Ian Anderson (the lead singer and flautist) was totally anti-drugs and strictly insisted that band members also remained drug-free. He was a strict task master and notoriously a perfectionist despite the on-stage persona of being a wild man who was free-wheeling. I first saw Tull in 1972 and was hooked by the amazing stage show and level of musicianship, and have seen them well over 40 times up until 2005. Live - they always gave a magical and thoroughly entertaining performance, both amusing and technically on-point. However, the studio albums are clearer and easier to listen to, allowing you to understand Andersons wonderful lyrics and story-telling. There are hundreds of wonderful Tull songs to choose from, but I suggest you listen to a studio version before watching the live version of a song. Whatever you choose next - enjoy.
Saw Jethro Tull in concert in 1975 at the LA Colosseum. They were AMAZING! I yelled & screamed so much I loss my voice for WEEKS!!! AMAZING! Best concert EVER!!! 🙏
As someone mentioned below, Ian and his band were never on drugs. Other bands called them Jethro Dull because of it. You wonder why they were so well coordinated while he careened around the stage. They didn't cloud themselves with substances. Ian Anderson was born a charismatic genius and couldn't hide it.
@@rochellezimmerbishop4681 Not likely that any Tull member showed up drunk twice.....instant dismissal. After an early performance the band would stay together but Ian would sit by himself or with Chris Ellis and go over the whole performance looking for mistakes, or ways to improve.
@@Rassskle No, not on stage, of course. One of the many things I admired about Ian Anderson and his leadership of the band was the absence of drugs. It was after the show backstage, when everyone was cooling down. I was backstage talking with Ian after two JT shows over the years, and he and his entourage were amazing gentlemen. Jethro Tull is just a cut above!
@@rochellezimmerbishop4681 Not just Tull and Ian, either. From inside interviews i have read, Mick Jagger has always been the well educated gentleman he was born to be. Seems that many rock superstars are better actors than musicians. lol
Saw this band a half a dozen times. I remember when I was at the Thick as a Brick consert, they did the whole album and everyone figured concert was over after they had finished. Then Ian walked up to the mic and said, "And now for our second song" and the crowd went nuts
Ian was the poet of my teenage development to a better outlook on life - Many people only react to the wild side of Tull music but there are so many sweet insightful and gentle songs for you to discover yet - Reasons for Waiting- Wonderin Aloud Again - Skating Away on rage Thin Ice of a New Day are just a few of these - I hope you discover thieve gems in the future
I'm 71 now but the music and the bands of the early seventies remain, to my ears, absolutely the best. So much fantastic music. How lucky I was to be introduced to them in my late teens and early twenties. Ian Anderson though was a special performer.
To the best of my knowledge there were just a handful of artists that wasn't into drugs and Ian Anderson was one of them along with Zappa and Ted Nugent. I'm sure there were others. I've seen Jethro Tull 5 times in the 70's and they were always amazing. More reactions on Tull please.
If you talk about Caffeine and Nicotine then I guess you are correct. Frank was against drugs for several reasons, one being that there was always a chance of someone in the band getting busted which than put a damper on their touring and being minus one or more players, would not be good. He certainly was an advocate for anti drugs and I've heard him talk in interviews about why he did not partake on or off stage. I remember him once saying "If you want to use drugs, go ahead. But you have to do it in such a way that your actions, when you are chemically impaired, don't hurt somebody else. You do not have the right to harm other people because you're wasted. So I don't advise people to use drugs. I tell them to stay away." - FZ
I saw Jethro Tull a few times. In fact the second concert I went to was Tull. In 1996 I saw Tull in Philadelphia, and Ian Anderson performed the while being in a wheelchair. One of the craziest things I've seen. The wheelchair slowed him down, but only slightly. He tore a knee ligament in Peru and continued the tour in a wheelchair.
