i only disliked this song because of the people who thing the eagles ripped them off, they sound nothing similar, just the same chord progression so you should all shut up, really
The chord sequence is simular and the guitar is a finite instrument so eventually you're gonna have musicians stepping all over one another but that doesn't mean it's plagiarism. Plagiarism is an conscious intent to steal or a malevolent act, that ain't what this is...come on Don Felder is better than that and the best guitar player the Eagles ever had.
Wow. If George Harrison had to pay over a half a million dollars to the Chiffons because of "You're so Fine", then why didn't Tull sue over this. It's the exact same chord sequence. Unreal. I'm not a big Tull fan but they are getting my attention once again.
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Haa Haa Haa, Eagles copied Tull, who wrote "Take it easy" lmfao Jackson Browne. What have they f*ckin wrote? They are piss seeds compared to the Shakespearian Tull.
say what you will about keys and chord progressions which are clearly very similar, the song structure and overall sound and feel of the two songs is quite different. I don't hear any Jethro Tull when I hear "Hotel California." It just sounds like the Eagles. It's not even that great of song. Its a glorified radio whore...so who cares.
This is Hotel California all the way, and the fact the Eagles toured with Tull (opened for them) before Hotel California was written and recorded says it all. The chord progression cannot be coincidental, IMO.
@electron115 I agree. Eagles must have emulated this song to come up with the Hotel California. Not only the chords progressions are similar but the lead guitar has many similarities but I also give credit to Eagles for an emulation which sounds better than the original something rarely done.
nikkisegura has it Corect! As Usual Most of You are Just IDIOTS! Jethro explained this back in the 70's that in 71 or 72 the Eagels were opening for them. They did not care for each other, but gave each other Respect in there own space & in there music. tull also explained that on almost any song that there are chord progressions that are thesame. He also said that he concidered it a complement that they had done this & never concidered it Plagiarism. Research before you make an Ass of Yourself!
same key same chords. hotel california was after we oughta know.. the eagles opened for jethro tull in the early 70's. the chord progression came from them sharing tour dtes and don henley used it to write hotel california
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@heehawluck1 This whole argument is completely pointless. Jethro Tull is an awesome band and that's it. No need for such comments that are both unimportant and offensive.
you are a true thick CUNT they are english , you have the proclaimers dumb fuck , and yes they are scottish and you can fucking keep them . jethro tull were formed in england and will always be english , haggis head . now fuck off and have a deep fried mars bar . SCOTTISH CUNT .
@nedmobile Methinks the cretin doth protest too much. What would JT have been without Ian Anderson and his words and music? You're obviously an absurdly stupid Engaylish oink. Talking to you is worse than having a vasectomy WITHOUT an anesthetic. I'll say again....slowly this time Jethro Tull is a British band who play music written by a Scot. How's that for you....cretin ??
Ian Anderson, Jethro Tull composer on several circumstances referred to possible plagiarism committed by the Eagles in the song Hotel California, 1977, on his song "We Used to Know" from the album "Stand Up" in 1969, but never raise the issue came to court. During 1970 the Eagles was the opening act for Jethro Tull, at which time the live English band played their own theme.
@heehawluck1 you dumb cunt the band started in england , you thick cunt . ian anderson isn't jethro tull on he's own . it sounds like you have shit for brains .
@nedmobile The band was created by Ian Anderson, a Scot, who also writes the lyrics and music. He is the singer and the flautist to boot. The band was created in the UK. It ain't an English band......arsewipe !! Understand me cretin????
Since they started! The rest of the band is English, and Ian Anderson lived in Blackpool at that time... same situation of Marillion (Fish was Scottish, the rest of the members was English). That's all.
@Balderthor I said in 2 of the replies to 'nedmobile' that JT was a British band. As for where they actually 'started being' a group is of no relevence to the music they produced. OK?
Since they started! Ian is Scottish, the rest of the crew is English (the band was formed in Blackpool, England)... same as Marillion: Fish is Scottish as well, the others are English. "British" is a more accurate word for the situation...
@manwithbreasts Rubbish!! Flute or any instrument belongs...if it is integrated.Tull,Moody Blues are living proof..no?!
And as far as 'rock' goes..what is it? Difficult to define,or even pigeon hole..So don't pigeon hole,Tull,Flute or even rock..That's just narrow minded!!
Also there's a recorder playing on Stairway to heaven..get it??!!..Unless you might have thought that is wrong too!?
