Jethro Tull — Up To Me
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Take her to the cinema
And leave you in a Wimpy bar
You tell me that we've gone too far
Come running up to me
Make the scene at cousin Jack's
Leave him to put the bottles back
Mends his glasses that I cracked
Well that one's up to me, hey
Oh, it's up to me
It's up to me
I buy a Silver Cloud to ride
Pack the tennis club inside
Trouser cuffs hung far too wide
Well, it was up to me
Tyres down on your bicycle
Your nose feels like an icicle
The yellow fingered smoky girl
Is looking up to me, yeah
Whoa, you know it's up to me, yeah
Well I'm a common working man
With a half of bitter, bread and jam
And if it pleases me I'll put one on you, man
When the cuppa fades away
Whoa, it's up to me
Whoa, I said, it's up to me, yeah
The rainy season comes to pass
The day-glo pirate sinks at last
And if I laughed a bit too fast
Well, it was up to me
Take you to the cinema
And leave you in a Wimpy bar
You tell me that we've gone too far
Come running up to me, hey
Whoa, you know it's up to me, yeah
I said it's up to me, yeah
And leave you in a Wimpy bar
You tell me that we've gone too far
Come running up to me
Make the scene at cousin Jack's
Leave him to put the bottles back
Mends his glasses that I cracked
Well that one's up to me, hey
Oh, it's up to me
It's up to me
I buy a Silver Cloud to ride
Pack the tennis club inside
Trouser cuffs hung far too wide
Well, it was up to me
Tyres down on your bicycle
Your nose feels like an icicle
The yellow fingered smoky girl
Is looking up to me, yeah
Whoa, you know it's up to me, yeah
Well I'm a common working man
With a half of bitter, bread and jam
And if it pleases me I'll put one on you, man
When the cuppa fades away
Whoa, it's up to me
Whoa, I said, it's up to me, yeah
The rainy season comes to pass
The day-glo pirate sinks at last
And if I laughed a bit too fast
Well, it was up to me
Take you to the cinema
And leave you in a Wimpy bar
You tell me that we've gone too far
Come running up to me, hey
Whoa, you know it's up to me, yeah
I said it's up to me, yeah
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ya know...their first six albums are very, very, good.
Regular rotation in friends first apartment where we all hung out for weekends.
Nice guitar fills from the under-appreciated Martin Barre.
Excellent! But, Benefit is my favorite Jethro Tull album.
ecojot wrote:
Ian Anderson said he didn't write it as a concept album
Then he tossed out "Thick As a Brick" to make up for it.
Ian Anderson said he didn't write it as a concept album
Then he tossed out "Thick As a Brick" to make up for it.
Exquisite!
Oh my. Everyday and education with RP. Jethro Tull from Blackpool, Lancashire, England. I will place a very sure bet that getting out of Blackpool was their greatest joy at the fame and fortune Aqualung and such brought to them.
On_The_Beach wrote:
A little of your whining goes a long way. Whine less often. And by less I mean never.
I dunno. It was a clever line. I disagree, but it was clever.
A little of your whining goes a long way. Whine less often. And by less I mean never.
I dunno. It was a clever line. I disagree, but it was clever.
jmjohall wrote:
Awww- C'mon You know you like it
Never get tired of Tull! Except Aqualung. I could do without ever hearing that song again...
Awww- C'mon You know you like it
Ah, Aqualung. Such mis-deeds undertaken in those 1970's years while under your spell...lol ![cool](https://img.radioparadise.com/emoji/icon_cool.gif)
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jmjohall wrote:
Me too if i ever hear that song again i will scream bloody murder
Never get tired of Tull! Except Aqualung. I could do without ever hearing that song again...
Me too if i ever hear that song again i will scream bloody murder
I love this song. I love Tull!!!!!
neptunejeff wrote:
Ian Anderson said he didn't write it as a concept album
One of the first classic concept albums....than you RP ![cool](https://img.radioparadise.com/emoji/smiley-cool.gif)
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Ian Anderson said he didn't write it as a concept album
Never get tired of Tull! Except Aqualung. I could do without ever hearing that song again...
