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Post by bunkerfan on Oct 21, 2012 7:41:42 GMT
preface: Ian is Tull...Tull is Ian. Just to add to the debate, I've just had this comment posted on one of my video's. 4403forsaftey has made a comment on 'Banker bets, Banker Wins' (Live) Ian Anderson, Newcastle City Hall
"i rather miss martin barre but even dee david palmer said it jethro tull is ian anderson."
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Post by bunkerfan on Oct 21, 2012 12:06:59 GMT
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Post by steelmonkey on Oct 21, 2012 16:46:42 GMT
It's hard to write any kind of the view of 10-18 without slipping into rabid ravings and repetitious gushing. It really was the best Tull show I had seen since the War Child Tour . Ian is in fire these days...just, plain, inexplicable, late in life FIRE. The energy and planning and thought and choreography and day-in/day out execution of the current production is as good as anything he has ever wrote, produced and toured. Tull's in real trouble...what can they possibly do after this? Each musician played equal to or better than any other musician in Tull's long, glorious history. Florian was tremendous...his wide range of notes, dynamics, tones and tempos reflect who he is: a musical prodigy not afraid to attack anything and the perfect young man for the job of playing parts made famous and loved by players before him as well as finding new ground, often in the same phrase....oops...plaintive call from kid...needs to be picked up at mom's house early...more to follow
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Post by steelmonkey on Oct 21, 2012 19:18:56 GMT
where i was? Oh yeah....Goodier was also note perfect, enthusiastc, engaged every moment of the performance and able to always get the right tone and volume while keeping the songs from accelerating and getting away from him and the band...there were obvious moments in both halves where you could see Goodier tapping on the brakes with good results...O'Hare played keyboards and accordian as well as anyone in Tull's history and what tiny bit of improv and surprises that was allowed into this well-rehearsed performance, came from him as he surprised Ian and the band now and again with different instrumentation or variation in keyboard runs throughout the show...always for the better, never for the worse....Hammond was a surprise,,,what a drummer this guy is...the thunder of Perry, the skill of Barre and Mattacks and the youthful confidence and genius of Florian. I dearly hope Ryan stays with Tull....a friend along who was not up to date on Tull was floored by how perfectly this guy fit in and assisted on vocals and stage action...somkething that could not have been imagined or predicted until we saw Tull do it with our own eyes..He sang a lot...a lot a lot...and many of the best memories and finest moments of the night came during parts when he and Ian exchanged passages or swapped lines. Too good to be true. This gig had the energy and hard work and dedication and passion of a band on the rise...s newish group hoping to make it...prove something...reach heights imagined in rehearsals....in otherwords...Ian needed to do this tour with these guys...I just don't think Martin and Doane would have or could have found the freshness and energy and striving to accomplish the performance I saw...How ian can constantly care so much and work so hard and give so much to his audience is a wonder and what makes him who he is...expecting the same from guys who have had it made and plateaued musically and personally many years ago is unreal and so Ian had to go with a younger, hungrier bunch.
How in the world can Tull top this? A new bunch of studio songs and tour that features the new songs and rarer old songs along with the war horses? I can't imagine what comes after the brick tour stops and almost don't want to....more greatest hit tours with a Budapest or My God highlight with a dun ringhil thrown in? Ian has pretty much consigned the Tull with Perry/Barre line-up to greatest hit and festival performances...I'd love to see older guy Tull come up with material and execution like the current tour...but if the choice is these guys doing boiling stuff like I saw the other night or the older guys doing 6 songs each from Stand Up and Aqualung....well...
