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Post by nonrabbit on Sept 8, 2012 9:24:32 GMT
This thread explains how we got here both in Tulldom and Forum.
Glasgow, Scotland, 1972, a 15-year-old girl, always on the lookout for the unusual, bought an album with a picture of a lecherous old man on the cover from a slightly lecherous young geek at one of the record shops in the town.
Friends laughed when she showed it to them in some flat (Apartment) in some dimension as they sat, tripping and pondering every note they heard and unheard on “Meddle” or " In Search of the Lost Roach?"
" Tull? No, not my scene," they said.
She played it constantly. Her granny had kittens at some of the lyrics; however, she was consoled when told it was semi-religious music about redemption!
Then she (the girl, not the granny) went out to discover the Tull Pick n Mix.
Bought 'This Was' – nope! I didn’t like it. I bought 'Benefit', which became a daily fix like the 20 Embassy Regal and the liberal amount of patchouli. Ian sang to me – me alone. I Bought 'Minstrel' – too “ninny nonny.” Ian and I were beginning to grow apart.
I went to my first concert—Glasgow Playhouse 1972—and was blown away. I then realised I'd backed the right horse.
Again at Glasgow Apollo, 1973
I married a musician who didn’t like Tull. I raised children but didn’t listen to enough music (1980s), except for Hubby's latest offerings huddled over the Teac in the dining room.
I bought Broadsword and reacquainted myself with this incredible musician - Ian, not my husband.
Some 210,000 hours passed, and I had a notion.
I thought I’d check out the official Jethro Tull website, and on the left side of the front page was a little square of moving dialogue—the Live Chat.
For the first time in my life, I could speak to people who had the Tull affliction (some just an affliction), and I was reborn.
I re-listened to the old songs, listened to the new (to me) ones, and went to the 40th Anniversary concert. I was blown away and grateful that my absence hadn’t put him off.
The taste of Tull was almost more sweet and luscious than on the first listen.
Met Col via MySpace – I had a page called "Isla of Tull", the 21st-century equivalent of playing records in a bedroom surrounded by posters.
Col asked me to join the Forum.
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Post by steelmonkey on Sept 8, 2012 16:10:19 GMT
Away in a manger no crib for a bed, the little jew Bernie heard Tull in his head.
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Post by tullist on Sept 8, 2012 18:42:28 GMT
Away in a manger no crib for a bed, the little jew Bernie heard Tull in his head. With full respect to the religion as with any, how can you not love Bernie? Who the hell else says stuff like that in Tullnet. Your description of the reception of TAAB2 remains the ultimate posting this year, which is saying alot with Patti around here. btw I forget in you are a Niners or Broncos fan, cannot say I am wishing the Niners well tomorrow against the Green Bay Packers. Happy to see the Giants doing well though, particularly the hippie kid last night. A friend and I were remarking how its a good thing they do not wear that skull and lightning bolt every game, seems to be once annually, as our loyalty to the Chicago Cubs would be severely tested. Yeah I know, very possibly the worst team on the planet. But always one of the best loved and most popular.
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Post by maddogfagin on Sept 8, 2012 20:53:45 GMT
I first saw Jethro Tull at the Star Hotel Blues Club in Croydon in 1968. At that time they were just one of a host of British blues bands plying their trade across the length and breadth of the country but something just caught my eye about the band and, throughout their forty plus years on the road and the various permutations of personnel, I’m still an avid fan although health matters (I had a stroke in 2006) mean I don’t get to see them as much as I’d wish to these days.
I didn’t get to see them during the 1970’s mainly due to raising a family and also performing in a folk music band and co-hosting a folk club in Croydon, but with the family settled and my own circumstances back on an even keel in the 1980’s, I began to see them in concert again.
My favourite concerts? The 1990 UK Convention with almost the original band with Maartin Allcock deputising for Glenn Cornick and the concert at the Eden Court Theatre in Inverness in 1989 are two that spring to mind. The Inverness concert was a milestone as Graham Smith, a fellow Tull fan, and I hired a left hand drive Volkswagen camper van and managed to see the whole tour. Certainly the recent TAAB2 concerts were also magnificent and inventive and will live on in the memory for many years to come.
