Life Is a Long Song

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"Life Is a Long Song"
Song by Jethro Tull
from the EP Life Is a Long Song / Up the Pool
Released3 September 1971 (1971-09-03) [1]
Recorded17 May 1971
Studio Sound Techniques, London
Genre Folk rock
Label Chrysalis
Songwriter(s) Ian Anderson
Producer(s) Ian Anderson

"Life Is a Long Song" is a song composed by Ian Anderson and first recorded by Jethro Tull. It was released as the lead track on an EP of the same name on 3 September 1971, [1] which reached No. 11 on the UK charts. [2] The song later appeared on the 1972 compilation album Living in the Past . [3]

The song is centred around Anderson's acoustic guitar playing, [4] and the lyrics talking about everyday life, concluding that "the tune ends too soon for us all". [5] It is the first Jethro Tull recording to feature drummer Barriemore Barlow, who had joined the group shortly before. [2]

Fairport Convention covered the song on their 1997 album Who Knows Where the Time Goes . [6]

References

Citations

  1. 1 2 "DISC & MUSIC ECHO". Jethro Tull Press. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
  2. 1 2 Rees 1998, p. 44.
  3. ↑ Rees 1998, p. 187.
  4. ↑ "Jethro Tull's 10 Greatest Guitar Moments". Guitar World. Retrieved 7 April 2019.
  5. ↑ "Top 10 Jethro Tull songs". Ultimate Classic Rock. 27 July 2013. Retrieved 7 April 2019.
  6. ↑ "Who Knows Where The Time Goes". AllMusic. Retrieved 7 April 2019.

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