War Child is their seventh studio album, released in October 1974, almost a year and a half after the release of A Passion Play. The turmoil over criticism of A Passion Play surrounded the production of War Child, which obliged the band to do press conferences and explain their plans for the future. War Child…
Month: April 2021
#FF — A Dream Deferred
PHOTO PROMPT © Brenda Cox There are no surveillance bulbs in the market corridors. That job remains with the eyes of the vendors. Where cameras take in impersonal grainy images, sharp eyes recognize shifty movements and remember patterns. I begin taking produce bins. My goal is to have ninety by the time the baby is…
A2Z 2021 Jethro Tull Songs Day 6 – (Back to the) Family, from Stand Up (1969)
“Back to the Family” is from Stand Up, their second studio album, released in 1969. It was the first Jethro Tull album to feature guitarist Martin Barre, who would go on to become the band’s longtime guitarist until its initial dissolution in 2012. Before recording sessions for the album began, the band’s original guitarist…
dVerse — Poetics — The Warm Sky Woke Above
The Warm Sky Woke Above (The Flip) The warm sky woke above; Below the cold earth dull; From tightly constrained, To an appealing refrain, Of peaked heights, heat, and valleys of flora. The heart of day, like life, did thump in Synched beat with rising sun. The summery bouquet was rainbow; The…
Songs that Strike a Chord — The HU Band, “Wolf Totem”
image link If this doesn’t give your scalp a serious tingle… The HU Band! Just heard them for the first time a few days ago and was instantly hooked. Rock and Roll/Rockabilly/New Genre/Old Genre is alive and well, my friends. If you put the cc on the youtube you can see what they’re singing. And…
Movies, Movies, Movies! #79 – April 6, 2021
Welcome to another installment of Movies, Movies, Movies! It will be another short week due to being busy with April’s A2Z posts and the wonderful outdoor weather we’ve been having. I’ve been busy picking up sticks and limbs from the willows and walking the nearby ditches with my litter picker-upper after last week’s racing winds…
A2Z 2021 Jethro Tull Songs Day 5 – Ears of Tin from Rock Island (1989)
“Ears of Tin” is from Rock Island, their 17th studio album, released in 1989. The album continued the hard rock direction the band took on the previous effort, Crest of a Knave (1987). The line-up now included Ian Anderson, Martin Barre, Dave Pegg and drummer Doane Perry in his first full recording with the band,…
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