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rambibambi 
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Posted: September 12 2007 at 07:38 |
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Nanook wrote:
I'm lucky enough to have tickets to see Jethro Tull in October. I can hardly wait!
I've never had the chance to see them live, and I plan on correcting that oversight. It'll be at a small theater, about 4500 seats, and our tickets are in the fourth row, just off dead center. |
I'm sure you'll enjoy them. I've seen Tull around ten times now and never failed to be impressed. Last time was on the recent UK acoustic tour. Must admit, that seemed a bit pointless to me as so much of their music is acoustic based and one of the things i love about Tull is the light and shade between acoustic and noisier electric bits.
Whilst we're talking about Tull I can't help thinking their recent albums could be improved with a better production. I find Anderson's production a little bland. |
Ah would love to seem them but can't go... Sorry to say never seen them live in my entire existence. I am positive this will be a great experience! As for Ian Anderson...personally I love it. It's contemplative music, although I do admit that compared to earlier, his voice lost a little strength. But the music is fine, though in some pieces there should be more of him playing the flute-which does sometimes tend to disappear behind other elements. My favourite album will be of course As Thick as Brick. And Songs from the Woods.
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verslibre
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Posted: August 14 2007 at 22:42 |
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Actually, don't all the songs you refer to comprise an "unreleased album" that could have been issued in 1981? And I forgot about "Broadsword," a song I do like.
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raindance2007
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Posted: August 10 2007 at 18:26 |
verslibre wrote:
With the exception of "The Clasp," the bonus tracks on Broadsword are the better songs...funny how that worked out.
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Don't quite agree. Seal driver, Watching me watching you, Fallen on hard times and Clasp are all equally fine songs. I'm starting to quite like Flying colours too. But Broadsword, Slow marching band, Pussy willow and Beastie and Cheerio are just decent album fillers although Pussy and Beastie had pretty mediocre drum sounds. As for the bonus tracks, Jackalynn is ruined by the poor drum sound, but there is a much better version of this song without drums from 1982 also. Mayhem maybe, Overhang and Rhythm of gold are just average. But there are some cool bonus tracks such as I'm your gun, Too many too, Down at the end of your road, Jack frost and the hooded crow. Too many too is a fine recording, but the other 3 could have been recorded a bit better though. So overall there are 4 bonus tracks on the remaster worth raving about, but the recordings could have been more consistent and a touch better. But I think the 2 best session outtakes are Motoreyes and Jackalynn(the other version), but these 2 songs were not on the remaster which was a disappointment. Motoreyes is quite cool and well recorded. I am also fond of Commons brawl and The curse. That is 4 bonus tracks which are cooler than half of the songs on the remaster which weren't even featured on the cd. Other further bonus tracks could have been Drive on the young side of life, Lights out, No step, Crew nights. Not bad tunes and probably on par with Jackalynn, Rythym of gold, Mayhem maybe and Overhand. I think there are 26 songs in total that have been released, but there are suposedly at least a couple more songs out there somewhere. There's probably about 15 well recorded songs, while the other 10 or 11 could have been a bit better. Overall there are about a dozen worthy songs from the whole session. About 5 on the original album, about 4 bonus tracks and about 3 further outtakes. If you get all the songs together and compile the best 10 or 12 songs, it comes up as a pretty fine bunch of songs 
Edited by raindance2007 - August 10 2007 at 18:43
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verslibre
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Posted: August 10 2007 at 08:47 |
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With the exception of "The Clasp," the bonus tracks on Broadsword are the better songs...funny how that worked out.
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Nightfly
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Posted: August 06 2007 at 11:31 |
Nanook wrote:
I'm lucky enough to have tickets to see Jethro Tull in October. I can hardly wait!
I've never had the chance to see them live, and I plan on correcting that oversight. It'll be at a small theater, about 4500 seats, and our tickets are in the fourth row, just off dead center. |
I'm sure you'll enjoy them. I've seen Tull around ten times now and never failed to be impressed. Last time was on the recent UK acoustic tour. Must admit, that seemed a bit pointless to me as so much of their music is acoustic based and one of the things i love about Tull is the light and shade between acoustic and noisier electric bits.
Whilst we're talking about Tull I can't help thinking their recent albums could be improved with a better production. I find Anderson's production a little bland.
Edited by Nightfly - August 06 2007 at 11:34
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Posted: August 06 2007 at 09:06 |
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I love Tull. I was listening to the Heavy Horses album this morning. This is one of my personal favorites from them. Ian always got the best musicians for the Tull albums and Tull mainstay Barre is an under rated guitat player.
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Posted: August 06 2007 at 07:51 |
SoundsofSeasons wrote:
Thick as a Brick for me. The amount of brilliance escapes my minds comprehension.... |
Then, order brain upgrade for Passion play 
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Posted: August 06 2007 at 07:50 |
SoundsofSeasons wrote:
Thick as a Brick for me. The amount of brilliance escapes my minds comprehension.... |
Then, order brain upgrade for Passion play
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SoundsofSeasons
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Posted: August 05 2007 at 23:50 |
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Thick as a Brick for me. The amount of brilliance escapes my minds comprehension....
