A track from East of Eden - performed live on TV BUT sound recorded in advance (they didn't have synched cameras back than) Dave Arbus playing flute (he was mostly a fiddler and saxophonist) Similar era to Jethro Tull ... and they sounded awesome live (I listened to one performance form the wings on stage) I was "heavily into" progressive groups that used classical instruments - and still am. th-cam.com/video/h8frmy1w1NU/w-d-xo.html
The Jethro Tull storm hit even the tiny islands of Okinawa where I was a high school student back in the early 70s. They were one of our top 10 groups which also included the likes of Deep Purple, Led Zeppelin, Emerson, Lake and Palmer, and Grand Funk.
Greetings from Canada. I'm a Tull fan since 1968- got their first 6 albums (then the Army sent me into the boondocks and I missed some). Good on you- it's great to see young folk enjoying just as we did then. Peace, love and bellbottoms.
@@scottmoquin Thank you for those kind words... but I was always susceptible to the Blues and Blues Rock, which is where Tull started before leading me into Prog and Folk Rock. Peace, love and marmalade.
One of my all time favorite Live Bands I was lucky enough to see Jethro Tull 3 times at the Oakland Indoor Arena back in the 70s and 80s. Great Live show by Ian Anderson and his mates.
I saw Jethro Tull in concert eleven days ago in Uppsala, here in Sweden and this was the last song of the concert. I still have dreams about that wonderful day. I can't believe I was there. I used to listen to Tull back in the 70s when I was a young boy in my country Ecuador and learned to play almost all the songs of the album Aqualung in my guitar. I believe "Wond'ring Aloud" is one of the most beautiful love songs ever written. Ian Anderson is a genius. Thanks Jethro Tull for the wonderful music.
I love watching people hearing a song because I know whats6 about to happen. I know the moment when there'll be a dramatic shift in the rhythm and intensity of the section and to see it land on the listener for the first time is wonderful.
Jethro Tull was a very well oiled, professional band both in the studio and on stage. It looked chaotic and crazy but their shows were always well planned and the band members were always on form. One show I remember they came out dressed in overalls looking like Roadies, all of a sudden off came the overalls and away they went.
You're right, I like going to rock shows and watch the band members do crazy things, jump around and smile--it shows me that they're having fun and are happy to be there for their fans.
Hi Claire. I'm 69 years old, so I lived through the 1970's and experienced its wonderful array of music in real time. It was indeed quite an era to be alive. I'm a first time visitor to your channel; it's quite enjoyable. Your enthusiastic, welcoming personality shines through. All the best!
Thank you so much David! You're very welcome to join myself and my community at our weekly livestreams where we share live music and chat together - details are all on my channel page. Wishing you a most Flutifull day! 😄🙏
Hi from Grimsby. I first started listening to Jethro Tull as a teenager with Livening in the pass .and yes this was this was in the early 70's. never seen live but a sound track to my teens.
You are absolutely correct. The 70s were the greatest decade to be alive and young. The music, the counter culture, the effluviants... In the 60s, an exciting but extremely uncertain and violent decade, the demand was always much greater than the supply. It was only in the magical 70s that the supply finally caught up. Please check out Gentle Giant if you really want to see the best example of this, musically speaking.
I saw Jethro Tull only once. It was a stop in Denver on their Passion Play tour in 1973. They did maybe half of Thick As A Brick, in addition to the fantastic multimedia Passion Play performance. And the crowd went wild when Ian Anderson stood one-legged with his finger extended to the heavens and launched into that unforgettable intro to Cross-Eyed Mary.
I don’t know if you have seen the Isle of Wight performance (1970) - England’s Woodstock- but it’s on TH-cam- the whole set list. Especially My God. The flute solo is just incredible considering Ian had only played it for about two years. It’s worth your while to view it. The band’s energy combined with Ian’s showmanship and flute playing is just mind blowing and every live tour thereafter was amazing as no other band could give you your money’s worth like Tull. I would love to see your reaction to the Isle of Wight show
You never consider the flute as a percussive instrument until, that is, you hear Ian Anderson play it. Unheard of until Jethro Tull introduced the flute into progressive rock just as Curved Air had introduced the electric violin into progressive rock. The 70's was probably the most innovative era of rock music especially in the UK.
Great reaction so far. I hope it inspires you to "go for it". Don't be afraid. Improvising pro musician for 40 years says: life is short, music is everything.
