About 10 years so i went to a bar full of millennials and put this on the jukebox, they all went YEAH!!! and started dancing... restored my faith in humanity
I only saw them live 3 times in my teenage years & Ian wore the same outfit all 3 appearances. They also played Locomotive Breath (long version) each concert. Glad you enjoyed it so much. I clicked immediately when I saw Jethro Tull Locomotive Breath. Thanks
Anything Jethro Tull I'm clicking on. Ian Anderson is a monster on the flute. I played flute in high school, and use to play alot of their music. FUN!!!
starburstppl same here! You should have seen the look on my parents face when I finally got them to put in my Aqualung 8 track after traveling hours listening to very different music. Needless to say "snot is running down his nose " was enough of a shocking lyric let alone the homeless older man with pedo tendencies! I was 12 yo!! Hell I just loved the way it sounded and knew the words but not the understanding! Saw JT in KCMO during the Tullavision Tour 1973! Robin trower and Tod Rungrund opened up . Tull was 35 minutes late and played 2 hrs past their scheduled time to make up for their tardiness!! What a memorable event truly epic as the little dude that I was. My second concert! Unforgettable.....
@@stephenspero3201, yep I knew the lyrics, but not the meaning. I too just loved the way it sounded. I here you about the parent's reaction. My parent's jaw hit the floor many times when I would listen to Black Sabbath's music. I was about 12 when I started listening to them. Alice Cooper's stuff would freak them out also. I loved Cooper's album, Killer. I never saw Jethro Tull live which I regret, but I saw Robin Trower in 1975 when I was 16. Golden Earring opened for them. The very first concert I went to was Black Oak Arkansas in 1973. I loved the 70's and 80's! I wish I could go back to that fun time!
starburstppl I miss those times too my brother! What a great time to be around musically. Now it's just auto tuned, overdubbed, multi looped, cacophony of crap that is presented as a Broadway production disguised as music! I can't take it. What happened to 3-4 guys /gals who could go out there and jam a very tight groove? Rush? , Yes? Any of those bands you dig? I could continue a listing of truly timeless and epic bands till my brain fell out! I was blessed being the youngest of 7 siblings and I had access to all of their albums. My first album purchase was Rush 2112. Hell I had access to everything leading up to that but my siblings didn't have it. How about 'Ten years after a space in time '? Keep rocking it!
starburstppl you ever get the parental quote "you call that music! " argh! Or " turn that shit down!!!" I know I'm getting old when I find myself thinking the same thing about some rap, pop and death metal. Although I dig the guitar riffs in death metal. ..yeah I play a little guitar and a couple of other instruments. I'm glad you got to see Robin Trower. I was 12 floating on a raft in our pool the first time I heard bridge of Sighs. Probably a little stoned. Little did I know a month later I would see them in concert. Truly the good ole days my friend.
This song was my introduction to Tull in the early '70s. I had made the switch from AM to FM as I was heading to Jr. High and our local station WNEW 102.7 FM out of New York used to play this, and most of this album, on a regular rotation. Ah, the Seventies!!! :)
WOW O WOW I just discovered you tube and am blown away I am 74 retired in Mexico, and now all of them, to see Kels reactions are priceless, as were mine went I first heard them when they came out love t
Thanks for doing this. Boy does this take me back. I remember getting the Aqualung album for the first time. I knew I was going to hear something so new and cool. Love that you appreciate it. It really doesn’t get old. It grabs you every time.
Cross Eyed Mary is another great track from that album as is, Hymn 43, The title track, My God, Up To Me, Cheap Day Return, Mother Goose, Wond'ring Aloud, Lick Your Fingers Clean, Wind Up, etc......
I was 1 year old when i first heard this album playing. It was 1971. Still one of my favorite albums today. My 22 year old daughter listened to it when still in her mother's belly. Still a fan too.
There's listening to that song on an album, and then there's living it. I had the fortune to see Locomotive Breath performed in 1972 or thereabouts in Niagara Falls as the opening piece. You could hear a pin drop during the piano intro, the whole stadium began to move almost silently as the tension built because everybody knew what was coming, then it hit like an avalanche and ate you whole. An incredible moment that I will never forget.
