Jethro Tull- To Cry You A Song

[MoffattMetal]

Am I the only person born in the 90s who enjoys this?

[VoodooVuich89]

Martin is one of my favorite guitarists ever .. This is gold

[charlieg1337]

this song is TULL............

[meltorment949]

These is the greatist musician of & will be in my life time,. I'm glad I saw this Band live kicked ass !

[blazehok]

"......came down from the sky to cry you a song."

Beethoven is happy

[bowecho]

Tull = Genus since I say them in 1974 in concert! One of a kind....has never be repeated.

[Gyurci77]

i love this song

[cohenterry717]

HOW MANY CIGARETTES DID I BRING ALONG ? WHAT A FANTASTIC TRACK FROM, IN MY OPINION THE BEST ALBUM THEY EVER MADE. ANYONE WHO LIKES TULL WOULD HAVE BENEFITED FROM THE FACT THAT THE ALBUM WAS FANTASTIC.

[Luxmaxnike]

fuck this ads

[renoraider2]

@Luxmaxnike I hate the ads. I hate commercials as well. Fuck the advertisers in the ass. And the companies that try to push their lies on us.

[dracd235]

the ultimate - always was - always will be

[operalover67]

I know it's late...never too late to cry you a song...

[Trower22]

Une des meilleures chansons de Jethro Tull avec My God et Aqualung.

[Donosidad]

Makes me cry and brings back old memories of the 70`s.

Best song ever... Saw them in concert and will never forget their show.

Great band,fantastic music...Thanks a lot for the upload!

[95thFoot]

What a great tune- hadn't listened to it in almost 30 years. Thanks!

[Terlingua27]

"Benefit" was a landmark album, and one of my favorites. Members have come and gone over the years but the integral component, Anderson and Barre, has remained the same. Jethro Tull is an original and unique entity in Rock music history. Their live performances never disappoint !

[edwardharlan]

A great Jethro Tull album and one of the best songs from this album

[edwardogburn]

You dislike this and I "keel" you!...

[Electricguitar94]

Meilleure chanson de l'album Benefit.

[CraigS291234]

Jethro Tull is monumentous

[Pattieire]

check out The Jethro Tull Forum

[solarconcert]

peace love go naked........ my anthem....

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[meowandmeow]

God, i still think l prefer Stand Up, but benefit is a work of demi-gods

[tipota60]

benefit = masterpiece

[mojostephen]

Is it just me, or does anyone else hear strong similarities ( especially in the double tracked guitar solos) between this and Blind Faith's "Had To Cry Today"?

[indyozzy1]

Jethro Tull my favorite band since 30 years,Benefit my best album of Tull,,,

[MrIrishBri]

"thought I saw angels, but I could have been wrong". No, I wasn't wrong tho, saw them to the tune of 17 times so far, best live band ever, don't thonk I've evr heard the same song played the same way twice, ever

[joinedile]

benefit the best of tull 

[thegerrie19561]

three persons do not cry for this song

[Bacmaster]

@thegerrie19561 They don't know good classic music.

[m1kewithaone]

well at the aquilung concert i remember that part where he's singing about that old coger with the ice hanging from his beard, he was bent over singing from a mic that was only waist high, and me and my girlfriend who had 4th row seats, remember thinking 'oh poor fellow, his microphone must have broke'. well, we were stoned on acid, and so it wasn't till much later that we got that one figured out. lol.

[Yzyz00r]

I'm 16 and totally addicted to this LP! Awesome music is timeless!

[scragger07]

@Yzyz00r Way to go my boy, I've got the original vinyl which is a treasure to be sure.

I even had the best experiance of all time by seeing the Tull live at Festival Hall in Melbourne in 1972. Flying so high,here in my taxi-cab.......what about Martin's guitar solo towards the end?

[m1kewithaone]

this was at red rocks ampatheater in the mountains outside of denver 1970 it was a good time for all stoned on orange sunshine.

