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Post by chea on May 11, 2010 8:21:24 GMT
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Post by chea on May 13, 2010 11:45:48 GMT
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Post by chea on May 18, 2010 10:11:58 GMT
Hi to All . As i told days ago, i went with some friends to the Genova' s Tull show. Here we have the set list : Dun Ringill Beggar ' s Farm Life is a Long Song Jack in the Green Eurology Nothin is easy A New Day Yesterday Songs from the Woods Crossed eyed Mary Hare in the Wine Cup Bouree - 20 minutes pause- Past time in Good Company A Change of Horses My God Budapest Aqualung Locomotive Breath What can i say? The show surprised me very much. The one i saw in March i' ve appreciated a lot, but it seemed to me a bit " slow ",i thought then. Friday evening J. T was in an huge good shape. The set list got little differences that made it so pleasant. I really love the show starting out with Ian alone sitting on a tall chair singing Dun Ringill with water sound. Really moving. Songs as BF, LiaLS, aNDY, Bouree, Aqualung, Lb were played in a beautyful way. Eurology, i' m not able to get it out of my head. aCoH every time i listen to that, it reminds me a song which i really love: a Better Moon, somehow. the new entry HitWC a deep atmosphere song. PTiGC...beautiful. Ian' s voice, i believe he did a little cure because i ' ve found it very stable all along the show Like some other times, he met some little difficult singing SFtW and JitG, as well. i can't understand why ever to carry on with that pieces.. Ah!,a lovely version of Budapest. No Doane' s drum solo this time. I haven' t got any picture to show because my camera is far, togheter with someone very young of my family You see, no respect, i'm considered me Too Old to Rock and Roll, it's clear.... ;)a Some friends of mine did it, i will be posting when available. Ian is famous as a great musicians, and because of his strong personalyty, too. I believe Genova won't be visited by J.T for a long time, in the future due to a bad event happened at the very last part of the show, performing Locom Breath. A young boy jumped on the stage, half nacked, not in good conditions letting the security staff away from him and staring several seconds not more than two meter close to Ian, that's the most serious fact, before being caught...DHUR!! Exept that, an extremely good show, much balanced i'm very happy for them, and i thank a lot for theyr engagement. I'm m sure Ian and all the boys love theyr Fans. M.
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Post by maddogfagin on May 18, 2010 18:02:47 GMT
Thanks for the review and set list Chea. Much appreciated. Is Hare in the Wine Cup any better as it seemed a bit under-rehearsed when I heard it originally. Cheers Maddog
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Post by chea on May 19, 2010 14:30:23 GMT
Thanks for the review and set list Chea. Much appreciated. Is Hare in the Wine Cup any better as it seemed a bit under-rehearsed when I heard it originally. Cheers Maddog Thanks to You, Maddog. I saw HitWC on video before the Live performance, and i must tell i' ve found it better, this last time. We know, after all, as a good wine, J.T music is even better after many listening...
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Post by maddogfagin on Jun 12, 2010 18:31:11 GMT
If anyone is contemplating going to the concert in connection with the Great North Run, here are some ticket details. Jethro Tull on Friday 17th September (Great North Run weekend) at Gypsies Green: South Tyneside Council & The Customs House presents Jethro Tull + Support , Bessie and The Zinc Buckets in concert live at Gypsies Green, South Shields. Tickets are on sale as of 26/05/10, you can get your tickets at the Customs House Box office: 0191 454 1234 or online at: www.customshouse.co.uk (booking charges apply). All tickets £27.50 standing only. Gates open at 6:30pm
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Post by rockisland on Jun 14, 2010 19:21:20 GMT
Just bought my tickets to go and see Tull at Gypsies Green. Can't wait! ;D
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Post by nonrabbit on Jun 14, 2010 21:49:26 GMT
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Post by maddogfagin on Jul 12, 2010 8:15:02 GMT
In a few hours, Jethro Tull Show in my home town...who would never said it!!!1 Really great.... M. Have a great concert Chea. A report + set list will be much appreciated
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Post by chea on Jul 12, 2010 11:51:33 GMT
In a few hours, Jethro Tull Show in my home town...who would never said it!!!1 Really great.... M. Have a great concert Chea. A report + set list will be much appreciated Of course, Maddog. I been there this morning and somebody was playng the drums. I don't know wether Doane or not. The venue is beautiful, but extremely humid, because the Royal Villa is surrounded by an huge park. M.
