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Post by steelmonkey on Nov 26, 2012 20:10:33 GMT
The Letter= best single under 2 minutes EVER. I think I shoplifted it from Woolworths in about 1971....maybe I didn't want to spend the 0.59 on such a short song? Nah...I shoplifted Hey Jude not long after...
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Post by Deleted on Nov 26, 2012 20:29:34 GMT
The Letter = How right you are. btw; it was 99 cents for that CD3 in the 80's.
stole it from a snow man
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Post by bunkerfan on Nov 26, 2012 20:34:56 GMT
The Letter= best single under 2 minutes EVER. I think I shoplifted it from Woolworths in about 1971....maybe I didn't want to spend the 0.59 on such a short song? Nah...I shoplifted Hey Jude not long after... I think you should now change your name to FINGERS steelmonkey. ;D
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Post by Deleted on Nov 26, 2012 20:41:42 GMT
The Letter= best single under 2 minutes EVER. I think I shoplifted it from Woolworths in about 1971....maybe I didn't want to spend the 0.59 on such a short song? Nah...I shoplifted Hey Jude not long after... I think you should now change your name to FINGERS steelmonkey. ;D Good laugh today. Confession is good for the soul...we'll still watch out for him at the border, though. His Tull credentials better be up to date. Likely born under a bad sign...we'll forgive, maybe.
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Post by steelmonkey on Nov 26, 2012 20:50:27 GMT
Shouldn't 'Neon Rainbow' have been the third song on that CD ?
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Post by Deleted on Nov 26, 2012 21:22:48 GMT
Why? I am only sleeping. 2012 hmmmmm 1967? (probably too young) Yeah! Beatles' crazy, then Stones, some Led Zeppelin flights, before the '72 Tull rescue. No kidding, this is the first time I've heard this. Not likely to repeat. More familiar with the three on the CD.
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Post by maddogfagin on Nov 27, 2012 8:41:16 GMT
The Letter= best single under 2 minutes EVER. I think I shoplifted it from Woolworths in about 1971....maybe I didn't want to spend the 0.59 on such a short song? Nah...I shoplifted Hey Jude not long after... So it's your fault Woolworths went bust - shame on you Think you should write a letter of apology NOW ;D and after all they did a great pick 'n' mix deal on the sweet counter
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Post by maddogfagin on Nov 27, 2012 9:08:04 GMT
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Post by maddogfagin on Dec 2, 2012 9:29:10 GMT
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Post by maddogfagin on Dec 2, 2012 9:35:25 GMT
The Letter= best single under 2 minutes EVER. I think I shoplifted it from Woolworths in about 1971....maybe I didn't want to spend the 0.59 on such a short song? Nah...I shoplifted Hey Jude not long after... Uploaded by Dave Teves on 21 Apr 2008 The Letter by the Box Tops found on the album The Letter. The Letter" is a song written by Wayne Carson Thompson and made famous by The Box Tops and their singer, Alex Chilton, released in 1967 on the album of the same name. It reached number one on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and number five on the UK singles chart. The song was popular during the Vietnam War and was also included in the computer game Battlefield Vietnam. Rolling Stone ranked it #363 on their list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. LYRICS: Gimmie a ticket for an aeroplane Ain't got time to take a fast train Lonely days are gone, I'm a goin' home My baby has just wrote me a letter I don't get care how much money I gotta spend Got to get back to my baby again Lonely days are gone, I'm a goin' home My baby has just wrote me a letter Well, she wrote me a letter said she couldn't live without me no mo' Listen Mister, can't you see I got to get back to my baby once mo' Anyway, yeah Give me a ticket for an aeroplane Ain't got time to take a fast train Lonely days are gone, I'm a goin' home My baby has just wrote me a letter Well, she wrote me a letter said she couldn't live without me no mo' Listen Mister, can't you see I got to get back to my baby once mo' Anyway, yeah Give me a ticket for an aeroplane Ain't got time to take a fast train Lonely days are gone, I'm a goin' home My baby has just wrote me a letter My baby has just wrote me a letter
