Cup of Wonder, Jethro Tull Lyrics and Annotations

CUP OF WONDER

THE ANNOTATED JETHRO TULL LYRICS PAGE

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UPDATES & NEWS:

May 22 2009:

The Dutch Jethro Tull Fan Club Page: clips added of the Highlands Concert on May 16, Amersfoort, Netherlands

March 21 2009:

Information added on the Dutch Jethro Tull at the open air Highlands Blues & Rock Festival, May 16, Amersfoort, The Netherlands.

January 3 2009:

Information added on the Dutch Jethro Tull Fanclub.

A new feature: each month I will recommend new albums that I have come across and are really worthwhile checking out IMHO. After all there is a lot of great music to discover apart from Tull.... The cover art work of each album contains a link that leads to further information and audio samples. Enjoy!

November 12 2008:

Today the Cup Of Wonder site celebrates its first decade, as it was launched exactly 10 years ago, serving over half a million unque visitors.

August 14 2008:

New DVD-release to commemorate the band's 40th anniversary:
"Jethro Tull - Their Full Authorized Story - Classic Artists".

With interviews, rare film, and other material (2 discs, 200 mins).

Greetings!

For 40 years I have been a critical follower of Jethro Tull. I love this band both for their music, their lyrics and for the innovative, original and independent way their eclectic music has evolved over the years, taking the best out of all kinds of musical traditions and adding personal taste and creativity to it.

This site is my "labour of love", my personal tribute to Jethro Tull, the band that in their 40-year existence turned out to be a musical love for life and to their music and lyrics. One of the things that really intrigue me is that both music and lyrics of this fabulous band transcend any genre or style.

The main subject of this site is: the lyrics written by Ian Anderson, the creative foreman of Jethro Tull. It contains all the songs written between 1968 and 2003, both on the group-albums and Ian's solo-albums as well.

Most of these lyrics are complex and not at all easy to understand. In the poetic sense, I find them beautiful and imaginative. With the help of friends-in-Tull all over the world I tried to make these lyrics more comprehensible (not that I understand or know all of it myself, mind you!). Hence the title of this site: Cup Of Wonder.

This site is intended as a platform for studying, discussing and most of all enjoying the lyrics of our songsmith and "singer of these ageless times", Ian Anderson.

Jan Voorbij
(IJsselstein, The Netherlands)

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