Saw Tull live in the mid-1970s. Even though there were seats all the way to the stage, when the music started everyone stood up. Anderson abruptly stopped playing in mid-song and ordered everyone to sit so all could see. What a performer - and gentleman.
You made me go look it up now. lol www.ranker.com/list/best-flautists-in-the-world/ranker-music #4 on the list. Not sure if that's 4th best, or just a random listing. But he's there, none the less. As he should be. =)
How can you have a top 10 list or even a top 20 without James Moody??? Giant oversight! At least Jasmine Choi and of course Ian are on the list. Pictures of some validation. Moody is the man!
I saw him perfprm this very flute solo live twice in my younger days.....Ian Anderson is immensely talented. Best flute player on the planet...an under rated musician I think due to his on stage antics and his crazy demeanor. If you listen to his interviews though you find the real Ian...a very intelligent man...
I wish the audio was in higher quality. Mono is so flat. But if this is all we can get, I'll take it with thanks, because this performance is incredible.
I have special relationship with Ian Andersons music. First reason is: it is beautifull and I listened to it since I was a kid. And second is my father. He first showed me this music and above that, my father looks exactly the same like Ian Anderson. Hah. Now, when they are both older, it is not so noticeable, but about twenty years ago they looked like monozygotic twins :D In all, the way he is widening his eyes, facial expression, hair... What a shame my father do not play flute :D
appreciation of the day goes to: Ian Anderson of Jethro Tull In a time when hair grew long and the British guitar band scene was throbbing, Anderson said "fuck this guitar bullshit I'm gonna get some tights, an ascot and play the motherfucking flute and make bitches like me. Oh yeah and Im gonna make everyone in my band be straightedge." and so he did. Aqualong!
Certainly it's Altamiro Carrilho. Ian once received a DVD of Altamiro as a gift by a brazilian music journalist and said exactly this: "i'm just a mere flute blower"
I agree, people have different taste and for different reasons. I welcome that. It just makes me a little sad that a majority of people don't want music anymore, they want some manifactured doll-like front figure. I just think that's sad. I am not cynical, I was just very excited about this video - as you said, I have the right to be so ;) I love that you assume I am old. I am still in my 20's, but I do hope you get old someday. We all should :)
I saw him do this solo twice live, up close to the stage, when I was a young man...it was stunning then and still is today. He is immenseley talented, under rated and in my opinion, the greatest flutist that has ever lived.
I saw Jethro Tull live in my 21st bday and they played Bourée with that exact flute solo. To see an entire arena fall silent in awe is a special thing to witness
Ian's music is always groundbreaking going back to the earliest of Tull his charisma and originality always shook the musical world.. but then again how would I know mI was born in 88 XD
I saw Jethro Tull in concert and English mixing and equipment were superior to any at the time and possible today. The sound was clear, perfectly balanced and powerful. They could take any studio recording and match it perfectly on stage. Extraordinary. Jethro Tull was tight!
Incredibly lyrical, adventurous and virile musicianship. He had a gift. However he always had one of the poorest fashion senses I have ever seen in a rock star. From early to late Tull, Ian always looked horrendously uninteresting onstage, except by way of mannerisms. I suppose that shouldn’t matter but I think it effected Tull’s ability to attract a wider audience. To this day Tull fandom is 100% music nerds like me.
Yes and I’m sure every virtuoso was inspired by someone telling them, there not allowed to play because there not good. Not the biggest fan of Lizzoes music but it’s still cool that any pop song has a real instrument.
Old people, be a bit more open with your taste in music.... and quit ripping on what people like. People enjoy what they like because it's what they like. Different strokes for different folks. There is no one type of good music because people enjoy different types for different reasons. There's no reason to hate on what someone enjoys listening to. Music constantly evolves, and so do peoples' opinions of it..... Get over it. I hope to God I don't end up all old, spiteful, and cynical like you.
