rockpommel16
(rockpommel´s land...near the netherlands) | | Posted: Dec 29, 2012 - 16:02 | |
elitry wrote:omg...
pls end...
now....
or how 'bout now...
now's ok too...
without being presumptuous, when you're alerting the Tull fans to crank it up, please signal when it's safe to return for the rest of us...
oh god! is it..? oh no, just another pause before piano + (guitar, flute, whatever) interlude...
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ps. reply preemption - i have a fabulous attention span. ;) ...  ......DON´T agree.....but the comment is excellent....... |
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whomhow
(changeable) | | Posted: May 28, 2012 - 07:21 | |
So great and unexpectable!
Thank you!
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unclehud
(300 feet above the planet) | | Posted: Dec 23, 2011 - 07:05 | |
msymmes wrote:Yup. It's long. See your therapist if you can't take it.
Chuckle, chuckle ... |
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unclehud
(300 feet above the planet) | | Posted: Dec 23, 2011 - 07:04 | |
Cynaera wrote:In all these years, I'd never heard this song in its entirety! Thanks, Bill and RP - one more item to cross off my bucket-list. I love this song, and I don't care how long it is!  My eldest son gave me this on CD recently, and it is actually transcribed as 2 cuts: side 1, then side 2. Remastered, too, or something like that, because the sound quality is incredible. Not a bad way to spend 45 minutes, listening end-to-end. PS: And a bunch of US teenagers understood this: thick as a brick = dumb as a post. Didn't have to be Gerald Bostock to know that. |
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jr2571
(NYC) | | Posted: Nov 04, 2011 - 18:06 | |
funny post and while i don't agree, bravo on the quality words :)omg...
pls end...
now....
or how 'bout now...
now's ok too...
without being presumptuous, when you're alerting the Tull fans to crank it up, please signal when it's safe to return for the rest of us...
oh god! is it..? oh no, just another pause before piano + (guitar, flute, whatever) interlude...
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...
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ps. reply preemption - i have a fabulous attention span. ;) |
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number7
(Napanee, Ontario, Canada) | | Posted: Nov 04, 2011 - 17:46 | |
While not my favorite Tull it is very unique to the rock world.
I saw them do Passion Play & as well as some other concerts.
One of my all time favorite bands.
Thanks for that.
Have you seen this?
How about "Suppers Ready"?
Thank you for the very best music on the planet.
I almost hate to go to sleep for fear I might miss some great set.
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Cynaera
(In a hammock under my own vine and fig tree.) | | Posted: Nov 04, 2011 - 17:42 | |
In all these years, I'd never heard this song in its entirety! Thanks, Bill and RP - one more item to cross off my bucket-list. I love this song, and I don't care how long it is! |
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blades
(NYC) | | Posted: Nov 04, 2011 - 17:38 | |
Summed it up perfectly.
elitry wrote:omg...
pls end...
now....
or how 'bout now...
now's ok too...
without being presumptuous, when you're alerting the Tull fans to crank it up, please signal when it's safe to return for the rest of us...
oh god! is it..? oh no, just another pause before piano + (guitar, flute, whatever) interlude...
...
...
...
ps. reply preemption - i have a fabulous attention span. ;) |
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annarborkm
(Ann Arbor, Michigan) | | Posted: Nov 04, 2011 - 17:31 | |
What a wonderful treat to hear this album side. Thanks, Bill
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isparos9
(Venice, Italy) | | Posted: Nov 04, 2011 - 17:31 | |
You don't like it? Don't listen to it! But don't be like spoiled kids of 5 years old that their ice cream fell down on the road and never stop crying about it
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bc
(It's everything. Location, Location, Location.) | | Posted: Nov 04, 2011 - 17:30 | |
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crispynz1
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msymmes
(Toronto, CA) | | Posted: Nov 04, 2011 - 17:28 | |
Yup. It's long. See your therapist if you can't take it.
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rashad
| | Posted: Nov 04, 2011 - 17:28 | |
This is great. Songs usually end before I can get my comment in...
How come I can't remember where I put my keys but I can sing along with most of this song - which I have not heard for about 25 years?
Niiiiice.
Ah Ian Anderson, angry man wielding that flute like a .... umm....
Niiiiiice. Forget the song. I love RP. who else lets it play righ through?
