Jethro Tull - Aqualung (Official Music Video)

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  • Jethro Tull - Aqualung (Official Music Video)
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    This song is the first track and the title track on the 1971 Jethro Tull album titled 'Aqualung'.
    Lyrics:
    Sitting on a park bench
    Eyeing little girls with bad intent
    Snot 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
    Whoa, 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 (Hey!)
    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
    Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
    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-me-me-me-me
    Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
    [Guitar Solo]
    [Bridge]
    Dee-dee-dee-dee
    Dee-dee-dee-dee-dee-dee-dee
    Dee-dee-dee-dee-dee-dee
    Dee-dee-dee-dee
    Aqualung, my friend, don't you start away uneasy
    You poor old sod, you see, it's only me
    Sitting on a park bench
    Eyeing little girls with bad intent
    Snot 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
    [Outro]
    Whoa, Aqualung
    Aqualung, the album” to many, is Tull’s masterpiece. The title track and “Locomotive Breath,” with their catchy riffs, would be joined by “My God,” “Cross-Eyed Mary,” and “Hymn 43” as classic rock staples. There’s no arguing with its commercial success, having sold more than seven million copies and continuing to outsell anything in the back catalog.
    #JethroTull #Aqualung

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  • @RicWhite-wd5nk
    @RicWhite-wd5nk Місяць тому +54

    68 years old and still listening to music of the greats in 2024

    • @Chafflives
      @Chafflives 27 днів тому +5

      Seventy here.👍

    • @Bigfoot-px9gj
      @Bigfoot-px9gj 25 днів тому

      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. :)

    • @alanwannemaker2518
      @alanwannemaker2518 17 днів тому

      It is kind of sad how we have allowed the FOOS take control; ?

    • @faithwithnoreligion
      @faithwithnoreligion 16 днів тому +3

      Masterpieces are timeless

    • @Drakotar124
      @Drakotar124 3 дні тому

      They sure are timeless even a young 26 years old like me love those classics

  • @MindStateMediaInc
    @MindStateMediaInc 4 місяці тому +218

    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.

    • @lisadc4681
      @lisadc4681 4 місяці тому +12

      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.😌

    • @mrsullyrox
      @mrsullyrox 4 місяці тому +10

      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.

    • @rhondarhodes7601
      @rhondarhodes7601 4 місяці тому +4

      That's precious man

    • @MarkSkanes
      @MarkSkanes 3 місяці тому +7

      My Dad is still alive, but I have the same memories. Bless your old man.

    • @juliachildress2943
      @juliachildress2943 2 місяці тому +2

      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.

  • @carlomazza731
    @carlomazza731 3 роки тому +2192

    Ian Anderson, Peter Gabriel, Roger Waters, Robert Plant, Greg Lake, Keith Emerson, Jimmy Page... an incredible generation of musicians. I love them.

  • @bonniebailey3795
    @bonniebailey3795 2 роки тому +469

    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.

    • @nurcanozkaplan
      @nurcanozkaplan Рік тому +19

      Love Jethro Tull’s music ever, hope you’re better now👋🌺🥰hello from İstanbul,Turkey

    • @nurcanozkaplan
      @nurcanozkaplan Рік тому +9

      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

    • @RJs_CC
      @RJs_CC Рік тому +18

      many of us are Aqualung

    • @petersonlafollette3521
      @petersonlafollette3521 Рік тому +4

      TY Ian&Co. for publicity on this topic.

    • @donniekraus1273
      @donniekraus1273 Рік тому +8

      Aqualungs unite🇺🇦🇺🇸

  • @leogold75
    @leogold75 4 місяці тому +69

    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.

    • @jjj55561
      @jjj55561 2 місяці тому +5

      So sorry about your Dad. Lost mine too.

    • @chipsramek3868
      @chipsramek3868 2 місяці тому +4

      @@jjj55561 I still dream of mine after almost 40 years gone. saw these guys 7 or 8 times 1970-80.

