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Post by bunkerfan on Aug 14, 2022 6:48:13 GMT
Thanks to Marian Pavlik for uploading
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Post by JTull 007 on Aug 14, 2022 16:27:22 GMT
Bogdan Gomilko Jethro Tull, SK, Trnava Great show 🇬🇧😍!!
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Post by JTull 007 on Aug 15, 2022 0:18:54 GMT
Special thanks to Marian Pavlik for these images in Trnava !!!!
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Post by bunkerfan on Aug 15, 2022 9:56:30 GMT
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Post by JTull 007 on Aug 15, 2022 10:41:58 GMT
"The Zealot Gene" is so AMAZING LIVE !!!! Especially NOW
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Post by JTull 007 on Aug 25, 2022 1:12:13 GMT
Video by Giulio Cardona bis del concerto dei Jetro Tull a Forte dei Marmi il giorno 08-08-2022
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Post by JTull 007 on Aug 26, 2022 1:25:47 GMT
August 7, 2022 - Municipal Stadium - Breno (Bs) - Jethro Tull LINK
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Post by JTull 007 on Aug 29, 2022 1:18:38 GMT
COMING SOON !!!! ... LINK
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Post by bunkerfan on Sept 1, 2022 6:27:44 GMT
Thanks to Jiri Kotas for uploading
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Post by JTull 007 on Sept 15, 2022 1:01:50 GMT
📢 You can now get from the Stereodisc store (Aristotelous 4, Thessaloniki, phone: 2310262912) and from the Lazariston Monastery (Kolokotroni 25 - 27, Stavroupoli, phone:2310589185), collectible hardcopy tickets for the concert of the legendary Jethro Tull at the Lazarist Monastery, Thursday, September 22. ⏳ Get yours now!
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Post by steelmonkey on Sept 15, 2022 3:16:48 GMT
Wow. Tull at a monastery is a step beyond even the cathedrals, churches and church courtyards of so many gigs. I only hope that women are allowed...there was a time, not so long ago, that whole mountains in Greece, let alone the monasteries, were off limits to women.
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Post by JTull 007 on Sept 15, 2022 10:23:27 GMT
Wow. Tull at a monastery is a step beyond even the cathedrals, churches and church courtyards of so many gigs. I only hope that women are allowed...there was a time, not so long ago, that whole mountains in Greece, let alone the monasteries, were off limits to women. TULL Chicks ALLOWED !!!!
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Post by JTull 007 on Sept 19, 2022 0:43:53 GMT
August 31 Starting today you can get from the Reload Stores (Academy 81, Athens, phone: 2103801464), collectible hardcopy tickets for the concert of the legendary Jethro Tull at the Rock Theater - Melinakouri on Friday, September 23 2022
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Post by JTull 007 on Sept 20, 2022 0:48:48 GMT
Jethro Tull in Thessaloniki on 22/09 The legendary rock band will perform LIVE as part of the Lazarist Monastery Festival LINK
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Post by JTull 007 on Sept 20, 2022 10:50:40 GMT
Jethro Tull: Thick As A Brick; I May Make You Feel, But I Can’t Make You Think LINKOn the occasion of Jethro Tull's upcoming concerts in Thessaloniki (Lazarist Monastery Festival) and Athens (In the Shadow of the Rocks Festival) on Thursday 22nd and Friday 23rd September (respectively), I will board my time machine and set sail for the distant 1972.
Where the Tull group of the time, i.e. Ian Anderson, Martin Barre (guitars), John Evan (piano/keyboards), Jeffrey Hammond (bass), and Barriemore Barlow (drums) once again took out their magic and completely prog wand – or by others a flute – ready to disrupt the puritanism and narrow-mindedness that characterized British society at the time. "Stubbornly dumb" then, if we would like to enter into a process of interpreting the album title station in the history of rock, depicting the head/ideas of the social fabric as "thick" almost impervious to anything innovative and contrary to the liked establishment of the time . It is no coincidence that Anderson begins with the phrase "I may make you feel but I can't make you think".
Obviously his expectations for the awakening of class structures were initially parsimonious.
