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If you want a more full jethro tull experience at some point, i highly recommend either "my god" live for a great flute solo, or Thick as a brick live (its a long song, but its worth it to get a feel for how progressive they are)
Maggie, you are one of the best "Professionals" i have seen. You see what a Performance old Groups can be bringing. And this is almost more as a "Song for Mallorca". My Heart is by YOU! (And sorry for my "School-English", forgive me at all Time) 😇
Each Tull album seems to have a different sound - but are always identifiable as Tull. If this was on in an elevator I would miss my stop, I need to know what elevators you go in to hear music this good!
As someone mentioned, from the history book, The Ballad of Jethro Tull, Ian Anderson gives an account of the origin of this song. They were touring the US for the first time in 1969, and Producer Terry Ellis wanted a "hit song" to "keep the pot boiling" in England. Ian bluffed him on it. To quote Ian: "I had to come up with something, so I made it the most uncommercial song I could, putting in a 5/4 time signature, and being as untrendy as I could by calling it Living in the Past." In spite of the unseriousness of Ian, it made it to number 3 in England. He commented that it turned out to be "Only the second time in the history of Planet Earth so far, a piece of music in a 5/4 time signature has made it to the top of the charts. The other time was Dave Brubeck's "Take Five."
Not really folk rock. If you want to hear some British folk rock from the era you need to listen to fairport convention and steeleye span. Judy dyble, and Sandy Denny of Fairport convention , and Maddy Prior of steeleye span 3 of the best female vocalists. Those 2 groups roll lead you many more from the era. For Fairport convention listen to album leige and lief, for steeleye span probs KY start with their first album hark! the village wait. The maybe go to best of for s good sampling As a dude note Sandy Denny is the only women yo sing on a led Zeppelin album
Funny, I always thought of elevator music as sterile, bland and lifeless. No _wild_ swing or syncopation to provoke a thought, or even the conscious attention of the listener. In other words, mainstream popular music today; the humanity quantized and auto-tuned out to a dry, non-offensive husk.
Oh, what to watch next--"Locomotive Breath", "Cross-eyed Mary", "Songs From the Wood" for starters...Your pick, Maggie, although I'd recommend the live version of "Locomotive Breath" (Rockpop in Concert 10.7.1982)
The jazz intro part was actually used on BBC tv for many years as a current afairs program theme.. Tull would mutate through music genres and themes .. total musicians. They could play anything and make it a Jethro Tull hit. They evolved with each album ..consumate show men .🧙🏻♂️🇬🇧😎
Ian Anderson's flute and voice instantly bring me back to the early 1970s, where I was and what I was doing then. Good choice, Bart. Good reaction, Maggie.
The reason for the different ‘elevator” sound was that the record company told Ian to write them a number one single, which wasn’t really what Tull was into. This was Ian’s attempt to write a commercial pop success, which he resented having to do. But he still managed to put his own stamp on it with a non-pop friendly 5/4 time signature. In a 1980s live performance (which can be found on their 20th anniversary album) Ian introduces it by saying to the audience “this a a song we’ve utterly loathed for 15 long years”. But as much as he doesn’t really like it, it was their biggest chart hit so the audience expect them to play it. There’s been so many different arrangements through the years deliberately to make it more interesting for Ian to play!
Want to hear a side of Jethro Tull that you'd never expect? Search for Jethro Tull Stormy Monday. An absolutely incredible 1968 live on air recording on an English radio station. Tull started out as a jazzy blues rock band in 1967.
You need to travel down the rabbit hole and listen to the live version of Black Sunday then he Acoustic version of Wondering Aloud, then from the album A still further on then the unreleased version of Dun Ringell then you will understand how this band are so far out front of every other band
:) "Songs from the Wood" stripped back travelling-minstrel folk as if from the 1400s + elements of choirs / medieval elements. Emphasis on vocals and simplified themes + much tallent. Gorgeous, beautiful, long-time favourite Tull album and track.
I bet she would like the Gregorain Chant-esque in the studio version of My God (Maggie, I would suggest the live version at Isle of Wight Festival after hearing the studio version, but honestly, I am afraid your head might explode at some of the physical gesticulation used).
Just found your channel and really like your reactions. I am a little confused. You are an opera singer, you react to classic rock, but you haven't reacted to any of the band that invented the rock opera. Of course I'm talk about the power, the passion, the genius, the madness..... The Who. I recommend starting with the "mini opera" A Quick One While He is Away. I also recommend that you view the live version from the Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus. The Who are a different animal live. Around that time of that show (around 1970) and before Mon's health started to go south, they may have been the greatest, live rock band ever.