  • @GachagirlLcL8
    @GachagirlLcL8 Місяць тому +19

    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!

    • @gfgould
      @gfgould Місяць тому

      Echo from Texas brother

  • @Joeypopshot
    @Joeypopshot 4 місяці тому +42

    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.

    • @ovidiocastro123
      @ovidiocastro123 3 місяці тому +3

      Of course there up there with those bands if anything they may even stand alone. There awsome!

    • @paulbrown1585
      @paulbrown1585 9 днів тому

      Rush don't count. too lame

  • @short-hand4312
    @short-hand4312 Місяць тому +17

    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.

    • @kathenry7904
      @kathenry7904 19 днів тому

      He gave you that joint to smoke. It's what he wanted. 😉

  • @mattengle429
    @mattengle429 3 роки тому +670

    One of the best guitar solos ever recorded in my opinion.

    • @robertmayer7232
      @robertmayer7232 3 роки тому +37

      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.

    • @curtislowe4577
      @curtislowe4577 3 роки тому +4

      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.

    • @sjdanthem
      @sjdanthem 3 роки тому +17

      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.

    • @bobbymartino9974
      @bobbymartino9974 2 роки тому +4

      In the top five with free ride

    • @javierllerena5756
      @javierllerena5756 2 роки тому +10

      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 ,

  • @AnthonySonnheim732
    @AnthonySonnheim732 12 днів тому +6

    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 🙏

    • @AnthonySonnheim732
      @AnthonySonnheim732 12 днів тому +1

      besides that only you can change you right? with the good lords help that is! right Amen!!!!!!

  • @samuelcapritta1086
    @samuelcapritta1086 4 місяці тому +29

    "The Army's up the road; salvation 'a la mode,' and a cup of tea." Is absolutely brilliant.

    • @chipsramek3868
      @chipsramek3868 2 місяці тому

      I got My whole wardrobe from a FL Salvation Army store after becoming homeless about 20 years ago. Very Tankful. :)-

  • @agatamazzone4894
    @agatamazzone4894 3 роки тому +93

    61years old woman..50 years with Aqualung..thank you IAN..scottish GENIUS..

  • @johnrudd9610
    @johnrudd9610 Рік тому +110

    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

    • @user-wj1xp8uo8e
      @user-wj1xp8uo8e 9 місяців тому

      I saw Jethro tull in Layton Utah I was in Weber basin. Job corps 1978

    • @frederickglasser5617
      @frederickglasser5617 6 місяців тому +1

      Same holds with Locomotive Breath.

    • @user-ce3dy7fb4u
      @user-ce3dy7fb4u 5 місяців тому

      totally

    • @confusedbadger6275
      @confusedbadger6275 5 місяців тому

      Saw them in the 80's, Krest of a Knave tour, this was amazing live.

  • @ectofreak1959
    @ectofreak1959 Рік тому +441

    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 💙

    • @bitTorrenter
      @bitTorrenter Рік тому +8

      At least your Dad was cool, mine liked the Carpenters when he was young😭

    • @justinthyme5382
      @justinthyme5382 Рік тому +29

      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. 😎👋🎶🎵🎶🎵🦘

    • @tranquillonicoli9645
      @tranquillonicoli9645 Рік тому +3

      @@justinthyme5382 ti auguro ancora molti anni con noi ❤️

    • @justinthyme5382
      @justinthyme5382 Рік тому

      @@tranquillonicoli9645??

    • @tranquillonicoli9645
      @tranquillonicoli9645 Рік тому +1

      @@justinthyme5382 auguri 👋👋

  • @DANIEL-do7uy
    @DANIEL-do7uy Місяць тому +6

    BEST BAND...EVER!!

  • @magda7224
    @magda7224 3 місяці тому +8

    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.❤

  • @_moosh
    @_moosh 3 роки тому +345

    Old 60s and 70s songs getting animated music videos in the 21st century is really cool.

