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Whenever I get to feel this way,
Try to find new words to say,
I think about the bad old days
We used to know.
Nights of winter turn me cold
Fears of dying, getting old.
We ran the race and the race was won
By running slowly.
Could be soon we'll cease to sound,
Slowly upstairs, faster down.
Then to revisit stony grounds,
We used to know.
Remembering mornings, shillings spent,
Made no sense to leave the bed.
The bad old days they came and went
Giving way to fruitful years.
Saving up the birds in hand
While in the bush the others land.
Take what we can before the man
Says it's time to go.
Each to his own way I'll go mine.
Best of luck in what you find.
But for your own sake remember times
We used to know.
Try to find new words to say,
I think about the bad old days
We used to know.
Nights of winter turn me cold
Fears of dying, getting old.
We ran the race and the race was won
By running slowly.
Could be soon we'll cease to sound,
Slowly upstairs, faster down.
Then to revisit stony grounds,
We used to know.
Remembering mornings, shillings spent,
Made no sense to leave the bed.
The bad old days they came and went
Giving way to fruitful years.
Saving up the birds in hand
While in the bush the others land.
Take what we can before the man
Says it's time to go.
Each to his own way I'll go mine.
Best of luck in what you find.
But for your own sake remember times
We used to know.
| Quovademus (Töging, Germany) | Posted: Apr 29, 2013 - 03:31 one of my Jethro Tull's favorite song |
| bb_matt (Hampshire, England) | Posted: Apr 29, 2013 - 03:29 Sounds so much like 'aqualung' - in fact, you can sing the first few lines of aqualung to it, works perfect. Still, good song - love the Tull ! :) |
| amprich (Oregon) | Posted: Mar 29, 2013 - 01:56 so very much appreciated! |
| Hasan | Posted: Feb 25, 2013 - 15:29 gemtag wrote: Love Mr Tull. Best waa-waa peddle use. "Mr Tull" ?? There is no Mr. Tull in the group, which was formed by Ian Anderson. According to Wikipedia: Band names were often supplied by their booking agents' staff, one of whom, a history enthusiast, eventually christened them "Jethro Tull" after the 18th-century agriculturist. The name stuck because they happened to be using it the first time a club manager liked their show enough to invite them to return.I find this kind of funny. Jethro Tull invented the seed drill machine, in the 17th century. If you read further . . . http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuck . . . you'll learn that : Yet another possible etymology is from the Old High German word pfluog, meaning "to plow, as in a field." So the group is named after the inventor of the first pfluoging machine. |
| dig | Posted: Feb 25, 2013 - 15:10 lemmoth wrote: This is how JT got nominated for and one the heavy metal Grammy  Even JT was confused by the nomination and win. |
| RedGuitar (Iowa, USA) | Posted: Jan 25, 2013 - 07:52 bluedot wrote: The Eagles supposedly stole this song's chord progression from Jethro Tull for "Hotel California." If I recall, chord progressions are not copyrightable. So, you could write a song with the chord progression from Stairway To Heaven with different lyrics and melody. I don't know why someone would do that, but it's legal, AFAIK. Although Coldplay was recently sued over a chord progression come to think of it. |
| hippiechick (topsy turvy land) | Posted: Jan 25, 2013 - 07:50 Sitting in my dorm room on a cold wintry day, listening to this album. Good times! |
| RedGuitar (Iowa, USA) | Posted: Jan 25, 2013 - 07:50 I love the early Tull stuff! |
| bluedot (Long Beach, CA) | Posted: Nov 23, 2012 - 15:28 The Eagles supposedly stole this song's chord progression from Jethro Tull for "Hotel California." |
| thewiseking (New York, New York) | Posted: Oct 23, 2012 - 07:34 a great one from a great band |
| Propayne (Richmond VA) | Posted: Jun 19, 2012 - 09:07 A wonderful band called White Denim has come up with a terrific amalgam of early Tull, some Grateful Dead and various other influences. There latest album is called "D" and worth a listen. |
| RedGuitar (Iowa, USA) | Posted: Jun 19, 2012 - 08:49 lemmoth wrote: This is how JT got nominated for and one the heavy metal Grammy It was the first year for the award. Seems the voting went a bit awry, and Jethro Tull "won" the Heavy Metal Grammy. Their first few albums are great stuff, though. |
| coloradojohn (A Mile High and then some, Cherry Creek, Denver) | Posted: Jun 19, 2012 - 08:48 YEAH! Takes me back to Engineering School days — or should I say daze? 'cuz we sure had views through the best windowpane, mushrooms were one of our main food groups, and weed was a staple crop to many of us... At almost every house party, this band and this record spun its spell from upon the exalted altar of sound. Loved it then and still dig it now! Way to go with the Playlist, RP! |
| gemtag (Texas) | Posted: May 18, 2012 - 13:49 Love Mr Tull. Best waa-waa peddle use. |
| meinthecorner (Past the gravy, far beyond the golden fries) | Posted: Apr 16, 2012 - 20:12 Businessgypsy wrote: rosedraws wrote: If I was someone who got high, I would think that being high is the way to listen to this song... With no thought for my personal safety and in the interests of science, I conducted a field lab on your thesis and found...is that a butterfly? Butterflies are so cool. I have some scarlet milkweed growing by my...whoa, my dog just licked my foot! It was like God...wait - Dog...God...wuh? |
| gpd (at /home) | Posted: Mar 16, 2012 - 04:19 lovely dense rock sound...these guys just kick ass! |
| westslope (BC coast) | Posted: Feb 13, 2012 - 09:41 eddief wrote: Well, Alaska comes to mind. Not Alaska for salmon farming. British Columbia, British Isles, Norway, Iceland, Washington State, Chile, Atlantic Canada. Probably missed a few.
