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Post by chrism on Aug 30, 2017 18:07:47 GMT
I have a question about the piano introduction to Locomotive Breath. I once came across a reference to a classical piano piece that the beginning section is based on. Does anyone know what that piano piece is? thanks
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Post by maddogfagin on Oct 11, 2017 7:29:07 GMT
www.tio.ch/News/People/People/1168457/Ecco-come-ha-preso-forma--Aqualung--dei-Jethro-TullHere's how he took the "Aqualung" form of Jethro TullWaiting to attend the show that Martin Barre - guitarist of Jethro Tull from 1968 to 2012 - will hold the Plaza of Mendrisio on December 9th, we see how the historical track of the group took shape MENDRISIO - Martin Barre was only twenty-five years old when the Jethro Tull found themselves in London studio to create the piece that would later become a legitimate rock story. Raise your hand who did not gloat over the first time you heard that legendary riff, one of those riffs as simple as genius. It is true that in those same months the Led Zeppelin were recording downstairs "Led Zeppelin IV". During a break, Jimmy Page, attracted by that guitar riff, went upstairs: he tried in all ways to attract Martin's attention, gesturing his admiration for that sound. But Barre was too focused, he did not want to be distracted, and ignored him ... At 1:03 am, then, the song completely changes the atmosphere and rhythm, going to embrace the progressive rock, which in those years - was 1971 - was experiencing the most rosy moment. In this extended engagement, Martin Barre drives the piece with a tired strumming to the acoustic guitar, accompanying Ian Anderson, who, in an actual voice, continues to describe "Aqualung", a grim and sick man who wanders lonely in the park in search of his next victim to be devoured with the eyes: this is the only pastime he knows. In the closing of the piece the deadly riff that, after a solitary passage, is flanked first by the organ and then from below. After that, everything is embroidered by precious fillers on the skins that accompany us to the grand finale. Considering one of the twenty-five best solo guitars of rock history, Aqualung brings Martin Barre as one of the best guitarists of all time.
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Post by maddogfagin on Mar 27, 2018 14:32:23 GMT
teamrock.com/review/2018-03-26/album-of-the-week-club-review-jethro-tull-aqualungAlbum Of The Week Club Review: Jethro Tull - AqualungALBUM REVIEW Reviews / 23 hours ago / by Classic Rock Jethro Tull's fourth album, Aqualung, is the biggest selling of the band's 50-year career. But is it a concept album? It's not, says Ian Anderson In April 2015, Sex Pistols' frontman John Lydon took to the stage at London's 100 Club for a Q&A session with fans. Asked about his music taste, he said, "I love anything made by anyone... Just don't play the f**king flute." When someone in the audience shouted out Jethro Tull's name in response, he changed tack. "I like Jethro Tull!" he said. "I do! No, you gotta get this: this is the nonsense, thinking 'what's punk and what's not'. f**kin' hell, Aqualung, that's a f**kin' stunning record, you know? It is!" Continuation of article here
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Post by maddogfagin on Jun 2, 2018 7:15:49 GMT
theoutline.com/post/4490/jethro-tull-aqualung-cover-artist-burton-silverman?zd=1&zi=ohun74idMY DAD PAINTED THE ICONIC COVER FOR JETHRO TULL’S ‘AQUALUNG,’ AND IT’S HAUNTED HIM EVER SINCEHis quest to receive proper compensation illuminates the struggle for artists’ rights, and how decades-old grievances become coded into rock and roll mythology. Robert Silverman MAY—10—2018 10:33AM EST whiplash.net/materias/cds/283703-jethrotull.htmlJethro Tull: the classic album AqualungBy Ricardo Oliveira Andrade In 1971 the rock scene bubbled up preparing for the rest of the decade a bunch of bands and wonderful works. To quote a few cases, BLACK SABBATH still released their third album and THE DOORS , solidifying their career, lost JIM MORRISON shortly after releasing "LA Woman"; the LED ZEPPELIN featured his fourth album and PINK FLOYD still left the influences of SYD BARRETT with the album "Meddle". And in the midst of dozens of other beasts JETHRO TULL was launching his fourth work entitled Aqualung.
