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Post by nonrabbit on May 13, 2022 17:06:25 GMT
Hi Ron <waves>
Hi Bernie <waves>
Bernie, Ron's far too polite to say, but I never shut up on other social media sites.....
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Post by nonrabbit on May 8, 2022 10:34:59 GMT
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Post by nonrabbit on May 8, 2022 10:19:25 GMT
HIRING A BAND IN 1969 Tull in the £350 bracket. Just below The Small Faces, Fleetwood Mac and....The Tremeloes! Did they take the Oxford gig?
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Post by nonrabbit on Feb 16, 2022 19:52:33 GMT
Welcome to The Forum thefarmer
There's a lot to see in the past posts - all the way back to 2008!
And plenty to chat about now.
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Post by nonrabbit on Dec 10, 2021 22:04:52 GMT
How sad.
The wonderful Mike Nesmith (his mum invented Tipexx) has passed on.
From summer holiday mornings with The Monkees (we all did 'that' walk!), to discovering his later, solo, work, it's been a blast.
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Post by nonrabbit on Nov 25, 2021 8:52:32 GMT
I see 40 Anna Phoebe's but lack of imagination in song choices. "I see 40 Anna Phoebe's" And not for the first time I thought it was really good. He only got the musicians together recently and when I say together - remotely. There must be a huge difference between playing together in a room and individually on a screen. However, your feedback is important to us and I will certainly pass it on to Terry on my annual visit to BVI.
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Post by nonrabbit on Nov 24, 2021 12:32:31 GMT
"Get ready for rock, re-imagined. I have developed Chrysalis Orchestra - a touring orchestra with a full symphonic lineup, playing dynamic reinterpretations of the great compositions of the rock era"Terry Ellis co-founder of Chrysalis Records and legendary record producer and manager has a new project and it looks and sounds really impressive. Catch up with it's inception and progress - plus great photos hereThe Forum's Q&A with Terry.
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Post by nonrabbit on Nov 1, 2021 21:38:55 GMT
So Sorry B!! Hope you had a good one Hun
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Post by nonrabbit on Sept 30, 2021 20:15:45 GMT
I can save a little bit of time here (because I've already looked!) James Anderson (Ian's father) was born in Wemyss, Fife in 1902. His parents were Robert Sharp Anderson (recorded as a boiler fluid manufacturer when he died in Dunfermline in 1928) and Janet Irvine. They were married in Edinburgh by a Church of Scotland minister when Robert was a despatch clerk and Janet a factory worker in Buckhaven. In turn Robert's father, James Paton Anderson, was a colliery engineman who was born in Dunfermline in 1867. So very definitely a Fife family and one firmly linked to the area's coal mining. As Ian later noted in a 2005 interview in Scotland on Sunday 'We lived in Murrayfield and my father ran the family firm, the RSA Boiler Fluid Company. My grandfather had invented a concoction for de-scaling steam engines, but much as I loved steam engines, even I could see it wasn’t a business that was going anywhere.' I can't find anything about the company, although in 1935 Mrs Janet Anderson was a tenant running the company from Prudential Chambers in the East Port, Dunfermline. Spot on! Saves me using the credits - at home, I usually get it free in the library I work in. I was in Dunfermline library a couple of years ago - lovely building, not for anything Ian related however I did ask a few questions about him. I was trying to find out which of the two addresses in Dunfermline that he was born in but we couldn't find anything. I take it you have! I have relatives in St Andrews that I visit a lot and I sometimes break the bus journey from Glasgow (I get it free:) in Dunfermline and have a wander about.
