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Post by tootull on Nov 25, 2014 14:30:30 GMT
the 4th Hoorah.. Very cool. Four for quad...?
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Post by tootull on Nov 25, 2014 14:27:01 GMT
Nice to see this thread. I have always liked Under Wraps, so sue me. I favour the original LP tracks. I liked the tour. Memory from Maple Leaf Gardens, the astronaut unveiled an American flag, the crowd was starting to boo when suddenly the Canadian flag replaced the American flag. My patch from the tour.
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Post by tootull on Nov 25, 2014 3:54:00 GMT
2104 on the APP set too.
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Post by tootull on Nov 24, 2014 22:43:46 GMT
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Post by tootull on Nov 21, 2014 13:18:16 GMT
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Post by tootull on Nov 21, 2014 13:17:57 GMT
Good to read, Erin. Agree!
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Post by tootull on Nov 20, 2014 22:26:33 GMT
TAAB - I'm guessing that you're talking about the Steven Wilson STEREO remix. The stereo remix is mastered too bright for me, not my taste. It should have been swapped out for a flat transfer. The same person mastered the 5.1 - that was recalled because it was too bright and distorted in parts. With TAAB DVD the flat stereo transfer from the master tape is a gem. Nice to have, the 5.1 is a flat transfer on the corrected DVD. I'm talking about the SW 5.1 mix. I recall the drums and bass were impressive, but most of the big guitar solo parts seemed to be in the back of the mix somewhere. The parts that I wait to come up. They just didn't hit me like I am used to. I can bet that I have heard TAAB more than even SW has, and it did not sound right! It left me disappointed. The glitches on other releases didn't bother me too much because they sound so damn good but I wish TAAB 5.1 was remixed. I thought the stereo mix was really good from what I recall.. Bright doesn't bother me too much and can always be EQ'd if it's that bad. Aqualung, Benefit, and Passion Play 5.1 mixes were stellar!! This weekend, Warchild! Great, 5.1, nice to discuss surround sound - I usually get bitched at by the I don't do surround sound crowd at SHtv. I enjoy the 5.1. Didn't really notice that the guitar was lacking. (sometimes I need to turn up my back speakers & centre speaker on certain mixes and down on others) I'll note this for the next time I listen to TAAB in 5.1. Benefit & APP are great in 5.1. Aqualung is too bright for me, I listen to Aqualung in quad the most these days. Give me flat transfers of Tull and I'll be happy.
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Post by tootull on Nov 20, 2014 19:52:12 GMT
Worse than any glitch was the Guitar being mixed too low in TAAB.. A real disappointment as the others were so brilliant! I still need to extract and remix my copy. TAAB - I'm guessing that you're talking about the Steven Wilson STEREO remix. The stereo remix is mastered too bright for me, not my taste. It should have been swapped out for a flat transfer. The same person mastered the 5.1 - that was recalled because it was too bright and distorted in parts. With TAAB DVD the flat stereo transfer from the master tape is a gem. Nice to have, the 5.1 is a flat transfer on the corrected DVD.
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Post by tootull on Nov 20, 2014 17:44:38 GMT
Possible glitch alert and I hope it's just on my copy, but halfway though Sealinon it skips.... Lets Hope it just yours...... I was going to say it's just him. Let's hope for a glitch free product. IT DAMN WELL better be glitch free as possible after the Aqualung Blu-ray/DVD mess and the Thick As A Brick DVD recall.
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Post by tootull on Nov 16, 2014 15:11:04 GMT
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Post by tootull on Nov 16, 2014 14:38:44 GMT
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Post by tootull on Nov 15, 2014 17:06:17 GMT
"Tomorrow was Today" is my favourite of the previously unreleased bonus tracks.
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Post by tootull on Nov 14, 2014 21:18:12 GMT
Thank you. Congrats to all involved in this edition. Would be nice to make this a habit. NEXT! So many secrets - I'm going to burst. Fun! I'll keep my comments under wraps for now - I will be interested in all comments about this set. Cheers JohnN
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Post by tootull on Nov 6, 2014 14:50:30 GMT
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Post by tootull on Nov 6, 2014 13:24:37 GMT
Beat me to the (Buffalo) news (of course). Thanks Erin, from the Greater Toronto Area. Good to read.