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Post by nonrabbit on Jul 12, 2010 21:53:39 GMT
In a few hours, Jethro Tull Show in my home town...who would never said it!!!1 Really great.... M. Have a great concert Chea. A report + set list will be much appreciated *thumbs up* ;D
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Post by nonrabbit on Jul 14, 2010 7:13:21 GMT
Have a great concert Chea. A report + set list will be much appreciated *thumbs up* ;D "Calling Italy!" "Calling Chea!" ;D Can't wait to hear your report ;D
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Post by chea on Jul 14, 2010 13:13:35 GMT
"Calling Italy!" "Calling Chea!" ;D Can't wait to hear your report ;D First of all, the set list... 1. Nothing is easy 2. Beggar’s Farm 3. A new day yesterday 4. Good Company (King Henry's Madrigal) 5. Life is a long song 6. Thick as a brick 7. Songs from the wood 8. Bouree 9. The hare in a wine c 10. A change of horses 11. Cross eyed Mary 12. Farm on the Freeway 13. un singolo di Martin Barre (almeno credo) 14. My God 15. Aqualung 16. Locomotive breath About last's monday J.T show, i believe it has been a good concert, i mean all the band members played much good. It seems to me that O'Hara is gettin better, i mean he offen adds sounds and funny sounds to the pieces of music that we know very well, and that enriches the show. Until the last year's show, that did'nt happen. He is probably having more confidence and aquainstance with J.T directory. John also helped Ian singing SFTW. I've found Ian's voice surely good, after all, the same as the other shows i' ve seen this year, much stable during the concert. He usually chooses songs more suitable for his voice, that's why makes me to anger when he insists performing SFTW. It is very difficult for him, actually !!. He has had no problems performing the others songs in that show, anyway. The band played very well " Beggar's Farm, Nothing is Easy, and a New Day Yesterday ". Super well " King Henry' S Madrigal, and Thick as a Brick ". Majestic, really. Aqualung has been porposed to the audiences thousand times, and when it is played in the way they did last night, it always succeeds moving, really. Very pleasants the " new songs ". I must say again that " A Change of Horses " reminds me " A Better Moon . Martin was in a very good shape. Before the band started " Locom Breath ", Martin for some seconds pointed out " Quatrain ". For a while it was like to be in " Bursting Out ". And again, unusually, a short part of " Teacher ". For some reasons, about the Manchester and Genova concerts, i can't say they have been better shows, but at least, advanced, there was something more.That due to a different set list i believe. In my opinion to begin with " Dun Ringil ", water special effects it has been a choice from master, worthy of Ian. And also the weather balloons ending in Manchester they have rendered all evocative even more than a J.T concert already is. We will be meeting again J.T in one month not far from here, in Switzerland. M.
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Post by maddogfagin on Jul 14, 2010 17:48:34 GMT
Thank you Chea for the review, set list and comments. Good to hear you had a great time - should I manage to get an audio of the gig I'll post any links in the appropriate place and let you know Cheers
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Post by nonrabbit on Jul 15, 2010 8:27:43 GMT
Thanks M I wonder if there's a video of SFTW from that concert I would like to hear the joint effort on vocals. The setting looked lovely and lucky man going to Switzerland as well ;D I can't find the line-up for the outdoor festival but it looks a pretty Swiss town. i26.images obliterated by tinypic/2ppab1e.jpg[/IMG]
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Post by chea on Jul 15, 2010 9:23:42 GMT
Thank you Chea for the review, set list and comments. Good to hear you had a great time - should I manage to get an audio of the gig I'll post any links in the appropriate place and let you know Cheers Hi Maddog. It has been a very pleasant concert. I was sure about that. A lot of people as always and much young in the audience. We only hope Italy will be included in the Christmas Concerts, or Ian Anderson Tour next winter. M.
