Jethro Tull - Dun Ringill

[SolidOblivion]

haha, my computer is telling me this only has 144,438 views, either it ran out of numbers to use or humanity is fucked.

[TravenV]

Words can not express how awesome this song is to me.

[gresach]

*BY*,.. the... Ringill

[meowandmeow]

@gresach by Dun Ringill...

[theskyinstars]

My favorite song, its beautiful.

[sheltech12]

what a hypnotic song . highly underrated acoustic player .

[jon2511]

6 people listens to Lady Gaga. >_>

[edsroraphael]

 valeu!!!!!!!!!

[slomaujos]

clear lines on a slick palm­..­.as i misdeal the day,,,,,,concert of kings wispers...was this after or before the day dawned...just beautiful...

[TheProphetZob]

Oh lordy , I hear this and Im back in a 1980's Leeds bedsit with a girl who was in every way my superior , I just didnt know it at the time. Superb band who seem to have slipped under the radar in the British way

[telsport]

@TheProphetZob Dear Zob...YOur comment about that lady is quite elegant and reveals your chivalric soul.

and enlightenment. YOu will be the true lover of someone...and I hope (as should you) that they will be, once again, your better.

All my ladyfriends have been my better, and I am a far better man for it.

Tom Loughlin Jr, Utica NY

[TheProphetZob]

Oh lordy , I hear this and Im back in a 1980's Leeds bedsit with a girl who was in every way my superior , I just didnt know it at the time. Superb band who seem to have slipped under the radar in the British way

[vortexxachosenone]

watch the old gods play

[Anderson1992]

Is anybody out there who could tell me which of "Jethro Tull - Dun Ringill" album's this music belongs, please? I thought I have it, but I just can't find it. Also I can't remember its cover... Sniff.

Actually, I really like Jethro Tull old days.

[majorinus]

@Anderson1992 It's in the album «Stormwatch» (1979).

[key2kingdom]

@Anderson1992 Stormwatch, 1979. Cover has Anderson looking through binoculars.

[garrington120]

@Anderson1992 STORMWATCH 1979

[vortexxachosenone]

die too tooo night dies into light heaven home to the good lorisins  VORTEXXACHOSENONE on youtube

[sibsbubbles]

@siggi5153:

One can only hope. Discovered this band a little later than I probably should have. Definitely wish I could have seen this band live in their prime years.

[skullamus]

just back home from dun ringill round the corner from ian's old house. a special place indeed.

[JazzWeCanProductions]

..searching for awesome jazz from bavaria >>CLICK ON<<: "DONAU JAZZER REGENSBURG"

[Kaiverfox]

I love Mystical melodies.

[ScudoBR]

GENIUS !!!

[xtaperjeangirl92x]

I'm 18. I grew up listening to Anderson & co. I can honestly say that as much as I love a wide variety of music (mainly metal), Tull will always have a special place in my heart. They're truly amazing geniuses...I just wish I wasn't the only fan I know! :)

[Kaiverfox]

@xtaperjeangirl92x

XD, I know what you mean.

[ulysseshixon]

Just Brilliant!!! One of kind voice...can always tell a Tull song as soon as he starts to sing. Thanks for years of joy Ian!!!!!

[marcabtube]

What a beautiful poem with a great tune.

And this voice..

Simple even so enexpressive.

I love it.

[SeeeTubeee]

I was reading some comments.

There should be no such thing as Halls of Fame - they are just political.

None in Sports.

None in Music.

Jethro Tull Ian Anderson truly IS a Musical Genious.

[MrSpafly]

heh! , nice ...very nice !!

[vegasshowgirlshoes]

And I don't believe Tull is in the R and R hall of fame?

What a joke

Neither is the Moody Blues

There is a serious problem there

[taradead]

love this song...and it's actually easy to sing/play on guitar (unlike most of the wonderfully intricate arrangements in this part of Tull's career). Always gave me the image on being on an drunken old ship tossed about on the north sea (probably because it was released on "Stormwatch"), so the beach video doesn't really work for me

[Cluin]

I'm not sure why, but this song (and video especially) always put me in mind of Michael Moorcock.

[wmacisaac]

@Cluin

I can see that. Two great artistic powers....both somewhat forgotten but never equalled.

Tull and Moorcock. Similar themes too, in many of thier compositions. Thanks for that!

Songs from the Wood and the Corum novels go quite well together!

[fullfrontalbuddha]

@Cluin probably because Ian Anderson was one of the Eternal Champions companion at some point.

