Comin' this november will complete 1 year my father passed away, he loved this song just as I! He was 53.. too old for rock n' roll, but too young to die. R.I.P. dad!
The most fun I had listening to a sad song, this just took me back 45 years. It's great having access to such great music, now I'll never be too old to rock & roll.
I'm 36, and my husband introduced me to Jethro Tull a couple years ago. I remember my mom telling me when I was little, that they were her first concert when she was a teenager. She had to sneak out so she could go! Lol. I now understand why she took the risk! Haha. These guys are awesome! So much fun, and so much talent! : ))
Ian Anderson.... Thank you, so much, for a lifetime of music that sustains me. Since I was a preteen young'un, your poetic lyrics and your band's exceptional musicianship has impressed me. Seeing you play in Burlington, VT years ago brought it home as I grooved on your band switching instruments so seemlessly. Ian, you are awesome, you are groovy, and my gratitude reaches beyong the solar system. Hugz and loves to you!!!
Jethro Toll was The Best Concert of the year, even after rescheduling because of one of band members was injured, Everybody at the show in Las Vegas, at the Aladdin Hotel, Thank You for such a Great Concert
Takes me back to my youth and better happy days. Had this on a T Shirt my now wife bought me for my 15th Birthday. Really miss the music and the times of the 70s.
Saw Jethro Tull the first time with my brother, it was a rainy evening , most of the people left, we stayed till the end of the concert, we didnt knew the band. One of the best evening of my life and now one of our favorite bands ❤🍻 (2007)
When I hear this song I always think of my older cousins that lived up street from me when I was a kid. They saw them in concert and talked about it for months. Always had Jethro Tull on their stereo. Good times and fond memories. Wish I could go back to those days.
Never saw this video before..I love this song. I find interesting how fun Ian makes every presentation of this song despite of the meaningful and kind of sad lyrics. Just love it..
I'm a punk rock/hardcore metal bloke,but I love that bands back then were so quirky and original,fully believe without bands like this punk wouldn't even have happened,pure self expression, absolutely brilliant ...
I am 41, and not a singer or anything but as I am watching him, I just fantasize about standing on stage doing exactly what he does. It's the coolest thing anyone can do. I F LOVE IAN ANDERSON!
So glad my informal musical appreciation education started at this time! So many great and totally individual bands around at that time compared to the drivel of today. I was truly blessed 🙏
This is back when anyone over 30 was considered way too old for rock n roll. No one could have foreseen the Stones at 70 playing Rock shows. That was considered absurd!
Well ..it still proved true.....after 1980 the Stones rarely released anything of substance....they admit themselves so ,because their setlist contains mostly pre 1979 material .
I have seen them 4 times live and after many awesome concerts of other bands that I like too I have to say that they are the best live act of them all.
@Lea Natale I have been a big JT fan most of my life and am also 60. Lately I have been deep into other musicians and bands like David Bowie, Did you happen to see the music and video he made while dying? Blackstar. I also like Talking Heads/David Byrne. Dire Straits and Mark Knopfler too. I wouldn't waste my time on going to see either Ian or Martin these days. I have probably been to over 100 of their concerts over the years. I have come to believe that Ian has some type of ego or issue where he just can't hang it up and let it go. He is like a punch drunk boxer well over his prime still trying to be a prize fighter. I would have had more respect for him and the band had he hung it up while they were still good. I even wrote to him more than once and suggested he get a new lead singer. For any person that wants to hate on me for my analysis, simply listen to any song he performed pre 1980 and pull up a 2019 video of him doing the same song. He is horrendous. In contrast look up blackstar and go to the 4:30 mark or so of that video and listen to Bowie's beautiful voice at age 69 while dying of liver cancer.
The old rocker wore his hair too long Wore his trouser cuffs too tight Unfashionable to the end Drank his ale too light Death's head belt buckle, yesterday's dreams The transport caf', prophet of doom Ringing no change in his double-sewn seams In his post-war-babe gloom Now he was too old to rock and roll And he was too young to die He was too old to rock and roll And he was too young to die He once owned a Harley Davidson And a Triumph Bonneville Counted his friends in burned-out spark plugs Prays that he always will But he's the last of the blue blood's greaser boys And all his mates are doing time Married with three kids up by the ring road Sold their souls straight down the line And some of them own little sports cars And meet at the tennis club do's For drinks on a Sunday, work on Monday They've thrown away their blue suede shoes Now they're too old to rock and roll And they're too young to die Yes they're too old to rock and roll And they're too young to die So the old rocker gets out his bike To make a ton before he takes his leave Up on the A1 by Scotch Corner Just like it used to be And as he flies, tears in his eyes His wind-whipped words echo the final take And he hits the trunk road doing around a hundred and twenty With no room left to brake And he was too old to rock and roll And he was too young to die Yes he was too old to rock and roll And he was too young to die No, you're never too old to rock and roll If you're too young to die And no you're never too old to rock and roll But he was too young to die.
