The St. Cleve Chronicle V7 #44
Dave Steiner , The Moderator
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The St. Cleve Chronicle Thursday, 2 May 1996 Volume 7 : Issue 44
Today's Topics:
touring
IMPORTANT: JT 96 SUMMER TOUR DATES
Tull at Concord Pavilion 9/24
Jethro Tull in Czech Republic
Northern California Tull date
Re: The St. Cleve Chronicle V7 #30
Bosnia !
Nightcap, with Nightcap
RE: Cats Squirrel
A Few Tull Subjects
New Tull Web Site
Miscellany
GREETINGS TULL FANS
Martin's Guitars
Acoustic albums
re:Jethro Tull and Pearl Jam
Nothing particular but winter, snow and wind raising
RE: The St. Cleve Chronicle V7 #34
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From: cas...@planet.mh.dpi.gov.au
Date: Mon, 29 Apr 1996 13:23:54 +1100
Subject: touring
The brisbane concert has been put back by 1 week (now 16th may) so all
the Aussie dates have probably been affected similarly.
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From: "Rainer Boettchers" <boettch...@sni.de>
Date: Mon, 15 Apr 1996 11:45:44 +0000
Subject: IMPORTANT: JT 96 SUMMER TOUR DATES
JETHRO TULL SUMMER 1996 TOUR
Sat 22 June - Szezecin (Poland), Amphitheatre
Sun 23 June - Wroclaw (Poland), Open Air Festival
Mon 24 June - Ostrava (Czech.), Palace of Culture and sport
Tue 25 June - Prague, Industral Palace
Thu 27 June - Erfurt (Germany), Thueringenhalle
Fri 28 June - Dresden (Germany), Junge Garde
Sat 29 June - Steiback-Langeb (Germany), Naturtheater
Sun 30 June - (Off, European Football Cup Final, ... oh Ian ...)
Mon 1 July - Hamm (Germany), Eissporthalle
Tue 2 July - Kassel (Germany), Stadthalle
Thu 4 July - Bielefeld (Germany), Ravensberger Park
Fri 5 July - Elspe (Germany), Naturbuehne
Sat 6 July - Magdeburg (Germany), Freilichtbuehne
Sun 7 July - Gelnhausen (Germany), Hessentag
Tue 9 July - Bratislava (Slovak.), Amphitheatre
Wed 10 July - Banska Bystica (Slovak.), Amphitheatre
Fri 12 July - Hannover (Germany), Sportpark Arena
Sat 13 July - Bad Mergentheim (Germany), Schlosspark
Sun 14 July - Koblenz (Germany), Rhein-Model-Halle
Tue 16 July - Kosice (Sloven.), Amphitheatre Zemplinki Sirave
Wed 17 July - Budapest (Hung.), Petofi Csarnok Open Air
Fri 19 July - Innzell, Eisstadion
Sat 20 July - Schwarzenberg, Waldbuehne
Sun 21 July - Leizpig (Germany)
Tue 23 July - Vienna (Austria), Sommerarena
Wed 24 July - Finkenstein (Austria), Burgarena
Thu 25 July - Tuebingen (Germany)
Fri 26 July - Alsfeld (Germany), Hessenhalle
Sat 27 July - Neumarkt (Germany), Jurahalle
Sun 20 July - Luxembourg (??)
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Date: Tue, 16 Apr 1996 22:37:10 -0800
From: bjtu...@usfca.edu (Benjamin John Turner)
Subject: Tull at Concord Pavilion 9/24
According to a Concord Pavilion ad this weekend, Tull will be
playing with Emerson Lake & Palmer on September 24. The ad was for a
special 'concert subscription' thingy (you have to buy tickets for at
least 4 separate concerts), and tickets aren't yet available to
non-subscribers (I think), and I don't know when they will be. Just
letting y'all know.
