Jethro Tull - Critique Oblique

Another track released on Nightcap from the Chateau D'Isaster Tapes. The recording that turned into A Passion Play in 1973.


Lyrics - Critic of the black and white it's your first night.
The Passion Play gets in the way - spoils your insight.
Tell me how the baby's made, how the lady's laid,
Why the old dogs howl with sadness.

(Spoken:)
The blue thing in the ball leaves naught but a bloody footprint on the memory
of last summer's trip to Europe.
Did you buy a passport from the queen?
(Spoken:)
And your little sister's immaculate virginity wings away on the bony shoulder
of a young horse named George who stole surreptitiously into her geography
revision.
The examining body examined her body.

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Music

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• Ian
• Anderson
• Martin
• Barre
• Jethro
• Tull
• Passion
• Play
• Nightcap

[roddy76to86]

Oh dear, 29 views and no stars, we can't have that can we ?!

Never mind, soon sorted...

[Aqualung71]

Thanks Roddy. Now did you manage to listen to the whole song!? haha!

[gothling1955]

This is bloddy wonderful!!! i love it, I truly do. It makes me long all the more to have seen the "Passion Play" tour live & in-person -- it's one of my great regrets that I missed out on witnessing that show.

You know what? I did a wicked thing. I took the Chateau d'Isaster tracks and edited them into the "Passion Play" CD, as sort of bonus tracks wherever I thought they fit best. Personally, I think it's great. However, I doubt that Ian would appove.

Thanks so much for sharing, Aqua.

[Aqualung71]

Your welcome Gothling.

[rickscafe13902]

@tsarevna212 Wow!! I'm impressed.. My wife never liked Tull, maybe that's why see left me for a country music lover... Better to have lost her than to have lost my Tull collection!!!!

[badumpy]

@rickscafe13902 better off with the Tull collection :)

[kurtizzyflush]

@dmemswiler They probably don't come too far south after the "nationalism" statement Ian made just after 911.

[kurtizzyflush]

This is the kind of alternate take that makes some hate Tull and makes me Love Tull. What a crusher.

[irwest54]

I saw the very first live performance of Passion Play live at Empire Pool , WembleyUK.

It was f******in' brilliant. Critics hammered it and JT was pilloried !!

What the hell do they know?

[boatscum]

Uncle Ian at his best.! I didn't come across Nightcap till the mid to late 90's. With Ian's increasing ovious vocal problems of that era this whole album was like a much needed breath of fresh air. Although recorded in the 70's it became my favorite of the late 90's as I found " Roots" not to my liking and Dot Com was so damn long in coming

[Gyurci77]

great photos!



[RedBlackMagic]

It's so unbelievable great and fantastic,

I love it so much!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I would like to embrace you all!

I saw the "Passion Play" Tour live in in CCH Hamburg 1973,

this was the first concert I ever attendet,

and I am grateful, that I may hear this indescribably wonderful music!

Thanxxx so much!!!

J E T H R O T U L L for eternity................!!!

[runningmarcus]

Rock N' Roll!