Agreed. First concert I saw while a sophomore in high school. 1974 at The Boston Garden. As soon as I began listening to them, I knew I had to see them live...
Ian Anderson is the greatest all around rocker of all time! The lyrics, composing, orchestration, live improvisation, musicianship, vocals, stage presence! No one is close!
And I get pissed when someone uses the word 'genius' too lightly. In this case you hit the nail on the head. In '71 I got into the music of two geniuses. Anderson and Zappa. A to Z. I have it all.
Yes he is: the voice, the flute, a distinctive style the acoustic guitar and streinged related instruments, the skill for melodies AND last but not least, the ever-bulging eyes :-)
Ian Anderson is such a great musician. I was lucky to see Jethro Tull several times in the early 70’s when Tull was at their peak popularity. They put on such wonderful stage shows. Ian is is an incredible showman. Tull has been one of my favorites most of my 68 years.
Saw Jethro Tull in June of 1972 at the Oakland Coliseum. Amazing!! The concert opened with an unknown group, the Eagles with Take it easy. The rest is history. I was 22.
That's about when Glenn Frye joined the band with Take it Easy, Tequila Sunrise, and Lying Eyes--- I saw Jethro Tull live on the Stand Up tour, and Thick as a Brick in the Auditorium in Chicago!!!!!
My firsr show to see was about 1976. The colisium in Los Angeles. Fast forward to about 2018 in the desert of Southern California.The 50th. anniversary of Jethro Tull. Ian put out for sure. Rusty pipes. But awesome on the flute.
Martin Barre is such a good, underrated platyer. Always has been. What a talent! Tull would not be themselves without him. Not to take away from anyone else! I love the tightly controlled, seamless feel of this performance!
I've been to my share of concerts in 66 years of life. Jethro Tull 1971 Indy. STILL the best concert I've ever been to. Today I play in a dinner club. You would not believe the amount of people that stop eating, turn their heads with a thumbs up when I play this version of Thick as a Brick.
Saw them at the Fox in Atlanta. Ian was masterful with his singing and flute antics. Throwing it high in the air, catching it without missing a beat. Very talented musician and performer!
It's really too bad that they caught all that backlash when they won the Grammy for the best Heavy Metal band. They became "uncool" for a long time. But when you revisit some of his music from the last 50 years…and watch his performances on TH-cam, you really get a sense of how great Ian Anderson really is. This is just one of many Jethro Tull videos that capture his genius.
Talent never dies, especially not in these digital times, where ALL music can, in principle, be rediscovered, and any asininine statements to the contrary, these "prog bands" are now reevaluated, their work remastered, remixed etc etc, and thank God for that!
Well, they were never Heavy Metal anyway... They were Jethro Tull - a much higher level of real original music and lyrics, and an incredible Show at every concert that No One has ever been able to even cover or attempt to play or sound like them...
As a violent kid in the 70’s this song made we want to learn guitar and music, plus it mellowed me out and led me to channel my energies into 🎶still jamming, thanks Jethro Tull
they don,t do uniqueness like this anymore since 1977 i have enjoyed ian and tull live long and keep it comming though if you stopped today you will still amaze future generations
Listened to him since he started... His concerts were full blown Performances... Way above and beyond any other concert... Awesome, beautiful, talent, instrumental, and voice... Nothing will ever be as good or compare... Thank you, Ian Anderson, and your crew!!!
Brilliant. So glad I grew up listening to bands like Jethro Tull who took musical journeys and could back up their playing with poise, poetry, and character. As a a guitarist, Martin Barre has always been high on my list as a craftsman. Ian Anderson once commented on his occasional awkwardness "He walks into doors, falls out of windows, but he plays one lot of guitar". : ) Kudos to all band members here. Very tight, and well performed! Thank the heavans for bands like Jethro Tull, Gentle Giant, and the Strawbs. Those were different times.
Martin Barre made this band BETTER Than it ever could’ve been …you couple him with Ian Anderson on the flute and with Martin’s great licks and pure guitar solos mixed with Ian Anderson’s prowess on the flute and vocals it was superb. I’ve seen Jethro Tull in their heyday nine times and it was always in the first 5 to 10 rows just superb that’s all I can say.
Saw them live in a small arena on Aqualung tour. Started with Locomotive Breath... dark stage, piano intro in the dark, and then that chord *exploded* ! Best.Show.Ever !