Benjamin Turner
- --
Benjamin John Turner | <URL:mailto:bjtu...@usfca.edu>
University of San Francisco | <URL:http://www.usfca.edu/usf/turner/>
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Date: Wed, 17 Apr 96 14:32:01 +0200
From: "ROMAN STOVICEK @CHK" <stovice...@a1.decprg.chk.mts.dec.com>
Subject: Jethro Tull in Czech Republic
Dear Tullians,
let me inform you, that Jethro Tull will be in Prague (Czech Republic)
in June 25th. It is their 3rd concert in our small country from
'Velvet revolution' in November 1989. I don't know the prices of the
tickets in other countries but in our country you can get the ticket
in good value. I bought 2 tickets (for my father and me) and i paid
only 780 Czech crowns (it is about USD28).
Stop the questions!! I have answer who is youngest Jethro Tull fan. I
was born in September 1968 (one month before Tull's first album arose)
and my father played this music for me from January 1969. I was very,
very satisfied with these nice sounds and I was definitely youngest
fan (it was in our communist country).
Have somebody of you met Ian Anderson personally? I would like to meet
him with my father after (or before) the concert, but I absolutely
don't know how I can to do it. Very short meeting with Ian would be
best birthday present for my 50 years old father. If somebody can help
me, please do it.
Thank you very much
Roman
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Date: Thu, 18 Apr 96 07:03:00 PDT
From: Robert J Stear <Robert_...@ccm.sc.intel.com>
Subject: Northern California Tull date
Thumbing through the local entertainment section last weekend I noticed
a small footnote in the season tickets for the Concord Pavillion and it
looks like JT is slated to play there 9/24. Yes!!
Bob
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From: Fishe...@lamg.com (Andrew Fishkin)
Subject: Re: The St. Cleve Chronicle V7 #30
Date: 03 Apr 1996 07:26:47 GMT
Organization: Los Angeles Macintosh Group BBS
Are there any albums or tapes out there older than "This Was"? I really like
the jazzy sound of this album (maybe something to do with Tull's appearance
at Monterey?) and would like more of it.
[There's an album of The John Evans Band from 1966 but it's not
really Tull (and also out of print). I would suggest _Stand Up_
next. -ds]
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Date: Wed, 24 Apr 1996 21:37:24 +0200
From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?=22Breivik=E5s=2C_Tor_Andre=22?= <tbre...@sn.no>
Subject: Bosnia !
Hei Tull lovers !
I'm going to serve the UN in Bosnia !
I've thought that Tull must be the most relaxing music to listen to !
Any suggestions ??
Please help me !
Mail me at: tbre...@sn.no !
Your Friend
Tor Andre !
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From: John Fraraccio <John_Fr...@cch.com>
Date: 15 Apr 96 8:27:48
Subject: Nightcap, with Nightcap
Finally listed to "Your Round" from an album I discovered along
with this site. Figured I'd spend the "warty buck" to get it, fervently
believing that Tull's not-so-good would still be several notches above
many others' best.
Wasn't disappointed, though the fact that I was hearing different
ages of Tull for the very first time took a little getting used to.
I've long been interested in what an artist decides to leave out
(or off), and why. The reasons no doubt range from business to
highly personal; if everything stayed in, Tull would've put out quite
a few more double-albums. If only for his prolific output and testing
style, Ian's classical counterpart should be Gustav Mahler.
Found myself playing the game of "What if?" just as well: Which albums
did the "Your Round" songs get left off of? The "20 Years of Jethro Tull"
brochure identifies them for the bulk of that set's "rare tracks," and both
Glory Road and Rainbow Blues sound like they got left off War Child.
Here are my best guesses as to "Your Round":
A Passion Play: Paradise Steakhouse
War Child: Sealion II, Quartet
Too Old, etc.: A Small Cigar
Stormwatch: Broadford Bazaar
Broadsword: Crew Nights, The Curse, Commons Brawl, Drive on
the Young Side of Life, Lights Out
Under Wraps: No Step
Crest of a Knave: Silver River Turning, Rosa on the Factory Floor,
I Don't Want To Be Me
Rock Island: Piece of Cake, Man of Principle, Hard Liner
Catfish Rising: Truck Stop Runner
It solved at least one mystery for me: Ian *must* be the narrator of
"The Hare Who Lost His Spectacles." Listen to Sealion II, as much
spoken as sung.
