It was so much better in the days when pure talent in music shone through, rather than everything being judged by talent contests. Do you think these men would have got anywhere on a Simon Cowell-type show? Abstruse lyrics, 5/4 time, frankly ugly as sin, certainly by modern standards of what is judged suitable for TV. And yet their music speaks for itself. Yes, of course they had stuff like the Monkees and the Osmonds back then, but there was other, more interesting music as well.
Ian Anderson is a great bandleader, not to mention a great songwriter whose individual flair has never been approached, let alone matched, by those coming after. Writing a good, "danceable" song in 5/4 time is one of the highest hurdles awaiting any creative songwriter and Mr Anderson shows his excellence here, as well as in other venues.
Saw'em when they were promoting 'A Passion Play' In '72 or 3. The album got poor reviews but I like it. One of, if not the best show I ever saw. Most unusual. Love Tull!
Jethro Tull, The Minstrel Looks Back 1969-1977 2DVD features concert footage from Tampa 1976, London Hippodrome 1977, Beat Club 1970 plus rare footage from Thick as a Brick/Passion Play tours more info available at Tommygunvideo please see our youtube channel for link/clips/more details
Cannot help but agree with all you guys. Saw him live whn just a youngster doing Pilton Pop Fest as it was back then,plus IOM blah blah. Will always remmbr the old girl who loved it too. Bought it on the spot. You tube has been a godsend. Now in Asia & Ive got the best collection that I could never afford in the 60's. Like Sinatra, the 60's to 80's will live 4ever unlike the black rap crap which will continue to be usefull as bog-paper & nothing else. Livin in the past - bet your ass I am !
this song can touch anyone, tull fan or not........rememebr hearing this in the 70s and wondering what great 60s band it could be....tull?......okkkkkkkk...........i love this song and sthe 'stand up' 'benefit' albums to be general.
Jethro Tull, The Minstrel Looks Back 1969-1977 2DVD features concert footage from Tampa 1976, London Hippodrome 1977, Beat Club 1970 plus rare footage from Thick as a Brick/Passion Play tours more info available at Tommygunvideo please see our youtube channel for link/clips/more details
It's hard not to like Jethro Tull. One of my all-time favorites is Hymn 43. Ian Anderson has so much energy on stage, even when he's not moving. I read his bio in Wikipedia, and it's very interesting. He learned to play the flute in a couple of weeks. I'd always thought he'd gone to a real music school and probably had some classical training. He is amazing.
To cynthiagoyette: I hope you see this, because I'm not sure how to respond to you directly, like you did to me. I say, "You go, girl!" With "cynthia" being in your user name, I'm assuming you're a woman, but, if I got that wrong, I'm sorry.
If I'm in my car on the Interstate and a song like this comes over the radio, it's "pedal to the metal." Kick it! Maybe 80. At 61, I almost never do 100 any more.The Highway Patrol has stopped me before. I hope you enjoy(ed) your Corvette as much as I do.
We guys born in the 50s ... and then when we were in early teens the explosion of amazing music compared to our parents who only knew waltzing and syrupy love songs (not denigrating that) ... Ian Anderson & Tull ... my Swiss & German pals adore Tull even today ... but back in UK the commercial stuff has killed music ... no problem ... we have our tapes, CDs and YouTube XXX
i could listen to this song every hour! so wonderful! just heard a great mashup of this with Mission Impossible. It is seamless! pretty cool. ck it out.
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im 36 and im living in the past , and i actually met jethro tull backstage :) they signed a picture for me and after the show in utrecht i left with these guys.
You guys kill me. I'm 61 now and tell my wife all the time that I wish I could live in the past. Music (and cars: I drive a 1967 Corvette Sting Ray) was never better than in the 60s and 70s. Other than really good Do-Wap music, music from the 60s and 70s is about all I really like to listen to, and, with the advent of YouTube, I can watch it performed, too. This is great. I stumbled onto Jethro Tull in 1968 and have been a fan, ever since. Can music be better than this? I say, "No way."
@TheLawvan There's a lot of great acts out there that hold up just as fine with artists back then, you just won't find them on MTV or the Radio. If you look at my channel, I'm sure you'd enjoy David Francey, even though he is a modern musician. He's from Scotland just like Ian is.
@TheLawvan Hi there, I am 55 now, and agree with every word you said! Jethro Tull had/has an amazing sound... I love Ian Anderson's voice... This is intelligent music. These guys are MUSICIANS!
@cynthiagoyette I'm not sure I clicked the right button. I had a response to you and hit Reply again. Maybe it went; maybe not. Maybe I was supposed to hit Post. Anyway, I'm still trying to figure out how this works. I've been posting replies to the site, not knowing how to send them directly. Duh!
@TheLawvan I like where you're coming from, Very colourful man on stage as well, when I listen to his voice it draws me to medieval Englands time period for some strange hypnotic reason.
