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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.
The song was written by the band's frontman, Ian Anderson, and his then-wife Jennie Franks. While this track was never a single, its self-titled album Aqualung was Jethro Tull's first American Top 10 album, reaching number seven in June 1971. [4] After "Locomotive Breath", it is the song most often played in concert by Jethro Tull. [5]
"A Song for Jeffrey" is a song recorded by the English rock band Jethro Tull, released as their second single in the UK, [5] and as the B-side to "Love Story" in the US. [6] The "Jeffrey" of the title is Ian Anderson 's friend and future Jethro Tull bassist Jeffrey Hammond , who was "a slightly wayward lad who wasn’t quite sure where he was ...
A Passion Play is the sixth studio album by British progressive rock band Jethro Tull, released in July 1973 in both the UK and US.Following in the same style as the band's previous album Thick as a Brick (1972), A Passion Play is a concept album comprising individual songs arranged into a single continuous piece of music (which was split into two parts across the original vinyl release's two ...
Live at Madison Square Garden 1978 is a concert video and an album by British rock band Jethro Tull, released in 2009. It was recorded on 9 October 1978 at Madison Square Garden in New York City. Fifty minutes of the performance were broadcast live via satellite on the BBC 's Old Grey Whistle Test TV show.
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 ...