I saw Ian Anderson and Martin in early 70s at Cocoa Beach Florida elementary school auditorium, 2foot high stage. I was right against stage arms length in front of Ian. They were so good true gifted delivery every song. I'm 70 years old now I've never forgot that day. 50years ago. And I'm sure Ian remembers too.
This is why i enjoy your channel so much. Stand Up & Benefit were my two favorite albums thru high school 1970-73. I haven't heard this song in 40+ years, didn't recognise the title, but after the first three notes i was transported to another time.
We're getting close to 10K and "Thick as a Brick", looking forward to JP's opinion on that one. I've seen Jethro Tull a few times, and think of Ian Anderson as an amazing entertainer. Just had a thought, since we on a "concept album" theme. How about "Tommy" by the Who at 17K? It's not prog. rock, but the entire album was made into a rock opera and all the songs are related by a continuing story. The songs are great on their own (Pinball Wizard, the Acid Queen, etc.) but the whole story is also great. Subscribers....like if you agree!
@@JustJP Oh, from TaaB, I'M looking forward to your plunging in A Passion Play, and the look on your face when you tackle The Story of the Hare Who's Lost His Spectacles ;o)
I've always maintained that 'prog' is an attitude rather than a particular style. It's a willingness to take risks, to push at boundaries, to do the unexpected. I'd argue that Tommy satisfies all three criteria.
Jakko Jakzyk (of King Crimson) on the vocals, Steve Howe (of Bodast, Yes, Asia, GTR, ABWH) on the guitars, Philippe Bussonnet (of Magma) on the bass guitars, Dave Stewart (of Egg, Khan, Hatfield and the North, National Health, Bruford) on the keyboards, Simon Philips (of 801, Judas Priest, The Who, The Best, Toto) on the drums/percussion.
I like the uniqueness of this song's production in the vocals. Ian Anderson had a lead vocal mike, along with a secondary mike picking up the feed through the Hammond organ's speaker. It's a fun acoustic effect, normally used with electric guitar.
Thanks for that! I always wondered about the Lesley speaker effect on the vocals and the unusual way Ian sang tonally, softly, with little of his usual range in this song. Definitely a bit of studio experimentation going on making for a very unusual, quiet interlude song to close out Side 1 of the album.
@@broadsword6650 I also wondered how Keith Emerson got weird sounds out of the Leslie speaker - but then I realized that the way he rocked the entire Hammond organ puts strain on the Leslie's motor, causing a great deal of distortion and feedback.
Really nice groovy song. Enjoyed it a lot. Definitely one of my favorites from this album. Liked the vocal effect, Leslie or modulation, s’cool. It does have that sing in the car, shower, kitchen cooking, cleaning, painting vibe. Speaking of painting, thanks for the shout out. Have been painting and playing guitar for a while but, it came in handy to keep me busy and sane. Well, relatively. Luckily, or not (because of the virus), I was called back to work. So far so good. Other people have other gifts and have used them to their benefit. I did also during the shutdown get hooked to your channel and the super people that comment and teach me something almost daily about new songs and older. Supergroup time: (not fair, just woke from a nap, thus, lead vocals and grunting, Batman...) For real, Drums: Bill Bruford (crap, that eliminates a lot of people!) Percussion: Airto Moreira Guitars: David Hidalgo, Todd Rundgren Synths: Brian Eno Organ: Greg Allman Bass: Stanley Clarke Vocals: Greg, Todd, David and official lead , Ann Wilson Peace and Supergroup Music
MissAstorDancer I left out some flavors too, Hidalgo could bring a Latin accordion thing as well as a Louisiana music tinge. It’s called range... not used all together but, when applicable of course. Of course... we’ll see.
Here’s my dream band: Singers: Greg Lake (ELP) and 1971 Robert Plant (Led Zeppelin) Bass: john Wetton (1973-74 King Crimson) Keyboards : Rick Wakeman (Yes) Drum: Neil Peart (Rush) since I can’t select Carl Palmer (ELP) Guitars: Steve Hackett (Genesis) and Martin Barre (Jethro Tull)
My Dream Band. Jeff Beck-Lead Guitar Ian Anderson-Flute Rick Wakeman-Keyboardist Greg Lake--Vocals/guitar Geddy Lee--Bass guitar Phil Collins--Drums/backing vocals.
You remind me of being at a party when this album came out. We were sitting round the campfire I asked the host to put on this album. Everyone got quiet and simply listened.
Dream Band #1 Justin Hayward (Moodies) Vocal, Guitar Ian Anderson (Tull) Vocal,Flute,Soprano Sax,Guitar Steve Winwood (Traffic) Vocal, Keyboards, Guitar John Paul Jones(Zeppelin) Bass, Keyboards Mitch Mitchell (Experience) Drums. Oh....we can include dead guys?
@@ataru4 I wanted to - but no 2 from one band. I chose Emerson so no Carl Palmer. I chose Squire so no Wakeman, Bruford or Howe. You get the idea. Oh yeah - I'd put Jackson in this band!
My dream band Vocals: Tom Waits Guitar: Shinki Chen Bass & keyboard: Ray Manzarek (Doors) Drums: Jaki Liebezeit (CAN) Ray's bass and Tom's voice, would work so well together creating a solid blues sound. Jaki's unusual drumming style paired with ray's chill keyboard and Shinki's blues influenced psychedelic guitar, would create a very nice spacey psychedelic back drop for Tom and his bluesy vibes.
OK, I'll bite!!! Robert Plant, vocals Steve Winwood, keys and backing vocals Paul McCartney, bass (no, he doesn't get to sing!) Jeff Beck, Lead guitar Stan Lynch - Drums
I gotta say I really like Beck. Truth was one of the first albums I bought myself. I can't remember if I bought that before or after the first Led Zeppelin album. It would have been close.
This is why Jethro Tull is SO GOOD. They have so many music styles yet deliver it their way. Such a beautiful song to say it's so easy to sing sad songs when you can just as easy sing happy ones. I have thought about having this song at my funeral. Sending the message move on and be happy. But I am currently leaning toward "Life Is A Long Song" by Jethro Tull which is off their "Living In The Past" album. JP not that I'm thinking about death but the songs are just so poignant and uplifting and bringing me to tears many times.
And one of the even more impressive thing about Jethro Tull is that as many very good to great albums they have there are so many album outtakes they have had over the years that have surfaced as bonus tracks to remastered and reissued albums that they could easily have had 4 or 5 additional albums in the 70s and early 80s. Truly astonishing given that artists of the last 20 years are barely making an album once ever 4 or 5 years.
lead vocals: Sharron Fortnam (North Sea Radio Orchestra) drums and tweety-bird whistles: Jamie Muir (Larks Tongue in Aspic I - King Crimson) drums : Gavin Harrison (initially with Porcupine Tree) bass: Phillippe Bussonet (Magma) lead guitar: Mick Box (Uriah Heep) violin Y: Claudia Cox (Major Parkinson) violin Z: Carla Kihlstedt (Sleepytime Gorilla Museum) flute (and only flute): Ian Anderson (I think he was in some folk band in the 60's or something?) keyboards (including organ - as in the things Bach played): William D. Drake (Cardiacs "classic lineup") lute: Julian Bream (the great classical guitarist we lost this year) clarinet: Dominique D'Avanzo (Sterbus - the Roman Empire of Rock) There are plenty of singers in that lineup, so there should be voices for just about any harmony, and some songs might better fit a different lead voice.
