What are your top 10 Jethro Tull songs?
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Topic: What are your top 10 Jethro Tull songs?
Posted By: GoliathTMV
Subject: What are your top 10 Jethro Tull songs?
Date Posted: April 16 2020 at 12:04
| I've always struggled to like Jethro Tull. Maybe you guys could help! What are your top ten Jethro Tull songs? |
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Posted By: SteveG
Date Posted: April 16 2020 at 12:09
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The first 10 songs on Aqualung. Perfection. ------------- This message was brought to you by a proud supporter of the Deep State. |
Posted By: Spacegod87
Date Posted: April 16 2020 at 23:43
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I mean, my favourite Tull songs may not be ones you like. Especially considering you're not their biggest fan. If we weren't on a prog site, I'd recommend more pop/rock sounding Tull songs (Living in the past) to start getting into them, but i'm guessing you have tried to listen to them before and still can't gel with any of their songs, which is okay. In any case, I'll put my favourite Tull songs here because you asked  No Lullaby Thick as a brick Songs from the wood Slipstream Minstrel in the gallery Heavy Horses Velvet Green The Whistler Aqualung |
Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: April 17 2020 at 03:25
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Brick Bourrée Serenade We Used To Know Reasons For Waiting Cross-Eyed Mary Mother Goose New Day Yesterday Living In The Past Baker Street Muse |
Posted By: dwill123
Date Posted: April 17 2020 at 05:10
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"Living in the Past" "With You There to Help Me" "To Cry You a Song" "Teacher" "Aqualung" "Cross-Eyed Mary" "Locomotive Breath" Thick as a Brick (Pt. 1) "Living in the Past" |
Posted By: HolyMoly
Date Posted: April 18 2020 at 10:44
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Hymn 43 Up the ‘Pool Teacher A Passion Play (all of it) With You there to Help Me Aqualung No Lullaby A New Day Yesterday The Clasp Life’a a Long Song ------------- My other avatar is a Porsche It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle if it is lightly greased. -Kehlog Albran |
Posted By: Mortte
Date Posted: April 18 2020 at 13:12
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Thick as a Brick Cheap Day Return Alive and Well and Living In Velvet Green a Passion Play Witches Promise Moths Baker St. Muse Sealion Look Into the Sun
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Posted By: The Dark Elf
Date Posted: April 18 2020 at 15:05
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I will refrain from choosing Thick as a Brick and A Passion Play, and go with just single compositions that don't cover whole albums. First 10 Nothing Is Easy Reasons for Waiting Up to Me Sweet Dream Skating Away Baker St. Muse (Medley) Salamander The Whistler Acres Wild Dun Ringill Second 10 Serenade to a Cuckoo Fat Man Witch's Promise Locomotive Breath Sealion Minstrel in the Gallery Rainbow Blues Taxi Grab Pibroch One Brown Mouse ------------- ...a vigorous circular motion hitherto unknown to the people of this area, but destined to take the place of the mud shark in your mythology... |
Posted By: dr wu23
Date Posted: April 18 2020 at 15:17
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Again....so many good tracks by this band....as always could change in a New York minute. ;) A New Day Yesterday With You There To Help Me Aqualung TAAB, part 1 Skating Away.... Minstrel In The Gallery Songs From The Wood Heavy Horses Living In The Past Teacher ------------- One does nothing yet nothing is left undone. Haquin |
Posted By: Sacro_Porgo
Date Posted: April 18 2020 at 17:36
The first songs on Thick As A Brick and A Passion Play are also pretty great. Shame there weren't any more good songs on those records.  ------------- Porg for short. My love of music doesn't end with prog! Feel free to discuss all sorts of music with me. Odds are I'll give it a chance if I haven't already! :) |
SteveG wrote:Posted By: emisan
Date Posted: May 09 2020 at 05:44
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Thick As A Brick (22:39) Baker Street Muse (16:42) Aqualung (6:31) Cross-Eyed Mary (4:09) Mother Goose (3:52) Up To Me (3:18) My God (7:10) Hymn 43 (3:18) Locomotive Breath (4:25) Wind-Up (5:42)
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Posted By: Argo2112
Date Posted: April 09 2021 at 11:37
In no particular order:
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Posted By: iluvmarillion
Date Posted: April 11 2021 at 01:20
I don't disagree but it makes it a bit dull for someone wanting to acquaint themselves with the music of Jethro Tull.
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Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: April 11 2021 at 03:49
Just felt like listening to it again ------------- let's just stay above the moral melee prefer the sink to the gutter keep our sand-castle virtues content to be a doer as well as a thinker, prefer lifting our pen rather than un-sheath our sword |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: April 11 2021 at 04:26
also not the best album for prog fans imo. Their run of albums from TAAB to Stormwatch is one of the best ever. All great stuff to get your teeth into. Aqualung is a bit like DSOTM for me , an excellent song based album that leave me wanting more of something else.
