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Post by Nonfatman on Jul 25, 2010 15:22:40 GMT -5
From today's edition of Haaretz: Jethro Tull: Won't be pressured into canceling planned Israel showBand leader Ian Anderson says plans to donate proceeds of Ceasaria show to charities promoting coexistence between Jews, Arabs, and Christians.Anderson's statement comes in the wake of recent cancellations by major artists in the wake of Israel's raid of a Turkish Gaza-bound aid flotilla, which resulted in the death of nine flotilla participants. In the most recent of such cancellations, British electronica duo Leftfield announced Friday that they would be cancelling their scheduled performance in Israel on August 31st due what they referred to as production problems. While Leftfield's official reason for cancellations was "technical problems," their official Facebook page published a letter sent to them by the organization Boycott Israel calling for them to "postpone your planned concert in Israel this summer, indefinitely." Leftfield joined a growing list of artists and musicians who have recently cancelled their shows in Israel due to political reasons, among others were Elvis Costello, The Pixies, Jill Scott Heron, Santana, The Klaxons and the Gorillaz Sound System. Having performed concerts in the Middle East region many times over the last few years, I am well aware of the ethnic and religious tensions existing, not only in the countries concerned, but in the broader international diasporas representing the various groups and their interests. In his letter, Jethro Tull's Anderson said that his decision to keep the band's Augeust 7 Israel performance does not mean that he is "about to tell the rest of the musicians or crew what views they should hold or what to do with their remuneration." "Nor do I feel pressured by human rights groups, national interests or any individuals to perform or not to perform in Israel or anywhere else," Anderson said, adding that he would make up his "own mind in light of available facts, with my own experience and a sense of personal ethics." "To 'those who tell me I should 'boycott' Israel (or, for that matter, Turkey or Lebanon)," Anderson wrote, "I can only point out that on my travels around the world I am continually reminded of atrocities carried out historically by many nations who are now our friends, and it serves to strengthen my resolve that some degree of peace and better understanding may result from my and other artists' professional and humble efforts in such places." "If I had the opportunity to perform today in Iran or North Korea, hell - I'd be there if I thought it would make a tiny positive net contribution to better relations," he added. The Jethro Tull front man said, however, that he would not ignore regional tensions, saying he has made a decision, "nonetheless, in February of 2009 that any future concerts in Israel by me or Jethro Tull would be for the benefit of charitable donations to bodies representing the development of peaceful co-existence between Arabs, Jews and Christians, and the fostering of better Palestinian/Israeli relations." "So, I decided many months ago not to profit from my work in this troubled region and hope that interested parties on all sides will understand and respect my decision and resolve," Anderson said, adding that "the details of recipients of my charitable donation will be posted for the benefit of the doubters, as usual, on this website later in the year." www.haaretz.com/culture/jethro-tull-won-t-be-pressured-into-canceling-planned-israel-show-1.303802Jeff P.S. Thanks to Bob Miller from FB.
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Post by firkon on Jul 26, 2010 15:35:18 GMT -5
Back in 1992 or 3 I was in high school and a friend of mine gave me a tape that had Cream's Disraeli Gears on one side and Aqualung on the other. I followed that up with the "original Masters" compliation and (I think) Catfish Rising and A Little Light Music which were pretty new at the time. Got completely hooked and have been ever since.
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Post by Nonfatman on Jul 26, 2010 16:28:45 GMT -5
Back in 1992 or 3 I was in high school and a friend of mine gave me a tape that had Cream's Disraeli Gears on one side and Aqualung on the other. I followed that up with the "original Masters" compliation and (I think) Catfish Rising and A Little Light Music which were pretty new at the time. Got completely hooked and have been ever since. Hi, Firkon, and welcome to The Jethro Tull Board, so nice to have you on board, and thanks for sharing your discovery story! That's the way Tull is, once you are hooked you are hooked for life! It's not like other music, where your tastes change over the years, and something you liked in the past you no longer like now. That's just not the way it is with Tull! I think a lot has to do with how different all the Tull albums are from each other. No other band is like that. Each Tull album has it's own distinct mood, it's own unique sound and no two Tull albums are alike. Each album is like a world of its own, and once you enter that world you become totally immersed! Jeff (on a major Tull high today, even more so than usual!)
