Ian Anderson is famous for standing on one leg during a performance. It started early in the bands history when they were in a not so clean rest room of the place they were playing and Ian lifted the toilet seat with his foot while he was peeing, the guitarist Martin laughed and asked.... can you stand on one leg during an entire song?... So during the show Ian stood on one leg and several photographs were taken and made famous, so the pose became the band's Logo since then.
There is only one artist like Ian Anderson. His character and appearance, mannerisms vocals are so uniquely his own. Nobody could copy such a entirely one of a kind individual. And Nobody plays a flute like he does.
He's questioning "organised" religion indeed. Ian is amazing, and the band as well. He's like a pied piper, a court jester or a medieval minstrel - at least at that time. A great storyteller, accomplished flautist and he's also unique on acoustic guitar.
Now you know.... Ian Anderson is the Freak on the Flute. Why this is my favorite of his performances (hundreds). Why you are once again TOO COOL for another awesome reaction. Thanks again.
Ian is a genius and an amazing front man, as great as this is it still does not capture what we experienced at a live performance! Highly recommend you go back a few years and listen to Ian on flute in an entirely different but equally amazing way, from the album "Stand Up” released in 1969 and the song is “Reasons for Waiting”.
In your personal quest to learn about the "Rock Genre" I know you are happy to have witnessed this most legendary artist/band doing this most epic performance, as we are happy that you did it. Everybody's Happy.
I must agree, and I've seen most all the greatest bands since 1966 live with some legendary names, but nobody commands a stage like Ian Anderson did for decades.@@joelliebler5690
He had been playing the flure about 3 years as of this performance. If you're interested in the lyrics, check out the Aqualung album-- sort of a journey along these lines. My brother borrowed the album from a friend when I was 12. I was a very religious kid, and you would think this album would have offended me, but I felt a deep connection to it, and have, ever since.
This is the 6th song in your Jethro Tull Playlist. I spark up my pipe for each one and enjoy your reaction to another amazing artist we grew up with.... Thanks again.
Favorite band of my youth: I've been following them since I was fourteen in the early 70's. I remember going crazy because I couldn't find long-playing in any store because it was sold out everywhere in my city. This video is fantastic, unique! Happy Holidays from Milan, Italy
THANK YOU for not stopping and starting the video multiple times. It drives me crazy when others do that. I got hooked on Jethro Tull as a teenager in the 70's. Saw them in concert 3 or 4 times starting in about 1975. This earlier version of them live is amazing. So so much energy. Great musicianship was essential in the 70's.
Thank you!!! I had not seen this Live performance before. Just shows how Ian Anderson controls the instruments. Glad to relive this era / song from my youth. Nice pick from your Patron.
By sheer luck I was at JT's very first appearance on a US stage. They were third on the bill under Blood, Sweat, and Tears, and I can't remember who else. Nobody knew who they were. They just blew the house down. Loved your reaction.
Ian Anderson from “Jethro Tull” was doing a show in England when he and guitarist Martin Barre went to the rest room before going on stage. The toilet was not very clean so Ian used his foot to hold up the seat. Martin said… Can you stand on one leg during an entire song tonight? Ian said…. Yes, and that is how it got started. A photo was taken and posted of him doing it and made it famous enough that it became the bands logo image. Ian Anderson standing on one leg while playing his flute is ICONIC Image.
One of Tull’s very best lyrically, musically and vocally! Yes Ian was referring about the corruption of the formalized churches of England and how you will find GOD everywhere not just in some institution!
Ian Anderson is amazing! I saw him in 1975, front row/center seats, and it was probably the best concert ever! He's definitely a top performance artist! One of the amazing things about him is that he didn't pick up the flute until he was in his early to mid 20s, and he's completely self-taught! If you would like to see another Ian Anderson flute solo, I have this amazing link (below). Check it out! Thanks for another great reaction and choice, JM! ✌💙✌ Ian Anderson Flute Solo (7/31/1976) - ua-cam.com/video/wd6u3hQ9bkQ/v-deo.html&start_radio=1
I am so lucky to hear them on my cassette player when I was 16 years old and working behind the bowling lanes as a mechanic...I was stoned or drunk in 1970...and had many good memories back then
Why we call it "Classic Rock"... Every note is 100% Real played by an artist who knows their instrument very well. Nothing will ever come close to matching the talented artists that produced the greatest music and live performances in modern history.
Ian Anderson is a music genius. The story is that he saw Eric Clapton play guitar and knew he would never be that good, so he bought a flute and taught himself to play it. This was recorded less than two years later.
SO IS FROM TULL'S 71 EPIC ALBUM ( AQUALUNG ) 😊 IF YOU WANT TO HEAR THE ORIGINAL RECORDING OF IT JM 😊IAN WAS NEVERRRR AGAINST RELIGION ITSELF 👍 BUT HE WAS AGAINST ( ORGANIZED ) RELIGION!