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Post by maddogfagin on Jan 6, 2019 7:44:10 GMT
laughingsquid.com/jethro-tull-aqualung-atonal-harmonies/How the Use of Atonal Harmonies Help Make the Classic Jethro Tull Song ‘Aqualung’ So Powerfulby Lori Dorn at 5:08 PM on January 4, 2019 The amusingly doodling, rapidly talking and extremely knowledgeable music theorist 12Tone musically breaks down one of his favorite songs – “Aqualung” by Jethro Tull. In doing so, 12Tone points out how the use of atonality, specifically atonal harmonies, makes the song as powerful as it is . ..we’re looking at one of my favorite songs off probably my favorite album of all time! Jethro Tull’s biggest hit features incredibly complex musical ideas that it hides behind a veil of folky charm, telling a dark and powerful story both in its lyrics and in its composition. Borrowing influences from a wide range of musical styles, Aqualung ties everything together so well that you barely notice how much it’s actually doing.
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Post by futureshock on Jan 9, 2019 8:10:27 GMT
laughingsquid.com/jethro-tull-aqualung-atonal-harmonies/How the Use of Atonal Harmonies Help Make the Classic Jethro Tull Song ‘Aqualung’ So Powerfulby Lori Dorn at 5:08 PM on January 4, 2019 The amusingly doodling, rapidly talking and extremely knowledgeable music theorist 12Tone musically breaks down one of his favorite songs – “Aqualung” by Jethro Tull. In doing so, 12Tone points out how the use of atonality, specifically atonal harmonies, makes the song as powerful as it is . ..we’re looking at one of my favorite songs off probably my favorite album of all time! Jethro Tull’s biggest hit features incredibly complex musical ideas that it hides behind a veil of folky charm, telling a dark and powerful story both in its lyrics and in its composition. Borrowing influences from a wide range of musical styles, Aqualung ties everything together so well that you barely notice how much it’s actually doing. I like the description of using the atonal options to keep away from a return to, or an obsession, with the tonal note and tonal key. Lots to work with there, it opens up doors, while still not getting into dissonance. Just lots of musical antigravity.
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Post by JTull 007 on Feb 22, 2019 3:10:57 GMT
Rochmon Record Club Listening Party: Jethro Tull “Aqualung” LINK Friday, March 1, 2019 7:00 PM 9:00 PM The Strand Theatre
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Post by maddogfagin on Feb 28, 2019 8:11:53 GMT
poststar.com/news/local/go-calendar/article_35a9c296-862c-5b90-b182-5c42946346ad.htmlgo calendar3 hrs ago Friday
Rochmon Record Club presents Aqualung by Jethro Tull, 7-9 p.m., The Strand, 210 Main St., Hudson Falls. The Rochmon Record Club will converge to listen to, learn about and discuss the classic 1971 album “Aqualung” by Jethro Tull at The Strand Theatre. Released in 1971, “Aqualung” is the fourth studio album by Jethro Tull and the best selling album of their career. Featuring hits such as the title song “Hymn 43” and “Locomotive Breath,” “Aqualung” dives deep into social issues of the times that are still relevant today with an approach to the music that still sounds fresh. The Listening Party begins at 7:30 p.m. with a live audio and video presentation by Chuck Vosganian aka “Rochmon.” A Rochmon Record Club Listening Party is meant to inform and deepen our understanding of the history of the individual performers, the songs and the stories that made this iconic album. $10 general admission. Tickets available at the door. For more information, or to make reservations, please call 518-832-3484 or go to www.mystrandtheater.org.
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Post by JTull 007 on Sept 1, 2019 14:28:32 GMT
Jethro Tull - Aqualung is announced for another 45RPM release !!! While we remember the early 2000s pressing on Classic Records sound very noise, this new Analogue Productions UHQR Clarity Vinyl manufactured at QRP might be the new definitive edition. What are your opinions on this release announcement? LINK
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Post by maddogfagin on Sept 4, 2019 6:57:38 GMT
Eastern European "pirate" edition on the Belkanton label.
