Jethro Tull was my 1st Concert at 13 yrs old in 1973. I am forever transformed and grateful 🙏

I am blessed to be 65 and have sat outside Madison Square Garden wrapped in a blanket waiting for tickets to go on sale. I saw Tull every Garden appearance & we brought weed and winesacks over our shoulders and you sometimes couldn't see the stage for the smoky weed wafting around the ceiling and it was magical and wonderful and it'll probably be one of my last thoughts as I fade into Heaven...And then I'll be be 17 and see them Live again over and over in NYC Heaven! 🤗❤️✌️✨

@nomadrat

3 ай бұрын

❤😎

@danielmize6567

3 ай бұрын

I'll see you at the show brother!

@stevewilson7093

Ай бұрын

1:23 1:23

@markbriten6999

Ай бұрын

​@@nomadratI'm blessed to have been at Manchester Apollo. No support just them. God it was good 😊

Never witnessed a performer as talented as Ian Anderson, ever. Same goes for Jethro Tull as a whole. Just. Beautiful. Spectacular. Wonderful.

You will never see another band like this, they don't make them any more.

@VivaLaDnDLogs

4 жыл бұрын

They only made one band like this. Jethro freaking Tull.

@Kitty39ish

3 жыл бұрын

A true statement that.

@sajeevpanakalv.6257

3 жыл бұрын

you can double your bet on that, cheers

@jeremiahvires7864

3 жыл бұрын

No didn't you hear him, it's led zeppelin's whole lotta brick

@frankieinheemstede

3 жыл бұрын

I suppose they could be Johnny Cash if they tried really hard...😁

If I had been a Medieval king, I would have searched far and wide until I found a bard like Ian Anderson. He might be the most under appreciated showman we've ever seen. Unfortunately, I was born a year after this performance, and thus way too late to appreciate Jethro Tull in their prime....but thankfully I had parents who had great taste in music.

@johncook7281

4 жыл бұрын

Not unappreciated by many

@jurgentreue1200

4 жыл бұрын

Jethro Tull are medieval minstrels who have been transported into the future. To find their way back to their time, they have to perform rock music.

@jurgentreue1200

4 жыл бұрын

@Lea Natale,, I'm 64. Thick as a Brick came out when I was a teenager. I bought copy that came in a full newspaper cover. Great fun to read. It's an album I may not listen to for a year or more but enjoyable when I do. It used to sound great when played on vinyl. One of those albums that criss crossed between rock, jazz and classical.

@rusrockt10

4 жыл бұрын

@Lea Natale When I was about 10, my dad introduced me to Tull, but i didn't discover Thick as a Brick until college in about 1997. It's pure joy. In fact....it's been awhile. I know what I'll be listening to while working from home tomorrow!

@knowmusicman157

3 жыл бұрын

This Bard must have his Barre!

Jethro Tull makes me feel devastatingly sorry that I wasn't born until the 00s. Discovering them in this age is like finding a golden pin in an enormous pile of plastic straws. Music today will never be this intricate, imaginative, and original. Everything Tull did in the seventies is pure brilliance.

@samuelecallegari6117

11 ай бұрын

Be grateful to live in a time when you can listen to all their discography and you can also have the best remixes of their album they ever made

@johng4609

7 ай бұрын

You should also explore King Crimson, old Genesis and Yes. And early Rush

@jordangouveia1863

7 ай бұрын

There were so many talented musicians during that time. Pink Floyd for example and many more. I thought for a long time, I'm just old and don't like popular music the way my father didn't. But I've read so many comments like yours I'm beginning to think it's not me.

@FreyjaTheFair

7 ай бұрын

@@jordangouveia1863 If you ask me, I think you’re right. Just because it’s been a common stereotype in music history to not like modern stuff, doesn’t mean there’s no merit to that thought today - that’s the problem of induction. Popularity is no measure of quality, and there‘s been a severe decrease in the quality of popularized music the last thirty years. With the test of time, I think we'll even see pretty soon that the most popular musicians as of now will be swiftly forgotten, but bands and artists like Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, The Rolling Stones, The Beatles, Bob Dylan… they will never die.

@JeffReams

6 ай бұрын

better to discover them now, than to never discover them at all. If you get a chance, I would try to see them on tour.

Jethro Tull was my favorite band and Ian Anderson was my favorite musician. Saw them 3 times. He was so different , not noted for drugs or destroying hotel rooms. very smart, well spoken . great musician, performer, lyricist and prolific songwriter.

