This song should be considered a classic because of its commentary on the mechanization and urbanization of the landscape and of the American landscape in particular.
Martin Barre is ripping someone or something a new ass with that guitar. Both whimsical and maniacal he is one of the most overlooked treasures in the history of rock.
Martin Barre is one of the great Lead Guitarists of our time. Farm on the freeway is one of the last great riffs of Jethro Tull. 'Stand up' was a beautiful miraculous fluke out of nowhere during a special time of peace and love with unreal passages that are absolutely wonderful to paint to. 'Benefit' followed with a strength of composition that did not dissapoint our elevated minds. It is something we can always to return to and we can return to that space in time.
Ian is a classic!!! Doesn't take things too seriously, but does his music seriously, and that's why they deserved that Grammy!!! Not just for that album, but for their total catalogue, which far outweighs Metallica's
The introduction is funny, but the grammy was totally justified. The best hard rocking music of 1987 was without any doubt to be found on Crest Of A Knave.
For once the critics got it right. Crest of a Knave was spectacular and was not the typical take an ESP guitar and de tune it to get crunchy. Based on their reaction, Metallica kind of thought air goose was cooked and reacted in such a spinal tap moment. This is a great album no matter what EREWARD YOU GIVE IT.
Still fantastic but I can not stand with O’Hara and Goddier , they don’t have the level of A Giddings and J Noyce or D Peeg , fantastic Ian Martin and Doane fabulous drummer. What a outstanding guitarist is M Barre one of the best in rock .
Not only regarding Metallica , the best songs from majority of progressive rock bands are not better than Jethro Tull worst song , we are talking about the best progressive rock band ever existed.
Florian Opahle is not Barre but a brilliant guitarist in his own right. The weakest member of the new band was O'Hara, who had a hard time as a keyboarder compared to Giddings, but improved a lot and plays a mean Hammond now.
@@NuntiusLegis Opahle typical shredder, million notes but none of them any good, zero feel, not much melody either, dreadful really for Tull songs, the new kid is worse though, RIP JT
@@rocksteady9115 Tull was most dead in the last decade with Barre still in the band, without any new album and a boring never ending best-of-tour with little varation in the set list. When Barre left, two great new albums came, for whatever reason. Barre is a great guitarist, yet Tull without him but with great new albums is better than Tull with him but without new albums.
@@NuntiusLegis I would disagree Ians setlist has hardly changed apart from the taab tour its more or less the same now as 2000-2012 The 2 recent IA solo albums aren't exactly great imo, Dot com considered Tulls weakest album is far better than both, imo of course I personally think Ian left it too long before putting new stuff out, I don't think it was Martins fault the band became stagnant, I think Ians voice making it very restricting to what he can actually attempt these days is the reason for the stagnency. It's painful to watch tbh, Ian really should have gave up singing at least 10 years ago, he kind of got away with it from 86-2010,but the deterioration since 2010 has been quite dramatic, its a shame but true,
@@rocksteady9115 I remember an interview with Martin Barre in the Tull magazine A New Day during the stagnancy; when asked about a new album, he replied "I think we are past that". Elsewhere Ian Anderson said MB never liked being in the studio, that it was hard work to convince him to spread out on Crest Of A Knave, making it more of a guitar oriented album compared to the dominance of keyboards on the previous albums. Another indicator probably was the Tull Christmas Album, which I consider quite bad by Tull standards, not least because the band was not together in the studio but MB and others just sent their contributions via mail. Compared to the Christmas Album and Dot Com, I think TAAB2 and Homo Erraticus are fabulous. The Tull Rock Opera also had some great new songs, which are sadly not yet released on an album. In the studio Ian's singing is still charismatic and pleasing to my ears, better than most other rocḱ singers. During long tours his voice deteriorates to the point where it becomes painful to listen to during most songs. I say for years he should concentrate on studio work, tour less, sing less on tours and play more flute instead, and restrict his live singing to more recent songs that suit his elder voice and to those classics he still can deliver, like Jack-In-The-Green and Wond'ring Aloud. Being the incredible song writer and instrumentalist Ian Anderson is, I don't see how such measures could fail in making Tull a living legend again.
This song should be considered a classic because of its commentary on the mechanization and urbanization of the landscape and of the American landscape in particular.
Martin Barre is ripping someone or something a new ass with that guitar. Both whimsical and maniacal he is one of the most overlooked treasures in the history of rock.
Absolutely. One of the greatest guitarists ever, and criminally underrated.
@@bobthebear1246 :) Agreed www.martinbarre.com
Tell me who underrated him, I'll find the guy and tear his lungs out.
Martin Barre is one of the great Lead Guitarists of our time. Farm on the freeway is one of the last great riffs of Jethro Tull. 'Stand up' was a beautiful miraculous fluke out of nowhere during a special time of peace and love with unreal passages that are absolutely wonderful to paint to. 'Benefit' followed with a strength of composition that did not dissapoint our elevated minds. It is something we can always to return to and we can return to that space in time.
Martin Barre another one of the true great players
truly under rated
Barre won the grammy alone, tremendous guitar player
Jethro Tull, no metal just musical majesty! 🎸🎤🥁
One of the best live and best bands ever
One of the best live song introductions ever.
Seen Tull many times. Lucky enough to have gone in very early days. And went to some more recent. Martin was a huge part of why I loved the band!
I've seen Till 28 times,,but this AWESOME song only three times// his voice is straining now but shit,he still rocks! Just listen to this!!