    • @chomkeygamer9455
      @chomkeygamer9455 3 роки тому +3

      Animation has been around for decade's.

    • @_moosh
      @_moosh 3 роки тому +6

      @@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.

    • @stankygeorge
      @stankygeorge 2 роки тому +2

      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!

    • @hopefullyexisting1531
      @hopefullyexisting1531 2 роки тому +9

      @@stankygeorge excuse me but what do any of the words you just said have to do with this and also how drunk are you

    • @chomkeygamer9455
      @chomkeygamer9455 2 роки тому +1

      @@_moosh yes

  • @asnieze
    @asnieze 2 роки тому +123

    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.

    • @davidyoung2606
      @davidyoung2606 9 місяців тому +7

      Underrated? Not in my lifetime and I'm 68 🇨🇦

    • @vicentelopezcontreras8968
      @vicentelopezcontreras8968 9 місяців тому +3

      @@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

    • @manueljaponsoto896
      @manueljaponsoto896 5 місяців тому +1

      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 🎶

    • @lisadc4681
      @lisadc4681 5 місяців тому +3

      @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!

    • @micherunnett5492
      @micherunnett5492 4 місяці тому +2

      Never underrated in Canada... we played Jethro Tull constantly at parties for 20 years

  • @cliffjackson6816
    @cliffjackson6816 Рік тому +46

    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.

  • @wpjohnston0213
    @wpjohnston0213 Рік тому +153

    One of the GREATEST songs ever made. A true masterpiece!

    • @jeffw2228
      @jeffw2228 Рік тому +8

      Aqualung reminds me of creepy Joe Biden. 🤢

    • @BGinRS
      @BGinRS 5 місяців тому +1

      Really? Not the other guy who has been found guilty of a sex crime?

    • @lisadc4681
      @lisadc4681 4 місяці тому

      @@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

    • @chipsramek3868
      @chipsramek3868 2 місяці тому

      @@BGinRS Both Parasite Parties are equal in depravity ... it all needs to GO !

  • @jerendeb
    @jerendeb 3 роки тому +482

    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.

    • @madpeddler8263
      @madpeddler8263 3 роки тому +32

      Or simply 1 paycheck away

    • @claudiaravaiolle2257
      @claudiaravaiolle2257 3 роки тому +1

      I love is band, the my music predilect.

    • @Rannos22
      @Rannos22 3 роки тому +18

      Uh sorry, I'm not a pedophile

    • @rebelmoore6316
      @rebelmoore6316 3 роки тому +27

      @@Rannos22 neither is Aqualung.

    • @gabmichael8546
      @gabmichael8546 3 роки тому +3

      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/

  • @PrimitiveInTheExtreme
    @PrimitiveInTheExtreme 3 роки тому +414

    A timeless song and album, an immense masterpiece.

  • @bobbowie9350
    @bobbowie9350 Рік тому +20

    this song never gets old. its burnout proof

  • @richardfontaine8157
    @richardfontaine8157 2 роки тому +26

    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".

  • @oldschooltakingyaback
    @oldschooltakingyaback 3 роки тому +63

    This song changed my life.

    • @iamd0nd381
      @iamd0nd381 3 роки тому +3

      Salvation a la mode

    • @lancegould
      @lancegould 2 місяці тому

      @@iamd0nd381I hit the translate button, and it says “Fashionable Salvation” I shit you not. You can’t make that shit up. Try it everyone.

  • @javierllerena5756
    @javierllerena5756 3 роки тому +515

    Ian Anderson is the most intelligent musician in Rock and Prog rock history. The solo guitar from M Barre is marvelous.

    • @jay56wilcox
      @jay56wilcox 3 роки тому +16

      Hello,
      IMHO...The Greatest Rock Guitar Solo...EVER. Les Paul/Marshall Juiced to the Hilt. Thank You, Mr. Barre.