First of approximately too-many songs (to explain the artists in my band). *KMX B12* (which I may have posted a link to, here, before) ua-cam.com/video/4-3gkIe1oBs/v-deo.html
Claudia Cox of *Major Parkinson* setting fire to her violin again. ua-cam.com/video/LQc7qbG4td4/v-deo.html *Munchuasen By Proxy* is apparently a psychiatric condition/ a form of child abuse, where a child's mother will use a child's supposed medical condition to extort pity out of doctors. This often goes so far that it leads to death.
*Lark's Tongue in Aspic Part I* ua-cam.com/video/WhudDa3JAyc/v-deo.html - with Jamie Muir before he left to live in the Buddhist monastery. (For this song, you really need to watch the video first, rather than just listening).
My dream band already exists. it was the supergroup U.K. with Eddie Jobson, John Wetton, Allan Holdsworth & Bill Bruford, then Terry Bozzio in its second line-up as a trio ! But in fact, Jethro Tull was also a dream band in its own way with so fantastic musicians all over the years ! (its different line-ups in the 70's were not just Ian Anderson's band with a few random musicians !).
How 'bout DALE Bozzio, the "charming Mary from Canoga Park"! Frank Zappa and "Joe's Garage"! Hold hands, and think pure thoughts. Ha ha ha, with leather?
@@craigfazekas3923 Yes, they toured the US and UK in the fall of 80 and Europe in the early part of 81 and there are some good bootlegs from this “A” tour. I would like Steven Wilson to oversee a remaster of the "A" album with one of those gigs remixed! I loved it a lot when Eddie Jobson and Mark Craney were part of Jethro Tull (although it was for a short time).
My dream band : Vocals: Peter Hammill (VDGG) • Bass: Les Claypool (Primus) • Keyboards: Patrick Moraz (Yes) • Guitars: Steve Hackett (Genesis) • Drums : Christian Vander (Magma). Like Simon I did that spontaneously. Tomorrow may be something else. But this would be a dark and strange band, I figure.
Jethro Tull is my dream band Ian is the best acoustic guitar player. Barrymore Barlow the best drummer, martin Barre is as good as or the best guitar player,. John Evans, there's nobody better on keyboards. Jeffrey Hammond or John Glasscok on base, there really isn't anyone better, Dave Palmer on synthesizers and Oregon keyboards. if I could put together a band today that's who it would be. After having seen them live, and seeing just about everyone else. I know there's no one better
Yes, yes yes. Ian's skills on the acoustic are so underrated. He is imho too the best player on acoustic guitars. John was the best bass player of Tull. But for a dream band I would choose the following musicians (of course everyone at their peak) vocals: Geoff Tate Keys: Tony Banks Bass: Chris Squire E-Guitar: Steve (Hackett or Howe) that one is tough Acoustic guitar: Ian drums: the late: Neil Peart (sorry Phil) For all guitars and bass I would normally prefer Mike Oldfield, but I wanted to go with band members.
My supergroup!: Vocalist: Robert Plant (fav vocalist of all time besides Freddie Mercury) Guitarist: Brian May (probably my favorite guitarist!) Bassist: Paul McCartney (Beatles are my favorite band!) Drummer: Sam Loeffler (wildcard choice, I love Chevelle and newer rock with that sound)
You will so enjoy 'Thick as a Brick', jealous you'll be hearing it for the first time...super group, played this game for many a year, never happy with the end result so went down a different route by creating a band that could create a new ethereal sound that could fuse several genres yet remain unique and innovative...and all without Kate Bush too (you dont mess with perfection and she plays second fiddle to no one, and no I've never been mad on 'Don't Give Up'), so here goes: Vocals - Jonsi (Sigur Ros) Vocals - Aurora (Aurora) Guitar - David Gilmour Bass - Mark King (Level 42)...so difficult to leave out Mick Karn but thats because... Keyboards - Richard Barbieri (Japan, Porcupine Tree) Drums - Stewart Copland (The Police) That would be my starting point
You got the lyrics just right and added to my appreciation of this song. And somehow or other the solemn tranquility of it feels like someone watching the slow arc of the sun, doesn't it? Ian's voice delivers it perfectly.
Difficult to name a supergroup. The only one I am sure of without hesitating is Jaki Liebezeit on drums. But then after some time for the standard: Bass: Jack Bruce ; Vocals: Nina Hagen; Guitar: Richie Blackmore; Keyboards: Keith Emerson Alternative act: Chris Squire; Freddy Mercury; Rory Gallagher; Manfred Mann. Just to add some opportunities in sound and musicianship: Violin : Jerry Goodman and Vibes: Kerry Minnear
Dream hard, HARD rock band! Vocal, Robert Plant, Guitar, Leslie West, Bass, John Entwistle, Drums Cozy Powell. I have a Prog./ and a jazz dream team as well.
Super group of ppl still alive. Lead guitar Jimmy Page (The Yardbirds) Singer Robert Plant (Band of Joy) Bass John Paul Jones (Session musician) In 2009-2010 was part of a super group with Dave Grohl and Queens of the Stone Age frontman Josh Homme named Them Crooked Vultures. Drums William Thomas Ward AKA Bill Ward (born 5 May 1948) is an English musician and visual artist, best known as the original drummer of British heavy metal band Black Sabbath.
vocals Fish (marillion) and Ian Anderson Bass John Entwhistle bass Guitar lead Garry More Second Guitar Steven Hackett Keys Rick Wakeman Drums Neil Peart
Chris Cornell on vocals, Stevie Ray Vaughan on guitar, Jeff Porcaro on drums, John Paul Young on bass And Ian Anderson on flute! 3 dead guys, I know, it's a dream!
Really nice song, always like Tull. My dream band would be Fish on vocals, Tony Banks on keys, David Gilmore on guitar, Leland Sklar on bass, and Jeff Pocaro on drums.
So many good dream bands. I'll go with: Sammy Hagar vocal & guitar Joe Satriani - guitar Geddy Lee - bass & vocals Rick Wakeman - keys Terry Bozzio - drums Andreas Vollenweider - harp Robby Steinhardt - violin & vocals.
Tough question. Genesis from Chryme to Lamb was a supergroup. Rush was a supergroup. ELP was a supergroup. Transatlantic is a supergroup. Asia was a supergroup that couldn’t make it work. UK couldn’t hold together. Mixing often fails. However, playing along, Phil Collins (drums and vocals), Geddy Lee (bass and vocals), Neal Morse (keys), Ian Anderson (flute), David Gilmour (guitars), Jon Anderson (lead vocals), Justin Hayworth (lead vocals and guitars). Ask me tomorrow and it may be different. 😁 liked this track as a part of the album. On its own maybe not so strong but sweet.
A Trick of the Tale was made up of material written by the other members of Genesis that never got past the vet dominant Peter Gabriel. Example: Tony Banks wrote Squonk while he was away at school; he was a year ahead of the others. He didn't have a piano to play, so he wrote it on guitar. If you look at the music, it's all using beginner chords, like D-minor7 (simplified F), and E-minor7, the open chord. What they did with that! "All are not huntsman who blow the huntsman's horn." My favorite line of any song!
There was a super group of sorts, The Traveling Wilburys. It consisted of Bob Dylan, George Harrison, Jeff Lynne of ELO, Roy Orbison and Tom Petty. Check them out. "We Used to Know," the countdown is on, tic toc, tic toc.
