zombie84 said:
Pretty big Tull fan here. My dad has almost every album that was released on vinyl, and since I now have inherited his collection many years ago that means I am pretty well stocked on Tull. I grew up listening to his music to the point where I couldn't stand Aqualung because I heard it so often. Of course, 17 years later and I can listen to that song on repeat no problem.
Favourite albums:
-Aqualung
-Heavy Horses
-Broadsword and the Beast (why isn't this album better known???)
With a runner up maybe being Songs from the Wood.
True story, in my european history class we actually had part of a lecture on Jethro Tull, the actual man, and whenever my prof would say "Jethro Tull" someone from the balcony would yell out "YEAH!!" and after the third time our prof had to ask what the heck was going on. Apparently he had no idea who Jethro Tull was. The sad part was the man was in his 30s! It's weird to think that there is now a generational gap between teens and early 20-somethings who know Tull from their baby boomer parents and Rock Band, and those in their late 30s who grew up in the 80s and early 90s when Tull was in decline and not well known.
To be honest though, there are so many Jethro Tull albums that I am pretty sure I have about two that I have never even played yet.
Awesome! I'm glad OT has another Jethro Tull fan!
I was born in the late '80s and my father enjoys Classic Rock, but not Progressive Rock, so I kind-of introduced myself to Tull. Interestingly, the first song I heard by them was not Aqualung... it was Heavy Horses!
The Broadsword and the Beast was their most popular album in Germany. I think the US and UK were too mixed up in Disco to enjoy it in 1982.
Excellent story about your European History class, BTW. I enjoyed reading it :-) YEAH!!!
