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Post by onewhiteduck on Sept 17, 2015 9:29:02 GMT
IAN ANDERSON PRESENTS JETHRO TULL THE ROCK OPERA - THE LOWRY SALFORD - MONDAY SEPTEMBER 14 'As a big fan since 1970 with around 150 Tull/ Anderson shows under my belt in locations across the UK and Europe, running a Tull tribute band, a rare but occasional writer for A NEW DAY, and a dipping bank balance reflecting my insistence on extending my Tull collection over a 45 year period, I would just like to share a few personal thoughts about last nights concert at The Lowry Theatre in Salford...A concert I had not originally thought I would attend. As it turned out so so glad I did though we were indebted to my merchandising friend Tom Lynch and his assistant ending up with front row middle stalls - a great swop for the back of the circle seats we had originally purchased a couple of months ago. In talking about Jethro Tull The Rock Opera , I suspect that there are those reading this piece who will dismiss the tour completely for several reasons. I am aware of the ill feeling in some fan quarters regarding the omission of certain musicians especially Martin Barre. I too feel very sad that Martin and Doane Perry are not part of Ian's current thinking. However let us be thankful that Ian Anderson has rediscovered his amazing creativity and shows no sign of slowing down yet even if it is on his terms. I think he deserves huge respect for his musical prowess both on and off the field of play. What will be will be. Accept and enjoy what is on offer in 2015 which is considerable both from Ian and Martin albeit on different stages. Both of our heroes still pack a powerful punch and neither deserves to be dismissed. And so to the concert itself with Ian joined by recent band members Florian Opale, Scott Hammond, John O'Hara and new boy Greig Robertson. Interactive links also gave us David Goodier, Ryan O'Donnell and Unnur Birna Bjornsdottir . The gig lasted two hours plus and in truth I thought it was simply BRILLIANT...absolutely loved it from start to finish The sound, lighting and film projection stuff was all terrific. The concept was very clever and thought out and the interactive stuff especially the contributions made by Unnur and Ryan did not detract at all. The band rocked as tight as any line up I have seen from Jethro Tull over the last few years. So you folks out there still living in 1971, get a grip. Ian Anderson is a genius like him or loathe him. Stop moaning about his voice. He recognises his weaknesses and is willing to go out on a limb and bring something to the masses that is thought provoking, creative, innovative, fun and at times rocks to the limits. I'm giving the gig 5 ***** because this was definitely the strongest show I have seen from Ian in several years . I will now check out seeing the show somewhere in Europe - well you know it makes sense. My message to Jethro Tull fans everywhere is this...Go and see Jethro Tull The Rock Opera. 'Its all ok its all official' Some photos from the second set were taken by my daughter Jess who also did a couple of vids as well. Couple of extra pics taken with long time Tull fan and mate Elwyn Davies as well as Tom Lynch Mr. Swag man. My daughter Jess is no Martin Webb but she did her best and the photos she took turned out quite well. Check them out on the Cold Flame face book page @ www.facebook.com/coldflameuk Be seeing you...Patrick Sept 15 2015 Well said Patrick. I fully agree with your views and comments, just wish I could have put it so expressively. (is that a real word). Cheers Be seeing you. Andrew(OWD)
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Post by Essan on Sept 17, 2015 14:10:01 GMT
THanks! As I was unable to get to a concert this time, I'm looking forward to sitting down tonight with a bottle of good wine and watching this from the comfort of my armchair
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Post by Essan on Sept 17, 2015 17:54:22 GMT
THanks! As I was unable to get to a concert this time, I'm looking forward to sitting down tonight with a bottle of good wine and watching this from the comfort of my armchair It's in audio only essan. Still you can still have the wine and listen And I can follow the lyrics off the website at the same time
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Post by onewhiteduck on Sept 17, 2015 21:10:41 GMT
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Post by bunkerfan on Sept 18, 2015 18:44:48 GMT
Just remembered something from The Sage. I was tucking into a cheese and chutney sandwich with a pot of tea (as you do) just in front of Tom Lynch's stall when James came along and Tom said to James, " Yer Dad's here!" I already knew because I heard the flute as I walked from my car. BTW. Greig Robinson was amazing on bass. Anyone know how long he's with the band?