[fullfrontalbuddha]

@Cluin probably because Ian Anderson was one of the Eternal Champions companion at some point.

[fullfrontalbuddha]

@Cluin probably because Ian Anderson was one of the Eternal Champions companion at some point.

[blurfist]

@Cluin My name is Michael. If I ever became a pornstar, I would take the name MIchael Morecock.

[MKECBS1]

@Cluin Back in the days when I played world of Warcraft I would always play Tull, and Runrig. I found Tulls Celtic sound and the actuall Gallic language from Runrig suited the game so much. And my character was called Elric XD

[Wiaszczurka]

I'm 23 and I think that there is nothing better than Tull in this world! This song in brilliant - simple, but beautiful.

[wmacisaac]

@Wiaszczurka

I think that's how classical music came to be. But Tull created a new genre of classical.

[PLA0242]

I don't know what it is about this song. It's like a painting with colors muted...dark, haunting. Wonderful offering from Tull...great song. -P

[jstarang1]

thanks Cluin

[Cluin]

Tá fáilte romhat.

[0THEBOB0]

Outstanding

[JuliaPetrovaChannel]

Was at the Christmas concert in December 2009, and they started the show with accoustic version of Dun Ringill. A-m-a-z-i-n-g!

[chuckdd4201]

Love this promo vid, Stormwatch is a great album and one of tull's best in my oponion. The lyrics could have been written yeaterday, it's also the last album with the classic 76-79 line up.

[treegan7]

Thank you for sharing. This song inspired a memorable adventure, for my husband and I, on the isle of Skye to find the actual "Dun Ringll"

[siggi5153]

Maybe later generations will realise Anderson´s genius.

[TheConnerKid]

I discovered Tull when I was 12. Ian Anderson has been a hero of mine ever since. Now, I have a 14 year old son who realy appreciates Anderson and Tull....there is still hope siggi5153!! =)

[SigandGibbs]

@siggi5153 My mom set me listening to Tull, there is hope!

[schef75]

I can assure you my sons will.

[gizlivadi8013]

@siggi5153 Hopefully. Anyway, thank God we already know.

[BLUESMANRONCHICAGO]

@siggi5153 God I hope so, I have enjoyed Ian and his genious since 1969!!!!

[BLUESMANRONCHICAGO]

@siggi5153 God I hope so, he is a master of these little songs that are 2 or 3 minutes long at best, another example is Christmas Song, been a Tull fan since 1971 when I first hit the college campus, and 40 years later i still play his greatest hits CD in my car just about every day!!!!

[Gyurci77]

dik azt te! 100%

[birdfriend02]

JT was my favorite band in the 70's. I had a brother that was 5 years older than me and he introduced the group to me when I was 12. They became the glue that held me together many times growing up. JT is still my favorite band and always will be. That's because they rescue me from this world.

[tubite2]

Mr. Anderson opened The Acoustic Jethro Tull show at Baltimore's Lyric Opera House 10/15/09 with this one. So wonderful to be entertained once again by him.

[KingHellstrings]

I was there, too!!! Wasn't it a haunting opening to the show?!?

[tubite2]

Yes quite effective. I have enjoyed his showmanship and playing since the early 70's. Ian Anderson and Tull are always a safe bet for a pleasant concert experience or album purchase. Very consistent and classy producers of fine music, he/they have been regulars in my music system and on my concert list for almost 40 years.

[TheConnerKid]

Saw him in Spokane, WA. at the Fox Theater. Opened with this song and it was AWESOME!! Great show. Favorite band.

[tecwolfen]

By DunRingill

[artiekaghi]

Thanks for sharing this with us. Great!

[rodrico50]

Ian Anderson is nothing less than a musical genius.

[mdelair420]

@rodrico50 so true

[thedollardonkey]

This guitar riff is INCREDIBLE!

[marcmarcusson]

One of my favourit Tull songs...thx mate.

grtz from Ostend,Belgium.

Marcus

[27cormack]

Jethro Tull is the soul of Scotland, however not be pure folk.

[jstarang1]

Tull or Zeppelin? I prefer Tull, be it the hard blues rock of Benefit, or my preference, the english folk like this

[sophiaturbo]

JT! it is more epic

[gizlivadi8013]

but by a close second, you know. Anyway I'd prefer Tull a thousand times over Zeppelin

[jstarang1]

is this scotland? what is that an aminor chord capo 3? what are the bass notes i suck earring stuff out...