    • @gggallon
      @gggallon 3 роки тому +5

      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 !!!!!

    • @mikeramsey6175
      @mikeramsey6175 3 роки тому +13

      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.

    • @malcolmcarey7819
      @malcolmcarey7819 3 роки тому +6

      Absolutely correct

    • @jimpix8019
      @jimpix8019 3 роки тому +5

      @@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.🌀
      (-: :-)

  • @simonjames3845
    @simonjames3845 2 роки тому +4

    Been a fan since I was at school. Now at 67 still a fan.

  • @birgitbreitfeld5876
    @birgitbreitfeld5876 Рік тому +7

    Die Musik hat mich unwahrscheinlich fasziniert.

  • @davidantonhuba6194
    @davidantonhuba6194 3 роки тому +295

    Prescient. Powerful. 50 years down the road and it feels like we’re losing ground. Ian warned us not to look away

    • @cv507
      @cv507 3 роки тому +3

      we never understö0D Him ^ ^ ?

    • @rikk319
      @rikk319 2 роки тому +8

      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.

  • @jordijuanmarti6222
    @jordijuanmarti6222 3 роки тому +168

    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.

    • @brunotorres108
      @brunotorres108 3 роки тому

      I agree with you. 🤜🏻🤛🏻

    • @Fuzzybeanerizer
      @Fuzzybeanerizer 3 роки тому +4

      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.

    • @markburton3010
      @markburton3010 3 роки тому +5

      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

    • @jjudgeandjury
      @jjudgeandjury 2 роки тому

      L

  • @caspargroenen4363
    @caspargroenen4363 15 днів тому +1

    I bought the album back in 1977. Great album, Masterpiece.
    I still enjoy it.

  • @user-nn2od2yj4k
    @user-nn2od2yj4k 3 місяці тому +6

    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.

  • @vladimirkholodov3673
    @vladimirkholodov3673 3 роки тому +62

    Classic! Fifty years have passed, even scary.

  • @charlespeterwatson9051
    @charlespeterwatson9051 3 роки тому +334

    I want to see how they'll animate "Locomotive Breath".

  • @dlcillusions7782
    @dlcillusions7782 Рік тому +35

    This has to be one of the greatest songs of all time 🤘🏽

  • @Frankincensedjb123
    @Frankincensedjb123 2 роки тому +90

    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.

    • @NickSharpe
      @NickSharpe 10 місяців тому +2

      or 60s Tull where Eagles may have got their inspiration for "Hotel California"
      (you oughta know)

    • @danielcrouch6589
      @danielcrouch6589 6 місяців тому +1

      I think Zappa there would fist bump you with that statement, I know I did. @@NickSharpe

  • @diretonaveia-unidadedetomi1874

    Timeless. A Masterpiece. In a time were the great Rock bands ruled the world.

  • @markberman6708
    @markberman6708 4 місяці тому +16

    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.

    • @chipsramek3868
      @chipsramek3868 2 місяці тому

      1970 was the first time for Me ... Lots of partial memories ... no photos or canceled ticket stubs. :)-

    • @adkent9
      @adkent9 Місяць тому

      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.

  • @hilarymutongwizo3062
    @hilarymutongwizo3062 День тому

    Im listening to this song whilst sitting on a park bench. It's a kind of magic. ☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️💯💯💯💯

  • @gordonmarr6463
    @gordonmarr6463 Рік тому +26

    These musicians were way ahead of their time. Love them.

    • @robrunstedler6953
      @robrunstedler6953 Рік тому +2

      I think they were at the right time and place. Especially I got them for most of my life!

    • @nicidevine6670
      @nicidevine6670 Рік тому

      Me too

  • @hm_nn_5633
    @hm_nn_5633 3 роки тому +5

    Jethro Tull is way up there with Rock n Roll's greatest.