Ian Anderson is a classic musician and songwriter who evokes many emotions and moods in his performances and music. That is as succinctly as I can state it
The fact that this video doesn't have 40 million views speaks to the sad state of musical appreciation in America today! And, just WHO are the 26 morons who disliked this???
So this just dropped in my feed. I saw Tull their first two tours. Ian Anderson always looked 45, even at 20...and here, 50-yrs later, he looked even younger...
Ian Anderson is really an incredible composer, musician and performer. I've heard Jethro Tull's songs probably more than thousand times and I keep listening. Discovered this video some weeks ago and I've seen it already more then 10 times. Also the other live shows of Jethro Tull are awesome.
This video shows that a band need not play loud an “balls to the wall” to be powerful. I think in most cases it sounds more powerful. Every note in place. Vocals are great. Band knows the music. I caught Tull in concert when Aqualung was just released. Fantastic!
The one and only. Such incredible compositions, you almost cringe when someone calls them songs. One of tge first albums I bught was Aqualung, and still crank it up when one of the "songs" come on the radio. Like 50 yrs later.
En dépit de sa diversité stylistique, I. Anderson était avant tout un compositeur d'esthétique expressionniste, toujours proche du drame, de la profondeur, de l'angoisse et la vision profonde et tourmentée de la vie qui semble émaner de la métaphysique de l'homme comme de sa même nature profonde§
Tull was one of the tightest bands I ever saw... and I saw more than I could ever count. They all had the appearance of big whacked out druggies of the day but the fact is that they never did any of that. They were all straight as an arrow.
Really excellent video. The band is in fine form, as is Anderson's voice. There are hints of the vocal troubles to come, as Ian physically "reaches" for those high notes, but he does attain them. It became more problematic in more recent times, when Ian reached for the notes, but if he got them at all, it was always following a delay. An amazing band, and Ian is legendary!
A perfect example of what great musicians can do without tons of equipment surrounding them. So many little runs going on between the keyboard player and Martin Barre. And that drummer was on point with basically no kit. Really great clip.
Nice! l'm a huge, Yes, Genesis, ELP, Crimson, Zappa listener, but these guys were pretty good! lan's voice in the begging of TAAB is really gorgeous! Glad he's still alive. Saw Wakeman interview him the other day too, and that was cool. He looked very respectable in a lovely back suit!
I was at the 71 Red Rocks and one thing I remember most, besides all the tear gas, was JT still played and the piano and the organ were on the opposite side of the stage. It was most notable on Locomotive Breath where the keyboardist had to run across the stage many times while avoiding the tear gas.
"Really don't mind if you sit this one out My word's but a whisper your deafness a SHOUT I may make you feel but I can't make you think Your sperm's in the gutter your love's in the sink So you ride yourselves over the fields And you make all your animal deals And your wise men don't know how it feels To be thick as a brick And the sand-castle virtues are all swept away In the tidal destruction the moral melee The elastic retreat rings the close of play As the last wave uncovers the newfangled way But your new shoes are worn at the heels And your suntan does rapidly peel And your wise men don't know how it feels To be thick as a brick And the love that I feel is so far away: I'm a bad dream that I just had today And you shake your head And say it's a shame"...
This music these guys just don't have this level of dare I say intelligence or longevity um idk in my opinion of course. Brings back memories and will make new ones!!❤❤❤
I was never that much of a Tull fan back in the day but recently with all of the archived material to binge on I've come to really enjoy their music. Ian and Martin are legend in my book now. So seasoned.
+1.. Great music contribution by the great Jethro Tull band! .. Transported to former times having bought the Benefit album in 1970. .. Great Tull albums would come... Fond memories as if it were yesterday .... Thanks Ian Andersson & the JT Band .. P.S., Man,,, the 8-Trk and Phillips cassette sucked balls ...
Im often resistant to the idea that music was better, better written, more creative and just compositionally more sophisticated in the classic era than today...but thats exactly what i thought when this video began. 🤣
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Tull's music was SO far beyond anything else of their day....complex, powerful, nothing like it....
63 years old, still love it ! Many mushrooms 🍄 back in the 70s 🤣
@@danthemeatman9883 try some today.
Agreed.
First concert I saw while a sophomore in high school. 1974 at The Boston Garden.
As soon as I began listening to them, I knew I had to see them live...
Certainly nothing like this old man energy……there’s a reason you leave a party.
Yep, even though they only had Sabbath's Tony Iommi for a few days, weeks....
Ian Anderson is the greatest all around rocker of all time! The lyrics, composing, orchestration, live improvisation, musicianship, vocals, stage presence!