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Post by tullist on Oct 21, 2012 20:28:20 GMT
Love it Bernie, this and your description of first getting the album back in April should both earn some sort of esteemed status or its own column. Still have to say it will be a high crime if none of these shows were professionally recorded to video, preferably several shows. Especially with no video documentation of Brick 1 remaining in my mind the greatest travesty in Tulls career, really a profound shame. The only other personal drawback being the missed opportunity, and I would lay good odds that Ian asked him, of Jeffrey doing his "rhythmic link sequence" spoken word bit, especially as I understand he did come to one of the shows and I guess participated in the prostate thing. (Although if this did occur, in Manchester I think, probably have the show downloaded, I am sure in keeping with Jeffrey's policy of secrecy, it was not announced, you either knew it was him 35 years aged or not) In fact it would have been WAY far out if he had simply recorded it to video ala Anna Phoebe. Additionally the personal joy I get from what amounts to an in your face to his within ranks detractors, in a way that either of the solo albums, the orchestral, Dot Com, Roots To Branches cannot, fond though I might be of all of those. I am half tempted to post your review to my Facebook page Bernie, but having just posted my Packer post game happy rant, might need to leave a little breathing space. Well done boy, well done. Btw Bernie I would love to say Go San Francisco Giants, but I am sort of for both teams, each playing beautiful baseball. So impressed with both's fans too, the Cardinals always, the Giants in the years since they have moved in the palace by the Bay, what a gem. Really like Carpenter pitching for the Cardinals tonight, classic tough operator, I could see him pitching for the 1926 Cardinals. Really like that relief pitcher the Giants have too, plus the dude is like genuinely humble, and has a wicked beard. And the one other guy with the Ian 72 beard, the works, and your crazy ass right fielder, Pence, absolutely has the old time madman eyeball.
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Post by nonrabbit on Oct 21, 2012 22:05:28 GMT
Fantastic - I will have to read it again and again. Like you said at the very start it's a job to try and write down what's happening in the Tull world of 2012 and then to witness it!! I am so happy for you and Salamander and everyone else who witnessed this.
TAAB2 has produced some of the most poignant songs and lyrics of his career. The part where he walks across the field on the video still chokes me. It's much much more than a follow up to TAAB - it's this stage in his life/ career.
Can he follow it? Now that we had the surprise of this year - bring it on!! One word to describe what's happening to Ian - magic. - it has to be. I am so pleased that I can enjoy and appreciate it.
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Post by bluehare on Oct 22, 2012 2:01:00 GMT
Great review, Bernie. I was also able to get to the Long Beach show. My only complaint.....two shows are not enough.
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Post by steelmonkey on Oct 22, 2012 2:11:55 GMT
LUCKY !!!!!!! So great to see you and yours...What a great California Tull posse we have; us, Sal and the increasingly Tull-impressed Mr Sal. We MUST do it again next year in or around SF or Sacto or, Ian-willing, Modesto/Stockton. One was really not enough...
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Post by tullist on Oct 22, 2012 2:37:55 GMT
Were there justice there would be a private show in a forest of her choosing in Eire or Scotia, with a start time of dawn, for Patti and 100 friends of her choosing, hopefully including me, Bernie, maybe Dave Pegg and Jeffrey Hammond, Clive Bunker would probably be up for it. I''ll bring the shrooms and buds. Hopefully Peggy will bring a fine single malt.
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Post by steelmonkey on Oct 22, 2012 3:09:45 GMT
Spit up Ray...what do i have to do to make sure you see this show....buy a ticket and pay someone to march you into the place at gunpoint? October is a 3 paycheck month for me....if you don't already have a solid scheme, plan, ticket in your dickbeaters, let's chase down bassackwards for a ticket before they are gone ( if they aren't already.)
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Post by tullist on Oct 22, 2012 5:36:42 GMT
O Bernie, I am going make no mistake about that, to both Milwaukee and Chicago. (Been carefully saving my money since April, denying myself a little of this and that) Per usual I do not have tickets yet, have not in advance for a Tull show since maybe 78 or 9, but have seen nearly every tour save one or two. Of course in those last 30 years have seen over half of those shows by myself. But I see 3 tickets on Craigslist, and myself and 2 close friends who saw the show in 72 with me are also going, but have been holding out cuz they are to the extreme right of the main floor, in a beautiful theater that I have seen Tull in 3 other times, but NOT a great acoustical theater so I am very suspect of those seats f**kin up the experience. But tomorrow I may strike, and will likely just be looking for one choice one for Milwaukee, in a gem of a place. (Giants!)
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Post by maddogfagin on Oct 22, 2012 6:39:58 GMT
Nailed it exactly on the head Bernie.