Composing both music and lyrics to virtually all of Tull originals. Ian has probably been the most prolific among his peers and how many are there that punch in his weight class also? It’s an astounding catalogue that he has produced.
@@luisreyguerrero6511 si de hecho pero segun Ian se lo vieron venir. no dejaria su fiestando. y no iria ver una dentista para tratar esa diente infeccion.
I'm proud to have grown up with such bands and i feel sorry for the young people who only listen to ephemeral music. I'll be 60 and I'll be 20 again with this music. thanks for that!!!
My 18 year old son is well versed in Jethro Tull and all of the other magical, transformative bands I grew up on. Between this music and bedtime stories from Vonnegut, he's able to see the world in ways his friends can't comprehend.
What a beautiful music , the best progressive rock band ever . Jethro tull has combined beautiful music with progressive rock including several styles as jazz blues folk Celtic hard and symphonic rock and classic music . The only band can do that.
unforgettable the only complaint I may have is I can't play anything else once I start listening to them I end up playing all the albums I have which is quite a lot
It's not live, it's all playback. But don't blame Jethro Tull for it. The TV studios back then simply weren't set up to record live performances so they had no choice.
These lyrics carry the power & essence of our humanity; our limitations. The sweetest poetry and it never fails to bring me to tears. Ian Anderson is beyond everyone, even Mozart.
There was a performance similar to this on the 20 years of Jethro Tull video which was an absolutely fantastic story of the Scottish genius up in his salmon farm in Scotland.🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🎸🎸🎸😁😁😁
Ahhh what memories-ae a 60 year Englishman from Peckham in S.E London this was my yery first experience of Jethro Tull...watching this "vid" as a 13 year old on English T.V. and thinking "I have to check out THIS band" and get the album "too old to rock n roll too young to die" which made me "backtrack " to then get (in my opinion) their TWO best albums MINSTREL IN THE GALLERY and AQUALUNG and have been a MASSIVE Tull fan ever since...tragically IRONIC with the THE LATE GREAT JOHN GLASSCOCK MIMING/SINGING with Ian "TOO YOUNG TO DIE"...again (in my opinion) J.T.'s BEST EVER bass player...watching it thinking "there's only ONE COUNTRY THIS BAND COULD COME FROM=proud to say=ENGLAND!! and Ian + Martin are still GOING STRONG some FIFTYFIVE Years later=EXCELLENT!! of a brilliant band that does NOT take itself TOO SERIOUSLY and has a great sense of humour=proud to say=English/British sense of humour...A F*****G BRILLIANT band...cheers,all the best from Piersgrowcott7@gmail.com-a.k.a.-Chopper.
I first discovered Jethro Tull when I bought Aqualung in the 70s and later ; later I was mesmerized by Living in the Past, My wife and I went to his Melbourne concert at Festival Hall in '72, Absolutely fantastic!!
The old rocker wore his hair too long Wore his trouser cuffs too tight Unfashionable to the end Drank his ale too light Death's head belt buckle, yesterday's dreams The transport caf', prophet of doom Ringing no change in his double-sewn seams In his post-war-babe gloom Now he's too old to rock and roll But he's too young to die Yes he's too old to rock and roll But he's too young to die He once owned a Harley Davidson And a Triumph Bonneville Counted his friends in burned-out spark plugs Prays that he always will But he's the last of the blue blood's greaser boys And all his mates are doing time Married with three kids up by the ring road Sold their souls straight down the line And some of them own little sports cars And meet at the tennis club do's For drinks on a Sunday, work on Monday They've thrown away their blue suede shoes Now they're too old to rock and roll And they're too young to die Yes they're too old to rock and roll And they're too young to die So the old rocker gets out his bike To make a ton before he takes his leave Up on the A1 by Scotch Corner Just like it used to be And as he flies, tears in his eyes His wind-whipped words echo the final take And he hits the trunk road doing around a hundred and twenty With no room left to brake And he was too old to rock and roll And he was too young to die No he was too old to rock and roll And he was too young to die No, you're never too old to rock and roll If you're too young to die And no you're never too old to rock and roll But he was too young to die
o cara é foda demais tive a oportunidade de ver ele ao vivo em Porto Alegre em 2017, sempre muito carismático com o público e muito divertido espero ter a chance de ver ele novamente ao vivo.
