Even back in the early 70’s, he criticized artists who appropriated black music and musical styles. He was an original who embraced his own culture, and embellished upon it.
Ian is one of the most literate rockers. I could see him in another life as a University Professor of Literature. No doubt every coed would have a crush on him.
Defintely crush-worthy. Lol im a lifelong fan. I remember when radio was still pretty good and way down here in North Carolina, we had a couple of good radio stations that would play Tull quite a bit. I loved them dearly. Still do. But yes, his articulation is wonderful. And he is a treasure. I adore Ian Anderson. I cherish Tull.
I remember seeing Jethro Tull for the first time in 1972 and they opened with the full version of thick as a brick. I was blown away of course. They were so much better than any other act I had ever seen. I didn't know a band could be that good live.
Ian Anderson never listened to any other music while he was recording or making music, he just focused on his music, WoW!. I have 2 Jethro TuLL tattoos and a cat named Jethro. seen them 5-times great band great leader!
@@scootientherock Very few people across the whole country are at potential risk of consuming artificially fluoridated water, they're mostly in the midlands. This is a colonial issue, we are very lucky to have extremely clean water sources here. Worthy is the lamb that was slain.
@pykkervots Ian was a massive introvert, didn't like partying or socializing. And going by some comments of his over the years, he's kinda judgemental. I recall reading something with him where Tull were recording in (I think) Monaco, and Ian says "I hate seeing all these vain phonies laying on the beach sunbathing" or something to that effect, and I was thinking "damn Ian, calm the hell down, they're just people relaxing on a beach". So yeah he kinda comes off as a bit of a grumpy a-hole at times. Fantastic musician/songwriter/vocalist though!
Anderson is a hard working all business musician, composer, producer, writer and thoughtfully entertaining. Tull concerts in the 70s were quite a production and performance. Good seats were $5.50 to $6.50 old Boston Garden.
Many shows I'd seen at the Gahhhden. But, not in the 70's. Didn't get cracking there until the 80s. And then we had the Worcester Centrum., where many bands went, and I saw so many bands. Rush, The Cult, Deep Purple, Triumph....so many. Good times.
I would have enjoyed to sit & just listen to Ian Anderson have a conversation with Robert Plant. I just love the way the two Englishman speak. "Everybody says YEAHHH! BASH!
Amazing. Ian's voice and fluent and clear English is completely understandable all over the years, considering different interwievs from 1974, 1982 and 2014. That certainly does not happen with other musicians like Tony Banks, for example, I can't catch him since speaks too fast and with that kind of Charterhouse accent mid cockney. Greetings from Argentina for all the Jethro Tull's fans worlwide!
Thank you for posting this interesting link, Mr. Jeff... and thanks for including the specific locale & date details -- much appreciated by those who like to keep notes on such things for their own play lists. 📽 It beats the heck out of having to search for other similar videos, to get the details... such as whenever somebody only indicates "live 19xx"... and you have to figure out when & where in 19xx, etc. 🙄
@@stevesut2566 It was a huge screen that broadcasted the concert live to the audience. It was made to look like a TV of the era with typical mid 70s knobs and such. Tull was one of the 1st bands to implement this now common practice.
"Do you see JT being around for a long time to come? Yeah, I think it probably will be..."Ha ha, I'm watching this in Dec. 2018 and IA is celebrating 50th anniversary of JT touring the world! That's a good while! Pity he's kicked out Martin Barre, though.
Even better rather than relying on your recollection and memories show the old interviews. I know I definitely get mixed up, that was the other time kind of thing.🤠👍
Not gonna lie. I don't think I listened to a word he said. I tuned into his voice and gorgeous face. He's been my type for 35+ years now. He's so handsome.
