Why isn't Jethro Tull in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame?

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  • njnancy
    njnancy Posts: 5,096
    Jethro Tull released a song on their 1974 Warchild album about Climate Change. Skating Away On the Thin Ice of The New Day. 1974. Their album Thick as a Brick is a one song album which is a genius parody of a rock opera.& is brilliant. To see them live is  a visual, musical thought experiment. Ian Anderson is a brilliant front man. He performs as equal parts actor, comedian, wildman, minstrel, flutist & singer. 

    They were the first blues/prog band to use woodwinds so predominantly. Flutes weren't seen as legitimate in a rock band until Tull showed how impactful they could be. The image of Ian Anderson playing the flute on one leg is iconic. 


    Aqualung, Skating Away, Locomotive Breath, Too Old to Rock & Roll Too Young To Die, Teacher, Hymn 43, Thick as a Brick (radio cut), Cross Eyed Mary, Bungle In The Jungle, Living In The Past, Bouree, The Whistler, To Cry You a Song, A Passion Play,  My God, A Song For Jeffrey, Songs From The Wood, Warchild, the Christmas song Ring Out Solstice Bells..... are just a few of their songs that were successful with radio play &/or the billboard charts ..... 

    Their albums achieved gold & platinum status & charted as high as #1.

    Fun fact - Tony Iommi was with Tull for about a minute  but he timed it well as he appeared on the Rolling Stones Rock & Roll Circus with them. (@brianlux posted the video).

    Jethro Tull were huge in the 70's, huge  &  a large enthusiastic fan base followed them into the 80's & onward. Critics didnt know what to make of them which is one of the things that makesTull so great. They floated between blues, prog, fusion, hard rock, folk music seamlessly.   Ian Anderson  is a musical, lyrical visionary,  genius, an original.

    They made an enormous impact on rock  music, in my honest opinion. 
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,665
    njnancy said:
    Jethro Tull released a song on their 1974 Warchild album about Climate Change. Skating Away On the Thin Ice of The New Day. 1974. Their album Thick as a Brick is a one song album which is a genius parody of a rock opera.& is brilliant. To see them live is  a visual, musical thought experiment. Ian Anderson is a brilliant front man. He performs as equal parts actor, comedian, wildman, minstrel, flutist & singer. 

    They were the first blues/prog band to use woodwinds so predominantly. Flutes weren't seen as legitimate in a rock band until Tull showed how impactful they could be. The image of Ian Anderson playing the flute on one leg is iconic. 


    Aqualung, Skating Away, Locomotive Breath, Too Old to Rock & Roll Too Young To Die, Teacher, Hymn 43, Thick as a Brick (radio cut), Cross Eyed Mary, Bungle In The Jungle, Living In The Past, Bouree, The Whistler, To Cry You a Song, A Passion Play,  My God, A Song For Jeffrey, Songs From The Wood, Warchild, the Christmas song Ring Out Solstice Bells..... are just a few of their songs that were successful with radio play &/or the billboard charts ..... 

    Their albums achieved gold & platinum status & charted as high as #1.

    Fun fact - Tony Iommi was with Tull for about a minute  but he timed it well as he appeared on the Rolling Stones Rock & Roll Circus with them. (@brianlux posted the video).

    Jethro Tull were huge in the 70's, huge  &  a large enthusiastic fan base followed them into the 80's & onward. Critics didnt know what to make of them which is one of the things that makesTull so great. They floated between blues, prog, fusion, hard rock, folk music seamlessly.   Ian Anderson  is a musical, lyrical visionary,  genius, an original.

    They made an enormous impact on rock  music, in my honest opinion. 
    Excellent summation of this fine band, Nancy!

    I would add to Ian Anderson's credits: Excellent guitarist.  This is an attribute of Anderson's skills that is often not so often noticed (not meaning to criticize you though, Nancy!)  because instrumentally, he is more known for playing flute. Some of my favorite Tull songs feature Ian's intricate acoustic guitar and when I saw them live in 1980, he played a few mostly solo numbers, singing and playing his lovely OO Martin acoustic and I was simply blown away.

    Here a fine example of that playing:



    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,665
    njnancy said:
    Jethro Tull released a song on their 1974 Warchild album about Climate Change. Skating Away On the Thin Ice of The New Day. 1974. Their album Thick as a Brick is a one song album which is a genius parody of a rock opera.& is brilliant. To see them live is  a visual, musical thought experiment. Ian Anderson is a brilliant front man. He performs as equal parts actor, comedian, wildman, minstrel, flutist & singer. 

