Radio Station Call for Boycott of Jethro Tull

[maxrandb]

http://www.nj.com/newsflash/jersey/index.ssf?/base/news-5/1068664140181790.xml

Apparently, front man Ian Anderson said something to the effect of hating to see all of these US Flags everywhere, and about the dangers and differences between patriotism and nationalism. A bunch of yahoo freepers have decided that they don't want to play any more Jethro Tull music. That is sad, because some of those folks sure could learn a lot by listening to Thick as a Brick.

I don't mind people objecting to what someone says, but what does this do to the culture? What does this do to dissent? What does this do to the thousands of people that might like to hear a little Too Old to Rock and Roll?

Pretty soon we will have Mary Poppins as the only thing we can listen to. Good bumper music for Rush though...A Spoonful of Sugar

[TriadLeftist]

1. Love The Tull

Now I'll be forced to go out and buy more JT CDs -
Maybe Tull will tour with the Dixie Chicks

[jayfish]

4. They Can Call The Tour,...

Road To dissention.

Jay

[MercutioATC]

16. Or...

"Thick as a Brick - an Intellectual Commentary on GWB"

[Art_from_Ark]

31. Or maybe

"Bonzo in the Jungle"
:shrug:

[maxrandb]

17. And of Course

The typical freeper in a conversation about Jethro Tull would say, "I like HIS music". Used to be able to tell who was cool if they knew their was NO Jethro in Jethro Tull.

I love the Tull though. Saw them so many times I can't keep count, but the tour they did with the Chieftan was awesome.

[KissMyAsscroft]

2. Well...

I don't listen to Dennis Miller anymore, partly because of his political views but mostly because he isn't funny anymore.

That isn't censorship. What the radio stations did to the Dixie Chicks was intimidation.

[gratuitous]

3. Finally! A boycott I can get behind

There's not enough pot in the world to make that shit sound good again. Wait, was there some other reason they're looking to boycott Jethro Tull?

[chiburb]

7. LOL!

Trivia question:

Who won the first Grammy for "Heavy Metal"?

Despite the candidates being Led Z, Metallica, and somebody else with creds, it was Jethro Tull!

I haven't watched the Grammys since...

[MissMarple]

21. "Jethro Tull" is heavy metal? Even I know that's not right.

And I like them.

[AntiCoup2K4]

24. The only thing Jethro Tull has in common with "heavy metal"

Is that Black Sabbath's Tony Iommi filled in for them in their early days when their regular guitarist was sick.

Iommi did manage to get his brief stint in Tull immortalized on video and audio. He performed with the band at the Rolling Stones Rock N Roll Circus, which was filmed for a BBC TV special in late 1968, but never shown on the air. It was eventually released on video 30 years later.

[maxrandb]

25. Ian and the boys

Were simply mortified that they were even in that nomination category if I remember correctly. The Grammys were always soooo uncool for the most part. I think they thought since the album was called "Heavy Horses" that qualified it as heavy metal.

That being said, they put on such a fantastic live show. Ian has more energy at his age than I think I ever will. I heard he had quite a scare recently with some type of leg ambulism.

Anyway, when does this intimidation stop?

[Greyskye]

34. not "Heavy Horses"

I thought that they got the "Heavy Metal Album of the Year" (choke) Grammy for "Rock Island", not "Heavy Horses"...

I've seen Tull live 3 times now, and they've always been a lot of fun. _Songs From the Wood_, _Stormwatch_, and _A Little Light Music_ are some of my favorite Tull albums.

On edit: Crest of a Knave was the name of the "winning" album.

[MissMarple]

36. Thanks for the information. And when does intimidation stop? Never.

The bullies will always be with us. But, then, so will folks like us. And so it goes.

But things do seem to be getting better over time. ...I think.

:D

[papau]

14. I laughed at Aqualung - but I loved the flute

And now that I recall those nasty put downs of gramps (Aqualung?) watching the grandkid on the swing, I will join you in the boycott!

:-)

[HEyHEY]

37. I second that

[DinahMoeHum]

5. Methinks they're just jealous because Ian Anderson. . .

has a bigger codpiece than *.

:evilgrin:

[patdem]

6. Jethro Tull has MADE their impression on America....too little too late!

I was a partier of the nth kind during the height of Tull...and ain't no body going to stop listening, purchasing, and demanding their songs be played today. Mostly the Anti-War people are PRO Jethro Tull!

[xchrom]

8. it's always good

to get behind any effort that ruins a freepers day.

[mmonk]

9. sheesh

I remember when America wasn't this way. What happened?

[Chomskyite]

10. I'll tell you what this means.

It means my CD budget for the month will have to expand to accomodate a bunch of Tull CDs.

[Bill McBlueState]

11. Jethro Tull Christmas CD

The band has a new CD out with mostly original Christmas songs. (I bought it yesterday ... it's reminiscent of the Songs from the Wood album.)