One of the first classic concept albums....than you RP ![cool](https://img.radioparadise.com/emoji/smiley-cool.gif)
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god, how I hate their music
Wore this album out in college. Still not tired of it.
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I used to be able to count on RP to introduce me to amazing new music. Now it seems to be 80% obscure classic rock that is obscure for a reason.
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This is bliss. Kisses my fingertips!
Is this a remastered or remixed version? Things sound a little more present than I'm used to.
ahess247 wrote:
A little of your whining goes a long way. Whine less often. And by less I mean never.
A little Jethro Tull goes a long way. Play it less often. And by less often I mean never.
A little of your whining goes a long way. Whine less often. And by less I mean never.
fredriley wrote:
Wimpy Bars are still going, though few are the survivors of the onslaught of Macdonald's and Burger King. There's one in the Broadmarsh Centre in Nottingham for sure.
I'll gladly pay you on Tuesday for a hamburger today
Wimpy Bars are still going, though few are the survivors of the onslaught of Macdonald's and Burger King. There's one in the Broadmarsh Centre in Nottingham for sure.
I'll gladly pay you on Tuesday for a hamburger today
You know it's the best radio out there when you tune in and you listen to "the yellow fingered smoky girl is looking up to me"!
A little Jethro Tull goes a long way. Play it less often. And by less often I mean never.
oppositelock wrote:
PSD'd from Bowie to Jethro Tull and China Girls was still on when it ended.
Bowie followed buy Tull. Must have gone into my record collection. ;)
PSD'd from Bowie to Jethro Tull and China Girls was still on when it ended.
impediguy wrote:
Does he aspire to be an 18th Century agriculturist? Does he even aspire to be Ian Anderson?
Dan Auerbach is no Jethro Tull.
Does he aspire to be an 18th Century agriculturist? Does he even aspire to be Ian Anderson?
impediguy wrote:
or Ian Anderson for that matter..![{#Tongue-out} {#Tongue-out}](https://img.radioparadise.com/emoji/smiley-tongue-out.gif)
Dan Auerbach is no Jethro Tull.
or Ian Anderson for that matter..
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Aqualung on Original Master Recording...nom nom nom.
Dan Auerbach is no Jethro Tull.
LowPhreak wrote:
If it were up to me, we'd never hear Metallica
and hear Tull at least once a day.
LowPhreak for President!!!
If it were up to me, we'd never hear Metallica
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LowPhreak for President!!!
Yeeeeeeah!
Bowie followed buy Tull. Must have gone into my record collection. ;)
Perfect sequence after Blackstar of David Bowie! Thanks Bill!
Webfoot wrote:
If it were up to me, we'd never hear Metallica
and hear Tull at least once a day.
Hey, they beat Metallica for the Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance Grammy in 1989.
If it were up to me, we'd never hear Metallica
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oldfart48 wrote:
Still farming in Scotland I believe.. owns quite a Large estate that encompasses the working farm.
more, more, more, tull rules what happened to ian anyway? one hell of a music genius.
Still farming in Scotland I believe.. owns quite a Large estate that encompasses the working farm.
God, how many Aqualung albums did I wear out back then!? LOUD, with headphones, toking from a four finger lid.
I'm enchanted by Tull's Rock from that time, likewise swept away by Robert Nye's novels "Falstaff" and "Merlin"!
fine Olde English from Nixon's days
fine Olde English from Nixon's days
Hey, they beat Metallica for the Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance Grammy in 1989.
Blimey, Wimpy Bar. When we used to eat burger, egg and chips off of a plate with a knife and fork. Like grown ups.
