Song 135 (Jethro Tull--"Hunting Girl")

I am still picking a song from a Jethro Tull era on Sundays from beginning to end. The first 5 'Tull eras can be found on days 100, 107, 114, 121, and 128.
Today is the 6th, and one of the most loved era for many 'Tull fans. The era for me consists of three albums from '77 to '79: Songs From The Wood, Heavy Horses, and Stormwatch.

In this trilogy Ian was trying to write about man's relationship with nature throughout time. In the album Songs From The Wood, this dealt with man and nature in the past and how man lived in somewhat of harmony with nature; in my opinion no songs on this album are weak at all.
The album Heavy Horses, which subject matter wise dealt with man from the Industrial Revolution to present; it's a much darker album, which deals with what man has forsaken in the pursuit of progress and the consequences thereof. In my opinion there are no weak tracks on this album either.
The last album, Stormwatch is darker yet and deals with what happens when nature is pushed too far. Oddly enough the film The Day After Tomorrow has a similar plot line, in fact whilst I was watching the movie in the theatre I was placing where the songs would fit and singing them in my head; I will have to eventually make music videos with footage from the movie; it would be great fun.
The only band lineup change came when David (Dee) Palmer was officially made a band member on keyboards even though he was involved with almost all of the previous records.

This song, Hunting Girl itself is awesome in many ways; it is a rather fast, danceable song with a harder edge. It has so many layers and is so intricate I never get too tired of it. The subject matter is a bit tongue-in-cheek, one of Ian's "sex in the grass" songs; it does work quite well.

Here is the studio version on YouTube.
Here is an excellent live performance circa '77 on YouTube.
Here is a live performance circa '85 on YouTube.
Here is a live performance circa '03 at Montreux on YouTube.

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