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Post by Cecil the Sealion on Mar 10, 2012 17:48:48 GMT -5
witches promise
look into the sun
up the pool
whistler
acres wild
life is a long song
glory row
thick as a brick part 1
dun ringill
rover
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Post by Prompter on Mar 10, 2012 19:53:51 GMT -5
What I've always loved about Tull's acoustic numbers is their almost instant accessibility, despite them being anything other than trivial in compositional and/or lyrical terms.
1. Inside - one of my favourite Tull songs, has that wonderful otherworldly feel, much like the rest of Benefit
2. Wond'ring Aloud - lovely lyrics, quite subtle for a love song, a string arrangement that can make you cry
3. Skating Away (On the Thin Ice of a New Day) - one of the two songs off War Child that, for me, really stand out (the other being the title track), it's great fun
4. A Christmas Song - great lyrics and musical arrangement (which 'bites' just as much as the lyrics)
5. Up the 'Pool - as said in the 'favourite song from each album' thread, I love the song's 'domestic' feel and figuring out the references in the lyrics is a lot of fun
6. Life Is a Long Song - very meticulously composed, but still accessible
7. Sossity; You're a Woman - wonderful acoustic guitar work (really nicely paired with the organ also), great atmosphere
8. Fat Man - because it's Fat Man! ;D
9. Witches Promise - I've always loved that 'open' A minor chord that Martin Barre is strumming throughout the song
10. Mother Goose - goes exactly where 'Jeffrey Goes to Leicester Square' was striving to go
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Post by Deleted on Mar 10, 2012 22:27:04 GMT -5
Great thread idea. My top ten are really in no specific order.
Mother Goose
One Brown Mouse
Wond'ring Again
Nursie
Up the Pool
Moths
VELVET GREEN
Broadford Bazaar
...and the Mouse Police Never Sleeps
Fire at Midnight
I think most of my favorite Tull songs are acoustic.
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Post by janu on Mar 11, 2012 1:43:50 GMT -5
Good idea Cecil. My fav :
Elegy
Moths
Look Into The Sun
Wonderin' Again
Witches Promise
Only Solitaire
Serenade To A Cuckoo
Requiem
Salamander
Weathercock
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Post by Deleted on Mar 11, 2012 2:04:05 GMT -5
Great list Janu--how could I have forgotten Salamander!
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Post by janu on Mar 11, 2012 12:48:20 GMT -5
Great list Janu--how could I have forgotten Salamander! And this one, not easy to make a definitive list |
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Post by Morthoron on Mar 11, 2012 13:17:03 GMT -5
In no particular order:
1. Reasons for Waiting
2. Fat Man
3. Mother Goose
4. Witch's Promise
5. Life is a Long Song
6. Solitaire
7. Salamander
8. Velvet Green
9. One Brown Mouse
10. Dun Ringill
And various acoustic sections from Thick as a Brick (part I), A Passion Play (Jack Rabbit Mister), and Minstrel in the Gallery (Cold Wind to Valhalla, Pig-Me and the Whore, Mother England Reverie).
You could've really asked for 20 favorites, and I'd still have more beyond that.
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Post by My God on Mar 12, 2012 9:48:30 GMT -5
In no particular order: 1. Reasons for Waiting 2. Fat Man 3. Mother Goose 4. Witch's Promise 5. Life is a Long Song 6. Solitaire 7. Salamander 8. Velvet Green 9. One Brown Mouse 10. Dun Ringill And various acoustic sections from Thick as a Brick (part I), A Passion Play (Jack Rabbit Mister), and Minstrel in the Gallery (Cold Wind to Valhalla, Pig-Me and the Whore, Mother England Reverie). You could've really asked for 20 favorites, and I'd still have more beyond that. Great choices Morthoron. Especially excerpts from Baker Street Muse, one of my favs.  ....I'll pay the bill and make her well. Like hell, you bloody will. |
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Post by The Mouse Police on Mar 13, 2012 2:59:21 GMT -5
1. Broadford Bazaar
2. Velvet Green
3. Dun Ringill
4. Witches Promise
5. Just Trying To Be
6. Nursie
7. Bad-Eyed And Loveless
8. Only Solitaire
9. Weathercock
10. Elegy
There are so many brilliant acoustic intros, I figured they spoke for themselves.
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