He has adapted his voice to the onset of age, but still sounds great in my opinion. You can hear him straining for notes, but I think that adds to the effect. Good luck to him, still treading the boards after all these years.
my favorite band , saw every tour after the first 6 albums , each show was subsequently the best i had ever seen ... thier 1st 5 albums are as good or better than any other groups 1st five .
Man.. Ian had the coolest, most original and craziest voice in rock and roll.. Not to mention those insane flute solos with the growling and snarling. Lol !!! Now it's gone. It's painfull to watch him now, how he stretches his neck and legs in order to hit the "high" notes with a voice just a whisper of his former self.
The thing is that "Tull" has never played a conventional "Rock & roll" format so the bands music can't really compared to that style. it's too complex musically and lyrically. It's closer to Jazz if anything contemporary and the roots are firmly in english trad.music. Having said that, I still the music is great.
DAMN dude, I was at the same concert, I was just thinking of that night then I saw your post!!! Shit what a great band and show that was, Rock On dude!!!!!
@Tommygun1028 You are right, Jethro and Metalica plays different styles, both are good each one in their style, but I think that Jethro styles is too different of all rock's band as of today.
@Tommygun1028 I think the post was a reference to Tull beating Metallica to Best Heavy Metal Act in the Grammys or something around 1989, with their Crest Of A Knave album, which beat out...And Justice For All - something Anderson still jokes about as no-one was more surprised than he that Crest was a metal album!
@rowdymax1 first off political commentary on a jethro tull song = bad
secondly political commentary about a song which isnt even the one in the video and is about politics that arent even remotely connected to the song in question, iirc its about a tramp that lived near the recording studio around then is just sodding stupid.
and that said a homeless person is more likely to be the victim of republican economic policy :P
My husband was a wonderful musician and really appreciated what Jethro Tull did with their music. At his funeral we played Too Old to Rock 'n' Roll, Too Young to Die (hubby was 55). I find it so hard today to listen to JT. Iain Anderson did wreck his voice using it and abusing it when younger, but nothing, nothing can take away from his inbuilt musicianship with the flute. And that is serious festival hair, man ...
My husband was a wonderful musician and really appreciated what Jethro Tull did with their music. At his funeral we played Too Old to Rock 'n' Roll, Too Young to Die (hubby was 55). I find it so hard today to listen to JT. Iain Anderson did wreck his voice using it and abusing it when younger, but nothing, nothing can take away from his inbuilt musicianship with the flute.
I was at a concert last night. His voice is pretty much shot, but he still makes up for it. He still brings the same spirit and livliness to the stage as he has always done. still amazing!!
@eriklares90 - Totally agree. I get sad for a minute at his voice being about gone, then enjoy the heck out of the next 2 hours cause it's freakin' Ian Anderson and he's still here :-)
@Tommygun1028 personally.. I think youre a douchbag. Ian sounds like a champ. The 40th year anniversary tour was incredible. Hope you learn to bite your damn tongue.
@pellmj1 My husband was a wonderful musician and really appreciated what Jethro Tull did with their music. At his funeral we played Too Old to Rock 'n' Roll, Too Young to Die (hubby was 55). I find it so hard today to listen to JT. Iain Anderson did wreck his voice using it and abusing it when younger, but nothing, nothing can take away from his inbuilt musicianship with the flute. And that is serious festival hair, man ...
Flute player? How about guitar player. If you ever look at a Tull song book (at an acustic song- he plays gutiar on most of them) his chords and fingering are sick.
@dbrew2u You obviously are to ignorant to notice the great modern day bands/artist behind the top 40 billboard. Look on my channel for example, I'm sure you'd enjoy David Francey.
I wish I had his mailing address.... I would send him psychedelic post cards I make..but the term psychedelic is old and redundant....we live in the mind of creation....as best we can....right dudes?....
Tull has so many good songs, but the only thing heard on the radio is aqualung, or maybe locomotive breath. No wonder most people who have only heard those 2 songs have no clue about them.
@mercmarc You need to get Sirius Satellite radio. They have been known to put the whole Thick as a Brick album in rotation. Awesome for a long drive, but it can make you miss an appointment if it comes on too late.
i just saw tull the other night!!! they started with this song..... SO GOOD!! it was my first time seeing them ( i am 24 years old).. it was great meeting some of the other fans! it was a great experience.. i see why people go back again and again and stay loyal fans!
This is a nice song. But then I think of the lines "we will meet in the sweet light of dawn" and "the tune ends too soon for us all". In fact I think there are people who have no one to meet them at the light of dawn. Maybe for those people the tune won't end too soon.
Man it never fails. Play this song after a crappy day and one can immediately feel a little better. "12 o'clock gloom that spins the room..." Has a way with language doesn't he? Strikes me as a band Carlin would have probably been into during his days of linguistic comedy.
@CaptainDuke71 Ian Anderson was born in Edinburgh and grew up in Blackpool. Donovan (Leitch) comes from Edinburgh. Neither belongs to us here in Ireland.