I watched earlier and didn't give my 'dream band' ... which I never like doing, but whatever. (Note, a consideration in picking my dream band is lyricists ... So someone might not be the absolute most awesome player, but they are good and also bring amazing lyrical content. And, I can't have a band without 2 guitars. On that note, I have a few fave line-ups of bands like Zappa, etc. who have at one time had 2 drummers. Or a horn section. I won't go that far, but I think it should be considered.) Lead vocalist / multi-instrumentalist / lyricist: Ian Anderson (circa '76) Guitar 1: Alex Lifeson (circa '82) Guitar 2 / vocals / lyricist: Devin Townsend (circa now) Base / vocals / lyricist: Roger Waters (circa '82) Drum / vocals: Terry Bozzio (circa '82) Keyboard / vocals: George Duke (circa '74) If we're picking a dream band, I'm going to pick when they are from. Hard to not stick Bruce Dickinson or Dio or Geoff Tate such in there - who I love - but Devin pretty well fills that role of 'huge voice'. But he's also such a frenzied producer he's like throwing water on a grease fire with this bunch. Other than Alex, all these musicians have worked with a ton of other artists, and can do anything. Alex I love so he gets a slot even though he was always in a more stable, close-knit band and isn't as much of a multi-tasker. In terms of a genius and person who could do anything I'd like to get Zappa in there as a vocalist/lyricist/guitarist, but the room is getting pretty crowded. Plus I don't think Roger Waters would dig having Frank waving a director's baton at him.
As soon as you said my 2 vocalists would be, I said to myself Jon Anderson and Annie Haslam : ) Oh I wish those 2 came together one time. That would've been amazing. My favorite drummer is Bill Bruford, but since I can't pick him, because of Anderson (yes, we agree on vocalists), I'll also go with Carl Palmer, as he's the best rock drummer I've ever seen. Bass: Well I can't go with Chris Squire, so I'll go with Geddy Lee. Keyboards: Ugh. I can't go with Keith Emerson or Rick Wakeman, so I'll go with Eddie Jobson of U.K. who also played with Jethro Tull Guitar: Steve Morse is the best I've ever listened to, along with Robert Fripp and Allan Holdsworth. Oh, and Ian Anderson on Flute : )
impossible to me to describe a dream band; I love so many musicians...and a super band line-up is always influenced by personal tastes. If I have to tell you my dream band, maybe it should be a band formed by 40/50 musicians... an orchesta! :) ciao Justin
My Dream Band: Vocals: Roger Hodgson of Supertramp/ Eric Woolfson of The Alan Parsons Project Guitar: David Gilmour of Pink Floyd Bass: John Paul Jones of Led Zeppelin Keys: Rick Wakeman of Yes Drums: Neil Peart of Rush
This is a beautiful song Justin, I love Ian, when he gets hold of the acoustic guitar.. Just superb imo. Soft , light vocals.. Stunning and subtle electric guitar supplied by Martin "Wah Wah" Barre. Gorgeous work butty 😊 One thing I've learnt over the years Justin, Ian, s voice is just timeless. I could listen to his voice all day, and forget about what day, or Time it is.. ❤️ Class. 😊 Great review, once again butty.. Just class. 😊 My dream band, OK Peter Gabriel.. Vocals. Mr. Emerson on keyboard's, Lead guitar.. Steve Howe. Bass.. Hmm John Glascock, Drums Mr Bill Bruford butty.. But, everything could change by next week Justin lol. Have a lovely day butty
Ok - I'm going to 'cheat' on my answer because - in the mid 70's , 4 outstanding musicians with pedigrees did get together and briefly gave us some fantastic prog : UK - Bruford / Wetton / Holdsworth and Jobson - shame they couldn't keep it together long enough to show us more of their virtuosity . Btw - you are overdue to go back and listen to them
Dream Prog Band: Robert Fripp on guitar, David Jackson(VDGG) on sax, Roy Harper on vocals, Rick van der linden (Trace) on keys, John Entwistle (the who) on bass, and Bruford on drums (idc that he was in KC, he was in every progressive rock band).
Agree - would start any prog super group with Bruford - a virtuoso with tremendous versatility - stands to reason everyone wanted him as he expands the musical palette / possibilities
My imaginary band would be Robert Smith (The Cure) on vocals/guitar, David Gilmour (Pink Floyd) on Guitar, Phil Collins (Genesis) on Drums, Trevor Dunn (Mr. Bungle) on Bass and Rick Waksman (Yes) on keyboards!
As far as a front man, I think Ian Anderson would be my pick. He was a Singer, Masterful Songwriter, Multi Instrumentalist, Performer, Businessman you name it. He wasn't lacking much as a front man. And a band needs a guy like that. Guitar...probably Steve Hackett, Dave Gilmore second place. Drums are tough, Barrymore Barlow or Bill Bruford... damn that's a lot of B's. Let's throw Collins in there for a close 3rd. Bass would have to be John Glascock. That's 3 from Tull lol. Keys.... For me most prog keyboardists sound similar. But I'd have to go with Keith Emerson. This band couldn't possibly exist without creative differences.
Tull are my favourite band and i would put Ian in my dream band , but not as a singer, he said himself that he is not a singer, but he would be a perfect flute and sax player , and could be a backing vocalist
@@oafratos In the 70s (and in particular in the '73/'74 years) Ian's voice was spectacular. It seems simple to sing like him but it isn't, he puts a lot of breath in his singing and to sing an entire concert of Tull songs is definitely like running a marathon. He was always considered (and he considered himself) a non singer because he had a low baritonal voice in a period when high screaming voices were popular but at the time imho he had nothing less than all the other bigs
One of many combinations... with way too musicians to be viable but: Flute Moe Kaufman Producer Gary Katz Acoustic Guitar Bruce Cockburn Lead Guitar Randy Bachman Piano Ryuichi Sakamoto Keyboards Tony Banks Drums Larnell Lewis Sax Manu Dibango Lyricist John K Samson Saw & Bicycle Robbie Kuster Harmonica Richard Newell Vocal Roy Orbison Violin Jean Luc Ponty There are some many other possible choices. Another good review btw. Thanks.
Nice, Sunday evening goodies. I like your lineup especially your choice of Andrew Latimer. As you've got the wonderful Annie I'd like her to have Jon Camp on bass, for a band that didn't have a lead guitarist he was great. I'd have Steven Wilson in there somewhere as he can play, sing and produce it too. I'll be thinking of this until I go to sleep now!
Loved the tune and reaction. Really loving this album. Yes, Andrew Latimer, most underrated guitarist ever. Hmmm, my superband. This is kinda tough because many of my favorite musicians are spread out over different genres and trying to match chemistry is hard. If I was going to start a band and take someone from Rush it would normally be Neil Peart. But I really want Geddy on bass, so Geddy is in. On drums I would have to go with Mike Portnoy, if I can't have Neil. I like Andrew Latimer and Ritchie Blackmore on guitar. On keys I would go with Jim Steinman (Great song writer). Lead singers I'd go with Brad Delp (Boston) and Ronnie James Dio
I like your choices though I do not know a couple of the artists and I need to listen to CAMELmore! One of a few dream bands would be Roger Daltrey on vocals, Bill Bruford on drums,Richie Blackmore on lead guitar, Jon Camp On bass guitar
Can't make dream band. It's impossible for me to not double up on Yes or Rush or King Crimson members. It's a trilemma. My two lead singers are Peter Hammill and Anneke Van Giersbergen though.
