Jethro Tulls Thick As A Brick And A Passion Play

Author : Tim Smolko
Publisher : Indiana University Press
ISBN 13 : 0253010381
Total Pages : 267 pages
Book Rating : 4.84/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Jethro Tull's Thick as a Brick and A Passion Play written by Tim Smolko and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2013-10-07 with total page 267 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since the 1960s, British progressive rock band Jethro Tull has pushed the technical and compositional boundaries of rock music by infusing its musical output with traditions drawn from classical, folk, jazz, and world music. The release of Thick as a Brick (1972) and A Passion Play (1973) won the group legions of new followers and topped the Billboard charts in the United States, among the most unusual albums ever to do so. Tim Smolko explores the large-scale form, expansive instrumentation, and complex arrangements that characterize these two albums, each composed of one continuous song. Featuring insights from Ian Anderson and in-depth musical analysis, Smolko discusses the band's influence on popular culture and why many consider Thick as a Brick and A Passion Play to be two of the greatest concept albums in rock history.

Author : Brian Rabey
Publisher : Soundcheck Books
ISBN 13 : 0957144245
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Passion Play written by Brian Rabey and published by Soundcheck Books. This book was released on 2013-10-01 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An intimate, yet thorough, look at one of Britain’s biggest ever bands

Author : Tim Smolko
Publisher : Indiana University Press
ISBN 13 : 0253056179
Total Pages : 367 pages
Book Rating : 4.77/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Atomic Tunes written by Tim Smolko and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2021-05-11 with total page 367 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is the soundtrack for a nuclear war? During the Cold War, over 500 songs were written about nuclear weapons, fear of the Soviet Union, civil defense, bomb shelters, McCarthyism, uranium mining, the space race, espionage, the Berlin Wall, and glasnost. This music uncovers aspects of these world-changing events that documentaries and history books cannot. In Atomic Tunes, Tim and Joanna Smolko explore everything from the serious to the comical, the morbid to the crude, showing the widespread concern among musicians coping with the effect of communism on American society and the threat of a nuclear conflict of global proportions. Atomic Tunes presents a musical history of the Cold War, analyzing the songs that capture the fear of those who lived under the shadow of Stalin, Sputnik, mushroom clouds, and missiles.

Author : Jethro Tull
Publisher : Hal Leonard Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1458458288
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Jethro Tull Guitar Anthology (Songbook) written by Jethro Tull and published by Hal Leonard Corporation. This book was released on 2008-09-01 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: (Recorded Version (Guitar)). Ian Anderson and crew have sold more than 60 million albums. Here are transcriptions of 19 of the finest from these British rock legends: Aqualung * Bungle in the Jungle * Cross-Eyed Mary * Living in the Past * Minstrel in the Gallery * New Day Yesterday * Passion Play Edit #8 * Thick as a Brick * Too Old to Rock 'N Roll (Too Young to Die) * The Whistler * and more.

Author : Gary Parker
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476634653
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.54/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Original Jethro Tull written by Gary Parker and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2018-09-07 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:  Jethro Tull was one of the truly innovative rock bands to emerge from the late 1960s. At their peak the idiosyncratic group, fronted by multi-instrumentalist Ian Anderson, resembled a troupe of roving English minstrels. Crafting a signature progressive rock sound that resisted easy categorization, they were often derided by critics as too British, too eccentric, too theatrical. Over the span of a decade, Tull released a string of sublime albums featuring intricate compositions in a wide range of musical styles, with little regard for the showbiz maxim “give the public what it wants.” Focusing on the years 1968–1980, this history includes insider accounts based on exclusive interviews with key members and rare photographs from Ian Anderson’s personal collection.

