We Used To Know - Jethro Tull

[cayugafalls]

I love the entire Stand Up album, it was their second studio album and is still my favorite of all their albums with their first album running a close second. Jethro Tull ended up touring with the Eagles in 1972 and some say that Eagles lifted the chord progression from "We Used To Know" to create "Hotel California". Anderson was asked about this and was very nice in his response;

But they probably heard us play the song, because that would have featured in the sets back then, and maybe it was just something they kind of picked up on subconsciously, and introduced that chord sequence into their famous song "Hotel California" sometime later. But, you know, it's not plagiarism. It's just the same chord sequence. It's in a different time signature, different key, different context. And it's a very, very fine song that they wrote, so I can't feel anything other than a sense of happiness for their sake. And I feel flattered that they came across that chord sequence.

We Used To Know - Jethro Tull

Whenever I get to feel this way
Try to find new words to say
I think about the bad old days
We used to know

Nights of winter turn me cold
Fears of dying, getting old
We ran the race, the race was won
By running slowly

Could be soon we'll cease to sound
Slowly upstairs, faster down
Then to revisit stony grounds
We used to know

Remembering mornings, shillings spent
Made no sense to leave the bed
The bad old days they came and went
Giving way to fruitful years

Saving up the birds in hand
While in the bush the others land
Take what we can before the man
Says it's time to go

Each to his own way I'll go mine
Best of luck with what you find
But for your own sake remember times
We used to know

[Doc_Technical]

1. Thanks

Anytime is a good time JT.
The lyrics take on different meaning now

[cayugafalls]

2. Your welcome!

The lyrics were what made me post the song...I was listening to the album last night and had to post when the song played as it was so appropriate for what I was feeling.

[Baked Potato]

3. Thanks! Love this one too...