Jethro Tull - Said she was a dancer (video)

[Dx54Zsz]

Knophler is a kid compared to Tull!

[1i1feat]

good impersonation of Mark Knophler!!

[b33cux]

‎"Well maybe you're a dancer - and maybe... I'm the King of Old Siam." LOLOLOL!!!

[davycrocketful]

crest of a knave is an awsome album...not one bad song on it..it really is one of tulls masterpieces..

[specimen25]

the album this song is on is a better metal album than ....and justice for all?! don't get me wrong, this is actually pretty good, but this sounds more like blues than anything resembling metal.....

[Rebecca2397]

one of the best rock bands of all time can play anything

[svanur75]

what's up? i guess the problem would be to sound like shit, not like Dire Straits, man!

[Lasse2112]

Ian Anderson is a person that I'd like to have a beer with at his local pub. Down to earth kind of man that probably have a few interesting stories to tell.

[nyghtowl]

Think that you will find the album is crest of a KNAVE!

[tommisabre666]

My dad has told me for years that he loves this song, and now I see why :)

[Shilodachin]

You know when you listen to good music Ian Anderson is in it along with the whole band. I love Jethro Tull.

[vinnothelizard]

tull sounded like this way before dire straits!!! DIRE STRAITS COPIED HIS SOUND!

[vrandar]

I played this song regularly on my radio programmes on Capital Radio in Abu Dhabi during 1987/88. As I said at the time, it's a great song with just a hint of Mark Knopfler but is no worse for it. But about 24 years on the rubbish ending still gets me cross: it just stops! Aargh.

[dreamcastII]

I bought the 12" record to this from Croydon record shop next to the train station - it is not there now.

[fred1671]

Quite possibly the best song from Ian!

[MoiraMarieR]

MOSKVA!

[TheBuffaloChicken]

Ian is GREAT! This album got heavey metal song of the year with steal monkey. This (said she was a dancer) Song is sweet!

[TheJammpie]

@TheBuffaloChicken To set the record straight (pun intended) the ALBUM won the FIRST EVER heavy metal album of the year award (Grammy) over artists such as Metallica with their album, And justice for all, just to name one that comes to mind

[davycrocketful]

@TheJammpie yep.your right...and everyone expected mettalica to win it lol..the look on their faces..tull deserved it..this album was just genius..

[noiseache]

I thought this album had a heavy Dire Straits influence, from Ian's vocals, Martins guitar and the general vibe of the tracks. It was released just a year or so after Brothers in Arms and there are some heavy similarities.

Maybe no intentional but on the back of DS success, I'm not sure. I do like this album though, a departure from their normal baroque rock.

[smithers1603]

Quality, but I agree that it sounds very Dire Straits.

[Poltergeist40]

Funny that it was just me that was thinking that. And yet there's a few here that seem to have noticed it too. I think it's the guitar that does it. For all that it's a good song off not one of my favourite albums. NIce lyrics and guitar

[jstarang1]

"...but if your dream is good why not share it when the nights are cold?"

[snowgoose85]

When poetry and magic unite, you get this kind of music!

[Gitars5]

this is so dire straits

[Falumpaset]

ha thats what I was just thinking

[sidensvans67]

Fish n sheep n rock n roll (BBC farmers weekly)

Anyone out got the whole thing..?

I had it on Video tape,, I've lost it... damn..

[Bikerlady06]

Not only is Ian Anderson one of the worlds best musical genious hes also a fantastic poet and a really nice guy who cares about the ones who put him at the top...his fans .

[jstarang1]

knave

[jjbandgeek]

i definitely grew up watching this video, off the jethro tull 20th anniversary vhs. i loved this song because of all her pretty dresses :)

[FreakinSweet86]

even without the trademark sound, Tull still rock, and that dire straits sound is sooooo goood

[MrAlvaro250]

Muito bom.Very good. The 87 album is one of the best of Tull. "Catfish Rising". Musics like Budapest, Farm in the freeway.

[darrencheyne]

seen the tull play tarlair macduff scotland

quality cov !

[pk108]

Jethro Tull with a dash of Knopfler! I love it!

[zacharywild]

i could have sworn this was ian and mark playing together on my back porch

[turtspot]

i love Jethro Tull AND Dire Straits - nice sound - sure did sound like both of them!

[TrinaTheHobo]

jethro tull is amazing

[DarthSlayer88]

@TrinaTheHobo Metallica's better!

[organaphus]

@DarthSlayer88 Oh dear, another Metallica fan bitter that Tull won the Heavy Metal Grammy-get over it!

[wilky1189]

@organaphus I love Jethro Tull, and I love Metallica, but there's no way this album is heavier than ...And Justice For All. it's a legitimate gripe. there's no reason that Tull deserves that award.

[organaphus]

@wilky1189 They didn't actually expect to win it, to the exent that Chrysalis Records didn't even bother to send them over to LA for the ceremony! Clearly, nobody thought Crest of a Knave really was a heavy metal album, but there we go- at least Chrysalis managed to get a funny ad out of it- "The flute is a (Heavy) metal instrument!"

[thechae]

Nice, never saw this one before. Always interesting to see official vids they made.

Amazing though, Ian somehow was able to look alot older in the 80s than he did in the 90s.

[jjeby369]

I remember watching this video on my local news when it was released !

I think the most of the album did have a Dire straits feel too it..

[sidensvans54]

This is the start of Fish n Sheep n Rock and Roll.

I had this on video tape from a bbc farming programme.

I'd love to view it it again.

Can anyone help?

[jethrom9]

Bravo Ian, I've loved Dire Straits too.

[rockymtnguy69]

Sounds exactly like Jethro Tull to me !

[saffsgrandad]

OK, so it sounds quite Dire-Straits-esque, but there is no law that says one musician cannot be inspired and influenced by another. Don't forget that Ian has been a pro since Knopfler was in nappies and will have heard this sound many times, after all Knopfler didn't invent it its just a bog standard clean strat sound with a touch of delay and tiny bit of reverb, hardly unique. That said, I admit that the riffs do sound very heavily influenced by Knopflers style.

[zacharywild]

but, you must admit, knopfler does it better than most

[attivo67]

IAN FOR PRESIDENT!

[teresamagalhaes]

This is pure Dire Straits sound, and Dire Straits are my favorite band. This is a great song.

[fcolinha]

Adoro esta música..é linda!!!!

[peterpindar]

I'm sorry but this is just dreadful. Mark Knopfler should be getting royalties for this.

[daletucknottuk]

Great song - sound very much like Dire Straights !!

[kicsimo]

I love Moscow ...

[DeborahLajesha]

the dancing girls are fabulous :)

[jethroboogie]

Jethro tull is best band

amazing video , very good

[mab7747]

Tull is excellent.