chea
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Post by chea on Nov 22, 2011 7:45:48 GMT
Hi friends. I had seen other photos of Ian while is driving of a motorcycle, therefore given I use the motorcycle very much, at least I have something to share with Ian.!! But I am not sure he still do it, we know he is a very busy boy. M.
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Post by nonrabbit on Nov 23, 2011 12:22:56 GMT
Here's a cheery one courtesy of Getty images and Janette Beckman it states that it was taken in 1/1/80.* Could be the mood of the pic but he looks older there. I take it that it was somewhere in the estate however that's a bike rally poster at the front? i39.images obliterated by tinypic/152fc6q.jpg[/IMG] * Ahh possible hangover?
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chea
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Post by chea on Nov 23, 2011 12:57:05 GMT
Hi. Probably, the motorcycle in the photo, has taken part to a competition. Of trial, exactly, which a sport discipline for m.c off road. I know because one of mine two, is an old Spanish trial motorcycle . M.
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Post by nonrabbit on Nov 13, 2012 11:34:10 GMT
As is often the case with these interviews and Ian's general mood of the day, the answers can be more revealing for rather more than the question asks. Here's a fuller explanation of why Ian doesn't drive and also some insightful thoughts; www.lbpost.com/life/2000001179-tues-10-16-12-ian-anderson-chance-interventions Anderson confessed that he enjoys his visits to the United States. "My wife always comes with me to America, and we drive rather than fly, when possible. One of the things that I’ve actually really come to love about American tourism is getting in the car with my wife every morning, sometimes horribly early, and seeing the big picture of America, from the freeways and the country roads, wherever I happen to be. "I don’t drive, I’m a passenger, and I just watch, I watch life going along the roadsides and the towns and the shopping malls. It’s something I’ve found quite a passion for, and I remember one of the first pieces of music as a teenager that I ever learned to play was basically copying a piece by the Rolling Stones on their first album called Route 66. Route 66 was a symbol for something that was very much Americana. I didn't quite understand it back then, but I understand it now in a lot more detail because I know a lot more about Route 66, where it is and how it developed and so on. That, for me, is a big part of America. "For years and years I traveled around and never got that simple connection between the people that I see when I’m standing on a stage or inside of a hotel or the backstage of a theatre. Suddenly, being out there, I no longer take it for granted. Every moment is precious, even on the freeways, particularly on the East Coast. That rivals the best fun faire rides of the world, scaring the $h1t out of you, barreling down there with a big truck on either side of you. It’s one of the reasons I choose not to drive." i47.images obliterated by tinypic/rmmbg9.jpg[/IMG]
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hipflaskandy
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OK - this was a while back!
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Post by hipflaskandy on Nov 14, 2012 11:43:20 GMT
Why would you wanna drive when you can afford to Taxi Grab!
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Post by snowball on Aug 18, 2013 19:21:24 GMT
Lowenbrau and driving don't mix well ... It was interesting how he mentioned friends who made choices they regret in this interview. How he feels fortunate to have made mostly wise choices. There is a tie-in.
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Post by elmsliegirl on Aug 19, 2013 18:10:21 GMT
ex girlfriend here. Ian couldn't afford to learn to drive at the age of 17/18/19/20 when it's normal to learn to drive. He had absolutely no money. John Evan was the driver. He used to pick Ian up from my house in the early hours when the buses had stopped running and take him home to St Annes in the band's yellow transit van. Other than that Bus was the normal mode of transport. Of course up until recently they had the old green and yellow trams that went along Blackpool Prom to Lytham St Annes where Ian lived. Now they have new ones that are not nearly half as nice.
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Post by jackinthegreen on Aug 19, 2013 19:12:50 GMT
ex girlfriend here. Ian couldn't afford to learn to drive at the age of 17/18/19/20 when it's normal to learn to drive. He had absolutely no money. John Evan was the driver. He used to pick Ian up from my house in the early hours when the buses had stopped running and take him home to St Annes in the band's yellow transit van. Other than that Bus was the normal mode of transport. Of course up until recently they had the old green and yellow trams that went along Blackpool Prom to Lytham St Annes where Ian lived. Now they have new ones that are not nearly half as nice. That will be very true......I think we forget that there was some very lean times for Ian and the band at the beginning.......as in the brilliant song "We Used to Know"......
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Post by elmsliegirl on Aug 20, 2013 8:53:47 GMT
Some very lean years, especially for Ian. Is that the song that says 'Spin me back down the years to the days of my youth. Do something and something and shut out the whole truth' ?
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Post by elmsliegirl on Aug 20, 2013 9:34:47 GMT
Just took a cursory look at the I/A interview mentioned by non rabbit re non driving . Wouldn't know how to post the only bit that caught my eye in the interview, about 'making the right decisions in life'. How making certain decisions would mess up your life and change everything. I have a script that I/A gave me in 1974. A conceptual outline to a film he wanted to make called 'War Child'. About life after death. Most of it is inaccessible but their are some things that stick in your mind. You read a bit and you ask yourself 'What did he 'really' mean by that?'.
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Post by jackinthegreen on Aug 20, 2013 20:35:51 GMT
Some very lean years, especially for Ian. Is that the song that says 'Spin me back down the years to the days of my youth. Do something and something and shut out the whole truth' ? No elmsliegirl, that is Thick as a Brick.......the song We Used to Know, is this one.... Whenever I get to feel this way, Try to find new words to say, I think about the bad old days We used to know. Nights of winter turn me cold -- Fears of dying, getting old. We ran the race and the race was won By running slowly. Could be soon we'll cease to sound, Slowly upstairs, faster down. Then to revisit stony grounds, We used to know. Remembering mornings, shillings spent, Made no sense to leave the bed. The bad old days they came and went Giving way to fruitful years. Saving up the birds in hand While in the bush the others land. Take what we can before the man Says it's time to go. Each to his own way I'll go mine. Best of luck in what you find. But for your own sake remember times We used to know.