[rocknova]

The more songs I hear from this band the more amazed I become. Amazing

[iluvflagunlaws]

filmed on one of Saturns' moons?

[rodrico50]

this is only one of tull's so many masterpieces.

[trunkeight]

Doesn't this song just 'take you there' ?

What an amazingly beautiful ethereal zone, moving between worlds.. thanks for posting!

[ricordohora]

A canção carrega o espírito do Homem. The song carry the Human spirit. Das Lied Tragen Sie den menschlichen Geist.

[rootslouch]

aaaaaah i looove ian. this is one of my favorite songs off the stormwatch album.

[rodrico50]

in the wee hours i'll meet you. down by dun ringill.

[Shadow9392]

This and Something's on the Move are the best songs from the album.

[mdelair420]

rite on my friend take care grandpa,peace mdelair420

[repeldarkness11]

I agree

Among his peers Tull and Ian Anderson is one of the geniuses of the 70s , compared to the crap now days this is pure masterpiece art rock,

[Goeagles4life5]

you sound like you are 35 that didn't graduate high school. ROCK ON!!!!

[longcoppercurls]

Wow... thanks for making this available to the world. What an amazing tune from a rock and roll classic band. Often forgotten by some, never forgotten by others.

[eldorado62]

A Tull classic, if there ever was one.

[EddieAlexanderRocks]

Such a beutiful song! Big Ian has influenced my singing and song writing so much!

[davidcl40]

Love this song and i think that Stormwatch is an JT underrated classic. The last album in the bands classic 70's masterpieces.

[nishinrockv]

bY dun rin gill....

very energetic piece.

[shetalkscrazytalk84]

one of the greatest riffs of all time! a masterpiece in the medieval tradition!

[biborka2008]

A ZENE !

[ACrackInTheWall2006]

cool song and video but i really can't get into the stormwatch album

[EriktheHermit]

What?! NORTH SEA OIL, ORION, FLYING DUTCHMAN, OLD GHOSTS, go buy the album!

[1stStreetPubOpenMic]

This video cracks me up, great song - one of my favorites - STORMWATCH!

[tullist]

And btw, where this was filmed,appears to be Dover and its White Cliffs, probably a good 7 or 800 miles from Skye and Dun Ringill.

[kevinharps]

wow that's cool as hell dude!!!! I'll have to get baked there some time!!!

[eebeelive]

Aaaahhhmazeeeeeennnnnnnnnnnn!

[sidensvans54]

Watch a Master at work..

Eric San.

[OU8121ST]

I remember walking into Boston Garden in 1979 to see this show and they were playing warm sporran over the PA, that concert was intense in their prime they were one of the best live shows going.STORMWATCH when they did this song live it was amazing

[mrplopplop]

Oi ?? Anderson !! take those wellies off .. they aint sexy ??? and stop promoting an album .. which has not even been written yet ??? A !!!

[eebeelive]

blue video, great listening in Morongo Valley, CA reallyfine:D

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[cohuttab]

Morongo Vally. Brings back memories...riding up the desert to 29 palms. Lived there 86-89. I miss bouldering in Joshua tree, dinking vodka and listening to...this..

[tecwolfen]

I want to go..

[ThePipersNicks]

GREAT song. Surreal. Stormwatch is an intense album. I liked the 80's albums just as much however. A, Broadsword, and Crest were insanely good. Is it my computer or does the sound keep fading in and out on the recording?

[krisdooom]

its suspose too:) they liked to experiment

[key2kingdom]

it does keep fading, especially at the beginning. It's not meant to, must be the old Betamax tape! the DVD of Slipstream has been released, with the A CD (they come together now, or they did, for a while).

[mattyz40]

thanx for the post...u brought me back to what i consider the last real tull record...acoustic...tasteful..­.not tech driven...and a great, great poem...music or not...

[mojohannd]

Cool I know what it means!!!!!!!! Rlinnenbur you wher right. It wad who died there. See Ian is scottish and dunn ringill is a old Battel station by the ocean. The song is about scottmen praying to the gods namley "discord" Line join in faint discord???

there are stone circles at dun ringill. This song is a treasure. It a scottish folk masterpeice written by a rock and roll superstar.

[tullist]

Dun Ringill is indeed a stone tower, or what's left of it, on what had been IA's old estate, Kilmarie, on Strathaird, Isle of Skye, Scotland. Have been there 3 times, there are no stone circles immediately nearby, though being the Highlands, you would not have to go too far, I think the Orkney's have some.

