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Everyday there's someone asking "What is there to do?"
Should I love or should I fight, is it all the same to you?
No I say I have the answer proven to be true,
But if I were to share it with you,
You would stand to gain and I to lose.
Oh I couldn't bear it so I've got nothing to say.
Nothing to say.
Every morning pressure forming all around my eyes.
Ceilings crash, the walls collapse, broken by the lies
That your misfortune brought upon us and I won't disguise them.
So don't ask me will I explain, I won't even begin to tell you why.
No, just because I have a name well I've got nothing to say.
Nothing to say.
Climb a tower of freedom, paint your own deceiving sign.
It's not my power to criticize or to ask you to be blind
To your own pressing problem and the hate you must unwind.
So ask of me no answer there is none that I could give you wouldn't find.
I went your way ten years ago and I've got nothing to say.
Should I love or should I fight, is it all the same to you?
No I say I have the answer proven to be true,
But if I were to share it with you,
You would stand to gain and I to lose.
Oh I couldn't bear it so I've got nothing to say.
Nothing to say.
Every morning pressure forming all around my eyes.
Ceilings crash, the walls collapse, broken by the lies
That your misfortune brought upon us and I won't disguise them.
So don't ask me will I explain, I won't even begin to tell you why.
No, just because I have a name well I've got nothing to say.
Nothing to say.
Climb a tower of freedom, paint your own deceiving sign.
It's not my power to criticize or to ask you to be blind
To your own pressing problem and the hate you must unwind.
So ask of me no answer there is none that I could give you wouldn't find.
I went your way ten years ago and I've got nothing to say.
| ccjemmett (Toronto) | Posted: Apr 28, 2013 - 13:22 More JT. Not to worry, it will sink in. I have faith in in these listeners. |
| MassivRuss (The Commonwealth of Massachusetts - God Save It!) | Posted: Mar 28, 2013 - 11:46 "Hey, Deb - what should I play after Pearl Jam, Black(Live)?" "Hmmm... Pearl Jam... Gee hmmm. That's a tough one Bill." "OH! I know! Jethro Tull!" "I'll have what you're having, Bill." |
| woodchuk (Lunar Lagrange point L1) | Posted: Feb 25, 2013 - 01:07 To the detractors out there: JT is a bit of an acquired taste that certainly does not appeal to everyone. It took time to grow on me, but over time, I have gained an appreciation for their unique sound. It is really worth the effort to seek out the underplayed tracks and listen closely to the unusual melodies and lyrics that JT is famous for. |
| kurtster (Back in Ohiya, for now ...) | Posted: Jan 24, 2013 - 17:36 Can't believe I never rated this. Xlnt. Eptimomy of Tull before the Aqualung version which follwed. |
| Pitjes (North Germany) | Posted: Dec 24, 2012 - 09:33 calypsus_1 wrote:  The end my friend by ~RedZeppelin6 ©2008-2010 ~RedZeppelin6 All good things have to come to an end. Close Your eyes- everything comes back! |
| cShaggy (..in the general vicinity..) | Posted: Nov 23, 2012 - 01:03 Lakeview wrote: Not nearly the best Tull.
