Jethro Tull was one my dad's favorite bands. When I was a kid, he would CRANK their songs to 11. It was the most passionate I ever saw him be. May he rest knowing that he bore a son who loves these guys.
I love your comment! I've loved this band since I was 12 in 1970 when my older sister bought Aqualung. Lifelong superfan ever since and still listen to Tull on a daily basis on UA-cam, walking or whenever. Aqualung & Thick as🚫a Brick might still be my favorite albums, but so many it's hard to say..Your dad had great taste in music! Nice way to honor him by listening to his favorite band.😌
I was a high school football manager. I was 12 in 1972. In the locker room we had a single 8 track player with colored lights that blinked on and off. This album was on the machine every day all the time. I fell in love with this band and followed them throughout the ages. Im glad you have this memory of your dad, memories can special like that.
Thank you Mr. Anderson for your kindness towards less fortunate folks like myself. I've been homeless and I'm a recovering alcoholic. I am Aqualung. God bless Ian Anderson.
I was lucky to have Ian on show , in İstanbul,Turkey, in June 2022, maybe the 3rd times in Turkey, he’s great for ever …my favorite 👏🌺🥰my best & the very peculiar singer&composer , and poet for ever since i am 20
My dad was born in 1954, he don't know english so well,but he say me that when hear these music dreamin' and feel free. He passed away in 2015 and missed me so much.
My Mom was a big Tull fan when she was pregnant with me. Ian is my middle name after Mr. Anderson. I'm very honored & proud. Aqualung is one of my top ten all time favorite albums. They are so unique & talented. Each & every member. Phenomenal rock band. Right up there with Rush, Zeppelin, The Who, Black Sabbath, The Doors, & Pink Floyd.
After many years listening to it I came to the same conclusion. It is a perfect solo. Each and every note has purpose, weight and drives the passion in the delivery. The phrasing, the tone, the use and control of feedback, the dynamics and climax. It is a story unto itself. A masterpiece. It needs to be played loud on a top end stereo system or with high end headphones for the full effect.
Hands down. Give the Lynyrd Skynyrd tune Am I Losin' a listen if you are unfamiliar with it. The solo is similar in being melodic rather than show-offy or incendiary like so many other solos.
Jimmy Page had just walked into the control room at the beginning of the solo and was watching. Barre initially wanted to quit the take and go talk to him, but he pushed through instead. Seems to have worked out well.
Yes it is one of the best guitar solo I ever heard in my life , is perfect and have an outstanding sentimentalism, Jethro Tull without Martin Barre never will be Jethro Tull , today is Ian Anderson band not JT ,
I seen Jethro Tull live! Proco Harum opened up for Tull. Great live show! Ian Anderson dressed in a janitors overalls and was mopping the stage then the band started and the curtin opened ......then TULL tore open the mop handle and inside of the handle was his flute...What a show! Damn I'm old. Hahaha
@@davidyoung2606 it's underrated. If you ask anyone about 70's prog, they mention Floyd, Yes, King Crimson, Genesis, Camel... but a only a few remember Jethro Tull
@davidyoung2606 Agree!!! They were never underrated, absolutely HUGE band of the late 1960's/mostly 70's!!! You just had to be there. I'm 66, soon to be 67 and Jethro Tull was massively popular when I was in high school and college!
Saw Jethro Tull in Germany '80, '81 can't recall... it is one of those things, those experiences, experiences of many, that give you a look around the edges of life, changes you in ways you know not, and feels like yesterday and a dozen lifetimes ago... the true wonder is that such artists exist and that they all share a glimpse of what we hope, but cannot see... it is us that must change the visions we see today to what we wish we were seeing... strength in one, strength in tens of millions of ones.
I saw them in Munich in the spring of '81 (the 'A' tour). Back then there was festival seating, so if you got there early you were in the front (which I was). Great experience.
Saw Tull in concert on the Jersey shore one summer. With my first wife. Who knew that life would be blown away and I would spend time broke, alone and on the road! Seeing the world with a new set of eyes. Years have gone by. I am sitting on a country hill, housed,well fed, loved and protected. Proud to say I have spent my life helping others as an EMT, firefighter, public investigator. I have seen the world thru Aqualung’s eyes.
@@ThePlagueGameing Me too, 4 times over the years and wish I had gone to more of their concerts!! The GOAT in my opinion, which is saying a lot considering the competition from the bands in the greatest decades in the history of music, 1960's and ' 70's!! I know, the 80's and 90's were great too, but not like the previous two decades, which sadly will/can never be matched musically!!! Just glad I was born in the late 1950's so was there for it all!!!
I'm 67 years old now. This brings back so many awesome memories from my childhood. I bought the album "Stand Up" when it first came out in July '69. I was mesmerized. A week later I went to the store and purchased "This Was". I was 12 years old. Tull was my favorite band. "Benefit", "Aqualung" and "Thick as a Brick" were all incredible albums. In April 1972, my best friend and I rode our bikes to the Forum in Inglewood, CA to buy tickets for the "Thick as a Brick" concert. On 23 June, 1972, we again rode our bikes to The Forum to watch the concert. It was the greatest day of my life to that point. It was the concert of a lifetime. Great music, unbelievable musicianship...even a lot of humor! Ian Anderson is a genius. And I felt like the luckiest guy in the world!
Echo from CO...went to concerts late 60s at Anaheim Convention Center; Doors, Jefferson Airplane, then Starship, many more...I was 12, too...hard to believe, but seemed very normal at the time...music was and still is a huge part of my life!! Awesome times!!!
Ian is the classist musician, I ever met. In Tucson 1978 we sat and talked. shared a joint. As he was leaving to start the concert, he turned and gave me one of his joints. I should have saved it retrospectively.
My high school rock band learned Aqualung back in 1972, my sophomore year. Took us all day one Saturday. But when we thought we had it, we were really proud of such an achievement. I just wish we had videos. Anderson is one of the greatest composers of all time and will eventually be ranked as such.