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Post by chea on Jul 15, 2010 9:34:11 GMT
Thanks M I wonder if there's a video of SFTW from that concert I would like to hear the joint effort on vocals. The setting looked lovely and lucky man going to Switzerland as well ;D I can't find the line-up for the outdoor festival but it looks a pretty Swiss town. i26.images obliterated by tinypic/2ppab1e.jpg [/IMG][/quote] Hi Nonrabbit. How are you? I must say that Ian' s performance in SFTW, was' nt extremely bad. Only difficult for him. Maybe because of the high quality of the rest of the concert , we felt the difference... It is funny for me to think that this year J.T are visiting me...this week a show in my home time, in August a show not more than 5 Km from where we are on holiday !! We will be using the bicycle to reach the venue. About the Swiss Concert, you are right, Swiss is pretty everywhere. M.
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Post by chea on Jul 16, 2010 12:19:23 GMT
Hi to All. I' ve just read a post from the only Fan from the It Forum in the audience at the Rome concert. J.T played the same Monza's set list. The ancient venue is beautiful, but credated some little problems. The acoustic in wan't very good, so Ian prefered to play flute without amplification, simply standing in front of the microphone. Maybe due to that little problems at the beginning of the show, it continued particularly well. M.
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Post by manlyduckling on Jul 19, 2010 22:22:36 GMT
I just got back from the concert in Terra Vibe, Athens and thought I'd write a quick report.
I am by no means a hardcore Tull fan, and this was only the second time I've seen them live. In the weeks leading up to the concert I'd been reading some slightly mixed reports about the current tour - complaints about the deterioration in Ian's voice, plus the disappointing set lists, so I was prepared to be a mite underwhelmed by the concert.
I was not underwhelmed, but more on that later.
The big surprise was that Martin Barre was not there. I was quite far back in the crowd and my eyesight is not too good and after a while it started to bug me that the guy on the right wasn't Martin. I wasn't sure, but he seemed to be a much younger guy, with longer hair. I haven't seen Martin recently and wondered whether he has a new look (and perhaps is much fitter now). Of course, it wasn't Martin but some guy from Germany whose name I did not recognise. Apparently Martin is back in Blighty recovering from a cut finger. Ian wittily pointed out that it was the second time the Germans had "helped you guys out". I didn't see anything lacking in Martin's "replacement" at all, though to be honest it became obvious in Aqualung particularly that he lacks the fluid, lyrical side that is present in Martin's playing even in the rockier stuff (at least to me).
About the worries that I had. I'd been scanning previous setlists and had been disappointed to see little variation, so tonight when they played Serenade to a Cuckoo, Back To The Family and Dharma For One things seemed to be looking up. I thought that we might get some other unexpected surprises but it was not to be. To be honest, the Tull material that is closest to my heart is on albums recorded between 1975-1982, and there was nothing at all from this period. My favourites are the folk rock trilogy from the late seventies, and Broadsword, and this stuff was completely lacking. I'd been following the setlists and seen that in previous concerts there'd been Dun Ringill, Jack in the Green... and of course Songs From The Wood. And then, as Athens got closer, it seemed that Ian was whittling down the songs until it seemed only Songs From The Wood would remain to represent that period. And in Athens... even Songs From The Wood was gone. Oh dear.
So, the remaining set list. Heavily based on the first few Tull albums, from This Was through to Aqualung particularly. Fine, of course, but then what about the remaining years? One song from Crest of a Knave does not really do justice to the variety of Tull's work. There are so many great albums and songs that Ian ignored that it makes one wonder whether he is uncomfortable with whole periods in his past work. The only real change I noticed from the last few gigs were the songs mentioned above. I left before the end of Locomotive Breath as we had to drive home early but I imagine there was nothing new at the very end (please don't tell me they played Cheerio or some other cherished thing at the very end).
The second worry was that Ian's voice wouldn't be up to scratch. To be honest, the snippets I'd heard on Youtube were much worse than hearing him live. I didn't have any problem at all with the way his voice sounded. Obviously he doesn't have the power or range he once had but it was no way a distraction. Dylan, by comparison, has suffered much worse from the deterioration of his voice, and I'm even used to hearing that, so Ian's voice was no problem at all.
