Music – Blast from the past.Loved the visuals on this one. Hadn't heard the terms "mods" and "rockers" for years.Enjoy.
The last time I saw Jethro Tull,I went through my usual routine of giving the rent a nazis conducting the shakedown at the door a hard time.It was at a brand new concert hall,Tull was the second act to play there.It was in January,freezing cold as the crowd stood outside shivering and looking through the windows at the empty,warm lobby.
The man who was feeling me up told me to take off my coat and I refused,saying that I would if they moved the search inside and that I had paid good money and should be treated with respect the same as any other patron to any other event.
I asked him if people were searched and treated this way at the first act to play at the venue,Frank Sinatra.He said no,so I suggested that they change their search policy because Sinatra was a known associate of mafia figures and poor Jethro Tull was only a flute player.
Just venting a little here...I am so sick of paying big money for tickets and being treated like a "suspect" by teenage rent a cops!
It's OK to vent. Went to an Ozzy concert once on Halloween with a front row prize for the best costume. So I dressed up. Didn't win but a guy barfed in my seat so I moved in the aisle. An usher came. He wanted me to move back in my seat. I kept pointing to the mess and the guy who was a mess.
Next thing I know two cops grabbed me from behind and without a word tossed me out.No questions and as always I was behaving myself. Shouldn't they have thrown the guy that barfed on my seat and himself?All for a Halloween costume and that night I was straight.
It's shameful that concertgoers are judged by the act they are paying to see by some uptight idiots who probably think the Beach Boys are radicals.Some of the performers are not too happy either,I saw Niel Young stop in the middle of a song and jump off the stage to yell at a cop who was mistreating a patron,then got back to the mike and led the crowd in a mass BOOOO!...the cop let the man go and slid back under his rock.
I saw the Beach Boys .... a bunch of long haired freaks .... I never was the same after being exposed to their evil lyrics. Take "good vibrations" for example..... why should they sing about ****** .... just so wrong. Yes Neil is the man ....even though he moved from Canada to the USA he still is the man.... he may have lost some manliness in the move...but he is the man.
I understand the security at concerts... you have to beware of freaks. LOL
The first time I was ever searched was in '77 and the search was done by real police.The courts took care of that violation of the 4th and quickly ruled it a random search and that simply attending a concert was not probable cause to believe a crime was being committed.Today,the "freaks" are the ones who believe that I'm going to pay $200 for a ticket and then let some teenage wannabe stick his hand down my pants...I charge $500 for that and it has to be a female.
It's a jungle out there!
"Jethro Tull was only a flute player."
That tells me you never have seen a Jethro Tull concert in your life. Jethro Tull is the name of the band. Ian Anderson is the name of the singer/flute player/Scottish salmon farmer.
look douchebag...we usually keep the childish insults to the political threads and the fact that you say your dad listened to Aqualung tells me you aren't even old enough to know your azz from your elbow when it comes to 70's rock.The first time I saw Ian Anderson playing flute with Jethro Tull it cost 5 bucks and you were probably still on the nipple.
Wonderful! Jethro Tull really were among the most innovative of bands out of the late 1960s. http://www.youtube.com/user/ABedroomFurniture And frontman Ian Anderson with his flute, medieval English garb & stage antics increased the appeal.
A nice trip down memory lane, rdy, "Living in the Past" (very topical!)
One of my first concerts. I was like 11. Anderson was amazing on the flute. That was back in the day of carnival seating and open smoking. Aqualung was the soundtrack of the time. Hard to believe they are still touring, that was a long, long, time ago.
These are the kind of bands I will not go to see these days. Would much rather have my fond memories of their heyday than to see them thirty years past their prime.
You might be surprised V.O.R.I saw them four or five years ago at an outdoor event here in Iowa,and was as impressed then as i was twenty years ago.Anderson didn't have the period garb on ,but still did the one legged solo's and Martin Barr sounded as good ,if not better on guitar.Time might have slowed the players some,but didn't stop the fun or the impact of the music.In short it was great and i would see them again.
Good post.
There were afterall voted the best Metal Act of 1989!
Not putting them down by my comment. I just have this thing about seeing bands in their prime. I bet they are still quite good. Of course they will never make the Rock N'Roll Hall of Fame because of the snobbism and prejudice against classical instruments.
Easy mntnman44...
I honestly didn't read any name calling into libsRfunnys' post..I can't say I respect much else about that poster but, fair is fair and his Dad did provide him a good shot at getting the music part of his world off to a decent start ?
Aw gee V.O.R....30 years past their prime ?!?
There is a vid titled "Living with the Past" that gives a much too brief chronicle of some of their recent concerts. It's very nice to see Ians' talents have not diminshed with the passing of the years.You'll have to google it if you're interested..I gotta get to my 2nd job.
Ta-ta - ....
Oh...it must have been subliminal...I could swear he was calling me a liar.
I didn't see that mnt respectfully but of course I can be naive. But thanks to all the participants. It makes it fun sharing the stories and ideas.
And DLM. I could swear it was only yesterday that I seen all these bands not 30-40 years ago.LOL
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Another innovater who brought yet another instrument from yesteryear into the present and this is one rocker if it wasn't for a couple of posters here musically would be "Living In The Past.":)
I still love listening to all of "Thick as a Brick." I'd post a link, but I doubt YouTube has room for a 45-minute song.
"Living in the Past" is one of my all-time favorite Tull tunes, along with "Skating Away on the Thin Ice" ...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JDosgkws0-c
When I was a kid, I knew it was time to get up on Sunday when my dad started playing "Aqualung" on his stereo. No, we didn't go to church on Sunday.
Great post R2R . I was fortunate enough to see the War Child tour , and then again recently they came by with the original members . They only did the songs from " This was , Thick as a Brick , Aqualung , but nothing from Benefit " . I also liked Passion Play . Another musical story of life and death . Ian had two violinists , a celloist , and a pcoloist with him as well this last time . Really did some nice jazz peices as well as an orchestrial peice . I guess the London Symphanonic Orchestra rubbed off on him .
Thanks for the link libs and BM I'm real jealous on that concert.I bet he fit real well in with a near orchestra.
Yep real good stuff . Apparently they come around every two years . Keep yer eyes open , maybe to a theatre near you .