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Post by maddogfagin on Nov 10, 2019 7:51:56 GMT
www.al.com/opinion/2019/11/what-song-lyric-makes-you-cringe-heres-mvcs-top-10.htmlWhat song lyric makes you cringe? Here’s MVC’s Top 10Updated Nov 09, 2019;Posted Nov 09, 2019 By Mike Oliver | moliver@al.com Cringeworthy has a physical dimension. You can dislike a song lyric. You can think a song lyric is stupid or silly. But a song lyric that makes you cringe hits a spot that makes you tighten your shoulders, maybe even makes you shake your body like a dog trying to shake off fleas. ________________ “Aqualung” -- Ian Anderson (Jethro Tull) LYRIC: Sitting on a park bench Eying little girls with bad intent Snots running down his nose Greasy fingers smearing shabby clothes, hey, Aqualung
Drying in the cold sun Watching as the frilly panties run, hey, Aqualung
Cringeworthiness: Inject ‘snot’ into the lead couplet of your song, and, well, it just makes me cringe. I don’t even want to analyze the pedophile/panties angle. Although Aqualung, the song (and album), was an FM staple and I enjoyed the driving music -- torrents of guitar and sprinklings of flute by Ian Anderson, songwriter and lead singer for Jethro Tull. But when you stop and listen it opens up with a tawdry description of a homeless man, a potential pedophile. Unlike MacArthur Park, I’m not saying it’s bad writing. It’s just that it involves snot and a pedophile. Ian Anderson conjured the image in the song from pictures his wife, a photographer, had taken of homeless men in London, so in the end, it was probably a good thing to help raise awareness of the issue.
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Post by jackinthegreen on Nov 10, 2019 22:43:47 GMT
www.al.com/opinion/2019/11/what-song-lyric-makes-you-cringe-heres-mvcs-top-10.htmlWhat song lyric makes you cringe? Here’s MVC’s Top 10Updated Nov 09, 2019;Posted Nov 09, 2019 By Mike Oliver | moliver@al.com Cringeworthy has a physical dimension. You can dislike a song lyric. You can think a song lyric is stupid or silly. But a song lyric that makes you cringe hits a spot that makes you tighten your shoulders, maybe even makes you shake your body like a dog trying to shake off fleas. ________________ “Aqualung” -- Ian Anderson (Jethro Tull) LYRIC: Sitting on a park bench Eying little girls with bad intent Snots running down his nose Greasy fingers smearing shabby clothes, hey, Aqualung
Drying in the cold sun Watching as the frilly panties run, hey, Aqualung
Cringeworthiness: Inject ‘snot’ into the lead couplet of your song, and, well, it just makes me cringe. I don’t even want to analyze the pedophile/panties angle. Although Aqualung, the song (and album), was an FM staple and I enjoyed the driving music -- torrents of guitar and sprinklings of flute by Ian Anderson, songwriter and lead singer for Jethro Tull. But when you stop and listen it opens up with a tawdry description of a homeless man, a potential pedophile. Unlike MacArthur Park, I’m not saying it’s bad writing. It’s just that it involves snot and a pedophile. Ian Anderson conjured the image in the song from pictures his wife, a photographer, had taken of homeless men in London, so in the end, it was probably a good thing to help raise awareness of the issue. The writer of this piece does not recognise it was Ian's then wife Jennie who not only took the photographs but also wrote the lyrics, which Ian himself has said were not the kind of language he would have used. I've always thought it very strange that Tull's most known and most played song was one that Ian did not write the lyrics.....it must really annoy him!!!!!!!