Jethro Tull was my Dads favorite band. Lost him many years ago when I was a wee lad, but whenever I listen to Jethro I always feel connected to him. I'm thankful that he got me into such an amazing band and that I still have a way to feel that connection. Cheers, Dad!🍺

@WILLNEVERCONFORM

Жыл бұрын

Blessed 🙏

@Fexobs

Жыл бұрын

This music is music you treasure for life. It will never come again. It's even more special that it connects you to your Dad

@terryrollins1973

11 ай бұрын

🙏💗

@AntonioCalvente-tu2gp

9 ай бұрын

Un grupo qué me importa🎉🎉

@jasondelbarcelona1910

8 ай бұрын

Mi padre fue igual que tu mi inspiración para llegar a bandas tan legendarias tan conceptuales que solo puedo igual que tu estar agradecido al viejo por este regalo eterno salud por tu padre también amigo sin duda alguien con un gusto maravilloso

So after doing a deep dive recently into progressive rock at 28 years old, I have discovered this band called Jethro Tull….and listened to Thick as A Brick like about 13 times now on repeat….I used to be infatuated with 90s progressive rock, but man it’s true what they say….the 70s was the most experimental and artistic time for progressive rock. This band is legendary. And if you don’t like Jethro Tull, you just might be as Thick as A Brick 😉

@Jerry-oo8hd

Жыл бұрын

..we like to think of them as Folk Music on steroids

@tonytrabort4939

Жыл бұрын

Good catch or find, young man. We Tull fans are well over 70 at this time and some of us understood a little about music even as teenyboppers back in the 60's, 70's, and we hence understood that Ian and his mates were talented and serious actors, musicians and fun blokes. Ian did not tolerate rudeness on the part of the USA rock fans in the auditoriums back then, screaming or talking at him when he was performing, and "good for him". We paid a lot of money to come see and listen to Tull, and these idiots would whistle, scream, yell, stand, blocking those behind them.....pathetic....any way, I applaud your musical discovery. Tull, Spooky Tooth, Procol Harum, Argent, ELP, Yes, and so many others from the British Isles were so damn good musically. Nothing like them today......

@johng4609

7 ай бұрын

You need to explore King Crimson

@jamesholt8516

6 ай бұрын

@@johng4609 I'm a fan.

@bartdoggo8613

2 ай бұрын

I discovered this on vinyl in the 80's. Listened to it over and over. Figured out how to place most of the bass parts. Forgot about until the late 90's. Repeated the 80s. Forgot about until last week. Listened to it one night and then on constant repeat for the next several days at work. Maybe like 20 times in a row. I will do the same again tomorrow. I'm embarrassed that I "forgot" about this masterpiece. The last 10 min of the full album gives me goose bumps every time I hear it - the part with the strings? Yep.

I wasn't familiar with Ian at all, my new girlfriend at the time dragged me to Montreal in 1977 to see this guy play the flute, well OK I went along with it. Then bam! I was blown away couldn't believe the pure energy of a flute with a rock band, the sound system was a knockout for the size of the forum. My ears rang all the way home. Next day I went out and bought all the Albums available at Treble Clef.....

@debbirch4515

5 ай бұрын

😂 what a great story.good thing you let the girlfriend drag you along.. miss the old record shops that used to be around. Cheers to you friend !

Oh boy, we sure had fantastic bands in the 60's and 70's.

@andreb.thomas5926

Жыл бұрын

Infinitely better than the shit that passes for talent the last 15-20 years...at least. ...and I'm a jazz aficionado (50s-60s). Chao. Retired Vietnam era veteran, ex Detroiter, expatriate living in México, Colombia, etc....permanently.

@CdEmm50

Жыл бұрын

@@andreb.thomas5926 The gaspy corny "singing " on the radio here, UK, now. It's tragic.

@BlazinRiver1

Жыл бұрын

You could feel the change coming in the 80s....slowly rock lost its organic drive and blended into the Top40 $$Trap....Originality was left at the door and the Top$$ was all that mattered now. They cant kill rock, it is still alive and will return to once again wake the people to rise and be heard.

@drvidyakumar

Жыл бұрын

The Best....

Ian Anderson, Not just a clever singer/songwriter, but a showman and entertainer. Top notch performance, I'd say!!

@lisamoroney3036

2 жыл бұрын

Agree !!!

In that time NO VOCALIST could compete with Ian. Dancing, posing, singing, entertaining, playing guitar and flute on a level of his own. And the band worked on the same level. The music, the tricky structure of songs maybe was not really good for air playing. But if you see them now you must confess: they were master class

@baldanders

8 жыл бұрын

No doubt!

@MrJuliusWallace

8 жыл бұрын

+Joe Seligmann .....till today i guess.

@jakestrickland790

8 жыл бұрын

+Joe Seligmann I've seen them 6 times. THEY'VE NEVER LET ME DOWN!