Just listened to you back story- what a cool journey! I love turning people on to new music or broadening their horizons to stuff they would maybe never consider. I sent in a few choice recommendations (TTB) and checked out the website clicking through a few ads. Take care!
I am glad you found Jethro Tull. The magic when we 1st listened to the record when it was released in 1971 is with me all these years later. Still have my original album and listened to it just a few days ago.
Saw Tull in 1971 my senior year in High school, I was 18 you had to go by dress codes in those days, started growing my hair out, me and my friends would tuck our hair on inside of collor and try not get caught by principal. Anyhow, saw Jethro Tull at the Forum in Englewood, CA, can't remember for sure, (because I was super stoned!!) but I think the band playing with them was Heart. But "Tull" was just really great!!!!!
Love your channel. I use to think I was still young, then I hear you talk about how you weren’t even born when this and many songs I have been listening to since I was a kid, and reality slaps me in the face!! Youth is a state of mind! Keep em coming!
I saw them at Lulus in Kitchener in the early 90s. At the time you could still smoke in bars but this was radically a non-smoking event. Ian thanked the audience and explained that he had to take ten breaths for every one we took. When you hear him play, you understand. Thanks KnR.
Locomotive Breath, Aqualung, and cross eyed Mary were all homeless people that Ian Anderson wrote about. Aqualung is actually mentioned in cross eyed Mary as they lived in the same area.
doing this live - this song went on for 45 minutes. His volume moved your innards like a hand grenade. When the song was finished, he said "Now for my next song", and started the wind-up song. Three hours of music
Just FYI, there was a real Jethro Tull. He invented a farm implement some centuries ago which advanced farming significantly, if memory serves. There, obviously I'm not entirely Thick as a Brick ;-)
You are quite correct Dennis. Jethro Tull invented a horse drawn seed drill which planted seeds in neat rows as compared to the hand broadcasted system that had been used for hundreds if not thousands of years to plant crops.
Whilst you may have missed out on some great music and songs as a youngster, we miss out on the joy of first hearing music we first heard in the dim past.
Ah, Ian Anderson. He was a wee Scottish laddie, born in Edinburgh. Brilliant musician, vocals, songwriter and a self taught, one off on flute. Anderson named the band after the man who is credited with inventing the plough!
To see them live and Ian standing on one leg playing Thick As Brick and Passion Play as well as the classics!!!! Amzining. My ability to play flute makes me feel like a babe in arms!. Go Ian and JT!!! Great you are back on the road.
Saw Tull for the first time around 69 at The Baltimore Civic Center. MIND BLOWING! Frontman Ian Anderson and his bandmates were classically trained musicians who could play Bach, Rock, or Traditional English Folk Music, and blend them together. Anderson has been called both a madman and musical genius! He came bouncing on stage dressed in tights and a waist coat and took over the crowd. Up until then, no one ever saw a flutist dominate a show. The guitars on either side both wore 3-piece suits with fedoras in old Chicago gangster style. Out of Blackpool on the west coast of England they were a sharp contrast to the pop, and blues bands dominating the charts. Yes, classical musicians can ROCK!
Kel, you need to chill, girl, it's just a dude in tights wearing a codpiece lol. On a more serious note, just want to mention that whilst Ian got almost all the coverage the guitarist in Tull is probably the most underrated in music. If you ask a guitarist just how good Martin Barre is they will rave about him but the general public never realised just how good he is, sadly.
@@rubicon-oh9km Oh forgive me, almighty rubicon1983, I didn't know I had to get your permission on who I should care about. Maybe you should think about going somewhere to go fuck yourself.
Despite your incredible musical instruments talent, I like you guys. 😊 Very impressed by your gift. You two are a pleasure to watch, and that added to the cool songs make for a delightful time spent together through TH-cam. Keep up the good work.
its actually better to listen to it with your eyes closed so you don't have visual distractions. but the live performance is an incredible thing to see
I saw The Martin Barre Band (original and longtime lead guitarist for Jethro Tull) this past June. They were doing the 50th Anniversary of Jethro Tull Tour. In addition to players from his touring band he also had, as a very special guest, the original drummer, Clive Bunker. Clive played on all the song of the first set up to the album Thick As A Brick, which he was not a part of. At the end of the first set, before a short intermission, they played an acoustic bluegrass version of Locomotive Breath. Believe it or not, it was amazing..it really worked. For the purists they again played Locomotive Breath, as part of the encore, in all it's electric guitar chugging glory.
