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It's so obvious that Ian's writing is geared to intellectually and emotionaly deep individuals. Anyone disagreeing is truly missing the point with reason ! Sure there's surface goodies in all Tull tunes, but if one understands what writing is supposed to be about, you'll have tears in your eyes listening to most Minstrel style tunes !
Just love this intellectual musician it long long time since I listened toTull... its brought back many dine memories and lyrics wirh a true meaning. :)
you have to understand how unique Tull was when he first came out. The sound was just so different. The music of course was great, but the band was so different. I saw them in concert live at the providence RI civic center back in 1970 something. Locomotive breath...speechless performance.
@Moony1397 Very nicely done young lady, your statement is succint and powerful without being rude or spiteful. Some people of all ages can learn from such an example. May all your days be nice.
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
@version261 I am 13, mixed with Italian and Irish blood. I picked up the bass like a few years ago and am inspired by the bands with incredible bass back then. I think I have a good taste of music. I don't listen to the auto-tuned crap they put the radio. I don't even listen to the radio. I listen to Grateful Dead, Rush, The Who, Hot Tuna, Jefferson Airplane, and countless other hippie bands (I could go on,). I feel that people today don't know what musical talent is. And I feel bad for them..
2: Congrats, you play the bass....what does that have to do with your definition of "good" music? The bass player is normally just some guy in the back of the band keeping a rhythm or providing some simple guitar harmony...wooo
3: There is talent today, and there will be talent tomorrow. So sorry your ears are broken and you can't hear it.
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
This is hilarious, I wonder if Ian or any of the actual band members look at these comments at all. All the god talk, and did I get my punctuation right? And I don't really care what ivy league college u went 2 !! LOL. I wonder if you guys have ever listened to wind-up. Oh and read the lyrics if u your intellectual mind can't catch what he is trying to say. lol lol.
@HarvardMedGrad2010 The hell are you on about? Yea you are really a beacon of all that is good in Christianity. I'm sure if Jesus were here he would have fights on the internet involving entire paragraphs with no punctuation whatsoever. not even periods. I like how in your comment you swear (implied or otherwise) 3 times, and use "omg", an abbreviation that probably goes against the 3nd commandment, dontcha think? Hell, im not even a christian and i can spot a fail a mile away.
ian anderson and the rest of j. tull created some of the most poignant and relevant music of the last 60 years. the proof is in the fact that it still resonates today just as strongly as when it was first released. songs with depth, emotion, and true musicianship. pure genius and no comment can take that away!
I burned just this one song onto a CD for my Grad school mentor (and friend) when I graduated. He passed 3 years ago. Miss you, Doc! I think of you when I hear this song.
tull has covered every social issue in a poetic and musical manner,thus more people comprehend a thought that is genuine, not of the status quo. need i say more.
Only todays young people would say negative things about Jethro Tull - One of the greatest bands in all history. Also I believe the people knocking Tull are not white . Ian is an English gentleman who appealed greatly to us caucasians.
@version261 Sir (?), I am 15 year old girl and I love this band. Also, I'm half European and half Asian. It was the Asian part of my family that got me into Jethro Tull, so please, don't generalize. Music is music, and it's for everyone regardless of their skin colour, gender or ethnic roots. Just to leave that clear. Have a nice day. :D ♥
Well said little sister! Be healthy and happy! And may you never have all that you desire! (an odd sounding blessing, but you will grow to appreciate it!)
@version261 I realize Jethro Tull isn't a very popular band, but I don't think race really plays into it. I'm Indian, and I love Jethro Tull. And I know plenty of Caucasian people, English and American, who don't like Tull.
@version261 excuse me but i'm 15 and i love jethro tull, i've loved jethro tull since i was about 11, my dad always listens to them and has always listened to them! and why can't you just listen to the music and not give negative opinions on everything! quit discriminating and enjoy the fucking music if you love it so much!
@version261 I'm 16 and I don't listen to anything except oldies, like Tull. I absolutely HATE modern music and question all the time why and how people call like the boom boom auto tuned shit they dare to call music, I can't stand any of it. I don't even really like newer Rock/Metal. I like to listen to someone's singing voice, not some monster sounds.
I saw them in Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania, August 2001 just weeks before we were attacked in New York and Washington DC..He did not play some of his best songs like this one and to Cry You a Song..They were so great ..Ian is an absolute genius. I am so glad was able to experience this band back when I was a senior in High School and after.. Ian was so different fro all other bands . He had his own sound and sang about really cool things. Thank you Ian for helping many people enjoy life.
I have bad news for everyone who took "pbrick" seriously and furiously typed rebuttals to each of his posts. You all just proved your foolishness by responding to such an obvious troll.
Hey Nixon made Elvis an DEA Agent ! if you have time look up how elvis went from one coast to the other and finally ended up at the white house - Nixon was beside himself that Elvis came to see him - and not only that but Elvis had his .44 magum on him when he entered the white house and showed it to the president! Nixon thought Elvis was drug free as Nixon never knew that Elvis was on drugs in the past and while he was there at the white house!! look up the picture of Nixon and Elvis! peace!
wow! the gap in real musicianship twixt then and now is startling. ian anderson would not even get a sniff now cause the corporate control wouldn't know how to label him. how about "genius"?
This song was the "teacher" for many young men to learn to get "high" in the 1970s. I hope Ian is happy with the drug-riddled culture he has helped create. Along with Beatles, Stones, etc....USA is now poisoned w/ drug addicts. Congratulations flute player junkie...you created a generation of imitaters.