@Gregorypeckory

8 жыл бұрын

+Joe Seligmann I never cared about airplay. Some of the greatest stuff isn't "good for air playing" (except when you hear it, its incredible, but ad people were never found of 20 minute songs. This is the good shit, like Jimi's 20 minute extended psychedelic blues trips; Band Of Gypsies, etc. Concept albums were an exciting art form when TAAB came out, and it was a masterpiece; unique, ambitious, tight, incredible songwriting, and performance-I can't ask for more!

@robertodimatteo3694

7 жыл бұрын

Joe Seligmann completely agree with you.

I grew up listening to Jethro Tull one of my favorite all time bands. Ian was a genius, he wasn't just a singer he was a theatrical performer a true artist.

@archiedentone5950

3 жыл бұрын

He still is

@deborahdavis4150

Жыл бұрын

Snap - 15 at the time, Rick Wakeman, another fave English performer ❣

@Lawrence-xm4oe

Ай бұрын

He owned the stage !

Some people say "Bohemian Rhapsody" is an epic song and story. Nothing against that piece, but it doesn't hold a candle to "Thick as a Brick".

@ericrivera9415

3 жыл бұрын

Amen

@tomechale

3 жыл бұрын

Both bands were epic story tellers and amazing performers. I never missed either band when they came through Detroit playing Cobo Hall! What a decade for great music, great bands and memorable front men!

@waltysalamander

3 жыл бұрын

Bohemian Rhapsody is a candle in the wind Thick as a Brick is 5000 candles in the wind! Bye Li'l Sebastian.

@billhorrell6303

3 жыл бұрын

Queen sucks no pun intended

@patricksommer3971

3 жыл бұрын

Well, Bohemian Rhapsody is one song, thick as a brick is a whole album, I think you can't compare these two

No auto tune, no computerized click track....this kind of music will likely never be made again and it makes me shake my head and say it's a shame.

@Slouworker

2 ай бұрын

That's simply not true. Pop music? Sure. Other genres are doing great though

His voice never wavers. Just amazing.

@FrancisTheBerd

6 ай бұрын

Now it actually wavers a lot

@anthonymcdibble9496

12 күн бұрын

@@FrancisTheBerd Yes, sadly his voice is shot.

best live performance of Led Zeppelin's Whole Lotta Brick I've ever seen!

@stevemurray3971

3 жыл бұрын

Come little children

@spacecowboy_1962

3 жыл бұрын

I think it may also be the ONLY version

@williamcombis4836

3 жыл бұрын

@@spacecowboy_1962 Ian introduced the number as Led Zeppelins whole lotta brick throughout this tour.

@blacksabbath812

3 жыл бұрын

And its far better then led zep

@phenomanon4028

3 жыл бұрын

@Jon Anderson no relation? He is, was, and will Always be out of any other's class.

Ian Anderson is an amazing musician and showman. I was lucky to have seen Jethro Tull several times in the early 70’s and they were one of my favorite bands to se live.

This has to be the best thing I've ever seen

@muzicaempathica6479

2 жыл бұрын

🤟🤩 🤜🏼🤛🏼 🤣🤣🤣

@llelloribeiro2663

2 жыл бұрын

Totally agree

@llelloribeiro2663

2 жыл бұрын

Imagina qto ensaio....!! Pra se chegar a essa sintonia

@rikardschumacher178

2 жыл бұрын

Check them out doing Songs From the Wood on Old Grey Whistle Test.

One of the most charismatic and energetic performers in all of music.

There was never an album like Thick As A Brick before, and never will again. My parents played this so many times as I was growing up, it because necessary to me. I've been through many copies, and recently bought another brand-new one when I took up the vintage audio-and-vinyl addiction. I love turning people onto it..... especially those not used to actual musicians playing actual instruments.

@soyjoven-hs1uc

8 ай бұрын

Já existe ... e só está guardado ian tem a história do início até agora

I've seen Janis Joplin at the Fillmore West and Jimi Hendrix at the Winterland Auditorium and a lot of other people in a lot of different places but nobody could touch Jethro Tull on an indoor concert level. Best performance ever

@karlheinzwunner283

11 ай бұрын

You're a lucky dude to have seen people like Janis or Jimi. Actually Jimi did 2 shows in my hometown in Germany in January of 69. But as a 9 yr old you were probably not too much interested in attending a Jimi Hendrix Show 😅

@snakepliskin1185

8 ай бұрын

Cow Palace in the early 80s!

Masterpiece of the highest order.

How far we away we have come from being able to create a masterpiece such as this... today.

@apu2849

Жыл бұрын

Before corporate parrots, music software and breast implants...