Many of the bands in the 60s, 70s and 80s set standards in music and were "unique". Most of today's bands are interchangeable and disappear into obscurity after a few years. But the old classics will survive the next 100 years - that's quality! I understand and look forward to your great reactions to these old bands.😄🤩🤘 Gruß aus Deutschland
I could not agree with you more. I was born in England in 1954 and grew up with all the great music those times produced - seeing people rediscover bands like Tull makes me glad the music will survive.
There was nothing easy about that performance. That entire band went full force. I saw Jethro Tull twice in the early 70s, and they always had a lot of energy, and Ian Anderson, the lead singer and flute player, is incredibly talented. I loved your reaction and take it from an old man worrying does nothing but wreck your health and waste your precious time. The problems in this world always seem to pass, and all your anxiety changes nothing. Though it's easier said than done, just relax and enjoy the time on earth that you are given. ❤️
Ian did not do drugs. These guys studied and loved music in general! Ian is a pure entertainer and yes he was one of the all time best rock or blues drummers in the past 50 some odd years!
I go back with Tull to high school in 1968 or 69. In 1971 I was in the US Navy home ported in Pearl Harbor. Shared an apartment with a buddy a few blocks off of the beach in Honolulu. Tull played at a theater not far from our place. We went over but it was sold out so we kinda hung around and worked our way to the back of the theater. A back door was open so we stood and watched for a few minutes when a guy from inside gave us the shush with his finger and motioned us to come inside and watch from back stage. We couldn't believe it. We watched for about an hour but we didn't want to push our luck or overstay our welcome so we thanked the guy and left. I'll never forget that guy and what he did for us. Jethro Tull was about as tight a band I'd seen to that point. That whole band absolutely rocked and Ian Anderson could be the Pied Piper our Merlin. He was incredible flyin' around the stage within' that flute - HOLY MOLLY - I've always respected him for self teaching the flute and the unique style he and the band brought us. Jethro Tull stood on the gas like none before or since. They are one onto themselves and we are the richer for it. I still have a Tull play list I use when I exercise.
You have to see the song My God from this concert it is someting as all JT concerts look for: Jethro Tull - My God (Nothing Is Easy - Live At The Isle Of Wight 1970) .....Tho in the title it say Nothing is Easy it is just My God.
One of the best and most entertaining frontman was Ian Anderson from the late 1960’s till the early 1980’s when Ian developed permanent damage to his vocal folds due to continuous performances after getting severe laryngitis! Try the tunes Songs From The Wood and Hunting Girl! You will love so many songs from Jethro Tull!
Anderson was in a musical ecstasy that he regularly found in concert. The truth is that he was passionate performer in all areas of life. A very smart motivated man, Ian Anderson was more famous for not doing drugs or alcohol and made multi millions in the commercial fishery business after Tull. One of the few R&R Goats that made huge success beyond the music. I was lucky to see White Snake open for them and get emphatically blown off the stage by Anderson and his signature strobe light on the end of his flute and a pitch black stage for background. An amazing spectacle!
I wouldn't have guessed it, but Ian Anderson was very keen to join the Moody Blues after their flautist passed away. Unfortunately for Ian, they'd selected a young lady the day before, but it really is difficult to imagine such a difference in styles. Then again, maybe it would have brilliant!
The music is great without the visual. You will hear it differently. It's put together well with a beginning middle and end. It's actually relaxing if you set back and listen without the visual.
I went to school with Ian Anderson, great guy, brilliant band. Try “We Used to Know” (which some people reckon Hotel California is based on) & “Reasons for Waiting” from the same album. Classics all of them.
Jethro Tull was a must see in the 70's, Ian Anderson was a master showman, Cobo Hall Detroit 1974, a friend had extra ticket😂 Lucky me! Ian is a master on the flute🪈 check out "Locomotive Breath" and "Aqualung" Peace✌️ and Love❤️ Gary😊
Great stuff, you guys! I have a good fortune to see these guys five or six times as I was growing up. Watching Ian Anderson and his antics always left my jaw on the floor and my head shaking with disbelief at the magnificence of his performance.