Love it...thanks! Another great reaction. I miss the days when artists thought outside (or WAY outside) the box, and wrote their own material, had talent, and were truly original. Not much of that going around in music these days. Not much of that going around in ANYTHING these days! 🤥 Sometimes it seems to this old timer that originality was tossed overboard, for fear of offending anyone. Sad. (and dangerous)
"My God" - Ian Anderson People what have you done? Locked Him in His golden cage Golden cage Made Him bend to your religion Him resurrected from the grave From the grave He is the God of nothing If that's all that you can see You are the God of everything He's inside you and me So lean upon Him gently And don't call on Him to save You from your social graces And the sins you used to waive The bloody Church of England In chains of history Requests your earthly presence At the vicarage for tea And the graven image You know who With his plastic crucifix He's got Him fixed Confuses me as to who and where and why As to how he gets his kicks He gets his kicks Confessing to the endless sin With endless whining sounds You'll be praying 'til next Thursday To all the gods that you can count
You got to realize that this is a very immature tall and Ian Anderson. The way he grows and matures through his albums is staggering. You can see the foundation but you've got a sample. Many of his other works to watch him progress You should try minstrel in the gallery next
He is showing just about everything possible you can do with a flute me he is self taught
Ian Anderson is famous for standing on one leg during a performance. It started early in the bands history when they were in a not so clean rest room of the place they were playing and Ian lifted the toilet seat with his foot while he was peeing, the guitarist Martin laughed and asked.... can you stand on one leg during an entire song?... So during the show Ian stood on one leg and several photographs were taken and made famous, so the pose became the band's Logo since then.
There is only one artist like Ian Anderson. His character and appearance, mannerisms vocals are so uniquely his own. Nobody could copy such a entirely one of a kind individual. And Nobody plays a flute like he does.
He's questioning "organised" religion indeed. Ian is amazing, and the band as well. He's like a pied piper, a court jester or a medieval minstrel - at least at that time. A great storyteller, accomplished flautist and he's also unique on acoustic guitar.
Now you know.... Ian Anderson is the Freak on the Flute. Why this is my favorite of his performances (hundreds). Why you are once again TOO COOL for another awesome reaction. Thanks again.
Stunning song by Tull. Entire Aqualung album is perfect.
From chaos to order and back again. It seamlessly flows. The madness and the majesty. Simply amazing.
I've heard some of Tull's stuff but had never seen this. Thanks for sharing. It trips me out to see the hippy generation as grandparents now. Lol.
Ian also happens to play acoustic guitar quite well, and piano live. A True Musical Genius.
Massive Thanks and KUDOS to the film and sound crew that captured this awesome performance for us to enjoy all these years later. Good Job.
Ian is a genius and an amazing front man, as great as this is it still does not capture what we experienced at a live performance! Highly recommend you go back a few years and listen to Ian on flute in an entirely different but equally amazing way, from the album "Stand Up” released in 1969 and the song is “Reasons for Waiting”.
In your personal quest to learn about the "Rock Genre" I know you are happy to have witnessed this most legendary artist/band doing this most epic performance, as we are happy that you did it. Everybody's Happy.
The best leading frontman on Earth!
I must agree, and I've seen most all the greatest bands since 1966 live with some legendary names, but nobody commands a stage like Ian Anderson did for decades.@@joelliebler5690
He had been playing the flure about 3 years as of this performance. If you're interested in the lyrics, check out the Aqualung album-- sort of a journey along these lines. My brother borrowed the album from a friend when I was 12. I was a very religious kid, and you would think this album would have offended me, but I felt a deep connection to it, and have, ever since.
This song fills my soul.
This is the 6th song in your Jethro Tull Playlist. I spark up my pipe for each one and enjoy your reaction to another amazing artist we grew up with.... Thanks again.
Favorite band of my youth: I've been following them since I was fourteen in the early 70's. I remember going crazy because I couldn't find long-playing in any store because it was sold out everywhere in my city. This video is fantastic, unique! Happy Holidays from Milan, Italy
THANK YOU for not stopping and starting the video multiple times. It drives me crazy when others do that. I got hooked on Jethro Tull as a teenager in the 70's. Saw them in concert 3 or 4 times starting in about 1975. This earlier version of them live is amazing. So so much energy. Great musicianship was essential in the 70's.
Thank you!!! I had not seen this Live performance before. Just shows how Ian Anderson controls the instruments. Glad to relive this era / song from my youth. Nice pick from your Patron.
Yes, Ian is a bit of a madman. A musical genius, but still a madman!
Love it ❤. This is really great song ❤
By sheer luck I was at JT's very first appearance on a US stage. They were third on the bill under Blood, Sweat, and Tears, and I can't remember who else. Nobody knew who they were. They just blew the house down. Loved your reaction.
Ian Anderson from “Jethro Tull” was doing a show in England when he and guitarist Martin Barre went to the rest room before going on stage. The toilet was not very clean so Ian used his foot to hold up the seat. Martin said… Can you stand on one leg during an entire song tonight? Ian said…. Yes, and that is how it got started. A photo was taken and posted of him doing it and made it famous enough that it became the bands logo image. Ian Anderson standing on one leg while playing his flute is ICONIC Image.
Not a word of this is true.
Possibly one of the greatest live rock performances ever!!
