This instrumental, flute-based song is an adaptation of the piece "Bourrée," written by Johann Sebastian Bach. The Bach version was written for lute, and is his fifth movement of the Suite in E minor for Lute. Also known as "Aufs Lautenwercke" (works for the Lute), Bach wrote the piece in the early 1700s. The music was used for the 2012 Ethno France concert at the Luxembourg park in Paris. In a Songfacts interview with Ian Anderson he explained why he decided to adapt the Bach composition: "I got to the point where I was playing the flute every night on stage in the early part of '68, and so by the end of the year, I was casting around for an instrumental piece as a successor to the Roland Kirk piece, 'Serenade to a Cuckoo,' which I'd been playing most of 1968. I wanted something that had a syncopated jazzy feel, but a melody that wasn't associated with the jazz world or the blues world. And 'Bourée' was a little bit of music that came to me through the floorboards of my bedsitter in London, because there was a media student in the room below who kept playing over and over again this refrain of the Bach tune "Bourée." He played it on classical guitar, but he only ever got the one bit, he never progressed beyond that basic thing. So I kept hearing that over and over and over and over again, and decided that I would try to use that little tune some way as a starting point for an instrumental piece. And Martin Barre, who literally at that point in January '69 was just kind of auditioning to join the band, said, 'Oh, I know that. I think I've got the sheet music somewhere for Bach's 'Bourée.'' So it was something we could fairly readily embark upon as a variation on a classical piece of music."
Is it really an adaptation? The JT version tracks only the first part of Bach’s composition and ignores the rest. I think it’s more accurate to think of it as a theme and variations on that one, short theme. To my mind, an adaptation reworks most or all of the material of the original version. The style of theme and variations was very familiar to Bach (his own Goldberg Variations for example), and I like to think he would have loved JT’s version of his own theme.
Ian Anderson studied fine art at Blackpool College of Art from 1964 to 1966 while living in Lytham St Annes. His tendency to stand on one leg while playing the flute came about by accident, as he had been inclined to stand on one leg while playing the harmonica, holding the microphone stand for balance. Anderson was known for his famous one-legged flute stance, and was once referred to as a "deranged flamingo".
50 for me, too. Since I was an infant. My dad and I bonded over Jethro Tull. I've been to so many concerts and small venue performances. My favorite band, and particularly, front man EVER. My low-key anxiety is that I will never meet Ian Anderson in person, face-to-face. His music has been my foundation and my security blanket for my entire life.
A bouree is an old French dance that, as you noted, involves spinning around. The core of this piece is a Bach piece. I saw him live when my son 'dragged' me to see him at Wolf Trap one summer. (OK, he didn't have to drag me very hard. He got hooked on JT listening to my Aqualung LP). He was over 60 at the time we saw him and he was still dancing around on one foot.
I love that you continue to come back to my favorite band, Jethro Tull, and react to their music. I appreciate that you are captivated by Ian Anderson's performance. I wish you would just react to concert footage or studio recordings, and maybe not to video's such as this, where they are just pantomiming a studio recording, but such were most TV music promotions of this era. In this era, if you see a band on TV it is 98% a pantomime, unless it is Midnight Special or The Beatles on Ed Sullivan. I really love that you are reacting to Jethro Tull, don't get me wrong, I want more!
Great reaction Britt! I was a young man when Jethro Tull was popular. They were such a unique band and it was a great time for music innovation. Ian had a habit of vocalizing through his flute while playing to really create a one of a kind sound.
Ian Anderson is probably the most unique on of a kind musical genius of his time. He was the consummate performer and showman. His flamingo stance is legendary when he played his flute.
This is a section from a classical piece. I believe by JS Bach. Tull is one of my favorites. Thank you. ps they took the name of the group from a person who invented the seed drill during the industrial revolution
I once won a trivia contest by correctly answering the question, "Who was the 18th century inventor of the seed drill?" Everyone thought I was crazy when I gleefully answered "Jethro Tull!"