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Post by JTull 007 on Sept 21, 2015 0:15:15 GMT
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Post by bunkerfan on Sept 21, 2015 6:05:33 GMT
Another from Moscow. Struggle to hear Ian's voice on this video but as it's one of my favourite Tull songs it's still good. www.youtube.com/watch?v=IP1NtWWObQsThanks to raptureoftherock for uploading
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Post by Equus on Sept 22, 2015 19:23:36 GMT
Another from Moscow. Struggle to hear Ian's voice on this video but as it's one of my favourite Tull songs it's still good. www.youtube.com/watch?v=IP1NtWWObQsThanks to raptureoftherock for uploading Fantastic Ian, and ye merry band of Jethro! Great stuff!
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Post by steelmonkey on Sept 26, 2015 16:54:31 GMT
So You Tube know has 5 new songs from Moscow gig...and I have given them all a anticipatory listen...So far? Nothing has really grabbed/ impressed but i hear potential in at least three of them...Science and history promise i will 'get' these new songs sooner than later and grow to love them...or even obsess like I did with 'Enter' and 'Change of Horse'...songs that sounded inaccessible to me at first. I hear lots of GOOD guitar, new flute riffs and lyrics that ian seems to mean. I do not like the girl singer,,,still prefer Ryan by miles...but I will continue to listen and let the grow on me. Tull homework? Bring it on !!
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Post by maddogfagin on Sept 26, 2015 18:31:14 GMT
So You Tube know has 5 new songs from Moscow gig...and I have given them all a anticipatory listen...So far? Nothing has really grabbed/ impressed but i hear potential in at least three of them...Science and history promise i will 'get' these new songs sooner than later and grow to love them...or even obsess like I did with 'Enter' and 'Change of Horse'...songs that sounded inaccessible to me at first. I hear lots of GOOD guitar, new flute riffs and lyrics that ian seems to mean. I do not like the girl singer,,,still prefer Ryan by miles...but I will continue to listen and let the grow on me. Tull homework? Bring it on !! Fruits Of Frankenfield (apart that is for the falsetto bits) and Stick, Twist, Bust. I did attempt to listen to the five newbies on their own but found they worked far better in the context of the whole piece where they sit better, lyric wise, with the revamped words to the older songs imo. Homework for this Sunday is the complete concert on youtube from Moscow: www.youtube.com/watch?v=uMSQr2olzUQwww.youtube.com/watch?v=tzACz0ab1sMwww.youtube.com/watch?v=rxPatCEQ_w4www.youtube.com/watch?v=1tasI6EnEGQwww.youtube.com/watch?v=-FQZt1ZUA4Iwww.youtube.com/watch?v=_F-kiofkDIsIan Anderson at ''Crocus City Hall'' Moscow, Russia 18.09.2015 Published on Sep 23, 2015 - Alex Chureev
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Post by steelmonkey on Sept 26, 2015 19:18:37 GMT
You heard him everyone: HOMEWORK. This little batch much trickier than inital response to TAAB2 and HE.
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Post by nonrabbit on Sept 27, 2015 8:14:52 GMT
You heard him everyone: HOMEWORK. This little batch much trickier than inital response to TAAB2 and HE. I like Tull homework I just don't have the necessary tools just now. Honest Sir!
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Post by JTull 007 on Sept 27, 2015 16:28:33 GMT
You heard him everyone: HOMEWORK. This little batch much trickier than inital response to TAAB2 and HE. Still working on my homework... Add October 11th to the schedule @ Belo HorizonteTribute to Jethro Tull in Mendoza, Argentina Facebook Link
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Post by ash on Sept 29, 2015 16:48:55 GMT
Anyone else seen this www.facebook.com/officialjethrotull?fref=ts about Ian not singing and playing live. I've made my comments.
Ian wrote....