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1 Chronicles 13:7-9
Then David and all Israel played music before God with all their might, with singing, on harps, on stringed instruments, on tambourines, on cymbals, and with trumpets.
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Posted: August 05 2007 at 08:39 |
mrcozdude wrote:
Am i insane to say i may prefer this was to aqualung |
Good news for you!!! you are not insane
I prefer BROADSWORD AND THE BEASt  to AQUALUNG!!! ...unless i am insane too!!!
And i am going to tell you something definitely more insane  !!!! i listen more to TOO OLD TO ROCK AND ROLL than AQUALUNg or TAAB!!!! .......enough to be put in an asylum by a lot of people here!! or burned like an heretic in the medieval times!! 
Yes TIME WAS is...good!!!
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Posted: August 05 2007 at 08:36 |
Prog.Sylvie wrote:
I have seen JT playing live twice; in the late seventies, and in 2004. Now, this year, we will see JT again, but this time at La Place Des Arts ( where the Montreal Symphonic orchestra usually play). The sound will be magnifiscent I guess, better than in a big arena. That will be a perfect place to play for JT. |
How many bands can say that they play anywhere between a small club, symphonic orchestra hall and big stadium arena? I think here's another proof for Jethro Tull's greatness. 
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Posted: August 05 2007 at 07:32 |
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Am i insane to say i may prefer this was to aqualung
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Nanook
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Posted: July 28 2007 at 18:25 |
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I love Tull's music, easily my favorite band of any kind of music. I must have 30 or more CDs, including the solo stuff from Ian Anderson.
I'm lucky enough to have tickets to see Jethro Tull in October. I can hardly wait!
I've never had the chance to see them live, and I plan on correcting that oversight. It'll be at a small theater, about 4500 seats, and our tickets are in the fourth row, just off dead center.
Broadsword and the Beast is a favorite of mine, along with Crest of a Knave. The early stuff is great, too. I remember Aqualung when it first came out, it was pretty much the album of Tull's that everybody knew. Just a great album. I play it quite a bit even nowadays.
My wife is probably sick of hearing it by now.
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Bring me my broadsword, and clear understanding.
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Prog.Sylvie
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Posted: July 28 2007 at 14:37 |
I always liked Jethro Tull since the early seventies ( 1973 something like that). Ian Anderson have a unique sound and his music is very enjoyable to listen too, even today.
I have seen JT playing live twice; in the late seventies, and in 2004. Now, this year, we will see JT again, but this time at La Place Des Arts ( where the Montreal Symphonic orchestra usually play). The sound will be magnifiscent I guess, better than in a big arena. That will be a perfect place to play for JT.
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C'est la vie
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The Whistler
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Posted: July 28 2007 at 06:38 |
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STLMC up! But have you heard ZINGOPUFFY by HELPIMTRAPPEDINACHINESEFORTUNECOOKIEFACTORY12? Brilliant stuff my MLAKSHOE, brilliant stuff...
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"There seem to be quite a large percentage of young American boys out there tonight. A long way from home, eh? Well so are we... Gotta stick together." -I. Anderson
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Posted: July 28 2007 at 06:37 |
The Whistler wrote:
But in another way, yes, because EVERYONE online abbreviates, and unless you're in the "in crowd," which I'm not, not even here, you have no idea in the world what's going on, in the "oh, lookit him, he's a QSTTRV" "LOL!" sorta way.
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I know, PLOTM and LSABDotG are good, but ItESaYDSTYCSM is beyond brilliant
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The Whistler
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Posted: July 28 2007 at 06:29 |
sircosick wrote:
I do insist you, Whistler: It really cares, does'nt just to you, really cares to anyone? If I want to write the long (and correct) form of everything, it's useless that you critize me for the way I write, about Tull or wathever the band. Right? |
I just...like to know what's going on in the world! Is that such a crime?!?
(breaks down into tears)
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"There seem to be quite a large percentage of young American boys out there tonight. A long way from home, eh? Well so are we... Gotta stick together." -I. Anderson
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Hopeless
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Posted: July 28 2007 at 06:26 |
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"Aqualung" and "Thick as A Brick" are my favourites, great band.
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If i have any spelling\grammar mistakes, ignore them. English is only my second language <_<
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Mandrakeroot
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Posted: July 27 2007 at 16:28 |
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Well... My brother gave me (because it is stupid) the LP version of "20 Years Of Jethro Tull", my first contact wuth Tull (in 1988). It was very difficult to restore on CD this version instead of to remove 6 songs?
Edited by Mandrakeroot - July 27 2007 at 16:31
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prognose
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Posted: July 27 2007 at 01:19 |
Rutgers Joe wrote:
prognose wrote:
the Warchild remaster get's 4.3 stars because of the stunner bonus tracks and Stormwatch remaster gets 4.5 stars also because of the stunner bonus tracks |
Agreed...
...also, the bonus tracks on the Broadsword re-master are excellent...all as good or better than the original album tracks... |
Have you heard Motoreyes, jackalyn part 2 or Blues instrumental?
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