I seem to remember him being asked 'why the flute?' and his answer was something along the lines of 'I can't play guitar like Clapton but Clapton can't play Flute like me'.
I like how "audience loses their sh*t" is in the score, like it's an instruction for the performance and the piece isn't executed properly if it doesn't happen.
If it's in the score, then it's in the score. This piece accounts for 50% of your final grade. I'd say break a leg, but you're going to need them for the flute solo.
@@PBTophie To be completely serious: I think this piece wouldn't be anywhere as good without the audience. So, yes, it's an integral part of the performance.
@@renerpho I agree. Jethro Tull definitely made an impact on the music scene of the era with this amazing flautist. However, if I heard or saw this guy busking this performance on the corner, I'd assume he was either crazy and/or on drugs with the vocal ad libs, barking, growling, slow kicks, poses, etc.. I'd honestly think he had stolen the flute. I feel like he's a chaotic/good bardic mage trying his damnedest to call forth some spirit to assist in a losing battle.
Fun fact. While performing in India he managed to outrage people by playing flute while standing on one leg because in hinduism there is a god called Krishna who is usually depicted playing a flute while standing on one leg. The Indian audience thought he was disrespecting their religion.
Apparently he originally used to play harmonica using his leg to keep the mic close, then a journalist thought he was "playing flute on one leg" and the idea struck him as original
I love the concept of giving this score to an accomplished flautist who’s never seen this performance and seeing what they do………… I can’t be the only one…
important fact: this guy played flute for decades with "incorrect" fingering technique and didn't realize every other flute player did it differently until his daughter started learning (years after this video)
@@tuamigoyvecinolevi I don't know much about flute, but from googling i found that he's completely self taught, so he never learned any of the standard fingering charts and he'd have to hit some notes by overblowing and hitting a harmonic that was close enough to in tune. also it seems like with his right hand he presses on the holes with his joints rather than the fingertips like normal
He is literally playing rock flute. Not jazz flute; it's strictly the static-tonal-center, one-scale-fits-all vocab of rock lead guitar, basically borrowed blues language. But on a flute. And I like it. I once went to see them, '77 give or take, I think they were touring Songs From the Wood. He's a real guitar player too, very good sounding player. Everyone in that band knew what they were doing, and it was their thing.
I mean, that's how Metal bass came to be too: Geezer Butler couldn't play proper rock bass so he played it like a guitar. Doubling the riffs instead of playing a bass line. Many others (Steve Harris, Cliff Burton) followed suit. They also used electric guitar effects with bass guitar, like distortion, flanger and wah-wah (NIB solo, Call of Kh%^&*u). Now EVERY Metal band has "wrong" bass playing where it's played like another guitar line. Same here with flute except almost nobody else uses it in rock music.
i’m glad someone else sees the essence of guitar in a solo like this one. it’s so rock, it’s so everything you want it to be but delivered in just the right way to raise an eyebrow.
Fun fact: Ian Anderson wanted to be the greatest guitarist in the world and practiced really hard to become so. Then one day he saw Eric Clapton and decided to give up and play flute instead. Glad he did!
Funniest is that Clapton doesn't even come near anyone's favorite nowadays... people are either in riffmaster camp or love the ones who could shred. The Cream guy did neither. He had some classic songs grandmas used to dance to but other than that, he's no Satriani nor Iommi.
I can't help but feel there's a whole universe only Ian can see, and he's up there on stage providing 12th dimensional commentary on everything. From the wheeling of galaxies through the rise and fall of entire civilisations to insects marching around to cells dividing and atoms pinging about while the rest of us look on and go "yep, cool tunes mate."
Finally some flute content!! Flute always gets overlooked because it’s seen as a serene purely classical instrument but it’s so much more than that! Flute jazz is a thing and it’s such a good instrument to just go crazy with and this video is proof
He’s straight up his own amp and pedal rack with how many ways he expresses and changes the timbre. So much fun watching it - 10/10 I want him to play my wedding
After my first holy communion, a bunch of different families met up for a party at one of our houses, and he was there. Presumably, _someone_ knew him... I was too young to have a clue who he was.
I just realized this is the first time Ian Anderson has been on this channel. He’s so unbelievably unique I can’t believe this is the first time he’s been on this channel. I hope you do a lot more transcriptions of his stuff!!
