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FULL ALBUM: Jethro Tull - Thick as a Brick (Patreon)

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2024-09-28 04:31:59
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2026-07-04 12:19:17
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Hello all! You voted, we listened! Thrilled to present this EPIC and share it with you, we hope to read what you have to say about it!

Hello all!

You voted, we listened! Thrilled to present this EPIC and share it with you, we hope to read what you have to say about it!

Thank you all for your endless love and support.

Love always,

Lex, Nick & Marley

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JK

So much fun to watch you react to this! You may be the only people I’ve ever seen who tried to dance to this album! You’re correct, this was an album that mocked prog rock after Ian Anderson objected to that description being applied to his band. Naturally the result became an epic prog classic in its own right. The concept was that a schoolboy wrote the lyrics - he’s presented on the cover winning an award in an essay contest. All a ruse of course, but they got a lot of people to believe it!

Stephen Caruso

great album glad to see the reaction! wish you guys had reacted to A Passion Play last month but it only came in 2nd.. Jethro Tull has so much talent .. I was 14 when it came out living in Long Island .. my parents never listened to this but my older brother had introduced Tull to me in 1970 or so

Dirk

You're looking for more epics? Please try "Song of Scheherazade" from Renaissance!

David Hess

Love Jethro Tull, saw his concert a couple times in the past, I live near Philadelphia in Pennsylvania and a Philly radio station named WMMR 93.3 FM years ago promoted a free concert just call in and ask for as many ticket that you need and if they still them they were yours, I called, got tickets, Jethro Tull was the headliner, with the Hooters, I don't remember the other bands but I do remember that Jethro Tull was the best band that night, we all had a great time.

David Hess

this reminds me of Renaissance music, Jethro's music takes you on an adventure, he's a storyteller, playing his flute and skipping around, with great music, Bungle in the Jungle is my favorite song from Jethro Tull

Gary Lewis

Gotta lotta ground to cover with my reaction to your reaction (which I've been eagerly awaiting since this squeaked to victory in the poll)! 1. The original album cover was itself a masterpiece, opening up to pages upon pages of a provincial British newspaper parody, complete with activities like a connect-the-dots puzzle (which formed a rabbit---a recurring whimsical theme in the faux paper) and fully realized fake articles a la The Onion. A source of endless hours of entertainment in an altered state...2. Loved Marley's paw dance! 3. The Beatles' influences were the U.S. 50's Rock giants: Elvis Presley, Little Richard, Buddy Holly 4. Yes, Side 2 gets fewer listens because it's got more challenging moments, but also because it's tough to pass up Side 1 so you need a commitment of time and attention to consume the work in its entirety. But ultimately yes, it is the more rewarding of the two with both unique musical moments and masterful reiterations of every theme which came before, like a reunion of dear friends. 5. To spare you the abuse from nit-picking proggers, the generally accepted shorthand reference to the band is "Tull" rather than "Jethro". Personally you can call them what you want so long as you play them and react as honestly as you do, but I know what lurks in the e-progosphere...6. Try to imagine how revolutionary this was in 1972 AND that this came out the same year as Close To The Edge...7. The reason this is so beloved over 50 years later will become increasingly apparent with multiple listenings and even deeper appreciation of the "nooks and crannies" of its nuances and complexities. Alexia's commute will be a joyride! Gracias como siempre, NicknLex!

Gary Lewis

I was 15 when it came out and was living in Westbury...Where on the g'Island were you? I also first heard Tull in 1970, when WCBS-FM was on the car radio while we were driving in Manhattan and they played "Teacher"...Next was when Aqualung was playing at a party at a classmate/neighbor's house...I was transmogrified each time...

