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Moody BluesBand Name Origins:
- Around 1962 Ray Thomas and Mike Pinder (2 of the original band members) formed The Krew Cats and spent the next year or so touring in Hamburg before disbanding and forming The Moody Blues 5, shortening it to The M & B 5 when Mitchell and Butlers Breweries agreed to sponsor the band. When this sponsorship did not materialise they changed the name to The Moody Blues in 1964. (Source: Official Moody Blues website www.moodyblues.co.uk) Submitted by: SteveDTM
Performer Nick Names:
Known informally as: The Moodies. Submitted by: Cyhunt
Better Off Solo:
Name | New Career | Comments & Submitter Name |
| "Denny Laine" | "Between The Moody Blues and Wings, Denny Laine went solo as well as being in a few failed bands such as 'Balls', 'BLG', and 'Airforce'. " | - Paul Warren |
| "Justin Hayward" | "Between 1972 and 1978, The Moody Blues were doormant. In 1978, Justin Hayward made a song called 'Forever Autumn'. It's a very nice song. " | - Paul Warren |
Song Titles Not Used as Lyrics:
Song Name | Comments & Submitter Name |
| "Departure" | The title has one word and it's not even mentioned once! - Alan of Seville |
| "Legend of a Mind" | The song should be called 'Timothy Leary is Dead' because it focuses more on Timothy Leary. - Paul Warren |
Better Names for Current Songs:
Original Song Name | New Song Name | Submitter Name |
| "Suburbs" | "Cities" | Paul Warren |
| "Fights With Knight Satan" | "Nights In White Satin" | britrock |
| "I screamed with fright" | "i dreamed last night" | Carrie |
| "Fights In White Nylons" | "Nights In White Satin" | Steve Pedigo |
Literally Impossible Song Titles:
Song/Performer | Comment | Submitter Name |
| "Voices In The Sky," | Not unless it's angels or airplane passengers | Steve Pedigo |
Use a Song Title to Answer a Different Song:
Song & Band Name | Song & Band Name | Comments & Submittor Name |
| "Dreaming " | "Your Wildest Dreams," The Moody Blues | Kathy |
| "One Moment In Time" | "This Is The Moment," Moody Blues | Kathy |
| "I Feel Like Going Home" | "Go Now," The Moody Blues | Josh |
| "One Moment In Time" | "This Is The Moment," The Moody Blues | Kathy |
| There are additional songs titles that answer other songs available. | ||
Remove a Letter From a Song Title:
"The Vice" originally "The Voice"
Josh
"I'm Just A Singe (In A Rock And Roll Band) " originally "I'm Just A Singer (In A Rock And Roll Band)"
Happened when he plugged in his guitar?
Rafeal De La Ghetto
"Your Widest Dreams" originally "Your Wildest Dreams"
No slim people in them
Cheryl Jordan
"Veteran Comic Rocker" originally "Veteran Cosmic Rocker"
Mark Silverman
Add a Letter To a Song Title:
"I'm Just A Swinger In A Rock And Roll Band" originally "I'm Just A Singer In A Rock And Roll Band"
Peter
"I'm Just A Stinger In A Rock And Roll Band" originally "I'm Just A Singer In A Rock And Roll Band"
Peter
"Knights In White Satin" originally "Nights In White Satin"
Give the song a medieval twist
Mark Silverman
Change a Letter In a Song Title:
"Melt Me Halfway" originally "Meet Me Halfway"
Give me the consistency of a Wendy's Frosty.
Mercedes Morgan
"Lights In White Satin" originally "Nights In White Satin"
Pattye Sue Mocek
"The Stork In Your Eyes" originally "The Story In Your Eyes"
Kirsten Abercrombie
"The Storm In Your Eyes" originally "The Story In Your Eyes"
Kirsten Abercrombie
"The Store In Your Eyes" originally "The Story In Your Eyes"
Kirsten Abercrombie
There are additional song titles with a letter changed available.