My dad passed away this past October and Jethro Tull was one of he's favorite bands. As a teenager he would play this song for me and to this day I'm still a fan of it. RIP dad, miss you 💙
I might be meeting up with your Dad soon, I'm 82 years young and have just been diagnosed with lung cancer, I've loved JT since forever. Love and respect from Perth Australia. 😎👋🎶🎵🎶🎵🦘
The songs from the 70's were the absolute best ever. So glad to be in Europe during those times. So many concerts, so many friends, beer and girls. By the way Ian Anderson's wife wrote the lyrics to "Aqualung".
Martin Barre's masterpiece is only the greatest rock guitar solo in the history of rock and roll. And if you don't think so, it's because you didn't crank it up loud enough.
I've admired this music since I ran away from high school when my theatre arts teacher and my piano teacher tried to keep me in high school. Now I understand. And have since been back to school THANKS to powerful MUSICIANS.
The greatest classic rock song ever written about a homeless man ever written besides ive been homeless off and on now for about ten years now so i can really relate to this song believe me i know the good lord and classic rock music i'm listening to this great classic rock song of all time high on weed and meth I really appreciate good classic rock music right? but now i want to quit meth please pray for me i'm going to need it God Bless anyone who reads this!👍 🎸🤳🙏 Amen 🙏 and Amen 🙏
This was my first Tull album and after a month knew all the words off by heart. Remember singing at a party with a guy the whole album, and we became best of friends for life. Thank you Ian and Co.
@@chomkeygamer9455 idk I suppose it was just brought to my attention that in recent years I've seen more than one old song get a new music video that's all.
Hmm! Strange, I do not remember seeing this BLM,/Antif approved politically correct rendition of this song and I bought the album when it first hit the shelves! This is a Leftist, propaganda crock of siht! You must be one of Soro's Boyz!
When things were at their very worst: 2 Suns, Cross in the sky, 2 comets will collide = don`t be afraid - repent, accept Lord`s Hand of Mercy. The first sign - the Earth will spin faster. The second sign concerns the sun, which will loom larger, brighter and begin to spin. Scientists will say it was a global illusion. Beaware - Jesus will never walk in flesh again. After WW3 - rise of the “ man of peace“ from the East = Antichrist - the most powerful, popular, charismatic and influential leader of all time. Many miracles will be attributed to him. He will imitate Jesus in every conceivable way. Don`t trust „pope“ Francis = the False Prophet - will seem to rise from the dead - will unite all Christian Churches and all Religions as one. One World Religion = the seat of the Antichrist. Benedict XVI is the last true pope - will be accused of a crime of which he is totally innocent. - banking collapse was deliberately masterminded by the Antichrist - Antichrist will step in and create a false peace in the state of Israel by joining them with palestine in an unlikely alliance. - „He will recite extracts from My Teachings, which he will passionately proclaim from every secular stage in the world, until people sit up and take notice of him.“ The Book of Truth mdmlastprophet.com/they-will-say-that-i-was-married-they-will-say-that-i-was-simply-a-prophet/ mdmlastprophet.com/arab-uprising-will-spark-global-unrest-italy-will-trigger-fall-out/ mdmlastprophet.com/the-schism-in-my-church-will-be-broken-into-different-stages/
I was just a rebel teenager in Mérida-Venezuela about 31 years ago, when I was captivated by one of the most powerful mixture of sounds that came to me through the radio. So I started recording the Jethro tull's songs using cassettes to repeat on and on the great sound experience. It was a very good time to remember.
Remember listening to this as a 13 year old, and my mom heard it and couldn’t believe I was listening to music from 20 years before. That was in the 90s.
I've just cryied watching this videoclip for its beautiness and message that speak to us in a very same way that the lyrics did 50 years ago. Happy 50 years of Aqualung release, thank you Ian Anderson, Martin Barre, John Evans, Glenn Cornick and Clive Bunker for such great songs from this album!
Weened on this album. (sic) Addicted and hooked the first time I listened to it. What a year '71 was. Anderson, Zappa and Gentle Giant that year. At least I can still see Ian preform. What a great treat that is.
Thanks to Jethro Tull, Ian Anderson and his band... Efa tamin'ny 1974 no haiko io groupe io, tsy dia fantatsika gasy, tena hafa kely ny style ary tena mahay daholo... andramo henoina daholo ary ankafizo ny compositions na studio na live... Fa henoy koa Genesis sy ELP (Emeyrson, Lake and Palmer) : to sell england by the pound ohatra, Trilogy...
Those who pine for the "good old days" just aren't looking far enough back to see history rhymes. Socrates complained about the indifference of youth in his time...no different than the complaints of youth in the 60s...or today. The rich and powerful hoard; the masses put their heads down and live life, unwilling to look ahead to prepare for the future. It's human nature.
Marvellous, and disturbingly necessary clip. This song being used in this way, to denounce injustice and poverty is a gift. Congratulations to Sam Chegini and Ian Anderson for it.
I always thought this song, with its empathy and social justice theme, was an outlier on the album and for Jethro Tull in general. Not that I think Ian is a hard-hearted person or anything, but most of the Tull songs tend to be about thinking for yourself, seizing the day, and so forth... more of a libertarian theme. I always figured he included this one on the album just to butter up his woman, who had a hand in writing it.
Injustice and poverty comes from one party from it's slave power days to Jim crow to KKK to segregation to LBJ to this clown racist dimentia joe nice going democrats
@@jay56wilcox 🌀 I agree..... Sublime, is the word. One of my Top 3 guitar solos. I have played this Album many times, every year since 1974. Excellent. May the Force be with you.🌀 (-: :-)
Absolutely wicked video of jethro Tull aqualung I had loved the album aqualung since I was 8 years old my uncle vic had introduced me to listen to this in 1972 I am now 58 years old and still listening to this it is a progressive rock masterpiece and I thank my uncle for introducing me to it my uncle vic had sadly passed away a week ago he would be sadly missed…..
