Jethro Tull - 1978 - Heavy Horses

[Ambious]

I love this album and this song so much. Been listening to this in repeat for days now

[Cerebralcinema]

Too bad John Glascock didn't remain with us. He was a phenomenal bass player.

[TheMonmer]

i love this album

[YanivS86]

my favorite along with warchild

[1nebunsingur]

we ALL ar Heavy Horses !!!!

[flyingnicodemus]

cheio das balacas esse cara

olha o jeito como ele fica ajustando a altura do microfone e olhando pra outro lado antes de falar pra câmera

esse cara é um espertalhão

cuidado com ele

[77lutschi]

..wow.. my song from the 78!!! Legendär...

[teufelstaub]

Back when I was a teen and this was released (on a record,mind you),my mother and I would listen and relish this gorgeous paen to a passing way of life.She grew up watching the horse teams plow the furrows here in America,and loved the gentle strength of these enormous animals as they returned from their day's toil in the fields.Still choke up hearing this;she and the teams are long gone,but certainly not forgotten.

[Asasellobulgakov]

I love it but when youre listening to dvoraks humoresque you can hear so much similarities ;D

But there are worse inspirations than pieces from dvorak :D

[nalvojo]

Lucky me - leaning back and listen to something that seems to come from a time, 100 years ago. this song has the smell of clay, soil, wed grass ... i remember, crossing Yorkshire in sunset twilight, heading for Dover, going back to germany - good old england, no hope for me, to see you once more in my lifetime. With this song, Jethro Tull gave me a tool to gain the taste of a healthy countryside on my tongue. Thanks !

[molealto]

Are the dislikes oil barons?

[arlonosta]

This has always been my favorite Tull song. Every time I hear it I get a lump in my throa.. Only Songs from the Wood comes close.

Unfortunately, this video doesn't even begin to do the song justice. Watching Ian spaz out and twitch like a Crystal Meth addict and do really bad lip sync is definitely not the imagery that the song conjures up.

[near1neko]

1978 omg, I'm watching this in 2011

[meowandmeow]

@near1neko would you like a medal/trophy/badge

[Awakeandalive1]

This was my father's favorite Jethro Tull song from his favorite Jethro Tull album!

[mahajohn]

It's no wonder JT fans aren't too loving of this song, what with Mike Love on drums, the Unabomber on guitar, a drunk Cossack on bass, and a delusional man who believes he is a classical conductor (that's like the dancing guy in a ska band).

[boneyardcircus]

the music is so complex!! love it!

[MrViolero]

Simply beautiful song! one of the best rock bands ever!

[pjay2506]

Nice to see a video with 'brittledick' in! real 'Tull followers will no the meaning!

[XAntonisX]

Always good to see John Glascock... I still miss him. Like I miss that other bass player: Mick Karn... But great to be able to enjoy them still!!!

[guitarspectre]

its a song without unit, too much inspiration maybe from each band member;

no offense

[Tullvideoclips]

@guitarspectre I agree. It's a good song, but not one of my favourites, even if I enjoyed seeing it performed live

[Jofyry]

@Tullvideoclips Trolls :B

[CelticReject]

@Tullvideoclips it is my favorite! Because it is prophetic. The oil wells are growing smaller. 2050 our best bet.

[Gotrilliten]

@guitarspectre What do you mean by a song without unit? I'm not trying to troll or anything, I just don't know what you would mean.

[guitarspectre]

@Gotrilliten

hey ^^ sorry too if i was arrogant or being critic without know too much of music lol. well against this great band of course..

but i wanted to say is: this song is dynamic especially in structures. For example at 4:00 exactly the song will suffer changes, this breaks the unit.

K, again maybe i dont really know what i wanted to talk about in my commentary but somehow is there...

[Gotrilliten]

@guitarspectre Do you mean it doesn't seem like it;s part of the same song?

[guitarspectre]

@Gotrilliten

yes and this is unit, when each musician reaches the same thing

[kaman5066]

@guitarspectre the lyrics are beautiful, the music and imagary are also first rate. I guess that just makes your opinion .... wrong

[guitarspectre]

@kaman5066

Yeah, I liked the vocals and the way in which the singer leads. Makes me experience the English folk? I'm sorry I do not know how to properly label bands and so. Sorry, not to only you but many of the fans. But I still insist on my original comment that this song got a lot of ideas and in the end the result was very varied.

I just like to hear the parties with the calm voice is very good!

[InnerSpaceTourist]

@guitarspectre I respectfully must disagree. This was the song me and my best friend found on a bad hangover day by accident and it's what made me listen to Tull in the first place. It's still one of my favorites, if not The favorite. I don't think it's without a unit, to me it sounds very together and very well thought out. It's very unconventional, but that's what I like!

[sinbysin666]

@guitarspectre That's what makes it so cool, in my opinion. And having so many sections is almost too common in Progressive Rock.

[alainatoadpipe]

@guitarspectre Granted, they have a number of great songs that surpass this one in merit, but I can hardly agree that it is not a great song.

[vlastik]

I don't think it's a song - it's cantata. Different form. And I love it.

[lauriecolson]

@guitarspectre it's diluted , bland. less than the sum of its parts-the whole. 

[3moonriver]

A musical masterpeice, love watching Ian perform, always makes me smile, whatever guise he adopts, I feel the words and the music - love Ian!

[ODoc]

One of the best guitar introductions in a song over the History.

Thank you Martin Barre!

You did an excellent job in this one.

All the band did.

But Martin shows that he is one of the finest guitarists ever to play in this world.

[wattwurmfisch]

Wo ist meine Jugend geblieben ??????

Da wurde ich gerade 18 Jahre.

