Thick As a Brick: Evocative of exactly What? I know, but do YOU?

[GammaGlobulin]

Dear Folks,

 

During the past week, this entire album has been running through my HEAD.

 

I know what it signifies to me....these past 6 days.

 

But, more importantly....

 

What does this music evoke in YOU?

 

 

IF anything, for that matter.....

 

 

Best regards,

 

Gamma

 

 

 

 

 

[Yagoda]

Ian Anderson rules.

 

Aqualung is probably one of the greatest rock songs ever. 

 

And yes I know its a different album.

[roo860]

Minstrel in the gallery! Martin Barre was some guitarist, saw Tull on the Heavy Horses tour 1978, incredible!!

[Denim]

Thick as a brick ?

Dumb as donuts

[Jethro Tull]

Glad you liked it 😀

[GammaGlobulin]

32 minutes ago, Denim said:

Thick as a brick ?

Dumb as donuts

 

How intuitive of you.....

 

[Andrew Dwyer]

I was 10 years old when this was released and my elder brother bought a copy. At the time i liked the music but didn’t fully understand it, loved to read the newspaper album cover though.

 

Took a few years before i realised the meaning of the album, a parody of the story of an eight year old boy and the poem he wrote about growing up.

 

The band, in particular Ian Anderson, was sick that a previous album, Aqualung, was labelled as a concept album, strongly denying this he exaggerated the concept angle on Thick As as a sarcastic reply to the music journalists.

 

Thick As A Brick 2 is also a great album but TAAB 1 was such a hard act to follow it didn’t receive the acclaim it deserved. 40 years after the original it covers what became of young Gerald and i strongly recommend anyone who liked TAAB to follow up with TAAB 2.

 

So, TAAB conjures up for me some great memories of my childhood and as I grew my understanding of the music grew with me.

[IsaanExpat]

It's on my playlist, love some Jethro Tull. Bungle in the Jungle is a good song too😁

[stoner]

meh.

[save the frogs]

On 9/3/2024 at 10:20 AM, GammaGlobulin said:

 

How intuitive of you.....

 

Speak for yourself.

I am NOT thick as a brick. 

But I am Too Old to Rock n Roll and Too Young to Die

And I haven't been to pattaya in a long time, but I do Like to Bungle in the Jungle

 

[impulse]

I think I'll sit this one out.  Hope you don't mind.