[leoretrosi]

i am 58 and since hearing aqualung in nam in 71 i have loved tull.

i belive that benefit is one of the most underated lp;s of the .70;s

for some reason all you hear when you you hear tull 70 is teacher no way

to cry you a song with you their to help me is better, but thats just me thank you tull, peace .

[m1kewithaone]

@leoretrosi then when i saw them the following year in the denver collisium i had 3rd row seats and stoned on blotter acid, the band was dressed up like gangsters in zoot suits and with all in sync that would suddenly turn those guitars toward us all at the same time and it looked like they were firing machine guns at us ... i guess you woulda had to be there...:)

[m1kewithaone]

@leoretrosi then when i saw them the following year in the denver collisium i had 3rd row seats and stoned on blotter acid, the band was dressed up like gangsters in zoot suits and with all in sync that would suddenly turn those guitars toward us all at the same time and it looked like they were firing machine guns at us ... i guess you woulda had to be there...:) im 56 and just missed the draft by months!

[OctopusGuy2]

Teen Tull fan here. So glad I got into these guys! Benefit's a great musical gem in the caverns of prog...

[noclouds111]

THE most unheralded LP of all-time...a greater LP was never made.

A masterpiece, from start to finish.

Thanks to my friend Marty for turning me on to this over 40 years ago.

[bcdalessio]

I really feel great when I hear Jethro Tull...

... like a good vibrations!

[gdub999tube]

As my teenager would put it, this riff is effing sick!

[m1kewithaone]

@gdub999tube  ya, when i was there, it was outa sight Man!!

[michaeljamsmith]

My favorite Tull tune off my my favorite Tull album. I heard this first back in the 70s when Stone Man played it on WPLR. (Stone Man weather report: "Its going to be a sunny today so you can roll down the windows and let the smoke out")

[ottofischer52]

still my favourite group!and that for 40 years!

[tcoudi]

I still consider Benefit first grunge album ever.

[MuzikJunkyAES]

This song is SCREAMING to be rhymed over! Where are Pete Rock, DJ Premier, and Diamond D to turn this into a head-nodder for a skilled emcee? Peace.

[Dunkleosteus9]

Did this come out before Auqalung?

[Pasalaqcua]

@Dunkleosteus9 1 year before Aqualung

[MrTiptoes1]

One of the strongest voices in rock and roll (you know who it is every time you hear him). This group took it from simple songs to songs of great length and complexity during the progressive rock era. Opening the door for other genius creators (ELP, Zep, Yes) to come up with great compositions. A time to be remembered by more than a simple hook.

[edneiventrue]

WONDERFULL MUSIC ONE OF THE BESTTHE JETHO TULL

[captainlockheed214]

impossible to comprehend anyone who DISLIKES this song!!

[StormRider9x]

@captainlockheed214 Exactly this has been my favorite song since 1969...anyone that doesn't like this has got to be cracked

[StormRider9x]

@captainlockheed214

Exactly this has been my favorite song since 1969...anyone that doesn't like this has got to be cracked

[DoctorWho1983]

Love those guitar harmonies!

[KnucklesTheEchidna37]

Three guitar solos, kick-ass song

Also about the lyric "flying so high"... I don't know why Anderson wrote that because he didn't to drugs

[scragger07]

@KnucklesTheEchidna37 The lyrics are actually about returning to London after a tour of the US and getting ready to disembark, Ian jotted down these words.So really, nothing to do with drugs.

[KnucklesTheEchidna37]

@scragger07 Ah! Thanks for the enlightenment

[japinvt]

A featured song and LP in the soundtrack on the road to self destruction. Top 10 of that era at any rate.

[The64200]

My alltime favourite song of Jethro Tull. Saw them, i think 10 times from 1970 to 1980, and i don`t miss one of the concerts.

I like JT from 1969 to today, love that Music,i think my whole live!



[rudybarbarossa]

I have to respond positively to the first two comments.

As for the rest of you, stay in school.

[omega31737]

I love the intonation of this song.

[Pasalaqcua]

The guitar hooks on this album are fucking amazing.

