Hi Amy, I think You and Your site is the best and most interesting reaction site on TH-cam. I can see that You have a first attraction to more classical and progressive rock music/ symphonic rock witch I like and find that its there you can find "a home". The Beatles paved the way for that kind of music and then came bands like Yes, Genesis, ELP, Gentle Giant, King Crimson, Jethro Tull witch all changed the instruments like drums and base from a kind of comp session to be more like beeing intruments in their own right. There are special criteria for what is progressive rock music for example virtuosity, changing tempo and dynamic in volume and so on. There are professors on that. Now my question: Are You going to listen to Yes, Genesis and ELP ? For exampele Yes - from Topographic ocean, Genesis - from Selling England by the pound or Trespass and ELP - from Trilogy ?? Im sure Your great knowledge of classical music would be especially giving on these three progressive rock bands.
if you intend to listen to Genesis, listen to: Firth of fifth (Have very strong memories with genesis. It was my first live concert i attended. Besides Firth of fifthe i liked all other songs like Selling england by the pound, squonkk, robbery assult and battlery and Eleventh Earl of Mar)
Another Bach derived record is Whiter Shade of Pale by Procol Harum which is one of the best selling Rock/Pop singles of all time selling over 10 million copies. I like the version by Annie Lennox equally.
You put in a lot of preparation for these talks, I'm amazed how you squeeze everything into your time including your harp projects, teaching, etc. Bravo!
This piece by Jethro Tull is what led me to study classical guitar in 1977. I still play this piece 4-5 times weekly. I also play the entire Suite BWV 1007.
I love this analysis of Jethro Tull’s interpretation of Bourée. I’ve been listening to Jethro Tull since the 1970’s. I would love to listen to a conversation about this interpretation of Bourée and music in general between Amy and Ian Anderson.
Ray Manzarek of the Doors and Jack Bruce of Cream were also quoting Bach as a strong influence. Their "White Room" is also a masterpiece worth checking out.
I am addicted to watching your videos. You do such an excellent job of explaining how music works. It is fun being a folk, country, blues, and rock composer and performer, listen to you explain it all from a classical view point.
I would like to thank you for all the work you put into these talks. I am a musical philistine. I cannot read music or play an instrument or sing, I just love what I hear in a number of genres. I have been learning so much from you, and I would just like to thank you.
The improvisatory parts in the middle probably come from Ian Anderson's Jazz influences, not from recalling old classical traditions. The structure of this Bourée version is very often found in Jazz tunes: Start with a melody - a theme -, repeat it once or twice, and then let some or all band members improvise over the chord progression for a number of times, and finally return to the theme one more time and then end the song. Even the bass solo: The double bass (used in Jazz back in the day) is pretty low volume so it does not always get a solo but when it does most of the other band members drop out or play very quietly. Exactly like Jethro Tull do here (even though the electric bass could be amplified to a higher volume).
If you saw the live performance of this song, with Ian Anderson bug-eyed and standing on one leg, huffing through the flute while wearing a cape and a cod piece, then it would all make sense.
I've listened to this song for decades before I ever saw any live footage and it always made perfect sense to me from the beginning. I think she gets it too. Great music doesn't need to rely on the visual. Anderson is a great showman, but even if he wasn't the music stands on its own.
Watching your videos makes me wish you were my musical history teacher all the way back in middle school in 1996. I've learned so much from watching your revisit videos.
Many of the Progressive Rock pioneers were Classical trained. That's why their music was more complex than other bands. Yes and Emerson, Lake & Palmer would be great examples of this. Also bands like Deep Purple or Pink Floyd had collaborations with Classical composers, to mention just two of them.
Awesome video of your interpretation of this classic piece. I saw him perform this in 1970 at Cobo Hall Detroit Michigan. It was an incredible stage show with lots of theatrical bits.
Hi there, Keith. Yes, I attended a lot of great concerts at Cobo Hall back in '70's. Also at Olympia Stadium and other venues in and around Detroit. I did see the Jethro Tull band at Masonic Temple in the early to mid '70's. Excellent show, very high energy, with Ian Anderson doing his one leg thing. What a showman! Take care, bro.
I'm so glad to hear your take on this piece, I've been a huge Tull fan since the '70's and this is the first thing I learned on the flute. "By Kind Permission Of", on the Living in the Past LP, is also a very good bit of classical borrowing. As for Roland Kirk... my gosh, he was one of the most mind-boggling winds players who ever lived. He was known for playing three saxophones simultaneously, playing very complex pieces while circular breathing. By all means, check him out!
It’s Ian Anderson’s *interpretation* of Bach. You might be interested in Richie Blackmore’s take on Green Sleeves with his band Rainbow (after he left Deep Purple): 16th Century Green Sleeves (with Ronnie James Dio on vocals). You might also be delighted by the album Classic Meets Cuba, a collection of “Classical” favorites interpreted in the style of Afro Cuban Jazz.
Thanks for pointing out that Jethro Tull is not Ian Anderson! I'm sure others have pointed this out, but our classical harpist friend seems to refer to the flutist as "Jethro Tull." Please. Tull is the band. Not the band's leader.
One should not overlook the role of the other band members. Cornick's bass is wonderful as is Bunker's drumming and Barre sits in the background tastefully
This was from the "Stand Up" album, which is great to listen to all the way through. The original album, although a single album, had a double album cover. When you opened it up, there was a pop-up, such as could be found in children's pop-up books or birthday cards, of a woodblock drawing of the band members. It was unique, as many rock albums of the time were doing different things to make themselves unique. That pop-up was not included with later releases of the album or CD.