I saw Ian last summer in New Hampshire and he was still as amazing as ever! I can't believe how much energy he still has. He is one of the most unique artists out there.
Haven't you considered that Ian and the band are TOO brilliant to be in R&R so-called "Hall of Fame?? Why even compare the brilliance Tull's music and genius in their lyrics to the utterly bland mediocrities ( for the most part) in the "Hall??"
Get them in the hall of Fame. Abba is an Tull isn't. It's worse than a sin. Perhaps the most unique, interseting bands ever. Aqualung and Thick As a Brick are the two masterpiece albums, back to back but all their albums are excellent. Check out the live performances from N.Y.C. on here, about 1975 or 6
It is so beautiful that it aches like many other JT songs like Wond'ring Again, Witches Promise, and Skating away, to say nothing about Thick as a Brick.
Must admit, I thought this very lightweight, all those years back in the late 60's, early 70's, when it was released as a single. I used to buy Jethro albums, and loved them, but left this to one side. In fact, it is pure genius from Ian Anderson, and utterly beautiful.
I equally like their longtime drummers of Clive Bunker, Barrimoire Barlow, Doane Perry. Martin Barre is by far their best lead guitarist and I like Glenn Cornick's bass style slightly more than later ones such as; like John Glassock, Jonathan Noyce and others like Jeffrey Hammond. -of course without Ian there is no "Jethro Tull".
If I look hard enough in my parent's basement I bet I can find that letter I wrote to Ian Anderson thanking him for helping me think when I was a teenager. I should send it now that I am 41. That would be fun!!!
i only had one op to see Tull, on the Bursting Out tour. to this day Ian's charm and presence remains one of my most treasured musical memories, along with the 25 minute versions of Cross Eyed Mary and Aqualung.
this song will be my eulogy. i heard it that night, and along with the rest of the crowd was struck dumb by it's beauty and execution. some artists just know how to paint the most beautiful portraits, Ian could do it with ease, and grace, to music.
As TimeWarpLady said above, Ian and Tull also enriched my youth - greatly. They continue to enrich it to this day and, like TimeWarpLady, I am also sharing this with my kids. I just saw them a few weeks ago - What a powerful and delightful influence they continue to be.
What a man, what a performer! Must be one of the most undrated performers ever. Long live the Tull. When I go upstairs this will be played at funeral. I have loved this man and his music since the 60's.
Have just watched the whole fantastic charisma and wonderful instrumentals of Ian Anderson and JT. Had to share it with my friends. And lovely with it. Oh the good old days!
Definitivamente a banda mais lírica dos anos 70, provocando um som progressivo, onde o movimento do rock'n roll viu e sentiu o que transformar o som de instrumentos harmonicos em puro rock! Ian Anderson é o cara! E ainda é dono do maior exportador de bacalhau lá de cima!!! heheheh
Was 14 years old when this was released - loved Tull then and it still sounds so good 39 summers later - tnx Ian for all the wonderful songs down the years ...
Ian Anderson-the Voice of the Psyche-For all of us now who are in their Fifties- please share this great Music, with someone younger than you, so the Song carries on.
@dreyxxyz - a HUGE thanks to my Mother for teaching me about JT when I was very young. I"m now 39 and have loved Tull all my life. It's a damn shame that musicians nowadays will never even come close to this.
I don't mean to take away from any other band, but for all the diehard long-time Floyd and Zeppelin lovers/worshippers-Tull (even with many lineup changes over the years) has accomplished it all delightfully and they have not been nearly as widely recognized or awarded as other bands/artists-half as talented. This has been because of Ian Anderson, Martin Barre and other's perseverance and musical skill and original song-writing brilliance lasting over several decades.
Gotta disagree a bit Bone. Tull's great music ran out many moons ago as brilliant as they once were. I have everything from This Was to Broadsword (I even have the controversial A!) and think Ian just ran out of great ideas because Tull had to do an album a year and that was too much to maintain creatively. Also, I fail to see how Zep or Floyd are "half as talented" as Tull. Technical ability and musical complexity are not necessarily the best yardstick to measure talent.
Also, to be honest, Tull's live show was great but had little or no improvisation, whereas Zep excelled at changing arrangements and dynamics, etc...live. To be honest, as much as I love Tull and think Ian is/was brilliant, Tull's music is very much for the "head" and reflects Ian himself: brilliant and intelligent but aloof and veering towards cold and rigid at times.
@ThisIsBilbo well, I can see some of your points, but I am just Tullisized even though I know Ian used have a big ego and was cold and pompous at times, but now seems more refined, humble and low-key although his voice isn't the same. I also really like the work of Steve Winwood among many other artists-especially the "Traffic" years with Jim Capaldi, Chris Wood, etc. and early with Dave Mason-they made some great progressive rock, jazz, blues music too.
