The Ultimate Progressive Rock Top 50?

27. JETHRO TULL        This Was always a must for inclusion in any Prog Rock Top 50, seeing as Jethro Tull are one of the so-called "Big Six" of British Prog. Jethro Tull's early albums still Stand Up to scrutiny over half a century later. With the modern-day Benefit of the internet, I've been diving deep (with the aid of an Aqualung) into Jethro Tull's extensive discography. I'd have to be Thick as a Brick not to know that the original Jethro Tull (1674-1741) was an English agriculturalist who pioneered the use of the seed drill, but that's Living in the Past. In the present day, Ian Anderson and his merry band of minstrels have been sowing the seeds of Prog Folk now for coming up to sixty years with A Passion Play of timeless songs and classic albums to their eternal credit. At the age of 76, Ian Anderson isn't quite old enough to be a War Child, but he's the original Minstrel in the Gallery who's not Too Old to Rock 'n' Roll, But Too Young to Die.

1968: Jethro Tull - This Was - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_TaS3ukydpL2Fsxy9Vb7fO7Pv9epqpCc
1969: Jethro Tull - Stand Up - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_TaS3ukydpK21a_yj-wShUr6dMFajixV
1970: Jethro Tull - Benefit - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_TaS3ukydpJNwExPtwrAvTFAPdMsAAYQ
1970: Jethro Tull - Live at the Isle of Wight Festival - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_TaS3ukydpLzHCTdcPCPsXakhmbzhGBJ
1970: Jethro Tull - Live at Carnegie Hall - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_TaS3ukydpK4Zq2biB-kSQT6hNhF4iKu
1971: Jethro Tull - Aqualung - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_TaS3ukydpItMlS-ZZBS0WAL9Xos7Vem
1972: Jethro Tull - Thick as a Brick - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_TaS3ukydpLnq9Zmxj9RfFTgCzX4wCxv
1972: Jethro Tull - Living in the Past - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLL44kuYYS8ynt5tVMXxm89bbmzl6WK4rs
1973: Jethro Tull - A Passion Play - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_TaS3ukydpKdZoI-CR0v6s2Mg4t_W89A
1974: Jethro Tull - War Child - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_TaS3ukydpJiggwwc2wyYTDtKC7FiyFA
1975: Jethro Tull - Minstrel in the Gallery - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_TaS3ukydpJTj4VnIMb8xSWYJmRNko4s
1976: Jethro Tull - Too Old to Rock & Roll, Too Young to Die - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_TaS3ukydpLta0i3WqROqSYE4aFWij38
1976: Jethro Tull - Live in Tampa, Florida - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_TaS3ukydpKosT_yJsGTrEdjAr-xSARC
1977: Jethro Tull - Songs from the Wood - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_TaS3ukydpL_rhJhATo8G_oGYXkmqcuT
1977: Jethro Tull - Live at Golders Green Hippodrome, London - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_TaS3ukydpJ3uvz80am-TGay-FxWC9sX
1978: Jethro Tull - Heavy Horses - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_TaS3ukydpKYgHAMRPCCBs7Ad19o_67k
1978: Jethro Tull - Live at Madison Square Garden, NYC - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_TaS3ukydpK2L04I7xGfZOG0Yn-oIRwA
1978: Jethro Tull - Live: Bursting Out - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_TaS3ukydpLyXL9WTfKQgesKkC2jovAV
1979: Jethro Tull - Stormwatch - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_TaS3ukydpJ_HObRn0D0N3e_GE4bk80b
1980: Jethro Tull - "A" - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_TaS3ukydpKcb_6nrW-xru2qorADUNwg
1981: Jethro Tull - Slipstream - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_TaS3ukydpKFEcgPfNBJd63IrUaBioTR
1982: Jethro Tull - The Broadsword and the Beast - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_TaS3ukydpKPVfOPGMDzgWbTLXgYS20v
1982: Jethro Tull - RockPop in Concert - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLeVVPJRFgUTPiiFlnWlTQYSbh4b1w_c2H
1984: Jethro Tull - Under Wraps - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_TaS3ukydpKYJJ14hE27s3oEiSS7E3wz
1985: Jethro Tull - A Classic Case - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_TaS3ukydpJgggsf5Eamh8YBAMNC_pfx
1987: Jethro Tull - Crest of a Knave - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_TaS3ukydpIu0aBMU-Yt83zXHg-PF3W9
1989: Jethro Tull - Rock Island - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_TaS3ukydpKjzaBMw8CmQyiBqQvGnbXR
1991: Jethro Tull - Catfish Rising - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_TaS3ukydpKfwCTqfSiqgp2TrtN99sSJ
1991: Jethro Tull - Live at Hammersmith - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uF73wBPbj5w
1992: Jethro Tull - A Little Light Music - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_TaS3ukydpJ-NbANSqVYf-fn83wQYgNx
1995: Jethro Tull - Roots to Branches - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_TaS3ukydpLgMvI3jK77h727MoppgZp6
1999: Jethro Tull - J-Tull Dot Com - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_k-SrZvYHhskahnUvtBIXL2zg1FLBqC8q4
2002: Jethro Tull - Living with the Past - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_TaS3ukydpKNchN-AQkw4Zv4vkjU-vf0
2003: Jethro Tull - The Jethro Tull Christmas Album - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_TaS3ukydpL95zkdQ1oDb1iwCbgN4DrJ
2003: Jethro Tull - Live at Montreux - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_TaS3ukydpLvGDvE1gTjUyZZqUwEGIjk
2005: Jethro Tull - Aqualung Live - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_TaS3ukydpL2AvCXFw_Ky0CIbZ2w3Ut5
2022: Jethro Tull - The Zealot Gene - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kPbKv61AMtAT7-iMmWni7iqWuRs04SrZw
2023: Jethro Tull - Rokflote - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lwibXy9rWPfZJBVEFk3gVbRA-oa-QePF8