Ian is a classic!!! Doesn't take things too seriously, but does his music seriously, and that's why they deserved that Grammy!!! Not just for that album, but for their total catalogue, which far outweighs Metallica's
Ron Beretta fuck mrtalica😄
Metallica sucks.
Jethrotull king of music...
At any age.
Fantastic song
Saw them in concert in Santa Rosa, CA about six years ago- they're amazing
The introduction is funny, but the grammy was totally justified. The best hard rocking music of 1987 was without any doubt to be found on Crest Of A Knave.
Epic tune - absolutely love it!
I got this tape accidentally in about 1989. Turned out to be a real cool record. Guitar player jams too
This song was soooooooo deserving of so much more airplay....BUT!!!!! It never got it.THE RADIO STATIONS FAILED💩💩💩💩💩
Not a problem in Atlanta. Used to hear it a lot. Loved it then and now.
yeah, San Bernardino stations played it..
Just as well that my little cadre of shitbags thought we had it all to ourselves up in the great northwest, but they were still filling the arena.
We In Our Enlightened Time seem [are] willing to destroy, if thereby [some] money can be made.
For once the critics got it right. Crest of a Knave was spectacular and was not the typical take an ESP guitar and de tune it to get crunchy. Based on their reaction, Metallica kind of thought air goose was cooked and reacted in such a spinal tap moment. This is a great album no matter what EREWARD YOU GIVE IT.
Apparently this was Martins last gig before he got the sharpened flute right in the back
Click on the link in this comment to see the entire AQUALUNG: 40th Anniversary Tour concert live at the Chicago Theater 6-26-2011
Martin Barre may or may not feature in your list of top guitarists, but he is the most disciplined one, right next to Robert Fripp.
Fantastico !!
Ian did say when he received the award that it was" Kinda Gaudy".he didnt and doesnt care about that stuff.
Metalica, ha ha ha, dear oh dear.
❤
Still UP! by T&M :D
LOL love the intro. Unfortunately, Ian's singing is barely up to par, but Martin Barre's guitar playing is 100% on-point as always. 👍
What year please?
June 26th 2011.
Actually it was 1988!
Ian was referring to the year the Crest of a knave album was released. 1987.
Great track, but such an annoying vocal style keeps moving off mic. Martin Barre is great though.
lol
Guitar player is the shit.
This isn't Metallica !!!
Still fantastic but I can not stand with O’Hara and Goddier , they don’t have the level of A Giddings and J Noyce or D Peeg , fantastic Ian Martin and Doane fabulous drummer. What a outstanding guitarist is M Barre one of the best in rock .
Jethro Tull's worst song is better than Metallica's best song..
For sure
Not only regarding Metallica , the best songs from majority of progressive rock bands are not better than Jethro Tull worst song , we are talking about the best progressive rock band ever existed.
Martin was just as important to Tull as Ian, thats why Ians current band SUCK
Florian Opahle is not Barre but a brilliant guitarist in his own right. The weakest member of the new band was O'Hara, who had a hard time as a keyboarder compared to Giddings, but improved a lot and plays a mean Hammond now.
@@NuntiusLegis Opahle typical shredder, million notes but none of them any good, zero feel, not much melody either, dreadful really for Tull songs, the new kid is worse though, RIP JT
@@rocksteady9115 Tull was most dead in the last decade with Barre still in the band, without any new album and a boring never ending best-of-tour with little varation in the set list. When Barre left, two great new albums came, for whatever reason. Barre is a great guitarist, yet Tull without him but with great new albums is better than Tull with him but without new albums.
@@NuntiusLegis I would disagree Ians setlist has hardly changed apart from the taab tour its more or less the same now as 2000-2012
The 2 recent IA solo albums aren't exactly great imo, Dot com considered Tulls weakest album is far better than both, imo of course
I personally think Ian left it too long before putting new stuff out, I don't think it was Martins fault the band became stagnant, I think Ians voice making it very restricting to what he can actually attempt these days is the reason for the stagnency.
It's painful to watch tbh, Ian really should have gave up singing at least 10 years ago, he kind of got away with it from 86-2010,but the deterioration since 2010 has been quite dramatic, its a shame but true,
@@rocksteady9115 I remember an interview with Martin Barre in the Tull magazine A New Day during the stagnancy; when asked about a new album, he replied "I think we are past that". Elsewhere Ian Anderson said MB never liked being in the studio, that it was hard work to convince him to spread out on Crest Of A Knave, making it more of a guitar oriented album compared to the dominance of keyboards on the previous albums.
Another indicator probably was the Tull Christmas Album, which I consider quite bad by Tull standards, not least because the band was not together in the studio but MB and others just sent their contributions via mail.
Compared to the Christmas Album and Dot Com, I think TAAB2 and Homo Erraticus are fabulous. The Tull Rock Opera also had some great new songs, which are sadly not yet released on an album.
In the studio Ian's singing is still charismatic and pleasing to my ears, better than most other rocḱ singers. During long tours his voice deteriorates to the point where it becomes painful to listen to during most songs. I say for years he should concentrate on studio work, tour less, sing less on tours and play more flute instead, and restrict his live singing to more recent songs that suit his elder voice and to those classics he still can deliver, like Jack-In-The-Green and Wond'ring Aloud.
Being the incredible song writer and instrumentalist Ian Anderson is, I don't see how such measures could fail in making Tull a living legend again.