Mick Jagger, Ian Anderson and Tony Iommi in one video. Talking about legends.

Mick Jagger, Tony Iommi, and Jethro Tull in the same time and place. Awesome.

Tony Iommi: The instigator of everything we call heavy metal. Ian Anderson: Quite obviously derisive of heavy metal, wins Grammy Award for heavy metal.

I just like Ian Anderson’s wandering leg and flamingo stance as he played the flute lol

So weird to see Tony Iommi playing anything but an SG.

@dinorocker8647

3 жыл бұрын

Actually that was the guitar he recorded Wicked World with from what I've heard.

@adamjacksonmedia

Ай бұрын

​@@burrbonusHe plays it on Wicked World.

“Stuck with” Tony Iommi. Wish I had these guys’ problems

@___and_memes_for_all

3 жыл бұрын

Same. If you think about it, Sabbath was really sloppy seconds for Tony.

@natethagod2426

2 жыл бұрын

@@___and_memes_for_all sloppy seconds has a negative connotation to it so I think that’s the wrong term considering Black Sabbath became what it became as opposed to jethro Tull

@___and_memes_for_all

2 жыл бұрын

@@natethagod2426 I 100% agree. I love both bands

@halloweenjean

2 жыл бұрын

@@___and_memes_for_all not really, tony maybe would have joined them regardless of the fact that he didn’t really like the band atmosphere but the way the manager offered him the job pissed him off and he didn’t want to be in a band that had already made it before he joined. That’s why tony got back with the rest of black sabbath even after they supported him joining jethro tull.

I’ve watched R&R Circus a dozen times, but am just now finding out that Tony Iommi was "mock" playing guitar! Weird! I love it!!

I was born in 59. All I ever listened to or bought for music was the Beatles. Then a friend turned me on to 3 bands my sophomore year in high school. Uriah Heep, Black Sabbath and Jethro Tull and my whole music perspective changed. I never saw Sabbath in concert but I saw Tull 3 times. Once in August 1978 in the Providence Civic Center. Opening act….Uriah Heep! Another time I saw Tull in the Springfield Civic Center. It had to be sometime close to July 4. Someone tossed off an M80 somewhere near the stage. A second one went off about 2 minutes later. I don’t remember the song being played but Ian stopped the band mid song and something to the effect of “we’ve already been paid, another one goes off and we’re gone, got that!” Then without counting in they started exactly where they left off. I was amazed.

@DocFlay

2 жыл бұрын

A great selection to get you on your way. Not so different for me. I listened to chart music or whatever was on the radio, then Pink Floyd released The Wall and I noticed the album in my mums collection with more Floyd. The box contained other gems like my introduction to Tull via the Heavy Horses album. I still love that album more than any of the others.

Everything was just magic at that time... hard rock and heavy metal were just on the way to be invented and disclosed to the public and every single musician was in a hestatic state, aware that they were making the history of music... there will never be such a period for music as the late 60s and early 70s!

@e.d.bibbins3858

2 жыл бұрын

Dude they were just all doing So Much coke

@Venice_Rocks

2 жыл бұрын

This was implicit ;-)

I've seen The Circus several times. Plenty of great musicians, and yoko, too.

@DocFlay

27 күн бұрын

Indeed, many great singers, and yoko.

I remember when they'first put out the RocknRoll Circus DVD, because as u know the Stones held it back for years because they thought that there performance wasn't up to par,and I got to watch it I said to myself holy shit that's Tonni Iommi playing guitar for Tull.I am a big Tull fan but a bigger Sabbath fan, and Song for Jeffrey is one of my favorite Tull songs. In the end Tonni leaving turned out the best for us Sabbath fans

@crusheverything4449

2 жыл бұрын

Such a big Sabbath fan that you spell Tony Iommi’s first name, “Tonni”? Come on, man!

Tony has said that Ian Anderson and Jethro Tull’s strict regiment of getting up early and rehearsing sometimes from 9 AM until 8 PM really helped him become a much more focused and disciplined musician. While he said the style of music wasn’t for him, he was still extremely complimentary towards Ian and the band.

@DocFlay

Жыл бұрын

Yeah I linked the interview with him at the end, but you can see by the comments here people seem to think he had a bad experience.

This is why Jethro Tull won best metal album, when one of your alumni founded the entire genre, you will lways be considered metal

@elinino5275

2 жыл бұрын

Damn right! 🤘

Ladys & Gentleman Mr. Anthony Frank Iommi 🎸😎👊

@intensemedusa1135

3 жыл бұрын

Love him!! 🤟

In less than 3 minutes, Ian shitted on Heavy Metal, Tony, his bandmates, all rock bands before 1968, and, indirectly, Bob Dylan. Amazing. The way he said "friendly" regarding Watts and Wyman makes me think he was giving a back-handed compliment.

@Skiiiiiifreeeeeee

3 жыл бұрын

You ever here his interview at the end of remastered thick as a brick with comments on zeppelin/Robert plant and pink Floyd. Condescending comments is his thing

@ANDROLOMA

3 жыл бұрын

Please note: everyone has long hair. Why? Because John Lennon, the main act of this Circus, started the trend. During that time in history, Lennon was the leading figure in Anglo Culture. The Beatles (rock band before 1968) influenced Anderson and Tull far more than Ian was willing to admit.

