Izzy: No, not so much. Just about traveling, like you said. you know... sor so long... for a long time. Jimmy started that song with the bass riff... the music came before the lyrics, and it ended up being a travel tune. Bob Coburn: Travel tune...that's a good way to put...
And I grew up loving British rock bands Jethro Tull (inspiring original writing by Ian Anderson) and YES (John Anderson’s angelic vocals, Steve Howe’s gymnastic guitar playing, the liberating flow of their music and the uplifting lyrics). In the 1970s, I was a big fan of song poet ...
it would be “Top 10 staTues tHat CriEd bloOd.” They somehow managed to combine every musical style they’ve ever experimented with into one song — it’s powerful and melodic at the same time, laced with electronic effects, screams and emotional lyrics about learning to overcome obstacles...
Aside from this whole thing with the name, for me it was a matter of being able to paint guitar soundscapes while having a place to voice social dissent or at least discontent in lyrics. It wasn’t about love songs or girls, at least not at all in the first place, or we would have...
I used to take the lyrics to ‘Heavy Horses’ by Jethro Tull to school and copy them out until I had them memorised. These days rather than trying to be just inspired by a clever line, or pockets of lines here and there, I generally try to pull it straight out of me. I had a ...
I’ve always found the music easy to write but struggled endlessly with lyrics. I’ve written some absolutely terrible lyrics in my time, but I do feel this was one of my better ones! ‘Jigalo’ obviously stems from my love of Folk Music. It perfectly sums up that side of me. ...
Wally: They are not. After we signed with them they also signed Blondie and Pat Benatar. When we signed with them their major act was Jethro Tull. UFO was also a major act, of course. We were somewhere in the middle of those two. They came up with the best deal and we signed with...
”). When I write a song, I use temp lyrics for Mister Curse to then put his stuff over, but with “Tombward Bound,” it was different. It was like a desperate shout into the void, of just like “fuck everything, nothing matters, I’m lost and in the middle of nowhere—nothing...
I always liked a little Jethro Tull and I’ve always loved that sound. Fuck it’s hot in here. What is it with clubs over here? They say stuff like ‘we’re gonna turn on the AC’ and I’m just like ‘no you’re notâ...
” it’s abundantly clear that Jethro Tull is hardly your household-variety – British – rock – and – roll – band – on-tour. In energy, invention, and performance, the group is more like a natural force,