Outstanding song and I really like J.T., but this is also a very effective commercial promoting drug counseling and regular visits to the dentist.

knbber2: Outstanding song and I really like J.T., but this is also a very effective commercial promoting drug counseling and regular visits to the dentist.

If drugs helped Ian to do all he's done, more power to him.

Every SCA- and Renfaire geek I know idolizes Jethro Tull.

Me? I find they have an almost Foreigner- or Styx-like level
of tediousness. Except for "Skating Away".

Those are interesting appendages dangling from Ian's groin. I seriously have to find a set of... whatever they are. The chicks'll go wild.

I was a Tullaholic in high school. Saw them live in '76 (Los Angeles).

The (drunken) inspiration for my Fark login

Warchild: The (drunken) inspiration for my Fark login

The not-so-drunken inspiration for mine.

Tull is and always has been amazing, though I'll admit I wish I could have seen them in the seventies as opposed to these new dinosaur tours. He just doesn't have the voice anymore. :(

Coronach: knbber2: Outstanding song and I really like J.T., but this is also a very effective commercial promoting drug counseling and regular visits to the dentist.

If drugs helped Ian to do all he's done, more power to him.

Ian was much like Frank Zappa in that neither approved of drug use, but both had a lot of druggies fans.

DjangoStonereaver: I find they have an almost Foreigner- or Styx-like level of tediousness.

You're obviously listening to the wrong Tull.

Ian Anderson was VERY anti-drug.

Fired Tony Iommi in 1968 for being a pothead.
(this is good of course,enabled Tony to start Black Sabbath)

This clip is from my favorite Tull period.
Their first three records are my favorite.
Before they got lumped in with the whole "art/prog-rock" movement.

Ian Anderson has claimed that the "Thick as a Brick" album is actually a "parody" of the prog rock concept album genre that was popular in the 70s.

knbber2: Outstanding song and I really like J.T., but this is also a very effective commercial promoting drug counseling and regular visits to the dentist.

As other people have said, the only stuff he was on was ever alcohol. He just excels at looking crazy as hell. Guess I'll have to go listen to Thick As a Brick now.

knbber2: Outstanding song and I really like J.T., but this is also a very effective commercial promoting drug counseling and regular visits to the dentist.

Have you seen what he's doing now?

Warchild: The (drunken) inspiration for my Fark login
Coronach: Warchild: The (drunken) inspiration for my Fark login

The not-so-drunken inspiration for mine.

Heheh.

/Aqualung, my friend
//where's that Fark photoshop with the bench?

Is that Ian Anderson or Joe Cocker playing a flute?

If Ian is on tour in your town, point him to some good curry and he will be your pal for life.

Ian's Guide To Indian Food:

Brave but occasionally foolish forkers, like me, will feel compelled to go for the Phal or Tindaloo, those macho show-off botty-crippling dishes which we become strangely ever-addicted to. Nothing disrupts a band sound-check like the pervasive after-effects of the Tarka Dhal (lentils and garlic).

Read the whole thing, as they say.

I'd forgotten how good and how fun Tull was. Thanks subby!

Warchild: The (drunken) inspiration for my Fark login
Coronach:The not-so-drunken inspiration for mine.

1. You're aware that the Tull member who composed that song is now a lady? 2. What the hell are they singing in the chorus?

Answering my own question: " "The book "Jethro Tull - complete lyrics" published by IMP in 1993 gives the chorus as "Hi-O-Ran-I-O", which Ian once said was derived from a Gaelic war cry".

metalmyth:

Ian was much like Frank Zappa in that neither approved of drug use, but both had a lot of druggies fans.

I found my original album copy of Stand Up a couple of years ago and went to show my girlfriend the pop-up inside...and 37 year old seeds and stems fell out into her lap.

metalmyth: Tull is and always has been amazing, though I'll admit I wish I could have seen them in the seventies as opposed to these new dinosaur tours. He just doesn't have the voice anymore. :(


Agreed. Though what Ian Anderson lacks in vocals he more than makes up in musicianship and stage presence.

