Nai Noswad
Senior Member
I'd appreciate some help and opines.
Regards, Ian.
Heavy Horses has a brace of short songs, I don't think with Tull we can expect catchy songs.... whether it was the time that was in it, I pretty much knew music was going to be sprawling affairs. That's why I asked about the 'jazz effect '... The band just free styled on many numbers when I've seen them, each time versions differ. Only with Uriah Heep and Jethro Tull have I walked out the venue thinking "I could really go right back in and watch it again".Since we are on Tull.....I always preferred Stand Up, Benefit, and Aqualung as well as a few later ones.....Ian Anderson was at his best when writing shorter songs with a comment or observation on life and/or people.
Tull wrote plenty of 'catchy songs' imho....Aqualung, Locomotive Breath, Living in the Past...to name just a few. Heavy Horses is a solid lp but imho not as interesting (as memorable? ) as say Songs From The Wood or some of the earlier ones. I also like Stormwatch better than HH. And I think Baker St Muse (16.49) on Minstrel is better than anything on HH.Heavy Horses has a brace of short songs, I don't think with Tull we can expect catchy songs.... whether it was the time that was in it, I pretty much knew music was going to be sprawling affairs. That's why I asked about the 'jazz effect '... The band just free styled on many numbers when I've seen them, each time versions differ. Only with Uriah Heep and Jethro Tull have I walked out the venue thinking "I could really go right back in and watch it again".