For top quality folk rock listen to Steeleye Span. Their version of "When I Was on Horseback" sung by their female vocalist Maddy Prior is absolutely haunting. She has one of the purest, most beautiful voices you'll ever hear. Guarantee you'll have it on repeat and playing in your head.
One of the best popular songs in 5/4 , Second to Take 5 By Dave Brubeck, in my opinion. Ian Anderson(Singer/flute) has a patent or something with a salmon farm he used to own.
This song was going through my head - under the helmet - on my ZX-750 (doing 160-180 kms/h) going from Athens to Patras to catch the boat back to Italy in the autumn of 1998 🙂 Elevator music??
I heard a great anecdote about how his daughter was learning flute in school, and when she played for him he realized he had been holding it wrong for years, and changed how he was doing it based on her example. Crazy if true, and a very cute story.
Jethro Tull was an awesome band with a great catalog in the late 60s and all of the 70s. You n.eed to hear much more. If you want live, do Locomotive Breath but please hear the original as well, it is a great song you so need to hear. Enjoy! 🎵🎸🎤🎹🎷🎻🎶
saw Jethro Tull live in the 70's and 80s , awesome group , remember this was before CDs , personal computers , mobile phones, so watching this you are living in the past, wasnt it nice back then?
Ian and the rest of the band were on tour in the usa for a really long time so the management asked Ian to write a "hit song" to keep everyone interested back home so he wrote this and its in 5/4 time too!!
If you enjoy british folk rock, you should check out some early Wishbone Ash. I would recommend the final 2 songs on their 1972 album Argus: Warrior & Throw Down the Sword 👍
Self taught on the flute for a little over a year on that one. Another year or two and his flute playing goes deep into pioneering territory. Ian Anderson is a self taught multi-Instrumental genius. And yes - the music & lyrics he writes are also quite versatile. You will hear fusions of blues, jazz, hard rock, folk, & classical, but Ian states they are a progressive rock band first and foremost.
There are so many classic Jethro Tull songs worth reacting to covering so many genres. For another artist, have you ever heard Vanessa Amorosi? She has an incredible voice. Have a listen to Sun's Up.
They are very diverse - progressive rock. band They do straight folk and rock and combine the two! If a band's music all sounds the same they become - boring! Like many modern bands, IMHO....
Well: what made these iconic bands iconic? Maybe: versatility. Surprising the audience with different tempo, different styles, different...something in every next song. "Elevator music" is a good one! Haha! Isn't it kinda uplifting to listen to it? (No: I don't wanna talk about music beeing played when the elevator is on it's way down. Nope 🙂 Let me take the chance to mention a band from the UK who blew our minds here in Hamburg, last fall: Morganway. In the song "Come Over", all six members are also singing. Their 1st time in Germany as opening act for Elles Bailey.
Hi, I'm just a UK fan. Your reaction videos are wonderful. Here's something you may enjoy an Opera duo Charlotte & Jonathan - Britain's Got Talent 2012 audition
I don't know if a live performance of PASSION PLAY is available, but it was awesome to see live. Started with an apparently lifeless image of a ballerina on a huge screen. A drumbeat seemed to start her red heart throbbing until she rose to dance. But I like that you've discovered wildly different sounds from the sane band. Interesting note: the first Grammy Award for "Heavy Metal" went to Jethro Tull! So always turn it up (minding your ears)!!! ❤✌️🎶🎵🎶
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If you want a more full jethro tull experience at some point, i highly recommend either "my god" live for a great flute solo, or Thick as a brick live (its a long song, but its worth it to get a feel for how progressive they are)
Also you should check out Marc Martell's cover of queens "who wants to live forever"
More Tull - 'Heavy Horses'; 'Weathercock'; 'Pibroch'; 'Working John-Working Joe'.
Also, other bands to consider: Porcupine Tree; Riverside; Dream Theater; Yes; The Strawbs.
@@EessaTube Hell yeah, this whole list, to few people react to the Strawbs (or heavy horses :D)
Tull is my favorite group. I recommend “Songs From The Wood,” “Velvet Green,” and “Slating Away on The Thin Ice of The New Day.”
and "Thick as a Brick"
It's Skating Away...
I've seen these guys three times. They were a mile above everyone else in a concert. It was a great show and top music.