Kristine Doggett

Loved the video, guys! I loved the comment by Nick near rhe end about how they ended up making one of the best prog albums while they were mocking the genre. Ian Anderson's a genius. You got to admire his songwriting. He writes his music on the acoustic guitar and his playing is beautiful. This is, in fact, their fourth album. The band started out more as a blues band rather than jazz. Ian had played harmonica in those days and that was when Tony Iommi was in the band. He ended up leaving mainly because Ian Anderson was intent on being the sole songwriter of rhe band. The first album, This Was, has those blues elements that aren't as evident on their later albums. The second album, Stand Up, still has bluesy moments mixed with the English-folk style they adopted and Ian quickly traded in his harmonica for a flute. It'd be fun to see you guys give a listen to "A New Day Yesterday" and "Nothing ls Easy" to get a feel of the earlier JT. You guys still have lots of Jethro Tull music to enjoy and live material from all these fantastic bands you've come to know and love. As for me, I grew up listening to this genre of music, as I was only four in 1972, but my parents were cool and listened to music like this 😎

Eric Townsend

To answer your one question: I had bought Aqualung in 1971 at college on the basis of its cover, which you might say, was rather proggie. With the painting of the Aqualung character on the cover, and on the reverse Side 1 labelled "Aqualung" and Side 2 labelled "My God", and a few made up Bible verses, it certainly seemed a concept! Loved it, then I waited so anxiously for their next album. When I bought "Thick As a Brick" and opened it, it was a 12-page fold out Python-esque newspaper! Then I played it. Then I played no other album for 3 months! Far too much music to hear it all in the first dozens of times, and still loving it. Now I enjoy watching reactions to it.

Eric Townsend

Regarding the lively improvisational sound of TAAB, Ian has described the recording process. He initially wrote the earlier acoustic beginning and brought it to Day 1 to work up with the band. He had the whole plan in his head. The band would work it out in the afternoon. The next morning he would write the next bit, in the afternoon they would recap previous day and rehearse the new part. They did this for 7 to 10 days. By then they were ready to go into the studio to record, and amazingly, much of it was recorded live. It was so successful they followed it with "Passion Play" which had a more carefully crafted sound and more complexity, but it was missing the ailveness of TAAB. It was panned by critics but now it is recognized as another masterpiece. The TAAB newspaper was written by Ian, the bassist Jeffery Hammond, keyboardist John Evan, and Chrysalis' records Roy Eldridge. It took a little longer to piece together than the album itself! This is from the booklet that comes with the 40th Anniversary CD edition.

Michael Gray

This is an excellent album. The progressiveness is right down my alley.

Stephen Caruso

I was born in Brooklyn raised in West Islip- went to Westbury for entertainment as a kid

Stephen Caruso

my eldest daughter lives in Malvern PA near Philly with her family

Stephen Caruso

I was the one who suggested A Passion Play in August and it lost by 1 vote

Richard Dobson

I knew you would love this album! I was 18 when I heard and then immediately bought this album in 1972. To echo Gary's comments above, what a year 1972 was. Close To The Edge by Yes, Foxtrot by Genesis, Trilogy by ELP and Thick As A Brick all released in the same year. 51 years later I still listen to them all and love them even more! I know Ian Anderson has been quoted many times on the 'parody of prog' intention for Thick As a Brick, but as I get older and have time to think more deeply about it, I'm not so sure he isn't spinning us another of his yarns and sending us up the wrong alley! Tull recorded this album in late 1971, earlier than the abovenamed albums, and there weren't that many prog-like 'concept' albums around at that time. What was he basing the parody on? And it's well recorded that the band had a ball rehearsing and recording this music, and played it so well, that they must have had an affinity to the music and its style. I think they were a prog band in folk/blues clothing all along, as their next three albums demonstrated. I may be wrong, but this is a prog classic obviously and it's wonderful. On the subject of them still recording and touring, I saw them in Sheffield about three months ago. I'm afraid it was a little disappointing, Ian's voice is not what it was (he is 77 of course) and strains to hit upper registers and the band are all much younger and seem to be very much Ian's employees. They only played 'Locomotive Breath' from their 1970 - 1976 heyday and concentrated more on the 80's/90's period. I'm still glad I saw him before he finally calls it a day though. What a band they were!

Mark

Nick... You said there are hundreds of epics that await. I wish that was true. This was a special time period that may never come again. You guys have hit most all of them. Passion Play by Jethro Tull still remains…. The epic of all epics is still yet to be revealed to you two. The Way Up by that Patrick Bruce Metheny guy. Do I have to make another Hitler video? Babysit Marley? Get you an autographed Holdsworth Gibson SH Custom? Just let me know….