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Post by maddogfagin on Dec 8, 2012 17:56:05 GMT
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Post by Tull50 on Dec 11, 2012 21:32:46 GMT
In South America was very common translate the title into Spanish Thanks to a Uruguay's friend I have this to teach Thanks to Sandra Garcia Iroldi from Uruguay Look under "Thick As A Brick" says "GRUESO COMO UN LADRILLO"
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Post by maddogfagin on Dec 29, 2012 17:42:25 GMT
Living In The Past/Requiem CHS 2081 Release date: 16 Jan 1976 There exist at least six different label variations for this UK Tull single. As to why I couldn’t guess. And don't get me into the thorny subject of matrix numbers please Three versions with a green paper label with the following information below the song title, all different "(From the albums “M.U. – The Best of Jethro Tull” CHR.1078 and “Living in the Past” CJT .1)" "(From the albums “Living in the Past” CJT .1 and “M.U. – The Best of Jethro Tull” CHR.1078)" "(From the albums “M.U. – The Best of Jethro Tull” - CHR.1078 and CJT 1)" Two with green moulded label with either a large or small centre hole One with blue moulded label with small centre hole These four are from the kennel
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Post by Tull50 on Jan 30, 2013 19:55:36 GMT
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Post by steelmonkey on Jan 30, 2013 20:30:36 GMT
I don't get how Locomotive Breath is less sacreligious than My God or Wind Up? Any theories?
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Post by Deleted on Jan 30, 2013 20:41:12 GMT
Thanks Tull50. Now I have mixed feelings about censorship. I never tire of Glory Row. We're wearing the same school tie but a different pair of shoes.
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Post by Tull50 on Jan 30, 2013 22:09:26 GMT
I don't get how Locomotive Breath is less sacreligious than My God or Wind Up? Any theories? My opinion is that the censors did not have sufficient knowledge of english, since Spain at that time was a catholic country (now Spain is a lay country), I think the song was chosen randomly censored, the entire album was censored until 1976 when the dictator was dead (Franco 1892-1975), Spain at 76 began their democracy Apparently the phrase that displeased the censors is this: "has got him by the balls."
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Post by steelmonkey on Jan 30, 2013 22:16:50 GMT
Okay...that figures....I thought it was the anti-church aspect of Aqualung that put a stake thru breath's heart...Old Carlos stole the handle etc.
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Post by Tull50 on Jan 30, 2013 22:23:13 GMT
Thanks Tull50. Now I have mixed feelings about censorship. I never tire of Glory Row. We're wearing the same school tie but a different pair of shoes.You're welcome, is possible that the censors of the time were big fans of Tull, and they would like to have a collector Tull album
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Post by Tull50 on Jan 30, 2013 22:35:28 GMT
Okay...that figures....I thought it was the anti-church aspect of Aqualung that put a stake thru breath's heart...Old Carlos stole the handle etc. That would have been more logical, but as I say is a mysterious censorship of this particular song. In Spain it is said that this particular phrase is the reason, perhaps the only English word they knew is "balls"
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Post by nonrabbit on Jan 31, 2013 8:08:24 GMT
I don't get how Locomotive Breath is less sacreligious than My God or Wind Up? Any theories? My opinion is that the censors did not have sufficient knowledge of english, since Spain at that time was a catholic country (now Spain is a lay country), I think the song was chosen randomly censored, the entire album was censored until 1976 when the dictator was dead (Franco 1892-1975), Spain at 76 began their democracy Apparently the phrase that displeased the censors is this: "has got him by the balls." displeased my granny as well especially when I turned up the volume
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Post by maddogfagin on Jan 31, 2013 9:10:22 GMT
But the whole aspect of censorship with Locomotive Breath is strange. The promo 7" single that was issued in America, albeit for radio station use, had the offending "balls" bleeped out and immediately gave birth to a Tull rariety.
