The thing about Jethro Tull is - you are not going to find too many big commercial hits. That is not what the band is about. Instead, you are going to find hidden gem after hidden gem after hidden gem. Every album demands a full listen from beginning to end because even the placement of each track on the album is important. The sum exceeds the parts as it were and as you are finding out - those parts are incredible.
Bungle in the Jungle and Living In The Past were #12 and #11, respectively, on the Hot 100. Aqualung was also popular but wasn't released as a single. Salvo, Living in the Past has the flute from start to finish. And watch the guy with the maracas. 😉 Jethro Tull - Living In The Past (Supersonic, 27.03.1976)
There's a big difference between having pop hits and being a FM radio staple. Tull was a massive presence on FM radio throughout the 70's. That's what made them big.
I just absolutely LOVE Jethro Tull. I am utterly spoiled in that i have seen them 23 times and i have seen Ian Anderson twice playing with the Chicago Orchestra. All i can say is just listen to as much of it as you can,.. and albums are meant to be an experience. Me personally, i just love the chill vibe of his album Songs from the Wood. And as we have always called this band,.. they are the kings of Ren Faire Rock. And yes,... just let it play again and again. :-)
I regret to say I only got to see them once and it was in Melbourne in 1994 and not a great venue, big and bad acoustics but still a wonderful experience
Superb! Love Tull - such a great band with their own unique vibe. Please try "Hunting Girl" from the album "Songs From the Wood" - it is simply a masterpiece!
Though this song lacked in vinyl sales, it was and is a concert staple. It's a JT standard because of the performances and crowd participation; Tull concerts are a full-sensory experience, after all! Maybe try "Skating Away" next?
One of my anthems as I approach my 58th birthday. I think the fans had to age into this one. We all get it now, lol. Christmas is coming and I want to recommend you listen to “Another Christmas Song” by Jethro Tull. It is a lovely song.
I loved Jethro Tull as a beginning drummer. I’d been play for about a year when this came out and drummer Barriemore Barlow, with his kilt , became my idol. I’ll never forget the first time I saw The Simpson’s Groundskeeper Willie and exclaimed, “That’s Barriemore Barlow”!
This album is considered by many Tull fans as decidedly middle of the road, if not in the lower tier. I owned it and listened to it quite a bit and while I don't rank it up there with Thick as a Brick and some others, I have to say I really enjoy it's slower, almost melancholy vibe.
Originally "Too Old..." was planned to be a musical about early 60's, kind of sentimental journey in Ian's teenager days when "Shadows did FBI" etc. I remeber when I bought it in 76. I was not so much impressed as I was with 5 previous albums where the whole band had more full orchestra sound. I was only 20 in 1976. - now i can appreciate this songs much more.
There are so many good Jethro Tull Tracks. I am old enough & lucky enough to have seen them live many times, in clubs & at festivals in the U.K. They were always brilliant live. From the bluesy beginning to "Songs from The Wood & beyond. Ian Anderson's influence & musicianship plus they changing band, has kept their music evolving & changing. Recently he has a young singer taking the higher notes & tunes, but is still a maestro on flute.
This is from a fantastic album too, my favorite Tull. While most of his other albums give you a medieval vibe, the concept here is of an aging biker in the early 60a I’m guessing. The entire album is such a great listen. And while it appears to be a live version, I think the song is overdubbed other that the crowd noise. Fine with me, studio versions are usually better anyway.
@@robertkern9911 yeah, no orchestra and the sound was too clean. And no crowd noise ex spy at the beginning and end. I wonder if it was just a staged performance like Meat Loaf did? Did you even see an audience there?
@@robertkern9911 Maddy Prior and a sax were on the last verse of the album version which I didn't hear on this; could have been mixed out though - Ian was definitely miming though.
Song for Jeffrey from The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus is also essential Tull viewing. And if you ever happen upon any live Tull videos in which Mr Anderson is wearing a red bowler hat, click it.
I love Jethro Tull❤In 2003, my husband scored front row tickets to a Jethro Tull concert. It was at a really small venue and my husband was sitting about 10 ft away from Ian Anderson while he was performing. He remembers it like it was yesterday. I was super envious and mad that I didn't go. You should check out Emerson Lake and Palmer. My favorite songs are Hoedown, Knife Edge, Take a Pebble, Karn Evil 9 Pt.2, Lucky Man. A great live show was from the California Jam 1974. They have a lot of great songs. You'll love them ❤ ❤❤
Small correction: this is not live. They're lip syncing to a studio recorded version, something which genuine artists in the 70s were very much averse to for the most part. When TV stations insisted they do (for quality control reasons, I guess), they tended to deliberately screw around so the audiences could see they weren't trying to pull the wool over their eyes.