This reminds me of myself when practicing the flute. We may not be matched in talent, but we both noddle for a pro longed period of time and if we fall into a pre existing melody we just roll with it.
I have an old ex-colleague above 80 who once said: "A man does not count as old while he is willing to learn new things and chase the ladies." :D And he enthusiastically practiced both.
It takes big man to play a short flute.....solo. Hey, I played the clarinet in HS so I know all the jokes. This band ROCKED some good tunes. Dare you to .....wait for it....have something bigger than a desktop speaker and jam Locomotive Breath.When the Bass shakes you, it shapes you baby!
- IAN you are UNIQUE!!! .... gorgeous!!!! fantastic! I LOVE YOUR MUSIC!! I LOVE YOUR CREATIVITY..!imagination! fascination!!! Great of the Greatest!!!! This is TO BE A MUSICIAN!!...
my ma learned by to be a floutest by listening to Ian Anderson. ( all Time Faves is Heav Horce album) She could not read a lick of musical notes but before she died of lung cancer she could do anything Ian Anderson did. including this magnificent piece he was her hero and he is mine.
🤯..for me .this is definitely his best work..this is a Flute..talented.. listening to this performance. over decades..never disappoints..pleasure increases.. thanks. ❤️🌬️🤯🌟
And he bothered to re learn the flute because his daughter told him that he was playing it the wrong way?, shame on her!. Ian Anderson will go down in history for making the world a better place with his wonderful music.
There is now a plaque outside a Church Hall in Bispham, a suburb of Blackpool. The plaque acknowledges the band's first ever gig. At the time, late 60s, Mr Anderson and one assumes his band mates were surprised, that girls had legs!!!!
Who the hell plays the flute like a rock'n'roll instrument?
Oh yeah, Ian Anderson.
Totally. Read this :D www.planetrock.com/music/backstage/editorial/jethro-tull-the-flute-is-a-heavy-instrument/
Try listening to Focus.
Ian bragged that he was the best and the worst flutist in rock and roll. At the same time, since he was the only one.
@@johancoetzer2165 well, now there's almost certainly more than one
So he can safely say he's only the best flutist in rock and roll
Mauro pagani.listen early Pfm
i hope that flute is over 18..
Bruh...i just want to listen to some flute but no. No i had to get that in my head
Its ur fault coming down here to see comments lol
The "Flute", however, does not. The "Flute" wants to make as many Babies, as possible, as soon as possible, hence, the Human Depopulation Virus.
@@dissuasive5256 no one can resist going down to see
And on this day in rock history, an arena full of people listened to a seven-minute flute solo and didn't even think it was weird.
+Trystaticus Hey man, we loved being weird back then...still do!
+creekster52 He was the only one to get away with flute at a rock concert....lol
Shane Richards You mean without getting beat up? LOL!
ROi baucanon
Indeed, they paid money in the hopes that they would see something like this, as would I.
Who says you need a guitar to shred?
The Flute is a Trebje instrument as well. More incredulous..
Way back then, Ian got me playing the flute. “Wow you can do THAT with the flute!” I was hooked. I’m still playing all there year later. Thanks Ian!
By far the most intense flute playing I have ever seen. Ian Anderson, you are amazing.
There is much more for flute.. I would recommend you listen to Quantz music 😊
I Agree
Especially the snorting is really good. Nobody can like that.
Saw Tull live in the mid-1970s. Even though there were seats all the way to the stage, when the music started everyone stood up. Anderson abruptly stopped playing in mid-song and ordered everyone to sit so all could see. What a performer - and gentleman.
Hello Nova
A gentleman who puts his flute between his legs and pretends he's jerking off onto the crowd! That's his signature move
Truly the Hendrix of the flute. It'll be a long time until we have another performer of this magnitude.
"The Hendrix on flute.." what a fine way to put it!
just gonna throw thijs van leer from focus into contention...respectfully as a Jethro fan.