The closest thing to a label I can think of for Jethro Tull is a prog-rock group composed of Renaissance minstrels.
Best description I've seen!
Maggie, you are one of the best "Professionals" i have seen. You see what a Performance old Groups can be bringing. And this is almost more as a "Song for Mallorca". My Heart is by YOU! (And sorry for my "School-English", forgive me at all Time) 😇
Each Tull album seems to have a different sound - but are always identifiable as Tull.
If this was on in an elevator I would miss my stop, I need to know what elevators you go in to hear music this good!
As someone mentioned, from the history book, The Ballad of Jethro Tull, Ian Anderson gives an account of the origin of this song. They were touring the US for the first time in 1969, and Producer Terry Ellis wanted a "hit song" to "keep the pot boiling" in England. Ian bluffed him on it. To quote Ian: "I had to come up with something, so I made it the most uncommercial song I could, putting in a 5/4 time signature, and being as untrendy as I could by calling it Living in the Past." In spite of the unseriousness of Ian, it made it to number 3 in England. He commented that it turned out to be "Only the second time in the history of Planet Earth so far, a piece of music in a 5/4 time signature has made it to the top of the charts. The other time was Dave Brubeck's "Take Five."
I wonder if we could get Maggie to do Dave Brubeck's "Take Five.” Not sure if there’s any singing in it.
@@jss27560 That's a great idea! I think it is non-vocal jazz piece. I vaguely remember something about it but not clearly.
From "Elevator Music" to "Really enjoy this" 😂
I believe this was a response to a request or desire to make something a little more commercial for radio play. Despite that I love it.
The Album Benefit is a must for a deep dive into Tull.
Highly recommend Mother Goose from the Aqualung album for its rhythm and Ian's vocals.
A huge thank you to Bart.
Please, Maggie, do yourself a favor and go down the Jethro Tull rabbit hole. Especially the 70’s and 80’s. Great job.
Based on your enjoyment of this particular song, I would like to point you in the direction of the John Renbourn Group (and also Steeleye Span).
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Not really folk rock. If you want to hear some British folk rock from the era you need to listen to fairport convention and steeleye span. Judy dyble, and Sandy Denny of Fairport convention , and Maddy Prior of steeleye span 3 of the best female vocalists. Those 2 groups roll lead you many more from the era.
For Fairport convention listen to album leige and lief, for steeleye span probs KY start with their first album hark! the village wait. The maybe go to best of for s good sampling
As a dude note Sandy Denny is the only women yo sing on a led Zeppelin album
I preferred the Beach Boys.
Funny, I always thought of elevator music as sterile, bland and lifeless. No _wild_ swing or syncopation to provoke a thought, or even the conscious attention of the listener. In other words, mainstream popular music today; the humanity quantized and auto-tuned out to a dry, non-offensive husk.
This band is so versatile. They can do heavy rock to folk to classically inspired pieces.
Elevator music? In 5 time? That's one proggy elevator!
Oh, what to watch next--"Locomotive Breath", "Cross-eyed Mary", "Songs From the Wood" for starters...Your pick, Maggie, although I'd recommend the live version of "Locomotive Breath" (Rockpop in Concert 10.7.1982)
The jazz intro part was actually used on BBC tv for many years as a current afairs program theme..
Tull would mutate through music genres and themes .. total musicians.
They could play anything and make it a Jethro Tull hit. They evolved with each album ..consumate show men .🧙🏻♂️🇬🇧😎
Ian Anderson's flute and voice instantly bring me back to the early 1970s, where I was and what I was doing then. Good choice, Bart. Good reaction, Maggie.
Ian Anderson, one of the best self taught flutist in rock.😊
Along with being a good person and artist he can sing , play guitar just a master
This is much more elevated than elevator music…
I was 18 when I first heard this in 1969. It struck me as amazing then. It still does. Witch's Promise by Jethro Tull is also one of my favourites.
The reason for the different ‘elevator” sound was that the record company told Ian to write them a number one single, which wasn’t really what Tull was into. This was Ian’s attempt to write a commercial pop success, which he resented having to do. But he still managed to put his own stamp on it with a non-pop friendly 5/4 time signature.
In a 1980s live performance (which can be found on their 20th anniversary album) Ian introduces it by saying to the audience “this a a song we’ve utterly loathed for 15 long years”. But as much as he doesn’t really like it, it was their biggest chart hit so the audience expect them to play it. There’s been so many different arrangements through the years deliberately to make it more interesting for Ian to play!
