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Post by bunkerfan on Jan 18, 2015 17:48:08 GMT
Dot Com has got some great tracks on it Wicked Windows,Hunt by Numbers ,El nino,Black Mamba all strong numbers Definately not the weakest album. My favourite track............Maybe? "Wicked Windows" I review my past through wicked windows framed in silver and hung in toughened glass, upon my face, around and over. Now and then... memories of men who loved me. No stolen kiss - could match their march on hot coals for me. I have walked a line both faint and narrow, hard to follow. Caught up in circumstance. Harsh truth for history to mellow. Through my eyes... loyalties and obligation magnified. Obedience... the better fellow. Better not remember me. Don't miss my passing. Fierce winter fails to ruffle my icy sleep. We never quite vanish. No wet soft surrender. Still waiting... bad blood running in close families. I laughed like any child - although you might find that strange and Christmas was my favourite holiday. Christmas was my favourite holiday. I am not alone in seeing the world through wicked windows while others hide likewise behind this vulnerable squinting. It's in the stare... it's in the silent scrutinizing. Strip you bare... I offer you no more disguising. Better not remember me. Don't miss my passing. Fierce winter fails to ruffle my icy sleep. We never quite vanish. No wet soft surrender. Same bad blood running in new families.
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Post by onewhiteduck on Jan 18, 2015 18:47:15 GMT
Gift of Roses and Bends like a Willow for me.
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Post by Tull50 on Jan 18, 2015 21:00:53 GMT
It is hard for me to say which is the best song of Dot Com, perhaps Wicked Windows, Hunt by Numbers and Dot Com Live version has a certain charm... If I have realized that it is an album that is well received among younger Tull fans.
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Post by steelmonkey on Jan 19, 2015 0:37:58 GMT
Me too...Bends Like a Willow and Gift of Roses easily the two best,,,,Dog eared years and Dot Com next two. I think Spiral is cool and I LIKE Hot mango Flush. Mamba, Nino and Windows very good...AWOL a bit fluffy and only Hunt by Numbers...they track they played live the most, weak....I guess far Alaska also a bit forgetable.
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Post by tullabye on Jan 19, 2015 2:45:42 GMT
1) Gift of Roses 2) Wicked Windows 3) Bends Like a Willow 4) Dog Ear Years 5) Hot Mango Flush 6) AWOL 7) Far Alaska 8) El Nino 9) Dot Com 10)Hunt By Numbers 11) Black Mamba 12) Spiral
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Post by steelmonkey on Jan 20, 2015 2:07:09 GMT
I didn't like Spiral for a long time then I started to like it for being the ultimate in 'the notes not played' in a guitar solo.
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Post by JTull 007 on Jan 9, 2016 2:17:58 GMT
Found this review... Someone in Sweden did not like Tull in April 2000 TULL LINK ? It was not much effort by Ian Anderson with flute rating: 1 plus Jethro Tull Photo: TOMMY Mardell Location: Cirkus, Stockholm. Attendance: 1600 (sold out). Duration: Two infinitely long hours.
Best: Ian Anderson's moment of humor.
Worst: Well, if I had a flute here now, I would go out and bang it against a lamppost, or something.
Question: How can you rename a plate to the "j-duty Dot Com"? One of rock history's really bizarre band, this Jethro Tull was big in the early 70s with an admittedly self but rather obnoxious intersection of ancient folk and progressive hard rock riffs of the osvängigare battle. This is the base for endless flute orgies autographed band leader Ian Anderson. I thought Jethro Tull was a thing of the past, but suddenly they are in the Circus and people cheering in their seats, everyone can chorus of "Thick as a Brick" and indeed it is not only old fans but several which are even younger than me. Lost Beta Band fans: now? Anderson does have a right likeable, easy self-deprecating humor (he pretends to yawn when he says "bass solo") and it even sounds like some beginnings of good songs.
