If the video gets blocked, I suggest listening to the studio recordings. Most people first fell in love with by listening to their albums. They 're spectacular.
JT was a rock band with a very British vibe. There's a dash of prog rock, clusters of blues pentatonic riffs and a lot of Ian Anderson showmanship, with flute, vocals and manic stage energy. Yes, very 70s. These guys could play
Jethro Tull really isn't about hits as much as they are about hidden gem after hidden gem after hidden gem. Tull is an intellectually vast and deep rabbit hole that should be seriously explored - both studio and live performances. I've seen Live Tull tours 26 times in my life (27 times if you count 2 nights back to back from the same concert tour). This was one of Ian's more "lazy" performances (his own admission), but Martin Barre's guitar work was impressive as always. Tull had many band members over the years. Ian always surrounded himself with incredible talent, but their most talented line up was from '76 to '79 with: - Ian Anderson (1967-present) - lead vocals, flute, guitar, mandolin, keyboards, saxophone, bagpipe, violin, balalaika, clarinet, various whistles, etc. - Martin Barre (1968-2011) - guitar, mandolin - John Evan (1970-1980) - keyboards - Barriemore Barlow (1971-1980) - drums - John Glascock (1975-1979) - bass - Dee Palmer (David at that time) (1976-1980) - keyboards, saxophone, clarinet, orchestral arrangements
Ian Anderson is a self-taught multi-instrumental / song writing genius who takes his concert performances very seriously. He is arguably the finest live performing frontman in Rock history. He treats his live shows like a business man whose job is to entertain. He brings wit, intelligence, athleticism, theatrics, humor, social commentary, and a bit of tongue-in-cheek spice to his concerts.
You might find the studio version a let down after this.. it still drives..but not as fast... the 1st section is also solo piano and not full band. The Aqualung album is a classic of progressive folk rock and one of my favorites. A cool early track is A New Day Yesterday.. which includes Harmonica instead of flute.
Jethro Tull lasted long enough that they have many utterly different sounds. Jazz in the early years, prog, folk rock, orchestral rock, concept rock, ... "Songs from the Wood" and "Heavy Horses" are on my desert island albums list, but they have a dozen great tunes on other albums as well. The Minstrel in the Gallery, Skating Away on the Thin Ice of a New Day, My God, Broadsword, so many others... Also, FYI, live Tull and studio Tull are both awesome but utterly different. I happen to prefer the studio version of Locomotive Breath (but the live version of My God). YMMV.
Possibly the band I've seen live third most often (after Fairport Convention and Lindisfarne, vying with Steeleye Span) - concert quality tended to vary a bit with Ian's mood, but they were always entertaining. And '82 was the year I discovered them, actually! They were my favourite band for quite a while, and one I still listen to regularly.
You've missed so much by letting this bunch pass you by......the back catalogue is huge but you could do yourself a huge favour by checking out " Songs from the Wood" and "Heavy Horses".....both albums are absolutely classics.
Tull didn’t consider themselves a prog band really. In fact, Thick As a Brick was prog satire. He wrote it to make fun of prog music, and lo and behold became prog heroes 😁 i got this from an interview of Andersons. Then he was like bloody hell I’ll have to play this every night from now on. Of course they do a short edited version of it for years now just to appease some listeners.
Listen to the entire Thick as a Brick album all the way through at a nice comfortable but loud volume- aside from seeing them live in their day, that's the closest you can get to the 'real' Jethro Tull experience. "Let me tell you the tales of your life...".
Tony Iommi was actually in Jethro Tull for a minute. There’s a performance or 2 on youtube. But it didn’t work and he went back to Sabbath, this was before Sabbath recorded. Sabbath was very loose and Iommi learned from Anderson how to be disciplined in rehearsals and business matters as Anderson treated it as a business not just artistic. I know some Tull, tried to deep dive them but I don’t really care for Andersons vocals thought I do appreciate a lot of their catalog musically. Anderson is smart, his voice is dodgy at best these days due to age etc…but he can still play the heck out the flute so, he takes an additional young guy to sing the high bits.
