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Posted by on 2004-09-22 18:57:22 +0000

Jethro Tull are quite possibly one of the dullest bands ever. One of my friends from back in the day was a Tull completist- shit sandwich.

Posted by on 2004-09-22 19:02:28 +0000

hear hear. this stuff is wallpaper IMHO.

Posted by on 2004-09-22 19:16:46 +0000

I got dupped! I remember really liking a song off of Aqua Lung.

Posted by on 2004-09-22 19:29:03 +0000

Don't tell P. Chippy-- he's a huge fan, and I've been forced to listen to a whole bunch because of him!

But I think he likes them because Ian Anderson stands on one leg while he plays the flute, and now he's a salmon farmer in Scotland.

Posted by on 2004-09-22 19:47:11 +0000

I remember the 1988 grammys where Metallica, with no airplay, video support, or big promotional engines had recently put out And Justice For All, gained huge word of mouth sales and performed a blistering version of 'ONE' just to be dissed out by a "legacy" mercy award for Jethro Tull as best hard rock act....

people were'nt too happy about that.....

Posted by on 2004-09-22 20:01:57 +0000

Right! No merit. Tull probably has a trust fund, too.

Oops, I let the streams cross.

Well, I'm not in love with The Tull (Are they not even worthy of an affection 'The'?) I like the flute solos.

Posted by on 2004-09-23 03:09:52 +0000

Do you like the flute solos, or the thought of them?

Posted by on 2004-09-23 03:14:40 +0000

is that a Ghostbusters thing?

Posted by on 2004-09-23 03:16:14 +0000

Some British music rag described Ed's onstage demeanor as 'Venkman trying not to cross the streams.'

Posted by on 2004-09-23 05:20:10 +0000

Yeah, that was a Ghostbusters Fagan.

<a href="http://boston.craigslist.org/bar/43329277.html">Check this out</a>

BTW, if you try to drop a Fagan and it backfires, that's dropping a 'Lung.

Posted by on 2004-09-23 06:31:09 +0000

Is that you?

Dropping a lung? Naaaah. We can get a better specific reference- is it an Anderson?

Posted by on 2004-09-23 13:42:18 +0000

That's me. No replies yet.

I floated Anderson last night. Maybe the obvious is best: "I dropped a Tull".

Posted by on 2004-09-23 17:28:21 +0000

We'll put that in the vocab section.

Posted by on 2004-09-28 18:57:40 +0000

Yes, I was and am fond of Jethro Tull.

Reasons why they're interesting:
1. Songs on a wide variety of topics: Fatness. Death. Draft Horses. Commuting. Prostitution. The hypocrisy of institutionalized religion. Breakfast. Game shows. Indian Food. Fairies. Climate Change. UFOs. Eminent Domain. Poaching. Christmas. Sadomasochism. Xenophobia. Four wheel drive. Hostage standoffs.
2. Wide variety of styles: Jazzy. Bluesy. Metallic. Faux-medieval. Synth-pop.
3. Rhythmic trickiness and metrical flexibility. "Living in the Past" makes 5/4 melodic as no other prog-rock can. "A Passion Play" dives into 11s and 9s. "Thinking 'Round Corners" stutters and halts, but never looses its groove.
4. Variety of instrumentation: not just the flute, but also the flugelhorn, the clarinet, the mandolin, the violins, the bagpipes, the sitar, and the portative organ.

All this is not to deny that some of their songs are much more interesting than others. Not all of it is great art. Some of it I find embarrasingly bad. But some is very, very good.

So there.