One of my favorite groups ever!! Bourrée in E minor is a popular lute piece, the fifth movement from Suite in E minor for Lute, BWV 996 written by Johann Sebastian Bach between 1708 and 1717. The piece is arguably one of the most famous among guitarists.
One of my favorite bands! The musicianship is stellar, and Ian Andersen's lyrics are utterly brilliant. Suggestions: One White Duck On Your Wall Mother Goose Look Into the Sun Skating Away Teacher Hymn 43 Songs From the Wood Wondering Aloud
Thank you for the most erudite of all the reactors. (Bouree is a partita by JS Bach. What Tull does with it is release its energy into the hippest jazz recording of the era. These guys are all highly trained classical performers.
This is one of my favorites! Medieval Bach. His mannerisms are that of a dancing minstrel of that era. Ian Anderson played a flute like nobody's business. Thank you for reacting to this.!
The leg on his knee is commemorating the pied piper of Hameln, an old German legend. He roamed through the streets and took all the children with him, putting a spell on them with his flute.
Do a few more - "Living in the Past", "Too Old To Rock and Roll, Too Young To Die","Witches Promise", With You There to Help Me", "Cross-eyed Mary" - then take on "Thick as a Brick" (preferably the live at Madison Square garden version to see the master at work. Love your laid-back approach ...keep us entertained as long as you can (or want).
Another Jethro Tull song worth listening to is ' We Used To Know ' . Back in 1972 The Eagles were Jethro Tull back up band. Then 5 years later the Eagles came out with a song quite similar to ' We Used To Know '. They called it ' Hotel California ' different key and time signature but still.... not that Don Henley the copyright crusader would ever ......
@@HarriBestReactions I'm a professional musician, Harri, and piano coach. Ironically, I learned about the similar chord progressions due to a hilarious performance by The Ukelele Orchestra of Great Britain. "Fly Off the Handel"--- they play all the aforementioned songs simultaneously, it's brilliant!!
Pink Floyd and Led Zeppelin were brilliant ,unforgettable bands but for me Jethro Tull was close behind Queen at the top my favorite artists lists for a very long time. Now The Waterboys proudly occupies this place. Please react to Pan Within,Don't Bang The Drum and Red Army Blues. Fantastic songs Fantastic band. Fantastic live act. For example September 1913 from Oslo is just great
I know I'm late to the party, but "Mother Goose" is a great one - with that medieval aroma. I always liked it as my favorite track on the Aqualung album
One of their songs that I think you’ll enjoy is “Living in the Past”. It’s written in 5/4 time but it so seamless I never noticed until someone pointed it out. As a musician I usually pick up on things like that pretty quickly. Another one they did in 5/4 is “Jack Frost and the Hooded Crow”(studio version please). It’s a Christmas song and very rhythmically complex.
Well, it IS J. S. Bach. I believe that Ian said somewhere that the one leg thing was for diaphragm support. If you like jazz/rock fusion check out "Fresh Garbage" by Spirit. As a bassist I always appreciated a chance to chord. You have to check out "Thick as a Brick", IMO JT's magnum opus.
Good choice, Harri. Since you like Ian's ability to "own" different styles, you'll love Songs from the Wood (Live, MSG). At one point the drummer (Barriemore Barlow) has a flute line to help Ian... and he squats on one leg on his drum kit as a friendly mockery of Ian's one-legged antics. Priceless!
Since you’re new to this band. From Stand Up. Listen to Nothing is Easy and then from Benefit, Play in Time, and next from Aqualung My God. - featuring Ian’s different use of flute in those songs. You then can go to the following albums. You will not be disappointed. These songs are from the Second through fourth albums. Looking forward to your first listening to these songs
When they started, they were a blues band. (Check out "This Was" & "Stand Up") He played guitar and harmonica. In order to concentrate when he was playing "harp", he started standing on one leg. When he switched to flute, he just kept it as one of his mannerisms. P.S. this song is actually written by Beethoven. He used to tell the story of the guy in the flat upstairs that used to play it constantly on his classical guitar. To get back at him, while he was figuring out his newly-purchased flute, he started playing it back to the other chap, and it stuck. (Try "Heavy Horses")
This is the studio version, it's playback. Go into more progressive rock, please. Try Gentle Giant (On reflection) or Greenslade, or Van der Graaf Generator. And for more Jethro Tull, if you like long songs go to Thick as a Brick
This was a treat 👌 !! Love watching your channel my friend. When you’re ready for a fine woman performer, I’d suggest trying Bonnie Raitt from her younger days: “Runaway” live 1977 Midnight Special, a great cover of an early rock classic.