@stephenizzy1 Your reply surprised me, because, when I see and hear Ian Anderson, I can almost imagine him performing in Medieval Court, singing a rocking/stomping/kicking ballad. He has the right looks and the gravelly, melodic voice. While it took me a while to figure out he wears jodhpurs, his shirts look like a throw-back to a much earlier time. It just goes to show that Ian Anderson and his troubadours, Jethro Tull, would be a big hit, now, in the 1970s or even a long, long time ago.
@TheLawvan Don't want to be a pooper but given the fact that this track is called "Living In The Past" it is probable that he woul have projected such an image for performing this live. that said his beig a shooter/humter/fisher/countryman who supported fox-hunting does fit in well with that image.
@TheLawvan I was about 20 when I became aware of Jethro Tull. They are one of the great bands and the music of that era has never been surpassed. Sometimes the music of Tull is so transporting , if you know what I mean?
@TheLawvan Totally...no way does it get better, and I am only 30, fell in love with Jethro Tull when I first heard my parents' vinyl when I was 10 years old... maybe it's just in the blood!? Lol...I still have it today, Aqualung and Stand Up.
@MsKatyP11 Music really exploded in the 60's. People, like me, who liked Jethro Tull then, still like them now. Their music helps us to "live in the past." While my past beats yours by many years, it's nice to know how you discovered Jethro Tull and like them, too. Keep listening and good luck.
@TheLawvan Good on you mate your living the Dream, I am living in a musical time warp too its great I often say I wish life had a Replay Button. Weren't we lucky being young in the 60's.Last sports car was a Sunbeam Tiger 35 yrs. ago wish I still had it, just brought Miata for the MLC
@rag5206 Wow, a Sunbeam Tiger. I remember them. They were cool and fast. Believe it or not Maxwell Smart, played by Don Adams in the 60's TV show "Get Smart" drove one. They are really collectable. Keep listening and good luck.
@TheLawvan Yes mate Agent 86 swapped the Tiger for a Karmann Ghia the Tigers sell in Oz for $100,000 if u can find one (better investment then our Stock Market). Wow a Mustang I always wanted one but the family came along, the sports car went & I brought an old Family truckster. Looking at a turbo for the MX5 Miata to give it a little more Tiger like feel.
@rag5206 Cars let us live in the past. I've got an all-original '67 Corvette coupe (Goodwood green, tan interior, a 4-speed and side pipes). Cars come and go, and I've had some great ones, but this is the most fun car I've ever had; people ask me if I'm the original owner, which, at 61 years old, makes me laugh; but, when I drive it, I'm definitely living in the past.
@ghostchild88 Radio is as frustrating to me as music these days. While there is some really good music out there today (my 32 year-old son introduced me to Elvis Costello, Arcade Fire and The Black Keys), a lot of it is just loud noise, no vocals, just yelling. Without satellite radio, you've got to put up with all the commercials and hoping to hear one decent song, after listening to 5 that make you want to turn the radio off.
Jethro Tull, The Minstrel Looks Back 1969-1977 2DVD features concert footage from Tampa 1976, London Hippodrome 1977, Beat Club 1970 plus rare footage from Thick as a Brick/Passion Play tours more info available at Tommygunvideo please see our youtube channel for link/clips/more details
Interesting that the song wasn't released in the US till 1972 with the album of the same name. It became the group's first hit here, reaching no. 11. It also inspired me, some years later, to develop a pretty devastating Ian Anderson impersonation. (Hint: add a couple extra syllables to every word.)
The whole experience was much better than what we have today in the sixties. We could develop our ideas without permission or, permits. we could race down the streets within reason without getting in serious trouble. People could pack weapons without being given the third degree at the airport. Now we have all the laws any civilized society could dream of with all the restrictions that go along with them. What we don't need is more government and, more nanny state thinking.
the current thread seems to be "when were you born?" on this track so I'll stick my twopenneth in. Born '55, 14 years old in 1969, in my opinion the best music of all time comes from '67-69. But I may be biased! cheers to music lovers everywhere - Jim
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One of the best songs to come out of the UK in the late 60's, still sounds awesome today. A lot of the stuff that is in the charts now can't hold a candle to music like this! <3
Ian is a class act he is the aristocrat of music from the UK, I am going to play Flute in a rock band, Mad it may seem but the results are magic. We saw him in 2010 ,Martin Still supporting, brilliant.
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Yeah, most of the video footage is from the '76 film, Slipstream. not sure when the newer vids are from. the song is fr '69 single and then released in '72 on Living in the Past LP.
@eastbaysf On the flip-side: I was born in '62 as well, and I have heard this song so many times over those years, but can you belive that I never knew the title of the song?! It was only through a miscellaneous search that I linked the title to this YouTube video...Now THATS crazy!!!
@viewer362 Better late than never. Check out the albums Benefit and Stand Up for more audio pleasure. Midge Ure does a Pink Floydesque version of this tune.