Thank you, it certainly has inspired me, I've relased a few originals now with 2 eps of improvised tracks. If you'd like to check them out your welcome to: claireholdich.bandcamp.com. Wishing you a most flutifull day! 😄🙏
Creedence of America as with my Canadian brother I too have been a fan since 1968 and I too volunteered for the military to go to Vietnam but I joined the Marine Corps and when I came back I continued following Jethro Tull and I believe I own every album up to Rock Island including the big box set To my Canadian brother in arms Semper Fi
As someone who came of age in the 70s, I am becoming more and more convinced that it was absolutely the best time ever to young and alive. There will never be another like it. And the music spectrum at the time was so broad, free, and intense before corporate packaging became the only standard.
Great concert, I was there two nights. Those balloons! Time flies.... Nowadays so interesting watching all these, mostly young, "guitar-players, drummers, flautists" or whatever filming mostly themselves talking a lot and, filming themselves, talking about good old music! Keep up the interesting work, no hard feelings! Now it's yt, all about clicks/money ,I guess (Small thing: if you're really been studying how to play the flute, a lot to say about IA's "technique" I guess? Still, doesn't matter, still sound so good!)
Claire, My first visit to your channel. Ian is/was a gifted entertainer. My favorite quote from Ian goes like this - He was asked why the flute? He said a flute is easier to carry than a piano. Typical Ian..... Warning Ian likes to swing his flute around. Very kind comments...... Thanks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Guess what? 40 years on, it’s still a monster song ….even with the change in line up. Anderson let’s youth, young guitarist, carry vocal work. Great video critique. Thank you.
After this third reaction I am sure somebody has mentioned it but if not here goes. One Ian is entirely self taught on his flute playing. Also, you will note on some videos that he rarely uses the right hand little finger and it sticks out at an odd angle. It was badly broken when he was younger so he figured out how to play mostly without it. Third, much later his daughter was studying flute as well and she got on him because he wasn't playing it right. So it wasn't until after his daughter pointed it out that he finally got proper instruction on playing it as after all he had to set an example didn't he? He considered himself an average guitarist and he was a good mouth harp player but he wanted something different and so he literally just picked up the flute and figured out how to play it. Now how great is he as a musician to just pick it up and play it so well?
Saw Jethro Tull on this same Tour, November 6, 1977 @Bayfront Center Arena in St. Petersburg, Florida Great Show! 2 hour set w/ this song being part of a 2 song encore . ("Backdoor Angels " was the other one) 😎👍
Hi and thanks, I've already reacted to that track, you can watch it here if you like: th-cam.com/video/33WHHEFymo4/w-d-xo.html Thanks for watching and commenting! 😄🙏
Yeah you found Tull 's best rendition of Locomotive Breath. The late John Glascock era for me was Tull at their best. Sadly I never saw this line up live, so have DVD and TH-cam to enjoy and reminisce what I missed. Ian is a perfectionist as an artist and strives for the highest of standards not only for himself but also band members too. 😎💙🇬🇧👍
I was 13 when I first heard this tune in 1973 in San Antonio and was hooked ever since!!!! Yeah growing up in the 70’s was pretty awesome if you liked rock/disco/psychedelic type music 🎵. So says Austin Tx!!❤️😎🍸
1- I wrote a novella once, never got it published - the last mission of an old, broken cyborg - using the album version of this song, repeated, to help me set tone and pace. 2- In the very early 2000s, they did a series of small venues, mostly conventions for fan clubs and the like, called The Rubbing Elbows tour, at which kazoos would be passed out so everybody could play this flute solo on kazoo. I didn't get to attend, but a brown Beanie Baby dragon named Leif Krispin did attend as my surrogate, came home with a tiny shirt with their autographs and a picture of Mr. Anderson mugging being terrified of him, among other fun things. 3- In the old days, Mr. Anderson's leaping around like a madman was a very important part of the show - by the time of this show, his well-established persona was a medievaloid minstrel gone mad. Age and a couple injuries from those very stunts have slowed him down, of course... 4- BTW, since his unfortunate parting from the band in 2012, Martin Barre has been doing shows with his own little band of various musicians, including former Jethrio Tull members and a vocalists whose style sounds to me kind of like "If Cat Stevens decided to do Jethro Tull covers", he's actually quite good and I really wish I had the means to see them live.