NicknLex

I must disagree Mark. The music that I used to listen to before the channel is mostly progressive music like progressive metal and jazz fusion and I could name drop you over a 100 epic 20+ min songs that I know that are not ELP, Yes, Jethro Tull, Genesis. This epic time you refer to has been around ever since. Just ask people like Tony, Rudi, Greybeard etc. The 70's were an amazing setup but this music moved on and we have bands like Dream Theater, Porcupine Tree, Steven Wilson, Gordian Knot, Symphony X, Spastic Ink and hundreds more that challenge old prog and those older "Epics" That's why I said what I said because of the amount of music that I know even thou nobody wants to listen to it. Listen to Dream Theater Metropolis or Octavarium and tell me those are not epics. Loved your video. I don't know why we never uploaded it? If it is a Holdsworth Kiesel ill take it I don't play Gibson guitars because the frets are too small!

JK

Stephen, I thought of you when I nominated this album. I thought it might have a better chance. Guess it did!

NicknLex

So glad you enjoyed this with us! 💗

Ed

Looking forward to this Tull reaction when I get time. Just wanted to drop in to say it looks like Rush videos have been blocked all over You Tube.

Eric Townsend

One last comment. I believe you have seen My God live, but there are two live videos worth a look with the band from the TAAB era, except the bassist. My favorite is Jethro Tull -Locomotive Breath (Live 1977) which is an encore showing their musicianship and comedic stage presence, and extended by a British anthem, some new music, and Ian Anderson on the organ. Another of interest is Thick as a Brick live 1977 which is a 9 minute excerpt. They played the full album live when it came out, and again in 2014 when Ian Anderson put out Thick As A Brick 2. My wife and I saw it, they did the full TAAB before intermission and the new TAAB2 after intermission, near Chicago.

David Hess

oh wow Stephen, Malvern is 20-25 minutes from me, I'm a little west of Malvern

JK

Yes, not just Rush, millions of videos are now unavailable due to a dispute with a rights organization. Hope this won’t affect Nicknlex.

NicknLex

"Songs by popular acts like Adele, Bob Dylan, Green Day, R.E.M., Burna Boy, and Rush have become unplayable on the platform due to an ongoing legal dispute between YouTube and the performing rights organization SESAC." Not sure how long this has been or will continue going on, but wanted to give you a heads up!!

NicknLex

JK- I was wondering what was going on with your REM video I posted earlier today. I'll upload it to Patreon for you Tuesday. We're in the mountains celebrating my birthday!

Ed

Happy birthday, Nick. And yes, I just learned about SESAC earlier this evening. I guess we need to get past the egos, emotions, and greed before the two parties settle this. And I'm guessing all these blocked videos will be restored once they settle and their bruises heal??

JK

Happy Birthday Nick! No hurry.

Eric Meredith

This was so epic! I know very little Jethro Tull! Was excited to sit down and watch you react to this. I had no idea what this was going to be like. I will be revisiting this a lot I believe. Thank you Nick and ALexia!

Ian Bolton

Really good album. Definitaly will be listening to this again.

Gary Lewis

Back when I was running "103 SHE, She's Only Rock n' Roll" in Miami-Ft. Lauderdale and the Palm Beaches, we had Ian Anderson for a live in-studio interview in the late '80s, and you know who I insisted be the one to drive him from the airport to the station and back! There he was in my passenger's seat, telling me how he was getting into salmon farming...I tried my best to play it cool in the presence of one my top musical heroes, but did have the opportunity to give him my sincere thanks for all he had created and performed...He was great company...

Scott Anderson

A Classic above other Classics, an Epic beyond other Epics. I haven’t heard it uninterrupted in all its glorious goodness since I ditched the turntable. Very fun, very cool. A monster album in the books but there are still more to hear from our intrepid and epic reactors. Had a blast. Thanks 😀✌️☮️ peace out.

Scott Anderson

Sounds awesome were you up to speed on your Salmon trivia.

Gary Lewis

Sadly, no, but at least I didn't give him any Chris Squire Fish Out Of Water puns! I did, however, give him a gift of something he had actually never seen before. It was a volume of a 1970 publication, a counterculture magazine, with superb writing and illustration beautifully produced on magazine stock and hardbound (obscenely expensive to produce which is why I assume it didn't last) with an article on Jethro Tull. What made it so cool was the artwork, which depicted instrument road cases with the usual amps, keyboards and guitar-shaped outlines, but one had the outline of Ian playing the flute on one leg in the flamingo pose...the next page had that case open with trippy waves of color eminating from the empty case...it was incredibly well done...As I said he'd never seen it before and thought it was really cool so rather than have him autograph it as I'd intended I let him have it...I figured it was only fair since he'd given me so much...