I am very impressed with this video. It proves that this song is a timeless classic and its message is still relevant as it was 50 years ago. My hats off to Ian Anderson, Sam Chegini and Hassan Nozadian.
Never heard of jethro tull before about a week ago . Just so happened to grab one of their records from a bookstore based on the cool album art. So glad i did.
Ian Anderson is one of the most creative musicians in Rock´s History. Awesome songwriter. He is the really The Scotland Pride. Than you so much for your visit to México!!!!!!. God bless you, Ian!!!!!!
Me too... In 1971 when this album first came out I was camping out on my sister's couch. She heard the line "Sitting on a park bench eyeing little girls with bad intent..." and just went ballistic on me. Then she smelled pot smoke on me and redoubled her efforts to demean me for being a disgusting hippie and all that stupidity. So when she took a breath, I screamed right back at her saying something like _"You're on my case about me choosing of my own free will to smoke pot, yet you involuntarily shove Darvon down your 10 year old daughter's throat because she's hyperactive? She's just a kid and you're a hypocrite!"_ Shut her up just like that... But I had enough or her right wing nonsense and found somewhere else to camp out. For the next two weeks my cousin and I drove up in front of her house and blasted that song as loud as his cheepo car stereo could get, just to rub it in. :)
Back in the seventies when I was young I would jam out to Jethro Tull to this song one of my favorite songs rock and roll is not dead it lives on to another generation and these guys from the past make it possible for the Next Generation to move on listening to music since the fifties to the present I love listening to new music there's a lot of good bands out there I don't live in the past I just visit it once in awhile
Yeah, It's dead. As Ian Gillan recently said in an interview, "today's music doesn't reach me." So sad. No future generation will ever experience something like this again......
Soy salvadoreño Y talvez no conocen mi país por pequeño. Pero quiero decirles de q habemos muchos q amamos a Jethro tull. Hermoso video, q puedo decir Hermoso.
Hot damn, it may have been worth the 50-year wait to get an official music vid for this song. How many times did we listen to this album over and over when it came out. Just one stunning song after another. I was watching something else and this got suggested. I've done this song in karaoke numerous times, and I may break it out again soon. Thank you thank you thank you.
Una emozione incredibile ascoltare Ian Anderson dal vivo A Bologna: Uno spettacolo incomparabile da artisti leggendari. Ancora oggi in auto sempre Jethro Tull.!!!! Grazie
Not what I expected been relative in todays world. The video I held in my head for the last fifty years still manifest in my brain. Jethro Tull has always been my favorite and as difficult as this world has become I feel I will make it " With You There To Help Me Through".
Great record. "To Cry You A Song" & "Teacher" alone make this a must have for Tull fans and classic rock aficionados alike, not to mention the rest of the album. To me, Martin's riffs & chords in "To Cry You A Song" are just exactly perfect. 🎸
This OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO for this MONUMENTAL SONG is so poignantly well done... so as to set an ideological landscape for the more profound lyrical meanings in the song to shine through. BRAVO!!!
I recently saw Ian Anderson being interviewed by Dan Rather (taped last year). He’s such an incredibly nice guy and is so grateful for everything he has.
This was in the 8 track player up in the pool room where we played pool on weekends, you could put some nasty side spin on the Q ball when this played.
Fascinating. I remember my father had this album in his collection. It was among his favorites. I love classic rock, because of my father, but this one always gave me an odd feeling.
Unbelievable video with stories of our reality. The drowned kid in an island here in Greece and more war then and now.And one of a kind song that everytime i like it,more!!
Soy fan de Jethro Tull de más de 40 años,y pienso que Aqualung merecía algo más,es una Joya del rock que merece más que un vídeo de bajo presupuesto,me quedo con las versiones en vivo,aún así sigo y seguiré admirando al Jethro Tull...🎩🎸🍺
Sitting on a park bench Eyeing little girls with bad intent Snot's running down his nose Greasy fingers, smearing shabby clothes Hey, Aqualung Drying in the cold sun Watching as the frilly panties run Hey, Aqualung Feeling like a dead duck Spitting out pieces of his broken luck Oh, Aqualung Sun streaking cold An old man wandering lonely Taking time the only way he knows Leg hurting bad As he bends to pick a dog-end He goes down to the bog and warms his feet Feeling alone The army's up the road Salvation a la mode and a cup of tea Aqualung, my friend Don't you start away uneasy You poor old sod You see, it's only me Do you still remember December's foggy freeze When the ice that clings on to your beard Was screaming agony? And you snatch your rattling last breaths With deep-sea diver sounds And the flowers bloom like madness in the spring Sun streaking cold An old man wandering lonely Taking time the only way he knows Leg hurting bad As he bends to pick a dog-end He goes down to the bog and warms his feet Feeling alone The army's up the road Salvation a la mode and a cup of tea Aqualung, my friend Don't you start away uneasy You poor old sod You see, it's only me Me, oh-oh-oh Aqualung, my friend Don't you start away uneasy You poor old sod You see, it's only me, yeah Sitting on a park bench Eying little girls with bad intent Snot's running down his nose Greasy fingers smearing shabby clothes Hey, Aqualung Drying in the cold sun Watching as the frilly panties run Hey, Aqualung Feeling like a dead duck Spitting out pieces of his broken luck Hey, Aqualung Woah, Aqualung
Saw young Ian perform live in ‘73 in Rome, Italy. In those days they sold 1 price tickets and it was up to You to get close to the stage. It was open season, no cops, drugs everywhere! A good time was had by all.,,everyone was 😎 cool.
Jethro Tull was one my dad's favorite bands. When I was a kid, he would CRANK their songs to 11. It was the most passionate I ever saw him be. May he rest knowing that he bore a son who loves these guys.
I love your comment! I've loved this band since I was 12 in 1970 when my older sister bought Aqualung. Lifelong superfan ever since and still listen to Tull on a daily basis on UA-cam, walking or whenever. Aqualung & Thick as🚫a Brick might still be my favorite albums, but so many it's hard to say..Your dad had great taste in music! Nice way to honor him by listening to his favorite band.😌
I was a high school football manager. I was 12 in 1972. In the locker room we had a single 8 track player with colored lights that blinked on and off. This album was on the machine every day all the time. I fell in love with this band and followed them throughout the ages. Im glad you have this memory of your dad, memories can special like that.