How many great people like him (obviously not exactly) never got to become that great and still are vacuum cleaning cinema floors..? :/ Glad he made it ..😅 ❤
Mark Richardson I remember going to grandma and grandpas house and they both smoked like chimneys,most houses smelt of cigarettes but people were skinnier because everyone didn’t live on the internet and social media back then,people went out or played outside with neighbours,I rode billy carts,bmx bikes and played footy and cricket with my neighbours,you would knock on doors to arrange said test match or vfl grand final out in the front street,great times then after you would play snooker and put on a vinyl of zep or tull in the background.
Sad to see Ian's chain smoking habit which, unfortunately, led to (I believe) throat surgery some 10 years later following Under Wraps and before Crest Of A Knave. His voice was never the same after that. Great interview, though.
Greg Pendleton I'm glad a fan FINALLY acknowledged Ian's voice problems. As a fan, I can't bear to see Ian try to sing nowadays. His voice is utterly gone. I think it started to return around 1989 and then Ian decided to diet. By around 1995 it was worse than ever. And now, it's horrible. It's sad because Ian's voice was one of the most unique voices in Rock 'n Roll.
Greg Pendleton Yup. Him and Ian Gillan of Deep Purple. Tull and Purple are two of my absolute favourite bands since way back. Gillan lost his voice due to too much drink and never warming up before going on stage. Not particulary smart, one might say, given the stuff he did in Child in Time, for instance... And now, it's plain painfull to hear a recording of Purple live, because of Gillan. Rest of the band still sounds good, though. Two Ians, both with unique vocal abilities in their youth, and now sounds absolutely terrible... Oh well...
Innerspace100 Gillan's voice as it was in 2006 was still better than Anderson's. And I imagine if both artists knew then what they did now, then probably they would have taken better care of their vocals, especially Mr. Anderson.
Ron Speer Gillan would actually still be OK, I think, if he didn't try to go for the screams when they do the old numbers, but he does. And it just makes me cringe. He doesn't do Child anymore, though. I've heard some live recordings from their recent couple of tours and... well, his voice doesn't really carry anymore. But, yeah, I agree with you. Anderson is probably even worse than Gillan. Saw some footage recently, and it was embarrasing to the point of being outright painfull. He plays the flute as well as ever, though.
I have never heard anyone in either the classical, jazz or rock music who can play percussive flute with such a rhythmic force as moment. Try and hear Living in the Past recorded live in Milan.... says it all.
The psychological addiction of performing..even today 45 years later he still feels the need to tour even though he is so wealthy he doesn’t need to...even back then he knew he would be a survivor and win in life... perhaps not doing drugs helped... he was so deep and esoteric...the interviewer sure didn’t understand him or get his talent and was clueless about what a legend he would become
When this excellent Australian interview was undertaken, the album "War Child" was only a few months from release (on 14th October, to be exact). How Jethro Tull (& Ian Anderson!) have remained vital, contemporary… and irreplaceable!
Si. Ian Anderson, es un ICONO, su musica, JETHRO TULL...una maravilla...Jethro Tull pasaran a la historia, al lado d todos los grandes d su epoca( la mia, en este caso...)....Ellos, Stones, Led Zepp, Yes, Bowie,y tantos y tantos, d todos los estilos y etiquetas...Se me olvidaban ' WEATHER REPORT' y ' Horses', d PATTI SMITH....y SOFT CELL, DEPECHE MODE, el After- Punk, Kraftwerk, el tecno, el house, el Acid, el Techno, la musica electronica....y se acabo....
There's another interview with Ian Anderson by ABC (Australian Broadcasting) that was done in 1972. Do you have that one? Not the one that's already on UA-cam from 1972 (where Ian is wearing a hat). There's another one, and he's talking about writing A Passion Play. Thanks.
Unusual Ian!!! Adjusting to the 1960/1970's fashion by wearing long hair and a beard, but creating a more medieval than hippie look by doing this. Playing acoustic instruments and writing romantic but never schmaltzy music, because the romance was high class-- for example-- of folk and Renaissance nature. His looks? From gorgeous to almost ugly..... In this interview very handsome, on certain photographs everything but good looking.... In his "old age" (70 plus)... he hardly resembles his former self... Other great looking men, having become wrinkly and weathered, still are (were) their original type... (Bryan Ferry, Clint Eastwood, Sean Connery...)... Not so Ian. He turned into a very different kind of man. What I always liked was his political independence... Does he still possess it? All in all a very impressive talented and individual man.