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Post by nonrabbit on Sept 30, 2021 20:08:35 GMT
"Scottish from the waist down. Dancing legs and a tight sporran. Chest upwards I am a Briton." Wonder what country the part between his waist and his chest is from? The Greek island of 'Thorax?'.....that's the best I can come up with
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Post by nonrabbit on Sept 30, 2021 9:09:48 GMT
I agree - a knowledgeable interviewer and some interesting questions. As has been noted elsewhere on this forum, Ian has a habit of not answering the question but this interviewer tries to stick to it. An interesting example is this exchange Did your emigration create a sense of displacement? Instilling some sort of outsider quality? I’m an observational writer, I have little interest in bleating about my personal version of the human condition. That is, of course, not what the interviewer was after. It's not a question about Ian writing songs about his experience, rather one about how his experience shaped his material. And I think the interviewer is spot on that 'your writing has been concerned with displacement and the idea of the outsider/the observer'. Ian is not always to be relied upon in his responses either (although this could have been a problem with transcription). So while his mother was from Manchester, his father was, as far as I know, Fife born and bred. As you know, Fife is very different economically and culturally from the Borders. I think those things matter so it's good to see them being raised, rather than assuming that Ian's music rose perfectly formed from Blackpool (when there's also a big difference between Blackpool and Lytham ...) Yes, also very good points raised in the interview. I suppose a lot of his answers depend on the mood he's in at the time. I asked him this - in our first Q&A - 2009. "Given that some people consider that their roots are more about feelings rather than actual places - how Scottish do you feel? and his short, flippant response "Scottish from the waist down. Dancing legs and a tight sporran. Chest upwards I am a Briton." I assumed that his father was Fife born as well. I must take a peep at the Scotland's People site.
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Post by nonrabbit on Sept 27, 2021 9:02:49 GMT
Really interesting and insightful interview. I like it when a good interviewer understands him well.
First I've heard about his mother and father's background - Manchester and the Borders.
"No this was Alistair, he was an engineer. And the sense of that being quite a family wrench because Alistair had been the younger of my 2 older brothers, he was the one that tended to involve me as a 6 or 7 year old in things; boats, canoes. It was quite a wrench for me, the loss of that fraternity was something that I didn’t take terribly well. A felt a bit abandoned really, not that I wanted to go to Canada. And at that age I didn’t really have many other friends. I had to come to term with the fact that people do what they have to do and in his case it was to try and find meaningful work and a future where he could start a new life, a family. And I suppose that made me think about these things as a child and therefore it seemed to me as I grew up kind of obvious that was probably going to happen to me too. My older of the 2 brothers had also left home and gone to London when we moved down to Blackpool, he was working in Edinburgh and Glasgow and so the sense of family being split up; my mothers family are from Manchester my Fathers family were from the Scottish border, the lowlands and I suppose I grew up with a sense of us being scattered to the winds."
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Post by nonrabbit on Sept 26, 2021 16:21:21 GMT
According to what I've read on AND - yes, due to medical reasons. I see that the Glasgow gig was cancelled due to 'operational reasons' I can understand some people's frustration at not getting a fuller explanation but I doubt bands/musicians will ever give the full picture as to why. From the official site. Someone called The Pavilion, Glasgow to ask what the 'operational' reasons were and they didn't know.
