iconic Posted June 5, 2013 Share Posted June 5, 2013 Over the last few weeks I've had conversations like " ooh you know must know it!"..."that hippy tune"... "with flutes".... "and a great bassline"..."you should know, you were there, I mean you are old 'n stuff"....it's hard to describe a tune to someone at the pub! Well bash my gonads with an iron bar this gem is by Jethro Tull....I've heard of them, who hasn't, but to me all I know is that they were/are a hairy, unwashed prog' rock to me, I borrowed an album about trees or something from a girlfriend and it got all of 45 seconds playing, hated it. ......but now this tune is my current favorite squeeze, I need to know if there are any other gems from these guys...the bass player is a Glen Cormick I think? Be interesting to hear about this guy too? Educate me gentlemen please. [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgQN6PiSg-4"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgQN6PiSg-4[/url] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
White Cloud Posted June 5, 2013 Share Posted June 5, 2013 Great band...prog legends. Glen is a fantastic bassist and always favoured Gibson basses...EB's & Thunderbirds. Listen to the album "Aqua lung"......just love "cross eyed Mary, nice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sprocketflup Posted June 5, 2013 Share Posted June 5, 2013 I have M.U which is like a best of album, not a bad tune on it. Locomotive breath, Aqualung and Fatman personal faves Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iconic Posted June 5, 2013 Author Share Posted June 5, 2013 cheers guys Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BassTractor Posted June 5, 2013 Share Posted June 5, 2013 Sorry you didn't turn into a treehugger. I'd still be as impolite as to say: go back to those trees, and repeat the song "Songs from the Wood" until you either love it or litterally throw up. I think it's a masterful song. Other than that, there's more where Living in the Past comes from - as in the period of their first three albums. Many memorable songs I don't remember. They have so much character and IMHO uniqueness. "Aqualung" is by many seen as the quintessential album. Personally I would add "Warchild". There are som unforgettable songs on that one, like "Two Fingers", "Bungle in the Jungle", "Sea Lion". Uh oh. Battery on my laptop. Bye! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gust0o Posted June 5, 2013 Share Posted June 5, 2013 Lot of time for Jethro Tull - prog rock was a real cornerstone of growing up and some of my first musical experiences. Saw them in York a few years back. Stunning, just stunning. Full of humour, self-deprecation and impeccable musicianship. Safe to say I enjoyed it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevB Posted June 5, 2013 Share Posted June 5, 2013 If you want to hear Glen at his best look no further than 'Stand Up', their second proper album. Full of quality stuff (but no LITP, that was a slightly later single). Personally my fave bass player in Tull was the late great John Glascock. However if that 'album about trees' you hated was 'Songs from the Wood' then I'm afraid you probably won't like the albums that probably showcase his playing best. Depends what type of stuff you like, folky or harder edged? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RhysP Posted June 5, 2013 Share Posted June 5, 2013 [quote name='BassTractor' timestamp='1370468496' post='2101586'] Personally I would add "Warchild". There are som unforgettable songs on that one, like "Two Fingers", "Bungle in the Jungle", "Sea Lion". [/quote] Don't forget "Skating away on the thin ice of the new day" - probably my Favourite Tull song & one of my favourite songs by anybody ever: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTKu-L1b--o Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyfisher Posted June 5, 2013 Share Posted June 5, 2013 [quote name='Gust0o' timestamp='1370468707' post='2101592'] Lot of time for Jethro Tull - prog rock was a real cornerstone of growing up and some of my first musical experiences. [/quote] Ditto. [quote name='RhysP' timestamp='1370469140' post='2101598'] Don't forget "Skating away on the thin ice of the new day" - probably my Favourite Tull song & one of my favourite songs by anybody ever: [/quote] Ditto. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BassTractor Posted June 5, 2013 Share Posted June 5, 2013 Didn't forget, but the battery said stop. :-) Happily, it has been mentioned now. b, b Would you like another cup of tea, dear? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EssentialTension Posted June 5, 2013 Share Posted June 5, 2013 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJPWEdMa43o http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FgLgUx3QEUk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dom in Dorset Posted June 5, 2013 Share Posted June 5, 2013 Get "Live and bursting out" - a live "best of " featuring Glascock at his best. I have to admit Glen Cornick is one of my biggest influences. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GuitarTart Posted June 5, 2013 Share Posted June 5, 2013 Nicely played sir and thanks for reminding me what a great bass line that song has. Always good to hear a melodic bass being played up the dusty end. Never was a great fan of prog rock or any other genre for that matter. Individual songs/tunes, well crafted and well executed with an unexpected or unusual element do it for me every time, regardless of their style or era. Must see if I can find the dots or tab for LITP now I've had the chance to hear it again. Incidentally, I was playing in a band in South Wales when it came out. We thought about learning it then realised we didn't have a flute player !! Myk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RhysP Posted June 5, 2013 Share Posted June 5, 2013 [quote name='Dom in Somerset' timestamp='1370470454' post='2101626'] Get "Live and bursting out" - a live "best of " featuring Glascock at his best. [/quote] "Live-Bursting Out" is a bloody great live album. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iconic Posted June 5, 2013 Author Share Posted June 5, 2013 Yes that was it songs from the wood....must of been around 20 plus years ago....i will give it another go thanks for all the tips....i should add that aint me playing in the vid' just grabbed it off youtube! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bassninja Posted June 5, 2013 Share Posted June 5, 2013 Loved Tull as a nipper. Dave Pegg is my first and most enduring influence, but Cornick, Glascock and Hammond-Hammond also feature. Not seen them since 2006, though. Ian Andersons's voice sounds totally shot now, sadly... Played 'Locomotive breath' with David Palmer once, after the operation and name change to Dee, though. Lovely lady, erudite and a real polymath. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grumble Posted June 5, 2013 Share Posted June 5, 2013 The song Aqualung still sounds great after all these years and the lyrics haven't lost anything, they still move me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Vader Posted June 6, 2013 Share Posted June 6, 2013 Still want a Jazz with a reverse precision neck on it and a dodgy hippy paint job. That's Glenn Cornick's fault that is. Saw Anderson doing the Thick as a Brick show at a festival last year, it was not great. i was sad. First 3 Tull albums are utterly sublime. Reissue of Stand Up on CD has LITP on it as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bertbass Posted June 6, 2013 Share Posted June 6, 2013 One of my all time favourite songs by anyone, too old to rock and roll too young to die. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KHVYBiVKldU Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vsmith1 Posted June 6, 2013 Share Posted June 6, 2013 My fave Tull track is called "Up the 'Pool". All about Blackpool and as you may or not know Ian Anderson was living in his childhood in Blackpool. When I lived in St Annes, you could walk past a house and see Gold Disks on the wall. I guess his parents retired down to St Annes. The track is great lyrical observation about Blackpool and often holds true today 40 years on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lowender Posted June 6, 2013 Share Posted June 6, 2013 Glen Cornick's solo on "Bouree" (from Stand Up) is one of the most musical bass solos you'll ever hear. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RhysP Posted June 6, 2013 Share Posted June 6, 2013 [quote name='Dave Vader' timestamp='1370510422' post='2101914'] Saw Anderson doing the Thick as a Brick show at a festival last year, it was not great. i was sad. [/quote] Really? I saw it in Cardiff & thought it was bloody great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ead Posted June 6, 2013 Share Posted June 6, 2013 Great band Tull. If I've seen them once, I've seen them 20+ times. So many good tunes. Start with Benefit and Stand Up and off you go until maybe Stormwatch then skip A, check out Broadsword and Crest of a Knave. After that I think the qulity is a little more variable, but as ever it's a personal thing. My favourites: Songs from the Wood, Heavy Horses and Minstrel in the Gallery & Thick as a Brick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Vader Posted June 6, 2013 Share Posted June 6, 2013 [quote name='RhysP' timestamp='1370517809' post='2102048'] Really? I saw it in Cardiff & thought it was bloody great. [/quote] Must have been a bad night when I saw it then, Ian's voice is a shell of what it was, and I found myself wishing he would stop trying, and let that other lad he brought in sing the whole thing instead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevB Posted June 6, 2013 Share Posted June 6, 2013 I've said it before in Tull related threads, I think Stormwatch is a vastly underrated album. There are patchy periods after 'Crest' as ead says. Of the more modern albums probably Catfish Rising and Roots To Branches are probably the picks but even these are uneven in places. Tull haven't released an authentic studio album now for a long time, TAAB2 came out as Anderson solo and he seems to be at loggerheads with Martin Barre these days so the band has been a collection of backing musicians for a long time. This would be OK if Anderson's voice hadn't taken a nose dive in the 80's and never really recovered, these days it is a pale shadow of former glory (and he isn't getting any younger either) so I've missed the last couple of tours. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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