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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 "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.
Pinder's "When You're a Free Man" is addressed to Timothy Leary, who befriended the band after the release of their song "Legend of a Mind". At the time, Leary was imprisoned on a marijuana charge. In a later interview, Pinder defends Leary: ""He's a tremendous humanitarian with a tremendous capacity to bring people together.
"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
All tracks performed by The Moody Blues. Tracks 1, 3–4, 9, 11, 13 and 15 written by Justin Hayward, tracks 2, 10 and 18–20 by Mike Pinder, track 5 by Hayward, Graeme Edge and Peter Knight, track 6 by Edge and John Lodge, tracks 7 and 14 by Ray Thomas, track 8 by Lodge, tracks 12 and 17 by Edge and track 16 by Hayward and Thomas
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 ...
"Melancholy Man" Mike Pinder: A Question of Balance: 5:46: 13. "The Story in Your Eyes" Every Good Boy Deserves Favour, 1971: 3:05: 14. "Lost in a Lost World" Pinder: