Comments on: Basement Songs: The Moody Blues, “Nights in White Satin”

By: Cratedigger: The Moody Blues, “Days of Future Passed” | Popdose

Cratedigger: The Moody Blues, “Days of Future Passed” | Popdose — Sat, 09 May 2009 04:01:12 +0000

[...] indelible point of reference. My colleague here at Popdose, Scott Malchus, recent wrote a lovely essay which was inspired by “Nights in White [...]

By: gc

gc — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 06:04:56 +0000

really resonates scott. as always each week , l looked forward to your writing and each week it's reminder of what is great in life.

By: gc

gc — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 05:04:56 +0000

really resonates scott. as always each week , l looked forward to your writing and each week it's reminder of what is great in life.

By: aria

aria — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 10:51:48 +0000

Great article, the song sums up the mixed-up feelings you describe – yearning, love, melancholy, hope, confusion….

By: Jaynus

Jaynus — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 05:13:38 +0000

What Vladika said. You can live here if you need a place to stay.

By: bvladika

bvladika — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 22:47:56 +0000

Two words, or maybe three, not really sure. Mid-life Crisis. Go buy your dream car, take sailing lessons and sail solo around the world, quit your job and write that great American novel, give all your belongings away and dedicate your life to the service of the poor or of knowledge.

I think that once we realize the mortality of it all, not just our own lives but all of it, we question our dreams and how we have failed to live them fully. But I remind myself not of what I have not realized yet, but of what I do have. That is what the music now accompanies. Not the dreams of youth and the hope for tomorrow, but the satisfaction of adulthood and the accomplishments of today.

i like the change, Scott. Good mix with the previous format.

By: kshane

kshane — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 16:23:24 +0000

I may not have the wife and children, but I certainly have the memories of driving home alone late at night. I still do it quite often. You've captured in beautifully, and this is a song that I'm always happy to hear. In fact, the whole album is magical.

By: Jeff

Jeff — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 14:44:44 +0000

Wow.

Just, wow.

I played this album for my son when he was younger, at night when we would try to get him to sleep.

Your post sums up exactly why I played this album, without my actually having thought about it.

Thanks.

By: Bob B

Bob B — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 13:47:16 +0000

Well, you know off the bat I think you are full of manure, however, that being said…

This was awesome. Period