- Lazy Day (song)
Infobox Song
Name = Lazy Day
Artist =The Moody Blues
Album =On the Threshold of a Dream
Released =25 April 1969
B-side =
Recorded =January 1969
Length = 2:44
Label =Deram Records
Writer =Ray Thomas
Producer = Tony Clarke
Last single =
This single =
Next single =
Misc =Extra tracklisting
Album =On the Threshold of a Dream
Type = studio
Tracks = ;Side one
#"In the Beginning"
#"Lovely to See You "
#"Dear Diary"
#"Send Me No Wine "
#"To Share Our Love "
#"So Deep Within You ";Side two
#- "
Never Comes the Day "
#"Lazy Day"
#"Are You Sitting Comfortably?"
#"The Dream"
#"Have You Heard (Part 1)"
#"The Voyage"
#"Have You Heard (Part 2)""Lazy Day" is a 1969 song by the
progressive rock bandThe Moody Blues . It was written by the band's flautistRay 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 you life goes by, until the day you die" can be heard under Ray Thomas's voice. These lyric were sung by
Justin Hayward , and describe the sad situation of the narrator's typical Sunday afternoons.Personnel
*
Justin Hayward : vocals, acoustic guitar
* John Lodge: bass guitar, backing vocals
*Mike Pinder : mellotron, backing vocals
*Ray Thomas : vocals, harmonica
*Graeme Edge : drums, percussionExternal Links
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLgyGxBsL1U "Lazy Day" being performed in 1970 (YouTube)]
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