Was anyone influenced by the Aqualung liner notes?

Question

I know that its kind of lame but I was young when I first ran across Jethro Tull's Aqualung album and I really thought that the liner notes were profound:

1 In the beginning Man created God; and
in the image of Man created he him.

2 And Man gave unto God a multitude
of names, that he might be Lord
over all of the earth when it was
suited to Man.

3 And on the seven millionth day
Man rested and did lean heavily
on his God and saw that it was
good.

4 And Man formed Aqualung of
the dust of the ground and a
host of others likened unto his
kind.

5 And these lesser men Man
did cast into the void. And
some were burned and some were
put apart from their kind.

6 And Man became the God
that he had created and with
his miracles did rule over all
the earth.

7 But as all these things did
come to pass, the Spirit that did
cause man to create his God
lived on within all men: even
within Aqualung.

8 And man saw it not.

9 But for Christ's sake he'd
better start looking.

Answer 1

I actually forgot about that. I remember when the album came out. I wanted to be Ian Anderson because I was studying the flute at the time.

Answer 2

A lot of 70 s rock albums had interesting liner notes. Blue Oyster Cult s Tyranny and Mutation had these on the inner sleeve: Seepage from deep, black, brittle experiments which failed and transformations too hard to find. I was overcome and turned to red. Duster s dust became the sale. Lucifer the light. A restless motion came to move and then subside. In endless knocking at the door - it s time. Tyranny & Mutation.

Answer 3

Never liked Jethro Tull enough to buy an album...perhaps I need to take another look...this is interesting stuff.

Answer 4

Although I grew up with the music, I'd never seen the liner notes until you posted them here. I wonder how I'd have reacted then? :-)

Answer 5

How poetic. I wish I had these liner notes when I was a boy.

Answer 6

Now I remember why I never got into JT