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  • …Faux Pas……

  • Too bad I didn't live when Jethro Tull was great, I am 15, and saw them live in Ludwigshafen. It was really cool, but they didn't play any of the SFTW songs.

  • Top to bottom, best Tull album!

  • The album that saved Tull, after the disappointment of Too Old To Rock n Roll, Songs From The Wood and the follow up Heavy Horses were a welcome return to form for Jethro Tull.A great collection of songs,the title track, this one,Hunting Girl, Velvet Green all Tull classics.

    Ian Anderson reinvented himself and the band at a time when punk was the in thing.They survived and we never saw that space suit from 1976 again! Heavy Horses was just as good, with The Rover, Acres Wild, One Brown Mouse etc

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  • I have mixed attitudes regarding SFTW. I liked all of side A and this song especially. But I found B side to be a real let down when compared to Side A. I also have bad memories of 1977 (album's release) and just hearing it brings back bad memories. I rarely if ever listen to any songs from this album these days. Too bad.

  • @MrBarr49

    I know what you mean, I feel the same way with Cat Stevens and, oddly enough, Sting.

    I forgot what I wanted to tell you, cause I'm drunk right now, but I thought "Why not make an ass of myself and tell somebody on the internet what to do?"

    I don't know what to do of course, I'm drunk! Don't you listen?!

    Gawd, this took me an HOUR to type, don't you be ungrateful.

    I'm kidding, be as ungrateful as you like.^^

  • I freaking love this song too much

  • Autumn always brings these songs to life! I too have been a Tull fan since my teen years and I'm 50 now...Long Live Ian and Tull! 

  • @lmcmon4147 I'm 64 and still love to listen to Ian and Tull!

  • This is a great song. =)

    But I like to have fun with it by singing "Pasta plate to all who hunger" and so on =D

  • None of my redneck friends liked this album. I loved it.

  • Love this track. I attended 7 shows during the SFTW tour. This WAS the real, Jethro Tull!

  • is it just me or the intro does feel like dont fear the reaper 

  • @nomi1983riaz Maybe if it had more cowbell.

  • This song has to be about Ayahuascha.

  • Or maybe it is "elixir".

  • @modelleg

    What's the "fermented fluid"? Is it drank from the "Crimson Cup", or is it the "Crimson Cup"? Is it "ambrosia"? What is "ambrosia"?

  • @zhuliu fermented fluid is alcohol however crimson wonder is referring to blood being drunk from a kill on the hunt.

  • I want to be a druid

    To drink fermented fluid

    And dance naked in the wuid

  • I play DnD to this!

  • i was about to state my favourite tull album but got caught up in this song, im sorry when it comes to great bands i enjoy the song im listening to at the time; and at that time its my favourite!

  • Its So pagan, this song, and the myth behind it. The standing stones *Stone Hedge* The Green Man, The lady being the Goddess, the plate of wisdom and hunger for knowladge. This is an amazing song Asking the old gray stones to show the sun its way to bed is talking of New grange with its sun that is only on the 21st of December also known as Yule and Winter Solstice. Tull Ricks and will forever be amazing.

  • I agree, Benefit, hands down! My favorite Tull album!!!!!!!!!! Teacher is on of the best songs too! Wonder if I can find it on CD? Anyone know? Plus, Ian Anderson is the best, and man can he play that flute! One of the very few bands I had the awesome experience of ever seeing live:=( and Jethro Tull is my favorite band of all time. This band and Bob Dylan, both absolute genuis!

  • I agree, Benefit, hands down! My favorite Tull album!!!!!!!!!! Teacher is on of the best songs too! Wonder if I can find it on CD? Anyone know?

  • "oatmeal music"...I wonder where she got that from. Now all I can think of is Bert from "Sesame Street" trying to sing Jethro Tull songs at a karaoke bar! lol!

    "La, la, la, la...Locomotive Breath."

  • this shits awsome when yer on LSD!!!!!!

  • probably the best band ever. . maybe to good!!!

  • Why is it people have to think this song has to do with Christ I mean listen to it the cup isn't the cool-aid glass that is the holy Grail it's different it's not an actual cup in the song XD no one else got that

  • pass the plate to all who hunger, oh yea, the feudal ancient code !!! pipers get soo hungry aye !?!?! so, playeth guitar now doth aye

  • so much maddness in ideas to such a ballad..i say MORE WINE..and fresh water for the horses.. get along..then.

  • fuck christ...if you want to hear of christ hear iron maiden,,your soul will burn in a lake of fire. ..this has nothing to do with modern xianianity, I feel sorry for people that have to try to find jesus in everything they hear. vortex go ahead and deal your shit. And may sarah palin follow . Right off the bridge. /this is just GOOD music..fuck you

  • the cup of christ is the hand and pass the lake of fire in to the cup of christ

  • @vortexxachosenone Has nothing to do with Christ this song, its Pagan

  • Fhilbo ... that "oatmeal music" anecdote is precious beyond description. Children are aware of magic even if we're blind to it.

