Ian Anderson disses prog

Ian said that before playing Thick As A Brick when I saw Jethro Tull in March. But he said they were also up their own arse and that ''it was actually quite nice up there!'' 

Edited by Adams Bolero - November 08 2011 at 13:27

I reckon there are some members of this site that agree with what he says and are not joking

bucka001 wrote: cstack3 wrote: Chris S wrote: Please guys.....Ian Anderson is just having a laugh. Get a SOH EXACTLY!  For Christ's sake, he's being interviewed in front of a huge "Prog Rocks" sign by prog critics (who were, by the way, fawning all over Yes and ELP whilst slamming "Passion Play."). He's just having some fun at the expense of the audience, totally in character!!    I would have been surprised if he said anything different!  Maybe IA should square off against Rick Wakeman's "Grumpy Old Rick" TV routine?  It would be rather hilarious!   See my post above (below...ha ha!) and, if you get a chance, let me know what your vibe is about his quote in Classic Rock, which I give below: Yeah, he is (as I mentioned) probably just larking about, but he's trying to have his cake and eat it too. He's taken potshots at prog bands before and, even though it's a bit tongue in cheek, one gets the feeling he kind of feels that way. But, it's like, "hey, since I'm being sort of jokey about it, you can't really get mad at me; I'm not totally serious here..."   A few issues ago, in Classic Rock Presents Prog, he stated, "Prog became a bit of a joke, really. Perhaps the archetpal prog rock bands were the spaghetti noodlers like Yes and ELP, who could take a good idea and make it last for days! Some of it was silly, when you think about Peter Gabriel dressed a giant sunflower. It was ridiculous."   I don't even totally disagree with him. I just think it's rich coming from him. A dude in tights, with one leg elevated and foot upon knee, and playing the flute ain't exactly a whole lot more badass than a guy in a sunflower mask...

cstack3 wrote: Chris S wrote: Please guys.....Ian Anderson is just having a laugh. Get a SOH EXACTLY!  For Christ's sake, he's being interviewed in front of a huge "Prog Rocks" sign by prog critics (who were, by the way, fawning all over Yes and ELP whilst slamming "Passion Play."). He's just having some fun at the expense of the audience, totally in character!!    I would have been surprised if he said anything different!  Maybe IA should square off against Rick Wakeman's "Grumpy Old Rick" TV routine?  It would be rather hilarious!

Chris S wrote: Please guys.....Ian Anderson is just having a laugh. Get a SOH

Well considering Jethro Tull recently headlined the High Voltage festivals Prog stage i'd like to think he was joking.

There's a road stretched out between us like a ribbon on the high plain.

Please guys.....Ian Anderson is just having a laugh. Get a SOH

What an a****le. I'm not gonna hold the idiot he's become against the witty, talented guy he used to be.

Saw Jethro Tull a couple of years ago, and it was the lamest, most uninspired concert I've been to in ages. Ian's lost his voice, his good taste (+ hair). The sh*tty Enya synths, metal drums and hair metal guitar managed to ruin every single classic he ever wrote. The flute was ok. He's also ten years late dissing pretentious proggers.

Actually, the reason why he made TAAB into a concept album was because people kept on calling Aqualung a concept album, even though he denied it. So he decided to create a concept album. When he mentions that TAAB was a "spoof" album, I think he was refering to the way the song was written and not how the story evolves.