@thegreatuniversalprotectio1203

2 жыл бұрын

@@ANDROLOMA phil may had the longest hair in 65

@ANDROLOMA

2 жыл бұрын

@@thegreatuniversalprotectio1203 It was our way of angering the establishment back in the old days.

@DelSevenNine

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, very patronising.

Tony actually left Jethro Tull, he didn’t have to leave because of his unique playing style, he apparently left because of Ian Anderson. Or so I’ve heard from the man himself, I guess it’s up in the air now........

@IgnorancEnArrogance

3 жыл бұрын

The work schedule was too much for Tony, and the band wasn't heavy enough. Tony still credits Ian and Tull with instilling a better work ethic in him when he went back to Black Sabbath (named Earth at the time).

@joeshlong9614

3 жыл бұрын

@@IgnorancEnArrogance I remember him saying that they were very professional and had a schedule which kept them on track. I don’t remember him saying it was much for him, considering after this he went to do the same with Earth/Sabbath Tony is no slacker

Who else is reading Tony's book?

@ayushdivecha

3 жыл бұрын

@Ana Nikolić me too brother

@crusheverything4449

2 жыл бұрын

I’ve read it twice.

Thats tommi iommy in jethro tull. Lrt that sink in

@DocFlay

3 жыл бұрын

Congratulations on the first comment. Have some cake.

@jogmas12

3 жыл бұрын

Yes but Ian said Tony’s playing style was not suitable for the changing Jethro Tull sound.

@mikek8553

3 жыл бұрын

Nice try

@ProfessorKenneth

3 жыл бұрын

*let

@mikek8553

3 жыл бұрын

Who is tommi iommy

Never knew that. Very interesting stuff.

Fantastic

How weird to see Iommi playing a Strat!!

Tony Iommi has a very different version of his time with Jethro Tull

@daveqr

Жыл бұрын

I know who I believe

“We all come out from Gogol's 'Overcoat.”

The drummer is definitely looking like Mick Fleetwood (the attitude, the gesture...everything). Is the man himself or am I just wrong ?

@hatandbeardmedia5925

2 жыл бұрын

It's Clive Bunker, the original Jethro Tull drummer. He was with them up to their Aqualung album in 1971 then quit the band to start a family. Many Tull fans still consider him the best drummer they ever had.

first video of Björk 0:05

Who else would have loved to hear Tony on a Tull album back then? All due respect to Martin, but I think Tony might have had an effect on "Benefit", because that's pretty riffy

Some one spelled Tony Iommi's name wrong in the description of this video!

@DocFlay

2 жыл бұрын

Can't believe it has taken this long for someone to notice ! Cheers for pointing it out.

Am I the only one who can't believe Ian Anderson's speaking voice? He sounds like a member of the House of Lords, an Oxbridge guy, not some Lunatic like he appeared to be.

@wbertie2604

Жыл бұрын

You can hear the Scot in his voice.

@burrbonus

Ай бұрын

Quite a few years passed between performance and interview. It;s good that you capitalized lunatic.

Did Tony ever do anything with Ian Anderson after his brief spell with jethro Tull .

@DocFlay

3 жыл бұрын

Not as far as I know. I linked the interview with Tony to this vid so you can hear his version of the experience.

According to Glenn , they also did Fat Man

I like this early incarnation of Jethro Tull the best. They look like such a fun-loving bunch of characters! They look more like a real band---not just Ian Andersen and some faceless musicians in the background

@furnitureconsortium

3 жыл бұрын

I’d hardly say that Jeffrey Hammond, John Evan, Barrie Barlow, and Martin Barre were faceless musicians! I know what you’re getting at though, it did kind of end up like that from the mid 1980’s onward.....it was Ian, Martin, and the rest of the band.....and now it’s just Ian & Co. Although I have to say that I was pretty impressed with his solo band performing all of the original thick as a brick in a live setting, that was pretty cool! Now, if either Ian’s band or Martin’s band performs all of A Passion Play, I’d buy tickets tomorrow as that’s my fav Tull album.....Martin would be up for it and we all know how much that Ian hates that album :-(

@pegasus5287

2 жыл бұрын

Ian Anderson is still going strong too. He was not into the drug scene because he was a true musical genius and didnt want to cloud his mind. He still looks great. And wasnt Mick jagger so adorable? Jethro tull records were played at nearly every party in the 70's, thick as a brick was one song that took up both sides of the album, so midway thru, we would have to flip the record. Big silence, then resume rockin

@impalaman9707

2 жыл бұрын

@@pegasus5287 Isn't that funny how all the rock stars from that era who seemed like wild men and everyone thought were on drugs--I'm thinking of Andersen, but also Deep Purple, Alice Cooper, Ted Nugent, Frank Zappa-- were actually totally straight, they only ACTED like they were on drugs--whereas it was all the ones who everyone thought were straight---like the Association, the Monkees, Simon and Garfunkel, James Taylor, the Mamas and the Papas---they were the biggest druggies!

