In 2006, the Moody Blues released remastered and expanded SACD versions of five albums put out at their symphonic peak, from 1967's Days Of Future Passed to 1970's A Question Of Balance. Classic Rock sat down with the band leaders John Lodge and Justin Hayward to discuss those recordings, and the conversation took in acid trips, Charles Manson and the peculiar magic of Nights In White Satin.
There are some songs that feel so warm and familiar they almost become part of your DNA, hard-wired into the nervous system. As soon as you hear them, a mood-altering experience occurs. It could be memories of childhood, fumbling adolescence, or a crap relationship. Then there are tunes that worm their way into your head and are as unwelcome as a bad hangover.
