Listening to Jethro Tull: Aqualung - Part 1
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Jethro Tull's Aqualung is one of those albums that I've been meaning to get round to for literally years, and I've owned it for about 18 months and still not listened to it! Well, time to put that right.
I've split the video into a few parts due to copyright issues.
Part 1 is Aqualung and Cross-eyed Mary.
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My Son bought me this 2 years ago for my birthday, I was raised on Tull... just cannot get enough to this day. I was also born in 1970
The joy of watching a man of my age listen to Aqualung for the first time is immeasurable.
Glad you enjoyed it/me!!!!
You say you’re sporadic with your record choices but this makes complete sense to me. My father raised me on Jethro Tull, specifically this album, and as an adult I find myself heavily into more modern progressive rock, specifically Tool. I think a lot of modern prob rock wouldn’t exist if it weren’t for JT but they rarely get the credit they deserve.
I really appreciate you listening to Jethro Tull so that the rest of us don't have to.
OMG Jim! There are so many great Tull albums… just you wait! Enjoy hearing them for the first time. Been a fan for 33 years, and i’m 46!!
The songs Aqualung & Locomotive Breath completely overshadowed the brilliance of this album. So glad you’re doing the entire album!
So glad you’re enjoying these videos Melissa! Happy Christmas!
Another one of Jethro Tull's contributions to the greatest rock albums of all time.
Jethro Tull is great. Their three best albums (in my opinion):
Thick As A Brick
Aqualung
A Passion Play
Oh yes my first Jethro Tull record back in the day....um sometime in February I think 🤭🤷♂️🤠 most the year later and I love Broadsword (my personal favourite...), Thick As A Brick, Stormwatch, Heavy Horses, A Passion Play too....and a few more....👍 Just bought Benefit which looks great....
Hahaha.... back in the day! You sound like me, all knowledgable and long time fan of (for 18 months!)
Welcome to Tull, Jim! Shame it's taken you so long!😉 As I commented on Nick& Lex's reaction, it was exactly 50 years ago this week that I went to my first concert with Tull touring behind this album, so it's fun to have two of my favorite channels helping me revisit that. Hope that you get some sort of collab going with N&L - sounds like it could be great fun! Can't wait for side 2 of this and would like to second the motion that you continue on to Thick As A Brick. Then there are SO many more to come that you're going to love. Well done!
Thanks Jim, I’ve always thought the original was very muddy sounding. This remix/remaster (whatever magic SW has done) however is stunning.
Ha Jim you're picking so much music that I've recently started listening to such as this album. I agree this pressing is fantastic. I starting off with Aqualung I'm now obsessed with Tull and their back catalogue, so much fantastic material to delve into. I bet you'll be the same now!!
Got the MFSL remaster of this LP when it came out in 1981, one of the best sounding LP's I have.
Martin Barre is one of the most underrated & forgotten guitarist ever. If you know or follow Rick Beato is he agrees. Ian always surrounded himself with the highest quality musicians & took no truck with drugs or drink. The line up change frequently but Martin was always there.
When my dad introduced me to his LP collection there were two albums that stuck out to me and have influenced me ever since. This was one those albums. The other, only bloody Paranoid :)
Hey Jim..new to your channel..Aqualung is one of my top five albums of all time..Glad to see you have the Steven Wilson remix, which is fantastic.👍👍❤️❤️glen
Thanks for the sub!
OK. I also just have to admit to having never listened to this. Embarrassing. So thanks for this Jim. I'm a devoted YES fan, -but definitely not the current lineup. But still do enjoy a wide range of music. Just discovered your channel - great stuff. Now I can understand the influence this album had on 70's prog. rock.
Thick As A Brick next?!?!
"Jethro Tull and his seed drill from the middle age", I wouldn't have known if it wasn't for Wikipedia. I'm impressed, Jim 👍
My school history lessons in the early 1980s were odd - agricultural machines and weaving contraptions from the industrial revolution, and the Zulu wars from the 1800s!
I'm 3 minutes in and you're still teasing me I can't wait looking forward to this.
My wife was born December 1970...
There's no way that she got away marrying me and not listening to this album dozens of times....