  • @rebelmoore6316
    @rebelmoore6316 3 роки тому +11

    Aqualung and Cross Eyed Mary; Two of my closest friends.

  • @atlasshrugged3435
    @atlasshrugged3435 3 роки тому +26

    The guitar solo and bass at that time is just perfect.

  • @OhioIndividual
    @OhioIndividual 11 місяців тому +8

    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.

    • @user-eo2oz2tf4q
      @user-eo2oz2tf4q 8 місяців тому

      And sabbath purple yes elp...we were ahead of our time..we left glam behind.

  • @bobyboo5063
    @bobyboo5063 3 роки тому +76

    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.

  • @realmarcio2029
    @realmarcio2029 5 місяців тому +12

    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!

  • @isadorassj_96
    @isadorassj_96 Рік тому +23

    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. ❤🇧🇷

  • @JamesAlee-no9tq
    @JamesAlee-no9tq Місяць тому +4

    Most memorable song of the 70's!❤

  • @jhamptonjr
    @jhamptonjr 3 роки тому +37

    Powerful. Iconic. Tull!

  • @handebarlas6248
    @handebarlas6248 3 роки тому +23

    Aylan Kurdi's tiny body found on our shores has been one of the saddest things I have ever seen...yet flowers always bloom like madness in the spring, don't they? Very powerful clip...

    • @naturalnashuan
      @naturalnashuan 3 роки тому

      How do you know it is about a specific kid? Did they animate over a famous photo?

    • @handebarlas6248
      @handebarlas6248 3 роки тому

      @@naturalnashuan Yes, that photo of him lying on the shore got world-famous then. On the clip, when flowers bloom over his body...

  • @RichardSteward-nf7iq
    @RichardSteward-nf7iq 26 днів тому +1

    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.

  • @colenunn1675
    @colenunn1675 2 роки тому +5

    Nothing like a classic Jethro tull song

  • @elindigenaelindigena1837
    @elindigenaelindigena1837 3 роки тому +176

    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.

    • @jorgeespinosa3179
      @jorgeespinosa3179 3 роки тому +6

      Saludo desde Mexico! Gran gente! Los queremos mucho!!!

    • @albertoortega2467
      @albertoortega2467 3 роки тому +5

      Abrazo grande querido hermano ...de Argentina ....🎸🔥👏✌️🇦🇷2021

    • @maxrevelationsmg
      @maxrevelationsmg 3 роки тому +7

      Do Brasil, abraços irmã sul americana!!!

    • @ramonalarcon1974
      @ramonalarcon1974 3 роки тому +5

      Saludos hermano!
      Desde Culiacán, Sinaloa México!

    • @annalilopez3839
      @annalilopez3839 3 роки тому +5

      Saludos desde México

  • @ChrisForte-kh9ih
    @ChrisForte-kh9ih 3 роки тому +27

    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.

  • @rachelklingberg1067
    @rachelklingberg1067 Місяць тому +2

    Eternal 80s FM hit from the immortal Tull, my first concert in I think '88 (Crest of a Knave!) Tull rocks on eternally! 🌲💚❤

  • @theskicker8856
    @theskicker8856 4 дні тому

    That opening 10 seconds are some of the best opening 10 seconds in music history!

  • @jeffreynoakes7925
    @jeffreynoakes7925 Рік тому +6

    Jethro Tull ROCKS 🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻

  • @yosdlycastro215
    @yosdlycastro215 3 роки тому +20

    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.

  • @kaymuldoon3575
    @kaymuldoon3575 3 роки тому +28

    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.

    • @Kelly-nm4kw
      @Kelly-nm4kw 2 роки тому

      Hello Kay, How are you doing?

