16:20 -- classic Ian. He is a religious man but not of conventional religion. His God comes from within, which goes back to the lyrics of Wind Up on the Aqualung album -- "He's not the kind you have to wind up on Sundays." Brilliant.
I vividly remember watching this actual show when it was broadcast on UK late night TV, probably a few years after it was screened in the states. I guess back then they were filling up the graveyard slots with cheap imports. Can't believe two or three decades have got away from me since. The days run away like wild horses over the hill.
@@johnfb789 In my opinion (of course, I'm writing this) he is a brilliant songwriter, musician, performer, and is funny as all get out. Perhaps I should have said 'favorite entertainer'. He's provided countless hours of joy in my life.
My God. Has Ian A ever been so reserved with that sort of platform! US humour often doesn't travel well but the vicar and comedian were quite brilliant. You have to say they stole the show.
Wow Ian Anderson made a very good point there, instead of depending on others for strength, that is such a great sober headed point, almost Neitzche like. We need relationships, we need company, but we also need solitude, some of us lack it, and some of us have too much of it. Going to church is only good for social interaction; religion hasn't got the answer to lifes problems. You need to be strong on your own, you need to be okay with solitude and going it alone whenever possible and also to have emotional solitude, and not being pulled along by the emotional horses as Plato spoke about.
5:15 -- Dr. Brothers: "Tea for the Tillerman, right?" Anderson: (skips a beat) "Yeah." Audience: scattered applause by a fair number who seem to be as uninformed about Tull's career as Dr. Brothers. (Tea for the Tillerman was Cat Stevens.)
mike .D So lean upon himgently And don't call on him to save You from your social graces wo ho And the sins he used to wave, he used to wave He is the God of nothing If that's all that you can see He is the God of everything He's inside you and me.
Compared to the other Politically Incorrect 5 years later Ian seemed more in his element and comfortable, though still quite for a good portion. Obviously hes not the main focus as there is 3 other people, but its always interesting to hear him talk especially about religion and those themes.
Was going through old Ian Anderson interviews and stumbled across this one, 3 or 4 days ago a 64(I think) year old man just shot and killed over 50 people at a concert in Las Vegas, I'm glad Ian stood up for this ridiculous theory that age and crime are related
Very good point, consider basic physical deterioration, causing changes in the brain, causing your example. Ian Anderson, has been an inspiration and role model for me for most of my life! Almost forgot, nutrition plays a very large role in our mental health, see post below "Haiku Automation".
Quite the funny guy, along with being smart thinking. Reminds me of a minister I was fond of growing up. There was always a religious lesson, yet there was no preaching, more a common sense approach. He'd often did book reviews of best sellers for a sermon. Religion as it applies in modern writing, quite a progressive approach.
I would like to add a comment concerning the Bishop John Spong, he recently suffered a stroke, we should all keep him our thoughts, and wish him all the best in his recovery.
Huh! They most probably have no idea..such a boring show for me, and can't even imagine how boring it is for Ian. That comedian is simply unbearable...Waste of Ian's valuable time. I didn't even watch all of it.
Jesus walks into a motel and throws 3 nails on the counter...owner says ' can i help you?', jesus says 'i thought you might be able to put me up for the night'
Also weird how everyone on this show, and about all on shows back in the 90s or earlier were skinny. Now, we have FAT cows and bulls everywhere. Where is PI regarding a show on fat people and obesity.
I see the same, very frightening indeed, people walking around with blank stares, seems any intellect is gone. I believe this is being engineered as a form of control, remind me of cattle. Herd mentality! Be very careful of what you eat!!
There is a lot of issues when Truth is twisted android Jesus spoke about it..man can't enter the kingdom of truth either without truth.. that's why he came and died for our sins jmho
Not only that, i heard they say not to bother bother him with prayers on sundays,it's his day off,he has been known to get mad and give out some brain tumors.
Ian, how you spoke about "religion" and taking something from it, is, I suppose, what many if not most do BUT certainly not what God intended in Christianity. Catholicism will guilt you into submission but Jesus taught love and forgiveness. God gives us full grace because Jesus paid the price for all sin. Understand what Jesus teaches. It is powerful!!
