About 25 years ago in a very nice restaurant in Orange County California, my wife and I were in the bar area waiting for our table and having a couple drinks, the gentleman at the piano played Moths. I was blown away as I only heard it on the album. Went up and dropped a $20.00 in his tip jar and said thank you!!!
Glad that you recognize that Tull are a unique band and their music encompasses so many different styles of music and done perfectly. Keep up with checking out their entire catalog
You definitely get Tull! My favourites on this album are Acres Wild and Rover. To think that I first listened to this album 46 years ago when it came out. And it's still as good now as it was then.
@L33Reacts When were in our twenties, with no money our vacations we camping in the mountains up north. We'd as a group would go camping and the evenings were listening to music and staring at the stars, getting Astral.
"To late to stop for tea at Gerrards Cross". That is a couple of miles from me. He used to have a 16th century farmhouse called Pophleys. just outside Stokenchurch, so he would have used to the Chiltern Line going to and back from London. However, he gave up that property some time ago as he had a lot of people trespassing on the grounds, so he bought a manor house in Wiltshire. Tony Blair was looking at buying Pophleys back in 2008.
Heavy Horses was my first Tull album. Purchased on vinyl in the Summer of 1978 from a cut-out bin in a Kroger grocery store for the hefty sum of one dollar. Upon first listen, I couldn't stand it. However, something about it stuck with me, and when I listened to it again later it began to grow on me. I wound up with nearly every one of their albums! This was my first time seeing the video for 'Moths', and I was also unaware of the Steven Wilson remix. Much obliged, Lee!
Steven Wilson has remixed all the albums up to Broadsword, in vinyl and DVD booklets with comprehensive histories. The mixes are mostly better, and all available in 5.1 surround.
I think Moths is about how we pursue a passion without considering the consequences. Ian said it's just a love song. Journeyman is so descriptive of a ride home on the train. Ian called it "another train song". Lol
@@ShadowSong634 Yes. And you're welcome. Ive been a Tull fan for over 50 years. I love it that younger people are discovering the genius of Ian Anderson.
There is a band called The Thomas Bradley Project from Liverpool. They are VERY young. They do a lot of great Tull covers as well as some fantastic original songs.
I saw Jethro Tull in concert in 1969. I didn’t know who they were at the time. Mind blowing. They had just released the album “Stand Up”. Every song on Stand Up is amazing but would suggest “A New Day Yesterday” and “Nothing is Easy”
So glad that you love them because they unique totally enjoyable and the variety of the songs that they play are so fucking good ! Keep on listening to the albums that they have released-you won’t be disappointed. Love your reactions and reviews. You are an amazing person and would love to meet you
Love it! I remember when this first came out, as a Tull fan, I was not really into it. Was too subtle and complex for me. But over the years, I've come to recognize it for the gem that it is.
Oh, I hope I can get my ass up early tomorrow morning. MOTHS is arguably my favorite track on the Heavy Horses album. JOURNEYMAN maybe not so much, but still a delightful pacing tune with a unique beat.
It's so funny that I've never seen this video before, even though I've known Jethro Tull for almost 30 years. Apart from a couple of concert videos, I've never seen anything else from them, I didn't even know they made a video clip.
A few folks mentioned that as well in the live chat. No one had seen it! I found it while looking up the audio for moths. Loved the clip so much! Ian is amazing
JT are one of my top 5 bands, the catalogue is so varied, so much extra material and quality. Completely unique. Heavy Horses is one seriously impressive album as a whole. :)
If you listen to Moths again and pay attention to the lyrics you will understand Ian’s story about loving relationships you can go from there. Next Tull Tuesday I want you to react to Pibroch from Songs from the Wood and or Flying Dutchman from Stormwatch . I love your reactions to the most unique band in this era. I look forward to your next presentation! You are an amazing person!
To see one of the best examples of Ian Anderson's stage persona, see the video of his flute solo at Tampa Stadium in 1976. A very entertaining addition is to watch Finnish flute teacher Heline react to it on her channel (just type " heline jethro tull " and it's the top video). She had never seen him before.
Sorry, but it'll be late June for "Solstice Bells" to be at all appropriate (Yule/Xmas would be better). That being said, May1st (Beltane) would be the perfect time for Lee to do "Cup of Wonder" from SFtW.
Dharma for one live 1970 isle of wight. Original jethro tull drummer clive bunker. If you have never watched it you are missing one of the best drum prefomances ever.
I've never commented before, but I really like your Tull reactions. Tull is an acquired taste, even among those who typically love British classic rock. Ian Anderson actually took a hell of a lot of inspiration in terms of his acoustic approach from a guy called Roy Harper, who has influenced everyone from Jethro Tull to Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Kate Bush, and even more modern artists like Joanna Newsom. Roy was from the same hometown as Ian Anderson. Roy was a bit older, and Ian actually listened to Roy growing up. If you like, you could react to this song ua-cam.com/video/HwdamD86t8M/v-deo.html&ab_channel=RoyHarper which is called "The Same Old Rock" and actually features Jimmy Page on lead acoustic guitar, playing alongside Roy's 12 string guitar at the time.
