Page Six THE MICHIGAN DAILY Friday, MG' rch 24,,197:! Page Six THE MICHIGAN DAILY Frid~iy, March Z4, .1 ~72 records Daily Classifieds Tull's brick is not really so thick Dy KENNETH ALTSHULER public received a classic. Jethro Tull never ceases The two-sideu, unbanded musi- amaze me, In three albums they cal score combines a quality of established their unique style of basic themes, a variety of musical classical, jazz, blues, rock, and interludes, and effective schema - folk musical interludes. In their tic transitions. The album opens recent Aqualung, they exempla- I with Anderson's acoustic guitar fied their ability to present an and flute work surrounding a mel- idea and explore it in their al- low melody. The softly-sung tune ready established musical talents. breaks into a combination bass! Thick as a Brick, Tull's newest drum duet provided by Jeffrey concept album is of high sync- Hammond - Hammond and Bar- phonic quality, combining perfect riemore Barlow, transfering to a musical and lyrical correlation new theme. Here Tull's artistry is with the finest nusicianal exper- evident. The same guitar and flute the ever preseted. n-is present, but the transition is so perfect that it would go unno- Thick as a Brick, states the tired if not for lyrical differences. twelve page newspaper - album In the next melody we hear the housing the English release, is a most beautiful song found on the poem composed by- eight-year-old albums. A tambourine introduc- Gerald (Little Milton) Bostock. tion leads into organ support by After winning the Literary Com- John Evan, and further bass and petition sponsored by the Society percussion phases create a tran- for Literary Advancement and quil musical color emphasized by Gestation, he was disqualified be- Ian singing "The poet and the cause he had indicated his "ex- painter casting shadows on the tremely unwholesome attitude to- water as the sun plays on the wards life, his God and Country". infantry returning from the sea.", But the one-legged flautist, Ian Further example of Tull artistry Anderson, was so enthused upon is two completely unique guitar reading this epic poem, he com- leads performed by Martin Barre posed forty-five minutes of pop simultaneously and practically in- nusic to go with it, hence Gerald distinguishable. Eostock became co-writer of the Following this soft-spoken song, new Jethro Tull album. And the we have a strong. surging melody low a three-part organ, flute, and giving Evan, Anderson, and Bar-, percussion interlude. In constant transition, Anderson follows with a marching, uprising melody. This is a perfect example of Ian's ex- cellent artistry in correlating mu- sical and lyrical thoughts; in a turbulent song we hear "I've come down from the upper class to mend your rotten ways". Quickly Anderson's acoustic guitar returns, introducing a choir-sung type melody. In the middle of this theme Ian has further created a child's mood induced by his pied- piper flute and Barlow's toy-piano xylophone quality. And to perfect- ly lyricise the song, we hear "So- Come on ye childhood heroes! Won't you rise 'up from the pages of your comic-books?/your super- crooks/ and show us all the way". The second side opens as the first side had ended: with an ar- ray of percussional and orches- trative sound effects. In a true symphonic manner, we have repe- tition, modulation, and completion of themes ending Anderson's tale. Throughout the development we continually hear two or three re- turning themes to be experiment- ed musically and expertly. One sore spot appears in a short, non- sensical and nondirectional jazz jam, but it does little to affect the already established musical professionalism. Th re-occuring themes remainF kinetic and uptempo. The melo- dies are modulated by double tracks and surprising sound ef- fects, but Tull reserves the last side to emphasize musical ability more than thematic creativity. Barriemore Barlow has exempli-1 Continued from pg. 5 PERSONAL KAFKA AND HERZL IN AN INSANE ASYLUM !See "It Turns" March 25 or 26 (Sat.-Sun.) at 8 p.m. A drama by Joseph Mundi for MAOR Theatre. 1429 Hill. 01F33 GRADUATING AND UNEMPLOYED?- tsIt's not your problem alone. Protest it together. Sell apples at graduation. 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