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Post by cbwaltzer on Nov 29, 2008 22:42:42 GMT
Goose, as i've never tried it before.
Alter history: Ian completes the Chateau D'isaster album as originally envisioned, OR he discovers a dozen fully produced/unreleased songs written sometime between the creation of Benefit and Stand Up....
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Post by steelmonkey on Nov 30, 2008 3:49:33 GMT
Both......well okay...since i think we have a pretty good idea, between Play, nitecap, 20 year box and war child...what Tull was aiming for post-Brick, i guess the Stand Up-Benefit era dozen wins...12 more songs like 'with you there to help me, cry you a song and new day yesterday?...yes please.
Next Question: Why are people so cold and mean these days? I don't get it...the best system we can come up with is dog eat dog capitalism but why do the winners begrudge the et dogs a few civilized crumbs from the table? Has everyone really lost the imagination to think how it would be for them to be needy or without or less fortunate? Can't we legislate some from of titheing...oh no...that's socialism...the rich folks always cry socialism...but what about paved roads, cops who answer calls, watered golf courses, etc etc etc...isn't that socialism? Magic wands anyone?
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Post by nonrabbit on Nov 30, 2008 11:19:58 GMT
Here's my theory on this and it's one that I've been kind of sticking too for a while.. I grew up with my grandmother born 1887- my mother born 1928- I was born in 1957- the so called baby boomer! So we had a wide range of generational values - like all families. I think that so much has changed in such a short time ie. one or two generations are nothing when you think of the technological and sociological changes that have happened to the human race in that period of time. My grandmother walked to school bare- footed, left at 14 years and expected to be poor all her life. My mother grew up durng the war years when the civilians came together and looked after each other in a time of rations etc - ie. everyone was in the same boat ! Then came us - the baby boomers, we were promised everything - I was told education was the answer to get me out of poverty and that was given to us FREE and with a grant to help us through it! Money was flowing again after the war. We had a conscience though - maybe due to the generation/s who brought us up? I remember like some of us here, sitting in a group, in my bedroom, lol in "socialist Glasgow" wanting to start a revolution about can't remember what! But we all came together about it. Then came the 80's/90's and the present - probably one of the fastest in mankind for technological/sociological change which as a result told us we could all be monetary rich ! we could all be landowners/ stockholders/ however sadly, a feeling in society that those who didn't or couldn't - well there must be something wrong with them !!! What will happen in the next 3 generations ??any thoughts??? Is the national/state lottery a good thing ? LOL that's 2 questions - sorry
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Post by Pantagruel on Nov 30, 2008 18:47:16 GMT
1- Gosh, I don't even know where I'll be in a week 2- Yeah, why not? Now the question: Hey have you just farted?
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Post by broadsword on Nov 30, 2008 22:57:40 GMT
Of course I haven't, it was the dog
If you could invite just one of your heroes, (dead or alive), to dinner, which one would it be?
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Post by steelmonkey on Dec 2, 2008 2:02:35 GMT
Fyodor Dosteovsky...his writing is so timeless...the details of how it is to have an intense, maybe beautiful soul on the inside and spend your life dealing with people's response to an exterior or apparent image maybe based on rejections or defensiveness, that is miles away from the real you is SO rock and Roll....The story of the Idiot...basically what would happen to a guileless, Christlike soul if he showed up.......He is, in my opinion, peerless in writing....I've tried and tried and can't crack Shakespeare...
Next question: Fancy dinner with David Pegg and Martin Allcock....relativelly tame ( one wine, one beer...civilized/well-behaved) or matching them drink for drink...they call the 'shots'?
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Post by admin on Dec 2, 2008 10:47:26 GMT
Definitely matching them drink for drink, it would be a whole lot more fun but boy would i pay for it the next day!
What was your favourite toy as a child?
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Post by broadsword on Dec 2, 2008 12:36:58 GMT
Anything my dad made for me, but the actual favourite was a ride-on wooden steam engine, painted GWR, (Great Western Railway/Gods' Wonderful Railway) green. I didn't keep it like I didn't keep other stuff he made - bugger, bugger, thrice bugger.
What's your favourite concert venue?
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Post by maddogfagin on Dec 3, 2008 9:04:50 GMT
Would have to be the Hammersmith Apollo/Odeon if visiting London or going back to my mis-spent youth the Star Club in Croydon which was a small blues club in a rather run down pub but where i first saw Tull, Chicken Shack, PG's Fleetwood Mac etc.