I myslef choose education. I hope all you junkie drug freaks get jailed!!!
@Aqualung1989 haha thats sick i didnt kno that he was anti drugs that just proves u can make awesome music without drugs even tho bprick doesnt think its possible
@Aqualung1989 lets have another pint tull is a drinking band they were around in the acid days but they did not like lsd, cigs and beer all the way. i have to admit they are good to listern to after pot . but the band were true to there history grog my friend
@Aqualung1989. You are absolutely correct. There is, in effect, a smaller percentage of pop / rock mega stars that refuse the dense concept of drugs, that stupid style of surviving fame and career. Indeed, Ian Anderson is right there in such a minority, be it intellectually based or, simply... health oriented. Perhaps in a bigger picture, it is a poetic way of matching his talent with common sense. [BTW, what happened at the tail end of the recording. High tech glitch. ^_^ ]
; Up until 1914, in America, opium/heroin, and cocaine were available for purchase in any store, therefore, please don't blame rock 'n' roll, as it didn't exist at that time.
pbrick6301 I myslef choose education. I hope all you junkie drug freaks get jailed!!!
Long live USA!!!
Like in "Long Live the King", Sir Prick? Seems we run into this type of ignorami more and more often these days. You whine as if there's ever been a dearth of academics in this land of yours. Education would rid it of drugs? How about "just say NO." Much cheaper, ja?
BTW, if u value edukation so highly, perhaps it behooves you to learn how to spell first.
Like in "Long Live the King", Sir Prick? Seems we run into this type of ignorami more and more often these days. You whine as if there's ever been a dearth of academics in this land of yours. Education would rid it of drugs? How about "just say NO." Much cheaper, ja?
BTW, if u value edukation so highly, perhaps it behooves you to learn how to spell first.
@pbrick6301 OMG! Do you even begin to know what a short circuited,programmed, degenerate, lost complete touch with reality, floating in fantasy land pinhead you are ?
@pbrick6301 you better hope the USA lives long so people like you can make bonehead opinions on a subject matter you know nothing about. Eat a big mac.
@pbrick6301 Thanks for ruining my day dickhole i fucking love this song u stupid sack of fucking worthless shit have fun with ur education u fucking fairy cuz i love this song but im not addicted to heroin im in ninth grade and take honors classes so suck me bitch
@xentius1 I get my information from my senses. I hear the voice of heroin. I see the ragged look of speed. And I hear mediocre musianship, the trademark of marijuana.
Drugs are for total losers. Long live Obama!!!! Long live Reagan!!!! Long live Pope Benedict!!!!!
.............Did you just call them mediocre musicians? Do you actually listen to any of the videos you spread your nonsensical babble on? Jethro Tull had some of the most complex music of... ever. Also, Tull's first album was in October 1968, giving them a massive year and 2 months to be in your top 3 "promoters of illegal drugs" in the 60s. What about Bob Dylan? Tim Leary.
@reangerer as long as you are getting "high" legally w/ prescribed drugs like elvis did i am cool with it. if it is illegal drugs though i hope you get caught and imprisoned.
@reangerer ARE YOU SOME SELF RIGHTEOUS HOLIER THAN THOU PERSON? PRESCRIPTION DRUGS ARE SHITTY. BUT SOME PEOPLE NEED THEM FOR PAIN OR DEPRESSION, ANXIETY WHATEVER. YOU SHOULDN'T JUDGE PEOPLE THAT USE THEM FOR LEGITIMATE PURPOSES. PEOPLE THAT ABUSE THEM HAVE SERIOUS ISSUES IN LIFE (LIKE SHOOTING EM UP , SNIFFING,OR MIXING WITH ALCHOHOL). BUT SOME PEOPLE NEED TO TAKE PILLS ALL DAY TO MANAGE SERIOUS CHRONIC PAIN.
@LUVMAGNUMGUNS2 Please use lower case letters, it makes you seem more reasonable. So managing pain is the same as creating a euphoric state of mind? If so, your dosage is too high.
And in reply to your comment about me; It seems you've made up your mind about me, so I doubt my opinion matters.
@reangerer You seem upset that others have judged you, Yet you didn't seem bothered when you were doing the same to others. People get hurt in life (or fall ill to sickness)and it sometimes results in the life long bummer of needing pills of some sort. For me, it's for blood pressure. They don't feel any different than sober,but if I had A broken back, I'd need stronger,no doubt! they don't adjust drugs by the miligram, so some "high" happens. Try not to enjoy it, it's supposed to be theraputic!
@LUVMAGNUMGUNS2 well for a thought jt and mad or insane forming or resulting drugs just dont go together the abstract thought form is an attitude or maybe to be bold a choice of opinion that leads to a group conclusion that if there isnt something else why do we understand a higher mind conclusion...... relaxation is healthy ...yes anyone i suffer disabilities no pain relief works so i thought my first hand ya ya fitted pearly8100
@MrCluckingchicken i dont believe in god. However, i don't care if people choose to believe in one as long as it doesn't affect anyone else. In this case, it was affecting everyone who saw his comment. In any case, my comment didn't imply that there was no god.
@pbrick6301 Hahaha. Do you know USA is the biggest drug consumer in the world? I have nothing agianst USA but get real. And what about Elvis, Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Charlie Parker, Ray Charles and so many other americans? The 60s biggest promotor of drugs was Timothy Leary. Get your facts straight.