I have seen him twice live in the very early 70's and always a great show.. This is my favorite song by him but I have about 30 of his songs on my playlist. By the way he is all energy; drugs were around some member of the band but Ian was not a drug driven talent.
I recommend a listen to RUclips Jethro Tull-Locomotive Breath (live-1977) with their peak lineup (throughout the 1970's). This was an encore and they play a couple of extensions that include Ian Anderson going over to John Evan's keyboards to play organ, and the bandmembers get into stage antics. It demonstrates humor, musicianship, playfulness, and skill of the band - and clearly well-rehearsed. I love the John Evan's "classical" piano intro and morphing into a bluesy sound, as on the studio version. Ian put out Jethro Tull albums in 2022 and 2023, one is due out this year, and he is still touring with a band he has had for almost 20 years. Jethro Tull/Ian Anderson is a deep catalog of 23 studio albums of varied sounds, plus a number of Ian Anderson solo albums.
I liked you gave the drummer some love. Tull always seemed to have great drummers back in the 70's. Everyone was always great players, but the drummers seemed under the radar.
JETHRO TULL WAS/IS AN AMAZING BAND. I HAD A LOT OF THEIR HITS. THEY HAD HUNDREDS OF SONGS. THE SINGER/FLUTIST (IAN ANDERSON) WAS A GENIUS. WHEN THEY WENT TO AUSTRALIA TO PLAY HE LOST HIS VOICE
Hola. Siempre sigo sus reacciones, me encanta la sensibilidad músical que ustedes tienen. Hacen una gran pareja y los aprecio por ello. JT fue mi banda favorita en aquellos tiempos en qué salieron tantas bandas con tanto talent ( LZ, Black Sabbat, TheWho, PF,) Ian Andersen un virtuoso de la flauta traversa. Hoy creo que siguen activos, pero ya no es como antes
Ian Anderson did not use drugs. He is a true entertainer. All of this easy when you are sober, young and love to play music. You are starting out and have to stand out. Especially at a festival. You have to be memorable.
I'm an old guy that grew up in america in the 70's where life was "experimental" and "mind expanding". The first time (and one of the few times) I ever took LSD was watching Kansas open for Jethro Tull. Hella thing.
Saw them about 7 times. The very first time was in 1969 on their first US tour. It was in Late October/ early November. Several odd things about that concert. They were playing in southern California in several venues around the state and were scheduled to do 2 dates in Chicago in early November with Grand Funk Railroad but both shows were cancelled. Suddenly there was a show scheduled in the Long Beach Civic Auditorium also in the Los Angeles area. Their warm up band was a new local group with a well known English frontman. That band, in one of their earliest big concerts, was Eric Burdon and War. The members of War were local Long Beach musicians who went on to a number of hits. This concert still does not show in the Tull concert manifest but I can vouch that it occurred as about 30 of my high school friends and I all attended. Also caught their next tour in 1970 at the LA Forum with It's A Beautiful Day as their warm up band. I did however miss a couple of shows they did in LA in 69 where they were the warm up band for Led Zeppelin. That would have been a real show as well.
When I saw Jethro Tull, the show was very tightly rehearsed right down to the words Ian Anderson said between songs. This was 1972 during the Thick as a Brick Tour. This to some extent reflected that the band was Anderson. Band members came and went and after the first album he was the song writer and arranger. The performances had to be carefully rehearsed because it was all about what Anderson wanted. The man was a musical genius. Tull was a prog rock band and that meant discipline and sticking to the arrangement. The songs demanded discipline or they would fall apart. It is the opposite to Led Zeppelin where the rock/folk/blues could be played with a lot of improvisation from all members. It is very difficult to make a LZ song not sound like the song. Check out all the covers of Stairway or Whole Lotta Love or Kashmir to see what I mean. Like this: ruclips.net/video/Fu5Cgb6Yy4Y/видео.html
Ian Anderson did not use drugs. The band did not party or indulge on tour. From looking at various live videos (and seeing them live at least 10 times) their moves are rehearsed in detail. Same moves at Madison Square Garden as at other concerts. They toured with Led Zeppelin, and in fact I think Led Zep opened for them a couple of times, and Jimmy Page critiqued them for their completely rehearsed madness as "not rock n roll!" Although live Led Zep videos look well-rehearsed too.
