Post by Deleted on Mar 11, 2013 11:08:05 GMT -5
As some of you know, and some of you don't, I'm 21 years old--far seperated from the generation of kids who embraced Tull, and in my experience it's very rare to find someone my age who knows of Tull let alone embrace their music.
Perhaps we can start up a conversation on ways to get the younger people of today interested in Tull, and perhaps discuss a few of the differences between the generations.
One factor of Tull's music that would be especially relevant today is the social commentary. So many of the kids from my generation embrace the same sort of message that was being conveyed through Tull's music (along with a lot of other bands from the 70s/60s) but choose to express it or listen to it through an electronic medium. Back in high school I had introduced a good few of my friends to Tull's music, some were indifferent, some hated it, some absolutely loved it.
The other parallel I see is that a lot of the kids from my generation (this is perhaps including me, but I'm looking from the inside out) don't truly embrace this anti-society sentiment, but rather like the idea of it, and probably won't follow through with the moral behaviors that come along with it. This is similar in my experience to the kids who were teenagers in the 70s. A denial of the stupid values of society, only to eventually become part of it by virtue of the pressure to pay the rent and bills--survival overcomes moral ambitions 9 times out of 10.
This is a part Tull/part non-tull conversation of course--just interested to hear some people's opinions.
Perhaps we can start up a conversation on ways to get the younger people of today interested in Tull, and perhaps discuss a few of the differences between the generations.
One factor of Tull's music that would be especially relevant today is the social commentary. So many of the kids from my generation embrace the same sort of message that was being conveyed through Tull's music (along with a lot of other bands from the 70s/60s) but choose to express it or listen to it through an electronic medium. Back in high school I had introduced a good few of my friends to Tull's music, some were indifferent, some hated it, some absolutely loved it.
The other parallel I see is that a lot of the kids from my generation (this is perhaps including me, but I'm looking from the inside out) don't truly embrace this anti-society sentiment, but rather like the idea of it, and probably won't follow through with the moral behaviors that come along with it. This is similar in my experience to the kids who were teenagers in the 70s. A denial of the stupid values of society, only to eventually become part of it by virtue of the pressure to pay the rent and bills--survival overcomes moral ambitions 9 times out of 10.
This is a part Tull/part non-tull conversation of course--just interested to hear some people's opinions.
hm. I actually got a friend of mine who listens like Muse and lady gaga more excited over some tull songs than these classic rock people... which i find kinda interesting. 
......time flies so quickly!! Nice to see great music being appreciated by you new youngsters. 