I was fortunate to have seen his 1976 concert at the old Tampa Stadium known as the 'Big Sombrero.' Though I was nearly as far from the stage at the back of the Stadium I can still remember the performances by each of the band members. Ian Anderson was extraordinary and the lead guitarist, bassist and keyboardist were simply amazing.
IMO the piece is all about the bass, from beginning to end. It is the engine that drives the piece, while the flute provides ornamentation around it. I love to dance to this piece, and it’s the bass line that makes the dance.
The main theme is from the notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach, easy pieces Bach wrote for his wife, many titled simply as the dance form they fell under.
I first saw Jethro Tull on the War Child tour. I had never thought of music performance as theater until then. Every aspect of the show was not only musically superb, but was amazingly enjoyable to watch. It completely changed my perspective on how to perform as a musician.
I've always said a journey through the works of Jethro Tull will grow brain cells. Ian Anderson is a genius and the more you learn about him, the more impressed you become.
Two recently learned fun facts related to Jethro Tull - (a) they once invited Toni Iommi from Black Sabbath to join the band. (b) Ian was self taught on the flute after deciding that Eric Clapton and Jimmy Page weren't levels of guitar he could attain.
From Wikipedia - His tendency to stand on one leg while playing the flute came about by accident, as he had been inclined to stand on one leg while playing the harmonica, holding the microphone stand for balance. Anderson was known for his famous one-legged flute stance, and was once referred to as a "deranged flamingo"
He's so talented. He also sings, plays harmonica and guitar, sometimes all in one song. I take 500mg of Quercetin, 1 vitamin D & C and 25mg of zinc daily and don't get sick. If you start on it while you're sick take the same amount twice daily. I hope you get well soon.
Ian Anderson on one leg. I read the story once, that there was a pre-Tull band, he took a promo pic, with a harmonica… on one foot, with the other against the wall,he was leaning on. When Tull started, an English rock writer, said he played the flute on one leg… Challenge accepted, Ian’s played like that for decades since.
Just came across your channel the other day. Really enjoy it. Keep up the good work, Thank You... I first was introduced to Jethro Tull back in 1970 or 71 when I was about 12 or 13. The Benefit album was the first one I heard. I saw them many times. Always loved the early stuff from "Stand Up" to " A Passion Play".
It was a common thing for baroque composers to use dances (usually sped up a little) as the basis for their instrumental pieces. Bach did it a lot, but other composers, too. Allemande, Courante, Sarabande, Gigue, are other dances that were commonly used.
A Boree is a French country dance later adopted by court musicians. Bach would have loved this, his fugues were all about counterpoint, and variations about a musical motif, just a few notes expanded and elaborated into a complex composition. He would have loved this because he could do this improvisation at will, in his head. A real genius.
I don’t know that Ian had any personal training in dance, but one of his older brothers was an administrator with the Scottish Ballet, thus his access to some of the stage costumes he used. And his wife has extensive ballet training. He has said in interviews that his one-legged stance began when he was playing blues harmonica before Jethro Tull was formed. I’ve loved this tune since it appeared on their album Stand Up in 1969 & years later discovered it in a book of Bach piano music I’d inherited from my grandmother. I played through it and thought wait a minute, isn’t that the same tune as that one Jethro Tull did?😂😂😂
So the bass, aside from the obvious rock segments, is what's called a "walking bass," which was typical for baroque music. It was a main component of the basso continuo aka figured bass. It provides the chord progression, with the keyboard (usually harpsichord) providing the actual chords. Sometimes it's a cello, sometimes a bassoon, or just all pianoforte as in Bach's works.
Like a few of the others here, I saw Jethro Tull live and would stare at Ian Anderson. How could he do the stances and moves he did? We would try to imitate him and fail miserably. What a showman
The bourrée (Occitan: borrèia;[1] also in England, borry or bore) is a dance of French origin and the words and music that accompany it.[2] The bourrée resembles the gavotte in that it is in double time and often has a dactylic rhythm. However, it is somewhat quicker, and its phrase starts with a quarter-bar anacrusis or "pick-up", whereas a gavotte has a half-bar anacrusis.
