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Minstrel in the gallery (Classic Rock Appreciation)
The Washington Times ^ | 10-13-05 | Dan Campbell

Posted on 10/13/2005 11:33:22 AM PDT by JZelle

It may be a 50 Cent, hip-hop world at most American high schools today, but Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin and Jethro Tull still rule at Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology in Fairfax County. At least they do when the school's wildly popular Classic Rock Appreciation Club convenes its weekly meetings. The club's second year began with a bang and a wheeze yesterday when, speak of the devil, a very special musical guest came calling: Jethro Tull frontman Ian Anderson, 58, the flutist, singer and guitarist who has led the band through 21 studio albums and countless tours over 37 years. Tull is playing at Constitution Hall tonight, and Mr. Anderson accepted an invitation to pay his respects to the club, impressed that another generation of fans is growing up with an appreciation for music recorded long before they were even born. Thomas Jefferson High is often cited as the most academically advanced public high school in the nation, with virtually 100 percent of its students going to college. Mr. Anderson discussed his music and answered questions for students and faculty members who gathered in one of the school's lecture halls a few hours after students completed the PSAT college-entrance exam.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Virginia
KEYWORDS: classicrock; fairfaxcounty; jethrotull; ledzeppelin; leotards; music; pinkfloyd; publicschools; shutupandsing; thewho; thickasabrick
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Pink Floyd is timeless!!
1 posted on 10/13/2005 11:33:28 AM PDT by JZelle
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To: JZelle

Really don't mind if you sit this one out...


2 posted on 10/13/2005 11:34:23 AM PDT by Tennessee_Bob ("Nac Mac Feegle! The Wee Free Men! Nae king! Nae quin! Nae laird! We willna be fooled again!")
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To: JZelle
I often wonder how much better their music might have become if Syd Barrett hadn't lost his mind.
3 posted on 10/13/2005 11:35:54 AM PDT by wideawake (God bless our brave troops and their Commander-in-Chief)
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To: JZelle
I hate to see the American flag hanging out of every bloody station wagon, out of every SUV, every little Midwestern house in some residential area. It's easy to confuse patriotism with nationalism. Flag waving ain't gonna do it. -- Ian Anderson
4 posted on 10/13/2005 11:37:21 AM PDT by martin_fierro (< |:)~)
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To: JZelle

I heard "Aqualung" on the radio yesterday. That guy could play the heck out of a flute.


5 posted on 10/13/2005 11:37:54 AM PDT by L98Fiero
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To: JZelle

Ian Anderson is greatest rock flutist EVER!


6 posted on 10/13/2005 11:38:48 AM PDT by vrwinger (You're entitled to your own opinion, but not your own facts.)
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To: JZelle

Yes and Deep Purple are timeless. Kansas is timeless. Loggins and Messina are timeless. Jethro Tull does not translate too well in to the 21st century due to its blatant anti-Christian flavor. And I can't believe I even listed to America.


7 posted on 10/13/2005 11:39:08 AM PDT by AppyPappy (If you aren't part of the solution, there is good money to be made prolonging the problem.)
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To: Tennessee_Bob

skating away on the thin ice of a new day


8 posted on 10/13/2005 11:39:50 AM PDT by tumblindice
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To: JZelle

I saw Tull when they were touring "Heavy Horses" back in '78. Anderson had a bottle of Jack Daniels black label on a speaker, and would duck back and chug during Barre's guitar breaks, extended non-flute instrumentals, basically any time he wasn't singing, talking, or playing. I was amazed that he was still on his feet after the set. He may be a Bush-bashing liberal puke, but the dude could definitely hold his hooch.


9 posted on 10/13/2005 11:41:04 AM PDT by Luddite Patent Counsel (Theyre digging through all of your files, stealing back your best ideas.)
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To: JZelle

Kids with good taste in music! Whoda thunk it?


10 posted on 10/13/2005 11:43:27 AM PDT by Hank Rearden (Never allow anyone who could only get a government job attempt to tell you how to run your life.)
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--I heard "Aqualung" on the radio yesterday. That guy could play the heck out of a flute.---

But the song really could have used more cowbell.


11 posted on 10/13/2005 11:44:12 AM PDT by flashbunny ("Somebody up there really screwed the pooch on this one." - Another Poster on the Miers nomination)
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To: AppyPappy
Kansas is timeless. Loggins and Messina are timeless

I think we're talking classic rock, not classic elevator music! :) I loved those guys in their time...but would never include them in a classic rock category.

12 posted on 10/13/2005 11:45:10 AM PDT by blu (People, for God's sake, think for yourselves!)
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To: flashbunny
--I heard "Aqualung" on the radio yesterday. That guy could play the heck out of a flute.---

But the song really could have used more cowbell.

I'll bet Debbie Boone could really rock with Aqualung!!!

13 posted on 10/13/2005 11:46:38 AM PDT by SirChas (I seem to be rapidly approaching the apex of my mediocre career)
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To: AppyPappy

Did musicians do drugs in the `70s?
America: "He rides the sky like an eagle in the eye of a hurricane that's abandoned."
"Lizards and snakes in the air . ."
"Sorry Joe, but I ain't been hit by purple rain."

And Manfred Mann: "And little Hurley Gurley turned my anus curley-wurley, and asked me if I needed a ride."

Back then when you said "Hi!" to someone, they replied, "Yes". Series.


14 posted on 10/13/2005 11:46:39 AM PDT by tumblindice
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To: JZelle

My favorite band since '73.


15 posted on 10/13/2005 11:46:58 AM PDT by Auntbee (Depression is merely anger without enthusiasm.)
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To: vrwinger
Definitely in the top 10!
16 posted on 10/13/2005 11:47:20 AM PDT by proudpapa (of three.)
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To: tumblindice

Yes, but, the mouse police never sleeps...


17 posted on 10/13/2005 11:48:29 AM PDT by Hegemony Cricket (19 out of 20 imams declare ramadan (to be) offensive)
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To: JZelle
MOUNTAIN!
18 posted on 10/13/2005 11:49:00 AM PDT by Roccus (Able Danger? What's an Able Danger?)
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To: tumblindice
And Manfred Mann: "And little Hurley Gurley turned my anus curley-wurley, and asked me if I needed a ride."

You can blame that one on Springsteen.

19 posted on 10/13/2005 11:49:09 AM PDT by Wolfie
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To: flashbunny
But the song really could have used more cowbell.

That damn skit ruined "Don't fear the reaper" for me. I can't listen to it without seeing Christopher Walken wanting more cowbell.
20 posted on 10/13/2005 11:49:31 AM PDT by jrg
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