6734. The Moody Blues - Dawn: Dawn is a Feeling

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From: Days of Future Passed; Year: 1967; Genre: Progressive Rock/Symphonic Rock
Whilst driving around this morning I had this song come on and it has stuck in my brain ever since, which is certainly not expected from genres such as from this record. I believe that I have stated before that the 'Moodies were my "gateway drug" into all music progressive and I've never wavered in my love of the band. It is kind of superficial to say with all of the amazing and beautiful songs on the record, but this is one of the prettiest, especially with the orchestral accompaniment, which I believe was actually Mike Pinder overdubbing all of the "instruments" played on the Mellotron, but there was a proper orchestra on the record as well, mostly in the interludes. Pinder's Mellotron was one of the main cornerstones for the band's emerging sound and those contributions really show why Days of Future Passed and their subsequent songs are such landmarks in studio recording.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
My song pick 7 years ago today: Smokehouse - Polar Funk

My song pick 8 years ago today: Bob Dylan - A Hard Rain's a-Gonna Fall

My song pick 9 years ago today: Audioslave - Like a Stone

My song pick 10 years ago today: Rage Against the Machine - Darkness of Greed

My song pick 11 years ago today: Martin Barre - Spanish Tears

My song pick 12 years ago today: Béla Fleck and the Flecktones - Communication

My song pick 13 years ago today: "Weird Al" Yankovic - Livin' in the Fridge

My song pick 14 years ago today: Duran Duran - (Reach Up for the) Sunrise

My song pick 15 years ago today: The Offspring - Gone Away

My song pick 16 years ago today: Converge - Cruel Bloom

My song pick 17 years ago today: Flash Cadillac & the Continental Kids - She's So Fine

My song pick 18 years ago today: Lobo - A Big Red Kite
 
 

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