Aqualung
Aqualung may refer to:
- Apeks, subsidiary of Aqua Lung America that produces diving regulators and drysuit valves
- "Aqualung" (song), from that album
- Aqualung (Aqualung album), a 2002 album by this musician
See also
Aqualung (song)
"Aqualung" is a song by the British progressive rock band Jethro Tull, and the title track from their Aqualung (1971) album. The song was written by the band's frontman, Ian Anderson, and his then-wife Jennie Franks.
While this track was never a single, its eponymous album Aqualung was Jethro Tull's first American Top 10 album, reaching #7 in June 1971.
Lyrics
The lyrics give a description and backstory of Aqualung. He is described as a dirty, paedophilic, homeless man. This, however, is merely the view of average passerby. By viewing Aqualung as a disgusting paedophile, we can excuse ourselves with not helping him. In verse two and three, the truth of Aqualung is told. He is simply an old man, who is lonely, sick and in pain, whom nobody cares for.
The lyrics include "deep sea diver sounds", referencing the actual aqualung device.
Recording
The original recording runs for 6:34. In an interview with singer Ian Anderson in the September 1999 Guitar World, he said:
So from that photograph and those sentiments, I began writing the words to "Aqualung". I can remember sitting in a hotel room in L.A., working out the chord structure for the verses. It's quite a tortured tangle of chords, but it was meant to really drag you here and there and then set you down into the more gentle acoustic section of the song.
Aqualung (Aqualung album)
Aqualung is the eponymous debut album by Aqualung, released on 30 September 2002 on the B-Unique label. It reached #15 in the UK albums chart and went gold in December 2002.
Track listing
Singles
The first single from the album, "Strange & Beautiful (I'll Put A Spell On You)", was released on September 16, 2002 and reached #7 on the CIN chart.
The second single from the album, "Good Times Gonna Come", was released on December 2, 2002 and reached #71 on the UK singles chart. The single version of "Good Times Gonna Come" was mixed by Matt Hales and Marius De Vries. The song is played in the background in the British Television programme Skins, in Sketch's first episode.
According to the sleeve notes, the album was recorded entirely in Matt Hales' hallway. On its release, the album was promoted on the back of the use of "Strange And Beautiful (I'll Put A Spell On You)" as the soundtrack to an advert for the new Volkswagen Beetle.
Podcasts:
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ALBUMS
- Surrounded (Remixes) released: 2013
- Magnetic North released: 2010
- Words and Music released: 2008
- Memory Man released: 2007
- With Apologies to Anyone Who Is Actually Heartbroken (live and Rarities) released: 2006
- Still Life released: 2004
- Aqualung released: 2002
- Strange and Beautiful released:
- Live at the Scala EP released:
Strange and Beautiful
- Strange & Beautiful (I’ll Put a Spell on You)
- Falling Out of Love
- Good Times Gonna Come
- Brighter Than Sunshine
- Breaking My Heart
- Tongue‐Tied
- Left Behind
- You Turn Me Round
- If I Fall
- Easier to Lie
- Extra Ordinary Thing
- Another Little Hole
- Brighter Than Sunshine (live)
- Strange & Beautiful (I'll Put a Spell on You) (live)
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Can't get you out of my mind
by: AqualungA kiss is not just a kiss
A smile is more than a smile
Maybe we get together
Maybe forever
Maybe just for a while
I've seen the look in your eye
I've seen you wondering why
There's a center of gravity
Brings you near to me
Nearer all the time
And I'm petrified, hypnotized
Every time you walk by
And I can't get you out of my
Thought you'd never be mine
I thought I was wasting my time
Darlin' everyday I think of you
I can't believe it's true
That you're here by my side
And I'm petrified, hypnotized
Every time you walk by
And I'm hypnotized, petrified
Every time you walk by
And I can't get you out of my mind, my mind
I can't get you out of my mind
I can't get you out of my mind
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