Jethro Tull Appreciation Thread

Discussion in 'Music Corner' started by tootull, Jun 21, 2006.

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  1. Marvin

    Marvin Senior Member

    Add Procol Harum to that list (or substitute them for the Moodies) and I'm with you 100%
    on this.

    In any case, I first got into Tull with Aqualung but afterwards decided that Benefit and Stand Up were their two best (in that order). I stopped following them after Minstrel in the Gallery, however; great song, but I don't recall liking much else on the album. Maybe I should check out one of their later albums one of these days.
     
  2. pig whisperer

    pig whisperer CD Member

    Location:
    Tokyo, Japan
    How does the "A Little Light Music" CD rate with other live stuff?
     
  3. tootull

    tootull Looking through a glass onion Thread Starter

    Location:
    Canada
    Tull's excellent adventure! :D It's great! 1992 Stands alone!
     
  4. John Buchanan

    John Buchanan I'm just a headphone kind of fellow. Stax Sigma

    I did a quick comparison between "The Originals" and remastered versions of This Was track 5 (Serenade To A Cuckoo). The remaster sounds very good, but "The Originals" version is drowned in noise reduction - the soft introduction almost sounds like a faulty tape had been used because of this. The remaster also has plenty of hiss that The Originals version doesn't. The covers are great, but the sound is not very good. I noticed this on Stand Up as well - the studio ambience would drop out when the volume of the song reduced. Benefit I just couldn't care about - I must be the only person in the world who really dislikes this album.
    In summary, buy "The Originals" for the covers, not the sound.
     
  5. pig whisperer

    pig whisperer CD Member

    Location:
    Tokyo, Japan
    I've grown tired of "Some Girls" so I know where you are coming from.

    John, since you have such an unbiased opinion of "Benefit," which version sounds better to you? Do you also have the original US disc? Is there at least one song you like?

    I've read that the remaster of "This Was" is a good one.
     
  6. John Buchanan

    John Buchanan I'm just a headphone kind of fellow. Stax Sigma

    I've only got the Originals and the remaster now. I'll do a shoot out today. If only Steve could have followed through with the remaster on this one - I seem to remember problems with finding the original master tape (Aqualung took 5 years(!!) to locate).
     
  7. yesstiles

    yesstiles Senior Member

    My fave 5:

    1. A Passion Play
    2. Minstrel in the Gallery
    3. Chateau D'Isaster
    4. Benefit
    5. Aqualung

    Stand Up and Songs from the Wood have always left me cold. They're okay, but the songs don't do anything for me. The five albums in my list (also Thick as a Brick) all have a magic to them that never gets old.

    Long Live Tull!
     
  8. MITBeta

    MITBeta New Member

    Location:
    Plymouth, MA
    I've enjoyed reading everyone's praise for Tull over the last 4.5 pages. They've been my favorite band since about 1988 (I was 12 that year...).

    We got to meet Andy Giddings and Jonathan Noyce last summer when I saw them in concert for the upteenth time.

    Anyway, I like all the Tull albums, I won't single any out today because my mood will change tomorrow and a different set will be number one.

    With regard to Tull lyrics: Some of you will remember the interview on the (awful) 25th anniversary release of Thick As A Brick where Ian talks about his small falling out with Jimmy Paige over a comment Ian made about Led Zepplin -- (paraphrased by quoted anyway) "With their music and my lyrics we could make a pretty good band."

    "Somebody's home in the ash-fall margins;
    Somebody's life in the lost and found.
    Breaking news from the hotel Vue Pointe.
    Sinking feeling, sink another beer down."
     
  9. yesstiles

    yesstiles Senior Member

    What's wrong with that cd? I thought it was generally regarded as the best version available on compact disc?
     
  10. seed_drill

    seed_drill Senior Member

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    YEAH, I caught that. Ian told an amusing story in concert about playing Elegy at Palmer's daughter's wedding, and as he started to play she burst into tears (of joy) but still distracting to his concentration!

    Then he proceeded to play Elegy. We were second row. Very cool.
     
  11. seed_drill

    seed_drill Senior Member

    Location:
    Tryon, NC, USA
    I've got the original cd. Also have the German lp, which, while shortened (as were all lp versions), has a textured cover like the original Heavy Horses had.