JP Tull made some great recordings. Aqualung was a huge release. Stand out track is: 'Locomotive Breath'. It has an incredible piano intro. But my choice is "Thick as a Brick". Great concept album! Love the Stand Up release as well!! Great job as always!!
Oh wow, I almost forgot... Autumn evenings in the Bavarian forest, and the hot heated room so full of cigarette smoke you could carry the air away with a spoon... we were thinking, that it could not be healthy when everything is too healthy. Music was the first attempt to break out.
Justin, if you want a dream band, can I recommend Tiger Moth Tales, which is basically a genius called Pete Jones who plays everything. Please check him out as you seem to like so much Brit prog and he is as English as fish and chips. He played with Camel recently and does amazing versions of Genesis songs. Start with Toad of Toad Hall but don't blame me if you get addicted.
Greg Lake, Kate Bush, Tony Banks, Bill Bruford, David Gilmore, Gary Brooker. Two keyboardists and two vocalists, plus Brooker and Gilmore can do some vocals too. Bruford and Lake were not in King Crimson at the same time.
Asia was good, but to me was an example of how a supergroup might turn out rather less than the sum of it's parts.For a while, Greg Lake replaced John Wetton, who had taken his place in King Crimson (Court of the Crimson King) when Lake went with Keith Emerson and Carl P.almer.
Hmmm - I don't think Davie and Vladimir would play well with others , for different reasons . With Davie , there might be an excessive use of slap bass in their tracks . Might be fun to party with that group once but I would bring my own alcohol - lol
Annie Haslam,! Renaissance! Awesome! For bass, I would say Chris Squire, except he's deceased. Stanley Clark if you like jazz. I agree with Tony Banks, but Genesis, Genesis, Genesis! I'm a little bit prejudiced. He also is a great songwriter. Carl Palmer may be the best drummer ever, any recorded time or genre. In concert his entire kit shakes, except when he needs to be delicate. Guitar, too many choices. I suggest Lindsey Buckingham. Fleetwood Mac needs two players to cover him in concert. Sings well, too. Didn't you do a first listen just now? Oh, yeah Jethro Tull. Nothing more to add for this one.👍 My favourite Tull record is"Passion Play", especially the spoken children's story about "The Hare Who Lost his Spectacles" in that funny accent. Even if it's too long. But you did play the entire "Tubular Bells"!And dare I say, "Supper's Ready", so it's possible. At least listen on your own.
Only Trump looks at the sun. (Sorry... no more politics 😉) Can’t believe I missed this last week but happy to catch up! It really is a great campfire song and I did listen to it a few time this past summer while camping.
My dream band would end up with too many band leaders (Emerson, Fripp, Bruford, Hackett, Zappa, Lee, Anderson, Gilmour, Froese, Wyatt) who would come up with an unlistenable cacophony. However, it'd be engineered by Alan Parsons, who would make it all right.
How about Annie and Greg Lake singing together??? Whoa Kate Bush and Gabriel were pretty darn good together Guitar Steve Howe drums Neil Peart Keys toss a coin tween Emerson and Wakeman Bass Geddy , of course Drum runner up Danny Carey of Tool
My favorite album by Tull is Aqualung, but ironically my favorite song is "Look Into Sun" from "Stand Up" album. What no Flute ? That's okay because Ian Anderson ego didn't write this song to include the Flute. Perfect ! Plenty of Flute to be exposed on Aqualung my favorite album. Great reaction
My all time favorite song.....I'll never be tired of this sweet, sad & wonderful melody.
I saw Ian Anderson and Martin in early 70s at Cocoa Beach Florida elementary school auditorium, 2foot high stage. I was right against stage arms length in front of Ian. They were so good true gifted delivery every song. I'm 70 years old now I've never forgot that day. 50years ago. And I'm sure Ian remembers too.
@@michaelwilliams3270 that’s an awesome memory / story thx
This is a beautiful song that doesn’t get
highlighted enough in Jethro Tull’s catalog.
I got an actual shiver hearing this again!
I love this song.
This is one of my favorites albums of theirs. Thanks for the deep dives
I had this song in my mind every evening I watched the sun go down, on my surf board, I surfed at night
Love these deep tracks that might not crack a fans top 50 list but are gems just the same. The true measure of a great 70s record was 'no bad tracks'.
I just realized that I’ve had this album for 50 years! Amazing where the time has gone, but these songs never forgotten!
great tune from a great album by a great band, what more could you need.
Drums: Bill Bruford, Keyboards: Jordan Rudess, Guitar: Jeff Beck, Bass and Vocals: Geddy Lee.
Ooo interesting line up
This is why i enjoy your channel so much. Stand Up & Benefit were my two favorite albums thru high school 1970-73. I haven't heard this song in 40+ years, didn't recognise the title, but after the first three notes i was transported to another time.
We're getting close to 10K and "Thick as a Brick", looking forward to JP's opinion on that one. I've seen Jethro Tull a few times, and think of Ian Anderson as an amazing entertainer. Just had a thought, since we on a "concept album" theme. How about "Tommy" by the Who at 17K? It's not prog. rock, but the entire album was made into a rock opera and all the songs are related by a continuing story. The songs are great on their own (Pinball Wizard, the Acid Queen, etc.) but the whole story is also great. Subscribers....like if you agree!
I'll definitely consider 😃
@@JustJP Oh, from TaaB, I'M looking forward to your plunging in A Passion Play, and the look on your face when you tackle The Story of the Hare Who's Lost His Spectacles ;o)
I think Quadraphenia would be a better choice that Tommy, but definitely A Passion Play.
I've always maintained that 'prog' is an attitude rather than a particular style. It's a willingness to take risks, to push at boundaries, to do the unexpected. I'd argue that Tommy satisfies all three criteria.
Jakko Jakzyk (of King Crimson)
on the vocals,
Steve Howe (of Bodast, Yes, Asia, GTR, ABWH) on the guitars,
Philippe Bussonnet (of Magma)
on the bass guitars,
Dave Stewart (of Egg, Khan, Hatfield and the North, National Health, Bruford) on the keyboards,
Simon Philips (of 801, Judas Priest, The Who, The Best, Toto)
on the drums/percussion.
Your dream band, I will agree!!!
I love this entire album so much.
Great song, great vid, Justin !! I especially liked the comments this time around, too- good tastes people !!
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One of my favorite all-time Tull numbers. Man, this is so good...
Definitely
I like the uniqueness of this song's production in the vocals. Ian Anderson had a lead vocal mike, along with a secondary mike picking up the feed through the Hammond organ's speaker. It's a fun acoustic effect, normally used with electric guitar.
I always wondered how it was done.
Thanks for that! I always wondered about the Lesley speaker effect on the vocals and the unusual way Ian sang tonally, softly, with little of his usual range in this song. Definitely a bit of studio experimentation going on making for a very unusual, quiet interlude song to close out Side 1 of the album.
Agree that the use of the Leslie on Ian's vocals is THE most charming aspect of this song. Also love the acoustic guitars!
@@broadsword6650 I also wondered how Keith Emerson got weird sounds out of the Leslie speaker - but then I realized that the way he rocked the entire Hammond organ puts strain on the Leslie's motor, causing a great deal of distortion and feedback.
I just noticed Yes also used this vocal effect on "Astral Traveler" from their Time and a Word album from the same year.