Regards JohnN
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Post by tootull on Nov 6, 2014 13:18:08 GMT
Ian Anderson is my first and most enduring musical hero. Despite that, I have no interest in meeting him. I feel that if I were to run into him, the experience would be uncomfortable and disappointing for both of us. So, in order to preserve a very delicate fan-musician relationship and out of utmost respect, I *choose* not meet him. Exactly.
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Post by tootull on Nov 6, 2014 13:14:20 GMT
Skating Away is one of the greatest songs ever created
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Post by tootull on Oct 30, 2014 21:44:34 GMT
my 2 cents Quartet Intro For Michael Collins Jeffrey and Me In Times Of India Nothing To Say Back To The Family Taxi Grab Wondering Aloud/Again Coronach Toad In The Hole Two Short Planks Slow Marching Band Baker St Muse Rover Rare and Precious Chain Ears Of Tin Chequered Flag Summerday Sands Orion Under Wraps 2 Magus Perde Further On Encore: TAAB excerpt the closing verse Wind Up Hard Headed General all subject to change, at any time... The Line Up would be Ian, Martin, Barrie, Jeffrey,John, and David. Guest spots to Doane, Jeffrey and Flo, Just f-ing beautiful, man. That list is a thing of beauty to me. For Michael Collins Jeffrey and Me has become a big family hit here with the great 5.1.
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Post by tootull on Oct 30, 2014 21:35:12 GMT
I think those words of JFK must have inspired many a skygazing kid back in the 60's. I know they did for me. Back then the sky wasn't the limit and 2001 was still 40 odd years away. Then people lost interest and budgets were cut and we moved backwards for too long a time. Must agree about JFK.
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Post by tootull on Oct 30, 2014 21:22:12 GMT
Crossword, Saturation and Rhythm in Gold. Must tunes for me. I'm outta here if YOU can't improve your track selection. (now that's a joke I couldn't resist) Now on to some real trouble. It's all about that vocal: Throwing some heavyweights out there - I wouldn't care if I never heard Sweet Dream & Witches Promise. I heard those two after becoming a fan with Aqualung & Thick As A Brick, being sold on Tull by the live Brick.
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Post by tootull on Oct 30, 2014 19:40:53 GMT
Music cool, not crazy about the lyrics or the delivery of the lyrics. First Tull tune that I really complained about.
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Post by tootull on Oct 30, 2014 19:34:35 GMT
Hello, TT, Buffalo NY reports are for you. From tt just across the Falls Ian Anderson to perform the music of Jethro Tull at UB Center for the Arts (ET video) www.buffalonews.com/gusto/concert-previews/ian-anderson-to-perform-the-music-of-jethro-tull-at-ub-center-for-the-arts-20141027Although so often rather unfairly relegated to the “novelty act” region of the classic rock world, Jethro Tull is one of the most enduring bands to have emerged from the late 1960s and early ’70s progressive rock melee. By blending elements of Celtic folk, classical, world music and heavy rock, Tull’s main brain, Ian Anderson, became lord and master of his own idiosyncratic domain within the world of popular music. The end result of Anderson’s bloody mindedness? A body of work that smacks of radical invention, consistent excellence and unfailing integrity. Which is not to suggest that Anderson and Tull’s music – dense, challenging, progressive and tinged with decidedly British, Monty Python-esque humor – is for everyone. It’s not. But for those who have delved deeply into it, that music has been a dependable friend. Tull as we once knew it is no more. Anderson has assembled a new band that operates under his own name, and longtime Tull cohort guitarist Martin Barre now fronts an eponymous ensemble. The adventurous Jethro Tull spirit endures, however, and is amply evident in Anderson’s latest effort, the conceptually unified prog-rock throwback “Homo Erraticus.” Anderson’s current world tour, dubbed “The Best of Jethro Tull Performed by Ian Anderson,” finds the songwriter leading the new band through twin sets of music, the first focused on the “Homo Erraticus” material, and the second delving deeply into the Jethro Tull catalog. The tour stops at the University at Buffalo’s Center for the Arts in Amherst at 8 p.m. Tuesday. Tickets are $69.50, $59.50 and $49.50 (box office, Tickets.com). Tightrope 'cross Niagara, don't cut my wire.Looking forward to it.. Thanks TT! Is that you over there? Walking the wire.
