First time I ever listened to JETHRO TULL - Locomotive Breath Live (Reaction!)
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Jethro Tull are a British progressive rock band formed in 1967. The group’s founder Ian Anderson plays flute & acoustic guitar & is the lead singer & quite a showman. They've had a lot of different members over the years. They had a lot of great songs such as "Thick As A Brick", "Aqualung", "Living In The Past", "Songs From The Wood", "A New Day Yesterday", "Cross-Eyed Mary", "Bungle In The Jungle", "Sweet Dream", "Life’s A Long Song" etc.
Let's not forget, Ian Anderson was SELF taught on flute and guitar.
Witches promise is a personal favourite
Actually, Jethro Tull was an eighteenth-century agriculturalist. People make this mistake all the time.
Scotland is his birthplace.
@@martinpalazzotto2617 Inventor oof the seed drill, which speeded up the process of planting crops!
Man, I miss the concerts of the '70s. They just aren't the same anymore. Your face when he started playing the flute was priceless and almost made up for the stoppages.
I was listening to Jethro Tull when I was in myTeens all the songs were really good
Also I have seen him live in the 90's and it was one of the best
I am now retired and yes I am still listening to this awesome music
All the best from Nottinghamshire 🏴
England 👍👍👍
I first saw Tull in concert, with this song, when I was 14 years old.
I’m 68 now.
Tull is English theatre with amplifiers!
It still rocks!
I also was 14 the first time I saw them. They had just released their Stormwatch album. I most recently saw them in Edinburgh Scotland, my brother and I flew over there from the States for their 50th anniversary show. Always a good show.
@@robmcgrath5202I was an eight month old fetus first time I heard them back in 1973. Can’t say I remember much from that show, but me mom said it was a good one. (sadly I never had the chance to see them as a fully formed human being)
I'm 70. Saw them in 74, LA FORUM! This is a GOD song. I suggest you READ the back of his AQUALUNG album? 😉
I also saw them when I was fourteen, in 1975, right after "Too Old to Rock 'n' Roll: Too Young to Die!" It was my first concert was released. It was my first concert, and they ROCKED. Ian Anderson was such a showman.
Yes, that was Martin Barre on the guitar. The man's a badass. One of my favorites. Jethro Tull is an incredibly unique and talented rock band. Their album Aqualung is a bonafide classic. You would really enjoy the whole album. Definitely worth your time to give it a listen, even if you can't react to every song.
You should listen to Aqualung.
Jethro Tull live is a total trip. I was lucky enough to see them in concert ... well, about 40 years ago. 🙂 Even my high school music teacher, back in the early 70s -- an elderly lady close to retirement, and a trained orchestra conductor, used to be a fan.
Jethro tall is the first concert that I ever went to see. I was 16 at the time and they rocked.
You should ALWAYS listen to music from the 60s and 70s with headphones!!!
The songs were mostly performed and engineered specifically for headphones.
Also, always listen to the studio version first, that is how we first heard them.
You can get a feeling of how it was introduced to us, why we fell in love with it and why it became a classic. It puts you there at that time and you can discover it as we did.
You can always return for alternate versions and live performances later.
I'm in my 60s, I got to see it all go down in real time.
What a blessing!
They may have been engineered for headphones, but I heard them on AM radio through 8 inch speakers. LOL.
Or sitting between the speakers with the volume up. Ha
Totally agree!
Hearing the studio version first is imperative.
Well, speakers, actually - but decent headphones sure help. Some of the better car istallations kick but for listeng to JT, and many of the other sixties and seventies 'supergroups'.
Nowadays, most of the time I'm stuck with a Senn' 280 HMD-13 (studio monitor) headset, and a Creative Labs AE-9 s/card and break-out box. Not the best, but still very respectable for the price.
At the end of Ron Burgandy's flute solo is actually a nod to Jethro Tull with the Aqualung riff. Maybe my second favorite flute solo too ;-)
Please remember, most people were high at these concerts😁. The song was about life going off the rails. Love your reactions ✌️
Yes. We were. Lol.