AHHHHHHHHHHH YES, THE 70'S LIVE AGAIN !! --------------To fully appreciate this very different rock group, ya HAD to see them in concert. The 6'4" Ian Anderson jumping , dancing, with his flute ! I saw them in Denver, at the old Coliseum, & they put on an unforgettable show for 12,000 of us. ----------------MJL< 76 y/o
Please show her a live performance one of the best showman ever. Went to a concert at Brighton Pavillion back at the beginning still the best concert I ever went to. Love to see her at the ballet. So charming.
I've watched a bunch of music video reaction channels. You guys are my favorite. Thanks for sharing your journey through so much good music. Hitting "subscribe".
There’s a couple of TH-cam videos where a professional flutist reviews the flute playing. Ian Anderson was self taught and many of his techniques aren’t traditional. He also experiments such as singing while blowing into the flute at the same time. It’s interesting.
1971 On the Floor @ MSG, one of my first concerts. The Garden rumbled when they played this, bigger noise than Aqualung. Still part of his concerts to this day. Kel this a classic beyond.
So did I girl!!!.... I was 18 and in my senior year in high school, me and a buddy had floor seats, about 3/4 the way back on left side of you're facing the stage. Tell me, because I don't remember, what band played with them.
I saw the Tull live back in 1970 and they were absolutely awesome. It's hard to say just how much of a cult figure Ian Anderson was to us all back then and my GOD what a flautist. In my mind, the greatest rock flautist of all time and one of the truly great live acts I ever saw.
The amazing thing is Ian Anderson taught himself to play the flute. Initially he wasn’t even fingering it correctly. Some how some way, he started playing with the correct fingering. However, he seldom, if ever used the pinky from his left hand. It turns out that the pinky finger on his left hand was somewhat deformed and made it hard for him to use it. In addition, rather than curling the fingers of his left hand, he most often kept them straight. So rather than fingering he was for all intents and purposes, he hammered those keys. But with all that, he continues to make amazing sound with his flute.
"Locomotive Breath" --Great song. Like Rich was, I watched Kel's face for when she first heard the shift from the sweet classical piano intro to the hard rock locomotive chug. "Aqualung" and "Cross Eyed Mary" great Tull songs too . And I always liked "Bouree" (Classical), "Skating Away on the Thin Ice of a New Day," "New Day Yesterday"...
Ive seen Jethro tull slash Ian Anderson 19 times. I like to think i know nearly everything about the band. On the studio version ian played rhythm guitar on the track. As well as bass drum and hi hat. The added licks were Martin.
I've attend over 40 Tull shows. The first was the WARCHILD tour. The last was Minstrel In the Gallery. I won't be attending another. Anderson, and, his ego fucked the whole thing up.
Apologies if you already know this, but Jethro Tull was the inventor of the seed drill in England (back in the early 1700s) which helped to revolutionise farming.
I've been a fan since I was 14 and got "Songs from the wood" for Xmas... And I'm 61 now, and "Thick as a brick", or any other Tull, is my "house cleaning" back ground music. Jethro Tull grows on you... Oh, on a side note I liked them because they did all that and NO DRUGS, believe it or not.
it is said that when Ian Anderson picked up the flute for the first time, two weeks later he was already recording Jethro Tull's first album. I've been to several Jethro Tull concerts, and I remember he used to like wearing tights on stage, maybe that's what you see in the photo
Jethro Tull formed in my home town Blackpool uk ,who would have thought such talent from a Lancashire seaside town full of kiss me quick hats ,sticks of rock and donkey rides on the beach .
Ian Anderson is also a cat rescue person. He spends thousands of dollars on animal causes. I saw Jethro Tull perform in the late 90s and he stopped the show because someone was smoking in the first rows. Once they ceased, he resumed. He is a complete non-smoker and does not tolerate second hand smoke. Good show! I've enjoyed Tull since I was an 18 year old in 1970.
