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Eb Looking at the lyrics originally, I thought it was more pessimistic. But I just read them again and it's coming across as what if which could be sort of optimistic in their world view of the future.  A tough song for me to analyze and figure out what it really is all about. Then again reading about in the media about meat being produced in a lab maybe they got some of it right. Artificial intelligence coming in and all those sorts of things happening now that to me have a real bad side.

Piri I loved the way Jethro Tull made the flute into a rock and roll instruments in songs like Locomotive Breath. They put out some real good albums that have stood the test of time.     

Eb 1968 a great year for music and no doubt many headed to London to try and be a star.     

Jim, those videos are gems well worth the watch this is helping make my Saturday a good one thank you.

Eb Plenty to catch up on chordie today excellent what you are doing along with the others posting. Thinking of Woody made me think of his son Arlo and when I saw this entertaining video attached of Arlo doing one those great American folk songs in concert.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sSF89swJ9IU     

Now imagine if the Police arrested me for being the right person to put my posts on chordie. Would they get enough evidence for me to be charged with this crime????

My explanation for Police arrest me question.  ( Now imagine if the Police arrested me for being the right person to put my posts on chordie. Would they get enough evidence for me to be charged with this crime????) How does Peatle plead  before the judge. Not guilty your  honour I'm not the right person to post on chordie.
Obviously that is a silly question with no right answer above and there is no real answer of knowing if when we post what sort of impact it has.. The answer for me is most probably not enough evidence to make me guilty but that doesn’t take away from me and everyone else who does post for trying to have some sort of impact on at least one other persons life.

With that in mind doing this isn’t a crime anyway so people should post even if the audience might be small and feedback very little. The most important thing is no one gets hurt giving it a go it only happens if we all make it happen.

Good one Eb . That’s good how bands like this in 1968  managed to take an iron to reggae music and take out some of the creases and turn it into a smooth sound using a pumping horn section to drive it along. 1968  when I think about it back then was most probably when the sound of reggae started to show up on my horizons. No Bob Marley or Rastafarians with dreadlocks just clean cut West Indian guys with short hair pushing out this type of music and long haired white guys and maybe some black people with afros and log haired black Americans adapting it to their sound, Don't forget also a photo of many of the famous people in that era with a cigarette in their hands not a joint was common thing to see on posters and so on.
It was cool in those days to have movie and music stars photographed with a cigarette. Subliminal marketing of products bad for your health has been around for years though I guess it wasn't meant to be a way of promoting tobacco back then. Before being exposed to reggae the Caribbean sound to me meant calypso but maybe my memory is wrong. Here is an example of a song attached of what I mean of what I remember as my intro to reggae.     
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxtfdH3-TQ4

The knof  i think has had his talent since he was in nappies. No wonder he makes all guitarists and us mere mortals feel amazed and also unhappy. No wonder he is always in demand as a session player on records for top artists. A guitarist that can play all genres.     

Cheers Piri, With bloodshot eyes and all that blood running to my head no wonder I get strange thoughts rushing into my head.

Some of the critics off NZ say because we are living down under our up is down instead of climbing to the top we are climbing to the bottom.

Good one Jim, I liked that poem thank you for sharing.
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Jim thank you for taking time to check my attempts out and your encouraging words.  Your a real champion and it's a privilege to have someone with your wisdom and knowledge make me feel like an accepted part of this chordie community.

EB when they played live back in the late 60's early 70's did they have an orchestra on stage with them???? I remembered when the Bee Gees  came to NZ in the early 70s playing all their 60s hits they had a big orchestra on stage as at that time they didn't have the tech that they used in later days.