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Post by Deleted on Mar 31, 2015 14:30:58 GMT
"As a tribute to the original 18th Century agriculturalist whose name our agent “borrowed” back in February 1968, I have imagined a scenario where the pioneering pursuit of improved crop-growing and farming methodology might apply to the world of today and tomorrow. (Yawn, yawn but who else is going to feed the planet?)When this notion first occurred to me last Summer, I had no inkling that, when I examined all of my song material – especially the lyrics, there would be so many perfect fits in regard to song subject and references." - Ian Anderson Because it hasn't been talked about enough Let's take note of the first YAWN. The Rock Opera and The Homage "Putting this material in a quasi-operatic setting might annoy some. The use of the term “rock opera” may annoy yet others. I rather hate it myself but can’t think of a universally-understood alternative. And, as we use some of the theatrical devices of opera, it can be defended. At a pinch! Forgive, forgive." - Ian Anderson The first "hate". Stirring up those Tull vittles. Stir it up!
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Post by JTull 007 on Mar 31, 2015 16:32:02 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Mar 31, 2015 16:38:18 GMT
I'm having fun. Jethro Tull (agriculturalist) rocks! Removing rocks on the field. Well now, how about some heavy rolling? Move these rocks on the road.
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Post by JTull 007 on Apr 6, 2015 16:24:36 GMT
Special Thanks to Mike Gillett whom may be going to Chicago & Detroit JETHRO TULL – THE ROCK OPERA TULL LINK Ian Anderson Presents 8 Shows Only in The USA This NovemberIan Anderson celebrates the life and times of the English Agricultural inventor, Jethro Tull, with the announcement of a new series of concert tours beginning September 2015.
The shows tell the story of the original Jethro Tull's life, reimagined as if in the near future and illustrated with Anderson's best-known songs from the rock band Jethro Tull repertoire.
The performance is in a quasi-operatic structure with virtual guests on video and some additional newly-written songs to round off the elements of the story.
Heavy Horses, Farm On The Freeway, Songs From The Wood sit alongside Aqualung, Living In The Past, Wind-Up, A New Day Yesterday, The Witch's Promise, Locomotive Breath and other favourites – often with slightly re-written lyrics to better tell the tale.
Accompanied by David Goodier (bass), John O'Hara (keyboards), Florian Opahle (guitar), Scott Hammond (drums) and surprise virtual guests, Ian Anderson begins the touring schedule in the UK followed by Russian, European and South American dates before the end of the year. DATES: November 1: Chicago Theatre, Chicago, IL November 3: Fox Theatre, Detroit, MI November 5: CITI Performing Arts Center, Boston, MA November 6: Kings Theatre, Brooklyn, NY November 7: Academy of Music, Philadelphia, PA November 8: Foxwoods Resort Casino, Mashantucket, CT November 10: Capitol Theatre, Port Chester, NY November 11: New Jersey Performing Arts Center, Newark, NJ
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Post by Deleted on Apr 6, 2015 16:37:59 GMT
www.ticketmaster.ca/Ian-Anderson-tickets/artist/722512Nov 5 Thu Citi Performing Arts Center Wang Theatre Boston, MA 08:00 PM Jethro Tull - The Rock Opera - Performed By Ian Anderson Details: Jethro Tull, Ian Anderson More Info presale begins:Wed, 04/08/15 10:00 AM Nov 6 Fri Kings Theatre Brooklyn, NY 08:00 PM Jethro Tull - The Rock Opera - Performed By Ian Anderson Details: Jethro Tull, Ian Anderson More Info presale begins:Thu, 04/09/15 10:00 AM
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Post by nonrabbit on Apr 6, 2015 18:17:03 GMT
The shows tell the story of the original Jethro Tull's life, reimagined as if in the near future and illustrated with Anderson's best-known songs from the rock band Jethro Tull repertoire. The performance is in a quasi-operatic structure with virtual guests on video and some additional newly-written songs to round off the elements of the story. Heavy Horses, Farm On The Freeway, Songs From The Wood sit alongside Aqualung, Living In The Past, Wind-Up, A New Day Yesterday, The Witch's Promise, Locomotive Breath and other favourites – often with slightly re-written lyrics to better tell the tale. I'm not quite understanding this concept theme yet. Is it Mr Tull inventing something as revolutionary as the seed drill was to agriculture in our near future? Obviously about the threat to the environment? I don't get Witches Promise in that list . Might have seen it in there if it was a political quasi opera set in the 1980's. To lighten that last comment and staying with a political theme here's someone I'd vote for if he was standing for Kernow or The Lets Bring Back Adam Ant Party i59.images obliterated by tinypic/2agno08.jpg[/IMG]
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Post by nonrabbit on Apr 6, 2015 18:17:46 GMT
I know! any excuse
