Jethro Tull- Baker Street Muse part 2

[10squonk]

the beginning of this song, I could hear all day. Beautiful and great arrangement to boot. This song tends to lose me though after Crash Barrier Waltzer

[RomanticLinguaphilia]

This song is really neat stuff :-)

[dryflyguyok]

never mind that request, This is that song

[dryflyguyok]

The lyrics" I have no time..for time magazine..or movie scenes" what song is that ..anyone??

[sjplwc]

Could 8:02 be the one of the most gorgeous passages in all of classic "rock" music? The violins, the lush arrangement -- and that voice, that voice!! Nobody could blend hard charging, edgy rock music with a Celtic sensibility and flat out beautiful, orchestral melodies like Ian and the boys. Magnificent!!

[progfan10]

@sjplwc Yeah, agree completely. Great string arrangements thoughout this composition.  Also, Ian was in fine voice for this album - lots of passages where he holds notes or extends a word. Too bad his voice is mostly gone now. I wondered in a previous comment why there aren't any live versions of Baker St. Muse out there. Perhaps it was too logistically complicated to have a string quartet accompany the band.

[sjplwc]

@progfan10 Is his voice really all that gone? Most recent thing I've heard from Ian is Tull's Christmas album, circa 2003. His pipes were still impressive at that point, unmistakable; not mid 70's caliber certainly, but quite nice. Of course, that was eight years ago. Yikes!! Sure makes me feel old.

[progfan10]

@sjplwc Yep, I'd say it's gone. Just look up a clip of any recent Tull concert from the past few years - there's plenty of them around. He and Martin Barre are still out there playing, though. I just tried to listen to some of the show from Red Rocks from June (2011) - to hear Ian struggle through 'Thick as a Brick' was painful. His flute playing is great, though.

[jatras]

...so I drift down through the Baker Street valley in my steep sided unreality...

[dablouze]

One of the best Ian Anderson music composition.

[umacks]

one of the best drum stiffs(29 to 59)...beautiful....of all time listen to it VERY LOUD....that is the only way to apreciate...nay ...feel this piece ...try ..you will like

[612franklin]

Elegance, as per Usual

[appoleniaclmsd]

i see all my Episodes at TV[.]UsNetxxx[.]com

[peeps5611]

Its too bad that radio stations don't play much music like this anymore.

[Samoyta]

@peeps5611 Actually they never did--at least not the commercial stations.

[progfan10]

This dude has written some of the most memorable, touching melodies ever - sometimes it's the part here that starts at 4:18 that does it for me, other times 'One White Duck', 'Requiem' - on and on... BTW, why aren't there any live performances of Baker St. Muse out there??

[JesseP11]

A very dark period for JT. Band was having issues. I guess this was reflected in a brilliant yet darker JT

[FursanS]

is it just me or is 6:00 - 7:20 the sexiest thing ever heard?

[SquidXD]

@FursanS wish i could thumbs up a million times :D

[starman714]

One of his greatest yet today underrated albums - LOVE this stuff, thanks!

[tjrxk7]

Love the way this picks up....."One day I'll be Minstrel in the Gallery- - -and paint you a picture of the Queen..."

[gutsbiker]

This music is unmatched and never will be!

[thermosoverfil]

I hadn't heard this for about 30 years since an ex girlfriend ran off with my record collection. Still sounds good today. Ian Anderson was a great poet as well as musician.

[GestureStew]

Ian Anderson is an actual musical genius; not the kind that gets called genius on a whim. The more one understands his art the more clear his genius becomes.

[KaiBailey]

Does anyone notice the gunshot in the background at 5:57 ?

I didn't notice that for the longest time until one night when I was *ahem* in a higher state of mind.

[ioanthe]

One cannot help what ol' Ian thinks of the UK right now.

Compared to us in the US I find... never mind - not then place for politics.

Tull FTW.

[rael7894]

I just discovered this song this week when I bought minstrel in the Gallery for the first time, although I've been a huge Tull fan for about a year now, and now I can't stop listening to it. My favorite part is "Pig-me and the whore".

[melwanifan]

Thanks Aqualung you have made my day!

[clairefmurphy]

Haven't heard this song for about 10 years but still remembered most of the words. Testament to the brilliance of IA's lyrics that stick in the mind forever once listened to.

[Kulumuli]

'There was a little boy stood on a burning log,

rubbing his hands with glee. He said, ``Oh Mother England,

did you light my smile; or did you light

this fire under me?

'

Powerful words.

[PinkFloydManiac1973]

Awesome song, one of their best. My favorite part is Crash-Barrier Waltzer.

[ruskyswing]

mine too! love+peace

[record1207]

Reminds me alot like "Thick As A Brick". Seems much the same formula! Still very tasty stuff always from...Tull and CO.

[gizlivadi8013]

Much more "civic", but yeah it is the same style...

[riskyrieske]

Very poignant! Thank you for posting it!

[mexfelix]

simPly sublime!

[chrispycritter2]

This is a story of the haves and have nots. On Baker Street.

[musicperfumelaughter]

I enjoyed this story. The difficult bit is trying to work out what it means.

Thinking of You

dcx

[add2718]

I think the passage that begins this is possibly my favorite instrumental piece ever. I would LOVE to hear Jack Hicko cover Crash Barrier Waltzer, I think he would do an excellent job.

[Arklakiashonestly]

Mother England Reverie is amazing.

[fatboy9675]

yes yes yes

[mszmygin]

inspiring.

[HerbDangerous]

A masterpiece!