Barclay James Harvest - Poor Man's Moody Blues

Music video by Barclay James Harvest performing Poor Man's Moody Blues. © 1978 Polydor Ltd. (UK)
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[@tassospapadopoulos1060]

I danced with this song before 40 years with a girl when I was 17. Now I am 57 and those girl is my wife.

[@danielcortasginacortasgina3540]

The most underrated prog band ever ...

[@jub388]

Unbelievible...45 years later and I still adore this wonderful song ...timeless music!!!

[@agressivekoala]

45 years later and I still cry, don't know why...

[@filimongebere7721]

D77GH8HHTD ​@@agressivekoala

[@stephen7158]

This band still remains one of the best bands ever😀

[@endapian]

Underrated unfortunately.......👍👍

[@Michael-presents]

Yes, the band name is pure magic. It means so much.

[@huwzebediahthomas9193]

Much respect to The Moody Blues to say to them - 'brilliant, do it. Feel free!'. 👍👍👍🙂💖😎

[@caesarsmith4711]

You got that right

[@filiperocha4466]

🎈🎼💙💛

[@gammaraycube]

40 years ago this guy had an HD voice...now he upgraded himself to ultra HD... What a voice!!

[@Prodigal554]

지금들어도40여년전 감성이되살아납니다~ 세월이지나도 노래는거기에있고~ 우리는저녘노을로 곱게곱게~ 물들어갑니다~~~

[@andreas1963ap]

BJH, Supertramp, E. L. O, Pink Floyd....that's my music in the 70's....and today.... Live Tapes...the best live Album ever....

[@zecarlospiripiri]

MOODY BLUES, BEATLES,PROCOL HARUM ,PINK FLOYD,DOOBIE BROTHERS,SUPERTRAMP,BJH.....the order is not important

[@petmycat2720]

SAY WHAT...

[@Farrinah]

Yes... Live Tapes, best (Vinyl) Double Album ever...GRANDIOS

[@JonHareGames]

Yep BJH, Floyd and Supertramp... right on the money.

[@kyckyc3926]

너무 미칠것 같네요...

[@Roynsam]

The Worlds finest musicians fused into one great band... John Lees's guitar work is a masterclass on every song they recorded or performed...

[@ingridburkel1518]

My favourite band for 43 years now. Best band ever ❤

[@MrEmlich]

@@peterfraney7931 Jealousy is certainly a negative quality, but I envy you for having this opportunity. Brgds.

[@inyenster]

I saw them in 1975 in Amsterdam😊 Great!

[@barklay6147]

Barclay James Harvest should have been so much bigger worldwide than they were - So many incredible songs - Same goes for The Strawbs - 2 of the best bands - musically and lyrically - ever

[@jimturner3301]

Yes! Strawbs also rocked. Both of these bands deserved a better fate. They never sold out, but their fans are loyal forever.

[@brianmcglynn8865]

My older brother and WNEW FM radio in NYC introduced me to both bands, couldn’t agree more. Used to go to Greenwich Village to buy BJH import albums, hard to find their albums in the states

[@TheRealRedAce]

Both bands that were my favourites back in the 70s - and still are now I'm approaching my OWN 70s!

[@reinhardahrens9664]

Strawbs were incredibaly good... Heroe & Heroin... Awesome

[@corfemandan8368]

Although Everyone is Everybody Else is my favourite album,this is probably their best song,an absolute masterpeice

[@user-ct9oo4qs8e]

This song is my most favorite song when I was high school in 1980. Still I love this song,,, and forever..

[@josewesleymagalhaes]

I wish I could give more than one like on this. Absolutely masterpiece!

[@Malocher362]

Mein absoluter Lieblingtitel von Barclay James Harvest.

[@marymacwilliam8927]

From my youth and still listening to them today!

[@filiperocha4466]

Beautiful and immortal composition! Thank you BJH🎈🎼💙💛

[@eugeneoreilly9356]

Definetly one of the all-time best.

[@catherinekeller9416]

J’adore barclay James Harvest et surtout cette chanson 🥰 si on pouvait faire écouter cette chanson à la planète terre afin que toutes les guerres soient finies.. que les hommes arrêtent de s’entretuer 😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢🇨🇭

[@ibipixar]

What a voice❤❤❤❤❤

[@georgeroberts25]

Without doubt the best UK group who did not receive the deserved acclaim in UK

[@stergiosserres6680]

BJH are completely unknown here in the U.S. of A.

[@jorgmehring2660]

@@stergiosserres6680 Very high in Germany in the early 80s.