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Post by tullpress on Nov 10, 2019 23:19:53 GMT
Jennie didn't 'write the lyrics', IA did, based on some descriptive words which Jennie added to the photos. There's a conversation to be had here about why IA wrote a song about a tramp who is also a paedophile, followed by a song about a schoolgirl prostitute who 'prefers' having sex with old men (so that's ok then), and the continuing weird as f*** comments by IA about the sexuality of pre-pubescent & teenage girls. "I do have a fascination for children," Ian admits, "but it doesn't extend to rape or murder or anything sexual." -- right .. cool ... Anyone here had a conversation with a guy who said they like kids but not like in a rape or murder kind of way? www.tullpress.com/c14apr77.htm
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Post by tullpress on Nov 10, 2019 23:35:10 GMT
"I find it a little bit disturbing to walk out on stage and see two 14-year-old girls screaming just like I saw them do to the Beatles. And I'm thinking it's 1977 — it was when I was last on stage — and here's a couple of little girls, much too young to copulate with, actually screaming and doing a number equivalent to Beatlemania. I think this can't be. I'm thirty now and this just isn't really decent. But it's still marginally acceptable at the age of thirty. At the age of forty it's going to be quite indecent." www.tullpress.com/c14apr77.htmSo ... girls are defined by whether IA can copulate with them or not, and a 30 year old guy with a 16 year old girl is ok, but a 40 year old guy with a 16 year old is really not on? I have to say, transcribing these sort of comments in articles does not make me proud to be associated with this band. But at least they are in the public domain for others to read and form an opinion about. A
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Post by tullpress on Nov 11, 2019 0:16:35 GMT
“Jennie Anderson had scribbled notes on the backs of the pictures she had taken of homeless people in a park; Ian then adapted the words to create the wheezy, vulnerable, filthy yet sad lech of the title track. To this day, the former Mrs Anderson still gets two royalty cheques a year for her efforts.” www.tullpress.com/craug01.htmThe jump from ‘homeless people in a park’ to an obsession with ‘little girls’ is IA’s particular contribution, it appears, based on subsequent comments and songs lyrics.
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Post by tullpress on Nov 11, 2019 0:34:21 GMT
For example, I’ve heard IA describe how the line “don’t you start away uneasy” was something he took from the Robert Burns poem ‘To a Mouse’ —
Wee, sleekit, cowrin, tim’rous beastie, O, what a panic’s in thy breastie! Thou need na start awa sae hasty ...
.. tho I don’t have a source for this on TullPress. The point being, the lyrics were his doing, with the odd phrase or word from Jennie’s project included, and forming the inspiration for the whole.
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Post by tullabye on Nov 11, 2019 4:23:47 GMT
"I find it a little bit disturbing to walk out on stage and see two 14-year-old girls screaming just like I saw them do to the Beatles. And I'm thinking it's 1977 — it was when I was last on stage — and here's a couple of little girls, much too young to copulate with, actually screaming and doing a number equivalent to Beatlemania. I think this can't be. I'm thirty now and this just isn't really decent. But it's still marginally acceptable at the age of thirty. At the age of forty it's going to be quite indecent." www.tullpress.com/c14apr77.htmSo ... girls are defined by whether IA can copulate with them or not, and a 30 year old guy with a 16 year old girl is ok, but a 40 year old guy with a 16 year old is really not on? I have to say, transcribing these sort of comments in articles does not make me proud to be associated with this band. But at least they are in the public domain for others to read and form an opinion about. A I think you’re misinterpreting those quotes. What he’s saying is that he’s uncomfortable with it. It’s marginally acceptable for a 16 year old to be screaming for a 30 yr old, but if continued when he turns 40 it would just be really weird. He’s not the one doing the screaming. He’d rather that not happen. As for the lyrics ... people weren’t nearly as sensitive as they are today. I see nothing wrong with them as they are a very plausible description of such characters. Nobody’s forcing you to cover them.
