79. Jethro Tull

 

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A strange cocktail of folk music, hard rock, blues and surreal and often dense lyrics, that could have only have came out in the late 1960s and early 1970s fronted by Ian Andreson.

 

ALL MUSIC GUIDE BIOGRAPHY

 

Key Studio Album: Aqualung (1971)

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Key Compiliation: The Best Of (1993)

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Career Defining Song:

Thick As A Brick (Title track of USA#1/UK#5 album 1972)

Some Other Key Songs:

 

Living In The Past (1969 UK#3, 1973 USA#11)

 

Witch's Promise (1970 UK#4)

 

Aqualung (Title track of USA#7/UK#4 1971 album)

 

Life's A Long Song (1971 UK#11)

 

Were any of you fans of Ian Anderson's folk/blues/rock outfit or not?

actually i should be, i rate them very highly but never followed through and investigated them further .... so my knowlege remains at 'singles' level.

 

they were a great, iconic, original act as you say (tip) fusing rock, folk and blues to create some class tracks

 

love the line "lend me your ear while i call you a fool" :lol:

Some other songs I like from Tull are Locomotive Breath, Motor Eyes, Skating Away (On The Thin Ice Of A New Day), Nursie......

To be honest Ian Anderson's singing style really annoyed me, although Witch's Promise and Living in the past were good songs.

Amazing but Jethro were huge in Russia

Regardless of their music, they'll probably best be remembered for their farcical victory of 'Best Rock/Metal Album' over Metallica's ...And Justice For All album back in the late 80s.

Regardless of their music, they'll probably best be remembered for their farcical victory of 'Best Rock/Metal Album' over Metallica's ...And Justice For All album back in the late 80s.

 

will they?

 

its not a fact i remember about them! ...thus proving your theory wrong m8! :lol:

That's because you're a fan. :P