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@juicerino I love that early 80's prog rock. King Crimson, Genesis, Yes, though I'm not too big on Rush, that's just me.
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...this is the Jethro Tull I saw at Newport in 69'...what's all this crap talkin' about M.Bolton...this is a period of time you obviously didn't live through...so much new music and experimentation in this era...not too much today shaking the planet...did a show with Bolton before he was Bolton...his attitude didn't endear me to him...
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@FISHMUSIC4U They are ALL products .Look no further than Col.Tom. Parker ,Brian Epstein or Jackson Sr.Michael Bolton can actually sing -though don't like his choice of material .Hendrix was an ex car thief & insecure show off with a can of Ronson fluid to obscure his theft of Wes Montgomery's phrasing - plus your misplaced guilt as the price of admission. Like Islam -Jimi's style has not exactly evolved over the span of too many years :) Put your shanks up yo mommas a-hole
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Only Tori & Hendrix have more borderline schizoids in their fan base.His schtick -the" Mad flutist / dodgy raconteur / court jester " bit is akin to something out of a Renaissance Fair gift shop.It might have started as a means to conceal his stage fright but then became the center of the performance.That reminds me even Steve Martin stepped away quietly & quickly from "the JerK' to earn the respect of peers.In retrospect ,can't believe I wasted my time to see Tull on 4 album tours.
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So great to hear real, inspired, skilled musicians laying it down, solid, crossing genre lines and transcending labels. I saw these guys at Laurel Raceway in Maryland, close to FORTY years ago, and I walked away inspired and amazed. It's all reawakened just watching this. Thanks for posting it!
I swore I'd never be an old fart who badmouths most of current pop, but, Come on - who's the 2010 counterpart to Tull, for example? Yikes! What a grand era. Glad I lived through it. Thanks, again!
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@RitchieBrinckmore there is a wealth of great 80's music. it's just that almost none of it comes from bands who reached their prime in the early to mid seventies. some bands made the transition into the new decade well, but still only had a few standout moments, where their past albums had been through and through successes. Genesis, Rush and Yes are nice example of such, although i think they each fell off towards the mid to late eighties.
look at the great albums of 1980 if have you some time
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Mick and Clive made Tull so good ! To bad Mick couldn't get Clive to join Bloodwyn Pig !
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Wow, that rocked!
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Bolton is "supposed" to be clean sounding, polished ALL the freaken time: he's a pop singer - made for mass distribution. He's hardly an artist unlike Ian Anderson, Hendrix, countless others..
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I agree with ryanpmorrissey- this band and Ian's songs from this period were amazing!



I wish Jethro Tull would have kept making music of this style instead of making albums like Under Wraps, Crest of a Knave, etc.--I think they were at their best with This Was, Stand Up, Benefit, Aqualung, and Thick as a Brick
ryanpmorrissey 3 years ago 17
Yeah, the eighties ruined music.
RitchieBrinckmore 3 years ago 6