You are very good. Listening to you and seeing you is always a real pleasure. Speaking about of Jethro Tull, when will we have the pleasure of hearing your review of their LP "A Passion Play"? Ciao da Roma - Italy
I'm a pretty accommodating kinda guy, so I put my Sharpie to work changing all my Tull 8-tracks to now say Jetro Thull. It's the way we now edit reality. What would touch my heart is to hear y'all react to their beautiful "Elegy" as Thull recorded with the London Thymphony Orchesthra.
Nice! So cool to see this reaction. "Orion" (and the album upon which it's featured) have been enduring favorites of mine for ages. The entire album has a very special, very dark, very cinematic feel throughout. Vivid, deep, descriptive, and emotional. Ian's arangements, as much as they pissed some of the other members off, were the work of a singular genius. And I love Barlow's drum parts. He once said, "if I had known what Ian was going to throw on top of the drum parts, I wouldn't have played half of the shit I played." I'm glad he did play everything he played and, as busy as it was at times, I don't think it ever got in the way. A spectacular recording,
I remember seeing one of the shows on the Stormwatch tour when I was very young. John Glascock, the bassist on the album, had recently passed away and Dave Pegg had just begun playing with the group. Drummer Barrie Barlow was actually in tears (mourning Glascock's death) as he was playing his parts. A pretty heavy thing for a kid to witness. An absolutely wonderful performance, however. p.s. excellent timing on this reaction, as today is Martin Barre's 76th Birthday! Talk about an underrated guitarist...
Barlow was very close with John Glascock. I read an interview once where he said they wanted to cancel the tour but the record company forced them to go on the next night and he was really bitter about it - and I do t blame him.
No flute but Ians fantastic voyse is so much in focus. This number is not easy to put in there ,and not needed so much in this number.And the arrengsment :WOW
This is their last good Classic Prog album, and there are many great songs on it !! Sadly Bassist John Glascock was ill a lot during this and Died shortly after with a Heart problem. Drummer Barlow was close friends with him and took it very hard and after the tour he left the band. Here's another great song "Dun Ringill" .... ua-cam.com/video/2fJg9g77f94/v-deo.html.... Remember all Jethro Tull is Classic Prog !! ✌🎵🎸🎹🥁🎻🎤🎛🎶
" so come up singing above this cloudy cover, stare through as people stir softly in their sleep" What do the stars see as they rise in the sky? genius imagination lyric.
My favourite Tull album (after 'Thick as a Brick' of course) is 'Minstrel in The Gallery' from 1975. The album opening title track is the perfect mix of Ian's acoustic guitar and Martin Barre's criminally underestimated electric lead. Such a great track to play in the car!! Was the in-joke something to do with posture and straight backs? Lots of fun as usual, thanks guys xx
Great to see another great reaction from Stormwatch , one of my favourite Tull albums, in keeping with the folk rock theme - thank you. You mentioned "Dark Ages," which is an epic prog/folk rock number from that album, while "Dun Ringill" is a hauntingly beautiful acoustic interlude. If you look on the album notes you'll notice that Ian Anderson is also credited with playing bass in addition to bassist John Glascock. Sadly John died from a heart condition during the recording of Stormwatch (he was only 28). As a tribute Ian wrote a rather moving instrumental called "Elegy," the last track on the album.
When Dee Palmer wrote “Elegy” (the first person aside from Anderson to receive sole credit for a Jethro Tull song since Mick Abrahams left), there’s a lot she couldn’t have known. The track was written in memory of her father who had just passed away. Its stepwise descending bass is reminiscent of the Baroque chaconne: a musical gesture often heard as somehow mournful. It’s an entirely suitable gesture for an elegy, a piece for reflection and remembrance. Palmer couldn’t have known that Anderson would even want it for Stormwatch. She couldn’t have known that it would be positioned at the end. She couldn’t have known that within four weeks of the album’s release, bassist John Glascock would die from a congenital heart defect. And she couldn’t have known that the resulting grief and turmoil would mark, for a time, the end of Jethro Tull. When Dee Palmer wrote “Elegy” (the first person aside from Anderson to receive sole credit for a Jethro Tull song since Mick Abrahams left), there’s a lot she couldn’t have known. The track was written in memory of her father who had just passed away. Its stepwise descending bass is reminiscent of the Baroque chaconne: a musical gesture often heard as somehow mournful. It’s an entirely suitable gesture for an elegy, a piece for reflection and remembrance. Palmer couldn’t have known that Anderson would even want it for Stormwatch. She couldn’t have known that it would be positioned at the end. She couldn’t have known that within four weeks of the album’s release, bassist John Glascock would die from a congenital heart defect. And she couldn’t have known that the resulting grief and turmoil would mark, for a time, the end of Jethro Tull.
This did sound a little different. Heavier for sure. I did enjoy it! Nice request! Thanks Nick and Lex for another fun reaction video! Sending you both love always!
Not for me, that's where I got off the bus, I think this album sucks. Have these guys heard "Stand Up" or "Thick As A Brick" yet? Have they done the whole "Songs From The Wood" album? Have they done "Living In The Past" (the song)? Glen Cornick and Clive Bunker were incredible musicians, I'd definitely hit some of that era and the Thick As A Brick/Passion Play era way before I'd do something from the post-Songs From The Wood era. (I always thought Heavy Horses was mediocre at best) The Clive Bunker/Glen Cornick era and the Barriemore Barlow era is where it's at with Tull.
