Originally Posted By: Tangmo
Jethro Tull is arguably my sustained favorite band. "Aqualung" is arguably my sustained favorite song by that band. Listen to it and see if you can guess how I feel about "dark" subjects and regional expressions. "Dog-end"? "Bog?"

As to the broader question: Although I attempt to write "good" lyrics (otherwise, what's the point?) they are almost never the first thing I listen to in a song "new to me". That would include nearly every "song" on the showcase. If lucky, I might get snatches and gists. When you write it, it's yours. When I listen to it, it becomes mine. Those two may never mesh.


I have listen to Aqualung many times but this is the first time I sat down and read the lyrics. It is more than a little "dark" which I actually find I like and makes it interesting.

Bog? Dog-end? British English that would not be easily recognized across the pond. I know the word dog end but other that peat bog and perhaps the crapper I am not sure about bog. Fish dog ends I have also heard in London. If a person has a real interest in lyrics they will ask around until someone explains the term. Just as a side note I was at a concert and Ian's flute was so loud it actually was painful...no ear plugs at the time. Great band.

Billy

“Amazing! I’ll be working with Jaco Pastorius, Charlie Parker, Art Tatum, and Buddy Rich, and you’re telling me it’s not that great of a gig?
“Well…” Saint Peter, hesitated, “God’s got this girlfriend who thinks she can sing…”