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Post by nonrabbit on Jun 21, 2016 10:41:37 GMT
Actually on listening again that Laufi video might not be the start of the song and therefore not the opening line. Someone help me out here viz a viz the singing of the line " The minstrel in the gallllerrry "
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Post by nonrabbit on Jun 21, 2016 9:38:12 GMT
This is the only Tull era I don't rate much between the 1969 and 82 period. The remix sets have been really exciting. Aqualing, A passion play and Warchild provided us with double albums each of studio tracks including new tracks heard for first time. Even Too old to RnR provided half an album of great extra tracks which are better than anything on the album imo. Would love if Ian finds even more stuff from the vaults from these sessions someday. Especially from Too old to RnR as the band were planning to do 2 albums. A soundtrack and a Tull album as was planned in 74 also. We got half the Tull album from 76 now and the full Tull album from 74. Minstrel seems a bit flat to me. The songs aren't as melodic and lack the Tull sound and there is only 1 extra track. The songs are solid but none are sound like Tull gems apart form Summerday imo. I read this was going to be an Ian solo album. Same with 1980. Both years contained the least amount of studio material from Tulls first 15 years. The band may not have planned an album those 2 years but Ian's planned solos became Tull albums anyway "Flat" that's exactly what I thought all those years ago. However it's weird but the first line of the opening track and they way he sang the song it put me off - I simply hated it - fingernails on blackboard big time. To illustrate Found this while looking. Its from Laufi and you have to trawl through a couple of adds to get to it but worth it. www.bing.com/videos/search?q=minstrel+in+the+gallery&view=detail&mid=E2E52C5E981889629DDCE2E52C5E981889629DDC&FORM=VIREHere's another one where he sings the first line a bit differently and softer. Sounds better ( to me) but nothing will eradicate the feeling I had on the first listen.
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Post by nonrabbit on Jun 21, 2016 9:14:30 GMT
i67.images obliterated by tinypic/2r3jgd1.jpg[/IMG] Ian interviewed by Michael Friedman clinical psychologist for Psychology Today - intriguingly and possibly unintentionally titled Brick by Brick. "And in talking with Anderson, it became clear to me that perhaps the most progressive thing we can all do is dare to be ourselves." "“That’s the reason I’ve never taken drugs, is because I suspected that I would be in the category of the people who wouldn’t be able to quit,” he said."www.psychologytoday.com/blog/brick-brick/201606/ian-anderson-s-progressive-path
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Post by nonrabbit on Jun 21, 2016 8:46:24 GMT
Incredible scenario of "The Broadsword and the Beast" Tour, anyone know where it is? It may be that this scenario was only for the USA Tour? Isn't that great! In a pantomime, proggy, Tull-like way
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Post by nonrabbit on Jun 19, 2016 10:29:14 GMT
Been busy for the last few days - at least that's what I tell my boss I love the Roots to Branches sun and the green one at the top.
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Post by nonrabbit on Jun 15, 2016 23:49:29 GMT
BROADFORD BIZARRE ( sorry) "A man who was known as the Leopard Man of Skye because of his full-body leopard-spot tattoos has died in a nursing home in Inverness." i65.images obliterated by tinypic/29cl08j.jpg[/IMG] "His self-made shelter, on a stretch of shoreline near Kyleakin in the south-east of the island, had no electricity or furniture. Mr Leppard would canoe three miles (4.8km) for his weekly shopping." "Mr Leppard, whose real surname was Woodbridge, moved into a one-bedroom house in Broadford eight years ago" www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-36537234
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Post by nonrabbit on Jun 15, 2016 23:13:02 GMT
I had a quick look at your blog and I do admire the work and passion you put into it. No doubt then that you've come across or thought yourself, the idea that where you are age wise,place wise, mind wise when you first listen to a particular album plays a part in what effect that it has on you.
Benefit is my favourite album. I had just been introduced to Tull via Aqualung (in the early 70's) and being so bowled over by that I then picked up the 'important' album number two.
Benefit is dark(ish)in places but what really struck me was the pace and lyrics of the songs. I was sitting in the (teenage) bedroom waiting impatiently to get out and run and coincidently Ian had just 'run' away to London and was on the cusp, place wise and group wise when he wrote Benefit. To Cry You A Song played over and over "flying so high" "changes to ring"
I suppose given that it is a guitar based album -that gelled with me too. Like most people I was listening to a lot of guitar led bands then.