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Post by kickerofelves on Jul 28, 2010 2:56:28 GMT -5
Late 70s. I had A Passion Play and Too Old to Rock n Roll on 8-track. I can't remember which I bought first. Then again I was stoned all lot back then before I joined the Army, went to law school and became the "respectable" citizen I am today.
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Post by My God on Jul 28, 2010 10:04:50 GMT -5
Hey! I had Warchild and Benefit on 8-Track as well. I guess the CD was my saviour after Jethro Tull.
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Post by My God on Jul 28, 2010 10:18:06 GMT -5
From today's edition of Haaretz: Jethro Tull: Won't be pressured into canceling planned Israel showBand leader Ian Anderson says plans to donate proceeds of Ceasaria show to charities promoting coexistence between Jews, Arabs, and Christians.Anderson's statement comes in the wake of recent cancellations by major artists in the wake of Israel's raid of a Turkish Gaza-bound aid flotilla, which resulted in the death of nine flotilla participants. In the most recent of such cancellations, British electronica duo Leftfield announced Friday that they would be cancelling their scheduled performance in Israel on August 31st due what they referred to as production problems. While Leftfield's official reason for cancellations was "technical problems," their official Facebook page published a letter sent to them by the organization Boycott Israel calling for them to "postpone your planned concert in Israel this summer, indefinitely." Leftfield joined a growing list of artists and musicians who have recently cancelled their shows in Israel due to political reasons, among others were Elvis Costello, The Pixies, Jill Scott Heron, Santana, The Klaxons and the Gorillaz Sound System. Having performed concerts in the Middle East region many times over the last few years, I am well aware of the ethnic and religious tensions existing, not only in the countries concerned, but in the broader international diasporas representing the various groups and their interests. In his letter, Jethro Tull's Anderson said that his decision to keep the band's Augeust 7 Israel performance does not mean that he is "about to tell the rest of the musicians or crew what views they should hold or what to do with their remuneration." "Nor do I feel pressured by human rights groups, national interests or any individuals to perform or not to perform in Israel or anywhere else," Anderson said, adding that he would make up his "own mind in light of available facts, with my own experience and a sense of personal ethics." "To 'those who tell me I should 'boycott' Israel (or, for that matter, Turkey or Lebanon)," Anderson wrote, "I can only point out that on my travels around the world I am continually reminded of atrocities carried out historically by many nations who are now our friends, and it serves to strengthen my resolve that some degree of peace and better understanding may result from my and other artists' professional and humble efforts in such places." "If I had the opportunity to perform today in Iran or North Korea, hell - I'd be there if I thought it would make a tiny positive net contribution to better relations," he added. The Jethro Tull front man said, however, that he would not ignore regional tensions, saying he has made a decision, "nonetheless, in February of 2009 that any future concerts in Israel by me or Jethro Tull would be for the benefit of charitable donations to bodies representing the development of peaceful co-existence between Arabs, Jews and Christians, and the fostering of better Palestinian/Israeli relations." "So, I decided many months ago not to profit from my work in this troubled region and hope that interested parties on all sides will understand and respect my decision and resolve," Anderson said, adding that "the details of recipients of my charitable donation will be posted for the benefit of the doubters, as usual, on this website later in the year." www.haaretz.com/culture/jethro-tull-won-t-be-pressured-into-canceling-planned-israel-show-1.303802Jeff P.S. Thanks to Bob Miller from FB.