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Post by nonrabbit on Aug 21, 2013 9:14:48 GMT
Just took a cursory look at the I/A interview mentioned by non rabbit re non driving . Wouldn't know how to post the only bit that caught my eye in the interview, about 'making the right decisions in life'. How making certain decisions would mess up your life and change everything. The closer I get to the end the more I think I've lived before. I have a script that I/A gave me in 1974. A conceptual outline to a film he wanted to make called 'War Child'. About life after death. Most of it is inaccessible but their are some bits that ring in your ears like very loud alarm bells. You read a bit and you ask yourself 'What did he 'really' mean by that?'. He has the knack of writing lyrics that don't quite reveal what he's thinking or meaning - maybe that's just him? As far as learning to drive up and down the queen's highways - he probably never had to and didn't bother after a while,as you say easy and convienient public transport and then the driving done for him thus allowing him to be an observant passenger and back seat song writer.
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Post by elmsliegirl on Aug 25, 2013 18:10:12 GMT
O.K I'm thinking I know what he's thinking and meaning.
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Post by snaffler on Aug 25, 2013 20:19:01 GMT
ha that's stopped the debate dead!!!! the rest of us fans can merely speculate but I guess you've got first hand knowledge.
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Post by elmsliegirl on Aug 26, 2013 0:19:46 GMT
I don't want to stop the debate. I do have photos of Ian where he is driving a tractor circa 1967. Tony Wilkinson's father's tractor. I say driving, he could be just sitting on it pretending to drive. When Ian gave me the photo I did not ask the all important question " Were you actually driving that tractor?". In Blackpool it was normal to sit on vehicles that you didn't drive. I myself sat on my father's fire engine parked outside his amusement arcade to pose for a photo just like all the other holiday makers. Twas the land of make believe you can drive.
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Post by JTull 007 on Sept 26, 2020 12:13:04 GMT
As is often the case with these interviews and Ian's general mood of the day, the answers can be more revealing for rather more than the question asks. Here's a fuller explanation of why Ian doesn't drive and also some insightful thoughts; www.lbpost.com/life/2000001179-tues-10-16-12-ian-anderson-chance-interventions Anderson confessed that he enjoys his visits to the United States. "My wife always comes with me to America, and we drive rather than fly, when possible. One of the things that I’ve actually really come to love about American tourism is getting in the car with my wife every morning, sometimes horribly early, and seeing the big picture of America, from the freeways and the country roads, wherever I happen to be. "I don’t drive, I’m a passenger, and I just watch, I watch life going along the roadsides and the towns and the shopping malls. It’s something I’ve found quite a passion for, and I remember one of the first pieces of music as a teenager that I ever learned to play was basically copying a piece by the Rolling Stones on their first album called Route 66. Route 66 was a symbol for something that was very much Americana. I didn't quite understand it back then, but I understand it now in a lot more detail because I know a lot more about Route 66, where it is and how it developed and so on. That, for me, is a big part of America. "For years and years I traveled around and never got that simple connection between the people that I see when I’m standing on a stage or inside of a hotel or the backstage of a theatre. Suddenly, being out there, I no longer take it for granted. Every moment is precious, even on the freeways, particularly on the East Coast. That rivals the best fun faire rides of the world, scaring the $h1t out of you, barreling down there with a big truck on either side of you. It’s one of the reasons I choose not to drive." "Please sign my TULL Shirt Ian"
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Post by nonrabbit on Sept 27, 2020 12:42:37 GMT
As is often the case with these interviews and Ian's general mood of the day, the answers can be more revealing for rather more than the question asks. Here's a fuller explanation of why Ian doesn't drive and also some insightful thoughts; www.lbpost.com/life/2000001179-tues-10-16-12-ian-anderson-chance-interventions Anderson confessed that he enjoys his visits to the United States. "My wife always comes with me to America, and we drive rather than fly, when possible. One of the things that I’ve actually really come to love about American tourism is getting in the car with my wife every morning, sometimes horribly early, and seeing the big picture of America, from the freeways and the country roads, wherever I happen to be. "I don’t drive, I’m a passenger, and I just watch, I watch life going along the roadsides and the towns and the shopping malls. It’s something I’ve found quite a passion for, and I remember one of the first pieces of music as a teenager that I ever learned to play was basically copying a piece by the Rolling Stones on their first album called Route 66. Route 66 was a symbol for something that was very much Americana. I didn't quite understand it back then, but I understand it now in a lot more detail because I know a lot more about Route 66, where it is and how it developed and so on. That, for me, is a big part of America. "For years and years I traveled around and never got that simple connection between the people that I see when I’m standing on a stage or inside of a hotel or the backstage of a theatre. Suddenly, being out there, I no longer take it for granted. Every moment is precious, even on the freeways, particularly on the East Coast. That rivals the best fun faire rides of the world, scaring the $h1t out of you, barreling down there with a big truck on either side of you. It’s one of the reasons I choose not to drive." "Please sign my TULL Shirt Ian" I assume Ian doesn't get on a bus. I never learned to drive either and I also like to observe people in the streets however since Covid, I've never wanted to learn more. The idiots who get on without a mask or variations of wearing one incorrectly and the lack of social distancing has put me right off public transport.
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Post by jackinthegreen on Sept 27, 2020 18:09:36 GMT
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