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Post by tootull on Oct 30, 2014 19:30:07 GMT
Concert Review: Ian Anderson’s flute hits the highs, but his voice can't Published: October 29, 2014 11:14 PM www.providencejournal.com/features/entertainment/music/20141029-ian-andersons-flute-hits-the-highs-but-not-his-voice.eceBy Andy Smith Journal Arts Writer asmith@providencejournal.com PROVIDENCE, R.I. — There were two problems with Ian Anderson’s concert at the Providence Performing Arts Center Wednesday night. And although the show had some nice moments, it never quite shook them. One is that his voice has lost much of its range and tone. Anderson, best known as lead singer, songwriter and flute player for Jethro Tull, used a second singer, Ryan O’Donnell, to help out on his tattered vocals. But while O’Donnell could hit the notes, he never had the conviction that Anderson showed in his prime. The second problem was that Anderson front-loaded the concert with seven songs from his lyrically dense but melodically sparse new album, “Homo Erraticus,” a concept album that attempts nothing less than a history of Britain from prehistoric times to the present — and beyond. The audience listened attentively, but didn’t become enthused until Anderson & Co. got into the Tull material with the instrumental “Bouree.” (Which, technically, is by Bach, but never mind.) He closed out the first half of the show with a substantial chunk from 1972′s Jethro Tull album “Thick as a Brick.” On the plus side, Anderson’s flute playing remains extraordinary, whether trading riffs with guitarist Florian Ophale or weaving around an accordion part. He’s arguably the only guy to make the flute a credible lead instrument in rock. And Anderson, 67, still had plenty of energy on stage. (It was only a few minutes before he assumed one of his iconic poses, playing the flute while perched on one leg.) The second half was devoted to Jethro Tull material. Whether it was truly a “best of,” as advertised, depends on your tastes. “Critique Oblique” might not be on your list, but these were the songs Anderson picked, and for all practical purposes, he is Jethro Tull. This part of the show opened with the apt “Living in the Past,” as the video screen showed footage of the young, wild-haired Anderson. Other selections included “With You There to Help Me” from 1970 and “Teacher,” with O’Donnell taking on much of the singing. Following “Songs from the Wood and “Farm on the Freeway,” Anderson and his band launched an extended version of the Tull favorite “Aqualung,” which had some in the crowd singing along. It also gave guitarist Ophale a chance to show his stuff. The encore was a suitably propulsive “Locomotive Breath,” which brought the audience to its feet. Anderson used a lot of theatrics in the show, with the big video screen behind the musicians filled with imagery throughout the show. Occasionally, the action on the screen and on stage merged. The concert opened as the screen showed a Swiss sanitarium, with Anderson in his bed. On screen, he finds his flute, the audience cheers, and next thing you know he’s on the stage with his band members wearing white coats. On Twitter: @asmith651
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Post by tootull on Oct 29, 2014 19:29:27 GMT
Okay, you've forced me into action before Im ready but here are a few Id at least love to hear done and would consider it good enough to be included in a best of show and still doable by the current "limitations" and may even benefit from that situation (Ryan being counted in!) and not in a any set list order I won't pretend to know better than the guy who does that…….I'd go see this show knowing these were in the set! (of course I go anyway) but it would be very refreshing. 1. Quizz Kid 2. Mother Goose 3. Reasons for Waiting 4. TAAB, "Do you believe in the Day" 5. Clasp 6. The Chequered Flag 7. Fires at Midnight/Weathercock 8. Fallen on Hard Times 9. Dun Ringell 10. Warm Sporran 11. The Waking Edge 12. Fly by Night 13. Critique Oblique/ Magus Perde 14. Farm on the Freeway 15. A Gift of Roses 16. Bouree 17. Aqualung 18. Living in the Past (early 90s version) That was in a rush but still tried to fit some things in there that need to be. (yes, I've heard a million times but…..they couldn't get away without a nod to a couple regulars) Darin Lost my original post - crap! I'm taking too long now...curses! -I was thinking along the lines of The Best of Ian Anderson - I would like to see Secret Language performed in its entirety with a best of from the rest of the solo material. Your list looks good from