Kaisersosay wrote:
DUH
Is this Ron Burgundy? Jazz flute
DUH
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This was one of the first albums I ever bought. Sometime in the early 70's
Back in those days, the Tricky Dick Nixon days of horrific Inflation, daily news of Fall of Rome scandals and senseless bloody civil rights struggle, with the New Color TV-Broadcast obscenity of the war in VietNam playing as a grim backdrop, this was the perfect alternative soundtrack, the real deal, with hard-hitting cynicism, snarky witticism and madhouse lyricism, and Oh, how we through the tutelage of our righteously enlightened elders rightly nightly worshipped it so! Cross-Eyed Mary, Mother Goose, Aqualung -- Oh, the Dickensian lore these characters were steeped in! and Whoah, the way Ian and JTull jammed out with it all! I love how it still proves itself so presently worthy of providing us with such cathartic Rock Poetry in this the latest episode of the current season of the newest version of Babylon.
Really wish I would have heard more Tull when I was young. All we heard on the radio was Aqualung, Locomotive Breath, and Bungle in the Jungle. Good songs, but there was so much more to them that I am only now getting exposed to. Keep it coming!
This sucks!
oldfart48 wrote:
Well, we all get older. He's 66 now.
more, more, more, tull rules what happened to ian anyway? one hell of a music genius.
Well, we all get older. He's 66 now.
unclehud wrote:
The origin of grunge clothes, hair, and beards.
sorry, bro, we are still here, and it started many years before grunge was a drip down.......war types
have short hair and uniforms..
The origin of grunge clothes, hair, and beards.
sorry, bro, we are still here, and it started many years before grunge was a drip down.......war types
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calypsus_1 wrote:
The origin of grunge clothes, hair, and beards.
The origin of grunge clothes, hair, and beards.
more, more, more, tull rules what happened to ian anyway? one hell of a music genius.
Yesssss. Awesome Album. Don't know how this song got a 7 rating !!!!!
What a great album!
Boy_Wonder wrote:
Wimpy Bars are still going, though few are the survivors of the onslaught of Macdonald's and Burger King. There's one in the Broadmarsh Centre in Nottingham for sure.
"Take you to the cinema
And leave you in a Wimpy Bar"
Now that dates this.... and me!
And leave you in a Wimpy Bar"
Now that dates this.... and me!
Wimpy Bars are still going, though few are the survivors of the onslaught of Macdonald's and Burger King. There's one in the Broadmarsh Centre in Nottingham for sure.
For some reason, every time I hear Jethro Tull, I think of The Hobbit, or people that dress up and go to Renaissance festivals.
sounds nice on this morning.
"Take you to the cinema
And leave you in a Wimpy Bar"
Now that dates this.... and me!
And leave you in a Wimpy Bar"
Now that dates this.... and me!
Tull shook my world.
1970; heard Teacher, from Benefit.
Everything changed. I was 16 years old.
What a master, Anderson!
1970; heard Teacher, from Benefit.
Everything changed. I was 16 years old.
What a master, Anderson!
This was my first 8 track tape, and for months it was the only one I had. I almost wore it out. No one complained when we had to listen to it over and over for hours while driving around in my parents car! Great stuff.
A great Concept Album! There are many of these running for office! ![{#Clap} {#Clap}](https://img.radioparadise.com/emoji/icon_clap.gif)
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ziakut wrote:
Oh yes. And yes. Well played, Sir William.
Oh yes.
Oh yes. And yes. Well played, Sir William.
Oh yes.
Nicely chosen.
oppositelock wrote:
I totally agree. I have been listening to Jethro Tull most of my life, as a matter of fact "Thick As A Brick" was the first album I ever bought and I have to say that "Heavy Horses" is my favourite work from them of all time. Ian's vocals and flute work are supreme as well as the construct of each song.................wonderful!!!
One of my favorites.
One of my favorites.
martinc wrote:
What a silly comment? Make you happier if he didn't wear a watch...that's just goofy. I saw him recently, great show and not sure if he was with or without watch. Really didn't matter.
It was meant to be a "silly comment", not a discourse on how Time is a man-made construct. It may be a bit fanciful to call the comment "goofy", though.
What a silly comment? Make you happier if he didn't wear a watch...that's just goofy. I saw him recently, great show and not sure if he was with or without watch. Really didn't matter.
It was meant to be a "silly comment", not a discourse on how Time is a man-made construct. It may be a bit fanciful to call the comment "goofy", though.