GREATEST era of music... the creativity and open mindedness towards music was MAGICAL. What is so magical of that period of music is the incorporation of instruments you wouldn't normally associate with Rock from this to Forigener 1 which promitantly featured flue solos
Claire, My first visit to your channel, greetings! These guys were actually rather good musicians. Their music was so different. I always thought Ian looked higher than Georgia pine tree. Decades later I learned Ian is anti dope. These guys rock out!! In 1977 I had been out of high school for four years. Yes love it was a great time to be a young adult. We had the best vehicles (muscle cars) AND we had the best music.. Tull was one of those bands where in the first few notes you knew who it was. Take care lady!!!!
When based at West Drayton in the early eighties, I did the stewarding at Wembley. I was actually paid, to go and see so many awesome bands. Including Jethro.
JT is so under most peoples radar it is criminal. I was born in 62 but even I was not really aware of them growing up. The lads a few years older in 6th form where into Floyd, Yes, Zepplin and Tull but they where just off my radar much to my shame. What an amazing band.
The shows in those days were so damned much fun... Tull was at the time the best touring band on the planet. Ritchie Blackmore cites War Child as the best live tour he ever saw. And you could see this circus for 10 bucks. Incredible days... I was a young man in my late 20s when this show was performed, and those days were the best years of my life.
I just happen to come across your channel! And like you… huge fan of Ian Anderson/Jethro Tull! Such brilliance. Absolutely adore Ian… I myself have seen them twice in concert, and there’s nothing like a Jethro Tull concert!! I absolutely so enjoyed your channel and your energy, I subscribed!👍🏼👍🏼. Of course I did. Sending you much love 👋🏼🥰. Happy to have found you this early Tuesday morning!
Hi Cheryl and welcome to the flutifull family! I hope you enjoy my other content too, including lots of Tull/Ian Anderston stuff!! Best wishes, Claire 😄
You are amazed that he is this good after 9 years, and it is amazing. Much more amazing though is the Aqualung album and the flute playing on it was after he had been playing only about 1 year. Now that is truly amazing
If amazing flute solo’s impress you, then you need to react to “Hocus Pocus” by “Focus” on their 1973 performance on Midnight Special, it is worth listening to!
Saw them live on the second date on their Thick as a Brick tour at WVU ( first date was NYC) where I was in grad school at the time, they did the Thick as Brick rock opera about 1.5 hr. took a 1/2 break and came back and played about 1.5 hr. of their best songs best $4 I haver spent
I've heard him in other recordings of live performances doing this same song but you'd swear that the flute in this one was only incidental where in other performances it's the main or headline feature. IMO of course.
@ClaireHoldich Yes, it was. I saw them 6 times, I think, to sometime in the 90's. Ian always put on a great show. His flute solos were other worldly. Thanks for your reply.
@@thelonesomefisherman7425 I've seen them three times now - I went all the way to Rome (you can watch my vlog here th-cam.com/video/atum4CM4tjg/w-d-xo.html) only to find they then were 7 miles from my house!! Worth the trip though! 🤣
@ClaireHoldich HAHA, that's funny. Travel all the way to Rome and find out they're playing just down the road from home. Life is strange like that. Makes me wonder sometimes how things happen like that. Anyhow, happy to hear that you've seen them too. Thank you for your reply
Used to see them every tour in the 70’s in So Cal they always played the Long Beach Arena instead of The Forum like the other touring bands. Always loved the balloons but they never got to me as I was in the upper deck .
You mentioning how far Ian has gotten practicing and developing as a self-taught flute player in those 9 years becomes even more impressive when we bring up all the other things he was doing at the same time: - Practicing and developing his unique style on all the other instruments he taught himself to play (it's a big list) - Writing songs and producing albums - Choreographing Tull's live shows
I graduated high school in 1973 and was a big JT fan; saw him in concert at the Hollywood Bowl I think in 1974. JT studio albums are quite different from his live performances and both are worth listening to; Aqualung probably his best.
Ever thought that all flautist are weirdos? 😮 - I know. It takes one to know one. I just left your neck of the woods Claire, Aidensfield somewhere in the moors. Yes - Heartbeat 😜 I watched the whole series. Set around the sixties/seventies the music was mind-blowing and yes, there was some Jethro Tull in it. The legend has it that Ian Anderson wanted to play the guitar, but when he realised how good Clapton was, he said - I'll never be as good as him - and decided to buy a flute instead. Amongst others Ian also mentions Beethoven as a big influence on him. Frankly that doesn't surprise me when I listen to Thick as a Brick (the album). Nice, honest, knowledgeable reaction, Thank You!
Apparently he was self taught and only later in life his daughter who went to music college and was taught the flute explained to her father that he was playing the flute incorrectly- he then learned how to play the flute again !
