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Post by bassackwards on Jun 6, 2015 16:48:38 GMT
I think Ian is being very clever here by mixing old material with a few new pieces he is keeping all parties happy . I will keeping a close eye out for tour dates and Mr plastic close to hand. Well seeing as I live about 10 miles from the Birth place of Mr Jethro Tull it seems rude not to go. I'm, of course, looking forward to the new songs. A little disappointed there will be only a few short ones. I am looking forward to the IA Band redoing the classics. Ian says they will be faithfull to the originals however i already notice some slight differences to his promo using Farm on Freeway. I have wanted for years to hear them do A New day Yesterday much closer to the original without splicing God REst Ye and with the Flute/guitar tradeoffs which elevated the song. And Florian seems keen to use the Waa Waa (sp?) pedal as Martin was tired of lugging it around.
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Post by JTull 007 on Jun 7, 2015 0:48:16 GMT
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Post by nonrabbit on Jun 7, 2015 10:30:38 GMT
Great video and performance.
Yes he's straining that's not going to change.
Just reading through the set list for 1968 and in one of the gigs - Jimmy's,Brighton,November '68 an audience member says that Ian shared out the ciggies during the concert.
Sadly kids are still taking it up - my junior for eg even nowadays and in spite of the ghoulish warnings on the box.
Must have been the smoking that done the voice in - maybe.
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Post by JTull 007 on Jun 12, 2015 12:23:34 GMT
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Post by bunkerfan on Jun 15, 2015 15:53:20 GMT
Ian back in front of the green screen looking a cross between Vincent Price and Ozzy.
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Post by JTull 007 on Jun 15, 2015 17:32:17 GMT
Ian back in front of the green screen looking a cross between Vincent Price and Ozzy. Wow! This is starting to turn into an amazing tribute to Vincent Jethro Price TULL LOVE IT !
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Post by futureshock on Jun 15, 2015 19:32:32 GMT
I'm looking forward to the newly created context for yonder corpse Jethro Tull to wake up in, for this new project. The associated, previously released and (apparently) slightly altered songs, with the new songs I guess are meant to stitch it all together coherently, sounds very interesting.
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Post by maddogfagin on Jun 16, 2015 8:05:10 GMT
I'm looking forward to the newly created context for yonder corpse Jethro Tull to wake up in, for this new project. The associated, previously released and (apparently) slightly altered songs, with the new songs I guess are meant to stitch it all together coherently, sounds very interesting. Seems to be a lot of effort going into getting this Opera together so it shouldn't be just a "greatest hits" shenanigans. I know IA has said that there won't be a studio album of the show but as they're in the process of rehearsals there could be a chance of recording the songs in the studio when the band is happy with the final results ?
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Post by nonrabbit on Jun 16, 2015 9:29:53 GMT
Is that a renaissance or a medieval flat cap he's wearing? The things you've got to know and be aware of as an Ian Anderson fan is limitless! off now to read up on 'Plant Genetics, Sustainable Agriculture and Global Food Security' It's all here if you want to join me www.genetics.org/content/188/1/11.full
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Post by maddogfagin on Jul 5, 2015 8:52:05 GMT
modernfarmer.com/How a Founding Father and a British Agriculturist Helped America’s FarmersBy Andrew Amelinckx on July 4, 2015 modernfarmer.com/2015/07/how-a-founding-father-and-a-british-agriculturist-helped-americas-farmers/Washington wanted his country to be the “granary for the world” and believed it was possible thanks to the extensive “difference of soil and variety of climate” in the United States. But it would take more than that to achieve the dream. It would also take technology and experimentation. By the 1780s, the British agricultural revolution was in full swing, spurred on, in part, by the earlier work of Jethro Tull (no, not the band), an inventor and agriculturist whose seed drill and horse-drawn hoe were huge technological advancements.
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Post by JTull 007 on Jul 5, 2015 11:12:37 GMT
modernfarmer.com/How a Founding Father and a British Agriculturist Helped America’s FarmersBy Andrew Amelinckx on July 4, 2015 modernfarmer.com/2015/07/how-a-founding-father-and-a-british-agriculturist-helped-americas-farmers/Washington wanted his country to be the “granary for the world” and believed it was possible thanks to the extensive “difference of soil and variety of climate” in the United States. But it would take more than that to achieve the dream. It would also take technology and experimentation. By the 1780s, the British agricultural revolution was in full swing, spurred on, in part, by the earlier work of Jethro Tull (no, not the band), an inventor and agriculturist whose seed drill and horse-drawn hoe were huge technological advancements. On this 4th of July weekend we Americans sometime forget the good things from Britain. I feel very close to the U.K. in many ways and music is a large part of that. Without TULL life would be DULL... Ian Anderson is now making History and Agriculture relevant again in 2015.
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Post by onewhiteduck on Jul 6, 2015 9:58:09 GMT
Tickets safely arrived today. Gave them to the beast to keep them safe.
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Post by bunkerfan on Jul 6, 2015 11:34:19 GMT
Tickets safely arrived today. Gave them to the beast to keep them safe. Nice to have those tickets and don't do what I did and couldn't remember where I put mine. After a search lasting over an hour and spilling the contents of several drawers I found them. Phew! What day are you at the test match?