    They were the first blues/prog band to use woodwinds so predominantly. Flutes weren't seen as legitimate in a rock band until Tull showed how impactful they could be. The image of Ian Anderson playing the flute on one leg is iconic. 


    Aqualung, Skating Away, Locomotive Breath, Too Old to Rock & Roll Too Young To Die, Teacher, Hymn 43, Thick as a Brick (radio cut), Cross Eyed Mary, Bungle In The Jungle, Living In The Past, Bouree, The Whistler, To Cry You a Song, A Passion Play,  My God, A Song For Jeffrey, Songs From The Wood, Warchild, the Christmas song Ring Out Solstice Bells..... are just a few of their songs that were successful with radio play &/or the billboard charts ..... 

    Their albums achieved gold & platinum status & charted as high as #1.

    Fun fact - Tony Iommi was with Tull for about a minute  but he timed it well as he appeared on the Rolling Stones Rock & Roll Circus with them. (@brianlux posted the video).

    Jethro Tull were huge in the 70's, huge  &  a large enthusiastic fan base followed them into the 80's & onward. Critics didnt know what to make of them which is one of the things that makesTull so great. They floated between blues, prog, fusion, hard rock, folk music seamlessly.   Ian Anderson  is a musical, lyrical visionary,  genius, an original.

    They made an enormous impact on rock  music, in my honest opinion. 
    OMG, I didn't know that was Tony Iommi!!  Fascinating!
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • njnancy
    njnancy Posts: 5,096
    brianlux said:
    njnancy said:
    Jethro Tull released a song on their 1974 Warchild album about Climate Change. Skating Away On the Thin Ice of The New Day. 1974. Their album Thick as a Brick is a one song album which is a genius parody of a rock opera.& is brilliant. To see them live is  a visual, musical thought experiment. Ian Anderson is a brilliant front man. He performs as equal parts actor, comedian, wildman, minstrel, flutist & singer. 

    They were the first blues/prog band to use woodwinds so predominantly. Flutes weren't seen as legitimate in a rock band until Tull showed how impactful they could be. The image of Ian Anderson playing the flute on one leg is iconic. 


    Aqualung, Skating Away, Locomotive Breath, Too Old to Rock & Roll Too Young To Die, Teacher, Hymn 43, Thick as a Brick (radio cut), Cross Eyed Mary, Bungle In The Jungle, Living In The Past, Bouree, The Whistler, To Cry You a Song, A Passion Play,  My God, A Song For Jeffrey, Songs From The Wood, Warchild, the Christmas song Ring Out Solstice Bells..... are just a few of their songs that were successful with radio play &/or the billboard charts ..... 

    Their albums achieved gold & platinum status & charted as high as #1.

    Fun fact - Tony Iommi was with Tull for about a minute  but he timed it well as he appeared on the Rolling Stones Rock & Roll Circus with them. (@brianlux posted the video).

    Jethro Tull were huge in the 70's, huge  &  a large enthusiastic fan base followed them into the 80's & onward. Critics didnt know what to make of them which is one of the things that makesTull so great. They floated between blues, prog, fusion, hard rock, folk music seamlessly.   Ian Anderson  is a musical, lyrical visionary,  genius, an original.

    They made an enormous impact on rock  music, in my honest opinion. 
    Excellent summation of this fine band, Nancy!

    I would add to Ian Anderson's credits: Excellent guitarist.  This is an attribute of Anderson's skills that is often not so often noticed (not meaning to criticize you though, Nancy!)  because instrumentally, he is more known for playing flute. Some of my favorite Tull songs feature Ian's intricate acoustic guitar and when I saw them live in 1980, he played a few mostly solo numbers, singing and playing his lovely OO Martin acoustic and I was simply blown away.

    Here a fine example of that playing:



    No offense brian!! I left out guitar  (& mandolin & other wind instruments) on purpose.  I'd written enough. 

    I do believe that Ian Anderson is happiest when he is playing acoustic, folk rock.  That's where his heart truly beats.  Just my take.  

    Great musical choices, thanks for posting! 
  • dankind
    dankind Posts: 20,841
    Best. Band. Ever. Well, from 1968 to 1978 anyway. I can't think of a stronger decade from any other rock band. Not the Stones. Not the Beatles. Not the Who. 

    Tull absolutely blew up the mold with nearly every release during this period.

    The only artist who comes close (for me) is David Bowie.

