My spiritual exercises
utorak, 12.09.2017.
IAN ANDERSON, INCARNATION OF CHARLES I
When I was a teenager, about 15 years old, I used to listen mostly band like Beatles, Hollies and Cliff Richard. Then, a friend of mine, with whom I used to play basketball, tried to 'convert' me. I remember, he had a pile of records, of some hard rock groups, like Led Zeppelin and Deep Purple, and – Jethro Tull, which was obviously one of his favorite bands. That's how I first came in contact with sounds of Ian Anderson's music.
When Ian Anderson was a teenager, he worked first as salesman at newspapers stand, and later, after his studies at art college, as cleaner at cinema. His job also included cleaning the cinema's toilets. Well, that was (1967) before the beginning of his professional career in music, that started – just a little bit later.
So, only a couple of years later, in 1969, he had a huge hit with a song „Living in the Past“. (By the way, I don't agree with ones labeling his music as „progressive rock“. Already at first listening of his records, I came to conclusion that his music is strongly influenced by Middle Ages, i.e. Renaissance music.) Let me remind you of the lyrics of the song; „Once I used to join in/ every boy and girl was my friend/ Now there's revolution/ but they don't know/ what they're fighting/ Let us close out eyes/ outside their lives go on much faster/ Oh, we won't give in/ we'll keep living in the past“.
The song of man, who obviously don't want „to join in“, when we talk about revolution. I must admit that I didn't recognize Ian Anderson at first as incarnation of King of England and Scotland, Charles I. In that help me (decisively) the picture of his wife, who is spitting image of the Queen Henrietta Maria of France (Bourbon princess).
For those who don't know – Charles I was the only English-British monarch who lost the kingdom (not only the rulership over it) – in so called „Glorious Revolution“, led by Oliver Cromwell (his 20th century incarnation is Francisco Franco). And probably, that's why he subconsciously hates revolutions 
. Strange coincidence, which corroborates my hypothesis is, that – Ian Anderson was born in the same town as Charles I, that is, Dunfermline in Scotland.
We have not only strong physical resemblance, same birthplace, but also... love for art. I already mentioned that Anderson was art student in 1960s. Charles I was, I'm citing „a knowledgeable art collector, amassing one of the finest art collections ever assembled“.