Clearly not a 1969 vid... the coloured parts are from the mid 70's and the black and white parts from the mid to late 80's. Glenn Cornick and Clive Bunker were in the band in 69, and Ian had alot more hair in 69 that he does in the black and white parts... a great tune by one of my all time fav bands.
Whenever I go fishing and things are quiet, I stand on one leg and sing this song. I still catch no salmon which is about the same result as Anderson's SKye salmon farms have had on wild fish stocks. So moral is don't listen to the Hippy in you.
Are you seeking truth? Search for "Truth Contest" in Google and click the 1st result, then click on "The Present" to open it. What it says will blow your mind.
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Pointless technical trivia - this is in 5/4 time. Very rare for a pop/rock song (the original Mission Impossible theme is another great example), it takes a lot of concentration to keep the rhythm and is very difficult to dance to. And all kudos to the band for it. Thumb up from me :-)
@jw5y66 The fuck is your problem? music is all opinionated, so kindly fuck off with yours. Go watch a metallica vid, you're clearly butthurt after that incident with the grammy
95% of teens these days listen to the same crappy pop songs over and over. if your one of the 5% left who still listen to real music.. then copy and paste it to least 5 video's. DONT LET THE SPIRIT OF ROCK&ROLL DIE
@EdiblePlanets, I must agree with you. I enjoy the groups you listed, and I am also a "child" of the 60s. Loved the music of my generation and still do, though I tire of hearing it played in markets, department stores, etc. I wonder if airplay could be a problem or if the present generation is inundated with so much other "junk" music, the good stuff just can't be heard. And, yes, originality is a problem, but I truly enjoy living in the past.
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Are you seeking truth? Search for "Truth Contest" in Google and click the 1st result, then click on "The Present" to open it. What it says will blow your mind.
WHEN THIS CAME OUT I WAS IN THE 4TH YEAR OF MY SECONDARY SCHOOL, IN OUR HISTORY LESSONS LEARNED ALL ABOUT THE AGRICULTURAL AND INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTIONS. THAT JETHRO TULL WAS THE INVENTOR OF THE "SEED DRILL" (SO IT WASNT A MADE UP NAME!) DEFINITELY A CLASSIC SONG.
Sensational talent!! They dont come any better great song ....intriguing lyrics and an inspired performance..Thanks for the posting it's hard to believe this was a hit in 1969..Where did that time go? Thanks Jethro Tull !!
Losing ALL the BUMS of TODAY. Yea Mam wa me no can dub yo like you no can gooz gooz upity smook, and yea regard goop goop. feed me bro. i canna use yo guff. The last sentence could be made into a hit record. Want me continue with the MUSIC and Lyriscs of TODAY. PRIORITY we must have a woman who can spread her legs. BTW I love women with Respect..My MAIN beef is hat REAL CRAP Videos are being presented.
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I dedicate this gr8 song to Mark ♰ "019208237's Channel" ]v[ark´s ♰ ,, mission is "Spreading Love, Light and Truth" AnD he lives on mother earth according 2 himself LOL, AhA. TaY ! Take care n stay safe out there !!
It was so much better in the days when pure talent in music shone through, rather than everything being judged by talent contests. Do you think these men would have got anywhere on a Simon Cowell-type show? Abstruse lyrics, 5/4 time, frankly ugly as sin, certainly by modern standards of what is judged suitable for TV. And yet their music speaks for itself. Yes, of course they had stuff like the Monkees and the Osmonds back then, but there was other, more interesting music as well.
anonUK 12 hours ago
Ian Anderson is a great bandleader, not to mention a great songwriter whose individual flair has never been approached, let alone matched, by those coming after. Writing a good, "danceable" song in 5/4 time is one of the highest hurdles awaiting any creative songwriter and Mr Anderson shows his excellence here, as well as in other venues.
WildBillCox13 1 day ago
¡Bellísimo!
emersoul 1 day ago
Saw'em when they were promoting 'A Passion Play' In '72 or 3. The album got poor reviews but I like it. One of, if not the best show I ever saw. Most unusual. Love Tull!
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Tommygun1028 2 days ago
The guy on maracas is beast!
Bogie6588 3 days ago
Cannot help but agree with all you guys. Saw him live whn just a youngster doing Pilton Pop Fest as it was back then,plus IOM blah blah. Will always remmbr the old girl who loved it too. Bought it on the spot. You tube has been a godsend. Now in Asia & Ive got the best collection that I could never afford in the 60's. Like Sinatra, the 60's to 80's will live 4ever unlike the black rap crap which will continue to be usefull as bog-paper & nothing else. Livin in the past - bet your ass I am !
