A music-obsessed, retired San Francisco lawyer, and author of the rock & roll memoir Jittery White Guy Music (available on Amazon)... picking a random album or song in his collection every day or so and sharing a few thoughts.
While I enjoy a lot of Jethro Tull's music, Ian Anderson's vocals, and some of the harder rock intrusions into the more colorful folk and prog pieces, often keep me at bay. That's all tamped down a bit on "Living In The Past," the wonderful 1969 non-album single. Not surprisingly, my love of this song is almost entirely focused on the instrumental bits, that gorgeous flute melody floating between some tricky bass that instantly feels like something that's been genetically passed down for generations. The rest of the song is your basic Jethro Tull track, a mid-tempo rocker designed for classic rock radio that's wholly dependent on your feelings towards Anderson's voice; but oooh those little flute interludes...TV lip-sync:Live 1984:Unexpected cover from my beloved indie jangle poppers The Connells:Crazy new wave spin by Ultravox's Midge Ure:
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