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What a sight for my eyes
To see you in sleep.
Could it stop the sun rise
Hearing you weep?
You're not seen, you're not heard
But I stand by my word.
Came a thousand miles
Just to catch you while you're smiling.
What a day for laughter
And walking at night.
Me following after, your hand holding tight.
And the memory stays clear with the song that you hear.
If I can but make
The words awake the feeling.
What a reason for waiting
And dreaming of dreams.
So here's hoping you've faith in impossible schemes,
That are born in the sigh of the wind blowing by
While the dimming light brings the end to a night of loving.
| jbuhl | Posted: May 13, 2013 - 09:41 misterbearbaby wrote: I'm sorry, did you say something? I was in Musicland for a few minutes.... There are just some songs that take me back in time so fully. Yes. I bought this used on vinyl the other day. Love it. jb |
| misterbearbaby (Marina del Rey, California) | Posted: Mar 11, 2013 - 17:17 I'm sorry, did you say something? I was in Musicland for a few minutes.... There are just some songs that take me back in time so fully. |
| expatlar (Michoacan, Mexico) | Posted: Mar 11, 2013 - 17:17 Never tire of this song and the nice feeling it evokes. And it stands the test of time. |
| Lazarus (Bethany) | Posted: Mar 11, 2013 - 17:16 Cynaera wrote: Somehow, Tull and the Moodies do that to me, too - they take me away to a simpler, happier time and help me get through this present, not so fun time. I love it... Miss you so much, Cynaera... love this song... |
| RedTopFireBelow (Jersey shore, USA) | Posted: Feb 08, 2013 - 08:47 I just never get tired of hearing this.... dreamlike.... beautifully poetic.... My favorite line..... so here's hoping you've faith in impossible schemes... that are born in the sigh of the wind blowing by... sigh...... I was fornuate enough to visit Scotland in June 2012, and through curving dirt roads climbing steadily higher into the mountains and a treck over a river bed, I got to see Dun Ringall (one of my favorite Tull songs). There's no much to it these days but it was a thrill none the less. |
| matassa | Posted: Feb 08, 2013 - 08:30 A very cool album cover if you ever get a chance to find one....you get a surprise when you open it up! |
| d-don (Oregon) | Posted: Dec 07, 2012 - 15:20 Holy smokes, RP...it's been 40 years since I heard this. Thanks. |
| rdo (DC) | Posted: Dec 07, 2012 - 15:19 Oh. My. God. I know Nick liked this. I know it. |
| Jazbo (Beautiful Valparaiso IN.) | Posted: Nov 06, 2012 - 05:58 Love this so......10... |
| tulfan (Still in SE MI) | Posted: Sep 04, 2012 - 07:32 Wow. My favorite Tull effort... |
| stunix (Narrowboat nr Caen Locks) | Posted: Jul 03, 2012 - 09:56 gemtag wrote: Classic Tull at their best. This Was and Stand Up their best work. I could so easily agree, if it wasnt for "Songs from the Wood", "Minstral in the Gallery", "Stormwatch", "Crest of a Knave", "HeavyHorses", "Aqualung"............ so actually, I disagree. |
| k-man (SCruz, CA) | Posted: Jul 03, 2012 - 09:55 Odd is the idea that the British Invasion never included this stand-up band. |
| misterbearbaby (Marina del Rey, California) | Posted: Jun 01, 2012 - 13:22 Something was happening inside my mind when this song filled the air... the memory of it is so sweet. |
| Bleyfusz | Posted: Jun 01, 2012 - 13:21 Don't ask me why. But this song sounds just like it fits into the season of the year (in the northern hemisphere, I mean). And BTW: a few songs ago we had Monsters of Folk, and the sleeve image reminded me so much of this one. |
| rdo (DC) | Posted: Jun 01, 2012 - 13:20 amazing |
| number7 (Napanee, Ontario, Canada) | Posted: Apr 30, 2012 - 19:53 Propayne wrote: ewww, I'd agree with that. Others? How about The Yes Album, Fragile and Close To The Edge. Also Something/Anything, A Wizard a True Star and Todd. Never was much of a Rundgren fan. Yes......Yes. How about
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| (former member) (hotel in Las Vegas) | Posted: Apr 30, 2012 - 19:44 beautiful song from a great album... love it... |