@manwithbreasts false. Listen to Thick as a Brick and tell me that the flute doesn't contribute greatly. Rock is about the subject matter, not the instruments used.
@manwithbreasts . Just proves you know nothing about about Tulls influence on rock music from 1968 and still continuing . As Ian Anderson stated after Tull won the emmy for best heavy rock album in 1988 when asked about
the flute . He said ...LOL its made of metal and its really heavy .
music can only go so many ways, maybe...just maybe they didnt "rip it off" maybe ian anderson doesnt give a fuck (which he doesnt) so obviously he knew and doesnt care. they were all freinds imitations the sincerist form of flattery
@xXGuitarplayer89Xx You're right that he didn't care, but not that they were friends. Ian didn't like the members of the Eagles and they didn't like him.
the eagles toured with tull before they wrote hotel california, they heard tull play this every night, do ya think they ripped it off, of course they did!!!
howed they rip it off? sure the chord progression is similar, but the way they play it, the tempo, etc is all different. and the eagles have a kickass guitar solo at the end, tull has a flute/guitar solo at the end, both solos are worlds apart........ two very different songs by two great different bands.
@ham123see you cant hear it? they obviously used it as the basis for hotel california, like it was said, the eagles toured with tull right before writing it. they either consciencely, or subconsciencely did it, its no big mystery, no big deal, lots of bands took songs and used, changed and rearranged them, look at zeppelin, my favorite band and the greatest in the world, they took lots of old blues songs and made them their own, some on purpose, some not, no big deal, thats rock n roll.
keep in mind that the intro guitar riff in hotel california is written by don felder, who wasnt with the eagles at the time, the eagles were the support band of jethro tull in 1972 when they released their chart topping lp "eagles". felder joined back in 1974 helping the eagles out on their " on the boarder" album. without him, hotel california wouldnt exist.............
@ham123see That all may be well and good but still the core of the song is still tulls, im not a big tull fanatic, i like them and i like some of the eagles too, but listening to this tull song, you can tell the eagles used the basis of the song and turned it into another song, just as alot of other bands have done and will do in the future, theres only 7 notes in the scale, its inevitable that music is going to be replicated.
Bought this album at the time. never occurred to me years later how identical the chord sequence was when Hotel california came out. And that lead is so so so similar. Interestin point of info. Hotel Cal. was going to be in a different rhythm but then they switched on a rhythm box which was set to a particyular rhythm and it becam Hotel California.
if someday the humans could invent a "TIME MACHINE" the last thing i want to do in my life ( and i will pay enough for this) it's come back in time to watch a jethro tull concert...
i'm only a 19 years old boy ( from brazil ) and when i listened jethro at the first time i just FELT in love;D it's a transcedental music and lyrics too...
@DukeBof69 Likewise. STILL remember the excitement of getting it home. I remember sort of liking music (the stuff my parents allowed me to) then I heard the closing bars of 'Living in the Past'. Though not in any way religious, I suddenly knew what the expression 'Road to Damascus' meant. That day, I went from 'sort of liking music' to knowing that I was going to be a musician.
curioso que hotel california es calcada a esta cancion porque esta es anterior y bastante mejor construida
gran banda jethro tull
Cliff79ers 6 hours ago
Does anyone know which Jethro Tull song is on Saxondale opening credits?
peyotecactus 1 day ago
Ian Anderson was not bitter and called it, "A tribute...much like this 'Tribute Rolex' I'm wearing."
DJDennyRay 2 days ago
i only disliked this song because of the people who thing the eagles ripped them off, they sound nothing similar, just the same chord progression so you should all shut up, really
TheGuitarGuy42 6 days ago
what?...i dont see a single similarity to hotel California..what part were they accused of ripping off?
ShOwStOpp3rr 1 week ago
@ShOwStOpp3rr Then you need to turn up your hearing aid.
silat13 2 days ago
@silat13 nope turned it up listened to it 3 times pure BS no resemblance
ShOwStOpp3rr 1 day ago
The Eagles are absolute dreck compared to Tull.
ed0uble 2 weeks ago
The chord sequence is simular and the guitar is a finite instrument so eventually you're gonna have musicians stepping all over one another but that doesn't mean it's plagiarism. Plagiarism is an conscious intent to steal or a malevolent act, that ain't what this is...come on Don Felder is better than that and the best guitar player the Eagles ever had.