So i was watching you react to hamilton and loved it and so basically in hamilton the guy who plays john laurens and Phillip hamilton is actually teh main character in the movie in the heights its a really good movie (mr. Softee is the guy who plays george washington and piragua is hamilton)
Got some live requests for you. Could you please review Sanada Maitrea ( formerly TTD) and the song is Whose loving you from a 1987 concert. His vocals I believe will blow you away!
This song was the title track of the first Jethro Tull album I'd ever heard which I had assumed was fairly representative of their output. I heard it on a television special and bought it shortly afterwards in 1976 or 1977. I was, therefore, amazed and not altogether approving of their next album, "Songs from the Wood" which was completely different! I think "Songs" is a great album now! Checking out their back catalogue I found that "Too Old" was not typical and a departure for Ian in many ways, but it still remains one of my favourite Tull albums. This makes me in a minority as the critics, many of the fans and even Ian Anderson himself, disagree with me. They're all wrong!
This song's length is 5 minutes 44 seconds. AM/FM radio schedules with advertisements, "on the hour" traffic & news reports, etc. worked best when the songs they played were closer to three minutes long. Some radio disc jockeys starred in their own hour-long shows at night and played complete albums. Unless you bought the record and had the equipment to play it on at home you could miss out on some songs just because of "lack of radio play".
It's a sin to listen to any song on this album out of context or order the album to old rock and roll Too Young To Die is a concept album that tells the story of this biker you really need to sit down put the album on and start with song One and play it all the way through to the end and you'll get a full appreciation for it And I agree with you I find myself in the same boat I grew up listening to mid-60s through the seventies music and I bailed out of the 80s way to electronic and not enough organic sound for me now in my old age and revisiting the 80s and am learning to appreciate it for what it was
This album may have tanked but I enjoyed as I was one of the few to buy it back then. I was lucky to have seen Jethro Tull later that year at the old Tampa Stadium for my 19th birthday.
One of the first record albums I ever bought with my own lawn mowing pay. Unfortunately it fell victim to Bob Larson's crusade against music. He spread his bilge to the church my family went to and my mom raided mine and my brothers music library and burned all of our records and tapes.
Are those two singers related? I think they look kinda like father and son? Love the vocal quality. I never need to hear the name JT. I know it by voice. ❤
IMO this is a decent song but not one of his best - but decent Tull is still better than most! Try "My God" "Friends", "Nothing is easy" or "We used to know"
Ian is a bit of a prankster, so I guess you could say his personality is just as big offstage. He kept some big dogs and to get back at a bandmate, he put a steamy pile from said dog in the pocket of his jacket-right on top of his car keys. 😅
LAMO!!!! Hahahaha...lol...hahahaha....Ian Anderson and Jim Morrison would drink Beer or Jack Daniels on stage while they were performing.....and when I saw Ian and Jethro Tull he was drinking beer on several song including this one while performing and we, the audience was drinking with him....haaaha....lol....hahaha...so cool....we don't have that today in concerts and I miss it. But a lot of bands and solo artist did drinking on stage in the 60's and 70's....Miss it!!!
i love how ian was mocking having to lip sync this song on tv. it always amazed me when tv shows would go to the trouble of having all the instruments on stage,and still have a band lip sync and mime playing.
The thing about Jethro Tull is - you are not going to find too many big commercial hits. That is not what the band is about. Instead, you are going to find hidden gem after hidden gem after hidden gem. Every album demands a full listen from beginning to end because even the placement of each track on the album is important. The sum exceeds the parts as it were and as you are finding out - those parts are incredible.
Yes ! Mother goose. songs from the wood . Life is a long song . Never hear them on the radio but.. huge spots in people's lives.
Bungle in the Jungle and Living In The Past were #12 and #11, respectively, on the Hot 100. Aqualung was also popular but wasn't released as a single.
Salvo, Living in the Past has the flute from start to finish. And watch the guy with the maracas. 😉
Jethro Tull - Living In The Past (Supersonic, 27.03.1976)
There's a big difference between having pop hits and being a FM radio staple. Tull was a massive presence on FM radio throughout the 70's. That's what made them big.
I will never pass bye a Tull song . I can be in any mood and they will satisfy the need , kinda like a cozy blanket under the stars .
Skating Away On The Thin Ice Of A New Day fills my soul with joy. And all of the Stand Up album is exquisite.