@sean9792

9 ай бұрын

@@apu2849breast implants have existed back then

Wow. Jethro Tull never saw them live in concert. Those who have - hats off to you. Ian Anderson what a genius. Genius is an understatement - unbelievable, the flute God.

@garycampbell4529

2 жыл бұрын

one of the best shows ever his interaction with the fans was spot on!!!

@richhopson6063

Жыл бұрын

@@garycampbell4529 Agreed.

My first Tull concert was the Passion Play Tour in the summer of 1973 - Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City. Just like Thick as a Brick, Passion Play was a concept album comprised of a 45 minute long composition spanning both sides of the LP. They opened with it as their first "song". All 45 minutes worth. We were blown away. When the cheering stopped, Ian calmly walked to the mic and announced, "And now for our second number", and launched into the acoustic guitar intro to Thick as a Brick. Epic !

There are very few bands that sound just as good live as they do from the studio! This band is just as good live as it is in the studio!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

First time I heard the album Thick as a Brick I thought, "wow, what composition." From the music, lyrics, Ian's voice and flute, still enjoy to this day as well as many of their other songs. .

"Led Zeppelins 'Whole Lotta Brick'"

@Demohil

4 жыл бұрын

Ian Anderson, Sensacional!

@drums122

3 жыл бұрын

Where is at least some kind of similarity? nothing like

@tmee1512

3 жыл бұрын

@@drums122 They are both rock epics.

@dragoon013

3 жыл бұрын

@@drums122 Ian Anderson sometimes introduced this song as such in live performances.

@ovcharkaboxing

3 жыл бұрын

stairway to brick

My brother who passed away July 2020 loved this band. This music is a time capsule from another time, a passed way of life. He lived his the way he wanted. He never missed out on his "ale and merryment". ....and let's all go "living in the past".

When I first heard Jethro Tull in 1975 on my crapy little cassette recorder in Delhi, I could not fathom how a rock band could produce such sounds. Was Martin Barre playing a guitar or creating sound with some medieval magic? What was John Evans doing with that keyboard? I eventually saw them live in 1990 and they had lost none of their magic. No other band comes close and no single musician in rock has had the plenitude of talent that Ian Anderson possessed. We won't see their likes again

@commentarywiseisbias

Ай бұрын

Hey, man! It's great to know that you were cranking Jethro Tull in the seventies in India. The first time I got a taste of their greatness was in 2016 and knew these guys have it all, from minstrelsy, rock, charm, energy, folk and whatnot!

One of the greatest Songs ever written! Ian is such a Genius 💗 Thick as a Brick- I grew up with this Album, a Milestone.

These guys should be the lead at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame - a symbol of what rock music really is: inventiveness, emotion, performance, and timelessness!

So glad to have lived in this pixel of history and got to party with the best bands ever at the best shows ever ! ❤️🤘

Had the privilege of seeing ian perform this live when I was about 14, was my first concert. Totally blew my mind

@sallybell9548

11 ай бұрын

My first concert too at 14 in 1977. None of my friends had even heard of them. I was lucky to have older brothers with excellent taste in music.

You’ve not seen a performance until you’ve seen Tull! The musicianship is not replaced by the insanity but adds to the whole mix! Ian Anderson is a genius as well as afreak❤🎉

Ian Anderson is just freaking awesome.

The great John Glasscock.... Superb and criminally forgotten (by many) Bass player!

Ian is so weird and wonderful. I love it!

So happy to have grown up in the 60's and 70's listening to the greatest music ever recorded....

Glorious, purposeful music that stands the test of time. As long as Ian leads his band.

One of the most underrated of the late 60's / early 70's classic rock bands.

OMGod, My darling hubby who is no longer with me, due to lung cancer 4 years ago. He looooved Jethro Tull. Have sooo, enjoyed listening to my past on you tube,........

@jon7777ck

8 жыл бұрын

+Yvonne Eley Be of good cheer Yvonne, he is still listening.

@ralex3697

3 жыл бұрын

Remember not that he is gone, but that he was here

I bought the Thick As A Brick album that looks like a newspaper when it came out. Still is in mint condition. Ian Anderson’s performance is just mind blowing.

@kylepetruzziello3321

Жыл бұрын

Got a really good copy on vinyl; sounds amazing

They were my first real concert. St. Patrick’s day, 1977-Chicago. Cold and rainy out. Rockin inside!!! Tull kicked our asses. Ian played I think 5 different instruments that night. He is an exceptional musician, showman, and sheep farmer! Good video!👍🎸🥁❤️

@brendasmurdoch8551

Жыл бұрын

Lovely!

What a performance!Ian Anderson is not only s great singer,he is an artist too,a true genius!No such bands exist anymore...

