Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Songwriter Ian Anderson described the song as "a blues for Jesus, about the gory, glory seekers who use his name as an excuse for a lot of unsavoury things. You know, 'Hey Dad, it's not my fault — the missionaries lied.'" [3] Sean Murphy of PopMatters wrote that, "For “Hymn 43” Anderson sets his sights on the US and in quick order sets about decimating the hypocrisy and myth-making of ...
The song has since appeared on several compilation albums, including M.U. – The Best of Jethro Tull, Original Masters, The Best of Jethro Tull – The Anniversary Collection, The Best of Acoustic Jethro Tull, and The Essential. The song was also a live favorite, appearing live on albums such as Bursting Out and on the concert video Slipstream ...
The songs on the album encompass a variety of musical genres, with elements of folk, blues, psychedelia, and hard rock. [11] The "riff-heavy" nature of tracks such as "Locomotive Breath", "Hymn 43" and "Wind Up" is regarded as a factor in the band's increased success after the release of the album, with Jethro Tull becoming "a major arena act" and a "fixture on FM radio" according to AllMusic.
"Living in the Past" is a song by British progressive rock group Jethro Tull. It is one of the band's best-known songs, and it is notable for being written in the unusual 5 4 time signature. The use of quintuple meter is quickly noted from the beginning rhythmic bass pattern, though it can also be explained as a distinct 6 8 + 2 4 syncopated ...
Jethro Tull - Living in the Past (1972) album releases & credits at Discogs.com; Jethro Tull - Living in the Past (1972) album review by Sviskebisk at Sputnikmusic; Jethro Tull - Living in the Past (1972) album to be listened as stream at Play.Spotify.com; Jethro Tull - Living in the Past (1972): Japanese Mini LP replica CD reissue, 2004
Heavy Horses (song) Hymn 43; L. Life Is a Long Song; Living in the Past (song) ... Teacher (Jethro Tull song) Thick as a Brick; Too Old to Rock 'n' Roll: Too Young to ...
Thick as a Brick is the fifth studio album by the British rock band Jethro Tull, released on 3 March 1972.The album contains one continuous piece of music, split over two sides of an LP record, and is intended as a parody of the concept album genre.
Filled with imagery from medieval Britain (especially in the "Jack-in-the-Green", "Cup of Wonder", and "Ring Out Solstice Bells" lyrics), and ornamental folk arrangement (as in "Velvet Green" and "Fire at Midnight"), Songs From the Wood was a departure from the hard rock of earlier Jethro Tull material, though it still retained some of the band's older, progressive sound.