@@TTM9691 if you think Songs From the Wood is great and Heavy Horses and Stormwatch mediocre and shit you are clearly biased. I'm really just tired of people saying "this album sucks" like it's an objective statement. If you don't like it why commenting with something that doesn't add anything to the conversation in the first place? I no wonder why young people doesn't listen to old music. All they can see is people yelling to each other to determine which album is the best
@@TTM9691 I agree 100 % To me, Stand Up is possibly the best rock / pop / folk album of all time and Benefit is almost as good. That Benefit opens with a flute recorded backwards possibly puts many people off...... in reality it was so difficult to record the flute backwards it almost bankrupted them. lol
@@Rassskle That opening to "Benefit" is one of the best things about "Benefit"! Definitely one of the most distinct moments! I've never heard of anyone being put off by the opening of the album. It's not a backwards flute though, it's just a deep reverb with Ian Anderson doing his trademark vocal sounds into the flute (ala Roland Kirk). But yeah, love "Benefit"too, absolutely (although I give "Stand Up" a slight edge, but it's like splitting hairs, right? :D
My favorite JT album is Stand-up. Then Aqualung. But like Steely Dan, no bad songs or albums. I like Orion a lot. Hadn't heard it since forever. Thank you for sharing.
Love love love ORION. Epic music and lyrics. Reviewing Dark Ages next is a must. That’s not the one you did previously from STORMWATCH. You did North Sea Oil.
Wow! This is a deep cut. Good choice. The depth of quality in Ian Anderson's song writing is amazing. Not very many clunkers in his catalogue--including the rejects that didn't make it to an album.
If you enjoyed this try 'Broadsword' from the Beast and the Broadsword album (1982), very similar but there's a little more 'progressiveness' and weight to it.
Songs From the Wood, Heavy Horses and Stormwatch were released in succession and you can see the gradual transition from the folkier, more acoustic Tull back to a heavier sound, but Stormwatch still retains much of the same folksy feel. And don't worry, there's plenty of flute on the album!
Tull did tons of Prog music! Listen to more! Passion Play really started it all with the heavy electronic. Ian switched to that sound in Passion Play because of the crowd noise at American concerts. I'm glad he did. Love his heavy stuff, too.
The original version of this song is over 9 minutes long which was released as a bonus track on the last Stormwatch reissue. I wish you reacted to that version it's really sick!
Thank you so much for doing this one! Stormwatch is one of my favorite albums, even though it is generally not as popular. It is a little more straightforward rock and roll, but still with progressive elements. I'm glad you like 'North Sea Oil' as well. There was a lot more flute in that one.
I know I've said it before but since Alexia likes "My God" as much as I do (that was my BMC request from a year ago btw 😃 and it's probably one of the best reactions they've had on the channel overall - well worth watching again) there is a set of tracks from their shelved 'Chateau D'istater' tapes from 1972. The three song suite is "Scenario", "Audition" & "No Rehearsal" (as was presented on their 20th Anniversary boxed set from 1988). It's almost as interesting as "My God" imho. That 3-CD boxed set is fantastic - great tracks throughout. That boxed set it well worth seeking out on the secondary market since its unfortunately out of print now.
Hi guys, I'm still playing catch up with some videos but then when I see a new one appear as I'm on u.t, I just click. Love Jethro Tull. Great track. I'm going to mention my favourite J.T track .. as I did on the last J.T reaction ... "Witches Promise" It was the very 1st song I ever heard by them and is still today my favourite song. I'm sure you will hear it one day. ... [ I believe the in joke is Lex on her new chair, moving stretching up her back ? ] Byee Jim X
There's a very good nine minutes version of Orion on the Steven Wilson remix version of Stormwatch. It was shortened i guess cause there wasn't space for a third epic prog piece on the same album. Where to go next on Stormwatch? Dark Ages or Flying Dutchman (for the prog elements), or Dun Ringill, a nice acoustic pearl. Otherwise, Heavy Horses is the other great album out their celtic trilogy. Into the 80's, they did one last good album (Broadsword & The Beast) and then fell off a cliff. Ian Anderson's The Secret Language of Birds is the best Tull album since then.
Orion sets the mood for this dark but beautiful record - for me, Stormwatch is my personal favorite Tull record. It´s so atmospheric, melancholic in some moments, it got a bit of folk in it in songs like old ghost, the orchestration, the keys and especially the piano in things like the great flying dutchman that closes that record, but therer ist also enught hard rock and prog in dark ages especialy. There is fute on that record just not in ever track. Stromwatch was the last of the Great Classical Jethro Tull records - With "A " the lineup changed and the style went totaly 80s - you have done Black Sunday of that one. It´s a totaly different Band almost
Thank you for the wonderful reaction. Stormwatch is in my top Tull 5. So many amazing songs on this the last with the 70s lineup. You should do Dark Ages, or do the whole album.
Fans call them "Tull" for short. Spotify might show not a lot of plays for this album, Stormwatch, but this is one of my favorite albums from my favorite band which, I believe, peaked musically from 1975 to 1980.