The story I heard was he wanted to play guitar until he heard Eric Clapton and he decided then he'd play the flute instead since he knew he'd never match Slow Hand....
Thick as a brick is both sides of the album...one song. If they play it on the radio, they only play one small snip-it. Also, if you ever attended a Tull concert, you would know that Locomotive Breath is always the encore.
so this is fun. first time I caught these guys. I was just on heline's channel, where she reacts to thick as a brick, then YT segued to this video. rich is wearing the same shirt i am. guess I'll have to subscribe.
Ian Anderson didn't know how to play the flute until he formed Jethro Tull. In fact he has said he just recently learned to hold it properly. The reason he started playing the flute was, he wanted to play the guitar, but he decided he could never be as good as Eric Clapton, so he decided to play the flute instead. (I read that somewhere. I am a huge trivia buff.)
About 10 years so i went to a bar full of millennials and put this on the jukebox, they all went YEAH!!! and started dancing... restored my faith in humanity
Cool!
Ian Anderson is the flute playing god. I've seen through the years that people either love or hate Jethro Tull, personally I think they are awesome.
Aqualung! What a great album. From start to finish. Pure genius.
Almost 50 years......I've loved it for 83% of my life. You bet that is a great song. Will always be in my top 10. Thanks for showing Kel's reaction.
One of my favorite Jethro Tull songs, and they have so many absolute classics.
Loved it, first time watcher, long time Jethro fan,1970, saw them three times live when I was stationed in Germany in the Army.
Charles Poey not Debra
I only saw them live 3 times in my teenage years & Ian wore the same outfit all 3 appearances. They also played Locomotive Breath (long version) each concert. Glad you enjoyed it so much. I clicked immediately when I saw Jethro Tull Locomotive Breath. Thanks
Tull was such a great band. In concert the pretty much sounded like their studio work. Classic band whose music will live forever
Anything Jethro Tull I'm clicking on. Ian Anderson is a monster on the flute. I played flute in high school, and use to play alot of their music. FUN!!!
The flute is definitely a heavy, metal instrument :)
starburstppl same here! You should have seen the look on my parents face when I finally got them to put in my Aqualung 8 track after traveling hours listening to very different music. Needless to say "snot is running down his nose " was enough of a shocking lyric let alone the homeless older man with pedo tendencies! I was 12 yo!! Hell I just loved the way it sounded and knew the words but not the understanding! Saw JT in KCMO during the Tullavision Tour 1973! Robin trower and Tod Rungrund opened up . Tull was 35 minutes late and played 2 hrs past their scheduled time to make up for their tardiness!! What a memorable event truly epic as the little dude that I was. My second concert! Unforgettable.....
@@stephenspero3201, yep I knew the lyrics, but not the meaning. I too just loved the way it sounded. I here you about the parent's reaction. My parent's jaw hit the floor many times when I would listen to Black Sabbath's music. I was about 12 when I started listening to them. Alice Cooper's stuff would freak them out also. I loved Cooper's album, Killer. I never saw Jethro Tull live which I regret, but I saw Robin Trower in 1975 when I was 16. Golden Earring opened for them. The very first concert I went to was Black Oak Arkansas in 1973. I loved the 70's and 80's! I wish I could go back to that fun time!
starburstppl I miss those times too my brother! What a great time to be around musically. Now it's just auto tuned, overdubbed, multi looped, cacophony of crap that is presented as a Broadway production disguised as music! I can't take it. What happened to 3-4 guys /gals who could go out there and jam a very tight groove? Rush? , Yes? Any of those bands you dig? I could continue a listing of truly timeless and epic bands till my brain fell out! I was blessed being the youngest of 7 siblings and I had access to all of their albums. My first album purchase was Rush 2112. Hell I had access to everything leading up to that but my siblings didn't have it. How about 'Ten years after a space in time '? Keep rocking it!
starburstppl you ever get the parental quote "you call that music! " argh! Or " turn that shit down!!!" I know I'm getting old when I find myself thinking the same thing about some rap, pop and death metal. Although I dig the guitar riffs in death metal. ..yeah I play a little guitar and a couple of other instruments. I'm glad you got to see Robin Trower. I was 12 floating on a raft in our pool the first time I heard bridge of Sighs. Probably a little stoned. Little did I know a month later I would see them in concert. Truly the good ole days my friend.