I remember Moths being played on an afternoon kids' cartoon show - no one noticed the smoking and drinking! The only criticism I have about Steven Wilson's remix of Journeyman was that Martin's guitar is down in the mix compared to the original.
I've always loved Ian's lyrics. It may or may not be a good thing that I can sing along with both "Thick" and "A Passion Play" (plus any of the shorter works.) It is harder to locate online, but Bursting Out (live) is special! Conundrum will melt you! ua-cam.com/video/ROi48vA6W48/v-deo.htmlsi=1wNH74bOuyreYpxq
Just looked through your list of videos and saw that you played the Thick as a Brick album, but not their live version. It is a must see: ua-cam.com/video/hAt1b21S97k/v-deo.html
I think the whole modern tech thing has become even more invasive than you say, and has influenced people, not just later generations, in an almost robotic kind of way, where machines have taken the place of creativity and communication. A new culture of denial.
There's no other band like Jethro Tull! You can immediately identify a Tull song! An amazing band that gave us amazing music!
Visited my parents this past weekend, and I listened to this album on vinyl with my dad's old turntable. Never sounded better!
I bet it sounded great. I would love to hear it!
@@L33Reacts You will ; )
Poetry! One of my top Tull albums. Moths is a particular favorite.
About 25 years ago in a very nice restaurant in Orange County California, my wife and I were in the bar area waiting for our table and having a couple drinks, the gentleman at the piano played Moths. I was blown away as I only heard it on the album. Went up and dropped a $20.00 in his tip jar and said thank you!!!
I strongly recommend No Lullaby from this album. Barlow is on fire on it!
Glad that you recognize that Tull are a unique band and their music encompasses so many different styles of music and done perfectly. Keep up with checking out their entire catalog
You definitely get Tull!
My favourites on this album are Acres Wild and Rover. To think that I first listened to this album 46 years ago when it came out. And it's still as good now as it was then.
Hey thank you for that I appreciate it. I love these guys. So old timey but they were musically ahead of so many.
Tull sound great in the studio and even better live.
Favorite band since I was about 10. Thanks, sir!
Glad you enjoyed my friend! I had a great time with these two. The video was amazing.
@@L33Reacts Yes! I had nver seen that video before. And I thought I've seen it all with Tull. Thanks for that, also!
The Moth video reminds me of years ago sitting around the fire with friends listening to Tull as we were talking, smoking and drinking CW.
It really reminded me of my uh... lesser days. Really lesser. But the fun, back to your roots side of being homeless LOL
@L33Reacts When were in our twenties, with no money our vacations we camping in the mountains up north. We'd as a group would go camping and the evenings were listening to music and staring at the stars, getting Astral.
'Hunting Girl' from the Songs From The Wood album will blow you away.
"To late to stop for tea at Gerrards Cross". That is a couple of miles from me. He used to have a 16th century farmhouse called Pophleys. just outside Stokenchurch, so he would have used to the Chiltern Line going to and back from London. However, he gave up that property some time ago as he had a lot of people trespassing on the grounds, so he bought a manor house in Wiltshire. Tony Blair was looking at buying Pophleys back in 2008.
Heavy Horses was my first Tull album. Purchased on vinyl in the Summer of 1978 from a cut-out bin in a Kroger grocery store for the hefty sum of one dollar.
Upon first listen, I couldn't stand it. However, something about it stuck with me, and when I listened to it again later it began to grow on me. I wound up with nearly every one of their albums!
This was my first time seeing the video for 'Moths', and I was also unaware of the Steven Wilson remix. Much obliged, Lee!
Steven Wilson has remixed all the albums up to Broadsword, in vinyl and DVD booklets with comprehensive histories. The mixes are mostly better, and all available in 5.1 surround.
@@GeoffCB
Thanks very much!
Excellent choices! I always loved this album, and "Moths" in particular. I didn't realize they had a video - thanks for this!
This video feels like we are sitting with Uncle Ian while he is regaling us.
I think Moths is about how we pursue a passion without considering the consequences. Ian said it's just a love song. Journeyman is so descriptive of a ride home on the train. Ian called it "another train song". Lol
Were you the Cora to request these? Thank you so much! My dad introduced me to Tull when I was very young and I never stopped listening.
@@ShadowSong634 Yes. And you're welcome. Ive been a Tull fan for over 50 years. I love it that younger people are discovering the genius of Ian Anderson.
There is a band called The Thomas Bradley Project from Liverpool. They are VERY young. They do a lot of great Tull covers as well as some fantastic original songs.
i have never seen this video and tune, thank you in my old mans time. yea said it. we all miss a cent or to.