So it wasn't "too taxing",was it?😆😉Yeah, as you know, I'm a big 70's prog fan, but I never got into Jethro Tull or Gentle Giant for some reason. My big four from that period is King Crimson, Yes, Genesis and Emerson, Lake & Palmer.
For me growing up, I listened to AOR stations. So this one, aqualung, thick as a brick, and bungle in the jungle were in the rotation. Besides BITJ, I liked the other songs. I had no idea what locomotive breath was about. Probably one of Bill Gates favorite songs.🤣
FYI, that live performance actually closed with bits of music from their early 80's albums. Justin, you'll be opening a Pandora's Box of fandom if you start reacting to Jethro Tull. Tull fans are as intense as Queen or Yes fans. Tull were were ahead of most other prog bands by about a year in terms of success, so Yes actually opened for Tull on one of their first American tours. There's a lot of great live performances out there from the early days on RUclips, but just be warned that Tull also went through a "Magnum Opus" period with the albums 'Thick As A Brick' and 'Passion Play' that are 'nothin but side-long epics. They WERE more blues based in the early days (which was a common sound in the UK in the late 60's anyways). After the big prog albums of the early 70's they settled into a pattern of sorta-folky, sorta-proggy, sorta-rock albums for the rest of the 70's. Some had bigger radio hits than others, but all had some good stuff on them (although for my money a sameness also started to creep in). The 80's did see a bit of a shift in sounds, although the overall formula remained the same. Their hit album from 1987, 'Crest of a Knave', gets criticized for ripping off Dire Straits, but I find it has more replay value than most other albums before or since. The core lineup (Ian, Martin Barre, plus bass, keys and drums) held up for quite a while. These days Ian is croaking out music new and old with a completely new backing band while Martin is touring small theaters playing vintage Tull from the 60's and early 70's.
Cross Eyed Mary, My God, Hymn 43, Thick as a Brick, Menstril in the Gallery,Hunting Girl, Rover, With You There to Help Me, A New Day Yesterday, Teacher, To Cry You A Song, To name a few, but they have 23 studio albums.You could almost pick any song from any album and it'll be fantastic . I would suggest listening to the, "Thick as a Brick", excerpt from Tampa Stadium 1975, Or Madison Square Garden. I think you would really like it, and by the way, The album version of Locamitive Breath is quite a bit different in the opening and you should hear that as well.
That's Somebody who went to see every band there was alive back in the 70s.I would say that.Jethro Tull is the greatest live and of all time. You will never be able to detect that from watching videos.But if you were there, alit was just unbelievable.How great their sound was.And how entertaining their show was. May. Be watching the, "My God", video from the isle of white concert might give you an inkling , and that's the very beginning of Tull. After that they, even became bigger and better than ever. That video will probably blow your mind.
I like the original intro better, and found out that Martin Barr played the guitar prelude and solo, and Guitar World ranked the solo the 25th best in US. In 82' the guitar hero era was well underway...Wow! Anyhow, Love "Living in the Past," and "Skating Away," Saw Tull @ Paolo Soleri amphitheater, capacity 650, in 98'. To paraphrase Mike Damon, (Fast Times at Ridgemont High), I was so close to the stage, I scared the band.... Absolutely killer show.
Another deep, deep rabbit hole. Every JT album from the 60s and 70s is worth a listen. As to singles, they used to release a lot of actual singles. Their 1972 compilation album “Living In The Past” is a double LP of the singles they released in the first five years.
I was really into Tull back then but because of what you said about them sounding much of that period, I slowly lost interest. I still like some of their more acoustic stuff - my favourite track being Skating Away. I have a confession to make - during a concert (for Beast and the Broadsword) I was right up at the stage and being the not so smart fan, I went to, not really grab, but touch his foot - but I still nearly ended up tripping Anderson, so, so glad he caught himself -- it was a slight stumble that I don't think many noticed -- but still.....
