Jethro Tull original members, Song for Jeffrey (2001)

[bpurdy305]

Love it, its so clean

[twostrokeornill1]

My god, thats Glen !! ??

[uburei]

why they don't keep goin like that? it's been 10 years now from that pub feeling!

[TsiSiFa]

It's not the same without his Kermit voice... :(

[harvey1954]

I've been looking for one of those Fender P-basses with the F hole for years. The only time I saw one for sale it was already sold. Anyone know when Fender made them or what they're called?

[TheFutureFossil]

@TheFutureFossil OK, gluetube won't let me post the google URL for Rock & Roll circus. Try searching

"Jethro Tull Song For Jeffery Rolling Stone's Rock And Roll Circus" & you should get it.



[lyghty]

can somebody tell me where I find the video of this song on rolling stones rock 'n roll circus? cant find it in anywhere!

[Malapersona]

@lyghty It´s true. I can not find it now in youtube (but I have seen it in the past).

Anyway, It´s not the great thing. It´s not a live recording (the sound was pre-recorded), but it´s funny to see lefthanded Tommy Iommi playing guitar (or pretending it) with Tull.

[lyghty]

@Malapersona have you ever tried to smoke and watch ? fucking great xD

[Malapersona]

@lyghty You couldn´t smoke and watch a Jethro Tull concert. Ian Anderson probably kill you. He is now a anti-smoke warrior.

[jo366]

@lyghty It should be on google video

[elequilibrista]

@lyghty In google videos you can find with this name: Jethro Tull - Rock & Roll Circus - 1968 - Song For Jeffrey. I just finish to saw it. Greetings!

[lyghty]

@elequilibrista found it! thnx guys

[mahatmacoatmahandbag]

@lyghty watch?v=Gz5L-n1b4NE

cheers

[Sparenberg22]

They should lose the video effects ... Its a good enough song you could just have a black screen

[SalemStorm]

Jurassic Tull

[killcraz]

WOW!!!!!

[5jerry1]

The original players are back together because Ian Anderson ran out of new people to jam with.

[jezmundberserker]

Sweet!

[donnpatc]

You don't see this too often. Cornick didn't leave under the best of terms, but everybody recognized that he had to go his own way, no hard feelings, their bands gigged together over the years and here he is again. And Abrahams, wow. Way to get over all that pettiness that too many others couldn't. I'd like to see anybody this far along after one of their early records do a better job.

[TheFutureFossil]

@donnpatc I have been an ardent Tull fan since 1972, but I always thought that Anderson's approach as sole song writer was a bit dictatorial. Surely he didn't write the bass line for "Bouree," and (as finally made apparent on the intro to "Minstrel In The Gallery"), little Martin Barre must have come up with a few of his own licks.

[cliffwalkinfool]

As much as I love him (and have throughout the years), his voice has lost much of its timbre over time. This especially came out when they reproduced Aqualung on XM (which they still play on occasion). I guess the up-side would be that he no longer needs to use the EQ effect when performing this song! ;P

[PINOSCOGNA]

Ma dove stanno suonando nella soffitta di quale spelonca????!!!!!....B R A V I S S I M I

[mikemacjunkie1]

having seen Tull and Ian solo this year (YES) their current lineups are amazing, but I'd love to see the originals get together and do a mini tour of a few cities or something like that. their mostly all still able body except for mick recovering from a heart attack. Seeing Ian, Clive, Glenn & Martin do some of the early stuff would be great live. Clive and Glenn both live in California and Ian & Martin still tour together!! It would be nice! ;-)

[mothulicka]

shitty audience!

[mothulicka]

ian anderson is brilliant

[LeonardLi66]

still amazing! ;)

[ajsplyne]

wow

[germansolares]

Shit, this is GOLD! 

[Stalicone]

wow wow wow wow - So clean... So mature....I saw them when I was a kid and they were great! But raw...organic... These guys are total pros!

[talpajam]

is that open E tuning Mick's laying down ?

still my favorite song of JT...love the guitar on the released vinyl.

