GF music review club

[Carvalho Diablo]

How would you lads @thehowielama and @shooterinthemotor feel about sparking this thing up again whilst this lockdown is on?

 

Something to pass the time?

[Guest]

1 hour ago, TheHowieLama said:

That was not meant to sound maybe as negative as it came across.

 

Whatever happened to the guy, seems like his acting career just ended and the albums stopped.

He released two more albums, 'Ill (as in sick) Manors' in 2012 and 'Heaven Before All Hell Breaks Loose' in 2018. I have not heard either of these albums.

 

He decided to take a break from music and film as apparently he felt typecast in both music and film. 

[TheHowieLama]

7 minutes ago, Carvalho Diablo said:

How would you lads @thehowielama and @shooterinthemotor feel about sparking this thing up again whilst this lockdown is on?

 

Something to pass the time?

@ZonkoVille77

 

Pull your finger out lid!

[ZonkoVille77]

OK Lads @TheHowieLama @Carvalho Diablo

 

I'll have a think and get something up later today.

[Guest]

[ZonkoVille77]

I've gone for something I was listening to over the weekend... "This Was" by "Jethro Tull"

 

They've got better albums than this but I like the full on blues aspect of this one before they had a change of line up and went in a more pure folk rock/prog direction. I especiall y love "Cat's Squirrel"  - enjoy. 

 

 

 

[TheHowieLama]

So on first listen through - Ian vocally does not sound like the Songs from the Wood fella on this - wondering if he grew into that character due to success.

Also the overblown flute in the places where a harmonica would lie is actually pretty cool.

[TheHowieLama]

Of course now I am into the later tracks and he starts playing the harp as well.

[TheHowieLama]

Recent live version of the Kirk cover

 

 

[Lee909]

I'd be interested if this is starting up again. 

[Carvalho Diablo]

32 minutes ago, Lee909 said:

I'd be interested if this is starting up again. 

You're in.

 

Zonko

Howie

Shooter

Me

You

 

Let's try and make it light and fun, weekly turnaround each Wednesday?

[Jose Jones]

52 minutes ago, Carvalho Diablo said:

You're in.

 

Zonko

Howie

Shooter

Me

You

 

Let's try and make it light and fun, weekly turnaround each Wednesday?

I’ll give this a go, this time around if you’ll have another.

I listened to most of the records anyway so might as well put some crap reviews up too.

[Carvalho Diablo]

17 minutes ago, Jose Jones said:

I’ll give this a go, this time around if you’ll have another.

I listened to most of the records anyway so might as well put some crap reviews up too.

Welcome to the club mate.

 

Zonko

Howie

Shooter

Me

Lee909

Jose

[TheHowieLama]

 

[TheHowieLama]

6 hours ago, Carvalho Diablo said:

You're in.

 

Zonko

Howie

Shooter

Me

You

 

Let's try and make it light and fun, weekly turnaround each Wednesday?

You should let the original crew in

[TheHowieLama]

@Paul should get it back in fella

 

Standout from this thread @moof the Steven Wilson thing - quality

[Jose Jones]

“This Was” by Jethro Tull

 

I don’t think I’ve ever listened to a Jethro Tull album in full before, so score one for GF Music Review club right off the bat.

 

Anyway, bluesy psych rock with added flute, I quite like it. A bit indulgent for my taste at times and none of the tunes really grabbed me by the bollocks and made me say “this is fucking good”. 

 

Would I listen to it again? Yeah probably, would be good listening for a sunny afternoon lazy drinking session I reckon.  Hang on, it’s the afternoon here, sun’s out and I’ve got the day off...

 

[Guest]

Are Jethro Tull the band who played You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet on Smashie and Nicey?

 

Listened to the album, definitely easy listening ranging from folk to blues. Sunny day album and I would dip into them a bit more so definitely a good choice to get the ball rolling again.

 

7.5 smashies out of 10 niceys.