I used to listen to a lot of Jethro Tull during the mid to late 70s. However, once I really started to pay attention to Ian Anderson's lyrics, it just wasn't the same.
Anderson isn’t “pie in the sky”. His point is that the “pie” should be available here on earth. The expression has been totally ruined by the song “High Hopes”! It was originally coined during the Progressive Era to mock religious leaders who suggested that one shouldn’t make trouble, but wait for their reward in Heaven.
I saw Jethro Tull twice a long time ago.The second show.I almost walked out of ,don't care for Tull live. You gotta go back and listen to the studio version
Its much more up tempo than the original recording that got alot of radio airplay. I am surprised you haven't heard it before honestly if you've listened to a decent amount of classic rock. Bungle in the Jungle just hearing you say it brings back some junior high school memories lol. Kung Fu Fighting also lol. BTW if you're putting the Yes journey on hold just for a bit stuff like this isn't bad. Just sayin
The Rush member all were into Jethro Tull , Jethros drummer Doane Perry was extremely close to Neil Peart , they hung out a lot , Jethro Tull was kinda like Rush deep hole with out much radio play
If you did with this band what you did with the Rush catalogue, I might be watching you everyday for two or three years : ) The last instrumental part here was actually from a song from the 80's (Black Sunday). Another good 4-5 decade study of the waxing and waning of a group that never really stops (Anderson still bringing the circus around to this day, but I am personally now "out".) Would love to see your analysis of the whole career aka Rush..that was great .
A fantastic song from one of the best albums of the 1970’s. They should have been in the Rock Hall of Shame, I mean Fame, decades ago. Before Ian lost his voice due to over touring while suffering from laryngitis, they were the most inventive and exciting band! Incredible live performances in the early years of Tull!Whether you do or don’t here are some tunes you will become a Tull fan for: Songs From The Wood, Hunting Girl, My God, Farm on a Freeway, Budapest, Teacher , and so many more!
I was listening to this last night. I wondered what you would think. Ian has an amazing stage presence. Gotta check out Thick as a brick, Bungle in the Jungle,cross eyed Mary. Simce the 70's we hear this all the time in Canada All our Rock channels 94.9 The rock, 97.7htzfm, Q107,Ohh Justin 99.1 is a classical channel. Randy Backman does a blues show, talks and plays wicked cuts. Digs out some amazing things he has heard in his 50 year The guess who,and BTO. Cheers
Wayne Shorter. Never heard any of his solo stuff. I do know his Weather Report period. I’m sure you’ve seen this meme or heard it before: rock is playing 3 chrods for 3,000 people, jazz is 3,000 chords for 3 people. Occasionally I’m one of the 3 people. 🤣. Ok, so a lot of comments from me on a video of a band I don’t listen to much. So I’ll stop now
I don't think that population growth is what his song was really about in the beginning.I think ian made that up and added it to the story later. I mean, I could be wrong about that, but it's just a feeling that I had having been a fan from way back then.I never got the feeling, or he never mentioned anything about population growth In the early days when performing that song , it was later on, many years later on, that he started telling that as the meaning of the song.
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If the video gets blocked, I suggest listening to the studio recordings. Most people first fell in love with by listening to their albums. They 're spectacular.
Barrymore Barlow.. greatest drummer of all time..👍
JT was a rock band with a very British vibe. There's a dash of prog rock, clusters of blues pentatonic riffs and a lot of Ian Anderson showmanship, with flute, vocals and manic stage energy. Yes, very 70s. These guys could play
As great as Tull is live, I've always thought the studio version has more of a sophistication to it
Tull was awesome. Thick as a Brick is a must listen. Songs from the Wood was really cool. Thanks for posting.
Nice Justin. Enjoy the journey. Saw Ian twice 🍁🎶🍁
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Songs From The Wood is fantastic album from start to finish. Worth reacting to whole album.
