Anyone seen Jethro Tull live lately?

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I learned that the group's coming to Finland next September and bought tickets promptly. I was just wondering, if any of you have seen them play live lately? What songs were in their set? How was Anderson's voice? Barre still the top of his trade?

Gotta keep teasing myself with Tull clips on Youtube! 😀
 
I last saw them live in 1970, just when their album "This Was", was released. It was my first live concert and it was in a really small venue, just a few hundred people. I still remember it very well. Enjoy!
 
Yes, I did. IMHO, the concert was wonderfull, with just the right mix of songs form all eras. Ian's voice was up to the task, except in Aqualung, where he failed (and the local critics tore him apart, even if it happened in only one song). The highest point for me, as always, was the Boureé. Barre is tops, but I had been reciently spoiled by my favourite "feeling" guitarrist, Andy Latimer
 
Nice to hear that. I've been listening to Bursting Out (1978) extensively as of late. One of the seminal live albums in existence, really! What a wonderful combo of their best works at the time. I just hope they'll play Thick as a Brick, now there's a truly great live song. But, whatever they choose to play, I'm eager and enthusiastic to hear! 😎

About Ian's voice: I really think he could use some backing vocals by the band, just so that the singing would sound a bit more powerful.
 
I last saw then in 1970, too, I think, or 1971: a double bill, in Vancouver, with Fleetwood Mac.
They're coming to my neighbourhood, too - the Waerdse Tempel in Heerhugowaard - on June the 2nd. I'm sorely tempted. They are part of the soundtrack of my young years.
 
Saw them in 2003 (or 2004) last time they visited Buenos Aires.
It was really great. Ian Anderson´s voice wasn´t the same as in 1970 but....
M. L. Barre was always a great guitarrist. This time he was excellent.

Enjoy it!

Ernesto
 
Last time was about 15 years ago in Toronto. Even then Ian had lost some of his vocal power, but the strength of his melodies and the sheer genius of his lyrics will last forever.
"Did you ever get the feeling that the story's too damn real, and in the present tense?
And that everybody's on a stage, and your the only person sitting in the audience?
Skating away, skating away, hey! Skating away on the thin ice of a new day..."
 
And according to his website, Ian collects and enjoys using Leicas......
 
I saw them a couple of years ago in NJ. Ian didn't prance around as much. Voice sounded good. Barrymore Barlow is no longer with them though. Regardless, it's worth going. Just to see if he drops right in the middle of "2 old 2 r&r". That would be some way to go! I'm not being insensitive. I imagine he would love to depart in that manner. I know, I would, if I were talented like he is.
 
shutterfiend said:
Regardless, it's worth going. Just to see if he drops right in the middle of "2 old 2 r&r". That would be some way to go! I'm not being insensitive. I imagine he would love to depart in that manner. I know, I would, if I were talented like he is.
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Hehe, just yesterday I imagined what their hypothetical farewell tour (retirement) would be like. Too Old to Rock 'n Roll - Too Young to Die, I think, would be the obvious choice for the last song of the set... Now he couldn't evade the suggestions that the song indeed was, or indeed became, autobiographical! A man with such a strong sense of self-irony, Ian could do just that. 😀

But I don't think they'll ever retire, per se. They'll just do their thing until they pass from here to eternity...

That made me sad. 🙁
 
DougFord said:
Didn't Ian narrate or provide commentary on a documentary of the isle of wight concert in the recent past?
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I wouldn't know. But they have put out a concert DVD from that IoW happening, and most probably excerpts from that interview (or the whole deal) can be found in the extras.
 
It depends on what you mean by lately.
Last saw them in about 1969[mid-late sixties anyway] along with Ten Years After and the Spencer Davis group [imc. Stevie Winwood] all for £5 at the Marquee club in London.
Good value!
Clive
 
My son gave me the DVD Living With The Past for Xmas which comes with a DVD concert and a CD with extras. I think the concert was from around 2000/2001.

Personally, I think the concert is absolutely, incredibly, overwhelmingly fantastic. Left me feeling that Ian Anderson is one the most underated original composers alive. Watch the DVD and then decide if they are still worth seeing live, my humble opinion JT should be compulsory viewing for any young person who wants to pursue a professional career as a musician.

Talking of JT, any YES fans here?

LouisB
 
louisb said:
Talking of JT, any YES fans here?
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I love JT, grew up with them ringing in my ears. I know that the live concert which makes up "Bursting Out" has been broadcast on national TV here in Sweden sometime during the 80's (?). I missed out on that, but I have heard about it in retrospect.

Yes is more of an acquired taste... I haven't totally warmed up to them but parts of "Tales..." is astounding. Listened a lot to Gentle Giant, Genesis and KC also. Can you say "progressive rock"? 😀
 
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