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Post by 10cars on Dec 14, 2014 13:56:04 GMT
Has anybody noticed on the Tour Edition DVD or on tour in the backround video visuals the rare occasion of Ian including personal memorabilia in form of a childhood family photograph during "After These Wars"?
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Post by maddogfagin on Dec 14, 2014 16:06:04 GMT
Has anybody noticed on the Tour Edition DVD or on tour in the backround video visuals the rare occasion of Ian including personal memorabilia in form of a childhood family photograph during "After These Wars"? There's at least one but haven't been able to do a screen shot. I think its Mum & Dad Anderson with Ian and possibly a brother feeding a seagull on Blackpool promenade ?
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Post by 10cars on Dec 14, 2014 16:23:38 GMT
Yes, Maddog, that's the one I meant. I've stitched it from various screenshots, because the "camera" was moving over it. Attachments:
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Post by bunkerfan on Dec 14, 2014 16:27:52 GMT
Yes, Maddog, that's the one I meant. I've stitched it from various screenshots, because the "camera" was moving over it. Wow doesn't Ian look like his dad now?
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Post by nonrabbit on Dec 14, 2014 19:21:25 GMT
Yes, Maddog, that's the one I meant. I've stitched it from various screenshots, because the "camera" was moving over it. Wow doesn't Ian look like his dad now? Absolutely and uncannily so!! I see it so much in the video 1.22 onwards you'd swear it was him dressed in a 1950's suit.
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Post by nonrabbit on Dec 14, 2014 19:30:47 GMT
Yes, Maddog, that's the one I meant. I've stitched it from various screenshots, because the "camera" was moving over it. That's brilliant. Wonder where it was taken - I see a Burton's in the background so it was somewhere in YooKay. First picture of his mum I've seen - she looks like she may have had dark hair and brown eyes - so although he looks like his dad (now) both him and James may have inherited her colouring? He looks about eight or nine. It's a great picture because it shows the age difference between him and his brother (if that is a brother) and Ian's position in the family as the youngest by a large gap and probably a bit spoiled when he was younger well as spoiled as they were in the 1950's.
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Post by maddogfagin on Dec 15, 2014 10:19:13 GMT
Yes, Maddog, that's the one I meant. I've stitched it from various screenshots, because the "camera" was moving over it. That's brilliant. Wonder where it was taken - I see a Burton's in the background so it was somewhere in YooKay. First picture of his mum I've seen - she looks like she may have had dark hair and brown eyes - so although he looks like his dad (now) both him and James may have inherited her colouring? He looks about eight or nine. It's a great picture because it shows the age difference between him and his brother (if that is a brother) and Ian's position in the family as the youngest by a large gap and probably a bit spoiled when he was younger well as spoiled as they were in the 1950's. I can remember my Mum wearing a similar style coat to the one being worn by Mrs Anderson and Ian's short trousers are like the ones all boys of that age used to wear - bloody cold in winter I would guess the photo of Ian on the Blackpool beach was taken more or less on the same day.
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Post by 10cars on Dec 15, 2014 15:46:43 GMT
I would guess the photo of Ian on the Blackpool beach was taken more or less on the same day. But it could also be in Edinburgh (Princess St.?), because Ian doesn't look like he is already 12 years old, which he was when they moved to Blackpool. And I think he looks a bit older in this photo than on the beach photo...
