Lazy Day (song)
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"Lazy Day" is a 1969 song by the progressive rock
band The Moody Blues
. It was written by the band's flautist Ray Thomas
, although he does not play flute on this particular song. It was recorded and released in 1969 on the Moody Blues Album On the Threshold of a Dream
.
"Lazy Day" features Ray Thomas on lead vocals, and its lyrics go on to describe a typical Sunday afternoon, and includes activities like "Like to put your feet up, watch TV."
Towards the end of the verses, the lyrics "It's a crying shame. Week after week, the same," and "That's how your life goes by, until the day you die" can be heard under Ray Thomas's voice. These lyrics were sung by Justin Hayward
, and describe the sad situation of the narrator's typical Sunday afternoons.
Progressive rock
Progressive rock is a subgenre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s as part of a "mostly British attempt to elevate rock music to new levels of artistic credibility." John Covach, in Contemporary Music Review, says that many thought it would not just "succeed the pop of...
band The Moody Blues
The Moody Blues
The Moody Blues are an English rock band. Among their innovations was a fusion with classical music, most notably in their 1967 album Days of Future Passed....
. It was written by the band's flautist Ray Thomas
Ray Thomas
Ray Thomas is an English musician, best known as the flautist and as a singer and composer in the rock band, The Moody Blues.-Career:...
, although he does not play flute on this particular song. It was recorded and released in 1969 on the Moody Blues Album On the Threshold of a Dream
On the Threshold of a Dream
On the Threshold of a Dream is the fourth album by The Moody Blues, released on the Deram label in 1969. It was their last album to be released by the band before they formed their own record label, Threshold, to be distributed by Decca Records....
.
"Lazy Day" features Ray Thomas on lead vocals, and its lyrics go on to describe a typical Sunday afternoon, and includes activities like "Like to put your feet up, watch TV."
Towards the end of the verses, the lyrics "It's a crying shame. Week after week, the same," and "That's how your life goes by, until the day you die" can be heard under Ray Thomas's voice. These lyrics were sung by Justin Hayward
Justin Hayward
Justin Hayward is an English musician, best known as singer, songwriter and guitarist in the rock band The Moody Blues.Hayward was born in Dean Street, Swindon, Wiltshire, England...
, and describe the sad situation of the narrator's typical Sunday afternoons.
Personnel
- Justin HaywardJustin HaywardJustin Hayward is an English musician, best known as singer, songwriter and guitarist in the rock band The Moody Blues.Hayward was born in Dean Street, Swindon, Wiltshire, England...
: vocals, acoustic guitar - John Lodge: bass guitar, backing vocals
- Mike PinderMike PinderMichael Thomas "Mike" Pinder is an English rock musician, and is a founding member or the British rock group, the Moody Blues. He left the group following the recording of the band's album, Octave, in 1978...
: mellotron, organ, backing vocals - Ray ThomasRay ThomasRay Thomas is an English musician, best known as the flautist and as a singer and composer in the rock band, The Moody Blues.-Career:...
: vocals, harmonica - Graeme EdgeGraeme EdgeGraeme Charles Edge is best known as the drummer and a songwriter for the Moody Blues, but has also led his own outfit, the Graeme Edge Band.-Biography:...
: drums, percussion