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Post by nonrabbit on Sept 26, 2021 14:55:23 GMT
Great pictures. I was at the Leicester show last week, so here are some general impressions. Overall an enjoyable evening. The new guitarist fitted in very well and the band, as always, was musically superb. I think I've commented before, though, that it feels like more of a show than a gig (compared, say, to seeing Martin a couple of years ago). Partly this is because of the excellent visuals on the screen at the back which mean that the drums are off centre and somehow this impacts on the dynamics on stage. The other part is Ian's voice. An on-going debate, I know, but the straining is a little bit of a barrier What we noticed (sitting in the front row) was how wheezy he seemed very soon into the set when talking. It's a game effort to keep going but, for me, it detracts a little from the performance. The set list was a little odd. I suppose it's the difference between 'progressive' in the sense of pushing the music forward (which I know has always been Ian's thing) and 'prog' but you might have expected at least a nod to Passion Play. (This is from somebody who hated it when it came out - but Passion Jig might have been nice!) I felt that the momentum stalled a little in the second half but picked up for the usual blistering Aqualung/Locomotive Breath. It was odd to hear Wicked Windows but it seemed to me that there was a bit of a theme to the songs in the second half that centred on The Zealot Gene. That sounded pretty good on first hearing and the message of the second half seemed to be the need to focus on the things that unite us. That was reinforced by the images playing behind songs like the Clasp. It seemed very apparent in the visuals behind Land of Hope and Glory at the end of Locomotive Breath when a tune often associated with imperial bragging was undercut by images of flags representing a coming together - first of the nations of the UK coming together in the Union Jack (and we know Ian is a unionist - spoiler alert - me too), then of European flags coming together in the EU flag (Ian as remainer) then of selected world flags coming together in a symbolic heart (the need for global citizenship in the face of covid?). Those are my interpretations and sorry for upsetting those for whom it is just about the music - but I thought the symbolism of songs and images striking. For what it's worth, I'm glad that Ian has so much to say. I don't always agree with it but it's always thoughtful and his recent comments about the need to take a considered view on matters is something to hold dear in these fraught times. Sorry for not posting for so long and my thanks to those who keep this forum going. Thanks earsoftin for that report. What was the attendance like? Was it a full house?
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Post by nonrabbit on Sept 26, 2021 14:44:17 GMT
Does anyone know if the Perth gig is cancelled for tomorrow 27th According to what I've read on AND - yes, due to medical reasons. I see that the Glasgow gig was cancelled due to 'operational reasons' I can understand some people's frustration at not getting a fuller explanation but I doubt bands/musicians will ever give the full picture as to why.
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Post by nonrabbit on Sept 7, 2021 19:59:21 GMT
Hi folks its been literally years since I played an active part in this forum, but I'd like to know which bits of Tull songs you all unconsciously hum or sing in idle moments. Mine are mostly bit of Martin's solos, the foremost being his guitar leading up to the piano crescendo at the start of Locomotive Breath. I haven't followed IA since the release of HE but there is so much stuff in my head from days the of my youth which I associate with happy times. I guess like the Catholic Church or the IRA once you're in you're never out!Hop you guys are all well. Hi Snaffler, lovely to see you back. It's some of Ian's lyrics that appear in my head at the oddest of times - or just at anytime! Two of my favourites "Toast as the butter runs...." "We wandered through quiet lands..." I always think of one of Spike Milligan's quotes about the catholic church - It sits on your shoulder...... all through your life
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Post by nonrabbit on Sept 7, 2021 19:48:50 GMT
My father, 1-15-1921 to 9-4-2021, died peacefully yesterday and, for producing me, deserves notice on Tull forum. Quotable quote, in strong, Easter European accent..." Ach, Bearknee, alvays wit de yethro tool" I'm so sorry Bernie. May he rest in peace.
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Post by nonrabbit on Jun 25, 2021 17:07:43 GMT
This is interesting.
'Produce Like a Pro' is producer Warren Huart's Youtube channel where he gives free advice on music production and mixing.
Albums That Changed Music - Aqualung.
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Post by nonrabbit on Jun 25, 2021 16:59:55 GMT
From JT's Facebook page.
" 2022 sees the publication of a brand new book about Jethro Tull, telling the band's story in a way it's never been told before - by you. We're looking for your help in compiling a 'people's history' of Tull, and so we'd love to hear your stories about discovering the band's music, where and when you first saw them in concert and what you remember of the show or shows you saw. We're also interested in seeing your photos, ticket stubs, set lists and any other memorabilia you may have acquired. So whether you've seen Tull once or a hundred times, please send your memories to tullfanmemories@gmail.com"
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Post by nonrabbit on Jun 3, 2021 11:41:23 GMT
Is this really you Bernie (Simon)? Man returns Bob Dylan album to library — 48 years overdue Recently retired and with some extra time on his hands, Howard Simon sat in his Sunset District home flipping through his collection of about 3,000 vinyl albums when he stopped in the Bob Dylan section and noticed a copy of “Self Portrait,” which he had checked out from the University Heights Library in Ohio in 1973 and never returned.
