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Jethro Tull
I have a friend who is as obsessed with Jethro Tull as I am with Pink Floyd (don't worry, its a healthy obsession). To make a long story short, he gave me "Thick as a Brick" and I have to say it is one of my favorite albums now (it has great music and the Anderson's lyrics are comparable to Water's). He let me listen to <i>Songs from the Wood</i> and <i>Aqualung</i> and they are both great albums also. Tull is a good break from Floyd if you have overplayed Floyd's stuff, and I would recommend <i>Thick as a Brick</i> to everyone.
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I have the original Thick as a Brick vinyl with the newspaper...excellent album, though my favourite has always been Heavy Horses. I have all their 70's albums on vinyl, and a few like Heavy Horses and Songs From the Wood on CD as well. They're coming to my city this spring, and I'm hoping to get tickets, as I've never had the chance to see them live.
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I like Jethro Tull my favorite is Aqualung theres not one duff track on this album, Ian Anderson wrote some of his best lyrics for this a great masterpiece. My all time favorite track has to be from Stand Up - We Used To Know It's the fuzz guitar from the first time I heard it made my hairs on the back of my neck stand up.
IMHO a underrated group and Ian Anderson as a song writer is in my top 5.
IMHO a underrated group and Ian Anderson as a song writer is in my top 5.
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I have "Aqualung", "Thick As A Brick", "Original Masters", and "Crest of a Knave". I think "Aqualung" has to be my favorite, though.
Growing up, my grandparents had a cabin near Yellowstone Park in Montana. One summer I invited a friend up there and I can distinctively remember playing billiards in the basement and listening to songs like "Locomotive Breath" and "Cross-Eyed Mary" off "Aqualung". The cabin is gone now so it's nice to put on a little Jethro Tull and reminisce.
Growing up, my grandparents had a cabin near Yellowstone Park in Montana. One summer I invited a friend up there and I can distinctively remember playing billiards in the basement and listening to songs like "Locomotive Breath" and "Cross-Eyed Mary" off "Aqualung". The cabin is gone now so it's nice to put on a little Jethro Tull and reminisce.
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If I were to make a Tull thread, it would be exactly like this. I love Jethro. Budapest ftw.I have a friend who is as obsessed with Jethro Tull as I am with Pink Floyd (don't worry, its a healthy obsession). To make a long story short, he gave me "Thick as a Brick" and I have to say it is one of my favorite albums now (it has great music and the Anderson's lyrics are comparable to Water's). He let me listen to Songs from the Wood and Aqualung and they are both great albums also. Tull is a good break from Floyd if you have overplayed Floyd's stuff, and I would recommend Thick as a Brick to everyone.
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tull is also one of my favorites. if you enjoyed "thick as a brick" give a listen to "a passion play". its similar in that it's one long piece of music in several movements split up only by the need to turn the record over. in the case of "a passion play" the music is bisected by "the story of the hare who lost his spectacles". many years ago i memorized that bit and would tell it to my son as a bed time story. he loved it!
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This is the story of the Hare who lost his spectacles.
Owl loved to rest quietly whilst no one was watching. Sitting on a fence one day, he was surprised when suddenly a Kangaroo ran close by.
Now this may not seem strange, but when Owl overheard Kangaroo whisper to no one in particular, "The Hare has lost his spectacles", well, he began to wonder.
Presently, the moon appeared from behind a cloud and there, lying on
the grass was Hare. In the stream that flowed by the grass -- a
Newt. and sitting astride a twig of a bush -- a Bee.
Ostensibly motionless, the Hare was trembling with excitement, for
without his spectacles he was completely helpless. Where were his
Spectacles? Could someone have stolen them? Had he mislaid them? What
was he to do?
Bee wanted to help, and thinking he had the answer began: "You
probably ate them thinking they were a carrot."
"No!" interrupted Owl, who was wise. "I have good eye-sight, insight,
and foresight. How could an intelligent hare make such a silly mistake?" But all this time, Owl had been sitting on the fence, scowling!
Kangaroo were hopping mad at this sort of talk. She thought herself
far superior in intelligence to the others. She was their leader; Their guru. She had the answer: "Hare, you must go in search of the optician." But then she realized that Hare was completely helpless without his
spectacles. and so, Kangaroo loudly proclaimed, "I cant send Hare in
search of anything!"
"You can guru, you can!" shouted Newt. "You can send him with Owl.
But Owl had gone to sleep. Newt knew too much to be stopped by so
small a problem -- "You can take him in your pouch." but alas, hare
Was much too big to fit into Kangaroo's pouch.
All this time, it had been quite plain to Hare that the others knew
nothing about spectacles.
As for all their tempting ideas, well Hare didnt care. The lost spectacles were his own affair. And after all, Hare did have a spare a-pair.
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This is the story of the Hare who lost his spectacles.
Owl loved to rest quietly whilst no one was watching. Sitting on a fence one day, he was surprised when suddenly a Kangaroo ran close by.
Now this may not seem strange, but when Owl overheard Kangaroo whisper to no one in particular, "The Hare has lost his spectacles", well, he began to wonder.
Presently, the moon appeared from behind a cloud and there, lying on
the grass was Hare. In the stream that flowed by the grass -- a
Newt. and sitting astride a twig of a bush -- a Bee.
Ostensibly motionless, the Hare was trembling with excitement, for
without his spectacles he was completely helpless. Where were his
Spectacles? Could someone have stolen them? Had he mislaid them? What
was he to do?
Bee wanted to help, and thinking he had the answer began: "You
probably ate them thinking they were a carrot."
"No!" interrupted Owl, who was wise. "I have good eye-sight, insight,
and foresight. How could an intelligent hare make such a silly mistake?" But all this time, Owl had been sitting on the fence, scowling!
Kangaroo were hopping mad at this sort of talk. She thought herself
far superior in intelligence to the others. She was their leader; Their guru. She had the answer: "Hare, you must go in search of the optician." But then she realized that Hare was completely helpless without his
spectacles. and so, Kangaroo loudly proclaimed, "I cant send Hare in
search of anything!"
"You can guru, you can!" shouted Newt. "You can send him with Owl.
But Owl had gone to sleep. Newt knew too much to be stopped by so
small a problem -- "You can take him in your pouch." but alas, hare
Was much too big to fit into Kangaroo's pouch.
All this time, it had been quite plain to Hare that the others knew
nothing about spectacles.
As for all their tempting ideas, well Hare didnt care. The lost spectacles were his own affair. And after all, Hare did have a spare a-pair.
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