Jethro Tull - North Sea Oil & Old Ghosts - 1980 with classic lineup

[gilboagogo]

The soundtrack song for the early 80's tv show North Sea Oil.

[FanMusicReal]

Well, I think Tull is light years ahead of Yes and Genesis but they are light years ahead of Madonna lol.

[ColinBobbyDartford]

@FanMusicReal Light years in what sense?

[TravenV]

awesome

[jananbanana77]

TIMELESS.



[PR0T0H0M1N1D]

I love this album. Too bad that this performance is lip-sync. I've seen Tull live many times and they were especially great before Anderson's voice nearly destructed in '84.



[placidian]

Love this album. Stormwatch was the first Tull album I bought.

[rolynstone48]

It's so funny to see Ian Anderson , who is all energized by the performance he just finished , almost in shock to have to suddenly be interviewed by a guy speaking a different language [was it Dutch or something ? ] and squirming in a sort of incredulous stupor as he plays along with the guy , just waiting for him to finish so he could get on with the next piece , but in the meantime, entertaining us with his classic expressions on his face that are so "trademark" to him !

[sovjetvodka]

@rolynstone48 It was german.

[momthedragon]

@rolynstone48 yep, love those "trademark" faces! :) They were (and are still) wonderful!

[Semente200]

This is fantastic! Always thought that "north sea oil" has a great energy. They were so creative at this time, just a shame this is the last work with Barlow

[cpdaddy7]

Just nic.e to see Old Ghosts on youtube. Great song, maybe one of their best.

[cjo2112]

THE ONLY THING THIS LINE-UP IS MISSING IS THE DECEASED J.G! GOD HOLD THE BADDEST MOTHER FUCKER EVER, JOHN GLASCOCK!!!

[cjo2112]

THIS IS THEE ONLY TULL LINE UP!!!!! GOD HOLD THE BADDEST MOTHER FUCKER EVER, JOHN GLASCOCK!!!

[togue777]

R&R hall of fame is irrelevant. Do we need Jan Wenner" approval of our musical choices.

[infodisinfo]

@togue777 screw that hall of lame! like anyone in their right mind would want to go to that dirty shit hole Cincinnati!

fuckin' jew heaven of the mid west.

[togue777]

@infodisinfo I think by the time I reached 18 I came to realize that the hall of shame,the grammys,the oscars and all the music critics didnt amount to a hill of shit. I saw this tour in Portland ME and was blown away. My friend was tripping and John Evans antics were freaking him out. Some great memories.

[infodisinfo]

@togue777 I have to admit you had your epiphany on the performing arts, and their respective award systems at an earlier age then I. I'm in my 40's now, have shacked off a lot of the social conditioning we are given, I see the world in a much different light now. Almost everything I read and hear in the media sounds different to me today then it did 20 years ago.

2 part reply... see below

[infodisinfo]

@togue777 Knowing what I know today has given me an even greater respect for musicians like Anderson. Even back in '69 he would not bow to the social forces of the industry when he said "thanks, but no thanks" to playing at Woodstock.

[togue777]

@infodisinfo Conditioning is the word. We dont need an industry to teach us how to stir our psyche. As for Woodstock , I think Anderson also new that sound quality would be a crap shoot. It had disaster written all over it. I only wish I was a 100th as prolific a writer as he is.

[infodisinfo]

@togue777 Woodstock... geezzzz... and where are all those bands today? Sure, some have dead members, some are still around, but how many? Then how many have been going strong ever since? Touring almost every year, still producing original sounding music on many albums, with such a wide range, too.

Tull stands alone in my mind, not just in the Woodstock question, but overall. Few bands of their caliber, Pink Floyd really the only one that comes to mind at this moment.

[sassygirl0453]

Stormwatcher Album. That was a really good album. To bad they broke-up.

[BARRIEMOREBARLOW]

Lip Synched to the max

[mercmarc]

Its always dissapointing when they fake synch . Seems beneath them.

[SeeeTubeee]

There should be NO Halls of Fame - they are just political.

None in Sports.

None in music.

Jethro Tull Ian Anderson IS a Musical Genious.

[leegeddyfan]

Its funny how this song still has a lot of meaning with todays oil crisis in the United States

[paul44miles]

This was the last great album from Jethro Tull. Great song, And a great performance by the band. 4 stars.

[cerdes0]

I'll be seeing procol harum and Tull at Jones Beach Theater this June ,2010! It;s going to ne Massive!

[rmariani1]

The album Under Wraps is not very appealing mostly because there is no real drumming. It was programed by Ian & Peter vertese.