| stunix (Narrowboat nr Caen Locks) | Posted: Mar 30, 2012 - 02:18 westslope wrote: So is Ian Anderson still farming Atlantic salmon off the coast of Scotland? Just curious. no, he sold it some years back i heard in an interview. but he was producing 90% of the countries smoked salmon. |
| stunix (Narrowboat nr Caen Locks) | Posted: Mar 30, 2012 - 02:16 A firm 9! Love this , singing out loud! (and i dont sing.) |
| Propayne (Richmond VA) | Posted: Feb 27, 2012 - 09:51 rsfc_carp wrote: For my money the three-album sequence by Tull of Stand Up, Benefit, and Aqualung is one of the monumental popular music accomplishments ever recorded. ewww, I'd agree with that. Others? How about The Yes Album, Fragile and Close To The Edge. Also Something/Anything, A Wizard a True Star and Todd. |
| gemtag (Texas) | Posted: Feb 27, 2012 - 09:50 Classic Tull at their best. This Was and Stand Up their best work. |
| Eros92450 (Loveland, Colorado) | Posted: Feb 27, 2012 - 09:50 Still sounds sooo good! |
| (former member) (hotel in Las Vegas) | Posted: Feb 27, 2012 - 09:48 rdo wrote: So do I. What a great classic... this whole album is magnificent... |
| rdo (DC) | Posted: Jan 26, 2012 - 16:52 romeotuma wrote: love it... So do I. |
| rsfc_carp (Lafayette, IN) | Posted: Oct 23, 2011 - 15:11 kcar wrote: > I've heard so much "new" (1969!) stuff here. Wow. Yeah, a lot of incredible music came out in '68-'69. Perhaps our wise elders will tell us wondrous stories of that age. Whoa, dude. I wish I could remember - it was far out. Seriously, there was a lot of good stuff in the late 60's - early 70's (a lot of crap too, but we try to remember only the good). It's a Beautiful Day gets some play here; I don't know if I've heard any Canned Heat or NRPS, on RP, but the original poster might check into them as well if old Tull sounds good. For my money the three-album sequence by Tull of Stand Up, Benefit, and Aqualung is one of the monumental popular music accomplishments ever recorded. |
| kcar | Posted: Sep 21, 2011 - 23:17 michaelgmitchell wrote: Usually think I'm so 'educated' musically, and then I hear THIS ... for the first time. I've heard so much "new" (1969!) stuff here. Wow. One of the biggest benefits of listening to RP is that your musical tastes get stretched out considerably—even going back in time, which most of us likely don't expect to happen. I think a lot of is due to Bill's masterful segue and song-grouping skills: you wind up liking stuff you wouldn't normally give 5 seconds to just because you've bought into the musical groove. Sometimes I've bought songs I've heard on RP, listened to them and thought "Why did I buy this again?" Most of the time I come around. Whether Bill can sway me towards liking anything by Lil' Wayne—well that would be sheer wizardry. (One site recommended "Tha Carter IV" to me; cute kid on the cover, but the "songs" were so bad I laughed and laughed.) > I've heard so much "new" (1969!) stuff here. Wow. Yeah, a lot of incredible music came out in '68-'69. Perhaps our wise elders will tell us wondrous stories of that age. |
| jptl (Potomac, MD) | Posted: Aug 21, 2011 - 14:18 Nice to hear this again after so many years. |
| Propayne (Richmond VA) | Posted: Jul 21, 2011 - 05:32 Nice melody + nice memories.... |
| Cynaera (South of Neanderthal) | Posted: Jun 19, 2011 - 14:54 romeotuma wrote: Yes, this is a great song... I just turned the volume wayyyy up... it has put me in a mood of memories... time flies when we're having fun... sigh... love this song... love this album... Somehow, Tull and the Moodies do that to me, too - they take me away to a simpler, happier time and help me get through this present, not so fun time. I love it... |
| DD rabbi_phil (beach) | Posted: May 18, 2011 - 22:39 Highspirits wrote: When was that concert? just curious. wish i had been there.. november 26 1991. whew,that took a while. the first list i encountered covered every tour stop from 1969 to 1990. almost quit right there. didn't mean to kibitz, just up late, having a snack and slightly bored. |