I love Jethro Tull. A blues guitarist and singer who has made a huge cover of a Jethro Tull song is Chantel McGregor. She did a fantastic cover of Jethro Tulls , A New day Yesterday.
I’ve been listening to Jethro Tull for the last 50 years and I’ve seen them 12 times over the years. I think you would really enjoy doing a reaction to thick as a brick live from Madison Square Garden.Thanks for reacting to a great band. By the way, I think you are absolutely gorgeous.
Jethro Tull's Bourée is an adaptation of J.S. Bach's Bourée in E Minor. Bach composed Bourée specifically for an instrument called the lute. Ian Anderson knew this, got the idea to just add an 'f' to 'lute', made it his own, and the rest is history. I also read that Bourrée is a dance of French origin, which would make sense. Ian was famous for his one-legged flute performances. He did it when I saw him in concert. He was amazing! Thanks for a great reaction! ✌💙✌
Ian Anderson the front man has an on-stage persona somewhere between a daft tramp and a world-weary bard -- if you like this band, try their live version of Velvet Green at Carnegie Hall -- incredible arrangements
This bourree is part of the Bach Lute Suite No. 1. Of course, Ian Anderson takes many liberties with this short piece. This is excellent...albeit jazzy.
I have been listening to Ian and JT from the 70's .....please cutie you have to hear, teacher, crossed eyed mary....Aqualung the guitar solo amazing, black satin dancer....just listen to every album they made.
Since you've done a deeper dive into Jethro Tull's catalog than most, I highly recommend "Minstrel in the Gallery." I particularly like the live version from the "Bursting Out" album.
At the risk of outing my age, in the seventies I saw them live three times and yeah, he would perform about all his flute solos on one leg. Sometimes it seemed like fifteen minutes. He’s also an accomplished classical style acoustic guitarist. But, the whole band was awesome and he really complimented them. It’s really nice to see your enthusiasm as it reminds us that even though it’s not necessarily new, it’s still relevant and kinda cool. Take good care.
They were one of three popular Rock groups that could use a flute successfully - JT, The Moody Blues and The Marshall Tucker Band - I'll suggest NOTHING IS EASY (JT), LEGEND OF A MIND (MB), and A NEW LIFE (MTB). Feel better! There must be something going around - my serious sinus congestion just went into my chest, and previously thought it was a blossom allergy.
Some more exploration of the crazy English bard ? La BouRRée is a folkloric double time dance for one or two couples. It originated in the Centre of France but spread all over Europe...
This is a jazz/rock interpretation of the classical Bouree by J.S. Bach. No theatrical BG whatsoever. He created (probably subconsciously) an image of a minstrel/pied piper/court jester.
You described Jethro Tull in another video as “dressed like Robin Hood.” Ian Anderson adapted a medieval “minstrel” persona. Others have mentioned this song as a cover version of a Baroque classic. The band is named for a 17th century activist. It all sort of ties together.
The people below put it beautifully but to add just a little bit, it is from Bach and it deals with a collection like many artists did at that time of baroque dances done by people in the country. Almost the equivalent of our barn dances, so his music was adapted and yes spinning was involved much like our square dances. Remember they would be called something different because Bach died in 1750.
Bouree is an adaption of Bach's Lute Suite No. 1, and I believe the name Bouree is attached through Bach. The one-leg stance was, indeed, his party trick in the early days of the band, which this video is from. The incredible bass line was played by Glenn Cornick, who was not long for the band at this point for a couple of reasons. First, he was a party animal and the rest of the band, especially Ian, was not. They were all business and went back to the hotel to write, while Glenn did not. Secondly, Ian had a very good friend, Jeffrey Hammond-Hammond, who played bass as a replacement. Had fun watching you explain the dance positions he was striking, but he is one graceful performer, so maybe he had a bit of training. I've never heard though. I kept offeriing you a cough drop, but you didn't take it! I feel so sad.
