Amazing song from an amazing Band

[BigOleDummy]

"Confusion will be my epitaph"

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"Knowledge is a deadly friend
If no one sets the rules
The fate of all mankind I see
Is in the hands of fools"

[AZSkiffyGeek]

1. Very nice

[BigOleDummy]

2. Lol, ....

... Love that avatar!

Played this album when it first came out so many times it literally wore out.

[AZSkiffyGeek]

3. I saw 80s Crimson without knowing anything about their music

It permanently broke my brain. But seeing them a couple years ago playing all the old material was a revelation. I never thought I'd see "Starless" or "Schizoid Man" live.

[ProfessorGAC]

4. 80s Crimson Is In My Top 10 Ever

Those 3 albums are fantastic.
Discipline, Beat, & 3 Of A Perfect Pair. All awesome.
Saw them in '82 in Chicago.
Perfectly coordinated chaos is the best way I can describe it.
Like this:

[BigOleDummy]

5. O.O!

Love me some Belew! Great song

[ProfessorGAC]

7. We Covered His Version Of Heartbeat

I played a Fender Rhodes sound, and choirs.
I did the seagull sounds on a synth.

[AZSkiffyGeek]

9. Saw Belew tour with his power trio and Levin's trio opening

They called it "Three of a Perfect Trio" - Belew's drummer was sick, so Danny Carey of Tool sat in - the place sold out once that info got out.
Levin had Mastelotto in his band and they tried to do a drum duet with Carey on "Indiscipline." Carey just sat looking awestruck trying to keep up.

[AZSkiffyGeek]

8. Saw them in 84

Then caught them a few times in the 90s and 00s. The 2000s lineup that toured with Tool was disappointing - but the 6 piece with Bruford and Mastelotto on drums in 94 or 95 made a glorious racket.
That first show in 84 and the last show in 2021 were another level though.

[BigOleDummy]

6. I envy you

for seeing them live. Never had the chance.

[TeamProg]

10. In The Court was certainly a keystone or chief cornerstone of progressive rock and I've been a fan

since Starless came out when I was in H.S., but I think the Moody Blues - though not as interesting - were the likely Founders of Prog Rock. No?

I didn't get to see KC until the Discipline tour show ( 81 or 82) in S.F. at the Old Waldorf which was a small club / bar in the penthouse floor of a building on Battery St.

Would have loved to see the Wetton, Bruford, Fripp, Jamie Muir line up.

Thanks for posting!

[Whatthe_Firetruck]

11. I had the privilege of seeing the Moodies live...

... Twice.

Once in a big amphitheater where the Sacramento Kings played basketball at the time. They had a local orchestra on stage, and Roy Thomas (the flutist) still toured with them. A few years later I saw them in a more intimate outdoor venue at Ironstone Amphitheater, fronted by the Dave Matthew's band.

[TeamProg]

12. I might've seen that same tour. With Yes' Patrick Moraz ( Relayer album)

on keyboards.

Mister Mister opened, this was at Shoreline Amphitheater, Silicon Valley. 1985, maybe?

[Whatthe_Firetruck]

13. It was Arco arena in Sacramento.

I don't think it was Moraz. He was a member from 1978 when Pinder left until 1991.

When I searched Moodies and Arco it gave me Sep 20, 1994.
https://www.concertarchives.org/concerts/the-moody-blues-0636ab54-c962-4c36-826c-8f6e5418b2ee#photos-section

It was just them and the orchestra.

The 2017 Ironstone concert has photos online. Setlist:
https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/the-moody-blues/2017/ironstone-amphitheatre-murphys-ca-43e4a387.html
Images:
https://www.google.com/search?client=tablet-android-samsung-rvo1&sxsrf=APwXEddToctsPg2W0VXFr648bs_5m5z-jg:1682024482076&q=moody+blues+Dave+Matthews+band+Ironstone+amphitheater&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj7q4e-rbn-AhXwk2oFHfyaAJcQ0pQJegQIDxAB&biw=610&bih=976&dpr=2.63#imgrc=vAMB1JB5ZhJKvM&lnspr=W251bGwsbnVsbCxudWxsLG51bGwsbnVsbCxudWxsLG51bGwsbnVsbCxudWxsLG51bGwsbnVsbCxudWxsLG51bGwsbnVsbCxudWxsLG51bGxd

The stage isn't that deep, and the Moodies double drumsets & stuff was pre setup in the back, which meant the Mathew's band's instruments were in the front half looking a little cramped. When they were done the roadies cleared their gear so Justin Hayward & John Lodge could take the stage front.

In the concert you saw, did Graham Edge come out from behind his drums to do his dorky little dance? He did that in both the ones I went to.

[TeamProg]

14. "Did Graham Edge come out from behind his drums to do his dorky little dance?"

Not sure I'd remember that. But I DO remember Phil Collins doing a stupid little dance with a tambourine on stage during their Trick Of The Tail tour - so my memory isn't so bad.

No orchestra with Moodies.

I think it was the Other Side Of Life tour 1986.

I got to see the Moody Blues courtesy of being on the Mr. Mister guest list.