I just absolutely LOVE Jethro Tull. I am utterly spoiled in that i have seen them 23 times and i have seen Ian Anderson twice playing with the Chicago Orchestra. All i can say is just listen to as much of it as you can,.. and albums are meant to be an experience. Me personally, i just love the chill vibe of his album Songs from the Wood. And as we have always called this band,.. they are the kings of Ren Faire Rock. And yes,... just let it play again and again. :-)
I regret to say I only got to see them once and it was in Melbourne in 1994 and not a great venue, big and bad acoustics but still a wonderful experience
Superb! Love Tull - such a great band with their own unique vibe. Please try "Hunting Girl" from the album "Songs From the Wood" - it is simply a masterpiece!
Jethro Tull, the most hysterical best of the best.
Just saw Tull in concert last month. Ian Anderson's voice is fading but his flute playing is still freakin' awesome!
Though this song lacked in vinyl sales, it was and is a concert staple. It's a JT standard because of the performances and crowd participation; Tull concerts are a full-sensory experience, after all! Maybe try "Skating Away" next?
Yes, please. Skating Away is my all time Tull favorite.
One of my anthems as I approach my 58th birthday. I think the fans had to age into this one. We all get it now, lol.
Christmas is coming and I want to recommend you listen to “Another Christmas Song” by Jethro Tull. It is a lovely song.
I loved Jethro Tull as a beginning drummer. I’d been play for about a year when this came out and drummer Barriemore Barlow, with his kilt , became my idol. I’ll never forget the first time I saw The Simpson’s Groundskeeper Willie and exclaimed, “That’s Barriemore Barlow”!
That's a great song and as always performance
Love Jethro Tull
Salamander from this album is an acoustic masterpiece.
He's still rockin' at age 76!
The new album, RokFlote, is great. "Navigators" is totally Tull ❤
they let you post it finally? fantastic!! The Old Bard at it again.
This is a song from a concept album that came with a comic book insert that tells the whole story. "Quizz Kid" is a great one from this album.
Much like Queen, Jethro Tull should always be experienced live. Ian Anderson is such a great front man.
NIIIICCCCE SALVO! :) TITLE TRACK TO THAT ALBUM ( TOO OLD TO ROCK N ROLL TOO YOUNG TO DIE )
This album is considered by many Tull fans as decidedly middle of the road, if not in the lower tier. I owned it and listened to it quite a bit and while I don't rank it up there with Thick as a Brick and some others, I have to say I really enjoy it's slower, almost melancholy vibe.
Originally "Too Old..." was planned to be a musical about early 60's, kind of sentimental journey in Ian's teenager days when "Shadows did FBI" etc.
I remeber when I bought it in 76. I was not so much impressed as I was with 5 previous albums where the whole band had more full orchestra sound.
I was only 20 in 1976. - now i can appreciate this songs much more.
There are so many good Jethro Tull Tracks. I am old enough & lucky enough to have seen them live many times, in clubs & at festivals in the U.K. They were always brilliant live. From the bluesy beginning to "Songs from The Wood & beyond. Ian Anderson's influence & musicianship plus they changing band, has kept their music evolving & changing. Recently he has a young singer taking the higher notes & tunes, but is still a maestro on flute.
Happy to say i have the album from back then 😎🇧🇻
amazing forgot about these guys noice
This is from a fantastic album too, my favorite Tull. While most of his other albums give you a medieval vibe, the concept here is of an aging biker in the early 60a I’m guessing. The entire album is such a great listen.
And while it appears to be a live version, I think the song is overdubbed other that the crowd noise. Fine with me, studio versions are usually better anyway.
It sounds identical to the record but if its synced they did a hell of s job as everything matches .
@@robertkern9911 yeah, no orchestra and the sound was too clean. And no crowd noise ex spy at the beginning and end. I wonder if it was just a staged performance like Meat Loaf did? Did you even see an audience there?
@@robertkern9911 Maddy Prior and a sax were on the last verse of the album version which I didn't hear on this; could have been mixed out though - Ian was definitely miming though.
That is why Ian did the beer drinking deal with the beer flying out his mouth. To make fun of the lip syncs
You know what they say” find something you love to do and you’ll never work a day in your life” ☮️ ❤️ 🏴
Song for Jeffrey from The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus is also essential Tull viewing.
And if you ever happen upon any live Tull videos in which Mr Anderson is wearing a red bowler hat, click it.
