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Night close in on a shanty town.
Panama freighter wearing rusty brown.
She sails tomorrow and she's homeward bound.
Head up on a lumpy sea.
I'm not the only lonely planet rider
In this one horse town, I'm thinking.
And I won't over-rate or patronize you.
I know we're as different as chalk and cheese;
As black hole winters and salad days
And I wouldn't like your mother much anyway.
But it's not her I'm taking home with me.
Don't intend to dress you in silver threads
Like some trophy in sublime seclusion.
Won't try to educate or civilize you.
Night close in on a shanty town.
Panama freighter wearing rusty brown.
She sails tomorrow and she's homeward bound
And you're bound to come home with me.
On the panama freighter with me.
| BijouBijou | Posted: May 04, 2012 - 18:18 Mega-stupid. PAN FLUTES??? Come on, RP! |
| Moak (Reading, PA) | Posted: Mar 02, 2012 - 08:59 Ahh good one. Thanks for the original and inventive insight. Oh and your screen name too, really fresh and new. When you get even better at this, check out the emoticons...the vomitting one comes in handy next to prose like yours. whtahtefcuk wrote: Please, for the love of God, make this stop! |
| passsion8 (over the hills and far away) | Posted: Mar 02, 2012 - 08:50 I LOVE Tull, but this is piffle. |
| whtahtefcuk (Flagstaff, AZ, USA) | Posted: Mar 02, 2012 - 08:49 Please, for the love of God, make this stop! |
| jberko (Franklin, TN) | Posted: Jan 30, 2012 - 16:36 Hey all you flute haters... I think there is some accordion here, too! |
| westslope (BC coast) | Posted: Jan 30, 2012 - 16:36 What happened? Ian didn't make enough money salmon farming? Nice to hear. In passing, Jethro Tull performed one of the best rock concerts I ever attended. |
| ajlept (Athens, GA) | Posted: Jun 23, 2011 - 15:23 Wizzuvvoz wrote: I'm also largely opposed to the rock flute. Seems to work here though Still better than the abuses of the harmonica in "rock" music. IMHO. |
| crockydile (Outer Spiral Arm, Milky Way) | Posted: Jun 23, 2011 - 15:22 vandal wrote: I prefer the Lamb Of God version. . . Nice. Very Nice.  |
| shampa1n (Solent) | Posted: Feb 17, 2011 - 12:50 More please. |
| toddbruner (Albuquerque) | Posted: Feb 17, 2011 - 12:50 Flute = mute |
| xtalman (What dimension?) | Posted: Oct 14, 2010 - 11:47 dannyboy57 wrote: So what? Harry Chapin probably copped it from some old English standard.  did not really hear Chapin in there but this is probably true. |
| dannyboy57 (Somerville, MA) | Posted: Aug 11, 2010 - 16:26 spraehbuer wrote: window wrote: And the cat's in the cradle with the silver spoon... (Anybody else hear it?) great, thanks . . . now i hear it too  So what? Harry Chapin probably copped it from some old English standard. |
| greenheart | Posted: May 08, 2010 - 04:53 Still the master of folk rock..... |
| vandal (arriving somewhere, but not here. . .) | Posted: Mar 05, 2010 - 21:03 I prefer the Lamb Of God version. . . |
| farley (Bushey, UK) | Posted: Oct 31, 2009 - 05:51 great to hear Ian Anderson is still 'out there' |
| RedTopFireBelow (Jersey shore, USA) | Posted: Sep 29, 2009 - 15:06 Love this music!!!! Gotta big tattoo on my left shoulder to prove it...... (roots to branches) Thanks RP |
| Wizzuvvoz (Land of Nod. East of Eden on Route 66.) | Posted: Jul 28, 2009 - 13:40 jksteacher wrote: I love when rock songs lead off with a flute: thats my cue to tune out for a few minutes. (Kudos, though, for the "Cats in the Cradle" similarities.) I'm also largely opposed to the rock flute. Seems to work here though |
| sdn (Philadelphia) | Posted: Apr 24, 2009 - 07:45 Wow, you can recognize Ian Anderson from the first couple notes. Very distinctive flute style. |