Tell your girl you'll do her like Ian Anderson does the flute. If she gets it and smiles at you, she's the one
probably in her mid fifties too... :D
Ian is self-taught, which is pretty amazing. Quite the showman!
i looked up greatest flute players and he didnt show we need to change this
You made me go look it up now. lol
www.ranker.com/list/best-flautists-in-the-world/ranker-music
#4 on the list. Not sure if that's 4th best, or just a random listing. But he's there, none the less. As he should be. =)
How can you have a top 10 list or even a top 20 without James Moody??? Giant oversight! At least Jasmine Choi and of course Ian are on the list. Pictures of some validation. Moody is the man!
There is no other greatest flute player but Ian Anderson
I think you could say he is one of the Greatest "Progressive" flautists you will ever hear.
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I saw him perfprm this very flute solo live twice in my younger days.....Ian Anderson is immensely talented. Best flute player on the planet...an under rated musician I think due to his on stage antics and his crazy demeanor. If you listen to his interviews though you find the real Ian...a very intelligent man...
If you thing the flute doesn't go well with rock music, thats because you haven't heard Jethro "fuckin'" Tull.
lol thing
yea!
:D :D :D
WOW!!!!!
full name :Jethro Fukin Codpiece Tull
Amazing octaves, glissando plus double and triple tonguing...just amazing Ian!
he claims to have never taken drugs
@Jex134
So does Ted Nugent.
Where'd you get that cigar?
On Yancy street?
He doesn't see cannabis as a drug.
Yeah I felt awkward when my 5th grade teacher told me all I was good at was the flute....a friends dad told me about Ian...i played even in college
@@JenniferChurchman 🥰
I wish the audio was in higher quality. Mono is so flat. But if this is all we can get, I'll take it with thanks, because this performance is incredible.
literally magic is this performance , folklore spell, forest guardian, woodwind temple, goblin,faerie
I saw Tull in Virginia 75 and all the band members did a solo. Ian did his long flute solo standing on one leg.
The better to show off his codpiece.
I saw them play in Ohio in 1969. I remember him standing on one leg for quite some time dressed much like the Aqualung cover. It was quite a show.
Ian puts his heart and soul into everything he does. I love this man.
look at his magic powers at 2:10
This should be the goal of all musicians and artists in general. I have no idea what those vocals are all about, but I 100% believe in it
If he had gone on any longer his face would have exploded
I have special relationship with Ian Andersons music. First reason is: it is beautifull and I listened to it since I was a kid. And second is my father. He first showed me this music and above that, my father looks exactly the same like Ian Anderson. Hah.
Now, when they are both older, it is not so noticeable, but about twenty years ago they looked like monozygotic twins :D In all, the way he is widening his eyes, facial expression, hair...
What a shame my father do not play flute :D
he's not crazy he's insane
appreciation of the day goes to: Ian Anderson of Jethro Tull
In a time when hair grew long and the British guitar band scene was throbbing, Anderson said "fuck this guitar bullshit I'm gonna get some tights, an ascot and play the motherfucking flute and make bitches like me. Oh yeah and Im gonna make everyone in my band be straightedge." and so he did. Aqualong!
I'd liked it very much! Because I'm flautist too, and he's really great!!!
One of the greatest flutist's who ever existed!
if not THE greatest! :D
flautist
actually y'no it isn't incorrect to call them flutist's even sir James Galway said it himself... :)
Jophiel Nicholls: James Galway is awesome.
Certainly it's Altamiro Carrilho. Ian once received a DVD of Altamiro as a gift by a brazilian music journalist and said exactly this: "i'm just a mere flute blower"
This guy was only surpassed by Ron Burgundy.
Alejandro Medina ...no one surpasses Ian.
I love him concert when he would stand on one leg and then swing the flute around on the amp wire. Magic, what a freak.
Non ci sono parole!!! Illumina ❤❤❤!!!
He could have played for 70 minutes and we would have loved it.. and he is still brilliant
he was great in 1976 and he is magnificant, awesome, gorgeous, excellent, splendid, marvelous now!!!!!