It makes me really sad that the bassist here - John Glascock - never got too old to Rock n Roll, passing away in 1979 at the age of 28. :-(
I love Jethro Tull❤In 2003, my husband scored front row tickets to a Jethro Tull concert. It was at a really small venue and my husband was sitting about 10 ft away from Ian Anderson while he was performing. He remembers it like it was yesterday. I was super envious and mad that I didn't go. You should check out Emerson Lake and Palmer. My favorite songs are Hoedown, Knife Edge, Take a Pebble, Karn Evil 9 Pt.2, Lucky Man. A great live show was from the California Jam 1974. They have a lot of great songs. You'll love them ❤ ❤❤
The album version features Steeleye Span’s Maddy Prior, to lovely effect.
☮️💙💙💙🔥🔥😎
I have met Ian Anderson through a mutual friend, he's a really great guy A great laugh as well.
Small correction: this is not live. They're lip syncing to a studio recorded version, something which genuine artists in the 70s were very much averse to for the most part. When TV stations insisted they do (for quality control reasons, I guess), they tended to deliberately screw around so the audiences could see they weren't trying to pull the wool over their eyes.
So i was watching you react to hamilton and loved it and so basically in hamilton the guy who plays john laurens and Phillip hamilton is actually teh main character in the movie in the heights its a really good movie (mr. Softee is the guy who plays george washington and piragua is hamilton)
the classic lineup of Tull, three years before bassist John Glascock passed away far too early and this lineup fell apart as a result
Got some live requests for you. Could you please review Sanada Maitrea ( formerly TTD) and the song is Whose loving you from a 1987 concert. His vocals I believe will blow you away!
This song was the title track of the first Jethro Tull album I'd ever heard which I had assumed was fairly representative of their output. I heard it on a television special and bought it shortly afterwards in 1976 or 1977. I was, therefore, amazed and not altogether approving of their next album, "Songs from the Wood" which was completely different! I think "Songs" is a great album now! Checking out their back catalogue I found that "Too Old" was not typical and a departure for Ian in many ways, but it still remains one of my favourite Tull albums. This makes me in a minority as the critics, many of the fans and even Ian Anderson himself, disagree with me. They're all wrong!
This song's length is 5 minutes 44 seconds. AM/FM radio schedules with advertisements, "on the hour" traffic & news reports, etc. worked best when the songs they played were closer to three minutes long. Some radio disc jockeys starred in their own hour-long shows at night and played complete albums. Unless you bought the record and had the equipment to play it on at home you could miss out on some songs just because of "lack of radio play".
Pied Piper is the best song on that album.
It's a sin to listen to any song on this album out of context or order the album to old rock and roll Too Young To Die is a concept album that tells the story of this biker you really need to sit down put the album on and start with song One and play it all the way through to the end and you'll get a full appreciation for it
And I agree with you I find myself in the same boat I grew up listening to mid-60s through the seventies music and I bailed out of the 80s way to electronic and not enough organic sound for me now in my old age and revisiting the 80s and am learning to appreciate it for what it was
This album may have tanked but I enjoyed as I was one of the few to buy it back then. I was lucky to have seen Jethro Tull later that year at the old Tampa Stadium for my 19th birthday.
I cannot, for the life of me, explain why this album was shitcanned by the music press and radio. It's bloody great.
One of the first record albums I ever bought with my own lawn mowing pay. Unfortunately it fell victim to Bob Larson's crusade against music. He spread his bilge to the church my family went to and my mom raided mine and my brothers music library and burned all of our records and tapes.
Are those two singers related? I think they look kinda like father and son?
Love the vocal quality. I never need to hear the name JT. I know it by voice. ❤
IMO this is a decent song but not one of his best - but decent Tull is still better than most! Try "My God" "Friends", "Nothing is easy" or "We used to know"
Ian is a bit of a prankster, so I guess you could say his personality is just as big offstage.
He kept some big dogs and to get back at a bandmate, he put a steamy pile from said dog in the pocket of his jacket-right on top of his car keys. 😅
Not my favorite song, or album, in the JT catalog, but still not bad. “Quiz Kid” comes to mind as my favorite.
Is this supposed to be live? I believe not.
I just gotta say it - keep the moustache, a much better look.
Always a favorite!
Check out "the bad ol days" it JAMS!
LAMO!!!! Hahahaha...lol...hahahaha....Ian Anderson and Jim Morrison would drink Beer or Jack Daniels on stage while they were performing.....and when I saw Ian and Jethro Tull he was drinking beer on several song including this one while performing and we, the audience was drinking with him....haaaha....lol....hahaha...so cool....we don't have that today in concerts and I miss it. But a lot of bands and solo artist did drinking on stage in the 60's and 70's....Miss it!!!
i love how ian was mocking having to lip sync this song on tv. it always amazed me when tv shows would go to the trouble of having all the instruments on stage,and still have a band lip sync and mime playing.