How the hell do you know what God intends or gives? How do you know what God is or what is intended? You would be better off taking a few hits of LSD in the wilderness. You will say faith, faith is gossamer.
hoffer54 I know what God intends by reading God's Word. I know what God intends by comparing what I think he "tells" me with how Jesus lived. I know what God intends by comparing what I think he is Saying with what he has already said, done, or given in my Bible. Isn't that obvious? I guess if you are not a believer of Christ, it's not but feel free to continue the acid trip. Just, please, don't hurt yourself.
gorkha526 what a sad and uninformed comment. You have no light in you. . not yet anyway. It seems the "word of god" you are describing is the quran. I am referring to the Holy Bible. Not the same god.
Rather have a successfull businessman than a "community organizer", a glorified rabble rouser who used people's desperation to feather his own nest! By the way, IDIOTS do NOT amass a fortune!
Robert DiMeglio, shit i wouldve taken a half successful businessman, but instead we got trump, a multi-time failed businessman. He's only ever been successful with defrauding smaller businesses and tying them up in court to bankrupt them when they rightfully sue him.
Anderson found himself marooned on an island of misfits and sensibly ducked most of the drivel. His views on organised religion, eloquently expressed on "Aqualung" - especially the track "My God", say more in 6 minutes or so than the other guests and host would do in a whole series of programmes. Embarrassing.
They were out of their league with Ian Anderson. He simply has more awareness and intelligence than the many; and he's a great conversationalist when he has a proper chance.
Unfortunately just one instance when Ian spoke...after that I quickly checked if he speaks again, seeing that he doesn't, I watched no more...The rest is just chit-chat..Complete waste of time.
Ian Anderson looks like he is just suffering it out for some wonga.........seriously the Americans on the show are typical, they never let him get a word in in their self absorbed nervousness and mentally ill chatter.
i guarantee ...on the deathbed -maher will cry out to a god he does not believe in - whether there is a god or not - that much will be true . Mans innate curiosity to wonder -"is this it " ??????
No. Atheists don't think like that--we might wish this wasn't happening just yet, but no calling for god--wouldn't begin to enter my mind at all. Example: Hitchens had a prolonged public death and kept to his principles to the end. No such thing as a foxhole conversion.
in the last throes ,,,,you will wonder , Its mans innate need ...in times of trouble to exclaim "my god" ....the reason being that the soul has deep seated awareness of its tenuous link to "god " ...and innately knows where "home " really is . ....but i respect whatever you are. I just don't agree .
The difference is that you are telling me what I (and others who might think like me) am. I am telling you that I am not what you presume. I would not be presumptuous enough to tell you what I think you are. But I could easily (and as presumptuously), say that you might, in the last throes of life, say "god, why me?"
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Oh how right Bill was.
'95 was the year I went to my first-ever rock concert. It was Jethro Tull.
66 was mine, it was steppenwolf, then hendrix
Me too but 80
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Came for Ian Andreson, stayed for the bishop.
@8:20 That's correct, Bill. Ian Anderson IS extraordinary in character as well as talent.
16:20 -- classic Ian. He is a religious man but not of conventional religion. His God comes from within, which goes back to the lyrics of Wind Up on the Aqualung album -- "He's not the kind you have to wind up on Sundays." Brilliant.
What about the song My God?
Lots of lyrics in many songs about his opinion of God. he sounded judgemental but I think he grew out of that.
@@79tazman Same thing
@@tomharvy9374 Same thing. Institutional religión. Not God. That´s what he´s talking about
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I vividly remember watching this actual show when it was broadcast on UK late night TV, probably a few years after it was screened in the states. I guess back then they were filling up the graveyard slots with cheap imports. Can't believe two or three decades have got away from me since. The days run away like wild horses over the hill.
Two of my favorite people: Ian Anderson and David Brenner. Love this. eta: The Bishop is pretty good too!