Thank you so much, Amy. I am learning from every video on your channel. I like many different kinds of music, but I have never understood why one piece of music touches me and another one does not. Your analyses open the door to the machinery compartment and allow us to take a look at the mechanics under the hood. While there is still plenty of magic in music, I realize it is not all voodoo. Another big "thank you" for the care you take in pronouncing words of foreign languages. My native language is German and I understand how hard the pronounciation is for a non-native speaker. I appreciate every single "Bach", "Lied" or "Lautenwerck" and yes, you are spot on.
You need to check out Emerson,Lake,and Palmer. Alot of there music is adapted classical music and Keith Emerson wrote a concerto that is found on a Works volume one.
That's a great story about how Anderson came up with the piece. Thank you for sharing in. Love the analysis, very informative. I am so happy you like it.
Oh my god, one of my favourite pieces of music. I was hoping for that, so before going to work I HAVE to take my time to watch. Good start of the day 🤗
Haha, this amature guitarist could have been me. I also learned the bourree on guitar but never mastered it. 😅 But I wasn't in London then and I was 4 years old in 1968.
In the bass guitar world Bach's Cello Suite is often used for helping to develop technique. My primary bass instructor even has an entire course on the Cello Suite in G that I have done. He also has a course on Bach's Prelude #1 in C Major, although I haven't done that one yet. I am happy you returned to Jethro Tull who were one of my favorites as a teen back in the 70s, and still are to this day. They have many other tunes I think you would really enjoy, although to be fair you should probably do some of the other progressive rock bands first, such as Yes and Genesis, among several other. Great analysis as always.
It is amazing (perhaps not) how many rock musicians quote Bach or say that he influenced them growing up. Particularly those in Progressive Rock and Fusion/Jazz.
@@rk41gator Rick Beato did an interview with Sting and his guitar player Dominic Miller. Sting said he and Dominic both have the same teacher, and his name is J.S. Bach. They said they still regularly play Bach as part of their practice routine. Hopefully Amy will get to the Police/Sting soon so she can be introduced to his work and compositions. I think she would be fascinated with their intricate chords and progressions. As a musician I also think she would find this particular interview very interesting and relatable.
Yes! Listening to those versions of classics would be great! Did you know that, thanks to its academic education, Deep Purple organist Jon Lord wrote a Concerto for Group and Orchestra, that was played by DP and the Royal Philarmonic Orchestra, directed by Malcom Arnold, at the Royal Albert Hall in 1969? Would be great for you to see it. Also, Lord brought baroque and classical influences into rock, and the birth of heavy metal, even indirectly through his influence over paramount guitarist Ritchie Blackmore. Consider the keyboard and guitar solos of Deep Purple's "Highway Star" or "Burn".
@@nyobunknown6983 Yes, that album was Ritchie's give and take for taking the lead afterwards when producing In Rock, which would change Rock History. And that was good. But even then, when recording In Rock he started developing his "Morzartian" arrangements. Albeit resisted, I think Lord influence endured and somehow unfolded. Btw, I love the Concerto. And I also think the Concerto was of much inspiration to many bands, including those as Jethro Tull that would later release band/orchestral works.
I would really appreciate, as I believe many of your subscriber's who love Jethro Tull would, if you could please find time to listen to the "Thick as a Brick" album ... in it's entirety (?) Would you, please, please, and pretty please? 🙂
A note that he was entirely self taught. My fav two albums are Heavy Horses and Minstrel in the Gallery. Rock meets English folk. Songs from the Wood is especially interesting. One that might not be as musically interesting, but one of my favs is part of a suite, Crash Barrier Waltzer. About a homeless woman. Tull and Anderson are something else. Not as hugely popular as the others, but I'm guessing maybe among your fanbase!
I feel like I have just stumbled into a Music Theory classroom at a university. Your statement at 15:25 may explain why so many people do not like classical music: they get tired of hearing one instrument or a group of similar/same instruments go on and on repetitively, such as violins squeaking and whining on and on....and on and on....through a long piece of music. After awhile it all becomes a repetitive blur in the ears. Linking to the previous video of your 1st reaction was an excellent idea, allowing for those to watch who might have missed it.
Excellent analysis, as always! With the Beatles, I'm pretty sure that Paul McCartney has said it was an inspiration for "Blackbird". Another piece of popular music to be heavily based on a Back piece is Paul Simon's song "American Tune", which uses the melody of “O Sacred Head, Now Wounded” from the St. Matthew Passion.
Another fantastic analysis of a great piece by a great artist! Kudos to you and to Vlad, your trusty gatekeeper. May I suggest "Revelations" by Iron Maiden?
When this album came out in 1969 it was kind of groundbreaking. Speaking as a musician all forms of music have their assets. Classical music kind of fell from favor when vocals became more important to listeners. I am not an opera fan but a lot of that sound will live on forever. Blues and jazz and a little bit of gospel all came together in a kind of evolution. A lot of more modern country music has become a kind of southern blues. Ian Anderson is a musical genius. In their later albums the classical sound comes through even more. A very good example is in the song Black Satin Dancer. Thank you for your time.👍
I personally really enjoy when rock artist (particularly progressive artists) take inspiration from classical (or maybe more accurately baroque and renaissance) music. If you're looking for some more fun examples, I would recommend: - House of the King by Focus -Blood on the Rooftops by Genesis -Witchwood by The Strawbs -Light Flight by Pentangle -Catherine of Aragon by Rick Wakeman -La Villa Strangiato by Rush (you mentioned Segovia and its intro is reminiscent) -Prologue by Renaissance (literally cribs from Rachmaninoff iirc) or really anything by Renaissance -Vivaldi by Curved Air -Fugue in D Minor by Egg (more bach rockification) -Moths by Jethro Tull (if you want some more old english folky ancient musicesque stylings) -Classical Gas by Mason Williams is fun -Intermezzo No. 1 by Abba (if you want to go back to their pop version or a sort of rossini thing? I think?)