FarsideTales2000 4 days ago
this song can touch anyone, tull fan or not........rememebr hearing this in the 70s and wondering what great 60s band it could be....tull?......okkkkkkkk...........i love this song and sthe 'stand up' 'benefit' albums to be general.
posthumanhero 5 days ago
Jethro Tull always different, transporting and mystical.
bruiser47 5 days ago in playlist Favorite videos
mystical...only the way artist from back then can bring it to us...
ghostchild88 6 days ago
Let’s go Living in the past!
FantomasXZ7 1 week ago
it sounds like he could be singing- lets go smoking marijuana...
ExcelsiorProduction1 1 week ago
Some of the best music is from our past!
dibbs64 1 week ago
mitico Ian Anderson!!!
TheGgiuliaa 1 week ago
@TheGgiuliaa
già hihi :)
DaNi11050 1 week ago
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sirronald69 1 week ago
thanks for posting.
shodashi108 1 week ago
good vibes dudes
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ClassicRockDVD 2 weeks ago
I give this the thumbs up, but won't add it it to my playlist.
(I have 96 Tull tracks on iTunes already lol)
claveworks 2 weeks ago
It's hard not to like Jethro Tull. One of my all-time favorites is Hymn 43. Ian Anderson has so much energy on stage, even when he's not moving. I read his bio in Wikipedia, and it's very interesting. He learned to play the flute in a couple of weeks. I'd always thought he'd gone to a real music school and probably had some classical training. He is amazing.
TheLawvan 2 weeks ago
To cynthiagoyette: I hope you see this, because I'm not sure how to respond to you directly, like you did to me. I say, "You go, girl!" With "cynthia" being in your user name, I'm assuming you're a woman, but, if I got that wrong, I'm sorry.
If I'm in my car on the Interstate and a song like this comes over the radio, it's "pedal to the metal." Kick it! Maybe 80. At 61, I almost never do 100 any more.The Highway Patrol has stopped me before. I hope you enjoy(ed) your Corvette as much as I do.
TheLawvan 2 weeks ago
We guys born in the 50s ... and then when we were in early teens the explosion of amazing music compared to our parents who only knew waltzing and syrupy love songs (not denigrating that) ... Ian Anderson & Tull ... my Swiss & German pals adore Tull even today ... but back in UK the commercial stuff has killed music ... no problem ... we have our tapes, CDs and YouTube XXX
happyenjoytime 2 weeks ago
You know those songs that you can only listen to if you're high?
This isn't one of them.
TheOneEyedHound 2 weeks ago
@TheOneEyedHound Not true. I've always loved this song and I don't do drugs.
RalfsLab 5 days ago
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@RalfsLab How isn't that true? I said:
You know those songs that you can only listen to if you're high?
This isn't one of them.
Exactly. This song is great without artifical happiness. It's an excellent source of genuine happiness.
TheOneEyedHound 5 days ago
So many memories and emotions rise up with this song.
TOJPYTC 2 weeks ago
i could listen to this song every hour! so wonderful! just heard a great mashup of this with Mission Impossible. It is seamless! pretty cool. ck it out.
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videomania100 2 weeks ago
I'm 17 and I have been living in the past for about 6 years now, after I discovered Pink Floyd and Led Zeppelin
LeftiesWillRule 2 weeks ago
@LeftiesWillRule Good on ya
demon1954 2 weeks ago
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ClassicRockDVD 2 weeks ago
im 36 and im living in the past , and i actually met jethro tull backstage :) they signed a picture for me and after the show in utrecht i left with these guys.
pannekoeken2 2 weeks ago
Class
littlekimvirginia 2 weeks ago
I never listened to Jethro Tull before, this is good stuff! not my thing though :p
Corpzmaker91 3 weeks ago
A REAL MUSICIAN FROM MY YOUTH, GREAT ,MANY THANKS.
1wolfoutlaw 3 weeks ago
I'd like to segue into this from Dave Brubecks "Take 5". Are there any other cool tunes in 5/4? Maybe I could arrange a medley!
EvilMarler 3 weeks ago
@EvilMarler I'm thinking Chicago had something on CTA, which was 5/4 in that era.
waislandres 3 weeks ago
@EvilMarler The Comedians by Elvis Costello
switz223 2 weeks ago
@switz223 And thanks for the eyeopener. It is in 5!!
switz223 2 weeks ago
You guys kill me. I'm 61 now and tell my wife all the time that I wish I could live in the past. Music (and cars: I drive a 1967 Corvette Sting Ray) was never better than in the 60s and 70s. Other than really good Do-Wap music, music from the 60s and 70s is about all I really like to listen to, and, with the advent of YouTube, I can watch it performed, too. This is great. I stumbled onto Jethro Tull in 1968 and have been a fan, ever since. Can music be better than this? I say, "No way."
TheLawvan 3 weeks ago 19
@TheLawvan There's a lot of great acts out there that hold up just as fine with artists back then, you just won't find them on MTV or the Radio. If you look at my channel, I'm sure you'd enjoy David Francey, even though he is a modern musician. He's from Scotland just like Ian is.
