Slow marching band - Jethro Tull

"(...) no importan las palabras, 
simplemente tararea y sigue
Camina lento, no mire hacia atrás.
No digas adiós, amor. 
No te lo recordaré..."



Slow marching band - Jethro Tull

Would you join a slow marching band?
And take pleasure in your leaving
as the ferry sails and tears are dried
and cows come home at evening.
Could you get behind a slow marching band?
And join together in the passing
of all we shared through yesterdays
in sorrows neverlasting.
Take a hand and take a bow.
You played for me; that's all for now, oh, and never
mind the words just hum along and keep on going.

Walk on slowly --- don't look behind you.
Don't say goodbye, love. I won't remind you.
Dream of me as the nights draw cold
still marking time through Winter.
You paid the piper and called the tune
and you marched the band away.
Take a hand and take a bow.
You played for me; that's all for now, oh, and never
mind the words just hum along and keep on going.
Walk on slowly --- don't look behind you.
Don't say goodbye, love. I won't remind you.

Letras
¿Te unirías a una banda de paso lento?
Y disfrutar de la partida
mientras el ferry zarpa y las lágrimas se secan
y las vacas regresan a casa por la tarde.
¿Podrías ponerte detrás de una banda de paso lento?
Y unirnos al pasar de las penas eternas 
de todo lo que compartimos en el pasado
Toma una mano y haz una reverencia.
Tocaste para mí; Es todo por ahora, oh, y
no importan las palabras, simplemente tararea y continúa.

Sigue lentamente, sin mirar hacia atrás.
No digas adiós, amor. No te recordaré.
Sueña conmigo mientras las noches se vuelven frías
señalando el tiempo a través del invierno.
Pagaste la deuda y cantaste tu canción
y viste a la banda partir.
Toma una mano y haz una reverencia.
Tocaste para mí; Es todo por ahora, oh, y
no importan las palabras, simplemente tararea y continúa.
Sigue lentamente, no mire hacia atrás.
No digas adiós, amor. No te lo recordaré.








ADENDA

Jethro Tull, The Broadsword and the Beast, Album Cover, 1982
Print
By Iain McCaig
About the image
This artwork was created for the front cover of Jethro Tull's 14th studio album, Broadsword and the Beast. 

The album was originally going to be called Beastie, the name of the first track on side one. But during production, the band was divided between the titles Beastie and Broadsword, the first track on side two. In the end, they decided (as they had done before with Aqualung) to give each side its own title and thus its own identity, and combine both into the album's title.

McCaig, a longtime Tull fan, developed the visual concept after meeting with Ian Anderson to discuss the album. He also listened to a cassette tape of songs in progress that Anderson had given him, and was invited to sketch in the studio while they recorded. He produced a preliminary drawing of a bard, tormented by the music from a pan pipe-playing beastie on his shoulder. When Anderson saw it, he pointed to the little fellow and said: “That’s our cover”. McCaig then combined the beastie with the broadsword concept, and posed him stepping out of a painting of a ship at sea that had come to life - inspired by the book Voyage Of The Dawn Treader from the Narnia Chronicles series.

To the delight of fans, he added further depth to the illustration with hidden symbols and visual “easter eggs” as he called them. Among these are the portraits of band members Dave Pegg, Martin Barre, Peter Vitesse, and Gerry Conway in the four corners of the picture frame. There are also actual runes that spell out the opening lyrics to Broadsword: "I see a dark sail on the horizon, set under a black cloud that hides the sun. Bring me my broadsword and clear understanding. Bring me my cross of gold as a talisman."

Iain McCaig said in a 2015 interview, "Jethro Tull and Chrysalis both seemed pleased with the cover. For some of The Broadsword… concerts, they built the entire picture frame around the stage, with the dark-sailed ship crashing through it at the end. Ian also performed with a life-sized articulated Beastie on his shoulders..."




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