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Post by TM on May 14, 2010 13:21:10 GMT -5
Not the easiest one to tackle for Tull fans. This time you may select up to 2 tracks. And again, please post comments about your selections,and if you don't see your favorite, select "other" and include it in your post. Happy polling!  Note: Looks like I forgot the "Other" selection and now I can't add it! |
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Post by TM on May 14, 2010 22:27:44 GMT -5
I had to go with Wond'ring Aloud and Home.
"and I shake my head" - so typical a reaction to the one you love.
"and let your first smile take me home" - I love that line. Something I always think of when I've been away from home.
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Post by Mikeytull on May 16, 2010 4:59:35 GMT -5
Very hard to decide. Love the intro to at last forever.
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Post by Blue on May 16, 2010 19:54:20 GMT -5
My absolute favorite is Moths but Reason For Waiting will do.
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Post by TM on May 16, 2010 20:32:59 GMT -5
My absolute favorite is Moths but Reason For Waiting will do. I thought about you with Moths and tried to add it but couldn't. |
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Post by Mothfairy on May 18, 2010 9:17:11 GMT -5
and there's me with moths...obviously! haha
I don't know...I'll vote later in a wicked rush right now
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Post by Bluehare on May 18, 2010 19:01:04 GMT -5
Me, too. I have to give this some thought. I only have half an answer so far.....
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Post by Bluehare on May 19, 2010 22:53:39 GMT -5
TM, these are such good choices.
"Home" was hands down the easier choice. But the second choice was much more difficult. "At Last, Forever" was my other pick.
Some good break-up songs, good young slam-bang songs, good older guy lust songs, as well as good love songs.
If somebody had just asked me the question without giving me a choice, I would have said Fire At Midnight instead of At Last, Forever. I don't often think of that one.
I would pick "Home" for exactly what you said.
I would pick "At Last, Forever" because Ian sings of a love that will live even beyond death.
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Post by TM on May 20, 2010 9:46:15 GMT -5
TM, these are such good choices. "Home" was hands down the easier choice. But the second choice was much more difficult. "At Last, Forever" was my other pick. Some good break-up songs, good young slam-bang songs, good older guy lust songs, as well as good love songs. If somebody had just asked me the question without giving me a choice, I would have said Fire At Midnight instead of At Last, Forever. I don't often think of that one. I would pick "Home" for exactly what you said. I would pick "At Last, Forever" because Ian sings of a love that will live even beyond death. Tough choices for sure, and not that many to choose from. But you made things more interesting as the "race tightens." I wish I had not forgotten Moths though. That one deserved inclusion. I have to see if I can add it.... |
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Post by Nonfatman on May 20, 2010 10:18:05 GMT -5
I had to give my vote to Wond'ring Aloud because I think it ranks with the greatest love songs of all time. It is a song of sheer beauty and simplicity. I love the sensuality of it, the stroking of the hair, the watching of the sunset ("sipping" the sunset, how perfect!), the sound of the two beating hearts, the "tasting of the smell" of the toast....all five senses are involved. At my wedding, the band played it as our first dance.
I also love it because it gave rise to two equally beautiful sequels, Wond'ring Again and The Jasmine Corridor. Jasmine Corridor is the perfect bookend to Wond'ring Aloud, but takes place in the future. It gives the feeling of the same two people looking back retrospectively over a long period of togetherness, whereas Wond'ring Aloud was prospective, contemplating a long life together. Wond'ring Again fits in somewhere in between, the birth of their first child! And the release dates of the songs, like the events in their lives, are chronologically in order!
My next choice would have been Reasons for Waiting, another exquisitely beautiful song by Ian, but I think Inside should definitely have been included in the poll, because I love the beauty, simplicity and optimism of that one as well!
I have often said that nobody writes love songs like Ian, and he approaches the subject from all angles, if you consider songs like Teacher and Witch's Promise, Bends Like a Willow, Slow Marching Band, White Innocence, The Dog Eared Years, etc., etc.
Jeff
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Post by TM on May 20, 2010 10:49:53 GMT -5
Nope, polls cannot be modified, sorry.
Next time I'll be sure to include "Other" as a choice.
As far is the love songs topic, I thought I would try to steer clear of the lustier tracks, which we can use on an upcoming poll.
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Post by El Gringo on May 20, 2010 19:07:14 GMT -5
Wondering Aloud.
Puts life and love into the simplest of expression.
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Post by Bwanabob on Jun 16, 2010 12:38:03 GMT -5
The music in Reasons (ignoring the words) sounds romantic in its own right.
The picture painted in Fires At Midnight oozes the warm, comfortable side of love.
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Post by Brown Mouse on Jun 16, 2010 12:44:04 GMT -5
Three of my favorites didn't make the list: "Moths," "One White Duck," and "Jack-A-Lynn." They have such a deep catalog it's hard to pick just two!
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Post by Bogenbroom on Jun 28, 2010 11:14:49 GMT -5
Alas I cannot vote because there is no other. For this reason... ...but I think Inside should definitely have been included in the poll, because I love the beauty, simplicity and optimism of that one as well!... Jeff Exactly, Jeff. Inside has it hands down IMO for the best Tull love song. Three of my favorites didn't make the list: "Moths," "One White Duck," and "Jack-A-Lynn." They have such a deep catalog it's hard to pick just two! 3 of my other favorites too that didn't make the cut. I would ALMOST give the title to "Fire At Midnight" IF it contained the lyrics I thought I heard which turned out to be mistaken. "Frogs and newts slip in the dark" was misheard by my ears for the first several times to be "thoughts of you slip in the dark". I prefer my more romanticized lyrics to Ian's  |
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Post by Conundrum on Aug 13, 2010 4:12:32 GMT -5
Look Into The Sun and Reason For Waiting.
Such beautiful songs. And some of the few Tull songs I can play on guitar!
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Post by beggarsfarm9862 on Aug 13, 2010 16:08:10 GMT -5
Wondering Aloud & Reason For Waiting ...
Wondering Aloud is probably the best two minute love song ever written. I can smell the toast as the butter runs. Also, a new studio album of new material will be a "Reasong For Waiting."
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Post by Nonfatman on Aug 13, 2010 16:36:25 GMT -5
Wondering Aloud & Reason For Waiting ... Wondering Aloud is probably the best two minute love song ever written. I can smell the toast as the butter runs. Also, a new studio album of new material will be a "Reasong For Waiting."  Is that you, Steve? You made it over here quickly, that's for sure! I agree with your two favorite Tull love songs, by the way, those are my faves as well. Glad to have you with us here! Jeff |
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Post by egrorian on Feb 5, 2012 5:05:45 GMT -5
Fire at Midnight my first choice as I just love the atmosphere...and one of my favourite Tull songs to sing along to.
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Post by jtul07 on Feb 5, 2012 7:13:53 GMT -5
I voted and I count!
1- "At Last Forever" ....2- "Stuck In The August Rain"
I would have voted "Hunting Girl" if it was listed.
Now that is a real LOVE song too.
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Post by Icy Lucifer on Feb 5, 2012 7:34:48 GMT -5
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Post by Jethro Tull FTW on Feb 17, 2012 19:20:29 GMT -5
Look into the sun. But where's Summerday Sands?
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