[@rizomar6957]

What an amazing live version.... introduced to BJH by a departed friend... who grew up around BJH....... thank you for sharing✌🏽✌🏽

[@user-nk2ir8hk3k]

very under rated talented band who i was lucky to see at city hall sheffield.never seemed to get the plaudets they deserved.clever harmonies and good songs way above the dross we hear today

[@reinhardahrens9664]

This Song ment so much to me in my youth... and listening to this roundabout 40 years later... what a Renaissance of feelings... Thx for this

[@andrewwilliams4217]

Great Band A++++

[@fmtfniuprog8029]

I played this song in one of my old bands... I miss that time...!❤

[@andyambrose4517]

Saw them on this tour ...and got them to sign my copy of Gone To Earth

[@thanasisf9846]

It's one of those times where the live version is so much better than the studio one. Timeless and immortal melody.

[@martynplumridge5431]

One of my all time favourite bands. Lucky enough to see them live several times in the 70’s. Just magic !

[@flaviopitanga65]

Never saw them live unfortunately. One of my all time favorite band

[@caesarsmith4711]

Me too, 3 times, the best being at an open air concert

[@Sarah-kt6ui]

What a wonderfull love song! ❤

[@kyckyc3926]

27 years ago, my best song.... now. all night that i miss ???.

[@a-frosch-music]

BJH Rules❤❤❤❤❤ Poor Man's Moody Blues is the best BJH Song ever

[@rachidalmadani8303]

The most underrated concert in music history.

[@GEMINIS88IASO]

Name of this concert? I want more songs of this concert

[@fr5541]

@@GEMINIS88IASO look out for the Album "Live Tapes" from 1978 , it's worth it

[@GEMINIS88IASO]

@@fr5541 i heard it seems to be the same but different mix i think in this video the guitar solo sounds louder than the live tapes

[@yantiazzahra4783]

every time I hear this song it makes me cry. somehow. deep in the heart like slashing. the best song of all time cool great 👍👍

[@karlranseier1961]

One of the best songs ever

[@msgilmourgirl]

You are so right! ❤

[@Lupardi100]

Wirklich super. Einfach Spitze!

[@ralmon1671]

Best Music ever.. Now I iam 60. That was the Music of my youth.....that will never come.

[@Toey439]

Bonjour, je possède la quasi-totalité des albums de ce groupe, notamment le live tapes en vinyle que j'écoute très régulièrement. Ce morceau est tout simplement mémorable ! et que dire de Kiev ❤️ que la triste actualité du moment en Ukraine me fait terriblement mal !

[@BugRib]

This is most likely the greatest rock band that I’ve never heard of. Exploring their catalog now. 🎸🤘

[@stephaniesadie832]

Up there with ELP and Pin kFloyd, and like you say, no ones heard of them. Ive listened tot hem since the early 1970's

[@bonbosny]

Some how don't know why.... I'm really addicted to this song. Good singer with meaningful lyrics, totally ignored i think.. in 2022 across world they're few real people who genuinely appreciate this band. Love from Bangalore - India

[@volkerk.7010]

Von 1977 bis anfang der 80 er waren meine Frau und ich auf jedem Konzert bei uns hier in meiner Nähe. Einfach eine großartige Band ...damals wie heute

[@leonisakruss425]

Love this track it takes me back 50 years when I watched them live in Liverpool it was a fantastic night a night I will never forget

[@Anybloke]

I saw them in Liverpool too. Empire Theatre for Turn Of The Tide in 1981. Still got the programme.

[@johncollins392]

Vastly underated!,great musicians,a number of excellent songs from some wonderful albums!

[@sabinehildebrandt2989]

Wunderschön. Macht mir Freude im Herzen!

[@miguelazevedo7457]

I'm from 91, and I love this song

[@raphaelwellig5066]

Hello everyone Thank you for the beautiful songs. For me the world's best song group of all time. Best regards Raphael Wellig

[@nikikonstantopoulou3787]

Still so beautiful 💜

[@bobsygaia157]

LEGENDS!! "Live Tapes' has got to be one of the best live performance in Rock History... A double album of excellent Prog Rock at its best... I remember when we first discovered this band via Live Tapes back in 1979 during the height of the Lebanese Civil War & we would turn down the lights ( when we had electricity that is ) and listen to this album over n over again....& this song would give us goosebumps whilst the distant sound of bombs would be heard as we lay there with our imaginations running wild... Thank you John, Les , Mel & Woolly... LIVE ON!

