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Post by TM on May 28, 2014 16:14:04 GMT -5
Even though I've never considered as one of my favorite records, Warchild live sounds about as good as anything I can remember.
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Post by Michael Crowe on May 29, 2014 1:29:45 GMT -5
Even though I've never considered as one of my favorite records, Warchild live sounds about as good as anything I can remember. Yeah, a classic, but I'd have to say the underrated Stormwatch tour, which stepped way up from the HH tour. Lots of energy then and Peggy's first tour. Also the Rock Island period which was the last of the real shows for me. |
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Post by TM on May 29, 2014 7:19:07 GMT -5
Wow, you surprised me there Mike. I expected shows before my time like TAAB or APP from you.  |
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Post by Nonfatman on May 29, 2014 15:41:56 GMT -5
Even though I've never considered as one of my favorite records, Warchild live sounds about as good as anything I can remember. I agree. I never liked the album that much compared to other Tull albums, but the tour was in-fucking-sane. (I didn't see it, still a little too young then, but the recordings I have are tremendous.) Jeff |
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Post by Morthoron on May 29, 2014 20:26:34 GMT -5
Even though I've never considered as one of my favorite records, Warchild live sounds about as good as anything I can remember. Yeah, a classic, but I'd have to say the underrated Stormwatch tour, which stepped way up from the HH tour. Lots of energy then and Peggy's first tour. Also the Rock Island period which was the last of the real shows for me. The Songs from the Wood tour was fabulous! I missed HH, but yeah, Stormwatch was really good. Way better than the idiotic white suits of "A". |
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Post by Biggles on May 29, 2014 21:52:18 GMT -5
Even though I've never considered as one of my favorite records, Warchild live sounds about as good as anything I can remember. I agree. I never liked the album that much compared to other Tull albums, but the tour was in-fucking-sane. (I didn't see it, still a little too young then, but the recordings I have are tremendous.) Jeff It was was insane.. Tull finally had a budget which allowed them better lighting and other effects. The band was so polished in those days. Ian choreographed his moves to the flashpots on the title track perfectly. Ahh! I could go on. I double-dipped because it was so good. Cobo Hall Detroit, Michigan |
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Post by Michael Crowe on May 30, 2014 0:45:11 GMT -5
Wow, you surprised me there Mike. I expected shows before my time like TAAB or APP from you. I came onboard in 71 but The Warchild Tour was my first show. It was awesome, but the band were better during the folk years me thinks. The Stormwatch show was balls to the wall, and Berry was on fire. You have to go one to blow Bozio off the stage - who was the drummer for opener UK on that tour. It just seemed then that Tull still had something to prove, whereas the HH tour was just business as usual. The RI shows were high energy as well. Tull coming off a gold record, Grammy, 20 years anniversary and playing songs off the excellent box set. The lineup had that special chemistry as well. Mart Allcock fit well as the utility player, in a time when Tull and Fairport were interchanging members and the folk elements had worked it's way back into the set. And then too Tull were an arena rock band again, with the theatrics, Doane's double kick drum cage and proverbial prog gong, back screen, and an average album with average songs that just so happened to work great on stage for some reason. The set list was one of the best all time too, with tunes such as Jackalynn from the box set, new standards such as Budapest, and Martin Barre's extended solo piece with Nellie and Black Satin Dancer, not to mention Mart taking the fretless bass and having a go during the Warchild medley. That show hasn't been topped since. So yeah, I'll take those three. Yours, and my two. |
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Post by oldrocker on Oct 2, 2014 23:39:03 GMT -5
Back door angels was always very loud and it always kicked butt. At one concert I attended in 1975 Tull was performing it as the last encore at the Nassau Coliseum (Long Island, NY) and some joker threw a beer bottle at the band and Ian was pissed beyond belief and stopped the show and challenged the guy to a fight. The guy remained hidden and Ian then continued the song and left the stage in a huff.
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Post by TM on Oct 3, 2014 9:43:08 GMT -5
I heard quite a few stories about people throwing things at Ian during the old days. People are strange.
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Post by Louie on Oct 3, 2014 9:56:53 GMT -5
stormwatch, rock island and songs from the wood, in no particular were some of the best I remember...although the worst...which I can't ever recall there being one...wasn't too shabby!
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Post by Mttbsh on Oct 3, 2014 12:28:36 GMT -5
The 1972 TAAB tour, hands down.
The Aqualung, Passion Play, Warchild and Songs from the Wood tours were all excellent, but for me TAAB was magical - the best stage performance I have ever seen. As good as the other 70s tours were, they never again attained the virtuosity and power and humor of that 1972 show. That was the peak year for Jethro Tull.
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