A Passion Play 1973...Show Opener

[SilverHamer]

I remember this concert like it was last week...Tull's 1973 concert tour...A Passion Play. This is the show opener to beat any that I have ever seen. I still remember that after they finished playing APP (some 45 or 50 minutes into the concert) that Ian stepped back up to the mic and said, "Thank you...thank you. Now...for our SECOND number...a little song from last year called THICK AS A BRICK!"

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[MDDRUMZ]

WOW! They look CRAZY up there!!! I don't know the song but it's one hell of an opener.

[babayaga]

Marvellous stuff....!

[SilverHamer]

WOW! They look CRAZY up there!!! I don't know the song but it's one hell of an opener.

MarkD...TAAB was their first real concept album (ie, the entire album was one continuous song)...A Passion Play came right after TAAB and was also a concept album. I don't know why they felt they needed to do a second concept album except that TAAB was such a great success. APP was like a sequel, and you know how sequels usually go...it didn't to nearly as well as TAAB. In fact, they quit playing even bits of APP altogether for many many years. Now you'll hear little bits and pieces of it in short instrumental interludes here and there in their concerts, but even THAT is pretty rare.

The APP tour had to be the very first time a Rock band traveled around with a large projection screen as well. They didn't do the live video feed thing like so many bands do today, but it was a great effect for the opening bit with the pulsating dot which grew larger and louder...as well as the ballet dancer. But most importantly, it served for the little interlude called "The Hare Who Lost His Spectacles" which comes in at about the midpoint of the song...it gave the band a little breather...

The narrator is Jeffrey Hammond-Hammond, the bass player. Ian makes a short cameo appearance as well, but I have no idea who the other characters are. I looked long and hard and couldn't find a Walrus in there ANYWHERE so I suppose it would be safe to say that the Beatles weren't there for this either...LOL. :D

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[Tracy]

I caught the 73 tour at Madison Square Garden. It was awsome!