This composition has its roots in Ian Anderson’s growing concern about capitalism and population growth. Anderson described it as being On a crazy train, we can’t get off it. The song was composed in a fashion resembling the chugging of a train in its rhythm.
Ironically, live performances were initially near to impossible to pull-off as the original recording was pieced-together and recorded using a technique known as overdubbing. Ian Anderson performed his flute and vocal parts for recording. This was followed by separate recordings for acoustic, electric guitar, cymbals and bass drum. Piano parts, the rest of the drums and electric guitar parts by other members of the band were then recorded. All of this was mixed (overdubbed) like a complicated layer cake in the studio.
This 1982 live performance does a nice job of piecing-together Locomotive Breath……
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