The Brits' journey may begin in Blackpool, England, in the 1960s, but this is the pivotal point that will act as a catalyst, contributing decisively to their current image, that of 60 million records sold worldwide, with over 21 albums between of which 11 gold and 5 platinum and more than 3,000 live performances in 40 countries. Pioneers and eccentrics, they bear the stamp of one of the most representative progressive rock bands of the 20th century. "Aqualung" (1971) may still be characterized as a magnum opus, but it was "Thick as a Brick" that highlighted the compositional and lyrical greatness of this band.
This is the fifth consecutive album of the English group that came to light in March 1972 by "Chrysalis Records". The eponymous song with a duration of 42 minutes of magic is the quintessence and reincarnation of the Brits' vision, which however was split into two parts when it was originally released on vinyl. Reaching the top of Billboard in America smelled like a success story, but let's take a look at the behind-the-scenes. In May '71, drummer Clive Bunker left the band due to Tull's intense touring schedule and his desire to spend more time with his family. His replacement was Barriemore Barlow, whose first recording with the British was for the "Life Is a Long Song" EP.
Many critics, and not only, had characterized "Aqualung" as a concept album, a fact for which Anderson himself had expressed many objections, denying it with every statement he made. Oh write, write, they say of course and so the mastermind of Tull decided that there is no better way to unify this belief than to actually record a concept album. So one composition was enough, it was enough to make a record with the complexity and musical peculiarities that characterize the sound of the band, which came out essentially to answer this misplaced criticism. Such was the British sense of humor and audacity if you will that they invited and challenged every critic and listener to reconsider. As Anderson himself has characteristically stated "Not only will we now make a real concept album, but it will be the mother of all concept albums!". It took two weeks for Tull to complete their material by rehearsing in the Rolling Stones' studio. In December '71, the band recorded the entire album over fifteen days at Morgan Studios in North West London.
As a factor in the compositional process, the fictional character Gerald Bostock is mentioned, who is none other than that imaginary friend we all had as children (what didn't?), an eight-year-old child who also graced the cover of the record and appears as the mastermind behind his lyricism disc. One of the most monumental and reference album covers, the cover art of “Thick as a Brick” was designed as a parody of a newspaper called “The St. Cleve Chronicle and Linwell Advertiser”, with articles and advertisements satirizing the amateurism of local British journalism. Of course, there was no shortage of objections from the record company regarding the financial difficulties of producing such a cover. However, Anderson persisted and it happened! "Eeenewspapers". On the album's sleeve are the remaining pages of the newspaper, the alleged publication date of which is January 7, 1972. The lyrics of the track are on page seven and are presented as a poem by Gerald Bostock, which won a poetry competition but was revoked by the judges. this decision due to the fact that the lyrics were deemed offensive and indecent.
The track that graces the record tells the story of a young boy's choice between a career as a soldier and an artist. He will eventually choose the life of a soldier, following in his father's footsteps. The most bleak depiction of the social phenomenon of embracing all that we once mocked, criticized and called an abomination. At the altar of social acceptance and respect, the boy finally chooses to become exactly like his father, abhorring everything he had criticized until then. To a question to Anderson about whether there is any nugget of autobiographical element in the whole story he answers: “Yes, there is an autobiographical element in what I wrote. As a child I was a bit of a rebel. Most of my peers aspired to go to high school, get good grades, and then become part of our conventional society. I never liked that. I was that kid who liked to spend time eating life with a spoon analyzing everything. I also liked the science fiction stories of the era (we're talking about the 1950s), because they opened up a different, exciting horizon. So I stood out from the other kids my age and built on that for the character of Gerald Bostock. But the character itself is pure fiction."
The holy monsters, if I may call it, of comedy, the British Monty Pythons according to Ian Anderson also decried the British way of life. In an interview he says: "But they did it in a way that made us all laugh while they were showing it in a sense. For me, that's what we did as a band on “Thick As A Brick”. We were poking fun at the idea of the concept album, but in a humorous way that didn't border on mockery." The content of the other "articles" that have been placed inside the cover, inside cover and back cover are the creation of both Ian, Hammond and Evan. This participation is also highlighted in Ian's phrase "I guess I have to admit that I really pushed the whole idea on the other members, but they also responded to it especially moving into the music part".