That's precious man
My Dad is still alive, but I have the same memories. Bless your old man.
I saw them in concert in 1973 when I was 20. One of the best concerts ever. Here I am in my 70s and this album sounds as good as ever.
Thank you Mr. Anderson for your kindness towards less fortunate folks like myself. I've been homeless and I'm a recovering alcoholic. I am Aqualung. God bless Ian Anderson.
Love Jethro Tull’s music ever, hope you’re better now👋🌺🥰hello from İstanbul,Turkey
I was lucky to have Ian on show , in İstanbul,Turkey, in June 2022, maybe the 3rd times in Turkey, he’s great for ever …my favorite 👏🌺🥰my best & the very peculiar singer&composer , and poet for ever since i am 20
many of us are Aqualung
TY Ian&Co. for publicity on this topic.
Aqualungs unite🇺🇦🇺🇸
"The Army's up the road; salvation 'a la mode,' and a cup of tea." Is absolutely brilliant.
I got My whole wardrobe from a FL Salvation Army store after becoming homeless about 20 years ago. Very Tankful. :)-
My dad was born in 1954, he don't know english so well,but he say me that when hear these music dreamin' and feel free. He passed away in 2015 and missed me so much.
So sorry about your Dad. Lost mine too.
@@jjj55561 I still dream of mine after almost 40 years gone. saw these guys 7 or 8 times 1970-80.
@@chipsramek3868You are so fortunate to have seen Jethro Tull!
My Mom was a big Tull fan when she was pregnant with me. Ian is my middle name after Mr. Anderson. I'm very honored & proud. Aqualung is one of my top ten all time favorite albums. They are so unique & talented. Each & every member. Phenomenal rock band. Right up there with Rush, Zeppelin, The Who, Black Sabbath, The Doors, & Pink Floyd.
Of course there up there with those bands if anything they may even stand alone. There awsome!
Rush don't count. too lame
@@paulbrown1585 got to pull you on that one, Rush Best of the Best. Don't care for Zep The who or the Doors.
@paulbrown1585 thats your opinion only..many albums and album sales,and tens of thousands of Rush fans proves otherwise.
One of the best guitar solos ever recorded in my opinion.
After many years listening to it I came to the same conclusion. It is a perfect solo. Each and every note has purpose, weight and drives the passion in the delivery. The phrasing, the tone, the use and control of feedback, the dynamics and climax. It is a story unto itself. A masterpiece. It needs to be played loud on a top end stereo system or with high end headphones for the full effect.
Hands down. Give the Lynyrd Skynyrd tune Am I Losin' a listen if you are unfamiliar with it. The solo is similar in being melodic rather than show-offy or incendiary like so many other solos.
Jimmy Page had just walked into the control room at the beginning of the solo and was watching. Barre initially wanted to quit the take and go talk to him, but he pushed through instead. Seems to have worked out well.
In the top five with free ride
Yes it is one of the best guitar solo I ever heard in my life , is perfect and have an outstanding sentimentalism, Jethro Tull without Martin Barre never will be Jethro Tull , today is Ian Anderson band not JT ,
A timeless song and album, an immense masterpiece.
After The Dark side of the moon😊😇
Before Thick as a Brick......
Yes but what does it mean
Great for anime OVA's
Congratulations on getting the heart!
61years old woman..50 years with Aqualung..thank you IAN..scottish GENIUS..
I'm 71years old, but i love the music of my youth❤
I’m with you brother, real music!
Im 29 and i love the music of your youth lol
Only way to go, dude 😎
The 60’s & 70’s had the best!
Reminds me of my youth, yonder brother❤@@KarimBoctorAwad
I am 65 , have been listening to your music since I was about 10. Jethro Tull is my favourite group. You are a genius. Greetings from Poland.❤
Ditto from south africa and the uk now
Polish guy here loves Tull..Nasdrowia
Ian Anderson, Peter Gabriel, Roger Waters, Robert Plant, Greg Lake, Keith Emerson, Jimmy Page... an incredible generation of musicians. I love them.
Faltou Hendrix
Syd Barret is better than Roger Waters
ritchie blackmore
And Fish from Marillion!
Legacy for the humanity
I seen Jethro Tull live! Proco Harum opened up for Tull. Great live show! Ian Anderson dressed in a janitors overalls and was mopping the stage then the band started and the curtin opened ......then TULL tore open the mop handle and inside of the handle was his flute...What a show!
Damn I'm old. Hahaha
Wow! Wish I would have been there! So cool!
My dad passed away from Dementia.
Amazingly he never forgot Jethro Tull..
Ask him what he wanted to listen too....He'd hum the riff of Aqualung.
How can you die of dementia lmao
@@heyokaoverdashelly2kangel945 Delete this comment
@@heyokaoverdashelly2kangel945 your brain forgets to do basic bodily functions
@@heyokaoverdashelly2kangel945 dementia is a degenerative disease that progressively reduces your brain mass.
@@heyokaoverdashelly2kangel945you have some life to live and respect to learn
One of the most underrated bands of all-time. They get relegated to second-tier by too many people. Tull was top-tier all the way.
Underrated? Not in my lifetime and I'm 68 🇨🇦
@@davidyoung2606 it's underrated. If you ask anyone about 70's prog, they mention Floyd, Yes, King Crimson, Genesis, Camel... but a only a few remember Jethro Tull
Pues yo sí que recuerdo a Tull, de aquella década de los 70 ,y acabo de cumplir 68 añitos. Y aún continuo oyendo su música 🎶
@davidyoung2606 Agree!!! They were never underrated, absolutely HUGE band of the late 1960's/mostly 70's!!! You just had to be there. I'm 66, soon to be 67 and Jethro Tull was massively popular when I was in high school and college!
