Elton John vs. The Moody Blues

Back in the 1970s, there was a time that Elton John was putting out some
very complex music which featured a lot of organs and orchestral
arrangements. Around the same time and a bit earlier, The Moody Blues were
in full blast with their greatest hits coming out between the end of the
1960s and the early 1970s.

How did you compare The Moody Blues anthems to Elton John's greatest
ballads
and anthems? Did you ever think that these were some of the greatest songs
in rock history? Do they still move you? Was there an element of
progressive
rock to the late 1960s/early 1970s era of Elton John?