Just listened again to him. He seems to be eloquent, but not quite relaxed, has an air of a certain condescension about him, which intimidates the interviewer. Was he in private like this? Hopefully not. Nevertheless... a great artist.
Interesting that he says 2 hours is the maximum to play on stage otherwise it becomes too much for the band and audience. Jethro Tull at one time used famously to play on the same bill as Led Zeppelin but when Led Zeppelin became so famous that no one wanted to open for them, Led Zeppelin used to play for the full concert time - 3 hours plus. George Harrison said the Beatles sometimes only played for 15 minutes and not usually for more than 30 minutes but then they often could not hear themselves because of the screaming of the audience.
Because of what he said about NOT wanting to sing black and that whole interview which by the way is on you tube now they will never put Tull in the Hall Of Fame he even said it again on a you tube video title " A Conversation With Ian Anderson 1995" he said he does not want to sing black like Clapton and ZZ Top and all the while bands trying to sound black there is ning wrong with that at all That was during the Roots To Branches Album he said that as well as 1972 interview, he even wrote about this " The Blues was once my favorite color tilll as a white skin i hear other music i like , and that is what i am doing"
Edinburgh's 'Morningside accent'... the way upper class Edinburghers used to speak, would you believe? It is mixed up with little bits of a Northern English lilt and over all disguised by an acquired 'proper English' quality. But aye, some Edinburghers didn't sound Scottish at all...
Ian Anderson would make a great ventriloquist. His ability to continue speaking in a clear, eloquent manner with that cigarette in his mouth was impressive! Also he was so sexy at this stage of his life.
this being "War Child," Tull's epoch creation and stage show, and knowing where this all leads, to a huge explosion of popularity on the continent of Europe following "Heavy Horses" and Ian's apparent disdain for America, it's sad that he had to bite the hand that fed him and made the large shows possible.
I think you'll find Ian that the person Jethro Tull was born in 1674 and died in 1741, which makes him an 18th C agriculturist, not a 19th C agriculturist.
No. It makes him someone born in the 17th Century who lived into the 18th Century. He invented the seed drill in 1701. Such details are only for bookworms. Ian Anderson is a historic figure in his own right - a musical genius whose work will outlive him and be enjoyed by future generations like all the great composers and musicians. He is in the front rank of the composers of the 20th and early 21st Centuries.
LMAO!! He is as high as a Scottish Pine! I love him, but he did a lot of coke before this interview! :) 'As nervous as a who*e in church!" LOL! Cool interview. Ty uploader.
Ah, to be young again…. We think life will be like that forever. Ian’s legendary arrogance onstage is not wholly concealed during interviews. Still, amazing career.
Ian looks like he just popped out of a 17th century painting as a noble British lord. 😊
It's William Shakespeare.
If he'd lived 300 years ago he would have been prancing around in the streets playing a lute, singing to people with tights and a feather in his hat
Absolutely
Trying not to look conspicuous as such😉
He became a Lord on his Estates in Scotland 🏴
Amazing songwriter, amazing singer, amazing artist. Clever man, eccentric, a real genius
Even back in the early 70’s, he criticized artists who appropriated black music and musical styles. He was an original who embraced his own culture, and embellished upon it.
@@paulaarmstrong8431 true! I loved that!
Totally brilliant in every way ♥️
Or a bloke in a band.
Ian is one of the most literate rockers.
I could see him in another life as a University Professor of Literature.
No doubt every coed would have a crush on him.