I always request Close Caption so I feel obligated to thank you both for turning it on. I also thank you for doing Jethro Tull. I love Tull and will be there for any Tull.
I have long been a huge JT fan, but originally I was sort of lukewarm on this album (though I bought it on vinyl upon its release). I should take the old LP out and try again.
I hope you played Lex some of the other things I put on Music with Nick - like the Melodic Marathon, maybe the one with Tommy Emmanuel and Jeff Healey, Sting + Zappa + Robert Downey Jr., the acoustic R.T.Forever : "No Mystery", the Jon + Vangelis, and since I think I remember her saying she liked Rod Stewart, the first Jeff Beck Group with Stewart on vocals. I have tons of marathons put together for both sides, but if it's going to take years to get the N & L ones up, I'll end up putting some lighter music on M.W.Nick, and hope Lex sees them.
You have yet to do 'Thick as a Brick' and 'A Passion Play' which are both epic two siders which would be better suited to Patreon, but you gotta do 'em! 👍👍
First timer, just passing through and I see someone (finally) reacting to a song from one of my favorite Jethro Tull albums. I bought Stormwatch when it came out. Obviously, in those days it was a much different experience than it is today. Saving my allowance and investing in a purchase that I hadn't heard even one track of... there aren't any radio singles that I recall. All I had to influence me were song titles and cover art. But I certainly was not disappointed. Also, back then nearly every subsequent listening was straight through. No download, no shuffle play. And because of this my teenage brain recorded each song's outro fade into the next one's beginning over and over. I now have a sonic expectation of the order. I see on the shelf behind you another album that imprinted on me the same way, Point Of Know Return. There was also Journey Infinity and Boston's first album-- MAN the 70s had some great music! But Stormwatch gets nearly no attention, especially these days. So thank you for that. Please keep exploring this album. I'd love for another generation to discover and appreciate Jethro Tull's music for all the greatness that it is. 🎵 🎧 🎶
JT has this crazy thing called braks in there numbers no other grope has. It make there numbers very kind of "rolling" and maks very rytmical different and interesting to listning to.
Thanks, José! A favorite track from Tull for me. (And Lexi, how are you doing with your back and all. Always wishing both of you good health.) There's an extended version of this that I believe was an earlier version which nay actually flute. I'll double check and see and plop it down here. Ciao ✋ Yes! Definitely have a listen! Extended with a whole middle section not included on the original release and with flute. If you listen to it on channel even though you just listened to it it would be fascinating to hear your comments. ua-cam.com/video/sQ5NHRK21xs/v-deo.html
If you’re like most Americans, we are constantly worried about your health. Fortunately, there is a cure: The Way Up by Pat Metheny. We know you love Pat. We know you love epics. What are we waiting for. We could all choke on a turkey leg on Thursday and be robbed if this experience. Marley doesn’t want that. This album will rearrange your immunity system and ensure outstanding health for a lifetime. Yeah, it’s long. It’s a Patreon thing. It’s all I want for Christmas.
I wonder how many peeps who joke about some of Nick's pronunciations can speak 4 languages like he can? Things that make you go Hmmmmmm. I for one, am amazed he can speak German, Spanish, English and Italian. Plus Alexia speaking English and Spanish. In fact, when both speak English, you can't really tell they didn't speak English as their native language. So Nick, don't sweat it. Jethro Tull or Jet-ro Thull... Its all good my friend!!!!!!!!!!!!! Many Americans can barely speak English correctly.
Lex, si quieren disfrutar de una cancion maravillosa y perfecta para navidad, seria genial que reaccionen a "Snowbounb" del disco "ATTW3" el 24 de Diciembre, todo ese disco tiene un feeling invernal, asi como W&W lo tiene de otoño, Trick of the Tail de verano, y Duke de primavera... o sea, el comienzo de una nueva era (pop) en la musica de la mejor banda de todos los tiempos (hasta en esos detalles Genesis fue genial). Besitos a Marley.
I think this whole album is disposable. From "Stand Up" to "Songs From The Wood", that's the era to mine, way before you hit anything from "Stormwatch" or "A' or anything else after "Heavy Horse" (which, even that, I don't think much of. "Songs From The Wood" is their last perfect album, in my opinion)
@@markhaus2830 I don't hate Heavy Horses, I just always heard it as "Songs From The Wood" lite. But I play it from time to time. "No Lullaby" is a good one. That's the cut-off album for me, though. "Dun Ringall" is the only song I can take from "Stormwatch".
Orion is very good but I don't think it's the best JT has to offer, and there are far better songs even on that album (which I love, btw). If you want a truly tearjerking experience with Tull try Heavy Horses. It's one of Tull's masterpieces. Of course, there's a lot of flute there but I don't think the flute is even the focal point of JT's music at that point, it's the whole package. A bit of trivia: Barriemore Barlow, JT's drummer during this period, was deemed by John Bonham as Britain's best drummer. He was also featured on Yngwie Malmsteen's Rising Force album
Actually John Glascock played on three Stormwatch tracks: "Orion", "Flying Dutchman" and "Elegy". All other tracks have Ian Anderson on bass. Dave Pegg does not play on the album at all but on the tour that followed the release of the album.
