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Post by The Mouse Police on Nov 15, 2012 16:35:01 GMT -5
This thread is created in honor of one the greatest albums I have ever heard. Share your thoughts and other J-Tull albums you believe worthy of constant listening.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 15, 2012 16:45:14 GMT -5
I always liked Stormwatch.. Orion and Home are some of my favorites. It is also a very dark and sad album as it was this time that John Glasscock was very ill and later passed on. Ian plays some bass lines on this album as well. Also it was the last time the "classic" and some might say the "best" Tull line up ever recorded, together. John Evans, Barrie Barlow, and David(Dee) Palmer leave after this tour, not of their own wants.
On tour it brought us Dave Pegg and that wonderful costume.
Some great songs are on that album...as well as the ones I mentioned above...Dark Ages, Flying Dutchman, Dun Ringil ...some great stuff
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Post by jtul07 on Nov 15, 2012 19:41:41 GMT -5
Here is a unique video made by a Tull fan.
Uploaded by jcpadmore on Feb 28, 2009 I made this video because I love this song and it always made me think of these kind of images when I first listened to it. The photographs were taken by Frank Meadow Sutcliffe, celebrated photographer from Whitby (Yorkshire, England). I hope you enjoy the video.
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Post by flutestobranches on Nov 17, 2012 11:47:36 GMT -5
It is nice to see "Stormwatch" getting some deserved attention; I have long felt it has been overlooked and underrated. Not only are the songs brilliant, but the cover art is fabulous, too. I wish Chester Hopkins would market a T-shirt with the giant polar bear from the back cover! Hey, they still produce shirts of the front cover every now and then...
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Post by Cecil the Sealion on Nov 17, 2012 16:05:53 GMT -5
On the remaster I love:
North sea oil Dun ringill Elegy Crossword Stitch in time Somethings on the move Dark ages King Henrys madrigal
The other songs arent far behind either
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Post by Biggles on Nov 17, 2012 19:06:38 GMT -5
I remember buying tickets for the Stormwatch tour. It was the last time I ever stood in line for Tull tickets the day they went on sale. The end of an era. What a great show.
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Post by rredmond on Nov 17, 2012 21:40:25 GMT -5
kicking video, thank you!
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Post by The Mouse Police on Nov 21, 2012 15:47:37 GMT -5
I find that, with this album, I can never just play one song from it... I either listen to the entire thing; front to back, or nothing at all. (Unless it's Dark Ages... I'll play that on repeat.)
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Post by Zombywoof on Nov 21, 2012 17:31:01 GMT -5
I love this album. I always have.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 22, 2012 1:28:30 GMT -5
I find that, with this album, I can never just play one song from it... I either listen to the entire thing; front to back, or nothing at all. (Unless it's Dark Ages... I'll play that on repeat.) Good thing to point out--the album is very well structured one song after the other. North Sea Oil as the first track really sets the mood for the album, tight musicianship, great lyrics and imagery, northern Isles atmosphere. Warm Sporran is a very underrated Jethro Tull song. Does anyone know if it has ever been played live? It's probably one of the harder numbers to pull off on stage but if anyone can do it, it's Tull.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 22, 2012 3:53:50 GMT -5
I find that, with this album, I can never just play one song from it... I either listen to the entire thing; front to back, or nothing at all. (Unless it's Dark Ages... I'll play that on repeat.) Good thing to point out--the album is very well structured one song after the other. North Sea Oil as the first track really sets the mood for the album, tight musicianship, great lyrics and imagery, northern Isles atmosphere. Warm Sporran is a very underrated Jethro Tull song. Does anyone know if it has ever been played live? It's probably one of the harder numbers to pull off on stage but if anyone can do it, it's Tull. Nope Warm Sporran was never done on stage....sadly.
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Post by skytzo on Nov 23, 2012 10:03:49 GMT -5
Warm Sporran is a very underrated Jethro Tull song. Does anyone know if it has ever been played live? It's probably one of the harder numbers to pull off on stage but if anyone can do it, it's Tull. If I recall correctly (I was 7 years old, so don't hold me to it ) I remember Warm Sporran being played over the house PA before the start of the show on the A tour. Not played live of course, but kinda close. ;D I agree it's an underrated song - only Ian could pull off melding mandolin & bagpipes with synths and a disco-esque drum beat.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 23, 2012 13:46:24 GMT -5
Warm Sporran is a very underrated Jethro Tull song. Does anyone know if it has ever been played live? It's probably one of the harder numbers to pull off on stage but if anyone can do it, it's Tull. If I recall correctly (I was 7 years old, so don't hold me to it ) I remember Warm Sporran being played over the house PA before the start of the show on the A tour. Not played live of course, but kinda close. ;D I agree it's an underrated song - only Ian could pull off melding mandolin & bagpipes with synths and a disco-esque drum beat. It is a very studio oriented song, you are right. It would be great to see them try to pull it off though. It might not be quite as easy since the 1979 lineup is no more. Sounds like a great childhood memory though, how did you come to end up at a Tull show at age 7?