As I often refer to this current line up:
Jethro Tull for the 21st century
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Post by onewhiteduck on Oct 22, 2012 8:56:35 GMT
I recall posting on here that following the TAAB 2 show I saw in Cardiff was in my top three of seventy plus Tull/IA Shows. After listening to the album for months, watching the clips on you tube and reading the posts here ( and in particular the review from Bernie Steelmonkey ) I asked myself if there was one show I could see again .... Which would it be? The answer is TAAB 2. The lyrics/music/live shows/production/ and so on have been praise magnificent. I am an insomniac, agnostic, dyslexic and I sat up the other night wondering if there was a Dog. There is one and it's Ian Anderson.
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Post by nonrabbit on Oct 22, 2012 9:58:53 GMT
I recall posting on here that following the TAAB 2 show I saw in Cardiff was in my top three of seventy plus Tull/IA Shows. After listening to the album for months, watching the clips on you tube and reading the posts here ( and in particular the review from Bernie Steelmonkey ) I asked myself if there was one show I could see again .... Which would it be? The answer is TAAB 2. The lyrics/music/live shows/production/ and so on have been praise magnificent. I am an insomniac, agnostic, dyslexic and I sat up the other night wondering if there was a Dog. There is one and it's Ian Anderson. Onerevitalisedduck. Hwyl ( Cheers ) Haha as my old grannie was wont to say "Yer a tonic!" That comment about TAAB2 being the concert you would wish to see again is spot on and a refreshing take on the nostalgic yearnings for the concerts of yore
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Post by bunkerfan on Oct 22, 2012 10:40:30 GMT
Thanks for your review steelmonkey, you've brightened up a very dull day. Cheers! Here's three from Long Beach posted by bertha6621 The only thing that spoils the first one is people coming in late to take up there seats. Ian Anderson Playing From a Pebble Thrown/Pebbles Instrumental Jethro Tull's Ian Anderson playing What-Ifs, Maybes and Might-Have-Beens Jethro Tull's Ian Anderson Performing Wootton Bassett Town
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Post by Deleted on Oct 23, 2012 1:29:08 GMT
Thanks for the review, Bernie. ALL good!
7-0 Giants at this point...wow Go Giants!
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Post by steelmonkey on Oct 23, 2012 3:47:01 GMT
World Series vs the struggling suburb of mighty Winsdor, ONT.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 23, 2012 12:35:21 GMT
A Tiger Toon. As an American league fan, go Tigers! A friendly rivalry is always good.
First Post/Animelee/Tiger Toon (1973)
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Post by Deleted on Oct 23, 2012 12:35:40 GMT
Burger with Relish: Music David Burger is the pop music/pop culture writer at The Salt Lake Tribune. - Concert review: Ian Anderson's 'Thick as Brick' I & II Published on Oct 22, 2012 11:40PM Bob Dylan's song "Blowin' in the Wind" illustrated the idea that questions are often more important than answers. Read more: www.sltrib.com/sltrib/blogsburger/55130460-53/album-anderson-half-brick.html.csp...But there is a big problem. Compared to the first album, the second album doesn't have the same free-wheeling and visceral spirit. When you reach the end of the original album, the question of what happened to Gerald sparks your imagination. Disappointingly, on "Thick as a Brick II," Anderson provides his own answers, and the often-plodding music that accompanies those answers aren't as thought-provoking. The first album flows much more easily than the second — which makes the first album superior in its composition — and the second album is chopped off into segments that often bump against one another clumsily. Simply put, the answers provided weren't as enticing as the questions posed by the first album. The thematic inconsistency mentioned was also severely hampered by a sound mix that made both Anderson and fellow singer Ryan O'Donnell (acting as Gerald) hard to understand, which is an important element when both albums have a narrative that needs to be understood for the music to have its biggest impact. Abravanel Hall's acoustics frequently don't amplify human voices as much as instruments, so throughout the concert you wished that like an opera. there were supertitles projected over the stage. And, frankly, Anderson's voice isn't as acrobatic as it used to be (which happens to most vocalists when they reach their mid-sixties). But in the end, those aspects of the epic-length two-and-one-half-long concert are mere quibbles, with the