As New Year approaches and as one gets older, a piss up down the pub or a night in with the family, with beer and a curry, watching tv on New Years eve?
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Post by rayman2112 on Dec 3, 2008 20:42:29 GMT
night in, relaxing.
when was the last time you were drunk beyond reason?
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Post by Pantagruel on Dec 7, 2008 15:20:01 GMT
Yesterday --- no headache nor vomiting, though!
Do you think the green spot that I see is the result of being drunk yesterday or is it rather my new lamp?
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Post by broadsword on Dec 11, 2008 10:29:25 GMT
Neither of them Pentagruel, I reckon it's the green light you see when your good lady clouts you with the rolling pin for coming in drunk.
What's the one thing you'd like to be able to do that humans generally can't?
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Post by admin on Dec 11, 2008 11:31:13 GMT
I'd like to be able to do all the things that are really bad for you without any of the consequences!
What do you want for Christmas?
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Post by Pantagruel on Dec 11, 2008 16:08:50 GMT
I would just like my depression to end and to have fun with my friends
do you fear that what is happening in Greece at the moment will happen in your country too someday?
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Post by nonrabbit on Dec 12, 2008 8:33:19 GMT
Who knows.... Reckon we are in for tough times ahead economically so will that cause unrest? I remember the 70's and the strikes etc but the only physical form of protest we have had recently are the pensioners marching and going to jail about the council tax! Britain is in a hell of a lot of debt and rising If you could glimpse say 200 years into the future what are you likely to see?
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Post by maddogfagin on Dec 12, 2008 8:51:43 GMT
Much the same as at present except we'll have humans living on the Moon and Mars, more spare time as computers will have taken over the mundane work a lot of us do, peace, love and understanding to all people and Chrysalis issuing the 54th remaster of This Was.
Probably only the last will come true.
Which rock star, currently living, would make a good politician to rectify the mistakes of the present ones currently making a complete mess of our lives.
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Post by Pantagruel on Dec 12, 2008 19:09:56 GMT
No one; this kind of people is without any hope.
If Gentle Giant chose to do a full reunion (and that will never happen, probably), would you go?
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Post by admin on Dec 19, 2008 21:38:23 GMT
maybe, but it would have to be nearby and a cheap ticket!!
What was the first record you ever bought?....and be honest!! (have we done this one already?)
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Post by broadsword on Dec 19, 2008 23:17:39 GMT
Oh cripes, does anyone remember those nonsense songs Bernard Cribbins did a zillion years ago? I bought "Right Said Fred" - that was my 1st ever record. The 1st record I ever bought which non UK residents might have heard of is the Beatles EP - Twist And Shout.
Christmas cards are hardly environmentally friendly, should they be banned?
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Post by rebecca on Dec 20, 2008 1:04:44 GMT
I remember Right Said Fred, as in that "I'm too Sexy" song (which was a lie). But oh oh, I want to say the first record I ever bought, which was "Ringo" by Ringo Star, back in '74.
Anyway, as to Christmas cards. I have a soft spot for cards and I have just about every one anybody's ever given me. My serious answer is that none of us is doing everything we can, we all make compromises, and I think you have to weigh the cost of what's being given up against its value. So I would say no, let me give up something else - I rarely buy anything disposable. I NEVER buy paper plates and plastic dishware, for instance - and since I keep the cards, they don't end up in landfills or need recycling. But if my country as a whole decides we're better off without, so be it.
What was the best surprise present you were ever given?
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Post by TM on Dec 20, 2008 3:13:46 GMT
I remember Right Said Fred, as in that "I'm too Sexy" song (which was a lie). But oh oh, I want to say the first record I ever bought, which was "Ringo" by Ringo Star, back in '74. Anyway, as to Christmas cards. I have a soft spot for cards and I have just about every one anybody's ever given me. My serious answer is that none of us is doing everything we can, we all make compromises, and I think you have to weigh the cost of what's being given up against its value. So I would say no, let me give up something else - I rarely buy anything disposable. I NEVER buy paper plates and plastic dishware, for instance - and since I keep the cards, they don't end up in landfills or need recycling. But if my country as a whole decides we're better off without, so be it. What was the best surprise present you were ever given? My 5th wedding anniversary when my wife told me we were expecting our first child. What's your favorite day of the week and why?
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Post by broadsword on Dec 20, 2008 18:36:53 GMT
Monday, because I nearly always have Mondays off. What makes it nice is while I'm still in bed, from about 6:30am onwards, I can see all manner of people passing along the road on their way to the railway station, to catch their commuter train to London. These same people don't get home till maybe 7/7:30pm, poor buggers.