Gruß Frank

[mason9623]

@wattwurmfisch

Deine Jugend i "is living in the past"

Meine auch,ich war 20 Jahre,und es war wunderbare Jahre fur die Musik,und fur uns !

Gruss aus Frankreich,mein Freund !

[jcga23]

Que buena banda de las mejores !!!!!!!!!

[dumbdogsdontbark]

Bring me a wheel of oaken wood

And a rein of polished leather

A heavy horse and a tumbling sky

Brewing heavy weather

[huichol53]

thanks for the great referall, I love all jethro...huichol53........

[daddysevenpointfiver]

this group always proves that poetry and sensitivity and adherence to noble causes has a place in rock and roll

[MrCemdanyal]

One of the best songs of Jethro Tull for me... I had the chance to listen to this song live in Istanbul:-)

[MrCemdanyal]

One of the best songs of Jethro Tull for me... I had the chance to listen to this song live in Istanbul:-)

[MrCemdanyal]

One of the best songs of Jethro Tull for me...

[quietstormw]

only a mad man can creat such things, this song is like a paint, a life philosophy, beautiful

[BigHardErectorSet]

One person is an oil baron.

[renangoncalvesflores]

Dee has such a beatiful smile in this video.

[progfan10]

@renangoncalvesflores If you mean the guy dressed as a scarecrow, that's John Evan, who's still a dude, as far as I know. ;-) David Palmer (now 'Dee') is the conductor.

[renangoncalvesflores]

@progfan10 Oh fuck 0_0

[renangoncalvesflores]

I'd love to watch it in a better quality. 240p sucks. Love this song.

[Bigsquid91]

I have no doubt that a lot of weed has been smoked to this.

[pitteddates]

Love this song. What a great band. How cool is Martin Barre's guitar work on his Hamer Explorer. The rest of the band are excellent as well.

[Butteroux]

Iron clad feather feet pounding the dust. An octoberous day towards evening.  Sweat embossed veins standing proud to the plough. salt on a deep chest seasoning.

[JRBwithME]

Hi Ian. Heard you today on BBC2. Was waiting to hear your voice. It was brill. You sound northern from Blackpool. You sooo desreves your successs, you are beyond talented but anyway, adore you. Saw you at the Free Festival at Birtle in Lamcashire years ago and you changed my life. You are soooo amazing there is no other. Thank you for being you. XXXXXX

[Lukather1979]

IMO one of the best songs from Jethro Tull. John Glascock and Barrymore Barlow are of the most underrated bass/drum players ever, what a chemestry...

[fadethetrade]

@Lukather1979 Glascock died a year after this recording from a bad heart valve from an absessed tooth!!

[Lukather1979]

@fadethetrade Of course he died, What's your point please ? ...Maybe I should have written "were" then...

[BBlueu2]

Monocle guitar player for the win!

[ylian34]

ah yes, i see ! thanks. but i dont find many words, perhaps language of the soil , gaellic, no?

[3moonriver]

@ylian34 Language of the soil - yes, great description! Ian Anderson has a real appreciation of the land, and the old traditions of working it; I have huge respect for this man, both as a musician (second to none), and an extremely articulate and intelligent person, unspoilt by success.

[ylian34]

i love this group and this song but i dont understand the lyrics, too bad. (Yan, from France)

[3moonriver]

@ylian34 It's about the loss of our customs and heritage in this sad old progressive commercialised world!

[Meadoway40]

@ylian34 Heavy Horses are the horses which ploughed the land before tractors, he lists breeds of horses suffolk, clydesdale etc. His lyrics are not easy to understand even for us English speaking peeople [his has a dialect of his own]. A fantastic song anyway, from the old times of good music.

[DoctorWho1983]

The bass line is Awesome

[JRBwithME]

Owww Love this so much. Love Ian too. So cute and sexy. Thank you for posting this classic that never got it's just deserts.

[RedDyeNo4]

Love love love this Ian..incarnated as a country squire

[carmaj156]

Un...be...lie...vable. This is Tull's 9th Symphony. I think I´m not mistaken when I say this is one of the greatest songs ever recorded in Rock history (along with other jewels like Stairway to Heaven, A Day In The Life, Bohemian Rhapsody, Love Reign O'er me and Voodoo Chile). And the lyrics are incredible. I feel like reading a novel.

[2009CareHealth]

Let me find you a philly for your proud stallion seed. classic

[3moonriver]

Fabulous, loved Ian Anderson when I was 17, 40 years later still do......

[keisty88]

@3moonriver I hear that loud and clear...with all my heart also

[tull4eva]

hello



[paroutdiok]

I dont have the words to describe this song.Whenever i hear t i fell all those mixed emotions. Just perfect

[SuperPhlo]

Sir Jethro Tull! Thank you for everything! Greetings from Romania!

[sebans88]

Aguante Jethro! CARAJOOOOO!!!!

[mazdaplz]

@sebans88

para toda la vida

[shaunxthexmod777]

when the oil oil barrons drip dry..classic..lol

[UnbrokenCheese]

I'm not sure if this, or "Songs from the Wood", was the first Tull I ever heard, but they occupy the same place in my memories. Such imagery. I get a chill around the midpoint:

"Bring me a wheel of oaken wood, a rein of polished leather

A heavy horse and a tumbling sky

Brewing heavy weather"

And if I recall, I think that phrase was printed on rear of the album cover.

[TheTickTockGirl]

This is my all time favourite Tull piece--EVER. And that is a tough call, especially with Ian's volume of work!

Just is... ;~}}

[Aimitolcic]

@TheTickTockGirl I would call it my all time favourite Tull tune too, definitely ;)

[underwwraps2]

This video always has been good!

Thanks a lot!! Underwraps2