@carmaj156 in the 1960s the biggest promoter of illegal drugs were the beatles, joe namath & jethro tull.
elvis presley was a honorable drug user who used only legal drugs. God bless him. he tried to divert the message of jethro tull by sacrificing his life against illegal drug pushers. learn some history.
@pbrick6301 Oh, I get it. You're a troll. OK, keep on trolling, but try harder next time, you're not doing a very good job. A real troll opens a fight between the posters instead of having all of them bashing against him. Nice try anyway.
@pbrick6301 what is an "honorable" drug user? there is nothing honorable about the way elvis lived his life, apart from his singing talent. god bless him for what? what a dumb thing to say.
jethro tull (if you are talking about ian anderson) was anti-drugs. did art linklater tell you that?
@bayougrrrl an "honorable drug user" is elvis presley. he was against illegal street drugs. he teamed up w/ nixon & together my country almost wiped drugs out. fueld by whatever dr nick gave him, he brought his energy to the goodfight keep our kids of drugs. he scared dope pushers of the streets because nobody wanted to get "round house" karate kicked by him. after he died in 1979 the pushers came back to the streets and w/ jethro tull as there leader...drugs took over my country.
@pbrick6301 Please go away, you're not changing anything here. To compare one addict to another is foolishness, to assume use is abuse is folly again, I withdraw my previous posts and plead you to leave us alone.
@pbrick6301 How does this song inspire someone to take drugs? I know a guy who has a phd and owns and runs his own company and makes more money than me and my other friends put together, a lot of which he gives to charity. You could say he is actually living the American dream. He smokes weed all the time, yet I would still call him a great man. Go fuck yourself pbrick you troll, your just jealous Jethro Tull, Stones and the Beatles are English not American.
@pbrick6301 the teacher is all the mistakes the humans have made in history never to be repeated im 54 are you a parent hater i was listening to jt at 18 the sounds are their high my disabilites no drugs work sounds are my relaxation long live usa its 2011 hell is freezing over we are all in this hope you find your vision their music couldnt have lasted so long if it was drug induced wake up and smell the #@$# pearly8100
Yes, rock flute is so great! Thijs Van Leer (Focus); Traffic; Canterbury scene, all are legendary and important to a historian or listener of good rock.
on my itunes this song was titled as ''alive and well and living in''. spent the last 2 hours listening to the original. now i don't know which one's better. god i love jethro tull!
@Dunkleosteus9 both the original UK and US(This version the one originally on the US version of Benefit) were made a year before and realized before aqualung
@jibarra116 Seems now this has become a rare hit along with his other big "Living in the Part." Used to be aired frequently years age. Now seems like no one airs them like if Tull didn't exist.
You mean the real Jethro Tull that Ian took as the band's name ,didn't revolutionize agriculture in the 1700's by perfecting the seed drill ,which insured that the majority of seeds sown in the field would germinate & not wind up in a crow's stomach thus decreasing the harvest & potentially causing both shortages of food & causing the price to rise ??? !
The flute is unrivaled.
mattpintojr 1 week ago in playlist Favorite videos
11 people need to be TAUGHT!
cottonfever1221 1 week ago
@theDeckisStacked He posts Cheerios and Wheaties. Heh heh heh.
folkmetalmusicman 1 week ago
Fuckin A this song is awesome when your stoned!
sjdupree 3 weeks ago
11 people didn't have a teacher teach them good music.
Mingebetty42 1 month ago
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You have been blessed
touchybuffalo 1 month ago
PORRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRCARIA de propaganda no iniciooooooooooooooooooooooo BABACASSSSSSSSS
jorgginhodib 2 months ago
@EthanWithACrowbar dude, throw some Yes in there, best bass lines in history are made by Chris Squire.
Yeorcgorgon 2 months ago
@Yeorcgorgon -maybe there is some hope for the younger ones!
Tull29 1 month ago
@Yeorcgorgon Right up there with R.E.M. and HEMMOHROIDS!
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ClassicRockDVD 2 months ago
Tull's greatest song in my opinion... I dunno why.
jhamler1 2 months ago 4
@jhamler1 I know why, because it is!
daweller 1 month ago
Such a classic. Crazy to think Ian Anderson never did drugs.
TheZoidberg420 2 months ago 3
@TheZoidberg420 Especially with that hair LOL you'd think he was the classic hippie druggie good ol Ian
popper03244 2 months ago
Yehaw! Been a fan since 1969! Seen them live 3-4 times. Of course I don't remember, exactly!!!!! <3 One of the best bands ever!!!
robin56 3 months ago
It's so obvious that Ian's writing is geared to intellectually and emotionaly deep individuals. Anyone disagreeing is truly missing the point with reason ! Sure there's surface goodies in all Tull tunes, but if one understands what writing is supposed to be about, you'll have tears in your eyes listening to most Minstrel style tunes !
weewilly49 3 months ago 2
Correction. Many FINE memories hate typos bad eye's.
hypnophd 3 months ago
Just love this intellectual musician it long long time since I listened toTull... its brought back many dine memories and lyrics wirh a true meaning. :)
hypnophd 3 months ago
One of my fav Tulls tunes. Real talent those guys. Anderson is a butt, though very talented.