Never underrated in Canada... we played Jethro Tull constantly at parties for 20 years
Saw Jethro Tull in Germany '80, '81 can't recall... it is one of those things, those experiences, experiences of many, that give you a look around the edges of life, changes you in ways you know not, and feels like yesterday and a dozen lifetimes ago... the true wonder is that such artists exist and that they all share a glimpse of what we hope, but cannot see... it is us that must change the visions we see today to what we wish we were seeing... strength in one, strength in tens of millions of ones.
1970 was the first time for Me ... Lots of partial memories ... no photos or canceled ticket stubs. :)-
I saw them in Munich in the spring of '81 (the 'A' tour). Back then there was festival seating, so if you got there early you were in the front (which I was). Great experience.
53 years ago, and still one of the greatest pieces of music. Wonder how many of today's "songs" will be remembered after 53 years.
Not many remembered after 53 days, and not without good reason!
Viva.o.rock.sempre.e.eternamente..sempre.de.verdade........
Golden trully
Saw Tull in concert on the Jersey shore one summer. With my first wife. Who knew that life would be blown away and I would spend time broke, alone and on the road! Seeing the world with a new set of eyes. Years have gone by. I am sitting on a country hill, housed,well fed, loved and protected. Proud to say I have spent my life helping others as an EMT, firefighter, public investigator. I have seen the world thru Aqualung’s eyes.
70 and still loving it!. Fantastic players. Had the privilege of seeing them live 4 times. Off the plate!!
@@ThePlagueGameing Me too, 4 times over the years and wish I had gone to more of their concerts!! The GOAT in my opinion, which is saying a lot considering the competition from the bands in the greatest decades in the history of music, 1960's and ' 70's!! I know, the 80's and 90's were great too, but not like the previous two decades, which sadly will/can never be matched musically!!!
Just glad I was born in the late 1950's so was there for it all!!!
I'm 67 years old now. This brings back so many awesome memories from my childhood. I bought the album "Stand Up" when it first came out in July '69. I was mesmerized. A week later I went to the store and purchased "This Was". I was 12 years old. Tull was my favorite band. "Benefit", "Aqualung" and "Thick as a Brick" were all incredible albums. In April 1972, my best friend and I rode our bikes to the Forum in Inglewood, CA to buy tickets for the "Thick as a Brick" concert. On 23 June, 1972, we again rode our bikes to The Forum to watch the concert. It was the greatest day of my life to that point. It was the concert of a lifetime. Great music, unbelievable musicianship...even a lot of humor! Ian Anderson is a genius. And I felt like the luckiest guy in the world!
Echo from Texas brother
Echo from CO...went to concerts late 60s at Anaheim Convention Center; Doors, Jefferson Airplane, then Starship, many more...I was 12, too...hard to believe, but seemed very normal at the time...music was and still is a huge part of my life!! Awesome times!!!
63yrs old and it’s 2024 and this song came to mind and I remembered ‘hey with phone I can listen to it!” So here I am!
Awesome...
Ian is the classist musician, I ever met. In Tucson 1978 we sat and talked. shared a joint. As he was leaving to start the concert, he turned and gave me one of his joints. I should have saved it retrospectively.
He gave you that joint to smoke. It's what he wanted. 😉
Things that never happened for 200 Alex
My high school rock band learned Aqualung back in 1972, my sophomore year. Took us all day one Saturday. But when we thought we had it, we were really proud of such an achievement.
I just wish we had videos.
Anderson is one of the greatest composers of all time and will eventually be ranked as such.
Good time s
Along side folk... No doubt.
Timeless. A Masterpiece. In a time were the great Rock bands ruled the world.
Aqualung is the kind of song that when you hear it on the radio you stop what ever you are doing for the next 6.30 minutes and just enjoy it
I saw Jethro tull in Layton Utah I was in Weber basin. Job corps 1978
Same holds with Locomotive Breath.
totally
Saw them in the 80's, Krest of a Knave tour, this was amazing live.
It's about a homeless pedo
Die Musik hat mich unwahrscheinlich fasziniert.
My dad passed away this past October and Jethro Tull was one of he's favorite bands.
As a teenager he would play this song for me and to this day I'm still a fan of it. RIP dad, miss you 💙
At least your Dad was cool, mine liked the Carpenters when he was young😭
I might be meeting up with your Dad soon, I'm 82 years young and have just been diagnosed with lung cancer, I've loved JT since forever. Love and respect from Perth Australia. 😎👋🎶🎵🎶🎵🦘
@@justinthyme5382 ti auguro ancora molti anni con noi ❤️
@@tranquillonicoli9645??
@@justinthyme5382 auguri 👋👋
The songs from the 70's were the absolute best ever. So glad to be in Europe during those times. So many concerts, so many friends, beer and girls.
By the way Ian Anderson's wife wrote the lyrics to "Aqualung".
A somewhat under appreciated guitar solo….impeccable.
“And the flowers bloom like madness in the spring “
Martin Barre's masterpiece is only the greatest rock guitar solo in the history of rock and roll. And if you don't think so, it's because you didn't crank it up loud enough.
Always been one of my favorite solos
And the sick riff that goes with the song, one of the most iconic rock guitar riffs IMO
I've admired this music since I ran away from high school when my theatre arts teacher and my piano teacher tried to keep me in high school. Now I understand. And have since been back to school THANKS to powerful MUSICIANS.
The greatest classic rock song ever written about a homeless man ever written besides ive been homeless off and on now for about ten years now so i can really relate to this song believe me i know the good lord and classic rock music i'm listening to this great classic rock song of all time high on weed and meth I really appreciate good classic rock music right? but now i want to quit meth please pray for me i'm going to need it God Bless anyone who reads this!👍 🎸🤳🙏 Amen 🙏 and Amen 🙏
besides that only you can change you right? with the good lords help that is! right Amen!!!!!!
God Bless You, friend 🙏 Praying for your recovery from addiction....Amen and amen!