@@HarriBestReactions Yeah, she’s great on guitar. Mainly known for her slide technique on both acoustic and electric. She doesn’t shred on “Runaway”, so if you want to see her get down - “Rock Steady” is a good one, a great duet with Bryan Adams.
If you liked that, then chances are you would be a early Tull type. Just start playing songs, in order, off of their first album: "This Was". Bouree is from the second album: "Stand Up".
Subscribed! My favorite band, been listening to them since I was in high school. If you like whacky, check out Buckethead sometime, imo the world's best rock guitarist and about as out there as you've ever seen. Oh, and if you can do yourself and treat and watch a vid. Amazing!
Sorry too burst your bubble, but, this wasn't 'live', it's a studio recorded track (I have the original album) and the musician's in this video didn't play a note!
If you are going to listen to more Tull, may I suggest cutting it off at Passion Play. That was pretty much the last decent album they did before descending into their non-creative, crappy commercialized music phase. Some will tell you different but those are also the same people who consider "Bungle In The Jungle" their best song. LOL
war child and minstrel in the gallery had some great songs , also there have been some (not many) singular songs in the later albums that were incredible
@@oafratos There is no right or wrong answer when it comes to music. It comes down to personal taste. However, it is mine and others opinions that Bungle In The Jungle was the beginning of the commercial period of Tull's music which I do not care for.
@@neilmartin99 i didmt say that bungle in the jungle is the best jt song, its decent , but nothing more , i just say that even if you dont like them , only musically there have been some great jt songs after 73, even tho youre right about the great period ending at 73
@@oafratos I just appreciate the earlier period from most musicians especially when they have been at it for over 5 yrs. There seems to be more creativity in the earlier phases of most bands. Then at some point bands/artists (whether it is their decision or the record executives) go more for the top 30 radio hits in order to make the big money. That generally means a more commercialized sound and a departure from their roots. I definitely don't fault them. Everyone likes money. Happens all the time: Zeppelin, Stones, J Geils, Frank Zappa, Paul McCartney, Alice Cooper, etc etc. But like I said...there is no right or wrong answer. It's all up to the individual.
One of my favorite groups ever!! Bourrée in E minor is a popular lute piece, the fifth movement from Suite in E minor for Lute, BWV 996 written by Johann Sebastian Bach between 1708 and 1717. The piece is arguably one of the most famous among guitarists.
IAN ANDERSON, DOING HIS MINSTREL ONE LEGGED BALANCE WHILE HE DOES HIS FLUTIST THING... YOU GOT TO LOVE JETHRO TULL AND HIS AWESOME SKILLS...
Bringing Bach to the youth. I love Jethro Tull! Amazingly, at the time of this video Ian Anderson had just learned the flute
One of my favorite bands! The musicianship is stellar, and Ian Andersen's lyrics are utterly brilliant.
Suggestions:
One White Duck On Your Wall
Mother Goose
Look Into the Sun
Skating Away
Teacher
Hymn 43
Songs From the Wood
Wondering Aloud
You found the good stuff. One of my favorites. Pure head music
Thank you for the most erudite of all the reactors. (Bouree is a partita by JS Bach. What Tull does with it is release its energy into the hippest jazz recording of the era. These guys are all highly trained classical performers.
Progressive rock. Tull, Moody Blues, Pink Floyd, Yes. Lots of bands to discover from that era.
One of my fav Jethro Tull songs, thanks very much!
I just love this group and the very erudite and expressive Ian...
Ian Anderson is a self taught flutist. Prog Rock takes influence from all over.
Locomotive Breath, Cross Eyed Mary
No, I don't think he should do them yet, I think he'll like the Aqualung album better if he's heard the earlier albums.
I love this song! So many GREAT tracks from Tull - one you haven't done yet - My God is massive!
.....based on a Bach composition.....well worthy of your plaudits..........
This is one of my favorites! Medieval Bach. His mannerisms are that of a dancing minstrel of that era. Ian Anderson played a flute like nobody's business.
Thank you for reacting to this.!
Bach left space in all of his compositions for improvised elements. He would totally have understood and approved of jazz.
he'd only been playing flute for a year or so when he did this and was self taught.
"Serenade to a Cuckoo" is another fabulous early Tull. Written by jazz flutist Rhasaan Roland Kirk, they do an incredible cover of it.