You should have seen them live - I saw them on their "Aqualung" tour (opening act - Captain Beefheart and his Magic Band) April 20, 1972
It's a classic album....This is the first time I've heard Mr Wilson's remix.....seems brighter to me
Please please please consider doing yourself a great favor and just go back to the very first album and listen to how the band changes and progresses they were very very different for that first album or two and then really took on different flavors throughout the career there's especially great three album grouping starting with songs from the wood...
It'll take you a while to get to those but it's going to be a great journey if you really would like to do it correctly just my humble opinion / 2 cents...
One of my all time favorite albums by anyone. This is in my armload of 10 albums I'm carrying out of a burning building...
Nice from you to mention Nick'n'Lex, love both of your channels, guys 👍
They have a great channel!
I am always wary of remixes, but that one is excellent. It really brings the music to life!
Very much enjoy NicknLex's reactions as I do yours. Any Jethro Tull is always good.
JT did a grteat group of albums back-to-back but this is my favorite because of the diversity. I'm Singing Locomotive Breath in Karaoke.
I love Nick and Lex!!!
I can't tell you how many times I've heard this ( and most of JTs 70s albums). Regular 70s FM radio fare in the US growing up. Aqualung through Minstrel In The Gallery are my favorite stretch by the band.....
I'll work through them in good time.
Liked your reaction to Nick 'n' Lex reacting to your reaction.
Epic
Great band!!!
I don’t believe I’ve ever heard this album. Love Jethro Tull from what I’ve heard but I’ve never done a deep dive into them. I’m excited about this! Thank you!
Jim you legend every now and then you upload utterly unmissable content!
Oh wow you had never heard it nice!
I meant to add mate, you should listen to the "Thick as a Brick" prog album (not the single) it's incredible
Looking forward to your collaboration with Nick and Lex. I enjoy both your reaction channels. Yes is my fave and and I enjoyed watching both theirs and your reactions
Hey Jim! So glad you're doing this and happy that we inspired you to do so! Can't wait to collaborate! :) - Lex
Can't wait!
Awesome 👏
Viewed pt.2 before this...The SW remixing adds depth, the music...even live...was so transforming...
Alright, a little excited about this one. I have of course heard of Jethro Tull, but never really explored. Seems like one you should at least give some time to and see if you enjoy it or not.
How did it work out for you?
@@JimNewstead Jethro Tull was all I listened to the rest of the day after watching all four of your videos! Aqualung, Thick as a Brick, and A Passion Play is what I've checked out so far. I could definitely see them being right up there with Rush and Gentle Giant for one of my favorite early prog bands.
As amazing as the lp is, you are still just scratching the surface of the total trip that JT is... Ian Anderson is the BEST showman, best experienced in their live performances! I was fortunate to see the band thrice during their heyday, during the '70s, and I urge those who are already drawn to their audio work to check out their concert footage, readily available on YT. For example: ruclips.net/video/eBP4eQOVC8I/видео.html
I know.... Burt I've got to start somewhere!
I think Nick and Lex are in Mexico. I check them out often. Cheers from Tassie!
They're in Colorado in the US.
So Jim you started with an act of contrition so I obsolve you. Ian Anderson was a great writer and a better performer live of minstrel persuasion. Well done Jim
BTW Your comparisons are awkward bc many of your references came AFTER the song by several years. AQUALUNG WAS HUGE HIT!!!!!! when it was first released and brought Tull to the US with YES as Opening act for their first tour in 71. At 15 we stumbled into the show for $5. I had no idea who Tull were or that was their song. I prefer the rest of the album even more. Also I had just learned about YES. So it was a life changing mind blowing night.
Nick and Lex are cool open minded folk!
I love this album, one of my all times favorites any genre. Not that everything is great on it but enough to newer really tire of it.
Title track, My God, Hymn 43 fav tracks. The original vinyl got real good quality, i think this one got the bass/drums a tad more prominent.
You volume is really low though, both Mic and music, but especially mic. Have to use the "boost volume" and max vol to hear you. Just move it closer to your face :)
Yeah, sorry. But if it’s too close even I speak loudly or clips horribly. Need to work on a different system perhaps.