This song was my introduction to Tull in the early '70s. I had made the switch from AM to FM as I was heading to Jr. High and our local station WNEW 102.7 FM out of New York used to play this, and most of this album, on a regular rotation. Ah, the Seventies!!! :)
WOW O WOW I just discovered you tube and am blown away I am 74 retired in Mexico, and now all of them, to see Kels reactions are priceless, as were mine went I first heard them when they came out love t
Thanks for doing this. Boy does this take me back. I remember getting the Aqualung album for the first time. I knew I was going to hear something so new and cool. Love that you appreciate it. It really doesn’t get old. It grabs you every time.
Cross Eyed Mary is another great track from that album as is, Hymn 43, The title track, My God, Up To Me, Cheap Day Return, Mother Goose, Wond'ring Aloud, Lick Your Fingers Clean, Wind Up, etc......
I was 1 year old when i first heard this album playing. It was 1971. Still one of my favorite albums today. My 22 year old daughter listened to it when still in her mother's belly. Still a fan too.
There's listening to that song on an album, and then there's living it. I had the fortune to see Locomotive Breath performed in 1972 or thereabouts in Niagara Falls as the opening piece. You could hear a pin drop during the piano intro, the whole stadium began to move almost silently as the tension built because everybody knew what was coming, then it hit like an avalanche and ate you whole. An incredible moment that I will never forget.
Just listened to you back story- what a cool journey! I love turning people on to new music or broadening their horizons to stuff they would maybe never consider. I sent in a few choice recommendations (TTB) and checked out the website clicking through a few ads. Take care!
I like you guys! Good reaction. One of my favorite bands growing up... Saw them live in concert a couple of times in the early 70s.
I am glad you found Jethro Tull. The magic when we 1st listened to the record when it was released in 1971 is with me all these years later. Still have my original album and listened to it just a few days ago.
You Guys are awesome , thank Y'all for being You , You as a couple make me smile with Your antics and reactions
Long live the Tull. Such an amazing band with a massive discography.
Saw Tull in 1971 my senior year in High school, I was 18 you had to go by dress codes in those days, started growing my hair out, me and my friends would tuck our hair on inside of collor and try not get caught by principal. Anyhow, saw Jethro Tull at the Forum in Englewood, CA, can't remember for sure, (because I was super stoned!!) but I think the band playing with them was Heart. But "Tull" was just really great!!!!!
Best part of reactions to locomotive breath is the flute solo. It’s a great thing to look forward to.
He was in Chattanooga Tennessee in 1973 and it was one of the concerts in my life.
Loved the 60's and 70's!!!
Love your channel. I use to think I was still young, then I hear you talk about how you weren’t even born when this and many songs I have been listening to since I was a kid, and reality slaps me in the face!! Youth is a state of mind!
Keep em coming!
I saw them at Lulus in Kitchener in the early 90s. At the time you could still smoke in bars but this was radically a non-smoking event. Ian thanked the audience and explained that he had to take ten breaths for every one we took. When you hear him play, you understand. Thanks KnR.
I'm 66, discovered Jethro Tull in 1971 (the album Benefit) and loved it, became a life long Tull fan. Love watching people get introduced to the best.
Right, I've attended over 40 Tull shows, great band. The only problem is, Anderson is a first rate asshole!
Locomotive Breath, Aqualung, and cross eyed Mary were all homeless people that Ian Anderson wrote about. Aqualung is actually mentioned in cross eyed Mary as they lived in the same area.
Great choice here. Thanks. I haven't heard Jethro Tull in a long time. This is fun!
doing this live - this song went on for 45 minutes. His volume moved your innards like a hand grenade. When the song was finished, he said "Now for my next song", and started the wind-up song. Three hours of music
Hi there guys! Jethro Tull was very wide play in Brazil - Sao Paulo at that time, and surprises me you guys are listen now days. Cheers from Brazil.
Yer in for a treat. I DID listen to a lot of music in those days, but there was so much great stuff I couldn't keep up with all of it.