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Post by JTull 007 on Apr 6, 2015 21:05:21 GMT
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Post by snowball on Apr 10, 2015 15:34:53 GMT
Saw them in 84,87,87,88,91,96,07,and Ian in 2011. Didn't like the Ian solo show in 2011 at all. 2007 was a good show. Martin, Doane, and violins. 96 was decent but Ian's voice was shredded and couldn't command the outdoor arena. Didn't like TAAB2. Didn't like Homo Erraticus. I'm a Tull fan totally living in the past. Maybe if there's ever some form of reunion tour I will go, but even though this new tour is coming by within 1 hr drive, I have no intention of seeing it. If IA and MB and anyone else worth seeing wants to do a real farewell tour with musicians I want to see again, then I'll go. At this point it would probably take the return of John Evans to get me there. Peace to all !
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Post by Tull50 on Apr 11, 2015 20:37:43 GMT
blog.rocklive.es/2015/04/ian-anderson-presenta-jethro-tull-rock.htmlTranslate from Spanish with Google tranlator's help Ian Anderson will present "Jethro Tull: The Rock Opera" in no less than four dates in the peninsula. These shows are presented with the full repertoire of Jethro Tull. All their classics as well as some Ian Anderson's songs. We enter into the story of the original Jethro Tull but as we see today. In his most recent works as "Homo erraticus" (2014), an album that sounds like Jethro Tull at all (except the name) and where Ian Anderson meets again with Gerald Bostock to dramatize and exaggerate the metaphors and prophecies that have served inspiration for this new album. The Pied Piper of the most recognized figure of all time has finally returned to Spain in this exciting and amazing Rock Opera that you can not miss as they will be his only appearances around Spain 2015. Tickets on sale from Friday 10 April at 12:00 h. noon at all Ticketmaster network (in addition entradas.com to Madrid). Do not sleep because they will fly!
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Post by maddogfagin on May 17, 2015 15:09:21 GMT
www.miusyk.com/Translated by google - original text HEREIan Anderson, details of the rock opera based on the life of Jethro TullFew weeks ago we told you that Ian Anderson was preparing a rock opera about the lives of Jethro Tull. The great Scottish composer has chosen to advance some detail of what we see in the tour that will pass through our country in November. Anderson acknowledges that "to my surprise discovered that Jethro Tull was not a name that our manager but an inventor invented. I thought it was an American name but later learned came from the southwest of England, not far from where I live. In school we studied science and mathematics mainly, not much history so you do not know who he was. " "We will play five new themes to complete the remaining 80% of the concert" "This project is a way to celebrate the life of the historical figure but imagining that Jethro was born in the fifties or sixties and assessing what would have been his contribution to agriculture. I try to follow the sequence of his biography but will be five new songs that will complement the remaining 80% of the concert, which no longer be "Best of Jethro Tull" to improve the bottom line. " Anderson also said he has adapted many letters of their most legendary songs but had some did not know how to adapt . "With songs like" Heavy Horses "there was no problem, fit perfectly into the story but I've gotten a new verse that says" Nothing runs like a Deere. " The problem was "Aqualung", did not know how he could fit that song in history ". "To my surprise I found that the character suffered in his childhood and youth of lung problems. He came twice to go to Italy to try to heal thanks to the mild climate. I needed to adjust the lyrics of that song and I succeeded. " After confirming that there will be quite interesting stakes in video , that they will sing or play some parts of the concert, the stage of the opera is as follows. "On May 1 we started recording the party will go on video, with all the guests and all parties to sing and play. Over the past six or eight weeks we have been doing all necessary arrangements for the rest of the show. We continue rehearsing and playing live between May and August. It will be later this month when we do our costume fittings and rehearsals before the tour. " And now, as would Super mouse, not go yet there's more. If anyone thought that Anderson was giving an interview in which threw flowers was wrong . The summary of the above is "all this leaves no excuse, quite weak and pathetic, to edit the umpteenth" Best of Jethro Tull "". And you still wonder why Ian Anderson is a genius? Via | Critics
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Post by futureshock on Jun 3, 2015 0:19:48 GMT