I was born in 62 first Jethro Tull i remember hearing Bungle in the jungle. Love their work seen them in concert a few times. Once was at the Tower theater in Pennsylvania when they did a live concert broadcast. Great band and music
Excellent point. Chronically undervalued by a surprising majority of otherwise rabid Tull fans, the album is always a great listen, artistry from beginning to end.
The music is beautiful, it manages to transport me beyond my thoughts, away from reality. I have a lot of ideas about the message that the lyrics want to convey, i love it! ❤
I got to see you guys the one and only time you came to Durban South Africa... I was just a little one. But wow, an experience I will never forget. I really wish I could get to see you guys live again.
It's been 46 years when I heard this Jethro Tull song. I was 16 years old, I never imagined that the title of the song would identify me like it does now. I became Ray Lomas.
A lot of the bands were more a flash in the pan. Also any schmeal who could impress the dj could cut a platter. AND the dj will spin it after this song. Now, its impossible to get your shit played...
Ian has always had a magical sense of humour , I've still got his 25years anniversary DVD which has all the countless members of his band meeting in a pub in London. I've lost count of the times I've seen them and still wonder where Ian got that tent from on the live show of Thick as a Brick.🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🎸🎸🎸👍👍👍👍😁😁😁😁
I have been quite amused by every comment on this video. No one AT ALL gets the antics in this video for what they are. I'm going to show my (kinda scary) age here, and tell all you young folks what's actually happening here. This was from 1976 - MTV did not exist yet, and would not for several years. Note that what you are hearing is the studio cut of this song. At this point in time, asking an artist to lip-synch to their studio cut was, well, weird. Like I said, MTV did not exist yet. Solid Gold wouldn't even be a thing for several years from this point. If you'll watch other videos from around this time, you'll see similar things - Slade, particularly, was known for the singing members chewing gum. In this video, Ian steps on dude's arm while he's playing, and does the beer silliness later - this is so the listener realizes that THIS IS NOT THE BAND'S LIVE SOUND. Bands at that time were afraid that video of them lip synching their studio cut might lead the viewer to believe that's what they actually sounded like live, and would result in disappointment at live shows, and so they would do odd things like this during these weird new "video" things. This practice disappeared by 1980.
@@BrutishYetDelightful spot on, you can see him trying to mime while spitting beer out and messing around with Martin's guitar 'playing'. All done in good fun and great taste.
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When live music was dubbed, seen so many of the greats muck about letting the audience know its dubbed whilst sticking two fingers up at the industry love it 😀
Fell in love with song when I was 18. I turn 45 next month and still love the song - just got my hands on a 1970’s vinyl Chrysalis LP Tull - Vol. II récord, and it sounds better now than ever on my 1973 Panasonic “Multiplex” Stereo receiver and 1970 Fisher 3-way dual front 8 ohm 50 Watt speakers. “Just like it used to be. TULL!!
Hoy , día del padre en Argentina, recuerdo a mi hermano Eduardo, quien me hizo conocer a mis 10 años esta hermosa banda. Mi momento de bella música y letras de cada día.
!!!!!! It only just falls behind the magnificent. Aqualung,Thick as brick n Heavy horses....But then again i rate. A passion play and the Christmas album.....
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For my wonderful dad who passed away last night. He loved this song. RIP dad ❤️
lost my dad last year, love and hugs to you brother
❤😢
I'm truly sorry for your loss of your father 💙
This song is STILL the coolest❤
God bless you both. A wonderful memory.
Comin' this november will complete 1 year my father passed away, he loved this song just as I! He was 53.. too old for rock n' roll, but too young to die. R.I.P. dad!
I'm still addicted to Jethro Tull from the 70's to now! One of my all time bands ever.
Ditto !
I find his music 'weird but relatable'. Only 'found' him by virtue of an old neighbour.
Me too!
Yea man!!
Me too 😊😊
What about the 60s?
I'm 48 and just last year discovered Jethro Tull and I can't get enough especially this song with other classics 🤘🏼
I'm almost 70 and I'm NOT TOO OLD TO ROCK AND ROLL! And I'm definitely too young to die! ✌🖖☮💙
Leave room to break -- at least 3m for every 120mph.
I am 4 yrs younger and I am Too young to not Rock & Roll and too Miserable to Die Young just saying I hope not.!!!
m'am i miss your content please post more
Brilliant ❤
Had to cope withya
I be been listening to Jethro Tull since I was 13/14, I'm 63 now and this makes me smile and feel wild and ready to howl at my old lady moon!
