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Though time gets you worrying
My friend, it's OK.
Just take your life easy
And stop all that hurrying,
Be happy my way.
When tension starts mounting
And you've lost count
Of the pennies you've missed,
Just try hard and see why they're not worrying me,
They're last on my list.
Nothing's easy.
Nothing is easy, you'll find
That the squeeze won't turn out so bad.
Your fingers may freeze, worse things happen at sea,
There's good times to be had.
So if you're alone and you're down to the bone,
Just give us a play.
You'll smile in a while and discover
That I'll get you happy my way
Nothing's easy.
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The concept of having a favorite is challenging me.
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Surely the consensus among serious music fans and musicians is that not being a member is itself a badge of honour, since the whole circus is so preposterously lame and self-important.
I Agree comletely! Very well stated!
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Surely the consensus among serious music fans and musicians is that not being a member is itself a badge of honour, since the whole circus is so preposterously lame and self-important.
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Maple Leaf Gardens around 1971-2. Aqualung tour. VERY stoned.
Same time frame, the Omni, Atlanta, under a thick smoky cloud. Ears didn't function properly for days.
If I remember correctly, you opened this two-leaf album and an image of the band stood up like some children's books do today.
I hadn't rated this and was pondering a 9 but got lost in the drums and bass groove and went with a what the hell 10.
Best line-up of Tull - wow they are good!
One day...just one day without a Jethro Tull song and I'll be a much happier RP listener. There must be a therapist that can help with this painful addiction.
Congratulations! The first step is knowing that you need help. I'm here to move you forward in your path to rock and roll enlightenment.
This Was your cry for help, and it shows that you're not Thick as a Brick.
Hey, Aqualung... you would Benefit if you Stand Up, put on A Passion Play, perhaps play some Songs from the Wood. The Minstrel in the Gallery will be quite impressed. After all, you're not Too old to Rock 'n' Roll, are you?
You'll be alright, War Child.
"Reasons For Waiting" is the standout for me.
I can't do either one of those two feats!
Tunes like Reason for Waiting, which has some of the best lyrics ever written,
Amen. I fell in love to that.
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Twenty years of salmon farming is quite enough, don't you think?
I still don't like the hard stuff, and now that I'm living in Scotland, and find myself educating local folk about the cool music of Jethro Tull...
Well... not sure where I'm going with this but I love their music and though Nothing is Easy is NOT among my favorites, the skill, style, and talent of this group of Scottish guys can never be matched.
((ok.. maybe I've had too much gin but fuck it! I'm living my dream in Angus and life if brilliant!!))
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My sentiments exactly.
He clearly exaggerated his quirky vocal style in subsequent years.
For me I much prefer the early vocals and it shows that underneath all the buffoonery he really does have a good singing voice.
Hell, for me it's a 9 for Bunker's drums alone.
I hadn't rated this and was pondering a 9 but got lost in the drums and bass groove and went with a what the hell 10.
Sorry for the rant....now YOU KIDS GET OFF MY LAWN!!!!
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Judging by the playlists and the top-rated songs list, it's unlikely there are very many "young millennial kids" listening to this station, but feel free to rant into the echo chamber - it can be cathartic.
That is a great illustration - a woodcut by James Grashow, who is a brilliant artist and sculptor.
Indeed, he's still working. The Cameron Museum had one of his pieces in a show a couple years ago.
His math is a bit off, though. Ian Anderson has 11 fingers on the cover.
Ah, for the days of 12" x 12" covers, all that space! And artists who didn't mind paying other artists to make it awesome.
That is a great illustration - a woodcut by James Grashow, who is a brilliant artist and sculptor.
Ah, for the days of 12" x 12" covers, all that space! And artists who didn't mind paying other artists to make it awesome.
Segue, dammit!
MARTIN BARRE
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Maybe you'd prefer a banana!
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Was watching a killer vintage War live performance on youtube that had a great flute solo and I thought about all you rock & roll flute haters.
Live at the Isle of Wight 1970 - check out Tull's performance of this.