I'll keep this short and simple, I'm just curious. It's related to this new Jethro Tull project and Ian's promotion of it. I notice Ian Anderson states on the main website and in the Greta audio interview something about "anyone who's a self-respecting ___ ____ ___, and hopes, ___" and then states his pro-GMO food stance. First thing I've heard out of him on that issue. I take that as extremely high risk to his reputation to leap to such a hard-nose stance on a very unsettled and high-stress issue, since the world is turning against the Monsanto business model, both for the RoundUp chemical use, the land grabs, business model totalitarianism (over 200,000 farmers have committed suicide in India because of this Monsanto business strategy) seed supply grabs, monopoly brute force legal tactics, and for the proven, pervasive problems from GMO content. Emergent properties, health problems that build up over time, these things are being intensely researched globally and producing great alarm for personal, social and environmental health, and a spreading ban on RoundUp, an awareness that glyphosate is cancer-causing, and the fact that a preponderance of farm and lab animals fed GMO food regularly, have very serious health problems. So, while I don't want to start a big discussion about GMOs and Monsanto here, I'm just curious about how risky it is already for Ian Anderson to have leapt to the pro-GMO argument, given the complexity of the issue. I know that Monsanto has a huge PR budget and just like nuclear power, a slick presentation. Ian has friends who are brain-washed? A paid spokesperson? All I would have to say to Ian Anderson on the topic is "it's a quagmire, so learn about that issue far and wide, and disassociate from all Monsanto-related persons while learning." What a waste it would be to have that one issue cause negative backlash on someone who has not been a focus of it. See an issue here?
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Post by maddogfagin on Jun 3, 2015 8:10:59 GMT
I'll keep this short and simple, I'm just curious. It's related to this new Jethro Tull project and Ian's promotion of it. I notice Ian Anderson states on the main website and in the Greta audio interview something about "anyone who's a self-respecting ___ ____ ___, and hopes, ___" and then states his pro-GMO food stance. First thing I've heard out of him on that issue. I take that as extremely high risk to his reputation to leap to such a hard-nose stance on a very unsettled and high-stress issue, since the world is turning against the Monsanto business model, both for the RoundUp chemical use, the land grabs, business model totalitarianism (over 200,000 farmers have committed suicide in India because of this Monsanto business strategy) seed supply grabs, monopoly brute force legal tactics, and for the proven, pervasive problems from GMO content. Emergent properties, health problems that build up over time, these things are being intensely researched globally and producing great alarm for personal, social and environmental health, and a spreading ban on RoundUp, an awareness that glyphosate is cancer-causing, and the fact that a preponderance of farm and lab animals fed GMO food regularly, have very serious health problems. So, while I don't want to start a big discussion about GMOs and Monsanto here, I'm just curious about how risky it is already for Ian Anderson to have leapt to the pro-GMO argument, given the complexity of the issue. I know that Monsanto has a huge PR budget and just like nuclear power, a slick presentation. Ian has friends who are brain-washed? A paid spokesperson? All I would have to say to Ian Anderson on the topic is "it's a quagmire, so learn about that issue far and wide, and disassociate from all Monsanto-related persons while learning." What a waste it would be to have that one issue cause negative backlash on someone who has not been a focus of it. See an issue here? My own thoughts are is that there is a pre-conceived idea that musicians, actors, footballers et al should not have their own thoughts and ideas about the world that they, and we, live in and that they should concentrate on the things that they aspire to do best. Now if Ian Anderson had been someone who had only ever lived in a mansion in the centre of any world city, went to lavish parties and functions and paid little or no respect for the environment then there may, just may, be a grain of truth in any criticism of his statements to the press on the subject. But in IA's case he's lived and farmed in the countryside for a considerable time, has farmed salmon at Skye and during his tenure at Strathaird provided employment for many local people both there and in Inverness. Coupled with his obvious love of the countryside and the inherent problems that can happen in farming I see no reason why he should be quiet on the subject and voice his own ideas and thoughts. After all he's written about the subject of conservation and other countryside pursuits in, for example, the album "Heavy Horses" and the environment with "Stormwatch" so it's not as if he's jumping on a bandwagon. He's also a damn fine and eloquent speaker and puts many politicians and their ilk in the shade.