[helloutube162]

saw them live, it was ausome o_0

[wsjjc777]

fucking wicket lol

[drummer8by2]

Saw Tull at the Boston Garden in 71' following the release of Aqualung....I've seen/been to some great concerts....this was the best I've seen!!!!

[taylormade2go]

1971....'My very first Tull tune. 19 years old, fucked up on 'Shrooms and listening through a reel to reel via Mcintosh speakers. GOD what an experience. Saw 'em in Nashville very shortly after the release of Thick as a Brick around '73' BADASS!!!!!!!!

[youoregon1]

Saw them at The Fillmore East '70 or '71. Revelatory.

[captainlockheed214]

wore the grooves out 3 times but i did that with nearly all of my tull albums

[ror312gallery19]

killer riff,killer lyrics,,!!

[vegasjinx]

fantastic record. was intoduced to tull at about age 10 when my mom and dad would get pretty well stoned and blast what i would call some of the best music ever written.i love it when people argue about who knows what and did what, yet have absolutely nothing to do with the band,the songs, or anything else that really matters.almost every clip on you tube has two wonderlicks arguing about something.hilarious.

[sublimy99]

1968 This Was

1969 Stand Up 

1970 Benefit

1971 Aqualung

1972 Thick As A Brick

Led Zeppelin

January 12, 1969

Tull opened for Led zepplin, not the other way around.

[carpedatum]

"This Was" was Tull's first album, 1968.

Go to Tull's official website for the discography

[uninvited13]

wicked tune

[mrmooneyful]

Remembering John Tomchik......

[sandsman11]

a few fattys and waitin for tull to come on at the spectrum in philly hell i was in my early 20,s i think the fattys did catch up to me haha -- but tull put most bands to shame in concert great music and allways a great show (thanks for the memory)

[squadsquid]

This is the best Jethro Tull album....love it, brings back 1972-74 to me.

[mharm52]

Tulltastic

[Starwheel6]

A close friend saw Tull Benefit album tour at Hampton Beach NH

The band that opened for them=Led Zeppelin - this was sometime 69 or even a bit earlier-Turned me onto both bands. Able to see

Aqualung album tour twice -Boston Garden=chocolate mescaline. 71 -i think -carbon dating my teen years is not my thing. Read the thc rings on my throat for age dating like tree rings. Told dozens in my high school who all went and were luminously happified. I was jr in hs in 71.

[EKJunction]

@Starwheel6 WOW.Your friend in NH must have had the same chocolate "mescaline".So strong that it turned world famous headliner Zeppelin into a warm up band ! and THEN it held up the release of the band's "Stand Up " in 69 to make way for the material they had not even conceive of yet.

[Starwheel6]

@EKJunction Google -Jethro Tull -wikipedia -you will find that Stand Up was released in 1969. Then google -Led Zeppelin-wikipedia-you will find that LZ was formed in 1968. If you want to be a chronological referee (a dumb occupation) next time check your facts before you throw down the red flag.

Trying to catch someone's time-line mistake when they say they are uncertain (even though I got it right now that I checked) means you must be a really insecure, anal cretin & a real time waster..

[EKJunction]

@Starwheel6 Wiki is your standard ? Right .i lived through the first tours of both bands ,you are the bull shitter not me.

[Starwheel6]

@EKJunction Stand Up - 1969 -

it's a fact-try Amazon.com anywhere on the internet or planet.

Led Zep -started 1968-read Jimmy Page's bio.

Check the facts-snap out of it!

Stop typing after a quart of Old Crow-you're babbling nonsense.

And F--k off dipshit!

You're dumber than MC Hammer's pants on Vanilla Ice with a Flock of Seagulls haircut.

[EKJunction]

@Starwheel6 Reading "comprehension ' seems to be the source of your problem.The date the two bands formed -was never in contention .I saw them both at different venues in the U K & then in the States Sorry .The more you rant ... the more you embarrass yourself.

