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Tue, 10 May 2005
Thursday night last week Dave and I went to see Jethro Tull at the Enmore in Sydney.
The Enmore seats about 1,500-2,000 people and despite our seats being way toward the back, it was a pleasingly intimate gig. I've always quite liked Tull, the classic tracks (Aqualung, Locomotive Breath, Thick as a Brick etc.) as well as more recent material from Crest of a Knave (c. 1987) etc. Despite this hadn't seen them live at all prior to this, turned out to be quite a treat. The current lineup has been together for some ten years. Martin Barre (guitar) and Ian Anderson both of course being around since the earliest days of Tull, the "newcomers" Andrew Giddings (keyboards), Johnathon Noyce (bass) and Doane Perry (drums) completing the ensemble.
Lineup changes notwithstanding they've certainly retained the classic Tull sound. The highlight for me was Budapest - astonishing both musically as well as for the imagery and eloquence of the lyrics on CD, even better live. Speaking of eloquence, Ian Andersons between song banter has to be the most interesting and just plain clever I've ever heard. A man of few words, but every one very carefully (and often amusingly) chosen.
They've recently released a live DVD called Living with the Past which I picked up on the weekend. Have only had time to give a couple of tracks a spin but seems to be a nice mixture of live performance and interviews/behind the scenes. The latter again highlighted that not only can these guys play, they are funny buggers too :)
A great evening, if you get the chance, a show well worth seeing. For my part, has once again piqued my interest in taking up the flute :)