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Post by mike on Aug 3, 2010 4:30:53 GMT -5
From today's edition of Haaretz: Jethro Tull: Won't be pressured into canceling planned Israel showBand leader Ian Anderson says plans to donate proceeds of Ceasaria show to charities promoting coexistence between Jews, Arabs, and Christians.Anderson's statement comes in the wake of recent cancellations by major artists in the wake of Israel's raid of a Turkish Gaza-bound aid flotilla, which resulted in the death of nine flotilla participants. In the most recent of such cancellations, British electronica duo Leftfield announced Friday that they would be cancelling their scheduled performance in Israel on August 31st due what they referred to as production problems. While Leftfield's official reason for cancellations was "technical problems," their official Facebook page published a letter sent to them by the organization Boycott Israel calling for them to "postpone your planned concert in Israel this summer, indefinitely." Leftfield joined a growing list of artists and musicians who have recently cancelled their shows in Israel due to political reasons, among others were Elvis Costello, The Pixies, Jill Scott Heron, Santana, The Klaxons and the Gorillaz Sound System. Having performed concerts in the Middle East region many times over the last few years, I am well aware of the ethnic and religious tensions existing, not only in the countries concerned, but in the broader international diasporas representing the various groups and their interests. In his letter, Jethro Tull's Anderson said that his decision to keep the band's Augeust 7 Israel performance does not mean that he is "about to tell the rest of the musicians or crew what views they should hold or what to do with their remuneration." "Nor do I feel pressured by human rights groups, national interests or any individuals to perform or not to perform in Israel or anywhere else," Anderson said, adding that he would make up his "own mind in light of available facts, with my own experience and a sense of personal ethics." "To 'those who tell me I should 'boycott' Israel (or, for that matter, Turkey or Lebanon)," Anderson wrote, "I can only point out that on my travels around the world I am continually reminded of atrocities carried out historically by many nations who are now our friends, and it serves to strengthen my resolve that some degree of peace and better understanding may result from my and other artists' professional and humble efforts in such places." "If I had the opportunity to perform today in Iran or North Korea, hell - I'd be there if I thought it would make a tiny positive net contribution to better relations," he added. The Jethro Tull front man said, however, that he would not ignore regional tensions, saying he has made a decision, "nonetheless, in February of 2009 that any future concerts in Israel by me or Jethro Tull would be for the benefit of charitable donations to bodies representing the development of peaceful co-existence between Arabs, Jews and Christians, and the fostering of better Palestinian/Israeli relations." "So, I decided many months ago not to profit from my work in this troubled region and hope that interested parties on all sides will understand and respect my decision and resolve," Anderson said, adding that "the details of recipients of my charitable donation will be posted for the benefit of the doubters, as usual, on this website later in the year." www.haaretz.com/culture/jethro-tull-won-t-be-pressured-into-canceling-planned-israel-show-1.303802Jeff P.S. Thanks to Bob Miller from FB. Good then he has no excuse not to play in Palestine at all other than the extreme difficulties of reverse discrimination. mike
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Post by My God on Aug 3, 2010 8:55:54 GMT -5
Ian doesn't discriminate against anyone that I am aware of. Not even palestinian terrorists.
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Post by Nonfatman on Aug 3, 2010 16:21:14 GMT -5
Ian doesn't discriminate against anyone that I am aware of. Not even palestinian terrorists. LOL! Jeff
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Post by Nonfatman on Aug 3, 2010 16:26:15 GMT -5
Late 70s. I had A Passion Play and Too Old to Rock n Roll on 8-track. I can't remember which I bought first. Then again I was stoned all lot back then before I joined the Army, went to law school and became the "respectable" citizen I am today. Welcome, fellow lawyer! I didn't join the army, but I did have some of those same Tull 8-tracks and got stoned a lot too back then, and I think we're the same age, so it sounds like we have a lot in common! Love your avatar, and I look forward to your "talking" with you here, Virgil! Jeff
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Post by pibbloke on Jul 6, 2011 12:16:31 GMT -5
I first discovered Tull via a musician friend of mine. He bought over a double play tape (horrible things which usually end up chewed and discarded in some waste paper bin, or even worse completely gumming up your car stereo!) of MU and Repeat. I was completely blown away at the first hearing and have been hooked ever since! I was so inspired by Ian's flute playing that I started playing the recorder, and then the flute. About 10 years after that I joined a tribute band called The Dayglo Pirates which culminated in playing on the same stage with Ian and the band.
