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Post by LJG on Feb 4, 2014 18:08:24 GMT -5
The garden tool is classic.
Jethro... hiding under all those clothes?
Of course not, but I like the cover anyway!
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Post by Morthoron on Feb 4, 2014 18:22:09 GMT -5
The garden tool is classic. Jethro... hiding under all those clothes? Of course not, but I like the cover anyway! He looks rather like Aqualung...after a nuclear apocalypse. |
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Post by TM on Feb 4, 2014 20:15:09 GMT -5
Love the album cover, love the concept, love the fact that he's not parading about with the Jethro Tull name hanging over his faux-band like a sword of Damocles, and I love that Homo Erraticus has absolutely nothing to do directly with any classic Tull albums. If you're going to move on, then move on alone, Ian. Agreed. For the reasons you stated I find this album much more appealing. I'm not sure however if this album is following the TAAB2 theme of each song blending into it's successor or not. Either way, I'm really looking forward to it. |
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Post by Willow on Feb 4, 2014 20:40:16 GMT -5
Looking over the posts and CD covers here I was just wondering when Ian mentioned Tull on his solo albums besides the sequel to TAAB and little stickers on the cellophane wrappers?
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Post by TM on Feb 4, 2014 21:30:40 GMT -5
-To the typical Seinfeld fan amongst us, this is simply an album about ..."nothing."
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Post by TM on Feb 4, 2014 21:32:48 GMT -5
Looking over the posts and CD covers here I was just wondering when Ian mentioned Tull on his solo albums besides the sequel to TAAB and little stickers on the cellophane wrappers? Most likely on all of them yes? Isn't that where those "things" belong - on the cellophane wrapper? You just don't put them on the actual album cover. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 4, 2014 23:34:25 GMT -5
Looking over the posts and CD covers here I was just wondering when Ian mentioned Tull on his solo albums besides the sequel to TAAB and little stickers on the cellophane wrappers? I'm only guessing that Of all his solo CDs there was only one that was a second installment of a major Jethro Tull album . I'm sure he wanted to have the name of the album out front AND make it clear that it was Ian solo. The earlier solo releases weren't part 2 of Aqualung or Stand Up. I'm very glad we don't have to wonder about this kind of stuff anymore..........;-) Darin |
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Post by Nonfatman on Feb 5, 2014 1:35:58 GMT -5
Homo reminds me of the gunslinger from this "Tull" comic, but I do not recall the name of the comic book....Pat will probably know. I wonder if Ian ever saw the comic and whether this is where the album cover idea came from?   Jeff |
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Post by Dan on Feb 5, 2014 8:49:45 GMT -5
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Post by Michael Crowe on Feb 5, 2014 12:12:50 GMT -5
Homo reminds me of the gunslinger from this "Tull" comic, but I do not recall the name of the comic book....Pat will probably know. I wonder if Ian ever saw the comic and whether this is where the album cover idea came from? View AttachmentView AttachmentJeff That's a cool looking charactor. The new cover sort of reminds me of Wishbone Ash's Argus. I loved that album. Think I'll revisit that one this week. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 5, 2014 14:18:05 GMT -5
Excellent new banner TM !!
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Post by Lucas on Feb 5, 2014 16:54:33 GMT -5
The Wishbone cover came to my mind as well Michael. Probably the spear or something.
Anyway, now I've got to listen to Sometime World. What a song.
The banner is truly awesome!
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Post by Lucas on Feb 5, 2014 17:01:19 GMT -5
About the comic, as Dan posted, is an arch of the ongoing series of comic adaptations of Stephen King's Dark Tower novels. I love those books and own three archs of the comics.
The art really bears resemblance with the album artwork.
