Well, do you ever get the feeling that the story’s
too damn real and in the present tense?
Or that everybody’s on the stage, and it seems like
you’re the only person sitting in the audience?
“War Child” by Jethro Tull is the band’s seventh studio album, released on October 14, 1974. The album marked a return to a more accessible rock format after the ambitious and concept-heavy releases of Thick as a Brick and A Passion Play. Written entirely by frontman Ian Anderson, War Child blends rock, folk, and orchestral elements, creating a distinctive and eclectic sound.
Well! Make your will and testament. Won’t you join your local government.
We’ll have Superman for president let Robin save the day.
I first heard this album, which was also the first song I had ever heard by the band Jethro Tull, in the Milton High School library, Alpharetta, Georgia. Head Librarian, Myrl Hansard, asked student Steve Butler to pick out some albums, from a list she had, that other students would enjoy. This is how Thick As A Brick, the 43-minute single-song album, made its way to 1973 Alpharetta.