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Post by TM on Jul 6, 2011 14:38:46 GMT -5
I first discovered Tull via a musician friend of mine. He bought over a double play tape (horrible things which usually end up chewed and discarded in some waste paper bin, or even worse completely gumming up your car stereo!) of MU and Repeat. I was completely blown away at the first hearing and have been hooked ever since! I was so inspired by Ian's flute playing that I started playing the recorder, and then the flute. About 10 years after that I joined a tribute band called The Dayglo Pirates which culminated in playing on the same stage with Ian and the band. That had to be a pretty nerve wracking experience I'd bet!
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Post by The Chook on Jul 12, 2011 9:18:00 GMT -5
i happen to have a friend who is a big Tull fan so i basicly just wanted to check what all the fuzz was about... and got hooked.
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Post by jtul07 on Jul 12, 2011 12:15:09 GMT -5
Being 16 and musically naive, I wanted to impress a girl who was 17. I heard "Living in the Past" on a local AM rock station during 1973. Gee, how cool was that? By accident I saw an announcement at the local record store for Tull on May 20th. I would have to pay $5.00 per ticket and drive 90 minutes to Greensboro,N.C. My mother insisted on driving us to the show while she visited her friend in town. After hearing the first band play "It Never Rains in Southern California" I was totally disappointed. After a short break, the dot began pulsing for the intro, I had hope that things would improve. The film began with the Dead Ballerina as the dot brought her to life. The band hit the stage as the ballerina crashed through a mirror with 2 columns of smoke erupting on stage. This was like the most incredible performance ever witnessed by either of us. Eventually I realized how much I had to learn about Rock 'n Roll since Tull was giving everyone a lesson. I even believed Jethro was playing the flute for awhile. After the show I couldn't cash in with the girl due to my Mother diving us home. We eventually broke up when she dissaproved of me drinking alcohol. I guess it wasn't meant to be. My collection of Tull began with 8 track tapes which allowed me to hear "A Passion Play" from start to finish without flipping over the album. When I was cruising in my car, it was the best way to enjoy it. Gas was around 30 cents a gallon so I could drive a long way. If I had not been there, I'm not sure how long it would be before listening to that album. It was way over everyone's head at the time and especially radio stations. The best Tull was yet to come since I was totally hooked from the live performance. Maybe it was meant to be that way.
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Post by Beastie on Jul 15, 2011 13:43:29 GMT -5
hi jeff,im back been away 2 long, due 2 family illness. My first encounter with tull was at the sunbury jazz festival oh in 1968 i think it was. Didnt like what they played ( this was mostley ) and still dont llike it, and then there was mr anderson, what 43 years ago and still hooked on tull music, and thats the secret music no other band can copy there l never be another band like them,but we all no that dont we
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Post by Mystery To Me on Jul 16, 2011 14:55:16 GMT -5
I was flipping hamburgers at an A&W in Metamora,Illinois was 16-17 years old(1969-1970) looked out the front window and saw these 4 guys wearing clothes that stuck out like a sore thumb and told my co-worker that they weren't from central Illinois. Afew minutes later the waitress came into the kitchen and said that these guys were from London,England and had we heard of the band Jethro Tull I told her I knew of 1 album that was out 'This Was'. (So I and my co-worker got to cook hamburgers and french fries for the band.) The waitress also told us that they were playing in Germantown Hills that night with the band Mountain. Went to the show that was held in a large tent(tickets were $3.00 to $5.00,if that much). I stood within arms reach of Ian,Martin,Glen&Clive during their performance(as there was no seating).
The second time I saw Jethro Tull I was a paratrooper in the 82nd Airborne Division stationed at Fort Bragg,North Carolina. It was April 19,1972 at Cumberland County Auditorium in Fayetteville,North Carolina. Captain Beefheart was performing and something caught my eye. Looked at the top of this stairway and saw this beautiful woman standing there stark ass naked. Pointed this out to a fellow paratrooper Uke and said 'the life of a rock-star'.