Lyrically speaking, in contrast to "Aqualung", where austerity prevails, the metaphorical tendencies of "Thick" are deliberately complex, dark and enigmatic. The lyrical incoherence leads Craig Thomas, who wrote about it, to seriously question whether this is rightly referred to as a concept album. Instead, he sees it more as a variation/extension of the "free-jazz...improvisations of the 1960s". Be that as it may, the '72 tour included the entire album and was a source of inspiration for theatrical performances and acts around the world. The album received more recognition in the US. when he appeared in an episode of "The Simpsons". If you missed it, you'll see Martin Prince's character sing part of the song in the episode "Girls Just Want To Have Sums", while the whole thing graces the end credits.
As part of the wider influence of "Thick" Anderson also speculates that Harry Shearer in the spoof rockumentary "This Is Spinal Tap" inspired the name of the fictional character Derek Smalls from "Thick" because Smalls in the film smoked a Peterson pipe and the only three people he knows in the whole spectrum of rock'n'roll who smoke like that were all members of Jethro Tull. Of course, let's say that this has not been officially confirmed by Shearer or by any other agent of the film. With the dawn of the third millennium (2001), a new version of part of the record appears in a Hyundai advertisement. Let's say here that Anderson edited this recording himself since he absolutely did not want the result to be outside the sphere of the album's mindset. He improvised an outro which he felt was the best part, but it was edited. Fun fact: Anderson calls himself a professional passenger (and by no means a driver).
In April 2012, he released the album "Thick as a Brick 2: Whatever Happened to Gerald Bostock?", this time focusing on the character of the young boy, where he presents five different, hypothetical stories, among them a greedy investor, a gay homeless man , a soldier in the war in Afghanistan, a pretend evangelical preacher and a married and childless shopkeeper. The cover had the appearance of a front page newspaper called "The St Cleve Chronicle and Linwell Advertiser" and an online newspaper called "StCleve" was set up to promote the album.
Leaving "Thick" in the pantheon of progressive rock anthems, it is worth noting in conclusion that after almost 2 decades of recording absence, Tull returned with "The Zealot Gene", the 22nd please album of their career. I also remind Anderson's recent statements about December '21 where he notes that Bruce Dickinson asked him to do a live performance project together at the end of next year (similar to the unsurpassed live performance at Canterbury Cathedral's in 2011? We'll see...) . Because it's coming, mind you!
Finally, instead of an epilogue, those of you who haven't had the chance to enjoy them until now, and want to experience a musical journey from Bach to the prog rock mysticism of the '70s, please... hurry up!
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Post by JTull 007 on Sept 21, 2022 0:51:45 GMT
In two days, the iconic Ian Anderson and his company will take us on their unique musical paths. The legendary Jethro Tull will give us an enjoyable show spanning two hours, with a 20-minute break in between.
⚠️ The concert space at both the Lazariston Monastery and the Rock Theater - Melina Mercouri will be designed exclusively for seated people, with uncountable seats. To cover the seats, priority order will be observed based on the time of arrival of the public.
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Post by adospencer on Sept 21, 2022 5:51:31 GMT
Jethro Tull: Thick As A Brick; I May Make You Feel, But I Can’t Make You Think LINKOn the occasion of Jethro Tull's upcoming concerts in Thessaloniki (Lazarist Monastery Festival) and Athens (In the Shadow of the Rocks Festival) on Thursday 22nd and Friday 23rd September (respectively), I will board my time machine and set sail for the distant 1972.
Where the Tull group of the time, i.e. Ian Anderson, Martin Barre (guitars), John Evan (piano/keyboards), Jeffrey Hammond (bass), and Barriemore Barlow (drums) once again took out their magic and completely prog wand – or by others a flute – ready to disrupt the puritanism and narrow-mindedness that characterized British society at the time. "Stubbornly dumb" then, if we would like to enter into a process of interpreting the album title station in the history of rock, depicting the head/ideas of the social fabric as "thick" almost impervious to anything innovative and contrary to the liked establishment of the time . It is no coincidence that Anderson begins with the phrase "I may make you feel but I can't make you think".
Obviously his expectations for the awakening of class structures were initially parsimonious.
