higher than they're now stated, so it looks as though I 'will' get to go, after all! And this makes me very, very happy.
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Jon Ostrowski says:
"Free" would be too much for this bad music.
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Christin Richard says:
Having attended the first night of the concert, the sound and performance was tight, energetic and enjoyable. A ticket holder might only be vaguely familiar with the Moody Blues list of hits and favorites, and nonetheless be quite satisfied from the opening song through the encore. And the DSO was an excellent accompaniment. In a sophisticated rock concert within an acoustic architecture, there was an unpretentious exchange of admiration between the audience and performers that was both intimate and warm.
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Mike Bullock says:
I heard that these two dates are the only shows on the tour with a symphony backing them -- which hasn't happened in a long time.
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Christin Richard says:
Ooh! That makes it all the more rememberable. My last minute seats were horrible, but the sound in the loft couldn't have been better. I would have enjoyed attending both nights; and it's too bad that it wasn't recorded as a live show archive. I've watched some live recordings of the group that were certainly no better produced.
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