Even organist Andrew Giddings does some fancy stuff. But everything collapses again and again together with a disgusting thick guitar riffs or the f**king flute. Enemy music, as I said. Now I listen to the Ramones. Ministry of Info: Cirkus, Stockholm, April 25, 2000Intro: In The Grip Of Stronger Stuff (tape), For A Thousand Mothers, Hunt By Numbers, Thick As A Brick, Nothing Is Easy, Witches Promise, Bourée, Jeffrey Goes To Leicester Square, Boris Dancing, The Secret Language Of Birds, Fat Man, AWOL, Barre Instrumental, Dot Com, Hunting Girl (w. phone call), My God, Budapest, Passion Jig, Locomotive Breath, Aquadiddley/Aqualung, Living In The Past/Cheerio
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Post by noidea on Jan 30, 2016 12:13:29 GMT
I think DotCom is really an immensely underrated album. The songs are good, great even, but in my ears the production is less so. Martin plays some brilliant bits, Ians flute playing has a very distinct sound and feel that can't be found on other Tull or IA-albums.
Dot Com is easily the best track of the album, El Nino and Hunt By Numbers deliver lots of Heavy Metal fun, and Hot Mango Flush is as whacky in spirit as The Hare and all those Monty Pythonesque bits from the 70s. I can't quite understand, why long standing Tull fans can't wrap their heads around this one.
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Post by cecil on Jan 31, 2016 1:15:02 GMT
I really like dotcom, awol, wicked windows, trickles down, far Alaska, dog ear years. Awol is my fave
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Post by JTull 007 on Jan 31, 2016 2:55:18 GMT
I really like awol, wicked windows, trickles down, far Alaska, dog ear years. Awol is my fave AWOL House of Blues video by kosto veninga
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Post by maddogfagin on Jan 31, 2016 9:23:09 GMT
I really like awol, wicked windows, trickles down, far Alaska, dog ear years. Awol is my fave Dot Com and Bends Like A Willow are my two favourites from the album. Issued in 1999 - didn't realise it was that long ago
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Post by steelmonkey on Jan 31, 2016 22:09:52 GMT
Bends Like a Willow, Gift of Roses, Dog-Eared Years, Dot Com and poor, abused 'Hot Mango Flush' my top 5 today. Yup, you know you're a Tull fan when you realize the 'recent' stuff is almost 17 years old.
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Post by cecil on Feb 1, 2016 8:32:52 GMT
I really like awol, wicked windows, trickles down, far Alaska, dog ear years. Awol is my fave Dot Com and Bends Like A Willow are my two favourites from the album. Issued in 1999 - didn't realise it was that long ago Can't believe I forgot the title track. That's my fave along with awol
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Post by cecil on Feb 1, 2016 8:42:07 GMT
I really like awol, wicked windows, trickles down, far Alaska, dog ear years. Awol is my fave AWOL House of Blues video by kosto veningaGreat track. One of their best since the early 80s. I forgot to add the title track which I love. I edited my post to add it in. 6 strong tracks. I think willow, hunt, roses, spiral, mamba etc are ok album fillers. I actually prefer hot mango to these. Trickles is one of the coolest tracks from the session. Would have preferred that song on the album and about 4 of the ok songs trimmed off to make a strong 40 minute album
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Post by maddogfagin on Feb 1, 2016 9:21:06 GMT
Dot Com and Bends Like A Willow are my two favourites from the album. Issued in 1999 - didn't realise it was that long ago Can't believe I forgot the title track. That's my fave along with awol The vocal from Najma Akhtar on the title track are, to my ears, rather stunning. When IA thought of adding these, it turned an above average song into something rather inspirational. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Najma_Akhtar
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Post by onewhiteduck on Feb 1, 2016 9:53:07 GMT
Can't believe I forgot the title track. That's my fave along with awol The vocal from Najma Akhtar on the title track are, to my ears, rather stunning. When IA thought of adding these, it turned an above average song into something rather inspirational. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Najma_AkhtarI agree with Mad Dog. Bends like a Willow for me. Listen to Doane's percussion it's rather superb. I also like A Gift of Roses - a track where the accordion works well I reckon. OWD
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Post by maddogfagin on Feb 1, 2016 15:17:26 GMT
Can't believe I forgot the title track. That's my fave along with awol The vocal from Najma Akhtar on the title track are, to my ears, rather stunning. When IA thought of adding these, it turned an above average song into something rather inspirational. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Najma_Akhtar
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Post by steelmonkey on Feb 1, 2016 18:19:44 GMT
The way they manage to get the sounds of a bunch of boats rocking in the wind at the dock on Bends Like a Willow is amazing. The ropes knocking the poles percussion and creaking hulls guitar....Pure Tull Genius.