Author : Laura Shenton
Publisher : Wymer UK
ISBN 13 : 9781912782574
Total Pages : 170 pages
Book Rating : 4.7X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Jethro Tull Thick As A Brick written by Laura Shenton and published by Wymer UK. This book was released on 2021-03-12 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The year 1972 saw the release of Jethro Tull's iconic album, Thick As A Brick. A song spanning two whole sides of the LP with no gaps in between, Thick As A Brick was unusual even by so-called progressive rock standards at the time. Ironically, even though band leader Ian Anderson joked that the album was intended as "a bit of a spoof", it has gone on to be remembered as a masterpiece of the genre nearly fifty years later. In this book, music author Laura Shenton MA LLCM DipRSL offers an in depth perspective on Thick As A Brick from a range of angles including how the album came to be, how it was presented and received at the time (live as well as on record), and what it means in terms of Jethro Tull's legacy today. As the author explains: "Basically, the book covers how the album was made, what was going on with the music in terms of the artist's intentions, how it did musically and commercially and what happened next." The narrative is essentially driven by contemporary interviews with the artists with small bits of music theory where relevant... in some cases they delve into the structure / key signatures / time signatures, based on the original sheet music without straying away from being an engaging read for non-musicians.

Author : Will Romano
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1617136212
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.14/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Prog Rock FAQ written by Will Romano and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2014-11-01 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: PROG ROCK FAQ: ALL THAT'S LEFT TO KNOW ABOUT ROCK'S MOST PROGRESSIVE MUSIC

Author : Laura Shenton
Publisher : Wymer UK
ISBN 13 : 9781912782819
Total Pages : 112 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Jethro Tull Minstrel In The Gallery written by Laura Shenton and published by Wymer UK. This book was released on 2021-09-24 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For Jethro Tull, 1975 would prove to be a fascinating year. With Aqualung and Thick As A Brick behind them, and with A Passion Play and War Child having been met with a mixed critical reception, their next album, Minstrel In The Gallery is the product of a band who kept on going and who weren't afraid to explore. Minstrel In The Gallery is abundant in innovative musical ideas and insightful lyrics. Recorded in sunny Monte Carlo and described by Sounds as "a pleasant surprise", the album is a fascinating combination of acoustic and heavy rock teamed with a strings section, and of course, flute. In this book, author Laura Shenton MA LLCM DipRSL offers an in depth perspective on Minstrel In The Gallery from a range of angles including how the album came to be, how it was presented and received at the time (live as well as on record), and what it means in terms of Jethro Tull's legacy today.

Author : Clifford Thompson
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135939616
Total Pages : 3189 pages
Book Rating : 4.18/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Contemporary World Musicians written by Clifford Thompson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-10-07 with total page 3189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Music lovers, researchers, students, librarians, and teachers can trace the personal and artistic influences behind music makers from Elton John to Leontyne Price. Individual entries on over 400 of the world's most renowned and accomplished living performers, composers, conductors, and band leaders in musical genres from opera to hip-hop. Also includes an in-depth Index covering musicians of all eras, so that readers can learn which artists, alive or dead, influenced the work of today's most important figures in the music industry.

Author : Jordan Blum
Publisher : Sonicbond Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781789520163
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.69/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Jethro Tull written by Jordan Blum and published by Sonicbond Publishing. This book was released on 2019-06-28 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It's almost impossible to discuss the history of rock music without praising the monumental quality, impact, variety, and boldness of Britain's Jethro Tull. Named after an eighteenth-century agriculturalist - and not after their striking front-man Ian Anderson - the group almost immediately became one of the most ambitious, and significant acts in two subsections of the genre: progressive and folk rock. Officially formed in 1967, mastermind Anderson, guitarist Martin Barre and company initially forged a blues course before veering in a more diverse, and expansive direction. Their 1970s period - which is often considered their peak-took them close to progressive rock via iconic albums like Aqualung and Songs From The Wood plus lengthy narrative suites Thick as a Brick and A Passion Play, all hit albums on both sides of the Atlantic. Like numerous peers at the time (including ELP, Rush, Yes, and King Crimson), Tull then embraced the more commercially accessible demands of the 1980s - complete with a fair share of both synthesizers and hard rock. Album by album, this book examines the behind-the-scenes circumstances and motivations for each release via a track-by-track analysis to acutely observe why Jethro Tull were - and always will be - of invaluable 'benefit' to rock music.