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  • Ian Anderson is a great musician but he seems to me to be all business which i suppose is good in a way but sometimes people matter to and this line up apart from the death of John Glascock and any desire of the others to leave should have remained....they never,in my humble opinion,were ever able to recapture the magic afterward.

  • When I see David Palmer here I can't believe the enormous change he/she did.

    I can't believe that manly-voiced bearded man is now Dee Palmer!

    Anyway, I hope she is happy now :)

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  • Well all due respect to Mr. Glascock, Glen Cornick was Tull's best bassist....

  • I saw this tour, I believe in 1978,,and it was great!

  • Tull at their late 70's peak, what a great line-up, they were never this good again, and it was a big shame the way it all ended, with the death of John Glascock, and the sacking of John Evans,Barrie Barlow and David Palmer.

  • "...Contraband? Let's give it to John to supplement his Camels." 

  • Ian Anderson = Genius

  • Tull at their late 70's peak, they would never be better. What a line - up, Barlow & Glascock were very special, as was Evans, Anderson & Barre.

  • R.I.P. John Glascock  :-(

  • who would have thought that bearded classical pianist would have a sex change

  • devid palmer is gaayyy ahora es dee palmeer

  • devid palmer is gaayyy ahora es dee palmeer

  • Awesome. Actually John Glascock played bass for Carmen, the band on the 1975 Warchild Tour and Anderson asked him to join up with Tull. I saw Tull probably 10-12 times, each tour from 1975 through ? mid-1980s. I have a friend who liked them so much he flew from PA to California to see them ... Incredible band in the day...

  • This has always been a very good song for me since I was a boy! The combination of a rockband with strings and brass and an extraordinary arrangement is amazing for me!

  • Jethro Tull turned more into "Ian Anderson" rather then an actual band in the 80's. Jethro Tull was pretty much Ian Anderson, Martin Barre, and a few other faceless artist that had no real character.

  • red and white shirt David Palmer 1.56 Martin Barre 3.54 john evans john glascock left of ian on stage

  • This must be from the Heavy Horses tour, not Stormwatch. John Glascock was dead when the Stormwatch Tour began.

  • I haven't read all the comments but the concert /backstage clips are from Seattle. I wanted to go to this show but my boss at the time wouldn't give me the night off. He did go. Brought me back a program which I still have. I quit not long after. I was in college then.

  • John Evans is the guy who looks like Ron from harry potter on stage?

  • Great great Awesome vid, Ben. thanks a bunch for posting. The lineup was the best, IMO, and they were just peaking. Once John Glascock died, then Ian blew his voice out...and it was over....don't get me wrong, they are still very good, I just saw them at Jones Beach two days ago...but it shall never be the same as say 74 thru 79.

  • best band line up in jethro tull history

  • I am a lifetime tull fan, and I personally think Ian did make a personnel mistake in 1980. I think he should have taken a year off, then reunite the same six piece band. For 'Stormwatch' it seemed the group was a bit stretched creatively though still a fine record. Was 'A'? Of course not. Barry, John and Dee were so devoted to Ian, though they thought he was a whip-cracking taskmaster, but they would have followed him right over a cliff. Once the 80s started, it was a revolving door.

  • Nuff said.Now we have X Factor make me a star while I dance on ice coz I'm already a celeb get me a pension.Why learn anything when Simon Cowhell (not a spelling mistake) is going to make me a star.Again enough said?

  • Great video! I'd never seen it too. I don't know why, but I got the impression that Martin Barre's voice looked like David Gilmour :)

    It really looked like a big mistake, as when Glenn Cornick left the band, but who knows?

  • i've never watched that movie :(

  • Ian Anderson is a genius or semi genius but how could he drop that band?.....big fucking mistake!

  • Dear John Glascock ~ It's been 30 years since you went away . We love you . We miss you . Thank you for the music you left behind . We will cherish it always . You will not be forgotten . God bless

  • Very nice. Show Opener, Sweet Dream.