Not called "falsetto", per se, but woodwinds (and brass) have "registers" because you can make it sound on a harmonic of the note for the basic note selected by the fingering. Most woodwinds do octave harmonics (clarinets are oddballs by have a 12th between registers (3rd harmonic rather than 2nd). Brass is more flexible (which is how trumpets get away with only 3 keys). On flute the angle and shape (and strength of the air stream) selects between the fundamental and the octave. (Advanced players in all woodwinds can play even higher that the harmonic of the all holes open position (Benny Goodman is one of my heroes in this respect - and in many other respects).
The band Jethro Tull has a wide variety of style from hard rock to ballads to this, which is a take off on classic music. Ian sings on most other song. Try Aqualuna or A New Day Yesterday (Heavy rock), Living in the Past, (Rock) or lighter Songs From the woods, and Life is a Long Song. The guitarist Martin Barre is very vesitile. Feel better with your cough.
This is a mimed performance done to the actual album recording...a little disappointing, but that's how it was done on television a lot of the time back then. Ian Anderson used to do the flamingo stance while playing harmonica with the band before he taught himself to play the flute. That is not just his breath you here under the flute, but it is him humming or vocalizing along with the flute playing. He also often includes snorts, growls, scatting, and other various percussive noises and vocalizations under his flute playing. He decided on the flute to be unique and stand out from other front men because he was not a top level lead guitarist, although he is excellent at acoustic and rhythm guitar.
Not bad for a cover of a 300 year old tune. The best part of music is you should play a tune how you interpret it. To many cover a tune like they hear it. Some people that owned a cover are Tina Turner on CCRs Rollen on the River, Jimi Hendrix on Bob Dylan's All Along the Watchtower, and Sinnad O'Connell on Prince's Nothing Compares 2 You.
This instrumental, flute-based song is an adaptation of the piece "Bourrée," written by Johann Sebastian Bach. The Bach version was written for lute, and is his fifth movement of the Suite in E minor for Lute. Also known as "Aufs Lautenwercke" (works for the Lute), Bach wrote the piece in the early 1700s. The music was used for the 2012 Ethno France concert at the Luxembourg park in Paris.
In a Songfacts interview with Ian Anderson he explained why he decided to adapt the Bach composition: "I got to the point where I was playing the flute every night on stage in the early part of '68, and so by the end of the year, I was casting around for an instrumental piece as a successor to the Roland Kirk piece, 'Serenade to a Cuckoo,' which I'd been playing most of 1968. I wanted something that had a syncopated jazzy feel, but a melody that wasn't associated with the jazz world or the blues world.
And 'Bourée' was a little bit of music that came to me through the floorboards of my bedsitter in London, because there was a media student in the room below who kept playing over and over again this refrain of the Bach tune "Bourée." He played it on classical guitar, but he only ever got the one bit, he never progressed beyond that basic thing. So I kept hearing that over and over and over and over again, and decided that I would try to use that little tune some way as a starting point for an instrumental piece.
And Martin Barre, who literally at that point in January '69 was just kind of auditioning to join the band, said, 'Oh, I know that. I think I've got the sheet music somewhere for Bach's 'Bourée.'' So it was something we could fairly readily embark upon as a variation on a classical piece of music."
BRILLIANT! Thanks.
Appreciate the info- thank you, kind sir. Peace, love and bellbottoms from Canada.
Is it really an adaptation? The JT version tracks only the first part of Bach’s composition and ignores the rest. I think it’s more accurate to think of it as a theme and variations on that one, short theme. To my mind, an adaptation reworks most or all of the material of the original version. The style of theme and variations was very familiar to Bach (his own Goldberg Variations for example), and I like to think he would have loved JT’s version of his own theme.
Ian Anderson studied fine art at Blackpool College of Art from 1964 to 1966 while living in Lytham St Annes. His tendency to stand on one leg while playing the flute came about by accident, as he had been inclined to stand on one leg while playing the harmonica, holding the microphone stand for balance. Anderson was known for his famous one-legged flute stance, and was once referred to as a "deranged flamingo".
