Thing that always blows my mind with him that he can play guitar, flute, sing, interact with the audience and dance manicly around the stage and never run out of air!
Live he is very eccentric, but in real life he is very humble and modest. I met Ian Anderson a few years ago, one of the nicest people you could wish to meet.
Glad you’re getting into Tull. It was the mysterious “ My God “ that really made me take notice of that band, as did everything from that awesome album. Even today it still sends chills up my spine. And yes, Ian is an absolute wizard on that flute. Saw them in concert back in 1983.
Ian Anderson not only is an exemplary musician, but his stage craft/theatrics are unlike anything ever seen before. He's certainly one of my favorite performers.
Ian started out as guitarist but around 1967-68 guitarists like Clapton, Page, Hendrix, and Beck emerged and felt he could never be as good as them so he took up playing the flute and after several weeks found he could play fairly well. He had only been playing a few months when Jethro Tull recorded thier album This Was.
Ian was amazing. I was so lucky to see him live 3 times. He also changed flute with his "extended techniques" LOL. Definatly not classical techniques. There are flute channels on youtube that have reacted as well to this performance and often where shocked and amazed. What a performer!
I saw them in 78, and for the longest time, it was the best concert I've ever seen, and I've seen a lot of concerts. Still to this day, it's on my to 5 -- truly amazing!!
I first saw Jethro Tull in 1970, the same year this video was recorded. Their 2nd song was My God! which wasn't released until the next year on Aqualung. You can imagine our reaction to the most amazin' performance we'd ever seen! Managed to see most Jethro Tull tours for decades but this one remains my favorite. So glad to see you reaction to 'n appreciation o' My God! live in 1970.
Ian Anderson once said the folks in the back row paid to see a show and he's gonna make sure they see it too. I loved how you got a little stunned in the middle there.
Check Jethro Tull's "Thick as a Brick" live, Madison Square Garden N.Y., 1978. Ian Anderson is a great musician. It's one of the best live performances of all time. The sound is great!
If that does not do it for you then you are in the wrong rabbit hole. I'm glad you appreciate the art and understand music should never ever be defined by a standard.
My mom named me after Ian and I grew up on these albums in the late 70s and 80s. The album version is more "defined" (I guess you could say) and I love it more, but I always appreciate the freedom of artistic expression, especially when live, so this version is still awesome. Appreciate the react.
My first show was in 76-77 in New Haven. Many more throughout the decades, the last one was 2018, the 50th anniversary of Tull. Several solo Ian shows too. My favorite was the TAAB 1+2 show.
Thanks for noticing. Ian Anderson is incomparable. Put on you hip waders, your mask and snorkel and dive in. You will hear some of the most extraordinary music you've ever laid ears on.
Well, sir, I subscribed immediately after your first pause and comments. I thought to myself, this guy gets it. You really can't explain why you enjoy Tull, you just do. I was ten years old when my brothers turned me on to Tull, that was in 1973 two years after the release of Aqualung, I've loved them ever since.
I saw them well over 20 times, from a collage gymnasium "Spring Concert" introducing the Aqualung LP to his "solo" tour for The Secret Language of Birds LP. Every show was amazing both for the music and the theatrics. If you want to see a great performance/musical piece you should look up the film Home Of The Brave by Laurie Anderson. It will knock your socks off. Watch/listen to it LOUD through a good set of speakers to get the full effect. Ear buds will not do it justice.
You have to listen to the whole catalog from This Was to Roots to Branches (1968-1996) to see the various styles of the Tull material and then look at the video performances from 1970 -1989 and beyond and you will discover your that you’ll be happy my way
Ian Anderson was nicknamed the "madman flautist" for a reason. This live performance is from early in the band's career. Ian would calm down somewhat as time went by.
I like what you are doing! Thanks. May I make a suggestion? lose the transparent video and use more of the screen so we can see the amazing performance. This raggedy version is great and you might want to contrast it with the more polished studio version.