@nanpearlman2741

Жыл бұрын

I saw him with Jethro Tull 5 times in my younger years. He was always amazing! So much energy!!! My second favorite band next to Pink Floyd!!!

@blueybarnes9442

Жыл бұрын

….And NEVER will again

There will never be another musician like Ian...EVER. He is in a class all by himself !

I saw Jethro Tull in Edmonton, 1972 or so! It was nonstop performing! Just like this video! I took up flute, joined a rock band! Then took lessons, learned how to play! This brings back such memories!

Ian Anderson is acute on his flute, a true nobility with his performance ability and a connection to his musical perfection.

I saw Mr Tull in Montreux in 2004. They started with an old number, and then did a newer song from...41 years earlier. What a band.

I saw them way back in the day twice and more recently twice. Anderson is still freaking amazing even with his voice issues. Barre seriously underrated and deserves ton more recognition for keeping up those arrangements and providing such innovative licks and rhythm.

He's definitely among my top ten rock and roll flautists of all time.

@johndegennaro2822

8 жыл бұрын

+muggymug That's funny

@NuntiusLegis

8 жыл бұрын

He is the most magnificent of all flutists, in any music genre. Before Anderson, the flute was a gentle acoustic instrument. In his hands, it can be gentle or rival the electric guitar.

@johnfrangione7059

8 жыл бұрын

isn't he the ONLY rock n roll flautist???

@BigDaddyAEL

8 жыл бұрын

Of course not. muggymug is obviously joking, but there are quiet a few flutists on 70's rock bands, like: Thijs van Leer (Focus) Ray Thomas (Moody Blues) Andrew Latimer and Mel Collins (Camel) Chris Wood (Traffic) Didier Malherbe (Gong) David Jackson (Van Der Graaf Generator) Peter Gabriel (Genesis)

@garbobnewman920

8 жыл бұрын

+BigDaddyAEL1964 did any of them use it as a lead instrument, or even a primary instrument. Andersons kind of uses it as an accompanying lead to the guitar. I wasn't trying to be confrontational, I'm actually really curious

As mind-bending today as when it was originally released… Love them

this band deserves sooo much more attention than they have ever gotten - and currently gets (or a lack thereof). their music has always been thick in layers, intricate compositions and incorporating and embracing a lot of different styles.

@jimdavis8391

2 жыл бұрын

I have in thirty years only ever heard the BBC play Living in the Past a couple of times.

@darkforest3333

Жыл бұрын

yup

Genius staring you right in the face. And they were having such a good time doing it. When I was a kid I saw them at Madison Square Garden in NYC. The best show I had ever seen in my young life. Ian Anderson literally appeared and disappeared on the stage. God I miss the seventies.

@CarlosSilva-zb9qu

2 жыл бұрын

⁶⅚

@MackBolan1

2 жыл бұрын

Great comment and I agree with all.

@richhopson6063

Жыл бұрын

Me too. I saw them in Detroit twice after Thick as a brick came out and after Passion play came out. Fantastic concerts.

@Sunmoon-gj9gy

Жыл бұрын

I was there too and they were filming for a worldwide broadcast of the concert

Ever since I saw Ian Anderson in 1972,I have remembered every word rto Thick as a Brick

Saw him in concert the way he handles the flute is mesmerizing.

Does Ian Anderson remind anyone else of a red haired Salvador Dali? I love his performances - so much energy - lol. Love Jethro Tull - great group.

@albertandrews130

3 жыл бұрын

Both are surrealists

4:42 Still givin' me intense goosebumps

@uwebiernacki

2 жыл бұрын

All hell breaks loose at 4:18. What a monumental part. 💪🏼⚡

@yuggothrecords

11 ай бұрын

Same! Unreal!

What an absolute frontman if I've ever seen one. I've heard the name "jethro tull" and always thought it was a badass band name but only today have I actually figured out who they really are. Instant mega fan. (Edit: I'm almost to turn 30)

@mikeriesco6174

Жыл бұрын

Welcome to Tull! I'm twice as old as you, and I was there during this era, and it was fantastic! (though we didn't know just how special our musical time was - we took it for granted). Always love seeing younger people coming to appreciate these classic bands...

@Tom-ok2rh

Жыл бұрын

Never too late to discover great bands from the past..many of them came out of the 70s

@ianstuart5660

Жыл бұрын

Good for you Lad, rock on!!

What a masterpiece!! True musicians. I will never bored of listening to this song.

Had this album. Used to play along as best I could. Flutes were never seen as cool. But this man could lay it out.

I'm 64! Having a good single malt with him one day is on my bucket list! I'm sure we'd both laugh until we pee'd a little...or maybe a lot.

Just unbelievable talent with the flute! it looks like Ian Anderson was born with it....