I agree with you on the artwork, I never liked it either but over time I've associated it with the feel of the album and in that sense it contributes to the momentum of the songs.
It's not one of Ian's favourites but it is one of Martins.
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Post by nonrabbit on Jun 15, 2016 22:11:31 GMT
Just a few comments on designing flags. Yesterday I saw a few things and realized they could not be on a flag, due to how flags are made and used. So some ideas to consider: 1) Both sides of the flag should look as close to identical as possible, and also remember light passes through the flag. Even a Jolly Roger with a black opaque background looks identical from each side. Construction cost and difficulty is greatly reduced following this guideline. 2) Keep the design detail fairly simple, as the impression should be immediate to someone seeing it on a ship from a record store on shore 1 mile away. Or on a passing car at 75 mph on the way to a soccer game (substitute hockey if in N America). Every detail has to be converted into a stitch or a dye effect, which is why flags are usually so simple. Use block colors, not gradients. 3) The design should be scalable, meaning it should look good on a 3" JPEG on your computer, and also when it's a 6' flag 40 feet in the air. This is a balance of design, colors, artistic strategy. 4) Final retail cost of flag directly proportional to difficulty of manufacture and cost of materials. What are you willing to pay? 5) Flag destination ideas: flag pole, car/truck antenna, car window flag holder (popular with sports teams!), window, sew-on (various sizes), decal, sailing ships, concert tailgate BBQ parties in the parking lots, beach parties, boats, on bicycles, top of the Parliament buildings. This sounds big. Am I going to have to declare this on next years tax returns? You mention soccer - may I add then the flag is made of a highly durable material enough to withstand an English/French/Russian invasion.
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Post by nonrabbit on Jun 15, 2016 22:06:05 GMT
Feeling like I'm among friends. I mentioned my hobby of listening to all the albums of an artist in sequence and blogging my thoughts. I'm currently on Tull and will post the reviews so far on the relevant album pages. A word of warning, I can be a bit flippant at times but be assured that I have real affection for every band I try (well, Duran Duran might be stretching the point). Full blog site is here, no JT post yet, I have to get to the end first: andysrockodysseys.blogspot.co.uk/ Enjoy! Oh enjoy I will because this kind of thing is right up my street. When we're all done with Tull I'll check out your blog. I love delving and dissecting and talking(!) about all things Tull. Don't know if you know Andy but Ian hates it - it freaks him out when Tull fans delve and dissect.
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Post by nonrabbit on Jun 15, 2016 9:27:07 GMT
Beautiful video ( best full screen) by photographer Alastair Corbett set on Skye accompanied by a poem by Rachel Field - If Once You Have Slept On An Island.
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Post by nonrabbit on Jun 15, 2016 9:22:34 GMT
Apologies Equus I've just deleted your answer to the previous post for Lars Von Trier - for no reason other than administrative stupidity!!
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Post by nonrabbit on Jun 15, 2016 8:55:38 GMT
Based on the incredible amount of artwork and album designs, is this a possible TULL Flag? i68.images obliterated by tinypic/20qzw2u.jpg [/IMG] [/quote] That's beautiful. Might be even more dramatic without the name in the corner? Mind you I'm not a connoisseur of flags despite living in Northern Ireland.
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Post by nonrabbit on Jun 15, 2016 8:52:57 GMT
If I post a pic of myself could you 'Photoshop' twenty years off that as well? I reviewed the features of the program. It may be possible. See image. View AttachmentThank you however I'll wait and see how your flags turn out before I commission you.
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Post by nonrabbit on Jun 14, 2016 22:25:05 GMT
The Flying Dutchman i68.images obliterated by tinypic/11kv693.jpg[/IMG]
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Post by nonrabbit on Jun 14, 2016 21:52:42 GMT
I have PhotoShop, but I'm no expert, not by a long shot. I'll look at Tull images and ideas posted and if I can discover something or make something I'll see what I can do, but my PhotoShop skills are quite basic, I'm not much good at the really extravagant manipulation, but that's what exploring the PhotoShop features is for, to find the new! Can't promise when I'll get anything done though, hope to see lots of ideas posted! A flag? OK then. If I post a pic of myself could you 'Photoshop' twenty years off that as well?