How does Ian Anderson qualify as one of your favorite people?
@@johnfb789 In my opinion (of course, I'm writing this) he is a brilliant songwriter, musician, performer, and is funny as all get out. Perhaps I should have said 'favorite entertainer'. He's provided countless hours of joy in my life.
Everyone should listen to the song "My God" "he's not the kind you have to wind up on Sundays" !!!
and then listen to Wind Up.
He's a Pantheist, it shows.
My God. Has Ian A ever been so reserved with that sort of platform! US humour often doesn't travel well but the vicar and comedian were quite brilliant. You have to say they stole the show.
Ian is shy and insecure unless he can control everything.
+justgivemethetruth Bit squeezed out eh! Didn't even get a few lines of Bouree in! I know you were gutted!
Comedy bro.
he is shy because he is controlling his manners dealing with people similar to you
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My God that's a good Tull tune
The Bishop is a pretty funny guy!
Yes, funnier than Brenner and Maher.
Wow Ian Anderson made a very good point there, instead of depending on others for strength, that is such a great sober headed point, almost Neitzche like. We need relationships, we need company, but we also need solitude, some of us lack it, and some of us have too much of it. Going to church is only good for social interaction; religion hasn't got the answer to lifes problems. You need to be strong on your own, you need to be okay with solitude and going it alone whenever possible and also to have emotional solitude, and not being pulled along by the emotional horses as Plato spoke about.
Your talking "Basic Buddhism"
5:15 -- Dr. Brothers: "Tea for the Tillerman, right?"
Anderson: (skips a beat) "Yeah."
Audience: scattered applause by a fair number who seem to be as uninformed about Tull's career as Dr. Brothers.
(Tea for the Tillerman was Cat Stevens.)
Ian is God!
People, what have you done?
Locked Him in His golden cage, golden cage
Made Him bend to your religion
Him-resurrected from the grave, from the grave
mike .D
So lean upon himgently
And don't call on him to save
You from your social graces wo ho
And the sins he used to wave, he used to wave
He is the God of nothing
If that's all that you can see
He is the God of everything
He's inside you and me.
Jesus Christ 🙏 Amen
This is ty 😊
Thank God for making man in is own image
Love the assumption by so many here that THEY know what Ian was thinking or feeling! Really?! What a hoot.
Compared to the other Politically Incorrect 5 years later Ian seemed more in his element and comfortable, though still quite for a good portion. Obviously hes not the main focus as there is 3 other people, but its always interesting to hear him talk especially about religion and those themes.
Was going through old Ian Anderson interviews and stumbled across this one, 3 or 4 days ago a 64(I think) year old man just shot and killed over 50 people at a concert in Las Vegas, I'm glad Ian stood up for this ridiculous theory that age and crime are related
Very good point, consider basic physical deterioration, causing changes in the brain, causing your example. Ian Anderson, has been an inspiration and role model for me for most of my life! Almost forgot, nutrition plays a very large role in our mental health, see post below "Haiku Automation".
Tea for the Tillerman? That was Cat Stevens! That old lady needs to recognize the talent she's sitting beside!
That was kind of an insult. Kind of funny that she would mistake Ian for Cat.
You're right. I mean, I love Cat Stevens, but really? Cat Stevens/Yusuf Islam isn't fit to lick Ian's boots.
Well joyce brothers was always an idiot. The individual in this gathering with the highest I.Q. is Ian Anderson
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She just didn't know.
what a great interview! All of them, such powerhouses!
I love that Bishop
Quite the funny guy, along with being smart thinking. Reminds me of a minister I was fond of growing up. There was always a religious lesson, yet there was no preaching, more a common sense approach. He'd often did book reviews of best sellers for a sermon. Religion as it applies in modern writing, quite a progressive approach.
John Spong was a pleasant surprise!
I must agree with you, seems a very level headed person with a good grasp on reality. Quite at peace with himself and the world.
I used to love this show, back in the day. I saw this very episode.Ian A! I loved Brenner. Childhood fave. RIP.
one might notice that the perhaps wisest of then , had the least to say … wise man Ian .
