Artists
Ian Anderson – flute, acoustic guitar, mandolin, harmonica, percussion
Martin Barre – acoustic guitar, electric guitar
Dave Pegg – bass guitar, mandolin
David Mattacks – drums, percussion, glockenspiel, keyboards
Written by Ian Anderson. Produced and mixed by Ian Anderson, recorded live in London on 2 May 1992 by Leon Phillips. The second track (about 5:06) on A Little Light Music (Chrysalis, 14 September 1992), played here as an instrumental.
A semi-acoustic live reworking of the band’s 1969 signature song. The 1992 tour was largely acoustic because Ian Anderson was having voice problems, which led to many songs, including this one, being performed as instrumentals, and drummer David Mattacks of Fairport Convention was brought in to play in a more folk-oriented style. The live version later turned up, unlabelled as live, on the 1998 compilation Through the Years.
Jethro Tull – Living In The Past Lyrics
Happy and I’m smiling
Walk a mile to drink your water
You know I’d love to love you
And above you there’s no other
We’ll go walking out
While others shout of war’s disaster
Oh, we won’t give in
Let’s go living in the past
Once I used to join in
Every boy and girl was my friend
Now there’s revolution, but they don’t know
What they’re fighting
Let us close our eyes
Outside their lives go on much faster
Oh, we won’t give in
We’ll keep living in the past
To listen to other songs from the the Teleskop 26 program click here.