The Brits' journey may begin in Blackpool, England, in the 1960s, but this is the pivotal point that will act as a catalyst, contributing decisively to their current image, that of 60 million records sold worldwide, with over 21 albums between of which 11 gold and 5 platinum and more than 3,000 live performances in 40 countries. Pioneers and eccentrics, they bear the stamp of one of the most representative progressive rock bands of the 20th century. "Aqualung" (1971) may still be characterized as a magnum opus, but it was "Thick as a Brick" that highlighted the compositional and lyrical greatness of this band.
This is the fifth consecutive album of the English group that came to light in March 1972 by "Chrysalis Records". The eponymous song with a duration of 42 minutes of magic is the quintessence and reincarnation of the Brits' vision, which however was split into two parts when it was originally released on vinyl. Reaching the top of Billboard in America smelled like a success story, but let's take a look at the behind-the-scenes. In May '71, drummer Clive Bunker left the band due to Tull's intense touring schedule and his desire to spend more time with his family. His replacement was Barriemore Barlow, whose first recording with the British was for the "Life Is a Long Song" EP.
Many critics, and not only, had characterized "Aqualung" as a concept album, a fact for which Anderson himself had expressed many objections, denying it with every statement he made. Oh write, write, they say of course and so the mastermind of Tull decided that there is no better way to unify this belief than to actually record a concept album. So one composition was enough, it was enough to make a record with the complexity and musical peculiarities that characterize the sound of the band, which came out essentially to answer this misplaced criticism. Such was the British sense of humor and audacity if you will that they invited and challenged every critic and listener to reconsider. As Anderson himself has characteristically stated "Not only will we now make a real concept album, but it will be the mother of all concept albums!". It took two weeks for Tull to complete their material by rehearsing in the Rolling Stones' studio. In December '71, the band recorded the entire album over fifteen days at Morgan Studios in North West London.
As a factor in the compositional process, the fictional character Gerald Bostock is mentioned, who is none other than that imaginary friend we all had as children (what didn't?), an eight-year-old child who also graced the cover of the record and appears as the mastermind behind his lyricism disc. One of the most monumental and reference album covers, the cover art of “Thick as a Brick” was designed as a parody of a newspaper called “The St. Cleve Chronicle and Linwell Advertiser”, with articles and advertisements satirizing the amateurism of local British journalism. Of course, there was no shortage of objections from the record company regarding the financial difficulties of producing such a cover. However, Anderson persisted and it happened! "Eeenewspapers". On the album's sleeve are the remaining pages of the newspaper, the alleged publication date of which is January 7, 1972. The lyrics of the track are on page seven and are presented as a poem by Gerald Bostock, which won a poetry competition but was revoked by the judges. this decision due to the fact that the lyrics were deemed offensive and indecent.
The track that graces the record tells the story of a young boy's choice between a career as a soldier and an artist. He will eventually choose the life of a soldier, following in his father's footsteps. The most bleak depiction of the social phenomenon of embracing all that we once mocked, criticized and called an abomination. At the altar of social acceptance and respect, the boy finally chooses to become exactly like his father, abhorring everything he had criticized until then. To a question to Anderson about whether there is any nugget of autobiographical element in the whole story he answers: “Yes, there is an autobiographical element in what I wrote. As a child I was a bit of a rebel. Most of my peers aspired to go to high school, get good grades, and then become part of our conventional society. I never liked that. I was that kid who liked to spend time eating life with a spoon analyzing everything. I also liked the science fiction stories of the era (we're talking about the 1950s), because they opened up a different, exciting horizon. So I stood out from the other kids my age and built on that for the character of Gerald Bostock. But the character itself is pure fiction."
The holy monsters, if I may call it, of comedy, the British Monty Pythons according to Ian Anderson also decried the British way of life. In an interview he says: "But they did it in a way that made us all laugh while they were showing it in a sense. For me, that's what we did as a band on “Thick As A Brick”. We were poking fun at the idea of the concept album, but in a humorous way that didn't border on mockery." The content of the other "articles" that have been placed inside the cover, inside cover and back cover are the creation of both Ian, Hammond and Evan. This participation is also highlighted in Ian's phrase "I guess I have to admit that I really pushed the whole idea on the other members, but they also responded to it especially moving into the music part".