Me too! I can see that about him
coed eh
Defintely crush-worthy. Lol im a lifelong fan. I remember when radio was still pretty good and way down here in North Carolina, we had a couple of good radio stations that would play Tull quite a bit. I loved them dearly. Still do. But yes, his articulation is wonderful. And he is a treasure. I adore Ian Anderson. I cherish Tull.
Hes 11/10 on the babe scale here for sure
@@234cheech "Coed" means girls.
I remember seeing Jethro Tull for the first time in 1972 and they opened with the full version of thick as a brick. I was blown away of course. They were so much better than any other act I had ever seen. I didn't know a band could be that good live.
Seen them live five times, when I die their concerts will flash before my eyes, as it does while I'm alive.
What a good looking man, with a resonant voice too! Talent beyond belief singer,showman, charisma.instrument musician.
Yes, agree! ♥️♥️♥️
Simply superb!!! Everytime I watch this, I feel proud that Tull's my fave band and Ian's my favourite musician.
wow he's a charismatic and inspiring Icon, very sharp cookie, Mr Anderson..
I have no idea what he’s talking about but I’m riveted!! He was so sharp!
Thank you for posting this. Very little of Ian and Tull exists on film from 1974.
i adore how he talks
Ian Anderson never listened to any other music while he was recording or making music, he just focused on his music, WoW!. I have 2 Jethro TuLL tattoos and a cat named Jethro. seen them 5-times great band great leader!
This cat is only 26 or 27 here. He seems to be wise beyond his years....
Life amid Tavistock influence within a pre-fluoridation era. Oh, If it could have only continued....
@@scootientherock Very few people across the whole country are at potential risk of consuming artificially fluoridated water, they're mostly in the midlands. This is a colonial issue, we are very lucky to have extremely clean water sources here.
Worthy is the lamb that was slain.
ian was born in 1949, so i think he was only 25 here...
@@debs4mysweetbaby No, actually Ian was born in 1947. Would still make him very young in this interview.
@pykkervots Ian was a massive introvert, didn't like partying or socializing. And going by some comments of his over the years, he's kinda judgemental. I recall reading something with him where Tull were recording in (I think) Monaco, and Ian says "I hate seeing all these vain phonies laying on the beach sunbathing" or something to that effect, and I was thinking "damn Ian, calm the hell down, they're just people relaxing on a beach". So yeah he kinda comes off as a bit of a grumpy a-hole at times. Fantastic musician/songwriter/vocalist though!
Absolute legend in every facet
My God, he was so handsome.
MY goD!!! and the graven image catholic! with his plastic crucifix!!! now you get it he's fixed!
Jacqueline Anderson is there a relation
Patrick Fealy I didn't realize his mum was still with us, lol.
He was so handsome when he sung My God 😂
Definitely !! Very handsome, and what a voice! He could read a catalogue and I would be listening over and over....
I could listen to him recite the Albanian telephone directory.
Ian is the type of guy I wanna have a dinner with!
Same
What do you say to him though? What can you offer to him of interest? Rock Gods.
and he with you.
Such an intriguing bloke I think.Very clever man and a great musician too I think.
Very down to earth, he's not full of himself like most rock stars are.
A very well read person.
Anderson is a hard working all business musician, composer, producer, writer and thoughtfully entertaining. Tull concerts in the 70s were quite a production and performance. Good seats were $5.50 to $6.50 old Boston Garden.
Many shows I'd seen at the Gahhhden. But, not in the 70's. Didn't get cracking there until the 80s. And then we had the Worcester Centrum., where many bands went, and I saw so many bands. Rush, The Cult, Deep Purple, Triumph....so many. Good times.
Been listening to this guy for 40 years
Love his voice
Ian at his sexiest.
"I didn't do very much history at school..." Funny, his essence IS history.
I would have enjoyed to sit & just listen to Ian Anderson have a conversation with Robert Plant. I just love the way the two Englishman speak. "Everybody says YEAHHH! BASH!
Yes, though Ian is Scottish !
Yeah that would be great. The two of them can't stand one another.