Ian Anderson is one of the most talented people to ever roam the earth.
Love your reaction 👍🇬🇧
THIS WAS INCREDIBLE FYYYYRRRRR!!! 💯😊 JMBOY!😊HOPE YOU ENJOYYY IAN AND THE BAND!
Brother, you have to check out MINSTREL IN THE GALLERY, studio or live. Both versions will knock your socks off!
One of Tull’s very best lyrically, musically and vocally! Yes Ian was referring about the corruption of the formalized churches of England and how you will find GOD everywhere not just in some institution!
Love it ☮️✌️☮️✌️
Ian Anderson is amazing! I saw him in 1975, front row/center seats, and it was probably the best concert ever! He's definitely a top performance artist! One of the amazing things about him is that he didn't pick up the flute until he was in his early to mid 20s, and he's completely self-taught! If you would like to see another Ian Anderson flute solo, I have this amazing link (below). Check it out! Thanks for another great reaction and choice, JM! ✌💙✌
Ian Anderson Flute Solo (7/31/1976) - ua-cam.com/video/wd6u3hQ9bkQ/v-deo.html&start_radio=1
That's the same year I saw them during the War Child tour. Best concert I have ever seen.
I am so lucky to hear them on my cassette player when I was 16 years old and working behind the bowling lanes as a mechanic...I was stoned or drunk in 1970...and had many good memories back then
For your own viewing pleasure you may also want to check out the flute solo from Tampa
Hey check out Roland Kirk. Blind has all of his instruments draped on him
Sort of a mesh between gothic and jazz. The band started out as a jazz band and has evolved into just about every genre ...now that's art..
Why we call it "Classic Rock"... Every note is 100% Real played by an artist who knows their instrument very well. Nothing will ever come close to matching the talented artists that produced the greatest music and live performances in modern history.
Ian Anderson is a music genius. The story is that he saw Eric Clapton play guitar and knew he would never be that good, so he bought a flute and taught himself to play it. This was recorded less than two years later.
Before Ian Anderson there was an incredible jazz musician named Rahsaan Roland Kirk who pioneered that technique 👍
Your reactions are more clear and in time with the music than most!
I fell in love with him as a little girl.
"So lean upon Him gently
And do not ask for Him
To save!"
Saw. Him so many times from1971 on
You go see Ian Anderson - Jethro Tull Live... walk out of the building a completely different person from when you walked in.
"Wind up" would be a perfect lyrical follow up
☮️💙💙😍🔥🔥🔥😎genius
He wasn't even a long time flute player. Jethro Tull lyrics are just words. After 55 years I still don't understand many of his lyrics.
SO IS FROM TULL'S 71 EPIC ALBUM ( AQUALUNG ) 😊 IF YOU WANT TO HEAR THE ORIGINAL RECORDING OF IT JM 😊IAN WAS NEVERRRR AGAINST RELIGION ITSELF 👍 BUT HE WAS AGAINST ( ORGANIZED ) RELIGION!
He'll get you happy his way....
A inspiration was Rashad Roland Kirk chevk him out he came up with circular breathing which allowed him to hold notes forever.
Love it...thanks! Another great reaction. I miss the days when artists thought outside (or WAY outside) the box, and wrote their own material, had talent, and were truly original. Not much of that going around in music these days. Not much of that going around in ANYTHING these days! 🤥 Sometimes it seems to this old timer that originality was tossed overboard, for fear of offending anyone. Sad. (and dangerous)
Before Ian damaged his voice, he sang great. Afterwards not as well but he was still a geat entertainer always.
"My God" - Ian Anderson
People what have you done?
Locked Him in His golden cage
Golden cage
Made Him bend to your religion
Him resurrected from the grave
From the grave
He is the God of nothing
If that's all that you can see
You are the God of everything
He's inside you and me
So lean upon Him gently
And don't call on Him to save
You from your social graces
And the sins you used to waive
The bloody Church of England
In chains of history
Requests your earthly presence
At the vicarage for tea
And the graven image
You know who
With his plastic crucifix
He's got Him fixed
Confuses me as to who and where and why
As to how he gets his kicks
He gets his kicks
Confessing to the endless sin
With endless whining sounds
You'll be praying 'til next Thursday
To all the gods that you can count
Ladies and Gentlemen...Ian Anderson.
My favorite by them is "a song for jeffery". And of course thick as a brick
in the spirit of the season play or find christmas song by JethroTull
It's called flute abuse, and it's fantastic
You would really like Thick as a Brick (live London 1977)
sometimes you have an inch you just cant scratch
Wonder what his performance would be like if he took acid ? Lordy be !
Did Ian have some issues? I know that Brits can be quite eccentric but wow
You got to realize that this is a very immature tall and Ian Anderson. The way he grows and matures through his albums is staggering. You can see the foundation but you've got a sample. Many of his other works to watch him progress
You should try minstrel in the gallery next
Nothing is Easy didn't appear.
A lot of drugs back then
Except Ian didn't do drugs.
There are better songs you could have started with.
There are 6 JT songs in his Playlist.