And finally. The performance? Well, it's been a long time. The last time I saw them was on the 20 years tour, in Wembley Arena, where the night was spoiled by poor sound. This time, the sound was excellent, and the performance, frankly, first rate. They really were much better than I expected, in fact one of the finest bands I've seen in recent years. I loved the dynamic, the way the band shifted, even within the songs themselves, from quiet, lyrical passages to the powerful, rockier stuff. They were never pedestrian, they played superbly, and Ian is still a fantastic showman. The phrase I had in my head at one point - borrowed from a review of Dylan in the eighties, to be exact - is "snatching defeat from the jaws of victory". Why? Because they could have reeled out Heavy Horses, Velvet Green, Pussy Willow, Jack-a-Lynn et al and blown our minds. Instead, they managed to be merely excellent, to give a performance that was first-rate in every way except in the choice of songs. What a back catalogue! And what a wasted opportunity, at least in one sense. Of course I'm glad I went, of course they were terrific, but they could have had us eating out of their hands, they could have made us weep from joy had they taken full advantage of their back catalogue. And they didn't. Oh well, hopefully next time.
Setlist 5/10 Performance 9/10
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Post by manlyduckling on Jul 19, 2010 22:37:06 GMT
BTW, I'm not sure I can remember all the songs played in Athens, or quite the order they were played in, but it went SOMETHING like this.
Nothing Is Easy Beggar's Farm Life Is A Long Song Serenade To A Cuckoo A New Day Yesterday Back To The Family (Ian introduced it as the worst song he'd ever written, haha) Extracts from Thick As A Brick Bouree The Hare in a Wine Cup A Change of Horses Cross Eyed Mary Dharma For One + solos Farm On The Freeway My God Aqualung Locomotive Breath + ?
Please note this probably has mistakes.
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Post by maddogfagin on Jul 20, 2010 8:08:14 GMT
BTW, I'm not sure I can remember all the songs played in Athens, or quite the order they were played in, but it went SOMETHING like this. Nothing Is Easy Beggar's Farm Life Is A Long Song Serenade To A Cuckoo A New Day Yesterday Back To The Family (Ian introduced it as the worst song he'd ever written, haha) Extracts from Thick As A Brick Bouree The Hare in a Wine Cup A Change of Horses Cross Eyed Mary Dharma For One + solos Farm On The Freeway My God Aqualung Locomotive Breath + ? Please note this probably has mistakes. Many thanks for the review and set list Manlyduckling and a warm welcome to the Jethro Tull Tull Forum. I reckon you'll find a lot of interesting threads and posts to read here and I look forward to reading many more of yours. The guitarist deputising for MB was Florian Opahle, a musician who IA uses on his solo tours and certainly an extremely gifted "substitute" and one worthy of stepping into MB's shoes. Regards, Maddog
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Post by chea on Jul 21, 2010 15:06:46 GMT
It is a surprise for me, too. What happened to Martin? M.
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Post by maddogfagin on Jul 23, 2010 7:41:18 GMT
It is a surprise for me, too. What happened to Martin? M. I suppose no news is good news. No word on the official site but I've contacted Martin Webb at AND Towers to see if he know. I'll post any reply if or when I get one. Maddog
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Post by 10cars on Jul 23, 2010 8:32:04 GMT
I suppose no news is good news. No word on the official site but I've contacted Martin Webb at AND Towers to see if he know. I'll post any reply if or when I get one. Maddog Yes and no. Good news: Martin played yesterday in Berlin and seemed fit and well. Hare in a Wine Cup sounded good! Bad news: They played well, like always, but totally uninspired, without any dynamics or power. Tired performance. Setist: 1. Nothing is Easy 2. Beggar’s Farm 3. A New Day Yesterday 4. Serenade To A Cuckoo 5. Life is a Long Song 6. Thick as a Brick 7. Songs from the Wood 8. Bourée 9. Hare in a Wine Cup 10. A Change of Horses 11. Cross eyed Mary 12. Farm on the Freeway 13. The Whistler instr. 14. My God 15. Aqualung 16. Locomotive Breath (incl. Teacher instr.)
