Album: Aqualung
Year: 1971
Jethro Tull were always kind of ridiculous, right?
I mean, they folksy prog-rock band led not just by a flautist — is there any more non-rock ‘n’ roll instrument than a flute? — but a flautist who looked like a fucking madman to boot.
Check out just about any Jethro Tull performance clip, and Ian Anderson is all crazy gestures and bug-eyed mugging as leaned into the mic to over-enunciate his vocals.
[Read more…] about Certain Songs #776: Jethro Tull – “Aqualung”