Jethro Tull really isn't about hits as much as they are about hidden gem after hidden gem after hidden gem. Tull is an intellectually vast and deep rabbit hole that should be seriously explored - both studio and live performances.
I've seen Live Tull tours 26 times in my life (27 times if you count 2 nights back to back from the same concert tour). This was one of Ian's more "lazy" performances (his own admission), but Martin Barre's guitar work was impressive as always.
Tull had many band members over the years. Ian always surrounded himself with incredible talent, but their most talented line up was from '76 to '79 with:
- Ian Anderson (1967-present) - lead vocals, flute, guitar, mandolin, keyboards, saxophone, bagpipe, violin, balalaika, clarinet, various whistles, etc.
- Martin Barre (1968-2011) - guitar, mandolin
- John Evan (1970-1980) - keyboards
- Barriemore Barlow (1971-1980) - drums
- John Glascock (1975-1979) - bass
- Dee Palmer (David at that time) (1976-1980) - keyboards, saxophone, clarinet, orchestral arrangements
Ian Anderson is a self-taught multi-instrumental / song writing genius who takes his concert performances very seriously. He is arguably the finest live performing frontman in Rock history. He treats his live shows like a business man whose job is to entertain. He brings wit, intelligence, athleticism, theatrics, humor, social commentary, and a bit of tongue-in-cheek spice to his concerts.
You might find the studio version a let down after this.. it still drives..but not as fast... the 1st section is also solo piano and not full band. The Aqualung album is a classic of progressive folk rock and one of my favorites.
A cool early track is A New Day Yesterday.. which includes Harmonica instead of flute.
Jethro Tull lasted long enough that they have many utterly different sounds. Jazz in the early years, prog, folk rock, orchestral rock, concept rock, ... "Songs from the Wood" and "Heavy Horses" are on my desert island albums list, but they have a dozen great tunes on other albums as well. The Minstrel in the Gallery, Skating Away on the Thin Ice of a New Day, My God, Broadsword, so many others... Also, FYI, live Tull and studio Tull are both awesome but utterly different. I happen to prefer the studio version of Locomotive Breath (but the live version of My God). YMMV.
Possibly the band I've seen live third most often (after Fairport Convention and Lindisfarne, vying with Steeleye Span) - concert quality tended to vary a bit with Ian's mood, but they were always entertaining. And '82 was the year I discovered them, actually! They were my favourite band for quite a while, and one I still listen to regularly.
You've missed so much by letting this bunch pass you by......the back catalogue is huge but you could do yourself a huge favour by checking out " Songs from the Wood" and "Heavy Horses".....both albums are absolutely classics.
Tull didn’t consider themselves a prog band really. In fact, Thick As a Brick was prog satire. He wrote it to make fun of prog music, and lo and behold became prog heroes 😁 i got this from an interview of Andersons. Then he was like bloody hell I’ll have to play this every night from now on. Of course they do a short edited version of it for years now just to appease some listeners.
Listen to the entire Thick as a Brick album all the way through at a nice comfortable but loud volume- aside from seeing them live in their day, that's the closest you can get to the 'real' Jethro Tull experience. "Let me tell you the tales of your life...".
Tony Iommi was actually in Jethro Tull for a minute. There’s a performance or 2 on youtube. But it didn’t work and he went back to Sabbath, this was before Sabbath recorded. Sabbath was very loose and Iommi learned from Anderson how to be disciplined in rehearsals and business matters as Anderson treated it as a business not just artistic. I know some Tull, tried to deep dive them but I don’t really care for Andersons vocals thought I do appreciate a lot of their catalog musically. Anderson is smart, his voice is dodgy at best these days due to age etc…but he can still play the heck out the flute so, he takes an additional young guy to sing the high bits.
So it wasn't "too taxing",was it?😆😉Yeah, as you know, I'm a big 70's prog fan, but I never got into Jethro Tull or Gentle Giant for some reason. My big four from that period is King Crimson, Yes, Genesis and Emerson, Lake & Palmer.