@SD-jf7nb

10 ай бұрын

What a bunch of idiots. Barlow and Barre try to play R&R, Anderson responds by turning the tables. This is what happens when u dabble in art rock.

Always brilliant. It's amazing how Ian can (or should I say could) jump around, play the flute and still have breath left over to sing...pretty incredible when most musicians get tired and breathy if they dance around for 30 seconds.

@matthewlucas6948

8 жыл бұрын

+VultureClone and he had a cold in this video too!!

@jophielnicholls276

5 жыл бұрын

and he was a chain smoker too! :D

@irondariostino6807

5 жыл бұрын

Axl Rose used to run flat out on a massive stage and sing difficult songs like Estranged. Now he just rolls on stage...

@AlexaLake1

2 жыл бұрын

Well, back then, I imagine if one did enough lines prior to going onstage, one could pull it off. I'm not trying to denigrate Ian (his talent was amazing), I'm just saying at that time most musicians were partaking of coke in one form or another.

@rikardschumacher178

2 жыл бұрын

@@AlexaLake1 No one in Tull took those sorts of drugs. Coffee, alcohol and cigarettes only.

One of my ALL time favorites, saw them 4 times.

I went to this concert here in the US at the Los Angeles Forum - in 1976!! I’ve seen EVERY GROUP from the late sixties & seventies & Ian Anderson/Jethro Tull was the ABSOLUTE most magnificent concert I ever went to!!!! I had a lil help from psychedelics - but - no matter what - INCREDIBLE AWESOME AMAZING FUN WONDERFUL!!! So talented such a showman & not enough recognition!! ❤❤❤❤

Saw them in '96. When they started into this one, everyone started clapping, of course. Ian's response: Yes, I like the new ones, too. What a card!

They were one of my faves back in the early-1970s.

Ian Andersons talents run from his absolute showmanship His poetic lyrics his wizadry of the Quote Irish Tin whistle. The Guitar ............My fav rock star

@ginakcascio6524

4 жыл бұрын

I understand. List my husband 12 years ago. We loved Jethro Tull.

@reidwinsjansen3847

3 жыл бұрын

Well said my friend. Music turned to art. MUSICAL ART!

LOVE lan Anderson + everyone else in this great band!!!! thanks for calling out lan's guitar playing- I love in too!! I'm so glad to be able to SEE him perform too! They've got it all!!! And yes so tight !!

Ian is the greatest all around rocker ever! No one is close!

What a delight ! Real music played by real musicians on real instruments ! This drummer, Barlow, is one of the best. And no more need to praise Ian's virtuosity.

@stephenbrown7545

8 жыл бұрын

+Robert Malek Barlow is the BEST !

@knowmusicman157

3 жыл бұрын

Barlow, Barre, and The Bard!

@MrHobbit60

Жыл бұрын

I came to the comments just to make sure that Barriemore Barlow got a special mention. Incredible drummer.This is HARD music, and he makes it look easy.

Just phenomenal, there is no band quite like them. Thick as a brick is still my all time favourite album. The melodies, lyrical ideas and all the changes just outstanding To think that it was written partly as a spoof is even more impressive. I do wonder if we'll ever see artists of this Calibre get such mainstream attention as they did in decades past.

@artemesaulkov2010

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Lyrics are otherworldly. Ian is the best lyricist I know in music

A legend, long live Sir Anderson.

I had a cassette tape of Thick as a Brick that I used to listened to when I went to high school in 1976/77... amazing to know the high quality it is yet...

Con decir que a mi en el lejano Chile me gustó esta banda desde la primera vez que los escuché..No entendía nada pero lo sentía todo..Un agradecimiento,viejo duende,en un idioma extranjero desde una tierra perdida al sur del mundo..!!Llegas hasta aquí porque eres así de grande!!!

Perfect performance! Masterpiece.

So precious! In 2023 still number one in my heart and soul❤

Mein feuriger, geliebter Ian, Ich freue mich wie verrückt auf Dich!

This guy loves what he does. Great band.