“What is he wearing? I can’t watch this.”. To say she lived a sheltered life is a gross understatement.
Minstrel! Look it up.
That was my first Tull concert. Mind blown. It would not be my last.....
Just FYI, there was a real Jethro Tull. He invented a farm implement some centuries ago which advanced farming significantly, if memory serves. There, obviously I'm not entirely Thick as a Brick ;-)
Dennis Eldridge
Jethro Tull invented the seed drill...ta Da!
You are quite correct Dennis. Jethro Tull invented a horse drawn seed drill which planted seeds in neat rows as compared to the hand broadcasted system that had been used for hundreds if not thousands of years to plant crops.
Tull is most famous for inventing the stump jumping plow.
Whilst you may have missed out on some great music and songs as a youngster, we miss out on the joy of first hearing music we first heard in the dim past.
Ah, Ian Anderson. He was a wee Scottish laddie, born in Edinburgh.
Brilliant musician, vocals, songwriter and a self taught, one off on flute. Anderson named the band after the man who is credited with inventing the plough!
To see them live and Ian standing on one leg playing Thick As Brick and Passion Play as well as the classics!!!! Amzining. My ability to play flute makes me feel like a babe in arms!. Go Ian and JT!!! Great you are back on the road.
Love Kels necklace. Love to go round back and look at it from behind...quite awesome I'm sure
Saw Tull for the first time around 69 at The Baltimore Civic Center. MIND BLOWING! Frontman Ian Anderson and his bandmates were classically trained musicians who could play Bach, Rock, or Traditional English Folk Music, and blend them together. Anderson has been called both a madman and musical genius! He came bouncing on stage dressed in tights and a waist coat and took over the crowd. Up until then, no one ever saw a flutist dominate a show. The guitars on either side both wore 3-piece suits with fedoras in old Chicago gangster style. Out of Blackpool on the west coast of England they were a sharp contrast to the pop, and blues bands dominating the charts. Yes, classical musicians can ROCK!
Kel, you need to chill, girl, it's just a dude in tights wearing a codpiece lol. On a more serious note, just want to mention that whilst Ian got almost all the coverage the guitarist in Tull is probably the most underrated in music. If you ask a guitarist just how good Martin Barre is they will rave about him but the general public never realised just how good he is, sadly.
Well, I'm a guitarist, and couldn't really care one way or another.
@@aiden_macleod You're not a guitarist Aiden. If you were, you WOULD care. Martin is a monster on guitar. You really should do your homework.
@@rubicon-oh9km Oh forgive me, almighty rubicon1983, I didn't know I had to get your permission on who I should care about. Maybe you should think about going somewhere to go fuck yourself.
@@aiden_macleod Sounds like you've got a good right hand.
Why not all of you act like adults and have respect for the youtubers who’s post you’re bickering on. Like children
In a couple of Tull albums Ian plays the sax and plays it well.
Despite your incredible musical instruments talent, I like you guys. 😊 Very impressed by your gift. You two are a pleasure to watch, and that added to the cool songs make for a delightful time spent together through TH-cam. Keep up the good work.
One of my favorite Jethro Tull songs ........ Actually all of their songs are my favorite
I was a junior in high school when this came out. At one time I had all of their albums.
its actually better to listen to it with your eyes closed so you don't have visual distractions. but the live performance is an incredible thing to see
Not enough people listening to Tull nowadays. I think Kel would absolutely love Skating Away. It may be my favorite JT song.
I was zero ...... chuckling... nice Rich. Tull.... a good one to start with!! LOL another great reaction vid guys!! cheers from Ottawa!!
Jethro Tull is the guy who invented the seed drill for farming.
No shit Sherlock!
He a
So wrote rather a useful book on animal husbandry.
WOW you just googled that ?? MORON
I saw The Martin Barre Band (original and longtime lead guitarist for Jethro Tull) this past June. They were doing the 50th Anniversary of Jethro Tull Tour. In addition to players from his touring band he also had, as a very special guest, the original drummer, Clive Bunker. Clive played on all the song of the first set up to the album Thick As A Brick, which he was not a part of. At the end of the first set, before a short intermission, they played an acoustic bluegrass version of Locomotive Breath. Believe it or not, it was amazing..it really worked. For the purists they again played Locomotive Breath, as part of the encore, in all it's electric guitar chugging glory.