@busterbone Well I gotta weigh in on this one. Having seen all three live, Tull was the best for performance AND music. Zep is loud and Page is an incredible guitarist, but too many lulls in the performance; and Floyd has their toys, special effects and great music, but they just stood there like statues amongst towering equipment.
@JayDNorris GIve me Ian moving from acoustic guitar to flute to tambourine to sax, conducting the band with acrobatic moves, using his flute as a baton, Jeffrey bounding about the stage with as much energy in the last song as the first song, John rocking out at the keyboards, Martin hardly able to contain himself when the concentration doesn't demand he be still, and Barry whipping his head around to such complex and hard-driving drumming that even John Bonham was in awe of him.
@JayDNorris And I have to add that the time changes and movements from major to minor keys makes Tull seem a bit more talented than the other chaps because they pull it off quite brilliantly live!
Thank you, Tommygun1028, for uploading this gem of a feed. Tull is STILL one of the most prolific, prosaic, & re-playable Prog Rock groups out of the UK, ever. I'll have to get this DVD set. Namasté ~ (•8-D
Well I was watching Jethro Tull on Friday night 01.04.10 at Sheffield City Hall and they were as good as you would imagine, The band even played support band to their support act, Saori Jo from France.
A very relaxed evening and very enjoyable, the old master Ian is still the force that is JT, Martin was as ever his rock and fantastic performances from the drummer, bass player and keyboard man.
Well I was watching Jethro Tull on Friday night 01.04.10 at Sheffield City Hall and they were as good as you would imagine, The band even played support band to their support act, Saori Jo from France.
A very relaxed evening and very enjoyable, the old master Ian is still the force that is JT, Martin was as ever his rock and fantastic performances from the drummer, bass player and keyboard man.
saw them last week in colston hall in bristol, bloody good gig, and ian anderson seemed to be performing for the sheer joy of it which at his age is mpressive in itself
Greetings from Finca Bouree,my ranch in the mountains of Baja Mex. site of Cassic Rock & Jeepin where Jethro Tull has a special place when we have our concerts and 4x4 trips.
first Tull concert , Stormwatch Long Beach Ca.1980? I think.
The FIRST song recorded with my favorite line up - Anderson, Evans, Hammond, Barlow and Barre - followed up by Thick as a Brick and A Passion Play. It never did get any better than that.
Anderson's my man. At a troubled 14, a friend, Dana, put Aqualung in my tape player. The social and religious themes gave words to apprehensions I was ripe for and catalyzed my understandings. Oh yes, Life's a Long Song.
Saulo07's darned right Tull's good even after all these years, and so are we my loves.
This promo film on Top of the Pops was the first time I ever saw Tull and almost the first time I ever heard them. I was instantly hooked and remain a life long fan.
One fond memory I have of this is playing it at a friend's house and my friend's dad coming in, listening for a bit and then saying "whoever that is, he can really play; it's beautiful" which was very sweet, and so different from my dad's response to any music I liked, even though my dad was at least 10 years younger.
Great clip. I love how it builds as the instruments arrive.
@pequodman: I'll have to agree! The tune ends too soon for us all!
(Though I've always been rather partial to "And flowers bloom like madness in the spring.")
blandmobile 2 weeks ago
Met you on skye you got me pissed on tequila .thank you,
eddybrown75 1 month ago
Will be seeing them in Derby in 2012, a quality evening without a doubt.
paulstudio54 1 month ago
"A vida é uma canção longa".
And it is to be sung, indeed.
mrjohn1964 1 month ago in playlist Jethro Tull
IMO that one simple line"The tune ends too soon for us all"is the most perfect line ever written in a song
pequodman 1 month ago 2
@pequodman "summer lease hath all to short a date"
cwwiss1 3 weeks ago
stunning
lowlander333 1 month ago
need more be said let the tunes play....tull!!!!
fluffydolly 2 months ago
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hmoy24677 2 months ago
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June? WTF?
addyboddo 2 months ago
@hmoy24677 I think the word you're looking for is "tune".
Criterion515 1 month ago in playlist Jethro Tull
He has adapted his voice to the onset of age, but still sounds great in my opinion. You can hear him straining for notes, but I think that adds to the effect. Good luck to him, still treading the boards after all these years.
AK2927 3 months ago
MY GOD!!! Ian Anderson peforming a song where he doesn't look like some homeless tramp/pervert cavorting and gurning at the camera.
ColinBobbyDartford 3 months ago
favorite from living in the past
Reed104 4 months ago
I've always loved this song x
ledzeplinchesh 4 months ago in playlist More videos from Tommygun1028
This is just a beautiful song
bobgreen623 4 months ago 2
When he arranged and performed this song and made this vid he must have felt on top of the world.
richardkelltoolmaker 4 months ago
Not in the R&R Hall of Shame. How ridiculous is that?
ebquinn 5 months ago
LOve Tull Forever
Huija 6 months ago
My five year old is better than Metallica. Tull vs those hacks? It's a no-brainer.
jamo387 6 months ago
my favorite band , saw every tour after the first 6 albums , each show was subsequently the best i had ever seen ... thier 1st 5 albums are as good or better than any other groups 1st five .
