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Post by Deleted on Aug 11, 2010 21:10:37 GMT
Read more by Freelance motorcycle writer Steve Bond www.wheels.ca/reviews/article/790966(the weekend of Aug. 7, 1970) "The “supplemental entertainment” included major musical acts of the day including Jethro Tull, Crowbar, Jose Feliciano, Melanie, Alice Cooper, Procol Harum, Chicago, Grand Funk Railroad, Sha Na Na, Sly and the Family Stone and Ten Years After. The stage was set up in a natural amphitheatre in the infield and the smoke from cigarettes, campfires and — ahem, recreational vegetables— hung over the concert area like a wispy blanket. The lighting guys had a ball with that, with strobes and spotlights penetrating the gloom like so many multi-coloured lighthouses in the fog. The highlights for me were Chicago’s “25 or 6 to 4,” Feliciano’s version of “Light my Fire,” Jethro Tull’s entire set and, of course, Ten Years After and Alvin Lee’s amazing guitar work during their version of “Going Home.” The final act, Sly and the Family Stone, started playing at 3 a.m. Monday morning and kept going till the sun came up. Geez, these days I can barely make the 11 o’clock news — on Saturday nights. Strawberry Fields may not have garnered the spotlight like Woodstock did, but it was a major event for its time in Canada with estimated attendance figures of 80,000 to 100,000. I’m kind of proud that I played a minor part in its history."
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Post by nonrabbit on Aug 12, 2010 6:16:08 GMT
Read more by Freelance motorcycle writer Steve Bond www.wheels.ca/reviews/article/790966(the weekend of Aug. 7, 1970) "The “supplemental entertainment” included major musical acts of the day including Jethro Tull, Crowbar, Jose Feliciano, Melanie, Alice Cooper, Procol Harum, Chicago, Grand Funk Railroad, Sha Na Na, Sly and the Family Stone and Ten Years After. The stage was set up in a natural amphitheatre in the infield and the smoke from cigarettes, campfires and — ahem, recreational vegetables— hung over the concert area like a wispy blanket. The lighting guys had a ball with that, with strobes and spotlights penetrating the gloom like so many multi-coloured lighthouses in the fog. The highlights for me were Chicago’s “25 or 6 to 4,” Feliciano’s version of “Light my Fire,” Jethro Tull’s entire set and, of course, Ten Years After and Alvin Lee’s amazing guitar work during their version of “Going Home.” The final act, Sly and the Family Stone, started playing at 3 a.m. Monday morning and kept going till the sun came up. Geez, these days I can barely make the 11 o’clock news — on Saturday nights. Strawberry Fields may not have garnered the spotlight like Woodstock did, but it was a major event for its time in Canada with estimated attendance figures of 80,000 to 100,000. I’m kind of proud that I played a minor part in its history." nice article and I like the way he said the whole of the Tull setI suppose this is what we call recreational vegetables now i37.images obliterated by tinypic/1499z69.jpg[/IMG]
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Post by steelmonkey on Aug 12, 2010 19:27:49 GMT
The Isle of Wight DVD showed us what Tull could do...even in a situation of a huge, somewhat distracted crowd....I don't doubt for a second the guy's assessment of the whole Tull set being noteworthy...too bad I wasn't there.....but when i was 13 the height of adventure would have been a secret hitchinking trip from Denver to Albuquerque and back or a few minutes of digital contact wit Marcia Rich's breasts....a rock festival in california was more than I could venture....Marcia, in those years, favored John Denver and james Taylor....I doubt she's evolved to perusing Tull websites...thus the conquest related bragging is probably safe.
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Post by maddogfagin on Aug 13, 2010 8:09:34 GMT
The Isle of Wight DVD showed us what Tull could do...even in a situation of a huge, somewhat distracted crowd....I don't doubt for a second the guy's assessment of the whole Tull set being noteworthy...too bad I wasn't there.....but when i was 13 the height of adventure would have been a secret hitchinking trip from Denver to Albuquerque and back or a few minutes of digital contact wit Marcia Rich's breasts....a rock festival in california was more than I could venture....Marcia, in those years, favored John Denver and james Taylor....I doubt she's evolved to perusing Tull websites...thus the conquest related bragging is probably safe. Careful - you might require a lawyer
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Post by steelmonkey on Aug 13, 2010 15:24:44 GMT
It was consensula...I mean, she didn't have to wear a halter top or invite me to her 'no parents allowed' basement. She tolerated most of 'Stand Up' and 'Benefit' but Aqualung was too Zepplin/Deep Purple-esque hard rock for her admittedly compromised tastes ( add Dan Fogleberg to the aforemention Joihn Denver and james Taylor and you get the idea how flexible i was in terms of trading soundtrack for affection).......surprsingly or not, she became a girl rabbi
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Post by maddogfagin on Aug 13, 2010 17:31:46 GMT
It was consensula...I mean, she didn't have to wear a halter top or invite me to her 'no parents allowed' basement. She tolerated most of 'Stand Up' and 'Benefit' but Aqualung was too Zepplin/Deep Purple-esque hard rock for her admittedly compromised tastes ( add Dan Fogleberg to the aforemention Joihn Denver and james Taylor and you get the idea how flexible i was in terms of trading soundtrack for affection).......surprsingly or not, she became a girl rabbi Oh that old chestnut I can excuse the James Taylor but Joihn Denver (sic) is not on.