I love your reviews. especially that you do Jethro Tull. But You said you really know music, and then you said the flute is what Separates them from other bands. To me that would be a contradiction. I admit they are known for the flute, but there's plenty of other bands that use the flute as well. The thing that sets them apart Is there musical style. Their high level of musicianship, and their showmanship Their most famous and iconic song is Aqualung, which doesn't even have the flute in it. If the flute was the thing that set them part, then they would just be a gimmick band. Having seen them 44 times, I can tell you for sure they're not a gimmick band. I'm a concert going fanatic, and I've seen just about every great band there is, especially if they're from back in the 70s or 80s. Led Zepplin Was probably my first favorite band, but then I saw them play at Tampa Stadium in the early 70s, and I saw Tull play at Tampa Stadium. There was no comparison. Tull was so much better. It was unbelievable how much better they were. The best L.Z. Concert I ever saw was when Page and Plant performed with Plants band as back up. That was the Zepplin concert I always wanted to see. Tull hs 23 studio albums ,I think 4 solo Anderson albums, several compilation albums, a double live album. What I'm saying is you haven't even scratched the surface. You haven't even heard enough Tull music to even really know what they sound like. In time, if you continue to listen to Tull, you will begin to realize Ian Anderson is probably the best song writer, or poet of this century. All in all, You have a great show. Keep up the good work.
Apologies. Nothing to do with this reaction. I haven't heard you react to any solo Donald Fagen, so here are some links to some incredibly good music of his: The Great Pagoda of Funn, ua-cam.com/video/4f3KBWuM31k/v-deo.html Security Joan, ua-cam.com/video/FYugtLkZIRY/v-deo.html
This is one of my fave songs off this album (look on your shelf again :). Which I added to a sort-of dreamy playlist about the "Night" many years ago (which also went with "Orion" from Metallica). I LOVE this album, the cover fits what's _inside_ and I love the subject matter, its "almost" a concept album. Again, Martin Barre is a BRILLIANT guitarist and can play subtle and OVER the top, heavy and classical (with Ian on mandolin or acoustic) and all parts in-between. When you get around to the lyrics, its very romantic and a bit sad, Ian really paints a picture like a film, would make for a prolific video . . . "And young girls shiver as they wait by lonely bus-stops After sad parties: no-one to take them home To greasy bed-sitters and make a late-night play For lost virginity a thousand miles away." You will have to hear the rest of the album, it gets a bit folky, proggy, heavy and again, baroque. "Dun Ringill", "Flying Dutchman", "Somethings on the Move", "Dark Ages" (and North Sea Oil) are some faves off the album. Aww! I love how Marley peeks through - between you guys :D - Thanks again Jibaro and N&L! Glad you liked another side of Yethro Thul! 🙃 Btw - There is a band, not Death Metal, but a bit more "Thrash", and they are considered the 1st "Folk Metal" band (which the "subgenre" exploded in the early 2000's); *Skyclad* (1991 to 2000) who sound like a Metal version of Tull, but not with a flautist but a "Fiddle" player, and the founder/vocalist Martin Walkyier's lyrics are written like a Shakespearean/Dickens Bard!
Gracias por la reaccion! Gusto en verlos de nuevo, y otra vez disfrutando de buena salud!
Greatest band and showman of all time
Jethro tull the best of the best!!!!
It's ok to say Just 'Tull"
if you're truly into the band, you call them Tull. That makes life easy! 🙂
Dun Ringill, my favorite from this album with its interesting word play. A short acoustic one.
A great track with a great name 😉
You are very good. Listening to you and seeing you is always a real pleasure. Speaking about of Jethro Tull, when will we have the pleasure of hearing your review of their LP "A Passion Play"? Ciao da Roma - Italy
I'm a pretty accommodating kinda guy, so I put my Sharpie to work changing all my Tull 8-tracks to now say Jetro Thull.
It's the way we now edit reality. What would touch my heart is to hear y'all react to their beautiful "Elegy" as Thull recorded with the London Thymphony Orchesthra.
🤣 You are the BEST!!
@@NicknLex YOU are! :)
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Nice! So cool to see this reaction. "Orion" (and the album upon which it's featured) have been enduring favorites of mine for ages. The entire album has a very special, very dark, very cinematic feel throughout. Vivid, deep, descriptive, and emotional. Ian's arangements, as much as they pissed some of the other members off, were the work of a singular genius. And I love Barlow's drum parts. He once said, "if I had known what Ian was going to throw on top of the drum parts, I wouldn't have played half of the shit I played." I'm glad he did play everything he played and, as busy as it was at times, I don't think it ever got in the way. A spectacular recording,
“Dun Ringill” and “Flying Dutchman” from the same album.
Dun Ringill is amazing ❤
I remember seeing one of the shows on the Stormwatch tour when I was very young. John Glascock, the bassist on the album, had recently passed away and Dave Pegg had just begun playing with the group. Drummer Barrie Barlow was actually in tears (mourning Glascock's death) as he was playing his parts. A pretty heavy thing for a kid to witness. An absolutely wonderful performance, however.
p.s. excellent timing on this reaction, as today is Martin Barre's 76th Birthday! Talk about an underrated guitarist...
Oh, well happy birthday to him!! 🎂 🎸 ❤️
You're right Barrie said that also on the liner notes of the Stormwatch boxset. So sad
I saw this tour as it passed through here in Nashville in 1979. UK was the opening act, it was a fantastic show!