here, I'd agree for the most part. I'd drop these for my own selfish reasons. Bouree Aqualung Living in the Past (early 90s version) These would be a cool best of with videos. Moths The Whistler Heavy Horses Dun Ringill Lap of Luxury Steel Monkey Jump Start Said She Was A Dancer Ramble on... The Secret Language Of Birds is perfect. Martin Barre on Boris Dancing & The Water Carrier. Adding Andrew Giddings and Gerry Conway to the album makes it sound more like The Secret Lineup Of Tull to my ears. On DOT COM El Nino is great.When I saw Tull live I was disappointed it was not performed. I wish for this concert. El Nino A Gift Of Roses The Dog-Ear Years Beside Myself At Last Forever Stuck In The August Rain This Free Will Strange Avenues Ears Of Tin Rock Island Part Of The Machine The Waking Edge Heat Saboteur Overhang The Clasp Flying Colours Cup Of Wonder And Further On Encore: Baker Street Muse ...and yes I miss Martin Barre in the Tull lineup
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Post by tootull on Oct 29, 2014 11:48:32 GMT
TT, Those were great best of albums (No Critique Oblique though, edit 8 and 9 were well worn out by the time the album was released) for the time….dont tell be you couldn't assemble a "Best of" set list from after this era…..I know you can. How about we try? Anyone want to put together their "B side" best of set list that would make sense for todays IA Band? Im going to think on it tonight. Darin I'll wait for your Best Of list as I consider mine. Jethro Tull - "A Passion Play" Edits forums.stevehoffman.tv/threads/jethro-tull-a-passion-play-edits.152251/
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Post by tootull on Oct 29, 2014 11:36:28 GMT
Looking at my morning (Google Canada) Tull news. Surprised! - I must admire such Tull dedication. CHEERS! Chance to share your Jethro Tull memorieswww.blackpoolgazette.co.uk/news/community/memory-lane/chance-to-share-your-jethro-tull-memories-1-6922393A gang of music fans is hoping there might be some Blackpool residents Living In The Past who could help them. The Jethro Tull Group – keen fans of the British progressive rock band – wants to hear about people’s memories of Jethro Tull from back in the day. The group, which operates a number of fan-based websites, is putting together a new book on the history of the band, from their very early formative years in Blackpool, to the current 2014 line-up and touring shows. It is made up of Erin Ward from New York, Pat Kent from London, Charles Kennedy, from Boston and Steve Gugerty, from Los Angeles. The three Americans, who have been fans of Jethro Tull for years, spent decades collecting photos, information, recordings and video and decided they wanted to produce a book yet to be done in the way they – as fans – would like to see on their own bookshelves. They met Pat, 58, through the internet and established a ‘virtual’ friendship. Earlier this year, Pat was in discussion with a publisher to produce what could become the Big Book of Tull, and the four men got together to form The Jethro Tull Group, to work on the project. Pat – who discovered Jethro Tull in his teenage years, in around 1969, when the sister of a friend gave him several singles to start his record collection – said: “We are now looking for anyone who knew the band in their early years, when they played as Jethro Tull, knew any of the Jethro Tull band members, or were part of Tull. “We would also like contact anyone who was part of or saw any of the formative bands from around Blackpool which formed part of Jethro Tull’s early history: bands like The Blades, Johnny Breeze and The Atlantics, and The John Evan Band. “We would love to hear from former fans or musicians who were around Blackpool and the bands in those early days, in particular anyone who wants to share their stories or photographs of those times.” Tull frontman Ian Anderson was born in Scotland, but moved to the Fylde coast as a teen and went to Blackpool Grammar School. He lived in St Annes during his formative years, when he studied fine art at college, before trying his hand at music. Four years ago, the flautist returned to Blackpool to unveil a plaque in the resort to mark the band’s massive achievements. The plaque was placed at Holy Trinity Church Hall, North Shore, where Anderson’s first band The Blades – who eventually formed Jethro Tull – had their debut gig. Anyone who can help The Jethro Tull Group can email admin@jethrotullgroup.com or, for more information, visit www.jethrotullgroup.comBest of luck in what you find. But for your own sake remember times we used to know.