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Post by rainbowblue on Nov 11, 2019 5:50:55 GMT
"I find it a little bit disturbing to walk out on stage and see two 14-year-old girls screaming just like I saw them do to the Beatles. And I'm thinking it's 1977 — it was when I was last on stage — and here's a couple of little girls, much too young to copulate with, actually screaming and doing a number equivalent to Beatlemania. I think this can't be. I'm thirty now and this just isn't really decent. But it's still marginally acceptable at the age of thirty. At the age of forty it's going to be quite indecent." www.tullpress.com/c14apr77.htmSo ... girls are defined by whether IA can copulate with them or not, and a 30 year old guy with a 16 year old girl is ok, but a 40 year old guy with a 16 year old is really not on? I have to say, transcribing these sort of comments in articles does not make me proud to be associated with this band. But at least they are in the public domain for others to read and form an opinion about. A I think you’re misinterpreting those quotes. What he’s saying is that he’s uncomfortable with it. It’s marginally acceptable for a 16 year old to be screaming for a 30 yr old, but if continued when he turns 40 it would just be really weird. He’s not the one doing the screaming. He’d rather that not happen. As for the lyrics ... people weren’t nearly as sensitive as they are today. I see nothing wrong with them as they describe a very plausible description of such characters. Nobody’s forcing you to cover them. When I first discovered Tull in `71, I would go to many book and magazine stores to find any article or picture of Jethro Tull I could find, so I am grateful for the articles and pictures that tullpress has contributed to this forum. But I agree with tullabye, those quotes are being misinterpreted. First of all, you are condemning the whole group for lyrics that Ian wrote and quotes that he made. In the Circus article from Apr.14, 1977, Ian talks about the insistence "now" that little girls 14 or 15 years of age have sexual experiences, not because they want or understand sex, because everyone is doing it and they want to belong. Then Ian goes on to say that he ought to sponsor and contest having people write in with the best reasons to retain their virginity. "They`d get some sort of special prize from me" (Ian). Does not sound like a man that would want to "copulate" with a young girl. Not to mention that they did not have "groupies" hence the name "Jeff Dull". At the end of the article Ian says "I would like to think when I`m an old man I`ll carry around a pocketful of lollipops to give to little kids, and maybe I`ll say something that they`ll remember someday that might be meaningful". What a jerk, huh? I`m not sure why you choose to attack Ian this way, but I think I will stick to reading the articles you post, and skip your interpretations. The lyrics from Aqualung and Cross-Eyed Mary does not make Ian a lecherous old pervert any more than the lyrics "The bomb in the dressing room blows the windows from their frames" makes Ian a terrorist.
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Post by nonrabbit on Nov 11, 2019 17:33:23 GMT
"I find it a little bit disturbing to walk out on stage and see two 14-year-old girls screaming just like I saw them do to the Beatles. And I'm thinking it's 1977 — it was when I was last on stage — and here's a couple of little girls, much too young to copulate with, actually screaming and doing a number equivalent to Beatlemania. I think this can't be. I'm thirty now and this just isn't really decent. But it's still marginally acceptable at the age of thirty. At the age of forty it's going to be quite indecent." www.tullpress.com/c14apr77.htmSo ... girls are defined by whether IA can copulate with them or not, and a 30 year old guy with a 16 year old girl is ok, but a 40 year old guy with a 16 year old is really not on? I have to say, transcribing these sort of comments in articles does not make me proud to be associated with this band. But at least they are in the public domain for others to read and form an opinion about. A I think he's used an awkward phrase to describe two screaming pubescent schoolgirls at a concert - in 1977. He's also assuming that they have some 'motive' in screeching at him. Naw Ian, they're just daft wee lassies at a concert. On a serious note, it's also the old cliche of the 70's that most girls are there for something other than appreciating good music. I was there at fifteen - adoring the music and the stage act.
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Post by nonrabbit on Nov 11, 2019 17:53:14 GMT
"...Cross-eyed Mary goes jumping in again. She signs no contract but she always plays the game. She dines in Hampstead village on expense accounted gruel And the jack-knife barber, drops her off at school.
Laughing in the playground gets no kicks from little boys. Would rather make it with a letching grey. Or maybe her attention is drawn by Aqualung Who watches through the railings as they play.
Cross-eyed Mary finds it hard to get along She's a poor man's rich girl and she'll do it for a song. She's the rich man stealer but her favour's good and strong. The robin hood of Highgate helps the poor man get along...."
Cross-eyed Mary is a great song and stands the test of time - lyrically not so much. My take on the lyrics (back in the day) was that it was painting a Dickensian image - in fact I thought that it was set in Victorian England. I also thought that 'Mary' was an older schoolgirl but then there's nothing in the lyrics to say how old she was.
This quote re a question to Ian about Cross Eyed Mary - not sure where it came from;
" Ian, who has described the character Mary a "schoolgirl prostitute type." She lives a wretched existence offering her services to the dregs of humanity. Anderson says that the important issue in this song and the album as a whole is seeing the spirituality in all people, even a prostitute. Said Anderson, "There are these human types that would be thought to be undesirable and unpleasant, but are all God's creations one way or another, and there must be within these people some very essential humanity, even some goodness, some good side to their character or personality which was laudable."
