I think I concur on Prog rock. Jethro Tull were the most boring thing I had ever seen at the Acoustic Festival. And bear in mind that I'd seen Donovan the day before, and Peter Tork (one of the Monkees, now a shrivelled man who looks like a cycling acountant in his fifties) the day after.
The thing about Tull is that "Heavy Horses" is about heavy horses, who get very little celebration in song and for all it's rubbishness I do rather love it. Aside from that they suck balls.
The annoying thing is that they are almost amazing. I can imagine exactly how a band could be like they are but be playing different songs in a slightly different way and be absolutely breathtaking. From time to time they have moments that reveal how that might sound but then they have to jump across five time signatures, do some musically complex and unlistenable prog rock bollocks and ruin it all again.
Actually I think maybe if Tull were brilliant instead of rubbish they wouldn't be far off being The Godwits.
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Date: 27 Jul 2008 13:04 (UTC)no subject
Date: 27 Jul 2008 22:24 (UTC)The annoying thing is that they are almost amazing. I can imagine exactly how a band could be like they are but be playing different songs in a slightly different way and be absolutely breathtaking. From time to time they have moments that reveal how that might sound but then they have to jump across five time signatures, do some musically complex and unlistenable prog rock bollocks and ruin it all again.
Actually I think maybe if Tull were brilliant instead of rubbish they wouldn't be far off being The Godwits.
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Date: 28 Jul 2008 17:52 (UTC)