Edited by Psychedelic Paul - August 06 2025 at 01:31

Grumpyprogfan wrote: ^What the hell? Why the bickering?

You know that it's a long story, but a look at my many posts in this thread (beginning with p. 6) gives a bit of my perspective on it, and it's a reaction on basis of long-time big frustration.
It hasn't been possible for me try to solve my conflict with Paul by means of a dialogue, as he has made it impossible. For instance, he has never answered my PMs to him - that is except from once in the very beginning.

Nogbad_The_Bad wrote: David_D wrote: Anyway, Paul, I can imagine that it won't last much longer before the negative energy inside you has eaten you completely up - unless, you'll somehow manage to take better care of it than you've done it so far. Stop the personal attacks or risk a suspension.

Maybe fair enough but anyway, I hope that this procedure will be used as a general rule and not only in the case of some members.

^ the last 3 are well worth checking out

29. KING CRIMSON          If you have The Power to Believe, imagine sailing through treacherous seas In the Wake of Poseidon to a land far far away on one of the world's remote Islands, where the Red-haired man reigns In the Court of the Crimson King. Out on deck on The Night Watch under a Starless and Bible Black sky, you marvel at The Construction of Light in a thunder storm as you hear the Thrak of a lightning bolt in the distance. You play cards to pass the time on the long voyage, but lose again when you realise you can't Beat a hand containing Three of a Perfect Pair. You don't have the Discipline to concentrate at cards against an opponent with eyes darting around like a Lizard who sees everything, so you decide to Beat a retreat down to the galley where the ship's cook serves up an exotic dish of Larks' Tongues in Aspic, washed down with a glass of Red wine. You retire to your cabin and quickly drift off to sleep as the ship continues on its Earthbound voyage......

1969: King Crimson - In the Court of the Crimson King - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzAR8hb_3eiT9intke4mlRxu
1970: King Crimson - In the Wake of Poseidon - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzACr6Ouh9_W0uCtYbp5O6gV
1970: King Crimson - Lizard - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzAa1Fp7AxWQTx5iMzyIbGM7
1971: King Crimson - Islands - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzCwAN4Za2cTRm6UjO0LYp9F
1973: King Crimson - Larks' Tongues in Aspic - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nwJdj92uwTS0jn09Tykvmx9WUoNiW2HYo
1974: King Crimson - Starless & Bible Black - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzCQaxGZ9z1S0u6R7K6Cs3Z3
1974: King Crimson - Red - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXhfRoiJBIislZ9MHBBNYK0h3N30Gv7Ja
1981: King Crimson - Discipline - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lKk6cXZQKIREYv9dhSuG-qe1b1qY3ikxU
1982: King Crimson - Beat - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzBt2sqTMx0gZVk3njR2XzDY
1984: King Crimson - Three of a Perfect Pair - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kxynyy-5r0m2YcnIiXbDGvQUpW1cAyESA
1995: King Crimson - THRAK - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lwE2L44NPzY6toEaacIVMbRmEYc-9ujME
2000: King Crimson - The ConstruKction of Light - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzB5zjlJSe71ykE-njnU4OfO
2003: King Crimson - The Power to Believe - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzCI7RF31FXL6_GVqA_2n9pd
2015: King Crimson - Live in Japan - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzBb6txPuOSDAc4QMnXVnJlh