  • @alanwise6662
    @alanwise6662 Рік тому +16

    I kinda wish I had a Dollar 💵 for every time I listened to this song in 1971 on my LP. It only took me 52 years to watch this exquisite video to go with it for my imagination and I still says that’s CROSS-EYED MARY at 5:05 sitting on the park bench whose ATTENTION is drawn by Aqualung

    • @A_real_Ha_So
      @A_real_Ha_So 4 місяці тому +1

      Yeah. It's her imo.
      "Eyeing little girls with bad intent" means he saw Mary who had bad intent. Real subtle change of meaning.

    • @MakerTools
      @MakerTools 3 місяці тому

      I hated the visual. It was one of our favorites back then. The cartoons here had nothing to do with the song. I smell social programmers.

  • @troyfuller8383
    @troyfuller8383 3 роки тому +7

    I grew up hearing this song and i'm 49 great album always will be.

  • @Westhamskin
    @Westhamskin 2 роки тому +5

    Tull at his best, a timeless classic.

  • @johnhankins3819
    @johnhankins3819 Рік тому +24

    A somewhat under appreciated guitar solo….impeccable.
    “And the flowers bloom like madness in the spring “

    • @rhmayer1
      @rhmayer1 3 місяці тому +4

      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.

    • @robrick92
      @robrick92 3 місяці тому +1

      Always been one of my favorite solos

    • @jordanwelch3832
      @jordanwelch3832 Місяць тому +1

      And the sick riff that goes with the song, one of the most iconic rock guitar riffs IMO

  • @279MH
    @279MH Рік тому +3

    Da sind ja all die Namen...ich glaube ihr seid dran😊🐺🍀😇
    Ein tolles Video. Zu dem Kind was da liegt, will ich auf eine Steinfigur aufmerksam machen die steht in Berlin, von vorne und von der Seite sieht man nur eine Frau , für mich so der Eindruck ,arm auf Wanderschaft, aber auch auf Reisfeldern könnte das sein. Sie hat ein Kind aud dem Rücken gebunden, mit einem Tuch. Falls und so, da ist das Kind da...❤

  • @kaianacrata2739
    @kaianacrata2739 2 роки тому +59

    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

    • @RM---
      @RM--- 2 роки тому +8

      my first time listening to this song and it brought me to tears. donating a bunch of clothes tomorrow now

    • @myearsloveit
      @myearsloveit 2 роки тому +1

      🤙

    • @mtnprivy
      @mtnprivy 2 роки тому +7

      I'm glad you understand, instead of just being creeped out before you hear the whole song.

    • @raymonddussault5277
      @raymonddussault5277 Рік тому +2

      THE GENIOUS OF IAN ANDERSON IS UNBELEIVABLE......

    • @raymonddussault5277
      @raymonddussault5277 Рік тому +2

      THE GENIOUS OF IAN ANDERSON IS UNBELEIVEABLE.......

  • @josron6088
    @josron6088 3 роки тому +5

    I've been waiting 50 years for this video. Thanks.

  • @DIMOSTHENHS
    @DIMOSTHENHS Рік тому +2

    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!!

  • @hassannajjar2508
    @hassannajjar2508 Рік тому +6

    The solo takes me to another place... damnnn

  • @annetracey5838
    @annetracey5838 3 роки тому +8

    Privileged to have seen Jethro Tull 6 times. Ian A. Brilliant😁

  • @bobcarn
    @bobcarn 3 роки тому +315

    It's sad that these older songs that bring to light the vices and failings of society are even more poignant and relevant now than when they first came out. "Aqualung", "A Farewell to Kings".... it's like they were written today.

    • @jasonjohnson5773
      @jasonjohnson5773 3 роки тому +1

      Robert Carnevali what exactly is the meaning behind the song?🤔

    • @MrSpanks
      @MrSpanks 3 роки тому +1

      'A Farewell To Kings' - even more poignant as of the 9th April! Unless you are psychic and that's what you meant!!