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Posted By: omphaloskepsis
Date Posted: April 11 2021 at 04:36
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Thick as a Brick a Passion Play Moths Baker St. Muse Solstice Bells With You There To Help Me Skating Away on the Thin Ice of the New Day One White Duck / 0^10 = Nothing at All My God Minstrel in the Gallery |
Posted By: Progishness
Date Posted: April 11 2021 at 06:16
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Almost anything from 'Aqualung' or 'Living in the Past', plus of course TAAB (all of it). ------------- "We're going to need a bigger swear jar." Chloë Grace Moretz as Mindy McCready aka 'Hit Girl' in Kick-Ass 2 |
Posted By: tempest_77
Date Posted: April 11 2021 at 10:04
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Aqualung Cross-Eyed Mary My God Thick as a Brick A Passion Play Minstrel in the Gallery Baker St. Muse Songs from the Wood Pibroch (Cap In Hand) Heavy Horses ------------- I use they/them pronouns (feel free to ask me about this!) Check out my music on https://tempestsounds.bandcamp.com/" rel="nofollow - my bandcamp ! |
Posted By: geekfreak
Date Posted: April 11 2021 at 11:03
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10. Cross-Eyed Mary 9. A Passion Play 8. Minstrel In The Gallery 7. Baker St. Muse 6. Steel Monkeys 5. Budapest 4. Farm Under The Freeway 3. Witch's Promise 2. To Cry You a Song 1. Nothing Is Easy ------------- Friedrich Nietzsche: "Without music, life would be a mistake." Music Is Live Two people are better off than one, for they can help each other succeed. Keep Calm And Listen To The Music… < |
Posted By: Progmind
Date Posted: April 11 2021 at 11:04
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Aqualung Teacher Thick As A Brick Songs From The Wood The Whistler Locomotive Breath Baker Street Muse Heavy Horses Cross-Eyed Mary Mother Goose |
Posted By: Olape
Date Posted: April 11 2021 at 14:27
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A passion play Conundrum To Cry You A Song Thick as a brick Black Satin Dancer Nothing is easy Cross-Eyed Mary My god Baker Street Muse Play in time ------------- 
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Posted By: dr prog
Date Posted: May 02 2021 at 16:27
Here’s a fun one in no order  Coruisk A stitch in time Moths Cup of wonder Commercial traveler Summerday sands Good godmother Foot of the stairs The poet and the painter Up the pool ------------- All I like is prog related bands beginning late 60's/early 70's. Their music from 1968 - 83 has the composition and sound which will never be beaten. Perfect blend of jazz, classical, folk and rock. |
Posted By: Dellinger
Date Posted: May 03 2021 at 21:06
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My top Jethro Tull song are 22 ones, so I guess I'll have to start by cutting the (great) classical or traditional covers they made. And then, in chronological order: 1. Living in the Past (Montreux version). 2. Nothing is easy (Living with the Past version). 3. Aqualung (Montreux version). 4. My God (Montreux version). 5. Locomotive Breath (Montreux version). 6. Thick as a Brick (Bursting Out version). 7. Minstrel in the Gallery (Bursting Out version). 8. Hunting girl (Montreux version). 9. Velvet green (original version). 10. The Whistler (original version). So, actually, for me the very best versions they did comes mostly from Live, Bursting Out and Live at Montreux. |
Posted By: dr prog
Date Posted: May 04 2021 at 02:09
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I can’t pick a top 10. I could have 10 top 10s. Ive found 20 fave songs from the remix sets alone. Either 10 new tracks which were previously unreleased or 10 known tracks which I’ve started to get into due to the much improved production. Now I keep playing those tunes thanks to the remixes. Otherwise I never would have bothered with them. Good examples are Inside, Old greaser, Warm Sporran, Working John ------------- All I like is prog related bands beginning late 60's/early 70's. Their music from 1968 - 83 has the composition and sound which will never be beaten. Perfect blend of jazz, classical, folk and rock. |
Posted By: Artik
Date Posted: May 04 2021 at 07:22
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A Passion Play - not the best point to start, but one of the highest points in their discography Thick as s brick - excellent way to start if you're not terrified by 40+ minutes track :P Fat man My God Third Hoorah Songs from the wood Aqualung Bouree Locomotive breath Sossity; you're a woman There is my ten, but frankly I just love them form the first album to the "Stormwatch"
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Posted By: Lewian
Date Posted: May 04 2021 at 13:31
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Thick as a Brick Aqualung A Passion Play Weathercock Hunting Girl Dun Ringill My God Locomotive Breath Heavy Horses Later That Same Evening Hard to leave out anything from Heavy Horses; I love that album to pieces.
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Posted By: Lewian
Date Posted: May 04 2021 at 13:54
Very cool, hadn't heard that one before.
