Posted on 04/26/2021 4:50:28 AM PDT by mylife
Ian hasn’t given up touring. Not by a long shot.
Oh Gawd that turkey....
You're right, he tours a little (11 dates coming up), but in 2012 he ended Jethro Tull. A few years later he revived the name after a fashion, while Martin Barre has continued to tour under his own name, and does Tull songs.
Nailed it.
I was 13 when I started my first band.
Rush
AC/DC
Van Halen
etc...
What did you play? Do you still play in bands? Aww man, Mr Roboto, really? And that stupid alarm clock song as well, Too Much Time on My Hands. Here’s a few more that made me turn the dial on the radio:
Eye of the Tiger
That song by the Tubes, I think it’s One in a Million
Anything Phil Collins
Dexy’s Midnight Runners, Come on Eileen
Finally, Man-eater by Hall & Oates
Guitar and Bass.
It has been a long time since I was playing Motley Crew, Metallica, Led Zeppelin, Tora Tora, Poison, Judas Priest, etc...
Now I have a home recording studio.
So, the Tubes were a favorite of mine until they jumped the 80’s shark in ‘81 with The Completion Backwards Principal. I used to email back and forth with Bill Spooner (Guitarist).
Anyway, nice chattin’
Believe me there are a LOT worse songs than “we built this city” that came out of the 80s....
Here are just a few:
Ghostbuster’s Theme Song
I wear my sunglasses at night
The Safety Dance
Footloose Theme Song
Beverly Hills Cop Theme Song
It isn’t still in regular rotation because it’s hated. No it’s not the greatest song but hardly is it the worst pop song of the 80s
What about “I’m Too Sexy” by Right Said Fred.
I don’t kind Styx... like a lot of their stuff... but yes the rock “opera” Mr Roboto that DeYoung took them to was just wrong in so many levels...
But “Renegade” will always be a classic
The 70s, 80s, 90s 00s all had some/lots of lousy songs. I choose NOT to remember the trash. It’s primarily why I switched to Talk Radio. The 50s & 60s were still my favor “tune times”.
70s had a lot of real talent... and a lot of crap
80s being photogenic and videos replaces talent...
Today, so little actual talent it’s insane.. can’t even enunciate or carry a tune, but that’s okay. Use pitch perfect and just bounce ass and boobs
A little?! He’s got 42 dates on the website currently, including a block of 11 in 13 days, with a bunch more that are covid canceled. He’s a road dog still averaging over a hundred gigs a year before the world went sideways. Yes he retired Tull for a number of reasons but he ain’t retired by a long shot.
That’s where I pulled my info from. There’s 42 live dates in there. If you scroll down to look at past dates you can see, pre-covid he was nowhere near retired. And won’t be any closer when covid goes away.
I thought it would be good for anyone interested to have the link,
Cool.
Meanwhile Martin’s Aqualung revisit date here got postponed again. Bugger. Martin’s band is really good.
"You didn't build that."
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