Great interview. I was addicted to JT in my youth. Quite a good band.
Have become re-addicted to Ian & Tull all over again in 2022 !
Totally unique and hugely underrated. He is of another time. Simultaneous centuries behind and yet light-years ahead.
Wow. Look at Ian here. That is Ray from Too Old to Rock and Roll. Spitting image.
who did you think ray was on that album?
Ray Lomas
Amazing. Ian's voice and fluent and clear English is completely understandable all over the years, considering different interwievs from 1974, 1982 and 2014. That certainly does not happen with other musicians like Tony Banks, for example, I can't catch him since speaks too fast and with that kind of Charterhouse accent mid cockney. Greetings from Argentina for all the Jethro Tull's fans worlwide!
+david garione Weird right, considering Banks is from the London area and Ian is a northern guy, bred in Edinburgh. Usually it the other way round.
Tony Banks does talk rather quickly so if your not from England and used to it I would imagine it would be difficult to pick up some of what he says.
Tony 'Interesting' Banks? 😴😴
Holy hell his voice is amazing 🤩 damn why do rock and roll singers have a amazing voices? Oh I know why it’s because they are GODS!!!!
❤❤❤
Or the cigs
Education in Uk was different then. His teachers would’ve spoken like that.
good lord he was gorgeous back then!!
So good looking!
Jacqueline Anderson ...yes and he is still very smart and handsome!
Ian. So lovely.
superb ! thx for posting this gem.
Thank you for posting this interesting link, Mr. Jeff... and thanks for including the specific locale & date details -- much appreciated by those who like to keep notes on such things for their own play lists. 📽
It beats the heck out of having to search for other similar videos, to get the details... such as whenever somebody only indicates "live 19xx"... and you have to figure out when & where in 19xx, etc. 🙄
Thanks a lot for the compliment, Stanley.
Legend...
thanks..nice early interview
I could listen to him recite a grocery list !!
6:22 Ian really liked the comparison of his movement on stage with Douglas Fairbanks and Errol Flynn.
He has a nice voice and he's intelligent and seems to make mature choices. That's sexy!
OMG what a GORGEOUS MAN he was❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Barbara Helene,I so agree!!grrrrr!!!!,💜❤️💜❤️💜
Yep! ♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️
Ian doing his best Blackadder impression.
Rik Mayall sprung to my mind. 🤔
Ian Anderson was the other rock god Robert Plant being his equal.
easy there
great interview, these guys were in such a grind in the 70's, these up & comers would be sucking Ian's kneecaps if they had Tull's schedule...
War Child Tour '74 into '75. Saw it at '74 in NZ at 19yrs best ever concert.
Steve Sut me too at the Los Angeles coliseum with robin Trower
Steve Sut Me too, In Auckland - simply awesome!!!
War Child Tour ‘74 L.A. @ The Forum. L.A. Coliseum ‘76 Too Old to R&R Tour with “Tullivision” opening acts Starcastle, Rory Gallagher, Robin Trower.
@@jawz20001 What a Bill. Robin Trower was real big by then so Tull would have been a huge draw. What is Tullivision JB?
@@stevesut2566 It was a huge screen that broadcasted the concert live to the audience. It was made to look like a TV of the era with typical mid 70s knobs and such. Tull was one of the 1st bands to implement this now common practice.
like frank zappa and rush, ian does, in another interview, explain his disdain toward drugs.
@ddjdd wfgggb overshooting a tad don't you think dear?
Chain smoking seems to be addictive . Tobacco is an acceptable drug. Please don t yell at me. I m just saying.
Except the Rush boys loved their weed
There’s just something about this guy… wildly intelligent and wildly English.
He's Scottish
looks like Lieutenant Dan
MMID303 ...lol..omg!...lol! Yes! Lt. Dan
i think Lieutenant Dan was modeled on Ian Anderson
No. Lt. Dan looks like Ian!
He s looking good Ian great thanks uploader
He was so articulate.
