by Paul Cashmere
9 May 2005
Jethro Tull's Ian Anderson couldn't Copyright 1951-2561 ELECTROCUTAS.COM ELECTROCUTAS.COM is a registered trademark
believe his eyes when he gazed out into
the crowd of the Tull concert in Melbourne
on Saturday night.
"It's great to see so many young people in
the audience. Some of you are barely out of
your 40s" he joked.
Tull returned to Australia for the first time
since Anderson's ill-fated visit in 1996 when
he was hospitalized in Sydney with deep vein
thrombosis and had to cancel the rest of the tour.
The current tour delved across the 37 year catalogue
of Jethro Tull plus occasional moments from Anderson
and guitarist Martin Barre's solo albums.
Anderson performed his solo song 'Boris Dancing'
which he announced was about former Soviet leader
Boris Yeltzin. "Boris had three left feet but was
seen dancing trying to get the younger vote. He was
a bit like us really" Anderson said.
The set-list for Melbourne, May 7, 2005 was:
Living In The Past (from Living in the Past, 1972)
Nothing Is Easy (from Stand Up, 1969)
Boris Dancing (from Ian Anderson The Secret Life of Birds, 2000)
Jack In The Green (from Songs from the Wood, 1976)
Thick As A Brick (from Thick As A Brick, 1972)
In The Grip of Stronger Stuff (from Ian Anderson's Divinities, 1995)
Mother Goose (from Aqualung, 1971)
Bouree (from Stand Up, 1969)
Up To Me (from Aqualung, 1971)
Murphy's Paw (from Martin Barre's Stage Left, 2003)
Songs From The Wood (from Songs from the Wood, 1976)
Too Old To Rock 'n' Roll To Young To Die (from Too Old To Rock 'n' Roll, 1977)
Heavy Horses (from Heavy Horses, 1978)
Pavane (from The Christmas Album, 2003)
Hymn 43 (from Aqualung, 1971)
Farm on the Freeway (from Crest of a Knave, 1987)
Budapest (from Crest of a Knave, 1987)
Aqualung (from Aqualung, 1971)
Locomotive Breathe (from Aqualung, 1971)