    (Note to Metallica fans: Crest of a Knave is actually a pretty damn good album; you can even hear a bass guitar on it. And Rock Island is even better.) 
    I SAW PEARL JAM
  • cutz
    cutz Posts: 12,277
    https://youtu.be/wVbDKB1TtEQ
  • rgambs
    rgambs Posts: 13,576
    DewieCox said:
    rgambs said:
    DewieCox said:
    njnancy said:
    There are a lot of fantastic band s, especially from the 70's era who are overlooked.  Look how long Yes waited to be inducted. And Steve Howe died before they got voted in.  Is Emerson, Lake & Palmer in ? I doubt it, yet they were mindblowing in their talent. We lost two of them in the past two years so the prospect  almost becomes sad. 

    Jethro Tull was my second concert, Madison Square Garden 1978 with Uriah Heep opening. The album, Bursting Out, will always enable me to cherish the amazing performance. I think that Ian Anderson solo and Jethro Tull should both be solidly ensconced in the RRHOF, but they have a very strange way of choosing 'Rock & Roll' talent.

    Thin Lizzy & T Rex & The Doobie Brothers are on this years ballot but I guarantee that non rock and roll choices will be inducted over them. 

    I share your confoundment.
    Steve Howe was at the Yes induction. 

    Doobie Brothers aren’t deserving. 


    Bullshit!  They had more hits than Yes, the Zombies, and Roxy Music combined!
    Sure, they had some hits, but not even enough to fill a single disc hits package. It’s not like they’re Bob Seger or CCR as far as radio presence.

    Absolutely no influence on the landscape at the time or with later generations. 

    They’re closer to Foghat than the Eagles or Tom Petty.


    I’ll also say the complaining about Warren Zevon needs to just end. Werewolves of London and recording an album and a week on Letterman as you’re dying doesn’t turn him into some no brainer inductee. 


    Not saying they always get it right or they haven’t missed some obvious trailblazers or mega successful acts, but when you look through the list of inclusions there aren’t really too many head scratchers. 
    Seger, CCR, Eagles, Tom Petty...
    No, they really don't measure up with the biggest of the big boys, you are right.
    That's fine, until you consider the list of bands that have been inducted includes...
    The Moonglows
    The Flamingos
    Chaka Khan
    The Dells
    Roxy Music
    ABBA
    Donna Summer
    Etc etc
    Add the rap groups and the other solo pop artists and it's a damn crime that Doobies and Till aren't in.

    I agree about Zevon.  One kitschy song does not a HOF inductee make.
    Monkey Driven, Call this Living?
  • HughFreakingDillon
    HughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 39,599
    the hall has been a joke for decades. and rolling stone magazine? they compiled a list of the 100 greatest singers. guess who isn't on it? CHRIS FUCKING CORNELL. are you kidding me? neil young and bob dylan are on that list, have barely listenable voices, and chris cornell doesn't even make the list?

    these institutions are a joke. 
    By The Time They Figure Out What Went Wrong, We'll Be Sitting On A Beach, Earning Twenty Percent.




  • willbarclay
    willbarclay Ottawa, Canada Posts: 3,298
    I agree
    screw the Hall
    screw Rolling stone 
    Jethro Tull kicks ass 
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,665
    njnancy said:
    brianlux said:
    njnancy said:
    Jethro Tull released a song on their 1974 Warchild album about Climate Change. Skating Away On the Thin Ice of The New Day. 1974. Their album Thick as a Brick is a one song album which is a genius parody of a rock opera.& is brilliant. To see them live is  a visual, musical thought experiment. Ian Anderson is a brilliant front man. He performs as equal parts actor, comedian, wildman, minstrel, flutist & singer. 

    They were the first blues/prog band to use woodwinds so predominantly. Flutes weren't seen as legitimate in a rock band until Tull showed how impactful they could be. The image of Ian Anderson playing the flute on one leg is iconic. 


    Aqualung, Skating Away, Locomotive Breath, Too Old to Rock & Roll Too Young To Die, Teacher, Hymn 43, Thick as a Brick (radio cut), Cross Eyed Mary, Bungle In The Jungle, Living In The Past, Bouree, The Whistler, To Cry You a Song, A Passion Play,  My God, A Song For Jeffrey, Songs From The Wood, Warchild, the Christmas song Ring Out Solstice Bells..... are just a few of their songs that were successful with radio play &/or the billboard charts ..... 

    Their albums achieved gold & platinum status & charted as high as #1.

    Fun fact - Tony Iommi was with Tull for about a minute  but he timed it well as he appeared on the Rolling Stones Rock & Roll Circus with them. (@brianlux posted the video).