Sorry for the rant....now YOU KIDS GET OFF MY LAWN!!!!
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Sorry for the rant....now YOU KIDS GET OFF MY LAWN!!!!
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We wouldn't try, you are beyond redemption and fated to listen to J Bieber cover bands for the rest of your natural :-)
It's a 10 from me.
Sorry for the rant....now YOU KIDS GET OFF MY LAWN!!!!
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Hell, for me it's a 9 for Bunker's drums alone.
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'7'?!! Come now. One of the most inventive and intriguing outfits to ever grace the airwaves.
Tried for a 9 to get the ratings up.
Long may your flute toot Mr Anderson.
Too fast for some people, I guess.
'7'?!! Come now. One of the most inventive and intriguing outfits to ever grace the airwaves.
Tried for a 9 to get the ratings up.
Long may your flute toot Mr Anderson.
Scott Hammond- Drums, percussion
Scott was born in Bristol (UK) in 1973. After starting his musical journey on the piano when he was six, he went on to play the drums when he was fourteen in his first band "Half Decent" - and that they were!
He went on to study the drums with Dave Hassell on a three-year jazz degree course at Leeds College of music. It was here that he met his wife, Ruth, who plays saxophones, keyboards, piano, Hammond organ and sings. They are now based in Bristol and regularly gig all over the UK with The Scott Hammond Quartet and other projects as freelance musicians.
Not as annoying as all caps (shouting).
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Love the Tull for sure.........um........ except isn't Ian Anderson like 90 ?
He was born in 1947 - he's younger than Linda Ronstadt and Jimmy Buffet.
Love the Tull for sure.........um........ except isn't Ian Anderson like 90 ?
Sure he's older than me, but he knows how to entertain, the band are even better than a year ago
I saw them on their last tour, possibly my bestest concert this year
Ian must have his bus pass by now?
NB: It's not. Not at all really. But this helps grease the ways. Thanks again.
Well, *normal* flutes.
This isn't one of those. This lights my soul on fire. 10.
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Watch them do this song live at the Isle of Wight in 1970. Excellent drumming by Clive Bunker.
Really. And that Beethoven guy has been dead for over a hundred years, at least. Forget the past!
Jethro Tull and Beethoven?? A rather extreme example of "exaggeration for the sake of clarity."
Love the Tull for sure.........um........ except isn't Ian Anderson like 90 ?
He's a few years younger than Mick Jagger, and Mick still seems to be doing... something.
Been a long time Tull fan, going to see them again early next year, should be good.
Love the Tull for sure.........um........ except isn't Ian Anderson like 90 ?
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Been a long time Tull fan, going to see them again early next year, should be good.
Really. And that Beethoven guy has been dead for over a hundred years, at least. Forget the past!
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LowPhreak wrote:
Bill, how about tossing "Back To The Family" into the rotation as well?!
I didn't know this album until RP started playing cuts from it. "Nothing is Easy" got a LOT of airtime in the 70s, but it's great to hear it again. Must have this disc.
tulfan wrote:
LowPhreak wrote:
Bill, how about tossing "Back To The Family" into the rotation as well?!
exactly!
LowPhreak wrote:
Bill, how about tossing "Back To The Family" into the rotation as well?!
Thats your opinion. Fortunately only that. You mean you don't like it!
Bill, how about tossing "Back To The Family" into the rotation as well?!
I knew that songs could move you, but I didn't know they could f*ck you!
Anyways, the song was underage, so you are lucky they didn't throw you in jail.
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Those boys could stand on their heads and RIP!!!!
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Tull is synonymous with RP and where else would we hear it. Rock on Bill.
I hate flutes. Hate them. A lot.
Well, *normal* flutes.
This isn't one of those. This lights my soul on fire. 10.
I had a really cool music teach way back when I was in elementary school in the late 70's/early 80's. Somewhere around 5th grade, we were starting to play musical instruments and everybody considered the flute to be generally silly and girly. Our cool music teacher played Jethro Tull for us, let us sit there for a minute, and then asked if we'd like to learn to play the flute like that. Suddenly it was cool to be a flute player!