Tull's latest, RokFlote 2023 is IMHO has perhaps Ian's best flute work to date, possible exception is Diviniies. Try "The Perfect One", "The Navigatiors"
Tull have been playing this at various venues across the world. An earlier version was BBC Sight and Sound in Concert from Golders Green, London. I subsequently bought the dvd after having recorded on cassette the original broadcast at my parent's home. Check this out on TH-cam too. 😎💙🇬🇧👍
The best version of this band. I first saw them in 1977 and have seen them ten times since then. Sorry to say that later incarnations of Tull don't have a fraction of the personality of this group.
Have you heard "Oye Como Va"? Originally it was a flute based piece by Tito Puente (which is the version that I want to bring to your attention). There is a famous (and excellent) cover by Carlos Santana, but he has transposed the flute part to electric guitar.
You can now send me your reaction suggestions directly here: forms.gle/jd1Fa1SQH7ZJreaPA. Can’t wait to see your suggestions! 😄🙏
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A track from East of Eden - performed live on TV BUT sound recorded in advance (they didn't have synched cameras back than)
Dave Arbus playing flute (he was mostly a fiddler and saxophonist)
Similar era to Jethro Tull ... and they sounded awesome live (I listened to one performance form the wings on stage)
I was "heavily into" progressive groups that used classical instruments - and still am.
th-cam.com/video/h8frmy1w1NU/w-d-xo.html
Sometimes I feel lucky to be 70 years old. What a time I grew up during! The music was incredible!
I am only 60, but I am here with ya. Was so lucky to see Tull back in the late 70's.
And I visited two their concerts in early 2000-es when they arrived in my city.
Moscow.
I was lucky to see them at The Rainbow '74. A few rows back centre.
Totally agree !!! We had the best couple of decades of the GREATEST
Music !!!!!!
Me too.
The Jethro Tull storm hit even the tiny islands of Okinawa where I was a high school student back in the early 70s. They were one of our top 10 groups which also included the likes of Deep Purple, Led Zeppelin, Emerson, Lake and Palmer, and Grand Funk.
Love your list, as another person from the 70's. Lol 😂
I was so lucky to see them 5 times in the 70s. Their live shows were masterpieces, and Ian was mesmerizing!
I also was fortunate to see him in concert in the early 70's. Unforgettable great concert.
BORN TOO LATE...I wasn't born until 1975 😢
Greetings from Canada. I'm a Tull fan since 1968- got their first 6 albums (then the Army sent me into the boondocks and I missed some). Good on you- it's great to see young folk enjoying just as we did then. Peace, love and bellbottoms.
You're a fan since 1968, you're one of the original Tull fans ! My respect to you!!!
@@scottmoquin Thank you for those kind words... but I was always susceptible to the Blues and Blues Rock, which is where Tull started before leading me into Prog and Folk Rock. Peace, love and marmalade.
Elephant bells I n particular. Lol 😊
I have watched other flutists react to this and when they saw Ian twirling his flute around, they almost had a heart attack. HEHE! 😜
Yep. Looks of sheer panic!
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One of my all time favorite Live Bands I was lucky enough to see Jethro Tull 3 times at the Oakland Indoor Arena back in the 70s and 80s. Great Live show by Ian Anderson and his mates.
I first saw them at Fillmore West--Benefit. 68 or soa. Was with you in Oakland too.
Thank you for including the fantastic piano intro!! Other reactors never do...
I've been a Jethro Tull fan for over 40 years ! Loved every second of it !
I was a teenager then and Jethro Tull was one of my favorite bands. I still feel the same.
God given gifts, skills and talents are mind blowing when revealed to a receptive audience.❤
I saw Jethro Tull in concert eleven days ago in Uppsala, here in Sweden and this was the last song of the concert. I still have dreams about that wonderful day. I can't believe I was there. I used to listen to Tull back in the 70s when I was a young boy in my country Ecuador and learned to play almost all the songs of the album Aqualung in my guitar. I believe "Wond'ring Aloud" is one of the most beautiful love songs ever written. Ian Anderson is a genius. Thanks Jethro Tull for the wonderful music.
I love watching people hearing a song because I know whats6 about to happen. I know the moment when there'll be a dramatic shift in the rhythm and intensity of the section and to see it land on the listener for the first time is wonderful.
You have great taste !! Saw Tull 23 times. 70's were the best rock time !
Jethro Tull was a very well oiled, professional band both in the studio and on stage. It looked chaotic and crazy but their shows were always well planned and the band members were always on form. One show I remember they came out dressed in overalls looking like Roadies, all of a sudden off came the overalls and away they went.