No one is close!
The poet the flutist the string wizard the intellect The Entertaner Mr.Ian Anderson is truly a genius
@Mark Christopher +1.. The very best, Rock n Poetry by Ian Anderson & JT Band.
I love the manic energy Anderson shoves into every song he does. His commitment is never less than 110%. No phoney emotion either....
And I get pissed when someone uses the word 'genius' too lightly. In this case you hit the nail on the head. In '71 I got into the music of two geniuses. Anderson and Zappa. A to Z. I have it all.
The salmon farmer.
Yes he is: the voice, the flute, a distinctive style the acoustic guitar and streinged related instruments, the skill for melodies AND last but not least, the ever-bulging eyes :-)
Ian Anderson has more talent in his little finger, than most of today's "Artists".
Did you mean all ?
To be honest that's a really stupid old boomer thing to say
All the band.
@@TM-jo4wz Today,s artists . Auto tune is not talent ! I can auto tune a song and I and have never been able to read a note !
That has been said of King Diamond as well.
Ian Anderson is such a great musician. I was lucky to see Jethro Tull several times in the early 70’s when Tull was at their peak popularity. They put on such wonderful stage shows. Ian is is an incredible showman. Tull has been one of my favorites most of my 68 years.
I saw them twice, once in the 70's and once in the 80's. And don't remember a damn thing about either concert..
I've seen em all. Thick as a Brick tour still one of the best.
Saw Jethro Tull in June of 1972 at the Oakland Coliseum. Amazing!! The concert opened with an unknown group, the Eagles with Take it easy. The rest is history. I was 22.
That's about when Glenn Frye joined the band with Take it Easy, Tequila Sunrise, and Lying Eyes--- I saw Jethro Tull live on the Stand Up tour, and Thick as a Brick in the Auditorium in Chicago!!!!!
My firsr show to see was about 1976. The colisium in Los Angeles. Fast forward to about 2018 in the desert of Southern California.The 50th. anniversary of Jethro Tull. Ian put out for sure. Rusty pipes. But awesome on the flute.
Martin Barre is such a good, underrated platyer. Always has been. What a talent! Tull would not be themselves without him. Not to take away from anyone else! I love the tightly controlled, seamless feel of this performance!
And Barlow on drums in the day. Great era and a great run. These guys never phoned it in.
All of them are great musicians, even the guy who plays the flute while singing those beautiful words.
I have for decades always looked for that familiar face of Barre in all the Tull productions
@@leftypick4854 That guy..love it. So impressive that he's completely self taught.
I was always impressed with the apparent effortlessness Barre exhibited.
Dolly Parton is in the ROCK AND ROLL Hall of Fame and Jethro Tull isn't? Really?
Cant believe it 🤦♀️🤦♂️🤦
Dolly Parton is a yank..Tull ain't...nuff said
I know. I live near Dolly. Love her but somebody screwed the pooch on that one.
The band of Bruce Springsteen ( believe it, just his band) is in the R 'n' R H of fame!?!?!? No respect for this "hall"!
That’s sad
Tull, ELP and Yes were monsters of musicianship and real songwriting.
Yep! I'm listening to ELP right now....great stuff...
Dont forget early Genesis with Peter Gabriel
Not many can hold a candle to Ian Anderson.
A master at his trade.....
I've been to my share of concerts in 66 years of life. Jethro Tull 1971 Indy. STILL the best concert I've ever been to. Today I play in a dinner club. You would not believe the amount of people that stop eating, turn their heads with a thumbs up when I play this version of Thick as a Brick.
Saw them at the Fox in Atlanta. Ian was masterful with his singing and flute antics. Throwing it high in the air, catching it without missing a beat. Very talented musician and performer!
Ian's voice is just the same as it ever was.He's class.
I would hope so - this IS from 1999, after all.
No, it’s already straining noticeably.
His voice is really incredible here! One of the best I've ever heard of it!
I love Ian Anderson's sense of humour ... trippy, sly, and a bit subversive
Marvelous !!!
You described it perfectly!
Wow...took me back to the 70s when Jethro Tull was a young band..still sounds the same! Thank you!!🤩🤗
It's really too bad that they caught all that backlash when they won the Grammy for the best Heavy Metal band. They became "uncool" for a long time. But when you revisit some of his music from the last 50 years…and watch his performances on TH-cam, you really get a sense of how great Ian Anderson really is. This is just one of many Jethro Tull videos that capture his genius.
