*pauses, considers, and finds that Jethro Tull album*

"She's not the kind you have to wind up on Sundays."

Heh. Well, she's not exactly a god or goddess either, anyway...

...

And now my brain is trying to set up an El-Hazard video with Ifurita for that line. Thanks ever so much.

For the pleasure of  kereminde and Jenora both! <3

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZXj20MjNek

"When I was a cub, and our pack found me the fool,
Wintersong taught me how not to paw the throne,
I wouldn't mind that she groomed me for the Breve,
Or if the Queen said that I wasn't her son at all;
So I left Winter-White to Green-Spring that morning,
With Gods and Ancestors misting my breath,
Wolves and Men, ripsaw-smiles and the Rules of Claw;
So I asked the present Goddess a question,
And with setting down of firm footfall,
She said 'I'm not the kind you have to draw up for Sunrise.'"

-2Paw.

Nice!

I don't think I'd ever actually heard the original song before... I've got a few gaps in my musical history just due to timing. And from what I can see, that song never got the same sort of popularity as 'Aqualung' itself.

Well it doesn't have the beat which instantly hooks you into the song 'Aqualung' has, nor the very steady beat of 'Locomotive Breath'. Same album, all the same!

That said 'Bungle in the Jungle' also deserves some listening 'round here I think:

Just say a word and the boys will be right there
With claws at your back to send a chill through the night air
Is it so frightening to have me at your shoulder?
Thunder and lightning couldn't be bolder
I'll write on your tombstone, I thank you for dinner
This game that we animals play is a winner

... I am waiting for a commission to set that to, honestly :)

Heh. The 'thunder and lightning' bit makes me think of Aleph, but she's hardly one of the boys... on the other hand she did end up essentially taking over a pack of wolves that were pretty much norse ice giants, so the 'chill in the air' definitely fits as well...

You're right, it doesn't have the sort of driving beat as some of their other songs. The lyrics, though... yeah, that's pure Anderson, all right. He likes making people think.

Wind-Up, My God and Hymn '43 are my favourites from Aqualung; it was the first single (not bulk) record I bought at a used record store here in Toronto (you might've heard of Kopps' Records, Jen, as they have a few locations around the city), after a very good friend  theo-wizzago posted a few Jethro Tull Youtube links my way a couple of years ago on TapestriesMUCK. I'm still easing into Jethro Tull outside of Aqualung, having those three aforementioned tracks the ones that really get into my head and heart.

(Posting comment to both  JenoraFeuer and  Kereminde, as our present conversation includes all three of us.)

-2Paw.

Jethro Tull is one of those 'defies easy categorization' groups. They've done a lot of stuff spread across multiple styles.

My roommate for the few months I lived up in Ottawa in 1990 had a copy of the '20 Years of Jethro Tull' album, which also had the Jethro Tull 'Family Tree' in it by Pete Frame. Basically a list of all the different line-ups of people in the band, and every other band all of those people had ever been in, at least up to that time.

Here's the best image of it I could find, sadly one of the sites doesn't appear to exist any longer. There was actually a 'Rock Family Trees' book published at one point.

That image is fascinating, if I've got the same idea you're conveying and it's a 'family tree' (per the names of band members, as well as groups) who came and went from other bands and to Jethro Tull actively, then out again (if so), progessing through participation in those bands along the line of each subsequent Jethro Tull album. I may not end up buying more than Aqualung on vinyl as things stand, but I'm wondering if there's ground the band has covered, in its previous and subsequent genre coverage, that I'll like as much as my favourite three songs from that album with the peculiar fellow hunched over in the middle of the album cover painting.

Thank you kindly for the sharing, star-cat friend! <3

-2Paw.

Without knowing why you liked those three (and knowing why someone else likes something is pretty much impossible) I couldn't really say if you'll like anything else as much. Maybe not; a strong first introduction often sticks in your mind. Just like with a lot of people the first version of a sing they hear is 'the way it should be' and any versions they hear after that have to be a lot better to seem as good. Even if the first version was a cover and not the original.

Brains can be funny things.

Wind-Up, My God and Hymn '43 are my favourites from Aqualung; it was the first single (not bulk) record I bought at a used record store here in Toronto (you might've heard of Kopps' Records, Jen, as they have a few locations around the city), after a very good friend  theo-wizzago posted a few Jethro Tull Youtube links my way a couple of years ago on TapestriesMUCK. I'm still easing into Jethro Tull outside of Aqualung, having those three aforementioned tracks the ones that really get into my head and heart.

(Posting comment to both  JenoraFeuer and  Kereminde, as our present conversation includes all three of us.)

-2Paw.

I own four albums, having collected them over time. 'Aqualung', 'Thick as a Brick', 'Roots to Branches', and 'Minstrel in the Gallery'. The last one there is not one I like as much, but 'Roots to Branches' was one I rather liked.

They're not my favorite band, mind. That's still Gabriel.

I recognize 'Thick As A Brick' by album name; I can't remember the name of the other one I do have, but I do listen to it on occasion. I still have to actively think to remember 'Aqualung' by its album name to clearly remember it, as the three tracks I enjoy are the ones I pay the most sensory attention to and not so much the remaining bulk of the songs on each side of the record. The necessity of manually flipping the vinyl over and plopping the stylus and arm gently down roughly halfway through, is its own incentive and reward of habit for me.

What's your favourite Peter Gabriel (I assume) album? I have 'So' on vinyl, CD and tape, with my favourite Gabriel song 'In Your Eyes' therein; I'm not familiar enough with early Genesis to be fluent in his work with the band in their late-1960's to early-1970's; the earliest Genesis I'm familiar with is 'A Trick Of The Tail', which I don't believe Peter Gabriel had any part of the final production album.

-2Paw.

At the risk of turning this into a music discussion...

Discussing just Peter Gabriel albums, I find it hard to say exactly which one I like the most. 'So' was my introduction to him when much younger, but 'Us' was right behind that. My favorite has to be his "Hit/Miss" compilation, due to being just really dense with good things. Favorite track is, honestly, also difficult. For the best feelings, it's "Secret World" but for something to just listen to, "Red Rain" wins almost every time. If it's something Pete's lead singer on, well, 'Supper's Ready' from Genesis (Album "Foxtrot") was an epic which showcased a really broad range of music underneath it.

Speaking Genesis, I'm not a strong advocate for either Peter Gabriel or Phil Collins as a preferable lead vocalist. 'A Trick of the Tail' was Phil, as Peter had left just following the album "The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway". (Link is to an unrelated third party who did animations for the whole album. The whole thing.) This happens to be my favorite album, though best to listen to... not so much. That's probably "Wind and Wuthering". ('All In a Mouse's Night' has something to do with that.)

The Dutch name works great for a wind up autonomous automaton <3

Well, yes, it does, that was rather why the name poked me in the head and said 'use this'. The same word is used in English; apparently it's originally Afrikaans, which is... well, to my understanding it's about as much Dutch as Brazilian Portuguese is to Portugal Portuguese, or Quebecois French to Parisian French.

Glad you like her!

oh I never knew it was Afrikaans. Makes sense!