Never been high in my life and this was what we listened to as teens. And still are
To respond by the words of Miles Davis: So What.
While I dig Tull's live shows, the studio version of this song has an incredible slow-build dynamic that is lost when played live.
I like them both. 2 different takes on the same song that are both fantastic.
Over the years the bands I love to see live the most are the ones that can play a song live different from the studio version but make it just as special and unique.
It's like a huge bonus song that you get to hear.
That's not true. You're Living In The Past, I suppose... 🥺
It's an opinion, man. @@huskytully3887
Totally agree. The studio version has a dynamic that completely draws you in. That live version would be incredible if you were there, but the studio version has more staying power.
Agree. But have seen better live concerts...a lot of noise on this one. Check out the studio version.
I saw Jethro Tull in the early 1970’s. It was a great show, and I’ll never forget Ian Anderson playing flute on one leg. They were like early day touring minstrels the way they dressed.
i saw them in vancouver at that time, unique, awesome...
@@mscarelann Unique is the appropriate term.
@@wyomarine6341 Not at all. I’m not sure they even know the meaning of the word.
@@wyomarine6341 I guess we are teaching some of them in our comments.
Locomotive Breath, a song about life, how it won't stop, and how it feels like a train running you over sometimes.
Hearing songs like this from Tull are a good reminder that, even if metal fans don't want to admit it, Tull had a big influence on the sounds that ended up in Metal.
Also, Locomotive Breath was from the B side of the album Aqualung, which was a set of songs about God, hence the reference to Gideon's Bible. The A side of Aqualung was a set of stories about a small group of characters in a little English town. The entire album is worth a listen, some of the greatest work Tull ever did.
Saw Jethro Tull at Hull City in 1969 when i was a teenager, Ian Anderson had such a stage presence, and a brilliant performer
Jethro Tull is totally unique. This song is from the album "Aqualung". You should listen to more cuts from this album. Start with the first cut entitled Aqualung.
Aqualung is my fav!
Aqualung is indeed a great one, and very chuggy on the flute. Lots of different techniques on the flute and theatrics by Ian Anderson. If you think this is gangsta try Agualung.
I'd suggest the entire album, every song, in order, in one sitting. That how us old folk used to do it. Get off my lawn.
My dad introduced me to Tull after he went to a concert...said the man never stood on two feet the entire show. Miss ya dad.
Man I wish someone would do this reaction to the studio version. It's so clear and great.
Watching you react to Jethro Tull while my cat, Jethro Tull, sleeps on my lap. He is named after this great band. That flute solo was the first I ever heard of a flute solo in rock music and has always been my number one for the flute in itself.
Ian Anderson was actually a classic guitarist. He picked up the flute later in his career. Shows the built in talent he had.
That's incorrect. He started playing guitar at a young age ( rock guitar) and when he realized he would never be as good as the Jeff Becks and Eric Claptons of the world he decided to play something different. He went into a store and traded his guitar in for a flute figuring that no one was playing flute in Rock n Roll. He taught himself to play in about a year. When he put out the first Tull album he had only been playing about 3 years. Their first album was in 1967. He was about 20
@@toddbarton7229Should also add that he is actually still one of the best acoustic guitar players in the world. And I don't think it was three years before he started playing the flute live, but just a few months.
The guitarist Martin Barre tours The United States quite frequently with his Martin Barre Band. I saw him in May 2019 during the 50 Years of The Music of Jethro Tull tour (which featured the original Tull drummer Clive Bunker and longtime Tull collaborator Dee Palmer on keyboards).... and then again in January 2023 for the 50th Anniversary of Aqualung Tour.
Ian Anderson is back to writing new music and touring again (he was sidelined by COPD) although he and Martin have (for the time being) gone their amicable separate ways they both perform these great songs from their ginormous catalog of music.