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  • I've seen Tull three times....really miss John Glascock. Glad he is in this video. Wish there was interview...

  • anyone know the song from 4:45 - 5:12 ?

  • Nice sweet dream,

  • ahahahah Very Spinal Tappish

  • Barre is right on 1:57-2:58

  • Wish John Glascock would have given an interview here. Maybe they didn't show his because he had died before the release of this documentary. Anyway at least he is present in this video and part of this amazing classic line up. We love you John.

  • Sweet Dream....what a cool song! My first encounter with JT was the Thick as a Brick tour at the Forum in LA in '72 the night before I saw Led Zeppelin there. Zep was the hottest thing around but they made a mistake following JT.

    I couldn't help myself...I learned TAAB on organ while still in high school, then eventually did a little tribute video. Click my user name to see it and my ELP tributes.

  • I laughed until I peed my pants over the Spinal Tap aspect of this video. Troubadors!

  • THANKYOU for posting. Fascinating insight into the people who formed this astoundingly great band... very intelligent gentlemen. My opinion; Tull song "Wond'rin' "(1971?) is very relevant to a possible future of Earth...

  • Ian Anderson is a living legend in both music and life. He has made a carrer by sticking to what he belives in and that is something I really like about him and I hope that i become half the man he was and still is. God bless him.

  • Great Performers! Music, Lyrics and Stage Presence and on top of that tight, well rehearsed and flawless. Thanks for the Vid.

    Great Memories!

  • You can see where Rob Reiner and the gang got some of their ideas for Spinal Tap can't you?

  • even more spinal tap style is the fact David Palmer is now a woman,now Dee Palmer

  • really cool, thanks for posting!

  • This is defenitely the best Jethro Tull line up ever. What a dream must have been watching them back on those days!

  • ha quite a sweet dream indeed :P

  • This may be the best Tull clip I've seen! The walk to the stage sent a chill down my spine. Memories!!

  • where did you get this video?

  • Sweet Dream-One of THE BEST Songs on the planet.

  • Sweet Dream is one of fav Tull songs too!!!! Awesome solo too!

  • Tull's swan song was a trilogy of sorts...the Songs From The Wood,Heavy Horses and Stormwatch LP's have a very distinct and interlocking flavor to them. The drumming is very "heavy metal",if you will; as with the arrangements and Barre's choice of guitar sound and attack. I was always a big fan up until the "A" album where they lost me. They almost reeled me back in with the Broadsword And The Beast LP but I had already moved on to hardcore punk by that point. Oh well,always a fan...........

  • I agree with u up to a point..I haven't listened to Heavy Horses,I've only listened up to Songs From The Wood, and of course Broadsword which is clearly an 80s sound, more pop hard rock ballad sort of a sound..good but I think the hardcore yrs of Tull were '68 to '75 til the Minstrel..cheers

  • John Glascock is my main inspiration in playing bass.

    He's sooo great...

  • he's mine too, along with bobby jacobs of focus

  • @GecSword John was a wonderful bass player, I'm glad that you are inspired by him to play bass....Rock'N'Roll Man !! :)

  • wow, barriemore/martin, they have some pretty good looking wives! I guess as long as your a great rich musician, its dosn't matter if you have a long beard :)

  • It had nothing to do with being rich, or how long their beards were. Well ... being rich maybe helped a little, on a subliminal level at least.

  • John G. was born in 1951. When he died, he was 28.

  • Sorry. I stand corrected. Still, a very short life because of a tooth. Don't you think?

  • Barriemore must have been talking about the Stormwatch album. John Glascock died on 11-17-1979 which devastated Barriemore who retired from the band after the Stormwatch tour.

  • Yes, unfortunately, John died from an abscessed tooth. He was 22. The infection was carried by his blood to his heart. Friends, please, go see your dentist when you are experiencing tooth pain; or even a bulging discomfort. It really may save your life.