MobileAdGuys 2 weeks ago
WOW!! That's really similar! I thing Ian should have gotten a piece of the eagles remix. Even the lead guitar solo!
1cleandude 2 weeks ago
Wow. If George Harrison had to pay over a half a million dollars to the Chiffons because of "You're so Fine", then why didn't Tull sue over this. It's the exact same chord sequence. Unreal. I'm not a big Tull fan but they are getting my attention once again.
DjangosBurntFingers 2 weeks ago
Love the Ian Anderson Panda bear @ 2:03
ardh242 3 weeks ago
I even think Warren Zevon's 'Genius' is closer to this song than Hotel California. It seems that these americans are copy cats.
catanengine 3 weeks ago
Boring. This probably passed as great entertainment in 1342. Peasant music.
RayL1983 3 weeks ago
@RayL1983 lolwut?
meowandmeow 3 weeks ago
@RayL1983 Passes as great entertainment today too, if you're not a close-minded buffoon.
DShiflet01 2 weeks ago
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ClassicRockDVD 3 weeks ago
Haa Haa Haa, Eagles copied Tull, who wrote "Take it easy" lmfao Jackson Browne. What have they f*ckin wrote? They are piss seeds compared to the Shakespearian Tull.
JackinTheWoods 1 month ago
"ive had a really rough day and I hate the fuckin' eagles, man!"
meowandmeow 1 month ago 6
@meowandmeow "I pull over and kick your ... out, man! "
nenerdbrain 1 month ago
LOL - love the bamboo flute playing panda at 2:00
adandap 1 month ago 2
hahaaha never thought of that...total rip!! funny. Tull rule over them anyway so no love lost!! Just some red faces...x
MsKatyP11 1 month ago
say what you will about keys and chord progressions which are clearly very similar, the song structure and overall sound and feel of the two songs is quite different. I don't hear any Jethro Tull when I hear "Hotel California." It just sounds like the Eagles. It's not even that great of song. Its a glorified radio whore...so who cares.
reactorfallout 1 month ago
This is Hotel California all the way, and the fact the Eagles toured with Tull (opened for them) before Hotel California was written and recorded says it all. The chord progression cannot be coincidental, IMO.
electron115 1 month ago
@electron115 I agree. Eagles must have emulated this song to come up with the Hotel California. Not only the chords progressions are similar but the lead guitar has many similarities but I also give credit to Eagles for an emulation which sounds better than the original something rarely done.
BazmAfarin 1 month ago
Reminded me the Hippie Days" the good old Days, and its still alive.
jamiepapalardi 1 month ago
This songs brings tears into my eyes every time. I want it to be played at my funeral...
mgrzemow 1 month ago
This piece si just wonderful. Hotel California is just wonderful. That's all I need to know.
thanasse 1 month ago
Eagles = plagiarism. I hate the fuckin eagles
ReyZame 1 month ago
nikkisegura has it Corect! As Usual Most of You are Just IDIOTS! Jethro explained this back in the 70's that in 71 or 72 the Eagels were opening for them. They did not care for each other, but gave each other Respect in there own space & in there music. tull also explained that on almost any song that there are chord progressions that are thesame. He also said that he concidered it a complement that they had done this & never concidered it Plagiarism. Research before you make an Ass of Yourself!
70cyclonegt1 1 month ago
a Scot always manages a group of Sassenachs. Alex Ferguson + les autres
wwwonderful 1 month ago
practically the same chord progression as that of Hotel California, just in different rhythm and key
markushalfmad 1 month ago
same key same chords. hotel california was after we oughta know.. the eagles opened for jethro tull in the early 70's. the chord progression came from them sharing tour dtes and don henley used it to write hotel california
nikkisegura 1 month ago
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ClassicRockDVD 1 month ago
its the neighbair from benny jolink
bibienjo 1 month ago
@bibienjo het is neighbour , manneke
HighlanderWeert 2 weeks ago
same old shit , from the same old cunt .
nedmobile 2 months ago
you can think what you fucking like dog cock , with your thinking AC/DC are scottish and CLIFF RICHARD & THE SHADOWS are indian , nice one sweaty .
nedmobile 2 months ago
@nedmobile You're obviously a retarded fuck. My sympathies to your minder..shitforbrains.
heehawluck1 2 months ago
@heehawluck1 This whole argument is completely pointless. Jethro Tull is an awesome band and that's it. No need for such comments that are both unimportant and offensive.
