And then there was Justin. John Lodge of the Moody Blues dies

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John Lodge, bassist/ singer/ songwriter for the Moody Blues has died. That leaves Justin Hayward the only surviving member.
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One of his songs: https://youtu.be/N_J-hmyAS6c?si=5T_OyHFlQ9PRiRwM

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The Moody Blues are the band I’ve seen live most, before I was 21. My brother was obsessed. They really made some wonderful music together.

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Me too. I was the obsessed one

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I have fond memories of buying and enjoying Lodge & Hayward’s “Blue Jays” album that came out in '75.

Still have it, in fact.

mmm

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RIP :pensive_face:

The Moodies music has been a part of my life for a long time and John was an indispensable part of it. My first concert experience was the Question Of Balance tour in '71 and I saw John onstage with them several times after that. Thanks for the music & memories.

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Ride that see-saw to the great beyond, John.

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That was one of my few 45s :slightly_smiling_face:

I looked up the lyrics and they say: “School taught one and one is two
But by now, that answer just ain’t two.”

Rhyming two with two. I thought for sure it was “just ain’t true”, til I watched again.

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He was about to embark on a tour starting in December

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I hope it’s okay to copy and paste what his family posted on Facebook:

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It isn’t? :face_with_raised_eyebrow: Sounds like “wave’s chicane” all over again from ELO’s I Can’t Get It Out Of My Head (a pic however confirms that Jeff Lynne’s rough draft notes indeed have it as “Walking on a wave, she came”-which note unlike the mondegreen at least rhymes). Justin himself has been guilty of that too, from Question:

I’m looking for someone to change my life
I’m looking for a miracle in my life

A release from my strife? :shrug:

He was indeed scheduled for some dates in Ohio, sigh…

[Annnd of course the ELO song randomly plays off of my daily playlist here…]

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This bit confused me for a moment – Jon Anderson, who was Yes’s vocalist for close to 40 years, was Lodge’s contemporary. And, then, I remembered that the current singer for Yes is also named Jon (Davison); Wikipedia indicates that Davison is, in fact, Lodge’s son-in-law.

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Isn’t life strange?

A turn of the page.

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RIP John Lodge