Martin typically plays small venues (I saw him at the 350 seat Wildey Theater in Edwardville, Illinois) so the musical experience is very intimate. I was surprised to see that Martin is, himself, a very accomplished flutist
Martin Barre is the guitarist. The final solo was the melody from a song called "Black Sunday." A few years ago, someone asked Ian the meaning of the song, and he said it was about the environment. But I'm willing to bet if someone else asked him, he'd have another answer. LOL! They have decades worth of great music. :)
JethroTull is Troubadour Rock...and Ian Anderson is the Mad Pier of Rock n Roll!!...
That look on your face when Ian started his first Flute Solo!! I've seen that look on MANY faces over the last 50 years. Had it myself the first time I heard it.
Yes! That driving beat that pushes straight through the song, and then that flute solo that makes Tull SOO special. Another iconic song still living on my Ipod. For all the impact the live video has to see the utter uniqueness of Tull, the original recording IMO hits much harder. Agree with the comment that this is best listened too with headphones.
Now you know why the late sixties and seventies were the greatest musically.Bands like Jethro Tull sat alongside Zeppellin, The Who , Deep Purple , Sabbath and The Beatles.
I've seen them several times, and I even wonder if I saw this particular show, with the balloon breaking like that. Been a favorite since I was a little kid.
Aqualung and Thick as a brick are classics.
Jethro Tull have been a part of my life since 1972 when I discovered a song called "Life is a long Song"......
I respectfully suggest you buy the Aqualung album as this was the band's first big album in the USA.....they have a plethora of eclectic songs that span a variety of styles....Folk rock would be a general description of there gendra.
Many albums with various line ups keep the brand alive. Mr Anderson has been their creative lynchpin throughout.
Enjoy 😊
Man, I haven't heard that in years... still as awesome as ever.
I saw Jethro Tull several times in San Francisco when I was 16. His flute playing is absolutely incredible and he is amazing to watch performing as he usually did on one leg.
This video was made during the "Bursting Out" tour. I was at the Oakland coliseum arena when I saw this live. Still till this day, one of the best concerts I ever saw!
My mom was a hippy/biker and I was named after Ian (the singer), JT was one of her favorite bands. I grew up on this in the late 70s/80s... Album version is a bit different from the live version, of course. Dude is the epitome of a showman...
Ian Anderson is a musical genius. His creativity is off the charts. "Thick As A Brick" is an entire album that is one story, but the music evolves, rises, falls, quiets down and then explodes throughout the song/album. There is a live version in which Ian and his band cut it down to the best parts - just over 8 minutes - and that might be a good review for you. "Aqualung" is one of Tull's most iconic songs, and you MUST review it. To see Ian Anderson the genius up close and "unplugged", check out "Life's A Long Song" (Living With The Past, available on UA-cam) - a studio performance with a chamber orchestra in his later years that is a masterpiece. You will love all of these!
I saw Jethro Tull during their Thick As a Brick tour in Ft. Worth. Eagles was the opening act. They were about to have their first album released.
The diverse band ever, stiil going strong after 55 years. There are great concert songs, such are Bourree, Thick as a Brick, My God and Aqualung. You must see and listen. BRILL3!!!!!
Thick as a Brick, Aqualung, Stand Up, there are so many cool performances, guitar solos, flute solos, best progressive rock band...
My first experience with Jethro Tull, two or three lifetimes ago, this is the song I heard, and it blew my mind. Ian Anderson's stage presence is fantastic, but the studio version is what you really need to hear. He made flute playing cool, making me wish I did more with my sister's when I stole it to tease her.
Your analysis of the lyrics was spot on, for you.
Mid to late 70s people would sit about (possibly with the help of substances) and discuss between themselves what the lyrics meant.
Originally Jethro Tukll was na inventor(of agricultural machinery) but the band decided to take that for their name, the lead singer and flautist was Ian Anderson.
He was self taught on the flute (only having nine usable fingers he developed his own style )he realised just how restricted he had become when his daughter learned to play so he adjusted his style to be more mainstream.
