Jethro Tull Legendary?

Psychedelic Paul wrote: Cristi wrote: Psychedelic Paul wrote: Cristi wrote: Psychedelic Paul wrote: Cristi wrote: Psychedelic Paul wrote: I think any group that spans six decades deserves legendary status. that's not what the question is... I you read my reply, then I think you can guess which way I voted. six decades? I did not know JT started in 1959... arithmatic is hard are they legendary based on their first 5 years? That's what you're asked. Not five decades... Yes, six decades:- 1960's; 1970's; 1980's; 1990's; 2000's; & 2010's. There's nothing wrong with my maths. oh but there is, JT started in 1968. Are we in the year 2028 and I don't lnow? I said six decades, not seven decades. I've just listed the six decades of Jethro Tull's existence in front of you. I couldn't make it any clearer than that.

is that a real question?

Cristi wrote: Psychedelic Paul wrote: Cristi wrote: Psychedelic Paul wrote: Cristi wrote: Psychedelic Paul wrote: Cristi wrote: Psychedelic Paul wrote: I think any group that spans six decades deserves legendary status. that's not what the question is... I you read my reply, then I think you can guess which way I voted. six decades? I did not know JT started in 1959... arithmatic is hard are they legendary based on their first 5 years? That's what you're asked. Not five decades... Yes, six decades:- 1960's; 1970's; 1980's; 1990's; 2000's; & 2010's. There's nothing wrong with my maths. oh but there is, JT started in 1968. Are we in the year 2028 and I don't lnow? I said six decades, not seven decades. I've just listed the six decades of Jethro Tull's existence in front of you. I couldn't make it any clearer than that.  do the math 2019-1968= ?

dougmcauliffe wrote: He’s not saying they’ve been active for 60 years, he means they’ve been active in 6 different decades

Cristi wrote: Psychedelic Paul wrote: I'm counting all six decades that Jethro Tull have been active, from the 1960's through to this present decade, making six decades in all.  I don't see why that's so difficult for you to comprehend. no, you said and I quote "I think any group that spans six decades deserves legendary status" - 50 years is not  six decades. That's all. You also have to judge their legendary status of their early work up to 1973. That's the question here.

Edited by Psychedelic Paul - November 14 2019 at 09:33

^^ It simply means that Jethro Tull began in the 1960's. It doesn't mean they have to have been active for the entire decade. When this thread goes over into 2020, as it surely will do, then it will have spanned two decades, the 2010's and 2020's. NOW do you get it?

Edited by Psychedelic Paul - November 14 2019 at 09:49

I think it's ok to say that Jethro Tull has been active in 6 decades, even if it's not yet 60 years.  It's a way of exaggerating the longevity factor.  Probably no need to get too worked up over it

I would not classify Tull's first three releases or APP legendary. Aqualung and TAAB for sure.

So my answer is no.

Does the word "span" have a different meaning in the UK? I've always considered it to mean something like "full extent," so by saying it spanned two decades, means to me 20 years. I'm sure there are different usages of "span" in the States as well. 

Think of a group spanning six decades in the same way as a suspension bridge spanning a river. There are the two stanchions securing the bridge either side of the river, and then there is the main span crossing the river. So we have the 1960's and the 2010's at either end and then we have the main span of the four full decades in between, which totals six decades.

Edited by Psychedelic Paul - November 14 2019 at 10:39