One critic referred to him as a "drunk Captain Hook."
Deranged Flamingo is so good 😅
My favourite band for over 50 years. They’re all great musicians, but the bass on this track is amazing.
50 for me, too. Since I was an infant. My dad and I bonded over Jethro Tull. I've been to so many concerts and small venue performances. My favorite band, and particularly, front man EVER. My low-key anxiety is that I will never meet Ian Anderson in person, face-to-face. His music has been my foundation and my security blanket for my entire life.
A bouree is an old French dance that, as you noted, involves spinning around. The core of this piece is a Bach piece. I saw him live when my son 'dragged' me to see him at Wolf Trap one summer. (OK, he didn't have to drag me very hard. He got hooked on JT listening to my Aqualung LP). He was over 60 at the time we saw him and he was still dancing around on one foot.
I love that you continue to come back to my favorite band, Jethro Tull, and react to their music. I appreciate that you are captivated by Ian Anderson's performance. I wish you would just react to concert footage or studio recordings, and maybe not to video's such as this, where they are just pantomiming a studio recording, but such were most TV music promotions of this era. In this era, if you see a band on TV it is 98% a pantomime, unless it is Midnight Special or The Beatles on Ed Sullivan. I really love that you are reacting to Jethro Tull, don't get me wrong, I want more!
Great reaction Britt! I was a young man when Jethro Tull was popular. They were such a unique band and it was a great time for music innovation. Ian had a habit of vocalizing through his flute while playing to really create a one of a kind sound.
I can vouch for Ian's abilities to not only play the flute but to also enunciate at the same time!
Quite the showman!♊👍🧐
Ian Anderson is probably the most unique on of a kind musical genius of his time. He was the consummate performer and showman. His flamingo stance is legendary when he played his flute.
This is a section from a classical piece. I believe by JS Bach. Tull is one of my favorites. Thank you. ps they took the name of the group from a person who invented the seed drill during the industrial revolution
I once won a trivia contest by correctly answering the question, "Who was the 18th century inventor of the seed drill?" Everyone thought I was crazy when I gleefully answered "Jethro Tull!"
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I guess they didn't have anything to say. LOL One of my favorite Jethro Tull songs, and one of my favorite reactions.. Thank you!
I was fortunate to have seen his 1976 concert at the old Tampa Stadium known as the 'Big Sombrero.' Though I was nearly as far from the stage at the back of the Stadium I can still remember the performances by each of the band members. Ian Anderson was extraordinary and the lead guitarist, bassist and keyboardist were simply amazing.
Not only the great flute playing, the bass playing is friggin amazing. Thumbs up Glenn Cornick, RIP
IMO the piece is all about the bass, from beginning to end. It is the engine that drives the piece, while the flute provides ornamentation around it. I love to dance to this piece, and it’s the bass line that makes the dance.
The main theme is from the notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach, easy pieces Bach wrote for his wife, many titled simply as the dance form they fell under.
Not really. This is a movement from the suite in E minor for the lute.
FYI although well into his 70's Ian has announced they will be touring the states this summer for the first time in 11 years
I first saw Jethro Tull on the War Child tour. I had never thought of music performance as theater until then. Every aspect of the show was not only musically superb, but was amazingly enjoyable to watch. It completely changed my perspective on how to perform as a musician.
"Aufs Lautenwerck" also known as Bouree was written in the 1700's by Johann Sebastian Bach.
Nice bit of Glen Cornick bass play.
I've always said a journey through the works of Jethro Tull will grow brain cells. Ian Anderson is a genius and the more you learn about him, the more impressed you become.
Two recently learned fun facts related to Jethro Tull - (a) they once invited Toni Iommi from Black Sabbath to join the band. (b) Ian was self taught on the flute after deciding that Eric Clapton and Jimmy Page weren't levels of guitar he could attain.
