Jethro Tull anyone?
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Every so often, I 'rediscover' Tull, remembering that I have (almost) all of their albums and bothering to put them on the stereo. Awesome, IMO even their worst offerings contain elements of greatness and very memorable songs. Particularly love Benefit, Songs From The Wood, Heavy Horses, Aqualung, A and, of course, Live... Bursting Out, but anything will do.
Seen 'em live twice, which I also tend to forget about until I notice the albums on my shelf, and regularly miss them out in 'bands I've seen live' discussions.
I think they've released over thirty albums in about forty years (I could look it up, but I'm not going to) and every one a massive seller - now that's enduring popularity!
And some nice salmon to boot....
Seen 'em live twice, which I also tend to forget about until I notice the albums on my shelf, and regularly miss them out in 'bands I've seen live' discussions.
I think they've released over thirty albums in about forty years (I could look it up, but I'm not going to) and every one a massive seller - now that's enduring popularity!
And some nice salmon to boot....
andy400 said:
Particularly love Benefit, Songs From The Wood, Heavy Horses, Aqualung, A and, of course, Live... Bursting Out, but anything will do.
Stand Up (only their second album) was by far the best IMHO. But Under Wraps was also a fantastic album - the lyrics especially - if not totally un-Tull-like, and thus slated by many.Saw them first in '73/'74 or so, then every couple of years until last year. Got most of the albums first on vinyl, then casette, then CD...and now on the MP3. But last year was the last time I think I'll go to see them live. I could live with the band and audience getting older, porkier and balder (at least the blokes, and me included), but Ian's singing voice has really gone now; in fact it was painful to listen to. And they even did every track off Aqualung ('twas an Aqualung tour after all)...but it really wasn't anywhere near there best; hell it wasn't even average. Plus there was a self indulgent session with some young violinist lass. I'll stick with the older stuff therefore - I've probably more Tull tracks on the MP3 player than anything else, so even on random play they come up most times I listen - and forget concerts and the newer albums. Although the Christmas album from a couple of years back was 'interesting', and of Ian Anderson's solo stuff, thr Secret Language of Birds was pretty good...but again I think that was before his voice went.
jbudgie said:
Standin' on one leg playin' a flute ---no way Jose. !!!
Crap
Clearly, you know what you're talking about. Presumably it's Jethro Tull that stands on one leg? And a very insightful comment on the quality of a band that has kept going and selling albums from the late 60s to date.Crap
Edited by tvrolet on Friday 28th September 20:38
I usually dig out the "Tull Christmas album" at Christmas. It's actually surprisingly fitting to the season.
Have some original vinyls, cassettes and CD (Aqualung/Songs From The Wood) in my collection. Occasionally dust them down. Saw the band once back in the late 70s. Quite a memorable performance. But the Tull problem is like the "Stones" - voices and stage presence losing their sheen. I'll keep to re-playing the old stuff when I feel like a trip down "Memory Lane"
Have some original vinyls, cassettes and CD (Aqualung/Songs From The Wood) in my collection. Occasionally dust them down. Saw the band once back in the late 70s. Quite a memorable performance. But the Tull problem is like the "Stones" - voices and stage presence losing their sheen. I'll keep to re-playing the old stuff when I feel like a trip down "Memory Lane"
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