Really nice groovy song. Enjoyed it a lot. Definitely one of my favorites from this album. Liked the vocal effect, Leslie or modulation, s’cool.
It does have that sing in the car, shower, kitchen cooking, cleaning, painting vibe. Speaking of painting, thanks for the shout out. Have been painting and playing guitar for a while but, it came in handy to keep me busy and sane. Well, relatively. Luckily, or not (because of the virus), I was called back to work. So far so good. Other people have other gifts and have used them to their benefit. I did also during the shutdown get hooked to your channel and the super people that comment and teach me something almost daily about new songs and older.
Supergroup time: (not fair, just woke from a nap, thus, lead vocals and grunting, Batman...)
For real,
Drums: Bill Bruford (crap, that eliminates a lot of people!)
Percussion: Airto Moreira
Guitars: David Hidalgo, Todd Rundgren
Synths: Brian Eno
Organ: Greg Allman
Bass: Stanley Clarke
Vocals: Greg, Todd, David and official lead , Ann Wilson
Peace and Supergroup Music
WOW, that's a hell of a line-up there, David! VERY imaginative choices!
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Thx, I figure they could cover a lot of territory. A rock jazz ambient prog blues combo and Batman would sit in occasionally. :)
@@-davidolivares LOL! Talk about "all over the place"!!!
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I left out some flavors too, Hidalgo could bring a Latin accordion thing as well as a Louisiana music tinge. It’s called range... not used all together but, when applicable of course. Of course... we’ll see.
Mmmmm! That was good!
What a great song tull in the woods with friends that like tull is quality time spent
Drums: Bruford
Bass: Pekka Pohjola (Wigwam)
Vox: Nina Hagen
Keys: Dave Stewart
Guitar: Zappa
JP should really check out Pekka Pohjola’s solo stuff. So much goodness to be had!
It's a pity we will never hear it! Sounds really interresting!
I cheated a little bit, cuz Dave Stewart played with Bruford.
And a fun fact: Zappa actually wanted Pekka Pohjola in his band, and Pekka turned the gig down.
Such a gorgeous song, and my favorite on this album.
Vocals: Steve Winwood and Ian Anderson
Guitar: Michael hedges
Drums: Neil peart rip
And ofc flute with Mr Ian Anderson
Here’s my dream band:
Singers: Greg Lake (ELP) and 1971 Robert Plant (Led Zeppelin)
Bass: john Wetton (1973-74 King Crimson)
Keyboards : Rick Wakeman (Yes)
Drum: Neil Peart (Rush) since I can’t select Carl Palmer (ELP)
Guitars: Steve Hackett (Genesis) and Martin Barre (Jethro Tull)
My Dream Band.
Jeff Beck-Lead Guitar
Ian Anderson-Flute
Rick Wakeman-Keyboardist
Greg Lake--Vocals/guitar
Geddy Lee--Bass guitar
Phil Collins--Drums/backing vocals.
You remind me of being at a party when this album came out. We were sitting round the campfire I asked the host to put on this album. Everyone got quiet and simply listened.
Pleaze dont stop on that , keep going onto Benefit , and every other album after that
o Afratos Definitely, Benefit has to be next.
Agreed. Benefit next, please !! It makes too much sense, huh ?!
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Dream Band #1
Justin Hayward (Moodies) Vocal, Guitar
Ian Anderson (Tull) Vocal,Flute,Soprano Sax,Guitar
Steve Winwood (Traffic) Vocal, Keyboards, Guitar
John Paul Jones(Zeppelin) Bass, Keyboards
Mitch Mitchell (Experience) Drums.
Oh....we can include dead guys?
Please do!
Peter Hammill voc/ Gilmour gui/ Squire bg/ Emerson Keys-synths/ Collins drums
Classy
Those were my picks too. I'd have to put David Jackson in there on some songs as well.
@@ataru4 I wanted to - but no 2 from one band. I chose Emerson so no Carl Palmer. I chose Squire so no Wakeman, Bruford or Howe. You get the idea. Oh yeah - I'd put Jackson in this band!
You prefer Collins to Guy Evans? Not me!
@@lemming9984 He said only one member from a band. - My true all-star band is all of VdGG!
My dream band
Vocals: Tom Waits
Guitar: Shinki Chen
Bass & keyboard: Ray Manzarek (Doors)
Drums: Jaki Liebezeit (CAN)
Ray's bass and Tom's voice, would work so well together creating a solid blues sound. Jaki's unusual drumming style paired with ray's chill keyboard and Shinki's blues influenced psychedelic guitar, would create a very nice spacey psychedelic back drop for Tom and his bluesy vibes.
OK, I'll bite!!!
Robert Plant, vocals
Steve Winwood, keys and backing vocals
Paul McCartney, bass (no, he doesn't get to sing!)
Jeff Beck, Lead guitar
Stan Lynch - Drums
I gotta say I really like Beck. Truth was one of the first albums I bought myself. I can't remember if I bought that before or after the first Led Zeppelin album. It would have been close.
Jaco Pastorious-bass, David Sancious-guitar, Bill Bruford-drums,Chick Corea-keys! Nothing else needed! Peace & Tull.
This is why Jethro Tull is SO GOOD. They have so many music styles yet deliver it their way. Such a beautiful song to say it's so easy to sing sad songs when you can just as easy sing happy ones. I have thought about having this song at my funeral. Sending the message move on and be happy. But I am currently leaning toward "Life Is A Long Song" by Jethro Tull which is off their "Living In The Past" album. JP not that I'm thinking about death but the songs are just so poignant and uplifting and bringing me to tears many times.
And one of the even more impressive thing about Jethro Tull is that as many very good to great albums they have there are so many album outtakes they have had over the years that have surfaced as bonus tracks to remastered and reissued albums that they could easily have had 4 or 5 additional albums in the 70s and early 80s. Truly astonishing given that artists of the last 20 years are barely making an album once ever 4 or 5 years.
you're doing a great job of analysing Tull songs. I went to the same school as Ian.
Ty! Thats pretty cool!
lead vocals: Sharron Fortnam (North Sea Radio Orchestra)
drums and tweety-bird whistles: Jamie Muir (Larks Tongue in Aspic I - King Crimson)
drums : Gavin Harrison (initially with Porcupine Tree)
bass: Phillippe Bussonet (Magma)
lead guitar: Mick Box (Uriah Heep)
violin Y: Claudia Cox (Major Parkinson)
violin Z: Carla Kihlstedt (Sleepytime Gorilla Museum)
flute (and only flute): Ian Anderson (I think he was in some folk band in the 60's or something?)
keyboards (including organ - as in the things Bach played): William D. Drake (Cardiacs "classic lineup")
lute: Julian Bream (the great classical guitarist we lost this year)
clarinet: Dominique D'Avanzo (Sterbus - the Roman Empire of Rock)
There are plenty of singers in that lineup, so there should be voices for just about any harmony, and some songs might better fit a different lead voice.
First of approximately too-many songs (to explain the artists in my band). *KMX B12* (which I may have posted a link to, here, before) ua-cam.com/video/4-3gkIe1oBs/v-deo.html
Claudia Cox of *Major Parkinson* setting fire to her violin again. ua-cam.com/video/LQc7qbG4td4/v-deo.html
*Munchuasen By Proxy* is apparently a psychiatric condition/ a form of child abuse, where a child's mother will use a child's supposed medical condition to extort pity out of doctors. This often goes so far that it leads to death.