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Post by Nonfatman on Feb 5, 2014 17:03:14 GMT -5
This cover from the Tull-influenced prog-metal band, The Shadow Theory, has a similar color scheme.....maybe the haunted house is Homo's home.   Jeff |
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Post by TM on Feb 5, 2014 17:43:10 GMT -5
Excellent new banner TM !! Well, thank you DC. I thought adding the words "Jethro Tull" to it gave it a nice feel.  Ian did a really nice job with the artwork for this album. |
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Post by TM on Feb 5, 2014 17:46:11 GMT -5
The Wishbone cover came to my mind as well Michael. Probably the spear or something. Anyway, now I've got to listen to Sometime World. What a song. The banner is truly awesome! Thank you Lucas. Now that you two have mentioned Wishbone Ash, now I'll have to go have a listen. |
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Post by Michael Crowe on Feb 6, 2014 2:52:05 GMT -5
The Wishbone cover came to my mind as well Michael. Probably the spear or something. Anyway, now I've got to listen to Sometime World. What a song. The banner is truly awesome! Ah, another Argus fan. My favorite off that one is Throw Down The Sword, but there isn't a weak track on the album. a classic. Yeah, the spear, and the apocalyptic imagry. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 6, 2014 8:47:53 GMT -5
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Post by Nonfatman on Feb 7, 2014 2:24:35 GMT -5
Excellent new banner TM !! The banner is good, to be sure. But I am holding off on any celebrations until after I hear the record. If Homo sucks, I won't be celebrating. Jeff |
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Post by Lucas on Feb 7, 2014 4:37:49 GMT -5
If Homo sucks, I won't be celebrating.
Jeff I laughed a lot!! Hahaha. Anyway I got a good feeling about this album. Expect to hear something a little bit heavier with more aggressive flute playing. Let's see. |
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Post by Nonfatman on Feb 7, 2014 10:58:35 GMT -5
I laughed a lot!! Hahaha. Anyway I got a good feeling about this album. Expect to hear something a little bit heavier with more aggressive flute playing. Let's see. Lol....I hope you are right, Lucas. I have a feeling there will be some lengthy, and very proggy, instrumental passages. I also suspect, based on one of the comments Ian made, that there will be several spoken soliloquies, at least during the live performance, if not on the album. I hope that's not the case, because I really thought there was too much spoken word poetry on the Brick 2, and too much of the megaphone effect as well, which I hope will not be repeated on this new album. In all the years of Tull and Ian music, the megaphone device was used very sparingly, only twice, I believe, on The Clasp and Aqualung, for one line each, and maybe you can throw in the word Hell, from the second side of APP. On TAAB2, he seemed to use it in every other song, which I thought was too much. The one mystery that nobody seems to know the answer to, is whether Ryan will be singing on this album. My guess is that he will, but there's been no confirmation of that, at least that I'm aware of, but I don't keep track of Ian's every utterance, so I could be wrong. Jeff |
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Post by TM on Feb 7, 2014 11:06:08 GMT -5
I laughed a lot!! Hahaha. Anyway I got a good feeling about this album. Expect to hear something a little bit heavier with more aggressive flute playing. Let's see. Lol....I hope you are right, Lucas. I have a feeling there will be some lengthy, and very proggy, instrumental passages. I also suspect, based on one of the comments Ian made, that there will be several spoken soliloquies, at least during the live performance, if not on the album. I hope that's not the case, because I really thought there was too much spoken word poetry on the Brick 2, and too much of the megaphone effect as well, which I hope will not be repeated on this new album. In all the years of Tull and Ian music, the megaphone device was used very sparingly, only twice, I believe, on The Clasp and Aqualung, for one line each, and maybe you can throw in the word Hell, from the second side of APP. On TAAB2, he seemed to use it in every other song, which I thought was too much. The one mystery that nobody seems to know the answer to, is whether Ryan will be singing on this album. My guess is that he will, but there's been no confirmation of that, at least that I'm aware of, but I don't keep track of Ian's every utterance, so I could be wrong. Jeff I think it's safe to say yes since Ryan is apart of some of the new promo pictures over on the official site. |
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Post by TM on Feb 7, 2014 11:12:19 GMT -5
I laughed a lot!! Hahaha. Anyway I got a good feeling about this album. Expect to hear something a little bit heavier with more aggressive flute playing. Let's see. I see we're going to have a lot of fun with this this.  |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 7, 2014 12:10:02 GMT -5
I laughed a lot!! Hahaha. Anyway I got a good feeling about this album. Expect to hear something a little bit heavier with more aggressive flute playing. Let's see. I see we're going to have a lot of fun with this this. Unless your logged on the "Recent threads box" is gone. DC |
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Post by TM on Feb 7, 2014 12:14:52 GMT -5
Thanks DC. I recall tweaking some settings. I'll take a look and see if I can retrieve that.
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