quizzkid
Master Craftsman
Spin me back down the years...
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Post by quizzkid on Sept 11, 2008 22:57:18 GMT
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Post by steelmonkey on Sept 12, 2008 1:07:10 GMT
I hope the advertisements are real, big-letters, no joke clear on the 'understudy'....don't know if i'd go...
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Post by admin on Sept 12, 2008 20:56:49 GMT
The tribute band singer joining the real band thing is catching on now isn't it? A bit weird if you ask me but with Yes it might just work. They've had so many line up changes they make the Tull family tree look like a very cosy little group, and I really liked Drama too and Jon Anderson wasn't on that either.
A strange group Yes, IMO there's a central core of a few members of whom one or two must be there but it doesn't have to be any one in particular.
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Post by onewhiteduck on Sept 12, 2008 22:42:57 GMT
First saw Tull in 1978 as a 13 year old and have seen 70 Tull gigs since. There is no way I would go to a show advertised as JT with a stand in front man. Absolutely NO WAY JOSE. I get pissed off when James Duncan or Florian Ophale play under the Tull banner so no IA no show for me ( it wont happen thank god ) Ok his vocals are not what they were but I thought the two shows I caught on this tour were f***ing brilliant.
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Post by TullSkull on Sept 13, 2008 14:49:32 GMT
I must say..... NO WAY NOT .... I'll stay home. Save my money...
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Post by steelmonkey on Sept 14, 2008 1:35:51 GMT
The Stranglers have been trying to carry on for countless years since Hugh Cornwell quit...and haven't come close...and they were really a band of equals...I guess there are no rules about what defines a band and what should happen to the name when the precise, line-up at conception changes. Too many variations in the equation.
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Post by broadsword on Sept 15, 2008 6:00:36 GMT
If this happened to Tull, I wouldn't go, if it happened to, say, Deep Purple, I most likely would. Why? Because Tull are a bit too one-sided in terms of song writing and leadership and if Ian Anderson left, (even if temporarily), it would have a greater impact than if Ian Gillan or Steve Morse left Deep Purple. This is no reflection at all on other members of Tull, both past and present, but with Deep Purple, you get more of an image of nobody is leader. Check out the song writing credits of Deep Purple songs and I bet there isn't one of them that is written by just one member of the band.
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Post by admin on Sept 15, 2008 20:52:05 GMT
I agree with all of the above, Tull to me are definitely a band rather than a person but Ian Anderson is such a huge part of the band IMO a Jethro Tull without him is just not a viable option, however hypothetical the discussion is. A band like Journey can get away with it but IA is such an iconic figure when I tell people who vaguely know them I like Jethro Tull to this day they still say to me 'I like him' or 'I've got one of his albums'! It would be like Led Zeppelin without Robert Plant, the Stones without Mick Jagger or Queen without Freddie Mercury (oops, forget I said that last one )
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Post by broadsword on Sept 23, 2008 16:15:38 GMT
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Post by admin on Sept 24, 2008 8:13:31 GMT
Surely nobody. I would imagine that Jimmy page is probably surrounded by yes men but I'd hope that if there was any truth in this story someone would have a quiet word and say 'Jimmy, are you sure about this?' Besides who would replace Robert Plant? He could either get a Plant look and soundalike and then they'd be a tribute band, or someone completely different and then it wouldn't be Led Zeppelin. Maybe he's got Leona Lewis lined up.
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Post by broadsword on Oct 28, 2008 8:54:07 GMT
From the BBC News web-site: news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/devon/7694327.stmIs this Led Zeppelin? Wonder who their vocalist will be? Will he be able to do Rock n' Roll justice? Wonder how much the tickets will be? I most likely won't go, preferring to remember Led Zep as they were in the '70s as the best of their generation.
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Post by oldfart on Oct 28, 2008 15:39:18 GMT
I wouldnt go and see Zep without Plant no way ,replacement has been rumoured to be the guy out of Alterbridge Myles Kennedy,who no doubt can sing but?just no.
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Post by admin on Nov 1, 2008 22:57:42 GMT
I read that too, surely they are not seriously contemplating touring as Zep without Plant? gawdhelpus!!
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Post by Pantagruel on Nov 23, 2008 22:39:25 GMT
Would I go?
Well, if Ian was still there playing flute ok, but otherwise NO and I would be really pissed off, probably
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Post by steelmonkey on Nov 24, 2008 2:11:29 GMT
Yeah...Ian in front, playing flute, conducting with his body, introducing songs and having a helper, to sing with him...gradually allowed some passages alone....would be palatable, I guess...but not someone who's trying to be an Ian clone....someone with a good voice who would integrate into the Tull songs and not be front and center for the most part....all theory mind you...I can't REALLY imagine it...
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Post by maddogfagin on Nov 24, 2008 10:57:42 GMT
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