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Jethro Tull ~ Locomotive Breath (1971)
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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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To: Kudsman

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.


21 posted on 11/15/2024 2:01:41 PM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: dfwgator
Fantastic album! As is "Misplaced Childhood".

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.

22 posted on 11/15/2024 2:07:28 PM PST by FateAmenableToChange
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To: Salamander

ping


23 posted on 11/15/2024 2:07:29 PM PST by null and void ( Every political system is flawed, and all bureaucracies are corrupt. ~ chud)
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To: dfwgator
Sabbath is another incredibly creative band. I wonder how much of that time was the music versus how much of it was the willingness to be creative and risk failure. Taylor Swift never risked failure from her music - it's crafted and blended like an absolutely mediocre whiskey. Satisfying in the moment but boring overall. I will literally never be interested in listening to that during the deep dark night of the soul moments. OTOH, Jethro Tull, Creedence, Hawkmoon, Fish (Derek Dick) (see above), and a few others, when you're just chilling and need something intricate, complex, deep, powerful, and amazing, that's where I go.

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.

24 posted on 11/15/2024 2:13:14 PM PST by FateAmenableToChange
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To: dfwgator

I saw JT several times back in the day. Always a solid performance.

L


25 posted on 11/15/2024 2:14:42 PM PST by Lurker ( Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is.)
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To: DallasBiff

Excellent! Saw Jethro Tull four times in concert and Ian Anderson and the band always did a great show.


26 posted on 11/15/2024 2:15:12 PM PST by Rummyfan ( In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man.)
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To: 6ppc

Aqualung- 1972 in El Paso.

It was great!


27 posted on 11/15/2024 2:15:47 PM PST by bosco24
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To: Lurker

I’m jealous. I was just a little past their live performances.


28 posted on 11/15/2024 2:15:57 PM PST by FateAmenableToChange
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To: plain talk
A forgotten gem of an LP is Benefit when the band was finding its way.

Benefit was a great album.

29 posted on 11/15/2024 2:17:19 PM PST by Rummyfan ( In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man.)
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To: DallasBiff

Before dumpster fires, a trainwreck was the best metaphor.

Sleepy Joe stole the handle.


30 posted on 11/15/2024 2:19:24 PM PST by bigbob (Yes. We ARE going back!)
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To: FateAmenableToChange

Only band I have ever listened to that incorporated flute solos in their songs.


31 posted on 11/15/2024 2:22:27 PM PST by Jraider (Sheila)
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To: dfwgator
Why do all prog singers go bald? (Jon Anderson being an exception)

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.

32 posted on 11/15/2024 2:24:07 PM PST by FateAmenableToChange
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To: DallasBiff

One of my all time favorites!


33 posted on 11/15/2024 2:24:12 PM PST by Enterprise (These people have no honor, no belief, no poetry, no art, no humor, no patriotism.)
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To: 6ppc

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.


34 posted on 11/15/2024 2:32:32 PM PST by be-baw
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To: be-baw

Typo: lost acoustics should read lousy acoustics.


35 posted on 11/15/2024 2:34:39 PM PST by be-baw
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To: DallasBiff
I played the daylights out of this album


36 posted on 11/15/2024 2:37:44 PM PST by thegagline (Sic semper tyrannis! Trump & Vance, 2024! (Formerly) Goldwater & Thomas Sowell)
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To: thegagline

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.


37 posted on 11/15/2024 2:54:12 PM PST by be-baw
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To: DallasBiff

‘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


38 posted on 11/15/2024 2:58:56 PM PST by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives)
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To: thegagline

Skating Away?


39 posted on 11/15/2024 2:59:42 PM PST by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives)
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To: Huskrrrr

“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!


40 posted on 11/15/2024 3:06:15 PM PST by ProtectOurFreedom (Republicans are the party that says ‘Government doesn’t work.’ Then they get elected and prove it.)
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