tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607352.post8037996357792567021..comments2024-03-25T16:51:04.370-05:00Comments on <a href="http://ionarts.blogspot.com/">Ionarts</a>: Jethro Tull @ StrathmoreCharles T. Downeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14978821617871429169noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607352.post-55435573646579020692007-12-19T14:41:00.000-05:002007-12-19T14:41:00.000-05:00To anon: for "pure supported tone on that flute" l...To anon: <BR/>for "pure supported tone on that flute" listen to any of the more recent Tull records- "Roots to Branches" especially. (I read that Anderson admitted, for one, he re-learned his fingering at advice from his daughter in the early 90's to improve his tonality. ) And Mr. Downey..."The playing is so good... it's good." <BR/><BR/>But I do see how Tull is an acquired taste- I happen to B9000https://www.blogger.com/profile/11909258432935386669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607352.post-23272263194757712652007-12-06T18:33:00.000-05:002007-12-06T18:33:00.000-05:00Now, if I remember when the first album came out, ...Now, if I remember when the first album came out, This Was, that may make me older than Jens too...oh cross eyed Mary.Mark Barryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18403713669935706127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607352.post-27444603058611646282007-12-06T15:07:00.000-05:002007-12-06T15:07:00.000-05:00I once interviewed Ian Anderson for the American F...I once interviewed Ian Anderson for the American Forces Network, Europe. It wasn't easy. He craved an antique transcription recorder sitting in the corner of the studio, and tried to make the interview conditional on the network's giving him the machine. I told him it was U.S. government property, not mine to give; he kept dickering. (Thank God he didn't see the vintage Telefunken Magnetaphon Clarke Bustardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15645330333391879909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607352.post-20549774539934618472007-12-06T12:33:00.000-05:002007-12-06T12:33:00.000-05:00Ahhh, Maria...the diabolical tritone...Ahhh, Maria...the diabolical tritone...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607352.post-44133116879477161152007-12-06T11:40:00.000-05:002007-12-06T11:40:00.000-05:00Anon, absolutely. The way flutist Mrs. Ionarts des...Anon, absolutely. The way flutist Mrs. Ionarts describes Anderson is that he is bad, really bad, so bad that it's good. Mostly, it's the idiosyncratic approach and sound that sells it.Charles T. Downeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14978821617871429169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607352.post-55479355275710350432007-12-06T09:55:00.000-05:002007-12-06T09:55:00.000-05:00Okay, that was fun.... but oh how I long for one p...Okay, that was fun.... but oh how I long for one pure, supported tone on that flute.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607352.post-56230036860113710842007-12-06T00:19:00.000-05:002007-12-06T00:19:00.000-05:00It's true that I am older than Jens, but not that ...It's true that I am older than Jens, but not <EM>that</EM> much older. I was in elementary school in the 1970s, and I did listen to Jethro Tull. Being stoned may have added that final missing 70s element to the experience. ;-)Charles T. Downeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14978821617871429169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607352.post-15913132856949173142007-12-05T19:41:00.000-05:002007-12-05T19:41:00.000-05:00for the first time in quite a while i felt YOUNG r...for the first time in quite a while i felt YOUNG reading something on ionarts. :-)jflhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03017753357752263113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607352.post-69638466869782572822007-12-05T16:22:00.000-05:002007-12-05T16:22:00.000-05:00Ok, were you stoned? Flash-back memories of Emerso...Ok, were you stoned? Flash-back memories of Emerson Lake and Palmer too.Mark Barryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18403713669935706127noreply@blogger.com