I was fortunate enough to have seen them twice in concert, incredible!!!
Me too. Philadelphia in the early 70's! Fantastic!
First time I saw Tull was -69 as a warmup band for Jimi Hendrix. What a great concert!!!!!!!!!😎 This was in Stockholm.
You're right, I like going to rock shows and watch the band members do crazy things, jump around and smile--it shows me that they're having fun and are happy to be there for their fans.
Hi Claire. I'm 69 years old, so I lived through the 1970's and experienced its wonderful array of music in real time. It was indeed quite an era to be alive. I'm a first time visitor to your channel; it's quite enjoyable. Your enthusiastic, welcoming personality shines through. All the best!
ditto
Thank you so much David! You're very welcome to join myself and my community at our weekly livestreams where we share live music and chat together - details are all on my channel page. Wishing you a most Flutifull day! 😄🙏
Hi from Grimsby. I first started listening to Jethro Tull as a teenager with Livening in the pass .and yes this was this was in the early 70's. never seen live but a sound track to my teens.
Hi Mike, send my regards to Grimsby for me! Thanks for watching and I'm glad it brought back some memories for you! 😄🙏
Although I've never seen Tull, I've seen Ian Anderson many times and there's always Tull fans and merch there.
My supervisor at work is called Ian Anderson, he still has no idea why I call him Jethro 😂
You are absolutely correct. The 70s were the greatest decade to be alive and young. The music, the counter culture, the effluviants... In the 60s, an exciting but extremely uncertain and violent decade, the demand was always much greater than the supply. It was only in the magical 70s that the supply finally caught up. Please check out Gentle Giant if you really want to see the best example of this, musically speaking.
I saw Jethro Tull only once. It was a stop in Denver on their Passion Play tour in 1973. They did maybe half of Thick As A Brick, in addition to the fantastic multimedia Passion Play performance. And the crowd went wild when Ian Anderson stood one-legged with his finger extended to the heavens and launched into that unforgettable intro to Cross-Eyed Mary.
Your so wright! The 70"s were the best years for music!
I was fortunate enough to see Jethro Tull twice once for War Child and once for Minstrels in the gallery. Ian and band amazing
I don’t know if you have seen the Isle of Wight performance (1970) - England’s Woodstock- but it’s on TH-cam- the whole set list. Especially My God. The flute solo is just incredible considering Ian had only played it for about two years. It’s worth your while to view it. The band’s energy combined with Ian’s showmanship and flute playing is just mind blowing and every live tour thereafter was amazing as no other band could give you your money’s worth like Tull. I would love to see your reaction to the Isle of Wight show
Thank you Gary, I'll definitely check that out. Wishing you a most Flutifull day! 😄🙏
Claire! you said it Fun! Musicianship! Performance! Wow! Thank you for your enthusiasm and sense of fun.
I saw Jethro Tull 3 times in the 70's in and around the L.A. area....great showmanship!!
Even more amazing, Ian was self taught on the flute.
I’ve also seen Tull 3 times, while living in Germany. These guys are all masters of their instruments and put in a fantastic show.
You never consider the flute as a percussive instrument until, that is, you hear Ian Anderson play it. Unheard of until Jethro Tull introduced the flute into progressive rock just as Curved Air had introduced the electric violin into progressive rock. The 70's was probably the most innovative era of rock music especially in the UK.
It's his magic wand people. Such a magical wand it is.
I was 17 in 1977 The 70s was the best time of my life.
When I heard in a song by Eric Burdon and war say, 'a long-haired leaping gnome', I instantly thought of Ian Anderson.
What a fantastic live band, Saw them on the Broadsword tour in 82, and another 7 times since, fantastic show
Best intro of all times!
I was at that concert! Incredible live show
Please watch the Genesis song Supper's ready (live 1973) I ❤ the flute parts in it! And its an EPIC song!
Great reaction so far. I hope it inspires you to "go for it". Don't be afraid. Improvising pro musician for 40 years says: life is short, music is everything.
Thank you, it certainly has inspired me, I've relased a few originals now with 2 eps of improvised tracks. If you'd like to check them out your welcome to: claireholdich.bandcamp.com. Wishing you a most flutifull day! 😄🙏
Creedence of America as with my Canadian brother I too have been a fan since 1968 and I too volunteered for the military to go to Vietnam but I joined the Marine Corps and when I came back I continued following Jethro Tull and I believe I own every album up to Rock Island including the big box set
To my Canadian brother in arms Semper Fi
As someone who came of age in the 70s, I am becoming more and more convinced that it was absolutely the best time ever to young and alive. There will never be another like it. And the music spectrum at the time was so broad, free, and intense before corporate packaging became the only standard.