I didn't know that there was a time where improvisation was encouraged when rendering these pieces. It's sad to say that, as a young man, I tried to play with classically-trained musicians with an improvisational manner, only to have them confess that they knew no way to do that. They had only been taught to play it one way. I found this heartbreaking. Thank you for the musical history lesson.
.....@@TheHookahSmokingCaterpillar he was great.. didn't he just pass away a few months ago?.. what a loss...RIP..... so many 80's and 90's songs would lend themselves to her reviews... brain can't process that number at my age!... all the best HSC... I wonder how may folks get your moniker..( Love GS's/JA Live version of White Rabbit).... would be a good review itself..!
@@jimbolye-ah4130 Yes, he did. Though I got to know him, briefly, as we were members of the same re-enactment group. It was a bit of a jaw dropping moment when he mentioned he had some band stuff to do and I casually asked what band, expecting it to be some local thing, and he said, "The Stranglers." Really nice guy, down to earth, no pomposity. My favourite story was when he was deciding whether to buy a Porsche or a Ferrari. He could get a 9' spear in the Porsche, so he bought that! I guess I'm of an age now where most of my musical heroes are reaching their ends. Never actually got to see Dave play, but it's quite cool to be able think I knew the composer of Golden Brown. A fair number of people get the HSC reference, the odd one or two from Lewis Carol, but most from Jefferson Airplane/The Big Society. The funniest thing is those who try to use it as a 'you're just a stoner' attack in online arguments - they clearly have no idea of its origins. I confess, I was quite surprised no one had got to it before me. Take care.
I see favourite.... been here 54yrs.. from Rotherham originally...finally went back to spread ashes 3 yrs ago..amazing how friendly us bits are..cheers..all the best mate!.. gonna throw on my vinyl of aural sculpture and take a trip back to happier times..
18:47/18:54 - Yeah, I'd be interested in hearing a project on the various songs and pieces inspired by this. :) Anyway, what a delightful review. I'm so glad you liked it. I wonder how that will shape any future Jethro Tull listening. Perhaps "Living in the Past" or "Songs From the Wood" would tie together this and Locomotive Breath (which I know you already did)... though who knows if they'd prepare you for Aqualung. :D
So I am thinking you should try The Whole of The Moon by The Waterboys. Just for a bit of a change to the classic pastiche and/or metal recommendations. Keep the nice work!
Paul McCartney playing the Bach "Bouree" and "Blackbird" Lennon and McCartney versions, can be found if you search for: Parkinson Show December 2005 (around minute 16).
My vote would be Hamburger Concerto, the song from the same titled album. They have lots of great stuff besides the often reacted to song Hocus Pocus. They are much deeper than that song. The song Anonymous II off of Focus 3 would be another interesting, yet long song.
One classical piece that got picked up by a modern musician was for the song "Russians" by Sting (formerly of The Police). He stated on the notes for the album "Dream of the Blue Turtle that he wished to thank "Prokofiev, from whom I stole a few bars." (I think that was the language he used.) He was speaking of the Romance theme from Lieutenant Kijé Suite. The Eric Carmen hit song "All by Myself" used music entirely drawn from Rachmaninoff's 2nd Piano Concerto. Another one that has popped up from time to time (again, much more modern than Bach) was the theme from "Hall of the Mountain King" by Grieg, which for example shows up at the very end of the Rick Wakeman album "Journey to the Centre of the Earth." That is an album that might interest you as well, as it was performed with the help of the London Symphony Orchestra and the English Chamber Choir and recorded at the Royal Festival Hall in London.
So glad you enjoyed Bouree!! There is a Jethro Tull Christmas Album which has some wonderful classic Christmas music like God rest ye merry gentlemen, Pavanne etc. It would be so appropriate for you to review. Keep up the good work. Loved the Zappa review too.
0:55: I think that Bouree enjoyed a bit of a "moment" in the UK in the 1960s. The Beatles' song Michelle started out with Paul McCartney trying to play the same piece on guitar.
I just found your channel! And I'm so happy about it. I am also professional musician with classic background. Now that you have listened the lyrics of the songs and compared it to music, I would suggest you take a look of Master Of Puppets by Metallica. I just lost my younger brother to that "Master". Would mean a world to me. Wish all the best and good fortune to you! Keep on going! Great Job!
Neil Diamond said his song Sung blue was based on a Mozart melody. There are quite a few other examples. I am e enjoying your channel partly because of your analysis of the music, but also to watch you reacting on hearing for the first time things that I grew up listening to. It’s quite an experience to watch someone hear something you familiar with for the first time. I have one request a song that I think you might find interesting is called space oddity by David Bowie. Give it a listen and see if you think it’s worth one of your treatments. Happy New Year.
I can't tell you how much I appreciate your work and how good you are at it. Having said that, I wonder if you would drift a bit to a live jazz classic and check out and dissect Roland Kirk performing "Serenade to a Coocoo." I believe you'll be gobsmacked.
concerning your suggestions: definitely GENESIS, early phase, some of that great odd time signature stuff or maybe the VERY early "In the Wilderness" ?