Ian Anderson is anti drugs and being drunk......he is a very straight man, talks and interviews like a BBC news reader......but acts like a madman when performing. Tull were famous for firing band members for drug use or being drunk. lol
Hopefully, this is not the best live version of Nothing is Easy available. Tull were the best live band in the world from late 1971 to maybe early 1980's.......until Ian had throat problems and never really got his voice back. This video appears to be about 1969, when they were getting better, but not quite there. The show is often the same, but so much better when the musicianship is first class and the band is tight. Strongly suggest live versions of My God, Hym 43 and Locomotive Breathe from the 1970's......although i do prefer the original recording of Locomotive Breath, as on the Aqualung album.
Jethro Tull was never about drugs. Sad to equate talent, enthusiasm and passion fo entertainment with drugs. I’m disappointed. The finale song here was amazing. I’ve seen them live many times over three decades and they never failed to be jaw dropping.
Ian Anderson (the lead singer and flautist) was totally anti-drugs and strictly insisted that band members also remained drug-free. He was a strict task master and notoriously a perfectionist despite the on-stage persona of being a wild man who was free-wheeling. I first saw Tull in 1972 and was hooked by the amazing stage show and level of musicianship, and have seen them well over 40 times up until 2005. Live - they always gave a magical and thoroughly entertaining performance, both amusing and technically on-point. However, the studio albums are clearer and easier to listen to, allowing you to understand Andersons wonderful lyrics and story-telling. There are hundreds of wonderful Tull songs to choose from, but I suggest you listen to a studio version before watching the live version of a song. Whatever you choose next - enjoy.
Saw Jethro Tull in concert in 1975 at the LA Colosseum. They were AMAZING! I yelled & screamed so much I loss my voice for WEEKS!!! AMAZING! Best concert EVER!!! 🙏
I was 13 and saw them for the first time on February 10, 1975 at the L.A. Forum! Great show! Can't be beat!
Loved the band since the early 70"s
This is the good American well, British Music but they were like our own. Everyone in America loved Tull.
As someone mentioned below, Ian and his band were never on drugs. Other bands called them Jethro Dull because of it. You wonder why they were so well coordinated while he careened around the stage. They didn't cloud themselves with substances. Ian Anderson was born a charismatic genius and couldn't hide it.
Yes, but the alcohol flowed freely...
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Not likely that any Tull member showed up drunk twice.....instant dismissal.
After an early performance the band would stay together but Ian would sit by himself or with Chris Ellis and go over the whole performance looking for mistakes, or ways to improve.
@@Rassskle No, not on stage, of course. One of the many things I admired about Ian Anderson and his leadership of the band was the absence of drugs. It was after the show backstage, when everyone was cooling down. I was backstage talking with Ian after two JT shows over the years, and he and his entourage were amazing gentlemen. Jethro Tull is just a cut above!
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Not just Tull and Ian, either.
From inside interviews i have read, Mick Jagger has always been the well educated gentleman he was born to be.
Seems that many rock superstars are better actors than musicians. lol
Saw this band a half a dozen times. I remember when I was at the Thick as a Brick consert, they did the whole album and everyone figured concert was over after they had finished. Then Ian walked up to the mic and said, "And now for our second song" and the crowd went nuts
Ian was the poet of my teenage development to a better outlook on life - Many people only react to the wild side of Tull music but there are so many sweet insightful and gentle songs for you to discover yet - Reasons for Waiting- Wonderin Aloud Again - Skating Away on rage Thin Ice of a New Day are just a few of these - I hope you discover thieve gems in the future
Everything you said! Everything.