[Starwheel6]

@EKJunction When I show friends this progression of concepts the only one

they're shaking their head at and snickering at is you.

I do not need to apologize for having the correct facts. I stand by my concepts then I liberate them into spaciousness.

This way my rants are fearless.

Try not solidifying your concepts next time then you will avoid being

chained to looking foolish.

[unknownkingdom]

@Starwheel6 I can't even tell what you guys are arguing about. I read the comments several times.

[Starwheel6]

@unknownkingdom Trivia, really. The dude was trying to be a time referee and

call me on the years I wrote about. When I had even said in my first initial statement

that I was unsure of the dates- it was of no consequence in the history of the universe & Jethro Tull. Forgetaboutit. Enjoy Tull-that's more important.

[DaDa2Phlux]

@EKJunction I love it. High compliments for exposing this self important,preening putz. The first give away was his boasting of being the product of an elite preparatory school -yet citing Wiki of all sources !HaHah .Believe Boston is rife with his brand of wind machine. I saw Tull in Nov.69 w/ "The pride of England Tour .Joe Cocker & the Grease Band,the original Fleetwood Mac & Tull . For the record-Mac opened .,followed by Tull,then headliner Joe Cocker.

[OlRetro]

Now this is the real deal here! These guys were dead serious about playing pinpoint-tight music together. Excellent quality - thanks!  Regards, '62 Mathew St. (Total Retro Rock)

[guinness02122]

Greatness from Tull again. Is anyone suprised!

[spoildn8410]

Absolutely, positively, dynamic, great album from all the way back in 1970. Everything

is great. Must have for any Tull collection.

[mistsfromthepast]

Amazing how many of these words I still remember after what? 30 years or more.

[gimsi]

Good song with contrapoint and everything. The bass is incredible.

[toddviv]

that is so rocking-pure enjoyment

[kevin652010]

This rarity is so sweet. I just want to mention Stormwatch here. By no one's opinion, Ian's best but I was kid when I first heard Tull, and that was the album. So, I go back in time

[jade0626]

Great album!!! Holds so many good memories for me. I still love this album today and it's still my fav.

[thunderchief1994]

I loved this Album back in the day but then I bought the previous release Stand-UP. I can't make up my mind which was better. I actually prefer these two LP's over anything that was released later. They are both up there on my favorite LPs of all time.

[river07wander]

I couldn't agree more 306! Recently stumbled upon new music from a group called Mumford and sons. No comparison at all to Tull but a fresh sound for sure in these days!

[SANTORIOBUSTANUT]

This songs kicks the whole world in the ass.

[pistol264]

while stationed in southeast asia during the vietnam war played cassette tapes with Tull, Genesis, Pinkfloyd...ironically few GI's were hip to them...however, the Laotians, Thais, and Vietnamese that I knew were familiar with them...loved Aqualung....strange world we live in...

[hillbillyvol]

Every word in this song was instilled in my mates as we became atune to the modern man.  Cigarettes are now gone, but I still am a blackbird.

[mauro9601]

Benefit,tra i miei album preferiti dei Jethro Tull

[1KOOLROCKNDAN]

I like this I hadnt heard this since 1992 I bought the cd then traded it.I still have alot of tull on cassette and cd.thanks for posting

[solargesture]

how many times have i sat there high as an helium inflated noodle trying to remember how many cigs i brought along. good times. please feel free to check out my music on my channel. much obliged

[chrisradano]

I always thought this was an acid- induced album + album cover. Maybe it was me who was on acid. I still can't exactly tell for sure!

[maida1982a]

Ian hated drugs; never touched them-

[chrisradano]

I'm not necessarily referring to Ian. I don't know if you can listen to this song and determine it was not influenced by drugs. BTW I am not pro-drug.

[Bassoid]

Or so he says... as much as I love Jethro Tull , I consider that tabacco is one of the worst drugs in existence , and Ian himself lost a lot of his voice range due to smoking :) , that was his drug.

[dovie2blue]

@Bassoid That's a shame....just saw him on the telley from 2003 and his voice is gone - it's like he's short of breath or something...very sad.