I was also involved with the six UK Jethro Tull Conventions in the late 80’s and early 90’s along with a host of other fans and these proved that not only was the fan base a strong and vibrant entity, but that there was more than enough interest to see the band well into the 21st century and continuing to entertain and to provide a welcome relief to the “manufactured” bands which are all too evident these days.
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Post by patrick on Oct 13, 2012 8:26:14 GMT
Without doubt for me it all started when watching Top of the Pops seeing Tull doing Witches Promise in early 1970. Until then, my heroes had been Roy Wood and then Peter Green and Fleetwood Mac. At the tender age of 12, my allegience shifted in 3 minutes to Jethro Tull and it has never waivered since though I remain really cheesed off about Martin's omission from current proceedings and for that matter Doane's as well.
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Post by steelmonkey on Jan 1, 2013 22:29:15 GMT
I've always figured 10, 25 and 50 to be big deal anniversary landmarks...but it seems here in Tull land, 40 is a magic number...the 40 year tour followed by 40 year re-releases for Aqualung and Brick...so I'll swim with the tide and happily acknowledge my 40 year mark as a Tull fan...it was new year's eve seperating 1972 from 1973 that i first heard Tull...listened to TAAB twice through simply on the strength of interesting album cover and hours to kill babysitting after college football had wrapped up...I think the foreplay for my first listen to Tull was the Bluebonnet Bowl between Colorado university and Houston College...and the othet two LPs that got my attention were The Door's Strange days and Santana's Abraxas...two bands I avoid like th plague. So I had New year's day to think on my discovery and hear the Tull is my head...and the next day buy TAAB...the start of a wonderful, musical journey that will end in the grave...I've given my firends and daughter strict instructions to play Tull....plenty of Tull, at my funeral. I would guess I have been to about 60 Tull and/or Ian concerts and could name them in order from APP on July 6, 1973 through somwehere between the light and dark tour and 25 year shows were i simply lost track. Thank you ian, thank you Tull and thank you long forgotten people who paid me to babysit on 12-31-1972 and had TAAB in their record collection.
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Post by ediver on Feb 20, 2014 21:31:33 GMT
Hello, brand new to this forum, interested in all things Tull. First concert was in the 70's at the Oakland Coliseum, Oakland, CA. A moment in particular, Jethro Tull was performing an accustic set, they were all seated on chairs, Ian Anderson put on an umbrella hat and it began to snow. It was so magical, amazing and fun! So looking forward to seeing Jethro Tull again in Oakland. However, this time at the beautiful Fox Theater. September is sooooo far away.
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Post by Equus on Feb 20, 2014 21:53:39 GMT
Hello, brand new to this forum, interested in all things Tull. First concert was in the 70's at the Oakland Coliseum, Oakland, CA. A moment in particular, Jethro Tull was performing an accustic set, they were all seated on chairs, Ian Anderson put on an umbrella hat and it began to snow. It was so magical, amazing and fun! So looking forward to seeing Jethro Tull again in Oakland. However, this time at the beautiful Fox Theater. September is sooooo far away. Welcome to the Forum. Ediver!
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Post by ediver on Feb 20, 2014 22:01:40 GMT
Good Afernoon, Equus. Thank you.
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Post by nonrabbit on Feb 20, 2014 22:16:57 GMT
Hello Ediver and a warm Welcome to the ForumIt's great to hear how Tullfans became fans and your story sounds a classic. Who can really beat the early shows as far as talent and originality were concerned. Thank you for posting about it. Hope you enjoy looking around the place and look forward to your posts. Cheers nonrabbit
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Post by rredmond on Feb 21, 2014 1:50:11 GMT
Hello welcome! Excellent story!! --Ron--
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Post by rredmond on Feb 21, 2014 1:50:25 GMT
Hello welcome! Excellent story!! --Ron--
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Post by maddogfagin on Feb 21, 2014 9:53:22 GMT
Hello, brand new to this forum, interested in all things Tull. First concert was in the 70's at the Oakland Coliseum, Oakland, CA. A moment in particular, Jethro Tull was performing an accustic set, they were all seated on chairs, Ian Anderson put on an umbrella hat and it began to snow. It was so magical, amazing and fun! So looking forward to seeing Jethro Tull again in Oakland. However, this time at the beautiful Fox Theater. September is sooooo far away. Hi ediver and a warm welcome to The Jethro Tull Forum. Interesting recollection from your first concert and there is a bootleg CD cover which is similar to what you've described with the snow and umbrella hat. There's plenty to see here, which you've probably already noticed, and I look forward to reading your contributions to The Forum. MD
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Post by ash on Feb 23, 2014 19:51:18 GMT
First enjoyed Tull when I heard the Aqualung album around a friend of a friends house back in 1971. A few months later I acquired a flute and was trying to play it. The rest is history. ..Tip don't buy a Chinese made flute!
