Formed in 1968; Jethro Tull are one of rockrsquo;s most enduring bands. Their 1971 album Aqualung; with its provocative lyrical content and continuous music shifts; is Tullrsquo;s most successful and most misunderstood record. Here; music professor and fan Allan Moore tackles the album on a track-by-track basis; looking at Ian Andersonrsquo;s lyrics and studying the complex structures and arrangements of these classic songs.EXCERPTIt was buying your first great-coat that did it. That image of a crazy; probably dangerous individual with unkempt hair; strangely wandering eyes and an inability to keep both feet on the floor at the same time; as seen on Top of the Pops when Jethro Tull and his anonymous backing musicians performed lsquo;Witchrsquo;s Promisersquo; in 1970; remains to this day one of the most striking I can recall. And when the great-coat appeared in all its glory clothing Jethrorsquo;s alter ego on the cover of Aqualung; it was clear to us that we were insiders; that we lived in exactly the same crazy world; that we lsquo;knew what it was all aboutrsquo;; even if we actually hadnrsquo;t a clue.
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