More Jethro Tull! Studio albums are the best to start with.
Great reaction as always. Jethro Tull was my favorite since 1969 and still is at my ripe old age of 73
It doesn't get any better. Thanks for your reactions and good taste.
This version of the band is super talented.
I was there that night - Isle of Wight pop festival, 1970...Good times.....
I'm 71 now but the music and the bands of the early seventies remain, to my ears, absolutely the best. So much fantastic music.
How lucky I was to be introduced to them in my late teens and early twenties.
Ian Anderson though was a special performer.
To the best of my knowledge there were just a handful of artists that wasn't into drugs and Ian Anderson was one of them along with Zappa and Ted Nugent. I'm sure there were others. I've seen Jethro Tull 5 times in the 70's and they were always amazing. More reactions on Tull please.
Methinks that you are not correct about Frank Zappa… If I’m not mistaken, he used drugs. Sadly, he died from cancer.
If you talk about Caffeine and Nicotine then I guess you are correct. Frank was against drugs for several reasons, one being that there was always a chance of someone in the band getting busted which than put a damper on their touring and being minus one or more players, would not be good. He certainly was an advocate for anti drugs and I've heard him talk in interviews about why he did not partake on or off stage. I remember him once saying "If you want to use drugs, go ahead. But you have to do it in such a way that your actions, when you are chemically impaired, don't hurt somebody else. You do not have the right to harm other people because you're wasted. So I don't advise people to use drugs. I tell them to stay away." - FZ
I saw Jethro Tull do this song concert in 1969. I didn’t know who they were at the time but they blew my mind.
I saw Jethro Tull a few times. In fact the second concert I went to was Tull. In 1996 I saw Tull in Philadelphia, and Ian Anderson performed the while being in a wheelchair. One of the craziest things I've seen. The wheelchair slowed him down, but only slightly. He tore a knee ligament in Peru and continued the tour in a wheelchair.
I've seen him live three times in the past. His concerts were top notch and exciting. Best live show ever. He puts it all in every show.
Ian Anderson's vices were coffee and cigarettes, never drugs or alcohol. You could add being a perfectionist.
He was on a caffeine high!
One of Tull's greatest songs for sure, underrated also.
Many of the bands in the 60s, 70s and 80s set standards in music and were "unique". Most of today's bands are interchangeable and disappear into obscurity after a few years. But the old classics will survive the next 100 years - that's quality!
I understand and look forward to your great reactions to these old bands.😄🤩🤘 Gruß aus Deutschland
I could not agree with you more. I was born in England in 1954 and grew up with all the great music those times produced - seeing people rediscover bands like Tull makes me glad the music will survive.
Not so much the 80’s
Such a cool band.
There was nothing easy about that performance. That entire band went full force. I saw Jethro Tull twice in the early 70s, and they always had a lot of energy, and Ian Anderson, the lead singer and flute player, is incredibly talented. I loved your reaction and take it from an old man worrying does nothing but wreck your health and waste your precious time. The problems in this world always seem to pass, and all your anxiety changes nothing. Though it's easier said than done, just relax and enjoy the time on earth that you are given. ❤️
As I heard someone once say: "Worry is such a waste of creative energy".
Clive bunker on the drums...
Ian did not do drugs. These guys studied and loved music in general! Ian is a pure entertainer and yes he was one of the all time best rock or blues drummers in the past 50 some odd years!
Ive seen them live 3 times. Always magic!