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Post by maddogfagin on Aug 1, 2015 15:45:35 GMT
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Post by JTull 007 on Aug 5, 2015 2:38:28 GMT
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Post by maddogfagin on Aug 10, 2015 10:22:50 GMT
www.newstatesman.com/The decline and fall of the "work-life balance"For centuries, we have been figuring out ways to increase our leisure time. Though we are far from a holidaying utopia, we have unions to thank for the little freedom we now enjoy.BY YO ZUSHI PUBLISHED 6 AUGUST, 2015 - 08:39Jethro Tull had heart trouble. Born into Berkshire gentry in 1674, Tull was trained for a career in law but withdrew from the profession when his health declined and he travelled across the Continent in search of a cure. While in Italy and France, he observed farmers’ practices there and returned home inspired, eager to push British agriculture further through the application of science. In 1701, he developed a horse-drawn drill that planted seeds in orderly rows. It was a significant development in the mechanisation of crop cultivation, increasing efficiency and, in theory, reducing labour time. Such innovations were expected to make life easier for us all: technology would eventually render work a diminished burden. But, as Bertrand Russell pointed out in 1932, while it has “given us the possibility of ease and security . . . we have chosen, instead, to have overwork for some and starvation for others”. www.newstatesman.com/economics/2015/08/decline-and-fall-work-life-balance
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Post by JTull 007 on Aug 13, 2015 16:11:16 GMT
Great news for Itullians Jethro Tull Rock Opera performed by Ian Anderson TULL Link 1 TULL Link 2 TULL Link 3 TULL Link 4
The shows will tell the life story of Jethro Tull, relocated in the near future and illustrated thanks to the most famous songs of Anderson, from the repertoire of the band Jethro Tull.
With a structure similar to that of a work, performance is enhanced by guest virtual video and some new songs to complete the elements of the story.
Heavy Horses, Farm On The Freeway, Songs From The Wood beside Aqualung, Living In The Past, Wind-Up, A New Day Yesterday, The Witch's Promise, Locomotive Breath and other more famous - often with some minor revision to better tell history.
Accompanied by David Goodier (bass), John O'Hara (keyboards), Florian Opahle (guitar), Scott Hammond (drums) and virtual hosts to surprise, Ian Anderson will start the tour from the UK and then continue in Russia, Europe and South America.
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Post by bunkerfan on Aug 27, 2015 15:30:52 GMT
Got a pleasant surprise this morning when I read my newspaper 'The Northern Echo' to find this article. I've waited all day to see if it's on there website but alas it isn't yet so I took this snap of it instead.
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Post by maddogfagin on Aug 27, 2015 15:36:06 GMT
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Post by bunkerfan on Aug 27, 2015 15:46:09 GMT
Thanks Graham, I never thought to look under 'ents & Lifestyle.
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Post by maddogfagin on Aug 27, 2015 15:53:08 GMT
Thanks Graham, I never thought to look under 'ents & Lifestyle. Yes but the newspaper hard copy is so much nicer to have
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Post by Deleted on Aug 27, 2015 17:37:10 GMT
“the music is very much going back to the original arrangements as they were recorded. There are five new short pieces, but 85 per cent of the show is classic Tull tracks to serve the storyline. Many people – and I’m among them – say it’s like a ‘best of Jethro Tull’ but in a new context.”
GOT IT!
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Post by ash on Sept 5, 2015 15:38:15 GMT
Ian on Radio BBC Radio 6 Today for those of you who missed it bbc.in/1JGWeQl It looks like she has pinned Ian to the door
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Post by maddogfagin on Sept 5, 2015 17:37:47 GMT
Ian on Radio BBC Radio 6 Today for those of you who missed it bbc.in/1JGWeQl It looks like she has pinned Ian to the door
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Post by Equus on Sept 5, 2015 18:48:30 GMT
Job done
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Post by nonrabbit on Sept 5, 2015 21:31:12 GMT
Thanks Ash I'll listen to it tomorrow morning when I have the house to myself.
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Post by JTull 007 on Sept 5, 2015 23:24:23 GMT
Another spectacular day at the Jethro Tull Forum Well done Sir Ash I'm still trying to understand my Audacity Program, but this makes things much better !
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Post by nonrabbit on Sept 6, 2015 9:47:43 GMT
Thanks Ash I'll listen to it tomorrow morning when I have the house to myself. Thanks Ash. Here's my two pennies worth. I think he's more relaxed and chatty when the interviewer is "natural" with no pretence and over the top boot licking. I didn't know he received a Doctorate in Literature form Heriot Watt I should have as it's here; jethrotull.proboards.com/thread/1558/doctor-ian-anderson-againHe emphasised (again) that he didn't want to move to Blackpool. In hindsight he wouldn't have met the others and maybe have had so many colourful lyrics. Has he always admired Patrick McGoohan or did he pull that out the hat? Could have posted loads of clips of the great actor but in this the twentieth anniversary of Braveheart and whether you like it or hate it he gave a typical great performance. "The trouble with Scotland is that it's full of Scots" Maybe it's been mentioned before - but the five new songs are " very short" Lastly, I got the impression that he just didn't think Inside was one of the best and not that he didn't like it. Enjoyed the interview. nonrabbit Jock..ess"
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Post by steelmonkey on Sept 8, 2015 21:59:11 GMT
SPOILER ALERT ********************SPOILER ALERT********************************SPOILER ALERT
' My friend in Basingstoke says it was 'BRILLIANT', 'He pulled it off', 'impressive'....good story arc, great playing, high high tech.
The news songs appear to be: Frankenfield ( best), Alligator Turnstile, Dilemma and one or two more, titles unclear.
The songs include only one surprise: Requiem. Otherwise, as expected: Witches Promise, With You There to help Me, New Day Yesterday, Heavy Horses, Songs from the Wood, Living in the Past, Farm on the Freeway, Aqualung and Locomotive Breath.
He described Requiem as 'A Monster'.
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Post by steelmonkey on Sept 8, 2015 22:00:42 GMT
So there is your review from an American in Basingstoke, via an American in California...looking forward to forum eyewitness reviews. Bring them on !
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