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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Really don't mind if you sit this one out...
I heard "Aqualung" on the radio yesterday. That guy could play the heck out of a flute.
Ian Anderson is greatest rock flutist EVER!
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.
skating away on the thin ice of a new day
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.
Kids with good taste in music! Whoda thunk it?
--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 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.
But the song really could have used more cowbell.
I'll bet Debbie Boone could really rock with Aqualung!!!
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.
My favorite band since '73.
Yes, but, the mouse police never sleeps...
You can blame that one on Springsteen.
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