I've watched virtually all the reactions to this song on YT and yours John was my fav. As a visual artist, I particularly enjoyed your approach. And you'll love the many variations Tull can provide. From blues rock on their first album in 69 to almost Celtic prog in the late 70s. The studio version (from the album Aqualung) is certainly musically more perfect ...but there's a lot less panting! Lol. Love it John. more more
Love your reactions, but I think listening to the studio version first allows you to appreciate the live performance better because when I saw them every year from 1975-1980 their performance every song sounded like the studio version. Of course some of the instrumentals were improvised but it was always extremely enjoyable
Early Genesis ,Emmerson Lake& Palmer , Jethro Tull , early Yes and others took music in different direction an expansion as Jimi Hendrix did with the guitar, I used to relax , indulge and journey with the sounds of 'On the Threshold of a Dream ' by the Moody Blues
The funny thing is he took up the flute when he decided he was never going to be Eric Clapton. 2 weeks after picking it up he was on stage with it! Totally self taught
good live band, but this is a concept album best heard from beginning to end. that aside. cool reaction. i was listening to this on vinyl in Germany while in the army. lots of stuff out there for all of us to find and share. my son is 38 and we have always listened to stuff each other liked.
In the 1970's surviving and helping others survive was a way of life. Artists knew this so minstrels preformed knowing that nothing could offend or hurt other than non-performance.
FYI they dropped a new album this year. Over fifty years of music. Saw them in 2006 at the Bethlehem music festival. Hopefully he tours again. Best part about Ian Anderson is he does the music out of passion. He actually owns, or owned, a fish cannery Iin northern England. All of this is for fun
Yeah, hear the Studio Version! In early live shows, are very energetic but limited by the technical standards of theyr time. But hearing the "engineerd" recordings of aqualung is arousing. For me as "Tullist" could be a tip (if theres some time left), hearing the three glascock (bass) and barlowe (drums) albums, songs from the wood, heavy horses and stormwatch, are the most pleasuring works of tull in sound and...how to name? 😳🤔... Smell Taste colour? You can (obviously they sung about some serious stuff) hear a little humor in the wole work. Sorry for the grammar. But using translators, would be "unter meiner Würde. Weitermachen!"
YEAH JOHN, IAN WAS JUST AN AMAZINGGGG AMAZING ENTERTAINER AMONG OTHER THINGS!😊😊😊SO HE'S THE ONE THAT PLAYS THE ACOUSTIC JOHN, ALSO BAND LEADER , VOCALIST, TAMBOURINE, AND OF COURSE THAT INSANELY BEAUTIFULLLLL SOUNDING FLUTE! 😊 SO THIS SONG IS OFF OF HIS 71 EPIC ALBUM ( AQUALUNG ) JUST SO YOU KNOW JOHN
I prefer the studio version but seeing him live is priceless - a few fun facts I learned recently at 55 - Toni Iommi guitarist for Black Sabbath was invited to join Jethro Tull as their guitarist. Ian Anderson is self taught on flute !
in a interview jethro said he realised he would never play guitar as good as eric clapton so he baught a flute and a week later he was playing the flute in concert
Ian Anderson is a musical and lyrical genius. He would be on par with the likes of Beethoven if they were peers. I saw them live in 74. You miss the point - his "antics" are to express his outrage of, and provide a satire or mockery of modern religion of all kinds. He is not doing all this wild and crazy stuff just to be crazy or different, he is using these as tools of expressing the deep undertone of the meaning of the song lyrics. Listen to "Wind Up" for a better understanding of what he is getting at in this song. He approaches all his topics like this, but not always wild and crazy - his depth of expression is virtually unmatched as is his all around musical and lyrical and performing genius. You should listen to the studio version of Thick as a Brick - one 45 minute piece, like a modern day rock/folk symphony. Critics said Aqualung album was a concept album and it wasn't and it pissed him off, so he wrote Thick as a Brick to be the mother of all concept albums and he both made a mockery of concept albums and outshone them all with it's brilliance. (and he wrote it, and band got it to a performance level in 10 days, then into recording studio and recorded in 2-3 days, so 2 weeks from inception to finished album - the man and his band are pure genius) And then 1 hit album a year for a decade! That said, here are some examples of the man's genius: th-cam.com/video/d76pxiPlxHs/w-d-xo.html (Jethro Tull "Locomotive Breath" (HD - Official) Live at AVO Sessions) Here he's in his 60's and his voice is shot, but he can still play a mean flute and prance about onstage. And here watch his depth of emotion back then and now, 45+ years later: th-cam.com/video/G0vIEOw5flo/w-d-xo.html (Jethro Tull - Wond'ring Aloud Live At Capital Centre, Landover 1977) th-cam.com/video/C82ryR6TWD4/w-d-xo.html (Jethro Tull - Wondring Aloud with String Quartet) (song starts at 1:43)
I'm wondering about that performance being over dubbed in part because the initial vocals are almost exaclty those from Aqualung. This song from Aqualung is probably my all time favorite (hard for me to talk about favorites as there are so many).