..my giving it an 8 really says something then, eh?.. :P |
| Queue (ROKville, MD) | Posted: Oct 22, 2012 - 16:37 The remaster brought the bass a little more up front. nice (IMO) |
| blackjackshellac (Montreal) | Posted: Sep 21, 2012 - 04:14 Ugh, nothing to say, but too much to hear. |
| Lakeview (Great White North) | Posted: Sep 21, 2012 - 04:14 Not nearly the best Tull. |
| calypsus_1 | Posted: Jun 08, 2010 - 20:12 The end my friend by ~RedZeppelin6 ©2008-2010 ~RedZeppelin6 All good things have to come to an end. |
| FrankMc | Posted: Oct 26, 2008 - 16:40 Crockodile Rock? horstman wrote: What's the worst? |
| calypsus_1 | Posted: Oct 26, 2008 - 16:22
Everyday there's someone asking ** 8 / 9 ** in album Benefit (1970) |
| palad1 (London UK. A froggie in exile.) | Posted: Oct 26, 2008 - 16:18 Always hated the mix on this album... The songs are great though  |
| horstman (Syracuse, New York) | Posted: Oct 26, 2008 - 16:16 Papernapkin wrote: This is terrible. The second worst song in the universe. What's the worst? |
| gjeeg (Syracuse, New York) | Posted: Aug 24, 2008 - 11:30 Anderson does Dylan. In it's time This was It ! Tull in ascendence. Benefit stands the test of time. |
| Papernapkin (Mountain View, CA) | Posted: Apr 20, 2008 - 08:43 This is terrible. The second worst song in the universe. |
| speakerman ((everywhere, yet nowhere)) | Posted: Mar 19, 2008 - 20:42 I'm not sure if I like it yet. Nonetheless, its nice to hear something by JT other than Aqualung. |
| (former member) (The People's Republic of Casiotone) | Posted: Feb 17, 2008 - 09:07 ChardRemains wrote: this isn't working for me right now.
    :puke: I'm a big-time prog rock geek, but Tull never ever clicked with me. Grates on my nerves every time, every song. |
| gjeeg (Syracuse, New York) | Posted: Dec 16, 2007 - 12:00 The breakthrough mindblowing revelation of Tull making me a lifelong fan. My bedroom, age 16, 1971. |
| TriskyJen (Hudson River Valley) | Posted: Dec 16, 2007 - 11:59 Yay! Nice to hear an underplayed Tull song |
| rossriena (Wellington, New Zealand.) | Posted: Oct 14, 2007 - 17:13 Always a wonderful sound. |
| AlienRelic (east of Eden) | Posted: Sep 13, 2007 - 07:44 Jethro Tull is on tour: (click here) |
| hsvjimbo (Huntsville, Alabama) | Posted: Jul 12, 2007 - 09:27 I was working on something when the first notes grabbed my attention. Took me immediately back to my youth in White Sands, New Mexico listening to an AM Radio station in Dallas, Texas - KRLD that did progressive rock in the evenings. Anyone here remember "Montage & Dylan?" Thanks for playing this one. |
| Raechel | Posted: Jul 12, 2007 - 09:22 ChardRemains wrote: this isn't working for me right now.
ditto |
| ChardRemains (Pepperland) | Posted: Jul 12, 2007 - 09:20 this isn't working for me right now. :puke: |
| nigelr (Coffs Harbour, Australia) | Posted: Jun 11, 2007 - 00:28 I had the great good fortune to see JT live in Sydney on two occasions in the 70's. They were the first foreign rock act to play at the Sydney Opera House, about the time of the release of the Warchild album. Previously they had played the Hordern Pavillion just prior to Thick as a Brick being released. Formidable band live, both concerts were superb! Stupendous track, album and band! |
| prickelpit96 (Hannover, Germany) | Posted: Jun 11, 2007 - 00:23 ahhh. bad timing for European listeners like me. 
Jethro doesn't meet my mood this monday morning...too much different sounds. |
| zair99 (In Cognito) | Posted: Apr 16, 2006 - 23:22 I don't think I've seen another song on RP with such an even distribution of ratings! I don't particularly enjoy this one, myself. 4. |
| Shesdifferent (Just visiting this planet) | Posted: Mar 03, 2006 - 20:33 Can't believe that I have missed every single song RP has played from this ultimate classic album BUT you have to be a TULL fan, These guys are great...this album is one of my all time fav's cover to cover...and thats what I have to say!  |
| HEC (Venezuela) | Posted: Feb 17, 2006 - 05:00 This is the third song that i have listened to in the last month and the picture that i had in my mind about this band has changed dramatically, they do! are a good band. Now i have to erase all the comments that i used to hear from some friends and watch in some "music" TV channels that said "there´s a guy with a flute and it doesn´t rock!" i think i´ll get an album just to redem myself :|  |
| rklein (East Bay) | Posted: Feb 02, 2006 - 12:26 Rob_S wrote: This is a nice feature that I enjoy looking at.