AnimeCat17 1 month ago
@AnimeCat17 I quite agree....but tell that to the loud mouthed @nedmobile...not me !!
heehawluck1 1 month ago
@nedmobile Angus lives in the Netherlands , so AC/DC is Dutch ?
HighlanderWeert 2 months ago
This reminds me of Nights in White Satin more then it reminds me of Hotel California really
sebasredspecialfan 2 months ago 2
@sebasredspecialfan True story bro!
Ancient1903 2 months ago
you are a true thick CUNT they are english , you have the proclaimers dumb fuck , and yes they are scottish and you can fucking keep them . jethro tull were formed in england and will always be english , haggis head . now fuck off and have a deep fried mars bar . SCOTTISH CUNT .
nedmobile 2 months ago
@nedmobile Methinks the cretin doth protest too much. What would JT have been without Ian Anderson and his words and music? You're obviously an absurdly stupid Engaylish oink. Talking to you is worse than having a vasectomy WITHOUT an anesthetic. I'll say again....slowly this time Jethro Tull is a British band who play music written by a Scot. How's that for you....cretin ??
heehawluck1 2 months ago
+++ no coment!!!!! merci !!!!
luciemelanie25 2 months ago
2:04 WTF??? :D
mludeiro 3 months ago 2
Salut
gakisgt 3 months ago
great Song
gakisgt 3 months ago
What!? The Americans, plagiarising something!? That would be a first then!
dvaidr 3 months ago
give that panda a flute!
polkad3v 3 months ago 2
Sounds like Hotel California alright.
martyjane1 3 months ago
Ian Anderson, Jethro Tull composer on several circumstances referred to possible plagiarism committed by the Eagles in the song Hotel California, 1977, on his song "We Used to Know" from the album "Stand Up" in 1969, but never raise the issue came to court. During 1970 the Eagles was the opening act for Jethro Tull, at which time the live English band played their own theme.
agferrari 3 months ago
@agferrari Since when was JT an ENGLISH band?? Ian Anderson is Scottish ... ya F'UCK.
heehawluck1 2 months ago
@heehawluck1 you dumb cunt the band started in england , you thick cunt . ian anderson isn't jethro tull on he's own . it sounds like you have shit for brains .
nedmobile 2 months ago
@nedmobile The band was created by Ian Anderson, a Scot, who also writes the lyrics and music. He is the singer and the flautist to boot. The band was created in the UK. It ain't an English band......arsewipe !! Understand me cretin????
heehawluck1 2 months ago
Since they started! The rest of the band is English, and Ian Anderson lived in Blackpool at that time... same situation of Marillion (Fish was Scottish, the rest of the members was English). That's all.
Balderthor 2 months ago
@Balderthor I said in 2 of the replies to 'nedmobile' that JT was a British band. As for where they actually 'started being' a group is of no relevence to the music they produced. OK?
heehawluck1 2 months ago
Since they started! Ian is Scottish, the rest of the crew is English (the band was formed in Blackpool, England)... same as Marillion: Fish is Scottish as well, the others are English. "British" is a more accurate word for the situation...
Balderthor 2 months ago
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heehawluck1 2 months ago
@heehawluck1 Yes, man! I agree. My reply was, precisely, to nedmobile, not to you. It is a historical commnent, mostly; it isn't something else...
Balderthor 2 months ago
lol @ 2:04
Bitemarkx 3 months ago
omg I hope the Eagles give Tull most of the royalties for hotel california income after hearing this
billytherockfish 4 months ago 2
I like Tull but flute doesn't belong in rock.
manwithbreasts 4 months ago
@manwithbreasts Rubbish!! Flute or any instrument belongs...if it is integrated.Tull,Moody Blues are living proof..no?!
And as far as 'rock' goes..what is it? Difficult to define,or even pigeon hole..So don't pigeon hole,Tull,Flute or even rock..That's just narrow minded!!