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Heavy Horses or Dark Ages are a couple you should check out.
For me growing up, I listened to AOR stations. So this one, aqualung, thick as a brick, and bungle in the jungle were in the rotation. Besides BITJ, I liked the other songs. I had no idea what locomotive breath was about. Probably one of Bill Gates favorite songs.🤣
FYI, that live performance actually closed with bits of music from their early 80's albums. Justin, you'll be opening a Pandora's Box of fandom if you start reacting to Jethro Tull. Tull fans are as intense as Queen or Yes fans. Tull were were ahead of most other prog bands by about a year in terms of success, so Yes actually opened for Tull on one of their first American tours. There's a lot of great live performances out there from the early days on RUclips, but just be warned that Tull also went through a "Magnum Opus" period with the albums 'Thick As A Brick' and 'Passion Play' that are 'nothin but side-long epics. They WERE more blues based in the early days (which was a common sound in the UK in the late 60's anyways). After the big prog albums of the early 70's they settled into a pattern of sorta-folky, sorta-proggy, sorta-rock albums for the rest of the 70's. Some had bigger radio hits than others, but all had some good stuff on them (although for my money a sameness also started to creep in). The 80's did see a bit of a shift in sounds, although the overall formula remained the same. Their hit album from 1987, 'Crest of a Knave', gets criticized for ripping off Dire Straits, but I find it has more replay value than most other albums before or since. The core lineup (Ian, Martin Barre, plus bass, keys and drums) held up for quite a while. These days Ian is croaking out music new and old with a completely new backing band while Martin is touring small theaters playing vintage Tull from the 60's and early 70's.
Cross Eyed Mary, My God, Hymn 43, Thick as a Brick, Menstril in the Gallery,Hunting Girl, Rover, With You There to Help Me, A New Day Yesterday, Teacher, To Cry You A Song, To name a few, but they have 23 studio albums.You could almost pick any song from any album and it'll be fantastic . I would suggest listening to the, "Thick as a Brick", excerpt from Tampa Stadium 1975, Or Madison Square Garden. I think you would really like it, and by the way, The album version of Locamitive Breath is quite a bit different in the opening and you should hear that as well.
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Somebody who went to see every band there was alive back in the 70s.I would say that.Jethro Tull is the greatest live and of all time. You will never be able to detect that from watching videos.But if you were there, alit was just unbelievable.How great their sound was.And how entertaining their show was. May.
Be watching the, "My God", video from the isle of white concert might give you an inkling , and that's the very beginning of Tull. After that they, even became bigger and better than ever. That video will probably blow your mind.
Tull isn't as widely known but they have some great stuff. I wore out Original Masters (Well, it is a CD but you get the point).
I like the original intro better, and found out that Martin Barr played the guitar prelude and solo, and Guitar World ranked the solo the 25th best in US. In 82' the guitar hero era was well underway...Wow! Anyhow, Love "Living in the Past," and "Skating Away," Saw Tull @ Paolo Soleri amphitheater, capacity 650, in 98'. To paraphrase Mike Damon, (Fast Times at Ridgemont High), I was so close to the stage, I scared the band.... Absolutely killer show.
I remember hearing Bungle in the Jungle in bars they used to have for under 18 people in Ohio, early 70's. Its a bit of a rabbit hole.
Great, great musician, sketchy philosophy.
Disagree that Anderson is the only consistent member of Tull. The lead guitar player, Martin Barr, was with Tull for decades. He is brilliant.
The 2nd half was Black Sunday from 80. Saw them in 99. They were different set of musicians except for Anderson and guitarist Barre.
Another deep, deep rabbit hole. Every JT album from the 60s and 70s is worth a listen. As to singles, they used to release a lot of actual singles. Their 1972 compilation album “Living In The Past” is a double LP of the singles they released in the first five years.