You got to really know the rules to properly break them. That describes Ian Anderson. Saw him at a small Oprah house in Spokane 12;years ago. His voice has weakened but his musicianship is much better than back in the 70s.
Yes you definitely need to o listen to the studio version. This one is great but the studio is alot cleaner and more precise. Of course you don't get the performance but it stands on its own very well
This is NOT the definitive version, in fact it was played before the Aqualung album was out. It lacks parts of what goes on on the album and does not serve justice to the real thing. It is great, but the album version and other later live versions are a lot greater.
Anderson's long solos - like this one - annoy me, because they feel like they're more about showmanship than musical self-expression. We know his main influence as a flautist was Rahsaan Roland Kirk, who of all the jazz flute-wielders was the first to take "vocalisation" into the realm of near-hysteria. But...they're two different people, one originator and one imitator, and Ian's solo raises the issue "just because you can chew the scenery whilst biting on a piece of metal doesn't necessarily mean you should!"
Thing that always blows my mind with him that he can play guitar, flute, sing, interact with the audience and dance manicly around the stage and never run out of air!
He played saxophone on at least two albums. He played bass on Storm watch.
@@jgdmlw Admittedly his bass playing wasn't anything special.
Ian Anderson is a master showman. I've seen Tull a few times live, always a amazing show you always leave feeling totally entertained !
I've seen them twice, and I concur
Live he is very eccentric, but in real life he is very humble and modest. I met Ian Anderson a few years ago, one of the nicest people you could wish to meet.
I've seen Tull a number of times and every performance a masterclass in stage performance, what a band !
yep, real geniuses are often humble and modest . Ian Anderson is a true genius
He's still doing this song today at 75. Still pulls it off.
Glad you’re getting into Tull. It was the mysterious “ My God “ that really made me take notice of that band,
as did everything from that awesome album. Even today it still sends chills up my spine. And yes, Ian is an absolute wizard on that flute. Saw them in concert back in 1983.
My favorite version of my favorite Tull song.
Ian Anderson not only is an exemplary musician, but his stage craft/theatrics are unlike anything ever seen before. He's certainly one of my favorite performers.
Ian started out as guitarist but around 1967-68 guitarists like Clapton, Page, Hendrix, and Beck emerged and felt he could never be as good as them so he took up playing the flute and after several weeks found he could play fairly well. He had only been playing a few months when Jethro Tull recorded thier album This Was.
Ian was amazing. I was so lucky to see him live 3 times. He also changed flute with his "extended techniques" LOL. Definatly not classical techniques. There are flute channels on youtube that have reacted as well to this performance and often where shocked and amazed. What a performer!
You got to listen to Thick as a Brick, uninterrupted, all 45 minutes of it- that's Ian's Masterpiece right there.
I love how you get him! I’ve loved Ian and Tull since 1960 ❤️❤️❤️
I saw them in 78, and for the longest time, it was the best concert I've ever seen, and I've seen a lot of concerts. Still to this day, it's on my to 5 -- truly amazing!!
Saw them twice; 1977 and 1979. Mind blown by Ian Anderson’s creativity, songwriting, guitar playing, flute playing and expression. Brilliant.
I first saw Jethro Tull in 1970, the same year this video was recorded. Their 2nd song was My God! which wasn't released until the next year on Aqualung. You can imagine our reaction to the most amazin' performance we'd ever seen! Managed to see most Jethro Tull tours for decades but this one remains my favorite. So glad to see you reaction to 'n appreciation o' My God! live in 1970.
Ian Anderson once said the folks in the back row paid to see a show and he's gonna make sure they see it too. I loved how you got a little stunned in the middle there.