Mick Abrahams was the original guitarist, then (shock, horror) Tony Iommi THEN Martin Barre,
AHHHHHHHHHHH YES, THE 70'S LIVE AGAIN !! --------------To fully appreciate this very different rock group, ya HAD to see them in concert. The 6'4" Ian Anderson jumping , dancing, with his flute ! I saw them in Denver, at the old Coliseum, & they put on an unforgettable show for 12,000 of us. ----------------MJL< 76 y/o
Went to a Tull concert, sat right behind the stage. Cheap tickets. No problem, few people around so our row lit up and passed around the duchy.
So much talent in this band.
Please show her a live performance one of the best showman ever. Went to a concert at Brighton Pavillion back at the beginning still the best concert I ever went to. Love to see her at the ballet. So charming.
A longtime fan since hearing Tull's version of the Bach piece, Bouree from across the Army barracks in Budingen Germany in 1969.
A bit of interesting trivia ... Andrew Lincoln who plays Rick Grimes in The Walking Dead TV show is married to Ian Anderson's daughter.
I've watched a bunch of music video reaction channels. You guys are my favorite. Thanks for sharing your journey through so much good music. Hitting "subscribe".
Cross eyed Mary and aqualung are also fantastic. I had a feeling that piano and flute would get Kel's attention.
There’s a couple of TH-cam videos where a professional flutist reviews the flute playing. Ian Anderson was self taught and many of his techniques aren’t traditional. He also experiments such as singing while blowing into the flute at the same time. It’s interesting.
Fantastic song off of a masterpiece album.
It's a codpiece, Kel! Not to worry...,..
It's like watching a NPR version of a review. Very calm
Ian bought land, to help folks to be able to help people find work.
Salmon farming, and get to harvest land
What a man!!
Grew up on that. My dad listened to JTull. Always fun to come back to them. Personal favorite: My God. Preferable the pre-album live version.
1971 On the Floor @ MSG, one of my first concerts. The Garden rumbled when they played this, bigger noise than Aqualung. Still part of his concerts to this day. Kel this a classic beyond.
great song! Saw them in concert 1971 at the Forum in LA
So did I girl!!!.... I was 18 and in my senior year in high school, me and a buddy had floor seats, about 3/4 the way back on left side of you're facing the stage. Tell me, because I don't remember, what band played with them.
I saw the Tull live back in 1970 and they were absolutely awesome. It's hard to say just how much of a cult figure Ian Anderson was to us all back then and my GOD what a flautist. In my mind, the greatest rock flautist of all time and one of the truly great live acts I ever saw.
As far as I am concerned there is only one "rock flautist".
It is IMPOSSIBLE for a musician who plays the flute not to have heard of Jethro Tull's Ian Anderson. IMPOSSIBLE.
Need to watch the live version from the bursting out tour!
The amazing thing is Ian Anderson taught himself to play the flute. Initially he wasn’t even fingering it correctly. Some how some way, he started playing with the correct fingering. However, he seldom, if ever used the pinky from his left hand. It turns out that the pinky finger on his left hand was somewhat deformed and made it hard for him to use it. In addition, rather than curling the fingers of his left hand, he most often kept them straight. So rather than fingering he was for all intents and purposes, he hammered those keys. But with all that, he continues to make amazing sound with his flute.
"Locomotive Breath" --Great song. Like Rich was, I watched Kel's face for when she first heard the shift from the sweet classical piano intro to the hard rock locomotive chug. "Aqualung" and "Cross Eyed Mary" great Tull songs too . And I always liked "Bouree" (Classical), "Skating Away on the Thin Ice of a New Day," "New Day Yesterday"...
1969 might have been the best year in rock music history.
Aqualung best rock album from a Flautist led band, lol!
Thick as a Brick!
Ian Anderson made the point that he was simultaneously the best and worst flautist in rock n roll.
Try Broadsword & The Beast Album just as good
@@bazbuncher6948 yes.. but i want to say Crest of a knave and roots to branches were great rock albums too
I prefer. Thick as a brick.