NephilimFree 3 months ago
you have to understand how unique Tull was when he first came out. The sound was just so different. The music of course was great, but the band was so different. I saw them in concert live at the providence RI civic center back in 1970 something. Locomotive breath...speechless performance.
gk10002000 3 months ago
This song reminds me of my favorite movie Almost Famous
nholt 4 months ago 2
This video has been chosen for September 21, 2011 post on Facebook Page: Random Daily Classic Rock Song
justice540 4 months ago 6
@Moony1397 Very nicely done young lady, your statement is succint and powerful without being rude or spiteful. Some people of all ages can learn from such an example. May all your days be nice.
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Tommygun1028 4 months ago
fight nice kiddies
wingman572 4 months ago
What's better than " sun tan...drink in hand..lying there in bed " ?? Thanks Ian ! PEACE ~~
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amazing how generations can love music from across time, i listen to vivaldi and mumford and sons and everything between
TheIrishlad12 4 months ago
@version261 I am 13, mixed with Italian and Irish blood. I picked up the bass like a few years ago and am inspired by the bands with incredible bass back then. I think I have a good taste of music. I don't listen to the auto-tuned crap they put the radio. I don't even listen to the radio. I listen to Grateful Dead, Rush, The Who, Hot Tuna, Jefferson Airplane, and countless other hippie bands (I could go on,). I feel that people today don't know what musical talent is. And I feel bad for them..
EthanWithACrowbar 4 months ago 20
@EthanWithACrowbar Tell em kid!
dannyboy6948 1 month ago
@EthanWithACrowbar
1: You aren't 13
2: Congrats, you play the bass....what does that have to do with your definition of "good" music? The bass player is normally just some guy in the back of the band keeping a rhythm or providing some simple guitar harmony...wooo
3: There is talent today, and there will be talent tomorrow. So sorry your ears are broken and you can't hear it.
FHCTech 3 weeks ago in playlist Jethro Tull
@FHCTech get that stick out of your ass and quit assuming you know everything.
meowandmeow 3 weeks ago
@FHCTech What goes 80 miles an hour and yells AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAaaaaaaaaaa.... (fading into the distance)?
Bass player who wrote his own lyrics on the tourbus
folkmetalmusicman 1 week ago
I'm 197 and my name is Aqualung. I like to see the frilly panties run !!!!! hahaha!!!! I have locomotive breath. kiss me! hahaha
tomwise1us 5 months ago
im 17 and i dont give two flying fucks on how old you are or what the fuck your race is
Nirvana1852 5 months ago 2
@Nirvana1852 Yep. ur 17 if you felt you had to say that!
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@chillichomper YEAH I DID. DO YOU HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT?
Nirvana1852 4 months ago
10 people are plastic.
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ClassicRockDVD 5 months ago
This is hilarious, I wonder if Ian or any of the actual band members look at these comments at all. All the god talk, and did I get my punctuation right? And I don't really care what ivy league college u went 2 !! LOL. I wonder if you guys have ever listened to wind-up. Oh and read the lyrics if u your intellectual mind can't catch what he is trying to say. lol lol.
Gonzo9245 5 months ago
i love me some yazz flute
helmsdeep48 5 months ago 2
awesome track from one of the best (underrated) albums of all time
meowandmeow 5 months ago
@HarvardMedGrad2010 A christian, conservative Harvard med school grad(that must have been a lonely experience) who thinks he is GOD ?
BWAHAHAHAHAHA...........I don't even know where to begin with this...So "GOD", do you like your irony black, or with cream and sugar ?
reachoutandtouchme 6 months ago in playlist Tull
stop arguing for one second, Ians got something to say...
chronicreptile 6 months ago
@HarvardMedGrad2010 look, i dont care about punctuation of spelling i just want you tp put periods in there so what you right is actually readable.
meowandmeow 6 months ago
I can't believe that you are doing this on THIS song - can you see the irony?
Skunkfoot 6 months ago
@HarvardMedGrad2010 The hell are you on about? Yea you are really a beacon of all that is good in Christianity. I'm sure if Jesus were here he would have fights on the internet involving entire paragraphs with no punctuation whatsoever. not even periods. I like how in your comment you swear (implied or otherwise) 3 times, and use "omg", an abbreviation that probably goes against the 3nd commandment, dontcha think? Hell, im not even a christian and i can spot a fail a mile away.
meowandmeow 6 months ago
ALMOST FAMOUS!!!
linnWV 6 months ago
There gunna 100 abd still playing like there 40
mw2fanbigt 6 months ago
Jethro tull brings back classic rock hey rock move over jethro tull could play better any day
mw2fanbigt 6 months ago
ian anderson and the rest of j. tull created some of the most poignant and relevant music of the last 60 years. the proof is in the fact that it still resonates today just as strongly as when it was first released. songs with depth, emotion, and true musicianship. pure genius and no comment can take that away!
walkingdeadalive 6 months ago 2
what is that extra guitar track?
BeyondNeptune 8 months ago
I burned just this one song onto a CD for my Grad school mentor (and friend) when I graduated. He passed 3 years ago. Miss you, Doc! I think of you when I hear this song.
TheRecoveringZombie 8 months ago
born in the mid60s so glad theres some good tunes to still lisson to now
papaJ1313 8 months ago
No sense in sittin there hatin everyone
snowboarder6146 8 months ago
@snowboarder6146
Amen
clair1900 7 months ago
that was supposed to be for lovemagnumguns2. sorry reangerer
bigfootskitty 9 months ago
@bigfootskitty Its all good Kitty.
reangerer 8 months ago
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SHUT UP ALL OF YOU
kenlaw101 9 months ago
I like the extra midrange in this post. I can hear bits of the rhythym that weren't as apparent previously.