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Post by maddogfagin on Jun 3, 2015 14:47:05 GMT
IAN ANDERSON - The Rock Opera - PROMO for Prog mag Jethro Tull & Ian Anderson Uploaded on June 2, 2015
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Post by JTull 007 on Jun 3, 2015 21:34:20 GMT
Excellent find by Graham! Well done for the U.K. Promo! Just found this one for the U.S. Tour! Fox Theatre Looking forward to welcoming Jethro Tull to Detroit this November! Ian talks about his upcoming US tour for JETHRO TULL the Rock Opera. This video is unlisted. Be considerate and think twice before sharing ?
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Post by maddogfagin on Jun 4, 2015 8:02:47 GMT
Thanks for posting Jim. Wonder if the sun glasses will be on sale at the merchandise stall ?
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Post by nonrabbit on Jun 4, 2015 14:28:36 GMT
Are they a cross between steampunk and Ozzy Osborne specs? Not a look you can pull off Ian. Stick with the wealthy Squire look
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Post by onewhiteduck on Jun 4, 2015 14:39:50 GMT
Are they a cross between steampunk and Ozzy Osborne specs? Not a look you can pull off Ian. Stick with the wealthy Squire look I like them, might get a pair. Mind you last time I bought a 'I want to look cool item' (Florian's TAAB Hat) I looked like a ***** But at least Jim's cavern got an extra item in the end!! PS. What that big yellow disk in the sky today? Where are the clouds?
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Post by maddogfagin on Jun 4, 2015 16:51:15 GMT
Ian Anderson - Jethro Tull Rock Opera PROMO part 1
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Post by steelmonkey on Jun 4, 2015 22:04:39 GMT
New music in the background. NEW TULL MUSIC IN THE BACKGROUND
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Post by JTull 007 on Jun 5, 2015 1:57:24 GMT
Are they a cross between steampunk and Ozzy Osborne specs? Not a look you can pull off Ian. Stick with the wealthy Squire look I like them, might get a pair. Mind you last time I bought a 'I want to look cool item' (Florian's TAAB Hat) I looked like a ***** But at least Jim's cavern got an extra item in the end!! I am eternally greatful to One Cool Duck for this incredible 'TULL Hat' Goes great with black!