Good luck with that ,I wish you every success.
One of the GREATEST songs ever made. A true masterpiece!
Aqualung reminds me of creepy Joe Biden. 🤢
Really? Not the other guy who has been found guilty of a sex crime?
@@jeffw2228 Always loved the song, but
you're right, creepy Joe for sure. Not to mention all the other stuff he's done like ruin the country! Ugh
@@BGinRS Both Parasite Parties are equal in depravity ... it all needs to GO !
Im now 25 years old and love This Song since teenage years! I Will always love This and many other Songs of this amazing band! Thank you Ian Anderson!
Nothing like a classic Jethro tull song
this song never gets old. its burnout proof
The guitar solo and bass at that time is just perfect.
Jethro Tull is way up there with Rock n Roll's greatest.
This was my first Tull album and after a month knew all the words off by heart. Remember singing at a party with a guy the whole album, and we became best of friends for life. Thank you Ian and Co.
That's awesome 💪👍
Im 68 and loved this band and songs still rocking in 2024 the best
Martin Barre's guitar work always blows me away..
Fits the music perfectly
These musicians were way ahead of their time. Love them.
I think they were at the right time and place. Especially I got them for most of my life!
Me too
73 here and still listening to Jethro Tull ❤
you got me beat by 3 years. Saw him 3-4 times that I can remember as the snots ran down my nose 😤
70 and listening too.
75 here and still hanging with it. The golden age.
71 and counting!
68 y aquí aún, presente desde México😅
Old 60s and 70s songs getting animated music videos in the 21st century is really cool.
Animation has been around for decade's.
@@chomkeygamer9455 idk I suppose it was just brought to my attention that in recent years I've seen more than one old song get a new music video that's all.
Hmm! Strange, I do not remember seeing this BLM,/Antif approved politically correct rendition of this song and I bought the album when it first hit the shelves! This is a Leftist, propaganda crock of siht! You must be one of Soro's Boyz!
@@stankygeorge excuse me but what do any of the words you just said have to do with this and also how drunk are you
@@_moosh yes
Ian Anderson is a genius. I simply love this band. I had to thank my mother for showing me these songs. Jethro has always been her favorite group. ❤🇧🇷
BEST BAND...EVER!!
Enään ei tule koskaan olemaan yhtä samanlaista, mahtavaa
This song changed my life.
Salvation a la mode
@@iamd0nd381I hit the translate button, and it says “Fashionable Salvation” I shit you not. You can’t make that shit up. Try it everyone.
We are all one decision away from being Aqualung. A lot of 'social commentary' updated for a 50 year old song. It fits. Thanks Ian.
Or simply 1 paycheck away
I love is band, the my music predilect.
Uh sorry, I'm not a pedophile
@@Rannos22 neither is Aqualung.
When things were at their very worst:
2 Suns, Cross in the sky, 2 comets will collide = don`t be afraid - repent, accept Lord`s Hand of Mercy.
The first sign - the Earth will spin faster.
The second sign concerns the sun, which will loom larger, brighter and begin to spin.
Scientists will say it was a global illusion.
Beaware - Jesus will never walk in flesh again.
After WW3 - rise of the “ man of peace“ from the East = Antichrist - the most powerful, popular, charismatic and influential leader of all time. Many miracles will be attributed to him. He will imitate Jesus in every conceivable way.
Don`t trust „pope“ Francis = the False Prophet
- will seem to rise from the dead
- will unite all Christian Churches and all Religions as one.
One World Religion = the seat of the Antichrist.
Benedict XVI is the last true pope - will be accused of a crime of which he is totally innocent.
- banking collapse was deliberately masterminded by the Antichrist
- Antichrist will step in and create a false peace in the state of Israel by joining them with palestine in an unlikely alliance.
- „He will recite extracts from My Teachings, which he will passionately proclaim from every secular stage in the world, until people sit up and take notice of him.“
The Book of Truth
mdmlastprophet.com/they-will-say-that-i-was-married-they-will-say-that-i-was-simply-a-prophet/
mdmlastprophet.com/arab-uprising-will-spark-global-unrest-italy-will-trigger-fall-out/
mdmlastprophet.com/the-schism-in-my-church-will-be-broken-into-different-stages/
I was just a rebel teenager in Mérida-Venezuela about 31 years ago, when I was captivated by one of the most powerful mixture of sounds that came to me through the radio. So I started recording the Jethro tull's songs using cassettes to repeat on and on the great sound experience. It was a very good time to remember.
Remember listening to this as a 13 year old, and my mom heard it and couldn’t believe I was listening to music from 20 years before. That was in the 90s.
And sabbath purple yes elp...we were ahead of our time..we left glam behind.
I listen to it now and I’m16
Not only a premier band of the 70s but an essential album. Pretty much every albumTull put out in the 70s was killer. Can't go wrong with 70s Tull.
or 60s Tull where Eagles may have got their inspiration for "Hotel California"
(you oughta know)
I think Zappa there would fist bump you with that statement, I know I did. @@NickSharpe
I've just cryied watching this videoclip for its beautiness and message that speak to us in a very same way that the lyrics did 50 years ago. Happy 50 years of Aqualung release, thank you Ian Anderson, Martin Barre, John Evans, Glenn Cornick and Clive Bunker for such great songs from this album!
Cried? Are you Transgender?
@@timflaherty8389 Why , is your mother ?
You don’t get a round Mouth from eating square Meals. I’ll send you a Hanky.
@@timflaherty8389 I'm pretty sure crying isn't an ability unique to trans people, but if it is, then I'm glad to have this power
No offense to the late Glenn Cornick (R.I.P.), but it was Jeffrey Hammond(-Hammond) on bass on the Aqualung album.
Weened on this album. (sic) Addicted and hooked the first time I listened to it. What a year '71 was. Anderson, Zappa and Gentle Giant that year. At least I can still see Ian preform. What a great treat that is.
You mean "weaned," but yes indeed, and cheers!
@@EducationMattersYes name checks out.