Richard Dobson

People often say 'don't meet your heroes'. It sounds like your meeting went fine, Gary. A memory to treasure!

Scott Anderson

A great memory and a great story instead of having the autograph he probably has memory of you and your generosity. Thanks for sharing.

Gary Lewis

Thanks, Richard (my middle brother's name, BTW)...I was fortunate enough to have met dozens and dozens of my musical heroes over the three decades I ran radio stations, and those "brushes with greatness" much more often than not were positive experiences such as this...Equally lucky for that, I guess! Including with reputedly prickly pears such as Robert Fripp...As Timothy Leary said, I believe it was all about the "set and setting"...

NicknLex

Wow that sounds amazing, Gary!! What a great experience and you handled it wonderfully!

Pete Piraino

Can somebody please explain to me how Jethro Tull is NOT in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame?!?! Thick as a Brick was a staple album for me in my high school years. To this day I can recall every word and note. Tull had such a powerful, unique sound that has never been duplicated, in my opinion. So glad to see you two appreciate them! Nick said it best when he said, "There's just so much music." That really does some up Thick as a Brick. It's a very underrated masterpiece in prog rock.

Debra Brabenec

Yay! I'm so glad you two finally were able to react to this album. I got it when it came out when I was 16 and loved it- it was my first prog album, the second being Close To The Edge. I am also glad you got to see Steve Winwood. I took my (then 7 year old) son to see him in 2003 and he was so fabulous! I hope you will someday do the full albums of Traffic's John Barleycorn Must Die and The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys! Also, you will love the Beat concert! I've seen Ballew and Levin on the Fripp, Ballew, Levin and Bruford King Crimson tours for Discipline and Beat-high energy!! Have a blast! 🎵❤️🎵 Debbie

Gary Lewis

Yes indeed, Debra B.! You're bringing to mind two amazing concert exoeriences...The only time I ever had actual front row seats was for the 1994 Traffic show at Sunrise Musical Theater in FL, with MY 5 year old son!...Felt like Winwood and Capaldi were playing in our living room...One of my Top 10 shows ever...Another Top 10 show happens to be the debut of the reformed King Crinson at the Savoy in NY in 1981 (which Fripp hinself said was one of the four best King Crimson performances)...Wish I could see the Beat tour but alas, such things don't run through Panama! Has to be amazing with that lineup, and if Nick and Alexia are going they're in for a treat...

Gary Lewis

Now you've done it...You made me look up the setlist from the Traffic show to see if it was as good as I remembered or just embellished over time...It really was that good to see/hear Winwood AND Capaldi & Co play: Pearly Queen, Medicated Goo, Some Kinda Woman, Here Comes A Man, Rock and Roll Stew, Nowhere Is There Freedom, Mozambique, Forty Thousand Headmen, Empty Pages, The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys, Glad, Freedom Rider, Light Up or Leave Me Alone...and then Encore 1: Dear Mr. Fantasy...followed by ENCORE 2: John Barleycorn Must Die and Gimme Some Lovin'! Who could ask for more?

Jesus Brea

If you enjoyed this one, brace yourselves for A Passion Play! Some people claimed they went TOO far with that one (including the journalists, who cried the album was supposedly too obnoxiously "pretentious") but I hard disagree (they ended up charting No. 1 in the US either way, negative press regardless). Sure, the sound is A LOT heavier and DARKER and outright sinister (almost rivalling Sabbath at times) and the time signature changes could give Gentle Giant a run for its money, but they still retain the lighthearted Monty Python humor albeit with an Afterlife theme embedded. For me, this one was a great start but A Passion Play is 10 times better than Thick as a Brick, and even JustJP agrees A Passion Play was one of their biggest milestones. Also, I believe it has one of Ian Anderson's best vocal deliveries, and it definitely sounds like a totally different beast (heck, he even plays the sax! Lol)

Jesus Brea

Btw very funny moment when Nick made the pot smoking gesture haha. Ironically, Ian was against drug usage and even fired the original bassist because of his drugs, sex and rock 'n roll lifestyle.

Betsey

Love side two as well!