Also there's a recorder playing on Stairway to heaven..get it??!!..Unless you might have thought that is wrong too!?
bluebow68 4 months ago
@manwithbreasts false. Listen to Thick as a Brick and tell me that the flute doesn't contribute greatly. Rock is about the subject matter, not the instruments used.
meowandmeow 3 months ago 2
@manwithbreasts . Just proves you know nothing about about Tulls influence on rock music from 1968 and still continuing . As Ian Anderson stated after Tull won the emmy for best heavy rock album in 1988 when asked about
the flute . He said ...LOL its made of metal and its really heavy .
garrington120 3 months ago 2
Great god ! i love this song...
tariksba 4 months ago
music can only go so many ways, maybe...just maybe they didnt "rip it off" maybe ian anderson doesnt give a fuck (which he doesnt) so obviously he knew and doesnt care. they were all freinds imitations the sincerist form of flattery
xXGuitarplayer89Xx 5 months ago
@xXGuitarplayer89Xx You're right that he didn't care, but not that they were friends. Ian didn't like the members of the Eagles and they didn't like him.
xentius1 4 months ago
the eagles toured with tull before they wrote hotel california, they heard tull play this every night, do ya think they ripped it off, of course they did!!!
jroxx11211 5 months ago 14
@jroxx11211 The eagles Hotel California sounds way to close to this one so yeah I say they did......
y3n007 4 months ago
howed they rip it off? sure the chord progression is similar, but the way they play it, the tempo, etc is all different. and the eagles have a kickass guitar solo at the end, tull has a flute/guitar solo at the end, both solos are worlds apart........ two very different songs by two great different bands.
ham123see 4 months ago
@ham123see you cant hear it? they obviously used it as the basis for hotel california, like it was said, the eagles toured with tull right before writing it. they either consciencely, or subconsciencely did it, its no big mystery, no big deal, lots of bands took songs and used, changed and rearranged them, look at zeppelin, my favorite band and the greatest in the world, they took lots of old blues songs and made them their own, some on purpose, some not, no big deal, thats rock n roll.
jroxx11211 4 months ago
@jroxx11211
keep in mind that the intro guitar riff in hotel california is written by don felder, who wasnt with the eagles at the time, the eagles were the support band of jethro tull in 1972 when they released their chart topping lp "eagles". felder joined back in 1974 helping the eagles out on their " on the boarder" album. without him, hotel california wouldnt exist.............
ham123see 3 months ago
@ham123see That all may be well and good but still the core of the song is still tulls, im not a big tull fanatic, i like them and i like some of the eagles too, but listening to this tull song, you can tell the eagles used the basis of the song and turned it into another song, just as alot of other bands have done and will do in the future, theres only 7 notes in the scale, its inevitable that music is going to be replicated.
jroxx11211 3 months ago
damn...I'm here again...
Duke69bof 5 months ago
Bought this album at the time. never occurred to me years later how identical the chord sequence was when Hotel california came out. And that lead is so so so similar. Interestin point of info. Hotel Cal. was going to be in a different rhythm but then they switched on a rhythm box which was set to a particyular rhythm and it becam Hotel California.
novadrian 6 months ago
Martin Barre proved he is / was a great techician , as to Hotel California , chord progression is similar but what the fuck , both songs rock.
garrington120 6 months ago
@garrington120 Absolutely... agree both songs kick ass.... both bands kick ass.... it's rock n roll at it's best...
ogrebattle22763 5 months ago
The Eagles plagiarised this one. Hotel California anyone?
greeny1746 7 months ago
who's picking his nose in this photo 0:58 ?
san5a89 10 months ago
if someday the humans could invent a "TIME MACHINE" the last thing i want to do in my life ( and i will pay enough for this) it's come back in time to watch a jethro tull concert...
jbalemao 1 year ago
jethro tull changing lifes and generations
i'm only a 19 years old boy ( from brazil ) and when i listened jethro at the first time i just FELT in love;D it's a transcedental music and lyrics too...
jbalemao 1 year ago 11
first album I ever bought...awesome, changed my life...and I'm STILL playing it today...good year 69...
DukeBof69 1 year ago
@DukeBof69 Likewise. STILL remember the excitement of getting it home. I remember sort of liking music (the stuff my parents allowed me to) then I heard the closing bars of 'Living in the Past'. Though not in any way religious, I suddenly knew what the expression 'Road to Damascus' meant. That day, I went from 'sort of liking music' to knowing that I was going to be a musician.
schragemusik 1 year ago
well done~~
eeebunny 1 year ago
always did like this one...dont know why Ian doesnt bring it back on their setlist, thanks for bringing it here
jgmdjsmm 1 year ago
Nice picture collection, also a great song!
Thx!
AlexDD 1 year ago
We Used To Know indeed. Nicely done.
tullist 2 years ago
Love it this slide of photos of old and unknown vinils of my all time prefered rock band. Thanks.
janucaJ 2 years ago