Great reaction to a legendary band.
Ian Anderson the self-taught flutist and multi-intermentalist Mastermind Behind the Music.
In 1976 four of us traveled from Az. to Tampa Fl. to watch this concert.
Towards the beginning of a concert a woman in the front was heckling about how she didn't like flutes. With the band still playing he walked over and made some lewd gestures with the flute in her face and mumbled something we couldn't quite hear. Lol
At 43 minutes their song Thick As a Brick is the longest rock song recorded.
🤠🏞️🐂
I just saw Them in Los Angeles for the 7th time I have seen them starting in 1976 . Great band I have loved over the years !
What an epic song and performance from an epic band.
Martin Barre is a genius guitarist really. He has many styles from classical to blues, to rock and never copied others.
Wow. One of my favorite concert of all time!!!
Sebs a bit of my background I am 71 and saw Tull more then a dozen times.I also sat in an interview with Ian Anderson in the late 70's. Ian told us the song Locamotive Breath is essentially his take on the rapid and continuous growth in Population and Capitalism..40 years later these 2 things are still growing and unable to slow down
It can't be emphasized enough of how distinct and hugely recognizable name that Jethro Tull (the band) has played in the roster of classic rock. For those well familiar with them will simply say to one another Tull, as in "let's listen to some Tull, dude".
No matter what decade you may have seen them, all good. Always one of the best live bands. Martin Barre
I saw Jethro Tull in concert in 1972. Those were the days of hallucinogens...my steering wheel melted on the way home from the show😂
Ahhhh those were the days!!!! Went to see the band Boston many years ago didn't really see Boston I heard them. I was kinda laid back in my seat eyes closed the smell of Marijuana floating in the arena. Man I miss that.
I recommend Deep Purple - Child in time. Its breathtaking, instruments and voice so on Point
Jethro Tull is well worth a deep dive on Aqualung, and Thick as a Brick. Two of their great albums.
It's not often you hear a flute in a rock song. I have been listening to this since I was old enough to tune in a radio . You should also check out
ACDC " It's a Long Way To the Top if You Want To Rock and Roll" Bon Scott plays the bag pipes as Angus Young is playing the guitar
So glad you took the time to read and contemplate the lyrics - this is definitely a kick ass rocking song… But there are many Tull songs that showcase Ian Anderson’s amazing bard/minstrel captivating storytelling & singing abilities. 🤘🏼🎧🤟🏼
Seeing your face when the flute started was priceless! I saw Jethro Tull in 2015, what an exciting show!
Still one of the best concerts I ever attended: the Tull show in Rhode Island on the Songs From The Wood tour. Locomotive Breath was a standout, but the whole thing was wonderful. Jethro Tull had so many excellent songs.
Well done for a first listen! Yes, it's Martin Barre alright. He was only 37 here, but some people go combover at an early age. It doesn't affect their ability to play a mean guitar, though, thank God (even if He stole the handle).
JT is the best concert I ever saw. Not only the music, the crowd was epic. Biker crowds are underrated.
And yeah, JT beats Maiden and Rush.
Been to 12 Tull concerts. The current Jethro Tull band with Ian Anderson is currently touring the US as is Martin Barre's band. Both are still rocking.
Jethro Tull's two biggest hits in the U.S. that you might enjoy are "Bungle in the Jungle" and "Living in the Past."
Flute - in this period around 1970, we had a band "Focus" in the Netherlands with flautist, keyboardist, musician Thijs van Leer. Check out his composition "Hocus pocus" (that's a pseudo Latin magical formula derived from another pseudo Latin formula often found in old Harry Potter like stories, I guess). The entire Focus band actually was a quartet of incredibly good musicians. There's the album version that is at normal tempo ("time") but also a live recording in a pop program where artists were assumed to stay within a 3 minute time frame - so the band played the piece at double time (twice the speed). Another thing happening at the time, Jethro Tull also did that, was to work classical themes into rock/pop pieces.