Thadmotor1044 7 months ago 2
Classic, classic tune.
romanticwarrior97 7 months ago
hahaha, i used to (mis)hear "life's a-lonesome" or "life's an ensemble"! well, decide, man. :))
bombitza 7 months ago
Man.. Ian had the coolest, most original and craziest voice in rock and roll.. Not to mention those insane flute solos with the growling and snarling. Lol !!! Now it's gone. It's painfull to watch him now, how he stretches his neck and legs in order to hit the "high" notes with a voice just a whisper of his former self.
lambcrawler 7 months ago
@lambcrawler ..... painful indeed, in fact its hard to believe its the Ian Anderson (genius) of years gone by.
richardkelltoolmaker 6 months ago
The thing is that "Tull" has never played a conventional "Rock & roll" format so the bands music can't really compared to that style. it's too complex musically and lyrically. It's closer to Jazz if anything contemporary and the roots are firmly in english trad.music. Having said that, I still the music is great.
MrDec202 8 months ago
This was played at a friends funeral & was so moving. RIP Derek
MrJoseppie123 8 months ago
god, I love this!! My teenage years have come to life!! Ian Anderson, a true sage.
MidnightWriter8210 8 months ago
I saw the great Ian Anderson and Jethro Tull in 1976 at the now gone Chicago Stadium.
It was my very first concert. As the years go by and the more I listen to Jethro Tull, the more amazed I become! Thank you!
loverofgoodmusic23 8 months ago
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DAMN dude, I was at the same concert, I was just thinking of that night then I saw your post!!! Shit what a great band and show that was, Rock On dude!!!!!
hugedj55 8 months ago
nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnoo 1 better than the "Overseer" over "You".
Dibbie1000 8 months ago
ruddy heck, he's not only an exceptional guitarist, flautist and vocalist but he writes phenomenally great music. Arise Sir Ian of Anderson!
spikerooney011 9 months ago 3
awesome, thanks!
54taqiyya 9 months ago
You know what? They are better than Metallica!
UncaDollas 10 months ago 48
@UncaDollas There's not even a comparison and the 2 bands should not be mentioned in the same sentence.
Tommygun1028 10 months ago 46
@Tommygun1028 You are right, Jethro and Metalica plays different styles, both are good each one in their style, but I think that Jethro styles is too different of all rock's band as of today.
2008jimema 10 months ago
@Tommygun1028 at last since 1989 :D
UnidentifiedChaos 3 months ago
@Tommygun1028 I think the post was a reference to Tull beating Metallica to Best Heavy Metal Act in the Grammys or something around 1989, with their Crest Of A Knave album, which beat out...And Justice For All - something Anderson still jokes about as no-one was more surprised than he that Crest was a metal album!
AK2927 3 months ago
@UncaDollas Well, at least they play their Mandolins very LOUD!!!
malekmo50 6 months ago
Snot running down his nose...greasy fingers, shabby clothes..he must've been writing about Democrats...lol.
rowdymax1 10 months ago
@rowdymax1 first off political commentary on a jethro tull song = bad
secondly political commentary about a song which isnt even the one in the video and is about politics that arent even remotely connected to the song in question, iirc its about a tramp that lived near the recording studio around then is just sodding stupid.
and that said a homeless person is more likely to be the victim of republican economic policy :P
xarglethegreat 9 months ago
@rowdymax1 GIt your dirty politics out of here tea party poser trash.
stopthrm 9 months ago
My husband was a wonderful musician and really appreciated what Jethro Tull did with their music. At his funeral we played Too Old to Rock 'n' Roll, Too Young to Die (hubby was 55). I find it so hard today to listen to JT. Iain Anderson did wreck his voice using it and abusing it when younger, but nothing, nothing can take away from his inbuilt musicianship with the flute. And that is serious festival hair, man ...
tizzsy 10 months ago 3
My husband was a wonderful musician and really appreciated what Jethro Tull did with their music. At his funeral we played Too Old to Rock 'n' Roll, Too Young to Die (hubby was 55). I find it so hard today to listen to JT. Iain Anderson did wreck his voice using it and abusing it when younger, but nothing, nothing can take away from his inbuilt musicianship with the flute.
tizzsy 10 months ago
I think I saw several species of birds nesting in his hair.
duncanstpt 10 months ago
i like this bloke's music-he looks much like my mate Mick
busterbone 10 months ago
do singers who smoke[ed] ever apologize?maybe he just never learned to sing''properly''?
pellmj1 10 months ago
people have mentioned over and how jethro er- i mean ian has lost his voice.is he still able to sing in his folk troubadour style?
pellmj1 10 months ago
@pellmj1 search on Youtube and listen for yourself, personally i think his voice sounds awful now.