Jethro Tull's "Thick As A Brick" is a better example of how Ian uses dynamics and different combinations of instruments to make his lengthy composition interesting and pleasant to the ear. He's a greater arranger as well as composer and musician.
Many Progressive Rock fans consider Bach the first prog rock composer..LOL because so many pieces of progressive rock have been based on Bach starting with what is considered the very first progressive rock composition A whiter shade of pale by Procol Harum.
As enticing as your offer to teach me music theory, I traveled down that road 50 years ago in college. In fact, I took 3 semesters of music theory, but I found that I had a conceptual blind spot that I couldn't overcome. I could not reliably identify a V to VI cadence. They always looked to me like V to I. So I found other subjects before I had a tragic shipwreck on the shoals. What does this mean? You need to help students who can be helped, and encourage the rest to find a more suitable path. And thank you for your expositions, I do learn as my ability allows.
To me the words that come to mind as it pertains to classical music are "Fantasia", "Variations", and "Musicality". These are not new ideas these are very old ideas. Again one of the things that I love about Anderson is that he takes these old ideas and makes them fresh and new for a new generation and a new audience.
You've got far more musical training than I, but it's worth mentioning that when the two notes are played at each point in the original, you do hear, physically with your ears, more than the two notes. The two notes played together reinforce harmonic overtones, which you do actually hear. It isn't imaginary. But what Jethro Tull has created, I think, amounts to a set of variations on the theme, organized into an A-B-A' structure. The theme and variations was a common form in the baroque and classical periods, but Ian Anderson, wisely I think, chose not to end with a bravura final variation like those you find in the classical period. BTW, I'd love to hear, all in one place and with brief comments, several of the other pop/rock songs inspired by Bach's Bourée in E minor. Perhaps you might consider working something like that into your video presentation of your own harp adaptation of the piece.
The bands that from a musicological standpoint are most interesting, and therefore worthiest of Amy's attention, include the Zombies ("Odessy and Oracle"), the Beach Boys (Pet Sounds"), Moby Grape, the Left Banke, Joni Mitchell, and Jimi Hendrix, not to mention the Beatles.
Jethro Tull plays Faure's Pavane in F# minor too. It doesn't hold a candle to the sublime original, in my opinion, but it's worth hearing. Many jazz musicians have played it too. There are dozens of renditions for different ensembles here on TH-cam.
New subscriber, I love your overall presentation and your precise way of describing facets of music. I have been a Jethro Tull fan since their first album. All of these years later I am still learning to master guitar. Thanks for doing this video. By the way, what does it cost for one of those harps like the one you have there? I play guitar and was close to buying a Cello. Can only dream of owning a harp like the one you have there. Good luck and happy new year to you.
I don't know if this one "would appeal to modern tastes", but it was very popular in the old days: Emerson Lake & Palmer Aaron Copeland / Fanfare For the Common Man th-cam.com/video/c2zurZig4L8/w-d-xo.html
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Hi Amy, I think You and Your site is the best and most interesting reaction site on TH-cam. I can see that You have a first attraction to more classical and progressive rock music/ symphonic rock witch I like and find that its there you can find "a home". The Beatles paved the way for that kind of music and then came bands like Yes, Genesis, ELP, Gentle Giant, King Crimson, Jethro Tull witch all changed the instruments like drums and base from a kind of comp session to be more like beeing intruments in their own right. There are special criteria for what is progressive rock music for example virtuosity, changing tempo and dynamic in volume and so on. There are professors on that.
Now my question: Are You going to listen to Yes, Genesis and ELP ? For exampele Yes - from Topographic ocean, Genesis - from Selling England by the pound or Trespass and ELP - from Trilogy ?? Im sure Your great knowledge of classical music would be especially giving on these three progressive rock bands.
if you intend to listen to Genesis, listen to: Firth of fifth (Have very strong memories with genesis. It was my first live concert i attended. Besides Firth of fifthe i liked all other songs like Selling england by the pound, squonkk, robbery assult and battlery and Eleventh Earl of Mar)
Another Bach derived record is Whiter Shade of Pale by Procol Harum which is one of the best selling Rock/Pop singles of all time selling over 10 million copies. I like the version by Annie Lennox equally.
Any , could you send this to Ian Anderson and perhaps get an interview with him. I think he would love what you do.
Is Vald familiar with Emerson Lake and Palmer they adapted many classical pieces.
You put in a lot of preparation for these talks, I'm amazed how you squeeze everything into your time including your harp projects, teaching, etc. Bravo!
This piece by Jethro Tull is what led me to study classical guitar in 1977. I still play this piece 4-5 times weekly. I also play the entire Suite BWV 1007.
I love this analysis of Jethro Tull’s interpretation of Bourée. I’ve been listening to Jethro Tull since the 1970’s. I would love to listen to a conversation about this interpretation of Bourée and music in general between Amy and Ian Anderson.
Really love Glen Cornick's walking bass - masterful!
Ray Manzarek of the Doors and Jack Bruce of Cream were also quoting Bach as a strong influence. Their "White Room" is also a masterpiece worth checking out.
At 80, Casals was asked why he still practiced the Bach suites. "Because I think I'm starting to get somewhere," he replied.
I am addicted to watching your videos. You do such an excellent job of explaining how music works. It is fun being a folk, country, blues, and rock composer and performer, listen to you explain it all from a classical view point.
