What Jethro Tull song is Hotel California based on?

What Jethro Tull song is Hotel California based on?

We Used to Know The track in question is “We Used to Know,” from Jethro Tull's 1969 album Stand Up. The chord structure to “Hotel California,” which was released in 1976, is remarkably similar to it.

What Jethro Tull means?

Band names were often supplied by their booking agents' staff, one of whom, a history enthusiast, eventually christened them "Jethro Tull" after the 18th-century agriculturist. The name stuck because they happened to be using it the first time a club manager liked their show enough to invite them to return.

When was Jethro Tull Stand Up released?

25 juillet 1969 Stand Up/Date de sortie

What are the usefulness of Jethro Tull?

He helped transform agricultural practices by inventing or improving numerous implements. Tull made early advances in planting crops with his invention of the seed drill (1701) – a mechanical seeder that sowed efficiently at the correct depth and spacing and then covered the seed so that it could grow.

Is Hotel California a rip off?

It was Don Felder who composed the track initially and he joined the band in 1974, two years after the tour. Furthermore, Felder himself later stated that he had never heard of 'We Used To Know' when he wrote the song which proves how 'Hotel California' is a timeless track that isn't a rip-off.

What is the meaning of Hotel California?

The song has been described as being "all about American decadence and burnout, too much money, corruption, drugs and arrogance; too little humility and heart." It has also been interpreted as an allegory about hedonism, self-destruction, and greed in the music industry of the late 1970s.

Where did the name Jethro Tull come from?

Our agent, who had studied History at college, came up with the name Jethro Tull (an eighteenth century English agricultural pioneer who invented the seed drill). That was the band name during the week in which London's famous Marquee Club offered us the Thursday night residency. So it stuck.

What was Jethro Tull biggest hit?

# 1 – Thick As A Brick While most Jethro Tull Songs list would choose “Aqualung,” or “Locomotive Breath,” at the top of their lists, we believe the twenty two minute “Thick As A Brick suite” was such a brilliant piece of music that it stands almost in a category all by itself.

What happened to the band Jethro Tull?

The lineup of Jethro Tull remained stable until 2007, when Noyce and Giddings left the group and were replaced by Anderson's solo bandmates David Goodier and John O'Hara, respectively. Anderson began focusing on releasing and touring under his own name in 2011, when Jethro Tull was essentially disbanded.

What was Jethro Tull's first album?

A Song for Jeffrey Jethro Tull/Premier album

Why does Jethro Tull's 'we used to know' look like we used to know?

• Jethro Tull frontman Ian Anderson, who wrote “We Used to Know,” has offered up a possible reason for the resemblance. “ [‘We Used to Know’] was a piece of music that we were playing around the time, I believe it was late ’71, maybe early '72, when we were on tour,” Anderson explains in an interview, which can be heard below.

Did Jethro Tull ever share a bill with the Eagles?

• Yes, despite their remarkably dissimilar styles of music, Jethro Tull and the Eagles did share a bill in 1972 when Tull were on tour for their classic album Thick as a Brick.

Was Lee Felder ever in the Eagles with Jethro Tull?

• Felder actually wasn’t a member of the Eagles at the time that the Eagles toured with Jethro Tull, though as a friend of founding member Bernie Leadon, he could have been in attendance at a show where Tull performed “We Used to Know.”

Why did Jorgie Tull write Hotel California?

• According to Glenn Cornick, who was Tull’s bass player at this time, the song refers to the days before they hit the big time, when they were living in a lower-class area of London and struggling to get by. The Eagles' famous song “Hotel California” drew musical inspiration from this song.