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Post by steelmonkey on Feb 25, 2014 4:39:46 GMT
So ediver, did you get an extra ticket closer than row Q ? I was in Mexico with my kid and tickets snuck on sale....? Oh yeah, welcome to our forum...maybe we can meet at 'The Uptown' that evening...the owner is an MD where i work...John George Psych Pavilion...so if you got an extra good seat and you need someone locked up...well, we can make a deal !
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Post by steelmonkey on Feb 25, 2014 4:40:10 GMT
Or if you get locked up....I have keys....
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Post by morthoron on Feb 25, 2014 21:30:38 GMT
I was eleven. There was this new song with the line "snot is running down his nose". How could an eleven year-old resist such literary beguilement?
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Post by nonrabbit on Feb 25, 2014 21:41:16 GMT
I was eleven. There was this new song with the line "snot is running down his nose". How could an eleven year-old resist such literary beguilement? It's such a memorable line. Happy Birthday Morthoron hope there's plenty of what you fancy Cheers nonrabbit
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Post by jackinthegreen on Feb 25, 2014 22:22:27 GMT
I was eleven. There was this new song with the line "snot is running down his nose". How could an eleven year-old resist such literary beguilement? It's such a memorable line. Happy Birthday Morthoron hope there's plenty of what you fancy Cheers nonrabbit It always makes me smile, the Aqualung lyric was credited to Ian's wife at the time, Jennie......so the bands biggest song perhaps, was written by someone else, yet Ian wrote virtually everything else lyrically. That must piss him off bigtime..........
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Post by atomicsynth on May 16, 2014 0:15:10 GMT
A thread to explain how we got here both in Tulldom and Forum. Glasgow,Scotland 1972,15 year old girl always on the lookout for the unusual and different bought an album with a picture of a lecherous old man on the cover from a lecherous young geek at one of the record shops in the town. Friends laughed when she showed it to them in some flat, in some dimension as they sat tripping and pondering every note,heard and unheard, on “Meddle” or " In Search of the Lost Roach?" "No, not my scene" they said. She played it constantly - her granny had kittens at some of the lyrics however consoled when she was told that it was a piece of semi- religious music about redemption! Then went out to discover the Tull Pick n Mix bought..This Was – nope! didn’t like it. bought.. Benefit – Became a daily fix like the 20 Embassy Regal and the liberal amount of patchouli .. Ian sang to me – me alone. bought ..Minstrel – too “ninny nonny” Ian and I were beginning to grow apart. Went to first concert – Glasgow Playhouse 1972 – blown away and realised I'd backed the right horse. Again - at Glasgow Apollo 1973 Married a musician who didn’t like Tull – raised children,didn’t listen to enough music (1980’s) well except for hubbie's latest offerings huddled over the Teac in the dining room. bought Broadsword - and reacquainted myself with this wonderful musician - Ian...not husband. Some 210,000 hours passed and I had a notion. Thought I’d check out the official Jethro Tull website and there on the left hand of the front page was a little square of moving dialogue –the Live Chat. For the first time in my life I could speak to people who had the Tull affliction (some just an affliction) and I was reborn – the taste of Tull was almost more sweet and luscious than the first listen. I re-listened to the old songs, I listened to the new (to me) went to the 40th Anniversary concert – I was blown away and so grateful that he hadn’t been put off by my absence. Met Col ..via MySpace – I had a page called "Isla of Tull" – the 21st century equivalent of playing records in a bedroom surrounded by posters. Col asked me to join the Forum. I really enjoyed this post, NonRabbit. I wasn't nuts over "This Was" at first either back then but it grew on me with listens. Every album prior to Crest Of a Knave had a profound and quiet life changing effect on me. I lost enthusiasm for 90's plus era of Tull with the world music thing but would go on and off the classic albums. Lately it has been very "on".