Eat farmed Atlantic salmon occasionally. (Frequently for you fish haters.) I also eat commercially caught wild or ocean-ranched salmon. The commercial (sic) industry has to be one of the worst managed fisheries in history. Sucks dollars out of taxpayer pockets. Hurts Aboriginals. Some of the more mouthy commercial fishermen would surprise working class Afrikaners during the Apartheid era. Well maybe not. And I still eat commercially canned fish. |
| lemmoth (NYC) | Posted: Feb 13, 2012 - 09:38 This is how JT got nominated for and one the heavy metal Grammy |
| number7 (Napanee, Ontario, Canada) | Posted: Jan 12, 2012 - 15:31 Was privileged to have seen them a number of times. One of my favorite bands. So glad they had few top 10 hits. That often seems to ruin the good ones. (Genesis) |
| whomhow (changeable) | Posted: Jan 12, 2012 - 15:18 My all-time favourite band... |
| ambrebalte (Beijing) | Posted: Sep 08, 2011 - 03:58 Businessgypsy wrote: rosedraws wrote: If I was someone who got high, I would think that being high is the way to listen to this song... With no thought for my personal safety and in the interests of science, I conducted a field lab on your thesis and found...is that a butterfly? Butterflies are so cool. I have some scarlet milkweed growing by my...whoa, my dog just licked my foot! It was like God...wait - Dog...God... me too  |
| GT66 | Posted: Jul 07, 2011 - 10:09 Businessgypsy wrote: rosedraws wrote: If I was someone who got high, I would think that being high is the way to listen to this song... With no thought for my personal safety and in the interests of science, I conducted a field lab on your thesis and found...is that a butterfly? Butterflies are so cool. I have some scarlet milkweed growing by my...whoa, my dog just licked my foot! It was like God...wait - Dog...God...  |
| Businessgypsy (Deepest, Darkest Florida) | Posted: Jun 05, 2011 - 18:55 rosedraws wrote: If I was someone who got high, I would think that being high is the way to listen to this song... With no thought for my personal safety and in the interests of science, I conducted a field lab on your thesis and found...is that a butterfly? Butterflies are so cool. I have some scarlet milkweed growing by my...whoa, my dog just licked my foot! It was like God...wait - Dog...God... |
| kurtster (sometimes the statue and sometimes the pigeon) | Posted: Jun 05, 2011 - 18:53 rosedraws wrote: If I was someone who got high, I would think that being high is the way to listen to this song... (JT was really great live though... even in his "old" age!) Old Tull is good at all levels of conscienceness. First time I got to see them live was at the Forum in LA for the Aqualung tour. Sat behind the stage, 10th row. Up high enough to see over everything. What a treat to see a show from the stage perspective looking out. |
| scarface21 | Posted: May 05, 2011 - 04:52 i'd really like more classic rock songs like this!!Very cool!! |
| scrubbrush | Posted: Dec 30, 2010 - 10:38 we ran the race, the race was won by running slowly Ian Anderson is an exteremly underappreciated genius |
| DaveInVA (In a hovel in effluent Damnville, VA) | Posted: Aug 25, 2010 - 09:45 Just love it!  |
| calypsus_1 | Posted: May 06, 2010 - 21:45  Jethro Tull 1969 by ~JSaurer ©2009-2010 ~JSaurer JT in their 69-line up from the "Stand Up" period. Painting for the cover of the german JT-fanzine "Beggar's Farm News", pencils, water colors and some airbrush, 2009 |
