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Post by snaffler on Aug 30, 2010 15:43:49 GMT
how did this track not appear on one of tulls main albums? absolute belter!!!!!!!
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Post by nonrabbit on Aug 31, 2010 10:18:42 GMT
how did this track not appear on one of tulls main albums? absolute belter!!!!!!! ditto
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Post by broadsword on Aug 31, 2010 13:35:56 GMT
how did this track not appear on one of tulls main albums? absolute belter!!!!!!! Perfect description Snaffler - absolute belter is dead right, now firmly on my Ipod, thanks for posting this. Makes me wonder how many other tracks like this there are. Wonder when this was recorded, sounds a bit Crest Of A Knave ish to me.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 31, 2010 16:50:55 GMT
absolute belter YES!
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Post by nonrabbit on Sept 1, 2010 9:17:41 GMT
Wonder when this was recorded, sounds a bit Crest Of A Knave ish to me. I walked down that boulder road, Through a child's eye saw places where I used to go. Where I crawled barefoot with a fishing pole To the rock that overlooked that steelhead hole But it's true--silver river turning blue.
It was a small town in a smaller world. Just a black dot on an old map with it's edges curled. Where they built their industries on the edge of town-- Leaching chemicals from underground Now it's true--that silver river turning blue.
Just got a late reaction. Face reality and stare it down. Sometimes it's harder hanging on. Much easier to look around. But I need that job.
Well, this place no city: we're just small players here. Like a million other heroes drinking poor man's beer. We know what's right. We're just living it wrong. But there's no easy answer in the green man's song. What do you do? When your river's turning Blue.could be right Sword the lyrics suggest pollution - again lyrics which were relevant both then and now..... www.getsurrey.co.uk/news/s/2076288_fish_killed_as_mystery_contaminant_turns_river_blue"down boulder road" makes me think of Colorado ;D
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Post by corner of the sphere on Sept 1, 2010 10:51:22 GMT
Greg Russo in his Flying Colours book reports this song was recorded as part of the Catfish Rising sessions with John "Rabbit" Bundrick on keys in late 1990. The song was released on the mid 1993 CD single Living In The (Slightly More Recent) Past and then on Nightcap - The Unreleased Masters in late 1993.
This song describes well society's indifference to the problems it causes - until they get really dire! When the kid was walking to his fishing hole, at least he wasn't leaving a large carbon footprint.
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Post by steelmonkey on Sept 1, 2010 23:12:22 GMT
Typically brilliant Ian lyrics being able to se both sides of a passionate issue...yeah, knee jerk, save the planet ecology is 'right'....but sometimes enviromental awareness and planet-saving is an unattainable luxury...easier to prescribe from afar where urbanites buy everything with no awareness of source...whaler's dues takes the same tack...sure ..save the whales....but if you're starving or broke? And it ain't just talk...the guy bought a fish farm and hired people while minding the ecology as well....when does he get the Nobel prize?
