Other Mixes By Rob Conroy
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| Artist | Song | |
| Jethro Tull | Someday the Sun Won't Shine for You | |
| Jethro Tull | Cat's Squirrel | |
| Jethro Tull | A Song for Jeffrey | |
| Jethro Tull | Christmas Song | |
| Jethro Tull | Sweet Dream | |
| Jethro Tull | Fat Man [BBC session] | |
| Jethro Tull | With You There to Help Me | |
| Jethro Tull | Alive and Well and Living In | |
| Jethro Tull | For Michael Collins, Jeffrey and Me | |
| Jethro Tull | Inside | |
| Jethro Tull | Sossity; You're a Woman | |
| Jethro Tull | Just Trying to Be | |
| Jethro Tull | Cross-Eyed Mary | |
| Jethro Tull | Cheap Day Return | |
| Jethro Tull | Mother Goose | |
| Jethro Tull | Wond'ring Aloud | |
| Jethro Tull | My God | |
| Jethro Tull | Hymn 43 | |
| Jethro Tull | Life's a Long Song | |
| Jethro Tull | Up the 'pool | |
| Jethro Tull | Nursie | |
| Jethro Tull | Skating Away on the Thin Ice of the New Day | |
Comment:
As an extension of my prog mix, I thought I'd follow the impulse and compile 80 minutes' worth of my favorite "guilty pleasure" prog band (using CDs almost entirely borrowed from my friend Jon, to give him proper credit). (For the record, I don't consider King Crimson, Gabriel-era Genesis, Amon Duul II, Can, the Soft Machine, Gong, Hawkwind, the Red Krayola, pre-"Dark Side" Pink Floyd, Van der Graaf Generator or a fair amount of Traffic to be guilty pleasures, as I embrace them wholeheartedly). All of this material save the last tune (which is actually my favorite song by the band) is culled from their first five albums, although I didn't have access to a copy of "Stand Up" (I made due, however, by including a "live-on-the-BBC" version of my favorite track from that album on this disc). As is almost always the case, it's a shame that there wasn't room for the entire first side of "Thick as a Brick", "Teacher", "Bouree", "Serenade to a Cuckoo", "Wind Up", "Wond'ring Again" and "Witch's Promise", among others. Those who actually give a shit should take heart that a sequel will not be forthcoming.Feedback:
Lots of goodies Rob. This, and the entire aqualung album are the very best of Tull.
I think it's the codpiece & flute that causes shame in closet fans of Tull. I'll extend my own guilt trip all the way up to Songs From The Woods.
I don't care what anyone says -- they deserved that Grammy for best hard rock band! Sorry that Living in the Past didn't make the cut. I played it while showing slides of a renaissance fair in my junior high photography class a long long time ago.
We've talked about this before but, I think you give short shrift to the material after this. I will stand behind just about every album up to (and including) 'A'. True, I haven't listened to them deeply in nearly 20 years, but many tunes still stand out to me. "Songs from the Wood", "Too old to rock n roll", and more. Yes, I think that Ian Anderson can be considered a little corny. Personally, though, I think it's cool that he almost never changed his schtick during the heyday of the band. This is a fine mix, but I'll second the notion that all of Aqualung is worthy of the mix. Hey, I'm not bitching or anything. I just think Tull is unfairly maligned with so many other prog bands - they were more than just prog. They were blues, folk, political, philosophical, hard rock, and blah blah blah blah....
Thanks for the support, fellas. FYI: I didn't say that Jethro Tull never made a good record after "Thick as a Brick", although I think they were undeniably spotty after that point. Let's think about it, friends: "A Passion Play", "War Child" and "Too Old to Rock 'n' Roll" suck (as songs and as albums) and both "Stormwatch" and "A" are passable at best. But even though "Songs from the Wood" is quite fine (if not marred by its thin late-70's production) and "Minstrel in the Gallery" is almost as good as any of their first five, is there really a single song from those records that you'd include before any of the stuff on my mix?
This is very cool! I was just looking at Jethro Tull CDs at the uni library, along with Gabriel-era Genesis, ELP, Pink Floyd, David Bowie and Brian Eno. I was surprised at the rather extensive collection, considering most of what they have is classical. "Skating Away" is my favourite tune of theirs. I think I'll have to check the rest of them out.
Another fine one Rob. I would want to include Songs From The Wood, as well as Teacher and Moths, though it'd take more time than I have at work to tell you which songs I'd drop.
Hey there, Jana. ;-) You should avoid ELP and post-"Obscured by Clouds" Pink Floyd at all costs, but should most definitely check out the other bands/artists that you named. I'll happily ship this mix along to you once I clear out some of my other obligations...
boo!
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oh man rob, this mix is fantastic. i remember the first tull i ever heard was when i was about seven...my mother was playing aqualung. since then i have loved them. partly because i am hopelessly nostalgic, and partly because they're awesome. especially like your choice to use the bbc version of fat man. too bad thick as a brick couldn't be added as it is my favorite album.
my 9th grade math teacher loved these guys. that was enough to turn my heart against them forever. forever!
Thanks for the advice Rob. At this point, I'm mostly interested in the Genesis CDs. I forget to mention they had a lot of Yes discs too. They must have a course on Prog or something.
i think i'm with teapin this time, Ian Anderson used to have joker outfit doesn't he?
"flute rock, tina! flute rock! you'll never understand this stuff!" - jimmy fallon