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| Discussion: Jethro Tull I love them >>By Rebekah Desmarais-Hickey I think Tull were great. Some of their recent music is pretty commercial but, all that they put out between 1969 and 1980 was absolutely brilliant. >>By Rajiv Gosh I'm surprised no other person has sung their praises!!! Pretty damn good they were. My cousin introduced me to their music and I was hooked. >>By hiflydi i got their cd for xmas one year...the best of jethro tull greatness im only 16 and love them as much as my dad does and hes liked them for a long time! aqua lung is the best song ever...its all awesome* >>By lil_shorty452 Well, some of the other stuff is really great as well. "Thick As A Brick" and "Heavy Horses" and you could go on forever. I don' know where or why Ian Anderson lost his genius or, if he compromise it. Probably, he compromised it because, if you listen to another album of his 'Divinities', you'll realise that it's there still. >>By Rajiv well i don't quite remember from where i've heard it....but so far as i'm aware i liked it...it usually doesn't happen to me....i'm very good at remembering different kinds of music... >>By HY - Well, HY, you should give Tull another try. Especially their older music. Really good stuff.. >>By Rajiv Buy & play only the first three albums. From Aqualung onwards, they were crap! Ian Anderson got up his own arse! >>By nonyeb Ian Anderson got megalomanic with no justification whatsoever, from Aqualung onwards. >>By nonyeb Nonyeb... I agree. With the exception if "Heavy Horses" however. Interesting departure that one... >>By ecosurf Well, "megalomanic" admittedly is too strong a word maybe if it sounds Hitlerian or anything like that. Let's just say that from Aqualung on, JT seemed to become too largely a one-man show. Clearly Anderson made it worth the band's while to stick around, but he was seeming like a solo artiste with backing musicians handily in tow. >>By nonyeb The Tull!! Great band but as ya say Jiffo, Anderson became a tad lost up his rear after a brief amount of time. I think now and then Tull did show touches of their old class on later albums but all in all lost that 'Blues' edge they always had Also, nice to see you on here eco!!! =o> >>By Da Blues I think the fact that Anderson's disowned the early albums, especially the first, says quite a lot. >>By nonyeb Check out "Catfish Rising", the last great Tull album. Seen them six times, once unplugged in a barn in Vermont with only 200 other people. Best Tull Albums? Best to worst Aqualung Minstrel in the Gallery Catfish Rising Benefit Living in the Past 20 year anniversary Passion Play Thick as a Brick Warchild Songs from the Wood Heavy Horse Stand up Crest of a Knave Heavy Horses Ian Anderson's solo effort Fly by Night? Divinities Worst Too old to rock and Roll >>By Fun from California not accept heavy horse position... it was great album too... from my point of wiew thick as a ... is the best but... have seen jt for two times ( in early 80's and 2005. and both were very strong gigs ) >>By pedja Interesting that Fun From CA leaves out 'This Was', the first album. I still like it lots. >>By nonyeb Stand Up was the bomb, Benefit also excellent-"Teacher", "Sossity, You're a Woman"! >>By renaman I also loved the first three,esp the first with mick abrahms on guitar ! >>By gordiegor It seemed that Anderson & Abrahams didn't see eye to eye over a few things. Abrahams had a blues edge to his music, & Anderson didn't, but the latter clearly was the more dominant personality in the band & Abrahams had to go, unfortunately. Bands with conflicting personnel can make good music. They just don't stay together too long. >>By nonyeb You are not logged in. To access all functionality, you can log in via Flork. Flork is a worldwide community of people who are interested in music, movies and books. As a Flork-User, you can participate in this and other discussions, meet new people and exchange messages with other members directly: www.flork.com |