Live/Living Songs: Living in the Past

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Hot date day! I’m meeting my niece in an hour. But before I do that I’m going to give you another song with “live” in the title. Again, a big thanks to @RasmaSandra for the suggestion of “living” songs after two months of obituaries. Desperately needed! And here’s today’s song. Living in the Past - Jethro Tull This is here because it lost a coin toss; otherwise, it’d be in the top ten. This was probably Jethro Tull’s first notoriety in the United States, starting them on the way to their “why-in-the-hell-aren’t-they-in-the-Hall-of-Fame” career. Yes, you read that right, the band that, thanks to singer/songwriter/frontman Ian Anderson, made the flute and the codpiece cool, isn’t in there. But they’ve nominated Erik B. and Rakem again. Jerks. Oh, well, they suck and we know it. Jethro Tull does NOT. Yes, they take some getting used to; and, they aren’t everyone’s cup of tea. (They also aren’t “heavy metal,” despite the intro to “Aqualung” and the Grammy they got for “best heavy metal album” back in 1989. ) They are good, though. This out-of-kilter (it’s in 5/4 time) song was their first “hit,” such as it was. They weren’t much on the “pop” charts in America, but they were FM rock staples in the 70s. That’s where I heard and fell in love with this song. Living in the Past Written by Ian Anderson Recorded by Jethro Tull Released as a single, 1969 Walk a mile to drink your water: