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Post by nonrabbit on Sept 6, 2011 8:45:49 GMT
I agree as well I wonder does Tull Inc like to inflame the fans? of course we deserve an explanation and a bit of insight - maybe they're scared we'll sue just been checking out old interviews where you can sometimes get some clues as to his approach (in this eg especially 4.30 onwards) however he can contradict himself at times and has done so over the years..... aarrgh maybe I should take a leaf out of the fan in the park - just chilling and swaying his coat
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Post by maddogfagin on Sept 6, 2011 9:37:41 GMT
Re my Previous post I am Still a J.T. fan and I am still also an I.A. fan I just think that TAAB 2012 COULD have been such a spark to reignite Jethro Tull popularity and is a massive opportunity missed By being an I.A. band project. Also "The Word" is that Martin has played his last gig with Tull, now whether that is correct or not I have no idea. It is just "The Word" by those supposedly in the know. If however it is correct then for Christs sake just say so. As a fan I just want to know what I am a fan of. J.T. is not actually a branch of the secret service.... OR IS IT !! Yes, my thoughts are that an opportunity has been missed.
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Post by chea on Sept 6, 2011 9:54:50 GMT
Won't we all M and a pity that we couldn't all go together! I'm a wimp (and a cash strapped wimp) it's too far for me to come over but I so look forward to hear about it so don't forget to let us know. Hi Nonrabbit. How are you? I will surely be reporting about that Concert, you know I make it always gladly. I also have the ticket for Manchester's Christmas Concert in the Cathedral in December. I will post comments about that event, too, of course. It will be my first J.T Concert in a Cathedral. :)M.
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Post by steelmonkey on Sept 6, 2011 15:14:46 GMT
Oh no....more to worry about....if we stumble into 'knowing too much' and have to be killed! Just because you're not paranoid doesn't mean they're not after you. My parents were right...this whole Jethro ( they pronounced it Yethro) bizness will surely lead to a bad end. I shoulda stayed in hebrew school.
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Post by nonrabbit on Sept 6, 2011 16:19:45 GMT
Oh no....more to worry about....if we stumble into 'knowing too much' and have to be killed! Just because you're not paranoid doesn't mean they're not after you. My parents were right...this whole Jethro ( they pronounced it Yethro) bizness will surely lead to a bad end. I shoulda stayed in hebrew school. Welcome to Bad End
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Post by steelmonkey on Sept 6, 2011 16:33:54 GMT
Pretty much everything my parents said, was right: I did amount to nothing, marijuana did lead to heroin, my friends did grow up to ba a bunch of good-for-nothings and I do get cramps if i go swimming too soon after i eat....at least no one got their eyes poked out playing with scissors....yet.
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Post by nonrabbit on Sept 6, 2011 16:37:53 GMT
Pretty much everything my parents said, was right: I did amount to nothing, marijuana did lead to heroin, my friends did grow up to ba a bunch of good-for-nothings and I do get cramps if i go swimming too soon after i eat....at least no one got their eyes poked out playing with scissors....yet. tame stuff - I went out once with my hair wet AND lived
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Post by hawkmoth on Sept 6, 2011 17:20:24 GMT
Re my Previous post Also "The Word" is that Martin has played his last gig with Tull, now whether that is correct or not I have no idea. It is just "The Word" by those supposedly in the know. Hope this is not true,think we need clarification now. Martin is a huge part of the band whos input cannot be underestimated. If hes gone its the end of Tull for me after being a hardcore fan since 1975. But hey lets give Ian a chance on this TAAB tour,im going to 1 show for sure,i dont expect it to be as good as a Tull show,but sure i'll enjoy it all the same.
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Post by steelmonkey on Sept 6, 2011 17:44:20 GMT
See, there are reasonable and realistic fans left....I mean, why NOT give the IA Band a chance at TAAB....I mean, there are worse things. I'm gonna try for at least two...one for the initial surprises and overall wallow in the music...and then at least one for serious study. I've been taking my kid to gis, on and off, for the past few years but TAAB is gonna be 'adult swim'...it means too much to risk to the attention span of my genetic spawn...
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Post by maddogfagin on Sept 6, 2011 20:06:01 GMT
Pretty much everything my parents said, was right: I did amount to nothing, marijuana did lead to heroin, my friends did grow up to ba a bunch of good-for-nothings and I do get cramps if i go swimming too soon after i eat....at least no one got their eyes poked out playing with scissors....yet. tame stuff - I went out once with my hair wet AND lived Yeah right on. I've trod on the cracks in the pavement so there
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Post by steelmonkey on Sept 6, 2011 20:15:30 GMT
And ? Broken backs for all and sundry ?
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Post by maddogfagin on Sept 6, 2011 20:29:31 GMT
Re my Previous post Also "The Word" is that Martin has played his last gig with Tull, now whether that is correct or not I have no idea. It is just "The Word" by those supposedly in the know. Hope this is not true,think we need clarification now. Martin is a huge part of the band whos input cannot be underestimated. If hes gone its the end of Tull for me after being a hardcore fan since 1975. But hey lets give Ian a chance on this TAAB tour,im going to 1 show for sure,i dont expect it to be as good as a Tull show,but sure i'll enjoy it all the same. One should be very careful about listening to "those in the know" until any rumours become definate fact. I'd love Martin to tour with whoever but until I see it in writing or get the word from trusted sources then "I'll believe it when I see it". Yes, if Martin has left Tull then it is the end for the band but IA would be carrying on under his "IA Band" indentity. It would be different in many ways but in Florian Opahle, he has a cracking guitar player who can only improve with age. It would be a sad day if JT has broken up but with 40 years+ of music I'm bloody glad I've been along for the ride.
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Post by maddogfagin on Sept 6, 2011 20:36:22 GMT
And ? Broken backs for all and sundry ? Oh yes. And I once ate a whole bowl of horseradish sauce, on its own, for a bet and won £5, back when £5 was worth something. Things you do when you're young eh? Oh, and keeping to the point of this thread, looking forward to seeing TAAB next year.
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Post by steelmonkey on Sept 6, 2011 21:10:54 GMT
Give that man a 'good attitude' star...there's more where that one came from...for those who earn them.
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Post by chea on Sept 7, 2011 8:12:24 GMT
Bizness will surely lead to a bad end. Hi Steelmonkey. This seems exagerate to me. after all they have had a very long and succesfull career, even until today. How many bands could say the same? M.
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Post by spenny on Sept 7, 2011 20:05:47 GMT
Booked my ticket for Glasgow today. Really shocked and a bit sad that this is not a JT tour. What better way to celebrate TTAB 40th year by playing as JT?
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Post by steelmonkey on Sept 7, 2011 21:37:45 GMT
face it, Ian has worn out the guys his age...or almost his age......Doane and Martin have been dinged up with minor to moderate injuries for quite some time...I mean...how else could it play out with all involved (except me) getting older?
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Post by nonrabbit on Sept 7, 2011 21:39:51 GMT
Booked my ticket for Glasgow today. Really shocked and a bit sad that this is not a JT tour. What better way to celebrate TTAB 40th year by playing as JT? Well spenny I think we all have to resign ourselves to wait and see and therefore that in itself makes it a much anticipated tour* * Steel do I win any positive brownie points for that?
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Post by maddogfagin on Sept 8, 2011 4:32:49 GMT
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Post by maddogfagin on Sept 8, 2011 7:31:34 GMT
Last night on stage at Exeter, IA said that he'd been contacted by Steven Wilson who'd been remixing the TAAB tapes and that he (IA) would be listening to the results sometime at the end of the week. Looks like a possible TAAB box set is on the cards: vinyl album/book/dvd/blue ray/ 78rpm shellac disc/cuddly toy. Hey Tootull that's something isn't it? Oh sh*t, I forgot, he's left to join the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (OK, I made that one up) ;D
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Post by chea on Sept 8, 2011 8:04:03 GMT
I have diffused the news for which Martin will not be playng in the imminent TaaB Tour, and I have seeded the panic, in my Italian J.T Forum. THE FALLING OF JETHRO TULL!!, I read. NOTHING WILL BE THE SAME!!, also. In Italy we are much emotional. My wife says in her English way to be, we are " a little drama queen". This must be a tipical British way to say. Isn't it ? The only fact we are sure, is that Ian has always made however what he wanted to do until now with the beautiful Tull songs, no problem who the musicians are...M.
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Post by nonrabbit on Sept 8, 2011 8:10:21 GMT
It's all very expensive but when you think about it your getting ..here come the cliche's... a totally cutting edge sound of the old classics made by a respected sound engineer/musician himself bonus tracks,a copy of rare official pictures and a DVD. The original vinyls have a place for artwork and nostalgia - the action of taking the inner sleeve from the cover the smell of the cardboard with distant whiffs of patchouli,cigarettes and in my case, the name of the original owner written in pen on the middle. I've left out cd's because well are there any merits?