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Post by nonrabbit on Jun 14, 2016 14:02:29 GMT
Agree with all the points. As far as it's been said about the individual concerned he may have hatred, hold grudges, possible personality defects, possible medication issues, possible addictions - so how do we protect ourselves from an individual who may take all that to the extreme and attack? We can't. Certainly if he gets together with like-minded individuals reinforces his hatred and forms a group who use and twist aspects of politics or religion to attack then we can call it terrorism and take action. The only thing I take out of it is that we might not be able to stop someone wanting to attack but to allow him/her to walk into a shop with all or some of those issues and buy an assault rifle is a dangerous and irresponsible madness. Some pro - gun person tweeted that the attackers in Paris were able to get guns. If he's representative of all pro-gunners does he think we all live in a fairyland over here? We don't but we sure as hell don't make it that easy for people to get guns to kill in schools, restaurants or clubs. It wouldn't be possible for one person to kill over fifty people with a knife. America unfortunately has the legacy of the gun. If your founding fathers had foreseen the daily slaughter in a future America, maybe they would have opposed the arming of ordinary citizens... but getting rid of them is not an easy task, if that is the best way forward. I think that there is some truth in the argument that even if law abiding citizens would give up their weapons, the criminals won't. Another argument for keeping them, is the argument that a government posed on genocide will falter. Such a government would be met by armed opposing forces of ordinary citizens. The fact that many people in America feels left out, because of a variety of problems, and the easy access to guns, is a terribly cocktail... Some religions also teaches more violent concepts than others. Buddhism doesn't teach violence... In general... Right now the most violent religion is Islam... That doesn't mean that every Muslim is violent... We will though, in my opinion have to investigate this very thoroughly by using spies, and extreme surveillance... We must know exactly how deep the hatred is in the Muslim community... and it's not an excuse for violent Islam, that Christianity have been there too... Let's just recall the inquisition... All religions are violent to the extent of showing it or having had it shown to them. They all started in a time when the world was a fairly turbulent place to be. " Bend(s) to your religion" what a brilliant, multiple meaning phrase.
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Post by nonrabbit on Jun 14, 2016 13:52:16 GMT
Yes (can't do Photoshop) and not necessarily the lovely man playing the flute silhouette either . Lets fly the flag for some songs too.. i64.images obliterated by tinypic/2cr8xo1.jpg[/IMG] A song for... i63.images obliterated by tinypic/21mdx8n.jpg[/IMG] Don't the Americans fly flags outside their homes(on the porch in the garden with the white picket fence....) So taking this further we should fly a different Tull flag every day ( next to the Union Jack) no politics...no politics
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Post by nonrabbit on Jun 14, 2016 13:37:48 GMT
Your wish is my command. I won't go down the ELO route then Thanks! didn't expect the film to be out so quick
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Post by nonrabbit on Jun 14, 2016 13:35:15 GMT
16 June 1997 Petofi Csarnok Budapest, Hungary
Doane's birthday A Song for Jeffrey, Aqualung, Thick As A Brick, Dangerous Veils, In Sight Of The Minaret, Beside Myself, Morris Minus, Skating Away..., Bourée, Songs From The Wood/Too Old To Rock'N'Roll.../Heavy Horses, Nothing Is Easy, In The Grip Of Stronger Stuff, Acres Wild, Mother Goose, We Used To Know, Flying Dutchman (intro)/My God, Bungle In The Jungle/Minstrel In The Gallery/Teacher, Locomotive Breath, Aquadiddley/Living in the Past/Dogs In The Midwinter (inst.)/The Dambusters March/Cheerio www.ministry-of-information.co.uk/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pet%C5%91fi_Csarnok Good grief! I hope that was just a bad picture although I doubt even Photoshop could improve that. How come he never played...?
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Post by nonrabbit on Jun 13, 2016 12:08:47 GMT
Wait a minute. I've seen that spaceship before. Hey Mr Meyer film maker, all that needed was an overdub of the Aqualung intro put it on the list
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Post by nonrabbit on Jun 13, 2016 10:18:22 GMT
As sad as this attack is on those who are considered different than traditional society, I agree and pray for tolerance to all faiths, races, ethnic or sexual orientations.
