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"Aqualung" is a song by the British progressive rock band Jethro Tull, and the title track from their Aqualung (1971) album. 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 ...
Aqualung is the fourth studio album by the English rock band Jethro Tull; it was released in March 1971 by Chrysalis Records.Though it is generally regarded as a concept album, featuring a central theme of "the distinction between religion and God", the band said that there was no intention to make a concept album, and that only a few songs have a unifying theme. [4]
"Cross-Eyed Mary" is a song by the British progressive rock band Jethro Tull from their album Aqualung (1971). [2] The song is about "Cross-Eyed Mary", a schoolgirl prostitute [3] who prefers the company of "leching greys" over her schoolmates. It was intended as a companion piece to "Aqualung", the opening album track about a homeless man.
Aqualung (musician) or Matt Hales (born 1972), British musician, or his eponymous 2002 album; Aqualung, 1971, or its 2005 live album Aqualung Live, by Jethro Tull "Aqualung" (song), a 1971 song by Jethro Tull "Aqualung", a song by Morcheeba from Charango, 2002 "Aqualung", a song by Miss Li from the album A Woman's Guide to Survival, 2017
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 ...
Louder magazine praised the song for "providing the light relief" on the album, amongst songs like "Locomotive Breath" and the title track. [8] Anderson made a similar point in an interview, noting the combination of the "amusing surreal moments" of acoustic songs like "Mother Goose" and "Up to Me" balanced with the album's more "dramatic ...
Aqualung, Marius de Vries " Strange & Beautiful (I'll Put a Spell on You) " is the debut single by English singer-songwriter Aqualung , released in 2002 from his self-titled debut album. The song was used as background music for the Volkswagen Beetle advert in the UK in mid-2002. [ 1 ]
Strange and Beautiful is Aqualung's first US album release: a compilation of tracks from Aqualung's first two albums: Aqualung and Still Life.This compilation making up his first US release includes "Strange and Beautiful," "Brighter Than Sunshine," and "Falling Out of Love."