I would like to thank you for all the work you put into these talks. I am a musical philistine. I cannot read music or play an instrument or sing, I just love what I hear in a number of genres. I have been learning so much from you, and I would just like to thank you.
The improvisatory parts in the middle probably come from Ian Anderson's Jazz influences, not from recalling old classical traditions. The structure of this Bourée version is very often found in Jazz tunes: Start with a melody - a theme -, repeat it once or twice, and then let some or all band members improvise over the chord progression for a number of times, and finally return to the theme one more time and then end the song. Even the bass solo: The double bass (used in Jazz back in the day) is pretty low volume so it does not always get a solo but when it does most of the other band members drop out or play very quietly. Exactly like Jethro Tull do here (even though the electric bass could be amplified to a higher volume).
If you saw the live performance of this song, with Ian Anderson bug-eyed and standing on one leg, huffing through the flute while wearing a cape and a cod piece, then it would all make sense.
I've listened to this song for decades before I ever saw any live footage and it always made perfect sense to me from the beginning. I think she gets it too.
Great music doesn't need to rely on the visual. Anderson is a great showman, but even if he wasn't the music stands on its own.
Watching your videos makes me wish you were my musical history teacher all the way back in middle school in 1996. I've learned so much from watching your revisit videos.
Many of the Progressive Rock pioneers were Classical trained. That's why their music was more complex than other bands. Yes and Emerson, Lake & Palmer would be great examples of this. Also bands like Deep Purple or Pink Floyd had collaborations with Classical composers, to mention just two of them.
Awesome video of your interpretation of this classic piece. I saw him perform this in 1970 at Cobo Hall Detroit Michigan. It was an incredible stage show with lots of theatrical bits.
Hi there, Keith. Yes, I attended a lot of great concerts at Cobo Hall back in '70's. Also at Olympia Stadium and other venues in and around Detroit. I did see the Jethro Tull band at Masonic Temple in the early to mid '70's. Excellent show, very high energy, with Ian Anderson doing his one leg thing. What a showman! Take care, bro.
I'm so glad to hear your take on this piece, I've been a huge Tull fan since the '70's and this is the first thing I learned on the flute. "By Kind Permission Of", on the Living in the Past LP, is also a very good bit of classical borrowing. As for Roland Kirk... my gosh, he was one of the most mind-boggling winds players who ever lived. He was known for playing three saxophones simultaneously, playing very complex pieces while circular breathing. By all means, check him out!
Takk!
It’s Ian Anderson’s *interpretation* of Bach. You might be interested in Richie Blackmore’s take on Green Sleeves with his band Rainbow (after he left Deep Purple): 16th Century Green Sleeves (with Ronnie James Dio on vocals).
You might also be delighted by the album Classic Meets Cuba, a collection of “Classical” favorites interpreted in the style of Afro Cuban Jazz.
Thanks for pointing out that Jethro Tull is not Ian Anderson!
I'm sure others have pointed this out, but our classical harpist friend seems to refer to the flutist as "Jethro Tull."
Please. Tull is the band. Not the band's leader.
One should not overlook the role of the other band members. Cornick's bass is wonderful as is Bunker's drumming and Barre sits in the background tastefully
This was from the "Stand Up" album, which is great to listen to all the way through. The original album, although a single album, had a double album cover. When you opened it up, there was a pop-up, such as could be found in children's pop-up books or birthday cards, of a woodblock drawing of the band members. It was unique, as many rock albums of the time were doing different things to make themselves unique. That pop-up was not included with later releases of the album or CD.
Except on the newer Stephen Wilson remix LP.
I agree about Stand Up - some wonderful songs on it. "Reasons for Waiting" is one of my all-time favourite Tull tracks.
Thank you so much, Amy. I am learning from every video on your channel. I like many different kinds of music, but I have never understood why one piece of music touches me and another one does not. Your analyses open the door to the machinery compartment and allow us to take a look at the mechanics under the hood. While there is still plenty of magic in music, I realize it is not all voodoo.
Another big "thank you" for the care you take in pronouncing words of foreign languages. My native language is German and I understand how hard the pronounciation is for a non-native speaker. I appreciate every single "Bach", "Lied" or "Lautenwerck" and yes, you are spot on.
You need to check out Emerson,Lake,and Palmer. Alot of there music is adapted classical music and Keith Emerson wrote a concerto that is found on a Works volume one.
That's a great story about how Anderson came up with the piece. Thank you for sharing in. Love the analysis, very informative. I am so happy you like it.
Oh my god, one of my favourite pieces of music. I was hoping for that, so before going to work I HAVE to take my time to watch. Good start of the day 🤗
Haha, this amature guitarist could have been me. I also learned the bourree on guitar but never mastered it. 😅 But I wasn't in London then and I was 4 years old in 1968.
In the bass guitar world Bach's Cello Suite is often used for helping to develop technique. My primary bass instructor even has an entire course on the Cello Suite in G that I have done. He also has a course on Bach's Prelude #1 in C Major, although I haven't done that one yet. I am happy you returned to Jethro Tull who were one of my favorites as a teen back in the 70s, and still are to this day. They have many other tunes I think you would really enjoy, although to be fair you should probably do some of the other progressive rock bands first, such as Yes and Genesis, among several other. Great analysis as always.
It is amazing (perhaps not) how many rock musicians quote Bach or say that he influenced them growing up. Particularly those in Progressive Rock and Fusion/Jazz.
