Jethro Tull- Weathercock REACTION & REVIEW

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  • Опубликовано: 26 ноя 2024

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  • @williambaldridge1203
    @williambaldridge1203 Год назад +18

    A weathercock is the same as a weather vain on the roof of the house most of the times are made in the shape of a rooster. That's why he mentions the black smith because that's who usually made them.

    • @dongiovanni6796
      @dongiovanni6796 Год назад +1

      I love this song as a conclusion song to the album: straight through, each song about an element of life in the country on a farm. The weathercock sits atop it all, seeing all.

  • @joaoemanuelmacedosouza482
    @joaoemanuelmacedosouza482 Год назад +19

    Heavy Horses is not only one of Jethro Tull's best albums, it's one of the best albums in the history of progressive rock!

  • @111hellkat
    @111hellkat Год назад +7

    To me, "Songs from the Wood" seems like expectation/fantasy, whereas "Heavy Horses" seems like reality. It's the same environment having a different affect on a more mature man.

    • @JustJP
      @JustJP  Год назад +1

      Great point Hellkat! I agree

  • @broadsword6650
    @broadsword6650 Год назад +13

    "Tell us what the blacksmith has done for you..."
    The blacksmith was central to rural life for centuries and was often believed to have some sort of magical powers, the ability to turn inert metal into all kinds of useful, almost living objects ... including weathercocks.

  • @samuelecallegari6117
    @samuelecallegari6117 Год назад +10

    Weathercock is something like an anticipation of what's on Stormwatch for the thematic of weather and climate.
    The ending of this song with the flute and guitar "dueling" together in a dance is probably one of my favourite moments in all their discography.

    • @cobrasys
      @cobrasys Год назад +2

      Same here. I never, ever get tired of listening to it.

    • @huskytully3887
      @huskytully3887 Год назад

      Bullshit. 🥴🙄
      Weathercock was just another 'animal' on Ian's farm, so to speak... 🫣
      This Ian Martin thing runs through Martin's 43 years of involvement. This was particularly evident live. Weathercock's live versions in were just fantastic... 🥹

    • @carlandersson7870
      @carlandersson7870 Год назад

      Oh I love that part, so damn epic! Always kind of bummed me out that it feels so short.

  • @paulcollins5586
    @paulcollins5586 Год назад +8

    Brilliant evocative ending to a Classic album.

  • @cadanrichards2615
    @cadanrichards2615 Год назад +21

    Classic Tull album completed. Stormwatch is an underrated album but has great tunes such as North Sea Oil, Orion, Dark Ages, Dun Ringill, Flying dutchman and the Dee palmer composed Elegy.

    • @wardka
      @wardka Год назад +4

      Did you notice North Sea Oil is in 5/4 time and features claves (tic-tic tic-tic tic) like an homage to Living in the Past? It took me a decades or so to notice that.

    • @huskytully3887
      @huskytully3887 Год назад

      Oh how I hate this 'underrated album' crap... 🤫

    • @GeoffCB
      @GeoffCB Год назад +1

      And Steven Wilson did a good job remastering Stormwatch.

    • @joelliebler5690
      @joelliebler5690 Год назад

      A somewhat flawed album with lesser vocals and bland music overall.

    • @Another_Broke_Musician
      @Another_Broke_Musician Год назад

      As a bass player I still miss John Glascock. But Ian did some great bass work on Stormwatch

  • @paulcollins5586
    @paulcollins5586 Год назад +9

    Its a weathervane that you have on a roof to tell the wind direction.

    • @annother3350
      @annother3350 Год назад +3

      Yes, often on the top of a church spire. Although wind direction has never been an issue for me

    • @WalkingUK
      @WalkingUK Год назад

      lol@@annother3350

  • @Kellen_Quigley
    @Kellen_Quigley Год назад +1

    I can't wait for you to check out Tull's 1982 album "Broadsword and the Beast." It's pretty underrated but I think it has some of their best compositions, along with the two singles recorded during it but released separately, "Jack Frost and the Hooded Crow" and "Jack-A-Lynn." Definitely worth a listen.