60 now and still I can’t get enough of your music. True artists.
Me took
And me too ;-)
I just turned 63 and still love them 🎉❤
JA 63
What an unmatched stage presence. Like how can you not love Jethro Tull
The most fun I had listening to a sad song,
this just took me back 45 years.
It's great having access to such great music, now I'll never be too old to rock & roll.
Such a lovely Smile. And the Lyrics so meaningful. Thanks, great Britain, for bringing US this beautiful music!!!!?
Deatheads beltbuckle yeasterdays dream
@@peteratherton4213 bikers used to wear deathshead belt buckles .
@@Eleventhearlofmars Still do.
Stupid question but it doesn't look like he is taking swallow and just kinda spitting it out.
if Ian Anderson can't make you smile, you're dead inside.
smile and cry in the same song
@@dinilsops If you have been there.
I love beer as much as him! Cheers! 🍻 Peace!
Like Intel "Deadntium Inside"?
Most underrated front man ever !
I'm 36, and my husband introduced me to Jethro Tull a couple years ago. I remember my mom telling me when I was little, that they were her first concert when she was a teenager. She had to sneak out so she could go! Lol. I now understand why she took the risk! Haha. These guys are awesome! So much fun, and so much talent! : ))
Ian Anderson.... Thank you, so much, for a lifetime of music that sustains me. Since I was a preteen young'un, your poetic lyrics and your band's exceptional musicianship has impressed me. Seeing you play in Burlington, VT years ago brought it home as I grooved on your band switching instruments so seemlessly. Ian, you are awesome, you are groovy, and my gratitude reaches beyong the solar system. Hugz and loves to you!!!
Saw them many times in the 70's and 80's, Pure talent and stage show the best.
after half a century it still excites me ... absolute masterpiece!
This raises my spirits tremendously whenever I hear it. Genius.
Вместо флейты кружка пива как на отдыхе. Вот это да.
Jethro Toll was The Best Concert of the year, even after rescheduling because of one of band members was injured, Everybody at the show in Las Vegas, at the Aladdin Hotel, Thank You for such a Great Concert
Takes me back to my youth and better happy days. Had this on a T Shirt my now wife bought me for my 15th Birthday. Really miss the music and the times of the 70s.
Saw Jethro Tull the first time with my brother, it was a rainy evening , most of the people left, we stayed till the end of the concert, we didnt knew the band. One of the best evening of my life and now one of our favorite bands ❤🍻 (2007)
When I hear this song I always think of my older cousins that lived up street from me when I was a kid. They saw them in concert and talked about it for months. Always had Jethro Tull on their stereo. Good times and fond memories. Wish I could go back to those days.
A good friend introduced me to this man in the 60's and now I'm old and he's died .... but Ian's still rocking.....thx. bro. RIP RAJ.
How a song can sound so upbeat, but be so deep at the same time? Beautiful yet melancholic. I love it!💕
Never saw this video before..I love this song. I find interesting how fun Ian makes every presentation of this song despite of the meaningful and kind of sad lyrics. Just love it..
Its obviously mimed and lip synced
I'm a punk rock/hardcore metal bloke,but I love that bands back then were so quirky and original,fully believe without bands like this punk wouldn't even have happened,pure self expression, absolutely brilliant ...
Check out what Johnny Rotten has said about the band.
you are never too late to do things, you are never too old to live and always value the time you lived
I am 41, and not a singer or anything but as I am watching him, I just fantasize about standing on stage doing exactly what he does. It's the coolest thing anyone can do. I F LOVE IAN ANDERSON!
what is with these potato and tomato comments?
So glad my informal musical appreciation education started at this time! So many great and totally individual bands around at that time compared to the drivel of today. I was truly blessed 🙏
This is back when anyone over 30 was considered way too old for rock n roll. No one could have foreseen the Stones at 70 playing Rock shows. That was considered absurd!
Now you have groups like Deep Purple, The Rolling Stones, Alice Cooper, etc. in their 70's still out there and kicking ass!
Ian Anderson was 28 here.
Jammin in 1970 at the age of 70 you’d be born in 1900
Well ..it still proved true.....after 1980 the Stones rarely released anything of substance....they admit themselves so ,because their setlist contains mostly pre 1979 material .
turns out, the stones are now an absurd reality.
Ian Anderson is most definitely a one of a kind performer. Been loving his music for 50plus years now. Amazing!!!