I believe the word "savant" fits him and his talent perfectly. Having seen Tull live, it's an AMAZING show!
Great concert, I was there two nights. Those balloons!
Time flies....
Nowadays so interesting watching all these, mostly young, "guitar-players, drummers, flautists" or whatever filming mostly themselves talking a lot and, filming themselves, talking about good old music!
Keep up the interesting work, no hard feelings! Now it's yt, all about clicks/money ,I guess
(Small thing: if you're really been studying how to play the flute, a lot to say about IA's "technique" I guess? Still, doesn't matter, still sound so good!)
I heard that Ian has his daughter in music class and she's taking up the flute and teaching him. Thats so cool.
Man, his daughter has got to be pretty old, unless she was born later in his life.
Claire,
My first visit to your channel. Ian is/was a gifted entertainer. My favorite quote from Ian goes like this - He was asked why the flute? He said a flute is easier to carry than a piano. Typical Ian..... Warning Ian likes to swing his flute around. Very kind comments...... Thanks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
You're very welcome Mike, thanks for watching and commenting. Wishing you a most Flutifull day! 😄🙏
Guess what? 40 years on, it’s still a monster song ….even with the change in line up. Anderson let’s youth, young guitarist, carry vocal work. Great video critique. Thank you.
In addition, the late great Bob Brozman said that “real music” stopped for him about 1974……probably right.
Agreed! Thanks for watching, and commenting and I wish you a most Flutifull day! 😄🙏
Didn't know Ian played keys. But, hey! Not surprised.So much fun! Life is to be enjoyed. That's an order!! He he!
After this third reaction I am sure somebody has mentioned it but if not here goes. One Ian is entirely self taught on his flute playing. Also, you will note on some videos that he rarely uses the right hand little finger and it sticks out at an odd angle. It was badly broken when he was younger so he figured out how to play mostly without it. Third, much later his daughter was studying flute as well and she got on him because he wasn't playing it right. So it wasn't until after his daughter pointed it out that he finally got proper instruction on playing it as after all he had to set an example didn't he?
He considered himself an average guitarist and he was a good mouth harp player but he wanted something different and so he literally just picked up the flute and figured out how to play it. Now how great is he as a musician to just pick it up and play it so well?
Absolutley! Thanks Tony, and thanks for watching! 😄🙏
I knew he was self taught but never heard about his daughter correcting him. Thanks for the info. ✌️❤
I was born in '61 so I lived through those times and I was in High School in the late '70s (77-80). I remember it well.
I got to see him about 24 years ago , was amazing.
Got to see Tull once in the 80's. Fantastic show.
Saw Jethro Tull on this same Tour, November 6, 1977 @Bayfront Center Arena in St. Petersburg, Florida
Great Show! 2 hour set w/ this song being part of a 2 song encore . ("Backdoor Angels " was the other one) 😎👍
I was there Too!
Growing up in the 60's and 70's was great. The best cars and the best music.
And plenty of loose hippie girls!
Hello from Canada!! You might enjoy Burton Cummings playing the flute in the song "She`s Come Undone" by the Guess Who.
Hi and thanks, I've already reacted to that track, you can watch it here if you like: th-cam.com/video/33WHHEFymo4/w-d-xo.html Thanks for watching and commenting! 😄🙏
Yeah you found Tull 's best rendition of Locomotive Breath. The late John Glascock era for me was Tull at their best. Sadly I never saw this line up live, so have DVD and TH-cam to enjoy and reminisce what I missed. Ian is a perfectionist as an artist and strives for the highest of standards not only for himself but also band members too. 😎💙🇬🇧👍
Thank you, Claire, great review.
You’re very welcome, thanks for watching! 😃🙏
I was 13 when I first heard this tune in 1973 in San Antonio and was hooked ever since!!!! Yeah growing up in the 70’s was pretty awesome if you liked rock/disco/psychedelic type music 🎵. So says Austin Tx!!❤️😎🍸
1- I wrote a novella once, never got it published - the last mission of an old, broken cyborg - using the album version of this song, repeated, to help me set tone and pace.
