Friday On My Mind 23: Living In The Past
Posted in 1960s, Friday On My Mind, Jethro Tull, Music at 14:00 on 10 September 2010
Another single I bought in Bexhill-on-Sea; this one a couple of years after The Happenings.
It was the first big hit for Jethro Tull, coolly if somewhat archaically named after the improver of the seed drill, fronted by a trampish looking guy who sported a codpiece and played the flute while standing on one leg.
Rock and roll?
Apparently the band quickly came to hate this song and didn’t play it on stage for what amounted to decades.
Jethro Tull: Living In The Past
Tags: Friday On My Mind, Jethro Tull, Living In The Past, The Happenings
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