Even the dear old BBC played the song during the Alan Freeman/Tommy Vance rock shows on Radio 1 without resorting to censoring "balls" and given the BBC's attitude in the 70's to bad language, it was quite surprising. I mean this was a broadcasting conglomertate who censored songs if they happened to plagiarize classical music for example.
Perhaps they didn't realise or thought it referred to cricket ?
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Post by maddogfagin on Jan 31, 2013 9:16:14 GMT
Spanish AqualungIn Spain, due to the prevailing censorship during the dictatorship of Franco, this album was not released until 1976, and an edition in which the song "Locomotive Breath" was censored and replaced by "Glory Row". This last song appear later in other countries in compilations or as a bonus track. This made the Spanish edition of the album in a very popular item for collectors from other countries. Nice images. More please of any Spanish Tull items would be great.
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Post by bunkerfan on Jan 31, 2013 11:29:54 GMT
I don't get how Locomotive Breath is less sacreligious than My God or Wind Up? Any theories? Apparently the phrase that displeased the censors is this: "has got him by the balls." When Ian sang Locomotive Breath at the Christmas Concert at St. Nicholas Cathedral he hummed that line, I suppose he didn't think it appropriate to sing it in such a sacred building.
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Post by nonrabbit on Jan 31, 2013 11:36:48 GMT
Apparently the phrase that displeased the censors is this: "has got him by the balls." When Ian sang Locomotive Breath at the Christmas Concert at St. Nicholas Cathedral he hummed that line, I suppose he didn't think it appropriate to sing it in such a sacred building. He could've used his imagination and gone for "got 'im by his smalls"
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Post by bunkerfan on Jan 31, 2013 12:43:54 GMT
When Ian sang Locomotive Breath at the Christmas Concert at St. Nicholas Cathedral he hummed that line, I suppose he didn't think it appropriate to sing it in such a sacred building. He could've used his imagination and gone for "got 'im by his smalls" I would have prefered " has got him by the Gonads". ;D
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Post by Tull50 on Jan 31, 2013 21:34:03 GMT
Apparently the phrase that displeased the censors is this: "has got him by the balls." When Ian sang Locomotive Breath at the Christmas Concert at St. Nicholas Cathedral he hummed that line, I suppose he didn't think it appropriate to sing it in such a sacred building. Thanks for that information was unknown to me, but after hearing it I'm not sure if Ian omits the phrase or simply omits the word "balls" As for play Locomotive Breath in the Cathedral, in my opinion is a little "play with fire", I'm not religious but Jethro Tull has a lot more appropriate songs to play in a place like that, without omitting any word or phrase... Xmas concert Dec. 14th 2012 at St Nicholas Cathedral
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Post by bunkerfan on Feb 1, 2013 8:17:28 GMT
When Ian sang Locomotive Breath at the Christmas Concert at St. Nicholas Cathedral he hummed that line, I suppose he didn't think it appropriate to sing it in such a sacred building. Thanks for that information was unknown to me, but after hearing it I'm not sure if Ian omits the phrase or simply omits the word "balls" As for play Locomotive Breath in the Cathedral, in my opinion is a little "play with fire", I'm not religious but Jethro Tull has a lot more appropriate songs to play in a place like that, without omitting any word or phrase... Xmas concert Dec. 14th 2012 at St Nicholas Cathedral. Ah, yes now when I hear it again Ian just sings "has got him by the Hmmm!" I agree with you tull50 there are many more appropriate songs they could have played. "Sweet Dreams" with the Cathedral organ pitching in would have been great.
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Post by maddogfagin on Feb 1, 2013 16:33:35 GMT
This is the "bleeped" vinyl promo issued in America. Locomotive Breath (mono) c/w with Wind-Up (stereo).
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Post by JTull 007 on Feb 1, 2013 16:44:10 GMT
This is the "bleeped" vinyl promo issued in America. Locomotive Breath (mono) c/w with Wind-Up (stereo). Amazing. I had no idea this had happened except in Spain. Thanks to Remy and his earlier post. America has a history of censorship too.
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