Tull is not Tull anymore, it is Ian Anderson and several union scale side musicians.
Tull is not Tull anymore, it is Ian Anderson and several union scale side musicians.
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Here's Dark Ages from last night in Bologna, Italy. Be sure to stick it out til at least the first chorus.
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What a shame, he was a fine singer. Doesn't he care about his legacy?
I saw Tull in Toronto about 12 years ago and his voice was shot. Never wanted to go again.
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I'd see Tull if they did A Passion Play in it's entirety. I'd have to attend the show alone. I could not bare the uncomfortable embarrassment of a friend witnessing Ian's voice.
Last edited by Crawford Glissadevil; 02-17-2023 at 07:55 AM.
It's sad, because between Ian's voice and having some dude singing for him, and acting stuff out too, it's made it so a) I haven't been interested in seeing Tull on their most recent tours, and b) I can't even remember what the last tour I saw Ian or Tull on was, or even if Martin was still with them - I think he was. The last time might have been the tour where they gave out the free CDs of Aqualung live, whatever that one was. It's like Tull just dissipated into a band that did kind of unappealing-sounding shows.
The tours with Ryan (I think that is correct) singing much of the lead vocals were really enjoyable. He wasn't really acting stuff out except in the context of Ian's staging for his solo albums. I'd see Ian again if he had a singer, but only if he had a singer. I can count on one hand the number of shows I've walked out on and the last time I saw Ian was one of those.
I saw him in 2018. The bassist and keyboardist pinch hit on some of the vocals and he had a female singer and violin or viola player on video for parts of "Heavy Horses," and Ryan on video for parts of "Aqualung." I'm glad to have seen Ian once but I can't say it was exciting.
Ian and Martin should combine their bands. Dan Crisp could take on a lot of the lead vocals and the whole thing would be a powerhouse show. Won't ever happen, but it could be great.
I think that is the tour we walked out before the encores. It just wasn't what I wanted to see. Obviously, he is still selling tickets so others are happy, and apparently many prefer whatever vocals he can give instead of a different singer, but it just doesn't work for me anymore.
I haven’t missed a Martin Barre Band show but I’ve passed on the last 5 years of Tull gigs.
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Yes, that's the one. It was a nice gimmick, but it didn't hide the fact that it was also an awful performance from Ian. I don't think it helped that this was in a 5,000 or so outside theater, but it was just brutal. Maybe other shows on that tour were better, but the one we saw was unlistenable eventually for our group.
I really enjoyed the two I saw with Ryan. And, as others have said, Martin's shows have been fantastic.
I just watched a "Classic Album Review" YouTube channel video where he did Ten Bands That Should Retire. Jethro Tull was one of them (unsurprisingly) and he suggested checking out a recent performance of Black Sunday to see why. I did that and, strangely, I'm now thinking that I would go and see them if they came to my part of the world. Ian's vocals seem unchanged from recent years but, on this song at least, he is trading off vocal lines with Joe Parrish which mitigates the problem to a certain extent. The tour setlist is also quite intriguing (see an example below) - I don't think there's been such wide coverage of the back catalogue for a while. There are still other issues such as the inflexibility of some band members (and why is Scott Hammond's kit so small?) but Parrish sounds better than Florian Opahle for my money so, given the opportunity and depending on the ticket price, I might be up for it.
Nothing Is Easy
Cross-Eyed Mary
With You There to Help Me
Sweet Dream
We Used to Know
Wicked Windows
Holly Herald
Clasp
Mine Is the Mountain
Bourrée in E minor
Heavy Horses
The Zealot Gene
Warm Sporran
Mrs Tibbets
Dark Ages
Aqualung
Locomotive Breath
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I agree. I saw them on the last tour they did before Ian 'retired' the name and thoroughly enjoyed it, mainly because the band rocked, especially Barre.
I saw them do one of their Xmas gigs a year ago, and while I enjoyed it, there was something missing. The rest of the band did sing on one song, but the guitarist just stood motionless.
A bit of perspective. My disabilities have progressed to the point where I can no longer attend live events. Appreciate the awesome luxury of seeing music performed live in front of you. I miss it more than can be expressed. Would I go see this current iteration of Tull? In a heartbeat! FYI - really enjoying Rokflote. Definitely in a similar sonic mode to Zealot Gene, but a bit more rock going on over the 12 tracks.
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