@reinis2536

2 жыл бұрын

Tony iommi is faceless?

@impalaman9707

2 жыл бұрын

@@reinis2536 Wrong. He's not faceless--its the guitarists who came AFTER him that were! As you can see, he's part of this version of the band I am referring to--and he does look like a real character here

I wonder if Tony still has that guitar

@burrbonus

Ай бұрын

I wonder if he still has the hat and, if so, why he's not wearing it right now.

Drummer hits himself in the face at 1:39. Lmao

Matt Colville brought me here.

@DocFlay

2 жыл бұрын

I don't know why that would connect to this. Weird.

Olha o pai do heavy metal ali

Black Sabbath did more for music and inspired more peeps imho than Jethro Tull ever did; that said I love Jethro Tull but man Ian is so full of himself ugh :P

@jogmas12

3 жыл бұрын

I don’t know about that. Musically Jethro Tull had more musical variations and Ian said himself that Tull would compose songs that were not considered “ white mans blues” which Ian felt Tony was not suitable for. I like both Tull and Sabbath, I’m not offended by what Ian said about Tony, if Tony wasn’t suitable then he had to find someone who was.

@johnstlawrence5246

3 жыл бұрын

If you think Anderson is full of himself, look how he handled the Eagles controversy.

@jayedwards1205

2 жыл бұрын

Tony left Tull because he didn’t like the atmosphere ..

Anyone have this performance WITHOUT commentary?

@DocFlay

3 жыл бұрын

I got a copyright strike for that one, but added a solution to the vid info ;)

@sonicyouth29

3 жыл бұрын

its on Vimeo. Simply Google it :)

@rabfallon4507

3 жыл бұрын

Go on Rolling Stones Rock n Roll Circus . There's plenty on YT

Is Tony Iommi play a right-handed guitar upside down? I wonder how he adapted from that to left-handed guitar.

@TheDoctorFlay

Жыл бұрын

Yes he is. It is common not swap the strings around until you can afford a custom guitar, or for someone replace the bit with the grooves near the headstock.

@knightfall9394

Жыл бұрын

You two are smoking too much sweet leaf, its a left handed strat

@cyangtw

Жыл бұрын

@@knightfall9394 Really? Hard to tell or perhaps my eyes are not as sharp as yours. Though Tony did mention in various interviews that he used to play upsidedown before went to a car park to swapped a lefty Gibson SG. I was just wondering how he adapted from playing upsidedown to a lefty guitar with regular string order, Because I'm lefty and learning guitar upsidedown since where I live is hard to get lefty guitar and quite expensive to be honest.

Fala aí pedrão.

Ian Anderson is the Mitch McConnell of pop music. His boxed set is entitled 'Get Off My Lawn.'. Brilliant fake who's convinced he's brilliant. Inspired Dunning-Krueger.

@finylvinyl66

3 жыл бұрын

Ian Anderson was both honest and critical of those in high places, so he is nothing like the major hypocrite that it Mitch McConnell. In fact that latter would have been one of the targets of Anderson's wit.

@furnitureconsortium

3 жыл бұрын

Actually, Ian Anderson is brilliant.....if you dig what Jethro Tull did for all of those years. I agree that Ian is a pompous windbag in practically all of the interviews that he’s ever done. But that doesn’t detract from his talents and songwriting ability

Too bad Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band wasn't there. They would have really fit in!

Ian Anderson, great musician and composer. Bit boring to listen to though.

Ian Anderson is a gifted musician, but a total narcissist. I'm here to see Tony. One should hear his more humble version of the story as to why he didn't stay on with Tull.

I recognise the enormous skill of Jethro Tull... but Ian always comes accross as such an arrogant snob lol

@hatandbeardmedia5925

2 жыл бұрын

🤣 I think he was a born curmudgeon. Still, he knows how to pick the best musicians to surround himself with and run a tight ship. He was probably an admiral or something in a past life.

@JulioLeonFandinho

2 жыл бұрын

some people can't distinguish a self confident and well spoken person from an arrogant one... it's what happens with insecure personalities and ignorance

black sabbath > jethro tull

@johnstlawrence5246

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, but Iomi says it was his time with Tull, with their 9am rehearsals, that taught him how to get a band's shit together, and he credited that new discipline for Sabbath succeeding the second time around.

@arthivs7653

3 жыл бұрын

@@johnstlawrence5246 Couldve learned about work ethic at Home Depot too. Jethro Tull gets 0% of sabbaths glory in my view

@Jotizs

2 жыл бұрын

Both are my favorite bands of all time, apples and oranges type of comparison.

@JulioLeonFandinho

2 жыл бұрын

@@Jotizs exactly, a Sabbath fanboy apparently, he had to show how he loves his band, which nobody cares about, I don't need a derelict like this saying anything about Black Sabbath, everybody knows them and it's an universally admired acclaimed band... The guy loves Sabbath, so what? me too and millions of people over the fucking planet, it's not the big deal... So he had to make a stupid comparison and dismiss one of the most interesting, talented, intelligent rock bands. Personality issues