Thanks!
noclouds111 9 months ago
very interesting band.
BeyondNeptune 9 months ago
tull has covered every social issue in a poetic and musical manner,thus more people comprehend a thought that is genuine, not of the status quo. need i say more.
huntingdogowner 9 months ago
Only todays young people would say negative things about Jethro Tull - One of the greatest bands in all history. Also I believe the people knocking Tull are not white . Ian is an English gentleman who appealed greatly to us caucasians.
version261 9 months ago
@version261 I hope you don't think that about ALL young people today. I'm 22 and I dig Jethro Tull.
TheScientist0000000 9 months ago 9
@TheScientist0000000 Awsome man ..Glad to hear it .. Thank you for your reply.
version261 9 months ago
@version261 Sir (?), I am 15 year old girl and I love this band. Also, I'm half European and half Asian. It was the Asian part of my family that got me into Jethro Tull, so please, don't generalize. Music is music, and it's for everyone regardless of their skin colour, gender or ethnic roots. Just to leave that clear. Have a nice day. :D ♥
Moony1397 9 months ago 27
@Moony1397 I'm with you sister...
great music is by its very nature..
transcendent.
AAAbstractJack 9 months ago
@Moony1397 good for you,tull are for intellectuals, not plebs!if its good,its good,eh?
TheSanddancer1 5 months ago
@Moony1397 Good for you kid. You obviously have excellent taste. This is one band that is still unique even 45 yrs later!
chillichomper 4 months ago
@Moony1397 very well put Moony. Rock on.
Dw5ooo 4 months ago
@Moony1397 Bravo! Music is like love, it's boundless, spanning over all the temporal limitations that we are loosely held to, or associated with.
jrhennly 4 months ago
@Moony1397
Well said little sister! Be healthy and happy! And may you never have all that you desire! (an odd sounding blessing, but you will grow to appreciate it!)
jaysonryder1973 3 months ago
@Moony1397 Intelligent comments — I agree 100%.
JeffGR4 3 months ago
@version261 That sounds a wee bit racist.
reangerer 8 months ago
@version261 I realize Jethro Tull isn't a very popular band, but I don't think race really plays into it. I'm Indian, and I love Jethro Tull. And I know plenty of Caucasian people, English and American, who don't like Tull.
TheFrickinPope 8 months ago
@version261 I am 14, mixed race (though fully canadian) and I love Jethro tull
ledwhofloyd101 5 months ago
@version261 excuse me but i'm 15 and i love jethro tull, i've loved jethro tull since i was about 11, my dad always listens to them and has always listened to them! and why can't you just listen to the music and not give negative opinions on everything! quit discriminating and enjoy the fucking music if you love it so much!
coolbeans719 4 months ago
@version261 I'm 16 and I don't listen to anything except oldies, like Tull. I absolutely HATE modern music and question all the time why and how people call like the boom boom auto tuned shit they dare to call music, I can't stand any of it. I don't even really like newer Rock/Metal. I like to listen to someone's singing voice, not some monster sounds.
WillieWonka928D 4 months ago 2
I saw them in Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania, August 2001 just weeks before we were attacked in New York and Washington DC..He did not play some of his best songs like this one and to Cry You a Song..They were so great ..Ian is an absolute genius. I am so glad was able to experience this band back when I was a senior in High School and after.. Ian was so different fro all other bands . He had his own sound and sang about really cool things. Thank you Ian for helping many people enjoy life.
version261 9 months ago
love the bass guitar on this one-thanks to Glenn Cornick!
busterbone 9 months ago
I have bad news for everyone who took "pbrick" seriously and furiously typed rebuttals to each of his posts. You all just proved your foolishness by responding to such an obvious troll.
Have a nice day!
KnucklesTheEchidna37 9 months ago
Your dumber than most if u ever call an instrument a pussy! all instruments are wonderful!! Dumbass!!!
AllStarX777 10 months ago
41 years old .this is the first time i have heard this, what a song.
MUDSHARK111 10 months ago
these lyrics are a little confusing to me.. could somebody maybe explain it to me?
Briankozmo 10 months ago
@Briankozmo Jethro tull TEACHER, the song is about ....BEWARE OF TEACHER...mind crime.
attilaclark 10 months ago
yo. pbrick is trollin. stop responding to him and hell shut up
joverboss 10 months ago
Hey Nixon made Elvis an DEA Agent ! if you have time look up how elvis went from one coast to the other and finally ended up at the white house - Nixon was beside himself that Elvis came to see him - and not only that but Elvis had his .44 magum on him when he entered the white house and showed it to the president! Nixon thought Elvis was drug free as Nixon never knew that Elvis was on drugs in the past and while he was there at the white house!! look up the picture of Nixon and Elvis! peace!
nutbagbrew102 10 months ago
good song!
sashamonsterr 10 months ago
Ian Anderson was the GREAT inspiration to me in my Dysfunctional teenage home
sparticle1 10 months ago
ahhh, one of my all time favorite JT songs :)
mrglenn66 11 months ago
Hells yeah!
noheadundead 11 months ago
Jump up, look around, find yourself some fun! Ain't no use sittin' there hatin everyone. Thanks for the upload Aqualung.