[sofakingdrunk66]

Saw The Tull at Apollo Glasgow about a 100 years ago...What a Gig...

[TravisTook]

This Band spoke to me long ago and it still does. Long live Tull..Progessive Rock with meaninful thoughts.

Ian Anderson mentored me and I embrace those others who understand where I once was andf remain.

I am so very glad am still influenced by Jethro Tull.

[Shaman2401]

@TravisTook

You sir are not alone

[TravisTook]

Good to know of a kindred spirit. The lyrics along with the music remain awesome for me.

Thanks for sharing.

[racketemensch]

First time I heard this the news 'people' were saying there was extra special security guiding the space shuttle back to Earth, because there was a jew on board.

I just hadda change channels and found this.

[iluvflagunlaws]

lol!

[toddviv]

rocking music that never ages

[knodland]

This is such a awsome song its like yesterday cross eyed mary i swear

[306bad]

My favorite album, what a GREAT contribution to music that few people will ever hear, I guide my face book friends to this album in the hope that young and old will enjoy, it is a master class in producing an LP enjoy everyone.

[glaetze]

@306bad

You got that right bro.

I remember the time I bought the album. It was the summer of 1970, just before high school football practice in Azusa, Ca. I went over to my friend's house to show it off. We laughed, as he had already bought it himself, so we listened to it in his house, over and over, during football season. It still reminds me of that time, whenever I hear it.

Great times and memories. And the best Tull album, IMO.

[iamrwg2u]

@306bad I hope you don't mind, I plaigarized your comment and shared it with MY Facebook friends!

[m1kewithaone]

@306bad the jethro tull benefit concert 1970, red rocks ampatheater in the rocky mountains colo., people started climbing over the rocks to get in with out paying. the cops were there, the helicopters too, some words were said, some tear gas was thrown, finally ian anderson stopped the concert and told the police to go away, it is now a FREE concert, ...... a benefit....

[Buggerlugz000]

Ian Anderson, Jeffrey Hammond-Hammond, Martin Barre, Glen Cornick & Maestro "tout le monde" Mr Ian Anderson demand recognition ! A Knighthood (yes- right- Give it to John, supplement His Camels(,') right?) would not be far wrong insofar as to the honour demanded by the transparent talent Mr.Anderson posesses. Did I forget Mr.Barriemore Barlow? NOOO ! Your triangle, to this day, confounds me ! Mr.John Evan- your piano (as Mr.Evan's) will remain untouched in memory. LADIES & GENTLEMEN: JETHRO TULL

[dandeexxxx]

Benefit, Stand Up, Aqualung-the rest is all drivel

[RenoRaider]

wrong as usual queen friday. Songs from the Woods; Thick as a Brick; Minstrel in the Gallery. I shouldn't even be wasting my time explaining shit to you.

[BaptizedinFire]

I don't agree about the rest being drivel, but you're right about Tull peaking with these three albums (although I think Songs From the Wood is of the same caliber as well). They got too complex for me, some songs are more math than music! But on the first albums, they just wrote great songs.

[dandeexxxx]

drivel wasnt the right word to use. I was so blown away by their first couple albums, I got carried away. sorry

[tubermier]

I saw the early Tull several times in Vancouver and was always high, and they were very tight in those days. They put on great shows. Sensational Alex Harvey Band and Jethro Tull was the last time I saw them. I got to see Alex Harvey before he died. R.I.P

[wolf2feather]

One of best albums ever put out. Flying so high, yes, I recall that. What a journey. I saw Ian and the boys in '79 in Omaha and then in the 80's in Atlanta. A Tull CD is never far from my cd player in the car. A great way to drive to work.

[frobo49]

And my appreciation of this good music was often dulled as I was usually high on something or other!

[glynnth]

Baloney! Being high would have only ENHANCED the experience, I'm sure...

[danielweber2009]

GREAT song, WAY to underrated.

[mobyboy]

yess !!