Here's a few lyrics:

Now, as the last broad oak leaf falls, we beg, consider this:
there’s some who have no coin to save for turkey, wine or gifts.
No children’s laughter round the fire, no family left to know.
So lend a warm and helping hand –
say Jack Frost and the Hooded Crow.

It's understandable why the Freepers are upset. They don't want to think about Aqualung, or the Hooded Crow, especially not at Christmas.

[Greyskye]

35. My only complaint about Tull

...is that they put out way too many Best-Of albums! I know I have Jack Frost and the Hooded Crow on at least one of their albums that I collected over the years.

But I may have to get the Xmas album. That's the kind of Christmas music that doesn't drive me insane!

[SlavesandBulldozers]

12. you mean

people still buy music? Must be all those RW'ers out there not wanting to connect to the satanic internet.

[MoonAndSun]

13. More and more people are telling the sheeple like it is, and they

don't like it. Well, too bad freepers. The dam has broken and our voices will not be stifled anymore by the Nazi tactics of the rightwing wackos.

Jethro Tull, :yourock:

[The Sushi Bandit]

15. Isnt he IRISH??

[PurityOfEssence]

22. Ian Anderson, born in Scotland, 1947; Jethro Tull, English, 1674-1741

Tull was a pioneer in agriculture; among other things, he invented the seed drill, which was the first mechanical planting device.

Anderson is also a commercial salmon farmer and a passionate nature guy.

[kentuck]

29. Hmmmm...was he also born in August?

We might have the same birthday?

[tabasco]

18. Living In The Past

One of the greatest tunes ever, and think about how appropriate to the warmongering neocon cabal.

[PROGRESSIVE1]

19. If I'm ever in New Jersey I will have to remember to NOT listen.....

to 105.7 WCHR!

:eyes:

[proud patriot]

20. Time to play some Tull

:evilgrin:

[Richardo]

23. What is this? 1974?

How can you tell if a boycott of JT is having any effect in 2003? Album sales go from miniscule to miniscule-1?)

(and I LIKED JT in high school).

[mumon]

26. One of my favorites...

When I was young and they packed me off to school
and taught me how not to play the game,
I didn't mind if they groomed me for success,
or if they said that I was a fool.
So I left there in the morning
with their God tucked underneath my arm
their half-assed smiles and the book of rules.
So I asked this God a question
and by way of firm reply,
He said: "I'm not the kind you have to wind up on Sundays".
So to my old headmaster (and to anyone who cares):
before I'm through I'd like to say my prayers
I don't believe you:
you've got the whole damn thing all wrong
He's not the kind you have to wind up on Sundays.

[kentuck]

28. Wind Up....

I still love that song! :)

[ProfessorGAC]

57. My Favorite Tull Song

That and Hymn 43.
The Professor

[mumon]

27. No WONDER I don't hear anything from "Blows Against the Empire!"

Or "Crown of Creation." from Jefferson Airplane.

"Don't change before the empire falls

You laugh so hard you crack the walls."

[Bozola]

30. He's a hell of a gentleman, and an excellent musician

Listen to this:

http://www.fuel2000.com/artists/tull/catalog/slob/sanctuary.html

Commentary on the song "Sanctuary" pertaining to sexual slavery and "unwanted zoo animals"

[Junkdrawer]

32. That caps it - how do I get tickets? In 1973 my college roommate gave...

me his copy of "Benefit" and said: "Here, it's yours. I can't ever imagine myself wanting to hear this again."

"With You There To Help Me"

In days of peace --
sweet smelling summer nights
of wine and song;
dusty pavements burning feet.
Why am I crying, I want to know.
How can I smile and make it right?
For sixty days and eighty nights
and not give in and lose the fight.

I'm going back to the ones that I know,
with whom I can be what I want to be.
Just one week for the feeling to go --
and with you there to help me
then it probably will.

I won't go down
acting the same old play.
Give sixty days for just one night.
Don't think I'd make it: but then I might.

I'm going back to the ones that I know,
with whom I can be what I want to be.
Just one week for the feeling to go --
and with you there to help me
then it probably will

[Junkdrawer]

39. Another Benefit classic...

For Michael Collins, Jeffrey And Me

Watery eyes of the last sighing seconds,
blue reflections mute and dim
beckon tearful child of wonder
to repentance of the sin.
And the blind and lusty lovers
of the great eternal lie
go on believing nothing
since something has to die.
And the ape's curiosity --
money power wins,
and the yellow soft mountains move under him.

I'm with you L.E.M.
though it's a shame that it had to be you.
The mother ship is just a blip
from your trip made for two.
I'm with you boys, so please employ just a little extra care.
It's on my mind I'm left behind
when I should have been there.
Walking with you.

