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“Question” by The Moody Blues

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    “Question” by The Moody Blues is a progressive rock song.

    Song Title: Question
    Artist: the Moody Blues
    Album: A Question of Balance
    Genre: classic rock, rock, progressive rock
    Composer: Copyright © 1969 Justin Hayward
    Lead Vocals: Justin Hayward
    Backing Vocals: John Lodge, Mike Pinder, Ray Thomas
    Acoustic Guitar: Justin Hayward
    Mellotron: Mike Pinder
    Bass Guitar: John Lodge
    Drums: Graeme Edge
    Percussion: Graeme Edge
    Tambourine: Ray Thomas
    Producer: Tony Clarke
    Recorded: 24 January 1970
    Released: 24 April 1970
    Label: Threshold Records
    Number of listens: 13441
    Current rank: 674 (updated weekly)
    Highest rank: 642 (play the video all the way through to register a vote for this song)

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    Summary quotation from Wikipedia:

    “Question” is a 1970 single by the English progressive rock band The Moody Blues. It was written by guitarist Justin Hayward, who provides lead vocals. “Question” was first released as a single in April 1970, and was later featured as the lead track on the 1970 album A Question of Balance. The single also features the song “Candle of Life” on its B-side, which was from the Moody Blues previous album To Our Children’s Children’s Children.

    Originally, the song itself was also to have been named “A Question of Balance,” but was shortened to “Question.” The lyrics of the chorus, “Why do we never get an answer, when we’re knocking at the door/ With a thousand million questions about hate and death and war?”, represented Hayward’s feelings and attitude toward the Vietnam War.

    At the time, “Question” was a simple recording for the Moody Blues. Their previous album, To Our Children’s Children’s Children, featured songs which included many different sounds provided by overdubbing and double-tracking. Unfortunately, this made most of the songs on the album very difficult to perform live. For this reason, “Question” was recorded in one take, and did not need any overdubbing or double-tracking, making it easier for the Moody Blues to perform live. It was written in Open-C tuning (CGCGCE) and recorded (and usually performed live) on a 12-string acoustic guitar.

    The song alternates between two different melodies: a fast-paced section (“Why do we never get an answer…”) and a slower one (“It’s not the way that you say it when you do those things to me…”). Hayward has said that these were originally two separate half-completed songs, but he realized that with a simple chord change, he could merge the two into a single song.

    “Question” is one of the Moody Blues’ most popular songs, and has been included in virtually all of their compilation and live albums. In addition, the song was re-recorded (along with “Isn’t Life Strange”) in the studio with an orchestra in 1988, for the Greatest Hits album.

    The London Symphony Orchestra released an orchestral cover of the song in 1978 on its album Classic Rock: The Second Movement.

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