Jethro Tull Appreciation Thread

Well think of the phrase "Sticks and stones may break my bones but words can never hurt me".

Well worth remembering

 

I had a program director tell me once he had always wanted to put some TAAB cuts on the air but since he had been listening to the album for so long, it was one big song to him and he couldn't figure out where to make the edits! I was new to TAAB at the time so had no problem extracting some "singles" from the album.

I took my cue from other greatest hits samplings which had TAAB and APP extracts and came up with 5 different songs, even titled them something unique (something other than TAAB edits 1-5 ). I don't know if he ever used them (unfortunately I didn't work for that station but one of the others Clearchannel owned) but I enjoyed the process and gained a ... different respect for TAAB perhaps than I would have otherwise.

I'm a notorious "thrower away-er (the opposite of a pack-rat)" but I might have kept those on a disc somewhere. I'll have to see if I can track them down.

 

Welcome to SHtv.

My advice: Repeat: Everyone should own the original CD's of "MU" Best Of and Repeat Vol. II Best Of for a basic flat sounding understanding of Tull.

 

All this obsession with Ian's use of the word "anorak" to describe some of Tull's more dedicated fans is clearly the behavior of an anorak.

 

Thank you, thank you. Take a bow.

 

This, from a guy who has over NINE THOUSAND posts here.

Just joking, John...you know I love you, my fellow anorak.



Jeff

 

I have to admit....that was very funny.

Jeff

 

Chill out dude. All of us here are sitting typing in our anoraks and proud to be wearing them. Off to go and check out the train station!

 

Just joking

Yeah, anoraks tend to do a lot of counting. Kick him while he's down. Oh, low blow; My post count is an anorak's mirage. Where are those pictures of Ian Anderson wearing an anorak? hehehe

Trains

Here I am at the end of the day
with a cup of cold coffee from the station buffet.
On trains, on trains I seem to spend my life on trains.

See the blue suit banker in the ticket line.
Got an Evening Standard with Playboy hidden behind.
On trains, on trains he seems to spend his life on trains.

Time after time. Was I just dreaming?
Did I help you aboard?
Full passenger service
let me help with the door.
Sit down take the weight off your feet.
Caught a train full of people I'd like you to meet.
On trains, on trains we love to spend our lives on trains.

Join the secret world of trains.
Feel the pleasure. Touch the pain.
Drift into yesterday.

Once and again I was just thinking.We could meet sometime
on the 17.30 where I usually find my friends at the end of the day.
May we pay your fare, lady?
We should like you to stay in our train.
On trains you'll have to spend your life on trains.

I hear there's an office party on the 18.05.
You'll be home for Christmas if they take you alive
from the train. Those trains, we have to spend our lives on trains.

Once and again I was just thinking.
We could meet any time on number two platform
where I usually find my friends at the end of the day.
On trains, trains, trains. - Ian Anderson

 

The UK version of 'Teacher' on the 20 Years box set (vinyl) was in mono. I never picked up the CD version but I'm assuming it's still mono. The original UK single version of 'Teacher' is in stereo. It was nice to include the US version of Teacher on the remastered Benefit CD for completeness however it sounds to my ears like none of Benefit bonus tracks were remastered.

Regarding maddog's post about Ian Anderson hating 'Seventeen', I can't fathom why but if it's true that would explain why it was left off 'Living In The Past'. I think it's a great track, all 6+ minutes of it, certainly better than the forgettable 'Driving Song' issued that same year.

 

Egads man! Forgettable and Driving Song used synonymously

That guitar riff! That kick drum! That bass line!

On a side note, can someone point me in the direction of where to acquire the 6 minute 17?

 

I would love to know where I can hear this as well.

 

Me too.

Tull on Tour 2010: Boston
??? hmmmm

http://www.bostonmusicspotlight.com...0s-and80s-favorites-to-boston-march-2010.aspx
Jethro Tull with very special guest Procol Harum
* Tuesday * 06/15/10 * at 7:30 PM
Bank of America Pavilion
Boston, MA
http://www.livenation.com/edp/eventId/415713

 

I might go, I did catch them last time they were here, but that setlist does not do too much for. That said, the Pavilion is a great spot to catch Tull. It is basically a giant tent set up next to Boston Harbor.

 

http://elcamaleongallego6.blogspot.com/search?q=jethro+tull

Scroll down half way and you'll find it.

 

Thanks.

 

TY!

 

http://entertainment.timesonline.co...ainment/music/live_reviews/article7067377.ece
From The Times March 19, 2010 Jethro Tull at Union Chapel, N1

Ian Anderson and his band may not be fashionable any more, but that’s not going to put them off a folk-rock exploration
by John Bungey

There are two approaches to a live show for the seasoned touring musician: one is the Rolling Stones’ human jukebox routine, bashing out the old hits; the other is the John Coltrane/Miles Davis stance, which is roughly: “I’m a slave to my muse, not you lot, so I’ll play what I like.” The latter path requires a lot of talent and a blithe disregard for the box office to work for long. Ian Anderson and his band plough a middle course, which may explain their continued vitality approximately 35 years after the pop press last deemed them fashionable.