When Tull came on stage Ian walked up to the microphone and said 'we are going to play a little bit of our next album coming out'. 45 minutes later they had just played 'Thick As A Brick' in its entirety. About halfway through TAAB I was starting to wonder if they were ever going to stop playing TAAB. From this date in time I've been a die hard Jethro Tull fanatic, having seen either Jethro Tull or Ian Anderson solo tours 42 times ,the last 2 shows Red Rocks Amphitheater Morrison(Denver),Colorado(June 8, 2011) and Comerica Theatre Phoenix,Arizona(June 10, 2011).
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Post by Nonfatman on Jul 16, 2011 20:57:23 GMT -5
I was flipping hamburgers at an A&W in Metamora,Illinois was 16-17 years old(1969-1970) looked out the front window and saw these 4 guys wearing clothes that stuck out like a sore thumb and told my co-worker that they weren't from central Illinois. Afew minutes later the waitress came into the kitchen and said that these guys were from London,England and had we heard of the band Jethro Tull I told her I knew of 1 album that was out 'This Was'. (So I and my co-worker got to cook hamburgers and french fries for the band.) The waitress also told us that they were playing in Germantown Hills that night with the band Mountain. Went to the show that was held in a large tent(tickets were $3.00 to $5.00,if that much). I stood within arms reach of Ian,Martin,Glen&Clive during their performance(as there was no seating). The second time I saw Jethro Tull I was a paratrooper in the 82nd Airborne Division stationed at Fort Bragg,North Carolina. It was April 19,1972 at Cumberland County Auditorium in Fayetteville,North Carolina. Captain Beefheart was performing and something caught my eye. Looked at the top of this stairway and saw this beautiful woman standing there stark ass naked. Pointed this out to a fellow paratrooper Uke and said 'the life of a rock-star'. When Tull came on stage Ian walked up to the microphone and said 'we are going to play a little bit of our next album coming out'. 45 minutes later they had just played 'Thick As A Brick' in its entirety. About halfway through TAAB I was starting to wonder if they were ever going to stop playing TAAB. From this date in time I've been a die hard Jethro Tull fanatic, having seen either Jethro Tull or Ian Anderson solo tours 42 times ,the last 2 shows Red Rocks Amphitheater Morrison(Denver),Colorado(June 8, 2011) and Comerica Theatre Phoenix,Arizona(June 10, 2011). That's a great story, Roger, serving burgers and fries to the band at one show, seeing a stark naked women at another, and then getting to hear the entire Brick played at another show, before the album even came out. It doesn't get any better than that! Welcome to The Jethro Tull Board, you may be the most longstanding fan we've got here since you go all the way back to 1969, which I think was Tull's first USA tour. I know you asked a question for Ian.....we're still going through all the questions that we received, collating them, organizing them, calculating the votes, etc., but we will send them off to Ian at some point, hopefully soon. Jeff
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Post by Nonfatman on Jul 16, 2011 21:23:15 GMT -5
hi jeff,im back been away 2 long, due 2 family illness. My first encounter with tull was at the sunbury jazz festival oh in 1968 i think it was. Didnt like what they played ( this was mostley ) and still dont llike it, and then there was mr anderson, what 43 years ago and still hooked on tull music, and thats the secret music no other band can copy there l never be another band like them,but we all no that dont we Hey, Gary, welcome back, and I hope your family member has recovered from his or her illnesses. I didn't know you go way back to that Sunbury show. Wasn't that one of the first shows they ever played? Cool that you were there and have remained a fan all these years. Are you going to any of the solo shows in October, down south? Jeff
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Post by Beastie on Jul 17, 2011 12:12:33 GMT -5
yeah, the sage in gateshead in september, and yes apart from the marquee club it was they biggest gig at the time, but the following they had at that gig was amazing,a friend of mines uncle was a roadie for ten years after and a friend of john gee so we got free tickets i hadnt heard of tull at the time but the following they had was amazing. I didnt like that jazzy stuff they played.but bought this was anyway. And the rest as they say is history. It would be interesting.to know if there were any other board members at sunbury, or am i the oldest survior lol
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Post by Beastie on Jul 17, 2011 12:44:39 GMT -5
ps jeff thanks for your thougts, the family member is my ex and our good friend miss tull, shes going thro a bad time health wise at the moment but there is now lite at the end of the tunnel, i no she reads her facebook and tull board pages every nite and i know all u tullies out there will wish her a speady recovery, thanks
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Post by Nonfatman on Jul 17, 2011 23:07:39 GMT -5
ps jeff thanks for your thougts, the family member is my ex and our good friend miss tull, shes going thro a bad time health wise at the moment but there is now lite at the end of the tunnel, i no she reads her facebook and tull board pages every nite and i know all u tullies out there will wish her a speady recovery, thanks I'm glad Liz is getting better. I didn't know she was even sick. In fact, just about a week or two ago I was talking to her on FB. Jeff
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Post by My God on Jul 18, 2011 9:24:30 GMT -5
Man totally awesome! So come all ye young men who are building castles kindly state the time of the year.