[KMD7]

4 hours ago, Shooter in the Motor said:

Are Jethro Tull the band who played You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet on Smashie and Nicey?

 

Listened to the album, definitely easy listening ranging from folk to blues. Sunny day album and I would dip into them a bit more so definitely a good choice to get the ball rolling again.

 

7.5 smashies out of 10 niceys.

Bachman Turner Overdrive i think mate

[Carvalho Diablo]

This Was by Jethro Tull

 

Never heard this before and never even say down to listen to the band before now tbh but as soon as the the flute came in and the groove was swinging I knew I'd enjoy it.

 

Throughout, the playing is excellent and so to is the mix. I did find the vocals a bit flat at times though and wishing there was an Ian Gillan at hand to elevate the so gs even further.

 

Favourite song is probs the jazzy Serenade To A Cuckoo with its walking bass line and jazzy chords. Loved that and added it to my summer time playlist.

 

I did feel the album tailed off in the second half where songs gave way to bluesy jazzy jams.

 

Altogether though a solid 7 from me, will definitely play this again.

[Lee909]

Jethro Tull
This was

 

My Sunday feeling
Like this, immedietly has the bluesly 60s sound. 
I know its a mainstay of the band but just feels like it could do without the flute.

 

 

Some day the sun won't shine for you
Delta blues, so right upo my street. Has some very close similarities to Key to the highway

 

 

Beggars Farm
The underlying  has a very North African/New Orleans feel mix of dark swampy sound with a heavy hypnotic beat.
Jazz flute (insert Ron Burgendy Gif) losses me a little

 

 

 

Move on alone
More of a 60s English pop wymsical sound with a few added blues bars mixed in. 
Feels out of place so far

 

 

Serenade to a Cuckoo
Back to that more familar blues/Jazz sound
Flute feels a little more in place here without vocals.

 

 

 

Dharma for One
Far more jazzy without much of a blues feel

 

 

It's Breaking Me Up
Got a Clapton esq sound here, through both song and vocal approach

 

 

Cat's Squirrel
Darker,heavier blues getting into the 60 rock sound

 

 

A Song for Jeffrey
Standard 60s with the awful flute taking centre stage again.

Overall i enjoyed it. It will likely go into the rotation on my phone but with a couple of tracks removed. 
As i obvious no fan of the flute in a fair few of the tracks, feels like it was forced into the songs rather than needed. 

Good solid 7.5/10

[ZonkoVille77]

The flute is a signature sound for Jethro Tull and it's a bit like Marmite. I really like it in their later work.

 

They've better albums albeit in different style to This Was. From rock to folk, I'd recommend these for a listen, or just go the easy route and listen to a Best of!

 

Benefit

Aqualung

Songs from the Wood

 

Edit: Steven Wilson did a lot of remastering on their back catalogue. Worth a listen. 

[easytoslip]

Aqualung has one of the best guitar solos. 

Think I've mentioned this  about the time we where on Santa Monica pier, went into this bar and it was Kareoke, which is not for me, until this fella got up in one of those white Interpol macs with a belt and done Locomotive Breath, it was good and funny as fuck, I don't think I'll ever hear that one done in a karaoke again. 

[Carvalho Diablo]

2 minutes ago, easytoslip said:

Aqualung has one of the best guitar solos. 

Think I've mentioned this  about the time we where on Santa Monica pier, went into this bar and it was Kareoke, which is not for me, until this fella got up in one of those white Interpol macs with a belt and done Locomotive Breath, it was good and funny as fuck, I don't think I'll ever hear that one done in a karaoke again. 

You know, some things you just cannot envisage...

[easytoslip]

15 minutes ago, Carvalho Diablo said:

You know, some things you just cannot envisage...

I wasn't expecting that, not to mention this loon, she reckons he fancied me, wearing a Cowboy hat, hi I'm Stonk he announced I used do the rodeos  but I've got bad hands, safe to say I was in bar balloon and enjoyed it.