| Jethro Tull – Wind-Up Lyrics | 4 years ago |
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@[tim1025587:36344] I don't think that Anderson's view of God has much to do with the Christian tradition but that rather he takes a far more pantheistic view of religion. In this respect, I don't think that he will be "reconciled with Christ" any more than he will be reconciled with Allah, Buddah or whoever. |
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| Jethro Tull – Wind-Up Lyrics | 4 years ago |
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@[radiocakedoves:36342] I've always seen the line about not being his father's son as a shift of consciousness. Jesus saying that he is not the son of God, that the immaculate conception was just an "accident of birth". He denies his divinity. Anderson's contention is that the Trinity is a load of baloney. This is in keeping with the song's denial of the worth of organised religion. |
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| Jethro Tull – Locomotive Breath Lyrics | 4 years ago |
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@[brian333:36341] A few misunderstandings I see, though you may have changed your views in the preceding 8 years. This song, like a few others on the album, is a critique of organised religion. In the song, God is seen as capricious and not to be relied upon to deliver justice (rather like the Greek view of their gods), which is the only rational way to see him in a world where innocent children are routinely maimed or killed, to name but the most obvious injustices. Several years before the movie Speed, Anderson imagines a runaway train with the "all time loser" aboard. He hasn't done anything wrong (that we know about) but he is condemned to die. Injustices are heaped upon him. His best friend is in bed with his wife. He picks up the bible to start praying but it is fruitless as it is God who has engineered the disaster and there is nothing that he can do to stop it. This reinforces Anderson's assertion that organised religion is a waste of time (cf Wind Up). You can pray all you want to but it will make not a jot of difference. God, whatever he is, cannot be propitiated - he is indifferent to human suffering whether or not he is the creator. Locomotive Breath can be seen as a parable, but within the story, I am not sure that there is any overt symbolism to current corporate life, the guilt or otherwise of the protagonist and find that any ideas about drug addiction entirely fanciful. |
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