Jethro Tull- Locomotive Breath

[Slumpnasty]

First off, this song rocks. Second off, it reminds me of "Dog Breath" by Frank Zappa, and dog breath reminds me that I need to get my blind Australian Cattle Dog vaccinated tomorrow.

[RiceDominic]

@Slumpnasty then round up your blind sheep

[Slumpnasty]

@RiceDominic I'm not sure what you're talking about, but may Aqualung live on in greatness.

[InaGameComa]

@gaybathroomsex I live in MN and I've been to that airport, and Larry Craig didn't molest me. What? I'm not good enough for him or something?

[gaybathroomsex]

@InaGameComa Yeah well, I laughed and giggled when watching that news report about the senator's arrest from gay bathroom sex!

[TheOneEyedHound]

Ian Anderson is Flute-God.

[IxAmxPoLaRiS]

did a cover of this song in my senior year of hs, along with purple haze and jumping jack flash, paranoid,sunshine of your love and fortunate son (this was last year btw lol)

[Icculus420phriend]

the skrillix commercial ruined that for me thanks youtube

[folkmetalmusicman]

@pixiehtr Because they (quite possibly) took their name from the inventor of the very first piece of farming equipment (it was a wheelbarrow shaped device with hollow spikes in place of the wheel (and also acted as the wheel) which would pierce the dirt and plant a seed at the same time). YES, Virginia, THERE IS A JETHRO TULL!

[flyyspit]

LOVE it..

[VenusInPisces]

he is the only person that can make a recorder sound good!

[crimsonarchangel]

@VenusInPisces It's a flute :P

[VenusInPisces]

@crimsonarchangel yes I know this is a flute,but I have seen him play a recorder on other songs, and he makes them sound amazing, which when we played them in school they didn't sound so good LOL

[ClashLoudly]

@VenusInPisces It's a flute, and you clearly have never heard of Focus, Melnitsa, Eluveitie, or Tengwar, to name just the first bands that come to mind.

[VenusInPisces]

@ClashLoudly I know in this he is playing a flute, but I have seen him play a recorder in other songs, and I remember playing those as kids in school and they sounded awful, but he can make one sound amazing!!

[ClashLoudly]

@VenusInPisces Oh yes, I think lots of us had to suffer through recorder lessons at school. That's why most of us think recorders always sound like two cats fighting on top of a bagpipe :P

[jltardiff]

This was it as far as I was concerned back in my US Army days. Woah yeah, break out the Thai sticks!

[alanvking]

@jltardiff Play anything but play it LOUD ????

[gaybathroomsex]

@alanvking yeah!

and we can throw in a celebrity buttfuck party with Larry Craig and other gay dudes. We will get access to a private plane, so we can lure Larry Craig into another airport bathroom until another political scandal occurs. Get it? Private plane to private parts?

[RobertChompson]

i foundout that my dad used to smoke joints with ted bundys younger half brother while listening to jethro tull.

[altoonateacher]

sick si sick @RobertChompson wow your dad is disturbed and not because of the music or pot nice sick family you come from how many women did this son of a bitch slaughter?

[folkmetalmusicman]

@altoonateacher DUDE! Didn't you think that was a bit harsh? It was Ted's YOUNGER HALF BROTHER.  Would you get pissed at somebody knowing the cousin of, say, George Bush Jr? He killed more people than Bundy.

[HeyZeus096]

@RobertChompson I hope Bundy's younger half brother was a better person than he was............

[RobertChompson]

@HeyZeus096 my dad said he was chill.

[superstormj]

@HeyZeus096 Wait, I come to a Jethro Tull vid and you're talking about Ted Bundy... why?

[HeyZeus096]

@superstormj See RobertChompson's comments. I didn't start it ;-)

[MsF1chick]

Makes you just wanna learn the flute

[fypong]

I was a teenager when Jethro tull started, and I have always loved their music.

[Abrohill]

escucha este tema lloviendo dentro de un fuckin vehiculo a toda raja y tendras un pequeño satori

[MrTonc3]

Heerlijke muziek die me terug neemt naar lang vervlogen tijden I love it

[thepossessor]

gotta love the bass in this tune

[PACKyourSHITfolks420]

A failing marriage, and he's completely fucked. That's my interpretation.

[TheMrRoadrunner]

@chaincells

Yep. There are two actually, one referring to the all time loser being a vietnam vet on his way to death, and the other about this all time loser just having a really bad day. But you should look them up, because they are actually very interesting!