It appears the motive may have more to do with an unstable hatred towards those he hated. If anyone suggests building a wall then let them build it around their own anger. Violence occurs in places where we least expect and no one is immune when everyone carries a gun.
Our country has become a place of anger and it will take time to heal what is happening. Many people believe whatever their political ideals tell them. Hate is not an answer... Hate is a motivating factor when it comes to destroying an enemy, but hate also has a tendency to change us, to the point where we can find it hard to recognize our self. Hate can also make us falter, because we tend to lose perspective... This enemy though, must be destroyed. We will have to move faster, and we will have to be smarter than in the past. Agree with all the points. As far as it's been said about the individual concerned he may have hatred, hold grudges, possible personality defects, possible medication issues, possible addictions - so how do we protect ourselves from an individual who may take all that to the extreme and attack? We can't. Certainly if he gets together with like-minded individuals reinforces his hatred and forms a group who use and twist aspects of politics or religion to attack then we can call it terrorism and take action. The only thing I take out of it is that we might not be able to stop someone wanting to attack but to allow him/her to walk into a shop with all or some of those issues and buy an assault rifle is a dangerous and irresponsible madness. Some pro - gun person tweeted that the attackers in Paris were able to get guns. If he's representative of all pro-gunners does he think we all live in a fairyland over here? We don't but we sure as hell don't make it that easy for people to get guns to kill in schools, restaurants or clubs. It wouldn't be possible for one person to kill over fifty people with a knife.
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Post by nonrabbit on Jun 13, 2016 8:38:44 GMT
Specifically I'm thinking of "The poet and the painter, casting shadows on the water' from TAAB and "The poacher and his daughter throw soft shadows on the water in the night" from COAK. Not only is there a similarity of phrasing, but the melody is almost identical as well (I think!?) Yes that's a good one. There's a thread here called 'Cross - referenced' which has some more examples you might be interested in. jethrotull.proboards.com/thread/2453/cross-referencedIt's all lyric examples but please add anything music related there too.
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Post by nonrabbit on Jun 13, 2016 8:34:19 GMT
I may be the lone disenter here, but I did not like KOAK when it came out and have never changed my opinion. It sounds to me like a bar band trying to sound like ZZ Top. After seeing many magnificent Tull performances in the early to mid-seventies I find this mid-eighties music quite one dimensional and uninspired. Though billed as a return to the hard rock form, Martin Barre has played so much better on other albums throughout the band's career. Just one man's opinion. As a fan from 1972 and as someone who had a Tull sabbatical( that lasted a few years) I remember one aficionado 'warning' me (when I returned to the fold) that I would find it different when I first heard it. When I listened - I thought bloody hell he was right! It's not one of my favourites either however it has Budapest which is one of my all time favourite songs. In conclusion - it's a piece in the smorgasbord of all that has been offered to us on the table of Tull.
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Post by nonrabbit on Jun 13, 2016 8:18:11 GMT
From Victorian/Edwardian stately grandeur to Tomorrow's World metal flying saucer he's "pibroched" in them all
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Post by nonrabbit on Jun 12, 2016 19:51:49 GMT
This is a special message to America. May you prevail against international Terrorism! May all Americans be safe! My thoughts, and prayers goes out to the American people! God bless the LGBT community! REST IN PEACE YOUNG INNOCENTS
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Post by nonrabbit on Jun 12, 2016 14:12:12 GMT
For me Mountain Man conjures up - The (Scottish) Highlands, the Lochs, WW1, the small coastal village and the church filled with locals praying for their sons, brothers, and husbands going off to war.
The first part with the poacher and his daughter fishing in the twilight - I don't know whether there is any hidden meaning but it surely 'paints' one of the most beautiful pictures from Ian's mind.
Given all that, I might suggest that the lyrics from Wootten Bassett on TAAB2 might be more in keeping and could be one of those sons, brothers or husbands calling back to their families.
Hourglass sands run through my veins like blood draining from a salty wound. Mad Mars forgets the cost of strife, serves no longer, purpose in my life. I lie in sweat, cry others' tears and write a letter to my Mum, my wife, my God unheard, unseen, Who never thinks to intervene.