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Post by cecil on Feb 1, 2016 21:54:38 GMT
I made my own trimmed down version of dotcom a while back. It was something like this.
Spiral Dotcom Wicked Windows The dog ear years Awol Hunt by numbers It all trickles down Far alaska Hot mango flush Bends like a willow
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Post by wyrdskein on Jun 5, 2016 9:44:15 GMT
I thought this was an excellent album. Their best since Broadsword maybe (although Catfish was a definite highlight as well). It's a shame they didn't continue with more of the same.
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Post by maddogfagin on Jun 5, 2016 12:20:29 GMT
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Post by JTull 007 on Jun 6, 2016 10:47:47 GMT
I know I'm interested! These are 'RARE' indeed I suppose in the late 90's there were lots of albums that people thought were predictable. This was not one of those. Of course I played it over and over as well as the Limited Edition cd !
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Post by Tull50 on Jun 20, 2016 0:49:34 GMT
Thanks to Jim who one day asked me about this song that I had completely forgotten. Those who know him know that Jim likes the album "Dot Com" and especially the song "El Niño" never played live, well "El Niño" Live I do not have it, but "It All Trickles Down" if and in good quality , of course not in live! *"El Niño" translated from Spanish to English would be "The Child", more correct than "The Boy" as I read in someplace. Jethro Tull - It All Trickles Down (with Lyrics) 1999 Info: to promote this album Jethro Tull released an EP this month: "It All Trickles Down" in the UK only. The release is limited to 5000 copies only. It also features edited versions of "DotCom" and "Bends Like A Willow". A copy from this was given to me by a good friend who works in a known Catalan radio during the promotion of the album Dot Com in 1999. Lyrics: There's a dragon-tail swishing behind tonight. Poison's rising. I'm up too tight. I might not be responsible for the things that I might do. My tanks are full and my dogs are loose. Bees in my bonnet. Stew in juice. Sauté-simmer, shallow-fry when it all trickles down to you. It all trickles down. Yes it all trickles down. Well it all trickles down, from me to you. My day was rough, don't care about yours. I put muddy feet on your polished floor. A goose to cook, a job that I'm well qualified to do. And it all trickles down. Yes it all trickles down. Well it all trickles down from me to you. Would be the one, would be the tea on toast. Would be the Son, would be the Holy Ghost. If this is not believable then you've just had one too few. Would be the mad Jack to your Queen of Spades. A little Mac in your burger trade. One dead-cert consequence -- it all trickles down to you. And it all trickles down. Yes it all trickles down. Well it all trickles down from me to you. There's a dragon-tail swishing behind tonight. Poison's rising. I'm up too tight. I might not be responsible for the things that I might do. My tanks are full and my dogs are loose. Bees in my bonnet. Stew in juice. Sauté-simmer, shallow-fry when it all trickles down to you. It all trickles down. Yes it all trickles down. Well it all trickles down, from me to you.