Led Zeppelin IV, The Yes Album/Fragile, Nursery Crime, Islands, Tarkus / Pictures at an Exhibition... and go.
@@EducationMattersYes Both spellings just may be correct in this case. Thank you. :)
@@tixximmi1 No, not in this case.
The personality he gave any flute he picked up still amazes me. Ian Anderson, the best in my generation. And probably in every persons life time.
Thanks to Jethro Tull, Ian Anderson and his band...
Efa tamin'ny 1974 no haiko io groupe io, tsy dia fantatsika gasy, tena hafa kely ny style ary tena mahay daholo...
andramo henoina daholo ary ankafizo ny compositions na studio na live...
Fa henoy koa Genesis sy ELP (Emeyrson, Lake and Palmer) : to sell england by the pound ohatra, Trilogy...
Jethro Tull, one of the greatest bands of all time. Musically solid, powerful performances. 👏
Prescient. Powerful. 50 years down the road and it feels like we’re losing ground. Ian warned us not to look away
we never understö0D Him ^ ^ ?
Those who pine for the "good old days" just aren't looking far enough back to see history rhymes.
Socrates complained about the indifference of youth in his time...no different than the complaints of youth in the 60s...or today. The rich and powerful hoard; the masses put their heads down and live life, unwilling to look ahead to prepare for the future. It's human nature.
Marvellous, and disturbingly necessary clip. This song being used in this way, to denounce injustice and poverty is a gift. Congratulations to Sam Chegini and Ian Anderson for it.
I agree with you. 🤜🏻🤛🏻
I always thought this song, with its empathy and social justice theme, was an outlier on the album and for Jethro Tull in general. Not that I think Ian is a hard-hearted person or anything, but most of the Tull songs tend to be about thinking for yourself, seizing the day, and so forth... more of a libertarian theme. I always figured he included this one on the album just to butter up his woman, who had a hand in writing it.
Injustice and poverty comes from one party from it's slave power days to Jim crow to KKK to segregation to LBJ to this clown racist dimentia joe nice going democrats
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Ian Anderson is the most intelligent musician in Rock and Prog rock history. The solo guitar from M Barre is marvelous.
Hello,
IMHO...The Greatest Rock Guitar Solo...EVER. Les Paul/Marshall Juiced to the Hilt. Thank You, Mr. Barre.
You better believe it... My MP3 at work, the ear buds in tight...with this tune jamming, is simply A M A Z I N G !!!!!
Ian Anderson is definitely highly intelligent however I would like to mention Brian May of the band Queen. He's a astrophysicist.
Pretty cool guy.
Absolutely correct
@@jay56wilcox 🌀
I agree..... Sublime, is the word.
One of my Top 3 guitar solos.
I have played this Album many times, every year since 1974.
Excellent.
May the Force
be with you.🌀
(-: :-)
Absolutely wicked video of jethro Tull aqualung I had loved the album aqualung since I was 8 years old my uncle vic had introduced me to listen to this in 1972 I am now 58 years old and still listening to this it is a progressive rock masterpiece and I thank my uncle for introducing me to it my uncle vic had sadly passed away a week ago he would be sadly missed…..
The solo takes me to another place... damnnn
Great guitar solo,
Incredible vocals,
Powerful Drums...
This is Jethro Tull, one of the best bands in the universe.
I heard the Zircons from Mars were pretty good....(you did say the universe , didn't you ?)
Lol
In other words a great fuckin song
Classic! Fifty years have passed, even scary.
I am very impressed with this video. It proves that this song is a timeless classic and its message is still relevant as it was 50 years ago. My hats off to Ian Anderson, Sam Chegini and Hassan Nozadian.
Thanks a lot Peter!
Jethro Tull ROCKS 🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻
Never heard of jethro tull before about a week ago . Just so happened to grab one of their records from a bookstore based on the cool album art. So glad i did.
Ian Anderson is one of the most creative musicians in Rock´s History. Awesome songwriter. He is the really The Scotland Pride. Than you so much for your visit to México!!!!!!. God bless you, Ian!!!!!!
68 years old and still listening to music of the greats in 2024
Seventy here.👍
Me too... In 1971 when this album first came out I was camping out on my sister's couch. She heard the line "Sitting on a park bench eyeing little girls with bad intent..." and just went ballistic on me. Then she smelled pot smoke on me and redoubled her efforts to demean me for being a disgusting hippie and all that stupidity. So when she took a breath, I screamed right back at her saying something like _"You're on my case about me choosing of my own free will to smoke pot, yet you involuntarily shove Darvon down your 10 year old daughter's throat because she's hyperactive? She's just a kid and you're a hypocrite!"_ Shut her up just like that... But I had enough or her right wing nonsense and found somewhere else to camp out.
For the next two weeks my cousin and I drove up in front of her house and blasted that song as loud as his cheepo car stereo could get, just to rub it in. :)
It is kind of sad how we have allowed the FOOS take control; ?
Masterpieces are timeless
They sure are timeless even a young 26 years old like me love those classics
The greatest generation of music ever. Unmatched by any other. Great video
My late brother Chris loved any music by Jethro Tull, and this was one of my brother's favorite songs by Jethro Tull.
Back in the seventies when I was young I would jam out to Jethro Tull to this song one of my favorite songs rock and roll is not dead it lives on to another generation and these guys from the past make it possible for the Next Generation to move on listening to music since the fifties to the present I love listening to new music there's a lot of good bands out there I don't live in the past I just visit it once in awhile
Definitely one of my most influencing albums, a masterpiece.
The more things change, the more they stay the same. Thank you for this brilliance.
I had to put my two cents in on this one. I used to have this album on LP. I loved every song on it especially this one. The 70s was a great era.
How I loved Jethro Tull back in the day, and how I love Jethro Tull still. And "Aqualung" moves me to my very soul. (Great accompanying animation!)
It's sad that rock is dead now! We really had it all folks!
