Spectacularly craptastic '70s video of "The Whistler", a pretty cool song by Tull:

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"Hey, Aqualung!"

There was a time when I was REALLY into Jethro Tull.

That time was two months ago.

Thanks for the heads-up subby. I might be able to catch one of the September or October shows in the US.

I'd rather hear Tull's gawdawful flute from the front row without an umbrella than listen to Miley Cyrus's unintelligible nasal twanging.

Actually, if you can find a copy of the London Symphony playing Jethro Tull, with Ian on flute, it's surprisingly good.

submitter Ian Anderson and his God-awful flute to go on UK English tour to perform his material and acoustic versions of many of Jethro Tull's hits. It is recommended the first row bring an umbrella.

Love the way they call it a UK tour when he only gets as far north as Bridlington.

Too bad the US leg isn't coming anywhere near me. He puts on one hell of a show & I'd like to take my kids to see him before he finally hangs it up.

Also, am I the only one who thought this was a criminally underrated album?

For all my former and lingering love of things medieval (including
being in the SCA for a time), I never ever caught the Tull bug.

It's always been fingers-grating-on-chalkboard annoying to me.

Except for SKATING AWAY.

OK subby. Time out. Go back into your room and play some Brit-brit, Miley, and Jo-bros and you'll feel better in the morning.

40below: Actually, if you can find a copy of the London Symphony playing Jethro Tull, with Ian on flute, it's surprisingly good.

You're correct, it's damn good. iTunes Music Store had it at one time, but now I can't find it there. They do have a crapload of other Ian Anderson/Jethro Tull releases, though.

Sorry dweebmitter, but I've always loved Tull. Ian Anderson is exactly like a medieval bard who was transported to the 20th century, and discovered sex, drugs (especially coke), and rock and roll. Brilliant, eccentric insanity, and many multiples more talented and creative than the average cry and moan about how the world sucks and you're suffering so badly bands we have today.

DjangoStonereaver:

Except for SKATING AWAY.

Skating Away live at the Hippodrome, 1977.

And even better, Locomotive Breath from the same show.

I'm not sure how to interpret the headline. My first impression was:

SNOT IS RUNNING DOWN HIS ROWS!?!

Let's go living in the past

40below

Also, am I the only one who thought this was a criminally underrated album?

No, you aren't the only one.

/will have to give it a listen after work

40below,
Yes, you are.
(Although I've been a Tull apologist most of my life, I just can't do it for the "Under Wraps"-era synth overload stuff.)

I'm just a chick so answer me quick
I love Jethro Tull's song "Thick as a Brick"
But is he crescent fresh?
Please, I'm so distressed!

Tullity-tute, his flute-ity flute
Though it seems un-cress he rocks with the best
So, yes he's crescent fresh
Aqualung, my friend!

/messing up the band name with a person's name is Sifl & Olly's fault, not mine

Subby's thick as a brick.

/Loves me some Tull
//with Ian playing flute whilst standing on one leg.

My buddy calls the flute the "grape pie of instruments". As in "grape pie is amazing, but it's nobody's favourite pie". I didn't even know grape pie existed. He's a very wise man.

Saw Tull waaayyyy back in the 70's - great show. Still have all their early albums on vinyl.

oldebayer: I'd rather hear Tull's gawdawful flute from the front row without an umbrella than listen to Miley Cyrus's unintelligible nasal twanging.

I wouldn't. This is how much I hate Jethro Tull. I would rather be unintelligibly nasal twanged to.

Ever notice that most all the posts in the Music tab are a submitter ragging on a certain performer/band and then all the fans of said act stating all the reasons why submitter is a clueless dick. It is fun, though.

Thick as a Brick and Passion Play are two of the best works ever done by any group. I still listen to them at least once a month. I was always sad that Tull didn't continue in that direction but at least we have those two masterpieces. Thanks, Ian!

I already have the live album: Jethro Dull- Bore 'Em at the Forum.

Ian still plays great flute, but his voice is shot.
Be forewarned before buying tickets and going a long way to see Tull.

Found all my dreams
Inside this paper bag

Though I saw angels
But I could've been wrong

Perhaps the greatest hard rock band of any era.

/hard rock.
//Hard.
///Rock.

I'll go see him again - I saw his concert tour two (three?) years ago and it was pretty great.

Dels: Ian still plays great flute, but his voice is shot.
Be forewarned before buying tickets and going a long way to see Tull.

This is true, but it's not like he ever had a great voice in the first place.

saw tull last year.
they put on a great show and i was impressed with the new material they played.

notmtwain: Thanks for the heads-up subby. I might be able to catch one of the September or October shows in the US.

And thank YOU for the heads up. Last time I looked, Ian/Tull weren't playing in the US.

/just bought tickets for the Baltimore show
//if it's half as good as the Rubbing Elbows tour, I'll be happy

Hey, at least it isn't a saxophone.

Hey, at least it isn't a saxophone.

You obviously have not listened to these guys.