Pasalaqcua 3 weeks ago
@TheLawvan Hi there, I am 55 now, and agree with every word you said! Jethro Tull had/has an amazing sound... I love Ian Anderson's voice... This is intelligent music. These guys are MUSICIANS!
hypnosis121 2 weeks ago
@TheLawvan so did I. I am a young 55 and had a Vette!
cynthiagoyette 2 weeks ago
@cynthiagoyette I'm not sure I clicked the right button. I had a response to you and hit Reply again. Maybe it went; maybe not. Maybe I was supposed to hit Post. Anyway, I'm still trying to figure out how this works. I've been posting replies to the site, not knowing how to send them directly. Duh!
TheLawvan 2 weeks ago
@TheLawvan I like where you're coming from, Very colourful man on stage as well, when I listen to his voice it draws me to medieval Englands time period for some strange hypnotic reason.
stephenizzy1 2 weeks ago
@stephenizzy1 Your reply surprised me, because, when I see and hear Ian Anderson, I can almost imagine him performing in Medieval Court, singing a rocking/stomping/kicking ballad. He has the right looks and the gravelly, melodic voice. While it took me a while to figure out he wears jodhpurs, his shirts look like a throw-back to a much earlier time. It just goes to show that Ian Anderson and his troubadours, Jethro Tull, would be a big hit, now, in the 1970s or even a long, long time ago.
TheLawvan 2 weeks ago
@TheLawvan Don't want to be a pooper but given the fact that this track is called "Living In The Past" it is probable that he woul have projected such an image for performing this live. that said his beig a shooter/humter/fisher/countryman who supported fox-hunting does fit in well with that image.
MadAndyBeckman 1 week ago
@TheLawvan I was about 20 when I became aware of Jethro Tull. They are one of the great bands and the music of that era has never been surpassed. Sometimes the music of Tull is so transporting , if you know what I mean?
bruiser47 1 week ago
@TheLawvan Totally...no way does it get better, and I am only 30, fell in love with Jethro Tull when I first heard my parents' vinyl when I was 10 years old... maybe it's just in the blood!? Lol...I still have it today, Aqualung and Stand Up.
MsKatyP11 1 week ago
@MsKatyP11 Music really exploded in the 60's. People, like me, who liked Jethro Tull then, still like them now. Their music helps us to "live in the past." While my past beats yours by many years, it's nice to know how you discovered Jethro Tull and like them, too. Keep listening and good luck.
TheLawvan 1 week ago
@TheLawvan Good on you mate your living the Dream, I am living in a musical time warp too its great I often say I wish life had a Replay Button. Weren't we lucky being young in the 60's.Last sports car was a Sunbeam Tiger 35 yrs. ago wish I still had it, just brought Miata for the MLC
rag5206 1 week ago
@rag5206 Wow, a Sunbeam Tiger. I remember them. They were cool and fast. Believe it or not Maxwell Smart, played by Don Adams in the 60's TV show "Get Smart" drove one. They are really collectable. Keep listening and good luck.
TheLawvan 1 week ago
@TheLawvan Yes mate Agent 86 swapped the Tiger for a Karmann Ghia the Tigers sell in Oz for $100,000 if u can find one (better investment then our Stock Market). Wow a Mustang I always wanted one but the family came along, the sports car went & I brought an old Family truckster. Looking at a turbo for the MX5 Miata to give it a little more Tiger like feel.
rag5206 6 days ago
@rag5206 Cars let us live in the past. I've got an all-original '67 Corvette coupe (Goodwood green, tan interior, a 4-speed and side pipes). Cars come and go, and I've had some great ones, but this is the most fun car I've ever had; people ask me if I'm the original owner, which, at 61 years old, makes me laugh; but, when I drive it, I'm definitely living in the past.
TheLawvan 6 days ago
@TheLawvan Thank heaven for youtube, if we had only to listen to what radio stations offered, we'd all be doomed...(smile)
ghostchild88 6 days ago
@ghostchild88 Radio is as frustrating to me as music these days. While there is some really good music out there today (my 32 year-old son introduced me to Elvis Costello, Arcade Fire and The Black Keys), a lot of it is just loud noise, no vocals, just yelling. Without satellite radio, you've got to put up with all the commercials and hoping to hear one decent song, after listening to 5 that make you want to turn the radio off.
TheLawvan 6 days ago
@TheLawvan Deep respect for you man. If only kids these days would listen to this kind of music.
link0zeldarulz89 7 hours ago
@link0zeldarulz89 I have deep respect for anyone who likes Jethro Tull. Thanks and keep listening.
