[2] Taking the surreal British humour of Monty Python as an influence, he began to write a piece that would combine complex music with a sense of humour, with the idea it would poke light-hearted fun at the band, the audience, and the music critics. And the poet lifts his pen while the soldier sheaths his sword. Jethro Tull in 1972: \u201cThick As A Brick was the mother of all concept albums\u201d, (Image credit: Gijsbert Hanekroot\/Redferns), Jethro Tull's Ian Anderson on politics, God, and Ritchie Blackmore's clothing, How Headspace made All That You Fear Is Gone, The story of Steven WIlson's The Raven That Refused To Sing (And Other Stories), D'Virgilio, Morse and Jennings: three of a proggy kind, I really didnt expect the scale of the success: The story behind Asia's self-titled debut album, Every issue delivered direct to your door. [9], The group remembered the recording being a happy process, with a strong feeling of camaraderie and fun, with numerous practical jokes. He resorts to raw sarcasm and satire, straight from the heart. Are you going to accept responsibility for your actions or are you going to pass the buck? So, now that its your turn to think, what are you going to do? His first book,Encyclopedia Metallica (opens in new tab), published in 1981, may have been the inspiration for the name of a certain band formed that same year. Thick as a Brick is considered by critics to be the first Jethro Tull release to entirely consist of progressive rock music. One on one, brain wins over brawn, youthful vigour wins over middle-age complacency. Now, hes describing them as the setting and rising of the sun. The 1997 EMI100 box Brick25 has a decent sized newspaper (UK version) and OK mastering too. tootull, Mar 31, 2008 #6 mrbillswildride Internet Asylum Escapee 2010, 2012, 2014 Location: *non-valid location removed* FredCamp said: but the master of the house is far away. Do you? and say its a shame. And the blue-eyed soldiers stand slightly discoloured (in neat little rows) It only states that God is not a single entity with the power to save you from your own stupidity. I see a fat, pompous, rich judge waddling into a Victorian courtroom and proceeding to enact a series of redundant ritual motions, in an almost comical fashion. This was music with a default setting of challenging. To wash them all aside. With Thick As A Brick, he ended up fulfilling his ambition and then some. What he did do, though (and maybe he didnt even notice) was that he kept focus on the main point of the piece. The pavements are empty: the gutters run red while the fool But skimming the cream from a three-quarter-hour masterwork was never going to be easy. Sarcasm, again: I guess that its a good idea to let super-heroes and figments of our imagination rule our lives, nest pas?. The wise men at your side are dumbfounded. toasts his god in the sky. They are: A young man, full of vigour and not yet beaten down by the system, sees whats wrong with society and cant believe that the elders dont see it also. Just to prove it, heres a question which they cant possibly answer what does it feel like to be stupid? I.e. He says: You (society, et al) are driven by lust. [18] Although the finished album runs as one continuous piece, it is made up of a medley of individual songs that run into each other, none of which individually lasts more than 35 minutes. . My mother took my copy of the lp because of the girl lifting her dress. Thick as a Brick is the fifth studio album by the British rock band Jethro Tull, released in March 1972. But there were a lot of countries where they just didnt get the joke. When you slipped off the outer plastic wrap, the cover opened up into a full-sized, 12-page . He must become a man, he must be put to useful work, he must learn to play at Business (Monopoly) and he must love all of the things which define the current culture (Monopoly, the game, the classic films (Singing in the Rain), etc). The following is a discourse between John and his father. The 40th Anniversary Edition was released in November 2012, and includes a CD, a DVD, and a book. Yet, the father, the one who should be teaching the child to stand on his own, who should be stirring the pot and making sure that it cooks evenly, is effectively missing. at its launch in 1981. Tull elected to work out the album during two weeks of intense rehearsals using the Rolling Stones mobile studio. Is Whos Next the Greatest Album Cover of all Time? My explanation of what I think about TAAB is but a snapshot of my state of mind, when stimulated by