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Post by nonrabbit on Apr 7, 2014 14:45:42 GMT
He did say it in the interview in this months Prog mag - I wouldn't dare quote him otherwise. Of course not... I was just taken aback by this statement... This brings Ian in line with the fans that have been saying that the name really doesn't matter. The content is pretty much the same... Your absolutely right that's what I thought too when I read it. The only thing I'd say is sometimes he can say something one interview and tweak it a bit further down the line for another one.
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Post by Equus on Apr 7, 2014 14:52:38 GMT
Of course not... I was just taken aback by this statement... This brings Ian in line with the fans that have been saying that the name really doesn't matter. The content is pretty much the same... Your absolutely right that's what I thought too when I read it. The only thing I'd say is sometimes he can say something one interview and tweak it a bit further down the line for another one. "Might never know what goes on in a man's mind." - Bob Dylan
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Post by nonrabbit on Apr 7, 2014 15:00:24 GMT
Your absolutely right that's what I thought too when I read it. The only thing I'd say is sometimes he can say something one interview and tweak it a bit further down the line for another one. "Might never know what goes on in a man's mind." - Bob Dylan "My mind is inclined to lie" - Ian Anderson Overhang
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Post by JTull 007 on Apr 7, 2014 18:45:33 GMT
"It's folk-prog-metal, apart from the church influences, the classical influences and a bit of latin!"
discussing Homo Erraticus "You have a box that says Ian Anderson, and another box that says Jethro Tull, but inside both boxes it's the same old cornflakes"
Both quotes form Prog mag which I purchased today - the only copy in the newsagents bought by the only progger in the village. I always seem to be controversial, but it's like I've always said: "If it sounds like Tull and Ian Anderson is there... It's Tull"
Throw in some Latin too or a box of Frosted Tull Flakes. The taste adults have grown to love.
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Post by Equus on Apr 7, 2014 19:48:48 GMT
"It's folk-prog-metal, apart from the church influences, the classical influences and a bit of latin!"
discussing Homo Erraticus "You have a box that says Ian Anderson, and another box that says Jethro Tull, but inside both boxes it's the same old cornflakes"
Both quotes form Prog mag which I purchased today - the only copy in the newsagents bought by the only progger in the village. I always seem to be controversial, but it's like I've always said: "If it sounds like Tull and Ian Anderson is there... It's Tull"
Throw in some Latin too or a box of Frosted Tull Flakes. The taste adults have grown to love. "Frosty cornflakes on empty platforms." - Ian Anderson Serialsly... I agree... It's just another shade of Tull...
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Post by nonrabbit on Apr 15, 2014 14:59:17 GMT
Foreword from Homo Err.. (Homer?) album. On the name Jethro Tull "..it is unoriginal and hardly respectful to the name's rightful owner.." "...comes up third in a google search. He's your Jethro man. Not I."
He seems genuinely upset at the use of the name. Reckon when he gets through the pearly gates he'll apologise profusely to the 18th century agricultural pioneer. "Could have been worse. Could have been Robin Hood or Genghis Khan" Robin Hood - too folky Genghis Khan - too 80's metal. Jethro Tull - unusual.
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Post by nonrabbit on Apr 15, 2014 15:28:16 GMT
Me..."I wish Ian would devote much more time to writing and composing and delve deeper into his imagination and talents and produce something truly unique - he can still do it - in the last two albums we've only had glimpses."
Ian..."...I've just got this great idea for a new album project... Ps - don't tell GB"
Me..."Thanks"
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Post by nonrabbit on Apr 17, 2014 7:30:48 GMT
On a more serious note from that on the last post, I was listening to an interview/video posted recently and when he was asked
"Who is Gerald Bostock?"
He said - in thoughtful manner.
"Gerald is someone who can say things that I can't really say"
What does he mean by that? Does he hide behind the persona of Gerald in more ways than you think?
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Post by Equus on Apr 17, 2014 20:13:48 GMT
On a more serious note from that on the last post, I was listening to an interview/video posted recently and when he was asked "Who is Gerald Bostock?" He said - in thoughtful manner. "Gerald is someone who can say things that I can't really say"
What does he mean by that? Does he hide behind the persona of Gerald in more ways than you think? That's a very interesting observation! What is Bostock, and what is really Ian voicing an opinion that he doesn't want us to associate with him?
