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Post by nonrabbit on Oct 7, 2009 6:44:48 GMT
I have a discussion going on just now with an old friend who left the band behind in 1982 saying and still saying that they didn't do anything worth listenig to after that. Broadsword being the cut off. So personal opinion aside etc etc any further ammunition to convince them ?
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Post by maddogfagin on Oct 7, 2009 7:56:22 GMT
I have a discussion going on just now with an old friend who left the band behind in 1982 saying and still saying that they didn't do anything worth listenig to after that. Broadsword being the cut off. So personal opinion aside etc etc any further ammunition to convince them ? Divinities: 12 Dances with God Crest Of A Knave, especially Budapest
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Post by admin on Oct 7, 2009 9:14:34 GMT
All of Roots To Branches!!
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Post by Aqualung55 on Oct 20, 2009 11:38:01 GMT
Crest of a Knave, in my opinion, is very worthy of many re-listens, if only for Budapest.
Strange Avenues, from Rock Island, wa s great way to start the gigs in the year of release.
Part of the Machine. A highlight from the boxed set.
Some of the instrumentals on the Christmas album.
And that's just a one minute, top of my head, list
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Post by nonrabbit on Oct 20, 2009 14:35:27 GMT
The way I always looked at it was that you either appreciated the wide diverse sounds of Tull over the years or you waited for the next one to come along that might be going your way. Some people never stayed the course - some came back - I was a returnee. I dropped out way back at Minstrel got back on again for Broadsword jumped off and returned in later years. And with hindsight although I probably missed out on some amazing concerts, I did see some amazing early ones, it is sublime to sit all these years later and savour all the albums - I'll be doing this till I leave this mortal coil and thereafter!
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Post by snaffler on Oct 20, 2009 15:57:50 GMT
i fell off the wagon at university in 1980, (i'd been aboard since 1974 at newcastle odeon) started listening to U2, the Skids, Bruce S etc. Tull was so unfashionable in my students days..... Didn't climb back on until about 1984 when my sister in law to be began enthusing about them on the under wraps tour. Saw them again on the Crest tour, brilliant, and again in 92. Then i fell off again until 2007 and have been aboard since. In my view Tull means all things to all people, but i'm pretty sure fans alike would concur earlier work still resonates superbly, while the more recent stuff flashes brilliantly occasionally. But which artist can honestly say they have produced the goods on every album? Andersons output has been massive in album terms in comparison to his peers such as zeppelin, pink floyd etc. As for touring they have no peers, if say they cut the touring down to once every 3-4 years theyd be filling the stadiums in the usa. IA is a working musician who gets out there and does the biz, hes a real old trooper with a back catalogue of musical genius and perhaps a new album to come?! Saw him in the tiny Lancaster Grand theatre, and hearing thing like just trying to be gave me goosebumps. All hail to the old boy even though i've emailed him loads of times on the website and not once has the old bugger replied!!!!
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Post by nonrabbit on Oct 21, 2009 8:44:24 GMT
They were the best Live act ever - it was a show, a spectacular, pantomine - an event. But I'm coming in from the early 70's when it wouldn't have been out the realms of imagination if you had demanded your money back if any band had just stood there and sang and played! However Tull delivered the goods and more! It wasn't all roses though coming back to Tull - listening to Crest after a break was a bit of a shock to the system and if I'm honest not one of my fav periods either. I love the music of Budapest not comfortable with the style of vocals which gives me an idea for another thread
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Post by steelmonkey on Oct 21, 2009 17:38:05 GMT
I've had good experience dragging former members of the church of Tull to latter day gigs. Both times, one a former stalwart who lapsed around 'A', went with me in about 1999 to a gig in Arizona and came away re-enthused and scrambling for missing albums...and another, who lost interest about 86, came with me to a gig in Philly in 2002...and was also surprised and refreshed. The main thing, when dragging drop-outs back to the fold is: Get good seats and coach them a bit lest they try pee during Budapest or something like that. It's kind of scary that 'Crest' released 22 years ago, is the album that comes to mind as exemplary 'latter-day Tull'.
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