[ImDrSteve]

the world's flute master

[boomhauer15]

Jethro Tull and Marshall Tucker Band. Rock'n'Roll flutes. i wish i was there.

[vampgurl789]

THIS is real music<3

[jhpowlton]

Like Like Like, what a piano should sound like then cop the flute! What has happened over the past 40 years to turn music into shit?

[abenoit722]

@jhpowlton Capitalism

[jhpowlton]

@abenoit722 Your right mate.

[bridetpontius]

when i was taking guitar lessons,my teacher's father was a flute player in the dso he said ian was only an average flute player at best.in 69 i seen them perform aqualung at the ima in flint mi.,still to this day,its the best concert i've ever seen.

[toobularbells]

@bridetpontius Green-eyed monster...Clearly your teachers dad was envious.Listen to Ian & make up your own mind

[etownbeatdown25]

Ian Anderson is one of the best musicians ever.



[TheGreencreeper]

kinda wish i learned to play the flute in hs shit

[PoplarAv]

Dammit sir, rock, I say!

[Takutanuva]

I say... God stole the handle, and the train, it won't stop going! No way to sloooow doooownnn... <3

[jorindt]

One of my favorit song of Jetrhro Tull.Ian Anderson was magic on the flute.

[gadzo0ks]

The song lyrics are in Engrish like a karaoke prompter.

[madmags71333]

Nice piano intro.....to a kick ass song.

[dooguy2]

I hate that people can even come to a song like this and use that kids name in any post. He's not music. this is music. Please dont post his name here... JB should forever be known on youtube as "He who should not be named"

[ScandinavianDawn]

@dooguy2 you take life very seriously don t you?huh...

[deepthunk]

@dooguy2  who the heck is JB?

[Fakeone1710]

@dooguy2 He should not be titled with such a name.. He's not worthy thinking of. Keep that in mind.

[puTTe0304]

@dooguy2

u used his name !!

[alanvking]

@dooguy2 The artist formerly known as ????

[XxgottadancexX]

@dooguy2 Thats still Voldemort. JB is She who must not be named.

[GW1GGLY1]

i love how i go on a jethro tull song and the comments are all positive...but if i go to any other artist it's all people arguing. just sit back and enjoy the music

[SchismMusic]

@GW1GGLY1 thats so true, every other fucking video has SOMETHING about justice beiber or some shit like that. Im happy Jethro tull fans can just come together and just chill here.

[wade727nelson]

Damn that old Charlie!

[Hategrin]

Song makes me want to rail a line and freebase some black tar.

[Kelski1998]

17 people had it by the balls!!!

[ibpwngckc]

I am learning flute because of Ian Anderson!

[goldenhell9]

Am I the only who plays air flute to this song? Haha

[nvet1953]

Handle stealin' Charlie....I used to cut his hair back in "72....

[mondobabo]

Oh Yeah...well, I hung out with Ian Anderson and Martin Bar in Prov., R.I. so Na,Na,NA,NA!!!!!

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[majikgirly]

MY DAD HUNG OUT WITH THE BASS PLAYER!!!!!!!!!!

[wheapcs]

17 people had their handle stolen by old Charlie.

[MichaelHansenFUN]

where is the censored 45 rpm version?

[folkmetalmusicman]

@MichaelHansenFUN Good to know that there are people who know what a 45 is even if you don't mean a gun.

[vanry7]

this is the only song that encourages me to play the air flute

[lexylovespie]

this song was on Jumanji :)

[SUPERSAIYANLUNATIC]

The all time winner's got 17 people by the balls.

[Alue26]

My idea of the song, I think, is about an engineer who wants to commit suicide by driving his train so fast that it would derail!

[SocialHysteriaPAGE]

has a flute.....but needs more cowbell

[mrceleb2006]

I heard this song on Western Newfoundland's Classic Rock, 103.9 K-Rock, but unfortunately, it begins at the 1:22 mark...I wish 103.9 K-Rock would smarten up and play the full album version like the one heard here or I will not listen to 103.9 K-Rock anymore. OZFM is much better...they do play more full album versions of many classic rock songs.

[grabbermavman]

Pure kick ass rock and roll! nuff said.

[mikeab71]

The slow piano intro into the rocking guitar and drums is just pure brilliance. Who else nowadays produces this kind of music?