I saw them 10 times. If I can I'll see them another 10. They're unbelievable performers to see live.
I have seen them 4 times live and after many awesome concerts of other bands that I like too I have to say that they are the best live act of them all.
Not the same anymore. Ian's voice has gotten pathetic.
@Lea Natale I have been a big JT fan most of my life and am also 60. Lately I have been deep into other musicians and bands like David Bowie, Did you happen to see the music and video he made while dying? Blackstar. I also like Talking Heads/David Byrne. Dire Straits and Mark Knopfler too. I wouldn't waste my time on going to see either Ian or Martin these days. I have probably been to over 100 of their concerts over the years. I have come to believe that Ian has some type of ego or issue where he just can't hang it up and let it go. He is like a punch drunk boxer well over his prime still trying to be a prize fighter. I would have had more respect for him and the band had he hung it up while they were still good. I even wrote to him more than once and suggested he get a new lead singer. For any person that wants to hate on me for my analysis, simply listen to any song he performed pre 1980 and pull up a 2019 video of him doing the same song. He is horrendous. In contrast look up blackstar and go to the 4:30 mark or so of that video and listen to Bowie's beautiful voice at age 69 while dying of liver cancer.
@Lea Natale Blackpool?
Seen them 7 times myself would go see then again
Can't stop listening to them.... Brilliant.
go to bed.
The old rocker wore his hair too long
Wore his trouser cuffs too tight
Unfashionable to the end
Drank his ale too light
Death's head belt buckle, yesterday's dreams
The transport caf', prophet of doom
Ringing no change in his double-sewn seams
In his post-war-babe gloom
Now he was too old to rock and roll
And he was too young to die
He was too old to rock and roll
And he was too young to die
He once owned a Harley Davidson
And a Triumph Bonneville
Counted his friends in burned-out spark plugs
Prays that he always will
But he's the last of the blue blood's greaser boys
And all his mates are doing time
Married with three kids up by the ring road
Sold their souls straight down the line
And some of them own little sports cars
And meet at the tennis club do's
For drinks on a Sunday, work on Monday
They've thrown away their blue suede shoes
Now they're too old to rock and roll
And they're too young to die
Yes they're too old to rock and roll
And they're too young to die
So the old rocker gets out his bike
To make a ton before he takes his leave
Up on the A1 by Scotch Corner
Just like it used to be
And as he flies, tears in his eyes
His wind-whipped words echo the final take
And he hits the trunk road doing around a hundred and twenty
With no room left to brake
And he was too old to rock and roll
And he was too young to die
Yes he was too old to rock and roll
And he was too young to die
No, you're never too old to rock and roll
If you're too young to die
And no you're never too old to rock and roll
But he was too young to die.
Composing both music and lyrics to virtually all of Tull originals. Ian has probably been the most prolific among his peers and how many are there that punch in his weight class also? It’s an astounding catalogue that he has produced.
Always such a wonderful theatrical performer. A true artist from a bygone era.
tenía 17 años cuando conocí la música de Jetrhro, hoy tengo 60 y todavía sigue gustandome.
..."безумный дудочник в рваном камзоле на одной ноге"...
Ian handerson fausto majestuoso henorme jethro tuuuul benefyt tengo 64 yny mother de cansado😊
The classic 70s Tull lineup.. and John Glascock having a ball as always. Great stuff..
John Glascock, gran bajista, lastima que muriò tan joven.
@@luisreyguerrero6511 si de hecho pero segun Ian se lo vieron venir. no dejaria su fiestando. y no iria ver una dentista para tratar esa diente infeccion.
Jethro Tull music will never fade they're genius
I'm proud to have grown up with such bands and i feel sorry for the young people who only listen to ephemeral music. I'll be 60 and I'll be 20 again with this music. thanks for that!!!
So Do I, iconic band, iconic singer
Such a sag but true song
My 18 year old son is well versed in Jethro Tull and all of the other magical, transformative bands I grew up on. Between this music and bedtime stories from Vonnegut, he's able to see the world in ways his friends can't comprehend.
Nonsense. I'm 31 and have grown up with Jethro Tull. It's about exposure!
@@cooperstarr wow, Vonnegut, a name i dont run across often enough.
same here....
40 years ago I heard this song. Tull set me on a strange and very satisfying search for new music. Thank you Iam
Ian
Brings back a lot of Old Memories!!!
What a beautiful music , the best progressive rock band ever . Jethro tull has combined beautiful music with progressive rock including several styles as jazz blues folk Celtic hard and symphonic rock and classic music . The only band can do that.
