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Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 05 2009 at 10:02
Excellent group i have almost everything that they have released including the box sets and BTW the bonues tracks of the remastered were previously released in those box sets, the 20 years of JT and 25 years of JT, very good boxes that contains unreleased tracks, bonus live and excellent booklets.
 
 
 
 




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Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 05 2009 at 13:30
Originally posted by The Whistler The Whistler wrote:

Broadsword, best eighties prog I've heard to date (WARNING! Very uneducated). The first side alone is worth it. 

Stormwatch, not too bad, but SOME of those bonuses should have made it onto the final cut...

Rock Island, not my cuppa tea. Like me those "Whaler's Dues" though; how many other songs are about blowing up whales? HOW MANY ACTYRONG? HOW MANY?!?

Well, there's Don't Kill The Whale (Yes, 1978) although they don't actually sing about explosions. Would that do for at least an honorable mention?
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 05 2009 at 23:28
Originally posted by Bitterblogger Bitterblogger wrote:

Originally posted by The Whistler The Whistler wrote:

Broadsword, best eighties prog I've heard to date (WARNING! Very uneducated). The first side alone is worth it. 

Stormwatch, not too bad, but SOME of those bonuses should have made it onto the final cut...

Rock Island, not my cuppa tea. Like me those "Whaler's Dues" though; how many other songs are about blowing up whales? HOW MANY ACTYRONG? HOW MANY?!?

Well, there's Don't Kill The Whale (Yes, 1978) although they don't actually sing about explosions. Would that do for at least an honorable mention?

Hmm...on the one hand, it does have more of Jon's hippy crap, but on the other hand, it does have a pretty keen guitar solo via Mr. Howe... Well, lemme put it this way: if the song ended with an explosion, symbolizing the end of the whale, then yes, it'd pretty frickin' qualify. Sadly, it don't. But nice try.

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 06 2009 at 04:06
i love tull and have been a fan for ages..i started prog with eloy, and tull floyd and camel soon followed..so the band has a special place in my musical preferences..
i started with taab..and my favs are (in no order)
1-taab
2-broadsword
3-aqualung
4-crest of knave
5-catfish rising
6-rock island
7-stormwatch
8-too old...
9-heavy horses
10-songs from the wood
my least favs are A ..(with the exception of black sunday)
and under wraps..though i enjoy it from time to time..few worthy tracks..but so unlike tull and heavily influenced by the 80s that as a fan it leaves me disappointed..
what is so great about the band, is how much talent ian has..incredible to think that almost all the tull songs from early on were written by him..the other excellent members like the underrated martin barr, have had little creative input..like the waters dominated floyd of the wall and final cut,  
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 08 2009 at 13:51
A great band,very close to symphonic prog,I guess.People don't seem to like Ian Anderson's voice that much,but It's what gives the band some of their charisma.I have to say,I don't like a good share of their work.The first album is awfull,and Stand Up is nice,but not prog at all.Their post mid-70's work is also generally weak compared to their gold period(but I guess that happened to almost all the great seventies prog bands).

My favs are Aqualung,Thick As a Brick(a masterpiece!)and Benefit.

Songs From the Wood is also great,but kind of overated IMO.
One of my absolute favourite songs,Witche's Promise,  was orginally released as a single in 1970 and was only album-featured in Living in the Past,years later(also a GREAT compilation).
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 08 2009 at 20:33
How great was Tulls 1971. Forget about side 2 of Aqualung, which I believe to be a bit simplistic in regards to melody and Ians voice sounds a bit annoying on alot of Side 2. But Side 1 is classic Tull. Cross eyed Mary and Aqualung are pretty much classic heavy rockers with a prog touch and the 2 short gems Cheap day return and Wondring aloud, plus the 2 underrated acoustics Mother goose and Up to me. But is Side 1 better than the Life is a long song ep. We have the classic title acoustic song Life is a long song and the equally great Up the pool and Wondring again acoustics. What about the cool numbers Dr Bogenbroom and For later? So much quality from 1 band in 1 year Smile
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 09 2009 at 13:58
Jethro Tull got me hooked with Cross Eyed Mary. My favourite songs are the latter, Wond'ring Again, Thick As A Brick ( Side 1 ). The Third Hoorah, and Minstrell In The Gallery. This is my short list as I have all of their music. Ian Anderson is a genius even if he is a bit extravagant.. Their early period ( Living In The Past ) was I feel their finest music or their "Peak". Too bad John Evans faded away album by album.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 09 2009 at 18:41
Agree about John Evan. His fade started early, as the John Evan Band was the original name.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 10 2009 at 10:00
One thing which really sets them apart is how they have continued to make music which both has their trademark sound, but has moved with the times for 40 years now. They have aged very gracefully in my opinion by embracing world music sounds to complement their folk-leaning side. I lost track of them for a while, but enjoy RTB, etc. for what it is; may not gain many new fans, but has kept the old ones (at least this one) on board.
 
