Talk:Ian Anderson (musician)
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[edit] flag controversy
I find it a bit odd that about a third of the article is dedicated to the "flag controversy" bit. Isn't it just a minor detail of his career? -- LodeRunner 22:45, 11 November 2005 (UTC)
- Yes. In fact, it's not really related to his career anyway. But, interestingly, he was right- the response by the "New Jersey radio station" proved it, they obviously didn't think deeply before they vowed never to play Tull. I think he only offered an apology to ease the minds of the people he mocked – the people that can't tell the difference between patriotism and nationalism. He was right, he knows it, and others proved it. Oh well, I agree with you, but there's not much on him anyway, it's kind of a short bio, should I just copy-paste from J-Tull.com and cite the source? --Chewbacca 13:19, 2 January 2006 (UTC)
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- Yes, I think that's a good option. Maybe it's better if you can add the information already on wiki and of course your own knowledge in that biography. The bio on the Jethro Tull website is also not the best I know...--62.194.168.38 22:47, 2 January 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Article name
Why "(singer and musician)" instead of just "(musician)"? The former seems redundant. I propose to move the article to Ian Anderson (musician). Any objections? dbtfztalk 11:07, 10 March 2006 (UTC)
- For brevity and clarity I'd prefer Ian Anderson (Jethro Tull)... However, checking What links here, there are already between 50 to 100 direct links to this page, and they would all have to be redirected. So ... I'd prefer to leave it be. -- ProveIt (talk) 14:46, 10 March 2006 (UTC)
- Quite a lot of people use 'musician' to mean 'instrumentalist', so it isn't redundant to say 'singer and musician'. Myopic Bookworm 13:46, 20 March 2006 (UTC)
I agree with ProveIt. I ask someone about Ian Anderson, and they're like, "Who?" I say, "Frontman of Jethro Tull..." and they're like "Oooh, him. Yea, I know the one." Ian is forever tied to Jethro Tull, at least in our memories, and since, at some point in the future, another musician or singer named Ian Anderson might come about, we'd probably run back and change this one to Ian Anderson (Jethro Tull). Might as well do it now :) -Chewbacca 12:13, 30 May 2006 (UTC) And hey, Ian Anderson (Jethro Tull) already has at least three links to it!
Is the chart position for Divinities sourced to anything? I'm a Tull fan and I don't remember that one ranking nearly so high.
[edit] Reorganisation
I've moved stuff around quite a lot, because some of the details ranked as trivia such as his business concerns, musicianship and awards are hardly that. I've also added details to flesh some of these points out a little more. MoltonStPilgrim 19:10, 15 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] "aka" Jethro Tull
Sorry, my edit comment was truncated, but I just reverted three edits that claimed Anderson was Jethro Tull. This is not correct; see Jethro Tull, which explains the origin of the name. Cmprince 22:05, 19 March 2007 (UTC)