Talent never dies, especially not in these digital times, where ALL music can, in principle, be rediscovered, and any asininine statements to the contrary, these "prog bands" are now reevaluated, their work remastered, remixed etc etc, and thank God for that!
That never made Jethro Tull uncool. Just the rock and roll hall of fame stupid as we all knew already.
To hell with Grammy, hall of fame and mettalica! Jethro tull is much bigger than they. Period.
Well out of all of the metal bands, this is the one I would want to see.
Well, they were never Heavy Metal anyway... They were Jethro Tull - a much higher level of real original music and lyrics, and an incredible Show at every concert that No One has ever been able to even cover or attempt to play or sound like them...
Awesome!!! Thanks for posting! His voice is sounding great here, and the music is, well, just doesn't get any better than Tull... :-))
All these years later I get the chills when Locomotive Breath starts .... I am 62 yrs old n I am Jamming this !! Great Band.....
As a violent kid in the 70’s this song made we want to learn guitar and music, plus it mellowed me out and led me to channel my energies into 🎶still jamming, thanks Jethro Tull
How can this talented artist not be in the rock and roll hall of fame
It's a travesty!
Who really cares what the rock and roll hall of fame thinks?
This is an excellent performance. Ian's in fine form ^_^
So accomplished - one of the best bands ever!
Brilliant Tull! Amazing group.Anderson was SO talented!As musician,singer/writer/arranger and incredible Front man.
These guys have just gotten better with age. Sound so much crisper,,, beautiful music.
they don,t do uniqueness like this anymore since 1977 i have enjoyed ian and tull live long and keep it comming though if you stopped today you will still amaze future generations
And to think Ian and the band have never made the R&R Hall....
Look how long it took The Moody Blues to get in!! Someone needs to start a campaign for them..the fans are their greatest asset..
Have you got any respect for that private institution called R&R HoF? With no Heep, Lizzy, UFO / Schenker, Supertramp, Priest, Gary Moore, Rea in?
Greg - Warsaw gotta draw the line somewhere. LOL
Probably because Jethro Tull is so much higher in a class by themselves...
No One - can or will Ever be able to even cover them.. No One..
Wonderful musicians - and musicianship - here. The beauty of the music comes shining through.
For me as big J. T. admirer since more than fourty years it's a great pleasure to experience them in this intimate atmosphere.
Thanks for the upload!
Ian: Mom, I want to play in a rock and roll band.
Mom: NO, Ian. You have to learn the flute.
Ian: Ok.
😂😂😂👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
😄😄😄
Anderson's voice is remarkably agile here, reaching the high notes with little effort.
He just got better with age, didn't he?
he`s woice is as it should be after all those years
@@glencabbage52 uh... no.. its worse.. hesitates like mad and throws the timing off something fierce
@@petermainwald6413 Who cares? Good to see and hear them again.
Two octaves lower, still great
Freaking brilliant!! Martin-clean as a nun's dry cleaner! Man, Ian, even though everyone's voice changes, you still play the best flute since Rampall
Listened to him since he started... His concerts were full blown Performances... Way above and beyond any other concert... Awesome, beautiful, talent, instrumental, and voice... Nothing will ever be as good or compare... Thank you, Ian Anderson, and your crew!!!
Love You Ian! You STILL ROCK! Saw you many times in the 70s and 80s. Awesome!
Jeff Roche and also the 2000’s and 2010’s and just on 13 August 2017!!!
And ‘90’s’
This is absolutely delightful
Still fantastic ! First saw Tull in 1976. Springfield Civic Center Just amazing musicianship still high quality! Thanks guys for 46 years
I wish that I could give this a million loves.
This takes ‘genius’ to a ridiculous level. Unbelievably awesome.❤️
Thanks for the post! I almost forgot how great Ian Anderson and Jethro Tull were. My all time favorite!
Saw these guys in the mid 70's...amazing concert...incredible show...man I'm getting old
Ian Anderson is one very special songwriter,so sublime and on target.
Brilliant. So glad I grew up listening to bands like Jethro Tull who took musical journeys and could back up their playing with poise, poetry, and character.
As a a guitarist, Martin Barre has always been high on my list as a craftsman. Ian Anderson once commented on his occasional awkwardness "He walks into doors, falls out of windows, but he plays one lot of guitar". : )
Kudos to all band members here. Very tight, and well performed!
Thank the heavans for bands like Jethro Tull, Gentle Giant, and the Strawbs. Those were different times.