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dspwilson
| | Posted: Nov 04, 2011 - 17:26 | |
blades wrote:Does this end ?
It is one of the first rock opera albums. I remember getting the vinyl lp. Both sides are continuous musical tracks. Expect 45 minutes duration. |
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elitry
(Lafayette, IN) | | Posted: Nov 04, 2011 - 17:26 | |
omg...
pls end...
now....
or how 'bout now...
now's ok too...
without being presumptuous, when you're alerting the Tull fans to crank it up, please signal when it's safe to return for the rest of us...
oh god! is it..? oh no, just another pause before piano + (guitar, flute, whatever) interlude...
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ps. reply preemption - i have a fabulous attention span. ;)
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Artguitect
(Tucson, Arizona) | | Posted: Nov 04, 2011 - 17:26 | |
Best concept album - EVER! Listen & groove...
PS This roll is another reason why Bill & Rebecca are the BEST.
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annarborkm
(Ann Arbor, Michigan) | | Posted: Nov 04, 2011 - 17:26 | |
What a wonderful treat to hear this album side. Thanks, Bill
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Gaggsy
| | Posted: Nov 04, 2011 - 17:25 | |
Way too long. First bad track I've heard on Radio Paradise.
Where's the mute button?
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olivertwist
(Atlanta GA) | | Posted: Nov 04, 2011 - 17:24 | |
Hannio wrote:The release date was more like 1971 or 72, I believe, not 1997. Maybe 1997 was when side one finally came to an end.
Had to bring this comment up to the top. This is the most entertaining comments section of any song on RP! |
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coy
(san antonio) | | Posted: Nov 04, 2011 - 17:24 | |
xactly what i was thinking
am i stoned or does this go on and on ??
blades wrote:Does this end ?
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blades
(NYC) | | Posted: Nov 04, 2011 - 17:22 | |
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dspwilson
| | Posted: Nov 04, 2011 - 17:19 | |
I remember seeing Jethro Tull in Seattle after this album was released. They played the whole thing flawlessly - a 45 minutes duration concert. Kind of a testament to their musical discipline.
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arudger
(Belmont, CA) | | Posted: Nov 04, 2011 - 17:16 | |
romeotuma wrote:
Everybody in my hotel room loves this song...
Only *your* room? #louder |
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Proclivities
(Carrboro, NC) | | Posted: Nov 04, 2011 - 17:14 | |
On_The_Beach wrote:The nice thing about having this on CD is you don't have to turn it over halfway through to hear the entire "magnum opus". ; )
I don't think many of the North American kids listening to this in the 70s had any idea what "Thick as a Brick" meant. Thick was a reference to size; and so "thick as a brick" meant just that to them. The concept of "thick" referring to limited intelligence was definitely more of a British expression, and obscure to the North American teen, but of course makes much more sense in the context of the lyric "and your wise men don't know how it feels to be thick as a brick". I think it's a safe bet that the latter was Anderson's intent. . . . This concludes today's lesson.
I can't speak for the entire North American continent, but I knew what "thick" meant when referring to a person, and I grew up in NY. Synonyms would've been "dense", "dim", or "slow". It seems to be a shortened version of "thick-skulled", as in a derogatory question like: "When will you get this through your thick skull?" I don't hear it used in that context anymore; nowadays it usually refers to a woman with a large, curvy behind. |
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jr2571
(NYC) | | Posted: Nov 04, 2011 - 17:11 | |
Big Tull fan, although classic rock radio killed aqualung for me, this song is great. Reminds me of spinning albums in my room, back in the day!!
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(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas) | | Posted: Nov 04, 2011 - 17:10 | |
Everybody in my hotel room loves this song...
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GawgaBoy
(State of Confusion) | | Posted: Nov 04, 2011 - 17:09 | |
ahhh, thank you Bill, cranked!
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ofanansky
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Marcel1979
(Denmark) | | Posted: Oct 04, 2011 - 03:41 | |
ferwoman wrote:Ha ha ha !!! The comments are so extreme!
That being said, I really enjoyed hearing this one today, and lots of it. I remember listening to Jethro Tull in the downstairs room of our house as a teen, with the speakers turned WAY up, and being transported by the music and lyrics. Wow, what fun to hear again.
I can see why the reactions are so extreme. If you like it, it's at least 20 min. of good music, but if you don't like it, like me, it takes a lot of time before until the next song. |
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