*Morpheus Miracle Maker* shows off Sharron Fortnam's voice nicely. ua-cam.com/video/9Hp3yViKCLo/v-deo.html
*Lark's Tongue in Aspic Part I* ua-cam.com/video/WhudDa3JAyc/v-deo.html
- with Jamie Muir before he left to live in the Buddhist monastery. (For this song, you really need to watch the video first, rather than just listening).
*Gavin Harrison* !! ua-cam.com/video/O3h7Xbzd2bE/v-deo.html
My dream band already exists. it was the supergroup U.K. with Eddie Jobson, John Wetton, Allan Holdsworth & Bill Bruford, then Terry Bozzio in its second line-up as a trio !
But in fact, Jethro Tull was also a dream band in its own way with so fantastic musicians all over the years ! (its different line-ups in the 70's were not just Ian Anderson's band with a few random musicians !).
How 'bout DALE Bozzio, the "charming Mary from Canoga Park"! Frank Zappa and "Joe's Garage"! Hold hands, and think pure thoughts. Ha ha ha, with leather?
UK toured with Jethro Tull....😎🇺🇸
@@craigfazekas3923 Yes, they toured the US and UK in the fall of 80 and Europe in the early part of 81 and there are some good bootlegs from this “A” tour. I would like Steven Wilson to oversee a remaster of the "A" album with one of those gigs remixed! I loved it a lot when Eddie Jobson and Mark Craney were part of Jethro Tull (although it was for a short time).
My dream band : Vocals: Peter Hammill (VDGG) • Bass: Les Claypool (Primus) • Keyboards: Patrick Moraz (Yes) • Guitars: Steve Hackett (Genesis) • Drums : Christian Vander (Magma).
Like Simon I did that spontaneously. Tomorrow may be something else. But this would be a dark and strange band, I figure.
I like that lineup
Jethro Tull is my dream band Ian is the best acoustic guitar player. Barrymore Barlow the best drummer, martin Barre is as good as or the best guitar player,. John Evans, there's nobody better on keyboards. Jeffrey Hammond or John Glasscok on base, there really isn't anyone better, Dave Palmer on synthesizers and Oregon keyboards. if I could put together a band today that's who it would be. After having seen them live, and seeing just about everyone else. I know there's no one better
Glen Cornick was better than Hammond, though.
Hard to argue with pure logic. Extra member would be Cornick on bass, Jeffrey live entertainment.
Yes, yes yes. Ian's skills on the acoustic are so underrated. He is imho too the best player on acoustic guitars. John was the best bass player of Tull. But for a dream band I would choose the following musicians (of course everyone at their peak)
vocals: Geoff Tate
Keys: Tony Banks
Bass: Chris Squire
E-Guitar: Steve (Hackett or Howe) that one is tough
Acoustic guitar: Ian
drums: the late: Neil Peart (sorry Phil)
For all guitars and bass I would normally prefer Mike Oldfield, but I wanted to go with band members.
My supergroup!:
Vocalist: Robert Plant (fav vocalist of all time besides Freddie Mercury)
Guitarist: Brian May (probably my favorite guitarist!)
Bassist: Paul McCartney (Beatles are my favorite band!)
Drummer: Sam Loeffler (wildcard choice, I love Chevelle and newer rock with that sound)
Fantastic acoustic work from Anderson.
You will so enjoy 'Thick as a Brick', jealous you'll be hearing it for the first time...super group, played this game for many a year, never happy with the end result so went down a different route by creating a band that could create a new ethereal sound that could fuse several genres yet remain unique and innovative...and all without Kate Bush too (you dont mess with perfection and she plays second fiddle to no one, and no I've never been mad on 'Don't Give Up'), so here goes:
Vocals - Jonsi (Sigur Ros)
Vocals - Aurora (Aurora)
Guitar - David Gilmour
Bass - Mark King (Level 42)...so difficult to leave out Mick Karn but thats because...
Keyboards - Richard Barbieri (Japan, Porcupine Tree)
Drums - Stewart Copland (The Police)
That would be my starting point
That would be quite a dreamy band Mario!
Vocals: Patricia Barber (Patricia Barber)
Guitar: Brian May (Queen)
Keyboards: Tony Banks (Genesis)
Bass: Jeffrey Hammond-Hammond (Jethro Tull)
Drums: Neil Peart (Rush)
What a great song, so glad to hear it again.
Dream Band:
Rodney Crowell - Vocals, Rhythm Guitar
Bonnie Raitt - Vocals, Slide Guitar
Pat Metheney - Lead Guitar
Ringo Starr - Drums
Jack Cassidy - Bass (Jefferson Airplane/Hot Tuna)
Ruth Underwood - xylaphone/percussion (FZ & the Mothers)
Alto Reed - Saxaphone - (Silver Bullet Band)
Garth Hudson - Piano/Keys/Saxaphone
The Roches - Back up singers
Not bad...but I'd throw in David Lindley, playing anything with strings :-)
You got the lyrics just right and added to my appreciation of this song. And somehow or other the solemn tranquility of it feels like someone watching the slow arc of the sun, doesn't it? Ian's voice delivers it perfectly.
Difficult to name a supergroup. The only one I am sure of without hesitating is Jaki Liebezeit on drums.
But then after some time for the standard:
Bass: Jack Bruce ; Vocals: Nina Hagen; Guitar: Richie Blackmore; Keyboards: Keith Emerson
Alternative act: Chris Squire; Freddy Mercury; Rory Gallagher; Manfred Mann.
Just to add some opportunities in sound and musicianship: Violin : Jerry Goodman and Vibes: Kerry Minnear
Put flute in the dream band!
Dream hard, HARD rock band! Vocal, Robert Plant, Guitar, Leslie West, Bass, John Entwistle, Drums Cozy Powell. I have a Prog./ and a jazz dream team as well.
I love your dream band.
Vocals: Peter Gabriel, keys: Rick Wakeman, guitar: Jimmy Page bass: John Entwistle, Drums: Nick D’Virgilio.
Super group of ppl still alive.
Lead guitar Jimmy Page (The Yardbirds)
Singer Robert Plant (Band of Joy)
Bass John Paul Jones (Session musician)
In 2009-2010 was part of a super group with Dave Grohl and Queens of the Stone Age frontman Josh Homme named Them Crooked Vultures.
Drums William Thomas Ward AKA Bill Ward (born 5 May 1948) is an English musician and visual artist, best known as the original drummer of British heavy metal band Black Sabbath.
my dream band, bass James Dewar, guitar Jeff beck, keys Rick wakeman, drums yoyoka, vocals chrissy amphlett.
Dream Band - Kate Bush on vocals, Richard Thompson on guitar, Brian Blade on drums, Charnett Moffett on bass, organ by Garth Hudson of The Band.
vocals Fish (marillion) and Ian Anderson
Bass John Entwhistle bass
Guitar lead Garry More
Second Guitar Steven Hackett
Keys Rick Wakeman
Drums Neil Peart
Chris Cornell on vocals, Stevie Ray Vaughan on guitar, Jeff Porcaro on drums, John Paul Young on bass
And Ian Anderson on flute!
3 dead guys, I know, it's a dream!
Really nice song, always like Tull. My dream band would be Fish on vocals, Tony Banks on keys, David Gilmore on guitar, Leland Sklar on bass, and Jeff Pocaro on drums.