Finally, a suggestion to the friend who wants a tape of songs "just like
Skating Away." Give War Child instead. My intro to Tull was the entirety
of Aqualung and Living in the Past. The local progressive rock radio station
filled in the blanks as best it could, and by the time Songs From the Wood
came out, I could afford to get each new Tull album, ear unheard and
on a gamble. Still haven't been disappointed.
'salud, all.
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Date: Mon, 15 Apr 1996 12:22:59 -0700
From: jna...@soemail.ucsd.edu (Jim Napier)
Subject: RE: Cats Squirrel
In V7#33 kaz...@aol.com (Taylor Martin) writes:
>In St. Cleve Vol.7 #27, Tom Farrell writes:
><<Speaking of THIS WAS and boots, some might be surprised to know (goodness
><knows I was) that Led Zeppelin used incorporate "Cats Squirrel" into their
>"As Long As I Have You" medleys from early 1969. Zeppelin does a great
>cover version of "Cats Squirrel,">>
>
>Tom also signs it Neophyte. Maybe musical too, because the cover is also
>being done by Tull. This is a traditional tune dating back a hundred years
>or so from my musicology. Notice that on "This Was" the composer credit
>says "Traditional arr. by Abrahams". This means the tune is in the public
>domain and that the author is unknown.
If memory serves Cream did a cover of Cats Squirrel on their first
album Fresh Cream that was credited as Traditional also. The Cream
release predates both Led Zep and Tull's covers by at least a year.
What I wonder is if this song has been around so long that it's in the
public domain, what did the original sound like and where/how did it
originate? The rock versions I've heard by all these artists seem to
have a distinctly non-traditional basis. By comparision, you can hear
in Tull's version of Bouree the classical origins of the piece, despite
the jazzy treatment it gets. I hear no such traces of origin in Cats
Squirrel. Anyone know more detail about the history of this song?
I've always liked all the versions I've heard of it.
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Jim Napier jna...@soe.ucsd.edu
School of Engineering
UC San Diego
"Aqua-lung(R) is used in the United States with permission of U.S. Divers,
Santa Ana, California"
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From: Voo...@aol.com
Date: Mon, 15 Apr 1996 16:00:35 -0400
Subject: A Few Tull Subjects
Fellow Tull Fans,
I would just like to discuss a few matters that I have come across lately in
the SCC.
First, I am just wondering why there seems to be a competition to be the
youngest Tull fan. Why would anyone care? To all the people who have argued
that they are the youngest Tull fans, I am just happy that people recognize
that music produced by Ian, Tull, and related bands are the best that anyone
will find. Also, I just want to say that I am with you. I am 15, have 21
Tull albums (I need to get Divinities, A, Catfish Rising, TOTRR-TYTD, and as
many bootlegs as I can afford) Also, I just want to say that the 9 year old
you submitted an entry into the SCC is really incredible. I didn't think
that a 9 year old would be accustomed to such good music (and be able to play
Tull on an instrument at the same time).
Second, I want to share my feelings on "New Tull", which I consider to be
anywhere from Broadsword and the Beast, to Rock Island. I don't include
Roots in this catagory b/c it does not have digital effects, and it is more
of a consistant style to the likes of HH and MitG. First of all, I was
taking a weekend in Boston to see the Bruin-Pittsburgh Game and I went into a
few music stores. The prices were incredible on many Tull albums, and I went
crazy. I bought Crest of a Knave, Under Wraps, Rock Island, Nightcap,
Broadsword and the Beast. I listened to each and every one of them. This is
my own opinion. RI, BatB, and CoaK are all alright. In fact, I really have
taken a liking to Broadsword. I can listen to all of the songs on the other
two albums. However, I put on Under Wraps, and it sounded like a Steve
Miller Band album with all of the goddamn digital effects. It really bit the
big one (and I didn't think that I could find a bad Tull Album). I swear, I
think that the momen that Peter John Vettese brought his digital wonder to
Tull, the songs went bad. I couldn't even hear the flute or bass guitar over
the electric piano's digital sounds. It was like listening to a futuristic
arcade. I couldn't even make it through the album. It is the only Tull
album that I won't listen to, and regret wasting my money. However, the
other albums are fine and I enjoy listening to them very much (I really don't
listen to anything BUT Jethro Tull, if you want to know what kind of fan I
am.) Try listening to the song Whaler's Dues and Strange Avenues, both are
very good, but very different (Rock Island).
