jamesg1213

craigb
 
 
NagBap was in overdrive!

 
You ain't kidding. That project took about 10 years off my life...

What about the children?
 
Will no one think of the children?
 
 

bapu

jamesg1213

craigb
 
 
NagBap was in overdrive!

 
You ain't kidding. That project took about 10 years off my life...

What about the children?
 
Will no one think of the children?
 
 

That can get you arrested now-a-days.

craigb

Rain
I even tried Styx - but I couldn't make it past the 3rd song. They're like the Liberace of rock, aren't they?

Wow, were two of those songs Babe and Mr. Roboto?  'Cause those may have been pop hits, but even most tribute bands refuse to play 'em!  I got to hear a lot of Styx because some friends had a very tight tribute band called Grand Illusion and there are some really good stuff buried in there.  Try to find some older stuff.  

 
I tried what is apparently their breakthrough album, The Grand Illusion.
 
For me, it was a grand disillusion.

I'd rather listen to Hank Williams whilst sitting on a porch drinking a mint julip, relaxing in the heat of a sultry night in memphis, listening to the rain fall  hearing occasional thunderclaps.  This is the music of ADULTS! :D:D

That Jethro Tull guy was kind of weird.  Probably hung out with Pink Floyd too much.

Just aesthetic opinion, but Tull was incredible, especially if you look at the time they came out. Ian's ego aside, there was intellectual content to their music. Cool lyrics. Cool melodies. Blazing guitar for that era.
 
Was probably an act that should have been retired a long time ago. Ian still good but past his prime if you look at more recent performances. The replacement band is slick, but the new young guys somehow don't deliver the same iconic impact.
 
John

I once walked through Ian Anderson's salmon farm on the Isle of Skye. Was only a kid. Parents told me the significance of where we were. Was totally nonplussed, but decided to brag about it later at school anyway. The other kids were like "oh, right." Most ineffective brag ever. 

Ian?  Is that you?

synkrotron
I liked some of JT's early stuff.
Not listened to anything of theirs for ages though...

 
Same here. "Stand Up" was one of the first few albums that I ever bought. And it still stands up today.

bitflipper
Homer Simpson famously claimed that music reached its zenith in 1974 and that it's a scientific fact you can look up.
 
Myself, I'd widen it to 1973-1977, a period bracketed by Dark Side of the Moon and Songs from the Wood. 

... been my tag for years (see below)