| (former member) (hotel in Las Vegas) | Posted: Apr 17, 2011 - 09:00 Cynaera wrote: In the mood for Jethro Tull, and that's all there is to that. Great song.  Yes, this is a great song... I just turned the volume wayyyy up... it has put me in a mood of memories... time flies when we're having fun... sigh... love this song... love this album... |
| michaelgmitchell (Canada) | Posted: Mar 16, 2011 - 21:49 Usually think I'm so 'educated' musically, and then I hear THIS ... for the first time. I've heard so much "new" (1969!) stuff here. Wow. |
| Highspirits (El Cerrito, California) | Posted: Mar 16, 2011 - 21:49 tulfan wrote: My fave Tull effort...superb...saw the entire disk performed live in Detroit at the Fox Theatre...what a night When was that concert? just curious. wish i had been there.. |
| Highspirits (El Cerrito, California) | Posted: Mar 16, 2011 - 21:47 one of my favorite Tull songs. thx, RP! bringing back memories of times long gone....sad and happy at the same time...... |
| casey1024 (SNOWY, CT) | Posted: Jan 13, 2011 - 06:36 Always a pleasure to hear this. Thanks to my musical mentor - Sue |
| tulfan (One of the last ones in SE MI) | Posted: Jan 13, 2011 - 06:35 My fave Tull effort...superb...saw the entire disk performed live in Detroit at the Fox Theatre...what a night |
| whtahtefcuk (Flagstaff, AZ, USA) | Posted: Jan 13, 2011 - 06:35 BAD... not the good bad.. just BAD |
| DaveInVA (In a hovel in effluent Damnville, VA) | Posted: Sep 08, 2010 - 13:41 markymarkmon wrote: This is the first time I've heard this song. Lovely Lovely. Is the rest of the album as good? Not only as good but in some cases better.  |
| markymarkmon (Westland MI) | Posted: Sep 08, 2010 - 12:45 This is the first time I've heard this song. Lovely Lovely. Is the rest of the album as good? |
| RedTopFireBelow (Jersey shore, USA) | Posted: Sep 08, 2010 - 12:44 I've been a Tull fan for many, many years but I heard Reason for Waiting for the first time last year, right here on RP. It is now my favorite Jethro Tull tune and is part of my funeral CD... Beautiful!! BRAVO  |
| DaveInVA (In a hovel in effluent Damnville, VA) | Posted: Sep 08, 2010 - 12:44 Fantastic song off a fantastic LP  |
| Cynaera (South of Neanderthal) | Posted: Sep 08, 2010 - 12:43 In the mood for Jethro Tull, and that's all there is to that. Great song. |
| 93vx800 (Red Sox Nation) | Posted: Jun 04, 2010 - 19:16 What a fabulous album! |
| Ntropy (Cleveland, OH) | Posted: Jun 04, 2010 - 19:15 Brilliant. |
| calypsus_1 | Posted: May 25, 2010 - 20:04  Forever Flute by ~versusworld Jethro Tull again, at the highlands festival. Ian Anderson's blowing his lungs out again x333 but after all he's the one and only whistler! (those who understand this may laugh x3) . |
| sharkey (Toronto - Ontario - Canada -Just passing through) | Posted: Apr 02, 2010 - 10:14 westslope wrote: So is Ian Anderson still farming Atlantic salmon off the coast of Scotland? Just curious. Wikipedia Business activities Anderson is a successful businessman away from the music industry, and he has owned several salmon farms. His Strathaird concern<6>, based on his estate on the Isle of Skye was worth £10.7 million in the late 1990s, when parts of it began to be sold off. He currently owns a group of companies which reported a gross profit of £1.8 million in 2004, when the Sunday Herald newspaper reported: He and his wife Shona, the sole shareholders and directors, shared a £500,000 dividend and emoluments, excluding pension contributions, of £850,954. A modest pre-tax loss of £5,806 was booked for the year but the balance sheet shows shareholders' funds stand at £3.2m. Income included a payment of £209,517 following one of the rock group's regular checks on its flow of royalties."<7> |
| Hannio (Austin, TX) | Posted: Apr 02, 2010 - 10:09 Fabulous song. |
| (former member) (hotel in Las Vegas) | Posted: Apr 02, 2010 - 10:08 This is soooo fantastic... love it... |
| Sasha2001 (writing the great Canadian novel) | Posted: Mar 01, 2010 - 19:09 Awesome choice. So much purpose behind the lyrics and arraingement. |
| westslope (BC coast) | Posted: Mar 01, 2010 - 19:07 So is Ian Anderson still farming Atlantic salmon off the coast of Scotland? Just curious. |