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MUScoop => The Superbar => Topic started by: MuggsyB on August 07, 2023, 08:10:20 PM

Title: Jethro Tull
Post by: MuggsyB on August 07, 2023, 08:10:20 PM
How big were they in the 70's?  I fking love them. 
Title: Re: Jethro Tull
Post by: Pakuni on August 07, 2023, 08:36:15 PM
They were thick as a brick.
Title: Re: Jethro Tull
Post by: MU82 on August 07, 2023, 09:33:28 PM
They were popular until they were caught sitting on a park bench, eyeing little girls with bad intent.

Plus, the snot running down the nose was gross.
Title: Re: Jethro Tull
Post by: GoFastAndWin on August 07, 2023, 10:12:27 PM
Scoop…
Really don’t mind if you sit this one out.
Title: Re: Jethro Tull
Post by: lurch91 on August 08, 2023, 09:13:17 AM
It all came crashing down when he caught;
His woman and his best friend,
In bed and having fun
Title: Re: Jethro Tull
Post by: MU1in77 on August 08, 2023, 10:00:44 AM
Never a fan - something about Flute solos
Title: Re: Jethro Tull
Post by: Spotcheck Billy on August 08, 2023, 10:40:44 AM
Lend me your ear while I call you a fool
Title: Re: Jethro Tull
Post by: MuggsyB on August 08, 2023, 11:19:20 AM
Lend me your ear while I call you a fool

Great song.
Title: Re: Jethro Tull
Post by: warriorchick on August 08, 2023, 12:21:35 PM
Definitely the most popular rock band among the flute players in our school band.
Title: Re: Jethro Tull
Post by: pbiflyer on August 08, 2023, 10:33:01 PM
Loved his seed drilling invention.
Title: Re: Jethro Tull
Post by: MU82 on August 09, 2023, 07:31:42 AM
He was too o-o-old to rock and ro-o-oll, but he was too young to die.
Title: Re: Jethro Tull
Post by: WarriorFan on August 09, 2023, 01:10:09 PM
This is a great example of the youngsters asking the older and wiser members of scoop for advice and perspective. 
Outstanding use of the forum.

Tull themselves?  Interesting 3-hit wonder.  Hard to listen to a full album.
Title: Re: Jethro Tull
Post by: MU82 on August 09, 2023, 04:17:33 PM
Aqualung ... Thick as a Brick ... Locomotive Breath ... Bungle Through the Jungle ... Too Old To Rock 'N Roll, Too Young To Die ... A New Day Yesterday ... Cross-Eyed Mary ... Songs From the Wood ... Teacher ... Heavy Horses ... Mother Goose ... The Whistler.

More than 3 good songs.
Title: Re: Jethro Tull
Post by: MuggsyB on August 09, 2023, 04:26:00 PM
Yes.  WAY more than "3 good songs".  Please. 

Why the flute prejudice? 
Title: Re: Jethro Tull
Post by: Pakuni on August 09, 2023, 04:37:32 PM
Aqualung ... Thick as a Brick ... Locomotive Breath ... Bungle Through the Jungle ... Too Old To Rock 'N Roll, Too Young To Die ... A New Day Yesterday ... Cross-Eyed Mary ... Songs From the Wood ... Teacher ... Heavy Horses ... Mother Goose ... The Whistler.

More than 3 good songs.

I wasn't a huge fan, but yeah. They had six studio albums that charted in the top 10 (back when such things mattered) and a seventh that checked in at #11.
They weren't Zeppelin or The Who, but far more successful than a three-hit wonder.
Title: Re: Jethro Tull
Post by: Herman Cain on August 09, 2023, 05:05:51 PM
Ian Anderson , of Jethro Tull,commenting on the early days of The Beatles . Interesting insight from a contemporary .

https://www.loudersound.com/features/ian-anderson-hamburg-was-the-beatles-punk-period
Title: Re: Jethro Tull
Post by: NCMUFan on August 09, 2023, 05:18:49 PM
Ian Anderson is an amazing musician and composer.