@@rk41gator Rick Beato did an interview with Sting and his guitar player Dominic Miller. Sting said he and Dominic both have the same teacher, and his name is J.S. Bach. They said they still regularly play Bach as part of their practice routine. Hopefully Amy will get to the Police/Sting soon so she can be introduced to his work and compositions. I think she would be fascinated with their intricate chords and progressions. As a musician I also think she would find this particular interview very interesting and relatable.
I love the way your harp hums along with you as you speak. ❤️
Yes! Listening to those versions of classics would be great!
Did you know that, thanks to its academic education, Deep Purple organist Jon Lord wrote a Concerto for Group and Orchestra, that was played by DP and the Royal Philarmonic Orchestra, directed by Malcom Arnold, at the Royal Albert Hall in 1969? Would be great for you to see it.
Also, Lord brought baroque and classical influences into rock, and the birth of heavy metal, even indirectly through his influence over paramount guitarist Ritchie Blackmore. Consider the keyboard and guitar solos of Deep Purple's "Highway Star" or "Burn".
Richie Blackmore hated that album and I agree with him.
@@nyobunknown6983 Yes, that album was Ritchie's give and take for taking the lead afterwards when producing In Rock, which would change Rock History. And that was good. But even then, when recording In Rock he started developing his "Morzartian" arrangements. Albeit resisted, I think Lord influence endured and somehow unfolded. Btw, I love the Concerto.
And I also think the Concerto was of much inspiration to many bands, including those as Jethro Tull that would later release band/orchestral works.
Jon Lord, 1972 Gemini Suite, Is my favorite.
I still have the vinyl, but never liked it enough to play it very often.
I would really appreciate, as I believe many of your subscriber's who love Jethro Tull would, if you could please find time to listen to the "Thick as a Brick" album ... in it's entirety (?)
Would you, please, please, and pretty please? 🙂
I would love that as well. Maybe as a celebration WHEN she hits the 100k subscriber milestone.
You're not the first to suggest that,it's a great idea.
My favourite track by Jethro Tull! Thanks for this one.
A note that he was entirely self taught. My fav two albums are Heavy Horses and Minstrel in the Gallery. Rock meets English folk. Songs from the Wood is especially interesting. One that might not be as musically interesting, but one of my favs is part of a suite, Crash Barrier Waltzer. About a homeless woman. Tull and Anderson are something else. Not as hugely popular as the others, but I'm guessing maybe among your fanbase!
Tull covered a song by Henry VIII th-cam.com/video/jPs_0NygfIc/w-d-xo.html
I saw the debut of Jethro Tull at the Fillmore Auditorium in SF in the early '70s...an incredible show!
Id love to see the examination of "piece, and the artists they inspired" comparison. That would be really neat.
I feel like I have just stumbled into a Music Theory classroom at a university. Your statement at 15:25 may explain why so many people do not like classical music: they get tired of hearing one instrument or a group of similar/same instruments go on and on repetitively, such as violins squeaking and whining on and on....and on and on....through a long piece of music. After awhile it all becomes a repetitive blur in the ears.
Linking to the previous video of your 1st reaction was an excellent idea, allowing for those to watch who might have missed it.
Excellent analysis, as always! With the Beatles, I'm pretty sure that Paul McCartney has said it was an inspiration for "Blackbird". Another piece of popular music to be heavily based on a Back piece is Paul Simon's song "American Tune", which uses the melody of “O Sacred Head, Now Wounded” from the St. Matthew Passion.
Another fantastic analysis of a great piece by a great artist! Kudos to you and to Vlad, your trusty gatekeeper. May I suggest "Revelations" by Iron Maiden?
Love, love, love your presentation of the brilliance of Bach. You wet our appetites.
That's my favorite since 10th grade and you just taught me the history of it,,,just now as I listen,,,Thankyou
An analysis of "Because" by The Beatles and "The Firth of Fith" by Genesis could be interesting!
When this album came out in 1969 it was kind of groundbreaking. Speaking as a musician all forms of music have their assets. Classical music kind of fell from favor when vocals became more important to listeners. I am not an opera fan but a lot of that sound will live on forever. Blues and jazz and a little bit of gospel all came together in a kind of evolution. A lot of more modern country music has become a kind of southern blues. Ian Anderson is a musical genius. In their later albums the classical sound comes through even more. A very good example is in the song Black Satin Dancer. Thank you for your time.👍
I personally really enjoy when rock artist (particularly progressive artists) take inspiration from classical (or maybe more accurately baroque and renaissance) music. If you're looking for some more fun examples, I would recommend:
- House of the King by Focus
-Blood on the Rooftops by Genesis
-Witchwood by The Strawbs
-Light Flight by Pentangle
-Catherine of Aragon by Rick Wakeman
-La Villa Strangiato by Rush (you mentioned Segovia and its intro is reminiscent)
-Prologue by Renaissance (literally cribs from Rachmaninoff iirc) or really anything by Renaissance
-Vivaldi by Curved Air
-Fugue in D Minor by Egg (more bach rockification)
-Moths by Jethro Tull (if you want some more old english folky ancient musicesque stylings)
-Classical Gas by Mason Williams is fun
-Intermezzo No. 1 by Abba (if you want to go back to their pop version or a sort of rossini thing? I think?)
I didn't know that there was a time where improvisation was encouraged when rendering these pieces. It's sad to say that, as a young man, I tried to play with classically-trained musicians with an improvisational manner, only to have them confess that they knew no way to do that. They had only been taught to play it one way. I found this heartbreaking. Thank you for the musical history lesson.
stranglers' golden brown.... great time signature and already with a harpsicord!
That would be a great choice. I used to know Dave Greenfield.