    And thanks to Aqualung1989 for posting this often forgotten gem.

  • Saw their last concert here in Fla and pretty much haven't missed a show whenever they're in town.

    This album was the beginning of it all for me as far as becoming a Tull fan and it still brings back awesome memories.

    So glad they're still rocking after all these years!!!

  • I love Jethro Tull's music, especially those tunes that relate to paganism. Ian Anderson is a genius. I only wish I'd realized their brilliance when I was younger.

  • One of my favorites from this CD...On this entire excellent CD, Tull captured the essence of my impression of Olde English folk/country-life songs but put it to please the modern ear. Well done mates!

  • Songs from the Wood is probably the only album I know where every single track is a masterpiece.

  • so little available these days...sigh..great one here describes a fairytale that only exists in his mind..but alas so resembles what we deal with today,..what may the cup of wonder represent?

  • @wzjpkp The cup of wonder is the chaleic of the Great Mother Goddess

  • Happy Beltane!

  • @PIGPENFAN73 Solstice blessings to you!

  • I'm actually from woods..Would gladly join in Ian's "wood crew." Or is he still in senses of non-senses? Robin Hood has gone, so Ian is maybe now my "old and wise bungle." lol

  • @LukasFin What?

  • Best Tull album ever. Had a front row seat for their tour for this album in November 77.

    Awesome....and, yes, Ian made sure we knew

    the flute can be a phallic symbol.

  • LOOOOVE IT xxxxxx

  • I agree with the sharing idea. Seems to be an ode to nature upon whom man depended on and was tied so closely to in the ancient days. Themes of celebration -the harvest, solstice, stories, old rituals, wine, food, traditions, and of course, good music!

  • "Pass the word and pass the lady, pass the plate to all who hunger.

    Pass the wit of ancient wisdom, pass the cup of crimson wonder."

    Seems to be a song about sharing what you have.

  • What do the lyrics mean?

  • I am a long time listener of tull - I think that this is a sattire of the last supper linked with druidism. The cup of crimson wonder " the blood of Christ" Pass the Lady (the one who is missing in the pic of the last supper (Wife- desciple-priest- misstress- Mary Magdaline) Pass the plate to all who hunger- Hunger not only for food but for religious understanding. Once again he makes reference to the green man, May day, The cross of silver and of gold.

  • Wow...

  • @hildmbmkk08 What do you see when you listen to "Abbey Road"?

  • gran rola

  • Not a boy thing, something for everyone who loves atmospheric, inventive music. I lost the original album in moving around as a student and thank Aqualung for posting these particular Tull tracks, they have brought back some great music memories,

  • fantástico,sensacional,explend­ido,

    que mais hein?

  • that's the way-- start 'em RIGHT!

  • i usually start the day with Jethro Tull, so now of course my 3 year old daughter requests that I play "The oatmeal music" when she wants to hear them XD

  • That should be done a commandement. "Thou shall NOT call thee week worthy, lest there be Tull at least twice listened!". I started via YouTube like... A few months ago when they toured in my country. I wish I was at the concert now.

  • what a great tasted young lady!

  • oatmeal music?

  • @Fhilbo You're starting her off well.

  • @Fhilbo My girl and I often start the day with Ian's "Secret Language of Birds" , she just calls it the bird language cd :)

  • @Fhilbo Cute anecdote...very nice.

  • @Fhilbo aw that so cute! 

  • i.a is a very genuine bloke.i saw him in tunbridge wells a few years ago when i was 50 and so many memories came flooding back.

  • This a boy thing. Remernber the Lady!

  • I was lucky enough, and old enough (52) to see Ian in his prime. He is one of the most magnificent musicians, minstrels of this century. I am seeing him this Friday Oct. 9 in upstate Ny and it will be like dying and going to heaven.

  • It kills me I was born after Tull's hayday. I <3 them so.

  • This song is so enchanting... reminds me of renasance music (can't spell that word!). Thank you!!!

  • Fantástico!!

  • THE GREEN MAN LIVES!!!

  • how lovely, wish one would love life as he does does, granted, we are not all beautis as we were but once were

  • you can tell its 70's at some points of the song

  • Renaissance Fair any one?? :D

  • Hello everyone...

    Wow. This song brings back so many memories. I first heard this song in 1978 when I was stationed at Ft. Lewis, Washington. The other day I heard it on youtube and for the last 3-4 days it has stayed in my head. I just wonder, Did Ian Anderson write all the Music exclusively, or did he have help?

  • That's a good question, about Ian writing all the music. On some albums, other members get a writing credit - Martin Barre, Peter-John Vettese are the two I can think of, and David (Dee) Palmer wrote Elegy. I'm pretty sure that generally Ian wrote the essentials of the music, but the other band members contributed to the arrangements and brought their own style to things - for example, the bass here would be different if it wasn't John Glascock, who had his own style - and brilliant it is too!