'youre fingers may freeze worse things happen at sea, there's good times to be had. So, if youre alone and youre down to the bone just give us a play"
I go back with Tull to high school in 1968 or 69. In 1971 I was in the US Navy home ported in Pearl Harbor. Shared an apartment with a buddy a few blocks off of the beach in Honolulu. Tull played at a theater not far from our place. We went over but it was sold out so we kinda hung around and worked our way to the back of the theater. A back door was open so we stood and watched for a few minutes when a guy from inside gave us the shush with his finger and motioned us to come inside and watch from back stage. We couldn't believe it. We watched for about an hour but we didn't want to push our luck or overstay our welcome so we thanked the guy and left. I'll never forget that guy and what he did for us. Jethro Tull was about as tight a band I'd seen to that point. That whole band absolutely rocked and Ian Anderson could be the Pied Piper our Merlin. He was incredible flyin' around the stage within' that flute - HOLY MOLLY - I've always respected him for self teaching the flute and the unique style he and the band brought us. Jethro Tull stood on the gas like none before or since. They are one onto themselves and we are the richer for it. I still have a Tull play list I use when I exercise.
You have to see the song My God from this concert it is someting as all JT concerts look for: Jethro Tull - My God (Nothing Is Easy - Live At The Isle Of Wight 1970) .....Tho in the title it say Nothing is Easy it is just My God.
One of the best and most entertaining frontman was Ian Anderson from the late 1960’s till the early 1980’s when Ian developed permanent damage to his vocal folds due to continuous performances after getting severe laryngitis! Try the tunes Songs From The Wood and Hunting Girl! You will love so many songs from Jethro Tull!
The great Clive Bunker on drums!🥁🤟🏻
Love Jethro Tull SO much. 😊 Thanks for sharing another one from them!
Ian Anderson..... genius entertainer.
You have to realise, if you saw this band live or bought the albums this music was so exciting, magical a great place to be.
They have a great collection of songs!
Anderson was in a musical ecstasy that he regularly found in concert. The truth is that he was passionate performer in all areas of life. A very smart motivated man, Ian Anderson was more famous for not doing drugs or alcohol and made multi millions in the commercial fishery business after Tull. One of the few R&R Goats that made huge success beyond the music. I was lucky to see White Snake open for them and get emphatically blown off the stage by Anderson and his signature strobe light on the end of his flute and a pitch black stage for background. An amazing spectacle!
André, you are very cool 😎. Very envoy your expression of felling about JT. In concert, their was unique Andre, salut Daniel 👌👍
You should try Reasons for Waiting. A romantic song by Ian for a change.
I wouldn't have guessed it, but Ian Anderson was very keen to join the Moody Blues after their flautist passed away. Unfortunately for Ian, they'd selected a young lady the day before, but it really is difficult to imagine such a difference in styles. Then again, maybe it would have brilliant!
Hell yeah, this era Tull is top notch. Great band chemistry.
Tull magnífico
Great band! Saw them live twice in the 70s and 80s. Brilliant! ❤
I guarantee you. These guys did some hard working rehearsing.
I saw them many times including their very first performance in the United States. The shows were electrifying. Loved your enthusiastic reaction.
A really great english band!!!! So iconic. The first one band to play with flute.
They took flute further than others, but others were using it before Ian picked one up., for instance the Moody Blues.
@@thomasmacdiarmid8251 I meant as a main, constant, "first row" instrument. They were the first.
The music is great without the visual. You will hear it differently. It's put together well with a beginning middle and end. It's actually relaxing if you set back and listen without the visual.
He was clean! His passion was ranch, and farm! He was young!
Was that Clive on drums? Someone was beating those drums like they owed him money.
I went to school with Ian Anderson, great guy, brilliant band. Try “We Used to Know” (which some people reckon Hotel California is based on) & “Reasons for Waiting” from the same album. Classics all of them.
Jethro Tull was a must see in the 70's, Ian Anderson was a master showman, Cobo Hall Detroit 1974, a friend had extra ticket😂 Lucky me! Ian is a master on the flute🪈 check out "Locomotive Breath" and "Aqualung" Peace✌️ and Love❤️ Gary😊
You're wife spell soo nice.
Great stuff, you guys!
I have a good fortune to see these guys five or six times as I was growing up. Watching Ian Anderson and his antics always left my jaw on the floor and my head shaking with disbelief at the magnificence of his performance.
