Best of Jethro Tull (IMHO)

[Niels (Mod)]

It was my meaning, that I would make a "best of" Jethro Tull a few weeks back, but then I though of making a 1981-list, and then I got the idea of a 60's-list. But when RJhog wrote, that he liked every Jethro Tull-track he had heard lately, I though I would make this list anyway, so here it is. There are many great numbers, that are missing, but fx. "Aqualung" is allways on "Best of Jethro Tull"-lists (come to think of it, Have I ever seen such a list??), and these songs, are the ones that I like most, at the moment. Oh, there's a LITTLE more, than 10 songs on the list, but NOT 11 songs, because the last "song" is a 1/10 of the song "Thick as a brick", the whole number last about 40 minutes!! Sorry about that. Here we go:

1. Skating Away On The Thin Ice Of The New Day (from the album "War Child" 1974)

2. Witches Promise (from the compilation double-album "Living in the past" 1972)

3. Minstrel In The Gallery (from the album "Minstrel in the Gallery" 1975)

4. Songs From The Wood (from the album "Songs from the wood" 1977)

5. Life Is A Long Song (from "Living in the past" 1972)

6. Fat Man (from the album "Stand Up" 1969)

7. Love Story (From "Living in the past" 1972)

8. Hunting Girl (from "Songs from the wood")

9. One Brown Mouse (from the album "Heavy Horses" 1978)

10. Wond'ring Again (from the album "Aqualung" 1971 (this extended version is from

the compilation album "Living in the past")

(11.) (A snip of) Thick As A Brick (from the album "Thick as a brick" 1972)

If you want to listen, you can do it here.

 

[Mike Pell]

Yeah, that Grammy winning thing was a bit much.
All their best music was behind them.
But it is among the best music that was made in the 60's & 70's.
Don't make me PROVE it, lol!
Mike

[Mike Pell]

Dear Niels,

Oh, well, you can't please everyone, all the time.

Ain't that the truth!
So don't even try.
You go with your gut, and any list of songs you come up with are a reflection of how you were feeling in that point in space and time.
The point is, that was a creative list you came up with- and you limited the time period for Tull.
All in all, a nice selection of songs.
Keep up the good work,
Mike

[Niels (Mod)]

Thank you very much, Mike.

Yeah, you're right: It was what I thought, should be on the list, and it's absolutely okay with me, if not everyone agrees with my choises, or not really can take such an amount of Jethro Tull at the same time.

It would be a very booring place, if we all had the exactly same taste in music.

By the way: Have you seen the playlist, I made regarding the 60's?

[Mike Pell]

That's the way you have to look at it Niels.
And some of those people, if they went back and listened again might change their mind about some of them.
We all act and feel different at different times.
And it would be boring if we had the same taste.
Looked at your 60's list- and it is an interesting one.
That I almost totally disagree with, lol!
The Stones Last Time has always been when of my favorite songs, with Brain Jones playing some great guitar, so we have that one.
My Kinks faves are a 3-way tie- Waterloo Sunset, Village Green Preservation Society & Better Things.
Man you had some unusual choices, to me at least, and I love that!
Shows you are a thinking, independent man.
Mike