@@lorenzogiani7190 YES!! And so is all of Jethro Tull. They should be mentioned alongside Led Zeppelin and Rush and Deep Purple, just like Martin Barre should be mentioned alongside Page, Gilmour and the like, and Barrie Barlow should be appreciated as much as Bonham and Neil Peart. Tull is such a wonderful collection of brilliant musicians.
@@oskarileikos TBH I heard of Jethro Tull much more than Rush, maybe it's just in my part of Europe. Where we have Uriah Heep and Sweet as way more known bands than anything without Ritchie Blackmore.
I love that you can hear the voicing while he's playing. You can hear how he's playing and feel what sections are kind of grungy or passionate. That's just how I like my music though. I like to hear the struggle and the effort put into the music.
What in the actual fuck. That's got to be the best flute playing I've ever seen. Holy shit, this guy's talent, dedication, and hours and hours of practice are insane
@@gabrielfaure9091 Yep, he was self taught! His daughter started to learn flute at school and pointed out everything he was doing wrong. He found it odd, a literal pro being taught by a six year old who only had one lesson.
@@cammoblammo kudos to him to have the will and strength to take the flute and relearn it almost from scratch at 45 years old. After that he became much more a "real" flautist and less wild and that's also an interesting side of his musical career. (Intact little after that he composed and instrumental album called Divinities).
I had the great opportunity to see him play live in Porto Recanati, during the 2018 Jethro Tull 50th Anniversary Tour. Ian is just amazing! One of the most talented and virtuous musicians in the world. His improvisations are just something else, and name me somebody who can sing and play flute at the same time.
Rahassan Roland Kirk, Jeremy Steig, and many more ... in fact this technique is also called the "growl" and is nowdays taught to Jazz and classical trained students as an extended play mode.
so nice to see Ian on this channel. Saw him literally 40 years after this on a concert and he's still a beast with the flute. Where do they make people like him?
@@sergeant_chris6209 You'd be surprised about how many classical flutists don't know Jethro Tull. (I don't know what kind of music J-Dub does.) th-cam.com/video/gKSrq_qjB_Y/w-d-xo.html
Thank, thank and thank you a lot for this video. I always enjoy your videos but this time, you just made me feel so excited picking up my favourite musician of all. Thank you
I learned some flute as a child, and I cannot imagine how he is able to switch between semi-singing and playing so sharp but fluently. This is an amazing way to play the flute and thank you for bringing this to my attention!
In a DnD campaign that I'm playing in I'm a Bladesinger (only for elves, gtfo) wizard. Whenever I finish off my opponents I'm whirling and twirling with my sword while that's playing in my head. Best flute solo of all time
@@kilo3989 *Ian Anderson vs. cleric* Cleric: "You cannot defeat me for I have the power of a god ay my command!" Ian: "I cast Vicious Mockery." *rolls nat20* Ian: "He is the god of nothing!" Cleric *dies*
Omg amazing. I’m a huuuge tull fan and know all their stuff and know this live performance well…. But wow the musical transcription made me appreciate 100x more. Wow 🤘🙏🙌
Now that was something else... I have been vaguely aware of Ian Anderson and Jethro Tull, but this is the first time I've come across a live clip. I'll be darned ! Masterly transcriptions. Subbed & thumbed.
The Wagakki band has a CRAZY flute player that can literally shred with the electric guitars. They're the people that performed "Six Trillion Years And A Night" live in japan. Professional flute players are SCARY good when given the chance to be.
Bruh, Jethro Tull were (at least at times) a metal band. In Ian Anderson's own words: the flute is a heavy, metal instrument. Really I think they sit somewhere between folk, prog rock and heavy metal (of the type found in the 80s).
It's been decades since I last heard that work. The first time round it's strange but compelling. Second time around its still fascinating. Thanks for the transcription with all the details confirming the eccentricity of the work.
While I'm not a super hardcore fan of Jethro Tull, I honestly believe Ian Anderson is the best frontman in rock history. Also, transcription-wise, the "lyrics" on this solo are flawless. I mean, "PWT", really? hahahaha, great work, dude.
I can’t tell if I’m more impressed with the note transcriptions or the the fact that you got all the words/sounds he made on there also. Either way, that’s dang impressive.
for people out of the loop, MTV awared Jethro Tull, an experimental prog-rock act, the 'best heavy metal album' award instead of Metallica (right before they sold out) and people were rioting, so Tulls put up posters saying "flute is a heavy, metal instrument" as a bit of self-irony.