[afterthem]

One of the best Tull songs ever

[0Jakers07]

sick song man!!!

[timdemillo]

One of my All-time favorites by Anybody, man. And you're right, 64200, a TREMENDOUS live show band. The best I ever saw... first saw Tull in Boston, 1973-74. Long ago but like last night hearing To Cry You A Song. Benefit, Aqualung, Songs From The Wood and Minstrel In The Gallery is all I'd need on a desert island, man. Long Live Jethro Tull!

[The64200]

Only a good song? No, a great Song, i hear them many times in the 70s, and JT was one of the greatest live acts ever. Not only Ian Anderson, the whole Band transform great feelings. If i hear today the songs, the feelings are all back.

[RivendellMists]

good song

[GlassPike]

the vocals on this are amazing, the lyrics and the delivery are so well fitted

[basstaman79]

one of my favorite's jethro tull songs

[ChrisPCr3am]

amen

[KisniCovek]

--I was clicking on play when I accidentaly poked the 2 star rate instead... bummer. :( Well, it's a cool song, I'm sure there'll be enough fans to amend my looserness. :D

[boxerjeep]

i gave it 5 stars... and it deserves it!! great song and amazing album

[thirtysevenfred]

Martin Barrie & Glenn Cornick What awesome tone!

[TULLYNOL]

I am with you completely on that. I still believe that ... in popularity at least.... people who have not purchased this lp are truly missing out on some of the best Rock and Roll ever. Certainly ... as much so to ..."Out Do"..... Led Zep' for the same time period. What do you think?

[bgalexus]

Music for all the TIME!!!!!!!!

[ColdWinterSun3]

Tull gives me a view towards the future...despite how old it is...

[thirtysevenfred]

Great music never gets old ! Tull was / is a phenomenom

[roccosings]

i got through college on this song

[JokerX29X]

one of the best songs ever

[yomayteypunto]

to wapa

[TULLYNOL]

This Was A Sadly Underated Album....

Thanks For The Memories

Tull Is My Shepherd I Shall Not Want

[time2act1]

Who cares what color one might be ...its a good one and that what really matters!..

Thanks for the upload...

[zappatull2]

i am not saying this is good or bad but i was in harlem at a gangster rap show and all the faces was black?

[gotham99d]

I AM NOT SAYING THIS MEANS ANYTHING GOOD OR BAD --- but 2 times I was at a Jethro Tull concert and both times each and every human face I saw was white. In this day and age I did not think that was possible.

[fluffythecat2]

just curious, what years and what cities?

[rabbitshirt]

Been to a KKK rally lately?

[VoidTerraFirma]

My fave Tull song. Never gets old!

[ianmatthewmcknight7]

This is one of the best tull lps.....

[eagyl]

I use to have an anderson poster in 71. He's gotthe longest fingers I've ever seen. All the better to play the flute w/ my dear.

[Gynacord]

Still got this album in my brain chaps, which is damned better than a mint vinyl in your bookcase.

[alantord]

have this album in mint condition,still as good now as was in 1970.great band !!!!!

[blowingharp]

used to have this album on cassette ha ha

[elviss]

Wishbone ash rock aswell. Jethro tull rocks. Rock on!

[tomers113]

the sound quality could be better...

[PresidentBagel]

RABBA

[garuda102]

esta es una de mis canciones favoritas

[BlackieGirl]

You sure can tell where Maiden got their influence's, can't you?

[fishnsticks]

sure can

also another really big influence on their harmony / i guess melodic approach

is a band called

Wishbone Ash

they're good to

listen to Phoenix, The King Will Come, Alone,

etc.

[theodorus45]

Compare Wishbone Ash with Jethro Tull?Some nice songs but they come three steps behind.

[fishnsticks]

oh no dude i wasn't comparing i was replying to blackiegirl because she said that "you sure can tell where maiden got their influences's can't you"

and so i just wanted to give her another band who they got alot of harmony and melodic and stuff from

i wasn't saying another band like jethro tull

they are different

sorry for the confusion