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[scaredyclassic]

The old rocker wore his hair too long
Wore his trouser cuffs too tight
Unfashionable to the end drank his ale too light
Death’s head belts buckle, yesterday’s dreams
The transport caf’ prophet of doom
Ringing no change in his double sewn seams
In his post-war babe gloom

[svelte]

[quote=scaredyclassic]The old rocker wore his hair too long
Wore his trouser cuffs too tight
Unfashionable to the end drank his ale too light
Death’s head belts buckle, yesterday’s dreams
The transport caf’ prophet of doom
Ringing no change in his double sewn seams
In his post-war babe gloom[/quote]

+1

[The-Shoveler]

Aqualung, my friend, don’t you start away uneasy
You poor old sod.

[scaredyclassic]

Aqualung’ by progressive rockers Jethro Tull gets to the heart of the matter, with singer Ian Anderson calling it a “guilt-ridden song of confusion about how you deal with beggars, [and] the homeless.” Inspired by photos of transient men shown to him by his first wife, Anderson’s ‘Aqualung’ character comes to life in Jethro Tull’s nearly 7-minute epic told from the perspective of a casual passerby who perceives Aqualung as a dirty, depraved pedophile – knowing that it’s likely not true, but needing a ‘valid’ excuse to justify not helping him.

Ian Anderson actually becomes Aqualung in Jethro Tull’s 1978 Madison Square Garden performance, thrashing about onstage and shouting his story to a captivated audience to both entertain and perhaps even hold them accountable for the Aqualungs in their own lives that they’ve refused to acknowledge.

Fun Fact: Anderson’s ex-wife Jennie Franks earned a songwriting credit for ‘Aqualung,’ so she receives half the royalties from the song. She and Anderson divorced in 1974.

Coupled with guitarist Martin Barre’s critically acclaimed guitar solo at 3:41, ‘Aqualung’ makes for a tremendous classic as well as a powerful social commentary – one that really draws you in and refuses to let you turn away!

+ Aqualung Lyrics +
Sitting on a park bench
Eying little girls
With bad intent.
Snot running down his nose
Greasy fingers smearing shabby clothes.
Drying in the cold sun
Watching as the frilly panties run.
Feeling like a dead duck
Spitting out pieces of his broken luck.

Sun streaking cold
An old man wandering lonely.
Taking time
The only way he knows.
Leg hurting bad,
As he bends to pick a dog end
Goes down to a bog to
Warm his feet.

Feeling alone
The army’s up the rode
Salvation a la mode and
A cup of tea.
Aqualung my friend
Don’t start away uneasy
You poor old sod
You see it’s only me.

Do you still remember
December’s foggy freeze
When the ice that
Clings on to your beard is
Screaming agony.
And you snatch your rattling last breaths
With deep-sea diver sounds,
And the flowers bloom like
Madness in the spring.

Sun streaking cold
An old man wandering lonely.
Taking time
The only way he knows.
Leg hurting bad,
As he bends to pick a dog end
Goes down to a bog to
Warm his feet.

Feeling alone
The army’s up the rode
Salvation a la mode and
A cup of tea.
Aqualung my friend
Don’t start away uneasy
You poor old sod
You see it’s only me.

Aqualung my friend
Don’t just start away uneasy
You poor old sod
You see it’s only me.

Sitting on a park bench
Eying little girls
With bad intent.
Snot running down his nose
Greasy fingers smearing shabby clothes.
Drying in the cold sun
Watching as the frilly panties run.
Feeling like a dead duck
Spitting out pieces of his broken luck.

[scaredyclassic]

[quote=The-Shoveler]Aqualung, my friend, don’t you start away uneasy
You poor old sod.[/quote]

Damn liberal rockers

dog-end
/ˈdôɡ ˌend/
nounINFORMAL•BRITISH
a cigarette butt.
the last and least pleasing part of something.
“the dog-end of a hard day”

ex. the final weeks leading up to the 2020 election were the dog end of Trump’s first term.

[sdrealtor]

You old guys are Living in the Past

[svelte]

I lived out in the country when I was 15 and already had a car that I would tinker with in the garage. My grandfather lived about an hour away and sometimes when he visited he would let me drive him around the countryside. Times were different.

Anyway, the only song he ever told me to turn off because he refused to listen to it was Aqualung. So I pulled the 8-track out of the player (yes that long ago). I think he objected to eyeing little girls, I guess I don’t blame him that is a pretty putrid thought. Though I do like the rest of the song.

The only song my father objected to? Slow Ride by Foghat. There is one part where the guitars get obnoxiously squeaky and after a long day of work (I was driving him home), that was his limit and HE pulled the 8-track out.

We drove the rest of the way home in silence.

[scaredyclassic]

Is it time to sell yet?

[svelte]

[quote=scaredyclassic]Is it time to sell yet?[/quote]

The whole timing the market thing is tough, and in most cases unwise, as Rich has pointed out.

It is nearly impossible to know the top and bottom, and therefore you’ll just capture a fraction of the movement.

I like flu’s theory that things should be done incrementally and not in one swoop. Maybe move 10% out. Then another 10%. Etc.

[sdrealtor]

I got tired of watching Tesla go up every day so I bought one share on Friday to make it go down. I figured even if it went down I would feel like a winner because I’d have five shares on Monday with the split. Net result? I have five shares and a 14% gain so far. Silliest stock on the planet

[svelte]

[quote=sdrealtor]You old guys are Living in the Past[/quote]

Don’t think we’ve heard what music artists you listen to…care to share?

[sdrealtor]

[quote=svelte][quote=sdrealtor]You old guys are Living in the Past[/quote]

Don’t think we’ve heard what music artists you listen to…care to share?[/quote]

Guess that one sailed over your heads.

[svelte]

[quote=sdrealtor][quote=svelte][quote=sdrealtor]You old guys are Living in the Past[/quote]

Don’t think we’ve heard what music artists you listen to…care to share?[/quote]

Guess that one sailed over your heads.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YmPwYhHX_jY%5B/quote%5D

ha! Yes it did! I knew the song but never knew the name…and never heard of that album before either…and I thought I knew JT pretty well…

Still interested in what you listen to.

[Coronita]

[quote=sdrealtor]I got tired of watching Tesla go up every day so I bought one share on Friday to make it go down. I figured even if it went down I would feel like a winner because I’d have five shares on Monday with the split. Net result? I have five shares and a 14% gain so far. Silliest stock on the planet[/quote]

I bought Intel shares and AMD put options… Of course after I did that, AMD shot up from 90 to 92. If I kept every call option from 2.50/share, it would have been serious dough.
Sold some at 50ies.
Then some more at 60ies.
Got completely out in mid 70ies.
Watched it go to the 80ies and envious decided to go short the day it hit 90 with put options.

And now it’s 92-93…
This sucks. AMD, just as crazy.

[scaredyclassic]

[quote=svelte][quote=sdrealtor][quote=svelte][quote=sdrealtor]You old guys are Living in the Past[/quote]

Don’t think we’ve heard what music artists you listen to…care to share?[/quote]

Guess that one sailed over your heads.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YmPwYhHX_jY%5B/quote%5D

ha! Yes it did! I knew the song but never knew the name…and never heard of that album before either…and I thought I knew JT pretty well…

Still interested in what you listen to.[/quote]

I had the living in the past album. Also songs from the wood.

And too old to rock nroll. I recall buying that at a discount. Like 2.99 indtead ouf 4.99. Not selling well

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