I didn't discuss Nightcap, because it needs to be talked about separatly.
First, I would like to give my honest opinion about the Chateau D'isaster
Tapes. I think that these prototypes for A Passion Play are great. A
Passion Play is my favorite JT song. I really was intrigued about how some
of it was about animals, and how it was developed. There are many suttle
changes, though. One was the line that said "The Passion Play goes all the
way, spoils your insight." is changed to "The Passion Play gets in the way,
spoils your insight." I like the instrumental section a whole lot.
Occasionally I will croon the lyrics during this 11 minute instrumental.
As for the Rare and Unreleased tracks, I think some of them are garbage (They
should have been put on Under Wraps, with the rest of the garbage.). I hate
Sealion II, and I was disappointed b/c the original Sealion was one of my
favorite songs on Warchild. I don't think tha tmany of the other songs on
the Rare CD are very Tullish. By the way, does anyone have the words to the
Nightcap CD?
It is strange with Dun Ringill. I was attracted to this song the first time
I heard it. I remember b/c I bought the This Was album, and I had some extra
money and decided to buy another CD. I chose from UW, A, RI, CoaK, and SW.
I guess I liked the cover the best. Turns out that this is one of my
favorite cds now. Old Ghosts is great. I have a bootleg of Stormwatch if
anyone wants to trade. Keep sending in opinions about this song, it is
really good.
Please tell me your opinions on any of these matters. My e-mail is
Voo...@aol.com
Graig.
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Date: 15 Apr 96 21:42:10 EDT
From: "Richard J. Hutchinson" <10222...@CompuServe.COM>
Subject: New Tull Web Site
There will apparantly be a new Tull web site "coming soon" as they say; at
www.one-white-duck.com. Does anyone know anything about this? What passes for
the home page doesn't tell much.
Rich
[It was announced around January but seems to be taking longer than
originally hoped. -ds]
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Date: Tue, 16 Apr 1996 13:07:19 +0200
From: tay...@bio.uva.nl (Rod Taylor)
Subject: Miscellany
Hi all.
Just a few points...
1 - Ross recently mentioned his 'dislike' of recent stuff from some of the
other 'older' bands still kicking about, such as Deep Purple and Black
Sabbath. While I tend to agree somewhat, it seems to me that in general, a
lot of these bands are releasing stuff that works for them. Not
particularly inovative, but the 'heavy rock' genre never has been. Don't
get me wrong, I've always been a fan of heavy bands: Led Zep, Sabbath, Deep
Purple, Rainbow, etc. have always been regular plays with me. But since
the early days, most of these bands have stuck to 'formulas', to a more or
lesser degree. Either you like it or you don't. I do still like them - I
still buy new Purple, Sabbath, etc. when they come out
Which brings me to the point - the new Purple is probably their best thing
in many years. Steve Morse, of Kansas fame, plays and writes on this one,
replacing Ritchie Blackmore (who ios once again doing his 'Rainbow' thing).
Having a new member in there has aded tremendously to the sound - it's
definitely Purple, but it's got a fresh feel to it. And this, after my
above ramblings. Go figure... :)
2 - I think we've settled the drug issue. Ian's not a druggie - 'nuff
said. And even if he had been, it's his business, not ours. But then
again, I've been living in Amsterdam for the last 8 months, so maybe I'm
developing a 'tolerance' for drug users (of which I am NOT, before anyone
gets the wrong idea!).