@@samuelecallegari6117 oh wow, did he? Yeah, it was quite a surreal thing to see. He played his ass off, though!
Barlow was very close with John Glascock. I read an interview once where he said they wanted to cancel the tour but the record company forced them to go on the next night and he was really bitter about it - and I do t blame him.
No flute but Ians fantastic voyse is so much in focus. This number is not easy to put in there ,and not needed so much in this number.And the arrengsment :WOW
This is their last good Classic Prog album, and there are many great songs on it !!
Sadly Bassist John Glascock was ill a lot during this and Died shortly after with a Heart problem.
Drummer Barlow was close friends with him and took it very hard and after the tour he left the band. Here's another great song "Dun Ringill" ....
ua-cam.com/video/2fJg9g77f94/v-deo.html.... Remember all Jethro Tull is Classic Prog !! ✌🎵🎸🎹🥁🎻🎤🎛🎶
Une merveille de Jethro tull de belle arrangement musicale pour cette album un grand plaisir de vous écouté grand merci
" so come up singing above this cloudy cover, stare through as people stir softly in their sleep" What do the stars see as they rise in the sky? genius imagination lyric.
My favourite Tull album (after 'Thick as a Brick' of course) is 'Minstrel in The Gallery' from 1975. The album opening title track is the perfect mix of Ian's acoustic guitar and Martin Barre's criminally underestimated electric lead. Such a great track to play in the car!! Was the in-joke something to do with posture and straight backs? Lots of fun as usual, thanks guys xx
Great to see another great reaction from Stormwatch , one of my favourite Tull albums, in keeping with the folk rock theme - thank you. You mentioned "Dark Ages," which is an epic prog/folk rock number from that album, while "Dun Ringill" is a hauntingly beautiful acoustic interlude. If you look on the album notes you'll notice that Ian Anderson is also credited with playing bass in addition to bassist John Glascock. Sadly John died from a heart condition during the recording of Stormwatch (he was only 28). As a tribute Ian wrote a rather moving instrumental called "Elegy," the last track on the album.
When Dee Palmer wrote “Elegy” (the first person aside from Anderson to receive sole credit for a Jethro Tull song since Mick Abrahams left), there’s a lot she couldn’t have known. The track was written in memory of her father who had just passed away. Its stepwise descending bass is reminiscent of the Baroque chaconne: a musical gesture often heard as somehow mournful. It’s an entirely suitable gesture for an elegy, a piece for reflection and remembrance.
Palmer couldn’t have known that Anderson would even want it for Stormwatch. She couldn’t have known that it would be positioned at the end. She couldn’t have known that within four weeks of the album’s release, bassist John Glascock would die from a congenital heart defect. And she couldn’t have known that the resulting grief and turmoil would mark, for a time, the end of Jethro Tull.
When Dee Palmer wrote “Elegy” (the first person aside from Anderson to receive sole credit for a Jethro Tull song since Mick Abrahams left), there’s a lot she couldn’t have known. The track was written in memory of her father who had just passed away. Its stepwise descending bass is reminiscent of the Baroque chaconne: a musical gesture often heard as somehow mournful. It’s an entirely suitable gesture for an elegy, a piece for reflection and remembrance.
Palmer couldn’t have known that Anderson would even want it for Stormwatch. She couldn’t have known that it would be positioned at the end. She couldn’t have known that within four weeks of the album’s release, bassist John Glascock would die from a congenital heart defect. And she couldn’t have known that the resulting grief and turmoil would mark, for a time, the end of Jethro Tull.
@@phillyflyer12 Thank you Philip - some info I was lacking. For some reason I assumed Ian Anderson wrote it, but I stand corrected.
This did sound a little different. Heavier for sure. I did enjoy it! Nice request! Thanks Nick and Lex for another fun reaction video! Sending you both love always!
“Another Harry’s Bar” is a lovely song from later in their career (95’). Great storytelling and a flute-heavy jam finish !
Love Jethro Tull. Thank you for this reaction.
An intense album... Great transitions from acoustic to electric to orchestral.
A fine follow up to Songs From the Woods and Heavy Horses.
Not for me, that's where I got off the bus, I think this album sucks. Have these guys heard "Stand Up" or "Thick As A Brick" yet? Have they done the whole "Songs From The Wood" album? Have they done "Living In The Past" (the song)? Glen Cornick and Clive Bunker were incredible musicians, I'd definitely hit some of that era and the Thick As A Brick/Passion Play era way before I'd do something from the post-Songs From The Wood era. (I always thought Heavy Horses was mediocre at best) The Clive Bunker/Glen Cornick era and the Barriemore Barlow era is where it's at with Tull.
Glad to see Lexi joining the Tull reactions, though!
@@TTM9691 if you think Songs From the Wood is great and Heavy Horses and Stormwatch mediocre and shit you are clearly biased.
I'm really just tired of people saying "this album sucks" like it's an objective statement. If you don't like it why commenting with something that doesn't add anything to the conversation in the first place? I no wonder why young people doesn't listen to old music. All they can see is people yelling to each other to determine which album is the best
@@TTM9691 I agree 100 %
To me, Stand Up is possibly the best rock / pop / folk album of all time and Benefit is almost as good.
