Jethro Tull/YMMV


 * Archive Panic: Like a lot of bands of the era, they slowed down a bit when the 70s ended, but good lord.
 * Awesome Music: Obviously Aqualung and Thick As A Brick, also A Passion Play.
 * Heavy Horses and Broadsword and the Beast, and that's not even getting into individual songs.
 * Covered Up: "Bouree" by Bach.
 * At some live performances, the band will play an instrumental cover of Kashmir.
 * Epic Riff: "Aqualung", "Locomotive Breath", several others.
 * The opening riff to Thick as a Brick may be the band's most recognizable.
 * Face of the Band: To the point where people think Jethro Tull is the guy's name. It's Ian Anderson.
 * Well, to be fair, since Jethro Tull is a person's name, people would be likely to assume that it was a solo artist regardless of whether this trope was present.
 * This would be true were it not for the fact that Jethro Tull is an historical figure known for inventing the seed drill. It's comparable to assuming that Franz Ferdinand is a solo artist.
 * Growing the Beard: The inclusion of guitarist Martin Barre (during Stand Up) and keyboardist John Evan (during Benefit), which greatly expanded and tightened the band's sound.
 * Harsher in Hindsight: Too Old To Rock 'N' Roll: Too Young To Die! marked the first appearance of Tull's third bassist John Glascock. Three and a half years after that album, he passed away at age 28.
 * Ho Yay: For decades a live concert staple has involved Ian Anderson sticking his flute between Martin Barre's legs in a distinctly phallic manner, and fiddling with the protruding end of it for a while. Generally this ends with a disgusted look at the free hand, then wiping it as if now covered with something very sticky.
 * I Am Not Shazam: See Face of the Band.
 * Some Anvils Need to Be Dropped: Many of their songs are incredibly Anvilicious, but it doesn't take away from the music.
 * They Changed It, Now It Sucks: More of an issue during the band's more active years. Since Tull changed its sound every few albums, criticism was pretty inevitable.
 * True Art Is Incomprehensible: There are websites dedicated to deciphering Ian Anderson's lyrics.
 * This site goes through A Passion Play line-by-line.