    • @bobcarn
      @bobcarn 3 роки тому +23

      @@jasonjohnson5773 It was a statement on the state of social issues back then. People shrinking their worldview ("turned our gaze from the castles in the distance, eyes cast down on the paths of least resistance") , distorting facts ("slandering the sacred halls of truth"), hypocritical leaders, people and leaders driven by animosity, disdain for experience ("scoffing at the wise"), leaders acting out of anger or negativity ("ancient nobles showering their bitterness on youth"). It was just something that lyrically seemed interesting and topical back then, but 40 years later still seems very topical.

    • @pamelamattox7881
      @pamelamattox7881 3 роки тому

      @@bobcarn wow. Thanks.

    • @absolutelypositively
      @absolutelypositively 3 роки тому +11

      it was a new day yesterday, but it’s an old day now.

  • @chr.burm.2529
    @chr.burm.2529 7 місяців тому +4

    Heftiger Text, sehr schöne Melodie.

  • @bdaddy503
    @bdaddy503 2 роки тому +7

    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.

  • @ajf88in99
    @ajf88in99 2 роки тому +17

    Jethro Tull, one of the greatest bands of all time. Musically solid, powerful performances. 👏

  • @terryhowell5513
    @terryhowell5513 2 роки тому +5

    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…..

  • @spotsandstripes2
    @spotsandstripes2 2 роки тому +8

    So transcendental of time! Truly iconic.

  • @patearly9492
    @patearly9492 3 роки тому +7

    Jethro Tull and Aqualung are always fantastic. Happy Easter season to everyone

  • @gundayduman
    @gundayduman 3 роки тому +38

    loved it, thanks for remembering Alan Kurdi and other children

    • @mjt1517
      @mjt1517 3 роки тому

      Would you please explain to me how this song has any connection to that child?

    • @wolfgangwalk337
      @wolfgangwalk337 3 роки тому

      @@mjt1517, he died of an Aqualung, didn't he? And if that's not enough: the artist behind the song obviously quite literally drew the connection.

  • @williamjames2840
    @williamjames2840 3 роки тому +51

    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".

    • @dwightballard3868
      @dwightballard3868 3 роки тому +4

      Benefit is an excellent album and often overlooked in the JT Discography.

    • @dougrhonable
      @dougrhonable 3 роки тому +4

      Benefit is my favorite JT album.

    • @jamesmicucci7028
      @jamesmicucci7028 2 роки тому +1

      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. 🎸

    • @williamjames2840
      @williamjames2840 2 роки тому

      @@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.

  • @s.tepper4030
    @s.tepper4030 Рік тому +15

    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.

  • @hai.1820
    @hai.1820 Місяць тому +1

    I remember listening this on a sony walkman on the sirkeci-bakırköy train as a child... those were the days...

  • @brosty_Star
    @brosty_Star 3 роки тому +29

    The chess part is SO magic

  • @tixximmi1
    @tixximmi1 3 роки тому +18

    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.

    • @EducationMattersYes
      @EducationMattersYes 3 роки тому

      You mean "weaned," but yes indeed, and cheers!

    • @mjt1517
      @mjt1517 3 роки тому

      @@EducationMattersYes name checks out.

    • @MatheusManzano
      @MatheusManzano 3 роки тому +1

      Led Zeppelin IV, The Yes Album/Fragile, Nursery Crime, Islands, Tarkus / Pictures at an Exhibition... and go.

    • @tixximmi1
      @tixximmi1 3 роки тому

      @@EducationMattersYes Both spellings just may be correct in this case. Thank you. :)

    • @EducationMattersYes
      @EducationMattersYes 3 роки тому

      @@tixximmi1 No, not in this case.

  • @williamandriambala5034
    @williamandriambala5034 5 місяців тому +1

    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...

  • @survivor648
    @survivor648 Місяць тому +1

    Saw him in concert!

  • @carlosedcnatal1367
    @carlosedcnatal1367 3 роки тому +5

    Jethro Tull is the quintessence of Rock! 🤘

  • @pehbs3224
    @pehbs3224 3 роки тому +65

    Great guitar solo,
    Incredible vocals,
    Powerful Drums...
    This is Jethro Tull, one of the best bands in the universe.

