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The Moody Blues' "rich symphonic sound" influenced groups such as Yes, Genesis, the Electric Light Orchestra and Deep Purple. They also helped make synthesizers and philosophy "part of the rock mainstream".[2]
The Moody Blues are members of the Vocal Group Hall of Fame. In 2013, readers of Rolling Stone voted for them as one of the ten bands that should be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.[10] Ultimate Classic Rock called them "perennial victims of an unaccountable snubbing" and inducted them into its own Hall of Fame in 2014.[73]
Writing for The Guardian in 2015, Rob Chapman described the band as "psychedelia's forgotten heroes". He stated: "Despite their success, rock critics rarely took the Moody Blues seriously, a pattern that continued for the next 45 years." He also wrote: "Despite the critical disapproval, the best of the Moody Blues music between 1967 and 1970 possessed grace and beauty. Like the Beatles, they understood how pop songs worked as ensemble pieces. None of them were particularly virtuosic or showy as musicians and their music is refreshingly free of the noodling that characterized the output of their more self-indulgent contemporaries."[74]
In December 2017, the band were announced as inductees for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.[75] On 14 April 2018, they were inducted as part of the 2018 class. During his acceptance speech in Cleveland, Ohio, Justin Hayward said, "If you didn't know already, well we're just a bunch of British guys, but of course to us and to all British musicians, this is the home of our heroes and we all know that..." acknowledging the inspirational role of America's rock and roll icons.[76] During the ceremony, Ray Thomas was included as a star that was lost in the past year.
I discovered the Moody Blues as a teenager. I'm now sixty years old, and they are still my favorite group. There has never been a better "thinking man's rock" group, and hearing what passes for music these day, there likely never will be. And this is their best album. I lost my mom the very same day Graeme Edge died, and when I found out about Graeme, I also found out that the Moody Blues, as a group, is gone forever. What an awful year 2021 has been.
The Moody Blues are members of the Vocal Group Hall of Fame. In 2013, readers of Rolling Stone voted for them as one of the ten bands that should be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.[10] Ultimate Classic Rock called them "perennial victims of an unaccountable snubbing" and inducted them into its own Hall of Fame in 2014.[73]
Writing for The Guardian in 2015, Rob Chapman described the band as "psychedelia's forgotten heroes". He stated: "Despite their success, rock critics rarely took the Moody Blues seriously, a pattern that continued for the next 45 years." He also wrote: "Despite the critical disapproval, the best of the Moody Blues music between 1967 and 1970 possessed grace and beauty. Like the Beatles, they understood how pop songs worked as ensemble pieces. None of them were particularly virtuosic or showy as musicians and their music is refreshingly free of the noodling that characterized the output of their more self-indulgent contemporaries."[74]
In December 2017, the band were announced as inductees for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.[75] On 14 April 2018, they were inducted as part of the 2018 class. During his acceptance speech in Cleveland, Ohio, Justin Hayward said, "If you didn't know already, well we're just a bunch of British guys, but of course to us and to all British musicians, this is the home of our heroes and we all know that..." acknowledging the inspirational role of America's rock and roll icons.[76] During the ceremony, Ray Thomas was included as a star that was lost in the past year.
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2 years ago (edited)I discovered the Moody Blues as a teenager. I'm now sixty years old, and they are still my favorite group. There has never been a better "thinking man's rock" group, and hearing what passes for music these day, there likely never will be. And this is their best album. I lost my mom the very same day Graeme Edge died, and when I found out about Graeme, I also found out that the Moody Blues, as a group, is gone forever. What an awful year 2021 has been.