"Jump up, look around
Find yourself some fun
No sense in sitting there
Hating everyone
No man's an island
And his castle isn't home
The nest is full of nothing
When the bird has flown"

"Life's a long song, but the tune ends too soon for us all."
Title: Re: Jethro Tull
Post by: MuggsyB on August 09, 2023, 05:47:07 PM
Ian Anderson is an amazing musician and composer.

"Jump up, look around
Find yourself some fun
No sense in sitting there
Hating everyone
No man's an island
And his castle isn't home
The nest is full of nothing
When the bird has flown"

"Life's a long song, but the tune ends too soon for us all."

I was not aware of ubiquitous flautist prejudice until today.  And the entire band has solid musicians. 
Title: Re: Jethro Tull
Post by: NCMUFan on August 09, 2023, 06:12:58 PM
I believe this is the concert I went to.
https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/jethro-tull/1977/milwaukee-arena-milwaukee-wi-43c79383.html

IMHO, Ian Anderson's acoustic guitar playing even exceeds his flute playing.
Title: Re: Jethro Tull
Post by: lawdog77 on August 09, 2023, 07:35:38 PM
Be sure to wish Ian a happy birthday tomorrow. Not my type of music, but to each his own.
Title: Re: Jethro Tull
Post by: pbiflyer on August 09, 2023, 09:04:24 PM
Aqualung ... Thick as a Brick ... Locomotive Breath ... Bungle Through the Jungle ... Too Old To Rock 'N Roll, Too Young To Die ... A New Day Yesterday ... Cross-Eyed Mary ... Songs From the Wood ... Teacher ... Heavy Horses ... Mother Goose ... The Whistler.

More than 3 good songs.
Living in the past….
Title: Re: Jethro Tull
Post by: Lennys Tap on August 09, 2023, 10:08:46 PM
Aqualung ... Thick as a Brick ... Locomotive Breath ... Bungle Through the Jungle ... Too Old To Rock 'N Roll, Too Young To Die ... A New Day Yesterday ... Cross-Eyed Mary ... Songs From the Wood ... Teacher ... Heavy Horses ... Mother Goose ... The Whistler.

More than 3 good songs.

I’ll agree with more than 3 good songs. Can’t agree that “Bungle Through The Jungle” was one of them.
Title: Re: Jethro Tull
Post by: MU82 on August 09, 2023, 10:47:54 PM
I’ll agree with more than 3 good songs. Can’t agree that “Bungle Through The Jungle” was one of them.

You don't have to agree, Lenny. There are a bazillion songs out there - something for everyone!
Title: Re: Jethro Tull
Post by: lurch91 on August 10, 2023, 07:18:52 AM
And who can forget when Jethro Tull beating Metallica for the Grammy for Best Heavy Metal Performance? Heavy Metal Flute!
Title: Re: Jethro Tull
Post by: MuggsyB on August 10, 2023, 07:36:00 AM
And who can forget when Jethro Tull beating Metallica for the Grammy for Best Heavy Metal Performance? Heavy Metal Flute!

They're not heavy metal. 
Title: Re: Jethro Tull
Post by: tower912 on August 10, 2023, 07:43:15 AM
That is the point.

Google 'Jethro Tull beats Metallica.'
Title: Re: Jethro Tull
Post by: lurch91 on August 10, 2023, 07:50:03 AM
They're not heavy metal.
You're right, but they still won.  Their manager told them not to show up to the Grammy's thinking there was no way they would win, but they did (foreshadowing for Milli Vanilli????).

In response to their win, Jethro Tull issues this photo.
Title: Re: Jethro Tull
Post by: MU82 on August 10, 2023, 07:59:26 AM
I’ll agree with more than 3 good songs. Can’t agree that “Bungle Through The Jungle” was one of them.

Dang it ... I messed up with my previous response. The proper one, obviously, should have been:

Well, that's all right by me.
Title: Re: Jethro Tull
Post by: Spotcheck Billy on August 10, 2023, 08:19:04 AM
I believe this is the concert I went to.
https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/jethro-tull/1977/milwaukee-arena-milwaukee-wi-43c79383.html

IMHO, Ian Anderson's acoustic guitar playing even exceeds his flute playing.


That was the 1st of several Tull shows that I went to.