Crimzoid21 11 months ago
IAN , YOUR THE MAN !
dave2806 11 months ago
wow! the gap in real musicianship twixt then and now is startling. ian anderson would not even get a sniff now cause the corporate control wouldn't know how to label him. how about "genius"?
jr55ful 11 months ago
@jr55ful
GENIUS!
ABSOLUTLY!
saw them 9 times.
would see them again!
wasbreeze 11 months ago
@wasbreeze lucky
moonsugah 11 months ago
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This song was the "teacher" for many young men to learn to get "high" in the 1970s. I hope Ian is happy with the drug-riddled culture he has helped create. Along with Beatles, Stones, etc....USA is now poisoned w/ drug addicts. Congratulations flute player junkie...you created a generation of imitaters.
I myslef choose education. I hope all you junkie drug freaks get jailed!!!
Long live USA!!!
pbrick6301 11 months ago
@pbrick6301 are you SERIOUS? Ian has always been anti-drugs. You shouldn't talk if you don't know what you're talking about.
Aqualung1989 11 months ago 53
@Aqualung1989 haha thats sick i didnt kno that he was anti drugs that just proves u can make awesome music without drugs even tho bprick doesnt think its possible
snowboarder6146 11 months ago
@Aqualung1989 lets have another pint tull is a drinking band they were around in the acid days but they did not like lsd, cigs and beer all the way. i have to admit they are good to listern to after pot . but the band were true to there history grog my friend
undead4551 10 months ago
@Aqualung1989 bolox me and ian used to burn thru the skunk in the foukin 60s
natedog2069 8 months ago
@Aqualung1989. You are absolutely correct. There is, in effect, a smaller percentage of pop / rock mega stars that refuse the dense concept of drugs, that stupid style of surviving fame and career. Indeed, Ian Anderson is right there in such a minority, be it intellectually based or, simply... health oriented. Perhaps in a bigger picture, it is a poetic way of matching his talent with common sense. [BTW, what happened at the tail end of the recording. High tech glitch. ^_^ ]
Querencias7 6 months ago
; Up until 1914, in America, opium/heroin, and cocaine were available for purchase in any store, therefore, please don't blame rock 'n' roll, as it didn't exist at that time.
12Zwolf 11 months ago
pbrick6301 I myslef choose education. I hope all you junkie drug freaks get jailed!!!
Long live USA!!!
Like in "Long Live the King", Sir Prick? Seems we run into this type of ignorami more and more often these days. You whine as if there's ever been a dearth of academics in this land of yours. Education would rid it of drugs? How about "just say NO." Much cheaper, ja?
BTW, if u value edukation so highly, perhaps it behooves you to learn how to spell first.
zoroism 11 months ago
pbrick6301 Long live USA!!!
Like in "Long Live the King", Sir Prick? Seems we run into this type of ignorami more and more often these days. You whine as if there's ever been a dearth of academics in this land of yours. Education would rid it of drugs? How about "just say NO." Much cheaper, ja?
BTW, if u value edukation so highly, perhaps it behooves you to learn how to spell first.
zoroism 11 months ago 2
@pbrick6301 folks like this are why we have the song, let alone the expression "Thick as A Brick"!
bigfootskitty 11 months ago 7
@bigfootskitty
beautiful kitty.
wasbreeze 11 months ago
@pbrick6301 OMG! Do you even begin to know what a short circuited,programmed, degenerate, lost complete touch with reality, floating in fantasy land pinhead you are ?
weewilly49 11 months ago
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bondiga10 11 months ago
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@pbrick6301 you better hope the USA lives long so people like you can make bonehead opinions on a subject matter you know nothing about. Eat a big mac.
bondiga10 11 months ago
@pbrick6301 Thanks for ruining my day dickhole i fucking love this song u stupid sack of fucking worthless shit have fun with ur education u fucking fairy cuz i love this song but im not addicted to heroin im in ninth grade and take honors classes so suck me bitch
snowboarder6146 11 months ago
@snowboarder6146 i am happy to hear from you.
honors classes?
in 9 grade?
well... stay away from drugs young man.
have a nice day.
i have no problem with legal drugs, like the kind elvis took to prolong his life.
but the illegal driugs like the kind jimmy page & jethro tall take sicken me. and they sicken most americans.
obey the laws or i will jail you.
long live the usa.
pbrick6301 11 months ago
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snowboarder6146 11 months ago
@pbrick6301 trololololololololol
PatrickNiedzielski 11 months ago
@pbrick6301 you sir, are wrong and silly
hsmith1227 11 months ago
@pbrick6301
Ian Anderson has always been anit-drugs. He doesn't do them. He didn't encourage it in any way.
Where exactly are you getting your information?
xentius1 11 months ago
@xentius1 I get my information from my senses. I hear the voice of heroin. I see the ragged look of speed. And I hear mediocre musianship, the trademark of marijuana.
Drugs are for total losers. Long live Obama!!!! Long live Reagan!!!! Long live Pope Benedict!!!!!
pbrick6301 11 months ago
@pbrick6301
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.............Did you just call them mediocre musicians? Do you actually listen to any of the videos you spread your nonsensical babble on? Jethro Tull had some of the most complex music of... ever. Also, Tull's first album was in October 1968, giving them a massive year and 2 months to be in your top 3 "promoters of illegal drugs" in the 60s. What about Bob Dylan? Tim Leary.
xentius1 11 months ago
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baldymer 11 months ago
@pbrick6301 Get well soon!