| Papernapkin (Mountain View, CA) | Posted: Mar 19, 2010 - 09:41 romeotuma wrote: This is soooo good for the ears... ...of someone in Robin Hood's band of merry men in green tights. |
| rosedraws (close to the edge) | Posted: Mar 19, 2010 - 09:40 If I was someone who got high, I would think that being high is the way to listen to this song... (JT was really great live though... even in his "old" age!) |
| garycha (Bristol, UK) | Posted: Mar 19, 2010 - 09:39 Cool track. My dad used to have the gatefold lp with it's stand up centre piece. |
| Papernapkin (Mountain View, CA) | Posted: Mar 19, 2010 - 09:39 All JT flute solos sound exactly the same: breathy and boring. |
| PeeBee (The Netherlands) | Posted: Mar 19, 2010 - 09:38 Stand up and rate this great song... |
| kaybee (Lost in the Wilds of Toronto) | Posted: Jan 15, 2010 - 19:45 I keep hoping Bill will someday play "Back to the Family" - a personal favourite of mine from this album. |
| (former member) (hotel in Las Vegas) | Posted: Jan 15, 2010 - 09:19 love it... |
| biomedvgh (Victoria, BC) | Posted: Nov 13, 2009 - 13:50 megisi wrote: Ian Anderson is now a salmon farmer in the UK. I just thought someone would like to know. Thanks, I'll stick with the wild salmon. This is premium quality JT however. |
| DaveInVA (In a crumbling Queen Anne mansion in Damnville, VA) | Posted: Nov 13, 2009 - 13:46  |
| Stingray (Cologne) | Posted: Nov 13, 2009 - 13:45 Remember Bloodwin Pig...? |
| Stingray (Cologne) | Posted: Nov 13, 2009 - 13:44 POSSIBLY THEIR BEST ALBUM, EVER. And they had - how many...? 56 without the compilations and "BEST OF's"....? |
| thediceareloaded (Berlin, Germany) | Posted: Oct 13, 2009 - 02:01 Nuvola_Rossa wrote: This song in my opinion is the grandmother's 'Hotel California' by Eagles I heard this song just now for the first time and desperately tried to figure out if I knew if it in another version.... ....thank you for solving this riddle for me, it just sounds a lot like Hotel California (or vice versa) |
| iscoot4peace | Posted: Sep 11, 2009 - 13:04 megisi wrote: Ian Anderson is now a salmon farmer in the UK. I just thought someone would like to know. If only he had taken up that occupation forty years ago. God how I loathe this band. |
| Wizzuvvoz (Land of Nod. East of Eden on Route 66.) | Posted: Sep 11, 2009 - 13:03 megisi wrote: Ian Anderson is now a salmon farmer in the UK. I'm just thankful he has been stoppedI just thought someone would like to know. |
| jagdriver (Tunin' in from the aptly-named Grass Valley, CA) | Posted: Sep 11, 2009 - 13:03  |
| casey1024 (Still Hanging On...) | Posted: Sep 11, 2009 - 13:02 megisi wrote: Ian Anderson is now a salmon farmer in the UK. I just thought someone would like to know. Another Ian Anderson tidbit. He keeps horses, but does not believe in "getting up upon their backs". He just keeps them because he thinks they are beautiful. |
| lily34 (lexvegas) | Posted: Sep 11, 2009 - 13:01 i love this. |
| Nuvola_Rossa (Venice, Italy) | Posted: Aug 11, 2009 - 01:03 This song in my opinion is the grandmother's 'Hotel California' by Eagles |
| sub-arctic (63°50' N) | Posted: Aug 11, 2009 - 01:01 eddief wrote: Well, Alaska comes to mind. Or Norway, for that matter. |
| dboseman | Posted: Jul 10, 2009 - 09:10 Oh hell yeah! |
| (former member) (hotel in Las Vegas) | Posted: Jul 10, 2009 - 09:09 govna wrote: ...i like how you roll. Thank you... this song is groovy... love it... |
| govna (beantown) | Posted: Jul 10, 2009 - 09:06 romeotuma wrote: This is soooo good for the ears... ...i like how you roll. |