What I'm Listening To - "Nights in White Satin" by The Moody Blues

So I went to see my third concert of the year (I think that's more concerts in this year alone than I'd ever seen prior to this year) last Friday. My pop's favorite band of all-time, The Moody Blues, dropped by the Borgata Casino in Atlantic City as part of their Summer 2009 tour.

The band, while certainly getting up there in age sounded fine, although I do feel they were "perkier" when I saw them last year at the Tower Theater in PA. The sound system at the Borgata Event Center sucked. You had to strain to hear their vocals (had I not known the songs, I would've likely not known what they were saying). The drums and bass just echoed throughout the ballroom -- which is what it was...a ballroom that the Borgata puts bleachers into for their concerts.

Unfortunately, coming off of the Paul McCartney concert just three weeks ago, The Moody Blues were bound to suffer in comparison, but I still enjoyed myself thoroughly. I will say that I thought it the band started off their show in an odd way. After a recognizable first song, the next four things that they played were absolutely lesser known tunes. Part of me was happy that it was a significantly different playlist than the last time I saw them, but not knowing the first songs (and not being able to actually hear what they were singing because of the crappy acoustics of the ballroom) started off the show on the wrong foot. That being said, they definitely kicked things up a notch after song #5. By the end, I was totally into it, though, and it was worth the price of admission.

Below is a music video for their best known tune "Nights in White Satin." The video is a condensed version of the song which in its regular form runs for over seven minutes. Below that is the corny music video for the corny song "I Know You're Out There Somewhere." I realize that it's pure cheese, but it's quite possibly my favorite Moody Blues song for some odd reason.