TheLawvan 1 hour ago
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Tommygun1028 3 weeks ago
i always wondered where ron moody who played fagin in oliver, got his inspiration from, after watching this, now i know. not a bad song.
ollie33100 3 weeks ago
Interesting that the song wasn't released in the US till 1972 with the album of the same name. It became the group's first hit here, reaching no. 11. It also inspired me, some years later, to develop a pretty devastating Ian Anderson impersonation. (Hint: add a couple extra syllables to every word.)
KwamiFabu 4 weeks ago
The whole experience was much better than what we have today in the sixties. We could develop our ideas without permission or, permits. we could race down the streets within reason without getting in serious trouble. People could pack weapons without being given the third degree at the airport. Now we have all the laws any civilized society could dream of with all the restrictions that go along with them. What we don't need is more government and, more nanny state thinking.
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anonUK 1 month ago
Thanx for the support my friend,
the current thread seems to be "when were you born?" on this track so I'll stick my twopenneth in. Born '55, 14 years old in 1969, in my opinion the best music of all time comes from '67-69. But I may be biased! cheers to music lovers everywhere - Jim
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Tommygun1028 1 month ago
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GreenQualityS 1 month ago
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ClassicRockDVD 1 month ago
This song makes me want to dance, which is kind of complicated ...
Stoner075 1 month ago
How many great pop songs were written in 5/4 time?
mythagoman 1 month ago
ian andersons voice is as smooth as silk ,rich as caramel
superglens67 1 month ago
A nice little toe tapper
MrJETCITY 1 month ago
living in the past is a song of 1972.
this video 1969?
mah
scaccopazzo1024 1 month ago
@scaccopazzo1024 Sorry Mate - Living in the Past is 1969 vintage, Not '72!
MrStreetavenue 1 month ago
@MrStreetavenue sure? mmmh I know that was 1972. look at wikipedia
scaccopazzo1024 1 month ago
@scaccopazzo1024 Living In The Past - Originally recorded as a stand alone single reaching #3 in the UK charts in May 1969. Island Records WIP 6056.
Re-released in 1972 as title track on the compilation album "Living in the Past" only then becoming a #11 hit in the U.S.
Wikipedia is not always very accurate, as in this case.
It's still a great track though, and you have great taste indeed my pal. - Cheers now Jim
MrStreetavenue 1 month ago
@MrStreetavenue you're right...'69
GUIDOBRAT 1 month ago
Dr Brown?!
molomix 1 month ago
One of the best songs to come out of the UK in the late 60's, still sounds awesome today. A lot of the stuff that is in the charts now can't hold a candle to music like this! <3
dariowestern 1 month ago 7
The guy with rattles is weird... But they're still awesome
koziknr14 1 month ago
Excellente :)
Barboutzis 1 month ago
Who is playing the flute at the end while Ian is singing?
imnuthinspecial 1 month ago
I loved this song when I was a kid.Not knowing that Ian Anderson would end up looking like Captain Mainwaring
megaEDWIN3 1 month ago
Ian is a class act he is the aristocrat of music from the UK, I am going to play Flute in a rock band, Mad it may seem but the results are magic. We saw him in 2010 ,Martin Still supporting, brilliant.
306bad 1 month ago
Coolest song!
Eltonporter234 1 month ago
best song!!! addictive! just saw a band do this song mashed with mission impossible theme. killer! ck it out.
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videomania100 1 month ago
Jethro tull icon in music, they were before there time.
antiquebike 1 month ago
43 People are insane...
CaNDyFiSh911 1 month ago
superb, awesome, incrivel, maravilhoso, precioso... me cago en to que se menea.. son la ostia
matzappa 1 month ago
I never get tired of this song
consul1957 1 month ago
Only 13, and living in the 1970's because of songs this!
Tonicmanelite 1 month ago
he's chewing air.....he's on acid in this
mjw9363 1 month ago
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I photographed Jethro Tull in 76. To see the shots go to 70srockphotos (.com)
mrianmark 1 month ago
i wanna go back in the past..
laurids33 1 month ago
jethro tull es otra ondaaa en el mundo de la musica!!!
almamireful 1 month ago
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Tommygun1028 1 month ago
Yeah, most of the video footage is from the '76 film, Slipstream. not sure when the newer vids are from. the song is fr '69 single and then released in '72 on Living in the Past LP.
stratas2 1 month ago
i love you iann andersonnn!!!
sandraagonia 1 month ago
Christopher Lloyd nicked the character, shurely?
throovest 1 month ago
Is there anywhere else to live? I was born 1962 and I still live in the 70s,, crazy,.
eastbaysf 1 month ago 29
@eastbaysf born in the 70's, living in the 80's!!!!
causbrite 1 month ago
@eastbaysf Don't blame you. Hasn't been the greatest of times in many ways.