  • Or did he? "...died in 1979 as a result of a congenital heart defect. Despite the diagnosis of heart valve damage caused by an infection, he continued his previous lifestyle, which involved heavy drinking and wild parties. His health continued to deteriorate. Ian Anderson gave him several warnings before finally laying him off with pay during the production of Stormwatch, completing most of the bass guitar parts himself."

  • its so weird. the main riff (in the intro)... so weird if you try to count. it took me a couple of tries before I found out where the "one" beat was :)

  • The interviews were in 1979 probably but there's no possible way that the show could've been in '79 as poor John (Glascock, certainly not Evan) was dead by then.  He didn't tour with them in 78 either, so it had to have been 77 or earlier.

  • Thanks. You listed them in order of appearence?  I DID notice the first to be interviewed was the drummer, when he mentions knowing what he's there for when with the drums onstage but in his personal life, didn't yet have any direction. That's Barlow, then.

  • Can you tell me, the names of each person interviewed and the instrument they play? I can use some help! Ian Anderson is the only one I'd recognize. THANKS.

  • Barriemore Barlow (drums)

    John Evan (piano, organ, keyboards)

    Martin Barre (electric guitar)

    David Palmer (now Dee Palmer..keyboards)

    Ian Anderson (Flute, acoustic guitar)

    John Glascock ..not interviewed (base guitar)

  • @BenRossington it's BASS guitar; it's a different instrument.

  • how twee

  • Interesting to see the bands different lifes and sitting on the edge of seat to hear sweet dream

  • Martin's "Sweet Dream" riff is so killer; can't believe it's 4/4!

  • Cool fan in a jean jacket and Jethro Tull shirt at 5:00

  • i think it is Music Man StingRay 4-string bass. Very good instrument with characteristic, deep'n'heavy sound. Bass player from my previous band played on similar one.

  • Where can i find a version of "Apocalypse" by any band?

  • Who is playing the clarinet at 3:06? And thats david palmer with him?

  • I'm pretty sure it's his son both because he would have been about that old in 1979 and because he looks like D Palmer

  • The name of that song at 4.46 is Apocalypse. It is an unreleased (and probably unrecorded) D. Palmer song from the Stormwatch era. Our band Beggar's Farm has played a few years ago with Palmer himself singing and on keys. He sent all the original scores for all instruments

  • Is it true David Palmer is now Dee Palmer after a sex change ?

  • Yes, that is true.

  • A great band in their hayday. Also seen them a few years ago too.  Still put on a great show. Not your typical rock band. A little bit more like rock/classical. Queen probably in that same rock music catagory too. Gave me a lot of good times and memories. Their music shall live on for a long time.

  • What a gem to watch JT at the bitter end of their hayday. An especially nice treat to watch (the late) John Glascock on bass who was a magnificent player. I was disappointed he was not included in the interviews. I wish I could personally ask Ian why he ever decided to disban this lineup. Stormwatch had extrodinary Tull quality which did not circum to the pressures of the changing music genre of the time. Viewing vintage Tull is a musical thrill as I live in the past for their music. Eric H.

  • and the death of john glascock

  • this was right before the big split, the end of Barlows and Evans career with the band, very sad, the end of their golden years

  • Does anyone know the name of the song being played at 4:46?

  • good ?, its a wonderful grove, i thought i knew em all, not this 1

  • i hope someone knows the tune at 4:46 and will post it,or are they just jammin?

  • The name of that song at 4.46 is Apocalypse. It is an unreleased (and probably unrecorded) D. Palmer song from the Stormwatch era. Our band Beggar's Farm has played a few years ago with Palmer himself singing and on keys. He sent all the original scores for all instruments

  • what is this interview from and is there any more footage from that concert?

  • This interview is from the 1979 Jethro Tull Lively Arts documentary. This followed the band during the making of Stormwatch. You can get it on bootleg DVD.

  • Yeah its the Madison Square Garden concert.