Lyrically speaking, in contrast to "Aqualung", where austerity prevails, the metaphorical tendencies of "Thick" are deliberately complex, dark and enigmatic. The lyrical incoherence leads Craig Thomas, who wrote about it, to seriously question whether this is rightly referred to as a concept album. Instead, he sees it more as a variation/extension of the "free-jazz...improvisations of the 1960s". Be that as it may, the '72 tour included the entire album and was a source of inspiration for theatrical performances and acts around the world. The album received more recognition in the US. when he appeared in an episode of "The Simpsons". If you missed it, you'll see Martin Prince's character sing part of the song in the episode "Girls Just Want To Have Sums", while the whole thing graces the end credits.
As part of the wider influence of "Thick" Anderson also speculates that Harry Shearer in the spoof rockumentary "This Is Spinal Tap" inspired the name of the fictional character Derek Smalls from "Thick" because Smalls in the film smoked a Peterson pipe and the only three people he knows in the whole spectrum of rock'n'roll who smoke like that were all members of Jethro Tull. Of course, let's say that this has not been officially confirmed by Shearer or by any other agent of the film. With the dawn of the third millennium (2001), a new version of part of the record appears in a Hyundai advertisement. Let's say here that Anderson edited this recording himself since he absolutely did not want the result to be outside the sphere of the album's mindset. He improvised an outro which he felt was the best part, but it was edited. Fun fact: Anderson calls himself a professional passenger (and by no means a driver).
In April 2012, he released the album "Thick as a Brick 2: Whatever Happened to Gerald Bostock?", this time focusing on the character of the young boy, where he presents five different, hypothetical stories, among them a greedy investor, a gay homeless man , a soldier in the war in Afghanistan, a pretend evangelical preacher and a married and childless shopkeeper. The cover had the appearance of a front page newspaper called "The St Cleve Chronicle and Linwell Advertiser" and an online newspaper called "StCleve" was set up to promote the album.
Leaving "Thick" in the pantheon of progressive rock anthems, it is worth noting in conclusion that after almost 2 decades of recording absence, Tull returned with "The Zealot Gene", the 22nd please album of their career. I also remind Anderson's recent statements about December '21 where he notes that Bruce Dickinson asked him to do a live performance project together at the end of next year (similar to the unsurpassed live performance at Canterbury Cathedral's in 2011? We'll see...) . Because it's coming, mind you!
Finally, instead of an epilogue, those of you who haven't had the chance to enjoy them until now, and want to experience a musical journey from Bach to the prog rock mysticism of the '70s, please... hurry up! Does anyone else hate articles like this, a pretentious piece like this telling us why we and how we should appreciate Tull? Much of this is jumbled nonsense especially the interpretation of "Brick". Reminds me of that dreadful "On track" book, lots of lofty words and phrases strung together to tell us nothing. To be fair it looks like whoever wrote this has English as a second language, but surely even more reason to keep it simple?
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Post by JTull 007 on Sept 21, 2022 10:37:02 GMT
It's nice to see HEAVY METAL websites that ROCK with TULL LINK 1 LINK 2
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Post by JTull 007 on Sept 21, 2022 23:52:40 GMT
JETHRO TULL ROCKS GREECE TONIGHT LINK 22 SEPTEMBER 2022 - MONI LAZARISTON - THESSALONIKI
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Post by vrachno on Sept 22, 2022 7:57:13 GMT
📢 You can now get from the Stereodisc store (Aristotelous 4, Thessaloniki, phone: 2310262912) and from the Lazariston Monastery (Kolokotroni 25 - 27, Stavroupoli, phone:2310589185), collectible hardcopy tickets for the concert of the legendary Jethro Tull at the Lazarist Monastery, Thursday, September 22. ⏳ Get yours now! Well shoot, I wish I knew this sooner, I got the crappy electronic ones. Was this information posted anywhere? Hope I can get real tickets at the venue.