I can't wait until you get to "Rover" and "One Brown Mouse." Tull was my first favorite band. I rank Heavy Horses among their best albums.
Ditto!
I saw Jethro Tull in concert in 1969. I didn’t know who they were at the time. Mind blowing. They had just released the album “Stand Up”. Every song on Stand Up is amazing but would suggest “A New Day Yesterday” and “Nothing is Easy”
So glad that you love them because they unique totally enjoyable and the variety of the songs that they play are so fucking good ! Keep on listening to the albums that they have released-you won’t be disappointed. Love your reactions and reviews. You are an amazing person and would love to meet you
Really enjoyable listen and reaction, Lee, thankyou, Such a great album. ❤
Bass line on journeyman is killer!
As always, genius!☮️💙💙💙😎
Love it! I remember when this first came out, as a Tull fan, I was not really into it. Was too subtle and complex for me. But over the years, I've come to recognize it for the gem that it is.
Oh, I hope I can get my ass up early tomorrow morning. MOTHS is arguably my favorite track on the Heavy Horses album. JOURNEYMAN maybe not so much, but still a delightful pacing tune with a unique beat.
My favourite track - astonishing lyrics. And it's in 5/4...
I am referring to Journeyman, by the way.
Well, I'm going to play Moths at my daughters funeral.
Easy to forget to pay attention to the lyrics... Ian writes some awesome stuff
It's so funny that I've never seen this video before, even though I've known Jethro Tull for almost 30 years.
Apart from a couple of concert videos, I've never seen anything else from them, I didn't even know they made a video clip.
A few folks mentioned that as well in the live chat. No one had seen it! I found it while looking up the audio for moths. Loved the clip so much! Ian is amazing
JT are one of my top 5 bands, the catalogue is so varied, so much extra material and quality. Completely unique. Heavy Horses is one seriously impressive album as a whole. :)
I hope your journey takes you the album "Too old to rock and roll, too young to die" Tull has some great lyrics to go with their one of a kind sound!
If you listen to Moths again and pay attention to the lyrics you will understand Ian’s story about loving relationships you can go from there. Next Tull Tuesday I want you to react to Pibroch from Songs from the Wood and or Flying Dutchman from Stormwatch . I love your reactions to the most unique band in this era. I look forward to your next presentation! You are an amazing person!
To see one of the best examples of Ian Anderson's stage persona, see the video of his flute solo at Tampa Stadium in 1976. A very entertaining addition is to watch Finnish flute teacher Heline react to it on her channel (just type " heline jethro tull " and it's the top video). She had never seen him before.
Ring out Solstice bells 🔔 🎶 😎
Sorry, but it'll be late June for "Solstice Bells" to be at all appropriate (Yule/Xmas would be better).
That being said, May1st (Beltane) would be the perfect time for Lee to do "Cup of Wonder" from SFtW.
In my humble opinion the most beautiful track on this album.🙂
I mean months but Journeyman is an awesome song too.😅
Moths has great lyrics, you should re-listen to it without the video to distract you.
No Lullaby is my favourite from this album,.
Honestly - try “Songs from the Wood”
Dharma for one live 1970 isle of wight. Original jethro tull drummer clive bunker. If you have never watched it you are missing one of the best drum prefomances ever.
I've never commented before, but I really like your Tull reactions. Tull is an acquired taste, even among those who typically love British classic rock. Ian Anderson actually took a hell of a lot of inspiration in terms of his acoustic approach from a guy called Roy Harper, who has influenced everyone from Jethro Tull to Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Kate Bush, and even more modern artists like Joanna Newsom. Roy was from the same hometown as Ian Anderson. Roy was a bit older, and Ian actually listened to Roy growing up. If you like, you could react to this song ua-cam.com/video/HwdamD86t8M/v-deo.html&ab_channel=RoyHarper which is called "The Same Old Rock" and actually features Jimmy Page on lead acoustic guitar, playing alongside Roy's 12 string guitar at the time.
I remember Moths being played on an afternoon kids' cartoon show - no one noticed the smoking and drinking! The only criticism I have about Steven Wilson's remix of Journeyman was that Martin's guitar is down in the mix compared to the original.
I've always loved Ian's lyrics. It may or may not be a good thing that I can sing along with both "Thick" and "A Passion Play" (plus any of the shorter works.) It is harder to locate online, but Bursting Out (live) is special! Conundrum will melt you! ua-cam.com/video/ROi48vA6W48/v-deo.htmlsi=1wNH74bOuyreYpxq
Just looked through your list of videos and saw that you played the Thick as a Brick album, but not their live version. It is a must see: ua-cam.com/video/hAt1b21S97k/v-deo.html
I think the whole modern tech thing has become even more invasive than you say, and has influenced people, not just later generations, in an almost robotic kind of way, where machines have taken the place of creativity and communication. A new culture of denial.