3 - Someone (sorry, forget the name) recently posted a bunch of questions
about Ian's 'personal life and attitudes'. While I can agree somewhat with
the curiosity, lets not get carried away! While he may be an incredibly
talented and intelligent person, he's still just a man! Who has a right to
his own personal life. He shares an awful lot of himself in his lyrics -
that's enough for me. Let's not get caught up in this 'idol worship' thing
- - I'm sure it isnt IA's cup of tea.
Boy - looking at this a second time, it seems I'm being something of a
grump. Sorry - that wasn't the intention! OK, here's something a little
friendlier: I still love RtB! Gets better with every listen, even now.
Anyone got any shows from the recent tour they'd like to trade for some
older stuff? I STILL haven't seen them live (am currently 27, been a fan
since I was about 10, but I've spent most of my life in a small Canadian
city, nowhere NEAR any of their shows :( ), so I'm living vicarously
through the experiencxes of others... or, if anybody's got any, shows from
the Stormwatch tour are something else I'd love to get my hands on...!
OK, enough rambling. Take care, all, and thanks again for the SCC, dave!
rodt
*
Rod S. Taylor
Institute for Systematics & Population Biology (I.S.P.)
University of Amsterdam
P.O. Box 94766
1090 GT Amsterdam The Netherlands
Tel: +31.20.5256287; Fax: +31.20.5255402
E-mail: tay...@bio.uva.nl
'Do we really live on earth?
Not forever on earth, only a little here:
Though it be jade, it crumbles;
Though it be gold, it breaks;
Though it be feathers of quetzal, it tears.
Not forever on earth, only a little here.'
- Netzaualcoyotl
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From: FORCHH...@ujafedny.org
Date: Wed, 17 Apr 1996 11:13:19 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: GREETINGS TULL FANS
Organization: UJA-Federation of New York
The best benefit of my just begun job, is access to the Internet and
thus thousands of fellow Tull fans. My Tull story is similar to many
others. I first heard Tull at summer camp when I was a teenager. Our
counselor decided that the album "Songs From the Wood" which had just
been released, would be a great album to help us sleep and mellow out
the first night of camp. I was entranced by the nature of this music,
and have been a huge fan ever since, having gone to all of the tours
as they passed through the Metro NY area, collected albums, CD's,
boots, videos, etc.
I am very happy to see the many people who remain fans of the band,
despite the many changes in musical approach, and the like.
Since Tull is never or rarely mentioned in the Press, this forum is
perhaps the best way to stay up on all things-Tull.
Glad to have found you guys.
Elliot Forchheimer
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From: GAMMON Phil <pga...@shl.com>
Subject: Martin's Guitars
Date: Wed, 17 Apr 96 16:47:00 EDT
Hello all,
I haven't posted in quite a while, but being a guitarist and somewhat of a
'guitar brand spotter' (i.e., I always like to check out what kind of guitar
people use) I just had to respond to
jtu...@ix.netcom.com (RICHARD SHEEHAN)
who said
> I would also like to see
> Martin switch back to Gibson and his old effects from his current
> Ibanez gear. This would improve his, tone.
Yes I agree that Martin used to get a GREAT tone from his old Gibson Les
Pauls and SGs, but when did he start using Ibanez? Of late about the only
guitars I have seen Martin using are Tom Anderson Strat-style guitars.
Check out recent pictures of the band and you'll see Anderson's trademark
inverted 'V' (looks like an A) symbol on the headstock of Martin's guitars.
Also if you have a copy of the 25th Anniversary Tour booklet, or if you
have pictures of the 25th anniversary reunion party, check out Martin's Tom
Anderson Guitarworks T-shirt. By the way, Tom Anderson is a Californian
luthier who builds excellent guitars.
So if Martin has started using Ibanez, it must have been during this tour
(which I won't get to attend because no dates are scheduled anywhere near
Ottawa, Canada). Please correct me if that's the case.