Tommygun1028 10 months ago 9
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I was at a concert last night. His voice is pretty much shot, but he still makes up for it. He still brings the same spirit and livliness to the stage as he has always done. still amazing!!
eriklares90 7 months ago
@eriklares90 - Totally agree. I get sad for a minute at his voice being about gone, then enjoy the heck out of the next 2 hours cause it's freakin' Ian Anderson and he's still here :-)
dennisandvicki 6 months ago 2
@Tommygun1028 personally.. I think youre a douchbag. Ian sounds like a champ. The 40th year anniversary tour was incredible. Hope you learn to bite your damn tongue.
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@pellmj1 My husband was a wonderful musician and really appreciated what Jethro Tull did with their music. At his funeral we played Too Old to Rock 'n' Roll, Too Young to Die (hubby was 55). I find it so hard today to listen to JT. Iain Anderson did wreck his voice using it and abusing it when younger, but nothing, nothing can take away from his inbuilt musicianship with the flute. And that is serious festival hair, man ...
tizzsy 10 months ago
Great song. Still love it, and most of Tull's music!
paskatefan 10 months ago
Flute player? How about guitar player. If you ever look at a Tull song book (at an acustic song- he plays gutiar on most of them) his chords and fingering are sick.
aMonkeysBrain 11 months ago
Ian Anderson, my hearts desire at 17, all these years later, love you still!
3moonriver 11 months ago 2
but the tune ends to soon
for us all!!
1mo4dro 11 months ago
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buttonmad 11 months ago
Have all the Great Songs already been written ? Judging from today's music,and comparing it to this ? It just may have been?
dbrew2u 1 year ago
@dbrew2u You obviously are to ignorant to notice the great modern day bands/artist behind the top 40 billboard. Look on my channel for example, I'm sure you'd enjoy David Francey.
Pasalaqcua 11 months ago
@dbrew2u Yes, I think so...
1961vampire 11 months ago
@dbrew2u They sure have...
mutantmoments 11 months ago
Classy track from a fine band (although, in fairness, Ian Anderson is the mainstay). Takes me back to my Sixth Form days. Nice!!
SouthCoastMackem 1 year ago
Truly a masterpiece that, I think has really been overlooked. Fun tune to learn however, extremely tricky in spots.
sibsbubbles 1 year ago
One of the most beautiful songs, absolutely wonderful.
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macataca100 1 year ago
Ian je to co clovek nekdy po ránu je mu treba HUPS
kocourkaja 1 year ago
@kocourkaja
prosím?
Gilnar13 1 year ago
I wish I had his mailing address.... I would send him psychedelic post cards I make..but the term psychedelic is old and redundant....we live in the mind of creation....as best we can....right dudes?....
wrongmonettube 1 year ago
Predobro! Fan jethro from Serbia!
ljetnjiraspust 1 year ago
Tull has so many good songs, but the only thing heard on the radio is aqualung, or maybe locomotive breath. No wonder most people who have only heard those 2 songs have no clue about them.
mercmarc 1 year ago
@mercmarc You need to get Sirius Satellite radio. They have been known to put the whole Thick as a Brick album in rotation. Awesome for a long drive, but it can make you miss an appointment if it comes on too late.
dobiejr 1 year ago
but the tune ends too soon for us all.
TheTyaptyap 1 year ago
Absolutely wonderful. What a joy. Thank God for Jethro Tull!
Faithfulrose0 1 year ago
Fabulous song, sheer musical talent, one of my all time favourite groups.
roac7777 1 year ago
who would click dislike on this?
snowdaymusic 1 year ago
@snowdaymusic
Yeh -- who would click dislike on this?
17 people who hate a thing of perfect beauty, I suppose.
Dear Lord, how rock and pop music has gone downhill since 1970!
Drblooter99 1 year ago
I've always loved this song. When I found out my dad died, this was one of the songs I played to help make sense of things.
donkensler 1 year ago 2
Found this clip a while back.
Right on!
mtsjpr 1 year ago
Lovely as ever :)
DejaVuSu 1 year ago
Still...one of my very best faves of yours Randi :)
ladyterrific 1 year ago
i just saw tull the other night!!! they started with this song..... SO GOOD!! it was my first time seeing them ( i am 24 years old).. it was great meeting some of the other fans! it was a great experience.. i see why people go back again and again and stay loyal fans!
natruto 1 year ago
@natruto I caught them when they came to Michigan a few weeks ago. I was delighted that Anderson opened the show with this lovely song.
solitudeseeker 1 year ago
the tune ends too soon for us all...
khot57 1 year ago
This is a nice song. But then I think of the lines "we will meet in the sweet light of dawn" and "the tune ends too soon for us all". In fact I think there are people who have no one to meet them at the light of dawn. Maybe for those people the tune won't end too soon.
you12bme 1 year ago
This is my "start the day " song ...it makes my spirit soar.. keeps my attitude right..
chicagograce111 1 year ago
Man it never fails. Play this song after a crappy day and one can immediately feel a little better. "12 o'clock gloom that spins the room..." Has a way with language doesn't he? Strikes me as a band Carlin would have probably been into during his days of linguistic comedy.
