Title: Like being there
Product review: I personally preferred Tull's performances 35 years ago during the Thick as a Brick era when the band was ferocious and the stage act was way over the top. Really, there wasn't a better live rock band than the early 70's Jethros.Jump to Montreux 2003 and you have a much kinder and gentler group that spends the first half of the concert on some pretty cheesy Christmas-meets-new-age instrumental meanderings, with a few gems thrown in.The second half sounds a lot more like the Tull we grew up with, unleashing the heavy riffage on songs like Nothing is Easy, My God and Locomotive Breath. Martin Barre is one of rock's greatest unknown guitarists, and his playing here is first rate as always, and Ian still makes the flute sound like it was invented to drive a rock band.Both video and audio quality are superb... too bad DVD technology wasn't around 35 years ago... but this Montreux performance may be the next best thing.
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