Song Parodies:
Original Song Name | Parody Song Name | Parody Author |
| "Nights in White Satin/ Late Lament" | "Sighs From the Boxed In/My Lament" | Adagio |
| "The Story in Your Eyes" | "The Quarry in Your Pies" | Jim Rotondo |
| "Nights in White Satin" | "Tights in Manhattan" | Jim Rotondo |
| "Nights in White Satin" | "Nerds in White Saturns" | Leo Keough |
| "Legend Of A Mind" | "Wretched Ugly Crime" | Alvin Rhodes |
| "Tuesday Afternoon" | "Ruby's Afternoon" | Alvin Rhodes |
| "I'm Just a Singer (in a Rock and Roll Band)" | "The Lost 4 (Ode to Cindy, Sue Ann, Nancy, and Molly) - Complete" | Sammy Reed |
| "I'm Just A Singer (In A Rock And Roll Band)" | "I Lust For Ginger (But I Love Mary Ann)" | renaldo58 |
| "Tuesday Afternoon" | "Cliched, Torn and Strewn" | adagio |
| "I Know You're Out There Somewhere" | "I'm Lost in the World Somewhere" | Below Average Dave |
There are additional song parodies available. | ||
Untapped Commercial Ideas:
Song Name | Product | Submittor |
| Go Now | Divorce Lawyer | DieKolkrabe |
| Nights In White Satin | Victoria's Secret | Garrison |
| Nights In White Satin | Curtains | Matt Donnelly |
| Ride My See-Saw | Playground Equipment | Dave |
Bad Choices for On Hold Music:
Song Name | Company/Organization | Submittor |
| Go Now | The Labour Party Headquarters | Kate |
| Voices In The Sky | Mental Asylum | costanza |
| Your Wildest Dreams | Center For Narcoleptics | Matt Donnelly |
| In Your Wildest Dreams | Dating Service | FussBudgetVanPelt |
Duets Not Yet Performed:
First Band/Song Name | Second Band/Song Name | New Song Name | Submittor |
| 40 Days & Forty Nights Muddy Waters | Nights In White Satin The Moody Blues | 40 Days & 40 Nights In White Satin That's a long time in bed! | Josh |
| Spirit in the Sky Norman Greenbaum | Voices in the Sky Moody Blues | Spirit's Voices in the Sky I'm surrounded by Ghosts! | Paul Warren |
| What A Difference A Day Makes Dinah Washington | Tuesday Afternoon The Moody Blues | What A Difference A Tuesday Afternoon Makes | MOR |
| My Name Is Eminem | Timothy Leary The Moody Blues | My Name Is Timothy Leary | Raphael |
| There are additional duets that haven't been done yet available. | |||
If Groups Combined, Their Names Might Be :
Deep Moody Blue Something
Deep Blue Something combined with The Moody Blues
Submitted By: Martha Hankins
The Ron Moody Blues
Ron Moody combined with The Moody Blues
Submitted By: Raphael
The Amazing Moody Rhythm & Blues Aces
Amazing Rhythm Aces combined with The Moody Blues
Submitted By: Raphael
The Moody Blues Brothers
The Moody Blues combined with The Blues Brothers
Submitted By: Elwood Mott
There are additional Combined Groups that haven't been done yet available.
Misheard Lyrics:
"Twilight Time"
Misheard Lyrics: Backstage you wait like a puppet on string
Original Lyrics: Bats take to wing like puppets on strings
| "My Brother"
Misheard Lyrics: so far, that our voices are, divided by
lotion an lotion Original Lyrics: so far, that our voices are, divided by
an ocean an ocean |
"I'll Be Level With You"
Misheard Lyrics: Bubblegum in the air
Original Lyrics: Love will come in the end
| "Nervous"
Misheard Lyrics: Strip eyes! Strip eyes!
Original Lyrics: Straight Lines! Straight Lines!
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| There are additional misheard lyrics available. | |
Misheard Lyrics Story:
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"Gemini Dream"
Misheard Lyrics: Take a chance, see it through Yogi Bear
Original Lyrics: Take a chance, see it through, you'll be glad
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Story about this misheard lyric by: Anthony D I have listened to this song ever since I was a kid and for years I though Yogi Bear was referred to in the song. |
| There are additional misheard stories available. | |
Song Parody Fragments:
"For My Lady"
Better Lyrics:
Oh, I'd give my life so lightly
For my gentle Steven Give it freely And completely To my Steven
For my gentle Steven Give it freely And completely To my Steven
Original Lyrics:
Oh, I'd give my life so lightly
For my gentle lady Give it freely And completely To my lady
For my gentle lady Give it freely And completely To my lady
Submitted by: Navi
Funny Lyrics:
"Knights In White Satin"
The Funny Lyrics: Knights in white satin never reaching the end
Why They're Funny: What knight would wear white satin? no knight would be caught dead wearing white satin no wonder they never reached the end
Submitted by: Art
| "Under Moonshine"
The Funny Lyrics: That's where I've been, under moonshine
Why They're Funny: This lyric really makes me laugh! I mean, well, yeah! I can't really explain the funniness but say it out loud. XD
Submitted by: Cyhunt
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Repetitive Lyrics:
"In Your Wildest Dreams"
The Repetitive Lyrics: I wonder if you care?
I wonder if you think about me? Once upon a time in your wildest dreams Why They're Repetitive: This is pretty much the entire chorus. Anybody who spends that much time wondering about what could have been must be some somekind of desperate looser.
Submitted by: Celeste
| "I Know You're Out There Somewhere"
The Repetitive Lyrics: I know you're out there somewhere
Somewhere, somewhere I know you're out there somewhere Somewhere you can hear my voice I know I'll find you somhow Somehow, somehow I know I'll find you Somehow And somehow I'll return again to you Why They're Repetitive: Just count the Somewhere's and the Somehow's
Submitted by: Lisa Sargeant
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Nonsensical Lyrics:
"Nights In White Satin"
The Nonsensical Lyrics: Letters I've written,
never meaning to send. Why They're Nonsensical: What's the sense in writing a letter if you're not going to send it?
Submitted by: Jason
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Insulting Lyrics:
"question?"
The Insulting Lyrics: why do we never,get an answer,when we are,knocking at,the door?,in a world of persecution,that is burning,ever more?