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Post by chea on Jul 23, 2010 11:52:39 GMT
This is very strange, too. In Monza i saw him inspired and joking with the other's band members...M. I will be able to tell something after the 11 August after the show in CH... M.
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Post by maddogfagin on Jul 23, 2010 17:12:50 GMT
This is very strange, too. In Monza i saw him inspired and joking with the other's band members...M. I will be able to tell something after the 11 August after the show in CH... M. suppose no news is good news. No word on the official site but I've contacted Martin Webb at AND Towers to see if he know. I'll post any reply if or when I get one. Maddog Yes and no. Good news: Martin played yesterday in Berlin and seemed fit and well. Hare in a Wine Cup sounded good! Bad news: They played well, like always, but totally uninspired, without any dynamics or power. Tired performance. Cheers for posting the updates. As for the performance in Berlin, could be too much touring and/or the lack of any new album to play and promote?
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Post by 10cars on Jul 23, 2010 20:25:28 GMT
Cheers for posting the updates. As for the performance in Berlin, could be too much touring and/or the lack of any new album to play and promote? Maybe. But what do you expect after touring now since 1992 with a Best Of repertoire? Nothing Is Easy and My God are still my favourite live songs, but how many times have they been played night after night for nearly two decades? Still there can be nights when it works. But definitely not yesterday. I think one of the strongest moments of old Tull was the pure force, aggression and dynamic range they had in live concerts.Today it all seems to be on nearly one level. Do you remember for example the difference in dynamics between " spin me down the long ages let them sing the song" and "See! There a son is born..."? What do you get today instead? I think one of the problems is the low level of the stage sound. You can't produce drive without volume. Apart from that, the PA sound was much to low, too, drums were hardly audible. Some weeks ago I have been at a Clapton/Winwood gig, what a difference in sound! I mean, it's only my opinion but this rewiew seems to state the same: www.morgenpost.de/kultur/article1355765/Jethro-Tull-spielen-in-Berlin-leiser-und-behaebiger.htmlI know you English speaking lads are not too strong in foreign languages (please excuse my English, too!), so here is a funny automatic pigeon Google English translation: translate.google.de/translate?js=y&prev=_t&hl=de&ie=UTF-8&layout=1&eotf=1&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.morgenpost.de%2Fkultur%2Farticle1355765%2FJethro-Tull-spielen-in-Berlin-leiser-und-behaebiger.html&sl=de&tl=en
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Post by manlyduckling on Jul 23, 2010 21:35:59 GMT
As for the live dynamic or lack thereof, I think a lot depends on whether you have been following Tull closely in recent years. I hadn't seen them in years when I saw them in Athens. I thought they were brilliant. They played a lot better than many bands I could mention (and I've seen quite a few down the years). Obviously it seems stale if you know the arrangements and they don't vary their set much.
As for Martin, as I explained in my above review, Ian said at Athens that he had cut his finger. More than that I do not know.
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Post by maddogfagin on Jul 24, 2010 7:54:37 GMT
As for the live dynamic or lack thereof, I think a lot depends on whether you have been following Tull closely in recent years. I hadn't seen them in years when I saw them in Athens. I thought they were brilliant. They played a lot better than many bands I could mention (and I've seen quite a few down the years). Obviously it seems stale if you know the arrangements and they don't vary their set much. As for Martin, as I explained in my above review, Ian said at Athens that he had cut his finger. More than that I do not know. I think the problem is that at the moment IA is content with touring with a set list that hasn't really changed that much, as other Forum members have said. Yes the band is playing well and are good value for money, at least here in the UK, and he does seem to get some really good "stand in" musicians when he tours his solo material/band - Mark Mondesir imo is a good example. Reports I got from the UK and America are favourable to say the least and the boots I've heard of the 2010 tour are, in the main, excellent. It's just a shame that there's no new album to promote which in itself hightens the expectations of the fans.
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