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Post by maddogfagin on Jun 5, 2015 8:14:44 GMT
New music in the background. NEW TULL MUSIC IN THE BACKGROUND Oh yes, just a tantalising snippet to whet the appetite
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Post by maddogfagin on Jun 5, 2015 8:20:02 GMT
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Post by nonrabbit on Jun 5, 2015 9:47:07 GMT
Think this rock opera might be along the lines of what Futureshock and I were discussing way back about APP being a good choice for a lightly more "theatrical" interpretation. jethrotull.proboards.com/post/39606/thread"... rock opera... but I can’t think of another way to describe what happens when you put a bunch of rock songs into a narrative form and join them together with that recitative device. I don’t know if you’ve been to an Opera. I’ve been to a few and I find them hopelessly confusing and whether they are sung in Italian, German or indeed English, I haven’t got a clue what’s going on unless I read the programme notes and then trying to read the programme notes and trying to relate those to what I’m seeing on stage is sometimes not that easy, so I’m trying to do this in a way that makes reasonable sense to people and they can follow what I’m doing with the classic Jethro Tull .." myglobalmind.com/2015/06/05/interview-with-ian-anderson-jethro-tull/
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Post by nonrabbit on Jun 5, 2015 9:50:30 GMT
Are they a cross between steampunk and Ozzy Osborne specs? Not a look you can pull off Ian. Stick with the wealthy Squire look I like them, might get a pair. Mind you last time I bought a 'I want to look cool item' (Florian's TAAB Hat) I looked like a ***** But at least Jim's cavern got an extra item in the end!! PS. What that big yellow disk in the sky today? Where are the clouds? Don't tell me Wales has suffered as much as this wet hell in the sea called Ireland has ? You know that the longest day of the year is a few weeks away and then the days start to shorten again. Just to cheer you up
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Post by bunkerfan on Jun 5, 2015 14:53:11 GMT
Are they a cross between steampunk and Ozzy Osborne specs? Not a look you can pull off Ian. Stick with the wealthy Squire look Just easing myself back into normal life again after a brilliant week in Malta. So I've been catching up on things here and I couldn't resist posting one of my Goth photo's. I just think with Ian's new shades he could maybe wear a codpiece over his face as well.
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Post by nonrabbit on Jun 5, 2015 20:52:56 GMT
I just think with Ian's new shades he could maybe wear a codpiece over his face as well. Watch this space or more appropriately watch The Rock Opera - you never know He's been dying to dust the cod piece collection down.
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Post by karma41 on Jun 6, 2015 5:19:52 GMT
*sighs* Am I the only one who finds it absolutely painful to listen to Ian sing anything pre-1983? I get embarrassed for the man struggling. I think the only way I'll ever go see such an event is if some of the original band members return (or even Dave Pegg!); otherwise, it is not worth hearing Ian wheezing and groaning through Aqualung, and particularly with this latest band of his. Then you've missed soma amazing recent show. I swore off seing Tull live after attending the concert when he played Divinities and then classic Tull numbers. I couldn't take seeing him struggle vocally. It was too painful. Years later when I saw him do the Rubbing Elbows tour I decided to check him out. His voice was vastly improved and the show were enjotyable again. More recently, I know of no one who saw the TAAB2 show and wasn't absolutely thrilled by the experience. His most recent show was also absolutely fantastic. Check out my youtube video below and tell me that the show sucked. www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwthbhai95c
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Post by onewhiteduck on Jun 6, 2015 8:38:51 GMT
*sighs* Am I the only one who finds it absolutely painful to listen to Ian sing anything pre-1983? I get embarrassed for the man struggling. I think the only way I'll ever go see such an event is if some of the original band members return (or even Dave Pegg!); otherwise, it is not worth hearing Ian wheezing and groaning through Aqualung, and particularly with this latest band of his. Then you've missed soma amazing recent show. I swore off seing Tull live after attending the concert when he played Divinities and then classic Tull numbers. I couldn't take seeing him struggle vocally. It was too painful. Years later when I saw him do the Rubbing Elbows tour I decided to check him out. His voice was vastly improved and the show were enjotyable again. More recently, I know of no one who saw the TAAB2 show and wasn't absolutely thrilled by the experience. His most recent show was also absolutely fantastic. Check out my youtube video below and tell me that the show sucked. www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwthbhai95cSaw TAAB2 twice and the live shows were brilliant, as is the album. The HE tour featured the best 'Best Of' I have seen for years. I saw many shows during the eighties and nineties and yes, there were times when is voice was poor we all know that. One thing that does annoy me is this debate about band members. My perfect line up was Glascock,Barlow,Barre and Evans. Mind you live I thought Barre,Pegg,Perry and Allcock were awesomely good. The current line up are top notch, as tight as 'Tull' line ups I have seen or heard. O'Hara is a fantastic musician. See them live and you would be in a better position (in my view) to criticise.
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