The transversal flute (as opposed to the other flute called recorder) was used before this time in jazz music, limited, but still. The flute depended on amplification in order to still be heard in jazz bands. So a flute in a jazz performance became realistically possible in the 1950s. Thoughts go out to Eric Dolphy (who also played sax and bass clarinet), or more fusion like jazz, Hubert Laws.
Both Tull's Anderson and Focus's Van Leer have advanced flautist techniques - one of them self-taught in two years and the other a very good musical school education.
I am a huge Tull fan! Their music is various from classical, folk rock to heavy metal. And their lyrics are pure poetry.
There are a couple of reactions to this by classically trained concert flautists. One nearly goes apoplectic watching Ian sling his flute around!!
Jethro Tull always put on a great show! Ian Anderson and his traveling band of minstrels! The entire Aqualung album is golden. Dive in!
i saw him in concert in 1975. he was so fantastic.he is among the best floutists in history tho he doesn't show it too often.
I saw tull in the 90s three times in manchester apollo and free trade hall. Brilliant live band.
You may want to listen to the studio version, which features the full (beautiful) piano intro.
The song is a general critique of runaway population. I do like the personal interpretation you took.
The change at the end, after the last "No way to slow down", is to a different song from a different album ("Black Sunday", from "A"). The balloons come out at the last song of the show.
Love Tull. I have been listening to them since mid 70's.
Jethro Tull was my second concert late ‘70’s NYC
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If you listen closely you will hear, when he takes a breath, during his flute solo, his breath is in key with the music.
That whole ending is the ending of a completely different song (Black Sunday) tacked onto the end of this one for the live show. Love it.
Ian Anderson plays the flute almost as a percussion instrument and is the ultimate showman.
Bro, Skating away is another very cool tune. Great take on the tune.
Yes , I love Jethro Tull , listened to them for forty years ! You wanted something that you don't hear very often , how about Ten Years After , doing the song , I Can't Keep From Crying , live at Winter land in 1975 , if you want some cool guitar !! And yes , I do love Jethro Tull !!
My mum took me to see them mid 80's, think I was about 12, was at the caird hall in Dundee, I didn't appreciate the music really, was a mad show I'll never forget.
Rock n Roll flute! Jethro Tull is unique and wonderful. Locomotive Breath is exactly as you say, the music is so relentlessly upbeat and the lyrics are so in your face about what our lives often look and fell like. Some further reqs are Aqualung, Thick As A Brick, Bungle in the Jungle, Living in the Past and many more.
They used to call Ian Anderson Mad Dog Fabian, because of his Dickensian look and crazy stage antics. But be sure to listen to the album Aqualung-Ian at his best.
Ian anderson is called the "sprint devil" on stage all his life.
His trademark is the leg bent at flute... Supposedly he got so better desire for his energy-sapping moves on stage. Even now at an advanced age he is unstoppable...!
First Tull song I ever heard was BUNGLE IN THE JUNGLE on rock radio, but I never heard of the band name until around 1975 when MINSTREL IN THE GALLERY hit the airwaves. Been a fan since.
Saw them I believe on this very tour. Supporting the live ablum 'Bursting Out'.
My roomate and I were sitting in our apartment one late afternoon. Our neighbor offered us 2 tickets to Tull. I said that I only had a couple bucks. The tickets were still $6.50. So I traded my new 'Breakfast in America' album. It was ASU activity center in Tempe AZ. That was like 6 blocks away. The tickets were 16th row center.
You notice Ian Anderson flinging those big balloons over the crowd.
As long as at least one of them was floating they kept playing. Thats why they stopped abruptly. I heard somewhere on the tour they played over an hour. Because the last balloon was still intact.
Unfortunately our attendees popped them in about 10 minutes.
Awesome concert regardless. Anderson, Barre and band were phenomenal. Bought the album when I got paid.
I just watched that solo live last night. Martin Barre band fantastic group. He does a great job at this song he always has. It's his to own...