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Post by JTull 007 on Sept 22, 2022 10:43:28 GMT
📢 You can now get from the Stereodisc store (Aristotelous 4, Thessaloniki, phone: 2310262912) and from the Lazariston Monastery (Kolokotroni 25 - 27, Stavroupoli, phone:2310589185), collectible hardcopy tickets for the concert of the legendary Jethro Tull at the Lazarist Monastery, Thursday, September 22. ⏳ Get yours now! Well shoot, I wish I knew this sooner, I got the crappy electronic ones. Was this information posted anywhere? Hope I can get real tickets at the venue. GOOD LUCK !!!! LINK
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Post by JTull 007 on Sept 23, 2022 0:38:26 GMT
TULL is the WORD in ATHENS GREECE LINK Festival in the shadow of the Rocks Friday, September 23
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Post by JTull 007 on Sept 23, 2022 10:39:53 GMT
Tip of the day 23/9/2022 – Belle & Sebastian & Jethro Tull play tonight in Athens! LINK International artists and bands are still including Athens in their tours, so tonight Athens hosts Belle & Sebastian at Anodos Stage, but also the amazing band of Jethro Tull at the open air Vrachon Theater! Enjoy your music night whatever you decide to do, and if you choose Jethro Tull, take a jacket with you, as it is still summer, but it wiil be probably windy up there!
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Post by JTull 007 on Sept 24, 2022 1:05:57 GMT
Videos by H_J MorbidTale Jethro Tull - Locomotive Breath @ Θέατρο Βράχων (Rocks Theater) - Athens - Greece , 23.9.22 Jethro Tull - Dambusters March (E.Coates cover) - Rocks Theater - Athens
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Post by JTull 007 on Sept 24, 2022 1:24:50 GMT
JETHRO TULL in Athens (GR) 23-9-2022 Videos by DK M
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Post by JTull 007 on Sept 25, 2022 0:51:11 GMT
Jethro Tull @ Theater of Rocks Melina Merkouri, 23/9/2022 LINKEvery time I set out to see Jethro Tull live I feel confident that I will come back more than satisfied. Ian Anderson and company always have a way of making people revel in the greatness of the legacy they have left in music for over half a century.
Despite the problems with Anderson's voice at the age of 75, the performance of the show was received with warm applause from about a thousand exclusively seated loyal fans, most of them elderly, who were in the theater.
The appearances in Thessaloniki and Athens were the first of the tour called "The Prog Years" since the setlist was mainly based on tracks that Anderson himself considers more progressive. For the first time at a Jethro Tull show there was a screen as a background where, in addition to various very beautiful and cleverly made visuals, clips from the band's concerts were shown throughout its course. Of course, the singer's always inventive remarks were not lacking, while it should be noted that during Scott Hammond's drum solo in between "Dharma For One" all the drummers, ten if I'm not mistaken, who passed through the band appeared on the screen. in live snapshots. He also mentioned that nowadays drum solos are missing in concerts, something that almost always happened in the past.
Before closing, I'd like to mention Jethro Tull's new guitarist Joe Parrish, who in addition to being an excellent guitarist also provided great vocal assistance alongside Anderson. Perhaps this was the last time the Athenian audience saw Jethro Tull live. However, the fatigue of the voice of the huge Ian Anderson I think is the one and only thing that will be forgotten from this concert. After all, it has given us countless moments of ecstasy for over 50 years...
Dimitris Kazantzis Setlist: For A Thousand Mothers, Love Story, Living In The Past, Hunt By Numbers, Dharma For One, Clasp, Mine Is The Mountain, Black Sunday, Bourree In E Minor, Too Old To Rock 'n' Roll Too Young To Die , The Zealot Gene, Pavane In F-Sharp Minor, Mrs Tibbets, Songs From The Wood, Aqualung, Locomotive Breath, The Dambusters March
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Post by JTull 007 on Sept 25, 2022 1:06:46 GMT
Images by Marcel Grimbühler
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Post by JTull 007 on Sept 26, 2022 0:09:32 GMT
Too Old To Rock n Roll, Too Young To Die: An evening with the legend of Jethro Tull LINKWith an excellent setlist of rare performances and the classic timeless anthems of rock music, Ian Anderson and his company proved, once again, the timeless dynamics of Jethro Tull's legacy.
