Το πιο επιβλητικό ίσως απ’ τα άγνωστα αριστoυργήματα των Jethro Tull είναι αυτό από το άλμπουμ τους A. Το κομμάτι αναφέρεται σε ένα false alarm του Ballistic Missile Early Warning Station στο Fylingdales Moor του Yorkshire για επικείμενη πυραυλική επίθεση. Κάτω : “live” προυσίαση του κομματιού από το τοτε line-up. Στα κίμπορντς ο μέγας Eddie Jobson (Curved Air, Roxy Music, Zappa, UK) 🟡 🟡 The most imposing maybe of Jethro Tull’s unknown masterpieces comes from their album A. The track refers to a false alarm by Ballistic Missile Early Warning Station at Fylingdales Moor in Yorkshire for an impending missile attack. Below: “live” performance of the track by the then line-up. On keyboards, the great Eddie Jobson (Curved Air, Roxy Music, Zappa, UK).

Written by Ian Anderson Album A Produced by Ian Anderson, Robin Black

Through clear skies tracking lightly from far down the line
No fanfare, just a blip on the screen.
No quick conclusions now everything will be fine,
Short-circuit glitch and not what it seems.
Fylingdale Flyer you’re only half way there,
Green screen liar for a second or so we were running scared.
On late shift, feeling drowsy eyes glued to the display.
Dead cert alert, lit match to the straw.
One last quick game of bowls we can still win the day.
Fail-safe; forget the things that you saw.
Fylingdale Flyer you’re only half way there,
Green screen liar for a second or so we were running scared.
They checked the systems through and they read A-O.K.
Some tiny fuse has probably blown
Sit back; relax and soon it will just go away,
Keep your hands off that red telephone.
Fylingdale Flyer you’re only half way there,
Green screen liar for a second or so we were running scared.
Fylingdale Flyer you’re only half way there,
Green screen liar for a second or so we were running scared.