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Post by steelmonkey on Aug 13, 2010 17:42:23 GMT
Your distaste is respected...there is no excuse for John Denver....I don't know why residents of Denver, Colorado felt they had to support the former John Dussendorf or whatever his real name was, who wrote of mountains in West Virginia, weepy women and other inane topics....his creechy voice and bespectacled, insincere grin haunted my high school years.....his demise did generate a mildly funny joke: 'Does john denver live in California now? No, he just likes to crash there'..........the contrast between the John Denver fans and my gang of Tull-worshipping rockers may partly explain my ongoing arrogance and sense of righteousness.
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Post by maddogfagin on Aug 13, 2010 17:52:07 GMT
Rock on Bernie.
I was "interviewed" last month for our company magazine and one of the questions was about any hobbies I had so I put down the answer as the music of Jethro Tull. One manager can up to me and said words along the line of "read your interview - Jethro Tull eh? Respect".
"seek the right and follow it"
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Post by steelmonkey on Aug 13, 2010 20:13:34 GMT
Probably a good topic for it's own thread...how to be objective about our own fascination with Tull and how it presents to civilians....I mean...I try to be fair if someone tells me about the gigs, bootlegs, memorabilia and memories they have ammassed thru single-minded obsession with some group or another....but i don't know if 'respect' is what i project when they're talking about some band that doesn't do much for me...I guess questions of legitimacy are absurd and objective...I mean, does it matter if someone is hooked on acceptable objects of worship like the stones, beatles, who, dead, floyd, zappa, dylan....or lesser lights like styx or Ble oyster cult or...well you know, ...and what is Tull....a half step below the stones and zeps or a half step above the kansases and lynyrd skynyrds.....oh, and by the way...who cares?
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Post by nonrabbit on Aug 14, 2010 7:46:06 GMT
interesting theories and I utterly utterly agree with the word "respect" given to anyone who has the exquisite taste to follow Tull even when patience is called for; "Jethro Tull ? Did he play a flute? "They sound like Horslips" ( get it all the time in Ireland - but I can't see it btw I never met a Tull fan in me youth that loved the band as much as I did - that's where it all went wrong, instead of arguments about money, lack of emotional input etc etc we could have sat discussing the merits of say SFTW or HH........................and lived happily ever after........la la la la la .............
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Post by steelmonkey on Aug 15, 2010 17:01:58 GMT
In the old, libidinal, life and death struggle for romance days ( 1972 thru 2005 ) while lesser men sought the perfect '10'...I was looking fir the perfect '4'...that is: 1. Attractive 2. Intelligent 3. attracted to me 4. loves Tull
Alas...though i met many, many '3's ( pretty, smart, liked me, hated Tull....ugly, smart, liked me, liked Tull....pretty. smart, liked Tull, hated me ) I never did find a '4'...and usually settled for 3s, 2s and 1s....now, later that same life, i have found the perfect '4'....she is gorgeous, bright, adores me and quickly identifies Tull as her favorite music,,,,shame she's only 5 and is prevented from marying me by archaic anti-incest laws.