That Benefit opens with a flute recorded backwards possibly puts many people off...... in reality it was so difficult to record the flute backwards it almost bankrupted them. lol
@@Rassskle That opening to "Benefit" is one of the best things about "Benefit"! Definitely one of the most distinct moments! I've never heard of anyone being put off by the opening of the album. It's not a backwards flute though, it's just a deep reverb with Ian Anderson doing his trademark vocal sounds into the flute (ala Roland Kirk). But yeah, love "Benefit"too, absolutely (although I give "Stand Up" a slight edge, but it's like splitting hairs, right? :D
My favorite JT album is Stand-up. Then Aqualung. But like Steely Dan, no bad songs or albums. I like Orion a lot. Hadn't heard it since forever. Thank you for sharing.
Love love love ORION.
Epic music and lyrics.
Reviewing Dark Ages next is a must.
That’s not the one you did previously from STORMWATCH.
You did North Sea Oil.
Had my grandmother ( born 1902 ) listen to this back in the 1980's... She would often listen to a lot of my music... She said it felt like a sad song.
Wow! This is a deep cut. Good choice. The depth of quality in Ian Anderson's song writing is amazing. Not very many clunkers in his catalogue--including the rejects that didn't make it to an album.
If you enjoyed this try 'Broadsword' from the Beast and the Broadsword album (1982), very similar but there's a little more 'progressiveness' and weight to it.
This is a cool, relatively unknown Tull track!
Songs From the Wood, Heavy Horses and Stormwatch were released in succession and you can see the gradual transition from the folkier, more acoustic Tull back to a heavier sound, but Stormwatch still retains much of the same folksy feel.
And don't worry, there's plenty of flute on the album!
Stormwatch is one of my favourites by Tull, this song is a beaut.
My favorite acoustic selection from JT would definitely be “Dun Ringill”.
A place in Scotland where both Ian and Led Zeppelin spent some time. ♥️
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Beautiful song.
A great track. As you can see, the name had some influence on me.
Tull did tons of Prog music! Listen to more! Passion Play really started it all with the heavy electronic. Ian switched to that sound in Passion Play because of the crowd noise at American concerts. I'm glad he did. Love his heavy stuff, too.
Passion Play is Tull's masterpiece epic, even more progressive than Thick as a Brick.
The original version of this song is over 9 minutes long which was released as a bonus track on the last Stormwatch reissue. I wish you reacted to that version it's really sick!
Holy crap, I didn’t even know that! Will have to check it out!
New Jethro for me fun reaction. 👍
Thank you so much for doing this one! Stormwatch is one of my favorite albums, even though it is generally not as popular. It is a little more straightforward rock and roll, but still with progressive elements. I'm glad you like 'North Sea Oil' as well. There was a lot more flute in that one.
I know I've said it before but since Alexia likes "My God" as much as I do (that was my BMC request from a year ago btw 😃 and it's probably one of the best reactions they've had on the channel overall - well worth watching again) there is a set of tracks from their shelved 'Chateau D'istater' tapes from 1972. The three song suite is "Scenario", "Audition" & "No Rehearsal" (as was presented on their 20th Anniversary boxed set from 1988). It's almost as interesting as "My God" imho. That 3-CD boxed set is fantastic - great tracks throughout. That boxed set it well worth seeking out on the secondary market since its unfortunately out of print now.
Thanks @jose !!!
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Hi guys, I'm still playing catch up with some videos but then when I see a new one appear as I'm on u.t, I just click. Love Jethro Tull. Great track. I'm going to mention my favourite J.T track .. as I did on the last J.T reaction ... "Witches Promise" It was the very 1st song I ever heard by them and is still today my favourite song. I'm sure you will hear it one day. ... [ I believe the in joke is Lex on her new chair, moving stretching up her back ? ] Byee Jim X
There's a very good nine minutes version of Orion on the Steven Wilson remix version of Stormwatch. It was shortened i guess cause there wasn't space for a third epic prog piece on the same album. Where to go next on Stormwatch? Dark Ages or Flying Dutchman (for the prog elements), or Dun Ringill, a nice acoustic pearl. Otherwise, Heavy Horses is the other great album out their celtic trilogy. Into the 80's, they did one last good album (Broadsword & The Beast) and then fell off a cliff. Ian Anderson's The Secret Language of Birds is the best Tull album since then.
Orion sets the mood for this dark but beautiful record - for me, Stormwatch is my personal favorite Tull record. It´s so atmospheric, melancholic in some moments, it got a bit of folk in it in songs like old ghost, the orchestration, the keys and especially the piano in things like the great flying dutchman that closes that record, but therer ist also enught hard rock and prog in dark ages especialy. There is fute on that record just not in ever track. Stromwatch was the last of the Great Classical Jethro Tull records - With "A " the lineup changed and the style went totaly 80s - you have done Black Sunday of that one. It´s a totaly different Band almost
Mr. BARRIEMORE BARLOW!!!!!!
flute yes but melodies, voice with amazing phrasings etc. It's the music! David (now Dee, Palmer on the orchestrations
Thank you for the wonderful reaction. Stormwatch is in my top Tull 5. So many amazing songs on this the last with the 70s lineup. You should do Dark Ages, or do the whole album.
