Days of Future Passed-My Sojourn : Reimagined

[Gilly Goodness]

John Lodge has recorded and reimagined the album with his band and featurin' Juano. To be sold at his gigs in July.

New cover photograph by his daughter-in-law.

Letterin' by Roger Dean







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[JMKUSA]

Should be interesting. I love the original album and enjoyed seeing him live in 2019.

[Soundwaveseeker]

I might assume Jon Davison is handling all/most/some of the Justin Hayward songs? I know he's done Nights In White Satin. Should be cool, the original album is a classic. Since the Moody Blues are no longer, John Lodge is the one to carry the Moodies flag. Long live the Moody Blues!

[pianozach]

Evidently you'll be able to purchase on his website as well.

[JMKUSA]

I might assume Jon Davison is handling all/most/some of the Justin Hayward songs? I know he's done Nights In White Satin. Should be cool, the original album is a classic. Since the Moody Blues are no longer, John Lodge is the one to carry the Moodies flag. Long live the Moody Blues!

He’s also sung Tuesday Afternoon.

[Gilly Goodness]

THEY'RE JUST SINGERS IN A ROCKNROLL BAND




From Milwaukee last night 😍




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PAUSE AND REFLECT. THE CAUSE AND EFFECT

[bondegezou]

It's on Spotify and other streaming platforms.

[Frumious B]

It’s really not that great a record divorced from the sixties. The original album mainly works for me as kind of a quaint, nostalgic time capsule.

[JMKUSA]

This new recording is really good. Jon Davison sounds excellent on Tuesday Afternoon and Nights in White Satin.

[PhaseDance]

Justin Hayward songs sung by someone else? No. Just ... no.

John wants to tour his own songs? Fine. Otherwise, not interested.

[JMKUSA]

Justin Hayward songs sung by someone else? No. Just ... no.

John wants to tour his own songs? Fine. Otherwise, not interested.

John sang Legend of a Mind, which was a Ray Thomas song, when I saw him on the tour with Yes in 2019. I thought that was great.

Jon Davison does a great job on Tuesday Afternoon and Nights in White Satin without trying to sound like Justin.

[Olorin]

I'd really like to know what went down at the end of the Moody Blues. Hayward said in his opinion, the Moodies ended when Graeme Edge died and it was inappropriate to continue with him. Yet there is no reason that he and Lodge could not have rebranded as the Blue Jays and toured under that name. That could've been great: old Blue Jays stuff, new Blue Jays stuff, old Moody Blues Hayward and/or Lodge tunes, and Hayward and Lodge solo tunes. But that did not happen. I wonder if Hayward has gotten tired of Lodge and just doesn't want to work with him any more. That would be sad and unfortunate but as Yes fans know better than most folks...that happens.

As to Lodge recreating the Moodies' most famous album, there are two aspects to that. One would be how do I feel about that in general. And that would be, why? I guess aging rockers like to revisit their glory days, and I don't have a problem with that. And if it were just performed in its entirety live, like the Moodies did for its 50th anniversary, I supposed I'd find it redundant but not give it much more thought. But a full studio recreation...that's a puzzler. The other aspect of how I feel about this is that it sounds altogether too much like Roger Waters recording Dark Side of the Moon. Waters is doing that out of spite and the bitterest bile. I really hope that Lodge has absolutely nothing of that behind his rerecording. The Moodies were always all about peace, love, and cosmic harmony, and I'd hate for their legacy to be tainted by even a whiff of the Waters virus.

[JMKUSA]

I'd really like to know what went down at the end of the Moody Blues. Hayward said in his opinion, the Moodies ended when Graeme Edge died and it was inappropriate to continue with him. Yet there is no reason that he and Lodge could not have rebranded as the Blue Jays and toured under that name. That could've been great: old Blue Jays stuff, new Blue Jays stuff, old Moody Blues Hayward and/or Lodge tunes, and Hayward and Lodge solo tunes. But that did not happen. I wonder if Hayward has gotten tired of Lodge and just doesn't want to work with him any more. That would be sad and unfortunate but as Yes fans know better than most folks...that happens.

As to Lodge recreating the Moodies' most famous album, there are two aspects to that. One would be how do I feel about that in general. And that would be, why? I guess aging rockers like to revisit their glory days, and I don't have a problem with that. And if it were just performed in its entirety live, like the Moodies did for its 50th anniversary, I supposed I'd find it redundant but not give it much more thought. But a full studio recreation...that's a puzzler. The other aspect of how I feel about this is that it sounds altogether too much like Roger Waters recording Dark Side of the Moon. Waters is doing that out of spite and the bitterest bile. I really hope that Lodge has absolutely nothing of that behind his rerecording. The Moodies were always all about peace, love, and cosmic harmony, and I'd hate for their legacy to be tainted by even a whiff of the Waters virus.

He’s been performing the whole album live. This album sort of accompanies the tour. Before he died, he asked Graeme Edge to record himself reciting the poetry he wrote for the album. There is no evidence that this is being done out of spite.

[bondegezou]

As to Lodge recreating the Moodies' most famous album, there are two aspects to that. One would be how do I feel about that in general. And that would be, why? I guess aging rockers like to revisit their glory days, and I don't have a problem with that. And if it were just performed in its entirety live, like the Moodies did for its 50th anniversary, I supposed I'd find it redundant but not give it much more thought. But a full studio recreation...that's a puzzler. The other aspect of how I feel about this is that it sounds altogether too much like Roger Waters recording Dark Side of the Moon. Waters is doing that out of spite and the bitterest bile. I really hope that Lodge has absolutely nothing of that behind his rerecording. The Moodies were always all about peace, love, and cosmic harmony, and I'd hate for their legacy to be tainted by even a whiff of the Waters virus.

In promo, Lodge waxes lyrical about the original album and his former band mates. He talks about hoping that what he's doing now will bring more attention to the original album. So, that doesn't sound Waters-like. It does still raise the question of why. A live album from the tour would make some kinda sense, but what is the artistic point of a studio re-recording? I'd guess it's just about nostalgia, a way to celebrate.

[Gilly Goodness]

THE BACK COVER :





Interesting how it is divided by chapters. Was that done with the original? Heard the original awhile ago and thought it was a melange of sixties grooviness.

Looking forward to hear this new re-imaginin' and to hear what ol' Moodieheads think about it.



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ACROSS THE POLAR BLUE TWILIGHT