Also when Anderson finally did produce his 1st solo album, it too had no real drummer. And get this...no flute as well.

Fact.

[rmariani1]

Okay so I lied about no flute being on "Walk Into Light"

Had you goin' there for a minute.

Superbless

[rmariani1]

It's very well documented that this line up was split up during the making of the A album. They were to be put on hold during the production of Ian's solo effort but Martin Barre was brought in and ended up as a Tull album. Dave Pegg shown here on bass for the stormwatch tour after Glasscock died from complications of congenital heart conditions and drug use. There is a new 40 yr dvd that came out in 2010. John Evans and Ian were not even speaking to each other on the stormwatch tour.

[samplemuso]

great stuff!!

What guitar is Martin Barre playing? is it a Danelectro??

[forestghost7]

its a Hamer _ I had same model

[tullist]

Martin, a man who knows how to dress for every occasion. So many great Ian interviews available here in the net age, but this remains one of my favorites, the cat flat out knows how to mug for the camera. ""I"ll be coming again like an old dog in pain, blown through the eye of a hurricane"! Sounds like his stage entrance between Martin and Jeffrey in 75. God Save The Tull! And indeed he has.

[camelandu2]

LOL, they're not even trying to hide that this is playback... One of the best things about them! (Except for the SUBLIME music of course!)

[Gyurci77]

We miss John Glascock very much

[seanseventy]

why

[themoonchild123]

ian andersson is the leader creator of a great band

[mxlisand]

Saludos desde Tecate Mex, cuna del Classic Rock & Jeepin, en Finca Bouree un lugar en las montañas de Baja inspirado en el albun Minstral in the Gallery y centro de inspiracion y relajamiento con musica de Jethro Tull en vivo ( covers) y gravada en LP, Videos y otros, cada año juntamos un grupo de 150 + - para una noche de 4x4 y Tull

Saludos

Collin Bueno

Jeepin & Tull

[estevladimir]

JT siempre va a ser una banda, buena, innovadora, musical y escenicamente incomparable... pero a decir verdad el MEJOR jethro tull murio con John Glascock.

ese es mi parecer.

[lerxt42]

good old martine barre

he gives hope to all folicular challenged guitar players

[pythonflying]

aye, good on ya!

[jdship44]

The first major disappointment of my life was bringing home "A" and listening to it. And after "Stormwatch!"

[kara1464]

If you want to talk about the best and the worst of Tull.... for me, the best has to be Heavy Horses... the absolute worst has to be A Stitch In Time... bloody awful.... but then, any group who have produced as much and varies as Tull have will have some crud in their catalogue.

[NastyGreaser]

a pity glascock died.

[Aqualung1989]

hey, tench626 abd wr2y... in my opinion, both A and Broadsword are great albums... Broadsword is in my Tull top 5, to be honest... and Under Wraps is shit!!!! I like 4 or 5 songs in it, but all in all, it's pretty dreadful. however, i agree batteries not included is an awful song, and pussy willow is much better played live, with the mandoline.

[tench626]

Of course it's lip-sync'd! But the song is a great one, from a top band. Hard to say what my favourite Tull album is, but Stormwatch comes very near to the top. No prizes for guessing the worst - 'A'. Total shite; am sure Ian thinks so too. It contains the worst song ("Batteries not included") ever written... by anybody!

Still, it was just a blip, as most other Tull stuff since has been excellent. 'Under Wraps' was a bit of a shock - but ya can get into it after a while.

[derdings2112]

A was never supposed to be a Jethro Tull, that's why it doesn't go by Tull standards.

[maanfrlo1965]

ecology song?

[forestghost7]

OMG its lip synch'd lol.  but still 1 of my fav JT songs

[tomlind68]

this is the tv-show i saw JT for the first time. i was 12. the next day i went to the next record store and bought my first JT-record (stormwatch) 3years later the whole back-catalogue was mine...

[newportgwentdragons]

jeffrey was excellent but john glascock was my personal favourite

[BigErik1984]

One of my favorite albums, right up there with Aqualung and Heavy Horses.

[vdg5rt]

grandiose!!!

[aqua7cn]

very predictable---of the current crisis today OIL---and the song was made in 1979

[Jeszenszkyzoltan]

My first thought was also, he is like Che Guevara...

[tullist]

I think a more likely comparison would be the great Scots/Irish harpist Turloch O Carolan, although he was blind. So love Ian's mugging with the interviewer in this video, at least the third time I've written something. Young children falter in their games at the altar of life's hide and seek. Bless you always son.