[@hildegardrichter]

Die Gruppe hat sehr gut reagiert denn sie wurden Moodys blue für arme genannt...Danke John für dieses wunderschöne Lied ❤

[@enzogalli5506]

Magnifica. Band immensa...Grandissima!!! ❤

[@stevieray6216]

THE song for slow dancing in my youth. It meant you were all but engaged to the girl you were dancing with - or at least you wished you were. 😍 Talking about sweet memories 🥺

[@mickrob1]

Love BJH and this song. John is one of the most underrated guitarists ever, Why .

[@msgilmourgirl]

Sadly true, what a brilliant song writer , singer and guitarist .im such a huge fan of John and BJH ,my favourite always ❤

[@panagiotis21oxyzoglou38]

The best love song ever

[@kootboolmwe]

Moi aussi je pense que c'est une des meilleures version sur cette planète. Je les ai vu en 1982. Et c'était tout simplement magnifique. Peu de groupes sont à la hauteur maintenant.

[@hr4669]

On dirait la version Live Tapes.

[@michelboeglin484]

j'étais au concert pendant mon service militaire en 1980 à Grenoble. Inoubliable, que de souvenirs

[@litsamike8842]

Does this song bring tears to you too?😢So many memories,so many years...

[@whosamwhosamov6060]

I heard this lovely beauty softley song in first time since i were a very young boy in the school and till now and i think forever ! Many memories my life & love that i can't forget with it , just like a short film in my eyes !

[@georgedagosdagopoulos7587]

This is the greatest live version of this song. Been looking for this for a lifetime, didn't know whether it existed or not, thanks for the upload!!!

[@bernhardlohr4662]

Same !!-B.L.,germany

[@ralmon1671]

So did I.....

[@zecarlospiripiri]

Agree...Moody B. too

[@rolandrinke3945]

@@bernhardlohr4662 Das ist von BJH Live Tapes Doppelalbum. Grüße aus Stuttgart

[@cokyfandris]

i listen to this song when i was 4 years old..now am 42..i never knew who sing this song and the title of this song..and i never herad anymore this song since 1995..i found this song two days ago when i woke up from sleeping,out of the blue there was google identify song on my phone..and pop out about the lyric of this song that i still remember"yes i want you,yes i need you yes i love you" well done the original song and the band appeard on my phone..

[@philippeziemianczyk8811]

BJH my favorite prog rock band ever

[@ruipinheiro6110]

Incredible talent John!

[@fmtfniuprog8029]

Toquei esta musica numa banda de covers há cerca de 30 anos...!

[@pedrotome9119]

Pode crer Rui!! Que saudades!!!

[@carlosoliveira-um5cu]

I love this song... fantastic band

[@user-ur4xl2gg7u]

My favorite song! I miss my friends~

[@Twod1980]

If I was alive I would have been the biggest groupie in this era 😍

[@amadousoumare9569]

Extraordinaire,sensationnel,sublime.

[@Manu1968able]

Fantastik, I Love this Band, a great, great concert for us !

[@pedrotome9119]

You may say it!!!

[@Manu1968able]

wow I love this Song ♥♥♥

[@campbelljohnston1282]

You are spot on with your comment. 🙂

[@rachidalmadani8303]

Who is watching this in 2090?

[@leonbykovski4238]

I had their live album in 1974 and really enjoyed it (vinyl 1st time round - OMG I'm that old). Love this ironic sense-of-humour middle finger gesture to those who were unnecessarily derisive back in those days. Well done guys - love this track.

[@marinax67x]

Such an amazing song

[@kalmanled5512]

That's real music, great song.

[@idacafferini3662]

Nice song,James!

[@franzobermeier]

Eine der besten Bands aller Zeiten 👍😏

[@fabienmarinel6232]

Quelles harmonies somptueuses. .. 😎💯

[@venoovenkamah7757]

40 years back with my Walkman....am not dreaming.....

[@indy_go_blue6048]

"Poor Man's Moody Blues" All the nights that I've missed you All the nights without end All the times that I've called you Only needing a friend Now your eyes shine with beauty That I missed long ago Guess the truth is I love you I can't say any more 'Cause I need you Yes I want you Yes I love you As I look from my window To the streets where you stand I am gazing through dark glass We can't walk hand in hand Though your friends try to tell me Though your friends you defend They keep my heart from your heart We must be in the end 'Cause I love you Yes I need you Yes I love you All the nights that I've missed you All the nights without end All the times that I've called you Only needing a friend Now your eyes shine with beauty That I missed long ago Guess the truth is I love you I can't say any more 'Cause I need you Yes I want you Yes I love you 'Cause I need you Yes I want you Yes I love you, love you Love you

[@MiguelSanchez-cm7qn]

O

[@user-fm6wx6hr3c]

Its my lovely bands for the pass...John Lees is excellent vocals and guitar players...that song for me is the No1 forever and ever... and this version is amazing!