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Post by 10cars on Dec 15, 2014 15:58:42 GMT
First picture of his mum I've seen - she looks like she may have had dark hair and brown eyes - so although he looks like his dad (now) both him and James may have inherited her colouring? He looks about eight or nine. It's a great picture because it shows the age difference between him and his brother (if that is a brother) and Ian's position in the family as the youngest by a large gap and probably a bit spoiled when he was younger well as spoiled as they were in the 1950's. You can see her here in the full "Swing In" documentary at about 18:50 to 20:42 min at her house in Cavendish Rd. in St. Annes/Blackpool, of course some 12 to 14 years later than the photo: www.youtube.com/watch?v=KRxXfluBWIY
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Post by maddogfagin on Dec 15, 2014 15:59:53 GMT
I would guess the photo of Ian on the Blackpool beach was taken more or less on the same day. But it could also be in Edinburgh (Princess St.?), because Ian doesn't look like he is already 12 years old, which he was when they moved to Blackpool. And I think he looks a bit older in this photo than on the beach photo... You could be right. Burtons are a chain of gentleman's outfitters shops and as to whether it's one of his brothers on the right of the picture is open to question. Modern day Burton's shop in Blackpool
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Post by maddogfagin on Dec 15, 2014 16:14:24 GMT
The only other clue to the age of the photo is that around the time that I was at school (a long time ago) short school trousers were worn up until around the age of 10 or 11 when pupils usually left primary school. At that age pupils moved on to to a secondary or grammar school and long grey trousers were the uniform required. I think that's correct but please be gentle with me if I've got that wrong - anyone else wear short trousers at primary school ? Anyone want to see me as a kid wearing short trousers - no I thought not
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Post by JTull 007 on Dec 15, 2014 16:31:02 GMT
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Post by maddogfagin on Dec 15, 2014 16:49:24 GMT
Anyone want to see me as a kid wearing short trousers - no I thought not Time to dig out the pic with your short trousers. This must be confirmed... OK - apologies if I've made anyone feel ill. Centre, looking away from the photographer.
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Post by JTull 007 on Dec 15, 2014 18:10:11 GMT
Time to dig out the pic with your short trousers. This must be confirmed... OK - apologies if I've made anyone feel ill. Centre, looking away from the photographer. Why is no one smiling? ... I thought the schools were a happy place back then. Because this is a black and white image, what colors were the socks?
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Post by nonrabbit on Dec 15, 2014 18:21:34 GMT
Time to dig out the pic with your short trousers. This must be confirmed... OK - apologies if I've made anyone feel ill. Centre, looking away from the photographer. View AttachmentWere you all at the Docks waiting to get shipped out to the Penal Colonies?
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Post by nonrabbit on Dec 15, 2014 18:36:52 GMT
I would guess the photo of Ian on the Blackpool beach was taken more or less on the same day. But it could also be in Edinburgh (Princess St.?), because Ian doesn't look like he is already 12 years old, which he was when they moved to Blackpool. And I think he looks a bit older in this photo than on the beach photo... I thought Edinburgh too at one point too however it's definitely not Princess St. Princess St is very wide and as you can see on the right bottom of the pic there are some stone steps. So the distance from the row of shops to whatever it is down those steps is too close to be Princess St. Strange fact - Burton's Tailors usually had a Snooker Hall or Billiards Room above the premises so I googled Burton's 1950's Edinburgh and sure enough their was a Burton's underneath a Billiard Room a bit further up from Princess St -in Leith Street. Leith St is a narrower street and had rows of shops so it's a possibility. Plus there is a gradient on that street that could have had steps at one point. However I think that London is also a contender as well. The person on the right of the pic is almost definitely Ian's brother Robin who was a dancer so maybe they were visiting him in London? Plus was pigeon entertainment not more a London thing?
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Post by nonrabbit on Dec 15, 2014 18:44:02 GMT
First picture of his mum I've seen - she looks like she may have had dark hair and brown eyes - so although he looks like his dad (now) both him and James may have inherited her colouring? He looks about eight or nine. It's a great picture because it shows the age difference between him and his brother (if that is a brother) and Ian's position in the family as the youngest by a large gap and probably a bit spoiled when he was younger well as spoiled as they were in the 1950's. You can see her here in the full "Swing In" documentary at about 18:50 to 20:42 min at her house in Cavendish Rd. in St. Annes/Blackpool, of course some 12 to 14 years later than the photo: www.youtube.com/watch?v=KRxXfluBWIYThanks Carsten I always forget that there's a longer,clearer version on Youtube. It's such a gem of a documentary and so sweet! His mum was English and yet she sounds as though she spent a long time in Scotland as she has a "Morningside" accent. 19.32 like father like son well certainly in looks (now)
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Post by maddogfagin on Dec 16, 2014 9:20:47 GMT
OK - apologies if I've made anyone feel ill. Centre, looking away from the photographer. Were you all at the Docks waiting to get shipped out to the Penal Colonies? Looks a bit like it. My favourite day at school was the last one when freedom beckoned and we all made our way into the big wide world. OK - apologies if I've made anyone feel ill. Centre, looking away from the photographer. Why is no one smiling? ... I thought the schools were a happy place back then. Because this is a black and white image, what colors were the socks? The school colours were white and blue so I'm guessing the socks were grey with blue and white tops. I was always getting into trouble as I never wore the regulation shoes always preferring the ones I'm wearing which, if memory serves me right, were the precursor of trainers. The photo must have been taken around 1958 - ten years later I was listening to "This Was" and beginning my musical odyssey.