1danrobbins 1 month ago
@eastbaysf I was born in 1962 and I also still live in the 70s....
wouter3323 1 month ago
@eastbaysf i was born in 1997 and i live in the 70s
tigerpaw119 1 month ago
@eastbaysf I have the same problem - born in 66; I hate modern day life!
mayhorse66 1 month ago
@eastbaysf On the flip-side: I was born in '62 as well, and I have heard this song so many times over those years, but can you belive that I never knew the title of the song?! It was only through a miscellaneous search that I linked the title to this YouTube video...Now THATS crazy!!!
viewer362 1 month ago
@viewer362 Better late than never. Check out the albums Benefit and Stand Up for more audio pleasure. Midge Ure does a Pink Floydesque version of this tune.
paraleverearl 3 weeks ago
@eastbaysf I was born in 1991 and also live in 70s. Sometimes even in 60s.
loldacz 4 weeks ago
@eastbaysf
I know the feeling. I was born 10 years earlier. I wish I could live in the past again. God they were much happier times.
fypong 3 weeks ago
@eastbaysf i was born 72 and live in the 60s:-)
ianw517 3 weeks ago
@eastbaysf I was born a earlier than you and I seem to be stuck there also, good sound on this video!
640down 2 weeks ago
Clearly not a 1969 vid... the coloured parts are from the mid 70's and the black and white parts from the mid to late 80's. Glenn Cornick and Clive Bunker were in the band in 69, and Ian had alot more hair in 69 that he does in the black and white parts... a great tune by one of my all time fav bands.
gsisola 1 month ago
Whenever I go fishing and things are quiet, I stand on one leg and sing this song. I still catch no salmon which is about the same result as Anderson's SKye salmon farms have had on wild fish stocks. So moral is don't listen to the Hippy in you.
Dev1lsAdvoca8 2 months ago
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ClassicRockDVD 2 months ago
If it meant being involved in the music scene late 60s/early 70s, I'd live my whole life in the past.
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Pointless technical trivia - this is in 5/4 time. Very rare for a pop/rock song (the original Mission Impossible theme is another great example), it takes a lot of concentration to keep the rhythm and is very difficult to dance to. And all kudos to the band for it. Thumb up from me :-)
RickDougall 2 months ago
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RickDougall 2 months ago
Man with the maracas
Blorbifink 2 months ago
Appreciating the past in the present...still right here and glad I was able to live in that past.
ojemesan 2 months ago
I'm living in the past...
MrZee1967 2 months ago
If you go to Jethro Tull videos on youtube just to slag them off, you are a cunt.
If you go to Metallica videos on youtube just to slag them off, you are a cunt.
And so forth.
FCT5809 2 months ago 9
@FCT5809 , Calm down pal.
MrLawman10 2 months ago
@MrLawman10 I'm perfectly calm my friend.
FCT5809 2 months ago
@FCT5809 Nice lol
Chele261 1 month ago
@FCT5809
If you go to any videos by any musician or group just to slag them off or to argue with the fans;
If you go to any videos by any musician or group just to point out that they are better than Justin Bieber or some other talentless teenager;
If you add a "copy and paste" type message;
If you tell everyone that you are 14 but you wish that music would stay in 1964 or 1978 or whenever;
If you threaten to kill or maim people for making music you hate;
you are indeed a total cunt.
anonUK 1 month ago
@anonUK "If you tell everyone that you are 14 but you wish that music would stay in 1964 or 1978 or whenever;"
Thank you, can't stand those wankers :D
li4m 1 month ago
@anonUK EXACTLY!
FCT5809 1 month ago
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somebody is still angry at a joke from an over 20-year-old chrysalis records ad... nobody has really considered them metal.
and the award they got was for the best _hard rock_ album and it was more like a lifetime award since they hadn't received any during their peak.
who cares about grammies anyway, anderson & co. really didn't and hetfield&co were having a good laugh, too.
but i do enjoy your delicious asperger-rage, carry on old boy
peraaukio 2 months ago
Un des tubes de Jethro Tull Living In The Past est le seul album de Jethro Tull que ma mère a!!
Trower22 2 months ago
@jw5y66 we didnt invite you here to listen to good music so get lost and find somewhere else to be a horrid sod
hilannie62 2 months ago
learn to walk before u can run lol
spooky18120 2 months ago
metal...wtf is that ......
spooky18120 2 months ago
i was 19 - o bliss :3
spooky18120 2 months ago
@JW5Y66 fuck you!!! without jethro tull there wouldn't be a metallica.
robertanthonyplant 2 months ago
Please put on some REAL Metal music!
Fucktro tull sucks and the completely robbed Metallica of a fricking Grammy award!
jw5y66 2 months ago
@jw5y66 Respect your elders, dingus. You're not a real metal head.
telathys 2 months ago
@telathys
Fucktro tull claims that they are a Metal band because they claim the flute is a "heavy" instrument!
Fuck off!
jw5y66 2 months ago
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peraaukio 2 months ago
@jw5y66 metallica is a commercial shit, you moron
jsixtvf 2 months ago
@jsixtvf
Metallica has never been commercial shit accept for their last stupid album with Lou Reed.