  • This is THE classic Tull line up. Many happy memories of growing up in the 70's and listening to these guys. I suppose Ian felt the need to move on at this point, but what a shame to split the band up in the way he did.

  • this great doku was a kind of a farewell from that great line up because since 1980 d the band changed remained also Ian Anderson and Martin Barre and the direction of their music went toward some techno. who interested in this one you can find it in e-mule.

  • BenRossington thanks much for posting this very intersting clip.Would there be another part or more of this??

    cheers

    BDP

  • The great Barriemore Barlowe.Wow what a lovely home,that was my dream to live in a place like that.....And dream is all it's been so far ...lol.

    The guys in Tull seem really cool,though the Canadian band Saga(one of my faves) played a few shows with them here in Canada,& said Tull were stuck up and ignorant.I find that hard to believe!

  • why wasn't i born 30 years earlier god!?

  • Tull forever I say!!

  • A bootlegger used that little jam snippet to make the 'track' called Wardrobe Whopper on the Songs from the Wooden Grammaphone bootleg

  • very honest ian ,but at the end of the day it is , perhaps about making money.

  • Be fair - that was c in Ian's a,b,c list of why he does it :-)

  • I feel bad for this generation......i have not heard anything that compares with bands like Jethro Tull these days. Bands like them and Led Zepplin, Yes,and the WHO were the Mothers of Rock. I was fortunate to see bands like Tull in their prime. My 16 year son started listening to all my old stuff probally because the stuff these days does not comparE, ( and he has his old mans taste in music).

  • Hi

    nice thoughts, I do agre with you, it's not strange to say the same, my elder son is now 17 and he did the same these days, great music is forever, btw: I also listened to Jethro Tulls when I was 17 !

    greetings from Italy!

  • Yes???

    Common,they got 2 good songs,the rest is to 80's.ELO..Thats a super band.Did you not forget Coldplay???

    That's a very nice band from this generation.Or The Feeling.

  • It's all preference. I know some bands that are extremely creative but many people won't like it much like The Mars Volta. I'm only 15 and listen to more old material like Jethro Tull which is one of my favorite bands because new stuff is not as creative but there are still bands like back then.

  • Check out Spock's Beard, The Flower Kings, and Dream Theater.

  • Spock's Beard? Never heard of them. What sort of stuff do they play?

  • we still love you. iran

  • I love jethro tull

  • crazed commando is sick...has no idea what he is talking about...probably an asshole...maybe coz i really don't know him...my opinion merely based on what he stated here...jetro tull rocks...simple one of the best progressive bands ever...

  • jethro tull, por siempre estareis ay. formais parte de mi gracias a vuestra musica, simplemente very good.

  • This kind of music is what we need in the world today! Its sad that todays kind of music is just about calling women whores and swearing. Tull rocks!

  • I love this song:D

  • tull band is the greatest band in the world .real musicians are not that easy to be . its work and well deserved to be titled the greatest band ever

  • John Glascock RIP so young

  • I love this song so much it hurts!!1 took a damn long time to get to it though!

  • Your right heavy horses  songs from the wood, at their best. However its all good! TULL IS TOP 3 EVER IMO

  • This is the best line-up that tull ever had!!!! Just fantastic musicians!!!! It's nice to hear their veiws for a change.

  • uhm where do you see webcam spammers?

  • fuck off you stupid spammers with your webcam girls...this is a jethro tull space, can we possibly talk about music and serious things?

  • i think hes a good singer!

  • IMHO music just isn't of the same Calibre today as it was 30 years ago! So much of the feeling is striped out of the music as record producers only concern is finding someone with a cute ass to make them rich. Thanks to Music Synthesizers, you don't need to know how to sing or play an instrument.

    This is not to say everyone is like that there are many that are every bit as good, problem is they are to few and far between.