Um, I had no idea I needed this. I *really* *really* *needed* this. When I got to the "audience loses their sh*t" part, well, I *almost* lost mine, too. This was fantastic. Bravo.
The day Bach realized he was the twelfth incarnation of a flute player from Nairobi. This transcription will never need real if the screams and voices emmited are not in there.
this is the first flute transcription on the channel, figured it should be a good one;)
Much thanx!
The first time I've seen "Kicking air demons" in the musical notation. Hopefully not the last.
At how about a French horn transcription now😈
Finally, I was waiting for that very day. And what's best, it's about Ian Anderson. Thank you!
fuck yeah it's a good one George! Keep up the great work, love your channel
I seem to remember him being asked 'why the flute?' and his answer was something along the lines of 'I can't play guitar like Clapton but Clapton can't play Flute like me'.
God tier answer
In other words, he didn't like how competitive guitar playing is.
Everyone can play guitar like Clapton😂
In other words, find your niche, find something that makes you unique and become the best in it
@@manealvrz I mean you definitely can’t
I love his little adlibs, it's like the elf inside his mouth that is truly the one playing the flute is trying to escape.
Desperately trying to get help
This is a brilliant description😂
I like how "audience loses their sh*t" is in the score, like it's an instruction for the performance and the piece isn't executed properly if it doesn't happen.
If it's in the score, then it's in the score. This piece accounts for 50% of your final grade. I'd say break a leg, but you're going to need them for the flute solo.
@@PBTophie To be completely serious: I think this piece wouldn't be anywhere as good without the audience. So, yes, it's an integral part of the performance.
to be fair, if the audience doesn't lose their shit then the piece probably isn't being executed properly anyway XD
@@renerpho I agree. Jethro Tull definitely made an impact on the music scene of the era with this amazing flautist.
However, if I heard or saw this guy busking this performance on the corner, I'd assume he was either crazy and/or on drugs with the vocal ad libs, barking, growling, slow kicks, poses, etc.. I'd honestly think he had stolen the flute.
I feel like he's a chaotic/good bardic mage trying his damnedest to call forth some spirit to assist in a losing battle.
@@PBTophie "I'd assume he was either crazy and/or on drugs" -- And you may be completely right about that.
The fact that ians like the only 70s and 80s musician to not do drugs and alcohol surprises me when he does shit like this
why? drugs not make one great
Him & Ted Nugent
You don’t need drug to be creative. When you’re a creative you need the drugs to live in this world
Also Zappa
Dee Snider
I think that ‘whilst standing on one leg’ is an underrated musical dynamic
Oh really? In my invalids choir we do it all the time!
Fun fact. While performing in India he managed to outrage people by playing flute while standing on one leg because in hinduism there is a god called Krishna who is usually depicted playing a flute while standing on one leg. The Indian audience thought he was disrespecting their religion.
Absolutely necessary
Apparently he originally used to play harmonica using his leg to keep the mic close, then a journalist thought he was "playing flute on one leg" and the idea struck him as original
I grind my feet while juggling I imagine it's a focus thing. I wear holes in my socks trying to stay grounded
Blows my mind to think that ian Anderson never once did drugs, and that his flute weirdness is a natural born ability
If you dont do drugs you prob end up with more briancells intact than if you do drugs
He was just naturally mad.
You dont need drugs to achieve the same insights
Why bother? The drugs would overdose on him
@DEMOCRATS STEAL ELECTIONS apparently yes, if you can believe what he says.
This wasn't just a musical performance, it was a whole dang audiobook.
Bravissima!
Bravissimo*
Grazie per la correzione 🙏
@@Nick-jn7ec prego
Non ho capito se si identifica così oppure è una svista 💀
Bravissimo*
I love the concept of giving this score to an accomplished flautist who’s never seen this performance and seeing what they do………… I can’t be the only one…
Contemporary flautists absolutely would be all over this
As a flautist, I could tell you that learning these techniques would be a dream come true
important fact: this guy played flute for decades with "incorrect" fingering technique and didn't realize every other flute player did it differently until his daughter started learning (years after this video)
Excuse my ignorance, why is/was it incorrect and what is the right technique?