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Post by Oldghost on Feb 13, 2012 11:15:32 GMT -5
See my post in "What was your first Tull album"! The basic story of me getting into Tull is in there.
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Post by rockislander on Feb 13, 2012 20:01:11 GMT -5
This will be my first post on this board and it's appropriate that it should be about how I discovered Tull. I've been mostly into hard rock/metal all my life and had only heard of Jethro Tull when they were mentioned by musicians in interviews and such. The first time I ever actually heard a Tull song was in the compilation album Harley Davidson: Road Songs Vol. 2 where Locomotive Breath was included among many more "vehicle-themed" songs. I was blown away by how rocking it was and the flute solo just floored me. Later I bought The Very Best of Jethro Tull around the time it came out (around 2001) and was at first disappointed that the rest of the songs were as rocking as Locomotive Breath with the exception of Aqualung. Even so, as I listened more I was surprised at the incredible variety of song styles - rock, folk, electronic (Steel Monkey), classical and just plain unclassifiable! I was first mostly impressed with folky stuff like The Witch's Promise and so my first stuiod album purchase was Songs From the Wood, after that Bursting Out since I love live albums and from there I have been steadily buying the studio albums in their remastered editions. I now have about half of Tull's extensive discography but I'm in no hurry to have all of it since I want to give myself time to truly let each album sink in before going on to the next one.
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Post by Nonfatman on Feb 13, 2012 22:14:42 GMT -5
This will be my first post on this board and it's appropriate that it should be about how I discovered Tull. I've been mostly into hard rock/metal all my life and had only heard of Jethro Tull when they were mentioned by musicians in interviews and such. The first time I ever actually heard a Tull song was in the compilation album Harley Davidson: Road Songs Vol. 2 where Locomotive Breath was included among many more "vehicle-themed" songs. I was blown away by how rocking it was and the flute solo just floored me. Later I bought The Very Best of Jethro Tull around the time it came out (around 2001) and was at first disappointed that the rest of the songs were as rocking as Locomotive Breath with the exception of Aqualung. Even so, as I listened more I was surprised at the incredible variety of song styles - rock, folk, electronic ( Steel Monkey), classical and just plain unclassifiable! I was first mostly impressed with folky stuff like The Witch's Promise and so my first stuiod album purchase was Songs From the Wood, after that Bursting Out since I love live albums and from there I have been steadily buying the studio albums in their remastered editions. I now have about half of Tull's extensive discography but I'm in no hurry to have all of it since I want to give myself time to truly let each album sink in before going on to the next one. Ahoy, there "rockislander" ..... I'm glad you've discovered land here at The Jethro Tull Board, instead of being stranded out there on some small, deserted island in Tull no-man's land! I love your Tull discovery story, and the fact that it is still unfolding. It reminds me of years ago, when I was a 15 year old, just discovering Tull and gradually collecting the entire catalogue, being blown away by each and every one. I'd love to hear your first impressions of each "new" Tull album that you digest, and you are lucky to be about to experience your first truly new release from Ian, the forthcoming Thick as a Brick 2. You got a first name? If so, we'd like to know (if it's okay with you, if not that's okay too), as we do try to be on a first name basis if possible. Check your private message box, there is a welcoming message with some basic info for you, and we'll chat again soon! Jeff
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