Ian God bless you , my rock & roll idol .
Ian is a great showman and Martin Barre was one of the first heavy metal (sound) guitarists. I am a huge Tull fan. Great reaction A&D! ☮🧡🎶
Fell in live with his music when he came on the scene! I wore out his albums! 😎🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
This was a big band for me when I was young. First they looked like pirates ;) and they gave everything in performance.
I have seen him twice live in the very early 70's and always a great show.. This is my favorite song by him but I have about 30 of his songs on my playlist. By the way he is all energy; drugs were around some member of the band but Ian was not a drug driven talent.
I recommend a listen to RUclips Jethro Tull-Locomotive Breath (live-1977) with their peak lineup (throughout the 1970's). This was an encore and they play a couple of extensions that include Ian Anderson going over to John Evan's keyboards to play organ, and the bandmembers get into stage antics. It demonstrates humor, musicianship, playfulness, and skill of the band - and clearly well-rehearsed. I love the John Evan's "classical" piano intro and morphing into a bluesy sound, as on the studio version. Ian put out Jethro Tull albums in 2022 and 2023, one is due out this year, and he is still touring with a band he has had for almost 20 years. Jethro Tull/Ian Anderson is a deep catalog of 23 studio albums of varied sounds, plus a number of Ian Anderson solo albums.
I liked you gave the drummer some love. Tull always seemed to have great drummers back in the 70's. Everyone was always great players, but the drummers seemed under the radar.
If you like Anderson's flute playing. Try My God from same concert. Keep up the good shows
JETHRO TULL WAS/IS AN AMAZING BAND. I HAD A LOT OF THEIR HITS. THEY HAD HUNDREDS OF SONGS. THE SINGER/FLUTIST (IAN ANDERSON) WAS A GENIUS. WHEN THEY WENT TO AUSTRALIA TO PLAY HE LOST HIS VOICE
Hola.
Siempre sigo sus reacciones, me encanta la sensibilidad músical que ustedes tienen.
Hacen una gran pareja y los aprecio por ello.
JT fue mi banda favorita en aquellos tiempos en qué salieron tantas bandas con tanto talent ( LZ, Black Sabbat, TheWho, PF,)
Ian Andersen un virtuoso de la flauta traversa.
Hoy creo que siguen activos, pero ya no es como antes
Ian Anderson did not use drugs. He is a true entertainer. All of this easy when you are sober, young and love to play music. You are starting out and have to stand out. Especially at a festival. You have to be memorable.
Beautiful song, love these guys
I'm an old guy that grew up in america in the 70's where life was "experimental" and "mind expanding".
The first time (and one of the few times) I ever took LSD was watching Kansas open for Jethro Tull. Hella thing.
i was there
Try Minstrel in the Gallery next from Bursting Out !
Saw them about 7 times. The very first time was in 1969 on their first US tour. It was in Late October/ early November. Several odd things about that concert. They were playing in southern California in several venues around the state and were scheduled to do 2 dates in Chicago in early November with Grand Funk Railroad but both shows were cancelled. Suddenly there was a show scheduled in the Long Beach Civic Auditorium also in the Los Angeles area. Their warm up band was a new local group with a well known English frontman. That band, in one of their earliest big concerts, was Eric Burdon and War. The members of War were local Long Beach musicians who went on to a number of hits. This concert still does not show in the Tull concert manifest but I can vouch that it occurred as about 30 of my high school friends and I all attended. Also caught their next tour in 1970 at the LA Forum with It's A Beautiful Day as their warm up band. I did however miss a couple of shows they did in LA in 69 where they were the warm up band for Led Zeppelin. That would have been a real show as well.
lol you guys are funny talking about stress. When stressed go to Jackson Browne.
Great reaction as always guys. 👏🏼👏🏼 Maybe My God next🙏🏻
You have to be in shape and NOT on drugs to have that much energy and keep it all under control.
