Fun Music Information -> Barclay James Harvest
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Band Name Origins:
- Back in 1967 the band was playing rhythm and blues, and was called The Blues Keepers. As they began to write songs and develop an original style, they decided that they needed a name change, and that they wanted something flowery, like the West Coast psychedelic bands they admired, e.g. Quicksilver Messenger Service, Jefferson Airplane etc. Each of them wrote single words on pieces of paper which were drawn out of the hat one by one, and all were rejected until only three were left: James, a guy who used to sign with the band, Harvest because they were living in a farmhouse, and Barclay after the bank, because they aspired to make money! These were then rearranged to get the best-sounding name - Barclay James Harvest. [Source: http://www.bjharvest.co.uk (see FAQ)] Submitted by: amfonda
Song Titles Not Used as Lyrics:
Song Name | Comments & Submitter Name |
| "Poor Man's Moody Blues" | This is only named by title only since BJH was always criticized as the 'Poor Man's Moody Blues'. So they made a style parody of "Nights in White Satin"! - Paul Warren |
New Song Names:
Original Song Name | New Song Name | Submitter Name |
| "The Sun Will Never Sign" | "The Sun Will Never Shine" | D. Melody Dole, MD |
| "The Sun Will Never Pine" | "The Sun Will Never Shine" | D. Melody Dole, MD |
| "The Sun Will Never Dine" | "The Sun Will Never Shine" | D. Melody Dole, MD |
| "The Sun Will Never Twine" | "The Sun Will Never Shine" | D. Melody Dole, MD |
| "Love Is Like A Violet" | "Love Is Like A Violin" | Marlene L. Ram |
Literally Impossible Song Titles:
Song/Performer | Comment | Submitter Name |
| "Negative Earth," | It's positive. | Yvette Bristle |
| "One Hundred Thousand Smiles Out," | A smile is not a unit of distance. | Yvette Bristle |
| "Love Is Like A Violin," | Love doesn't resemble a musical instrument. | Yvette Bristle |
| "Play To The World," | No one can play to all the billions of people. | Yvette Bristle |
| "Forever Yesterday," | No day lasts forever. | Yvette Bristle |
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Use a Song Title to Answer a Different Song:
Song & Band Name | Song & Band Name |
| "Take The 'A' Train," Ella Fitzgerald | "I'm Like A Train," Barclay James Harvest |
| "What's Your Name?," Lynyrd Skynyrd | "Vanessa Simmons," Barclay James Harvest |
| "Watching TV," Roger Waters | "The Streets Of San Francisco," Barclay James Harvest |
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Songs for Commercials, That Haven't Been Done Yet:
Song Name | Product | Submittor |
| Brother Thrush | Canesten Once cream | pickle* |
Songs for Duets, That Haven't Been Done Yet:
First Band/Song Name | Second Band/Song Name | New Song Name | Submittor |
| Love Is Like A Violin Barclay James Harvest | A Lover's Concerto The Toys | Lover Is Like A Violin Concerto | Gretchen Wieners |
| Play To The World Barclay James Harvest | Joy To The World Traditional | Play Joy to The World | Alicia Sturdivant |
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Misheard Lyrics:
"Poor Man's Moody Blues"
Misheard Lyrics: Yes, the truth is I love you.
I can't say any more. 'Cause I want you. Yes, I want you. Yes, I want you. Original Lyrics: 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. |
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"Poor Man's Moody Blues"
Misheard Lyrics: Yes, the truth is I love you.
I can't say any more. 'Cause I want you. Yes, I want you. Yes, I want you. Original Lyrics: 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. |
Story about this misheard lyric by: Wisnu Aji Finally, a song that sampling The Moody Blues' "Nights in White Satin" I posting here. There are similarity between this song and The Moody Blues' "Nights in White Satin" musically and lyrically. I'll see lyrics of both this song and The Moody Blues' "Nights in White Satin" at MetroLyrics that there are completely similar. About this song: Featured on their album, "Gone to Earth", released in 1977, the album itself peaking at #30 in the UK album charts, but faring better in Germany where it reaching #10 and staying for more than 195 weeks in the German album charts. As of 2011, it is ranking #6 on the list of longest running albums in the German album charts. Only the soundtrack "My Fair Lady", Simon & Garfunkel's "Greatest Hits", The Beatles' "1962–1966", Pink Floyd's "Wish You Were Here", and Andrea Berg's "Best Of" spent more weeks in the charts. It was the band's largest selling album, eventually selling more than a million copies worldwide. The song "Poor Man's Moody Blues" was written after the English progressive rock outfit referred by a journalist as a "poor man's Moody Blues". Shortly after, their guitarist John Lees wrote a song that reminded him of the Moody Blues song "Nights in White Satin" (reaching #9 on Billboard's Pop Chart in 1972 and originally released as a full length 7 minutes album version with the poem "Late Lament" from the 1967 album, "Days of Future Passed"), and decided to use the journalist's phrase as the song title. |
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Real Places Mentioned in Songs:
"Berlin"
The Lyrics: And the ten-thirty flight will soon be headed my way
As she sails across the skyway of Berlin Why: Berlin - capital of Germany.
Submitted by: Adrian Smith
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