  • @chusbream355
    @chusbream355 Год назад +5

    It's sad that so many reaction videos that care about prog miss this album. I love my Genesis and Yes but, for some reason, I always come back to albums like this

  • @melissakhalar1842
    @melissakhalar1842 Год назад +2

    I'm happy again Justin and I always love the smile on your face when you hear a Jethro Tull song for the first time. It's so easy to feel good after listening to their music as well as being entertained. ❤

  • @dieterbohm9700
    @dieterbohm9700 Год назад +4

    Jethro Tull is such an underrated band, but is one of my favorites, aqualung and Thick as a brick are two masterpieces.
    Btw are you planning on reviewing more Frank Zappa albums? If so I heavily recommend "The Grand Wazoo", one of the best Zappa's albums and probably my favorite. Also, if you love Zappa's composing style you should listen Mr Bungle, specially the California album.

  • @jimhardiman3836
    @jimhardiman3836 Год назад +11

    I told you Jethro Tull would become your new favorite pop group. 😄 Tull's non-album tracks from this era are real gems and really worth listening to. Maybe you can do a bonus tracks marathon someday. Paradise Steakhouse, Good Godmother, Rainbow Blues, Saturation, Summerday Sands, Strip Cartoon, Old Aces Die Hard, Beltane, Crossword, King Henry's Madrigal. It's incredible to have so much great material that didn't even make it on to the albums and sat mostly unreleased for so long.

    • @corawheeler9355
      @corawheeler9355 Год назад +6

      Broadford Bazaar, Kelpie, Jack-A-Lynn, Overhang, Man Of God

    • @HippoYnYGlaw
      @HippoYnYGlaw Год назад +1

      JP needs a B Sides Bonanza Month 4sure. So risky throwaway and free!

    • @bobholtzmann
      @bobholtzmann Год назад +4

      Some of those tracks are extras on the WarChild reissue.

    • @jimhardiman3836
      @jimhardiman3836 Год назад +1

      ​@@corawheeler9355 yes I knew I missed some

    • @huskytully3887
      @huskytully3887 Год назад

      I think you're all just another PART OF THE MACHINE... 🥺

  • @jamesdignanmusic2765
    @jamesdignanmusic2765 Год назад +1

    I always love the slip-beat in the ending which just jolts you out of the standard 4/4 each time through. So glad you enjoyed the album (which is probably my favourite JT album). And yes, rurality is a word :)

    • @JustJP
      @JustJP  Год назад +1

      Haha ty James :)

  • @daveking9393
    @daveking9393 Год назад +3

    I thoroughly enjoyed this journey.
    Absolutely one of my favorites I put it on from first song and let it play through to the end all the time it's really not that long of a listen and so much to enjoy I'm really glad you found it as enjoyable as I have over the years I've listened to this hundreds of times I just get things stuck I'm not like you who appreciates so many different things I find things I like and stick with them...
    Thanks again for all you do and for sharing this. I look forward to playing this through a playlist of yours one day soon

  • @zenclover8468
    @zenclover8468 Год назад +2

    loved this man. Ive said it before but its very satisfying to recommend something and see you finally enjoy it as much as i thought you would. This may be PEAK TULL. I'm not as big a fan as some about the storm watch album although i still respect it as well as the cover art ! I have the actual album, but Heavy Horses is the most consistent front to back album they have. I think that 1995's ROOTS TO BRANCHES album is worth exploring next. Ian's voice is very different, but so is his flute play (and its better! unlike his voice unfortunately)

  • @joelliebler5690
    @joelliebler5690 Год назад +2

    Best song on the album !

  • @mabui67
    @mabui67 Год назад

    Está canción es de las más hermosas de jethro tull, el álbum en si es pura magia, un álbum que sigue emocionado y despertando emociones...

  • @jaymez3461
    @jaymez3461 Год назад +1

    Now that you've finished Heavy Horses, I highly recommend you check out the album, Stormwatch. It's the next album after Heavy Horses and it's the last one to feature Evans, Palmer and Barlow as well as the final recordings of John Glasscock, who passed away during the recording of this album. It's just as good as the last few before it, but it has a unique feel to it. The album cover is indicative of the music, icy cold and beautiful. It's the end of an era for Tull as the next album to come was drastically different.

  • @j.woodbury412
    @j.woodbury412 Год назад +7

    I don't know which song I like better on this album, the title track or this one. I'm not sure if that's a piccolo or a tin whistle, but whatever it is, I like it.

  • @shemanic1
    @shemanic1 Год назад

    A Weathercock was the wind direction pointer on any farm building roof. The head of the Cockerel would point the way the wind was blowing.

  • @dwoehrma
    @dwoehrma Год назад +1

    First Tull album i ever bought. First Tull concert i ever saw. What a way to start! It will always be #1 for me. Live Bursting Out is also top notch.