I agree, people have different taste and for different reasons. I welcome that. It just makes me a little sad that a majority of people don't want music anymore, they want some manifactured doll-like front figure. I just think that's sad. I am not cynical, I was just very excited about this video - as you said, I have the right to be so ;)
I love that you assume I am old. I am still in my 20's, but I do hope you get old someday. We all should :)
Same
oh Ian...I love you:-) You have inspired me so much...I have been playing flute for 30 years now...You are the best floutist in the world
If this aint beautyful - Nothing is!!!
I saw him do this solo twice live, up close to the stage, when I was a young man...it was stunning then and still is today. He is immenseley talented, under rated and in my opinion, the greatest flutist that has ever lived.
some of shakespeare's genes in that pool...
An artist who makes you wonder, 'how is this even possible!?' Thanks to the beautiful Ian Anderson we can see the fact of his wonderfulness. ❤❤❤
Holy... The things he does with this flute... Seriously amazing.
I saw Jethro Tull live in my 21st bday and they played Bourée with that exact flute solo. To see an entire arena fall silent in awe is a special thing to witness
Ian's music is always groundbreaking going back to the earliest of Tull his charisma and originality always shook the musical world.. but then again how would I know mI was born in 88 XD
The BEST 7 minutes of my life ...Why is this man not rated among the greats ? He has more talent than Eric Clapton or Jimmy Page put together....
jethromc people say he stop playing the guitar because Clapton was playing and he wanted to be different
You're probably pretty talented if he can do the guitar and the flute
I saw Jethro Tull in concert and English mixing and equipment were superior to any at the time and possible today. The sound was clear, perfectly balanced and powerful. They could take any studio recording and match it perfectly on stage. Extraordinary. Jethro Tull was tight!
Guys he was literally crying that’s some dedication
No, he is just sweating
OOOOOOOOH MMMMMMMMMMMMY GGGGGGOD
How does he even sing while playing a instrument like FLUTE. Seriously the best ever
Doctor: you have just more 7 min and 10 secs of life
Me: okay (press play in this video and die happily)
Incredibly lyrical, adventurous and virile musicianship. He had a gift. However he always had one of the poorest fashion senses I have ever seen in a rock star. From early to late Tull, Ian always looked horrendously uninteresting onstage, except by way of mannerisms. I suppose that shouldn’t matter but I think it effected Tull’s ability to attract a wider audience. To this day Tull fandom is 100% music nerds like me.
Lizzo ain't got shit on Ian Anderson.
I WILL learn to play like this someday. That snort!!! LOL
This guy is the father in law of Rick Grimes from The Walking Dead
.....y así fue como la ciudad de Hamelin pudo eliminar la plaga de ratones ...
haha really :D
FUCK!! This absolutely insane bro
Idiots: "OMG LIZZO IS SO TALENTED SHE PLAY THE FLUTE!!!"
Actual flute players:
Yes and I’m sure every virtuoso was inspired by someone telling them, there not allowed to play because there not good. Not the biggest fan of Lizzoes music but it’s still cool that any pop song has a real instrument.
Old people, be a bit more open with your taste in music.... and quit ripping on what people like. People enjoy what they like because it's what they like. Different strokes for different folks. There is no one type of good music because people enjoy different types for different reasons. There's no reason to hate on what someone enjoys listening to. Music constantly evolves, and so do peoples' opinions of it..... Get over it. I hope to God I don't end up all old, spiteful, and cynical like you.
Holy guacamole! He is so amazing!!!! This is what I call music!!!!!!!!
This is a far more entertaining flute show than that hackjob they call America's got talent.
Estoy escuchando esta cancion con mi amigo anderson y yo me llamo ian😂
Noch immer so genial unterwegs, voll Enthusiasmus und sogar atemlos zum Zuhören.
Never realized so much vocal sounds came through during flute play.
Janek nie miał sobie równych .......))))