@@tuamigoyvecinolevi I don't know much about flute, but from googling i found that he's completely self taught, so he never learned any of the standard fingering charts and he'd have to hit some notes by overblowing and hitting a harmonic that was close enough to in tune. also it seems like with his right hand he presses on the holes with his joints rather than the fingertips like normal
@@LibrarianJukka imagine not having the internet and learning all the fingerings by trial and error... what an uphill battle that would be
@@potapotapotapotapotapota have you heard of books
@@KVVUZRSCHK imagine knowing how to read 🤣
He is literally playing rock flute. Not jazz flute; it's strictly the static-tonal-center, one-scale-fits-all vocab of rock lead guitar, basically borrowed blues language. But on a flute. And I like it. I once went to see them, '77 give or take, I think they were touring Songs From the Wood. He's a real guitar player too, very good sounding player. Everyone in that band knew what they were doing, and it was their thing.
So true. It even has some sort of natural distortion the way how he's breathing into it.
I mean, that's how Metal bass came to be too: Geezer Butler couldn't play proper rock bass so he played it like a guitar. Doubling the riffs instead of playing a bass line. Many others (Steve Harris, Cliff Burton) followed suit. They also used electric guitar effects with bass guitar, like distortion, flanger and wah-wah (NIB solo, Call of Kh%^&*u). Now EVERY Metal band has "wrong" bass playing where it's played like another guitar line. Same here with flute except almost nobody else uses it in rock music.
Must have been quite an experience to see them back in the 70's.
i’m glad someone else sees the essence of guitar in a solo like this one. it’s so rock, it’s so everything you want it to be but delivered in just the right way to raise an eyebrow.
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I always love the little notes you put in the transcriptions
music transcriptions are always full of notes, I think 'comments' would be a better word bro
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It was transcribed by someone else. It usually is
* badum tsss *
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Fun fact: Ian Anderson wanted to be the greatest guitarist in the world and practiced really hard to become so. Then one day he saw Eric Clapton and decided to give up and play flute instead. Glad he did!
Funniest is that Clapton doesn't even come near anyone's favorite nowadays... people are either in riffmaster camp or love the ones who could shred. The Cream guy did neither. He had some classic songs grandmas used to dance to but other than that, he's no Satriani nor Iommi.
I've given up on so many things. I'm starting to run out of stuff to be the best at
@@jwbowen Better pick up something quick, because you will never be able to compete with my giving up numbers.
He didn't give up the guitar, though.
That octave transition at 2:13 sounded like something in a binaural beat meditation. Woah.
I can't help but feel there's a whole universe only Ian can see, and he's up there on stage providing 12th dimensional commentary on everything. From the wheeling of galaxies through the rise and fall of entire civilisations to insects marching around to cells dividing and atoms pinging about while the rest of us look on and go "yep, cool tunes mate."
he might be on acid, yeah 😅
@@jeepersmcgee3466 what if acid made everybody great flute musicians?
are you saying Ian is a shrimp?!
i would do the same on my recorder on crystal meth tbh
@@MrMooAndMoonSquirrelToo maybe it does and it's just that nobody thinks about playing flute when they're tripping
Of course Jethro Tull would be responsible for the flute equivalent of the eruption solo, lmao. Magnificent!
beautiful comparison
Oh my god this is the perfect way to put this
I liked how he kept teasing the audience with that little phrase from Bach and never resolved it.
or more famously known from naruto :)
I'm sure absolutely everyone in the crowd recognized it from naruto. In 1980. They were way ahead of their times.
@@jaypee144 Ah yes, Naruto, famously more famous than Bach.
I was screaming at him to finish it the whole time
@@ze_rubenator True! 'Naruto' ? I've genuinely never heard of them/him/her/it.
When Ian was playing around with Bach but not entirely committing to it I felt my face melt lol
Finally some flute content!! Flute always gets overlooked because it’s seen as a serene purely classical instrument but it’s so much more than that! Flute jazz is a thing and it’s such a good instrument to just go crazy with and this video is proof
Ask Ron Burgundy
Yazz fluuut
O, I'm looking for something fun to play, can you share some ideas?)
If you like flute so much then definitely check out the band Jethro Tull if you're not familiar.
@@ignatiykalakutskiy8992 I’ve been learning Spain by Chick Corea if you haven’t heard of it already. It’s quite a good one and very fun
The "pwt" at 1:20 - I felt that
Had me dying
He’s straight up his own amp and pedal rack with how many ways he expresses and changes the timbre. So much fun watching it - 10/10 I want him to play my wedding
And to put that into music notation requires technology and a maniac. Same as Tesla and Facebook and...