  • @robertpearson8798
    @robertpearson8798 Год назад +1

    The weathercock is the rooster on the top of the weather vane, is made by the blacksmith and sees all weather and seasons.

  • @corawheeler9355
    @corawheeler9355 Год назад +3

    Barlow's drumming, making it sound like a march, is so important to the overall sound of this track. Sadly, Barlow was not with Tull when they recorded their Christmas album, and his presence is missed on that version of Weathercock. Heavy Horses is my favorite Tull album, and hard to pick a favorite from it.

  • @devonvergiels5185
    @devonvergiels5185 Год назад

    One of my favorite albums from waaaaaaaaayy back! Sometimes being old is not bad. And yup, the weathervane 😊

  • @martinparker1270
    @martinparker1270 Год назад

    This was the first Tull album I bought, and still a favorite. As you said, consistent quality throughout.

  • @athanasechalkiopoulos3759
    @athanasechalkiopoulos3759 10 месяцев назад

    JT for ever the best.

  • @glenndespres5317
    @glenndespres5317 Год назад

    Joining you for this album reaction has been a true pleasure.

    • @JustJP
      @JustJP  Год назад

      The pleasure is mine Glenn! Ty

  • @Owlstretchingtime78
    @Owlstretchingtime78 Год назад +8

    Before you move on to their next album, i believe it would be a good idea to take in "Warchild" first. Just a personal opinion Justin! 🤞

    • @cobrasys
      @cobrasys Год назад +3

      Agreed! It's such an underrated and undermentioned album. It's one of my favourites, a seamless mesh of prog and folk.

    • @tomfashing208
      @tomfashing208 Год назад +2

      Or the neglected “Living in the Past”. Although it contains a few tracks from other LPs it has at least a full album of previously unavailable tracks that are some of Ian’s finest.

    • @geneleonard4368
      @geneleonard4368 Год назад +3

      I agree I saw the Warchild concert extravaganza at MSG / NYC with all the special effects, string section .etc They started the concert just like the album . With sirens, search lights moving all over MSG & explosions coming from theses huge spheres hanging from the ceiling of the Garden . Every minute there was something going on ,what a incredible show . 😎👍

    • @Owlstretchingtime78
      @Owlstretchingtime78 Год назад +1

      @geneleonard4368 I envy you mate. Being born in '66 i had to wait for the "Broadsword And The Beast" tour. At least i saw the last of the big stage productions! ✌️

    • @a.k.1740
      @a.k.1740 Год назад +1

      War Child is truly an excellent album. It still retains sonic elements from the two previous albums (Thick as a Brick and A Passion Play) such as the saxophone, which Ian Anderson will subsequently stop using, but in a format of short pieces.

  • @greghansell5115
    @greghansell5115 Год назад

    I'll vote Weathercock as No.1. It's always been my favourite, especially Ian's woodwind parts...

  • @DavidTateVA
    @DavidTateVA Год назад +1

    Helps to understand the song to know that "weathercock" is the same as the American "weather vane" -- the rooster-shaped iron artifact on the roof that shows you what direction the wind is blowing. ETA: I can't rebut your notion that this is a more mature Songs from the Wood -- as much as I love love love SFTW, this is a tighter album. These 2 are, for me, Peak Tull.

  • @davmtu
    @davmtu Год назад

    I have bought every Tull album (excluding Passion Play) and have never been disappointed. Amazing tunes, musicians, and themes.

  • @torbjrnpreusschou9030
    @torbjrnpreusschou9030 Год назад

    I love those moments when you have a notion of what a word means or refer to and then find out it's a complete other thing 😅
    I love this entire album, best one by JT IMO. Closely followed by my first meeting with them (and indeed prog rock), "Songs from the Wood". They hit all here, with excellent rural nostalgia, amazing composing and tremendous musicianship 👌🏼 Have it ofc on original vinyl, and my personal fave I guess must be... impossible to choose 😄

  • @ron88303
    @ron88303 Год назад

    My favorite Tull album, and I definitely place it in my top ten list.

  • @murdockreviews
    @murdockreviews Год назад

    Gorgeous album. Enjoyed going through this fave of mine with you, JP.