[TheChiFlows]

Is that Clive Bunker ?.

[zog97xy]

@TheChiFlows yes it is and it looks like they are miming

[TheChiFlows]

I don't think there Syncing. The video is out of sync for sure .But i have seen this line up play quite a few times in the early days and they would have know reason to have to fake it .

[zog97xy]

@TheChiFlows ok then how is it possible to play a flute that hasnt got a bug attached? i saw them too in the early days they are miming to a recording that they probably recorded earlier in a studio.

[Stalicone]

@zog97xy

The flute HAS a wireless bug...look near the mouthpiece!

[zog97xy]

@Stalicone have you ever played in a band? WELL the bug should have a wire sticking out of the end of the flute, now crawl back in your hole cos they are fucking miming.

[Stalicone]

Yup - I'm wrong all right...there is no "wireless" bug...it's fully WIRED - look near the mouthpiece at 1:00 and again at 1:24...you can clearly see the wires hanging out of it...and yes to your band question btw... I'm a drummer and I've played in quite a few bands. so as far as holes are concerned, you can now shut yours....

[Stalicone]

@zog97xy

and try again at 2:28...dumbass

[Stalicone]

@TheChiFlows

Yes Indeed - still incredible too!

[TheChiFlows]

This is amazing ?.

[robertmacisaac]

Did Iommi play with these guys?

[Germany1111]

@robertmacisaac For literally like a week or so. Didn't record, but mimed along to this song in "The Rolling Stones' Rock n Roll Circus". He decided that if Tull could make it big, Sabbath could too, and it would be his band that he helped start, not one that was already big.

[catman605]

Finally, I know what the hell he's singing!

[arklat]

Pretty cool for a bunch of old guys! And, the best yet, I could even finally understand the lyrics!

[12toedfeet]

It would be great if Cornick and Bunker collaborated more with Ian Anderson. They were the best rhythm section for Tull...in my opinion.

[Miatacrosser]

Thank you Malapersona for posting this. I know that Ian Anderson played the harmonica before he took up the flute but I've never seen him do so except on this video. It's really incredible how, with all the turmoil surrounding Glenn and Mick's departing the band, they all seem to let bygones be bygones and got on playing again after all these years past. Mick and Glenn are true stand up guys and Glenn was and still is the best bass player JT ever had.

I've got to get me this DVD!!

[moflostik]

these guys are those who recorded "This Was" in 1969. Mick Abrhams left the band immediatly after the exit of the album. Is really amazing to see them to play together.

[paddyo702]

What is this from?

[billyguitar]

No. That's Mick Abrams. He was on the first album, This Was. Listen to Cat's Squirrel. Better than Cream!!

[cantehondo]

Great musicians! Thanks!

[gunshy9]

Is that Iommi? Who is playing guitar on this track?

[Malapersona]

@gunshy9 He is Mick Abrahams, first guitarist of the band, before Iommi and Barre.

[TheFutureFossil]

@Malapersona Iommi plays some uncredited tracks on Benefit. How different rock music would have been if he had stuck around. Glenn Cornick is a brilliant player. Too bad Ian scared this lot off. Oh well, the new punters did a far turn after all.

[Malapersona]

@TheFutureFossil I didn´t know that. Thank you for the information.

Do you know on what Benefit tracks played Iommi?

[moflostik]

these guys are those who recorded "This Was" in 1969. Mick Abrhams left the band immediatly after the exit of the album. Is really amazing to see them to play together.

[tie32101]

@gunshy9

Yeah and Iommi is left handed.

[aarfeld]

@gunshy9: Malapersona is correct, that's Mick Abrahams. If you'd like to see Iommi at present there is an extensive interview with him elsewhere on YouTube. See: Face to Face with Rick Wakeman for the skinny on the history of Black Sabbath and Iommi's time with Tull.

[TIMOTHYSAARINEN]

@gunshy9, That is most definitely not Tony Iommi on guitar here. I thinks it's Tull's original guitarist Mick Abrahams.