Reagan's dead by the way.
baldymer 11 months ago
@pbrick6301 Fight your crusade, everyone else will be in the back, getting high.
reangerer 11 months ago
@reangerer as long as you are getting "high" legally w/ prescribed drugs like elvis did i am cool with it. if it is illegal drugs though i hope you get caught and imprisoned.
pbrick6301 11 months ago
@pbrick6301 If you are getting high off your prescription, you're as bad as any other junkie.
reangerer 11 months ago 2
@reangerer ARE YOU SOME SELF RIGHTEOUS HOLIER THAN THOU PERSON? PRESCRIPTION DRUGS ARE SHITTY. BUT SOME PEOPLE NEED THEM FOR PAIN OR DEPRESSION, ANXIETY WHATEVER. YOU SHOULDN'T JUDGE PEOPLE THAT USE THEM FOR LEGITIMATE PURPOSES. PEOPLE THAT ABUSE THEM HAVE SERIOUS ISSUES IN LIFE (LIKE SHOOTING EM UP , SNIFFING,OR MIXING WITH ALCHOHOL). BUT SOME PEOPLE NEED TO TAKE PILLS ALL DAY TO MANAGE SERIOUS CHRONIC PAIN.
LUVMAGNUMGUNS2 9 months ago 2
@LUVMAGNUMGUNS2 Please use lower case letters, it makes you seem more reasonable. So managing pain is the same as creating a euphoric state of mind? If so, your dosage is too high.
And in reply to your comment about me; It seems you've made up your mind about me, so I doubt my opinion matters.
reangerer 9 months ago
@reangerer You seem upset that others have judged you, Yet you didn't seem bothered when you were doing the same to others. People get hurt in life (or fall ill to sickness)and it sometimes results in the life long bummer of needing pills of some sort. For me, it's for blood pressure. They don't feel any different than sober,but if I had A broken back, I'd need stronger,no doubt! they don't adjust drugs by the miligram, so some "high" happens. Try not to enjoy it, it's supposed to be theraputic!
bigfootskitty 9 months ago
@LUVMAGNUMGUNS2 well for a thought jt and mad or insane forming or resulting drugs just dont go together the abstract thought form is an attitude or maybe to be bold a choice of opinion that leads to a group conclusion that if there isnt something else why do we understand a higher mind conclusion...... relaxation is healthy ...yes anyone i suffer disabilities no pain relief works so i thought my first hand ya ya fitted pearly8100
pearly8100 9 months ago
@pbrick6301 Lmao you are a fucking moron!!!!!
bugmusk6 10 months ago
@pbrick6301 you dont know a thing about jethro tull. Proof: You referred to Ian Anderson as "Jethro tall". Go to church you obvious christian nut.
ryboproducer 7 months ago
@ryboproducer You seem to be talking as if there wasn't a God.
MrCluckingchicken 7 months ago
@MrCluckingchicken i dont believe in god. However, i don't care if people choose to believe in one as long as it doesn't affect anyone else. In this case, it was affecting everyone who saw his comment. In any case, my comment didn't imply that there was no god.
ryboproducer 7 months ago
@ryboproducer I guess it was mere coinsidence that I picked up that you didn't believe in God based on what you said then.
MrCluckingchicken 7 months ago
@pbrick6301 You ignorant right-wing American puerile christian idiot.Jethro Tall?Realy?
You sicken me.Life is like a fast rail road,sometimes people have to step back
and view from a distance.life might be easy for you, with your strict rules and values,but the rest of us who enjoy
"Jethro Tall" have imagination.Long live Jethro Tull.Twat.
MyDominic1996 6 months ago
@pbrick6301 you youslef ?? uneducated JERK !! (get high .. it might help!!)
beentheredunnthat 11 months ago
@pbrick6301 Hahaha. Do you know USA is the biggest drug consumer in the world? I have nothing agianst USA but get real. And what about Elvis, Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Charlie Parker, Ray Charles and so many other americans? The 60s biggest promotor of drugs was Timothy Leary. Get your facts straight.
carmaj156 11 months ago
@carmaj156 in the 1960s the biggest promoter of illegal drugs were the beatles, joe namath & jethro tull.
elvis presley was a honorable drug user who used only legal drugs. God bless him. he tried to divert the message of jethro tull by sacrificing his life against illegal drug pushers. learn some history.
pbrick6301 11 months ago
@pbrick6301 Oh, I get it. You're a troll. OK, keep on trolling, but try harder next time, you're not doing a very good job. A real troll opens a fight between the posters instead of having all of them bashing against him. Nice try anyway.
carmaj156 11 months ago
@pbrick6301 what is an "honorable" drug user? there is nothing honorable about the way elvis lived his life, apart from his singing talent. god bless him for what? what a dumb thing to say.
jethro tull (if you are talking about ian anderson) was anti-drugs. did art linklater tell you that?
bayougrrrl 10 months ago
@bayougrrrl an "honorable drug user" is elvis presley. he was against illegal street drugs. he teamed up w/ nixon & together my country almost wiped drugs out. fueld by whatever dr nick gave him, he brought his energy to the goodfight keep our kids of drugs. he scared dope pushers of the streets because nobody wanted to get "round house" karate kicked by him. after he died in 1979 the pushers came back to the streets and w/ jethro tull as there leader...drugs took over my country.
pbrick6301 10 months ago
@pbrick6301 Please go away, you're not changing anything here. To compare one addict to another is foolishness, to assume use is abuse is folly again, I withdraw my previous posts and plead you to leave us alone.
reangerer 10 months ago
@pbrick6301 BWHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Elvis pressley, an "honorable drug user" ?!