Yes we did!!
rock isn't dead, its just not as popular as it used to be
@@mrnip2 tampon rock doesn't count
Yeah, It's dead. As Ian Gillan recently said in an interview, "today's music doesn't reach me." So sad. No future generation will ever experience something like this again......
But its trash today @Motionmanguyrn
Soy salvadoreño
Y talvez no conocen mi país por pequeño.
Pero quiero decirles de q habemos muchos q amamos a Jethro tull.
Hermoso video, q puedo decir Hermoso.
Saludo desde Mexico! Gran gente! Los queremos mucho!!!
Abrazo grande querido hermano ...de Argentina ....🎸🔥👏✌️🇦🇷2021
Do Brasil, abraços irmã sul americana!!!
Saludos hermano!
Desde Culiacán, Sinaloa México!
Saludos desde México
Jethro Tull and Aqualung are always fantastic. Happy Easter season to everyone
Hot damn, it may have been worth the 50-year wait to get an official music vid for this song. How many times did we listen to this album over and over when it came out. Just one stunning song after another. I was watching something else and this got suggested. I've done this song in karaoke numerous times, and I may break it out again soon. Thank you thank you thank you.
Tull at his best, a timeless classic.
Una emozione incredibile ascoltare Ian Anderson dal vivo A Bologna: Uno spettacolo incomparabile da artisti leggendari. Ancora oggi in auto sempre Jethro Tull.!!!! Grazie
Not what I expected been relative in todays world. The video I held in my head for the last fifty years still manifest in my brain. Jethro Tull has always been my favorite and as difficult as this world has become I feel I will make it " With You There To Help Me Through".
Benefit is an excellent album and often overlooked in the JT Discography.
Benefit is my favorite JT album.
Great record. "To Cry You A Song" & "Teacher" alone make this a must have for Tull fans and classic rock aficionados alike, not to mention the rest of the album. To me, Martin's riffs & chords in "To Cry You A Song" are just exactly perfect. 🎸
@@jamesmicucci7028 To Cry you A Song was my first love of Tull I still listen to it today and it sounds as fresh as when I first heard it.
So transcendental of time! Truly iconic.
Aqualung and Cross Eyed Mary; Two of my closest friends.
This OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO for this MONUMENTAL SONG is so poignantly well done... so as to set an ideological landscape for the more profound lyrical meanings in the song to shine through. BRAVO!!!
This is the best interpretation of the meaning of this song.
Privileged to have seen Jethro Tull 6 times. Ian A. Brilliant😁
I grew up hearing this song and i'm 49 great album always will be.
I recently saw Ian Anderson being interviewed by Dan Rather (taped last year). He’s such an incredibly nice guy and is so grateful for everything he has.
Hello Kay, How are you doing?
This was in the 8 track player up in the pool room where we played pool on weekends, you could put some nasty side spin on the Q ball when this played.
This has to be one of the greatest songs of all time 🤘🏽
Such a great tune and band. Holds up and sound phenomenal decades later.
I've been waiting 50 years for this video. Thanks.
Fascinating. I remember my father had this album in his collection. It was among his favorites. I love classic rock, because of my father, but this one always gave me an odd feeling.
Unbelievable video with stories of our reality.
The drowned kid in an island here in Greece and more war then and now.And one of a kind song that everytime i like it,more!!
Heftiger Text, sehr schöne Melodie.
Soy fan de Jethro Tull de más de 40 años,y pienso que Aqualung merecía algo más,es una Joya del rock que merece más que un vídeo de bajo presupuesto,me quedo con las versiones en vivo,aún así sigo y seguiré admirando al Jethro Tull...🎩🎸🍺
Eu também hermano.... clássico do rock!!
65 and still an ardent fan.
Sitting on a park bench
Eyeing little girls with bad intent
Snot's running down his nose
Greasy fingers, smearing shabby clothes
Hey, Aqualung
Drying in the cold sun
Watching as the frilly panties run
Hey, Aqualung
Feeling like a dead duck
Spitting out pieces of his broken luck
Oh, Aqualung
Sun streaking cold
An old man wandering lonely
Taking time the only way he knows
Leg hurting bad
As he bends to pick a dog-end
He goes down to the bog and warms his feet
Feeling alone
The army's up the road
Salvation a la mode and a cup of tea
Aqualung, my friend
Don't you start away uneasy
You poor old sod
You see, it's only me
Do you still remember
December's foggy freeze
When the ice that clings on to your beard
Was screaming agony?
And you snatch your rattling last breaths
With deep-sea diver sounds
And the flowers bloom like madness in the spring
Sun streaking cold
An old man wandering lonely
Taking time the only way he knows
Leg hurting bad
As he bends to pick a dog-end
He goes down to the bog and warms his feet
Feeling alone
The army's up the road
Salvation a la mode and a cup of tea
Aqualung, my friend
Don't you start away uneasy
You poor old sod
You see, it's only me
Me, oh-oh-oh
Aqualung, my friend
Don't you start away uneasy
You poor old sod
You see, it's only me, yeah
Sitting on a park bench
Eying little girls with bad intent
Snot's running down his nose
Greasy fingers smearing shabby clothes
Hey, Aqualung
Drying in the cold sun
Watching as the frilly panties run
Hey, Aqualung
Feeling like a dead duck
Spitting out pieces of his broken luck
Hey, Aqualung
Woah, Aqualung
my first time listening to this song and it brought me to tears. donating a bunch of clothes tomorrow now
🤙
I'm glad you understand, instead of just being creeped out before you hear the whole song.
THE GENIOUS OF IAN ANDERSON IS UNBELEIVABLE......
THE GENIOUS OF IAN ANDERSON IS UNBELEIVEABLE.......
Woke up with this on my mind today!! Now, I'm going to sit back, listen and think through all the memories it brings to me! Thank you, Jethro Tull!
Saw young Ian perform live in ‘73 in Rome, Italy. In those days they sold 1 price tickets and it was up to You to get close to the stage. It was open season, no cops, drugs everywhere! A good time was had by all.,,everyone was 😎 cool.