From Wikipedia - His tendency to stand on one leg while playing the flute came about by accident, as he had been inclined to stand on one leg while playing the harmonica, holding the microphone stand for balance. Anderson was known for his famous one-legged flute stance, and was once referred to as a "deranged flamingo"
He's a force, a monster GOAT
Ian Anderson is a SELF TAUGHT flutist. Now considered one of the best.
He's so talented. He also sings, plays harmonica and guitar, sometimes all in one song. I take 500mg of Quercetin, 1 vitamin D & C and 25mg of zinc daily and don't get sick. If you start on it while you're sick take the same amount twice daily. I hope you get well soon.
Ian Anderson on one leg. I read the story once, that there was a pre-Tull band, he took a promo pic, with a harmonica… on one foot, with the other against the wall,he was leaning on. When Tull started, an English rock writer, said he played the flute on one leg… Challenge accepted, Ian’s played like that for decades since.
I totally forgot how much I like this song. Thanks!
Just came across your channel the other day. Really enjoy it. Keep up the good work, Thank You... I first was introduced to Jethro Tull back in 1970 or 71 when I was about 12 or 13. The Benefit album was the first one I heard. I saw them many times. Always loved the early stuff from "Stand Up" to " A Passion Play".
There really is no other band quite like Jethro Tull. So unique, talented and FUN. Great reaction 👍
This song and Aqualung heard in early 70's drew me into the bands sound. Loved every song they do and the minutes I get to hear them again )
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It was a common thing for baroque composers to use dances (usually sped up a little) as the basis for their instrumental pieces. Bach did it a lot, but other composers, too. Allemande, Courante, Sarabande, Gigue, are other dances that were commonly used.
Lovely reaction as ever....thank you.
Get well as soon as possible! Good health for you! 😊👍
Yeah, saw Jethro Tull in 69. So different but so good and talanted.
Glenn Cornick great bass player. RIP
Thank you! Love Bouree 😁
A Boree is a French country dance later adopted by court musicians. Bach would have loved this, his fugues were all about counterpoint, and variations about a musical motif, just a few notes expanded and elaborated into a complex composition. He would have loved this because he could do this improvisation at will, in his head. A real genius.
The standing on one leg seems to be a natural stance playing the flute. Many illustrations from history, show flutists standing in that pose.
Happy Belated Birthday to one o the most overlooked Rock Bass Player, Glen Cornick
Like I mention in Tull's other video. Saw him in concert. He is a totally trip!!!! He's great
I don’t know that Ian had any personal training in dance, but one of his older brothers was an administrator with the Scottish Ballet, thus his access to some of the stage costumes he used. And his wife has extensive ballet training. He has said in interviews that his one-legged stance began when he was playing blues harmonica before Jethro Tull was formed. I’ve loved this tune since it appeared on their album Stand Up in 1969 & years later discovered it in a book of Bach piano music I’d inherited from my grandmother. I played through it and thought wait a minute, isn’t that the same tune as that one Jethro Tull did?😂😂😂
So the bass, aside from the obvious rock segments, is what's called a "walking bass," which was typical for baroque music. It was a main component of the basso continuo aka figured bass. It provides the chord progression, with the keyboard (usually harpsichord) providing the actual chords. Sometimes it's a cello, sometimes a bassoon, or just all pianoforte as in Bach's works.
I do love Tull. Ian Anderson's lyrics are both ridiculous, and profound at once, and the songs all tell stories.
funky...spinny twirly feel good music......YEAH!
Like a few of the others here, I saw Jethro Tull live and would stare at Ian Anderson. How could he do the stances and moves he did? We would try to imitate him and fail miserably. What a showman
The bourrée (Occitan: borrèia;[1] also in England, borry or bore) is a dance of French origin and the words and music that accompany it.[2] The bourrée resembles the gavotte in that it is in double time and often has a dactylic rhythm. However, it is somewhat quicker, and its phrase starts with a quarter-bar anacrusis or "pick-up", whereas a gavotte has a half-bar anacrusis.
BEEN 1 OF MY TOP 3 ROCK FAVORITES FOR 50 YEARS BRITT! 😊 ALONG WITH ELTON JOHN & NEIL YOUNG 😊 LOTSA LOTSA GREAT SONGS WITH THOSE 3 BANDS!
