With a lead singer who spent a lot of time during early gigs wearing an overcoat and standing on one leg playing the flute (he also owned salmon farms), 'Tull' fitted the Prog Rock stereotype perfectly. But like other Prog Rock bands, in-between the concept albums and overlong songs, there was the odd banger such as this.
For the musician - and mathematician - in you, it's written in asymmetric 5/4 time.
Not an old warhorse, but offering something new each time, as one critic said of 23 year-old American composer Samuel Barber's masterpiece. Barber himself got a bit tired of its success, the price of peaking early.
Leonard Bernstein takes it slowly as he conducts the New York Philharmonic. Contemplation for a summer's evening.
A song that dates back to the seventeenth century, here nailed by Joan Baez during the folk boom years of the early 60s.
Like many a folk song, folks, it isn't a happy tale (Barbara denies a dying man's love and then dies of remorse herself), but ironically it is mentioned by seventeenth century diarist Samuel Pepys as being sung at New Year's celebrations, and features in the Christmas celebrations in the 1951 film version of A Christmas Carol. Who listens to lyrics?
There are songs that change your taste in music, especially when you are young and don't know what you like. They may not be great songs, but they do something. In your Song of the Week editor's teenage years, hearing this one lunchtime from an older boy's low-fi stereo made him realise that he didn't need to listen to Pink Floyd any longer.
In 1920, playwright Karel Čapek imagined a world of A.I. and rebellion, inspiring and influencing a century of sci-fi cinema. 100 years later, Headlong reawakens his visionary play R.U.R. as ROBOTA – high-voltage theatre for the age of artificial intelligence.
ROBOTA runs at the Schwarzman Centre from the 3-18 July. There is a special £10 ticket offer for all staff and students.
Originally written by the Italian singer-songwriter Lucio Battisti, it was Patty's version that kicked off the song's fame. Amen Corner recorded the best known English language version (as fab as Patty's and she really is fab).
Let the video play for a few seconds and then Patty appears. Well worth the wait. One of Italy's best-selling artists, she is still going strong despite, or because, of six marriages.
With the World Cup in week 2 of 200 (well, it will feel that way), there have been various lists of best and worst football songs, worst being an easier option.
So in that spirit here is part of composer Michael Nyman's score for the documentary film about his beloved Queen's Park Rangers and their mercurial star Stan Bowles, a team that went so close to winning the old League 1 (now the Premier League) in 1976.