[320263]

I think this one is his best song

[masterclasski]

For a fish farmer, this guy leaves the current batch of so called superstars in the ditch Take that NO take Anderson

[GreenManalishiUSA]

"This Was" was my first Tull album and still my favorite. Nice to see that line-up together again. Always wondered what became of Glen, Clive, and Mick. Old dudes still got it!

[Cervicconstruction]

Just amazing "thru his nose " check out the original dude its the way the song was sung and should be sung.

[tmothy100]

This is the best man!!

[HYPNOTICVIDEO]

amazing

[jraia06]

Pure brilliance.

[putdownan8dude]

wish ian wasnt singing thru his nose, other wise, this is fucking tits!

[drumier]

thanks for this ! did they do" dharma for one" ? i'd love to see that

[Malapersona]

In the DVD there are only three songs of this show, but not that. I don´t know if they played it in the concert

[javitoys75]

Every past time was better, but..

AN INCREDIBLE DOCUMENT!!..Thank you!!

[grimyjeeves]

...who cares about the line up - it's just CLASSIC Tull - love it!

[for1979]

PERFECT VERSION !

[MrBluesforyou]

Original Version from 68/69 ist very more better

[bibosky53]

Gli anni passano i musicisti invecchiano ma...la musica............

[dictionar1]

i just watched the '68 stones/Circus vid. if its the same lineup, these guys are true pioneers! this is a gem.

[mrdudelz]

It's not the same lineup. Tony Iommi of Black Sabbath was in the '68 Stones/Circus video.

[classictull1966]

Mick is the original guitar player. This song is on "This Was" thier first album 1968...Iommi filled in when Mick left....Then Martin joined to work on the second album...the rest is history.

[skwijeebob]

I guess I'm nitpicking, but the line-up in The RSRRC vid (w/Iommi) was miming, except for Anderson who sang live. You're actually hearing Mick Abraham's guitar.

[Hanson913]

Although this is the original band, to me, the "classic" lineup is Ian, Martin, John, Jeffrey and Barrie. This is very cool to see however. Thanks for sharing!

[kolmasjarrari]

Yeah.. That is the "classic" line up for me too. Even DP's "classic" lineup is MKII and Maiden's "classic" lineup is their fourth(album lineups..). I think this felt great to the guys. Like back in the old dayzz, playing in pubs n' stuff. This is a great video. Tull forever!

[p51joe]

Aging just sucks! Their minds say 20, their boddies scream 65!

[linus7106]

"Living with the Past"

[durango950]

lol looks like they are playing at some blokes poker game in between hands. Be there Saturday! $5 buy in, BYOB, free pretzels, Jake's bringing nacho's and Jethro Tull playing intermissions!

[murf5824]

thatd be one poker table id never leave. id hock the wife and kids for a chair

[stationheretics]

thats funny shit!

[manoloturullo]

que bos son!

[isolationblues]

Thanks for posting. A good song is always a good song...

[TheTickTockGirl]

Don't get me wrong, I love Tull but I see what the poster below, Arschhobbit , meant.

The whole video made me sad...the guys all looked like they were being held at gunpoint to preform together and the song was sung if by rote, with no heart or spirit behind it.

Ian can't leap and scarper about like he used too, either, something I missed terribly ;~}}....we all gettin' old...

:(

Still, it was nice seeing them playing :)

[takacsjim]

who's the new Bloodwyn Pig singer? don't recognize him...

[Champloo321]

gotta love glenn!

[Arschhobbit]

I fell sad about this bad performance. If the guy`s don`t perform their hits like the original ones, they shouldn`t play the Songs. This one sounds really lousy. The only fantastic live version of this Song is the R`n`R Circus performance.

[Malapersona]

R`n`R Circus performance is not a live version. It is playback. See again the video, the guitars were not plugged and the sound is the LP song.

[TheTickTockGirl]

Hey, I've got the Circus Performance!

[jco5712]

@Arschhobbit If one wants to listen to the original please don't watch a live performance, stick to the albums. This version was made nearly 30 years after the original. The musicianship is actually better.