[MetalChocoboWielder]

@mikeab71 your answer.. No one. Why? because no-one realy listens to it much anymore :( Not the popularly targeted demographics at any rate. Hell, if this stuff gets popular, then by all means, find bands who are of the tull sound. Man would I love to have more Tull-esque bands around.

[btownmxer]

@mikeab71 Justin Beiber

[TheNightwalker1985]

Poor Charlie

[luangu]

I don't know who this Charlie is but somebody better kick his ass!

[poontang188]

Saw them live at the Hershey (PA) Farm Show Arena back in 1974. Ian Anderson was stupendous and they were backed up with two complete drum sets. Used to be able to sing-along the entire long version of Thick as a Brick back-in-the-day. Party time! Thanks for posting!

[vdiaz123]

this song has the best bass I've heard in a long time.

[2ndnickthegreek992]

Uf this potato wos a song it would be... nevermind, it's the LSD...

[EricMB7]

Have you ever heard that bad Jethro Tull song? Me neither.

[Bzamm615]

"JAZZ FLUTE" haha

[rattattat100]

Jethro Tull is the only band who can rock a flute!!

[richadal175]

@rattattat100. I agree, Jethro Tull was the only band to perfect flute solos. But the Moody Blues also did some great work with flute. Listen to Dear Diary or Nights in White Satin and see if you like it.

[folkmetalmusicman]

@richadal175 Yeah they (Moody Blues) work the hell out of the flulte, but Tull ROX it.

[malilite]

@rattattat100 Don't forget King Crimson. But anyway, both bands are great in different ways ;)

[gadzo0ks]

@rattattat100 Besides Camel

[allieboy421]

@rattattat100 FUCK YEAH BUDDY



[Fakeone1710]

@rattattat100 Ever heard of "Focus"? You should give them a hear. :))

[elcapitano1830]

@Fakeone1710 hocus pocus?

[Fakeone1710]

@elcapitano1830 yup.

[TheGreencreeper]

@rattattat100 word!

[Conicalnewt]

@rattattat100 and danu :)

[rodrigokimjudo]

@rattattat100 <3



[gaybathroomsex]

Bathroom sodomy music for gay dudes to tap foots signalling other railroad passengers since locomotive breath will eventually pay off with Larry Craig sodomizing your highly orgasmic butthole since Larry Craig will eventually get bored of airport bathroom blumpkins in favour of rail transport!

[Rickythedawg]

@gaybathroomsex WTF?!?!?!?!?!?!



[professionaltroller1]

@gaybathroomsex nice username

[Jenny93934]

i love the intro:D

yes...it`s just fun:D

[CabbageNappa]

Jethro Tull was made so awesome by the rock gods that they tried to offset their epicness by forcing one member to play the flute. Little did they know, the group was made so awesome that the universe narrowly avoided utter destruction due to the group's mere existence.

[amusingmyslf]

My fav.

[Derpunit10]

If this song was a potato it'd be a good potato

[myz1]

@Derpunit10

And that's a peach!

[420GuitarShredder]

@Derpunit10 or a "baked" potato.

[eldorado61guy]

@Derpunit10 I don't even know why I like your comment but I do. A good potato indeed.

[Meriamen]

@Derpunit10 with butter and cheese yes a very GOOD potato i'll just get my fork

[MrLespaul166]

@Derpunit10 a GLADoS potato

[anektar]

@Derpunit10 .... So lame remark for such a great song.

[spoon149]

@Derpunit10 No. It will never be a potato.

[Takutanuva]

@Derpunit10 Epic comment is epic.

[chaincells]

@Derpunit10 What the fuck? Is there any meaning behind this? :P

[folkmetalmusicman]

@chaincells Potatoes are a staple of foodstuffs here in the United States of McDonald's, so yeah, there is some meaning behind that comment.

[instantdeath99]

Love the piano intro.

[ExclaimedQuestion]

Listening to Jethro Tull makes me wanna learn to play the flute... My high school Concert band makes me want to shoot every flute in the world... lmfao

[ucestan]

kane piso-skoteini pleura ;)

[Faculas1989]

pam (chakachakachaka) pa pa pá pa pam (chakachakachaka) jajaja que poder que tiene ...toda una locomotora

[AnimeLady501]

He makes playing flute manly

[9KPhalak]

There's no way to slow down our life, because of time. We can't stop time. But, as another song says, life goes on.