    Jethro Tull were huge in the 70's, huge  &  a large enthusiastic fan base followed them into the 80's & onward. Critics didnt know what to make of them which is one of the things that makesTull so great. They floated between blues, prog, fusion, hard rock, folk music seamlessly.   Ian Anderson  is a musical, lyrical visionary,  genius, an original.

    They made an enormous impact on rock  music, in my honest opinion. 
    Excellent summation of this fine band, Nancy!

    I would add to Ian Anderson's credits: Excellent guitarist.  This is an attribute of Anderson's skills that is often not so often noticed (not meaning to criticize you though, Nancy!)  because instrumentally, he is more known for playing flute. Some of my favorite Tull songs feature Ian's intricate acoustic guitar and when I saw them live in 1980, he played a few mostly solo numbers, singing and playing his lovely OO Martin acoustic and I was simply blown away.

    Here a fine example of that playing:



    No offense brian!! I left out guitar  (& mandolin & other wind instruments) on purpose.  I'd written enough. 

    I do believe that Ian Anderson is happiest when he is playing acoustic, folk rock.  That's where his heart truly beats.  Just my take.  

    Great musical choices, thanks for posting! 
    Yes!  I think it's in his blood!

    dankind said:
    Best. Band. Ever. Well, from 1968 to 1978 anyway. I can't think of a stronger decade from any other rock band. Not the Stones. Not the Beatles. Not the Who. 

    Tull absolutely blew up the mold with nearly every release during this period.

    The only artist who comes close (for me) is David Bowie.

    (Note to Metallica fans: Crest of a Knave is actually a pretty damn good album; you can even hear a bass guitar on it. And Rock Island is even better.) 
    Right on, Dan! 

    I remember talking to a record store guy back in the mid seventies about how I was mostly listening to jazz back then because I had felt most rock had gotten so bland by then.  He asked if I had given up on rock all together and I said, "Not all together- I still follow Neil Young and Jethro Tull!"

    willbarclay said:
    I agree
    screw the Hall
    screw Rolling stone 
    Jethro Tull kicks ass 
    Damn straight, Will!  :plus_one: 
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,665
    Tonight, I give the middle finger the the RRHOF by listening to one favorite song off of all my 14 Jethro Tull albums.  Yeeee!
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • njnancy
    njnancy Posts: 5,096
    Just thought I'd wind down this day, as it has already become tomorrow, with one of my favorites "Wind Up'. 

    https://youtu.be/xNQxv0E4q1s
  • dankind
    dankind Posts: 20,841
    njnancy said:
    Just thought I'd wind down this day, as it has already become tomorrow, with one of my favorites "Wind Up'. 

    https://youtu.be/xNQxv0E4q1s
    One of the few Tull songs that I can play.
    I SAW PEARL JAM
  • cutz
    cutz Posts: 12,277
    njnancy said:
    Just thought I'd wind down this day, as it has already become tomorrow, with one of my favorites "Wind Up'. 

    https://youtu.be/xNQxv0E4q1s
    Nice one !!
  • cutz
    cutz Posts: 12,277
    https://youtu.be/zql2DDldRcg
  • rgambs
    rgambs Posts: 13,576
    dankind said:
    njnancy said:
    Just thought I'd wind down this day, as it has already become tomorrow, with one of my favorites "Wind Up'. 

    https://youtu.be/xNQxv0E4q1s
    One of the few Tull songs that I can play.
    Holy shit I just looked it up!  One of my all time favorite songs and I never thought to see if it was easy to play!  It is so easy!
    Fuck, yessssss.
    Thank you dankind and thank you @njnancy for posting the vid and thank you Brian for starting this thread!  Aqualung is absolutely one of the best lyrical albums ever.
    Monkey Driven, Call this Living?
  • hrd2imgn
    hrd2imgn Southwest Burbs of Chicago Posts: 4,924
    My favorite mtv moment( was it mtv or the Grammys...too old to recall), Lars thanking JT for not releasing an album after beating METALLICA for best metal album in a prior year
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,665
    hrd2imgn said:
    My favorite mtv moment( was it mtv or the Grammys...too old to recall), Lars thanking JT for not releasing an album after beating METALLICA for best metal album in a prior year

    Awarding Tull a Grammy for best heavy metal album was a huge farce.  The band did great work and made great albums for many years and deserves recognition  but the Grammy was more like an insult.  I haven't paid any attention to Grammys since.
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

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