[@marianainvest43]

the best song ever made

[@msgilmourgirl]

My favourite solo ❤❤

[@panos3612]

I am a fan of BJH and I didn't believe that this video would exist. Thanks for uploading. Very good quality of image & sound for one of the most loved songs of all time. Sweet memories from youth.

[@mickrob1]

Yes , it certainly brings a tear to my eyes. I first saw BJH was in 1976 at Newcastle city hall . I never saw them again until 2018 at the Sage Gateshead and still awesome.

[@MrJohnston7]

BJH was the first band i'd seen live...in 1978. It was so an amazing concert...i went 2 month later to the extra concert....:D

[@patriciatardy7586]

Wonderfull

[@user-gj4eb8yc7j]

The BEST

[@neilfarmer7905]

One of my late friends died at the start of 2020 and one abiding memory was tearing down to London in my 1100 and his mini to see BJH at the Tower Of London - and BJH always brings back great memories of him telling me how great they were and listening to them in his bedroom. Oh and the concert was cut short due to the ceremony of the keys!

[@anjamoritz1225]

Oh man, das war ne geile Zeit 🤗

[@stagechris2560]

Ich hätte die Zeit ja schon gerne mit erlebt, aber dann wäre ich jetzt relativ alt :-)))

[@terrihall4919]

Thank you so much for uploading this!!! My dad passed four years ago tomorrow, my best friend my everything💜 He was the true music man… the lyrics would draw him in. His two top faves were BJH and the Moody’s! (Actually went to two Moodys concerts with my parents when I was 14 and 17 never truly appreciating until I got older) He would love that I could sing right along with him, never sounding as good😊 ….. This brought the tears I have been pushing down for a while because I can still hear him harmonize right with them! Happy tears knowing he is in a better place and WILL ALWAYS live on in my heart, memories and in the music💜💜 #cancersucks

[@oliverzoelke4776]

I am convinced too, that your caring dad will always be with you. You will meet him again and are already doing so in your heart as you wrote. Lots of love to you and to all soft hearted souls.

[@Raven-zz6jx]

My dad passed away 6 weeks ago, I do miss him every day. Listening to music, he liked, brings back memories and there's these words, I like to keep in mind: Memories are like a window through which I can see you, whenever I want.

[@indy_go_blue6048]

"Don't be afraid to cry. Not all tears are a loss." -Gandalf the Grey

[@gleidson2670]

Meu que perfeição é essa de som, que impressionante a qualidade dessa música ,uma obra prima.

[@DIMOSTHENISHIRAS-di6xu]

So many times we dance this emotional song when we were young...

[@robinperronjones5024]

This is a blast from the past, I’ll have to get my vinyl out now.

[@TheDOMINICK64]

from LIVE TAPES 1979...The album of my life ever...

[@stagechris2560]

The live tapes were released in 1978. The recordings are from 1976 and 1977 :-)

[@dirktwivienna9318]

On the point....it brings back childhood memories

[@baiqwati654]

@@dirktwivienna9318 fdjv

[@user-cr8ve3sr6k]

yes.

[@user-cr8ve3sr6k]

i bought it for second time today. The first lp has been burned

[@SpiroAbdalnor]

Yea i love you,,,,GREATEST BAND ,,,All love

[@Peter-ReneDiekmann]

i really love this song.......BJH changed my Life

[@majaeuthymia1142]

His eyes consumed by incessant tears.

[@abimaul6054]

as i look from the windows to the streets where you stand, i am gazing throug darkness we can walk hand in hand.....its very poetic lyrics

[@summer_139]

I think it says that we can't walk hand in hand

[@chatzieleni77]

how can i not love this ?? pure rock, amazing and wonderful!!💖💖💖

[@jhon481]

😮😮un grand moment musical oufff

[@hjr2906]

Yes, live Tapes was the best i ever heart

[@margitfuchsi377]

wow.. nach so vielen Jahren immer noch geil..

[@alainberthet9491]

Vraiment trop beau ❤️

[@leonardoshelby7067]

they look so badass

[@stagechris2560]

That was the case in the 70s. But this is about good music, not about looks 😉

[@alij.charafeddine3032]

greater song forever

[@bernhardlohr4662]

Thaaaaanks for this great Archiv-upload !!!! Amazing! Great tune and video! ("Geile mukke !"-..we say in germany!) Music of my youth! B.L.,germany

[@jewante]

This is the best ever ❤️ Remember first time listening on "Live tapes"

[@umarchetty1]

Been singing that song since 1979..till now..my kids know that song too..