After my first holy communion, a bunch of different families met up for a party at one of our houses, and he was there. Presumably, _someone_ knew him... I was too young to have a clue who he was.
@@gackmcshite4724 I think you're giving Elon and Zuck too much credit.
As someone who just recently got WAY into Jethro Tull, I'm super happy to see Ian Anderson making an appearance here and totally killing it.
Bit @1:15 is adapted Bach. It's from Tocatta and Fugue in D minor. Really great use of it.
Yea, I also recognised Bach, but forgot which piece it's from, thanks
He's also got a famous adaptation of the Bouree in (g minor??) that quickly evolves into a funky trio of flute, bass, and drums. ❤️
The whole thing is actually bach. Anderson did/does these solos regularly as part of the Bourée: th-cam.com/video/2u0XXpVGUwk/w-d-xo.html
@@panpolypuff and guitar everyone forget that there's funky guitars in that
@@tobiaspape despite the obvious Bach influence, this specific solo is part of the track My God, from the album Aqualung
I am all for creative ways of getting people into Jethro Tull.
Pure insanity.
I just realized this is the first time Ian Anderson has been on this channel. He’s so unbelievably unique I can’t believe this is the first time he’s been on this channel. I hope you do a lot more transcriptions of his stuff!!
Ian is criminally underrated
And he doesn't read music! Amazing the music that pours out of him.
@@lorenzogiani7190 YES!! And so is all of Jethro Tull. They should be mentioned alongside Led Zeppelin and Rush and Deep Purple, just like Martin Barre should be mentioned alongside Page, Gilmour and the like, and Barrie Barlow should be appreciated as much as Bonham and Neil Peart. Tull is such a wonderful collection of brilliant musicians.
@@oskarileikos TBH I heard of Jethro Tull much more than Rush, maybe it's just in my part of Europe. Where we have Uriah Heep and Sweet as way more known bands than anything without Ritchie Blackmore.
I love that you can hear the voicing while he's playing. You can hear how he's playing and feel what sections are kind of grungy or passionate. That's just how I like my music though. I like to hear the struggle and the effort put into the music.
Saw him live just a week ago, his flute playing is still just as dirty and crazy as it always used to be. It was a great concert!
Nice that’s awesome
Well I saw him in the city, and on the mountains of the moon.
@@swilson3d "His cross was rather bloody, and he could hardly roll his stone."
Don't know whether Hymn 43 or My God is my favorite...
I swear this solo was a journey on it's own. It was a story full of twists and turns just like all good solos.
I would love to see a transcription for Focus - Hocus Pocus next!
Yeah, but the one where they played the whole song in half the time.
@@ArtyomPlatonev The only true one for me
yesss live in 1973 baby
was thinkin the same!
I want to see the semi-tones in the whistling part of the live performance.
As much as I enjoyed music as a kid, I always struggled with my pwts in songs. Glad this guy nailed it.
What in the actual fuck. That's got to be the best flute playing I've ever seen. Holy shit, this guy's talent, dedication, and hours and hours of practice are insane
He is also a great guitar player and singer! Or was at least :p
can’t tell if he flutter tongued or double tongued the semiquavers at 1:27 but either way to get them that clear and separated at that speed is insane
He played with wrong fingerings for most of his career I believe
@@gabrielfaure9091 Yep, he was self taught! His daughter started to learn flute at school and pointed out everything he was doing wrong. He found it odd, a literal pro being taught by a six year old who only had one lesson.
@@cammoblammo kudos to him to have the will and strength to take the flute and relearn it almost from scratch at 45 years old. After that he became much more a "real" flautist and less wild and that's also an interesting side of his musical career. (Intact little after that he composed and instrumental album called Divinities).
this guy made sounds with the flute I didn't know were my favorite until now
I had the great opportunity to see him play live in Porto Recanati, during the 2018 Jethro Tull 50th Anniversary Tour. Ian is just amazing! One of the most talented and virtuous musicians in the world. His improvisations are just something else, and name me somebody who can sing and play flute at the same time.
Lizzo can sing and play the flute at the same time
@@11geosno they're both quite good :)
Rahassan Roland Kirk, Jeremy Steig, and many more ... in fact this technique is also called the "growl" and is nowdays taught to Jazz and classical trained students as an extended play mode.