If their 40th anniversary tour in 2008 was the nearest they have recently got to a “greatest hits” tour, their current gigs are more “B-sides and rarities”. Rootling near the bottom of his song drawer, Anderson had found March the Mad Scientist, an ancient album bonus track, and the seasonally dislocated Birthday Card at Christmas. Neither quite matched the brio of Life is a Long Song, Songs from the Wood or other more familiar fare.

Still, when the soundman masters its boomy acoustic, the Union Chapel is quite the loveliest rock venue in London, with its vaulted heights bathed in pink and gold light and the band emitting a pleasingly woody sound. Mandolin, acoustic guitar and bass, accordion and, of course, flute dominated. The lead guitarist Martin Barre’s crashing blues-rock of old was tamed and the drummer Doane Perry tickled rather than pummelled.

As the group investigated its folk- rock side, it was hard to credit that this was the troupe that once beat Metallica to a heavy-metal Grammy. Anderson, as ever, played the genial, self- deprecating host, making jokes about his age and waist size and introducing their Bach-lite Bourée as “cruise-ship cocktail-lounge jazz”. Barre’s sprightly gypsy- jazz solo feature, Empty Café, was so called, Anderson said, because all the attractive women walked out when he walked in. The venerable Barre smiled wanly.

There were Eastern influences, too, in more recent material, the perky instrumental Eurology and Tea with the Princess, written about the sitar player Anoushka Shankar while in India — Jethro Tull often stray from the tried-and-tested touring circuit.

But as Anderson huffed and mugged through yet another flute solo, the dustier corners of the repertoire did not always yield gems. Surer ground was finally reached with the climactic Aqualung, this time preceded by a clever, folkie Aqualung overture, and then an encore of a similarly reworked Locomotive Breath. The sold-out crowd duly rose to its feet.

Ian Anderson once told me that after a couple of hit albums it was easy to keep a band touring successfully. It isn’t, of course, but the wily gents of Tull make it seem so.

Tonight, Fairfield Halls, Croydon. Full tour details at jethrotull.com

 

Here is a set list I would love to see, which I believe is realistic in terms of what IA can still sing, what is learnable, what he will not exclude and what he would probably consider a good balance of acoustic/electric, new stuff, old stuff and instrumentals:

Mouse Police Never Sleeps (acoustic, singable, great way to open show)
To Cry You a Song (definitely singable and not hard to learn)
One for John Gee (a different instrumental for a change)
Look into the Sun (acoustic and singable)
A Change of Horses (new song nobody's tired of yet)
A New Day Yesterday (Ian can still sing this one)
Bouree (most fans expect this)
Mountain Men (singable, especially the opening part)
Moths (acoustic and singable)
Dharma for One (not much to sing, with instrumental solos)
Tea with the Princess (new song nobody's tired of yet)
Slow Marching Band (acoustic, and I think Ian can sing it)
Martin piece from Stage Left (doesn't matter what, it's all good)
Aqualung (Ian won't exclude this)
Locomotive Breath (Ian won't exclude this either)
And Further On (great way to end show)


That's sixteen songs, just the right length.

Jeff

 

17 is a b-side

17 is the b-side to the Sweet Dream single released in '69. It was issued in the UK and nearly every major country except for the US and Canada where 17 was replaced with 'Back To The Family'. Also of note the mono single mix of Sweet Dream is different from the stereo mix as it contains only a single tracked lead vocal - I prefer the mono mix.

 

The "stereo" mix is not stereo, just a lot of reverb bounce added to the mono mix. Wretched.

 

Of course you know I would like to see this performance. Dream on!

It All Trickles Down
El Nino
A Gift Of Roses
The Dog-Ear Years
Beside Myself
At Last Forever
Stuck In The August Rain
This Free Will
When Jesus Came To Play
Doctor To My Disease
Thinking Round Corners
Strange Avenues
Ears Of Tin
Rock Island

Interval, maybe

Part Of The Machine
A Stitch In Time
Too Many Too
I'm Your Gun
The Waking Edge
Heat
Saboteur
Overhang
The Clasp
Flying Colours
Cup Of Wonder
And Further On
Encore: Baker Street Muse

...and not out of breath yet!

 

"songs from the wood"

Got this because most people on this group said I should get it,I stop buying Tull
after passion Play (which I didn't love)
I liked "songs from the wood" ,and glad I got it,Now what should I get next
"Too Old to Rock and Roll"?? or warchild(?) or something else?

 

Heavy Horses

 

Then Stormwatch