/At least I have YouTube to see so many great Tull performances from the 60s and 70s. (I highly recommend clips from 1977's Green Hippodrome show.)
//submitter

mimed

They disappointed me at Wolf Trap last week, the show was nowhere near as good as Ian Anderson's solo show a couple of years ago.

And of course, I chuckled during Heavy Horses when he earnestly sang, "find you a filly for your proud stallion seed."

Sorry guys...never got the appeal of Jethro Tull. It's like shards of glass in my ears...shards of glass from a DnD goblet bought at a Renaissance fair.

Very cool clip, thanks subby.

If you haven't done so, be sure to check out Ian's solo albums (I would assume most of the Tull fans already have). Secret Language of Birds is definitely one of my "desert island" CD's. Awesome, awesome stuff.

bv2112: They disappointed me at Wolf Trap last week, the show was nowhere near as good as Ian Anderson's solo show a couple of years ago.


Hey! I was there too! :-) I enjoyed it, but thought the string quartet sounded a bit "off", especially when IA was also playing flute. Maybe it was just me, don't know.

And the solo show - was it the Ian Anderson plays the Orchestral J.T. or the "Rubbing Elbows" tour? The latter is by far my favorite Jethro Tull-related show. It was fantastic.

Gratch
If you haven't done so, be sure to check out Ian's solo albums (I would assume most of the Tull fans already have). Secret Language of Birds is definitely one of my "desert island" CD's. Awesome, awesome stuff.

I have that one on my ipod, but haven't gotten around to it yet. I've heard some of his solo work and have really liked it.


meehaw
Sorry guys...never got the appeal of Jethro Tull. It's like shards of glass in my ears...shards of glass from a DnD goblet bought at a Renaissance fair.

Ah, that reminds me. I need to hit up some threads of music/celebrities/movies/etc. I don't like...just to tell people that I don't like them. Almost forgot.

(Yes, I know this is Fark.lol)

Jethro Tull proves that prog rock doesn't have to take itself so damn seriously. Not to say they were a joke band, but it sounds like they had fun with it.

....from a DnD goblet bought at a Renaissance fair


Jethro Tull did one themed tour back in 1975-6 for the "Minstrel in the Gallery" tour record and for some reason that image has always stuck on them.

They had many MANY different themed tours throughout the decades
but for some reason they are always accused of being "Robin Hood rock" etc...


The "A" tour was the coolest imho.
They all wore white worker's smocks on stage.

STAND UP 1968

BENEFIT 1970


righteous rock and roll classics
music classics without category or peer

I still hate them without knowing anything about them because they won the heavy metal grammy. (Or some such category).

Poor widdle Metawwica fans.

gregoire4: I still hate them without knowing anything about them because they won the heavy metal grammy. (Or some such category).

And you care who wins Grammy's why?

gregoire4: I still hate them without knowing anything about them because they won the heavy metal grammy. (Or some such category).

And that makes you hate them...why?

They'll be the first admit they had no business winning that award. Hell, they didn't even bother showing up for the ceremony because they never in a million years thought they'd actually win anything.

gregoire4: I still hate them without knowing anything about them

You are thick as a brick.

ahhh roto-scope!!

I have a friend that looks like ian
only without the jacked up teeth

Tull was one of the first bands outside of the radio mainstream that my father introduced me to. I went absolutely ga-ga for it; "Original Masters" was one of my first CDs, and remains one of my favorites.

But it does not contain my favorite Tull song: "The Whistler."

Love early Tull and finally made it to a live show to see the Passion Play tour way back when. Imagine being in the Montreal Forum, filled to the brim with stoned young lads and lasses,
and the band walks off stage as a huge white projection screen is lowered on stage.