[skontch1]

if anyone asks you what rock n roll means, just play them this song..

[zazzblazzeymatazz]

flute playing like a regional manager!

[LARGANATION]

love the flute solo in this one

[mkcampbell67]

"has got him by the balls" - it's not a euphemism, don't try so hard to analyze, BALLS it's about DICK and BALLS. : )

[mkcampbell67]

it's about fucking - "to his death" referring to the french expression "le petit mort" (little death): orgasm.

[97nachotv]

Only the very coolest rock bands have a flute.

[666Tank666]

@97nachotv the elite of the elite

[tehbeardpwnsall]

@97nachotv Haha like the Moody Blues! I saw an interview where they were talking about needing a flute player when Ray Thomas left. They cut to Ian Anderson saying something like "Why didn't they ask me?!" How awesome would that have been?

[miah1020]

meanest flute in the world!!!!!!

[CadillacSunrise]

If you're going to post the lyrics the very least you could do is make them right.

[ReadSpeak]

I think it is about my piston..and my locomotive power to carry her across the plains of pleasure ..

[keepersii]

........no way to slow down............I always liked this song....so true of so many people in this world. I have been on that train and I thank God I was thrown off.

[djm51x]

char-lee

[kevaughn1030]

i wonder who charlie is exactly

[Lithiumized]

@kevaughn1030 Sheen xDD

[whitelion5150]

14 poeple were so drunk they thought there were 2 like buttons. this guy is the only person who can make the flute interesting.

[OzTerri]

ps ozzie osbourne didn't get on with Ian ... Ian was too businesslike ...

[OzTerri]

shuffling madNESS ... get it right dude

[TheAaronZo]

@meowandmeow In that case I dont know who the good rappers are

[TheAaronZo]

@meandmeow Okay, in that case I don't know who the good rappers are

[mrchalcomb]

nope not god but

charlie

[huichol53]

who is playing the piano at the start??? Huichol53.......

[jdykstra7706]

I though God stole the handle, not charlie.

[folkmetalmusicman]

@jdykstra7706 "Thank God he stole the handle" is the lyric of the final verse.

[mr5exywolf]

someone explain this songs meaning. its a good song but has bizzare lyrics.

[JAShalvey]

@baiana1979 Excellent interpretation! Would love to hear you take on "Thick as a Brick", as it is loaded with metaphors and abstract thoughts.

[Phythagoras18]

@baiana1979 Actually, it is simply about the steam that is produced by burning coal in locomotives

[scottyknows717]

@baiana1979 for sure unfucking real conception of that song.fucking burn one!!!!!!

[tirpitz19]

@baiana1979 You are so right.You ,my European brother are one smart person.

[MsLesliew]

@baiana1979  its a well known factoid- metophor of heroin addiction

[wiffleballboy14]

@baiana1979 you r a retard i hate your kind

[beastlt12]

@baiana1979, I think you're pretty close, but it's the main character that's stuck in the locomotive breath. Charlie's the guy who stole the handle to the train.

Got any other ideas for Charlie? Time, or 'Father Time' maybe?

Great post btw

[snakebitgoat]

@beastlt12 Charlie could be Charles Darwin and could be a man struggling with his faith

[jeblegeza1]

@baiana1979 You're close. There locomotive is a metaphor for the ever relentless forward motion of time. Charlie is a street name for cocaine. The song is the story of a man with a cocaine addiction, an addiction that causes his wife to leave him "His woman and his best friend -- in bed and having fun." His kids leave him, "He sees his children jumping off at the stations". Charlie(cocaine) has stolen the handle(metaphor for control) and is leading him "...headlong to his death."

[Trololobotomizer]

@jeblegeza1 Charlie is not a street name for Cocaine.

[jeblegeza1]

@Trololobotomizer Google "charlie definition". it comes up on the first page.

[toobularbells]

@baiana1979 All over this page is the word 'Locomotive',& yet you're still too fuckin' stupid to spell it right.

Do you honestly think anyone will take what you write seriously?

Pull yo head outta yo ass.

[folkmetalmusicman]

@mr5exywolf Many interpretations (as with anything in life), but the closest I have seen is that the main character is the Viet Nam vet (the enemy of whom was named Charlie) who had suffered an injury (physical or mental) that allowed him to no longer function without the use of certain substances. Judging by the fact that most good songs are very misleading as to global interpretation, this is one of them. Take from it what you will and have a happy life beyond it.