I can't help but think this must have been somewhat painful for Mr. Ian Anderson. It starts off with calling him "Tull".
Listen to Ian...
David Brenner really hits the nail on the head starting at 19:00.
I would like to add a comment concerning the Bishop John Spong, he recently suffered a stroke, we should all keep him our thoughts, and wish him all the best in his recovery.
“He’s not the kind you have to wind up on Sundays.”
-IA
Total b.s. i bet Ian Anderson couldn't wait to get out of there.
He obviously regretted his decision to appear.
Ian Anderson--- "for all we know"
One of Mahr's bits goes; did you ever notice that on south sea islands it was always the virgins that they sacrificed into volcanoes?
They spend 20 minutes talking about the deity, but no one mentions that Ian Anderson wrote a terrific song called "My God?"
Huh! They most probably have no idea..such a boring show for me, and can't even imagine how boring it is for Ian. That comedian is simply unbearable...Waste of Ian's valuable time. I didn't even watch all of it.
He that is wisest speaks the least.
Paraphrased from Proverbs
Joyce "I brought my own mic" Brothers
Bill, you WERE smarter at the age of 20. Your contemporary self has more to protect!
Bill Mayher , Im glad I saw this , explains everything ! Complete Tosser ! (still)
i like this bisop :)
They're talking bollocks, I bet Ian was squirming
This would have been a lot better with more Ian Anderson and no Joyce Brothers whatsoever.
Madonna wrapped in plastic before sex? That reminds me of the safe sex scene in the Naked Gun movie.
Yes it is weirdo theses days especially cool clip..
Let's go living in the past.
Jesus walks into a motel and throws 3 nails on the counter...owner says ' can i help you?', jesus says 'i thought you might be able to put me up for the night'
Yes, and though it was a thorny issue, it is said the owner was quite cross.....
The old ones are the best.
Also weird how everyone on this show, and about all on shows back in the 90s or earlier were skinny. Now, we have FAT cows and bulls everywhere. Where is PI regarding a show on fat people and obesity.
I see the same, very frightening indeed, people walking around with blank stares, seems any intellect is gone. I believe this is being engineered as a form of control, remind me of cattle. Herd mentality! Be very careful of what you eat!!
One thing I know is keeo the faith because no one knows what's going to happen up on dieing in a bed last breath thoughts regardless.. just believe it
There is a lot of issues when Truth is twisted android Jesus spoke about it..man can't enter the kingdom of truth either without truth.. that's why he came and died for our sins jmho
Wonder why the 'lefty' handshake??? Injury?
Ian Anderson just isn't interested. He shouldn't have bothered.
He was probably thinking "what the hell am I doing here, this Maher guy is an idiot.
He's Scottish, thinking of the cash.
LOL. What's the old joke? The Irish pray and the Scottish prey.
If you came here for the rather clickbaity title: 7:31 and 16:21 .
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MK Ultra? Manchurian Candidate?
Not only that, i heard they say not to bother bother him with prayers on sundays,it's his day off,he has been known to get mad and give out some brain tumors.
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A religious man and a political man are much the same thing just with different uniforms.
It's a shame that the comic felt he had to 'do' his act. It did nothing for the moving forward of the conversation
When did David Brenner become so inappropriate in what he thought was funny???? MY GOD!
I feel great & I found God!
This guy is NOT Ian Anderson.!!! He looks completely different and has a totally different atmosphere / personality and voice.
He sure is.
Sure it's him.
Politically Incorrect? Bill Maher using that is an oxymoron.
Ian just doesn't seem to fit in with that room
Ian, how you spoke about "religion" and taking something from it, is, I suppose, what many if not most do BUT certainly not what God intended in Christianity. Catholicism will guilt you into submission but Jesus taught love and forgiveness. God gives us full grace because Jesus paid the price for all sin. Understand what Jesus teaches. It is powerful!!