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Post by rockodyssey on Oct 6, 2016 20:36:39 GMT
J-TULL DOT COM (1999)
Here's a rule that seems to hold true. The worse the album art and title, the better the Tull album. At least that's true for this and 'A'. The cover is almost literally diabolical and the name only has the redeeming feature of being seemingly ahead of its time. Did we have dotcoms in 1999? Presumably so, Anderson and Co have many talents, but precognition is not one of them. However the content is top-notch and that's unusual for a last album (I'm not counting the Christmas album, but I may add it during the festive season), usually these types of bands follow a law of diminishing returns at the fag-end of their recording careers. In 'Dot Com' Anderson even seems to be trying to emulate Kate Bush and employs something of a Kate soundy-likey on backing vocal. Somewhere between that and Carnatic singing anyway. But it's certainly very satisfying. Then on 'Awol' they go all Gabriel-era Genesis with parts that sound very much like 'The Fountain Of Salmacis', 'Wicked Windows' harks back to the Minstrel-era folk rock and it feels lovingly crafted. Next they rub salt into the Grammy shaped wound they inflicted on Metallica by doing a decent pastiche called 'Hunt By Numbers'. You could almost describe 'Hot Mango Flush' as a rap, insofar as Anderson delivers it rather like a beat poem. He reprises the atmosphere of a Fry's Turkish Delight advert on 'El Nino' but this is rather oddly but effectively crossed with a another unique Tull-style take on thrash metal. There's a bit of Zep's 'Kashmir' about 'Black Mamba', it's all doomy crashing strings. There's a minor misstep on 'Far Alaska' which gets a bit messy in the middle. Just before the finale of 'A Gift Of Roses' we get flung back almost to the start of the story. 'The Dog Ear Years' wouldn't be out of place on 'Stand Up or Benefit. 'A Gift Of Roses' feels like Anderson half suspects this is the end of the last studio album, there's one or two nods to the past such as mentions of a passion play. There's a hidden track if you can be bothered. They were the done thing in the late nineties. Anderson introduces the title track from his new solo album 'The Secret Language Of Birds'. It's very nice, but frankly I need a break. His solo albums are another odyssey for another year.
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Post by JTull 007 on Nov 28, 2017 3:43:26 GMT
After all these years... Ian Anderson's Original 'Dot Com Artwork' !!! Cover Art: Painting by Ian Anderson, based on a sculpture by Michael Cooper; designed by Bogdan Zarkowski Sold @ Auction in 2001 for $10,000 dollars
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Post by 61jtull on Nov 23, 2020 22:29:26 GMT
Dot.com was the last full Jethro Tull album of new material, and like most of their albums released after their powerful "Folk Trilogy" of the late 70's, it was all over the map in terms of quality. The recording, engineering and production were excellent. In terms of the songs themselves, its a mixed bag for me. I like about half the songs, and a couple are excellent like "Bend Like a Willow" and "Hunt by Numbers". Ian also recorded his solo album "The Secret Language of Birds" in this same time period, and I have to admit that I think it was superior to Dot.com. In fact, I think it ranks among Ian's best recordings, but it does lack the great guitar work of Martin Barre that Dot.com showcased.
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Post by itullian on Jun 10, 2021 21:51:10 GMT
I love dot com. And i saw that tour. It was great. I like all the songs and the way it sounds. My only sadness is it's the last Tull album.
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Post by itullian on Jun 28, 2021 22:29:35 GMT
Just listened to Dot Com again. I circulate all the Tull albums. What a great disc. Heavy, light, serious, humorous. It has everything. In nice DDD sound too. Does anyone know what the symbols are on each side of the cover? Do they say something?
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Post by adospencer on Jun 29, 2021 13:46:06 GMT
Just listened to Dot Com again. I circulate all the Tull albums. What a great disc. Heavy, light, serious, humorous. It has everything. In nice DDD sound too. Does anyone know what the symbols are on each side of the cover? Do they say something? I'm more interested in the Tull you don't like.. Is there any?
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Post by itullian on Jun 29, 2021 14:50:46 GMT
Just listened to Dot Com again. I circulate all the Tull albums. What a great disc. Heavy, light, serious, humorous. It has everything. In nice DDD sound too. Does anyone know what the symbols are on each side of the cover? Do they say something? I'm more interested in the Tull you don't like.. Is there any?
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