[gizlivadi8013]

in the first instant of the video, Ian looks like Che Guevara lol

[lionlr1]

listen to the lyrics of north sea oil, there right on the money!!!!!!!!!

[yagula43]

Tull reached their peak and things began to change as different members left the band and time went by. North Sea Oil is awesome! Regardless, as far as creativity in song writing, consistency, showmanship, vocals, talent and unique sound is concerened, Jethro Tull is at the very top of the list. Anybody who would argue that point has no idea what they are talking about!

Listening to Jethro Tull conjurs special memories that will never come again. One of my top 10 favorite bands!

[motormanish]

I am a big Tull fan as well.This band ROCKS with style , grace and a boat load of talent.

[wisgliebau]

It's so terribly hard to choose favorites when it comes to Tull, I agree! But Stormwatch is certainly one of their most exciting albums, in my opinion.

[anything777656]

awsome song one of my favorites I bought this album about 3 years ago and I love it

[lip333]

lol i have like 100 tull's songs as my favorites...

[LittleFeechie61]

Another Major Omission to the R & R Hall of Fame....

Yea, let's put in Madonna ahead of Tull, Yes, Genesis.

[firstclassmaleuk]

Absolutely. But then IA is far too much of a gentleman to complain. Avoiding publicity last year when his daughter married Andrew Lincoln.

[jjzuc]

@LittleFeechie61 It is a travesty that Jethro Tull are not in the R & R Hall of Lame. That place is a joke.

[SteGreenall]

@jjzuc

I couldn't agree more!

[LittleFeechie61]

"Before We All Are Nuclear, the Better Way"

He was right !!

[packfaz79]

Actually...you need electricity to generate Hyrdrogen for Fuel Cells via electrolysis of water. You have two choices to make that electricity...More Coal Plants (CO2..duh)...or Nuclear Power which generates ZERO Greenhouse Gases. The spent fuel can be FAR more easily guarded than we can pull CO2 out of the air. As such Nuclear represents a better way. Plus it takes the Radical Islamists out of power. To quote Pete Townsend..."let's forget you (Arabs) better still"

[mrytb]

It was sarcasms

[scottandrewhutchins]

"Old Ghosts" is an amazing song!

[peacejones]

You guys should keep up on your Tull. Noyce isn't even in the group anymore. His four official Tull releases: "Dot Com" in '99, Living WITH the Past '02 (live), The Xmas Album in '03 and Aqualung Live in 05 or so. Ian's slowed down his output in the last ten years for obvious reasons. No, the bass and keys position (and to lesser extend drums and guitar) are all in flux and revolving now. He's using his two solo players for keys and bass and often martin's not onstage, too.

[aqua7cn]

Hoorah Ian Anderson------ahhh the memories

[222222hot]

Hello CHAPS .we had pictures together,in NEW HAVEN CT & HTFD ,, best ever,, GENIUS musical pieces,so enthused to see, on these little boxs ,Never did get those pictures from since folded RADIO STATION,,,,standing next to MARTIN,front row ,DRUMMER BOB ,hope to here some more guys ,,,, great.

[rachel112263]

I am thrilled to see this video. North Sea Oil is one of my favorite Tull songs.

[davidkrausz]

What cracks me up is seing David Palmer with the beard and pipe.  Never would have guees he'd decide to have a sex change in his sixties. Crest of A Knave has some great moments, but Stormwatch is still the last great Tull album.

[Aqualung1989]

davidkrausz, i think that The Broadsword and The Beast, although different from previous Tull albums, with syntethyzers and stuff, is the last great Tull album (my favourite, with SFTW, Heavy Horses and Stormwatch)

[davidkrausz]

Broadsword was the first Tull tour I saw. I guess it the era of Spinal tap, it seemed to be a bit much. Show was good, album leaves me flat. I should mention that my favorite Tull is the Jeffrey Hammond-Hammond era stuff, although I enjoy the last three 1970's albums you named.

[pobmonty]

haha its so bad to see anderson mime! i totally agree with the noyce comments, i seen pegg live and then saw noyce live and as a bass player i think i could do a better job! Where do i get an application form?

[canley1]

The last knockings of classic 70's Tull: great stuff!!

[tullist]

Since it dawned on me that it could be wondered what output since 95? The records I am referring to incluce both IA's somewhat recent solo records, his orchestral stuff, Roots to Branches, Dot Com, The Christmas Album and Living With The Past, excellent records all. Many things between 80 and 95 as well.