sibsbubbles 1 year ago
I just Ian ?anderson perfrom in morristown Nj. He did a version of thisck as a Brick and Locomotive Breath.
oregonbobv 1 year ago
the minstrel is not looking back. he's living in the past, and in the future.
laurstoica 1 year ago
Magic, Mr Anderson.
noc99 1 year ago
прекрасно
OGNENGORJAN 1 year ago
@CaptainDuke - could be twins as they are both of them SCOTTISH - no offence to the Irish out there :D
keithewright 1 year ago
The stuff you don't hear on the radio..Has no comparison.It really is genius
Tod661 1 year ago
no mater who you are, "The Tune Ends Too Soon For Us All".
weewilly49 1 year ago
the minstrel ties his shoe another day
yes there are only a few
Jethro ya sound like that other Irish man
I must think that you are twins
Donovan is his name
CaptainDuke71 1 year ago
@CaptainDuke71 Ian Anderson was born in Edinburgh and grew up in Blackpool. Donovan (Leitch) comes from Edinburgh. Neither belongs to us here in Ireland.
noc99 1 year ago
I love this song!
leonardinsky 1 year ago
I saw Ian last summer in New Hampshire and he was still as amazing as ever! I can't believe how much energy he still has. He is one of the most unique artists out there.
decemberbaby9 1 year ago
Amazing music. Tull really are a band of very gifted musicians.
DaMuttzNutz 1 year ago
I want this song played at my funeral.
jmg94j 1 year ago 72
@jmg94j Me too...
1961vampire 11 months ago
@jmg94j played it at my husands..and i hope he approved!!!
mcmels58 11 months ago
@mcmels58 I'm sure he did approve. How can you not?
jmg94j 11 months ago
@jmg94j would be a good choice!!!!! Another is "You Can't Always Get What You Want"
BLUESMANRONCHICAGO 6 months ago
wow...takes me way back. such a beautiful tune. thank you
moonlitme 1 year ago
Haven't you considered that Ian and the band are TOO brilliant to be in R&R so-called "Hall of Fame?? Why even compare the brilliance Tull's music and genius in their lyrics to the utterly bland mediocrities ( for the most part) in the "Hall??"
tsarevna212 1 year ago
I agree with Faradyeva... Achingly beautiful. A diamond among gems!
tsarevna212 1 year ago
Get them in the hall of Fame. Abba is an Tull isn't. It's worse than a sin. Perhaps the most unique, interseting bands ever. Aqualung and Thick As a Brick are the two masterpiece albums, back to back but all their albums are excellent. Check out the live performances from N.Y.C. on here, about 1975 or 6
connecticutskier2 1 year ago 2
It is so beautiful that it aches like many other JT songs like Wond'ring Again, Witches Promise, and Skating away, to say nothing about Thick as a Brick.
faradyeva 1 year ago
But do not forget to go to their live concert!!! They are still on the road performing and greater than ever.
donato1960 1 year ago
LONG LIVE PROG, KILL PUNK!!
kigawman 1 year ago
He is a truly gifted poet and philospher and has such a uniquie way of inspiring a soul.... thanks ian... for all the years of peace and pleasure
chicagograce111 1 year ago
Must admit, I thought this very lightweight, all those years back in the late 60's, early 70's, when it was released as a single. I used to buy Jethro albums, and loved them, but left this to one side. In fact, it is pure genius from Ian Anderson, and utterly beautiful.
StLandrew1958 1 year ago 2
I equally like their longtime drummers of Clive Bunker, Barrimoire Barlow, Doane Perry. Martin Barre is by far their best lead guitarist and I like Glenn Cornick's bass style slightly more than later ones such as; like John Glassock, Jonathan Noyce and others like Jeffrey Hammond. -of course without Ian there is no "Jethro Tull".
busterbone 1 year ago
If I look hard enough in my parent's basement I bet I can find that letter I wrote to Ian Anderson thanking him for helping me think when I was a teenager. I should send it now that I am 41. That would be fun!!!
gumborific 1 year ago 33
@gumborific Do it! He would appreciate it. He's a cool guy
MountainGyspy 1 year ago
gess so but never mind
tlw1810 1 year ago
i only had one op to see Tull, on the Bursting Out tour. to this day Ian's charm and presence remains one of my most treasured musical memories, along with the 25 minute versions of Cross Eyed Mary and Aqualung.
this song will be my eulogy. i heard it that night, and along with the rest of the crowd was struck dumb by it's beauty and execution. some artists just know how to paint the most beautiful portraits, Ian could do it with ease, and grace, to music.
drinktheworm 1 year ago 3
As TimeWarpLady said above, Ian and Tull also enriched my youth - greatly. They continue to enrich it to this day and, like TimeWarpLady, I am also sharing this with my kids. I just saw them a few weeks ago - What a powerful and delightful influence they continue to be.
jamesp2 1 year ago 2
Great, never seen before video.
orcabeattie 1 year ago
What a man, what a performer! Must be one of the most undrated performers ever. Long live the Tull. When I go upstairs this will be played at funeral. I have loved this man and his music since the 60's.
sappertim1 1 year ago
omg! it's robert plant!
peeps5611 1 year ago
@peeps5611 I wish i could've seen Led Zeppelin and Jethro Tull live.
peeps5611 1 year ago
@peeps5611 I saw them yesterday man!I also got a photo with Ian Anderson!!!!The best day of my life!!