Jethro? Only...
UNIC!!! BEST AND BEAST.
Check Jethro Tull's "Thick as a Brick" live, Madison Square Garden N.Y., 1978. Ian Anderson is a great musician. It's one of the best live performances of all time. The sound is great!
It's my favorite live version of Thick as a Brick as well.
Nice job! This came out when I was about 20, good to see a new generation appreciate it!
John you totally rock! I've listened to Tull since 73. The last bard. Genius
The great song..🎸
Mesmerizing. Always love watching the Jethro Tull light go on in someone. Great reaction!
🤣 I love JT. Especially Thick As A Brick
Love this version!! Ian was young here. What a showman. Seen him live many times. Always incredible. The mad piper!
only 40 years late! I'm 65 and was listening to this aged 15@nd saw it live, welcome aboard the good ship TULL
Loved this sunce 1974 and still do😊
Ian Anderson was totally in control of himself, and his band. Tull were in my humble opinion, the best of the best by a broad mile.
"Involved" such a great insight, and a great word
When passion shines through, magic is created and recorded for all to see.
You can play bluesy melodies even with such a classical instrument. Ian is a master.
If that does not do it for you then you are in the wrong rabbit hole. I'm glad you appreciate the art and understand music should never ever be defined by a standard.
My mom named me after Ian and I grew up on these albums in the late 70s and 80s. The album version is more "defined" (I guess you could say) and I love it more, but I always appreciate the freedom of artistic expression, especially when live, so this version is still awesome. Appreciate the react.
My first show was in 76-77 in New Haven. Many more throughout the decades, the last one was 2018, the 50th anniversary of Tull. Several solo Ian shows too. My favorite was the TAAB 1+2 show.
Thanks for noticing. Ian Anderson is incomparable. Put on you hip waders, your mask and snorkel and dive in. You will hear some of the most extraordinary music you've ever laid ears on.
a flute reactor said that the way he played the flute was really hard and great playing.💚
"Reasons for Waiting", by Jethro Tull....... You gotta hear it, it's enchanting.
Well, sir, I subscribed immediately after your first pause and comments. I thought to myself, this guy gets it. You really can't explain why you enjoy Tull, you just do. I was ten years old when my brothers turned me on to Tull, that was in 1973 two years after the release of Aqualung, I've loved them ever since.
The 60s and 70s have a treasure vault of weird and wonderful bands still finding stuff 50yrs later ☮️🧐🇬🇧
I've seen him six times and are going to again in Lincoln ,CA in September
I saw them well over 20 times, from a collage gymnasium "Spring Concert" introducing the Aqualung LP to his "solo" tour for The Secret Language of Birds LP. Every show was amazing both for the music and the theatrics. If you want to see a great performance/musical piece you should look up the film Home Of The Brave by Laurie Anderson. It will knock your socks off. Watch/listen to it LOUD through a good set of speakers to get the full effect. Ear buds will not do it justice.
They were heaven sent
Ian Anderson can do anything he sets his mind to. Saw Tull 23 times and they made my life better.
Seen them perform this live a few times back thru the 70s n 80s
You have to listen to the whole catalog from This Was to Roots to Branches (1968-1996) to see the various styles of the Tull material and then look at the video performances from 1970 -1989 and beyond and you will discover your that you’ll be happy my way
Ian Anderson was nicknamed the "madman flautist" for a reason. This live performance is from early in the band's career. Ian would calm down somewhat as time went by.
Good for you, amn. GREAT reaction! Watch London 1977 for a concert. Especially, "Thick as a Brick".
He pushed the boundaries for sure
THEY WERE INSANE AS FAR AS A CONCERT BAND JOHN, , JUST AMAZINGGGG!!!😊 THERE'S ALOTTAAAA TULL YOU CAN DO FOR SURE!😊
I like what you are doing! Thanks. May I make a suggestion? lose the transparent video and use more of the screen so we can see the amazing performance.
This raggedy version is great and you might want to contrast it with the more polished studio version.