  • @huskytully3887
    @huskytully3887 Год назад

    I ❤️ HH, but it's still just part of the BEGINNING of your TULL-journey, Justin.
    So carry on, my friend... 🙏🏻

  • @cobrasys
    @cobrasys Год назад

    Hyped for this one too! Weathercock is in my top 3 favourite Tull songs of all time. I'll comment again after I've watched it. :)

    • @cobrasys
      @cobrasys Год назад +1

      Told ya you'd like it! Weathercock is almost like a prelude to Stormwatch, which is themed around climate, weather and whatnot. While I like the album, I find it to be somewhat of a let down after Heavy Horses, but it does have some gems (particularly "Something's On the Move", "Dark Ages" and "Dun Ringill").

  • @Ericandroy
    @Ericandroy Год назад

    My personal favourite Tull album is Broadsword and the Beastie which is a bit more synthy but still rocky and proggy. I love it!

    • @greghansell5115
      @greghansell5115 Год назад

      Slow Marching Band...great song... say no more

  • @DavidImiri
    @DavidImiri Год назад

    You've definitely stimulated a rediscovery of this album - it's been a neglected one in their catalog for me. Maybe I've seasoned since my last listening, as Ian had by the time of Heavy Horses...

  • @emptysquares6863
    @emptysquares6863 Год назад

    Great album, great review JP!! Also, whilst I'm not usually a fan of bonus tracks, this album has 2 special ones in "Living in These Hard Times" and "Broadford Bazaar" - check 'em out!!

  • @nyrocks5580
    @nyrocks5580 Год назад

    It's Stormwatch after this which a lot of people consider the weak link in the "trilogy," but I like several songs on it (plus the 2004 bonus tracks). There is a bit of a pall over it, it doesn't have the Tull festiveness. John Glascock died. Things fell apart after Stormwatch, culminating in Evan, Palmer and Barlow's departures, and followed by the dreadful A album in 1980.

  • @craigryan3069
    @craigryan3069 Год назад

    Martin Barre - the sniper of lead guitarists! Always seems to instinctively just add the perfect little lick when its needed. Genius. Just waiting for your reaction to Flying Dutchman from Stormwatch (Heavy Horses darker & younger sibling). IMHO Stormwatch was the last of the 'classic' JT LPs.

  • @carlsmoker1167
    @carlsmoker1167 Год назад

    Wait for it.

  • @periaadoc
    @periaadoc Месяц назад

    Best song on the Album and Barre is great here Its a Weather wane .

  • @raffinicoghosian8699
    @raffinicoghosian8699 Год назад

    A gem of a song to end the 2nd of the trilogy from the late 70s. Thank you for doing the whole album, love that. I love thé 3rd Stormwatch. You should do that one.

  • @marcomazzola5651
    @marcomazzola5651 Год назад +1

    Heavy Horses is a really solid album for sure

  • @sicko_the_ew
    @sicko_the_ew Год назад +1

    Most important one for you would be *The Mouse Police Never Sleeps* ? (Because you got a mouse police patrolling by you there.) As far as I'm concerned, there's plenty more Jethro Tull from the years that follow, but it's different yet again (just as the prog albums are a change from the blues phase, and the rural albums move on to something different to the prog).
    I don't think it would do you any harm to listen to *Strange Avenues* out of turn, just to make sure that you've at least heard it once in your life, for instance. ruclips.net/video/MV66IScAik4/видео.html

  • @michaelfrank2266
    @michaelfrank2266 Год назад +2

    I see in comments that people are saying Stormwatch, Justin. Broadsword is also a good listen. Both have their merits. I forget when it happened but soon the band will start swapping out members and the music will suffer for it. The difference becomes between being still good and what was once brilliant. There are still some great albums you have skipped over, if you want to go backwards. Jethro Tull will keep you busy. : D Pleased you were jazzed by this album.

    • @Owlstretchingtime78
      @Owlstretchingtime78 Год назад +1

      That's why he should review "Warchild". Preferably as his next foray.

    • @neonpark1874
      @neonpark1874 Год назад +2

      ​@Owlstretchingtime78 'Would you like another cup of tea, dear?"

    • @Owlstretchingtime78
      @Owlstretchingtime78 Год назад

      @@neonpark1874 ☕️

    • @a.k.1740
      @a.k.1740 Год назад +1

      @@neonpark1874 "Er, no, no, no, I'll better go actually, I'll be late for the office"😉

    • @michaelfrank2266
      @michaelfrank2266 Год назад

      : ))@@neonpark1874

  • @coast73
    @coast73 Год назад +2

    War child next? Or stormwatch?

    • @a.k.1740
      @a.k.1740 Год назад

      I'd say both....and I'll add "A" for good measure!😉

  • @drjsac57
    @drjsac57 Год назад +1

    A weathervane that looks like a rooster

  • @paulhart3812
    @paulhart3812 Год назад

    If you really like the album Heavy Horses, try a song that was supposed to be on the Lp, but was left off.
    It’s called Botanic Man.