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alanthecowboy wrote:
Give Heavy Horses a shot, if you haven't already. Their finest and most coherent album, in my opinion.
One of my favorites.
Give Heavy Horses a shot, if you haven't already. Their finest and most coherent album, in my opinion.
One of my favorites.
right not the best track from the album - but
in the early 2000's I was listening on the car radio to some lovey dovey song which was also by or called aqualung - had a very sad moment thinking that in 1971 we could have something like Aqualung with a bit of social comment and interest and in 2003 or whatever we are back to airwaves full of lovey dovey anodine nothingness. What a progressive generation we turned out to be! (not) mind you IA/JT ended up singing about girls with long legs in his male menopause which was not exactly worlds news either.
in the early 2000's I was listening on the car radio to some lovey dovey song which was also by or called aqualung - had a very sad moment thinking that in 1971 we could have something like Aqualung with a bit of social comment and interest and in 2003 or whatever we are back to airwaves full of lovey dovey anodine nothingness. What a progressive generation we turned out to be! (not) mind you IA/JT ended up singing about girls with long legs in his male menopause which was not exactly worlds news either.
A double shot of Hell. The Decemberists followed by Jethro Tull. I must be paying for my sins.
Proclivities wrote:
Does he really need to wear that watch while performing? I guess it matches his Rolex® codpiece.
What a silly comment? Make you happier if he didn't wear a watch...that's just goofy. I saw him recently, great show and not sure if he was with or without watch. Really didn't matter.
Does he really need to wear that watch while performing? I guess it matches his Rolex® codpiece.
What a silly comment? Make you happier if he didn't wear a watch...that's just goofy. I saw him recently, great show and not sure if he was with or without watch. Really didn't matter.
More_Cowbell wrote:![](https://z.about.com/d/classicrock/1/0/w/Q/anderson_seangallup_getty.jpg)
Does he really need to wear that watch while performing? I guess it matches his Rolex® codpiece.
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Does he really need to wear that watch while performing? I guess it matches his Rolex® codpiece.
bam23 wrote:
Give Heavy Horses a shot, if you haven't already. Their finest and most coherent album, in my opinion.
I once thought that I liked Jethro Tull, largely based on early FM radio. Then I listened more in recent years and realized that there is a kind of clunkiness to their music. It does not really flow, it's composed of discrete pieces that they rarely merge adequately. Still, some good songs have come out of this morass.
Give Heavy Horses a shot, if you haven't already. Their finest and most coherent album, in my opinion.
I will be picking up the Steven Wilson mixed 40th anniversary edition.
Always like that line, The yellow fingered smokey girl is looking up to me. ![{#Lol} {#Lol}](https://img.radioparadise.com/emoji/icon_lol.gif)
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I once thought that I liked Jethro Tull, largely based on early FM radio. Then I listened more in recent years and realized that there is a kind of clunkiness to their music. It does not really flow, it's composed of discrete pieces that they rarely merge adequately. Still, some good songs have come out of this morass.
Now that's crescent fresh
One my wife's favourite bands.
Took me a while to get to enjoy them, and even was bored (shame on me) at a live show they had here in Israel.
But - came around and quite like them now!
Most Interesting music they have.
Took me a while to get to enjoy them, and even was bored (shame on me) at a live show they had here in Israel.
But - came around and quite like them now!
Most Interesting music they have.
Throbbin wrote:
Was that at St Albans? I was at that gig - excellent ;-)
Reminds me of my old home, and tuff times ay school. But great track. Saw Ian last year, still out there playing - never too old eh. Time for a nice cup of tea - Skating Away on the Thin Ice of a New Day anyone?
Was that at St Albans? I was at that gig - excellent ;-)
Reminds me of my old home, and tuff times ay school. But great track. Saw Ian last year, still out there playing - never too old eh. Time for a nice cup of tea - Skating Away on the Thin Ice of a New Day anyone?
Saw them every time they came out to the Forum in LA - Ian Anderson played eight different instruments and Rex Reed at the time called him untalented and their music inaccessible - loved it then, love it now
is this Jack Black singing?