Martin Barre made this band BETTER Than it ever could’ve been …you couple him with Ian Anderson on the flute and with Martin’s great licks and pure guitar solos mixed with Ian Anderson’s prowess on the flute and vocals it was superb. I’ve seen Jethro Tull in their heyday nine times and it was always in the first 5 to 10 rows just superb that’s all I can say.
Saw them live in a small arena on Aqualung tour. Started with Locomotive Breath... dark stage, piano intro in the dark, and then that chord *exploded* ! Best.Show.Ever !
Ian Anderson is a musical genius and was seriously underrated for way to long
I was a big Jethro Tull fan back in the day. I always thought their music was very innovative and unique, and some of the lyrics are awesome!
the 40 min LP was priceless. Still sounds priceless
It just don’t get any better!
Ian Anderson is a classic musician and songwriter who evokes many emotions and moods in his performances and music. That is as succinctly as I can state it
Was lucky enough to see Tull in the early 70s in Montreal, hope to catch them again soon.
I hope you see Ian again too. 50 years is a bit long isn't it?
The fact that this video doesn't have 40 million views speaks to the sad state of musical appreciation in America today! And, just WHO are the 26 morons who disliked this???
The Flash Taylor Swift fans.
Get off my lawn!
Metal Bands
This is the rap crap generation now!
@@TC-dw6wg Ahh, yes, the music genre for those with zero musical ability or talent.
So this just dropped in my feed. I saw Tull their first two tours. Ian Anderson always looked 45, even at 20...and here, 50-yrs later, he looked even younger...
Ian Anderson is really an incredible composer, musician and performer. I've heard Jethro Tull's songs probably more than thousand times and I keep listening. Discovered this video some weeks ago and I've seen it already more then 10 times. Also the other live shows of Jethro Tull are awesome.
This video shows that a band need not play loud an “balls to the wall” to be powerful. I think in most cases it sounds more powerful. Every note in place. Vocals are great. Band knows the music.
I caught Tull in concert when Aqualung was just released. Fantastic!
Seen these boys six times, starting in 1975 and ending too soon. Great, great music. Thank you boys.
grande Ian Anderson and Jethro Tull. they are my favourite group
i am glad i was around all those years ago ,,come to think of it i am glad to be around to hear the maestro at work now
there really should be a multiple thumbs up button or something. This is so awesome!
Still doing the one legged flautist thing after 50 years. Awesome!
This is from 1999
Well, it’s not really Tull, it’s Ian with some very good backup musicians. Still first rate stuff.
Ian and Martin with some very good backup musicians
@@brodydog8447 And Doane Perry. More than a backup! Longest tenure of any Tull drummer, I think?
Two of my favorite songs, great video thank you for posting it
"I may make you feel, but I can't make you think".
Truer today than ever before.
The one and only.
Such incredible compositions, you almost cringe when someone calls them songs.
One of tge first albums I bught was Aqualung, and still crank it up when one of the "songs" come on the radio. Like 50 yrs later.
What a great, monumental, magnificent...group !!!! 👏👏👏
Thanks for posting this!
Dwight Schrute on the bass
En dépit de sa diversité stylistique, I. Anderson était avant tout un compositeur d'esthétique expressionniste, toujours proche du drame, de la profondeur, de l'angoisse et la vision profonde et tourmentée de la vie qui semble émaner de la métaphysique de l'homme comme de sa même nature profonde§
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Amazing that they could drive such a tight amplified package in such a small environment. Sounds great!
I was just 16 the first time heard JT from my neighbour's new vinyl collection. And still a huge fan of them, now I am 70 y.o.
Excellent performance of these two songs.
So glad I came upon them.
Age erodes and dulls the sharper edges and leaves the features and forms of true genius. I like this more.
Ian Anderson standing on one leg playing the flute. Madison Square Garden, New York circa early 1970s= priceless.
Saw Tull at the old Boston Garden I believe 1971 great concert .
I saw them at Merriworth Post Pavilion in the 80s; they were fantastic. Been listening to them since the 70s--such melodic precision and beauty.
Tull was one of the tightest bands I ever saw... and I saw more than I could ever count. They all had the appearance of big whacked out druggies of the day but the fact is that they never did any of that. They were all straight as an arrow.
Really excellent video. The band is in fine form, as is Anderson's voice. There are hints of the vocal troubles to come, as Ian physically "reaches" for those high notes, but he does attain them. It became more problematic in more recent times, when Ian reached for the notes, but if he got them at all, it was always following a delay. An amazing band, and Ian is legendary!