So please correct me if I'm wrong.
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Post by nonrabbit on Sept 8, 2011 8:17:08 GMT
I have diffused the news for which Martin will not be playng in the imminent TaaB Tour, and I have seeded the panic, in my Italian J.T Forum. THE FALLING OF JETHRO TULL!!, I read. NOTHING WILL BE THE SAME!!, also. In Italy we are much emotional. My wife says in her English way to be, we are " a little drama queen". This must be a tipical British way to say. Isn't it ? The only fact we are sure, is that Ian has always made however what he wanted to do until now with the beautiful Tull songs, no problem who the musicians are...M. My aunt is married to an Italian in fact they have just celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary.I thank my uncle Tony for bringing light, emotion and tomatoes* into what was then a dull grey world oh and for taking me on many visits to his family in Italy, Bella * his subtle hints to liven up my granny's shepherds pie
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Post by chea on Sept 8, 2011 12:15:43 GMT
] My aunt is married to an Italian in fact they have just celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary.I thank my uncle Tony for bringing light, emotion and tomatoes* into what was then a dull grey world oh and for taking me on many visits to his family in Italy, Bella * his subtle hints to liven up my granny's shepherds pie Hi Nonrabbit. If the town you are talking about is BIELLA, That a zone much famous one for the wine production optimal. REALLY GOOD. M.
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Post by nonrabbit on Sept 8, 2011 15:50:38 GMT
] My aunt is married to an Italian in fact they have just celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary.I thank my uncle Tony for bringing light, emotion and tomatoes* into what was then a dull grey world oh and for taking me on many visits to his family in Italy, Bella * his subtle hints to liven up my granny's shepherds pie Hi Nonrabbit. If the town you are talking about is BIELLA, That a zone much famous one for the wine production optimal. REALLY GOOD. M. Chea that was my feeble attempt at an Italian word ;D I'll stick to learning English - someday
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Post by chea on Sept 9, 2011 11:35:09 GMT
Chea that was my feeble attempt at an Italian word ;D I'll stick to learning English - someday Your English is very ok, I think. VERY INTERESTING , also. you sometimes use some words i had never heard before ! I have to ask my wife, to translate sometimes...M.
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Post by nonrabbit on Sept 9, 2011 16:27:20 GMT
Chea that was my feeble attempt at an Italian word ;D I'll stick to learning English - someday Your English is very ok, I think. VERY INTERESTING , also. you sometimes use some words i had never heard before ! I have to ask my wife, to translate sometimes...M. funny my ex used to say he couldn't understand me sometimes when I spoke as well oh and he developed a hearing problem too at some point in the relationship ;D
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Post by steelmonkey on Sept 9, 2011 16:53:52 GMT
what ?
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Post by nobodyspecial on Sept 9, 2011 22:26:33 GMT
Well please excuse me for being a bit late to the topic party. This my first post here, and what a great place to start. JT can't last forever and a long-time follower and many concerts (lost count at 30-ish) I have to admit, this non-information/information about whether JT still 'is' and what MB's and DP's future are within it (if) is to me not in keeping with the professionalism I have grown accustomed to with IA/JT. It's not that I expect IA to start doing things differently as he has pretty much changed JT at will through the years - but in his own words 'JT just wouldn't be w/o MB'..... So? Why not just give out the info - whatever it is - and put this seemingly obvious news to the past, why let it drag on? MB's unique and nearly perfect phrasing that contains a subtle sharpness is just as important as IA's flute playing. Admittedly, I am not a big fan of FO's playing - he is capable, but it lacks the 'sharpness' that is, what I consider, one of the most key elements of the JT sound - TAAB - w/o MB will be a 'tribute concert' and not in keeping with the excellance of TAAB...to my ears at least.
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Post by steelmonkey on Sept 9, 2011 22:39:15 GMT
While I do agree about the importance, excellence and clear preference for Tull with MB, I would not call Ian Anderson performing TAAB, or any of the music and lyrics he has generated in the past 43 years, a tribute band....I mean, okay, guys who were Beach Boys for an album or two, or cousins, not brothers...a tribute band...guys not Paul Weller touring Jam songs...a tribute band...Stranglers without Hugh Cornwell....close, very close to being a tribute band...YES with some other guy singing...well...also very close......but Ian doing Tull ? Pretty legit in my book.
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