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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. His composition and lead vocal, "My Song", a deep, reflective, and atmospheric piece, concluded
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material, the band decided to drop covers and record only original songs after an audience member told them their R&B material was rubbish. Hayward's "Fly Me High" was the first single from the revised line-up, released on Decca in early 1967, with Pinder's old-style rocker "Really Haven't Got
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The rock hall of fame people were wonderful. The ceremony was too long and the sound too loud for the room but there were moments of great interest. For the Moody families it was the opportunity to share in several days of love, past memories and making new memories for our families. All the band
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as a member of the Moody Blues. He was the only one among the five on stage, however, not to give an acceptance speech. Some fans and critics took his decision to be a silent protest against the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame for its perceived snub of the group in previous years. Pinder subsequently
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from 1964–66, including "You Don't (All The Time)", "And My Baby's Gone", "This Is My House (But Nobody Calls)" and "He Can Win". They progressed to writing A-sides with "From The Bottom of My Heart" and another UK chart hit, "Everyday", in 1965. Two more Pinder/Laine originals, "Boulevard De La
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album on "I Don't Wanna Be A Soldier (I Don't Wanna Die)" and "Jealous Guy". He played tambourine rather than the mellotron he had intended to use because, he said, the tapes in Lennon's mellotron looked like "a bowl of
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during the 1970s. Pinder also continued to the narrating of Edge's poems, notably "The Word" (1968); "In The
Beginning" (with Edge and Hayward) and "The Dream" (both 1969); and "The Balance" (1970).
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and acoustic and electric guitars. He sang vocal harmonies and lead vocals from 1964 to 1978, and was the group's main musical arranger up to 1978. The 1969 concert on the
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brought their children and grandchildren and that was magic. The grandchildren got to see that the music has remained relevant and impactful for 50 years.
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