Harri it's great you've found Tull, enjoy the ride, and I'm subscribed!
Thanks for subbing
A classical piece by Bach...done Ian Anderson style. One of my favorites. This music was the background of my hippie youth..
My favorite Jethro Tull song is "We Used to Know". The most incredible guitar.
This was while he was still learning flute
The leg on his knee is commemorating the pied piper of Hameln, an old German legend. He roamed through the streets and took all the children with him, putting a spell on them with his flute.
Do a few more - "Living in the Past", "Too Old To Rock and Roll, Too Young To Die","Witches Promise", With You There to Help Me", "Cross-eyed Mary" - then take on "Thick as a Brick" (preferably the live at Madison Square garden version to see the master at work. Love your laid-back approach ...keep us entertained as long as you can (or want).
Check out Serenade to a Cuckoo which is a Roland Kirk composition and a big influence on Anderson's playing style .
Another Jethro Tull song worth listening to is ' We Used To Know ' . Back in 1972 The Eagles were Jethro Tull back up band. Then 5 years later the Eagles came out with a song quite similar to ' We Used To Know '. They called it ' Hotel California ' different key and time signature but still.... not that Don Henley the copyright crusader would ever ......
That particular chord progression actually dates back to Handel.
I Will Survive, Autumn Leaves, also have that pattern.
@@lisarainbow9703 Lisa knows her stuff😀
I need to hear the song and compare
@@HarriBestReactions I'm a professional musician, Harri, and piano coach.
Ironically, I learned about the similar chord progressions due to a hilarious performance by The Ukelele Orchestra of Great Britain.
"Fly Off the Handel"--- they play all the aforementioned songs simultaneously, it's brilliant!!
@@lisarainbow9703 Wow! A piano coach as well? Pls tell me you live in London Lisa!!!!!!!😭😭
I think you'll like "Rocks on the Road" by Jethro Tull from around 1991.
Life's a long song, March the mad scientist, Nothing is easy, Skating away...
Yeah, man, Glenn Cornick is my favorite bass player.
Pink Floyd and Led Zeppelin were brilliant ,unforgettable bands but for me Jethro Tull was close behind Queen at the top my favorite artists lists for a very long time. Now The Waterboys proudly occupies this place. Please react to Pan Within,Don't Bang The Drum and Red Army Blues. Fantastic songs Fantastic band. Fantastic live act. For example September 1913 from Oslo is just great
Ian Andersen always looking like some gothic leprechaun with his flute and crazy look in his eyes. I loved this man and his music.
I know I'm late to the party, but "Mother Goose" is a great one - with that medieval aroma. I always liked it as my favorite track on the Aqualung album
One of their songs that I think you’ll enjoy is “Living in the Past”. It’s written in 5/4 time but it so seamless I never noticed until someone pointed it out. As a musician I usually pick up on things like that pretty quickly. Another one they did in 5/4 is “Jack Frost and the Hooded Crow”(studio version please). It’s a Christmas song and very rhythmically complex.
Ian said that it was a song for people with two and a half legs to dance to.
You’re a good soul, Harri 🙏 New sub here!
highly recommend thick as a brick live from madison square garden 1978
Well, it IS J. S. Bach. I believe that Ian said somewhere that the one leg thing was for diaphragm support. If you like jazz/rock fusion check out "Fresh Garbage" by Spirit. As a bassist I always appreciated a chance to chord. You have to check out "Thick as a Brick", IMO JT's magnum opus.
Good choice, Harri. Since you like Ian's ability to "own" different styles, you'll love Songs from the Wood (Live, MSG). At one point the drummer (Barriemore Barlow) has a flute line to help Ian... and he squats on one leg on his drum kit as a friendly mockery of Ian's one-legged antics. Priceless!
The front man is amazing..i love him
Flute meister.....I can hardly moderate my aprobation...thank you Lilith Sternan Crane, for this line!
Try Summerday Sands by Jethro Tull.❤
Great reaction my man
Thank you 😀
They played at Montreux and those guys like jazzy.
They’re actually all “lip syncing” in that video, the music was the recorded song, they were all miming.
Yep, totally the studio song.
Since you’re new to this band. From Stand Up. Listen to Nothing is Easy and then from Benefit, Play in Time, and next from Aqualung My God. - featuring Ian’s different use of flute in those songs. You then can go to the following albums. You will not be disappointed. These songs are from the Second through fourth albums. Looking forward to your first listening to these songs
This is an off beat version of the bouree from J.S. Bach's Lute Suite
You'll like "Cross Eyed Mary".