.....@@TheHookahSmokingCaterpillar he was great.. didn't he just pass away a few months ago?.. what a loss...RIP..... so many 80's and 90's songs would lend themselves to her reviews... brain can't process that number at my age!... all the best HSC... I wonder how may folks get your moniker..( Love GS's/JA Live version of White Rabbit).... would be a good review itself..!
just posted my top ten elvis costello pics on another vid.. would love to hear some reviews of some Imperial Bedroom tracks...
@@jimbolye-ah4130 Yes, he did. Though I got to know him, briefly, as we were members of the same re-enactment group.
It was a bit of a jaw dropping moment when he mentioned he had some band stuff to do and I casually asked what band, expecting it to be some local thing, and he said, "The Stranglers." Really nice guy, down to earth, no pomposity.
My favourite story was when he was deciding whether to buy a Porsche or a Ferrari. He could get a 9' spear in the Porsche, so he bought that!
I guess I'm of an age now where most of my musical heroes are reaching their ends. Never actually got to see Dave play, but it's quite cool to be able think I knew the composer of Golden Brown.
A fair number of people get the HSC reference, the odd one or two from Lewis Carol, but most from Jefferson Airplane/The Big Society. The funniest thing is those who try to use it as a 'you're just a stoner' attack in online arguments - they clearly have no idea of its origins.
I confess, I was quite surprised no one had got to it before me.
Take care.
I see favourite.... been here 54yrs.. from Rotherham originally...finally went back to spread ashes 3 yrs ago..amazing how friendly us bits are..cheers..all the best mate!.. gonna throw on my vinyl of aural sculpture and take a trip back to happier times..
18:47/18:54 - Yeah, I'd be interested in hearing a project on the various songs and pieces inspired by this. :)
Anyway, what a delightful review. I'm so glad you liked it. I wonder how that will shape any future Jethro Tull listening. Perhaps "Living in the Past" or "Songs From the Wood" would tie together this and Locomotive Breath (which I know you already did)... though who knows if they'd prepare you for Aqualung. :D
Emerson Lake and Palmer, Fire on High, I would love to hear your take on that one. Get it Vlad.
Proving again that harp can do so much more than the glissandos we usually hear in large orchestra pieces.
So I am thinking you should try The Whole of The Moon by The Waterboys. Just for a bit of a change to the classic pastiche and/or metal recommendations. Keep the nice work!
This is a great video, thank you for the history lesson about it, I've always loved this member of Tull's discography.
Band: Genesis
Song: Firth of Fifth
Album : Selling England By The Pound
Paul McCartney playing the Bach "Bouree" and "Blackbird" Lennon and McCartney versions, can be found if you search for: Parkinson Show December 2005 (around minute 16).
For more flutey prog, try multi-instrumentalist Thijs Van Leer's use of it with the Dutch band Focus. Vlad will no doubt know the best example!
My vote would be Hamburger Concerto, the song from the same titled album. They have lots of great stuff besides the often reacted to song Hocus Pocus. They are much deeper than that song. The song Anonymous II off of Focus 3 would be another interesting, yet long song.
@@cecilkeebler4254 Eruption is good, too.
One classical piece that got picked up by a modern musician was for the song "Russians" by Sting (formerly of The Police). He stated on the notes for the album "Dream of the Blue Turtle that he wished to thank "Prokofiev, from whom I stole a few bars." (I think that was the language he used.) He was speaking of the Romance theme from Lieutenant Kijé Suite.
The Eric Carmen hit song "All by Myself" used music entirely drawn from Rachmaninoff's 2nd Piano Concerto.
Another one that has popped up from time to time (again, much more modern than Bach) was the theme from "Hall of the Mountain King" by Grieg, which for example shows up at the very end of the Rick Wakeman album "Journey to the Centre of the Earth." That is an album that might interest you as well, as it was performed with the help of the London Symphony Orchestra and the English Chamber Choir and recorded at the Royal Festival Hall in London.
I cast my vote for exploring how this Bourée has influenced other pieces of music. Please?
So glad you enjoyed Bouree!! There is a Jethro Tull Christmas Album which has some wonderful classic Christmas music like God rest ye merry gentlemen, Pavanne etc. It would be so appropriate for you to review. Keep up the good work. Loved the Zappa review too.
It's only a matter of time before we get a video for ELP's The Barbarian or Pictures at an Exhibition.
Could put the Jethro and Harp playing side by side for us to listen to
The intro reminds me so much of Moondance (1970) by Van Morrison, including the swing feel.
Love your thoughts - if you have oodles of time one day - do the studio version of Thick as a Brick - and a live version thereof.
Thank you. Nice aproach. Could be a bit short.
0:55: I think that Bouree enjoyed a bit of a "moment" in the UK in the 1960s. The Beatles' song Michelle started out with Paul McCartney trying to play the same piece on guitar.
I just found your channel! And I'm so happy about it. I am also professional musician with classic background. Now that you have listened the lyrics of the songs and compared it to music, I would suggest you take a look of Master Of Puppets by Metallica. I just lost my younger brother to that "Master". Would mean a world to me. Wish all the best and good fortune to you! Keep on going! Great Job!
Love a good Bach discussion.
Love it !! Keep 'em coming !!
Neil Diamond said his song Sung blue was based on a Mozart melody. There are quite a few other examples. I am e enjoying your channel partly because of your analysis of the music, but also to watch you reacting on hearing for the first time things that I grew up listening to. It’s quite an experience to watch someone hear something you familiar with for the first time. I have one request a song that I think you might find interesting is called space oddity by David Bowie. Give it a listen and see if you think it’s worth one of your treatments. Happy New Year.