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Posted By: Gully Foyle
Date Posted: May 04 2021 at 15:03
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Super unhelpful, but Stand Up through Under Wraps, with a nod to Jump Start on Crest of a Knave. OK - 10 Only Solitaire Salamander Wond'ring Again Ring Out Solstice Bells Velvet Green Black Sunday Baker St. Muse Teacher Aqualung Dr. Bogenbroom
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Posted By: Gully Foyle
Date Posted: May 04 2021 at 15:04
Hats off for Later That Same Evening!!
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Posted By: Gully Foyle
Date Posted: May 04 2021 at 15:05
Good call on The Clasp
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Posted By: kenethlevine
Date Posted: May 04 2021 at 18:34
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I know very little post 1980 so will limit to before that, in no particular order With you there to help me Nothing to say Inside Aqualung Cross Eyed Mary Thick Third Hurrah One White Duck/Nothing at all Rover Moths |
Posted By: dr prog
Date Posted: May 05 2021 at 02:02
Love it. I can’t stop playing Crossfire remix. It’s longer than before and sounds great. I never used to listen to it much at all ------------- All I like is prog related bands beginning late 60's/early 70's. Their music from 1968 - 83 has the composition and sound which will never be beaten. Perfect blend of jazz, classical, folk and rock. |
Posted By: TheLionOfPrague
Date Posted: May 09 2021 at 10:24
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1- Thick as a Brick (Part 1) 2- We Used to Know 3- Aqualung 4- Heavy Horses 5- Locomotive Breath 6- Thick as a Brick (Part 2) 7- The Rover 8- Bouree 9- Fire at Midnight 10- Up to Me ------------- I shook my head and smiled a whisper knowing all about the place |
Posted By: ProgLin
Date Posted: December 26 2021 at 15:00
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1. Aqualung 2. My God 3. Heavy Horses 4. A Passion Play Part 2 5. Locomotive Breath 6. Sealdriver 7. Flying Dutchman 8. Budapest 9. Hunting Girl 10. Flying Colors
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Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: December 26 2021 at 19:25
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Oh man, give me three days and lots of espresso. ------------- "Too often we enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought." -- John F. Kennedy |
Posted By: Hugh Manatee
Date Posted: December 26 2021 at 20:15
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Thick as a Brick Life is a Long Song Wondering Aloud Dun Ringill To Cry You A Song Just Trying to Be Thinking 'Round Corners Roots and Branches Rock Island Look Into the Sun ------------- I should have been a pair of ragged claws Scuttling across the floors of uncertain seas |
Posted By: JBH525
Date Posted: December 26 2021 at 20:49
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In no particular order One Brown Mouse Nothing To Say Cross-Eyed Mary Thick As A Brick Velvet Green Locomotive Breath Songs From The Wood Cup of Wonder Minstrel In The Gallery Up To Me |
Posted By: Hiram
Date Posted: December 26 2021 at 22:35
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1. Heavy Horses 2. Thick as a Brick (the whole thing) 3-10 in alphabetical order: Aqualung Hunting Girl Living in the Past Minstrel in the Gallery Moths The Mouse Police Never Sleeps Songs from the Wood Weathercock These were the what came to mind quickly. Might change some if I really sat down to think.
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Posted By: Sacro_Porgo
Date Posted: December 27 2021 at 00:10
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Hm... I don't know 1. Thick As A Brick well it'll take a while to get through that one, may as well just leave it there actually, lol. ------------- Porg for short. My love of music doesn't end with prog! Feel free to discuss all sorts of music with me. Odds are I'll give it a chance if I haven't already! :) |
Posted By: Saperlipopette!
Date Posted: December 27 2021 at 01:20
I couldn't make a top ten. I don't think I ever could. So many great songs, and so many (for me) not yet fully digested non-album gems ca 1968-1978. I see songs on some of the lists here I'm not even familiar with.