I heard so much about this song
The leg thing is cause he used to play harmonica and used his leg to balance it (obviously the harmonica).
Eargasm begins at 2:53
When they started, they were a blues band. (Check out "This Was" & "Stand Up") He played guitar and harmonica. In order to concentrate when he was playing "harp", he started standing on one leg. When he switched to flute, he just kept it as one of his mannerisms.
P.S. this song is actually written by Beethoven. He used to tell the story of the guy in the flat upstairs that used to play it constantly on his classical guitar. To get back at him, while he was figuring out his newly-purchased flute, he started playing it back to the other chap, and it stuck.
(Try "Heavy Horses")
Bach, not Beethoven. Sorry.
It's not a truly "live" performance - they're doing playback, using the sound of the original recording, from the album Stand Up.
This is the studio version, it's playback. Go into more progressive rock, please. Try Gentle Giant (On reflection) or Greenslade, or Van der Graaf Generator. And for more Jethro Tull, if you like long songs go to Thick as a Brick
Like that Beethoven he throws in there? He uses that a lot.
This was a treat 👌 !! Love watching your channel my friend. When you’re ready for a fine woman performer, I’d suggest trying Bonnie Raitt from her younger days: “Runaway” live 1977 Midnight Special, a great cover of an early rock classic.
Another woman that i know supposedly as a fine guitarist.But dont really know her songs..its time to explore 😀
@@HarriBestReactions Yeah, she’s great on guitar. Mainly known for her slide technique on both acoustic and electric. She doesn’t shred on “Runaway”, so if you want to see her get down - “Rock Steady” is a good one, a great duet with Bryan Adams.
The original recording must have lost the flute track
If you liked that, then chances are you would be a early Tull type. Just start playing songs, in order, off of their first album: "This Was".
Bouree is from the second album: "Stand Up".
I so love that song..but im very eclectic
@@HarriBestReactions So is Tull.
Right, and cut it off at Passion Play.
Most everything after that was commercialized and very ordinary rock.
@@neilmartin99 That is only your opinion, I think there are many great albums after that, as do most Tull fans I know.
Bach (300 yers) + Jethro = ... "Jazz"...
Subscribed! My favorite band, been listening to them since I was in high school. If you like whacky, check out Buckethead sometime, imo the world's best rock guitarist and about as out there as you've ever seen. Oh, and if you can do yourself and treat and watch a vid. Amazing!
More Jethro coming real soon
Check out
Nothing Is Easy
Skating Away
Fat Man
Mother Goose
Living In The Past
It’s not live…it’s taped
Sorry too burst your bubble, but, this wasn't 'live', it's a studio recorded track (I have the original album) and the musician's in this video didn't play a note!
I recommend some of their early music before you delve in too deep --- try Nothing is Easy or Living in the Past
I did Bouree which was very early.My favourite
not live. mimed/lip synced for a tv show
Unless he is simultaneously playing two flute parts at once, this is a fake performance of the studio recording.
If you are going to listen to more Tull, may I suggest cutting it off at Passion Play.
That was pretty much the last decent album they did before descending into their non-creative, crappy commercialized music phase.
Some will tell you different but those are also the same people who consider "Bungle In The Jungle" their best song. LOL
war child and minstrel in the gallery had some great songs , also there have been some (not many) singular songs in the later albums that were incredible
@@oafratos There is no right or wrong answer when it comes to music.
It comes down to personal taste.
However, it is mine and others opinions that Bungle In The Jungle was the beginning of the commercial period of Tull's music which I do not care for.
@@neilmartin99 i didmt say that bungle in the jungle is the best jt song, its decent , but nothing more , i just say that even if you dont like them , only musically there have been some great jt songs after 73, even tho youre right about the great period ending at 73
@@oafratos I just appreciate the earlier period from most musicians especially when they have been at it for over 5 yrs.
There seems to be more creativity in the earlier phases of most bands.
Then at some point bands/artists (whether it is their decision or the record executives) go more for the top 30 radio hits in order to make the big money.
That generally means a more commercialized sound and a departure from their roots. I definitely don't fault them. Everyone likes money.
Happens all the time: Zeppelin, Stones, J Geils, Frank Zappa, Paul McCartney, Alice Cooper, etc etc.
But like I said...there is no right or wrong answer.
It's all up to the individual.
Then you haven't heard the albums Heavy Horses,, Broad sword, or Storm watch. All excellent.