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Post by tullist on Aug 15, 2010 19:17:38 GMT
In the old, libidinal, life and death struggle for romance days ( 1972 thru 2005 ) while lesser men sought the perfect '10'...I was looking fir the perfect '4'...that is: 1. Attractive 2. Intelligent 3. attracted to me 4. loves Tull Alas...though i met many, many '3's ( pretty, smart, liked me, hated Tull....ugly, smart, liked me, liked Tull....pretty. smart, liked Tull, hated me ) I never did find a '4'...and usually settled for 3s, 2s and 1s....now, later that same life, i have found the perfect '4'....she is gorgeous, bright, adores me and quickly identifies Tull as her favorite music,,,,shame she's only 5 and is prevented from marying me by archaic anti-incest laws. ok we need one of them thumbs up things on here, ala Facebook, a stroke of genius my brother B and while i am in here let me get in something hateful to brighten the proggers Sunday. Figured I would give Yes a chance over on Wolfgangs Vault, enduring about 20 minutes of a show with Pat Moraz from December 74. Very good example of rubbish. Busy tweakery that I have long held Chick Corea of that period in contempt for, but he did it far far better. And Jon Anderson, do spare me. How is it that Tull in all their profound glory were made to endure the whipping post of this period when Yes and ELP should have been tied securely to it permanently. I mean what is the impressive part for the likes of them, Yngve Malmsteen, (I hope i spelled that wrong) Eddie Van Halen, that they can play fast? Have these people never been introduced to the earliest edition of Mahavishnu Orchestra, not that I particularly care to hear it most usually. Play them under the table so fast and with actual musicality, jeez. I love it over on the Folk Forum when someone will mention having listened to some Yes opus and refer to it as sublime or the ever popular, "Nuff said." Truthfully I do like a handful of things by Yes, I remember a very early incarnation did do a nice cover of the Beatles genius Every Little Thing, as least I thought so over 35 years ago. And that classic rock track Seen All Good People is pretty good. Cannot stand hearing them or ELP or the Moody Blues mentioned as some sort of Tull relatives in anything other than birthdate however. And by all means do not even come near me with that Rush thing.
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Post by steelmonkey on Aug 15, 2010 20:17:28 GMT
I agree about the cliff Yes and ELP fell off...just about the time the punks declared them in need of a push...I liked both bands as a highschooler...got the albums, went to annual concerts...but Yes after Relayer and ELP after Brain Salad Surgery were intolerable...I mean, that cutting room floor Police outake crap on 92105 or whatever numbers...THAT sold billions?
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Post by nonrabbit on Aug 15, 2010 21:36:16 GMT
Yngve Malmsteen, (I hope i spelled that wrong) i33.images obliterated by tinypic/vdpc7r.gif[/IMG] if I'm catching you right I take it we're referring to the scenerio of going round to someones house after the pubs closed and the said someone playing Yes/Doors/ELP?? and then giving a three hour lecture or whatever and then choking on his ciggie when you had the audacity to say you didn't think it was that good... and all the stupid plonker had to do was play a bit of Tull
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Post by tullist on Aug 15, 2010 23:15:46 GMT
Yngve Malmsteen, (I hope i spelled that wrong) i33.images obliterated by tinypic/vdpc7r.gif [/IMG] if I'm catching you right I take it we're referring to the scenerio of going round to someones house after the pubs closed and the said someone playing Yes/Doors/ELP?? and then giving a three hour lecture or whatever and then choking on his ciggie when you had the audacity to say you didn't think it was that good... and all the stupid plonker had to do was play a bit of Tull [/quote]Yeah but I would leave the Doors out of that discussion. Most of what they are guilty of is being overplayed, specifically the otherwise more than ok of LA Woman album that I began to hear too much at least 35 years ago, and it never stopped. Actually to the extent that the LSD era had a traditonally good singer other than the obvious choices of John and Paul and others I would mark it as Jim Morrison he really did have a good voice and undoubtebly sex appeal. Not quite sure he is the shaman genius poet he is purported to be, but often well less than embarrassing. The End I will always mark as genuine hippie beauty and their hit singles were very good, again merely overplayed. Strange Days, pretty close to a fantastic album. Its just that ever since that Rolling Stone article about hes sexy hes dead came out they have been way overhyped. And certainly like their name and whence it came. The main factor in my perceptions has been my being a very bitter Jethro Tull maniac ever since the bashing of Passion Play, and the way they have either been entirely forgotten or remembered for snot and codpieces. I sort of like that in a moment but not permanently. I often offer out the wish that music could be quantified like sport just for the delicious beating i know pretty much any era of tull would administer to so many, pretty much everybody, people who have been over deified and over praised, even many i like. daring to offer over on the folk forum that i felt ian anderson certainly bares comparison as a lyricist with dylan or cohen i was made to feel like i should have to go sit in a corner, i get the feeling that alot of people over there kind of ignore me, in fairness many many others go out of their way to let me know how welcome i am and of their abiding love for tull and other musics, often outside the folk realm but rarely in prog, that i make mention of .
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Post by broadsword on Aug 16, 2010 7:12:10 GMT
I was never much of a fan of prog rock, but in its' defence, try this
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Post by Deleted on Aug 16, 2010 20:06:10 GMT
Carrots - that's funny. Let's get to the root of this. lol
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