Is this Ron Burgundy? Jazz flute
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and the great sets just keeps going. thanks.
Couldn't get to the mute button fast enough!
I remember this song as a pause between the other epics on this record.
...thanks for playing this...
I really like this one, but Broadsword would be cool to hear some time....
PeorgieTirebiter wrote:
I wouldn't mind, for a little while at least.
That was a good year for me...
Back! Back, I say! Back to 1971 where you belong!
I wouldn't mind, for a little while at least.
That was a good year for me...
Niice... thank you all those years ago for giving us this LP/CD, Ian! Epic then, epic now, epic ALWAYS!!
There are so many better Tull tracks to choose...
I'm in a Tull lovin' mood....Upped it to a 9 ![{#Drummer} {#Drummer}](https://img.radioparadise.com/emoji/icon_drummer.gif)
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It just occurred to me that the Decemberists owe a bit of a debt to these guys.
shakylegs wrote:
On the other hand, so much else has changed. Right? Work with me here, people.
Some things are not supposed to be messed with,,![{#Yes} {#Yes}](https://img.radioparadise.com/emoji/icon_yes.gif)
November 5, the day after Barack Obama was elected president.
And here I was, hoping for change.
Alas, there's still Jethro Tull on Radio Paradise.
Hannio wrote:And here I was, hoping for change.
Alas, there's still Jethro Tull on Radio Paradise.
On the other hand, so much else has changed. Right? Work with me here, people.
Some things are not supposed to be messed with,,
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jonahboo wrote:
Agree!!
PERFECT ALBUM
Agree!!
shakylegs wrote:
On the other hand, so much else has changed. Right? Work with me here, people.
November 5, the day after Barack Obama was elected president.
And here I was, hoping for change.
Alas, there's still Jethro Tull on Radio Paradise.
And here I was, hoping for change.
Alas, there's still Jethro Tull on Radio Paradise.
On the other hand, so much else has changed. Right? Work with me here, people.
PERFECT ALBUM
MediaGrrl wrote:
Allo Allo!![{#Wave} {#Wave}](https://img.radioparadise.com/emoji/icon_wave.gif)
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hello, Spinal Tap.
Allo Allo!
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hello, Spinal Tap.
hmmm i dont like it....
Liking that a lot 10 out of 10 always Jethro Tull fan, it is like a home football team to me, I am a Jethro Tull hooligan and will always vote 10/10 (even for their crappiest stuff - no, just kidding). Great song of great album, very fresh, even after 38 years or so.
Back! Back, I say! Back to 1971 where you belong!
the best! vot eto ispolniaut!! molodzy!.... ^)) i love such music
I was a little girl when this came out, my older sisters told me that 'Cross-Eyed Mary' was my song. I thought this was great until I became old enough to hear/understand the lyrics...Children can be sooooo cruel ![{#Lol} {#Lol}](https://img.radioparadise.com/emoji/icon_lol.gif)
Love the Album
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Love the Album
This is why I LOVE RP. I really have never liked Jethro Tull but I have only heard what gets radio play on those crappy old style stations. I have never heard this song and, now this is good.
PERFECT ALBUM
PERIOD
PERIOD
Lost Tull gem. How many are there?
I grew up on this magic
I grew up on this magic
Was always one of my favorite tracks on Aqualung, but has been completely forgotten by mainstream radio — you'd think the title track and Locomotive Breath were the only two songs on the album. Thanks for digging this out!
My only Jethro Tull story...a short time after the album Benefit came out ("Teacher"—great song that understandably stood out), Reprise allegedly sponsored a contest run through some local FM station: "The first caller to phone in the correct total minutes of all the songs on the album would win..." Took out my copy, and...there were no song times on the label, sleeve, or jacket. Considered playing and timing each track, but no one could be that strung out.
Found out later that the "contest" was a gag. Guess I was the last one on the block to know that Benefit lacked playing times. Coulda hated Tull, but ended up hating Reprise and FM in roughly that order.