And yet there's nothing really in the lyrics to show what he's just described. Nothing alluding to sympathy for her plight. In fact Aqualung has more sympathy in the lyrics by 'poor old sod' or 'warms his feet' It's fun analysing however the songs are of their time.
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Post by tullabye on Nov 11, 2019 19:18:50 GMT
"...Cross-eyed Mary goes jumping in again. She signs no contract but she always plays the game. She dines in Hampstead village on expense accounted gruel And the jack-knife barber, drops her off at school. Laughing in the playground gets no kicks from little boys. Would rather make it with a letching grey. Or maybe her attention is drawn by Aqualung Who watches through the railings as they play. Cross-eyed Mary finds it hard to get along She's a poor man's rich girl and she'll do it for a song. She's the rich man stealer but her favour's good and strong. The robin hood of Highgate helps the poor man get along...." Cross-eyed Mary is a great song and stands the test of time - lyrically not so much. I find those lyrics to be incredibly strong.
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Post by nonrabbit on Nov 11, 2019 19:59:30 GMT
I find those lyrics to be incredibly strong. Oh the lyrics are good and very descriptive, I just don't think he'd write the song in the same way today.
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Post by maddogfagin on Nov 12, 2019 7:49:27 GMT
I find those lyrics to be incredibly strong. Oh the lyrics are good and very descriptive, I just don't think he'd write the song in the same way today. In any case IA would have the politically correct police knocking on his front door demanding some sort of retraction of these lyrics, but I agree Tullabye and Pattie, the lyrics are good and very strong.
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Post by tullabye on Nov 12, 2019 17:56:34 GMT
I find those lyrics to be incredibly strong. Oh the lyrics are good and very descriptive, I just don't think he'd write the song in the same way today. Such a sad statement on where we are today.
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Post by tullpress on Nov 12, 2019 19:14:17 GMT
'Strong' as in what, a true picture of the genuine life of a schoolgirl prostitute who prefers having sex with tramps? That thing we read about every day in the papers and is widely documented in social care?
Please. This is not a 'PC' issue.
The headline story on the cover of Thick As A Brick features a "14-year-old schoolgirl" who is sexually active and pregnant (supposedly by an 8-year-old), and one who is exposing her underwear.
IA: "As a 17-year-old, I sang 'Fattening Frogs for Snakes' with my Harmony electric guitar at the Holy Family Youth Club in Blackpool for an audience of 14-year-old Catholic schoolgirls .."
Looking back at threads on this forum, someone posted that they read IA describe Cross-Eyed Mary as "a 14-year-old Roman Catholic schoolgirl prostitute", tho I can find nothing online to verify the source of it.
Which takes me back to the "14 year olds too young to copulate with" quote.
Who knows how old anyone is, to the year, just by looking at them? This is a recurring theme.
Anyone who wants to cut & paste the 'strong' lyrics to 'Pied Piper', feel free.
And if there are any women members on this board, I'd be genuinely interested in hearing your opinions. If you're just one of the usual guys, not so much.
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Post by tullpress on Nov 12, 2019 19:27:36 GMT
I'll save you the bother.
Now if you think Ray blew it, There was nothing to it. They patched him up as good as new. You can see him every day Riding down the queen's highway, Handing out his small cigars To the kids from school. And all the little girls With their bleached blond curls Clump up on their platform soles. And they say "Hey Ray let's ride away Downtown where we can roll some alley bowls." And Ray grins from ear to here, and whispers?
So follow me. Trail along. My leather jacket's buttoned up. And my four-stroke song Will pick you up when your last class ends; And you can tell all your friends: The Pied Piper pulled you, The mad biker fooled you, I'll do what you want to: If you ride with me on a Friday Anything goes.
So follow me, hold on tight. My school girl fancy's flowing in free flight. I've a tenner in my skin tight jeans. You can touch it if your hands are clean.
The Pied Piper pulled you, The mad biker fooled you, I'll do what you want to: If you ride with me on a Friday Anything goes.
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Post by tullpress on Nov 12, 2019 20:02:25 GMT
And this is a perceptive comment from nonrabbit:
"And yet there's nothing really in the lyrics [of Cross-Eyed Mary] to show what he's just described. Nothing alluding to sympathy for her plight. In fact Aqualung has more sympathy in the lyrics by 'poor old sod' or 'warms his feet' It's fun analysing however the songs are of their time."
