Too Old to Rock 'n' Roll: Too Young to Die!

Too Old to Rock 'n' Roll: Too Young to Die! (1976) is a concept album released by British band Jethro Tull. The remastered 2002 CD version contains two bonus tracks that were cut from the original LP, "Small Cigar" and "Strip Cartoon". This is the first Tull album to feature John Glascock on bass. The idea for the album was to originally be a rock musical, similar to what the Kinks had been doing. It would follow an aging and retired rock star na... more

Too Old to Rock 'n' Roll: Too Young to Die! (1976) is a concept album released by British band Jethro Tull. The remastered 2002 CD version contains two bonus tracks that were cut from the original LP, "Small Cigar" and "Strip Cartoon". This is the first Tull album to feature John Glascock on bass. The idea for the album was to originally be a rock musical, similar to what the Kinks had been doing. It would follow an aging and retired rock star named Ray Lomas as he wins money on a decadent quiz show, but finds that society has changed so much that with no one left like him anymore, he has no way of enjoying his money the way he did in the 1950s. He then decides to commit suicide via motorcycle crash but fails and lands himself in a hospital coma for an undetermined amount of time. When he awakes he discovers society has changed again, and his style of dress and music are now popular again. In, addition, the cosmetic surgery he is treated with after disfiguring his face in the crash... less