Yesterday was Ian 82th birthday!!!!! ❤
He's 76
No it wasn't.
He was born August 10. 1947.
A 1968 song from the first album!!!!!!!!!!!
When I saw Jethro Tull, the show was very tightly rehearsed right down to the words Ian Anderson said between songs. This was 1972 during the Thick as a Brick Tour. This to some extent reflected that the band was Anderson. Band members came and went and after the first album he was the song writer and arranger. The performances had to be carefully rehearsed because it was all about what Anderson wanted. The man was a musical genius. Tull was a prog rock band and that meant discipline and sticking to the arrangement. The songs demanded discipline or they would fall apart.
It is the opposite to Led Zeppelin where the rock/folk/blues could be played with a lot of improvisation from all members. It is very difficult to make a LZ song not sound like the song. Check out all the covers of Stairway or Whole Lotta Love or Kashmir to see what I mean. Like this: ruclips.net/video/Fu5Cgb6Yy4Y/видео.html
❤❤🎉🎉😊😊
Anderson likes to play with words. I've always took the meaning of the title 2 ways, the second being that if you do nothing, it's easy.
Might I suggest Baker Street muse off of their minstrel in the gallery album. I think it might be more to your liking
Ian Anderson did not use drugs. The band did not party or indulge on tour. From looking at various live videos (and seeing them live at least 10 times) their moves are rehearsed in detail. Same moves at Madison Square Garden as at other concerts. They toured with Led Zeppelin, and in fact I think Led Zep opened for them a couple of times, and Jimmy Page critiqued them for their completely rehearsed madness as "not rock n roll!" Although live Led Zep videos look well-rehearsed too.
To have nothing is easy.
No drugs in this band= forbidden
Do the studio version.
Ian Anderson and the rest of Jethro Tull was totally against any drugs
React to Aqualung and also cross-eyed Mary
Ian Anderson is anti drugs and being drunk......he is a very straight man, talks and interviews like a BBC news reader......but acts like a madman when performing.
Tull were famous for firing band members for drug use or being drunk. lol
Nice pik! ☘️🇺🇲
Hopefully, this is not the best live version of Nothing is Easy available.
Tull were the best live band in the world from late 1971 to maybe early 1980's.......until Ian had throat problems and never really got his voice back.
This video appears to be about 1969, when they were getting better, but not quite there.
The show is often the same, but so much better when the musicianship is first class and the band is tight.
Strongly suggest live versions of My God, Hym 43 and Locomotive Breathe from the 1970's......although i do prefer the original recording of Locomotive Breath, as on the Aqualung album.
Ian Anderson would drink beer but was not into drug use music was his the way he got high😊
He has farmland in Scotland and a fish farm.
Not for about 20 years he hasn't. Now lives in a beautiful English manor house in Wiltshire.
Jethro Tull was never about drugs. Sad to equate talent, enthusiasm and passion fo entertainment with drugs. I’m disappointed.
The finale song here was amazing. I’ve seen them live many times over three decades and they never failed to be jaw dropping.
Ian Anderson NEVER did drugs. His drug of choice was Lowenbrau in those days!
They never used drugs except for tobacco.
no drugs for Ian. unusual for the time, though the crowd was probably mostly high
this was the early days...... before they could afford clothes
Now you've seen a madman wearing a codpiece and a ripped bathrobe perform a rock flute solo.
Whats next?
I don't he did drugs. You have to remember a lot. If they're sounding good, they're probably not on drugs.
By the way, Ian Anderson has always been very much against drugs.
Seems like the band ignored the "take it slowly" instruction at the start & set off like a thrash metal band.
Tull was a drug-free band, as well as Frank Zappa.
Give it to God my friend! Like Robert Plant said…what is, and what shall never
be! He stoled that from Jesus our Lord! 🙏✝️❤️
Okay, life tuff ?
Life English way
This is Tull's swingingest song IMHO. Noteworthy, It's from their 2nd album and this type of song has long since been traded in their evolution.