I especially enjoyed the part about your husband with the Teac. Perhaps you mean the 3440 4 track reel to reel possibly? I logged so many hours overdubbing songs on that machine through the 70's and 80's. I bet your husband was blown away when he realized he could record easily 24 tracks on his computer with likely superior quality to the Teac, but of course begetting a new slew of home technical problems so addictive to figure out.
Fun impetuous times the 70's and 80's were.
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Post by nonrabbit on May 17, 2014 23:18:59 GMT
Sorry I missed this post Chuck!! Thanks for reading Yes it was a reel to reel Teac and I remember we happened to be living near the factory were they were made so he 'got a deal' It was a huge brute of a thing that took up far too much space ...we divorced...he's now got a recording studio. That's one of the great things about Tull and the vast musical output over the decades particularly if you've not been a constant fan you can discover some gems or rediscover why you had favourites.
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Post by atomicsynth on May 19, 2014 1:36:55 GMT
Hi NonRabbit, Yes it is a huge heavy thing. I still have mine downstairs. Works pretty well, used it to transfer old tapes a couple of years ago to digital.
I fully agree with you that one can go away and come back to favorite music and always hear something new.
Thanks again for your post and Cheers to you!
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Post by rredmond on Jan 17, 2015 14:18:21 GMT
Hmm. I posted here but didn't tell my story. Weird The first time I heard Tull (and Zeppelin) I was pretty young, maybe 11 or 12. My cousins were 5 years or so older than me and I remember hanging out with them once listening to music. I didn't really get into Tull at that point, it was just too cool hanging with my older cousins. Then in college I roomed with a dead head, Jeff, (he is a realtor or something now in California and I still am in contact) and he had Broadsword and the Beast which was very cool to a D&D geek such as myself. Later I met my buddy Sam who was a hard rock/metal fan. He was an even bigger Tull fan. My addiction grew from there! I would bet my first concert was at Jones Beach on Long Island - I've seen JT there quite a bit. Fun times! --Ron--
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Post by karma41 on Jan 19, 2015 7:49:01 GMT
So ediver, did you get an extra ticket closer than row Q ? I was in Mexico with my kid and tickets snuck on sale....? Oh yeah, welcome to our forum...maybe we can meet at 'The Uptown' that evening...the owner is an MD where i work...John George Psych Pavilion...so if you got an extra good seat and you need someone locked up...well, we can make a deal ! What a small world. John George Psy Pavillion was my first job as a psychologist. I worked there in 2000.
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Post by FrontDoorAngel on May 15, 2015 2:35:24 GMT
A thread to explain how we got here both in Tulldom and Forum. Glasgow,Scotland 1972, 15 year old girl always on the lookout for the unusual and different bought an album with a picture of a lecherous old man on the cover from a lecherous young geek at one of the record shops in the town. Friends laughed when she showed it to them in some flat (Apartment) in some dimension as they sat tripping and pondering every note,heard and unheard, on “Meddle” or " In Search of the Lost Roach?" "No, not my scene" they said. She played it constantly - her granny had kittens at some of the lyrics however consoled when she was told that it was a piece of semi- religious music about redemption! Then she (the girl not the granny) went out to discover the Tull Pick n Mix bought..This Was – nope! didn’t like it. bought.. Benefit – Became a daily fix like the 20 Embassy Regal and the liberal amount of patchouli .. Ian sang to me – me alone. bought ..Minstrel – too “ninny nonny” Ian and I were beginning to grow apart. Went to first concert – Glasgow Playhouse 1972 – blown away and realised I'd backed the right horse. Again - at Glasgow Apollo 1973 Married a musician who didn’t like Tull – raised children,didn’t listen to enough music (1980’s) well except for hubbie's latest offerings huddled over the Teac in the dining room.bought Broadsword - and reacquainted myself with this wonderful musician - Ian...not husband. Some 210,000 hours passed and I had a notion. Thought I’d check out the official Jethro Tull website and there on the left hand of the front page was a little square of moving dialogue –the Live Chat. For the first time in my life I could speak to people who had the Tull affliction (some just an affliction) and I was reborn – the taste of Tull was almost more sweet and luscious than the first listen. I re-listened to the old songs, I listened to the new (to me) went to the 40th Anniversary concert – I was blown away and so grateful that he hadn’t been put off by my absence. Met Col ..via MySpace – I had a page called "Isla of Tull" – the 21st century equivalent of playing records in a bedroom surrounded by posters. Col asked me to join the Forum. Emphasis added. Reminds me of my hours and hours in 1999-2000 huddled over my Yamaha MT4X cassette recorder in the spare room, ignoring wife and family in my single-minded obsession with recording as much of my eccentric guitar noodlings as possible, in the hope that someone, anyone, would find them of interest. At long last I dusted off the cassettes - several hours of "music" - and transferred the tunes to my hard-drive, and with the help of my tech wizard of a son, uploaded several tracks onto my Youtube page, where the fruits of my labor are lovingly ignored to this day. Ah, technology doth make hopelessly obscure starlets of us all!