Stevie Vai - guitar , Martin Barre - Bass , Benmont Tench - Keyboards ,Terry Bozio - Drums , Chris Cornell - Vocals
So many good dream bands. I'll go with:
Sammy Hagar vocal & guitar
Joe Satriani - guitar
Geddy Lee - bass & vocals
Rick Wakeman - keys
Terry Bozzio - drums
Andreas Vollenweider - harp
Robby Steinhardt - violin & vocals.
Tough question. Genesis from Chryme to Lamb was a supergroup. Rush was a supergroup. ELP was a supergroup. Transatlantic is a supergroup. Asia was a supergroup that couldn’t make it work. UK couldn’t hold together. Mixing often fails. However, playing along, Phil Collins (drums and vocals), Geddy Lee (bass and vocals), Neal Morse (keys), Ian Anderson (flute), David Gilmour (guitars), Jon Anderson (lead vocals), Justin Hayworth (lead vocals and guitars). Ask me tomorrow and it may be different. 😁 liked this track as a part of the album. On its own maybe not so strong but sweet.
A Trick of the Tale was made up of material written by the other members of Genesis that never got past the vet dominant Peter Gabriel. Example: Tony Banks wrote Squonk while he was away at school; he was a year ahead of the others. He didn't have a piano to play, so he wrote it on guitar. If you look at the music, it's all using beginner chords, like D-minor7 (simplified F), and E-minor7, the open chord. What they did with that!
"All are not huntsman who blow the huntsman's horn." My favorite line of any song!
There was a super group of sorts, The Traveling Wilburys. It consisted of Bob Dylan, George Harrison, Jeff Lynne of ELO, Roy Orbison and Tom Petty. Check them out.
"We Used to Know," the countdown is on, tic toc, tic toc.
I watched earlier and didn't give my 'dream band' ... which I never like doing, but whatever.
(Note, a consideration in picking my dream band is lyricists ... So someone might not be the absolute most awesome player, but they are good and also bring amazing lyrical content. And, I can't have a band without 2 guitars. On that note, I have a few fave line-ups of bands like Zappa, etc. who have at one time had 2 drummers. Or a horn section. I won't go that far, but I think it should be considered.)
Lead vocalist / multi-instrumentalist / lyricist: Ian Anderson (circa '76)
Guitar 1: Alex Lifeson (circa '82)
Guitar 2 / vocals / lyricist: Devin Townsend (circa now)
Base / vocals / lyricist: Roger Waters (circa '82)
Drum / vocals: Terry Bozzio (circa '82)
Keyboard / vocals: George Duke (circa '74)
If we're picking a dream band, I'm going to pick when they are from.
Hard to not stick Bruce Dickinson or Dio or Geoff Tate such in there - who I love - but Devin pretty well fills that role of 'huge voice'. But he's also such a frenzied producer he's like throwing water on a grease fire with this bunch.
Other than Alex, all these musicians have worked with a ton of other artists, and can do anything. Alex I love so he gets a slot even though he was always in a more stable, close-knit band and isn't as much of a multi-tasker. In terms of a genius and person who could do anything I'd like to get Zappa in there as a vocalist/lyricist/guitarist, but the room is getting pretty crowded. Plus I don't think Roger Waters would dig having Frank waving a director's baton at him.
As soon as you said my 2 vocalists would be, I said to myself Jon Anderson and Annie Haslam : )
Oh I wish those 2 came together one time. That would've been amazing.
My favorite drummer is Bill Bruford, but since I can't pick him, because of Anderson (yes, we agree on vocalists), I'll also go with Carl Palmer, as he's the best rock drummer I've ever seen.
Bass: Well I can't go with Chris Squire, so I'll go with Geddy Lee.
Keyboards: Ugh. I can't go with Keith Emerson or Rick Wakeman, so I'll go with Eddie Jobson of U.K. who also played with Jethro Tull
Guitar: Steve Morse is the best I've ever listened to, along with Robert Fripp and Allan Holdsworth.
Oh, and Ian Anderson on Flute : )
They would've been so good together!
impossible to me to describe a dream band; I love so many musicians...and a super band line-up is always influenced by personal tastes. If I have to tell you my dream band, maybe it should be a band formed by 40/50 musicians... an orchesta! :) ciao Justin
My Dream Band:
Vocals: Roger Hodgson of Supertramp/
Eric Woolfson of The Alan Parsons Project
Guitar: David Gilmour of Pink Floyd
Bass: John Paul Jones of Led Zeppelin
Keys: Rick Wakeman of Yes
Drums: Neil Peart of Rush
This is a beautiful song Justin, I love Ian, when he gets hold of the acoustic guitar.. Just superb imo. Soft , light vocals.. Stunning and subtle electric guitar supplied by Martin "Wah Wah" Barre. Gorgeous work butty 😊
One thing I've learnt over the years Justin, Ian, s voice is just timeless.
I could listen to his voice all day, and forget about what day, or Time it is..
❤️ Class. 😊 Great review, once again butty.. Just class. 😊
My dream band, OK
Peter Gabriel.. Vocals.
Mr. Emerson on keyboard's,
Lead guitar.. Steve Howe.
Bass.. Hmm John Glascock,
Drums Mr Bill Bruford butty.. But, everything could change by next week Justin lol.
Have a lovely day butty
Ok - I'm going to 'cheat' on my answer because - in the mid 70's , 4 outstanding musicians with pedigrees did get together and briefly gave us some fantastic prog : UK - Bruford / Wetton / Holdsworth and Jobson - shame they couldn't keep it together long enough to show us more of their virtuosity . Btw - you are overdue to go back and listen to them
UK's coming😉
@@JustJP Btw, the first three songs of their album form a little suite. Just so you know.
That first U.K. album is just incredible. The "In the Dead of Night" suite is a Progressive Rock pinacle!
Dream Prog Band: Robert Fripp on guitar, David Jackson(VDGG) on sax, Roy Harper on vocals, Rick van der linden (Trace) on keys, John Entwistle (the who) on bass, and Bruford on drums (idc that he was in KC, he was in every progressive rock band).
Agree - would start any prog super group with Bruford - a virtuoso with tremendous versatility - stands to reason everyone wanted him as he expands the musical palette / possibilities
Neil Young if you're looking for campfire songs.
It's great to watch you discovering Tull. Many more songs to go, don't stop.
What an album this is. So different. How is this fifty years old. Superlative
Btw- did you know that Annie Haslam did a cover of a Justin Hayward song, called 'The Angels Cry'? He also sang on the track.
My imaginary band would be Robert Smith (The Cure) on vocals/guitar, David Gilmour (Pink Floyd) on Guitar, Phil Collins (Genesis) on Drums, Trevor Dunn (Mr. Bungle) on Bass and Rick Waksman (Yes) on keyboards!
I like!
As far as a front man, I think Ian Anderson would be my pick. He was a Singer, Masterful Songwriter, Multi Instrumentalist, Performer, Businessman you name it. He wasn't lacking much as a front man. And a band needs a guy like that. Guitar...probably Steve Hackett, Dave Gilmore second place. Drums are tough, Barrymore Barlow or Bill Bruford... damn that's a lot of B's. Let's throw Collins in there for a close 3rd. Bass would have to be John Glascock. That's 3 from Tull lol. Keys.... For me most prog keyboardists sound similar. But I'd have to go with Keith Emerson. This band couldn't possibly exist without creative differences.