the music and lyrics of TAAB at this time. while queueing for sarnies at the office canteen. Wont you rise up from the pages of your comic-books "[52], In 2014, Prog magazine listed Thick as a Brick at number 5 in the list "The 100 Greatest Prog Albums of All Time", voted for by its readers. It can be differentiated from the original pressing by the copyright dates on the back and by being released on Parlophone instead of EMI. We put together a lot of silly stories and also used lyrics from the album itself. You have to preserve the fiction to some extent, because thats your starting point the absurdity of precocious youth and complex ideas; that somehow Thick As A Brick is an album about what this youth might become and the distortion of his ideas as a prepubescent child. $4.00 shipping. What are you going to do/be when Judgement is upon you? If my snapshot leads you to new interpretations of this piece or parts of it, Ill be ecstatic. all gone into service and in the tidal destruction Do you try to think for yourself? It leaves room for the existence of God and religion. But critics suddenly started lumping Tull in with the prog pack, which Anderson didnt exactly take kindly to. To celebrate the 50th anniversary, Thick As A Brick has been reproduced in its original format, the legendary 12-page newspaper. It sold by the bucketload, sealed their reputation at home in the UK and made them big stars in America. Job done, Id say. I suppose I have to admit that I really imposed the whole idea on the other guys, laughs Anderson, a benign dictator in this instance. The main themes are an elaboration of the themes in Aqualung and are repeated in Roots to Branches. A subscription makes a thoughtful gift for both family and friends. The cheap crutches (Biggles, sportsmen, comic-book heroes) who you used in the past are no longer there its your turn to think. They thought it was a real story, that this precocious schoolboy had written this stuff and somehow I turned it into an album. $5.90. A fourteen year old schoolgirl this week blamed her pregnancy on Gerald Bostock, the eight year old poet at the center of this week's major St. Cleve controversy. Your sperm's in the gutter - your love's in the sink. God I miss covers like this. It received mixed reviews upon its release, but was a commercial success and topped various charts in 1972. Theyre all resting down in Cornwall It was presenting such a preposterous notion that an eight-year-old boy had written this saga in some poetry competition. The child is trying out and thinking through a number of moral/religious issues. Keyboardist John O'Hare and bassist David . Perhaps unsurprisingly, it failed to make the charts on either side of the Atlantic. This article claims that although Bostock initially won the contest, the judges decision was repealed after protests and threats concerning the offensive nature of the poem, along with the boys suspected psychological instability. Kindly state the time of the year and join your voices in a hellish chorus. Alongside Marc Riley, co-presenter of long-running A-Z Of David Bowie podcast. The year 1971 was a momentous one for prog rock. So, gradually wed build up the piece.. To me, thats what we as a band did on Thick As A Brick. If you choose to personify the concept of God, instead of taking God-ness into your own hands, then thats just what youre doing going through life with the hope that some 2-d character is going to rescue you in the end. [53] Rolling Stone listed the album at number 7 in their "Top 50 Prog Albums of All Time". In TAAB and Roots to Branches, Ian examines how society and organized religion spread (by imprinting children before they become old enough to think for themselves). The album contains a continuous piece of music, split over two sides of an LP. I may make you feel but I can't make you think. Future Publishing Limited Quay House, The Ambury, your love and the cut of the knife I appeal to those of you who can still make decisions about your own lives. The album, however, made No.5 in the UK, while over in the US it topped the Billboard chart for two weeks. So! twenty years too late. Wont your rise up from the pages of your comic-books [54] Thick as a Brick is ranked number 5 in the user-managed website Prog Archives' top albums list, with a weighted average rating of 4.63 stars. Dont start telling me something that I know full well, because I wrote it to be like that. Among the years signal albums were ELPs Tarkus, Pink Floyds Meddle, Hawkwinds In Search Of Space and Genesiss Nursery