Posted on 04/24/2002 6:02:17 PM PDT by majordivit
Are there any freeper fans of Jethro Tull out here? If so, Jethro Tull will be appearing live on Rockline tonight, taking calls and answering questions. Listeners in the U.S. can call 1-800-344-ROCK (1-800-344-7625) and talk to that night's guest. Questions can also be e-mailed to rocklineradio@aol.com.
Jethro Tull kicked off their latest American tour yesterday. They have performed over 2500 concerts. I guess they are not yet Too old to Rock'n Roll, Too Young to Die...
Rockline affiliate links which carry tonights show over the internet
If you get a chance, go to Laufi's Jethro Tull World. It's a fabulous website. He has a Jethro Tull MPeg video which you can download. He changes videos every month. This month there is a wonderful video of Tull on French TV from 1969 playing 'Bouree'...Yep..check out Anderson, Bunker, Cornick, and Barre playing one of their masterpieces..
If you want to know what Tull lyrics mean that is the place to go..
Below is the annotation for the Jethro Tull hit 'Bungle in the Jungle' taken from Cup of Wonder, The Annotated Jethro Tull Lyrics Page
Bungle in The Jungle
It is important to reaffirm Ian's perception of himself as an outsider. His opinion of the American counter-culture? "I HATED the hippies. Love and peace and flower power and nuts and berries..." (Anderson, 4). This statement is very reminiscent of Bungle in the Jungle "Down by the waterhole - drunk every Friday,eating their nuts - saving their raisins for Sunday." The Jungle of the song is clearly an allegory on city life. The song could probably best be described as a very impressionistic criticism of the American urban population as perceived by Ian Anderson. In 1971 he described America in an interview: "Everybody is sort of grabbing at something, out for themselves. Particularly on the East Coast... You get the feeling that you're in the midst of some incredible game... everybody is rude, pushy, grabby..." (Lewis, 24). This comes through in the line, "I'll write on your tombstone, 'I thank you for dinner.' This game that we animals play is a winner." Also, the rhyming of the title, and the use of the nonsense word "Bungle" in the phrase "Let's Bungle in the Jungle" is very reminiscent of American slang terms originating in "bop talk" (Lipsitz 121). * Judson C. Caswell David Lee Wilson interviewed Ian Anderson in Stormbringer Webzine and asked him what the song "Bungle In The Jungle" was about. Ian: ".... it was just, sort of, about the harsh realities of the business world, the urban jungle, the city of London and finance. The way that people in urban society, I have never really been a town guy, I have usually lived in the country and whenever I go to town I am rally quite excited by it but I don't really want to spend the night there if I can avoid it. (laughs) It is always a bit scary and a bit "dog eat dog" and a bit of a roughhouse down there. It is a song about that using the analogy of animals in the jungle, how people behave in the world of corporate competition." * Interview with Jethro Tull, Stormbringer Webzine, 1999. On October 30th 1974, the heavyweight title boxing match between Muhammed Ali and George Foreman was referred to as 'The Rumble in the Jungle', since it was staged in Kinshasa, Zaire (Africa). 'Rumble' is American slang for a fight, and it seems likely that this is the inspiration for the song's title. On stage, Ian also introduced this song as 'Rumble In the Bathroom'. * Andy Jackson
Yeah..I miss the St Cleve Chronicle myself.. They ammassed quite an archive of information. If you want to read all things Tull, head over to the Tull Press. They have got hundreds of articles on Tull from 1967 through the present.
Ian is talking to Bob Coburne of Rockine and they are talking about the new Tull DVD and Live CD
Now they are playing the studio version of 'Aqualung'.
You learn something everyday on FR
back from commerical...Ian says he sees Aqualungs every day..here in Washington DC...lol.."should I give them five bucs or ten?".loll
This coming from a guy who writes sick songs denegrating Christianity and Christ Himself...who curses and spits on stage etc. America should wear his criticism as a badge of honor.
And by the way, I've been a Jethro Tull fan from way back, and appreciated their music and talent....but it has always been clear to me that Ian has some deep psychological problems.
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