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Too Old to Rock 'n' Roll: Too Young to Die! is the ninth studio album released by British band Jethro Tull, recorded in December 1975 and released in 1976. It is the first album to include bassist John Glascock who also contributes with backing vocals. Too Old to Rock 'n' Roll: Too Young to Die! is the last Jethro Tull concept album, which follows the story of Ray Lomas, an ageing rocker who finds fame with the changes of musical trends.

Now they're too old to Rock'n'Roll and they're too young to die. So the old Rocker gets out his bike to make a ton before he takes his leave. Up on the A1 by Scotch Corner just like it used to be. And as he flies -- tears in his eyes -- his wind-whipped words echo the final take and he hits the trunk road doing around 120 with no room left to brake. And he was too old to Rock'n'Roll but he was too young to die. No, you're never too old to Rock'n'Roll if you're too young to die.

1. Prelude 2. Quiz Kid 3. Crazed Institution 4. Salamander 5. Taxi Grab 6. From A Dead Beat To An Old Greaser 7. Bad Eyed And Loveless 8. Big Dipper 9. Too Old To Rock 'n' Roll, Too Young To Die! 10. Pied Piper 11.

Lyrical themes notwithstanding, Too Old to Rock 'n' Roll is a fine collection of independent rock songs that marked a return to the classic Tull style carved out on Aqualung and Benefit. Absent here are the muddled epic-length pieces synonymous with Thick as a Brick and A Passion Play, the pop leanings of War Child, and the complexity of Minstrel in the Gallery.

too young to die Yes he's too old to rock and roll But he's too young to die He once owned a Harley Davidson And a Triumph Bonneville Counted his friends in burned-out spark plugs Prays that he always will But he's the last of the blue blood's greaser boys And all his mates are doing time Married

Too Old To Rock N Roll Too Young To Die tab. by Jethro Tull. Difficulty: intermediate. As recorded by Jethro Tull (From the 1976 Album TOO OLD TO ROCK'N'ROLL: TOO YOUNG TO DIE!) Words and Music by Ian Anderson. Transcribed by Slowhand.

Not unlike the protagonist, Too Old To Rock ‘n’ Roll certainly seems like a bit of an anomaly in Jethro Tull’s catalogue. Released at the time that Ian Anderson penned some of his most ambitious output and reveled in lengthy, multifaceted compositions, the straightforward, predominantly hard-rocking tunes of Too Old To Rock ‘n’ Roll certainly sound out of place. Jethro Tull sounds much more showy and self-confident than ever before on songs like the sanguine Pied Piper and the genuinely heavy Taxi Grab, and, unlike the somewhat ill-fated War Child, it never sounds forced. Too Old To Rock ‘n’ Roll is by no means perfect, and is not essential, but remains a fun listen that is let down by a small amount of filler.