Tull are my favourite band and i would put Ian in my dream band , but not as a singer, he said himself that he is not a singer, but he would be a perfect flute and sax player , and could be a backing vocalist
@@oafratos In the 70s (and in particular in the '73/'74 years) Ian's voice was spectacular. It seems simple to sing like him but it isn't, he puts a lot of breath in his singing and to sing an entire concert of Tull songs is definitely like running a marathon. He was always considered (and he considered himself) a non singer because he had a low baritonal voice in a period when high screaming voices were popular but at the time imho he had nothing less than all the other bigs
@@oafratos Did you know he played all the instruments on Jack in the Green?
@@samuelecallegari6117 he had a great voice , but he is not my favorite singer
@@justaguy2365 yeah , he was incredible at every instrument
One of many combinations... with way too musicians to be viable but:
Flute Moe Kaufman
Producer Gary Katz
Acoustic Guitar Bruce Cockburn
Lead Guitar Randy Bachman
Piano Ryuichi Sakamoto
Keyboards Tony Banks
Drums Larnell Lewis
Sax Manu Dibango
Lyricist John K Samson
Saw & Bicycle Robbie Kuster
Harmonica Richard Newell
Vocal Roy Orbison
Violin Jean Luc Ponty
There are some many other possible choices.
Another good review btw. Thanks.
Would love Roy and Sakamoto together
Nice, Sunday evening goodies. I like your lineup especially your choice of Andrew Latimer. As you've got the wonderful Annie I'd like her to have Jon Camp on bass, for a band that didn't have a lead guitarist he was great. I'd have Steven Wilson in there somewhere as he can play, sing and produce it too. I'll be thinking of this until I go to sleep now!
What could've been!
That was nice 😊
Loved the tune and reaction. Really loving this album. Yes, Andrew Latimer, most underrated guitarist ever. Hmmm, my superband. This is kinda tough because many of my favorite musicians are spread out over different genres and trying to match chemistry is hard. If I was going to start a band and take someone from Rush it would normally be Neil Peart. But I really want Geddy on bass, so Geddy is in. On drums I would have to go with Mike Portnoy, if I can't have Neil. I like Andrew Latimer and Ritchie Blackmore on guitar. On keys I would go with Jim Steinman (Great song writer). Lead singers I'd go with Brad Delp (Boston) and Ronnie James Dio
Yes!
IMO Ian is low key one of the best acoustic guitar players!
My dream band is drums Keith Moon percussion and keyboards Keith emmerson. Lead guitar Jimi Hendricks vocals Robert Plant. Bass Roger waters
I like your choices though I do not know a couple of the artists and I need to listen to CAMELmore! One of a few dream bands would be Roger Daltrey on vocals, Bill Bruford on drums,Richie Blackmore on lead guitar, Jon Camp On bass guitar
Recommend Camel's Moonmadness, Mirage, I can See Your House..Rain Dances.
Can't make dream band. It's impossible for me to not double up on Yes or Rush or King Crimson members. It's a trilemma. My two lead singers are Peter Hammill and Anneke Van Giersbergen though.
This would be my problem, too, not to be able to double-up on any members!
Im waiting for thick as a brick, a great song-album
JP Tull made some great recordings. Aqualung was a huge release. Stand out track is: 'Locomotive Breath'. It has an incredible piano intro. But my choice is "Thick as a Brick". Great concept album!
Love the Stand Up release as well!! Great job as always!!
Oh wow, I almost forgot... Autumn evenings in the Bavarian forest, and the hot heated room so full of cigarette smoke you could carry the air away with a spoon... we were thinking, that it could not be healthy when everything is too healthy. Music was the first attempt to break out.
Sun gazing is good for you
Justin, if you want a dream band, can I recommend Tiger Moth Tales, which is basically a genius called Pete Jones who plays everything. Please check him out as you seem to like so much Brit prog and he is as English as fish and chips. He played with Camel recently and does amazing versions of Genesis songs. Start with Toad of Toad Hall but don't blame me if you get addicted.
Ty Don! Sounds interesting
Greg Lake, Kate Bush, Tony Banks, Bill Bruford, David Gilmore, Gary Brooker. Two keyboardists and two vocalists, plus Brooker and Gilmore can do some vocals too. Bruford and Lake were not in King Crimson at the same time.
I would pick Robert Fripp from King Crimson on guitar, Bill Bruford from Yes on the drums and John Wetton from Family and UK on Bass and vocals ;)
I would love to have seen Ian Anderson and Steve Hackett in the same band. It wouldn't matter to me who the other members are.
I think I'll summarize, instead. Dream band: Barry Gibb, Mike Pinder, David Gilmour, Geddy Lee, Carl Palmer, Paul McCartney.
Asia was good, but to me was an example of how a supergroup might turn out rather less than the sum of it's parts.For a while, Greg Lake replaced John Wetton, who had taken his place in King Crimson (Court of the Crimson King) when Lake went with Keith Emerson and Carl P.almer.
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You HAVE to react to songs from their album “The Minstrel in the Gallery”
Do 17.. very well written song about getting older and loss of innocence of youth
"She pretended not to want love, I hope she was only fooling Me"
Vocals: Steven Wilson
Guitar: John Petrucci
Drums: Matt Lynch
Bass: Davie504
Keys: Vladimir Putin
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Hmmm - I don't think Davie and Vladimir would play well with others , for different reasons . With Davie , there might be an excessive use of slap bass in their tracks . Might be fun to party with that group once but I would bring my own alcohol - lol
Guitar, theDooo
Suggestion - My Friend the Sun by Family
Annie Haslam,! Renaissance! Awesome! For bass, I would say Chris Squire, except he's deceased. Stanley Clark if you like jazz. I agree with Tony Banks, but Genesis, Genesis, Genesis! I'm a little bit prejudiced. He also is a great songwriter. Carl Palmer may be the best drummer ever, any recorded time or genre. In concert his entire kit shakes, except when he needs to be delicate. Guitar, too many choices. I suggest Lindsey Buckingham. Fleetwood Mac needs two players to cover him in concert. Sings well, too.
Didn't you do a first listen just now? Oh, yeah Jethro Tull. Nothing more to add for this one.👍
My favourite Tull record is"Passion Play", especially the spoken children's story about "The Hare Who Lost his Spectacles" in that funny accent. Even if it's too long. But you did play the entire "Tubular Bells"!And dare I say, "Supper's Ready", so it's possible. At least listen on your own.
Only Trump looks at the sun. (Sorry... no more politics 😉) Can’t believe I missed this last week but happy to catch up! It really is a great campfire song and I did listen to it a few time this past summer while camping.
My dream band would end up with too many band leaders (Emerson, Fripp, Bruford, Hackett, Zappa, Lee, Anderson, Gilmour, Froese, Wyatt) who would come up with an unlistenable cacophony. However, it'd be engineered by Alan Parsons, who would make it all right.
How about Annie and Greg Lake singing together??? Whoa Kate Bush and Gabriel were pretty darn good together Guitar Steve Howe drums Neil Peart Keys toss a coin tween Emerson and Wakeman Bass Geddy , of course Drum runner up Danny Carey of Tool
I like the sound of that!
It's hard to keep keyboardist John Lord of Deep Purple off any dream band .
My favorite album by Tull is Aqualung, but ironically my favorite song is "Look Into Sun" from "Stand Up" album. What no Flute ? That's okay because Ian Anderson ego didn't write this song to include the Flute. Perfect ! Plenty of Flute to be exposed on Aqualung my favorite album. Great reaction