| conglif | Posted: Mar 23, 2009 - 19:20 Quixmundi wrote: More guitar...too much Olde English for me Hey, I kinda like it. How did guitar get to be so damn important? I mean, I LOVE me some good guitar work, but my God, there are other instruments, ya know? If anything, it needs more (you guessed it) COWBELL! As to the objection to Olde English, ...you're not Irish, are you? (Just kidding...shades of Earnest T. Bass "He's an Englishter, and I'm an Irishster, and I hates him!!!") |
| fluffybum | Posted: Jan 19, 2009 - 12:29 yuk. |
| Quixmundi (on the banks of Eagle Creek, Indiana) | Posted: Dec 18, 2008 - 22:15 More guitar...too much Olde English for me |
| tulfan (One of the last ones in SE MI) | Posted: Nov 17, 2008 - 08:30 russteaches wrote: My thoughts exactly. Tulfan writes: Not among the best of JT or Ian Anderson granted but much more tolerable than a number of RP's offerings. |
| shawshank (Maryland) | Posted: Nov 17, 2008 - 08:15 Not today....  |
| velvetglove (Savage, MD) | Posted: Nov 17, 2008 - 08:14 siandbeth wrote: Christopher Walken: "More flute!" Maybe not. Enjoy this music for what it is: a lovely suede boots feather cap journey back to eighth grade. |
| ThePoose | Posted: Oct 16, 2008 - 20:04 Limpopoking wrote: I have also heard this story... what's important to remember in life, you will always get artisans AND artists... if the story is true, then poor old Ian Anderson's artistry probably never made it all the way through the gene pool. It's not a "story"—Ian wrote this on his website. |
| kaybee (Lost in the Wilds of Toronto) | Posted: Aug 14, 2008 - 16:14 This is OK and I really like a lot of Tull & Ian Anderson but the accordian (an instrument which for some reason really irritates me) kind of ruins it for me. |
| siandbeth (Santa Cruz California) | Posted: Jun 12, 2008 - 10:50 jpfueler wrote: The Flute is a Heavy, Metal, instrument.
Christopher Walken: "More flute!" Maybe not. Enjoy this music for what it is: a lovely suede boots feather cap journey back to eighth grade. |
| jksteacher (Atlanta) | Posted: Apr 10, 2008 - 12:12 I love when rock songs lead off with a flute: thats my cue to tune out for a few minutes. (Kudos, though, for the "Cats in the Cradle" similarities.) |
| TheFriendlyCat (Five Miles South of Nowhere) | Posted: Feb 07, 2008 - 13:33 Ah, this sounds like that one song "cats in the cradle and the silver spoon" or whatever! its really cool... (and if i had bothered to even look at he first post on the page i woulda been saved the trouble of making this comment...) |
| zaknafein (Kansas City, MO) | Posted: Feb 07, 2008 - 13:32 window wrote: And the cat's in the cradle with the silver spoon...
(Anybody else hear it?) Very first thing that came to mind. |
| squidish (Honk if you hate this war!) | Posted: Nov 05, 2007 - 07:55 Jeffrotull, as my little brother used to say. He said liberry, too. |
| kindermanltd | Posted: Nov 05, 2007 - 07:54 Ian Anderson is a flutascious genius. Keep it coming. Thank you RP! |
| spraehbuer (London, UK) | Posted: Nov 05, 2007 - 07:54 window wrote: And the cat's in the cradle with the silver spoon... (Anybody else hear it?) great, thanks . . . now i hear it too |
| robco1 (Chicago, IL) | Posted: Oct 04, 2007 - 21:48 Alpine wrote: Sounds like you should tune into the classic rock FM station, or maybe the Country station. What a douche bag! "Shakylegs" just needs more codpiece in his/her life... |
| Alpine (N39d39mW121d30m) | Posted: Sep 03, 2007 - 11:07 shakylegs wrote: I understand that hearing JT/Anderson is one of the prices you have to pay in order to hear the rest of the great stuff on this station, but sometimes I find the price rather steep.