Really don't mind if you sit this one out My words but a whisper, your deafness, a shout I may make you feel but I can't make you think Your sperm's in the gutter, your love's in the sink So you ride yourselves over the fields And you make all your animal deals And your wise men don't know how it feels To be thick as a brick And the sand castle virtues are all swept away In the tidal destruction, the moral melee The elastic retreat rings the close of play As the last wave uncovers the newfangled way But your new shoes are worn at the heels And your suntan does rapidly peel And your wise men don't know how it feels To be thick as a brick And the love that I feel is so far away I'm a bad dream that I just had today And you shake your head And say that it's a shame Spin me back down the years And the days of my youth Draw the lace and black curtains And shut out the whole truth Spin me down the long ages Let them sing the song See there, a son is born And we pronounce him fit to fight There are blackheads on his shoulders And there he pees himself in the night We'll make a man of him Put him to trade Teach him to play monopoly And how to sing in the rain The poet and the painter Casting shadows on the water As the sun plays on the infantry Returning from the sea The doer and the thinker, no allowance for the other As the failing light illuminates the mercenary's creed The home fire burning, the kettle almost boiling But the master of the house is far away The horses stamping Their warm breath clouding In the sharp and frosty morning of the day And the poet lifts his pen While the soldier sheaths his sword And the youngest of the family Is moving with authority Building castles by the sea He dares the tardy tide To wash them all aside The cattle quietly grazing at the grass Down by the river Where the swelling mountain water Moves onward to the sea The builder of the castles Renews the age-old purpose And contemplates the milking girl Whose offer is his need The young men of the household Have all gone into service And are not to be expected for a year The innocent young master Thoughts moving ever faster Has formed the plan To change the man he seems And the poet sheaths his pen While the soldier lifts his sword And the oldest of the family Is moving with authority Coming from across the sea He challenges the son Who puts him to the run What do you do when the old man's gone? Do you want to be him? And your real self sings the song Do you want to free him? No one to help you get up steam And the whirlpool turns you way off beam I've come down from the upper class To mend your rotten ways My father was a man of power Whom everyone obeyed So come on all you criminals! I've got to put you straight Just like I did with my old man Twenty years too late Your bread and water's going cold Your hair is short and neat I'll judge you all and make damn sure That no one judges me You curl your toes in fun As you smile at everyone You meet the stares You're unaware That your doings aren't done And you laugh most ruthlessly As you tell us what not to be But how are we supposed to see Where we should run? I see you shuffle in the courtroom With your rings upon your fingers And your downy little sidies And your silver-buckle shoes Playing at the hard case You follow the example of the comic-paper idol Who lets you bend the rules So, come on you childhood heroes Won't you rise up from the pages Of your comic-books, you super crooks And show us all the way? Well, make your will and testament Won't you join your local government? We'll have superman for president Let robin save the day You put your bet on number one And it comes up every time The other kids have all backed down And they put you first in line And so you finally ask yourself Just how big you are And you take your place in a wiser world Of bigger motor cars (And you wonder who to call on) So, where the hell was biggles When you needed him last Saturday? And where are all the sportsmen Who always pulled you through? They're all resting down in cornwall Writing up their memoirs For a paperback edition of the boy scout manual See there, a man is born And we pronounce him fit for peace There's a load lifted from his shoulders With the discovery of his disease We'll take the child from him, put it to the test Teach it to be a wise man, how to fool the rest We will be gearing toward the average Rather than the exceptional God's an overwhelming responsibility We walked through the maternity ward And saw 218 babies wearing nylons It says here that cats Are on the upgrade, upgrade? In the clear white circles of morning wonder I take my place with the lord of the hills And the blue-eyed soldiers Stand slightly discolored In neat little rows Sporting canvas frillswith their jock-straps pinching They slouch to attention Whilst queuing for sarnies At the office canteen Singing, how's your grannie? And good old ernie He coughed up a tenner On a premium bond win The legends worded in the ancient tribal hymn Lie cradled in the seagull's call And all the promises they made Are ground beneath the sadist's fall The poet and the wise man stand behind the gun And signal for the crack of dawn, light the sun Do you believe in the day? The dawn creation of the kings has begun Soft venus lonely maiden Brings the ageless one Do you believe in the day? The fading hero has returned to the night And fully pregnant with the day Wise men endorse the poet's sight Do you believe in the day? Do you? Believe in the day! Let me tell you the tales of your life Of your love and the cut of the knife The tireless oppression the wisdom instilled The desire to kill or be killed Let me sing of the losers who lie In the street as the last bus goes by The pavements are empty The gutters run red While the fool toasts his God in the sky So, come all ye young men Who are building castles Kindly state the time of the year And join your voices in a hellish chorus Mark the precise nature of your fear Let me help you to pick up your dead As the sins of the father are fed With the blood of the fools And the thoughts of the wise And from the pan under your bed Let me make you a present of song As the wise man breaks wind and is gone While the fool with the hour-glass Is cooking his goose And the nursery rhyme winds along So, come all ye young men Who are building castles Kindly state the time of the year And join your voices in a hellish chorus Mark the precise nature of your fear See, the summer lightning Casts its bolts upon you And the hour of judgement draweth near Would you be the fool stood in the suit of armour Or the wiser man who rushes clear? So, come on you childhood heroes Won't you rise up from the pages Of your comic-books, your super-crooks And show us all the way? Well, make your will and testament Won't you join your local government? We'll have superman for president Let robin save the day So, where the hell was biggles When you needed him last Saturday? And where are all the sportsmen Who always pulled you through? They're all resting down in cornwall Writing up their memoirs For a paperback edition of the boy scout manual Of course So you ride yourselves over the fields And you make all your animal deals And your wise men don't know how it feels To be thick as a brick

