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| rockpommel16 (rockpommel´s land...near the netherlands) | Posted: Dec 29, 2012 - 16:02 elitry wrote: omg... ...  ......DON´T agree.....but the comment is excellent....... |
| whomhow (changeable) | Posted: May 28, 2012 - 07:21 So great and unexpectable! Thank you! |
| 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 ... |
| 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. |
| jr2571 (NYC) | Posted: Nov 04, 2011 - 18:06 funny post and while i don't agree, bravo on the quality words :) omg... |
| 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? Thick as a Brick Live in 2012 World Tour. WOW! 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. |
| 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! |
| blades (NYC) | Posted: Nov 04, 2011 - 17:38 Summed it up perfectly. elitry wrote: omg... |
| annarborkm (Ann Arbor, Michigan) | Posted: Nov 04, 2011 - 17:31 What a wonderful treat to hear this album side. Thanks, Bill |
| 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 |
| bc (It's everything. Location, Location, Location.) | Posted: Nov 04, 2011 - 17:30 ah. Thanks for that. |
| crispynz1 | Posted: Nov 04, 2011 - 17:30 Bravo! |
| msymmes (Toronto, CA) | Posted: Nov 04, 2011 - 17:28 Yup. It's long. See your therapist if you can't take it. |
| 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? |
| 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. |
| elitry (Lafayette, IN) | Posted: Nov 04, 2011 - 17:26 omg... |
| 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. |
| annarborkm (Ann Arbor, Michigan) | Posted: Nov 04, 2011 - 17:26 What a wonderful treat to hear this album side. Thanks, Bill |
| Gaggsy | Posted: Nov 04, 2011 - 17:25 Way too long. First bad track I've heard on Radio Paradise. Where's the mute button? |
| 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! |
| 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 ? |
| blades (NYC) | Posted: Nov 04, 2011 - 17:22 Does this end ? |
| 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. |
| arudger (Belmont, CA) | Posted: Nov 04, 2011 - 17:16 romeotuma wrote: Everybody in my hotel room loves this song... Only *your* room? #louder |
| 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. |
| 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!! |
| (former member) (hotel in Las Vegas) | Posted: Nov 04, 2011 - 17:10 Everybody in my hotel room loves this song... |
| GawgaBoy (State of Confusion) | Posted: Nov 04, 2011 - 17:09 ahhh, thank you Bill, cranked! |
| ofanansky | Posted: Oct 04, 2011 - 03:45 way too long |
| 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. |
| On_The_Beach (The Blue Planet) | Posted: Sep 02, 2011 - 20:47 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. |
| ferwoman | Posted: Sep 02, 2011 - 19:37 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. |
| asusinskas (Cleveland, OH) | Posted: Sep 02, 2011 - 17:45 Wonderful! I am fulfilled. |
| Proclivities (Carrboro, NC) | Posted: Sep 02, 2011 - 17:38 Alafia wrote: It is demanding music, incredibly complex and many-layered. Commands your attention. I respect that. I can see why some of our younger listeners might not appreciate it though. "Demanding...complex, and many-layered" music does not automatically equate to "good" music - though of course, that's a matter of personal taste. I can see why many people like this tune and this band, and can respect and appreciate that as well, but neither ever did much for me. There are some Tull tunes which I like, but I wouldn't say they ever commanded my attention. I do remember hearing this frequently in my teen years though - usually on an 8-track in someone's car. |
| jsclarke (Aliso Viejo, CA) | Posted: Sep 02, 2011 - 17:29 Yay Bill! Thank you. Awesome song that reminds me of of some of the best times of my life... |
| bobrk (Beautiful Downtown San Jose) | Posted: Sep 02, 2011 - 17:28 Wow. I literally listened to all 45 minutes of this every day during high school. Flashbacks.... |
| chasech5 (Ames, IA) | Posted: Aug 02, 2011 - 11:38 For the casual listener, yes. But if you're used to it it makes a great studying soundtrack—as I found out in high school. Alafia wrote: It is demanding music, incredibly complex and many-layered. Commands your attention. I respect that. I can see why some of our younger listeners might not appreciate it though. |
| anotherlistener (outside Bawlmer) | Posted: Aug 02, 2011 - 08:20 Nice exerpt Bill. Drive the nay sayers crazy, and play the whole thing sometime!!!!! |
| tutakea | Posted: Aug 02, 2011 - 08:04 yeah... i do understand why this "song" get´s so much loathing from some people. this is, one cannot deny this, prog-rock of the purest brand. and i would never deny that hard-core-prog has some really "dangerous" proclivities which do sometimes result in music as awful-as-it-can-get. in "Thick as a brick", some of these dangerous cliffs linger not tooo far away :-) nevertheless, i decided to raise my thumb for this one. |
| Alafia (the new east wing) | Posted: Aug 02, 2011 - 08:02 hcaudill wrote: I'm not as big a Jethro Tull or Who fan as Bill is, but I can give this advice for both: If you don't listen with the volume turned up as loud as you can stand it, it's not possible to appreciate this sort of pompous rock at all. That's not to say that you will appreciate it that way, but if you treat it as background music it can only drive you crazy. It is demanding music, incredibly complex and many-layered. Commands your attention. I respect that. I can see why some of our younger listeners might not appreciate it though. |
| Merritt (Tennessee) | Posted: Aug 02, 2011 - 08:02 Question: How long is this song? Answer: too damn long... |
| NicJohn (Northern Michigan) | Posted: Aug 02, 2011 - 08:02 olivertwist wrote: As I just mentioned, I'm enjoying this. But the negative comments are giving me a chuckle.
I agree Olivertwist! funny to see the comments! |
| quesarah (Minneapolis, MN) | Posted: Aug 02, 2011 - 08:01 Ah, the memories. Great to hear it again. |
| pamyoder (New York, NY) | Posted: Aug 02, 2011 - 08:00 hcaudill wrote: I'm not as big a Jethro Tull or Who fan as Bill is, but I can give this advice for both: If you don't listen with the volume turned up as loud as you can stand it, it's not possible to appreciate this sort of pompous rock at all. That's not to say that you will appreciate it that way, but if you treat it as background music it can only drive you crazy. Even better excellent point!!! |
| Baby_M (a 100+-year old building in downtown Akron, Ohio) | Posted: Aug 02, 2011 - 07:59 "Gowrsh, that 'Thick as a Brick' sure is a long track! I think Ian needs to edit it a mite." — Bob Dylan, composer of "Highway 61 Revisited," "It's All Right Ma, I'm Only Bleeding," and "Lilly, Rosemary, and the Jack of Hearts." |
| olivertwist (Atlanta GA) | Posted: Aug 02, 2011 - 07:59 As I just mentioned, I'm enjoying this. But the negative comments are giving me a chuckle. |
| hcaudill (Washington, DC) | Posted: Aug 02, 2011 - 07:59 I'm not as big a Jethro Tull or Who fan as Bill is, but I can give this advice for both: If you don't listen with the volume turned up as loud as you can stand it, it's not possible to appreciate this sort of pompous rock at all. That's not to say that you will appreciate it that way, but if you treat it as background music it can only drive you crazy. |
| pamyoder (New York, NY) | Posted: Aug 02, 2011 - 07:59 bbeachamp wrote: Why write one bad song when you can combine eight bad songs into one? Excellent point!! |
| bbeachamp | Posted: Aug 02, 2011 - 07:58 Why write one bad song when you can combine eight bad songs into one? |
| Merritt (Tennessee) | Posted: Aug 02, 2011 - 07:58 I am sorry, this song is way too long and it is very annoying. Please Bill, don't play this ever again. Please... |