Those towers were used to keep watch for Vikings who would rape and pillage. It ajoins Loch Slapin, not the ocean.

[MortisIgor]

Cold=cool piece.

[rlinnenbur]

as the white sea snaps at the heels of a soft friend...whispers...

GENIUS!!!!

[Rudimentarypenis]

I really don't understand that quote... care to elaborate? Please?

[rlinnenbur]

Sure those are part of the opening words from the song Dun Ringill. As the white sea snaps at the heels of a soft prayer whispered. (I prefer to say the words as I wrote them as it sounds like that is what he is saying. (He being Ian Anderson of Jethro Tull)

[rlinnenbur]

I think the quote is reference to those who died there...

[ianwr000]

Beautiful,haunting words.I should point out it is actually a soft "prayer".

[rlinnenbur]

You missed my comments above about why I say it wrong, I know the words. Thanks for trying to correct me though, but I already knew the words. :)

[rlinnenbur]

Yes I know and said that already, I know what the words are. Thanks for trying to correct but I said why I like to say it that way, and I always will say it that way, because it sounds like that.

[scudy14]

The white sea snaps at the heals of a soft prayer...whispered.

Your right though...GENIUS

[bapes41]

I own lots of albums by lots of artists, but I've bought over the years EVERYTHING Jethro Tull and Ian Anderson as a solo has made. They're just that good! Dun Ringill is a haunting song that just sends chills down my spine when I hear it.

[ramtha9]

I love to hear Ian Anderson sing. This is just good music! Thanx Cluin!

[vdg5rt]

(a mon avis) the best group of the world!

[hercegnooee]

c'est vrai, alors, a mon avis aussi!

[Cluin]

Das ist bueno, nyet?

[hercegnooee]

Igen, igen.. oh alors, yes i like them very much! ;)

[ArncoGirl]

The lyrics, the melody line both hypnotic.

No one like Ian and his band, no one.

Fantastic

[watthufuk]

Man o man i had that video, simply the best.

[IKiBarraYou]

Did Ian Anderson ever write a bad song? This guy's talent is DISGUSTING !

[Aqualung71]

How is it disgusting?

[Razielim423]

It's too godly to comprehend that's how, I guess anyways.

[DADDYTWOSIXTEEN]

song gives me chills....

[gooncomic]

I always like to read fantasy books while listening to his music.

[seanseventy]

bass player dying was blessing to band as it allowed ian to show his bass playin ualities

[godeatgod666]

For one thing, that's kind of cold to call his death a blessing. And on top of that, John Glascock was the best bass player that Tull ever had.

[paddyo702]

John Glasscock's death also hastened the departure of Barry Barlow, Evans and Palmer. Many of us consider them the finest of Tull's line ups! RIP John.

[artawc]

Glasscock's death lead to the demise of the classic Tull lineup. A tragedy. I loved his stage presence as well.

[thicko70]

artawc, I have got to disagree with that. Classic Tull lineup was Ian, Glenn, Clive and Martin ( Mick Abrahams ) supported by John Evan. Having said that J.C. was a legend.

[bapes41]

Mick Abrahams was only around at the beginning and was a part of JT like Pete Best was apart of The Beatles. He just wasn't one with the band. So I disagree with Abrahams being included in the "classic" lineup. Great song, though. One of their best!

[mrplopplop]

great song from stormwatch !! the whole album has an amazing atmosphere !

[pennyfritz]

this is one of Tull's dark horse classics.

just discovered it and cannot let it go...

beautifully done...

[witsmith]

I went to a recent concert in a small college auditorium where the little audience was stiff and Ian was tamed and sedated compared to these clips from performances that ended before I was born. :-P

[unplumbedgibbon]

I guess he doesn't respond well to a an unenthusiastic audience. Every time I've seen them Ian did crazy one legged dances all over the stage and stuff!

[witsmith]

To me personally, Jethro Tull has an indescribable quality which is shared by only my most favorite artists of the other fleeting pieces of creation that I notice and then forget about all the time. It touches me in a way that so few things can. I must write that Ian Anderson is one of the most charming and complicated musical figures I've ever discovered interest in.

[Tangaleti]

The most intelligent band ever. The best music played by wonderful musicians

[seanseventy]

crap what bout acdc

[Nami56]

Please tell us about your visits at Ian's estate tullist. Do you have some connection with Ian, and the band? Please share your experience, and your observations with us!