From the male narrator's point of view, Aqualung is 'my friend'. There's a stated bond, and an explicit acceptance of his character, of which his 'bad intent' is a part.
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Post by tullabye on Nov 13, 2019 0:10:57 GMT
And this is a perceptive comment from nonrabbit: "And yet there's nothing really in the lyrics [of Cross-Eyed Mary] to show what he's just described. Nothing alluding to sympathy for her plight. In fact Aqualung has more sympathy in the lyrics by 'poor old sod' or 'warms his feet' It's fun analysing however the songs are of their time." From the male narrator's point of view, Aqualung is 'my friend'. There's a stated bond, and an explicit acceptance of his character, of which his 'bad intent' is a part. So what? I think it’s your problem.
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Post by JTull 007 on Nov 13, 2019 2:54:09 GMT
Many songs are written from both sides of everything which Ian did many during the early years of TULL. I'm sure he felt guilt about many topics including what his reaction to homeless people was during Christmas.
Part fear and part sympathy to those who are wandering the streets looking for a place to live with no money. Aqualung may have been a somewhat easy example of how those without money would be just as bad as those who did. While stalking schoolyards or even city streets their are some who are quite desperate for many things including SEX.
We should not blame Ian for his observation which has some pity over those with no means to correct themselves. Non-Rabbit has valid concerns that a song can be popular for things we normally would condemn. In every level of society there are many who ignore the truth that women are abused by both rich and poor.
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Post by maddogfagin on Nov 13, 2019 7:40:25 GMT
Many songs are written from both sides of everything which Ian did many during the early years of TULL. I'm sure he felt guilt about many topics including what his reaction to homeless people was during Christmas.
Part fear and part sympathy to those who are wandering the streets looking for a place to live with no money. Aqualung may have been a somewhat easy example of how those without money would be just as bad as those who did. While stalking schoolyards or even city streets their are some who are quite desperate for many things including SEX.
We should not blame Ian for his observation which has some pity over those with no means to correct themselves. Non-Rabbit has valid concerns that a song can be popular for things we normally would condemn. In every level of society there are many who ignore the truth that women are abused by both rich and poor. Within the bounds of British history, an equivalent observer of human morals (if that is what it is) may well be William Hogarth (10 November 1697 – 26 October 1764) who was an English painter, printmaker, pictorial satirist, social critic, and editorial cartoonist. His work ranges from realistic portraiture to comic strip-like series of pictures called "modern moral subjects". en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_HogarthI would argue that, in the case of Cross Eyed Mary, it is an instance of social criticism along the lines that William Hogarth excelled in. www.nationalgallery.org.uk/artists/william-hogarthHogarth is best known for his series paintings of 'modern moral subjects', of which he sold engravings on subscription. The Collection contains the set called 'Marriage A-la-Mode'. Although pugnaciously hostile to Continental art, he succumbed to French influence. In 1753 he published his 'Analysis of Beauty', in which he stresses the importance of the serpentine line. Hogarth was born in London, the son of an unsuccessful schoolmaster and writer from Westmoreland. After apprenticeship to a goldsmith, he began to produce his own engraved designs in about 1710. He later took up oil painting, starting with small portrait groups called conversation pieces. He went on to create a series of paintings satirising contemporary customs, but based on earlier Italian prints, of which the first was 'The Harlot's Progress' (1731), and perhaps the most famous 'The Rake's Progress'. His engravings were so plagiarised that he lobbied for the Copyright Act of 1735 as protection for writers and artists. During the 1730s Hogarth also developed into an original painter of life-sized portraits, and created the first of several history paintings in the grand manner. Six prints, forming the set 'A Harlot's Progress. The six prints telling the cautionary story of Moll Hackabout, a harlot, were published in April 1732, the first of Hogarth’s ‘Modern Moral Subjects’. Hogarth intended the pictures to stand without accompanying text. The series had 1,240 subscribers and was so popular that pirated versions were quickly issued. www.rct.uk/collection/811512/a-harlots-progress
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