I love the Tull..
Never heard of GENTLE GIANT ???
@@brunostraumann2622 They're not as old or talented. Couldn't carry Tull's gear
Herr Sher Gut, very much progressive Rock with real people damn real as real music ever have bin done yeah!!!
@@davefryer4530
I agree GG doesn’t have the power and sentimentality that Jethro Tull has .
We are never to old to rock n roll 💙
Yes💙❤️💘🇮🇹🙋
True said i am 69 and still rocking.
@@mikecurtis389 50
apparently by his looks, you are.
Never!!!👏👏👏👏👏
John Glascock is singing with Ian in this video. He played the bass in Tull between 1975 and 1979. RIP.
He was the Keanu Reeves of Jethro Tull
Or John ‘brittle dick’ as Ian used to say. Great bass player. 🙂
@@jacintshort1910 Fun thing is Keanu Reeves plays bass too ^^
@@pierre2497 Same face, same instrument
Singing, singing... It is playback!
Amazing. Last week I was at a Jethro Tull show and amazing 76 years old Ian Anderson was enthusiastically rock'n'rolling on stage.
Never too old to rock and roll, just turned 62 two days ago!!!!!!
unforgettable the only complaint I may have is I can't play anything else once I start listening to them I end up playing all the albums I have which is quite a lot
A lot of tull fans dismissed this album, I thought it was class.
Thanks J for 40 years of the best , you saved rock and roll !
Brilliant live version!
It's not live, it's all playback. But don't blame Jethro Tull for it. The TV studios back then simply weren't set up to record live performances so they had no choice.
I remember that feeling listening to it for the time when it came out, I feel the same haunting effect as I did 40 some years ago.
These lyrics carry the power & essence of our humanity; our limitations. The sweetest poetry and it never fails to bring me to tears. Ian Anderson is beyond everyone, even Mozart.
Get your hand off it.
@@flumpyhumpy lol !
settle down
Not that much,man.
A friend was dying of pancreatic cancer at 52 & I associated the somg with him.
There was a performance similar to this on the 20 years of Jethro Tull video which was an absolutely fantastic story of the Scottish genius up in his salmon farm in Scotland.🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🎸🎸🎸😁😁😁
Wunderbar...auch der Flirt mit der Kamera
These guys are awesome! Always talking about having fun and every song sounds like a fairytale!
He's got a strikingly good voice. I always loved this song. Because you're never too old to rock and roll
Fuck. I just caught him lip synching...
You think Kurt Cobain ever lip synched? He would kill himself first....
Most British shows at the time mandated lip syncing.
My favorite band” EVER”. Seen them @ the Garden back in the 70’s never disappointed shows were simply phenomenal, miss those glory days!!!!👌
Absolute Talent !!! Not like the garbage of today, this is what musicianship, talent and classic rock is !!! 👍👍👍👍
Ahhh what memories-ae a 60 year Englishman from Peckham in S.E
London this was my yery first experience of Jethro Tull...watching this "vid" as a 13 year old on English T.V. and thinking "I have to check out THIS band" and get the album "too old to rock n roll too young to die" which made me "backtrack " to then get (in my opinion) their TWO best albums MINSTREL IN THE GALLERY and AQUALUNG and have been a MASSIVE Tull fan ever since...tragically IRONIC with the THE LATE GREAT JOHN GLASSCOCK MIMING/SINGING with Ian "TOO YOUNG TO DIE"...again (in my opinion) J.T.'s BEST EVER bass player...watching it thinking "there's only ONE COUNTRY THIS BAND COULD COME FROM=proud to say=ENGLAND!! and Ian + Martin are still GOING STRONG some FIFTYFIVE Years later=EXCELLENT!! of a brilliant band that does NOT take itself TOO SERIOUSLY and has a great sense of humour=proud to say=English/British sense of humour...A F*****G BRILLIANT band...cheers,all the best from Piersgrowcott7@gmail.com-a.k.a.-Chopper.
What a Giant! The absolute best ever.
I first discovered Jethro Tull when I bought Aqualung in the 70s and later ; later I was mesmerized by Living in the Past, My wife and I went to his Melbourne concert at Festival Hall in '72, Absolutely fantastic!!