  • I should have mentioned that David (Dee Palmer) contributed orchestral (mostly strings) arrangements to Tull songs going right back to the This Was album.

  • @jmharrison51 Yeah. I always felt the other members of the band never got the credit they deserved.

  • @renues I heartily agree. This band were an incredible act to see performing this album live, at this period, when they were at the height of their creativity. Yet somehow, they never quite reached the level of recognition that their contemporaries like Yes, Genesis, ELP and Floyd were getting back then. People who knew them either loved them, or were left nonplussed by them, or so it seemed.

  • tull is amazing, i never met a rock band with their awesome sound. it makes me want to drink mead in a midevil travern!

  • hey is there anyone who can direct me to a live rendition of 'Cuup of Wonder'? It's the first-ever song I heard by JT many moons ago and since then can't have enough of Jethro Tull - and that's a good 30 years ago!

  • With FIRE AT MIDNIGHT, this is my favourite SONGS FROM THE WOODS' song :D

  • i have a great book about tulls music  by alan hodgson tells you all about the myths behind some of the songs ie cup of wonder jack in the green etc.

  • lucky you! could you tell us about the myths behind this song, for example? (by the way, you're irish? i'm goind to dublin this summer, i love ireland so much :D)

  • @Aqualung1989 I know prolly wrong, but a lot of thi song is the Myth and Magic behind Druidesum and Paganisum, and the ancent path of the mother goddess and earth religions

  • i m p r e s s i v e !!

  • i just learned to play this on the flute, Ian Anderson is the greatest man alive!

  • i can get some of roots to branches down. was wondering why it sounded different then the way ian play. turns out he uses a baby bunsuri and i was using a brohm flute. doh lol. and i can get a few bars of locomotive breath down.

  • doh again. forgot to ask, any chance of getting the notes from you for this tune. pretty please with some velvet green on top.:) (was trying to find a good jethro tull song to go with it lol)

  • well i got my notes from a book called jethro tull flute solos which i squite good, my dad bought it off amazon for £12.99 i think...

  • oops my computer was signed into the wrong account, the comment i left is under dudelookslikealady25

  • Go Medieval things!!! <3

  • Are you a Medievophile (lover of medieval things) like me?...(putting aside lyrics for the moment) this is a main reason that I can enjoy many of J-Tull tunes...for me - along with certain chord progressions, Ian's distinctive voice and his flute adds to that medieval feel...

  • this song is a classic. but I can't say I like songs from "castle and dragon" times haha.

  • after many years of playing guitar, drums, keyboards, vocals, now playing flute , ian anderson , is the the dog,s dangerly bits

  • ***** !

  • I still play my flute along with this song and after all this time, I can still remember the notes.....

  • Pass the word and pass the lady, pass the plate to all who hunger.

    Pass the wit of ancient wisdom, pass the cup of crimson wonder.

    Ask the green man where he comes from, ask the cup that fills with red.

    Ask the old grey standing stones that show the sun its way to bed.

    Question all as to their ways, and learn the secrets that they hold.

    Walk the lines of nature's palm crossed with silver and with gold.

    explicit druidic reference lol

  • Quality-i like broadsword and the beast amongst others.

  • To get a sense of the olde english festivals that Anderson sings of in this and other Tull songs, go check out a local Christmans Revels, if they're put on anywhere near -- different from Renaissance Festivals, more of a performance than participation - but cool; I've seen blue men in antlers, kilted sword dancers, Dickensian caroling, everything seasonally Celtic, from both ancient Christian and pagan rituals of celebration -- really fills in the context for TUll's worldview.

  • Thank You so much for the INFO. Much appriciated.

  • I got a fever, and the only prescription is more cowbell!

  • should B considered a classic

  • good song regardless of visuals

  • I sat here and watched most of your JT videos like a kid on his birthday opening presents; played along to a few on bongos; and I like this one alot. I have the SFTW album on vinyl but no turntable. Gotta have more cowbell! We don't have many tunes with cowbell ....

  • this song brings me back to a time of joy . a smile to my face and remebrance of innocence and a lost brother..thanks for the posting of this...

  • you are welcome. sorry about your brother.

  • If I was stuck on a deserted island & was given the chance of choosing ONLY ONE album/cd (excluding any greatest hits albums)...THIS (Songs From The Wood) would be it!!!

  • as for me, it would be this one, or maybe heavy horses. it's difficult to choose!

  • I'd want to take Songs from the Wood,my mom got me this in early '77,I was 15 going on 16 at the time of the release,incredible album!!

  • @Aqualung1989 Benefit, hands down : )

  • @Aqualung1989

    Right my choice - third would be "War child". ;-) Greetings from Germany.

  • @Aqualung1989 Right my choice - third would be "War Child". Grettings from Germany.

  • Maybe a couple more pictures needed!!!!

  • true, but i had put many pics on another video and i was too lazy to search new ones.

    anyway, the song is the important thing here, isnt it? :P

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