I've watched virtually all the reactions to this song on YT and yours John was my fav. As a visual artist, I particularly enjoyed your approach. And you'll love the many variations Tull can provide. From blues rock on their first album in 69 to almost Celtic prog in the late 70s. The studio version (from the album Aqualung) is certainly musically more perfect ...but there's a lot less panting! Lol. Love it John. more more
Ian gave the halfmillion spectators at the
il ofwight all he had. just spectacular-
After ween this might be my next favorite band.
Loved this reaction, subbed
I was in my teens and twenty’s in the 70s and the Tull was always in my 8 track churning. Thanks for checking Ian out loved it.
Love your reactions, but I think listening to the studio version first allows you to appreciate the live performance better because when I saw them every year from 1975-1980 their performance every song sounded like the studio version. Of course some of the instrumentals were improvised but it was always extremely enjoyable
Early Genesis ,Emmerson Lake& Palmer , Jethro Tull , early Yes and others took music in different direction an expansion as Jimi Hendrix did with the guitar, I used to relax , indulge and journey with the sounds of 'On the Threshold of a Dream ' by the Moody Blues
BIG LOVE NATIVE NATION
You are right. There are some people who are not human
Now if you want to know where Ian Anderson got his entire flute stylings, check out jazzman Rahsaan Roland Kirk.
Greatest front man EVER - Ian Andersen is phenomenal!!
Ian Anderson is one of the most animated performers ever.
watch Jethro Tull playing locomotive breath live
Tull is great. I grew up with his amazing sound. Love his grit and passion. He's in the rock hall of Fame for a reason
Actually they're not in the Hall Of Fame but should be!
The funny thing is he took up the flute when he decided he was never going to be Eric Clapton. 2 weeks after picking it up he was on stage with it! Totally self taught
Gotta do Jethro Tull We Use to Know.
Everyone should aspire to be Ian! Talented and weird! HAIL Eris!
My God, I wish I’d seen them live back in the day.
Just watching your face whilst you were listening I think summed it up nicely.
Subbing. Jethro Tull and LTE!
There is actually video of this performance if you look around youtube.
My favourite song from Jethro
Can't go wrong with Heavy Horses/Stormwatch LPs when it comes to Jethro Tull
good live band, but this is a concept album best heard from beginning to end. that aside. cool reaction. i was listening to this on vinyl in Germany while in the army.
lots of stuff out there for all of us to find and share. my son is 38 and we have always listened to stuff each other liked.
☮️💙💙💙
Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh Yeahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
In the 1970's surviving and helping others survive was a way of life. Artists knew this so minstrels preformed knowing that nothing could offend or hurt other than non-performance.
FYI they dropped a new album this year. Over fifty years of music. Saw them in 2006 at the Bethlehem music festival. Hopefully he tours again. Best part about Ian Anderson is he does the music out of passion. He actually owns, or owned, a fish cannery Iin northern England. All of this is for fun
Yeah, hear the Studio Version!
In early live shows, are very energetic but limited by the technical standards of theyr time.
But hearing the "engineerd" recordings of aqualung is arousing.
For me as "Tullist" could be a tip (if theres some time left), hearing the three glascock (bass) and barlowe (drums) albums, songs from the wood, heavy horses and stormwatch, are the most pleasuring works of tull in sound and...how to name? 😳🤔... Smell Taste colour?
You can (obviously they sung about some serious stuff) hear a little humor in the wole work.
Sorry for the grammar.
But using translators, would be "unter meiner Würde. Weitermachen!"
Have you ever heard of Court of the Crimson King from 1969 ? Epitaph
Ian was the piper(reviling the thruth) 68-72
Makes one question all that is normal, all that is right.
YEAH JOHN, IAN WAS JUST AN AMAZINGGGG AMAZING ENTERTAINER AMONG OTHER THINGS!😊😊😊SO HE'S THE ONE THAT PLAYS THE ACOUSTIC JOHN, ALSO BAND LEADER , VOCALIST, TAMBOURINE, AND OF COURSE THAT INSANELY BEAUTIFULLLLL SOUNDING FLUTE! 😊 SO THIS SONG IS OFF OF HIS 71 EPIC ALBUM ( AQUALUNG ) JUST SO YOU KNOW JOHN
Where was Ian hiding his flute? We'll find out after this :-) Gigitty Gigiitty, Gigitty Goo
This was a festival and most of the audience was there to see the big headliners so I think he was kind of thumbing his nose at them
I prefer the studio version but seeing him live is priceless - a few fun facts I learned recently at 55 - Toni Iommi guitarist for Black Sabbath was invited to join Jethro Tull as their guitarist. Ian Anderson is self taught on flute !
