Barclay James Harvest - Mocking Bird || Jana's First Listen and Song REVIEW
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- Опубліковано 21 лип 2024
- Welcome to ‘Prog Song Sunday’, where we listen to a Progressive Rock song together and then discuss our thoughts about that particular piece of music. In each episode, you get two different perspectives- the seasoned Prog fan who has 20 years of experience listening to the genre (Nathan), and the fresh new listener who is only now discovering the world of Progressive Rock (Jana).
In this episode, we are featuring "Mocking Bird" by Barclay James Harvest! Please listen along with us, and continue on to our discussion to see how Jana feels about her first dedicated listen to this prog rock gem and Nathan’s background and history with this particular piece of music!
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Very happy to have seen this band live, when I was young. ..... "hymn", "Child of the universe", "rock and roll lady"...; great pieces of music.
What a beautiful piece of music . I can’t believe that it’s not better know .
John Lees. Mel Pritchard, Les Holroyd & Wolly Wolstenholme, what a band.
Thanks for that memory. I must listen to my BJH collection again. They were a great group in concert. The last time I saw them was on the "Octoberon" tour.
Hi Shufflers. Dave from London. Really enjoying your Prog Song Sundays. I was a big fan of Barclay James Harvest back in the early 70s. Mockingbird is a beautiful track, but I have always felt that the studio version is over orchestrated. Try their 1974 live album, which includes most of their best songs (including Mockingbird), gives them a bit more oomph, and replaces the orchestra with the good old mellotron. Saw them live around that time, and they were fantastic.
completely agree with the live version is a thousand times better
I only know Poor Man's Moody Blues since I was teen. Never heard this song before but I love it. Thanks.
So good memory from me with that song, I was 15 years old and my first boyfriend has me discover that song... Sorry for my bad english, I am french but for real I have that song in my heart for ever :)
BJH were dubbed the 'Poor Man's Moody Blues' at the time because of their similar sound. They didn't object to this and even released a track named after this monicker! As others have commented, the live versions are better than the original studio recording. They are worth a wider listen.
The orchestral section was arranged by Robert John Godfrey - of The Enid (another band worth checking out.)
Also, what is the version of Yes' Topographic Oceans' behind you?
If you like softer prog, BJH are well worth exploring.Over the last few years their older albums have been reissued in expanded form, with Once Again being the most recent, currently sitting in my unplayed pile, although I am familiar with it having has it on both vinyl and CD for many years. Mocking Bird is one of their best known tracks although there are plenty of other good ones - Hymn, Child of the Universe, Crazy City, Suicide?, Loving is Easy, Titles, Poor Man's Moody Bluesare a few of them
Barclay James Harvest was my favorite band while they were together, not so much with either versions that they split up into,
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I 💖 today's intro!
Was Routine the shuffle recorded just before this which prompted that comment?
Yes, we had just listened to Routine. We were definitely hoping for something brighter.
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The Moody Blues force is strong with this one. A comparison to Renaissance is also valid. I've never been able to get into BJH. Too "twee" for me, I guess.
this great band has so much more to offer...try summer soldier, or dark now my sky next.....You also need to ad T2 "it'll all work out in boomland" album to your list (never heard of them?)....same era......if you can find it that is.....then again theres a band called home, another great band youll not have heard of
I would recommend reading about the history of BJH and especially that involving Robert John Godfrey who went onto form The Enid.
This song is amazing, i like the live Berlin version the most.
I saw alot of BJH back in the early 1970s they were/are local to me (Manchester) Hymn, Child of the Universe, Poor man's Moody Blues,Rock and Roll Star Suicide as said all best reproduced on the double live LP Live Tapes, can I thoroughly recommend Winds of Change remastered 4 x CD 1973 Compilation, 5 hours of happiness as is The new Genesis BBC live Cd Watcher of the Skies...I was 16 years old again ...sigh
Hi Brian. I was at university in Manchester in the early 70s and saw BJH at the Free Trade Hall. Great show, great venue (I think it's a hotel now).
@@gaiaeternal5131 Yes, it is, i spose I saw over 100 bands at the Free Trade Hall, had to get your tickets from Hime and Addisons, i spose the most famous was the Dark side of the Moon tour, but to be honest I never really rated Pink Floyd as a LIVE act so to speak..ELP put on a much better show I reckon
The band actually came from Oldham.
Try Arena Solomon live!!
You are Lu ky to hear that , than's what music is all about 🫵
it's my favorite song by BJH, it has a melancholic and nostalgic side very accentuated for me, my feeling, it has a musical side to Ennio Morriconne it could have been a film score, this song is very beautiful but MUST LISTEN LIVE, it’s even better than this version
I am extremely jelous of anyone listening to BJH for the first time...One of the few and best bands who sound equally good Live... LIVE TAPES ( 1978 ) is my favourite all time as it has 10 of their best songs on it up until that era.. And in my opinion way better than their 1974 Live album, which is often credited as being their peak, and recently getting more much desreved attention. Somehow miraculously BJH was overlooked, by the British mainstream and the American public, and were often assumed-out of being known to no fault of their music. Many people would say " Oh yeah BJH, they are similar to the Moody Blues aren't they, are they still around !? " But never actually sat down and listed to them for some reason. All BJH require from music lovers is for them to be listened to. Thats it, simple! John Lees is still very active with his version of BJH, and Les Holroyd lives in Germany and still active with his version of BJH... Sadly both Mel Pritchard the drummer & Woolly Wolstenholm the Meletron genius, passed away in the 2000's... And the fouresome never managed to play togehter again... John often jokes about the reason they were less known by saying, " This chap walks into a record store, and goes ah give me the record by that band er, er Barclay Jessy, eh.. Baby eh,.. ah fuck it, just give me the Rolling Stones album! " ;-)))) Respect BJH Legends Live On! B.
You would be more tolerable if you didnt blab on so much.....its not about you ya know?