2- In the very early 2000s, they did a series of small venues, mostly conventions for fan clubs and the like, called The Rubbing Elbows tour, at which kazoos would be passed out so everybody could play this flute solo on kazoo. I didn't get to attend, but a brown Beanie Baby dragon named Leif Krispin did attend as my surrogate, came home with a tiny shirt with their autographs and a picture of Mr. Anderson mugging being terrified of him, among other fun things.
3- In the old days, Mr. Anderson's leaping around like a madman was a very important part of the show - by the time of this show, his well-established persona was a medievaloid minstrel gone mad. Age and a couple injuries from those very stunts have slowed him down, of course...
4- BTW, since his unfortunate parting from the band in 2012, Martin Barre has been doing shows with his own little band of various musicians, including former Jethrio Tull members and a vocalists whose style sounds to me kind of like "If Cat Stevens decided to do Jethro Tull covers", he's actually quite good and I really wish I had the means to see them live.
GREATEST era of music... the creativity and open mindedness towards music was MAGICAL. What is so magical of that period of music is the incorporation of instruments you wouldn't normally associate with Rock from this to Forigener 1 which promitantly featured flue solos
He's a musical genius, I have all their albums.
Claire,
My first visit to your channel, greetings! These guys were actually rather good musicians. Their music was so different. I always thought Ian looked higher than Georgia pine tree. Decades later I learned Ian is anti dope. These guys rock out!! In 1977 I had been out of high school for four years. Yes love it was a great time to be a young adult. We had the best vehicles (muscle cars) AND we had the best music..
Tull was one of those bands where in the first few notes you knew who it was. Take care lady!!!!
Yep, Ian rides on his love of music and performance! Thanks for watching and commenting 😄🙏
You are beautiful, flutiful, and a Masterpiece of God. Please keep up the great work!👍🙏😎🥰❤️
Very kind of you Brian, thank you so much! 😄🙏
When based at West Drayton in the early eighties, I did the stewarding at Wembley. I was actually paid, to go and see so many awesome bands. Including Jethro.
Too cool for school right there! Wishing you a flutifull day Tony! 😄
Saw them live. Stupid good. Crazy epic.
I have saw 2 times live on stage.Fantastic music and fun with Ian🤘
You are right, my son wishes I would quit saying how much I miss the 70s.
I graduated from high school in 79. It was a great time to be a teenager!
JT is so under most peoples radar it is criminal. I was born in 62 but even I was not really aware of them growing up. The lads a few years older in 6th form where into Floyd, Yes, Zepplin and Tull but they where just off my radar much to my shame. What an amazing band.
The shows in those days were so damned much fun... Tull was at the time the best touring band on the planet. Ritchie Blackmore cites War Child as the best live tour he ever saw. And you could see this circus for 10 bucks.
Incredible days... I was a young man in my late 20s when this show was performed, and those days were the best years of my life.
I just happen to come across your channel! And like you… huge fan of Ian Anderson/Jethro Tull! Such brilliance. Absolutely adore Ian… I myself have seen them twice in concert, and there’s nothing like a Jethro Tull concert!!
I absolutely so enjoyed your channel and your energy, I subscribed!👍🏼👍🏼. Of course I did.
Sending you much love 👋🏼🥰. Happy to have found you this early Tuesday morning!
Hi Cheryl and welcome to the flutifull family! I hope you enjoy my other content too, including lots of Tull/Ian Anderston stuff!! Best wishes, Claire 😄
You are amazed that he is this good after 9 years, and it is amazing. Much more amazing though is the Aqualung album and the flute playing on it was after he had been playing only about 1 year. Now that is truly amazing
Les années 60/70 furent d'une incroyable créativité et diversité musicales qu'il sera très difficile d'égaler un jour ...
Ian is a master in his genre, you need to check out the mad Dutchman Thjus Van Leer of Focus.
Thanks, I'm a big fan of Focus - here's a reaction featuring the man himself th-cam.com/video/gxEIIW3TpPU/w-d-xo.htmlsi=ZVVP-1N88yEEXT4_ 😄🙏
If amazing flute solo’s impress you, then you need to react to “Hocus Pocus” by “Focus” on their 1973 performance on Midnight Special, it is worth listening to!
Songs from the Wood is my favourite, particularly Pibroch (Cap in hand).
Saw them live on the second date on their Thick as a Brick tour at WVU ( first date was NYC) where I was in grad school at the time, they did the Thick as Brick rock opera about 1.5 hr. took a 1/2 break and came back and played about 1.5 hr. of their best songs best $4 I haver spent
Extreme talent!
