1969 Song of the Day is- Living In The Past by Jethro Tull. One of their most famous songs- Living In The Past written by Jethro Tull front man Ian Anderson- peaked at #3 in the UK in 1969. It didn’t become a hit in the US until 1972 when it reached #11 when released on a best of compilation. It is the most successful Jethro Tull single on the US charts.  Unusual. Just like the song which was written in a 5/4 time signature.

Here is what Ian Anderson has said about Living In The Past- “Two or three times I have in the early days tried to write something that was deliberately in a more pop context. ‘Living in the Past’ was written specifically as a single, albeit a little bit of an oddball song, being in 5/4 time signature, it wasn’t obviously the choice of a listening public to have a complex time signature. But I tried to work within that framework of doing something that set out with a non-common time signature, but would have some catchy appeal because of the musical rhymes and the title, and that succeeded.”Lyrically it was a bit of a rejection of the swinging fashion of that post-Beatles, slightly hippy idealistic period,” he said. “There were a lot of people talking pompously about love and peace and revolution and, you know, people then as now were quick to jump up and scream and shout, but they’re not actually really quite sure what they’re stamping their feet about. He has also admitted to hating the song.

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