Out of all the songs I've looked up on here, I have to say all the comments are spot on. "Wind Up" is a perfect end to Side 2 which is subtitled "My God." Side 1 is subtitled "Aqualung," no surprise there. I originally had this album on cassette and it struck me that the 2 sides had their own subtitles as though two different concept albums rolled into one. Which I suppose it is. Very Tull and very 70s.
Anyway, the other aspect to this song is the very beginning "...packed me off to school." Having read some about Anderson, he felt a bit abandoned by his family when they sent him to boarding school. Kids were (are?) very young when sent away! Don't know if this is just certain countries/regions, certain classes of families who send kids to boarding schools or what. Growing up in a bluish collar neighborhood in Chicago, boarding school definitely was not a thing.
Roger Hodgson of Supertramp had a similar experience with boarding school and feeling of abandonment and that is the basis of "The Logical Song." No mention of religion that I recall... but that kernel of childhood emotion that relates these two amazingly talented songwriters is very interesting to me.
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Out of all the songs I've looked up on here, I have to say all the comments are spot on. "Wind Up" is a perfect end to Side 2 which is subtitled "My God." Side 1 is subtitled "Aqualung," no surprise there. I originally had this album on cassette and it struck me that the 2 sides had their own subtitles as though two different concept albums rolled into one. Which I suppose it is. Very Tull and very 70s.
Anyway, the other aspect to this song is the very beginning "...packed me off to school." Having read some about Anderson, he felt a bit abandoned by his family when they sent him to boarding school. Kids were (are?) very young when sent away! Don't know if this is just certain countries/regions, certain classes of families who send kids to boarding schools or what. Growing up in a bluish collar neighborhood in Chicago, boarding school definitely was not a thing.
Roger Hodgson of Supertramp had a similar experience with boarding school and feeling of abandonment and that is the basis of "The Logical Song." No mention of religion that I recall... but that kernel of childhood emotion that relates these two amazingly talented songwriters is very interesting to me.
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