Theater of Rocks 23/9/2022 Photographer Nikos Zaragopoulos Review by Alexandros Topintzis Many people chose to spend the first "cold" evening of this autumn at the Vrachon Theater , in the company of the warmth of the British prog of the legendary Jethro Tull. Ian Anderson, as a modern Satyr, suits us like a rock figure and the Greek audience loves him as his own man, since they see a stubborn artist in an advanced age who refuses to compromise. And to be honest with what we've heard, compromise is a necessary condition for enjoying a Jethro concert in 2022.
The timing went perfectly and at 21.00 everything was ready to start, the seats in the arena were filled (the stands were half empty) and in the backdrop of the stage just before the start of the show, he played a small video in honor of prog rock and the bands/artists of the '70s that highlighted it as a genre. A touching tribute to Jethro Tull, as one of the last occasions he continues to tour the world.
Fatefully, the realization of the stuffiness of this era came with the first notes of "For a Thousand Mothers" we (didn't) hear from Ian Anderson's time-worn larynx. Of course, the Brit remains excellent as long as he has the flute in his mouth and as always calm and immovable on stage, given his 75 years. The energy he continues to maintain is a true wonder of nature and that in itself is a rare highlight worth seeing live. The crystal clear sound and setlist choices fully compensated the audience, after we heard "Love Story" (had been played since way back in 2001), the wonderful "Hunt By Numbers" (from J‐Tull Dot Comalbum of 1999), the masterpiece called Clasp from a relatively underrated record (The Broadsword and the Beast, 1982) as well as "Black Sunday" from the A album of the distant 1980. Personally, these were also the moments I enjoyed, since Ian Anderson was clearly more comfortable performing, without requiring capabilities he has long since lost. The plurality of selections as well as the three compositions of this year's The Zealot Gene album which were perfectly executed ( "Mine Is the Mountain", "The Zealot Gene", "Mrs Tibbets" ), simply warmed the audience for the main course.
Obviously the majority were there to hear the big hits - and they were warmly applauded and cheered. "Living in the Past ", "Bourrée in E minor", "Too Old to Rock 'n' Roll", "Too Young to Die", "Songs From the Wood" , "Aqualung" and the encore with "Locomotive Breath" are eternal anthems of rock music and when in these last performances of a musician, they can and do move an audience of different ages and musical backgrounds, you can more easily understand the momentum they continue to have.
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Post by JTull 007 on Sept 27, 2022 0:46:44 GMT
Jethro Tull at the Philharmonie RTL|Update: 26.09.2022 LINK The 'Rolling Stone' described them as pioneering prog rockers and now they have found their way back to the Grand-Duchy.
You heard right! Jethro Tull is coming to Luxembourg and will be playing a show at the Philharmonie on 29 September and we've got you covered! As always :-)
Jethro Tull has a unique and complex style. Although they began performing as a blues band, they quickly began to incorporate influences from other musical genres including hard rock, folk, jazz, classical, and progressive rock.
But what makes Jethro Tull's most defining characteristic is Ian Anderson's flute playing. He was self-taught on the flute and added interesting effects such as singing while playing and flutter-tonguing, which creates distorted sounds. His habit of playing while standing on one leg attracted attention and gave the band the idea to use his image as their logo. Stephen 'Steps' Lowe, host of The Lunchbox, had the amazing opportunity to interview Ian Anderson, leader of the British rock band. You can listen back to the two part special here and right here and there is a lovely passage discussing how important Radio Luxembourg was in getting the best music to the masses.
The interview is chock-a-block with anecdotes and stories that are truly amazing to hear, from what we can expect from future material, why Jethro Tull have endured so well and the Jethro Tull live experience in 2022 - and how it differs from previous years.
Jethro Tull plays at The Philharmonie on Thursday 29 September. Ticket details are here www.philharmonie.lu/fr/mobile#programm/jethro-tull/4299
To win a pair of tickets to their performance, simply send The RTL Today Radio Crew a WhatsApp message, and be sure to include Jethro Tull, Your Name and let us know how many albums (studio not LIVE) Jethro Tull have released.
Send your answers to +352 621 52 5000 and keep your eyes peeled for some exclusive goodies in the coming days.
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Post by JTull 007 on Sept 27, 2022 10:44:20 GMT
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