Ian Anderson is amazing on that flute. It is what sets their music apart from other bands. This was my very first concert at age 15. 1968. LOL 'Aqualung' was my favorite song by Jethro Tull. LOL
I largely agree with you, except in that even in songs that do not feature the flute, the music of Jethro Tull stands apart from all other bands.
I saw them live in the early 70s. It was awesome. The opening band was The Eagles.
Motage Mountain PA, in the early 90's...what a performance! da na na na na na na....boom boom boom....da na na na na na boom boom boom...played that riff for a solid 10 minutes till the crowd on that hillside couldn't get any tighter, and Bam...they went with it. it was Amazing
Thanks, Sebs Ian was unique.. when you have time & inclination, also please listen to "Aqualung" (Ian looks like that crazy old guy...)- amazing stuff from these guys... there was a minor uproar when they received a "best rock" award, b/c a few people said that "flute doe not belong in rock music"... I tend to disagree based on what I hear from these guys.. lol... appreciate your reactions... and your interest in these very creative 70's bands... pre-autotune and vibrant and unique...
Nothing Gangsta about Classic Prog man Lol !! I get you 😆 👍🎶🎼✌
seen a few of your reactions now. it's great to watch you truely enjoying that 'old' stuff. keep widening your horizon, man. your on your way. thanks.
I saw Jethro Tull when I was 17 years old and it was the best concert I've ever seen in my life. I'm 67 years old now and I'm still believe they're the best concert I've ever seen and I've seen a lot of concerts. Fantastic!!!
Ian Anderson is an ABSOLUTE genius and energizer bunny of a performer! Jethro Tull had so many great songs! Man...I miss those days when bands were unique, played their own instruments, wrote their own songs, had talent, had fun, made us have fun...what a great time for music! What happened? Where'd the fun go??
Great concert, say them in the 70"s
Martin Barre on guitar. His still on tour. Have him seen a few times in a small club. Must see
Their song "Bourée" (< an short instrumental) is one of my favs sounds ever ... studio version - in stereo -, of course! :)
When the band was in Germany - like 30+ (!?) years ago - I've been on the tour bus with them, riding to a concert at a extremly large hall (or stadium) ... pure fun and an epic night! :)
It's worth to check out some more JT ... It's a quite interesting band! Well, ... I'll listen to "Bourée" now! Can't get this sound out of my head right now! ^^+gg XD
Ian Anderson freakin ROCKS OUT on his flute…….. Ian Anderson is also father in law to the actor Rick Grimes on walking dead
Jethro Tull was actually a British inventor from the 17th century who was an inventor. He is remembered for inventing ploughing and seed drills and was at the time of The Industrial Revolution. It is from him that the band gets its name.
And when Ian Anderson isn’t touring or recording, he’s farming
More of that great music we had back in the 70s. What a time it was.
"Let me sing you songs from the woods....." I was just out of high school in the early 70's when we went to a Jethro Tull performance in Detroit, MI and watched this song, and others, performed live on stage. :D Please understand that it was possible for Tull fans to arrive at a concert in Detroit during the early 70's in a perfectly sober state and *still* wind up with a fairly good "attitude adjustment" in around ten minutes or so that cost you *nothing.* Nothing except taking a deep breath or two of the smokey atmosphere in the auditorium as you found your seat. :D Win-Win.
You're deep in the neck of my woods with Jethro Tull, I still have a couple of his albums.
You need to do Iron Maiden's live Hallowed Be Thy Name performance. Lead singer holds an epic note the whole performance is incredible. All Iron Maiden songs are Stories, and I suspect you care about the lyrics.
Locomotive Breath, per and interview with Ian Anderson was about the building of the worlds population and how it can't be stopped. "No way to get off". He saw it coming back in the 70's.
Saw them live in Chicago 1972!!
AMAZING show!!
Love your reaction! You are one of the few people who actually listen to the songs. Not onl the music, but also the lyrics. Keep on!