I got to see him perform at the Greek Theater in Berkeley for the same tour on a half tab of acid. He was absolutely amazing!
@@0miyage oh really thanks! I didn’t know this.
My god how I wish I could play with the ease and creativity of Ian Anderson. What an incredible musician.
Only real ones remember when this was titled “When you’re a rockstar but you play flute”
Only real ones remember when this was titled “You can’t play flute and SING at the same time!”
I remember both!
why do i keep watching this
This man is the most chaotic neutral flute player I've seen
When your your Druid turns Bard but old habits die hard.
@@Elfenastics This rhymes. Stolen
Good ol’ Ian Anderson, lead singer and flutist of Jethro Tull
Best description ever. 🤣
When your Bard is chaotic neutral...
He doesn't know where he is, he doesn't know what day it is, but that won't stop him from having a good time.
so nice to see Ian on this channel. Saw him literally 40 years after this on a concert and he's still a beast with the flute. Where do they make people like him?
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Ian is a force of nature.
Why on rusted prison moons the purple piper plays his tunes
Nice! I saw him in Toronto in 2018 I believe! It was a great show
England, under the hills.
Scotland.
A band I wish I could have seen in their prime. I'm 25 and Jethro tull are my favourite band. I was even born in the same town as Ian Anderson was
This performance is inhuman. I was glued to this whole thing as a musician myself and shaking my head in disbelief.
WOW.
Never heard of Jethro Tull eh?
@@sergeant_chris6209 You'd be surprised about how many classical flutists don't know Jethro Tull. (I don't know what kind of music J-Dub does.) th-cam.com/video/gKSrq_qjB_Y/w-d-xo.html
Inhuman would mean awful or bestial. Superhuman, perhaps?
@@johnbb99 I bid higher: godlike.
@@Wabbelpaddel Much as I love his music and lyrics, I suspect a slight messianic tendancy already. Don't encourage him! :)
Man, I'm just so happily surprised to see an audience lose their shit and cheer and whistle throughout a *flute solo.* Weird but wonderful.
that 2:12 transition to the lower octave was smooth af
Thank, thank and thank you a lot for this video. I always enjoy your videos but this time, you just made me feel so excited picking up my favourite musician of all.
Thank you
Love love love ian anderson!! such a huge inspiration for me as a young flutist. thanks for this transcription ❤️
I learned some flute as a child, and I cannot imagine how he is able to switch between semi-singing and playing so sharp but fluently. This is an amazing way to play the flute and thank you for bringing this to my attention!
He never had any lessons by this point.
In a DnD campaign that I'm playing in I'm a Bladesinger (only for elves, gtfo) wizard. Whenever I finish off my opponents I'm whirling and twirling with my sword while that's playing in my head. Best flute solo of all time
Oh my gosh this guy as a Bard would be *unstoppable.*
@@kilo3989 Ian Anderson would be a deadly bard.
@@kilo3989 *Ian Anderson vs. cleric*
Cleric: "You cannot defeat me for I have the power of a god ay my command!"
Ian: "I cast Vicious Mockery." *rolls nat20*
Ian: "He is the god of nothing!"
Cleric *dies*
@@Kylora2112 Perfection. And he'd do it whilst standing on one leg, too.
Saw it live in Pittsburgh. Amazing. 😂
MY GOD, Jethro Tull is awesome and will always be one of my favourites
Ian Anderson is criminally underrated. insanely talented dude.
2:00 my man here invented Dubstep in 1978. What a Pioneer!
Omg amazing. I’m a huuuge tull fan and know all their stuff and know this live performance well…. But wow the musical transcription made me appreciate 100x more. Wow 🤘🙏🙌
I’m glad you made this video, so people can see the craziness of Jethro Tull. 😂😂😂
And that's why Ian is my favourite musician of all time! Sushi restaurant indeed.
My God (Aqualung), by Jethro Tull.
One if the best (prog)Rock albums ever made, alongside with Thick as a Brick, of course.
Aqualung is great. Thick as a Brick is an atmospheric masterpiece
Now that was something else...
I have been vaguely aware of Ian Anderson and Jethro Tull, but this is the first time I've come across a live clip.
I'll be darned ! Masterly transcriptions. Subbed & thumbed.