Oh, what pain and oh, what lie has called to us, from heaven on high? This cruel and harsh sweet punishment for follies acted, leaves us spent. Long road to Baghdad, then Persian hordes? Where will we stop to sheath our swords? IEDs lie patient, sleeping, wake when soldier boots come creeping.
Hourglass sands run through my veins like blood draining from a salty wound. Mad Mars forgets the cost of strife, serves no longer, purpose in my life. Down this dusty scorched wind-blast track, eyes facing forward, ne'er look back. As rain comes down on Wootton Bassett Town, black hearses crawl and church bells sound. Bikers, burghers line the kerbs; a politician, a Highness Royal. Chance shoppers, tradesmen, stiffly stand and shed their tears for the military man
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Post by nonrabbit on Jun 12, 2016 14:03:09 GMT
Question - This is one of my favourite JT albums, but has Ian Anderson ever indicated the reasons for the similarity between the lyrics of 'Mountain Men' and 'Thick As A Brick'? Not that I'm aware of however I am partial to exploring the lyrics. Mountain Men has some of my all time favourite lyrics and subsequent imagery. The poacher and his daughter Throw soft shadows on the water in the night. A thin moon slips behind them As they pull the net with no betraying light. And later on the coast road, I meet them And the old man winks a smile. And who am I to fast deny the right To take a fish once in a while? I walk with them, they wish me luck When I ship out on the Sunday from the Kyle. And from the church I hear them singing As the ship moves sadly from the pier. Oh, poacher's daughter, Sunday best, Two hundred brave souls share the farewell tear. There's a house on the hillside, where the drifting sands are born. Lay down and let the slow tide wash me Back to the land where I came from. Where the mountain men are kings And the sound of the piper counts for everything. Did my tour, did my duty. I did all they asked of me. Died in the trenches and at Alamein ... Died in the Falklands on T. V. Going back to the mountain kings Where the sound of the piper counts for everything. Long generations from the Isles Sent to tread the foreign miles Where the spiral ages meet. Felt naked dust beneath their feet. Future sun called winds to blow And the past and present hard-eyed crow Flew hunting high and circling low over blackened plains of Eden. There's a child and a woman praying for an end to the mystery. Hoping for a word in a letter Fair wind-blown from across the sea To where the mountain men are kings And the sound of the piper counts for everything. Feel the naked dust beneath my toes While the future sun calls winds to blow And the past and present black-eyed crow Flies hunting high and circling low Between dream mountains of our Eden. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Really don't mind if you sit this one out. My words but a whisper your deafness a SHOUT. I may make you feel but I can't make you think. Your sperm's in the gutter your love's in the sink. So you ride yourselves over the fields and You make all your animal deals and Your wise men don't know how it feels to be thick as a brick. And the sand-castle virtues are all swept away in The tidal destruction The moral melee. The elastic retreat rings the close of play as the last wave uncovers The new-fangled way. But your new shoes are worn at the heels and Your suntan does rapidly peel and Your wise men don't know how it feels to be thick as a brick. And the love that I feel is so far away: I'm a bad dream that I just had today and you Shake your head and Say it's a shame. Spin me back down the years and the days of my youth. Draw the lace and black curtains and shut out the whole truth. Spin me down the long ages, let them sing the song. Now I will study the possible similarities and get back.
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Post by nonrabbit on Jun 12, 2016 9:37:50 GMT
The Drake has done what a lot of fathers do these days and flown the nest. " Yeah and left the tax payer to buy the bread and provide the paddling pool!! The amount of ducks on the waiting list for a decent sized rubber pool! And then there's those European Diving ducks who fly over here and expect to jump the list!!"
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Post by nonrabbit on Jun 12, 2016 9:28:41 GMT
Copyright all of them! The movie of the Forum will happen any day soon - well they made a film about Facebook after all I would like the movie to be funny yet dramatic, profound yet whimsy and to keep the characters as authentic as possible. Either Angelina Jolie or Monica Bellucci to play the part of the investigative yet sexy nonrabbit. ( the second mug of coffee has reached the brain)
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Post by nonrabbit on Jun 12, 2016 9:06:21 GMT
I may have mentioned this before but every time I see that festival I think of this i68.images obliterated by tinypic/14dqdjt.jpg[/IMG]
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