Posted on 11/15/2024 1:33:01 PM PST by DallasBiff
"Locomotive Breath" was released on Jethro Tull's 1971 album Aqualung. An edit of the song was released in the US as a single in 1971, backed with "Wind-Up", though it did not chart. A 1976 single release of the song, backed with "Fat Man", was more successful, reaching number 59 on the Billboard charts. It is one of Jethro Tull's best-known songs and has be
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In fact Iommi credits his time with Ian, in showing him how to run a band, likely Sabbath would never have made it if he hadn’t spent the time with JT.
The early Marillion albums are all incredible. When you listen to "Grendel" the poetry is amazing, esp. when combined with the driving and pounding beat at the bridge. I hate the comparisons to Genesis, since even early Genesis was not as good as Fish in early Marillion or Fish when he went solo. "Garden Party" is desperately poignant. And nothing will ever compare to "Script for a Jester's Tear."
Also, their attempt at pop, "Keyleigh", during that time period was drivel.
All of that said, I'm still on Ian Anderson. The lyrics and the flute are permanently stuck in my head. Just absolutely perfect rock. Apparently without trying desperately to sink into the mainstream, they succeeded in catching the attention and vibe of millions. So amazing awesome.
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When you're 20, maybe Justin Bieber or Rick Springfield of 1984 sound good. At 50, I don't have time or interest to give to cotton candy music.
I saw JT several times back in the day. Always a solid performance.
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Excellent! Saw Jethro Tull four times in concert and Ian Anderson and the band always did a great show.
Aqualung- 1972 in El Paso.
It was great!
I’m jealous. I was just a little past their live performances.
Benefit was a great album.
Before dumpster fires, a trainwreck was the best metaphor.
Sleepy Joe stole the handle.
Only band I have ever listened to that incorporated flute solos in their songs.
I'm sure Dr. Fauci could answer that better than I could, but I suspect it has something to do with the water. See....if they let Ian Anderson or Derek Dick parade around with hair, then it would be like the romance novel covers from the 1980s with Fabio. Such a confluence of en-haired, masculine, poetic, guitaredness and vocalishness would literally destroy Western Civilization. We couldn't handle it. So in cooperation with the CDC and the NIH, researchers developed a virus that would inflict male pattern baldness upon musicians approaching the pinnacle of awesomness at the earliest opportunity.
I saw Fish at a 750 person show in 1997. He was absolutely rocking the shemagh and the baldness. The deep state failed to put him down.
One of my all time favorites!
I saw Tull in Jenison Field House at Michigan State University in about 1972-73. They were promoting their just released album, Passion Play. Seats were general admission, i.e. not reserved. We were waiting in line for quite a while when the doors finally opened. Then I experienced something terrifying. I was being pushed by a massive crowd of people and I had no control over it. I made it through tfine, but I learned that was an experience I should be able to avoid for the rest of my life.
Despite lost acoustics the concert was great. They played Locomotive Breath, Living in the Past, both sides of Thick as a Brick and all of Passion Play. Ian Anderson was awesome.
Typo: lost acoustics should read lousy acoustics.
I listened to Songs from the Wood a lot too. It seemed like a comeback at the time.
If I remember correctly Tull won a Grammy in 1989 in the “Heavy Metal” category for their album Farm on the Freeway. It’s a pretty good album, but it’s not heavy metal.
I don’t follow the Grammy Awards but it seems there should be a Progressive Rock category for bands like Jethro Tull, Yes, Genesis, King Crimson and many others.
But most of those folks are in the twilights of their careers. There is still time for Lifetime Achievement Awards. I’m sure there is a multitude of contemporary Progressive Rock bands whose efforts are worthy of recognition.
‘The river is full of crocodile nasties
And He who made kittens put snakes in the grass’
nasty snakes
Yeah, democrats. Hold me closer Tony Danza
Skating Away?
“underground FM station”
I haven’t heard that in years. We had KSHE in St. Louis. I somehow stumbled upon it when going through the FM dial. All sorts of unusual music and no commercials — it was wonderful!
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