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Post by onewhiteduck on Dec 18, 2014 19:35:18 GMT
Hmmm....... OnePekingDuck
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Post by steelmonkey on Dec 18, 2014 21:32:29 GMT
China, India, Indonesia...three of the top 5 in population.
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Post by maddogfagin on Apr 26, 2015 8:37:27 GMT
I suppose it's better late than never Album Review: 'Homo Erraticus' by Ian Anderson| Sunday, April 26, 2015, 10:00 am | Written by Rich Rogers www.suindependent.com/news/id_8546/Album-Review:-Homo-Erraticus-by-Ian-Anderson.htmlIan Anderson: "Homo Erraticus"For the better part of 50 years, Ian Anderson was the heart and brains of Jethro Tull, although it can certainly be argued that longtime guitarist Martin Barre was both arms. Anderson may have been the writer and arranger of all their music, but Barre gave it a life and interpretation that gave Tull its unique sound. It was a pleasure watching him tossing off metal riffs in songs like Aqualung, Locomotive Breath, or Steel Monkey that younger guitarists couldn't dream of. And he did it with such panache, often only his fingers moving furiously on the frets and body of his guitar, with the rest of him standing stock still. With “Thick as a Brick II” and now “Homo Erraticus,” Anderson has officially gone his own way. According to the liner notes for “Homo Erraticus,” it was a pleasant split, no rancor. Anderson just wanted to finally shed the Jethro Tull handle, and the only way he could do it was to go out on his own. The notes give the history of both the band and name, and Anderson tells the story with aplomb. He's a great storyteller. He once quipped on the radio show “Off the Record with Uncle Joe Benson” that he pawned his guitar and switched to playing the flute because he was looking for an instrument Eric Clapton didn't play. With “Homo Erraticus,” Anderson revisits the fictional Gerald Bostock, ex-politician and childhood prodigy, the author of the albums “Thick as a Brick” and “Thick as a Brick II.” In fact, this particular album could be called “Thick as a Brick III.” It's a series of songs written by Anderson's fictional neighbor Bostock about the birth and decline of a nation. As such, “Homo Erraticus” follows the “Thick as a Brick” template with the longer songs. In fact, the three parts/sections work together almost as symphonic movements. For the most part, you're not getting the trimmed down, radio-friendly pieces. There are a few here and there, but they're not the rule. This is an album that requires work when you listen. But as you listen, it's like an onion peeling back layers at a time; you get more with each listen. You get the metal, the renaissance overtones, the jazz riffs, the blues, all deftly mixed together. I'm always cynical when a guy makes himself a millionaire biting the hand that feeds him. Certainly you’ve heard the old joke about a folk singer being a guy who gets rich off of singing how great it is to be poor. In this sense, Anderson/Bostock is just like the rest of the pack. Reading the liner notes, Anderson's own self-awareness of his hypocrisy is evident, and I have to admit, it made me chuckle, if not laugh outright. For listening, it grows on you, but not like mold. However, for those unfamiliar with Jethro Tull and Ian Anderson, it may not be the best place to start.
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Post by JTull 007 on Apr 26, 2015 16:30:09 GMT
I suppose it's better late than never Album Review: 'Homo Erraticus' by Ian Anderson| Sunday, April 26, 2015, 10:00 am | Written by Rich Rogers www.suindependent.com/news/id_8546/Album-Review:-Homo-Erraticus-by-Ian-Anderson.html Ian Anderson: "Homo Erraticus"For the better part of 50 years, Ian Anderson was the heart and brains of Jethro Tull, although it can certainly be argued that longtime guitarist Martin Barre was both arms. Anderson may have been the writer and arranger of all their music, but Barre gave it a life and interpretation that gave Tull its unique sound. Yes indeed. Martin Barre made TULL a band with lots of power and great guitar.Yes and no. I believe younger fans could relate to the newer albums as well. In March '96 my 17 year old son saw Ian Anderson doing "Roots to Branches" in a wheelchair. Although he had heard TULL all his life since being born, he still loves this album the most.