@frauleinmona

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Thank you ever so much for this. For taking the time to write down every single one of these words. One thing is for sure, we never have to worry about repetitive lyrics with Jethro Tull. Ian tells an actual story when he sings a song. 🙏😊🎤🎼🎹🎶🎸🎵

@jackieslight3651

4 ай бұрын

Awesome! Thank you!

My first time experiencing Tull tunes was 1969 at Armstrong barracks in Budingen Germany. I heard Bouree from down the hall and I had to know the name of the group. Ever since then they have been a favorite of mine.

It will never be replicated again in the way Anderson and the rest of the group performed it. A tear in the eye for memories past and an incredible composer and a group of musicians that were a unique one off. Love em to bits. 👍🏻😁🇦🇺

We will never see this kind of musicianship again. The '70s '80s and '90s truly produced some of the best music in America.

I saw Jethro Tull in Frankfort, Germany in 1972. Was one of the best concerts ever at that venue.

masters making music. take notes kids, musicianship at its most pure.

I hadn’t realise how beautiful was Ian’s voice until i saw this video. He is such an amazing and excentric character.

They absolutely deserved that metal Grammy they got.

I only saw Jethro Tull once, in Portland Oregon - late 80's. I had heard that Ian Anderson had recently undergone knee surgery and there was talk that it might limit his performance. He swung onto the stage on a rope from one of the opera boxes like a pirate, dressed like a pirate. Then he cavorted and bounced around as if possessed by a leprechaun for the whole show. Everyone in the band was fully into the performance, it sounded great, and he lived up to his reputation as the mesmerizing focus of the show. One of my favorite concerts, for sure.

Un espectáculo este Ian Anderson. Puro talento compositivo y virtuosista, por no hablar de su expresividad gestual sobre el escenario. :) Sigo disfrutando de música inmortal de hace 50 años, y seguro que dentro de otros 50 (allá por 2072), a muchos les sigue pasando lo mismo. Cuando algo tiene calidad artística, sigue siendo bueno al margen del paso del tiempo o de las modas.

Wow his stage presence in this is amazing and the way he handles the flute is indicative of a master flutist I can’t get enough of this let’s bring this back real stage presence real music will live on forever

My best friend and roommate was sitting in uncle sam's in the twincities before it was first avenue. On a satuday afternoon a guy came in and sat next to him and was asking about the twin cities and what was going on about town. It was Ian Anderson and upon leaving gave my buddy two set up tickets for that night's performance on the Thick as a Brick Tour! We got in two hours before the doors opened and watched some warm ups and mostly sound checks, but no Ian. There was a stage hand who was walking around with what I came to call a bouquet of flutes, strategically placeing them one by one around the very large stage including a cat walk type structure over the stage. Later while performing, Ian would pull one of these flutes out of thin air play a little and cast it off where that stage hand was nervously anticipating but always catching it. Wonderful showmanship, wonderful show.

I was so honored to see Jethro Tull the year they released their album Aqualung. It was at Red Rocks an riot happened. Because of the riot the venue stopped having musical groups considered to be Rock Bands banned from playing there for the longest time. But that's not why I writing this about a riot, it's about how great Jethro Tull is, and is fronted by the one and only Ian Anderson. I also saw them again they played A Passion Play, an again they played Thick as a Brick. Ladies and Gentlemen Jethro Tull !!!

I saw JETHRO TULL. three times when I was young...I remember those shows as if it were yesterday...Pure Talent.. HIS VOICE WENT RIGHT THROUGH YOU

My stepdad introduced me to Jethro Tull. Years later I appreciate them. What amazing musicians!

Resulta increíble como estos tipos, hace 50 años, con equipos que hoy nos parecen rudimentarios pero con un virtuosismo y talento inmensos tenían unos directos tan explosivos y perfectos como este. Doy gracias por haber podido vivir intensamente aquellos años. ¡Jethro for ever!

Amazing mic technique on a SM57. This alone is worth a grammy

This album is pure genius. It undeniably is. And to think that today's young music lovers have to listen to talentless pop stars. It just breaks my heart. Listen, I discovered Tull in 1978 when Songs from the Woods was released. I am by no means an original Tull fan. But you can bet your arse I had a sufficiently finely-tuned ear for brilliant music as a 14-year-old music lover to delve into the Tull catalogue after being turned on and tuned in.