Sounds like you should tune into the classic rock FM station, or maybe the Country station. What a douche bag! |
| window (Richmond, VA) | Posted: Sep 03, 2007 - 11:06 And the cat's in the cradle with the silver spoon... (Anybody else hear it?) |
| xkolibuul (Pacific Rim, salmon, big trees) | Posted: Aug 03, 2007 - 01:00 He's had a few solo albums, but he's never left Tull. For all practical purposes Tull is IA and Martin Barre (lead guitar), with other musicians coming and going over the years. Still has that sound, to be sure, even if his voice isn't what it used to be. fredriley wrote: I didn't know that Anderson had gone solo after Jethro Tull - good to know that he's not just twiddling his fingers over in his isolated palace on Skye. It's not a million miles away from the JT sound, perhaps a little more up to date and less irritating than some of the old JT stuff was. Not bad, and could grow on me. |
| nigelr (Coffs Harbour, Australia) | Posted: Aug 03, 2007 - 00:59 Maybe not to everyones' taste, but most certainly to mine! Wonderous musicians at work! Thanks RP. |
| AlienRelic (east of Eden) | Posted: Jul 02, 2007 - 12:19 For those who might care. Ian and his band are on tour.... (click here) |
| Limpopoking (Limpopo) | Posted: Jun 01, 2007 - 04:48 ThePoose wrote: Early in his career, poor old self-taught flautist Ian got his comeuppance from his young daughter, who, unlike the Old Man. took flute lessons in school: one day while Ian was noodling on the Boehm at home, his daughter saild, ''No, Daddy, you have to lift your finger off that key to play B-sharp!.''
I have also heard this story... what's important to remember in life, you will always get artisans AND artists... if the story is true, then poor old Ian Anderson's artistry probably never made it all the way through the gene pool. |
| Limpopoking (Limpopo) | Posted: Jun 01, 2007 - 04:43 I've simply GOT to buy this! Also didn't realise he'd done solo work... goodonya Mr. A |
| fredriley (Nottingham, UK) | Posted: Jun 01, 2007 - 04:37 I didn't know that Anderson had gone solo after Jethro Tull - good to know that he's not just twiddling his fingers over in his isolated palace on Skye. It's not a million miles away from the JT sound, perhaps a little more up to date and less irritating than some of the old JT stuff was. Not bad, and could grow on me. |
| jpfueler (South o' Ft Worth) | Posted: Jun 01, 2007 - 04:37 The Flute is a Heavy, Metal, instrument. |
| TerryS (The other SW) | Posted: Apr 30, 2007 - 18:42 shakylegs wrote: I understand that hearing JT/Anderson is one of the prices you have to pay in order to hear the rest of the great stuff on this station, but sometimes I find the price rather steep.
Sorry, but you haven't got a leg to stand on this time, which makes you more like Anderson than you know. |
| lmic (Uniondale, NY) | Posted: Apr 14, 2007 - 20:54 Did he say just something about Chuck E. Cheese? |
| tnt_thomas (No C&W - This ain't RodeoParadise!!) | Posted: Mar 14, 2007 - 15:00 Oh, please. The man is a freaking LEGEND! And rightly so. Grow up and stop listening to bubble gum music (eg. Nik Kershaw - Wounded) and dissing this. It's bad for your ears! |
| meloman (Warsaw, Poland) | Posted: Feb 11, 2007 - 09:23 shakylegs wrote: I understand that hearing JT/Anderson is one of the prices you have to pay in order to hear the rest of the great stuff on this station, but sometimes I find the price rather steep.
I'm with shesdifferent. Maybe it's a generation gap issue. |
| xkolibuul (Pacific Rim, watching the storms roll in) | Posted: Jan 27, 2007 - 18:07 So very glad to hear this on RP. Thanks, Bill. |
| Daniel_Pittenger (Vermont) | Posted: Nov 30, 2006 - 11:23 Wow, how can Ian Anderson get such poor ratings? I love the man, solid 10 |
| PacificNWPariah (Between a Nuclear Power Plant and a Chemical Weapon Depot) | Posted: Nov 30, 2006 - 11:22 So very annoying!  |