[tullist]

Freak no, at least not with Ian Anderson, I have had casual exchanges as any of us could with some of the others, particularly Dave Pegg who makes everybody feel like a good friend. But where Ian lived on Skye any old jamoke could go wandering in, he hardly encouraged it, I am a pitiful fanatic of most things that interest me, Skye amongst them, a total of three visits. Not enough characters on here to write much, but near as I know he was civil to all. Hey Pattiere! Thanks Nami

[Nox404]

Awesome, this album (Stormwatch) isn't bad either.

[anything777656]

Awsome song

The album this was on (stormwatch) was supposed to be there last thats why the song isn't as cheerful as the rest of there songs

[keltoid]

THE most underrated band of all time.

[PussyWillow1464]

Tull lift my spirits, day in an day out, constantly. Thank You.

[Pattieire]

Many thanks for posting this great video :):)

[jojo2949]

andy whitelock loves Tull

[Turgontheterrible]

When I was a younger, I thought Ian wrote this song about Ringil, the sword of Fingolfin. I laugh about that that every time I hear this wonderful song.

[BekkaBytor]

I LOVE this song and it is one of my favorites. my husband and I found Dun Ringill when we were on the Isle of Sky...a truly magical place! Thanks Ian!!!!

[keltoid]

OH GOSH I WANT TO GO THERE!!

[1CoyoteSpirit]

Good to see Ian performing today at 60! A true multi-talented genius!

NEVER "too old to rock and roll".

[OzTerri]

thank u so much for this vid. tull ALMOST the best band in the world of all time (Floyd just slides in there). thank u again

[JungleRon]

I just don't understand people that don't love Tull music..This is another great one by IAn and the boys from Stormwatch...yes Nightcap is an excellent cd as well and for the ultimate classical Ian Anderson you must check out Divinities:12 Dances With God....someone needs to get those songs on YouTube...all great listening! God Bless you Ian!

[jimmayjimmayjj]

Awesome song

[comeonbert]

I wonder if anyone has ever done a better job in making a song about the seashore! You just close your eyes and - you are there!

[gazorba]

Saw the Storm watch tour at Oakalnd ca the stage looke like the front of an old sailing ship,Ian Anderson was hanging from the mast with flute in hand,arr me matty! the perfect pirate!

[gasness1]

yes this is from stormwatch; we were listing our fave albums. trespass33, the package you are looking for is called "Nightcap." It contains classic tull and 80's tull, unreleased priorto.

[tresspass33]

anybody ever come across the double cd that has a whiskey bottel on the front, it contains classical tull not classic jethro tull?

[comeonbert]

it's entitled "nightcap" and contains unreleased tracks of tull album recording sessions, not classical jethro tull.

Some very nice tunes on it!

[tresspass33]

yes your right thank you I did posses it once but as in my move from B.C to toronto it went missing and never have I been able to find it.

[gasness1]

I was obsessed with Songs f/t Wood and Passion Play. This song's chorus has the most chilling melody.

[samsombersimba]

but Dun Ringill is off Stormwatch...

[pete8020]

Thanks a lot for this. I really like this track.

[tullist]

I have a picture of myself standing within the ancient stone tower, now little more than stones in a small hillside, that is Dunringill which was on IA's estate, Strathaird, Isle of Skye, Scotland. This was not filmed there, looks a little like it though. In 3 visits met Ian twice and have pictures of that too.

[molyanjm]

ugh... 'A' and 'Under Wraps' were easily the worst Tull albums - although 'Rock Island' and Catfish rising' were not so great either. Minstrel.., Songs.., Heavy Horses and Stormmwatch - that was the era for me.

[wizsoft]

Is it filmed in Dover?

[tullist]

I do think so, clearly the beginning of the little Tull movie from 81 was with Ian as Aqualung with the baby carriage underneath the Brick newspaper. I love all the Tull albums but understand how people could have fallen off the ship, I am hopelessly Tull mesmerized since 72 and a huge mere fan even before that.

[peterpindar]

I disagree strongly! Jethro Tull's most classic album ever is 'A' closely followed by the much celebrated and universally acclaimed 'Under Wraps'. So stick that in your pipe and smoke it!

[johnwolcot]

great video! but ruined by the bottle with that awful 'A' motif in it. That really was a dreadful album. Stormwatch was the last decent album before things started going tits up musically.

[tectetenidnid]

great!