Yes, I greatly enjoy it, too. |
| softjeans (Upper Ojai, CA) | Posted: Feb 02, 2006 - 12:06 twothingsatonce wrote: The appeal of this band completely escapes me.
Amen. As the song admits: Nothing to say. For some reason, their fans seem to think this is a virtue. Empty-headed? |
| GreenJello | Posted: Feb 02, 2006 - 12:04 kdoumani wrote: If I wanted to listen to crap like this, there are any number of classic rock stations in every city in the United States to tune in to.
Really don't know much about Tull do you? The first three albums get almost no air play. The Clear Channel/AOR approach is to play "Bungle in the Jungle", "Skating Away (on the thin ice of a new day)", "Aqualung", "Locomotobreath", and "Thick as a Brick". Notice that this song is NOT on the list. That's what makes RP great, deep cuts from bands AOR has played to death. |
| rklein (East Bay) | Posted: Feb 02, 2006 - 12:03 As Bill just said, interesting vote distribution: trimodal one could call it. I wonder, if it will stay like this when more votes than ~60 accumulate. I myself don't know where to put my vote, yet. |
| Rob_S (Lancaster, PA) | Posted: Feb 02, 2006 - 12:03 Bill, interesting observation on the flat spectrum of responses to this song ... whatever it means. This is a nice feature that I enjoy looking at. |
| sqqqrly (Newport, RI) | Posted: Feb 02, 2006 - 12:03 twothingsatonce wrote: The appeal of this band completely escapes me.
I love Ian Anderson, so I guess we null each other out... lol |
| twothingsatonce (Chicago) | Posted: Feb 02, 2006 - 11:59 The appeal of this band completely escapes me. |
| DJac (Seattle) | Posted: Feb 02, 2006 - 11:59 Damn, the comments on this one are just bucketing in! Reminds me of when I was a bug-eyed, adventure-seeking teen who wondered what the hell this life was all about... !  |
| kdoumani | Posted: Feb 02, 2006 - 11:58 I do not understand this station's affection for Jethro Tull. If I wanted to listen to crap like this, there are any number of classic rock stations in every city in the United States to tune in to. |
| willmcnaught (Eugene Oregon) | Posted: Feb 02, 2006 - 11:58    1970 Freshman at coll in N Mich-- thanks for the memory rush! |
| daveesh (birthplace of the american revolution) | Posted: Feb 02, 2006 - 11:58 are they gonna play stonehenge after this? |
| GreenJello | Posted: Feb 02, 2006 - 11:57 mperry wrote: Am struck by how unique the Tull sound was and is. That is probably the cause of the polarization aroused by consideration of the band's legitemcy to be "cool" enough to be played here.
Well my vote is this works. I like it. Well said. I also love Tull. |
| mperry (Columbia, MO) | Posted: Nov 11, 2002 - 10:33 Am struck by how unique the Tull sound was and is. That is probably the cause of the polarization aroused by consideration of the band's legitemcy to be "cool" enough to be played here. Well my vote is this works. I like it. |
| tower (Shelbyville, KY) | Posted: Mar 16, 2002 - 17:49 Tull has never appealed to me. |
| rjs (Atlanta, GA) | Posted: Jan 02, 2002 - 19:59 Absolutely excellent!!!! |
| Max (Edinburgh) | Posted: Dec 18, 2001 - 03:52 "Wow", I thought, "That's really bad even for 70s prog rock. I wonder which misguided noodlers are responsible?". No surprises there then. |
| lily33 (Uniontown, PA) | Posted: Dec 18, 2001 - 03:45 wow. didn't sound like tull to me, thought it was the crash test dummies at first. |