What Are You Listening To?

[Music Head]

from my library (vinyl)



Unrecognizable from any later albums, the Moodies debut broke them with the superb Go Now. Not anything on here as
good as that for me and this album rates way below any of the subsequent work. Two different bands. The UK release
of this was titled The Magnificent Moodies and had a different track listing. In the states Go Now was released long
before an album to support it, resulting in the album never even charting, as Go Now had run it's course. Bad
marketing I guess. Justin Hayward and John Lodge did not join the group until after this album. Denny Laine and
Clint Warwick departed to make way for them. Denny has most of the vocal chores on this album and had a lot of
creative control for the group. Denny leaving had a lot to do with the dramatic change in sound I would think. The
album was re-released in 1970 after the success of Tuesday Afternoon off of Days Of Future Passed. If fans were
expecting to hear that sound when they went back to the first album, they were deeply disappointed. That would be
me. Still love Go Now though. One of their best.

I LIKE THIS ALBUM

Worst Track - Bye Bye Burd

Best Track - Go Now

We've already said ‘Goodbye’.
Since you've got to go
Oh you had better go now.
Go now. Go now. Go now
Before you see me cry.
I don't want you to tell me
Just what you intend to do now.
'Cause how many times do I have to tell you
Darling, darling,
I'm still in love
With you now?

We've already said ‘So long’
I don't want to see you go.
Oh you had better go now.

Go now. Go now. Go now
Don't you even try telling me
That you really don't want me to end this way
'Cause, darling, darling,
Can't you see I want you to stay?

We've already said ‘Goodbye’.
Since you've got to go
Oh you had better go now.

Go now. Go now. Go now
Before you see me cry.
I don't want you to tell me
Just what you intend to do now.
'Cause how many times do I have to tell you
Darling, darling,
I'm still in love,
Still in love,
With you now?

I don't want to see you go
But, darling,
You'd better go now.

1) I Go Crazy **
live - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IBx9s-s9rnw - nice live clip from 1965 Shindig show
2) And My Baby's Gone **
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=096nCsJXqYg
3) Go Now ***
live - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sUFFRd27YDw - another nice live one from 1964 Top Of The Pops
4) It's Easy Chid **
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ziBBcL4X68s
5) Can't Nobody Love You **
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=se0jgjPT7Es
6) I Had A Dream **
7) Let Me Go **
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9uVGNVF4yo
8) I Don't Want To Go On Without You **
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wTiOS5Pqgm8
9) True Story *
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kj_-mMpxqQ0
10) It Ain't Necessarily So **
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_kW8RkUp5M - early Roy Thomas vocal
11) Bye Bye Bird *
live - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ttfgo3-N8g - live 1966 French tv
12) From The Bottom Of My Heart **
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ght3VQvo6wA

3's - 1
2's - 9
1's - 2

Grade - 1.9
allmusic - 2.2