June 14 2014
HARD ROCK INTERVIEWS 2014 - IAN ANDERSON solo artist and JETHRO TULL, JUNE 2014
IAN ANDERSON TALKS TO THE ROCKPIT We catch up with the always interesting IAN ANDERSON to talk about his latest release 'HOMO ERRATICUS' as well as 'THICK AS A BRICK 2' and some very special shows for Australia in December... and yes, we also tackle the big one: 'The Meaning of Life'... |
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I rarely get nervous when interviewing, but sometimes just the name of the interviewee is enough to have you shifting wondering how you could possibly ask them something they haven’t heard a thousand times before. After 300 interviews, most of which have been entirely enjoyable, this one just stuck out as something special.
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Thankfully it’s at that point the call comes and after a few further seconds we’re connected. I venture a quick “Hi, Ian, thanks for talking to us, how are you this morning?” to be met with an Ian Anderson, obviously slightly frustrated with the delays, rather to the point response “Very well, no time for pleasantries, so let’s crack on!”
I ask Ian about him using Gerald Bostock again on ‘Homo Erraticus’ just as he did on ‘Thick as a Brick 2’ and of course on the original ‘Thick as a Brick’. Is it a story that he found ‘hard to put down’ after the warm critical reception for ‘Thick as a Brick 2’?
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Mark: That’s a wonderful answer! Some of the song titles on “Homo Erraticus” had my reaching back to my schoolboy Latin!
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Mark: I think so; it’s one of those wonderful albums that makes you think so much. I read an interview with you recently, where you said you don’t tend to socialise with other musicians, in case they disappoint you.
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Mark: Apart from the technology that you just mentioned there, has your approach to writing changed over the years, or stayed the same?
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And with that it was over, certainly one of the most interesting interviews I’ve done so far, and one where so many questions went unasked. I look down at my notes and see that I’ve managed just to knock the tip of an iceberg I suspect has rather more beneath the surface than most.
SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE, SYDNEY THURSDAY DECEMBER 11
Ian Anderson spoke to Mark Diggins May 2014 |
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