Found out later that the "contest" was a gag. Guess I was the last one on the block to know that Benefit lacked playing times. Coulda hated Tull, but ended up hating Reprise and FM in roughly that order.
ddimartino wrote:
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I also like This Was a lot, although I'm well aware that LP had Mick Abrahms on lead guitar. He left JT to form Blodwyn Pig, of course.
This Band was another unique addtion to the British invasion of the late 60's.
The early version with Glenn Cornick on bass quitar Martin Barre and Ian Anderson
Check out albums Stand UP and Benefit.
Live, these guys were one of the great bands to see, right up there with the Who and led Zepp!
The early version with Glenn Cornick on bass quitar Martin Barre and Ian Anderson
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Check out albums Stand UP and Benefit.
Live, these guys were one of the great bands to see, right up there with the Who and led Zepp!
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I also like This Was a lot, although I'm well aware that LP had Mick Abrahms on lead guitar. He left JT to form Blodwyn Pig, of course.
lyrically amazing. that's about it for me
doctorespinoza wrote:
You seem to have forgotten the smiley to indicate you're having us on.
This is one of Jethro Tull's rare covers. The original was by a band called "Motherboy":
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You seem to have forgotten the smiley to indicate you're having us on.
shakylegs wrote:
Yeah, some things in America are still ruled by old white men.
November 5, the day after Barack Obama was elected president.
And here I was, hoping for change.
Alas, there's still Jethro Tull on Radio Paradise.
And here I was, hoping for change.
Alas, there's still Jethro Tull on Radio Paradise.
Yeah, some things in America are still ruled by old white men.
This Band was another unique addtion to the British invasion of the late 60's.
The early version with Glenn Cornick on bass quitar Martin Barre and Ian Anderson
Check out albums Stand UP and Benefit.
Live, these guys were one of the great bands to see, right up there with the Who and led Zepp!
The early version with Glenn Cornick on bass quitar Martin Barre and Ian Anderson
![https://blog.libero.it/scheggedivetro/2315027.html https://blog.libero.it/scheggedivetro/2315027.html](https://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:qnQJ8kyujUsJ::urubu.wordpress.com/files/2006/05/JethroTull_StandUp_F.jpg)
Check out albums Stand UP and Benefit.
Live, these guys were one of the great bands to see, right up there with the Who and led Zepp!
November 5, the day after Barack Obama was elected president.
And here I was, hoping for change.
Alas, there's still Jethro Tull on Radio Paradise.
And here I was, hoping for change.
Alas, there's still Jethro Tull on Radio Paradise.
Jethro Tull was an amazing band and their concerts were always outstanding. Their mix of traditional Celtic music with rock's booming beat remains distinctive and classic. Though "Up To Me" is not among my favorites, I have several of their tunes on my "play it at my funeral" CD (Dun Ringall, Jack A Lynn, Kelpie, and Grace), and one of their album covers on my shoulder (Roots to Branches).
Tull will always be part of my eclectic musical taste, and a group of Brits whose musical genius compares to the Beatles and Stones.
Rock On!
Thank you, RP! ![{#Music} {#Music}](https://img.radioparadise.com/emoji/icon_music.gif)
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matt832 wrote:
It really does not get much worse than this.... Jethro Tull should be put to rest - permanently ( that picture of that bad truly says it all... )
Can we have a 0 rating ——PLEASE!
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It really does not get much worse than this.... Jethro Tull should be put to rest - permanently ( that picture of that bad truly says it all... )
In public I would never admit I have the potential to like Tull. Hearing this song, I know I do! Secretly...!
The first record I ever bought. Late 70s.
Well I'm a common working man
with a half of bitter -- bread and jam
and if it pleases me I'll put one on you man --
when the copper fades away.
The rainy season comes to pass --
the day-glo pirate sinks at last --
and if I laughed a bit to fast.
Well it was up to me.
Arguably, the most original rock band ever. Who can you honestly compare them to?
This is one of Jethro Tull's rare covers. The original was by a band called "Motherboy":
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