Yes, it was sad to hear him say he has copd... No one will ever be able to replace him or the band.. One of a kind for a reason...
Remy, este video es fabuloso, Ian y su banda en todo lo alto, maestros del virtuosismo y del rock progresivo
Totalmente de acuerdo!
no way to slow down excellent
Genius! I can listen to it all my life, which goes slowly to the end.
Love the change over to Locomotive Breath when Martin Barre begins to Shine
A perfect example of what great musicians can do without tons of equipment surrounding them. So many little runs going on between the keyboard player and Martin Barre. And that drummer was on point with basically no kit. Really great clip.
Nice! l'm a huge, Yes, Genesis, ELP, Crimson, Zappa listener, but these guys were pretty good! lan's voice in the begging of TAAB is really gorgeous! Glad he's still alive. Saw Wakeman interview him the other day too, and that was cool. He looked very respectable in a lovely back suit!
Try some Kansas,and Gentle Giant..!!!
Brings back memories I seen them at Va Tech in the early 70s.
This album Thick as a Brick was just released..
His voice hasn't dried up at all. Amazing!
Can't believe this was 21 years ago.
I’ll never forget when the Grammys have them the best heavy metal band award. I sang along with Tull for years and years. Still do at 65.
I was at the 71 Red Rocks and one thing I remember most, besides all the tear gas, was JT still played and the piano and the organ were on the opposite side of the stage. It was most notable on Locomotive Breath where the keyboardist had to run across the stage many times while avoiding the tear gas.
I only know of two bands of this era that used flutes Jethro tull and marshall tucker saw tucker never saw Tull both where awesome bands👍🇺🇲👏
Jethro Tull … My first concert ,it was magic. L.A. forum 1972!
I was at the same concert!
Alright that’s cool. Martin Barre did a solo spot with a white strat. Epic for me.
I'm going to say it: I wish they come out with a How to play guitar! Ha love this group!
"Really don't mind if you sit this one out
My word's but a whisper your deafness a SHOUT
I may make you feel but I can't make you think
Your sperm's in the gutter your love's in the sink
So you ride yourselves over the fields
And you make all your animal deals
And your wise men don't know how it feels
To be thick as a brick
And the sand-castle virtues are all swept away
In the tidal destruction the moral melee
The elastic retreat rings the close of play
As the last wave uncovers the newfangled way
But your new shoes are worn at the heels
And your suntan does rapidly peel
And your wise men don't know how it feels
To be thick as a brick
And the love that I feel is so far away:
I'm a bad dream that I just had today
And you shake your head
And say it's a shame"...
Thank you for the lyrics - no one since them, before them, or one day after them, will ever come close...
There was nothing like a Jethro Tull concert at MSG in NYC back in the late 70’s. Ian still sounds great!
This music these guys just don't have this level of dare I say intelligence or longevity um idk in my opinion of course. Brings back memories and will make new ones!!❤❤❤
May I add. That was all compliments . My command doesn't work. I'm saying they don't make em like this anymore! Long live Jethro Tull! 😂😂
Comma!!😂😂😂
I was never that much of a Tull fan back in the day but recently with all of the archived material to binge on I've come to really enjoy their music. Ian and Martin are legend in my book now. So seasoned.
Ian Anderson was a songwriter unmatched and brought the flute to the front as a rock artist. None better to this day.
Well said
As did Chris Wood from Traffic. Loved both in the 70's
A masterpiece. It's more than a song. It's a prayer, a hymn.
+1.. Great music contribution by the great Jethro Tull band! .. Transported to former times having bought the Benefit album in 1970. .. Great Tull albums would come... Fond memories as if it were yesterday .... Thanks Ian Andersson & the JT Band ..
P.S., Man,,, the 8-Trk and Phillips cassette sucked balls ...
A masterpiece song. Always inspiring.
Did anyone see the Tull concert where a ballerina hatches from an egg before the band enters the stage?
Love the fact that he still puts the feeling into his facial expressions as he plays it.
Im often resistant to the idea that music was better, better written, more creative and just compositionally more sophisticated in the classic era than today...but thats exactly what i thought when this video began. 🤣
SO blessed to see him in 1981 ! What a concert , he made me learn the flute !
That subtle look at 6:03 to the drummer, love that moments x)
Ian Anderson. you are ---- A Marvelously Maddeningly Mighty Magician--- -- Mystically Magical----