Cheerio,
Phil Gammon
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From: "The Great Cornholio" <CALK...@sbu.edu>
Organization: St. Bonaventure University
Date: Thu, 18 Apr 1996 11:17:56 EDT
Subject: Acoustic albums
I wrote to the Chronicle a little while ago asking about the
abbreviations for albums, and now I know. The information I seek now
is about acoustic albums. I think I mentioned this in the last
reading, but I really enjoy the more acoustic songs done by Tull.
What albums would you die-hard fans recommend for me? I don't
necessarily mind the more electric guitar stuff, but the fluty,
acoustic songs appeal to me more. My favorites are: Witch's Promise,
Thick as a Brick, and Bouree. Those are great acoustic-heavy songs.
Thanx again. Oh, and sorry about the Bruce Lee quote, but I'll get a
Tull quote eventually.
"If a man knows not and knows not he knows not- he is a fool, shun
him.
If a man knows not and knows he knows not- he is simple, teach him.
If a man knows and knows not he knows- he is asleep, wake him.
If a man knows and knows he knows- he is wise, follow him."
-Bruce Lee
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From: MMI...@cc.weber.edu
Date: Thu, 18 Apr 1996 10:49:27 -0700 (MST)
Subject: re:Jethro Tull and Pearl Jam
In response to Gangadhar's comments on Tull and Pearl Jam (SCC
v7#35), I would like to throw in my two cents on the subject. As an
avid fan of both Tull and Pearl Jam, I have seen several similarities
during each band's live performances. I was able to see Pearl Jam
both nights when they came to Salt Lake City in 1995. I have never
had the privelege of seeing Jethro Tull, but through the kindness of
several people on the SCC, I have been able to hear several Jethro
Tull concerts. Pearl Jam never plays a song the same way twice; they
are constantly changing the structures and have the best impromptu
material I know of. Jethro Tull has played several different versions
of songs also, and Jethro Tull are always trying something new. The
new Aqualung is simply amazing. Because these two bands both strive
to make their concerts enjoyable to the fans by creating new,
intriguing music during their concerts, they are very similar although
their styles are very different. I was very pleased to hear that
Eddie Vedder listens to Stand Up before his concerts because now there
is validity to my dreams that someday Pearl jam will play a Jethro
Tull song in concert.
I was wondering if there are any plans to release singles from
the RtB album. Since I am only 18 and have only listened to Tull for
about three years, I only have two of their singles. I would love to
have more singles, but I don't know if they plan to release any.
If anyone is interested in trading Jethro Tull concerts,
visit my web page http://www.sisna.com/users/dmiles/mark.html
or E-mail me mmi...@cc.weber.edu
I have several Tull boots as well as Pearl Jam boots.
__Any Tull fans in Utah? If so, E-mail me.__
Thanks for listening to my ramblings,
Mark Miles
"See how we balance the world on the tips of our noses like sealions with a
ball at the carnival" - Ian Anderson - "Sealion"
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Date: Wed, 17 Apr 1996 21:01:08 +0300
From: pee...@estpak.ee (Peeter Vissak)
Subject: Nothing particular but winter, snow and wind raising
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Hi,
It's me again and there is really nothing particular, except that phenomena
exist and the only thing we have to do is to be there and get the sensual
apprehension as immediately as possible.
I am here and there is winter outside. Not a big surprise, but who knows.
The time is over midnight, there is rather quiet yet, but the clouds, lined
into straight phalanxes, are rushing incredibly fast past the Moon. The sky
is fulfilled with lines of small regular tufty clouds, the Moon is not
perfectly bright and not full yet, but bright enough to enlighten the
fading firmament, and even bright enough to form a yolk-yellow ring around.
A North-West storm is seemingly coming -- the clouds are rushing from there
exactly to South-East. One must not be very smart to realize, but simply
watch the storm. I wonder, if tomorrow the sea snaps or not, but I can bet
it will be white, as it has been almost two months already. White from ice
and snow and being an introvert across the frozen season it doesn't care to
be white from waves.