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Post by nonrabbit on Apr 27, 2014 9:25:33 GMT
He's on good form in this Portsmouth News Interview - well done to the interviewer - Chris Broom.. if you managed to get on his good side (see above post) ‘Gerald’s a writer’s tool, he’s a device to create a little familiarity...' and for me the funniest quote (although making a serious point as he says earlier in the interview - humour is a good tool for making a serious point) "...and if you work hard to make the unfamiliar material interesting and entertaining then all you’re doing is what any director is doing when they make a new movie. You go to see a movie, not because you’ve seen it before, you go to see it because it’s a new movie. Why should it be any different in music, that you only go because you’re going to see Status Quo play their greatest hits? It shouldn’t be that way, but of course it is and we can understand the blue blanket comfort zone of a geriatric population going off to see dear old Cliff Richard yet again before they die. Unfortunately for Cliff many of them already have because they’re not in as good shape as him.."
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Post by rainbowblue on Apr 28, 2014 15:46:33 GMT
On a more serious note from that on the last post, I was listening to an interview/video posted recently and when he was asked "Who is Gerald Bostock?" He said - in thoughtful manner. "Gerald is someone who can say things that I can't really say"
What does he mean by that? Does he hide behind the persona of Gerald in more ways than you think? That's a very interesting observation! What is Bostock, and what is really Ian voicing an opinion that he doesn't want us to associate with him? I think Ian is a private person who can voice opinions normally kept to himself through GB. Probably, more religious or spiritual beliefs because he mentions "things I can`t really say". And you know nowadays you can`t say that you believe in God or you`re accused of pushing your beliefs on other people.
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Post by Tull50 on Feb 19, 2015 22:09:42 GMT
"I believe there are a lot of young people who are straight-jacketed by religion, and taught not to think for themselves." ~ Ian Anderson, from “The Rise and Fall of God, As Told By Ian Anderson” in Circus Magazine, August, 1971.
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Post by nonrabbit on Mar 11, 2015 9:40:04 GMT
Taken from his article in The Guardian - Five Lessons From Travelling The WorldIndia 1972 and being followed everywhere by scores of street children..... "this lad – who was enthralled to meet us Brits Abroad, who had actually ridden in the big red London buses he so adored and revered from afar – became the perfect guide. He took us to a musical instrument shop, past the great tourist sites and guided us to safe harbour back at the hotel bar. He spoke rather good, if quaint, English and accepted the last rupees with both grace and enthusiasm. Self-educated and definitely bound for better things given half a chance."
" Always think the best of children who, in their innocence, remind us that honesty and friendship still thrive. And keep in mind that this lad may well have succeeded in life, and could now be the cardiac specialist about to embark upon the triple-bypass you so desperately need. As the general anaesthetic goes in, and you count to 10, remember to first mention the big red London bus. Could make the difference..."www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2014/apr/04/jethro-tull-ian-anderson-five-lessons-travelling-world
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Post by Tull50 on Apr 5, 2015 21:48:50 GMT
In writing lyrics - well, for me, anyway - it's about getting into character, you know? 'Who is writing this?' In the case of the original 'Thick As A Brick,' supposedly a precocious, very young child who's fantasizing about his future and the context of all the confusing elements to which school boys are subjected at that time. -Ian Anderson
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Post by nonrabbit on Sept 16, 2015 11:57:33 GMT
"I don’t want to spend two hours on stage dressed
in medieval clothing that would be entirely impractical and
cost me a fortune in laundry bills!"
Ian Anderson
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Post by nonrabbit on Dec 8, 2015 11:21:32 GMT
on Homo Erraticus
" Bostock has returned once again to lyric writing, basing his new effort on the Parritt papers and I have had the fun and frolics of setting all to music of Folk-Rock-Metal stylings.
But you can call it Prog."
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Post by nonrabbit on Mar 15, 2016 9:29:19 GMT
From recent radio interview. Interviewer: (said in a broad New Yoik accent) "You released a couple of records in the last few years, one I've noted is the HE album and you talked about setting a date for that album I wanted to ask you about setting a date to be creative. It seems like that is such a pressure your putting on yourself to be creative How important is it to take these kind of risks when you are making a record - you know - is that important to you?" Ian : silence(intake of breath) " In the same way as crossing a busy road" pause....
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Post by maddogfagin on Mar 15, 2016 15:57:37 GMT
From recent radio interview. Interviewer: (said in a broad New Yoik accent) "You released a couple of records in the last few years, one I've noted is the HE album and you talked about setting a date for that album I wanted to ask you about setting a date to be creative. It seems like that is such a pressure your putting on yourself to be creative How important is it to take these kind of risks when you are making a record - you know - is that important to you?" Ian : silence(intake of breath) " In the same way as crossing a busy road" pause.... Liked and appreciated IA's comments about the Tull trolls which infest the internet or at least did - they've gone a bit quiet recently.