Beautiful ❤️🔥 and full of energy and fun and excitement 😊
Ian Anderson is the singer/flautist/multi-instrumentalist/songwriter.
I love Jethro Tull. A blues guitarist and singer who has made a huge cover of a Jethro Tull song is Chantel McGregor. She did a fantastic cover of Jethro Tulls , A New day Yesterday.
I’ve been listening to Jethro Tull for the last 50 years and I’ve seen them 12 times over the years. I think you would really enjoy doing a reaction to thick as a brick live from Madison Square Garden.Thanks for reacting to a great band. By the way, I think you are absolutely gorgeous.
Jethro Tull's Bourée is an adaptation of J.S. Bach's Bourée in E Minor. Bach composed Bourée specifically for an instrument called the lute. Ian Anderson knew this, got the idea to just add an 'f' to 'lute', made it his own, and the rest is history. I also read that Bourrée is a dance of French origin, which would make sense. Ian was famous for his one-legged flute performances. He did it when I saw him in concert. He was amazing! Thanks for a great reaction! ✌💙✌
You really do find the creme de la creme to react to, Britt....and it's so worth while watching you!
Ian Anderson the front man has an on-stage persona somewhere between a daft tramp and a world-weary bard -- if you like this band, try their live version of Velvet Green at Carnegie Hall -- incredible arrangements
This bourree is part of the Bach Lute Suite No. 1. Of course, Ian Anderson takes many liberties with this short piece. This is excellent...albeit jazzy.
I have been listening to Ian and JT from the 70's .....please cutie you have to hear, teacher, crossed eyed mary....Aqualung the guitar solo amazing, black satin dancer....just listen to every album they made.
Since you've done a deeper dive into Jethro Tull's catalog than most, I highly recommend "Minstrel in the Gallery." I particularly like the live version from the "Bursting Out" album.
And hope you feel better soon.
In reference to the one-legged stance, Ian Anderson had said in an interview, "It just felt right,". Keep Smiling.
At the risk of outing my age, in the seventies I saw them live three times and yeah, he would perform about all his flute solos on one leg. Sometimes it seemed like fifteen minutes. He’s also an accomplished classical style acoustic guitarist. But, the whole band was awesome and he really complimented them. It’s really nice to see your enthusiasm as it reminds us that even though it’s not necessarily new, it’s still relevant and kinda cool.
Take good care.
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Britt the way you talk about Ian and dance i know for a fact you would absolutely LOVE Lindsey Stirling
Ian Anderson is front man & Bouree was composed by Johann Sebastian Bach
I always bought Ian Andersen’s dance routines as “ the Pied Piper
You should watch the duo when he played with a female astronaut ON the space-station. She was on the station he was down here.
He is actually vocalizing into his flute while he plays.
This is based on classic music by J.S. Bach, also called Bouree (but without the second e) but Jethro Tull's version is more uptempo and jazzy.
Your audio is amazing! Kudos!
They were one of three popular Rock groups that could use a flute successfully - JT, The Moody Blues and The Marshall Tucker Band - I'll suggest NOTHING IS EASY (JT), LEGEND OF A MIND (MB), and A NEW LIFE (MTB). Feel better! There must be something going around - my serious sinus congestion just went into my chest, and previously thought it was a blossom allergy.
Bouree is a piece by Johan Sebastian Bach in the early 's so this is a cover and a dang good one. Feel better. Love R.
Wishing you well!
Some more exploration of the crazy English bard ? La BouRRée is a folkloric double time dance for one or two couples. It originated in the Centre of France but spread all over Europe...
Ian Andersen is Main man for Jethro Tull ! Play more from "Stand-up!" album like "Nothing is easy!"
This is a jazz/rock interpretation of the classical Bouree by J.S. Bach. No theatrical BG whatsoever. He created (probably subconsciously) an image of a minstrel/pied piper/court jester.