Imagine this is what those stoners saw next... (pops)

Best and dirtiest Tull video I couldn't get Green Lighted Link (new window)

Some of his flute solos are tougher than lead guitar. Hey I like some of Tulls stuff a lot. Some people really hate them though.

Thick as a Brick...Love it.
Minstrel of the Gallery...Great too.

BTW...on either my Thick as a Brick or Aqualung CD, there's is an interview with Ian. Sounds like a nice guy. He said Thick as a Brick was also a bit Monty Python inspired. Also that he had some run in with Led Zeppelin over some mis-quote. I guess there was a feud for years afterwards. They shared the same studio during some recording.

Anyways...these guys, and especially Ian Anderson could really play.

Does anyone out there hate/dispise the "Warchild" album except for "Skating Away"? I listened to it, and i thought it was dreadful. I even listened to it twice or maybe even thrice.
Personally, I like "Aqualung", "Thick", and "Passion".

I have listened to the pre-Aqualung stuff... they was pretty good, i just don't own any of them

I do own besides the above trilogy, I also own "Minstrel" [good/v.g.], "Songs from the wood" [ok/good] and "Heavy Horses" not very good.... don't listen to it much], and the live album [good ... i scored it for cheap on vinyl, too... good stuff]

/btw, i think the guitarist [dammit what's his name?] is very good and quite underrated.

craigdamage: "Ian Anderson was VERY anti-drug.

Fired Tony Iommi in 1968 for being a pothead.
(this is good of course,enabled Tony to start Black Sabbath)"

Here's Tony with Tull from the Stone's Rock & Roll Circus...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gIbI6Yl8J_U

/Song For Jeffrey

Does anyone out there hate/dispise the "Warchild"?


Alex Lifeson from Rush has cited Martin Barre of Jethro Tull as a huge influence. There are some electric guitar parts on "Warchild"
that totally remind me of Rush.

Robin Trower has also claimed influence from Barre.


As I stated above I think their first three are best.(Warchild is ok I suppose)

I am quite certain all "Tull haters" would find something they really like from "This Was" "Stand Up" and "Benefit"

Third_Uncle_Eno: Does anyone out there hate/dispise the "Warchild" album except for "Skating Away"? I listened to it, and i thought it was dreadful. I even listened to it twice or maybe even thrice.


War Child is one of the few Tull albums (up to Songs from the Wood, anyway) that I just cannot get into the whole thing. I love "Skating Away" (the song that prompted me to buy my first Tull album!) but I also find "Sealion", "Two Fingers", "Paradise Steakhouse", and "Saturation" to be really good. (The latter two are from the remastered album.) The rest of it I don't really go out of my way for. Oh, and "Solitaire" isn't bad either.

And frostus, great video! I haven't seen it before, thanks for posting that! I keep trying to get into A Passion Play, too.

Heavy Horses is poetry first, music second (not too distant second, but still the words outweigh the notes). That applies to most, if not all of the album, but Heavy Horses the song still ranks up there with some of the most powerful words put on paper. Find the lyrics on a web page somewhere and read them. In fact, read them out loud w/o thought to how you remember the notes.

Senior year in college, I took a lit elective (I was an engineering major, but I had all the techie credit hours I needed and was looking for a gimmie- bad idea). The title of the course: Literature and Poetry of and in Rock Music. My toughest course that year is what it turned out to be. I had to list and discuss Jungian Archetypes in The Police's Syncronicity, Compare and Contrast Joyce's Araby and Springsteen's Thunder Road, write a paper explaining the history and nostalgia behind Tull's Heavy Horses, and draw parallels between the Stones' Paint it Black and Browning's My Last Dutchess. Frankly, I'm glad I took the course. I wasn't much into Tull (despite having seen them in concert prior to college), and it gave me an appreciation for their craft. I got a hard-earned B but valued it much more than the relatively easy (for me) A's I got in engineering and hard science courses.

I don't mind any of War Child. Never got the hate for it, but I know its out there. Maybe I should listen to it again. What songs did you hate the most?