The old rocker wore his hair too long
Wore his trouser cuffs too tight
Unfashionable to the end
Drank his ale too light
Death's head belt buckle, yesterday's dreams
The transport caf', prophet of doom
Ringing no change in his double-sewn seams
In his post-war-babe gloom
Now he's too old to rock and roll
But he's too young to die
Yes he's too old to rock and roll
But he's too young to die
He once owned a Harley Davidson
And a Triumph Bonneville
Counted his friends in burned-out spark plugs
Prays that he always will
But he's the last of the blue blood's greaser boys
And all his mates are doing time
Married with three kids up by the ring road
Sold their souls straight down the line
And some of them own little sports cars
And meet at the tennis club do's
For drinks on a Sunday, work on Monday
They've thrown away their blue suede shoes
Now they're too old to rock and roll
And they're too young to die
Yes they're too old to rock and roll
And they're too young to die
So the old rocker gets out his bike
To make a ton before he takes his leave
Up on the A1 by Scotch Corner
Just like it used to be
And as he flies, tears in his eyes
His wind-whipped words echo the final take
And he hits the trunk road doing around a hundred and twenty
With no room left to brake
And he was too old to rock and roll
And he was too young to die
No he was too old to rock and roll
And he was too young to die
No, you're never too old to rock and roll
If you're too young to die
And no you're never too old to rock and roll
But he was too young to die
Motorcycle headlight on drum kit gets me every time . Just may be my favorite music video ever.
So nice to see the departed John Glascock who died in '77, great bass player and musician :-)
Even though they're miming, he still nails every note. Sad loss.
Old Brittledick. Great bassist.
'79 ;)
He was too young to die
Nice work great title
Anderson é tão profissional, que não deu um gole na cerveja ... Performance incrível! Genial!
o cara é foda demais tive a oportunidade de ver ele ao vivo em Porto Alegre em 2017, sempre muito carismático com o público e muito divertido espero ter a chance de ver ele novamente ao vivo.
Ele tentou...
One of THE best bands live. First saw Tull in '70 & several times since...always amazing!
I saw them yesterday night. Absolutely amazing as always. Legendary band ❤️
Sadly, the bassist John Glascock died too young. But he was and will remain eternalized in our hearts, with these fantastic songs by Jethro Tull.
Díky za koncert, bylo to nej a great a super. 💖❤💖
Class Act all the way -Best Band ever and Best concerts I ever attended-70 now and will never be too old rock with these young men😅💥🔥☀️🔥☀️🔥❤️
Amazing band , amazing music !
I was born in 62 first Jethro Tull i remember hearing Bungle in the jungle. Love their work seen them in concert a few times. Once was at the Tower theater in Pennsylvania when they did a live concert broadcast. Great band and music
You’ve got to love Ian Anderson what a star and what a brilliant song cheers Ian and jethro
I can listen this song forever ...
Most underrated album in the history of R&R.
Excellent point. Chronically undervalued by a surprising majority of otherwise rabid Tull fans, the album is always a great listen, artistry from beginning to end.
The music is beautiful, it manages to transport me beyond my thoughts, away from reality. I have a lot of ideas about the message that the lyrics want to convey, i love it! ❤
At 63 years old ,still amazing, still love Ian Anderson
I got to see you guys the one and only time you came to Durban South Africa... I was just a little one. But wow, an experience I will never forget.
I really wish I could get to see you guys live again.
I would love to see them live. I grew up to his music
Ian's voice is shot.he is 70 odd.great band
I saw him several times he's a fantastic man! True at 74 his voice isn't the same, but his heart is still in his music. I absolutely love this man.
Я не могу оторваться от Вас!!! Это просто шедевр, спасибо!😀🤩🤩
Never had a bike, this song still gives me shivers up my back.
I am 2 nd 2......
I forgot, thanks Ian ,for some of the best......
The pizzicato strings (where the violinists put aside their bows) adds a bright yet melancholic “pluck” to the song’s progression.
Ian's beer synching...AMAZIN
😂
The beer over Martin's head at the end
@@jacintshort1910 😂🤣🤣😁😁
yes, the beer synth was stunning, hang on, did you say synching or synthing ? :)
😂😂😂
The best is when he spilled some beer on the mic and literally nothing happened
You guys look like you were having a blast! Love you!
It's been 46 years when I heard this Jethro Tull song. I was 16 years old, I never imagined that the title of the song would identify me like it does now. I became Ray Lomas.
A lot of the bands were more a flash in the pan. Also any schmeal who could impress the dj could cut a platter. AND the dj will spin it after this song. Now, its impossible to get your shit played...