"A brief message on the subject of the live show. A few silly, unobservant people have concluded rashly that the new "Jethro Tull Rock Opera" show is either all prerecorded vocals or, at best, that I am singing only about 30% of the words. This is utter tosh. The show was constructed from the beginning to allow about a third of the performance to be the domain of the pre-recorded video guests - whether singing solo in-character lines or duets with me. I have done a count of all lines of lyrics, song by song, that I sing - both the total of the whole show and the actual songs minus the recitatives (the introductory short links between the actual songs). The analysis is as follows: With recits there are 589 lines of lyrics in the whole show and I sing in 395 of the lines in total or 67%. Without recits there are exactly 500 lines and I sing 364 or 73% of the lines of the actual songs. Average 70%. Just as I intended it to be from the initial concept. That’s a lot more lines of lyrics than I sing during in a 1 hour festival set, singing the whole concert myself and about the same amount I would sing in a 1 hr 30 min festival best-of show. Remember that in Jethro Tull best-of shows there are usually at least two instrumentals plus songs with long instrumental passages, so I think it’s fair to point out that I am actually singing about the same amount as I usually do in the context of the big picture over the many years. This show, has many more sung songs and much less instrumental music anyway. There are, of course, some of the Rock Opera songs where the lines sung by me are duets as opposed to solo but you get the drift. Perhaps audience members are watching the guests on the video screen (understandable since Ryan and Unnur are young and attractive) rather than me standing in front singing and playing live but that's what the guests are there for: to add to the entertainment value and sing in character as per the story. Sorry to be pedantic but just for the record, it’s nice to paint the accurate picture for the fans. The lyric pages on our website could be a bit misleading as I tried to reflect the parts (color-coded) that the virtual guests sing whereas, in fact, many of those colour-coded parts are duets with me. However, I had to simplify to show what their contributions are. Looking on the bright side, if it appears to some folk that my contributions as a vocalist are prerecorded, then I must be doing a half-way decent job of singing it live! Trust me - if you see me with my mouth open and bulging eyes - it's real! Oh - and so is the flute....."
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Post by JTull 007 on Sept 29, 2015 18:17:02 GMT
Anyone else seen this www.facebook.com/officialjethrotull?fref=ts about Ian not singing and playing live. I've made my comments. Ian wrote....
"A brief message on the subject of the live show. A few silly, unobservant people have concluded rashly that the new "Jethro Tull Rock Opera" show is either all prerecorded vocals or, at best, that I am singing only about 30% of the words. This is utter tosh. " I can imagine whom is saying these untrue reviews about Ian. It's called being a jerk. When someone goes to a show and exaggerates or makes up things, it's called being an idiot.
I plan on going in 2016 with the help of Tull Management adding closer venues near here.
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Post by bunkerfan on Sept 29, 2015 19:08:58 GMT
Anyone else seen this www.facebook.com/officialjethrotull?fref=ts about Ian not singing and playing live. I've made my comments.
Ian wrote....
"A brief message on the subject of the live show. A few silly, unobservant people have concluded rashly that the new "Jethro Tull Rock Opera" show is either all prerecorded vocals or, at best, that I am singing only about 30% of the words. if you see me with my mouth open and bulging eyes - it's real! Oh - and so is the flute....."I'm so pleased Ian has responded to these idiots who are trying there best to put a spanner in the works and spread lies about Ian's commitment and ability to perform live on stage. As I've been lucky enough to have seen "Jethro Tull The Rock Opera" for myself and watched and listened to Ian singing live I can't see how anyone could come up with the assumption that Ian is miming. The man is a true and genuine man who gives 100% to his fans and long may it last. That's got that off my chest!
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Post by ash on Sept 29, 2015 19:12:55 GMT
Anyone else seen this www.facebook.com/officialjethrotull?fref=ts about Ian not singing and playing live. I've made my comments. Ian wrote....
"A brief message on the subject of the live show. A few silly, unobservant people have concluded rashly that the new "Jethro Tull Rock Opera" show is either all prerecorded vocals or, at best, that I am singing only about 30% of the words. This is utter tosh. " I can imagine whom is saying these untrue reviews about Ian. It's called being a jerk. When someone goes to a show and exaggerates or makes up things, it's called being an idiot.