Ahogy mondod, tesó. :)
This reminds me of myself when practicing the flute. We may not be matched in talent, but we both noddle for a pro longed period of time and if we fall into a pre existing melody we just roll with it.
That's cool. :) And i know what you mean. I play the sax, and it's fun to jam whatever comes into your mind
This man is just a genius.
Whats the song he plays at 3:00?
"God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen", no?
Crazy people do not need to wear a watch!! Just saying!!! :-)
Im 68. Just bought a flute and book and DVD . I cannot hardly make a sound. I might sell and just stick to drums.😎
I have an old ex-colleague above 80 who once said: "A man does not count as old while he is willing to learn new things and chase the ladies." :D
And he enthusiastically practiced both.
It takes big man to play a short flute.....solo. Hey, I played the clarinet in HS so I know all the jokes. This band ROCKED some good tunes. Dare you to .....wait for it....have something bigger than a desktop speaker and jam Locomotive Breath.When the Bass shakes you, it shapes you baby!
does anybody know which is the tune that begins in 2:46?? it seems like Celtic sound.. thanks in advance...
I can do the snorting parts in between the notes....
BUT I DIG IT BR@ X92hd 21
Idk how many times I have listened this, but goose bumps everytime.
Bach ... but Ian was really amazing ❤
- IAN you are UNIQUE!!! .... gorgeous!!!! fantastic! I LOVE YOUR MUSIC!! I LOVE YOUR CREATIVITY..!imagination! fascination!!! Great of the Greatest!!!!
This is TO BE A MUSICIAN!!...
my ma learned by to be a floutest by listening to Ian Anderson. ( all Time Faves is Heav Horce album) She could not read a lick of musical notes but before she died of lung cancer she could do anything Ian Anderson did. including this magnificent piece he was her hero and he is mine.
RIP your mother.
I did this solo note for note while going down on a chick. I didn't have a flute, but she liked the parts when I sang at the same time.
Lucy in the sky
🤯..for me .this is definitely his best work..this is a Flute..talented.. listening to this performance. over decades..never disappoints..pleasure increases.. thanks. ❤️🌬️🤯🌟
And the story is - Ian didn't pick up a flute until he was an adult.... Hard to believe?!!
It's the greatest flute solo I ever heard. Repect!
yes,but Galway plays in another style
that looks fun
And he bothered to re learn the flute because his daughter told him that he was playing it the wrong way?, shame on her!. Ian Anderson will go down in history for making the world a better place with his wonderful music.
2:47 = Best part :D
I wish we got a full version of God Rest Ye Merry Gentleman with just the flute and chimes. The studio version is good, but this is way better.
MUSICAL QUESTION!!!! PLEASE HELP!!!! I'm pretty sure he is riffing in E minor, but what does he start playing at 1:20???
+HarryBalls Johnson it's a Bach quote from Toccata and Fugue in D minor (AGAFAEADAC#ADAEAF)
Joseph Sferra THANK YOU JOSEPH!!!!
hoooly shit. This inspires me to keep up the flute.. hahaha love this guy
There is now a plaque outside a Church Hall in Bispham, a suburb of Blackpool. The plaque acknowledges the band's first ever gig. At the time, late 60s, Mr Anderson and one assumes his band mates were surprised, that girls had legs!!!!
Why do you come on here and humiliate yourself by making inane comments .. both musicians are brilliant
LOVE IT I WASN'T EVEN BORN YET
Wow! Wow! Wow! Play the flute- it's very fantastic! I play the flute too!😊
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Great video! Thanks for posting. He is absolutely AMAZING.
He is trying to rally troops?
the flute and all the rest, Great Tull
nice focus there cameraman
Possessed people do not need to wear a watch!! There is no time zone in Possessionville!
no way he's getting covid, nice lungs!
Actually he has COPD now... Covid is extremely dangerous for him.
Brings back Christmas memories, the melody...
He made beat boxing on the flute cool.
Ron Burgundy's mentor!