I was really into Tull back then but because of what you said about them sounding much of that period, I slowly lost interest. I still like some of their more acoustic stuff - my favourite track being Skating Away. I have a confession to make - during a concert (for Beast and the Broadsword) I was right up at the stage and being the not so smart fan, I went to, not really grab, but touch his foot - but I still nearly ended up tripping Anderson, so, so glad he caught himself -- it was a slight stumble that I don't think many noticed -- but still.....
For two weeks Tony Iommi from Black Sabbath was in Jethro Tull.
I used to listen to a lot of Jethro Tull during the mid to late 70s. However, once I really started to pay attention to Ian Anderson's lyrics, it just wasn't the same.
Anderson isn’t “pie in the sky”. His point is that the “pie” should be available here on earth. The expression has been totally ruined by the song “High Hopes”! It was originally coined during the Progressive Era to mock religious leaders who suggested that one shouldn’t make trouble, but wait for their reward in Heaven.
I saw Jethro Tull twice a long time ago.The second show.I almost walked out of ,don't care for Tull live. You gotta go back and listen to the studio version
Its much more up tempo than the original recording that got alot of radio airplay. I am surprised you haven't heard it before honestly if you've listened to a decent amount of classic rock. Bungle in the Jungle just hearing you say it brings back some junior high school memories lol. Kung Fu Fighting also lol. BTW if you're putting the Yes journey on hold just for a bit stuff like this isn't bad. Just sayin
The Rush member all were into Jethro Tull , Jethros drummer Doane Perry was extremely close to Neil Peart , they hung out a lot , Jethro Tull was kinda like Rush deep hole with out much radio play
Tull is amazing. Ian totally shines in My God live from Isle of Wight form early 70s.
If you did with this band what you did with the Rush catalogue, I might be watching you everyday for two or three years : ) The last instrumental part here was actually from a song from the 80's (Black Sunday). Another good 4-5 decade study of the waxing and waning of a group that never really stops (Anderson still bringing the circus around to this day, but I am personally now "out".) Would love to see your analysis of the whole career aka Rush..that was great .
A fantastic song from one of the best albums of the 1970’s. They should have been in the Rock Hall of Shame, I mean Fame, decades ago. Before Ian lost his voice due to over touring while suffering from laryngitis, they were the most inventive and exciting band! Incredible live performances in the early years of Tull!Whether you do or don’t here are some tunes you will become a Tull fan for: Songs From The Wood, Hunting Girl, My God, Farm on a Freeway, Budapest, Teacher , and so many more!
Fish, Sheep and Rock and Roll. Check it out.
Try "My God" , live at the Isle of Wight 1970. So good.
You need to see Thick as a Brick, Live at Madison Square Garden. His best live work on-line. And I was 12th row center.
I was listening to this last night. I wondered what you would think. Ian has an amazing stage presence. Gotta check out Thick as a brick, Bungle in the Jungle,cross eyed Mary. Simce the 70's we hear this all the time in Canada All our Rock channels 94.9 The rock, 97.7htzfm, Q107,Ohh Justin 99.1 is a classical channel. Randy Backman does a blues show, talks and plays wicked cuts. Digs out some amazing things he has heard in his 50 year The guess who,and BTO.
Cheers
Jt one of the greatest bands my friend. Congrats😮
Wayne Shorter. Never heard any of his solo stuff. I do know his Weather Report period. I’m sure you’ve seen this meme or heard it before: rock is playing 3 chrods for 3,000 people, jazz is 3,000 chords for 3 people. Occasionally I’m one of the 3 people. 🤣. Ok, so a lot of comments from me on a video of a band I don’t listen to much. So I’ll stop now
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Living in the Past is a short but great song, my favorite.
They did a great live show!
I don't think that population growth is what his song was really about in the beginning.I think ian made that up and added it to the story later. I mean, I could be wrong about that, but it's just a feeling that I had having been a fan from way back then.I never got the feeling, or he never mentioned anything about population growth In the early days when performing that song , it was later on, many years later on, that he started telling that as the meaning of the song.
This is a great version of this song.
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Read Marx.😀