I plan on going in 2016 with the help of Tull Management adding closer venues near here. I haven't seen any of these "utter tosh" comments myself but Ian must have and has taken it to heart. This is such a great pity seeing how the whole of the band must have worked very hard to bring this fantastic show to us all
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Post by steelmonkey on Sept 30, 2015 2:32:24 GMT
Ian knows that innovation and experimentation invite controversy and condemnation. The comments on facebook, in response to his statement are about 100/1 in his favor. I hope he understands and appreciates the support and encouragement landslide he catalysed...and carries on with this tour. Tull fans of all intensities: mild, moderate, us.....are on his side and happy to say so.
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Post by maddogfagin on Sept 30, 2015 8:28:26 GMT
Ian knows that innovation and experimentation invite controversy and condemnation. The comments on facebook, in response to his statement are about 100/1 in his favor. I hope he understands and appreciates the support and encouragement landslide he catalysed...and carries on with this tour. Tull fans of all intensities: mild, moderate, us.....are on his side and happy to say so. It's always the same when a musician does something new. Constructive criticism in all walks of life is fine and in many cases worthwhile but many who seem to be slagging off the Opera have only seen and heard it via a youtube video which is not really the best way to listen to it and to form any proper judgement. I didn't get to see the Opera in the UK due to circumstances beyond my control so I deliberately haven't really commented about the shows but listening to a couple of the audience recordings (Shepherd's Bush and Moscow) I can hear that I missed a unique experience. All I hope is that in 2016 the Opera gets back to the UK and plays down here in the West Country. In the meantime I'll listen to the Moscow recording, speaking of which this has appeared on ebay in the last day or two:
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Post by bunkerfan on Oct 11, 2015 7:17:53 GMT
Stick, Twist, Bust. The best of the new songs. In my view. Thanks to Ricardo Lima do Amaral for uploading
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Post by maddogfagin on Oct 31, 2015 15:52:41 GMT
Local Man Has Uses For Old Farm EquipmentIn searching for details about his cultivator collection, the Sorensens learned that Jethro Tull, a farmer in England, came up with the idea for cultivating row crops. Tull designed what he called the first horse-drawn hoe. A more refined cultivator design came from George Esterly in 1860.www.yankton.net/community/article_8059f4ee-7f81-11e5-9d23-e764cabd444f.html
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Post by 1971roadrunner on Nov 13, 2015 13:30:39 GMT
Hello everyone, I saw the rock opera last weekend, was glad to just be in the same general vicinity as Mr. Anderson. His new song Fruits of Frankenfield rocked, I've listened to it several times already on the Youtube video, it's very catchy. It was a great show, was taken off guard at the people on the screen singing some of the great lines of his songs but I still love him. I figured he did that because his voice might not be all that it used to be. Either way, I enjoyed every minute of it. I waited to meet him outside of the venue, met all of his band mates but he never showed up. They told us he slipped on out the back door, I left in tears! I adore Ian and truly hope he will be back in the US in 2016. He always puts on a great show!