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Post by tootull on Oct 27, 2014 19:51:34 GMT
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Post by tootull on Oct 27, 2014 18:11:41 GMT
Hello, TT, Buffalo NY reports are for you. From tt just across the Falls Ian Anderson to perform the music of Jethro Tull at UB Center for the Arts (ET video) www.buffalonews.com/gusto/concert-previews/ian-anderson-to-perform-the-music-of-jethro-tull-at-ub-center-for-the-arts-20141027Although so often rather unfairly relegated to the “novelty act” region of the classic rock world, Jethro Tull is one of the most enduring bands to have emerged from the late 1960s and early ’70s progressive rock melee. By blending elements of Celtic folk, classical, world music and heavy rock, Tull’s main brain, Ian Anderson, became lord and master of his own idiosyncratic domain within the world of popular music. The end result of Anderson’s bloody mindedness? A body of work that smacks of radical invention, consistent excellence and unfailing integrity. Which is not to suggest that Anderson and Tull’s music – dense, challenging, progressive and tinged with decidedly British, Monty Python-esque humor – is for everyone. It’s not. But for those who have delved deeply into it, that music has been a dependable friend. Tull as we once knew it is no more. Anderson has assembled a new band that operates under his own name, and longtime Tull cohort guitarist Martin Barre now fronts an eponymous ensemble. The adventurous Jethro Tull spirit endures, however, and is amply evident in Anderson’s latest effort, the conceptually unified prog-rock throwback “Homo Erraticus.” Anderson’s current world tour, dubbed “The Best of Jethro Tull Performed by Ian Anderson,” finds the songwriter leading the new band through twin sets of music, the first focused on the “Homo Erraticus” material, and the second delving deeply into the Jethro Tull catalog. The tour stops at the University at Buffalo’s Center for the Arts in Amherst at 8 p.m. Tuesday. Tickets are $69.50, $59.50 and $49.50 (box office, Tickets.com). Tightrope 'cross Niagara, don't cut my wire.
