Jehtro Tull- Thick as a Brick Sequel

Electrophonic Tonic · 02-08-2012, 08:25 PM

Do we have a title yet...?

Sweet as Concrete

Content as Cement

Shorter as Mortar

Drab as a Slab

Bangkok as a Cinder Block

Thick as a Brick 2: Electric Boogaloo?

**Frownland** · 02-08-2012, 08:35 PM

If the sequel doesn't rhyme I'm gonna flip a bitch.

**Janszoon** · 02-08-2012, 08:36 PM

Fat as a matt.

**Frownland** · 02-08-2012, 08:43 PM

If it's an Ian Anderson solo record and not a reformation of Jethro Tull, then a good title could be "Outdated as I am Overrated".

**Janszoon** · 02-08-2012, 08:48 PM

Hirsute with a flute.

RMR · 02-08-2012, 11:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Frownland

I would say that period is Tull's best as well, RMR. I don't know about the sequel, you saw what happened with Operation Mindcrime II. Disappointment. I guess I'll just have to wait untull I hear it, I'm still going to give it a try even if it might turn out to be a letdown.

Good call and analogy on Operation Mindcrime II. I was actually thinking the same thing. I loved the first one, and I had high hopes for the sequel. I will say that I thought Mindcrime II was the best album Queensryche had released since Mindcrime-1, and I enjoyed it for about a month, but I have not pulled it off the shelf since then.

I'm not expecting TAAB2 to be nearly as good as the original, but I'm hoping for a solid Tull/ Anderson release that is memorable and spends an extended time in my listening rotation. I really think Anderson still has the musical prowess; I just don't know if his voice has enough power to carry the album. TAAB is such an important album to me, so I can only hope.

Howard the Duck · 02-08-2012, 11:44 PM

i thought there was already a Thick as a Brick Part 2

shouldn't it be Thick as a Brick 3?

anyways, about sequels, i quite enjoyed Tubular Bells 2 - i know lots of people hate it, but a synthy-poppy version of it is nice (to me, at least)

TheNiceGuy · 02-09-2012, 01:53 AM

Looking forward to this! The original TAAB was great so hopefully Anderson can put out a quality album that does justice to the original masterwork.

Unknown Soldier · 02-09-2012, 02:10 AM

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Originally Posted by RMR

For me, Tull's output from '71 starting with Aqualung through '79's Stormwatch is almost completely flawless, and during that period (71- 79), they were more prolific than most any other band, releasing 9 studio albums and 1 live album.

I already know you love A Passion Play which is even more painful than the brick, but do you actually think War Child, Minstrel in the Gallery and the dire Too Old To Rock`n`Roll-Too Young To Die to be good albums?

Howard the Duck · 02-09-2012, 02:16 AM

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Originally Posted by Unknown Soldier

I already know you love A Passion Play which is even more painful than the brick, but do you actually think War Child, Minstrel in the Gallery and the dire Too Old To Rock`n`Roll-Too Young To Die to be good albums?

i'm not really bothered to trifle with any of that, but Crest of a Knave is quite good

and despite what people say about it, of coz it's "metal", it's power metal lite

02-08-2012, 08:35 PM	#12 (permalink)
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Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,548	If it's an Ian Anderson solo record and not a reformation of Jethro Tull, then a good title could be "Outdated as I am Overrated". __________________ Studies show that when a given norm is changed in the face of the unchanging, the remaining contradictions will parallel the truth. d e a f b o x

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