How the hell do you know what God intends or gives? How do you know what God is or what is intended? You would be better off taking a few hits of LSD in the wilderness. You will say faith, faith is gossamer.
hoffer54 I know what God intends by reading God's Word. I know what God intends by comparing what I think he "tells" me with how Jesus lived. I know what God intends by comparing what I think he is Saying with what he has already said, done, or given in my Bible. Isn't that obvious? I guess if you are not a believer of Christ, it's not but feel free to continue the acid trip. Just, please, don't hurt yourself.
gorkha526 what a sad and uninformed comment. You have no light in you. . not yet anyway.
It seems the "word of god" you are describing is the quran. I am referring to the Holy Bible. Not the same god.
Like money, age just makes you more of what you are already.
I don't know in the age of Trump; we have a used car salesman who is an idiot but he's got wisdom to know many people will believe him.
Rather have a successfull businessman than a "community organizer", a glorified rabble rouser who used people's desperation to feather his own nest! By the way, IDIOTS do NOT amass a fortune!
Robert DiMeglio, shit i wouldve taken a half successful businessman, but instead we got trump, a multi-time failed businessman. He's only ever been successful with defrauding smaller businesses and tying them up in court to bankrupt them when they rightfully sue him.
Brenner was kind of too much here. Adding the cheese where it wan't necessary.
Anderson found himself marooned on an island of misfits and sensibly ducked most of the drivel. His views on organised religion, eloquently expressed on "Aqualung" - especially the track "My God", say more in 6 minutes or so than the other guests and host would do in a whole series of programmes. Embarrassing.
They were out of their league with Ian Anderson. He simply has more awareness and intelligence than the many; and he's a great conversationalist when he has a proper chance.
Brenner was gr8
Sorry ian im a huge tull fan but therapy is useful and often necessary as Joyce said until that person is able to be be adult and able
There are plenty of weak minded people who seem to need religion and therapy.
@@AZOffRoadster Throughout history, religion has been a constant although not necessarily organized religion, Shamanic religion.
What an odd assortment of people?
Pretty awkward... Ian was out of place. Bill Maher should have fed him more chances to talk. But whatever...
He wasn't about to compete for time, either. He just let them dominate. Couldn't stand the comedian. Glad I've never known of him before.
why would Ian anderson lower himself to the level of sewar ?????
I think Ian, an Englishman, was aghast with the American way of talking silly.
Anderson is Scottish!!
16:25 Yes Ian. If mankind could solves it's own problems wouldn't they have done so by now? Man can't look within themselves to solve shit!
brenner just cannot shut up..
Unfortunately just one instance when Ian spoke...after that I quickly checked if he speaks again, seeing that he doesn't, I watched no more...The rest is just chit-chat..Complete waste of time.
Wtf
He didn't even know who Jethro Tull was..................a flatist 🤷
What a pointless show.
Bill has only gotten worse.
The pastor. Terrible wig
Ian Anderson looks like he is just suffering it out for some wonga.........seriously the Americans on the show are typical, they never let him get a word in in their self absorbed nervousness and mentally ill chatter.
i guarantee ...on the deathbed -maher will cry out to a god he does not believe in - whether there is a god or not - that much will be true . Mans innate curiosity to wonder -"is this it " ??????
No. Atheists don't think like that--we might wish this wasn't happening just yet, but no calling for god--wouldn't begin to enter my mind at all. Example: Hitchens had a prolonged public death and kept to his principles to the end. No such thing as a foxhole conversion.
in the last throes ,,,,you will wonder , Its mans innate need ...in times of trouble to exclaim "my god" ....the reason being that the soul has deep seated awareness of its tenuous link to "god " ...and innately knows where "home " really is . ....but i respect whatever you are. I just don't agree .
The difference is that you are telling me what I (and others who might think like me) am. I am telling you that I am not what you presume.
I would not be presumptuous enough to tell you what I think you are. But I could easily (and as presumptuously), say that you might, in the last throes of life, say "god, why me?"
fair points ...i get sick of people telling me what to - and what not to think ...fair play to you ....god bless ...lol ..(joke )
Why are comedians always desperately trying to be funny?