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Post by JTull 007 on Mar 15, 2016 18:30:21 GMT
Liked and appreciated IA's comments about the Tull trolls which infest the internet or at least did - they've gone a bit quiet recently. I'm sure they're out there under a bridge of sighs... Ian knows how to handle them.
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Post by nonrabbit on May 27, 2016 19:51:58 GMT
Quote from the Blackpool Gazette in 2010 when he unveiled the plaque on The Holy Family Church. "On stage I'm only occasionally aware that I'm not in my late 20s,
Then when the lights come up I see rows of the same people who get in my way at Morrisons – before I realise I'm the same age as them!"www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk/news/music-legend-returns-to-blackpool-1-392224#ixzz49t5bgfj2When he's down south he shops in Waitrose but up north it's Morrisons - he's an old pro
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Post by maddogfagin on Sept 13, 2016 9:36:45 GMT
Jethro Tull’s Ian Anderson on not being in the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame:
“I’ve always thought the R&R Hall Of Fame is there primarily to celebrate American music, and I think there are a lot more deserving American artists who should be in before you start thinking about British bands. My own belief is I want to see Captain Beefheart and Mose Allison in there before Jethro Tull. There are a lot of bands deservingly that are in. Since it opened, my own stuff has been there – I know, because I’ve been there and seen it. A mannequin with all my stage clothes on was standing next to Rod Stewart. I remember thinking, ‘Either we had a very bad dry cleaner or the R&R Hall Of Fame has a bad dry cleaner because the stuff looks impossibly small.’ You know, a three-and-a-half-foot-tall person would be struggling to get into Rod Stewart’s outfit, and mine is not much bigger. It’s quite extraordinary. We must have been skinny little guys!”
SEP 10, 2016 @ 11:59 PM 21,510 VIEWS The Little Black Book of Billionaire Secrets Grace Slick, Art Garfunkel, Ian Anderson, and CCR's Stu Cook Sound Off On A Range Of Subjects www.forbes.com/sites/jimclash/2016/09/10/they-said-it-grace-slick-art-garfunkel-ian-anderson-ccrs-stu-cook-opine-on-a-range-of-subjects/#19d6bf8919c4
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Post by nonrabbit on Nov 27, 2016 12:00:41 GMT
As far as Ian's assessment that APP fans belong in locked facilities...well....here i am...still have a key but that could change at any moment. Looking back at this thread - we made a mistake not starting a Bernie Quotes Thread years ago
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Post by JTull 007 on Nov 27, 2016 12:08:46 GMT
As far as Ian's assessment that APP fans belong in locked facilities...well....here i am...still have a key but that could change at any moment. Looking back at this thread - we made a mistake not starting a Bernie Quotes Thread years ago LOCK ME UP TOO No key needed !!!
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Post by steelmonkey on Nov 29, 2016 18:09:20 GMT
My worst nightmare...all my self-contradicting, tangential, indecipherable nonsense in one place.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 29, 2016 20:01:32 GMT
My worst nightmare...all my self-contradicting, tangential, indecipherable nonsense in one place. What?
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Post by nonrabbit on Nov 30, 2016 8:28:00 GMT
My worst nightmare...all my self-contradicting, tangential, indecipherable nonsense in one place. What? That's how our flute player extraordinaire must feel when he looks over the years at all that he's said in interviews. I've always found this one cringe worthy - the confidence of the youth, the slight arrogance, the breathy voices ( of both him and the interviewer) The way she's looking at him as if he's the Dalia Lama proclaiming the meaning of life. Ha! This one also not as cringe worthy but sometimes you can why the young 'uns put comments below the video saying that " he's doing drugs" They look at the 60's and 70's like everyone was! Love the interviewers tie - even in black and white.
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Post by nonrabbit on Apr 24, 2017 8:46:00 GMT
Here's a belter from the Paul McLaney Interview and there's loads more where that came from; Paul asks him if there's any enduring friendship between the older band members - John, Barrie and Mick. Ian: "Well I think they’re enduring tolerances really in most cases because you know, you put any bunch of guys together you know in a platoon in Vietnam and they’re maybe not going to take a hit for their buddy but they’ll certainly always be there to give covering fire"
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