    I always loved "Part of the Machine", it actually got decent airplay in my area when released. Can't say I miss it as a bonus track, as I have it on the box and cd single.

    Speaking of the 20 Year box set, Columbia House kept offering this set for YEARS after it went OOP. I bought at least half a dozen of them over the years, kept the "free" cds for myself, and sold the boxed set on consignment.

    I kind of regret it, but I actually let my own cd copy go too, after picking up a mint 5 lp version.

    The copy I gave my brother now has a CDR replacement disc in it, because all his car cds were ripped off. :mad:
     
  12. tootull

    tootull Looking through a glass onion Thread Starter

    Location:
    Canada
    :thumbsup: Excellent remaster!
     
  13. tootull

    tootull Looking through a glass onion Thread Starter

    Location:
    Canada
    Catfish Rising Sept. 1991

    The 90's
    Rolling Stone - called "Catfish Rising" a return to blues form.

    Fav. tracks 'Rocks On The Road' 'Thinking Round Corners'
    'Doctor My Disease' & 'When Jesus Came To Play'

    "So it was an album born out of having fun making a kind of rock music using more traditional, woody sort of instruments with an emphasis on blues being the musical feeling behind most of it, rather than having classical or any folk references." -Ian Anderson
     
  14. tootull

    tootull Looking through a glass onion Thread Starter

    Location:
    Canada
    Nightcap Nov. 1993

    Excellent - All Tull fans should own this out-takes comp. double album.
     
  15. tootull

    tootull Looking through a glass onion Thread Starter

    Location:
    Canada
    Ian Anderson Divinities 1995 Roots To Branches Sept. 1995

    Anderson enjoys Eastern art and some Eastern philosophy.

    The Eastern influenced albums. :)

    Divinities = EMI classical
     
  16. grbl

    grbl Just Lurking

    Location:
    Long Island
    I love everything Tull did through A, and I even like Broadsword. After that, it all leaves me cold.

    My favorites (in no order):

    Benefit
    Minstrel in the Gallery
    Songs From the Wood
    Heavy Horses
    Living in the Past
     
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  17. tootull

    tootull Looking through a glass onion Thread Starter

    Location:
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    j-tull DOT COM 1999 Ian Anderson The Secret Language Of Birds 1999

    Double your pleasure - double your fun - A great end to the 90's Two great albums.
     
  18. ZappaSG

    ZappaSG New Member

    Location:
    Philadelphia

    How do you rate the Ian Anderson albums? I'd like to get some but don't know where to start!
     
  19. seed_drill

    seed_drill Senior Member

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    Tryon, NC, USA
    I read that before Zappa became ill, he'd put out feelers to Ian to work on a project together, but Ian couldn't get up the nerve to call him back (I think Zappa's cancer became public knowledge about the same time).

    Wouldn't that have been an interesting project!
     
  20. tootull

    tootull Looking through a glass onion Thread Starter

    Location:
    Canada
    Rated in listening order

    1.The Secret Language Of Birds (10) - if you like j-tull DOT COM

    2. Rupi's Dance (9) if you like The Secret Language Of Birds

    3. Walk Into Light (8) if you like Under Wraps

    4. Divinities for classical (10) - Stands alone! Like Tull, incomparable!
     
  21. ZappaSG

    ZappaSG New Member

    Location:
    Philadelphia


    Thanks!!!

    I am very excited! Think I might need to pick one up before vacation!

    :agree:
     
  22. tootull

    tootull Looking through a glass onion Thread Starter

    Location:
    Canada
    :thumbsup:
     
  23. MITBeta

    MITBeta New Member

    Location:
    Plymouth, MA
    Divinities is a great album...
     
  24. Jeff57

    Jeff57 Senior Member


    Where did you find a woman with that kind of musical taste and passion? I'd give anything to have my wife care about music 1/10th the amount I do.

    Although she is passionate about American Idol! :sigh:
     
  25. ZappaSG

    ZappaSG New Member

    Location:
    Philadelphia


    I must say I am quite lucky! Not to brag but on Saturday afternoon we were cleaning the apartment and she said:

    "Throw on that heavy Eric Burdon.....you know, Black Man's Burdon."

    SO I did of course.

    "HEY! A little volume please!!"

    :love:
     
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