You described Jethro Tull in another video as “dressed like Robin Hood.” Ian Anderson adapted a medieval “minstrel” persona. Others have mentioned this song as a cover version of a Baroque classic. The band is named for a 17th century activist. It all sort of ties together.
The people below put it beautifully but to add just a little bit, it is from Bach and it deals with a collection like many artists did at that time of baroque dances done by people in the country. Almost the equivalent of our barn dances, so his music was adapted and yes spinning was involved much like our square dances. Remember they would be called something different because Bach died in 1750.
his flute is doing the singing for him
Get well soon!
Hope you get to feeling better. 🤧 Bless you.
Paul is completely correct, so my only contribution is that La Giaconda is another name for Mon Lisa and I think I saw her through your rainy screen
That Smell Lynyrd Skynyrd Studio Version
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Bouree is an adaption of Bach's Lute Suite No. 1, and I believe the name Bouree is attached through Bach. The one-leg stance was, indeed, his party trick in the early days of the band, which this video is from. The incredible bass line was played by Glenn Cornick, who was not long for the band at this point for a couple of reasons. First, he was a party animal and the rest of the band, especially Ian, was not. They were all business and went back to the hotel to write, while Glenn did not. Secondly, Ian had a very good friend, Jeffrey Hammond-Hammond, who played bass as a replacement. Had fun watching you explain the dance positions he was striking, but he is one graceful performer, so maybe he had a bit of training. I've never heard though. I kept offeriing you a cough drop, but you didn't take it! I feel so sad.
Bouree 17th century French dance usually in quick duple time
Ian Anderson can sing and play while staying one leg for over ten minutes while l can't stand on one leg long enough to put my trousers on.
I've seen them six times
yes, he trained as a ballet dancer, when he was a boy
I believe his parents had never seen him perform live, at least not in the early years.
You need to hear some other Jethro Tull songs for sure.
Ian's the best frontman ever. Jim
Please also listen to the song, For a Thousand Mothers. Studio pls.
You'll love the flute there.
Not called "falsetto", per se, but woodwinds (and brass) have "registers" because you can make it sound on a harmonic of the note for the basic note selected by the fingering. Most woodwinds do octave harmonics (clarinets are oddballs by have a 12th between registers (3rd harmonic rather than 2nd). Brass is more flexible (which is how trumpets get away with only 3 keys). On flute the angle and shape (and strength of the air stream) selects between the fundamental and the octave. (Advanced players in all woodwinds can play even higher that the harmonic of the all holes open position (Benny Goodman is one of my heroes in this respect - and in many other respects).
The band Jethro Tull has a wide variety of style from hard rock to ballads to this, which is a take off on classic music. Ian sings on most other song. Try Aqualuna or A New Day Yesterday (Heavy rock), Living in the Past, (Rock) or lighter Songs From the woods, and Life is a Long Song. The guitarist Martin Barre is very vesitile. Feel better with your cough.
Boureé means drunk in french!!!!
Does anyone pls know anything about the tv show (La Joconde) in which Tull performed?
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Great song. Who would guess Bach
This is a mimed performance done to the actual album recording...a little disappointing, but that's how it was done on television a lot of the time back then. Ian Anderson used to do the flamingo stance while playing harmonica with the band before he taught himself to play the flute. That is not just his breath you here under the flute, but it is him humming or vocalizing along with the flute playing. He also often includes snorts, growls, scatting, and other various percussive noises and vocalizations under his flute playing. He decided on the flute to be unique and stand out from other front men because he was not a top level lead guitarist, although he is excellent at acoustic and rhythm guitar.
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His performance is satire, there's a sense of humor to it
Not bad for a cover of a 300 year old tune. The best part of music is you should play a tune how you interpret it. To many cover a tune like they hear it. Some people that owned a cover are Tina Turner on CCRs Rollen on the River, Jimi Hendrix on Bob Dylan's All Along the Watchtower, and Sinnad O'Connell on Prince's Nothing Compares 2 You.
Swingin’ Bach around
J S Bach baroque composer adapted from his original.