If you watch Tull’s performance of “Song For Jeffery” on the Rolling Stones’ Rock n Roll Circus movie you’ll see the one gig Iomi played with them.
in a interview jethro said he realised he would never play guitar as good as eric clapton so he baught a flute and a week later he was playing the flute in concert
Ian Anderson is a musical and lyrical genius. He would be on par with the likes of Beethoven if they were peers. I saw them live in 74. You miss the point - his "antics" are to express his outrage of, and provide a satire or mockery of modern religion of all kinds. He is not doing all this wild and crazy stuff just to be crazy or different, he is using these as tools of expressing the deep undertone of the meaning of the song lyrics. Listen to "Wind Up" for a better understanding of what he is getting at in this song. He approaches all his topics like this, but not always wild and crazy - his depth of expression is virtually unmatched as is his all around musical and lyrical and performing genius. You should listen to the studio version of Thick as a Brick - one 45 minute piece, like a modern day rock/folk symphony. Critics said Aqualung album was a concept album and it wasn't and it pissed him off, so he wrote Thick as a Brick to be the mother of all concept albums and he both made a mockery of concept albums and outshone them all with it's brilliance. (and he wrote it, and band got it to a performance level in 10 days, then into recording studio and recorded in 2-3 days, so 2 weeks from inception to finished album - the man and his band are pure genius) And then 1 hit album a year for a decade!
That said, here are some examples of the man's genius:
th-cam.com/video/d76pxiPlxHs/w-d-xo.html (Jethro Tull "Locomotive Breath" (HD - Official) Live at AVO Sessions) Here he's in his 60's and his voice is shot, but he can still play a mean flute and prance about onstage.
And here watch his depth of emotion back then and now, 45+ years later:
th-cam.com/video/G0vIEOw5flo/w-d-xo.html (Jethro Tull - Wond'ring Aloud Live At Capital Centre, Landover 1977)
th-cam.com/video/C82ryR6TWD4/w-d-xo.html (Jethro Tull - Wondring Aloud with String Quartet) (song starts at 1:43)
The studio version is fantastic but you need to also listen to the lyrics. A perfect view on religion
I'm wondering about that performance being over dubbed in part because the initial vocals are almost exaclty those from Aqualung.
This song from Aqualung is probably my all time favorite (hard for me to talk about favorites as there are so many).
What could have been... Apparently Ian Anderson was going to be a Bobbie before becoming a rock and roll star. Thank you rock and roll!
You got to really know the rules to properly break them. That describes Ian Anderson. Saw him at a small Oprah house in Spokane 12;years ago. His voice has weakened but his musicianship is much better than back in the 70s.
My favourite band. Since you enjoy weird yet brilliant musicians/performers I have a suggestion for you: "Nina Hagen - Naturträne (Rockpalast)"
I think his leg-up style is to prevent a hernia.
Yes you definitely need to o listen to the studio version. This one is great but the studio is alot cleaner and more precise. Of course you don't get the performance but it stands on its own very well
Cool riff on the intro...Are you drop tuned or is that a legit baritone???
It is a 7 string with the top 2 strings tuned down!
Wind up next. Life’s a long song,
And he did it wearing a ripped up bath robe and a codpiece.
nice video/sound synch lol
This is NOT the definitive version, in fact it was played before the Aqualung album was out. It lacks parts of what goes on on the album and does not serve justice to the real thing. It is great, but the album version and other later live versions are a lot greater.
IMHO the studio version has far superior audio.
Anderson's long solos - like this one - annoy me, because they feel like they're more about showmanship than musical self-expression. We know his main influence as a flautist was Rahsaan Roland Kirk, who of all the jazz flute-wielders was the first to take "vocalisation" into the realm of near-hysteria. But...they're two different people, one originator and one imitator, and Ian's solo raises the issue "just because you can chew the scenery whilst biting on a piece of metal doesn't necessarily mean you should!"