[tullist]

I have seen each Tull tour since 72, and the idea of writing off their output since 1980, at least to anyone who ever liked the band, is mindboggling to me, though it is a common opinion, I believe their most consistent work, if not necessarily best, has been since 95.

[yagula43]

Since you have seen to every Jethro Tull Tour since 1972, you really have many rare and special experiences from each live performance.

Like a good wine, with age comes quality and refinement. I agree when you say that for a Jethro Tull enthusiast to write off their output since 1980 is mindboggling to say the least!

Definitely! Their most consistent work but not necessarily the best has been since 1995.

Only fans with experience and a good ear for music can really appreciate that fact!

[davidjrudram]

Sorry, slight error! It wasn't quite the best line up as of course John Glascock had already been replaced by David Pegg at this point.

[davidjrudram]

This is Jethro Tull when they were at their absolute peak. The best line up. The best clothes. The best Ian Anderson Looks. The best music. The best voice. Lord how it all went downhill from 'A' onwards.

[PaulHartXYZ]

While I LOVE the STORMWATCH Lp... my favorite era of Tull was the Jeffrey Hammond era... 1971-1975. Aqualung, Thick As a Brick, Passion Play, Warchild and Minstrel in the Gallery. Tull was at their creative and progressive best. Unfortunately, there's very little on film from that period.

[pocogirl]

Shortly after Ian stopped wearing his codpiece he was asked why he had stopped wearing it. Ian replied that he had married and was concerned that the heat from wearing it every night would cause him to "lose his virility". He had recently fathered a son when this interview took place, so his concern was for nought, but whenever I see Ian in his man tights I always think of that. Ok, perhaps a few other things as well.......

[PaulHartXYZ]

Thanks Pocogirl.

That's a nice interesting little piece of history.

[pocogirl]

Fantastic album; Stormwatch. Truly ahead of it's time with it's eco warnings too. Seeing Ian with his white tights sans codpiece (after 1975?) it reminded me of Ian's answer to the question of why he 'hung up' his codpiece.

[yllebarn]

i like this song. but after stormwatch album the jethro tull spark dies a litle.

[packfaz79]

And I'll be coming again...

Like an old dog in pain...

Blown through the eye of a hurricane...

Go down to the Stones...where the Old Ghosts Play.

Love it...I learned to play Dun Ringill back in the day.

[packfaz79]

Thanks for posting this...I really loved Stormwatch.

[KingHellstrings]

I can't believe most of the band quit after this. Such a shame. With the exception of Pegg, THIS was Tull in their prime.

[canley1]

I totally agree with you, although Peggy made the bass player position all his own during the 80's and 90's, and is sorely missed these days: I'm not that keen on the current line-up

[KingHellstrings]

Noyce seems to have absolutely NO personality to his playing whatsoever. He's just a fucking session player. All the previous ones actually added something!!

[samsombersimba]

Even their miming stuff is really good though. Any Tull is beyond awesome.

[Elcore]

You can tell when Ian is miming for sure because no one can switch from flute to vocals that quickly. That's the thing about Tull. Most of their studio stuff is better than their live sets. Still, his fucking with that German presenter was fun to watch.

[Aqualung1989]

True...I prefer the studio stuff.

[wildwindsca]

yeah see I A fool with that deutch doood is too much LOL, Tull...... LUV I'M !!!

[mariocarcavelos]

Bom Video, referente aos bons velhos tempos dos Jethro

[rascabuches81]

Ian is weird, but is a genius, unfortunately it was all play back,

[vistacruiser67]

Barrie Barlow is the genius

[canley1]

INNIT!!

[jmharrison51]

Certainly is.

Thanks so much for posting this Ben - a real gem.

[Tirann1]

Haha, Ian is a genious! :D

[PaulHartXYZ]

BEN.

You are finding stuff I've NEVER EVER seen before.

And I'm the EXPERT on what is out there.

What's going on????

Where are you finding these videos???

I WANT THEM!!!!!

[sergioponti]

I believe this is unfortunately a playback for tv studio. The thing is too darn similar to the original lp version and Barrie's set is definitely not the one he had on that tour.

Too bad they don't do it live anymore!

[komkua]

oh why, oh why do they never play this absolutely ingenious song live?

[helenmyeyes]

There must have been some technical impossibility to play it live in TV studios then. Most of the TV shows were "synced" over prerecorded tracks. If it were doable Ian would most certainly prefer playing for real!

[komkua]

yeah, i've got that feeling too...

[helenmyeyes]

"We CAN play most of it, you see..." \lol/ Ian acts funny when he has to mime vocals and imitate flute playing for TV shows.