saving graces being incredible musicianship and inter-play, the invigorating energy of the original album (which comprised the first half of the show, before a 15-minute intermission), and the innate, choreographed theatricality of Anderson and O'Donnell. Used far more in the first half than the second half, O'Donnell's charisma as he portrayed a boyish Gerald scampering around the stage was infectious, and Anderson fed off of that energy as they interacted with one another. While Anderson's British brogue was hard to decipher, his on-stage antics were not. An obvious firm believer that most of communication is not verbal, Anderson used facial expressions, gesticulations, and just good ol' fashioned showmanship to make the night more enjoyable. His playing of the bouzouki and the flute was impeccable, especially when he naturally brought one bent leg off the floor as he played the flute, creating that famous silhouette. Read more: www.sltrib.com/sltrib/blogsburger/55130460-53/album-anderson-half-brick.html.cspCopyright 2012 The Salt Lake Tribune. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
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Post by steelmonkey on Oct 23, 2012 15:42:57 GMT
Great boychick memories of the fat man ( Mickey Lolich, not Mick Abrahms) pulling McClain and the Tigers out of trouble vs Cardinals in 1968...first time ever that being a leetle Jewboy paid off as I got to listen to 2 games on my transistor radio ( we didn't have a TV yet) thanks to Jewish holidays keeping me home from school.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 23, 2012 20:15:09 GMT
Jeff Moehlis: Ian Anderson’s ‘Thick as a Brick’ — Then and Now Jethro Tull leader revisits classic prog rock 'concept album' in concert at Chumash Casino Resort www.noozhawk.com/article/102312_jeff_moehlis_ian_andersons_thick_as_brick/In a way, the story begins with Aqualung. That was the album released in 1971 by Jethro Tull that mixed hard rock with a singer-songwriter’s touch to produce a true classic that continues to resonate decades after its release. Because Aqualung contained several songs that addressed the topic of religion, it was erroneously labeled as a “concept album,” much to the annoyance of Jethro Tull frontman/singer/songwriter/flautist Ian Anderson. So for the followup, Jethro Tull recorded “Thick as a Brick,” a single song (split onto two album sides) that spoofed the concept album genre, with lyrics supposedly penned by a particularly precocious 8-year-old boy named Gerald Bostock. Incidentally, this turned out to be one of the greatest “concept albums” ever committed to tape, and reached No. 1 in the U.S. charts in 1972. For the 40th anniversary of “Thick as a Brick,” Anderson (billed as Jethro Tull’s Ian Anderson) recorded the album Thick as a Brick 2, not technically a sequel, rather an exploration of what might have become of the young Bostock. More on that later. Anderson also launched a tour to perform both Thick as a Brick albums in their entirety, and to our great fortune, the tour stopped at the Chumash Casino Resort on Thursday night. At the Chumash, after a short movie, Anderson came in with the familiar opening of the original Thick as a Brick — “Really don’t mind if you sit this one out,” to loud cheers from the crowd. He was soon joined by the rest of the band — Florian Opahle (guitar), John O’Hara (keyboard), David Goodier (bass) and Scott Hammond (drums) — who started out dressed as chimney sweeps but slowly shed those costumes to reveal more classic rock garb. Notably, Anderson’s somewhat world-weary vocals were supplemented by Ryan O’Donnell, whose voice has an almost uncanny resemblance to the voice of Anderson in the 1970s, although delivered in a more of a musical theater style. Anderson and O’Donnell often traded off verses, and O’Donnell’s contributions helped things sound closer to the recorded version, plus it allowed Anderson to play more flute in his wonderfully unique style. In the middle of “Side 1” of Thick as a Brick, an onstage phone rang loudly and the band abruptly stopped playing, similar to how Jethro Tull performed the song back in the day. On the line was violinist Anna Phoebe, who was asked to Skype in her contributions to the song. Incidentally, while she played, one caught a few glimpses in the background of a person in scuba gear — a reference, of course, to another meaning of the term “aqualung.” When “Side 1” ended, there was a fake weather report that morphed into an amusing public service announcement stressing the importance of men getting prostate exams. Then, as for the original album, “Side 2” continued many of the lyrical and musical themes of “Side 1,” plus had some of the more out-there