No Tull? You must have been actively hiding 😄
But I get it - if you look at Tull pictures and their theatrical antiques from the 1970s it may seem like about the uncoolest rock band imaginable. But so much great music.
This - together with 'Stand Up' - is their most rock and fluent album, but move forward into their prog years and you might find a lot of fantastic music.
The clarity of the recording is definitively Steven Wilson's quality. Btw, you still don't use the arm lift at the start of a record. That's what it's for: it reduces the chance of damaging the needle. But please carry on. :-)
I know, but I like the physical connection to the record.
@@JimNewstead I can understand that, but for me it’s the opposite: I like to see it landing smoothly on the record
Why the name Jethro Tull. Ian Anderson tells it ... at the beginning of their musical adventure they played in clubs ... and live they sucked! So every night they changed the name of the band, hoping that the audience would go and see them not noticing the "trick". And coming up with a different name every night wasn't easy. It so happened that the night they had a huge success and positive feedback from the public they had randomly chosen the name "Jethro Tull" .... and the name remained that. Congratulations on the Jim channel!
ah ... in a short time they became one of the greatest live bands in the history of music!
Thank you so much, glad you’re enjoying the videos!
HOla JIm, como siempre, disfruto de tus videos y reflexiones sobre la música que me apasiona. Lamentáblemente, en este se me complicó en extremo, ya que no cuenta con opción de subtítulos como otros que has subido. No se si eso lo podés solucionar vos o es responsabilidad de you tube. Solo quería ponerte en conocimiento, y ver de solucionarlo para facilitarnos la visión y comprensión del video a quienes hablamos o entendemos poco de inglés. Saludos!
TRANSALATION
HI JIm, as always, I enjoy your videos and reflections on the music that I am passionate about. Unfortunately, this one was extremely complicated, since it does not have the option of subtitles like others that you have uploaded. I don't know if that can be solved by you or if it is the responsibility of you tube. I just wanted to let you know, and see to solve it to facilitate the vision and understanding of the video to those of us who speak or understand little English. Greetings!
Hi, I don't make the choices about subtitles, it is an automatic feature that I don't control. However, I did recently change the way I upload videos and trhat might have made a change that was unintentional. I'll try to check tis for the next time I upload to ensure it's definitely nothing to do with me. Sorry, and thanks for taking the time to visi and comment!
Jim
Hola, no tomo las decisiones sobre los subtítulos, es una función automática que no controlo. Sin embargo, recientemente cambié la forma en que subo videos y eso podría haber hecho un cambio que no fue intencional. Intentaré comprobarlo la próxima vez que suba para asegurarme de que definitivamente no tiene nada que ver conmigo. ¡Lo siento, y gracias por tomarse el tiempo de visitar y comentar!
Jim
PS. All the artists you mention, this is the headwater...check out JT the BBC recordings. In t he vault my friend...
I'm going to ask an honest question. Yes, how can you not know all this music? I'm only a few years older than you, but grew up on most of this stuff, as my dad was a HUGE 70s rock fan, but so were many of my friends. Honestly, bands like Tull, Yes, Genesis, Zep, Floyd, etc. make listening to today's music pointless, for we were SO spoiled with such trend-setting excellence.
I know Zep and Floyd, Rush, bits of Genesis, Wishbone Ash, loads of others, but it's easy NOT to hear it. I'm the oldest so didn't have a brother or sister playing this stuff, my parents certainly didn't, and no, this wasn't on radio in the UK apart from very specific shows at very specific times. I didn't have my own radio until I was 12 or 13 so into the early 80s at which point it was all about Iron Maiden and Metallica!!!
Yes, I know this album for decades now. Always been a fan of them. Great album. Several songs are often played during live performances.
Have a look at the live Bursting Out album. I prefer the live versions. They’re more energetic and more fun to listen to.
I’m a bit older than you. Let’s twist again by Chubby Checker came out in my year of birth.
What's 9 years between friends....
I was 13 and really didn't like it. I only came around to it about 10 years ago. Wait until you get to Locomotive Breath. You're really in for a treat.
Could be wrong
I’m sorry, Jim, but you’re not as cute as Lex. Kidding you, mate, love your channel!
Haha.... if you want easy you need to be elsewhere!