2024 Argentina,sabado a la noche, escuchando ésto... naci en el 91, deseando haberlo hecho mucho antes.❤
Ian's attempts to down that beer while singing that song were nothing short of heroic. 😅
Ian has always had a magical sense of humour , I've still got his 25years anniversary DVD which has all the countless members of his band meeting in a pub in London. I've lost count of the times I've seen them and still wonder where Ian got that tent from on the live show of Thick as a Brick.🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🎸🎸🎸👍👍👍👍😁😁😁😁
I have been quite amused by every comment on this video. No one AT ALL gets the antics in this video for what they are. I'm going to show my (kinda scary) age here, and tell all you young folks what's actually happening here. This was from 1976 - MTV did not exist yet, and would not for several years. Note that what you are hearing is the studio cut of this song. At this point in time, asking an artist to lip-synch to their studio cut was, well, weird. Like I said, MTV did not exist yet. Solid Gold wouldn't even be a thing for several years from this point. If you'll watch other videos from around this time, you'll see similar things - Slade, particularly, was known for the singing members chewing gum. In this video, Ian steps on dude's arm while he's playing, and does the beer silliness later - this is so the listener realizes that THIS IS NOT THE BAND'S LIVE SOUND. Bands at that time were afraid that video of them lip synching their studio cut might lead the viewer to believe that's what they actually sounded like live, and would result in disappointment at live shows, and so they would do odd things like this during these weird new "video" things. This practice disappeared by 1980.
Lt. Dan on New Years Eve dreaming he’s not in a wheelchair anymore.
@@BrutishYetDelightful spot on, you can see him trying to mime while spitting beer out and messing around with Martin's guitar 'playing'. All done in good fun and great taste.
@@BrutishYetDelightful I've seen Tull in concert 7 times. Just amazing every time.
I think the best one was their Heavy Horses tour.
It is a song with a very significant message and more than that the song is old and me being twenty years old resonates!!
Espetacular, uma banda icônica ! Simplesmente está entre as melhores do mundo!
Saw it live in Pittsburgh 1970 to 1980. Was the best time for Rock and Roll.
I really really really LOVE this music !
this is talent, super, unique good music, back in 1978 I already had a taste of this group, in 2024 I still listen to it
2022 makes me miss the 70s soooo much!!❤️
it is a very beautiful song that conveys a very beautiful message "do not leave for tomorrow what you can do today"
geniales, cuánta maestría! !!! gracias por estos regalos divinos 🌟👏💖
BRAVO, BOYS,We shall ever STAND UP!!!!,for,YOU and your,AMAZING,VIBES!!!!!!!💪💯🇬🇧💪💯💯🇬🇧👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏🎩🔭🎩🔭🎩🔭🎩🔭🎩🔭🎩🔭🎩🔭🎩🔭7️⃣🆙7️⃣🆙7️⃣🆙7️⃣🆙7️⃣🔥🎸📯💯📯💯📯💯📯💯📯💯📯💯📯💯🔥🇬🇧🔥🇬🇧🔥🇬🇧🎩🇬🇧💪🎩🇬🇧💪🎩🇬🇧💪🎩🇬🇧💪🎩💥🥁🇬🇧🥁🇬🇧🥁🇬🇧📢🇬🇧📢🇬🇧📢🇬🇧📢🇬🇧🎩⭐🎩⭐🎩⭐🎩⭐🎩⭐🎩⭐🎩⭐🎩7️⃣🆙♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️💪🇬🇧💯🇬🇧😍
His mimics and gestures are so nice, His Smile, but the music itself, too.
When live music was dubbed, seen so many of the greats muck about letting the audience know its dubbed whilst sticking two fingers up at the industry love it 😀
Ian - God bless you man.
Fell in love with song when I was 18. I turn 45 next month and still love the song - just got my hands on a 1970’s vinyl Chrysalis LP Tull - Vol. II récord, and it sounds better now than ever on my 1973 Panasonic “Multiplex” Stereo receiver and 1970 Fisher 3-way dual front 8 ohm 50 Watt speakers. “Just like it used to be. TULL!!
Hoy , día del padre en Argentina, recuerdo a mi hermano Eduardo, quien me hizo conocer a mis 10 años esta hermosa banda.
Mi momento de bella música y letras de cada día.
Fantastic vocals
I'll never understand why this splendid album was/is so underrated....
!!!!!! It only just falls behind the magnificent. Aqualung,Thick as brick n Heavy horses....But then again i rate. A passion play and the Christmas album.....
@@brianwoods2395 And Songs from the Wood!!!!
I guess because it's so completely different from anything else they ever did, this album is more of a pop-rock record.
It was only meant for the cool people. Not everybody.
I saw him in Hartford Connecticut in the late 70s the best show I’ve ever seen in my life