Which non-Tull musician, (living or dead), would best fit into Tull like a favourite sweater?
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Post by 3chordtrick on Dec 21, 2008 0:09:52 GMT
A of the three singers from Horslips could take up a position in JT – each of the singers played a selection of instruments which would be particularly suited for JT mid 70’s Celtic sound.
Have yoy heard any Horslips albums and if so, do you have a favourite ?
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Post by maddogfagin on Dec 21, 2008 9:26:03 GMT
A difficult one. I like all of their output so . . . . 3 albums come to mind, Happy To Meet, The Tain and Book of Invasions Going back to the initial subject, there is/was a German singer, whose name I forget, who did a very good and decidedly germanic album of Tull covers which I heard once and thought was very good. Probably if I heard it now I would think it average. I'll have to try and find it on the net. As a bedtime drink, hot chocolate or hot malt drink such as Ovaltine?
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Post by Pantagruel on Dec 21, 2008 12:16:13 GMT
Hot chocolate, never liked Omaltine so much
Let's suppose it'll start snowing today... will you enjoy it or will it piss you off because you can't go out?
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Post by rebecca on Dec 22, 2008 23:03:58 GMT
Hot chocolate, never liked Omaltine so much Let's suppose it'll start snowing today... will you enjoy it or will it piss you off because you can't go out? There is hardly ever a snow I won't dare if I really want to go out to something, but when a nice snow comes along and gives me an excuse to withdraw and relax a bit, I don't mind a bit. So that means the first! I read an article in a webmagazine the other day written by a pie lover, complaining that pie is so often unjustly dismissed as the more humble cousin of cake although (in this writer's opinion) it is superior in every way! The article got a passionate reaction in the letters section, too. So that's my question: Pie or cake?
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Post by nonrabbit on Dec 23, 2008 11:08:47 GMT
Well Rebecca it's a difficult choice (although not as dificult as Tulls greatest song ) I would have to go with pie as there is nothing so yummy as a steaming hot pie when you are hungry on a cold night LOL Pies we have "over the pond".. Chicken /leek Mince Steak and Kidney Jellied Eels (kid you not - Groening gets it right on the Simpsons when he parodies British food ;D) Ok next choice on a food basis .. Full breakfast - sausages,bacon,egg,mushrooms, black pudding (made from congealed sheep's blood - I'm not joking ;D and it taste's yummy) fried bread OR cereal and fresh fruit ?
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Post by quizzkid on Dec 23, 2008 12:27:53 GMT
Well Rebecca it's a difficult choice (although not as dificult as Tulls greatest song ) I would have to go with pie as there is nothing so yummy as a steaming hot pie when you are hungry on a cold night LOL Pies we have "over the pond".. Chicken /leek Mince Steak and Kidney Jellied Eels (kid you not - Groening gets it right on the Simpsons when he parodies British food ;D) Ok next choice on a food basis .. Full breakfast - sausages,bacon,egg,mushrooms, black pudding (made from congealed sheep's blood - I'm not joking ;D and it taste's yummy) fried bread OR cereal and fresh fruit ? Full [English] breakfast....although I can do without the black pudding replacing it with fried [fresh] tomatoes. On the subject of pies whils tnot to my personal taste, nothing wrong with jellied [or stewed] eels, especially if purchased from a fine south London Pie and Mash establishment. So at Christmas, real tree or artificial
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Post by nonrabbit on Dec 23, 2008 13:02:44 GMT
On the subject of pies whils tnot to my personal taste, nothing wrong with jellied [or stewed] eels, especially if purchased from a fine south London Pie and Mash establishment. I've honestly never tried jellied eel and mash just had the images of squirmy long eels in my head (given that I can eat black pudding mind ) Anyone tried it ? and what does it taste like?
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Post by quizzkid on Dec 23, 2008 15:03:43 GMT
On the subject of pies whils tnot to my personal taste, nothing wrong with jellied [or stewed] eels, especially if purchased from a fine south London Pie and Mash establishment. I've honestly never tried jellied eel and mash just had the images of squirmy long eels in my head (given that I can eat black pudding mind ) Anyone tried it ? and what does it taste like? They are cut up into about inch long pieces, stewed and served cold in a "jelly" or gelatine mixture [not dissimilar to the "jelly" you get in pork pies sometimes although with a fishy taste as the "jelly" is made from eel stock.] The taste a little like a cross betwen monkfish and rubber. Stewed eels are the same but served hot in a stock made from the eels and parsley
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