Do not forget, Aqualung is what put them over the top in the US, and was the thinking person's heavy rock album. But, when Thick as a Brick came out, it was completely new ground being broken. In its own way Songs from the Wood was also a revelation. Finally, Tull has always been great live, Ian really knows how to put on a show!
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 10 2009 at 11:32
okay my post about listening to Minsterl got me listening to it real close and at about 4 or 5 minutes into the title song there is a riff which some metal band stole. I think its a black metal band like Emperor or satyricon..maybe Darkthrone can anyone help with this. I just want to know so the next time my "metal only" friends talk sh*t about prog and Tull I can one up them
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 10 2009 at 13:09
Who is this Jethro Tull guy anyway? Tongue

Edited by Slartibartfast - February 10 2009 at 20:42
Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened...

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 10 2009 at 14:52
He`s left over. Right now my favourite Tull album is jtull.com. The only Tull album with a female vocalist.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 10 2009 at 15:20
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Most played, but absolutely not my favourite band. I absolutely adored them initially, but nowadays I just don't get the same kick out of their music, and find many of the albums kind of uneven. Still, a number of extraordinary songs Smile

  
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 10 2009 at 15:39
Wait for the next album man !
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 10 2009 at 20:49
Originally posted by Vibrationbaby Vibrationbaby wrote:

He`s left over. Right now my favourite Tull album is jtull.com. The only Tull album with a female vocalist.
 
Very underrated album. It may be a bit long but there are some real gems on this album and the outtake 'It all trickles down' is probably better than half the songs on the album. Adding the outtake, you'll find a strong 40 minutes worth of music among the 60 minutes. One of the better rock sessions in the last 25 years imo
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 13 2009 at 10:14
Originally posted by Bitterblogger Bitterblogger wrote:

Agree about John Evan. His fade started early, as the John Evan Band was the original name.
It was actually called The Blades ( after the bar in the James Bond novel Casino Royale of which Anderson was a fan. His fancy for spy novels was later reflected by the lyrical content on the 1984 album Under Wraps which for some reason is considered to be one of their weaker records), the name was then switched to  The John Evan band, then to  the John Evan Smash ( his real name was Evans but I guess they deleted the S because sounded better Confused. His mother had provided the tour van they used to haul their equipment around in during Tull`s formative years from `63 - `65.


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 13 2009 at 10:24
Originally posted by Slartibartfast Slartibartfast wrote:

Who is this Jethro Tull guy anyway? Tongue
Remember that witch in the 1939 movie The Wizard of Oz who melts after a young girl tosses water on her. That would be Jethro Tull. Don`t believe all the nonsense of him being an 18th century agronomist who invented some kind drill for planting seeds in a straight row. He was definitely the Witch in that movie.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 13 2009 at 10:38
I`m suprised that none of you guys have mentioned Bursting Out. Killer live album  witha wicked Barimore Barloow drum solo on the instrumental Conundrum which incidently has a couple of meanings : An intricate problem or a riddle or joke whose answer contains a pun. Snce it`s an instrumental track hard to say what the intended meaning is supposed to be but I would go with the latter.

Edited by Vibrationbaby - February 13 2009 at 10:40
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 13 2009 at 10:49
Another overlooked one is Broadsword. Apparently much more popular in Europe than the Americas. Upon reflection, it may be his goodbye to the Tull as they had been, and the turning point toward a lighter, more mature style, in keeping with their advancing years.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 13 2009 at 12:05
A real overlooked Tull album is 'A' as well as the awesome Roots to Branches which brings back the Prog roots in a perfect state.
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