I have heard it more than once that it was his wife behind all the Aqualung
Thick As a Brick stuff, but an interview I read not too long ago said
nothing of the sort. I love Jethro Tull especially the early years thru
TAAB.
Paz(not really being helpful at all)
on 2/5/01 3:49 PM, Chris Marshall at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Hey gang,
>
> Are there any Tull fans out there?
>
> I just started listening to an old album of theirs,
> "Broadsword and the Beast", and am realising what
> a talanted lyricist Ian Anderson is (at least I
> think he wrote their lyrics...)
>
> Broadsword... is full of nautical references, but
> also lots of the usual imagery to do with love and
> relationships, something I'm only just seeing this
> time around. "Flying Colours" describes two people
> trying to disguise a relationship break up, and
> "Slow Marching Band" says a lot about parting and
> loss, at least to me.
>
> To the nub of it then: I have "Broadsword..." and
> "Rock Island" (on a 12" picture disc, no less) and
> am looking for recommendations for what album(s)
> to hunt out next, given that I like these two.
>
> Any takers?
>
> --Chris (Cambridge, UK)
