The Great Jethro Tull

Mad Mohab said:

P.S. Tull has SONGS that blow the entire QOTSA catalogue out of the water. They simply don't compare in my opinion.

Just having some fun man...I honestly have never checked them out. Just remember being blown away that they beat Metallica at the Grammys...I thought of JT as dinosaur rock....in 1990....and I grew up on classic rock...so I found this bourdain/homme bit hilarious when I watched it.
I love the queens and all of Josh's projects so I have my doubts id prefer JT....but I think I should def check out more of their stuff before judging them.

Mad Mohab said:

Heh, hope I didn't sound testy, check out Tull, they are great! Queens get a lot of respect, I should take your lead and open up to something I'd kind of written off without hearing much. Take care!

No no, not testy at all
I was already watching some Tull on Youtube. Think I might prefer to just listen ). In fairness...most bands of that era had pretty cringe-worthy outfits and antics haha
As for queens...their latest record is def their most accessible...took me a while to really 'get' them...was a casual fan of kyuss ages ago and followed queens for years before they really 'clicked'...now I totally love prob 95% of their catalogue.

Mad Mohab said:

I read a great article recently about Ed approaching Ian Anderson in Seattle and telling him he listens to Stand Up before every PJ show!

P.S. Tull has SONGS that blow the entire QOTSA catalogue out of the water. They simply don't compare in my opinion.

OH MAN! That SO freaking awesome! "Stand Up" is such a great album! I still have my original LP- the one I bought when it came out- with that great pop-up center illustration/photo. I'm going to go put that baby on right npw. It's got a bit of surface noise after all these years but that sucker has such great fat grooves (both physically and sonically) so much that it will never wear out.

There's that opening bass line... da da da da da...da ...and away we go!

Mad Mohab said:

brianlux said:

Mad Mohab said:

I read a great article recently about Ed approaching Ian Anderson in Seattle and telling him he listens to Stand Up before every PJ show!

P.S. Tull has SONGS that blow the entire QOTSA catalogue out of the water. They simply don't compare in my opinion.

OH MAN! That SO freaking awesome! "Stand Up" is such a great album! I still have my original LP- the one I bought when it came out- with that great pop-up center illustration/photo. I'm going to go put that baby on right npw. It's got a bit of surface noise after all these years but that sucker has such great fat grooves (both physically and sonically) so much that it will never wear out.

There's that opening bass line... da da da da da...da ...and away we go!

Stand up is amazing, and pretty heavy in spots considering. Do you notice any similarities in the themes Ed has dealt with lyrically? I thought maybe so.

Yeah, for sure. Something I appreciate about both as writers is that they both have some major stuff on their minds. They're definitely both men of the woods (trees, specially) and oceans (one more arctic, one surf's up). I've always thought they were both a bit unrecognized for there guitar playing, especially Ian's because Ed's is more prominent- but both guys are great players in their own right.

Oh, and the dichotomy of "Back the Family" is really cool:
Overwhelmed/Fuck-it-Retreat/Bored/Reimmersion /What-the-hell-was-I-thinking/Retreat/-Etc.
Haha! Great stuff.

hmmm- who wrote "In Hiding" Ed, right?

Others similarities?

Mad Mohab said:

For a Thousand Mothers.

Great ending song- love that coda at the end of it! Martin Barre shines on this one and as much as Mick Abrahams did fine work, what a great move to bring Barre on board with Tull.