I saw Kansas open for Jethro Tull in 1976; I was 13 years old. It was the first time I ever tried LSD. Hella thing. Great show... I think. 🙄
I've heard him in other recordings of live performances doing this same song but you'd swear that the flute in this one was only incidental where in other performances it's the main or headline feature. IMO of course.
good fer you . I was there !!!!!! (I am 75 now) the band was STELLAR. (I learned the flute because of him)
Tull is like an electric busker organ at times.
I saw them on this tour in St. Paul Minnesota. It was my first rock concert. 😊
Wow, what a way to start! Thanks for watching! 😄🙏
@ClaireHoldich Yes, it was. I saw them 6 times, I think, to sometime in the 90's. Ian always put on a great show. His flute solos were other worldly. Thanks for your reply.
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P.S. do go see them if ever you get the chance.
@@thelonesomefisherman7425 I've seen them three times now - I went all the way to Rome (you can watch my vlog here th-cam.com/video/atum4CM4tjg/w-d-xo.html) only to find they then were 7 miles from my house!! Worth the trip though! 🤣
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HAHA, that's funny. Travel all the way to Rome and find out they're playing just down the road from home. Life is strange like that. Makes me wonder sometimes how things happen like that. Anyhow, happy to hear that you've seen them too. Thank you for your reply
Used to see them every tour in the 70’s in So Cal they always played the Long Beach Arena instead of The Forum like the other touring bands. Always loved the balloons but they never got to me as I was in the upper deck .
Loved watching you enjoying this music!!!!!!!!!! You've made a happy man very old lol :)
hehe thank you!! Wishing you a most Flutifull day! 😄🙏
You mentioning how far Ian has gotten practicing and developing as a self-taught flute player in those 9 years becomes even more impressive when we bring up all the other things he was doing at the same time:
- Practicing and developing his unique style on all the other instruments he taught himself to play (it's a big list)
- Writing songs and producing albums
- Choreographing Tull's live shows
Great point, thanks, and thanks for watching! 😄🙏
Saw them the same year in Indianapolis. Blackmore's Rainbow came first. Quite a night!
Heared it in a Love Song, The Marshal Tucker Band.
American Trilogy, Elvis Presely
You are the Woman, Firefall
I graduated high school in 1973 and was a big JT fan; saw him in concert at the Hollywood Bowl I think in 1974. JT studio albums are quite different from his live performances and both are worth listening to; Aqualung probably his best.
saw them 5 times live :)
John Glascock is my favourite Tull bassist, sadly he died not long after this from congenital heart disease.
Mine too.
In an interview: Richie Blackmore stated “John Glascock is a brilliant bass player, the best in the business in rock.”
Claire love your review. I don't know if you noticed Ian threw the flute into the audience ?
Ever thought that all flautist are weirdos? 😮 - I know. It takes one to know one. I just left your neck of the woods Claire, Aidensfield somewhere in the moors. Yes - Heartbeat 😜
I watched the whole series. Set around the sixties/seventies the music was mind-blowing and yes, there was some Jethro Tull in it.
The legend has it that Ian Anderson wanted to play the guitar, but when he realised how good Clapton was, he said - I'll never be as good as him - and decided to buy a flute instead.
Amongst others Ian also mentions Beethoven as a big influence on him. Frankly that doesn't surprise me when I listen to Thick as a Brick (the album).
Nice, honest, knowledgeable reaction, Thank You!
You're very welcome, thank you! Wishing you a most Flutifull day! 😄🙏
Apparently he was self taught and only later in life his daughter who went to music college and was taught the flute explained to her father that he was playing the flute incorrectly- he then learned how to play the flute again !
Tull's latest, RokFlote 2023 is IMHO has perhaps Ian's best flute work to date, possible exception is Diviniies. Try "The Perfect One", "The Navigatiors"
Tull have been playing this at various venues across the world. An earlier version was BBC Sight and Sound in Concert from Golders Green, London. I subsequently bought the dvd after having recorded on cassette the original broadcast at my parent's home. Check this out on TH-cam too. 😎💙🇬🇧👍
The best version of this band. I first saw them in 1977 and have seen them ten times since then. Sorry to say that later incarnations of Tull don't have a fraction of the personality of this group.
The 70s were amazing!
Have you heard "Oye Como Va"? Originally it was a flute based piece by Tito Puente (which is the version that I want to bring to your attention). There is a famous (and excellent) cover by Carlos Santana, but he has transposed the flute part to electric guitar.
No but I have now! Thanks, I'll check it out. Wishing you a most Flutifull day! 😄🙏
I've never seen Martin Barre so animated