    • @marvymarier8988
      @marvymarier8988 2 роки тому +3

      I heard the Zircons from Mars were pretty good....(you did say the universe , didn't you ?)
      Lol

    • @williamdon3442
      @williamdon3442 2 роки тому

      In other words a great fuckin song

  • @womp4275
    @womp4275 2 місяці тому

    Crazy that such an old song gers a music video now. Shows how much we developed in such a short time. This was basically a lifetime ago for many peolple but the creators are still kicking.

  • @Marcos.j.s.c
    @Marcos.j.s.c 2 місяці тому +2

    Viva.o.rock.sempre.e.eternamente..sempre.de.verdade........

  • @hsyeswellitsme
    @hsyeswellitsme 3 роки тому +18

    Definitely one of my most influencing albums, a masterpiece.

  • @rafaelaugustolarapalmeros8060
    @rafaelaugustolarapalmeros8060 2 роки тому +4

    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!!!!!!

  • @arthurburks-rz2ck
    @arthurburks-rz2ck Рік тому +1

    My late brother Chris loved any music by Jethro Tull, and this was one of my brother's favorite songs by Jethro Tull.

  • @michael5366
    @michael5366 2 роки тому +5

    This is the best interpretation of the meaning of this song.

  • @Dan.Solo.Chicago
    @Dan.Solo.Chicago 3 роки тому +5

    The best road trip music

  • @marcoraz6880
    @marcoraz6880 3 роки тому +27

    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!

    • @timflaherty8389
      @timflaherty8389 2 роки тому

      Cried? Are you Transgender?

    • @rabfallon4507
      @rabfallon4507 2 роки тому +1

      @@timflaherty8389 Why , is your mother ?

    • @timflaherty8389
      @timflaherty8389 2 роки тому

      You don’t get a round Mouth from eating square Meals. I’ll send you a Hanky.

    • @idontnotdothings2193
      @idontnotdothings2193 2 роки тому

      ​@@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

    • @krautball
      @krautball 2 роки тому +1

      No offense to the late Glenn Cornick (R.I.P.), but it was Jeffrey Hammond(-Hammond) on bass on the Aqualung album.

  • @maurobicchecchi1025
    @maurobicchecchi1025 Рік тому +7

    Una emozione incredibile ascoltare Ian Anderson dal vivo A Bologna: Uno spettacolo incomparabile da artisti leggendari. Ancora oggi in auto sempre Jethro Tull.!!!! Grazie

  • @slushbo1493
    @slushbo1493 16 днів тому

    Good straight-up rock'n'roll that evokes memories of the '70's ... good times.

  • @michaeldombrowski9193
    @michaeldombrowski9193 2 роки тому +7

    When I saw this video, it was like hearing the song again for the first time in1971 when I was 17. Although I might have heard it performed live by Jethro Tull in 1973, I haven’t been so affected by the song ever since. The animators did an incredible job of recreating the despair and hopelessness on the faces of the refugees.

  • @fotonomad69
    @fotonomad69 3 роки тому +4

    An epic masterpiece 50 years on. An immortal classic.

  • @simonetaormina7080
    @simonetaormina7080 7 місяців тому +2

    The greatest generation of music ever. Unmatched by any other. Great video

  • @ianmathews6588
    @ianmathews6588 3 роки тому +9

    I have to say, My Name is Ian Mathews, my dad was in love with this band and he named me after the lead singer, I have a tattoo of Ian standing on one leg with the words aqualung above him. after a 29 years of listening to this band and listening to this song, they just now come out with an awesome trippy music video. I'm totally beside myself.

    • @mark-sl8su
      @mark-sl8su 3 роки тому +2

      Thats dope Ian my dad just passed down all his old records this was one I got dope era in time for music