Best thing about Jethro Tull is over 50 years you get to see A LOT of dabbling in musical trends while still staying true to their roots.
I can't tell you how much I appreciate your work and how good you are at it. Having said that, I wonder if you would drift a bit to a live jazz classic and check out and dissect Roland Kirk performing "Serenade to a Coocoo." I believe you'll be gobsmacked.
concerning your suggestions: definitely GENESIS, early phase, some of that great odd time signature stuff or maybe the VERY early "In the Wilderness" ?
Bassist Glen Cornick really makes this track. He was a fantastic musician.
Thank you, ma’am, much appreciated
A Feast of Friends by the Doors would be something similar as in it's based in Adagio in G minor by Albinoni...but with the poetry of Jim Morrison
Jethro Tull's "Thick As A Brick" is a better example of how Ian uses dynamics and different combinations of instruments to make his lengthy composition interesting and pleasant to the ear. He's a greater arranger as well as composer and musician.
Many Progressive Rock fans consider Bach the first prog rock composer..LOL because so many pieces of progressive rock have been based on Bach starting with what is considered the very first progressive rock composition A whiter shade of pale by Procol Harum.
As enticing as your offer to teach me music theory, I traveled down that road 50 years ago in college. In fact, I took 3 semesters of music theory, but I found that I had a conceptual blind spot that I couldn't overcome. I could not reliably identify a V to VI cadence. They always looked to me like V to I. So I found other subjects before I had a tragic shipwreck on the shoals. What does this mean? You need to help students who can be helped, and encourage the rest to find a more suitable path. And thank you for your expositions, I do learn as my ability allows.
AWESOME!
Loved it!
To me the words that come to mind as it pertains to classical music are "Fantasia", "Variations", and "Musicality".
These are not new ideas these are very old ideas.
Again one of the things that I love about Anderson is that he takes these old ideas and makes them fresh and new for a new generation and a new audience.
prog
You may want to listen to the song Metal heart by Accept, A combination between Tchaikovsky (Marche Slave), and Beethoven (Fur Elise).
I think that (at least in my country, Peru) that Bach's Bourrée was obligatory when you were learning classical guitar.
Have you ever heard “Pictures at an exhibition” by Emerson Lake and Palmer? Amazing!
Fantastic. 🎶 🎵
You've got far more musical training than I, but it's worth mentioning that when the two notes are played at each point in the original, you do hear, physically with your ears, more than the two notes. The two notes played together reinforce harmonic overtones, which you do actually hear. It isn't imaginary. But what Jethro Tull has created, I think, amounts to a set of variations on the theme, organized into an A-B-A' structure. The theme and variations was a common form in the baroque and classical periods, but Ian Anderson, wisely I think, chose not to end with a bravura final variation like those you find in the classical period.
BTW, I'd love to hear, all in one place and with brief comments, several of the other pop/rock songs inspired by Bach's Bourée in E minor. Perhaps you might consider working something like that into your video presentation of your own harp adaptation of the piece.
Genesis : Home By The Sea / Second Home By The Sea
There is an American rock 🎸 band called "Kansas" that i am dying for Amy to listen to & give her opinion & thoughts on....
Amy loves a capella singing, so she should like the intro to Carry On My Wayward Sonm
Ahhh Bach!
OK, Radar. What else can one say?
@@edwardthorne9875 glad you got the reference
There's a song called Dharma for one, Jethro Tull, probably the best composition off their first album
The bands that from a musicological standpoint are most interesting, and therefore worthiest of Amy's attention, include the Zombies ("Odessy and Oracle"), the Beach Boys (Pet Sounds"), Moby Grape, the Left Banke, Joni Mitchell, and Jimi Hendrix, not to mention the Beatles.
I'd love you to analyse "Thick as a brick" by Yethro Tull!!!
Jethro Tull plays Faure's Pavane in F# minor too. It doesn't hold a candle to the sublime original, in my opinion, but it's worth hearing. Many jazz musicians have played it too. There are dozens of renditions for different ensembles here on TH-cam.
I believe this Bach piece was also the inspiration for Paul McCartney's Blackbird.
I've also heard that.
Yes, she said in the video that Bouree also influenced The Beatles. It was less specific, but she said it
Amy is a “rockstar “!!
the best song I heard with a harp in was Siouxie & the Banshees - Forever
When does the next video for PF The Wall come? I thought we would get one song every week!
New subscriber, I love your overall presentation and your precise way of describing facets of music. I have been a Jethro Tull fan since their first album. All of these years later I am still learning to master guitar. Thanks for doing this video. By the way, what does it cost for one of those harps like the one you have there? I play guitar and was close to buying a Cello. Can only dream of owning a harp like the one you have there. Good luck and happy new year to you.
I don't know if this one "would appeal to modern tastes", but it was very popular in the old days:
Emerson Lake & Palmer
Aaron Copeland / Fanfare For the Common Man
th-cam.com/video/c2zurZig4L8/w-d-xo.html
You go girl !
Jethro Tull has done so much great music, My God. Heavy horses. And Skating away on a thin ice
12:40 He turned the bass line into a "walking bass line" which is very common in swing/jazz music.
Please do 'Songs from the wood' by Jethro Tull. Just the intro. :)
I like to think that if Bach ever heard and saw Count Basie and his band play, he would have written something like this.
Very good music.
Jazz master Charlie Parker played his altered BACH, every single day.
Have you heard The Nice?