Really ?!
That is the argument you want to make ?
This may be news to you, but you are an IDIOT!!
A BIG FUCKING IDIOT.
Now sit down and be quiet.
reachoutandtouchme 10 months ago
@pbrick6301 Elvis was a faggot nothing more nothing less.
michiganstopcat 10 months ago 2
@pbrick6301 How does this song inspire someone to take drugs? I know a guy who has a phd and owns and runs his own company and makes more money than me and my other friends put together, a lot of which he gives to charity. You could say he is actually living the American dream. He smokes weed all the time, yet I would still call him a great man. Go fuck yourself pbrick you troll, your just jealous Jethro Tull, Stones and the Beatles are English not American.
Nemacyst117 10 months ago
@Nemacyst117 yeah he sounds like a real gem. the american dream? i dont think so. i think john wayne would vomit if he knew about this guy.
pbrick6301 10 months ago
@pbrick6301 Well both have done more for society than you douchebag.
Nemacyst117 10 months ago
@pbrick6301 YOUR A TWAT GET A LIFE KNOB HEAD....
beaver4evr 10 months ago
@pbrick6301 the teacher is all the mistakes the humans have made in history never to be repeated im 54 are you a parent hater i was listening to jt at 18 the sounds are their high my disabilites no drugs work sounds are my relaxation long live usa its 2011 hell is freezing over we are all in this hope you find your vision their music couldnt have lasted so long if it was drug induced wake up and smell the #@$# pearly8100
pearly8100 9 months ago
the bass on this song is just so god damned epic
WillisTheBassist 11 months ago
Yes, rock flute is so great! Thijs Van Leer (Focus); Traffic; Canterbury scene, all are legendary and important to a historian or listener of good rock.
SeattleLA 1 year ago
on my itunes this song was titled as ''alive and well and living in''. spent the last 2 hours listening to the original. now i don't know which one's better. god i love jethro tull!
Funkeljektra 1 year ago
Am the only who gets a kung-fu movie vibe off this song? Especially the guitar r riff right after the chorus.
dandic2342 1 year ago
One of so many great Tull masterpieces
noff27 1 year ago
7 people need to get schooled by a Teacher!
TheRecoveringZombie 1 year ago 2
The song that introduced rock and roll to America in the 70's prior to Elvis and the Beatles
TheSPACECOWBOY68 1 year ago
@TheSPACECOWBOY68 haha what about zep and sabbath couple years before this
danmartin0015 1 year ago
@TheSPACECOWBOY68
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@TheSPACECOWBOY68 haha what about zep and sabbath couple years before this
danmartin0015 7 hours ago
get pooped on
BanditAfro 1 year ago
Saw Jethro Tull at Oregon State 1970--great stuff
DUCKBMET 1 year ago
Redolent with killer hooks........
TheNigelr 1 year ago 3
"I'm an ass hole. But I'm not as much of as an ass hole as roger waters" Ian Anderson
JacobHilbrich 1 year ago 2
just cant get enough tull
CLIPPproductions 1 year ago
Jethro Tull, 1969 - 1977 2DVD set available - More info, audio, & video clips on our youtube channel
Tommygun1028 1 year ago
the 7 dislikes were because the song cut off early D=
utubetool 1 year ago
"Jump up look around find yourself some fun, no sense sitting there hating everyone."
Paulie661 1 year ago
@Paulie661 AMEN BROTHER!!!
nutbagbrew102 1 year ago
Saw him in 70 something. Great times,but he started thinking about the money when he came out with Thick as a Brick.Bye bye JT
heavynumbertaco 1 year ago
Was this song recorded before Aualung?
Dunkleosteus9 1 year ago
@Dunkleosteus9 I think it was released a year before Aqualung
jimissarcastic 1 year ago
@Dunkleosteus9 both the original UK and US(This version the one originally on the US version of Benefit) were made a year before and realized before aqualung
Rocky54167 1 year ago
Always liked Jethro Tull, Still do after 40 years. Everyone needs a little Tull in their life, No? Think I will spin some vinyl right now!
Allanfries 1 year ago 2
Seen Jethro Tull in concert twice...i love them so much! Best Band ever!
ZephyrProductionz 1 year ago
hell fuckin yeah! ive been looking for this song for so long! and i freakin finally found it! uh! uh! uh! (humpin the air)
jibarra116 1 year ago
@jibarra116 Seems now this has become a rare hit along with his other big "Living in the Part." Used to be aired frequently years age. Now seems like no one airs them like if Tull didn't exist.
ScorpioBornIn69 1 year ago
Jethro Tull, Curitiba - BR, fantastique!
DecoPage666 1 year ago
You mean the real Jethro Tull that Ian took as the band's name ,didn't revolutionize agriculture in the 1700's by perfecting the seed drill ,which insured that the majority of seeds sown in the field would germinate & not wind up in a crow's stomach thus decreasing the harvest & potentially causing both shortages of food & causing the price to rise ??? !
TumbrelJockey 1 year ago 3