Fans call them "Tull" for short. Spotify might show not a lot of plays for this album, Stormwatch, but this is one of my favorite albums from my favorite band which, I believe, peaked musically from 1975 to 1980.
Another good one by the great ones. An older one to react to by Tull is Life’s a Long Song, and Up The Poole.
Other reactors seem to miss so much- so thanks for doing this. ! It’s a good album. ! If I remember right- the album flows well throughout.
Dark Ages and Flying Dutchman are both fantastic tracks from this album that would be good to check out.
I always request Close Caption
so I feel obligated to thank you both for turning it on. I also thank you for doing Jethro Tull. I love Tull and will be there for any Tull.
Have a go at 'Dark Ages.' It's a killer tune and my favorite.
I have long been a huge JT fan, but originally I was sort of lukewarm on this album (though I bought it on vinyl upon its release). I should take the old LP out and try again.
I hope you played Lex some of the other things I put on Music with Nick - like the Melodic Marathon, maybe the one with Tommy Emmanuel and Jeff Healey, Sting + Zappa + Robert Downey Jr., the acoustic R.T.Forever : "No Mystery", the Jon + Vangelis, and since I think I remember her saying she liked Rod Stewart, the first Jeff Beck Group with Stewart on vocals. I have tons of marathons put together for both sides, but if it's going to take years to get the N & L ones up, I'll end up putting some lighter music on M.W.Nick, and hope Lex sees them.
You have yet to do 'Thick as a Brick' and 'A Passion Play' which are both epic two siders which would be better suited to Patreon, but you gotta do 'em! 👍👍
First timer, just passing through and I see someone (finally) reacting to a song from one of my favorite Jethro Tull albums. I bought Stormwatch when it came out. Obviously, in those days it was a much different experience than it is today. Saving my allowance and investing in a purchase that I hadn't heard even one track of... there aren't any radio singles that I recall. All I had to influence me were song titles and cover art. But I certainly was not disappointed. Also, back then nearly every subsequent listening was straight through. No download, no shuffle play. And because of this my teenage brain recorded each song's outro fade into the next one's beginning over and over. I now have a sonic expectation of the order. I see on the shelf behind you another album that imprinted on me the same way, Point Of Know Return. There was also Journey Infinity and Boston's first album-- MAN the 70s had some great music! But Stormwatch gets nearly no attention, especially these days. So thank you for that. Please keep exploring this album. I'd love for another generation to discover and appreciate Jethro Tull's music for all the greatness that it is. 🎵 🎧 🎶
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Nick Did you have Lex listen to the song Hunting Girl? I know you reviewed it but I think she would love it.
JT has this crazy thing called braks in there numbers no other grope has. It make there numbers very kind of "rolling" and maks very rytmical different and interesting to listning to.
MAS Jethro Tull! 🙏🏽✌🏽🌎♥️
Right its the 80's iethro tull.
Part 3 of the trilogy. Songs From The Wood...Heavy Horses and Storm Watch.
Storm watch is a great album, Dunringel
Thanks, José! A favorite track from Tull for me.
(And Lexi, how are you doing with your back and all. Always wishing both of you good health.)
There's an extended version of this that I believe was an earlier version which nay actually flute. I'll double check and see and plop it down here. Ciao ✋
Yes! Definitely have a listen! Extended with a whole middle section not included on the original release and with flute. If you listen to it on channel even though you just listened to it it would be fascinating to hear your comments.
ua-cam.com/video/sQ5NHRK21xs/v-deo.html
Yep, North Sea Oil was the one you did before by yourself without the wonderful Alexia!😁
Lex keeps saying she LOVES Ian’s voice.
She should react to Tull’s song ONE WHITE DUCK.
She will fall in love again.
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Hey guys , what happened to Gentle Giant . So many great songs . They toured a lot with tull . Be great to hear more.
Absolutely. GG have one classic album after another and were Ian's fav prog band influencing A Passion Play onwards. GG toured with Yes too.
Death Row Tull is genius who came up with that?
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Orion is a good song, but there many better ones from this album.
I wonder how many peeps who joke about some of Nick's pronunciations can speak 4 languages like he can? Things that make you go Hmmmmmm.
I for one, am amazed he can speak German, Spanish, English and Italian. Plus Alexia speaking English and Spanish.
In fact, when both speak English, you can't really tell they didn't speak English as their native language.
So Nick, don't sweat it. Jethro Tull or Jet-ro Thull... Its all good my friend!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Many Americans can barely speak English correctly.
You got to see him playing live so theatrical
Flying Dutchman.
Sounds to me like an Anderson solo effort. Usually the band gets their moments.
10:09 there are some here and there without flute
When discussing Tull Ian Andersons name always comes up but the rest of the band is killer especially John Barre the guitarist
Not John, his name is Martin Lancelot Barre ! 😉
Lex, si quieren disfrutar de una cancion maravillosa y perfecta para navidad, seria genial que reaccionen a "Snowbounb" del disco "ATTW3" el 24 de Diciembre, todo ese disco tiene un feeling invernal, asi como W&W lo tiene de otoño, Trick of the Tail de verano, y Duke de primavera... o sea, el comienzo de una nueva era (pop) en la musica de la mejor banda de todos los tiempos (hasta en esos detalles Genesis fue genial). Besitos a Marley.