lyrics like “We walked through the maternity ward and saw 218 babies wearing nylons.” Overall, I have to say that the band absolutely nailed it on this classic album. After an intermission and a fake YouTube video of a cranky old coot (Anderson) touring his manor, the music continued with the performance of Thick as a Brick 2. As mentioned above, this explores different possible life paths that Bostock might have taken, namely a businessman who serves time in jail for his misdeeds, a homeless gay man coping with having been abused by his headmaster, a soldier in the War on Terror, a Christian tele-vangelist or the proprietor of a corner store. The music of Thick as a Brick 2 really rocks, with some stylistic inspiration from the original but also plenty of new prog rock awesomeness. Toward the end of Thick as a Brick 2, the scuba guy in the video finally made it to the ocean, where an “aqualung” belongs. And for an encore, the band played “Locomotive Breath,” one of the best-known songs off the Aqualung album. So the story that, in a way, started with Aqualung also, in a way, ended there. And what a story it is. — Noozhawk contributing writer Jeff Moehlis is a professor of mechanical engineering at UCSB. Upcoming show recommendations, advice from musicians, interviews and more are available on his Web site, music-illuminati.com. Ian Anderson and lead guitarist Florian Opahle in concert Thursday night at the Chumash Casino Resort in Santa Ynez. (Gary Lambert / Noozhawk photo) Ian Anderson plays the flute while standing on one foot. (Gary Lambert / Noozhawk photo)
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Post by steelmonkey on Oct 23, 2012 20:50:47 GMT
I was soooo lucky...the concert in Sta Ynez was one RCH* away from being a 99 minute, abbreviated, one-set show...but Ian advocated and fought till the last minute to play two full sets, prevailed and did so...A-Mazing.
* RCH---a very small unit of measure*
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Post by maddogfagin on Oct 24, 2012 7:56:50 GMT
I was soooo lucky...the concert in Sta Ynez was one RCH* away from being a 99 minute, abbreviated, one-set show...but Ian advocated and fought till the last minute to play two full sets, prevailed and did so...A-Mazing. * RCH---a very small unit of measure* * Don't ask ! But then if it was advertised as TAAB 1 & 2 then that's how it should be. Here in the UK we have trading standards legislation which has some teeth to deal with such things as mis-representation and advertising. Glad you got the whole show + an encore - we didn't get Loco Breath in the UK.
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Post by maddogfagin on Oct 24, 2012 8:10:43 GMT
Rather fine image from that concert TT imo.
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Post by nonrabbit on Oct 24, 2012 8:34:49 GMT
Doesn't look like a man who wants to settle down with pipe and slippers.
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Post by onewhiteduck on Oct 24, 2012 11:49:27 GMT
Rather fine image from that concert TT imo. Not as good as my Dad when he got up to sing 'Calon Lan' at his 65th party in the local rugby club!! Great Picture.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 24, 2012 12:45:22 GMT
Rather fine image from that concert TT imo. Yes it is.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 24, 2012 12:47:00 GMT
Not as good as my Dad when he got up to sing 'Calon Lan' at his 65th party in the local rugby club!! Great Picture. Funny!
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Post by bunkerfan on Oct 24, 2012 16:08:47 GMT
I was soooo lucky...the concert in Sta Ynez was one RCH* away from being a 99 minute, abbreviated, one-set show...but Ian advocated and fought till the last minute to play two full sets, prevailed and did so...A-Mazing. * RCH---a very small unit of measure* * Don't ask ! But then if it was advertised as TAAB 1 & 2 then that's how it should be. Here in the UK we have trading standards legislation which has some teeth to deal with such things as mis-representation and advertising. Glad you got the whole show + an encore - we didn't get Loco Breath in the UK. I really wasn't bothered about not having an encore when I saw the show. I think it's time Ian picked another couple of songs for an encore. What about "Wind Up" and "Cheerio"?
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Post by maddogfagin on Oct 24, 2012 17:35:48 GMT
Rather fine image from that concert TT imo. Yes it is. Probably set to be the cover of many bootlegs of the show. One of those images that I reckon will be rather iconic in a few years to come. A absolute classic.
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