"Do you see JT being around for a long time to come? Yeah, I think it probably will be..."Ha ha, I'm watching this in Dec. 2018 and IA is celebrating 50th anniversary of JT touring the world! That's a good while! Pity he's kicked out Martin Barre, though.
rockable55. Nov 2019 watching this for about the 45th time. I hope I haven't missed my chance to see a live performance...😢
Not really Jethro Tull since 2011.
He didn’t kick Martin out. He ended Jethro Tull at the time and they went their separate ways. Martin was in Tull for 43 years.
Why do I get the feeling that the TV guy is being "taken in"? XD!
Eines der allergrößten Genies.
He has such an easy charisma!
Even better rather than relying on your recollection and memories show the old interviews. I know I definitely get mixed up, that was the other time kind of thing.🤠👍
Not gonna lie. I don't think I listened to a word he said. I tuned into his voice and gorgeous face. He's been my type for 35+ years now. He's so handsome.
ABSOLUTELY BREATHTAKING ❤️
@@Nudiescorner yep ♥️♥️♥️
EVERYTHING about him is just so fine & so damn sexy, geez 😍
I was 14 in 1974, my first tull concert. Ian quit smoking.
My first Tull concert was also in 1974, in Auckland, New Zealand. I was 18. ♥️♥️♥️
How many great people like him (obviously not exactly) never got to become that great and still are vacuum cleaning cinema floors..? :/
Glad he made it ..😅 ❤
Strange and unsettling thought isn't it?
I LOVE JETHRO TULL! 💎🌈💐
the BEST. clean living , incredible work ethic.
I didn't realise Ian was such a heavy smoker..
Neil Mcintosh No, He Quit in the early '80s...
Mark Richardson I remember going to grandma and grandpas house and they both smoked like chimneys,most houses smelt of cigarettes but people were skinnier because everyone didn’t live on the internet and social media back then,people went out or played outside with neighbours,I rode billy carts,bmx bikes and played footy and cricket with my neighbours,you would knock on doors to arrange said test match or vfl grand final out in the front street,great times then after you would play snooker and put on a vinyl of zep or tull in the background.
Unfortunately his voice loss is related to his heavy smoker condition, as someone said above he quit but his singing voice is damaged permanently now
I thought that "Jethro Tull" is a Charles Dickens character... confused it with "Uriah Heep"! ;)
Jethro Tull was an 18th Century agriculturist who invented the seed drill.
Sad to see Ian's chain smoking habit which, unfortunately, led to (I believe) throat surgery some 10 years later following Under Wraps and before Crest Of A Knave. His voice was never the same after that. Great interview, though.
Greg Pendleton I'm glad a fan FINALLY acknowledged Ian's voice problems. As a fan, I can't bear to see Ian try to sing nowadays. His voice is utterly gone. I think it started to return around 1989 and then Ian decided to diet. By around 1995 it was worse than ever. And now, it's horrible.
It's sad because Ian's voice was one of the most unique voices in Rock 'n Roll.
Greg Pendleton Yup. Him and Ian Gillan of Deep Purple. Tull and Purple are two of my absolute favourite bands since way back. Gillan lost his voice due to too much drink and never warming up before going on stage. Not particulary smart, one might say, given the stuff he did in Child in Time, for instance... And now, it's plain painfull to hear a recording of Purple live, because of Gillan. Rest of the band still sounds good, though. Two Ians, both with unique vocal abilities in their youth, and now sounds absolutely terrible... Oh well...
Innerspace100
Gillan's voice as it was in 2006 was still better than Anderson's.
And I imagine if both artists knew then what they did now, then probably they would have taken better care of their vocals, especially Mr. Anderson.
Ron Speer
Gillan would actually still be OK, I think, if he didn't try to go for the screams when they do the old numbers, but he does. And it just makes me cringe. He doesn't do Child anymore, though. I've heard some live recordings from their recent couple of tours and... well, his voice doesn't really carry anymore. But, yeah, I agree with you. Anderson is probably even worse than Gillan. Saw some footage recently, and it was embarrasing to the point of being outright painfull. He plays the flute as well as ever, though.