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Posted By: Syzygy
Date Posted: December 27 2021 at 02:02
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The first 10 to spring to mind: A New Day Yesterday To Cry You a Song Teacher One Brown Mouse Skating Away on the Thin Ice of a New Day Thick as a Brick part 1 The Minstrel in the Gallery Moths Locomotive Breath Bouree ------------- 'Like so many of you I've got my doubts about how much to contribute to the already rich among us...' Robert Wyatt, Gloria Gloom |
Posted By: Sacro_Porgo
Date Posted: December 27 2021 at 02:22
I think I agree. Aqualung, Benefit, and Stand Up in particular may not be the proggiest little records ever to prog... but they're each fantastic and immersive in their own way. Stand Up has this strong and lingering jazziness from the first album (which is also quite good!), just beginning to meld itself to more classical or baroque sounds, and of course rock and blues are still the meat and potatoes of the band. Benefit is a whole different cat. The jazz has seeped too deep into the recipe to be recognizable any more, and the guitars have gotten chunkier, weightier, more uncompromising. If Jethro Tull had deserved the first metal grammy it would have been for this album. There's a dark and wispy cast to the album, from melodies to production, which makes it wholly unique, if a bit dense. And then there's Aqualung. Sudden clarity after the thick fog. The heaviness remains but is used more wisely, and more sparingly. Every instrument is at the band's beck and call, but with the implicit understanding that not everything should be used at once. All ideas are on the table, but not all of them must be used all the time. It's the beautiful balancing act and patient execution which make this album special. These elements would be gradually lost over the next two records in favor of a more maximalist approach to prog. That's not necessarily a bad thing, especially as they produced some of their best records with this approach. However, by the time Anderson sees fit to write more than one song per album again, that maximal philosophy has begun to border on overstimulating. The albums are still great overall, but the songs are a bit more muddled than they used to be, oversaturated with good ideas. I'm more likely to spin Benefit than War Child, or Stand Up than TOTRARTYTD. The discography has a great run from Stand Up through Storm Watch, but in some ways it's quite a different band that emerged out the other end of the 70s. ------------- Porg for short. My love of music doesn't end with prog! Feel free to discuss all sorts of music with me. Odds are I'll give it a chance if I haven't already! :) |
Posted By: thief
Date Posted: December 27 2021 at 02:37
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Okay, so I'll do "no epics" and "one from each album". Not all are absolute favorites, but all are <3. This Was A Song for Jeffrey Stand Up For a Thousand Mothers Benefit A Time for Everything Aqualung My God Thick as a Brick (-) Living in the Past The Witch's Promise A Passion Play Magus Perdé War Child Sealion Minstrel in the Gallery Black Satin Dancer TOFRNRTYTD Quizz Kid Songs from the Wood Velvet Green Heavy Horses Rover Stormwatch Orion A Crossfire The Broadsword and the Beast Fallen on Hard Times Under Wraps European Legacy Crest of a Knave Dogs in the Midwinter Rock Island Ears of Tin Catfish Rising Like a Tall Thin Girl Roots to Branches At Last, Forever J-Tull.com Far Alaska Christmas Album Weathercock ------------- TOP20 Songs https://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=124211" rel="nofollow - Genesis https://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=125999" rel="nofollow - Rush |
Posted By: Saperlipopette!
Date Posted: December 27 2021 at 04:02
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Posted By: Philchem8
Date Posted: January 21 2022 at 18:00
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Great little summary and critical analysis from Sacro-porgo above on the different styles of Jethro Tull's LPs up to the end of the 70s. I sort of felt the same thing but had not articulated it very clearly in my mind. While Tull continued to have some very good albums until Stormwatch, I feel their really classic amd creative stuff is in their early albums, from Stand Up to Thick As a Brick although one could probably argue that about most of the classic prog bands (Pink Floyd and King Crimson may be exceptions here) In any case my favorite Tull songs include: Living in the Past The Witch's Promise A New Day Yesterday Bouree Aqualung Cross Eyed Mary Wond'ring Outloud Locomotive Breath Thick as a Brick Cup of Wonder Broadford Bazaar Oops that's 11...But I like many others. |
Posted By: The Dark Elf
Date Posted: January 21 2022 at 18:17
Third 10 (because 20 ain't enough) Hunting Girl Velvet Green Mother Goose A Time for Everything My God Life's a Long Song Only Solitaire Bouree Flying Dutchman Aqualung ------------- ...a vigorous circular motion hitherto unknown to the people of this area, but destined to take the place of the mud shark in your mythology... |
Posted By: DayDawnsDark
Date Posted: January 22 2022 at 02:59
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If I had to narrow that 30 down to 1, I would say: Baker St. Muse (plus TAAB obvs)
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Posted By: dr prog
Date Posted: January 22 2022 at 14:35
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There’s over 10 fine songs from 79 alone North Sea oil Dun ringill Somethings on the move Old ghosts Warm sporran Orion long version Stitch in time Kelpie Lyricon blues Urban apocalypse Dark ages early version Broadford bazaar Remixes are great ------------- All I like is prog related bands beginning late 60's/early 70's. Their music from 1968 - 83 has the composition and sound which will never be beaten. Perfect blend of jazz, classical, folk and rock. |
Posted By: jess.fin
Date Posted: January 26 2022 at 06:06
The same for me.
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Posted By: mellotronwave
Date Posted: January 28 2022 at 11:27
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One brown mouse (live Bursting out) Ring out solstice bells (Songs from the wood) Minstrel in the gallery (same) Skating away on the thin ice of the new day (war child) Thick as a brick (same) Aqualung (same) Roots to branches (same) Hunting girl (Songs from the wood) Heavy horses (same) Baker St Muse (Minstrel in the gallery) No special ranking , could add without any problem a second list of 10 :-) |