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Post by tullist on Sept 2, 2010 4:48:36 GMT
Typically brilliant Ian lyrics being able to se both sides of a passionate issue...yeah, knee jerk, save the planet ecology is 'right'....but sometimes enviromental awareness and planet-saving is an unattainable luxury...easier to prescribe from afar where urbanites buy everything with no awareness of source...whaler's dues takes the same tack...sure ..save the whales....but if you're starving or broke? And it ain't just talk...the guy bought a fish farm and hired people while minding the ecology as well....when does he get the Nobel prize? Cogent Bernie, possibly the thing I am most proud of Ian for, though there are quite a few points, is selling that exquiste tract of land called Strathaird on Skye,(truly one of the most beautiful parts of Great Britain I saw by thumb and rail in 3 attempts, including lots of the Highlands, Lake District, and my girlfriends friends farm in Somerset, where Kubla Khan and the Domesday book were composed, been in this guys family, Lord Roland Lytton, just a gentleman farmer with a killer personality,as far as i know the only living descendant of Lord Byron, one of the most potent fellow humans I have met, for well over 900 years, frequently wondered what my English girlfriend wanted with me, a frequently stoned Deadhead Yank when I think she could have had this guy and realized her place as Lady Caroline, I almost would not have minded, guy simply outranked me in more than bloodline) to the John Muir society when doubtless a greater profit could have been made elsewhere, with not half the care given to this sacred jewel of Scotland. This is that penny pinching guy I see these half wits blather about throughout Tull land. That and divesting of this salmon business that he had put so much hands on care into and created so many jobs in an economy where there was like what, 40 per cent unemployment, at such point as it was found to be an environmentally irresponsible endeavor, having entered into it at a time when it was a fledgling market, and such factors had yet to be considered, merely looking for something that would provide a useful outlet for his purchase of Strathaird over 30 years ago, Or seeing among his associates the likes of Mikhail Gorbachev (as opposed to Tony Iommi, or the psuedo Renaissance twit from Deep Purple with the nearly hot Lady Whatever sidekick), and then with interest to global water concerns. Even his friendship with Tony Snow I found interesting, not because they aligned politically,because they did not, but because of his respect for and interest in intelligence. I idolize no one and doubtless could yawn in anyone's face, probably lacking sleep or maybe even stoned, I probably yawned in the presence of Ian on Skye, but if one were to have an idol or role model in today's market, you could do alot worse than Ian Anderson. I will even go one bold step further in saying he earned the right to smoke the pipe, wear the tam and clan Anderson tartan, and wear the codpiece, albeit briefly. Admittedly any other entertainer from this time period would have looked a total prat wearing same, but the accusers don't know jack or care to know about who this cat is, in short, the real deal.
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Post by nonrabbit on Sept 2, 2010 7:39:31 GMT
I will even go one bold step further in saying he earned the right to smoke the pipe, wear the tam and clan Anderson tartan, and wear the codpiece, albeit briefly. Admittedly any other entertainer from this time period would have looked a total prat wearing same, but the accusers don't know jack or care to know about who this cat is, in short, the real deal. very interesting post especially liked the "lets play the Laird o' the Isles" bit which a lot of rich people have a stab at playing now and then. Billy Connolly as Laird of Candacraig - he spends money on his annual Highland Games/ celebrity friends gathering but I have no idea if he puts anything else back into the Scottish economy? Others have bought a few acres of forest and some may do a bit of shooting now and then When the documentary came out ( featured in another thread) and the story of Ian buying a lairdship in Skye a lot of people thought ; "Here we go " However despite the "get up" he came across as a genuine "let me spend my money and get my hands dirty" type of boss and went on to prove it. There was never anything reported in the Scottish media about anything other than his business acumen and what a unique venture he had come up with. The only time the thought of Ian being shrewd entered my mind was in his flamboyant stage image and "themes" which changed from album to album. I thought he was keeping his fingers in all pies by being the English gent one minute/the camouflaged Laird the next and more than a passing nod to Scandinavia/India etc etc but thats entertainment i53.images obliterated by tinypic/2rzzx2u.gif[/IMG]
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Post by steelmonkey on Sept 2, 2010 15:13:42 GMT
Tull were the first rock band to strictly prohbit festival seating...wisely and unambivalently showing concern for fans and not wanting the results of mobs, stampedes, battles over square inches etc years before the 'Who' tragedy or countless other examples if 'first come, first serve' chaos. Tull made thier stand before, not after tragedy and stuck with it despite economic issues...you can sell far more tix to open seating than assigned places. It is not hyperbole to say this kind of thinking and action saves lives....yeah, Ian is a good hero to have!
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Post by cousinjack on Sept 3, 2010 13:59:35 GMT
not heard that song before thanks
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Post by broadsword on Sept 5, 2010 16:19:58 GMT
Just bought a copy of "Nightcap" off Ebay and it's on that.
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