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Post by Budding Stately Hero on Oct 7, 2018 20:34:32 GMT
A thread to explain how we got here both in Tulldom and Forum. Glasgow,Scotland,1972 and a 15 year old girl always on the lookout for the unusual,bought an album with a picture of a lecherous old man on the cover from a lecherous young geek at one of the record shops in the town. Friends laughed when she showed it to them in some flat (Apartment) in some dimension as they sat,tripping and pondering every note,heard and unheard on “Meddle” or " In Search of the Lost Roach?" " Tull? No, not my scene" they said. She played it constantly. Her granny had kittens at some of the lyrics however consoled when she was told that it was a piece of semi- religious music about redemption! Then she (the girl not the granny) went out to discover the Tull Pick n Mix Bought 'This Was' – nope! didn’t like it. Bought 'Benefit' - became a daily fix like the 20 Embassy Regal and the liberal amount of patchouli. Ian sang to me – me alone. Bought 'Minstrel' – too “ninny nonny” Ian and I were beginning to grow apart. Went to first concert - Glasgow Playhouse 1972 – blown away and realised I'd backed the right horse. Again at Glasgow Apollo, 1973 Married a musician who didn’t like Tull. Raised children,didn’t listen to enough music (1980’s) well except for hubbie's latest offerings huddled over the Teac in the dining room. Bought Broadsword and reacquainted myself with this wonderful musician - Ian not husband. Some 210,000 hours passed and I had a notion. Thought I’d check out the official Jethro Tull website and there on the left hand of the front page was a little square of moving dialogue –the Live Chat. For the first time in my life I could speak to people who had the Tull affliction (some just an affliction) and I was reborn. I re-listened to the old songs. I listened to the new (to me) and went to the 40th Anniversary concert. I was blown away and so grateful that he hadn’t been put off by my absence. The taste of Tull was almost more sweet and luscious than the first listen. Met Col via MySpace – I had a page called "Isla of Tull" the 21st century equivalent of playing records in a bedroom surrounded by posters. Col asked me to join the Forum. This is an awesome story. I can relate completely to this. The only time my musical interest in Tull dipped was during A and Under Wraps. Again, great telling of your story.
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Post by Budding Stately Hero on Oct 7, 2018 20:40:20 GMT
It's such a memorable line. Happy Birthday Morthoron hope there's plenty of what you fancy Cheers nonrabbit It always makes me smile, the Aqualung lyric was credited to Ian's wife at the time, Jennie......so the bands biggest song perhaps, was written by someone else, yet Ian wrote virtually everything else lyrically. That must piss him off bigtime.......... I always wondered if Jennie got royalties or if she was (most likely) cheated (as I would expect).
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Post by maddogfagin on Oct 8, 2018 6:38:26 GMT
It always makes me smile, the Aqualung lyric was credited to Ian's wife at the time, Jennie......so the bands biggest song perhaps, was written by someone else, yet Ian wrote virtually everything else lyrically. That must piss him off bigtime.......... I always wondered if Jennie got royalties or if she was (most likely) cheated (as I would expect). As far as I'm aware the first Mrs Anderson gets royalties and a credit on the various releases.
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Post by jackinthegreen on Oct 24, 2018 22:06:59 GMT
I always wondered if Jennie got royalties or if she was (most likely) cheated (as I would expect). As far as I'm aware the first Mrs Anderson gets royalties and a credit on the various releases. I'm sure that is the case MD....just seems ironic that the biggest track in the Tull cat was not (lyrically) wholly his......quite astonishing really don't you think.
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