And the limp face hungry viewers
fight to fasten with their eyes
like the man hung from the trapeze --
whose fall will satisfy.
And congratulate each other
on their rare and wondrous deed
That their begrudged money bought
to sow the monkey's seed.
And the yellow soft mountains
they grow very still
witness as intrusion the humanoid thrill.

I'm with you L.E.M.
though it's a shame that it had to be you.
The mother ship is just a blip
from your trip made for two.
I'm with you boys, so please employ just a little extra care.
It's on my mind I'm left behind
when I should have been there.
Walking with you.

[Pastiche423]

33. Ah, sweet memories!

Locomotive Breath is an all time favorite.

I'm glad this was brought to my attention. I realized I had been missing some good tunes, so I just bought a Jethro Tull CD off ebay.

[ElementaryPenguin]

38. Ian can call his tour the "Bush is THICK AS A BRICK Tour!"

Sure to boost ticket sales! Screw the airplay from Clear Channel - they only wanna play Pat Boone anyway! Springsteen, McCartney, Tull -they've all been bashing AWOL in the past few months!

Those "Thick as a Brick" lyrics must have been inspired by freeper types - which is likely the real reason the freeps had it in for Tull already! BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

[DinahMoeHum]

40. Here's the info on the new Jethro Tull Christmas CD !!

Link:
http://www.j-tull.com/news/christmasalbum.cfm

Thanks, WMass Astronomer !!!


:loveya:

[drdon326]

51. Thanks for info

.

[Whoa_Nelly]

41. Ahhh..the memories

Tull was my first rock concert in 1970 along with Leon Russell...ahhhh <memory lane wandering>

As for the radio stations...ROFL...what losers..this brings back the recent Dixie Chicks boycott fiasco.

Get over it you radio people...and Rock On!

[Pastiche423]

44. Leon Russell

Like a rubber neck giraffe, you look into my past
Well, baby you're just to blind to see.

I'm trippin down memory lane tonight.

[RebelOne]

53. Went to a concert of his at the Miami Jai Alai way back when.

[sendero]

42. Aqualung and Thick as a Brick...

... are their most well-known recordings, but Passion Play and Songs From the Wood are my favorites. Brilliant!!!!

[maxrandb]

54. I happen to love

Stand-up and Benefit. Also, The Minstrel in the Gallery was a damn fine album too.

I'm just a Bakers Street Muse

[henslee]

43. A flute playing lead singer? I was already boycotting them.

Heard Ian has a summer gig at the Renaissance Fair, tights, flute and all.
HAHAHAHAHAHAAH,

[alfredo]

45. You should have seen him back in the 70's. He was a wildman.

Damn good showman. I'm sure he could do the Renaissance music, he's a good enough musician.

He has his most recent CD on line. there's some fine sounds.

http://www.fuel2000.com/artists/tull/catalog/slob/music.html

He's got some fine musicians with him.

[Junkdrawer]

46. He played Heinz Hall here in Pittsburgh...

Not too shabby

[Philostopher]

47. Not a big fan, myself,

but we saw them play here in Dayton a year ago last summer, and though Ian Anderson's voice ain't what it used to be, he still is a madman on stage. It was a solid show, and we had no complaints -- and that's coming from people who weren't major aficionados of the band to begin with.

Clue to the Freepers -- he was already mouthing off about all that same stuff a year and a half ago. Where were they then, if they're such big fans? He got at least a moderate round of applause for his political commentary here in the Midwest that night. Guess that tells you how much things have devolved in a year and a half.

Our local Clear Channel station was a partial sponsor of the gig, by the way. Hey, maybe that means I don't have to see some piggish CC prick DJ announce the show, next time Tull plays in my neighborhood!

[drdon326]

48. TULL RULES !!

SCREW THE FREEPERS.

I'VE been to 15 TULL concerts.

met ian anderson twice....

maybe they need to listen to "WAR CHILD"

[BigBigBear]

49. I had the privilege

of interviewing Ian Anderson (twice) back in the early nineties.

He was thoughtful, fiendishly funny and a terrific conversationalist. One of the great highlights out 100's of interviews I've done.

And I agree...'Wind Up' is absolutely one my favorite Tull songs, hands-down my favorite from Aqualung. I sometimes think if I were given one last double-bill show to see forever, it might just be Tull and Fairport Convention.

The freepers are mad at him??? Good.

[pfitz59]

50. Perfect Freeper lyric.....

"..sitting on the park bench...eyeing little girls with bad intent..."

[CRK7376]

52. The freepers are as Ian would

sing....Thick as a Brick.....you will also need an Aqualung to breathe around all the oxygen thieves that are Freepers! Long Live Jethro Tull. He puts on a great show.

[Jack Rabbit]

55. I guess I'll have to run out and buy a JT CD

Do I have any good reasons for waiting?

[ProfessorGAC]

56. "...those folks could learn a lot by listening to Thick as a Brick..."

First, they wouldn't get it. Second, it's because they ARE thick as a brick.
The Professor