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Post by tootull on Oct 27, 2014 15:22:14 GMT
REVIEW: Jethro Tull's Ian Anderson at Sands not living in the past, but could better serve it www.mcall.com/entertainment/lehigh-valley-music/mc-jethro-tulls-ian-anderson-at-sands-bethlehem-event-center-not-living-in-the-past-but-could-better-se-20141027-column.htmlJohn J. Moser The Morning Calljmoser@mcall.com Jethro Tull's Ian Anderson at Sands Bethlehem Event Center isn't living in the past. Should he be? It’s hard to figure what to make of progressive rock these days – at least the progressive rock of Jethro Tull lead singer Ian Anderson, who performed Sunday at Sands Bethlehem Event Center. On one hand, its complexity and sheer musicality makes it stand far apart from senseless drivel such as Taylor Swift’s new album. And Anderson’s particularly theatrical style of presenting it made it instantly intriguing. On the other hand, Anderson’s material from his new album “Homo Erraticus,” released in May, was presented so theatrically, that it very much seemed more a play than music able to stand on its own, except that it had no discernible story, or even message. And the older songs that Anderson billed as “the best of Jethro Tull,” while still impressive, sounded a bit tattered as played Sunday, and dipped into cover-band territory when – despite the fact Anderson was on stage – some were largely sung by a different vocalist. The show was offered in two sets, with the first hour containing seven songs of the 15 from ”Homo Erraticus” then a couple of Tull hits, and the second hour 10 of the supposed best of Tull. The new songs were very much a stage presentation, with a video introduction of the 67-year-old Anderson as an Alzheimer’s patient offering the introduction, “Thought I was a gonner, did you?” and members of his four-man band (all of whom have played in configurations of Jethro Tull) coming out in medical white coats. And Anderson gave his typical theatrical performance – by the middle of the first song, the “Homo Erraticus” opening tune “Doggerland,” he was standing on one leg to play the flute. The new songs were undistinguished – and undistinguishable, seeming more like the background music that moves along the plot of a play than stand-alone songs. Trouble was, if there was a play or message they were telling, it was indiscernible – either too esoteric or poorly conveyed, with the lyrics not understandable. But it all sounded ominous and seemed like important stuff: During “Enter the Uninvited,” the video screen flashed images of “Star Trek” and “The Walking Dead.” On “Puer Ferox Adventurus,” a grim reaper character swept the floor. On “The Browning of the Green, backup singer Brian O’Donnell walked around in a lab coat with a clipboard. And on the disc’s closing song, “Cold Dead Reckoning,” the screen flashed images of Muammar Gaddafi, Saddam Hussein, Adolf Hitler … and George W. Bush (really?) before ending with two blasts of light. The nearly full audience of something more than 2,000 seemed genuinely interested, but it wasn’t until the end of the set, when Anderson played the early Jethro Tull instrumental “Bouree” that they seemed to come alive, clapping along and cheering as Anderson skipped across the stage. And the first-set-closing “Thick As a Brick” (all of Part I and a snippet of Part II, totaling 16 minutes) got cheers from the opening notes. The difference, of course, was that song is a classic. But it also has a distinctive melody missing from much of the new music. Yes, the better of Jethro Tull’s songs are now 45 years old, but the reason they still get the reaction they do is because they are good. But it was disconcerting that O’Donnell sang a sizable chunk of the song, as he did on several other of the “best of” offerings, including the second-set opening “Living in the Past.” That was especially because Anderson’s voice, while its range shorter and its richness thinner, was nonetheless the distinctive sound of the songs. Anderson duetted with O’Donnell on “With You There to Help Me” from the 1970 album “Benefit,” but the backup singer did at least half of “Too Old to Rock ‘n’ Roll, Too Young to Die” and “Farm on the Freeway.” The other disappointment is that those songs, as well as “Critique Oblique” from “A Passion Play,” hardly make up “the best of” Jethro Tull as the concert’s title suggested. When introducing “Teacher,” which actually is a “best of” song, Anderson suggested he was doing it against his will and had O’Donnell sing most of it. But it’s a song that holds up well – some of Tull’s material doesn’t – and got a loud cheer. Anderson skipped such gems such as “Bungle in the Jungle,” "Cross-Eyed Mary" and “Skating Away on the Thin Ice of a New Day.” The show’s main set closed with a nine-minute version of Tull’s “Aqualung,” unquestionably Jethro Tull’s greatest song. It holds up as an important song, but it was inexcusable that O’Donnell sang so much of it. Without Anderson, it came too close to a tribute band – which, without him, it was. Despite that, the audience rushed the stage and gave a standing ovation to the band, which returned for a nine-minute encore of “Locomotive Breath” that was strong and strongly played. That, honestly is what made prog rock so enticing – its strong musicality, but also its connection to rock and roll. The theatrics might have been something special to Jethro Tull, but they didn’t overshadow the music. Jethro Tull frontman Ian Anderson at Sands Bethlehem Event Center (Photos by Brian Hineline/Special to The Morning Call)
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Post by tootull on Oct 18, 2014 15:33:25 GMT
Incomparable Tull. I should never compare...to Tull. I have no time for Genesis. Never clicked for me.
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