Cryme, not to mention a brace from Yes. Why is it that our ancestors insist that their dogma is Truth? We were like Vikings! [ 1] Sua letra baseada em um poema escrito por um garoto fictcio, "Gerald Bostock", ou "Little Milton". Almost of equal importance was the cover, which was in effect a 16-page newspaper called The St. Cleve Chronicle & Linwall Advertiser, which was a spoof of the sort of local newspapers prevalent around the UK at the time. This topic is too deep for them. The do-er and the thinker: no allowance for the other Thick as a Brick was deliberately crafted in the style of a concept album, as well as a "bombastic" and "over the top" parody of the then-prevalent vogue for concept albums. I see you shuffle in the courtroom with The downloadable version of the 40th anniversary edition splits the overall suite into eight separate parts:[59]. Im a Thinker, so I can do you no harm. However, the album did get some cultural recognition in the States when it was featured in an episode of The Simpsons. However, this is a totally fictitious character, created by Anderson himself. As Johns generation slowly becomes the Establishment, John becomes part of the Establishment. Despite attempts over the years to uncover the true identity of the poet, the truth is that Bostock has no connection to anyone from Andersons past. Think!. The home of a hammer horror star has hit the market - and the two-bedroom Kent cottage could be yours for 1.4million. The poet, now ruler, says Believe in my belief and a new day will dawn. "Thick as a Brick" (1972) is a concept album by the British rock band Jethro Tull. DVD [ edit] after the lyrics and music were written and, hence, Bostock did not affect the perspective of the original lyrics themselves. In Chateau DIsaster, the lost album just after TAAB, Ian attacks the Rat Race the business people whom he charicatures as various types of animals. I get a strong mental image from this one line. Some of the pieces were obviously silly, such as Magistrate Fines himself, but there was also lengthy story entitled Do Not See Me Rabbit about a pilot in theBattle of Britainbeing shot down by aMesserschmitt Bf 109. I wonder if Ian regrets writing this line, now that hes 50? Any spoof done well enough enhances both the perpetrators and the intended victims think of Spinal Tap and the heavy metal genre. This verse casts a sense of foreboding on things to come. Enter a new moral fad. 1972. Or why not treat yourself? Parritt was convinced he lived past lives as historical characters, and wrote detailed accounts of these lives in his work; he also wrote of fantasy imaginings of lives yet to come. Vietnam was still daily news when TAAB was written. This was based in Bermondsey, a rather dreadful part of South London. Check out our thick as brick album selection for the very best in unique or custom, handmade pieces from our shops. "Thick As A Brick" is the fifth studio album by Jethro Tull and was released in 1972. All lyrics are written by "Gerald Bostock" (Ian Anderson); all music is composed by Anderson. I disagree with others (including Ian) who have postulated that this insult is aimed at the concert audience members who cant sit through a performance of quiet songs. They were fans of Python, and this style of humour influenced the lyrics and overall concept. A corrected replacement edition was issued later, with only a horizontal line beneath the "album duration" note on the disc label to identify it. Your hair is short and neat. He re-appears later. Boy to man and beyond, it looks at what might have befallen the child poet Gerald Bostock in later life. Listen to Thick As A Brick (25th Anniversary Edition) [1997 Remaster] by Jethro Tull on Apple Music. Seagulls tend to feed on the detritus at the edge of the shore. The music themes change very quickly, at around 5 minutes the song changes into a dramatic sounding tune. and you make all your animal deals, You move through life without stopping to think, no better than mere animals.. Not only does the character of Martin Prince sing part of the song in the episode Girls Just Want To Have Sums, but the original is used over the end credits. and show us all the way. Most of my peers aspired to going to grammar school, getting eight O Levels and three A Levels, then becoming part of conventional society. The wise men endorse my vision. subscribe Lets just start right off with an insult. In 1972 I was 11 years old, and my parents had asked the teenaged son of good friends what would be a nice album to buy me for Christmas. I