SILSKIER 1 year ago
wow...awesome
dnones 1 year ago
Anderson is so under-rated as a gutarist. He's fantastic. If you play? Learn this. It's fun!!!
wmacisaac 1 year ago
Have just watched the whole fantastic charisma and wonderful instrumentals of Ian Anderson and JT. Had to share it with my friends. And lovely with it. Oh the good old days!
Foundu2late 1 year ago
16 dislikes? How ... and.. why???
bluescanfly1981 1 year ago 3
who is on bass and drums here? great classic JT tune
busterbone 1 year ago
@busterbone
This is from the beginning of "Barriemore Barlow in Jethro Tull era". He's one of the most incredible and underrated drummers of all time.
kutzalan 1 year ago
Definitivamente a banda mais lírica dos anos 70, provocando um som progressivo, onde o movimento do rock'n roll viu e sentiu o que transformar o som de instrumentos harmonicos em puro rock! Ian Anderson é o cara! E ainda é dono do maior exportador de bacalhau lá de cima!!! heheheh
renatinhohollywood1 1 year ago
Was 14 years old when this was released - loved Tull then and it still sounds so good 39 summers later - tnx Ian for all the wonderful songs down the years ...
gm4fam 1 year ago
He's SOOO beautiful here both musically and in his style!
tsarevna212 1 year ago
Ian Anderson-the Voice of the Psyche-For all of us now who are in their Fifties- please share this great Music, with someone younger than you, so the Song carries on.
dreyxxyz 1 year ago
@dreyxxyz - a HUGE thanks to my Mother for teaching me about JT when I was very young. I"m now 39 and have loved Tull all my life. It's a damn shame that musicians nowadays will never even come close to this.
ChrisHaspeck 1 year ago
sweet
poldarkify 1 year ago
"the tune ends too soon for us all"..enjoy life.... regret nothing...it passes soooo quickly
boinng100 1 year ago 4
Really Fantastic!!!
frikk13 1 year ago
This song always makes me feel alive!
HommaHieno 1 year ago
Beautiful. Thank you. A song I've been humming for years. Takes me back;)
tsarevna212 1 year ago
I don't mean to take away from any other band, but for all the diehard long-time Floyd and Zeppelin lovers/worshippers-Tull (even with many lineup changes over the years) has accomplished it all delightfully and they have not been nearly as widely recognized or awarded as other bands/artists-half as talented. This has been because of Ian Anderson, Martin Barre and other's perseverance and musical skill and original song-writing brilliance lasting over several decades.
busterbone 1 year ago
@busterbone
Gotta disagree a bit Bone. Tull's great music ran out many moons ago as brilliant as they once were. I have everything from This Was to Broadsword (I even have the controversial A!) and think Ian just ran out of great ideas because Tull had to do an album a year and that was too much to maintain creatively. Also, I fail to see how Zep or Floyd are "half as talented" as Tull. Technical ability and musical complexity are not necessarily the best yardstick to measure talent.
ThisIsBilbo 1 year ago
@busterbone
Also, to be honest, Tull's live show was great but had little or no improvisation, whereas Zep excelled at changing arrangements and dynamics, etc...live. To be honest, as much as I love Tull and think Ian is/was brilliant, Tull's music is very much for the "head" and reflects Ian himself: brilliant and intelligent but aloof and veering towards cold and rigid at times.
ThisIsBilbo 1 year ago
@ThisIsBilbo well, I can see some of your points, but I am just Tullisized even though I know Ian used have a big ego and was cold and pompous at times, but now seems more refined, humble and low-key although his voice isn't the same. I also really like the work of Steve Winwood among many other artists-especially the "Traffic" years with Jim Capaldi, Chris Wood, etc. and early with Dave Mason-they made some great progressive rock, jazz, blues music too.
busterbone 1 year ago
@busterbone Well I gotta weigh in on this one. Having seen all three live, Tull was the best for performance AND music. Zep is loud and Page is an incredible guitarist, but too many lulls in the performance; and Floyd has their toys, special effects and great music, but they just stood there like statues amongst towering equipment.
JayDNorris 1 year ago
@JayDNorris GIve me Ian moving from acoustic guitar to flute to tambourine to sax, conducting the band with acrobatic moves, using his flute as a baton, Jeffrey bounding about the stage with as much energy in the last song as the first song, John rocking out at the keyboards, Martin hardly able to contain himself when the concentration doesn't demand he be still, and Barry whipping his head around to such complex and hard-driving drumming that even John Bonham was in awe of him.