They made a lot of great albums actually
The Wagakki band has a CRAZY flute player that can literally shred with the electric guitars. They're the people that performed "Six Trillion Years And A Night" live in japan. Professional flute players are SCARY good when given the chance to be.
Awesome transcript and thank you for reminding me of Jethro full. Spent all afternoon listening to old classics like Aqualung and Thick as a brick
All of the people in my middle school band never believed me when I said a flute could be played in jazz.
Bouree on flute. So much flute in prog rock for a time. Traffic, Jethro Tull............
@@tengu190 king crimson
@@leaf4836 Their second album!
Bruh, Jethro Tull were (at least at times) a metal band.
In Ian Anderson's own words: the flute is a heavy, metal instrument.
Really I think they sit somewhere between folk, prog rock and heavy metal (of the type found in the 80s).
They never heard of Ron Burgundy?
Direct from the Medieval time period, one of the greatest musical geniuses of our time as well.
Seeing some Jethro Tull in one of these videos is a pleasant surprise
this dude is a vibe
as a clarinet player I can guarantee that I would die playing this
It's been decades since I last heard that work. The first time round it's strange but compelling. Second time around its still fascinating. Thanks for the transcription with all the details confirming the eccentricity of the work.
While I'm not a super hardcore fan of Jethro Tull, I honestly believe Ian Anderson is the best frontman in rock history. Also, transcription-wise, the "lyrics" on this solo are flawless. I mean, "PWT", really? hahahaha, great work, dude.
I can’t tell if I’m more impressed with the note transcriptions or the the fact that you got all the words/sounds he made on there also. Either way, that’s dang impressive.
As someone once said: the flute IS a heavy metal instrument
I'm pretty sure he said that
for people out of the loop, MTV awared Jethro Tull, an experimental prog-rock act, the 'best heavy metal album' award instead of Metallica (right before they sold out) and people were rioting, so Tulls put up posters saying "flute is a heavy, metal instrument" as a bit of self-irony.
Creativity, Rhythm, Groove, Magical Sounds! Great Ian Anderson!!
This is an extended version of the solo from "My God" from "Aqualung". These guys are awesome. Saw them live in the 70s
Um, I had no idea I needed this. I *really* *really* *needed* this. When I got to the "audience loses their sh*t" part, well, I *almost* lost mine, too. This was fantastic. Bravo.
The notations on the sheet music get me every time
This channel is an insane find in 2022!!! Love it. Thanks so much. Very unique and refreshing.
By far the best most intense flute solo I’ve ever heard
I love how the gestures and voice are transcribed as if that's somehow part of the music itself
This is a DPS Bard.
I really like watching music with sheets, I can't read sheet but it gives me a better understanding of how it works.
When you cast "Haste", "Enhance Ability" and "Berserk" on the bard in your party.
Always loved Ian Anderson's flute solo's. Especially live.
I guess Sirius got some extra time on his hands behind that veil in the department of mysteries
literally classical music and jazz racing through my mind during any test/exam and then I cant focus at all, Love it tho lol.
1:11 Mario Kart 64 starting up
I have just seen this for the first time in my life and I wish I could have that feeling again
Absolutely amazing. Big fan of “ kick air demons”.
I actually chose to learn to play the flute in sixth grade because of this man 😂
Saw this guy live back in the 70's. Loved it!
The amount of control this man had over his instrument and diaphragm is unreal
This HAS TO BE the greatest flute solo EVER. Nobody can top that style!! What a crazy specimen of a flutist!!
The man, the myth, the legend... Mr. Ian Anderson.
Can't imagine the amount of work going into the notation plus, capturing the vocalization of this piece of art. Great work!
Listening to this literally 1 minute before my exam starts
Ian Anderson = total genius. And the title to this video is hilarious.
This man tasted sounds and heard colors 😂
Me hearing how smooth it was at 1:10 actually had me thinking about losing NNN 🤧
Jethro tull being jethro tull
The day Bach realized he was the twelfth incarnation of a flute player from Nairobi. This transcription will never need real if the screams and voices emmited are not in there.
You just introduced Gen Z to Jethro Tull, I tip my hat to you
I love how even the guttural utterances are scored out! Thanks for sharing this.
Most sane flute player
How did this guy actually make flute sound badass
Love this band for many many years. We`re waiting for them in Kyiv this summer, but the war messed up all the plans(
Ian Anderson is amazing