Midwinter Spring is its own Season

[steepholm]

I know, Jack in the Green is a May Day figure. Indeed, I saw him last May, walking down the Gloucester Road...



... but in this strangely spring-like winter, rife with unseasonal daffodils and confused squirrels, Jack's a natural figure to mark the Solstice. Besides, "Jack in the Green" is a song as much about winter as spring.

(Oh, and Happy Birthday, Will.)

Comments

[nightspore.livejournal.com]

Ian Anderson / Jethro Tull seems to be everywhere the last couple of weeks. Interesting fact: he once wrote Harold Bloom a fan letter (in the seventies), and proposed that they do a concept album together. Bloom, amused, declined.

[steepholm.livejournal.com]

Wow, I'd love to have heard that!

[nineweaving.livejournal.com]

What a glorious Jack in the Green!

Nine

[ladyofastolat.livejournal.com]

They have a winter version of Jack in the Green in the fens, as seen at the Whittlesea Straw Bear festival, held on Plough Monday in January. But, yes, you're right that, weather-wise, it feels more like spring at the moment.

[steepholm.livejournal.com]

Why, and so they do! Thank you.

[eglantine-br.livejournal.com]

I have always loved that song. Going to read The Dark is Rising again next week too.

[steepholm.livejournal.com]

There is no better way to spend the Christmas season.

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

Great song, great album. Thanks.

[steepholm.livejournal.com]

Yes, I think it's my favourite of their albums. "Songs from the Wood" itself is amazing.

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

It is indeed.