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@JayDNorris And I have to add that the time changes and movements from major to minor keys makes Tull seem a bit more talented than the other chaps because they pull it off quite brilliantly live!
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JayDNorris 1 year ago
Thank you, Tommygun1028, for uploading this gem of a feed. Tull is STILL one of the most prolific, prosaic, & re-playable Prog Rock groups out of the UK, ever. I'll have to get this DVD set. Namasté ~ (•8-D
Clematisian 1 year ago 3
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Well I was watching Jethro Tull on Friday night 01.04.10 at Sheffield City Hall and they were as good as you would imagine, The band even played support band to their support act, Saori Jo from France.
A very relaxed evening and very enjoyable, the old master Ian is still the force that is JT, Martin was as ever his rock and fantastic performances from the drummer, bass player and keyboard man.
It was an evening to remember, thanks
306bad 1 year ago
Well I was watching Jethro Tull on Friday night 01.04.10 at Sheffield City Hall and they were as good as you would imagine, The band even played support band to their support act, Saori Jo from France.
A very relaxed evening and very enjoyable, the old master Ian is still the force that is JT, Martin was as ever his rock and fantastic performances from the drummer, bass player and keyboard man.
It was an evening to remember, thanks
306bad 1 year ago
"...but the tune ends too soon for us all..."
gio73vanna 1 year ago 3
saw them last week in colston hall in bristol, bloody good gig, and ian anderson seemed to be performing for the sheer joy of it which at his age is mpressive in itself
xarglethegreat 1 year ago 3
Greetings from Finca Bouree,my ranch in the mountains of Baja Mex. site of Cassic Rock & Jeepin where Jethro Tull has a special place when we have our concerts and 4x4 trips.
first Tull concert , Stormwatch Long Beach Ca.1980? I think.
Collin, 55 years very young
mxlisand 1 year ago
They're fantastic!! Thx for posting.
chinzebo 1 year ago
The FIRST song recorded with my favorite line up - Anderson, Evans, Hammond, Barlow and Barre - followed up by Thick as a Brick and A Passion Play. It never did get any better than that.
JayDNorris 1 year ago
Ian's music with JT has got me through the hardest, lonely times like an old friend-especially songs like this one.
busterbone 1 year ago 3
im 13 years old and love it
the best music!!
danylaley 1 year ago 4
Because its ancient music.
Music from the days before we domesticated animals, music before we learned to speak and talk about pain. It transcends time.
I was 13 too when I first started listening to Tull. My favorite album is still "This Was."
kurtu5 1 year ago 2
Boston Garden 1972 High on Chocolate mescaline. Saw Tull and Buddha. Go Red Sox!
Starwheel6 1 year ago
Nassau Coliseum Long Island 1972
Just Blew a Few J'S
Tull By Themselves Opened Up With Thick As a Brick Go Yankees!
tbianc2 1 year ago
Anderson's my man. At a troubled 14, a friend, Dana, put Aqualung in my tape player. The social and religious themes gave words to apprehensions I was ripe for and catalyzed my understandings. Oh yes, Life's a Long Song.
Saulo07's darned right Tull's good even after all these years, and so are we my loves.
Commiton 54 years young.
Commiton 1 year ago 10
I should have taken this line to heart more when I was 14....
1m:55s
"Well don't you squeal as the heel grinds you under the wheels"
kurtu5 1 year ago
@Commiton Pretentious garble, methinks... I prescribe a cross-country run, strong ale and a good shag..
priapus56 1 year ago
@Commiton Love your post! I too at 14 (in about 1982) found my way, or at least a few new roads to travel, from being introduced to Tull.
gumborific 1 year ago
Haven't heard this for years! Good stuff.
bunchie1966 1 year ago 2
Jethro Tull is so good! Even after all these years....
saulo07 1 year ago 2
gonna see tull on june 3 2010 in miami bayfront prk,can't wait
tbianc2 1 year ago 2
Saw them a few days ago in a small venue in Southampton, England (was maybe 10 metres from the stage), absolutely amazing still :) Enjoy :)
gmcmaster1985 1 year ago 3
saw them on their first North American tour, in Chicago, at the old Kinetic Playground on Clark Street....saw Zep and
Jimi Hendrix there,too
kmn1901 1 year ago
This promo film on Top of the Pops was the first time I ever saw Tull and almost the first time I ever heard them. I was instantly hooked and remain a life long fan.
One fond memory I have of this is playing it at a friend's house and my friend's dad coming in, listening for a bit and then saying "whoever that is, he can really play; it's beautiful" which was very sweet, and so different from my dad's response to any music I liked, even though my dad was at least 10 years younger.
jmharrison51 2 years ago 2
I saw Jethro Tull play Shea Stadium in Queens, with Robin Trower, that was my intro to Robin Trower. What year was it? Wish I could remember
heavnnnsent 2 years ago
I believe 1976 or 1977- I saw them on the same tour
busterbone 2 years ago