HEAVY METAL FLUTE... Got to love it.
Haha, I was going to make the same comment.
Ive seen Jethro tull slash Ian Anderson 19 times. I like to think i know nearly everything about the band. On the studio version ian played rhythm guitar on the track. As well as bass drum and hi hat. The added licks were Martin.
I've attend over 40 Tull shows. The first was the WARCHILD tour. The last was Minstrel In the Gallery. I won't be attending another. Anderson, and, his ego fucked the whole thing up.
This album was written in the US during a tour. The song is about Population Control.
Song (and artist) holds up better than a lot of their contemporaries who were just as big back in the day.
Apologies if you already know this, but Jethro Tull was the inventor of the seed drill in England (back in the early 1700s) which helped to revolutionise farming.
I've been a fan since I was 14 and got "Songs from the wood" for Xmas... And I'm 61 now, and "Thick as a brick", or any other Tull, is my "house cleaning" back ground music. Jethro Tull grows on you... Oh, on a side note I liked them because they did all that and NO DRUGS, believe it or not.
See what we had to put up with in the 60s+70s. Saw them 4 times in the 70s. Great live shows.
it is said that when Ian Anderson picked up the flute for the first time, two weeks later he was already recording Jethro Tull's first album. I've been to several Jethro Tull concerts, and I remember he used to like wearing tights on stage, maybe that's what you see in the photo
Jethro Tull formed in my home town Blackpool uk ,who would have thought such talent from a Lancashire seaside town full of kiss me quick hats ,sticks of rock and donkey rides on the beach .
This is a awesome tune. He will still show up in Detroit.
Ian Anderson bought land, to make Ability to employ People. And started to farm Salmon. Also to employ People.
What a man!
DUDE! This video is free live on the net and a lot more fun!
He came out on the stage dressed in rags. Half the time his flute was spinning in the air above his head. Whoa!!
One of the first concerts I went to was Jethro Tull. Nobody worked harder than Ian Anderson in a show.
Ian Anderson is also a cat rescue person. He spends thousands of dollars on animal causes. I saw Jethro Tull perform in the late 90s and he stopped the show because someone was smoking in the first rows. Once they ceased, he resumed. He is a complete non-smoker and does not tolerate second hand smoke. Good show! I've enjoyed Tull since I was an 18 year old in 1970.
I was 30 in1970, 80 this year and still listening to the mighty TULL
I've seen these guys live twice. Good times.
Did you know Ian Anderson actually played the guitar but there were already players so he took up the flute.
The story I heard was he wanted to play guitar until he heard Eric Clapton and he decided then he'd play the flute instead since he knew he'd never match Slow Hand....
I believe I was at this concert! Can’t forget his tights.
I sold a lot of stationary door to door for a fundraiser in high school to get my hands on the album with that song
when it comes to music from the uk, a think rich should get an award, he hasnt been asleep, like the rest of the usa
saw them in Scotland 1972 what a show!!!!
LOCOMOTIVE BREATHHHHH, 1ST TIME, WHATTTTTTTT??? LMAO KELLLLLLL :) YOU POOR THING YOU
Ian was wearing a codpiece, basically a Scottish jockstrap. Used to protect the jewels in times of battle.
BUNGLE IN THE JUNGLE! LOL :) GR88888 SOUNDS ON THAT ONE
One of the worst songs in the tull catalogue
Don't know whether you know but Ian Anderson is a self taught flautist. He still performs today.
Thick as a brick is both sides of the album...one song. If they play it on the radio, they only play one small snip-it. Also, if you ever attended a Tull concert, you would know that Locomotive Breath is always the encore.
so this is fun. first time I caught these guys. I was just on heline's channel, where she reacts to thick as a brick, then YT segued to this video. rich is wearing the same shirt i am. guess I'll have to subscribe.
Cross-eyed Mary is another great Tull song to hear him get crazy with the flute.
Ian Anderson didn't know how to play the flute until he formed Jethro Tull. In fact he has said he just recently learned to hold it properly. The reason he started playing the flute was, he wanted to play the guitar, but he decided he could never be as good as Eric Clapton, so he decided to play the flute instead. (I read that somewhere. I am a huge trivia buff.)