So Simon, 62, packed up the album he’d borrowed as an eighth-grader and mailed it back to the library — 48 years late.
He included a letter of apology and explanation.
Simon also sent the library a $175 replacement fee for “Self Portrait” along with an album he recorded, “Western Reserve”, for possible inclusion in the library's collection.
“The funny thing about this is that we don’t charge overdue fines anymore - as long as we get the item back, we see no need to penalise people,” branch manager Sara Phillips said. “We’re grateful that Mr Simon returned the record. I’d said we can now call it even.”
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Post by nonrabbit on May 27, 2021 12:00:51 GMT
That's beautiful. Ian should hear that.
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Post by nonrabbit on May 26, 2021 19:29:20 GMT
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Post by nonrabbit on May 22, 2021 17:37:15 GMT
Bill Bailey & IA Ian went to see Bill in concert a few years ago. I'm sure Bill has returned the compliment.
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Post by nonrabbit on May 11, 2021 9:49:13 GMT
Still think Change Of Horses is a masterpiece!! Was there a version exchanging accordion with another instrument?
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Post by nonrabbit on May 11, 2021 9:44:55 GMT
When TAAB 2 came out I was excited because it was starting to look like we would never get some new music from our hero. Although I like parts of it, overall its not an album I play much. Most of the lyrics are not of the standard we are used to, they were contrived to fit the project and it shows .(That "Fray Bentos" nonsense makes me cringe) I hope we have seen the last of Gerald Bostock too. Production wise it sounds thin ,and doesn't Rock, obviously toned down for Ians fading voice. I never liked Florians guitar either, it didn't suit Tull music. The real irritant for me (as it was on H.E. too) is the use of accordion as a lead instrument. I've always loved the accordion warbling away in the background on songs like "Skating Away" and "A gift of Roses" , but its a wheezy instrument that lags behind the beat and doesn't sound good "upfront". I tend to judge Tull/Anderson albums retrospectively by how much I revisit them. I dont play TAAB 2 very often, and when I do, not all of it. H.E. even less so. I did attend the live show, but it was strangely disjointed, it didn't help that Ian kept trading vocal lines with Ryan , highlighting just how weak his voice had become.. Sorry to be negative , I know some of you love this album . but for me, its a pale imitation of previous glory. In retrospect (nine years since release!!) I agree with some of your points especially on the use of the accordion and on some of the (now) twee-sounding lyrics. However on 'trading vocals' - I liked that part, maybe because of the fact that it did take the emphasis off Ian and also because it brought back a theatrical element to the show. I think though, it's definitely time to lay Gerard to rest - in the corner of the pub, where he's happiest and reflective.
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Post by nonrabbit on May 5, 2021 20:28:07 GMT
Thanks to everyone for their kind wishes - I'm in this for the long haul but I'll get there in the end Glad to see you back Graham and hope you feel better and stronger each day.
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Post by nonrabbit on Apr 28, 2021 18:34:45 GMT
Michael Collins (October 31, 1930 – April 28, 2021) Rest in Peace
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Post by nonrabbit on Apr 12, 2021 21:19:00 GMT
"Home is “in Wiltshire, not too far from Swindon. My wife lives not too far from Cirencester… It’s the same house, but we refer to it differently.”"
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Post by nonrabbit on Mar 24, 2021 20:19:21 GMT
Sorry I'm late Jim - on here! Gtya on FB
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Post by nonrabbit on Feb 15, 2021 20:15:12 GMT
Heline the 'Classic Flutist Reacts" on YouTube calls the band "Yetro Tool" I like that and I'm sticking with it
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