And more than anyone Anderson had one of the most unique voices in Rock 'n Roll.
Shame, really.
I have never heard anyone in either the classical, jazz or rock music who can play percussive flute with such a rhythmic force as moment. Try and hear Living in the Past recorded live in Milan.... says it all.
The psychological addiction of performing..even today 45 years later he still feels the need to tour even though he is so wealthy he doesn’t need to...even back then he knew he would be a survivor and win in life... perhaps not doing drugs helped... he was so deep and esoteric...the interviewer sure didn’t understand him or get his talent and was clueless about what a legend he would become
Anderson's voice has become more mellow and deeper with age.
you are aware its known and admitted that he lost his voice and thats why all old songs appear diluted?
@@KingCrimson82 Anderson's voice has become more mellow and deeper with age. That is normal and happens to everybody.
Charming
When this excellent Australian interview was undertaken, the album "War Child" was only a few months from release (on 14th October, to be exact). How Jethro Tull (& Ian Anderson!) have remained vital, contemporary… and irreplaceable!
This was only days before I saw Tull in Auckland, New Zealand, back in ‘74. Just unbelievably fabulous! ❤️❤️❤️
Still love Ian and Tull to this day... aged 64 😄
Hey dude! No smoking during an interview until you're in the70's 🌎🚭
Gimme your jacket Ian! It rocks!
Si. Ian Anderson, es un ICONO, su musica, JETHRO TULL...una maravilla...Jethro Tull pasaran a la historia, al lado d todos los grandes d su epoca( la mia, en este caso...)....Ellos, Stones, Led Zepp, Yes, Bowie,y tantos y tantos, d todos los estilos y etiquetas...Se me olvidaban ' WEATHER REPORT' y ' Horses', d PATTI SMITH....y SOFT CELL, DEPECHE MODE, el After- Punk, Kraftwerk, el tecno, el house, el Acid, el Techno, la musica electronica....y se acabo....
Effortlessly cool.
Love the bloke
There's another interview with Ian Anderson by ABC (Australian Broadcasting) that was done in 1972. Do you have that one? Not the one that's already on UA-cam from 1972 (where Ian is wearing a hat). There's another one, and he's talking about writing A Passion Play. Thanks.
Paul,
Yes, I have that. I'll upload it if you like. There is a loss of audio early in the interview from 00:27 to 00:49, but that is a minor glitch.
JeffGR4 A lot of Tull fans would love to see that 1972 interview. THANKS SO MUCH !!!
PaulHartXYZ n
Unusual Ian!!!
Adjusting to the 1960/1970's fashion by wearing long hair and a beard, but creating a more medieval than hippie look by doing this.
Playing acoustic instruments and writing romantic but never schmaltzy music, because the romance was high class-- for example-- of folk and Renaissance nature.
His looks?
From gorgeous to almost ugly..... In this interview very handsome, on certain photographs everything but good looking....
In his "old age" (70 plus)... he hardly resembles his former self...
Other great looking men, having become wrinkly and weathered, still are (were) their original type... (Bryan Ferry, Clint Eastwood, Sean Connery...)...
Not so Ian. He turned into a very different kind of man.
What I always liked was his political independence...
Does he still possess it?
All in all a very impressive talented and individual man.
Just listened again to him. He seems to be eloquent, but not quite relaxed, has an air of a certain condescension about him, which intimidates the interviewer. Was he in private like this?
Hopefully not.
Nevertheless... a great artist.
There’s a documentary on UA-cam which has his dad in it from around 1970. His look now is that of his dad. He really changed. He became his dad
Always a great interview...although you can clearly see why his voice went, an unfortunate chain smoker.