I was expecting "Living in the Past" and "Aqualung" before the show I saw in '73. It always takes me awhile to get a vibe from new music heard for the first time.
With "Homo Erraticus" I was hooked from the first notes and lyrics that are incredible. To me it has an instant gratification which endures on the same level as "A Passion Play". Basically I love every TULL album and do not care which is the most popular. The same way I have felt since 1973... TULL LIVES in 2015.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 26, 2015 17:00:41 GMT
I suppose it's better late than never Album Review: 'Homo Erraticus' by Ian Anderson| Sunday, April 26, 2015, 10:00 am | Written by Rich Rogers www.suindependent.com/news/id_8546/Album-Review:-Homo-Erraticus-by-Ian-Anderson.html Ian Anderson: "Homo Erraticus"For the better part of 50 years, Ian Anderson was the heart and brains of Jethro Tull, although it can certainly be argued that longtime guitarist Martin Barre was both arms. Anderson may have been the writer and arranger of all their music, but Barre gave it a life and interpretation that gave Tull its unique sound. Yes indeed. Martin Barre made TULL a band with lots of power and great guitar.Yes and no. I believe younger fans could relate to the newer albums as well. In March '96 my 17 year old son saw Ian Anderson doing "Roots to Branches" in a wheelchair. Although he had heard TULL all his life since being born, he still loves this album the most.
I was expecting "Living in the Past" and "Aqualung" before the show I saw in '73. It always takes me awhile to get a vibe from new music heard for the first time.
With "Homo Erraticus" I was hooked from the first notes and lyrics that are incredible. To me it has an instant gratification which endures on the same level as "A Passion Play". Basically I love every TULL album and do not care which is the most popular. The same way I have felt since 1973... TULL LIVES in 2015.Jethro Tull died in 1741. Ian Anderson lives on to remind us of this. The APP concert opening in Toronto was greeted with a few boos. Aqualung fans for sure... My wife & I drove through the Great Smoky Mountains area while listening to Roots to Branches when it was first released. The album will always remain a favourite partly because of this. I have a much different opinion of "Homo Erraticus", it's not one that I want to repeat a lot. I'd rather play Brick two. Cheers!
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Post by steelmonkey on Apr 27, 2015 16:45:24 GMT
TAAB II wins that (Change of ) Horse race by a nose around here, too, II, two.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 28, 2015 17:41:34 GMT
TAAB II wins that (Change of ) Horse race by a nose around here, too, II, two. Really? Too much! We agree Brick two, II is a more cohesive album, too. Homo Erraticus wanders around a bit too much. Oh God, they shoot horses, don't they...stop the corn... ...stop me! I'd like to see a best of the two. HE & Brick two, II. Add: All solo albums make me love classic Tull all the more. Minstrel in the Gallery is on constantly.
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Post by JTull 007 on Sept 16, 2015 18:33:08 GMT
Why didn't Ian just call it "A Passion Play 2"? Ian Anderson should put out an album titled Jethro Tull - put the old seed driller on the cover, and confuse all store clerks as to where to file this Ian Anderson Jethro Tull album. How's this one?
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Post by Deleted on Sept 16, 2015 18:55:15 GMT
Square
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Post by steelmonkey on Sept 17, 2015 1:32:14 GMT
Wait...John Norman proposed on 11-25-13 that Ian should put out an album about Jethro Tull
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Post by maddogfagin on Sept 17, 2015 8:06:01 GMT
Wait...John Norman proposed on 11-25-13 that Ian should put out an album about Jethro Tull In classical antiquity, an oracle was a person or agency considered to provide wise counsel or prophetic predictions or precognition of the future, inspired by the gods. As such it is a form of divination.Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OracleConsulting the Oracle by John William Waterhouse, showing eight priestesses in a temple of prophecy.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 17, 2015 13:47:14 GMT
Wait...John Norman proposed on 11-25-13 that Ian should put out an album about Jethro Tull Gerald Bostock please take note of this. + Fact is, Gerald was late for class that day. OR (should I say) Gerald Bostock's got nothing on me.
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