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Post by skytzo on Nov 26, 2012 12:19:25 GMT -5
Sounds like a great childhood memory though, how did you come to end up at a Tull show at age 7? Dear old dad. Of course, I was a Tull concert veteran by that point mind you....the very first show he took me to was the Songs From the Wood tour when I was 4.
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Post by housebrick on Nov 26, 2012 15:26:03 GMT -5
What a brilliant album Stormwatch is. Real favourite of mine. Songs form Stormwatch the band played live on 79 tour were Home,Dark Ages,Orion,Elegy,Old Ghosts,Something on the move, and of course Dun Ringill.
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Post by Heathcliffe on Nov 26, 2012 23:05:47 GMT -5
My first tour as well. Here in Oz.
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Post by Morthoron on Nov 26, 2012 23:17:31 GMT -5
The last of an era, and the last of a splendid album cycle (along with Songs from the Wood and Heavy Horses). I would never appreciate Tull in the same way again.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 27, 2012 9:48:28 GMT -5
From an October 1982 Trouser Press article titled Autodiscography some of Ian's thoughts on Stormwatch and in particular of Barrie Barlow. Interesting is the best way I can describe Ian comments.
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Post by My God on Nov 27, 2012 9:53:24 GMT -5
Great post, Charlie. I read something to that accord back in the day as well.
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Post by The Chook on Dec 2, 2012 11:05:04 GMT -5
I find that, with this album, I can never just play one song from it... I either listen to the entire thing; front to back, or nothing at all. (Unless it's Dark Ages... I'll play that on repeat.) Good thing to point out--the album is very well structured one song after the other. North Sea Oil as the first track really sets the mood for the album, tight musicianship, great lyrics and imagery, northern Isles atmosphere. This is one reason why i really love this album. I pretty much always listen music one album at a time, instead of one song at a time. So its always even more enjoyable when an album is well structured and works as a whole music experience... instead of just having one song after another, without clearly having any thought put into what order they are on album and so on....
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Post by Deleted on Dec 3, 2012 0:07:52 GMT -5
Good thing to point out--the album is very well structured one song after the other. North Sea Oil as the first track really sets the mood for the album, tight musicianship, great lyrics and imagery, northern Isles atmosphere. This is one reason why i really love this album. I pretty much always listen music one album at a time, instead of one song at a time. So its always even more enjoyable when an album is well structured and works as a whole music experience... instead of just having one song after another, without clearly having any thought put into what order they are on album and so on.... You are right, and Tull has been fairly consistent with making their albums album-oriented so to speak. Stormwatch is just one more good example of this. It is arguably one of Tull's darkest albums, although there are a few others.
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Post by Heathcliffe on Dec 3, 2012 1:27:36 GMT -5
Flying Dutchman is a stone cold classic I reckon.
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Post by jtul07 on Dec 3, 2012 7:49:41 GMT -5
Flying Dutchman is a stone cold classic I reckon.
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Post by Morthoron on Dec 3, 2012 8:50:58 GMT -5
I think Stormwatch is probably Tull's most underrated album. This is most likely due to its release on the heels of two great albums, Songs from the Wood (one of the top 5 Tull releases in my book) and Heavy Horses (an excellent album in its own right).
Also, Stormwatch is viewed by many as the last of the "Classic" series of albums with most of the original band members, and, for all this forum's decided love of all things Tull, there was decided drop-off in album quality thereafter; hence, Stormwatch can be seen as part of the decline.
Despite all that, Stormwatch is a decidedly strong album. There is no filler or weak songs that plagued albums like Warchild or Too Old to Rock and Roll. Perhaps, as other posters have noted, the album is quite dark, missing Tull's penchant for humor and playful turns-of-a-phrase that can be seen on Songs from the Wood, Heavy Horses and Minstrel in the Gallery. Hey, when you have songs entitled "Elegy", "Dark Ages" and "Old Ghosts", you can't expect much frivolity.
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Post by Heathcliffe on Dec 3, 2012 20:57:48 GMT -5
Flying Dutchman is a stone cold classic I reckon. WOW ! That's Cool.
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