[chyrd]

@Arschhobbit so you think just because the sound sucks it's a bad performance? Well I'm an audio engineer... I the performance is fine... the mix sucks!!!

[fermillo65]

@Arschhobbit I actually like this one!!!! sounds weird and different from the original song, but I like it!

[Deebemc]

Yup, this will do nicely! Hadnt realised the original band had reformed to do some early stuff. I liked Mr Iommi's guitar work on this but Mick A. is just so damned underrated. Great to see Glen Cornick.....fab bassist. BRAVO!!

[StriderIsAragorn]

I've always wanted to see a late period Tull rendition of this, so thanks for putting it up. Interesting hearing Ian's "current" vocals juxtaposed with how they were on the original '68 version.

[bigbuzman]

I was 15 - my 1st show at the fillmore west was OCT 69- country joe and fish -Albert King and Bloodwyn Pig with MIck -WOW - my 1st toke also -a month later -2nd fillnore show and 2nd toking - Jethro tull -and MC5 --JT was amazing of course -saw em at Berkely com theater on Aqualang tour -- good show but loved the original sound much much more -saw bloodwyn pig again in 1970 -fabulous show -

[dictionar1]

matafuko,

'Dude you're young!' Ha, that felt good to say. LOL

[bellabinti]

I last time I saw Jethro Tull and Ian Anderson was at The Isle of Wight Festival in 1970. They came on before Jimi Hendrix. What a great time we had!

[matafuko]

they're the first band i ever saw! (not this line up obviously) in 1994 in hereford when i was 10.

[xxshep25xx]

last time i saw ian anderson he sat in a wheelchair killed the show melb australia still they are a great band

[GreenManalishiUSA]

This is so cool. Tull produced so much great music through the years, but the early phase, around This Was and Stand Up, are my personal faves. So nice to see Clive, Mick, and Glen together with Ian again. A bit older, grayer, and rounder, but aren't we all at that age, ha ha.

[gandlbass]

Very Cool! I saw them when Aqualung was a hit in Phoenix AZ. They sound great! Thanks for this post!

[431516o20205]

MARTIN BARRE IS THE BEST !!!!!!!

[daddysevenpointfiver]

i agree but i humbly admit that's not him, it's mick abrahms the original guitarist from JT, only on the first album. Bassist played on three lps, drummer played on 4, and of course they pumped out singles during those days as well..."17" and "Aeroplane" and the like...

[Biffandango]

2:23 / 3:28

I like that.

[cesarcifuentes1]

Jethro Tull is one of the best bands ever

[pantherfitzgerald11]

Why aren't the people rocking out?

[Tengent]

Omega kick-ass..Glen has a fretless bass..

[MattHatter]

Damn, look at Clive Bunker, this is the first I've seen him in recent years! I know this is from 2001 but are they touring in the original formation right now?!

[Kuchenwurst]

Nope, they're not. They're using their current formation.

[leyo35]

Its cool to see darts board behind the band!!!

[leyo35]

Where is it??

[guitar45hero]

I would love to see this show complete on disc. Instead of just the couple songs they give you on the Living With The Past DVD.

[thawthepast]

great song

[toecutterr6]

I love Tull but age is a bitch..it takes away your teeth and punch.

[Zeitgeist74]

Haha! Sad but true.

[Aqualung1989]

ojalá yo estuviera allí...

[Carrydagosinger]

This concert must be something INCREDIBLE: the original 'tulls together in a foggy pub with lts and lts of goooooooood beer...what could I desire more?

[mingeral]

More beer!

[hamett91]

Ian can't sing at all anymore...

[brothersneakybitch]

i think he can, i saw him live a few yrs ago --took my dad for fathers day, but he was so fucking on it was scary!

[thicko70]

Wish my son had taken me, your old man is a lucky guy. Thicko is inconsolable.

[brothersneakybitch]

my old man?? im the lucky one...been listening to tull since i was born cus of him...definatley in my top 3!

[supercow506]

he can still sing his voise sounds strainted cause he had surgery on it in the 80's.

[supercow506]

well sergery on his throat