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"Melancholy Man" is a song written by Mike Pinder that was first released on the Moody Blues' 1970 album A Question of Balance. It was also released as a single in some countries, but not in the UK or US, although in the US it was later released as the b-side of "The Story in Your Eyes".
Pinder's "Melancholy Man" takes a global perspective and lament's society's ability to address its broadest challenges: "The melancholy part of it is the melancholy for the human race and for the planet is what it's about. What was that line? 'I might not make it there with you' the famous line of Martin Luther King. Martin Luther was very much ...
Pinder's 1970 album track "Melancholy Man" from A Question of Balance became a No. 1 hit in France. His "How is it (We Are Here)" from the album sessions, with the working title "Mike's Number One", surfaced later as a CD release. On all three songs Pinder sang lead vocals.
Mike Pinder, the keyboardist and last surviving original member of the rock group the Moody Blues, has died. he was 82.
Mike Pinder, the Moody Blues’ longtime keyboardist and the last surviving founding member of the Rock Hall-inducted band, has died at the age of 82. Pinder’s family announced his death via a ...
Pinder's "Melancholy Man" would be released as a single in France, reaching No. 1 there. Hayward began an artful exploration of guitar tone through the use of numerous effects pedals and fuzzboxes and developed for himself a very melodic buzzing guitar-solo sound.
"The Sunset" (Mike Pinder) – 5:51 "Tuesday Afternoon" (Hayward) – 3:25 "Minstrel's Song" – 4:53 "Never Comes the Day" (Hayward) – 4:05 "Tortoise and the Hare" (Lodge) – 3:56 "Question" (Hayward) – 5:21 "Melancholy Man" (Pinder) – 5:59 "Are You Sitting Comfortably?" (Hayward, Ray Thomas) – 4:00 "The Dream" (Graeme Edge) – 0:59
Initial sessions took place at Mike Pinder's home studio built in the garage of his home "Beckthorns" in January 1972. Hayward reflects on the setting and the band's difficulty adjusting to their commercial success: "It was a ludicrous situation; we could afford to record anywhere in the world, and there we were in our keyboard player's garage.