I wish you would react to Dark Ages from the Stormwatch album. It is the song of theirs that is most similar to Aqualung. Enough said.
What did the dog do?
Ok song but there are so many others I'd recommend before this one. Even on just this album alone there are better.
I think this whole album is disposable. From "Stand Up" to "Songs From The Wood", that's the era to mine, way before you hit anything from "Stormwatch" or "A' or anything else after "Heavy Horse" (which, even that, I don't think much of. "Songs From The Wood" is their last perfect album, in my opinion)
Something's On The Move
@@TTM9691 Your opinion, but I would have to include Heavy Horses in there. That's my 2 cents, not that it means anything to anyone.
@@markhaus2830 I don't hate Heavy Horses, I just always heard it as "Songs From The Wood" lite. But I play it from time to time. "No Lullaby" is a good one. That's the cut-off album for me, though. "Dun Ringall" is the only song I can take from "Stormwatch".
sincopado?
Orion is very good but I don't think it's the best JT has to offer, and there are far better songs even on that album (which I love, btw). If you want a truly tearjerking experience with Tull try Heavy Horses. It's one of Tull's masterpieces. Of course, there's a lot of flute there but I don't think the flute is even the focal point of JT's music at that point, it's the whole package.
A bit of trivia: Barriemore Barlow, JT's drummer during this period, was deemed by John Bonham as Britain's best drummer. He was also featured on Yngwie Malmsteen's Rising Force album
Check out Dun Ringill
Excellent album, sadly the band lost John Glascock and Ian Anderson and Dave Pegg played most of the bass.
Actually John Glascock played on three Stormwatch tracks: "Orion", "Flying Dutchman" and "Elegy". All other tracks have Ian Anderson on bass. Dave Pegg does not play on the album at all but on the tour that followed the release of the album.
@A. K. Yeah, was looking at my bonus release instead of my original album.
I love your reviews. especially that you do Jethro Tull. But You said you really know music, and then you said the flute is what Separates them from other bands. To me that would be a contradiction. I admit they are known for the flute, but there's plenty of other bands that use the flute as well. The thing that sets them apart Is there musical style. Their high level of musicianship, and their showmanship Their most famous and iconic song is Aqualung, which doesn't even have the flute in it. If the flute was the thing that set them part, then they would just be a gimmick band. Having seen them 44 times, I can tell you for sure they're not a gimmick band. I'm a concert going fanatic, and I've seen just about every great band there is, especially if they're from back in the 70s or 80s. Led Zepplin Was probably my first favorite band, but then I saw them play at Tampa Stadium in the early 70s, and I saw Tull play at Tampa Stadium. There was no comparison. Tull was so much better. It was unbelievable how much better they were. The best L.Z. Concert I ever saw was when Page and Plant performed with Plants band as back up. That was the Zepplin concert I always wanted to see. Tull hs 23 studio albums ,I think 4 solo Anderson albums, several compilation albums, a double live album. What I'm saying is you haven't even scratched the surface. You haven't even heard enough Tull music to even really know what they sound like. In time, if you continue to listen to Tull, you will begin to realize Ian Anderson is probably the best song writer, or poet of this century. All in all, You have a great show. Keep up the good work.
Apologies. Nothing to do with this reaction. I haven't heard you react to any solo Donald Fagen, so here are some links to some incredibly good music of his:
The Great Pagoda of Funn, ua-cam.com/video/4f3KBWuM31k/v-deo.html
Security Joan, ua-cam.com/video/FYugtLkZIRY/v-deo.html
There are two reactions on the channel of Donald solo. Just type it in to find! :)
Ian Anderson played most of the bass on this as John Glascock would soon succumb to his illness.
You’re wrong quit being so obvious. Tull has always been about more than flute. Please let it be
This is one of my fave songs off this album (look on your shelf again :).
Which I added to a sort-of dreamy playlist about the "Night" many years ago (which also went with "Orion" from Metallica).
I LOVE this album, the cover fits what's _inside_ and I love the subject matter, its "almost" a concept album. Again, Martin Barre is a BRILLIANT guitarist and can play subtle and OVER the top, heavy and classical (with Ian on mandolin or acoustic) and all parts in-between. When you get around to the lyrics, its very romantic and a bit sad, Ian really paints a picture like a film, would make for a prolific video . . .
"And young girls shiver as they wait by lonely bus-stops
After sad parties: no-one to take them home
To greasy bed-sitters and make a late-night play
For lost virginity a thousand miles away."
You will have to hear the rest of the album, it gets a bit folky, proggy, heavy and again, baroque. "Dun Ringill", "Flying Dutchman", "Somethings on the Move", "Dark Ages" (and North Sea Oil) are some faves off the album.
Aww! I love how Marley peeks through - between you guys :D
- Thanks again Jibaro and N&L! Glad you liked another side of Yethro Thul! 🙃
Btw - There is a band, not Death Metal, but a bit more "Thrash", and they are considered the 1st "Folk Metal" band (which the "subgenre" exploded in the early 2000's); *Skyclad* (1991 to 2000) who sound like a Metal version of Tull, but not with a flautist but a "Fiddle" player, and the founder/vocalist Martin Walkyier's lyrics are written like a Shakespearean/Dickens Bard!