Posted on 11/17/2003 11:04:32 PM PST by JohnHuang2
THE RED, WHITE & BLUE
Jethro Tull sorry
for bashing flag
Lead singer apologizes after WND publishes anti-U.S. comments globally
Posted: November 17, 2003
5:36 p.m. Eastern
© 2003 WorldNetDaily.comIan Anderson, front man for British rock bank Jethro Tull, has apologized for comments he made blasting American patriotism.
Jethro Tull's Ian Anderson"In an interview with a U.S. newspaper, I expressed my concerns regarding the 'flag-waving' mind-set not only of some Americans but across the world," Anderson wrote on the band's website.
"I now regret the tone of these statements and offer my belated apologies to those offended by any perceived slur on the Stars and Stripes. I really didnt understand even after 35 years of visiting the USA on a regular basis that this symbol had such fierce resonance for so many people as is now apparent to me."
As WorldNetDaily reported, in an interview published in New Jersey's Asbury Park Press, Anderson said, "I hate to see the American flag hanging out of every bloody station wagon, out of every SUV, every little Midwestern house in some residential area. It's easy to confuse patriotism with nationalism. Flag waving ain't gonna do it."
In response, radio station WCHR-FM on the Jersey shore decided to no longer play songs by Jethro Tull, best known for its 1970s hit "Aqualung."
"The reaction of our audience has been 99 percent in favor of the ban and 99 percent incredulous that he would say such stupid things. He is a smart guy," program director and disc jockey Phil LoCascio told the Press. "As far as we're concerned, this ban is forever."
LoCascio rejected the notion the ban on Tull songs amounts to censorship.
"Our listeners' right to ask us not to play the music is equal to his right to say what he wants," he said, according to the report.
The Associated Press reports today LoCascio will leave any decision to restore the band to the station's play list to listeners.
"Some of the listeners think [the apology is] too little too late," LoCascio told the news service.
The controversy is part of continuing fallout in the music world in connection with the war on terror. As WorldNetDaily has previously reported, the Dixie Chicks, Bruce Springsteen, and Moby have all come under public scrutiny for their personal political statements.
Formed in 1967 in Blackpool, England, Jethro Tull took its name from an 18th century agricultural inventor and has enjoyed widespread success on both sides of the Atlantic.
These POS losers say what they mean, what they really mean and then their bankers make em apologize like a 6 year old . Trash......nothing but human trash.
Stay Safe Ya'll......rant over !
Actually I think that we exhausted all of the obvious Jethro Tull references over here:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1020355/posts
hehehe
He can appologize all he wants. As far as I am concerned, he can go to hell.
"Bungle in the Jungle" is another great one. One of those 'sing-along' choruses everybody knows.
Why would anybody get upset by political commentary from a guy who wears a cod-piece? [g]
Well...maybe yer stupid.
Bingo.
I guess Ian was asleep in a vault during the Ditzy Chix fiasco.
Jethro Tull (1674-1741)
Born: 1674 at Basilson, Berkshire Agriculturalist
Died: 1741 at Hungerford, Berkshire
Jethro Tull (1674-1741), born in Basildon in 1674, was a major pioneer in the modernisation of agriculture. The son of a Berkshire farmer, he trained for a legal career, but financial problems compelled him to opt instead for farming. Determined to improve agricultural methods and increase yields, Tull experimented at Howberry farm, Crowmarsh, near Wallingford with a seed-drill which could sew three rows of seeds simultaneously. Later, he devised a horse-drawn hoe to clear away weeds. In 1731, Tull published his ideas about farming and plant nutrition in The New Horse Houghing Husbandry: or, an Essay on the Principles of Tillage and Vegetation'. Despite initial resistance to Tull's revolutionary ideas, they were eventually adopted by large landowners, and in time formed the basis of modern agriculture. Tull died at Prosperous Farm, near Hungerford on 21 February 1741.
I grew up in the '70's and never did see what was so good about them either, although many of my friends thought they were great. I had a friend who worked at the local minor-league hockey stadium in Kalamazoo, and Tull played there one night. He told me that backstage, after the concert, Anderson would look at someone and start laughing uncontrollably...a little too much acid that night, perhaps.
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