    Hey be a hater...it's just my opinion

  • Reminds me of the many times I saw them in the early 1970s at the old Stadium in Chicago .. I marveled at how clean their stage was .. and how my bloodstream wasn't. I wonder what April is up to nowadays ... do you think she still looks like a 17 year old angel in that peasant blouse?

  • Thats the first time I saw Tull '79 at the old barn in Chicago.

    I have seen Tull maybe 30 times since.

  • Reminds me of the many times I saw them at the old Stadium in Chicago .. I marveled at how clean their stage was .. and how my bloodstream wasn't. I wonder what April is up to nowadays ... do you think she still looks like an angel in that peasant blouse?

  • it's ironic that in 12 months all of these guys would be sacked; even martin put on hiatus (for a while)...not too sure about ian's decision in this; I think these guys would have seen it through the long haul of the 80s, perhaps last a bit longer...

  • Very cool to hear their opinions and see how they live offstage.Gosh see Barriemores' home?, I'd kiil for a home in the country like that amazing!

  • Why can't I play guitar like Martin Barre? Im gettin there tho.

  • my fave group (mon goupe favori) with (avec)

    midnight oil,steve hackett,caravan,camel,cat stevens..

  • Very nicely done....Thanks Ian and the boys--one of my favorite eras

  • I agree, sweet video. Wish I could've been around to see Tull back then. Anytime before John Glascock died, anyways.

  • In 1973 I visited a concert of Jethro Tull in Rotterdam. I was 16 years old and it was the first concert of my life. Now I'm searching on you tube for as many as possible of jethro tull and re-discovered that Ion Anderson was unique (of course as more musicians in his time). They still give pleasure listening to and trying to play there music. Thanks you Jethro Tull !! Jos

  • This is a nice gem! Where is it from??

  • Jethro Tull is the best band ever!

  • nice video man, rare...

  • ............lol

  • Bassist Glascok died and organist Evan became a woman since then...in the meantime, old Ian became bald and fat but he still plays old good songs

  • No, John Evan is still a man. Palmer who is a great arranger, now goes by Ms. Dee Palmer

  • Palmer became a woman, Dee Palmer now. X

  • Ian isn't fat ... wtf ????

  • why is the vis comments not on jethro tull?

  • Very nice vid thanks.

  • What a treat!!! Thank you so much for this video.

  • See my previous post...Ian lost something in 1975...anybody got any insight into this????

  • it seems very strange to me that someone shouldlog on to jethro tull dvd and talk about paeodophilia and nazis, obi has problems, seek help obiwan521 you need help.

    lolololoololololo

  • never feed trolls - or in other words: just ignore users like "obiwan521", don't reply. :)

  • I love you todd

  • Ian Anderson looks like a filthy peaodophile

  • paeodophilia must be on your mind

    seek help

  • You are the one who worships peodos my dumb friend. You seek help.

  • You just want yourself make unpopular!There are several guys on youtube with the same sickness.A mental hospital would be a good choice.I feel very sorry for you!

  • At least I'm not a fucking kraut. Nazi arsehole!

  • You're still out there? i gave you a tip with that mental hospital.Now take courage and go to check in!

  • obi - here you are again talking about peaods - scipfish has you sussed as well as me. Seek the help that scipfish recommends. seek help seek help

  • your mother is a filthy slut

  • Fuck off!!!!

  • This has nothing to do with Jethro Tull, you realize...

  • What does this have to do with ANYTHING?

  • yes, you're right dude, this only to say that much waters passed under the bridge...Jethro Tull became very old and you too

  • Great video. One of my favourite bands just slightly past their prime in this video. I saw them a bunch in the 70's and they were wonderful.

  • this is hilarious.....spinal tap without the irony!

    awfully brilliant!

  • Amazing group. I wish music was more like that now.

  • It's nice to know that underneath it all they're real people.

  • Really great line-up this one, incredibly tight. Too bad they disbanded later that year...

  • One of the pure greats in progressive rock, a very good and informative video ! Not another band like them !

  • his voice is a bit more gravelly then usual