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Post by nonrabbit on Nov 13, 2015 14:10:38 GMT
Hello everyone, I saw the rock opera last weekend, was glad to just be in the same general vicinity as Mr. Anderson. His new song Fruits of Frankenfield rocked, I've listened to it several times already on the Youtube video, it's very catchy. It was a great show, was taken off guard at the people on the screen singing some of the great lines of his songs but I still love him. I figured he did that because his voice might not be all that it used to be. Either way, I enjoyed every minute of it. I waited to meet him outside of the venue, met all of his band mates but he never showed up. They told us he slipped on out the back door, I left in tears! I adore Ian and truly hope he will be back in the US in 2016. He always puts on a great show! Hello 1971roadrunner and a big welcome to the Forum Lucky you seeing the concert and SFTW is a great intro to Tull as well Hope you enjoy catching up with all that's in the Forum Cheers nonrabbit
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Post by 1971roadrunner on Nov 13, 2015 14:31:46 GMT
Hello everyone, I saw the rock opera last weekend, was glad to just be in the same general vicinity as Mr. Anderson. His new song Fruits of Frankenfield rocked, I've listened to it several times already on the Youtube video, it's very catchy. It was a great show, was taken off guard at the people on the screen singing some of the great lines of his songs but I still love him. I figured he did that because his voice might not be all that it used to be. Either way, I enjoyed every minute of it. I waited to meet him outside of the venue, met all of his band mates but he never showed up. They told us he slipped on out the back door, I left in tears! I adore Ian and truly hope he will be back in the US in 2016. He always puts on a great show! Hello 1971roadrunner and a big welcome to the Forum Lucky you seeing the concert and SFTW is a great intro to Tull as well Hope you enjoy catching up with all that's in the Forum Cheers nonrabbit
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Post by 1971roadrunner on Nov 13, 2015 14:35:44 GMT
Thank you ever so much! All these years I've been on this earth and this is the first I've registered for a Tull discussion board, silly me! Does anyone know if Mr. Anderson had met any of his fans after the Rock Opera show? I was really disappointed. My husband told me he was probably just tired and not in the mood to talk. There was only about 25 of us out there, I so wish he would have come out to say hello. Still, grateful I was there anyway! Grateful for being able to attend multiple shows!
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Post by 1971roadrunner on Nov 13, 2015 15:01:56 GMT
and just one other thing, so we got to the show, ran up 7 flights of steps about to die by the time we got to the top and all of the sudden I hear Heavy Horses playing...one of my favorites...so the usher tell us, sorry we cant let you in until there's a break in the action. Do they do this at all JT/Ian shows? I never had someone tell me that. Anyway, I gave the usher sad eyes and he snuck us in. There was no way on earth I was missing Ian sing HH
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Post by bunkerfan on Nov 13, 2015 15:56:48 GMT
Hello everyone, I saw the rock opera last weekend, was glad to just be in the same general vicinity as Mr. Anderson. His new song Fruits of Frankenfield rocked, I've listened to it several times already on the Youtube video, it's very catchy. It was a great show, was taken off guard at the people on the screen singing some of the great lines of his songs but I still love him. I figured he did that because his voice might not be all that it used to be. Either way, I enjoyed every minute of it. I waited to meet him outside of the venue, met all of his band mates but he never showed up. They told us he slipped on out the back door, I left in tears! I adore Ian and truly hope he will be back in the US in 2016. He always puts on a great show! Hello 1971roadrunner and a big welcome to The Jethro Tull Forum. Despite going to many Tull concerts I'm yet to meet Ian so I know how you feel. Enjoy the Forum and keep posting. Cheers John/bunkerfan
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Post by 1971roadrunner on Nov 13, 2015 16:55:12 GMT
thank youuuuuuuuuu fellow JT fan, I feel so welcome here. One day I will meet Ian, I just know it! After the rock opera show, I was convinced I was going to meet him this time, my heart was beating out of my chest...ah well, maybe next time!
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Post by steelmonkey on Nov 13, 2015 17:11:20 GMT
I guess Opera rules apply ! Seriously, in some venues, probably per Ian instructions, people are only seated between songs...good work jumping the turnstile. Ian meets a lot of fans...keep hanging out after shows and it will happen...before shows he is pretty mean.
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Post by JTull 007 on Nov 13, 2015 20:41:33 GMT
Thank you ever so much! All these years I've been on this earth and this is the first I've registered for a Tull discussion board, silly me! Does anyone know if Mr. Anderson had met any of his fans after the Rock Opera show? I was really disappointed. My husband told me he was probably just tired and not in the mood to talk. There was only about 25 of us out there, I so wish he would have come out to say hello. Still, grateful I was there anyway! Grateful for being able to attend multiple shows! WELCOME to The JETHRO TULL Forum
After several incidents on tour I believe Ian is less available to fans in general. The 'Meet and Greet' sessions usually happen in a very controlled area of the venue. You would have to be invited sometimes through a special drawing or know someone who has before.
No matter what happens in the future, each gig is worth more to me than ever before. Life is short. 2016 will ROCK !
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