Link (new window)

vossiewulf: Sorry dweebmitter, but I've always loved Tull. Ian Anderson is exactly like a medieval bard who was transported to the 20th century, and discovered sex, drugs (especially coke), and rock and roll. Brilliant, eccentric insanity, and many multiples more talented and creative than the average cry and moan about how the world sucks and you're suffering so badly bands we have today.


On the subject of celebrity, Anderson had this to say: "There's really not much of a difference in who I am on stage and who I am in public. There's a slight shift when you walk out onstage. But I'm the same guy the other 22 hours of the day. I don't drink and I've never taken drugs." He never got around to talking about big Cats either but, his dog did come up. "I think if my dog came to one of my concerts, he'd be looking all around being very unimpressed and saying: 'Oh, this is what he does. When's dinner?'" Link (new window)

Alas, Ian is a teetotaller. Not sure if he ever had a job doing inventory at a golf shop, though.

mhd: Hey, at least it isn't a saxophone.
It could be.

Glasgowsfinest: submitter Ian Anderson and his God-awful flute to go on UK English tour to perform his material and acoustic versions of many of Jethro Tull's hits. It is recommended the first row bring an umbrella.

Love the way they call it a UK tour when he only gets as far north as Bridlington.

Psh. It's still just an afternoon drive for you. Try living in Central PA and seeing a show in Philly.

Subby, I suggest a bag of dicks for you to suck upon.

Dels: Ian still plays great flute, but his voice is shot.
Be forewarned before buying tickets and going a long way to see Tull.

I saw them in Hyderabad, India last November. The audience was as interesting as the band. All in all, a good night out.

Everyone should give a listen to Ian Anderson's Secret Language of Birds album. It is absolutely brilliant.

/long time Tull fan
//subby can blow it out his arse

40below

Also, am I the only one who thought this was a criminally underrated album?


funny, i just listened to that for the first time last weekend... it was an LP for $2, and i *still* didn't buy it...
it was that 'meh' / 'not that great'.

NewHairGrowth

yup.... "Thick" and "passion", along with "Aqualung" are three of my favourite 70's albums EVER.
Maybe it's just because I got "Thick" before "Passion", and listened to it more at first, that I don't like it as much as "Passion".... "thick" has more desposable parts in it [the middle section... the very end of the 1st side, the beginning of the 2nd is just filler to me. also, weirdly enough, I don't like the beginning of side two of "passion" either. [after the story bit. the story was interesting the first time, now it's rather dumb and twee but meh what can you do].
oh and i wished they had used strings in other parts of "thick as a brick", not just those little symphonic passages at the end... drat....

No love for "Stand Up"?

Subby, you should listen to some Songs from the Wood to make you feel much better than you could know.

JerkyMeat

No no, it's BOWL of dicks. You're getting it confused with bag o'coonts.

/And one day when the oil barons have all dripped dry
and the nights are seen to draw colder
They'll beg for your strength, your gentle power
your noble grace and your bearing
And you'll strain once again to the sound of the gulls
in the wake of the deep plough, sharing.

I am sick and tired of tards who only associate Tull/Anderson as a "Robin Hood-rock band"

Like some kind of touring Scarborough fair type schtick.

Tull had MANY touring themes over the years.

Every tour had a different theme and set.

They did this ONE tour in the 70s for a record called "Minstrel in the Gallery" and for some reason everyone can only remember them for that one. (However,Tull can be faulted for recycling this when they put out the mediocre "Broadsword and the Beast" and "Crest of a Knave" records years later)

Also,I thought "Walk Into Light" was a really good record as well. Overall I thought Tull in the 80s was quite lame (except for "A") but Anderson's solo record was very unique.

Remember Eddie Jobson's solo album "Green"?

The outfits from the A tour are pretty funny.

/have most of their albums.
/Heavy Horses one of my favorites

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Video for Kissing Willie (new window) is pretty racy.

thesharkman:
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Yes?

Patterson:

My buddy calls the flute the "grape pie of instruments". As in "grape pie is amazing, but it's nobody's favourite pie". I didn't even know grape pie existed. He's a very wise man.

That's chock fulla win, right there.

I like Tull & I have most of their stuff on vinyl.

Yeah, I'm an old fart. Now if you all will excuse me, I'm off to take my Metamucil & trim my ear hair.

On average, I like Jethro Tull, but there is no band that is more hit-or-miss than they are. Some of their stuff is great, and some is unspeakably bad. I saw Ian Anderson play Tull songs with an orchestra a couple of years ago with Lucia Micarelli on the violin, and it was great. I saw him with the current incarnation of Jethro Tull, and it was awful. I mean, they played "Heavy Horses," which always makes me laugh. Let me find you a filly for your proud stallion seed... Gross.

Where the hell was Biggles
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Yes?

Hola Senor Biggles!

thats cool. That Jethro Tull guy should start his own band. Why work with Ian Anderson?

Where the hell was Biggles: thesharkman:
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Yes?

Where were you?