Why They're Insulting: this guy is,saying that,society is stone-walling,him in,his quest for,A SOLUTION,to everyday problem's!
Submitted by: art E.
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Dirty Lyrics:
"Out and In"
The Dirty Lyrics: You gotta make, the journey out and in! Out and in, out and in.
Why They're Dirty: I doubt John and Ray meant it in this song but really, think about it.
Submitted by: Cyhunt
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Song Lyrics That Name Check Celebrities:
"Dr. Livingstone, I Presume"
The Lyrics: Dr. Livingstone, I Presume. Stepping out of the Jungle gloom, into the midday sun.
Captain Scott you were so bold, now you're looking rather cold, out there in the snow. Columbus, where are you bound? So you thing the earth is round, sailed off in the blue. Who They Mention: Dr. David Livingstone, who was a discoverer in Africa, Captain Robert Falcon Scott, who was a discoverer of Antarctica, and Christopher Columbus who discovered the New World.
Submitted by: Paul Warren
| "Legend Of A Mind (Timothy Leary's Dead)"
The Lyrics: Timothy Leary's dead
Who They Mention: Dr Timothy Leary
Submitted by: oldrock
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Song Lyrics That Mention Other Songs:
"I'm Just a Singer (In a Rock-and-Roll Band.)"
The Song Lyrics: And if you want the Winds of Change to blow
Song They Mention: Winds of Change by Eric Burdon and the Animals
Submitted by: Paul Warren
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Songs That Open With Their Titles:
"Nice to Be Here"
Opening Lines: Nice to be here, hope you agree
Comments: Submitted by: Cyhunt
| "Nights In White Satin"
Opening Lines: Nights in white satin, never reaching the end, letters I've written, never meaning to send
Comments: Definitely a blast from the past!
Submitted by: Michael E Cormier
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Song Title Space Change:
"Quest Ion" originally "Question"
On a quest for ions.
Submitted by: rocky
"Knight Sin, White's a Tin" originally "Knights in White Satin"
Submitted by: Chamelienne
Band Name Anagrams:
Doom Shy Tub Eel Submitted by: Regina Haniger
They Doom Blues Submitted by: Regina Haniger
Hoot Bemusedly Submitted by: Regina Haniger
Song Title Anagrams:
"See My Raw Side" originally "Ride My See-Saw"
Submitted by: Daphne Hughes
"Sir, My Seaweed" originally "Ride My See-Saw"
Submitted by: Josh
Super Long Pop Songs:
"Nights in White Satin" Length: 7:40
Most radio stations pay an edited version, but the album version includes a long musical interlude and a concluding poem, "Late Lament."
Submitted by: Raphael
Super Short Pop Songs:
"My Little Lovely" Length: 1:45
Shortest Moodies song that I know of not including Graeme's poems... I'm pretty sure this was Ray's last song before he left. :<
Submitted by: Cyhunt
Upbeat Songs With Depressing Lyrics:
"question?"
The Lyrics: why do we never get an answer?, when we are knocking, at the door?,in a world of persecution, that is burning ever more.
Why: an energetic song, about people being ignored,when they inquire about solution's to life's problem's.
Submitted by: art
| "Go Now!"
The Lyrics: We've already said, ... goodbye.
Since you gotta go, oh, you had better go now. Go now. Before you see me cry. I don't want you to tell me just what you intend to do now. How many times do I have to tell you, Darlin' Darlin', I'm still in love with you now. Whoaaa. Why: Back in 1965, the Moody Blues were much more of jazzier rockin' blues group than they would later become and were the new English crossover to America find. Although their U.S. Top 10 hit, "Go Now!" had already been a #1 hit in the UK back in 1964, and originally it was recorded in the 1920's by American jazz/blues artists, Bessie Banks (the song is written by Bessie's husband, Larry Banks and Milton Bennett). The song had an obvious upbeat tempo (good dance tune) but is obviously about the depressing feeling someone gets (in the Moody Blues' case, from the perspective of a man) when their lover breaks things off with them, but then won't leave them. And the Moody Blues made it even more poignant with the vocal stylings of then lead singer, Denny Laine and the pounding keyboards of Mike Ponder and the sharp stylings on the tambourine of percussionist Ray Thomas. In the early 1990's, the Moody Blues' version of "Go Now!" got new life when the British TV comedy show, "Splitting Image" used it in an episode regarding the feelings many Brits felt at the time that then Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher should resign. "Go Now!" was also later recorded by Ozzy Osbourne. Unfortunately, the Moody Blues have been one of those few progressive rock artists of the 1960's and 1970's (into the 1980's and 90's) not to have been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame.
Submitted by: Peter
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Band Name Spoonerisms:
Bloody Muse originally "Moody Blues"
Submitted by: Joe Haynes
The Bloody Moos originally "The Moody Blues"
Submitted by: Ingrid McCannless
Products Bands Should Endorse Based on Their Name:
Psychiatric services
They're moody and also have the blues? Bipolar!
Submitted by: Chamelienne
Movies Named After Song Titles:
"In Your Wildest Dreams"
A 1991 Drama film which is a Series
Submitted by: Paul Warren