But still,
Metallica is WAY better than Fucktro tull!
jw5y66 2 months ago
@jw5y66 Metalica is cool, they like Lemmy... but Tull is cool too, they are different...
canals22 2 months ago
@jw5y66 Jethro Tull are a legend, Metallica is MTV shit band: "one" video and "load" and "reload" albums.
Mainstream metal band ever worst than korn, jaja. Dave Mustaine did all early good albums, Metallica is a great shit
jsixtvf 2 months ago
@jw5y66 The fuck is your problem? music is all opinionated, so kindly fuck off with yours. Go watch a metallica vid, you're clearly butthurt after that incident with the grammy
meowandmeow 2 months ago
IAN Y U NO HAVE BEARD?
meowandmeow 2 months ago
if there was rock in midevil times it would be ththro tull
hutch1hutch 2 months ago
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hobbit151 2 months ago
Well that's a blast from the past. I'm 58 years old, and i can remember that as though it was yesterday. Thanks for posting.
Poppapygar 2 months ago
@EdiblePlanets, I must agree with you. I enjoy the groups you listed, and I am also a "child" of the 60s. Loved the music of my generation and still do, though I tire of hearing it played in markets, department stores, etc. I wonder if airplay could be a problem or if the present generation is inundated with so much other "junk" music, the good stuff just can't be heard. And, yes, originality is a problem, but I truly enjoy living in the past.
yogini34 2 months ago
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Tommygun1028 2 months ago
The guy on the castanets is brilliant!
Looii5 2 months ago
petarda!
suufka 2 months ago
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lloydoffloyd 2 months ago
WHEN THIS CAME OUT I WAS IN THE 4TH YEAR OF MY SECONDARY SCHOOL, IN OUR HISTORY LESSONS LEARNED ALL ABOUT THE AGRICULTURAL AND INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTIONS. THAT JETHRO TULL WAS THE INVENTOR OF THE "SEED DRILL" (SO IT WASNT A MADE UP NAME!) DEFINITELY A CLASSIC SONG.
gilllew 2 months ago
ADORE.
ronninj 2 months ago
Sensational talent!! They dont come any better great song ....intriguing lyrics and an inspired performance..Thanks for the posting it's hard to believe this was a hit in 1969..Where did that time go? Thanks Jethro Tull !!
arno799 2 months ago
I used to like this, back in the old days...
Oh, wait, I'm living in the past!
I like it NOW!
Wankshaftsbury 2 months ago
Losing ALL the BUMS of TODAY. Yea Mam wa me no can dub yo like you no can gooz gooz upity smook, and yea regard goop goop. feed me bro. i canna use yo guff. The last sentence could be made into a hit record. Want me continue with the MUSIC and Lyriscs of TODAY. PRIORITY we must have a woman who can spread her legs. BTW I love women with Respect..My MAIN beef is hat REAL CRAP Videos are being presented.
justphil101 2 months ago
Ha! Ian with hair and no beard. Then later, Ian with no hair and no bandana. Cool, kind of looks like the rest of us (well, some of us).
bwalter7498 2 months ago
IT DOESN'T GET ANY BETTER. IT CAN'T!!!!
MrSprite69 2 months ago
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Tommygun1028 2 months ago
I dedicate this gr8 song to Mark ♰ "019208237's Channel" ]v[ark´s ♰ ,, mission is "Spreading Love, Light and Truth" AnD he lives on mother earth according 2 himself LOL, AhA. TaY ! Take care n stay safe out there !!
TheWhiteDuke1 2 months ago
this song is one of the best ever with its originality and musicianship love love love it...
MARTY1967aussie 2 months ago
I love the Tull. So often overlooked and underrated.
Wankshaftsbury 2 months ago
Love these lyrics , still so beautiful and relevant.
alicemckin 2 months ago
this is true music
gizmo1068 2 months ago
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Bonneville462 3 months ago
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Bonneville462 3 months ago
Harking back to a time when people used to play musical instruments to make music!
Looii5 3 months ago
Ironic that I'm living in the past by watchin this video
Looii5 3 months ago 15
+1 for the maracas shakin' guy @ 0:47 - 0:53
sanderdammer 3 months ago 2
Love Jethro Tull
zackboomer 3 months ago
A fantastic song,though a little eerie if you ask me.
chezzeeX 3 months ago
@chezzeeX The same could said for most of Tull's music.
frogsoda 3 months ago
Un autre band qui a décliné l'offre de se présenter à Woodstock.
ThePeterats 3 months ago
is Jethro Tull the name of the lead singer or is it the bands name like Steely Dan??
HamTheDog 3 months ago
@HamTheDog Jethro Tull is the name of the band. Ian Anderson is the name of the singer.
BenRossington 3 months ago
@BenRossington you have no idea how long I have been confused about that..thanks
HamTheDog 3 months ago