Our Western coast is flat and low, but the higher the sky seems to be. This
feeling is not new, it comes repeatedly now and then, but it gets its full
breath-taking expanse at frosty nights.
It is still too early for foxes to yelp, but about one week ago I was
standing under the nocturnal sky again, ready to hear some of them across
the white field from the direction of the reedbeds of the frozen lagoon. It
was pretty dark, in fact as laconic as Nethack's warning message: be
careful, new moon tonight!
Of course it was too early for foxes, but I met Orion with his twinkling
sword and celestial stage and lost I was -- in the sorcery of sound and
timbre of the Stormwatch. Just sound and timbre -- I mean the very first
bars and strokes of the album, the breath of the Orion, the instrumental
part of Something's On The Move, the whole Dun Ringill and lots of other
undefinable moments. The sparkle, but yet the rusticity; the celestial
spaciousness, but yet the direct impact.
I was careful and avoided howling sheepdogs and mating Ice-Mother. I
undermined (safe in my room again) into the tablature of Dun Ringill
instead. It was as always - hard to play, but not impossible.
I haven't been to Scotland, but I do have been to Wales and breathing a bit
Celtic (Cymric) air on the rocks of Gower and Glamorgan and under this moon
here at home I realized once again how small and fragile it all is here on
the Earth and how dark and carrelessly freezing it is there outside and
nobody really knows who is in charge of.
/***************************************/
That was in the winter, but that is not it yet, I am going on for a while.
In the Whole Plenty of JT-s Music there are only some tunes, all right,
some albums, that I remind when there is strange and creeping feeling
inside my bones.
It may be that those I heard first, but still I never change the feeling
and my choices of the period, that has been called either Celtic or British
or whatsoever. Of course it may be the British and Celtic background and
atmosphere, but we are not Celtic all, are we? Still it gives some
resonance inside us. In one hand we are human though and the recognized
native tunes remind us about the forgotten mutual social memory, that we
somehow share.
In the other hand I have the strange stomach-feeling that there is
something to do with the life-span of the band. I try to explain.
The first five or six albums were the boyhood of the band (and I mean the
band, not IA, but who knows), full of unpredictable naughtiness and crazy
things, simple merry lyrical walks around the block to have the best cup of
coffee, pure honest anger against hypocrisy, widely opened wondering eyes
and mind.
Then they were skating away, feeling very clearly how thin the ice really
is and there is hesitation and growing up in some following works, until
the understanding, that growing up never means getting old, never too old.
In the last ten years we have seen the band being both jolly and serious.
Not too jolly, but sometimes too serious. Mature, masculine and full of
important things to say or deep emotions to confess about. Lately even a
bit gray in the hair, but still in manly strength.
The period I wanted to emphasize was just between the post-boyhood headache
and the full manliness. It was the the romantic youth, the lad turning a
man. Sometimes disappointed as in Pibroch, but always carrying on the life
as Jack-in-the-Green. Never afraid of any impossible or hard labour as in
Heavy Horses, early in the morning greeting the Weather-Cock, knowing about
things to share as in Songs from the Wood, being there when needed as in
Velvet Green or Acres Wild. Recognizing serious things and having mission
to fulfill as in several pieces from the Stormwatch or in the Broadsword.
This youth time is intimately close to everybody and so we can undoubtedly
periodize it, calling it under conspiracy "the Celtic Period". We know,
what we mean, don't we?
Apologizes to You, who You like Aqualung and A most of all!
Bye for now!
Peeter Vissak
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Virtsu Society for Nature Education
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Matsalu Nature Reserve, Laelatu Dept.
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From: "Sen01, Subhash" <sse...@smtpgate.deis.gsg.eds.com>
Subject: RE: The St. Cleve Chronicle V7 #34
Date: Thu, 18 Apr 96 08:35:00 EDT
Does anyone has any Tull video from early 70's, specially Aqualung time.
Please let me know
Sen
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