  • @Morthoron1
    @Morthoron1 Год назад

    A weathercock is a weathervane in the form of a rooster. P.S. I should probably listen to the whole review before opening my trap.

  • @williamgeorgefraser
    @williamgeorgefraser Год назад +1

    Justin, just let me tell you, if I ever meet you, I will give you a massive slap in the face. Ever since I watched your review of "Heavy Horses" it has been going round and round nonstop in my head and is now driving me mad. I love the song but enough is enough. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
    PS: A weathercock or weathervane is a metalic object, generally in the form of a cock (male hen, not the other) which sits on the top of a building and turns according to the direction of the wind, thereby indicating the type of weather one might expect.

  • @JimboKM
    @JimboKM Год назад

    Very pleasant but my least favorite song on the album due to it being so mellow and straight forward, but all the other songs were a very hard act to follow. Hope you'll check out "Beltane" which was left off the original album for some reason, but very catchy.

  • @gablen23
    @gablen23 Год назад +1

    The last great Tull-album.

    • @Owlstretchingtime78
      @Owlstretchingtime78 Год назад +2

      I'd go With "Broadsword And The Beast". The first Tull album i heard in its year of release.

    • @corawheeler9355
      @corawheeler9355 Год назад +1

      @@Owlstretchingtime78 Some fans have poo-pooed Broadsword, I guess because it wasn't from the "glorious '70s". But IMO, it's a wonderful album. Ian has said it contains some of their best work.

    • @Owlstretchingtime78
      @Owlstretchingtime78 Год назад

      @corawheeler9355 Indeed he did, and i was at the perfect age to absorb it! 😊

    • @tiernanrea1726
      @tiernanrea1726 Год назад +1

      Crest of a Knave.

    • @corawheeler9355
      @corawheeler9355 Год назад

      @@tiernanrea1726 Got them a Grammy (finally)

  • @a.k.1740
    @a.k.1740 Год назад

    “Weathercock” is my least favourite song on the album. It's classic Jethro Tull but it doesn't really resonate with me.
    My favourite tracks on Heavy Horses are "...And the Mouse Police Never Sleeps", "Acres Wild", "No Lullaby", "Rover" and the title track.
    Justin, for a next Jethro Tull album, I suggest the excellent War Child (1974), Stormwatch (1979) or A (1980), Each with a different line up !

  • @HippoYnYGlaw
    @HippoYnYGlaw Год назад

    I'm trying with JT, JP. I'm trying. As a kid I can remember watching Burstin Out on TV and thinkin Wow They Rock. But then the tights and the Flute and Catweazel Posturing put me off. Hearing these songs give off Trad Folk vibes coupled with sophisticated rockist cultured musicianship - so really it's a Non Starter from the Getgo. ... Yet I respect the sincerity of the songwriting with it's yearning for traditional county lifestyles. Ultimately though it comes down to "Does the singin get on my wick?" and also the darn flute....all scurry scurry flurry flurry. Stereotyped Tull I know, but in the end dem the ingredients. But some good heartfelt songs on here. I'd buy it if i saw it in the bargain bin. Diolch.
    Why not Try some 1979 Judie Tzuke for string soaked anthems of similar sophistication , starting with "Welcome To The Cruise".

    • @Owlstretchingtime78
      @Owlstretchingtime78 Год назад

      A non fan then basically!

    • @michaelfrank2266
      @michaelfrank2266 Год назад +2

      Gave it a try. Judie Tzuke lasted 60 seconds for me. Didn't float my boat.

    • @HippoYnYGlaw
      @HippoYnYGlaw Год назад +1

      @@Owlstretchingtime78 I bought stand up after JP reviewed it. Had no idea of their blues roots

    • @Owlstretchingtime78
      @Owlstretchingtime78 Год назад +2

      @hpsos Have you heard/got "This Was", their debut album and only one with Mick Abraham's on guitar? Now that's total blues!

    • @HippoYnYGlaw
      @HippoYnYGlaw Год назад +1

      @@Owlstretchingtime78 when I was a kid only BBKing made the blues sing. I thought it was really monotonous. I've grown to see the array of styles & personalities that make it refreshing. Frank Marino being my fave. When JP does "this was " I'll give it 100%attention and I'll try to be fair. I played Stand Up a lot in the car but now use my bike!