The Shakespeare of Rock…🎉
Interesting that he says 2 hours is the maximum to play on stage otherwise it becomes too much for the band and audience. Jethro Tull at one time used famously to play on the same bill as Led Zeppelin but when Led Zeppelin became so famous that no one wanted to open for them, Led Zeppelin used to play for the full concert time - 3 hours plus. George Harrison said the Beatles sometimes only played for 15 minutes and not usually for more than 30 minutes but then they often could not hear themselves because of the screaming of the audience.
Because of what he said about NOT wanting to sing black and that whole interview which by the way is on you tube now they will never put Tull in the Hall Of Fame he even said it again on a you tube video title " A Conversation With Ian Anderson 1995" he said he does not want to sing black like Clapton and ZZ Top and all the while bands trying to sound black there is ning wrong with that at all That was during the Roots To Branches Album he said that as well as 1972 interview, he even wrote about this " The Blues was once my favorite color tilll as a white skin i hear other music i like , and that is what i am doing"
Edinburgh's 'Morningside accent'... the way upper class Edinburghers used to speak, would you believe? It is mixed up with little bits of a Northern English lilt and over all disguised by an acquired 'proper English' quality. But aye, some Edinburghers didn't sound Scottish at all...
He's not obese like the Haut-Edinbourgeois, though.
Ian Anderson would make a great ventriloquist. His ability to continue speaking in a clear, eloquent manner with that cigarette in his mouth was impressive! Also he was so sexy at this stage of his life.
I love that Ian is a smoker. I LOVE that.
For someone so vociferously anti-drug, it’s interesting to watch him devouring gaspers at a time when nicotine was not really regarded as one - 🤔 🚬
this being "War Child," Tull's epoch creation and stage show, and knowing where this all leads, to a huge explosion of popularity on the continent of Europe following "Heavy Horses" and Ian's apparent disdain for America, it's sad that he had to bite the hand that fed him and made the large shows possible.
The Warchild tour, which segued into the Minstrel In The Gallery tour, was simply legendary… unsurpassed in my humble opinion ♥️♥️♥️
health and safty act 1974 this and my birth mmmm tastey gems
I wouldn't mind going down on velvet green with Ian if ya know what I mean
Bridie Shaw ....lmao ...your bad !! ..lol.
I don’t....what do you mean
Who's velvet green ??
@@michaelkoszowski3716 , it's a song about defiling a young lass out in the green fields of jolly ole England
@@michaelkoszowski3716 go listen to songs from the wood
Chain-smoking those Benson & Hedges while not hedging his answers at all.
He lives poetry
Just watched the bit about "the eagle-eyed viewers" and continuity. This guy is a goddamn sorceror.
I love listening to him talk. So intelligent...except for the cigarettes. Always with a cigarette...
the beard is still the same to this very day. and maybe the watch! lol
I think you'll find Ian that the person Jethro Tull was born in 1674 and died in 1741, which makes him an 18th C agriculturist, not a 19th C agriculturist.
No. It makes him someone born in the 17th Century who lived into the 18th Century. He invented the seed drill in 1701. Such details are only for bookworms. Ian Anderson is a historic figure in his own right - a musical genius whose work will outlive him and be enjoyed by future generations like all the great composers and musicians. He is in the front rank of the composers of the 20th and early 21st Centuries.
Actually Jethro Tull was an 18th century agriculturist not 19th century :)
A part time job at Luton Ritz cinema club!! You have paid your dues.
LMAO!! He is as high as a Scottish Pine! I love him, but he did a lot of coke before this interview! :) 'As nervous as a who*e in church!" LOL! Cool interview. Ty uploader.
16th/17th century agriculturalist Ian
I woke up with a Jethro Tull song in my head . and here I am..4/1/2021.
Handsome
Ah, to be young again…. We think life will be like that forever. Ian’s legendary arrogance onstage is not wholly concealed during interviews. Still, amazing career.
england rox 1974 yeahhhhh
Neil Peart must have been watching this man