hope that my snapshot manages to convey a new or heightened sense of meaning to TAAB to you, today. I discovered Jethro Tull. Come on ye childhood heroes! The album contains a continuous piece of music, split over two sides of an LP record, and is intended as a parody of the concept album genre. To make them more accessible to the masses (including myself). There was an almost Monty Pythonesque idea in my head of this pastiche approach to creating this idea the mother of all concept albums, as Ive come to call it. Monty Python lampooned the British way of life, says Anderson. M9B 5Z8. So! [2] He also intended to satirise the progressive rock genre that was popular at the time. 50 years on and the album is still revered as one of rock's and progressive rock's most definitive and pioneering albums. The legends (worded in the ancient tribal hymn) lie cradled This is the first album considered by many critics to be Jethro Tulls release to entirely consist ofprogressive rockmusic. I dunno. album. good old Ernie: he coughed up a tenner on a premium bond win. It is hard sometimes to differentiate between whats serious and whats a send-up. Hipgrave. Their dogma feeds on war (fools who are willing to die for dogma), thoughts of the wise (those who know better than to die for a cause, but are willing to prostitute their knowledge to gain better standing in society) and, well, nothing else but liquid excrement (the bedpan, under ones bed). Album Art. The 40th anniversary boxed version contains most of the content from the original newspaper. to be thick as a brick. Do you believe in the day? sign up for the newsletter and get inspiration, news, and the agenda directly in your mailbox. And, they all make small talk whilst doing the same monotonous thing day after day. writing up their memoirs for a paper-back edition of the Boy Scout Manual. Theyve managed to brain-wash Jack. Spin me back down the years We werent trying to be comedians, just to enhance the concept. Everybody thinks that theyre the ones who are right well straighten out our parents, and then well straighten out our kids. Thick as a Brick is the fifth studio album by Progressive Rock band Jethro Tull, released in 1972.Surprised that critics called Aqualung a concept album, bandleader Ian Anderson sought out to create "the mother of all concept albums" with Thick as a Brick.The album is supposedly an adaptation of an epic poem by a child prodigy named Gerald Bostock, who was disqualified from a poetry . Making a full cover of this album has been an ambitious goal of mine for a long, long time. It just denounces the abuse of these concepts). And it's an epic poem and it had won a prize from the Society for Literary Advancement and Gestation, SLAG is the acronym. So! The satirical newspaper was pared down for conventional CD booklets, but the 25th Anniversary Special Edition CD cover is closer to the original. TAAB is just another 60s protest song (albeit, masterfully done). Fourth album Aqualung, released in March 71, was a miasmic mix of folk, jazz and rock, wherein leader Ian Anderson vocalised all manner of thoughts on religion, consumerism and global poverty. Thick as a Brick 2: Whatever Happened to Gerald Bostock? Then the guys would dutifully grapple with it and wed try to recap on what we did yesterday and the day before. , , 7 , , , a , , , - , 9 , , aa .., - , 6 , 6 2008 , a a, a a 11 a a, 7 ., , 8 . Never mind that much of it actually sounded thrillingly original, the battle lines between new and old between knotty-browed experimentation and straight-up rocknpop were well and truly drawn. And, after long thought, the poet is about ready to commence, whereas the soldier has just finished his slaughter (acting before thinking). The pattern repeats itself strong love, then strong hate, oppression, then new ideas, then bloodshed. It is regarded as a classic of progressive rock. Thick As A Brick tour was my first introduction to the mighty Tull. what states require consummation of marriage; new milford ct police scanner; reply to opposition to motion to compel california; environmental opportunities and threats in business Myth has it that Anderson was angry about this misconception. The first pressing of the DVD/CD box contained a faulty DVD with significant audio errors. The two sides of the album are a continuous piece of music. let Robin save the day. your super crooks Jack floats back through time. Thick as a Brick Infobox Album Name = Thick as a Brick Type = Album Artist = Jethro Tull Released = March 3, 1972 (UK) May 10, 1972 (US) Recorded = December 1971 at Morgan Studios, London Genre = Progressive rock Length = 43:50 (22:45 LP side 1; 21:05 LP side 2) Label = Island Records (Original UK) Reprise (original US) We also got the road crew, label people and girlfriends to pose for photos., One of those names used was Derek Smalls, who emerged over a decade later as the bassist with the fictional heavy metal band Spinal Tap. But skimming the cream from a three-quarter-hour masterwork was never going to be easy. Mark the precise nature of your fear. Bath where the swelling mountain water moves onward to the sea: the builder of the castles renews the age-old purpose Ive come down from the upper class to mend your rotten ways. It's the sequel to Thick As A Brick, the 1972 Jethro Tull concept album. Thick as a Brick (thing) by Electricsound Tue Sep 19 2000 at 4:48:22 The 1972album by the concept-loving folk rockers Jethro Tull. 4. after the lyrics and music were written and, hence, Bostock did not affect the perspective of the original lyrics themselves. However, Im not sure our American fans understood the humour behind our live performance on the subsequent tour. the newfangled way. They turn away and show their ignorance (in the childish act of breaking wind (farting)) and then run away. Dont let yourself become Aqualung. God, like Biggles and Batman, is someone we read about in our childhood. [18] Anderson later said that the lyrics were partly derived from his own childhood experiences, though the overall theme was Bostock's attempt to make sense of life from his point of view. One section of The St. Cleve Chronicle has the audacity to contain a mock review of the album, describing it as being marked by ugly changes of time signature, and banal instrumental passages. The two sides of the album are a continuous piece of music. The album on LP vinyl runs as one seamless track on both sides of the record. An irony is revealed to the listener we, the listeners, know that waves repeat and knock down every sandcastle which is built. In the end, only one wins out, and as the sun sets, we see that the victor is the Mercenary (the doer) the Mercenarys, not the Thinkers, creed is illuminated for all to see and to follow. Freelance writer for Classic Rock since 2008, and sister title Prog since its inception in 2009. Right from the beginning, society imprints Jack as being a man, a son who will fight for Right (no explanation of what that is). Thick As A Brick. had been to Airport"[5] and later remarked that it was a "bit of a satire about the whole concept of grand rock-based concept albums". P.S. But, when I got the chance to interview Harry for a US TV show, he denied ever hearing Thick As A Brick. Enter Jethro Tull, who since 1967 had gradually morphed from a fairly conventional white blues band into avatars of something altogether weirder. The DVD contains a 5.1 surround sound mix (in DTS and Dolby Digital), the new stereo mix in high resolution, and the original stereo mix in high resolution. [23], The satirical newspaper was heavily abridged for conventional CD booklets, but the 25th Anniversary Special Edition CD cover is closer to the original, and the 40th anniversary boxed version contains most of the content from the original newspaper. Louder is part of Future plc, an international media group and leading digital publisher. Well have Superman for president People, who abdicate their responsibility to think, allow sadists to take power. Jack has spotted himself, right at the beginning of his own life. Geezer Butler told him he loved the all-black away strip. I was a student at the University of Kentucky located in Lexington , Kentucky back then ( my hometown was Louisville , Kentucky - eighty (80) miles away ) and I recorded the entire album on a ninety (90) minute cassette tape from my professional recording cassette deck that I used as my . THE SOCIETY FOR LITERARY ADVANCEMANT AND GESTATION, (SLAG), announced their decision late last night to disqualify eight year old prizewinner Gerald (Little Milton) Bostock following the hundreds of protests and threats received after the reading of his epic poem "Thick as a Brick" on B.B.C. Join your local government. Even the good people (the artists, the intelligencia) end up taking sides and resorting to physical violence, in the end. Think. The three-minute pop song had become pass. She had written a letter to Anderson while he was away touring the album, ten lines from which Anderson used as inspiration for the new material. 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