Maggie... do a reaction to the album version of "Thick As A Brick" LOL Great song from Tull.
If this sounded like any other Tull song it wouldn't BE Tull.
Ha, ha, Bouree by Jethro Tull is for you.
Want to hear a side of Jethro Tull that you'd never expect? Search for Jethro Tull Stormy Monday. An absolutely incredible 1968 live on air recording on an English radio station.
Tull started out as a jazzy blues rock band in 1967.
You need to travel down the rabbit hole and listen to the live version of Black Sunday then he Acoustic version of Wondering Aloud, then from the album A still further on then the unreleased version of Dun Ringell then you will understand how this band are so far out front of every other band
Jeffro Tell is my favorite all time band, I have all of their 3 albums!!!!!!!!!
:) "Songs from the Wood" stripped back travelling-minstrel folk as if from the 1400s + elements of choirs / medieval elements. Emphasis on vocals and simplified themes + much tallent. Gorgeous, beautiful, long-time favourite Tull album and track.
I bet she would like the Gregorain Chant-esque in the studio version of My God (Maggie, I would suggest the live version at Isle of Wight Festival after hearing the studio version, but honestly, I am afraid your head might explode at some of the physical gesticulation used).
Ian Anderson is self taught on the flute... Thick as a brick is anotther good one as is locomotive breath!!!!! Bungle in the Jungle too!!!
Just found your channel and really like your reactions. I am a little confused. You are an opera singer, you react to classic rock, but you haven't reacted to any of the band that invented the rock opera. Of course I'm talk about the power, the passion, the genius, the madness..... The Who. I recommend starting with the "mini opera" A Quick One While He is Away. I also recommend that you view the live version from the Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus. The Who are a different animal live. Around that time of that show (around 1970) and before Mon's health started to go south, they may have been the greatest, live rock band ever.
Who?
For top quality folk rock listen to Steeleye Span. Their version of "When I Was on Horseback" sung by their female vocalist Maddy Prior is absolutely haunting. She has one of the purest, most beautiful voices you'll ever hear. Guarantee you'll have it on repeat and playing in your head.
A dark horse song for Tull, but one of MY favs, is "Dun Ringill"
I take a fond liking to that song as well 😜
One of the best popular songs in 5/4 , Second to Take 5 By Dave Brubeck, in my opinion. Ian Anderson(Singer/flute) has a patent or something with a salmon farm he used to own.
This song was going through my head - under the helmet - on my ZX-750 (doing 160-180 kms/h) going from Athens to Patras to catch the boat back to Italy in the autumn of 1998 🙂 Elevator music??
Ian Anderson never studied the flute, and never had a flute lesson of any kind in his life! Ian Anderson is 100% self taught on the flute.
I heard a great anecdote about how his daughter was learning flute in school, and when she played for him he realized he had been holding it wrong for years, and changed how he was doing it based on her example. Crazy if true, and a very cute story.
Some great element of jazz in it .
Jethro Tull was an awesome band with a great catalog in the late 60s and all of the 70s. You n.eed to hear much more. If you want live, do Locomotive Breath but please hear the original as well, it is a great song you so need to hear. Enjoy! 🎵🎸🎤🎹🎷🎻🎶
saw Jethro Tull live in the 70's and 80s , awesome group , remember this was before CDs , personal computers , mobile phones, so watching this you are living in the past, wasnt it nice back then?
Ian and the rest of the band were on tour in the usa for a really long time so the management asked Ian to write a "hit song" to keep everyone interested back home so he wrote this and its in 5/4 time too!!
I remember this well, barely into my teens. I still think that their best albums were "Songs from the Wood" and "Heavy Horses".
If you enjoy british folk rock, you should check out some early Wishbone Ash. I would recommend the final 2 songs on their 1972 album Argus: Warrior & Throw Down the Sword 👍
"Elevator music"?? In 5/4?? Glad you did it though. Can you believe it went Top 10? Compare to today's "Hits".
Self taught on the flute for a little over a year on that one. Another year or two and his flute playing goes deep into pioneering territory. Ian Anderson is a self taught multi-Instrumental genius. And yes - the music & lyrics he writes are also quite versatile. You will hear fusions of blues, jazz, hard rock, folk, & classical, but Ian states they are a progressive rock band first and foremost.
That's dangerously close to giving implied consent to be a victim of a Japanese elevator prank. (Here's your elevator music, right here!)
This is amazing always was and will be, no not elevator music it's actually very deep feeling music, but that's Jethro Tull
Try another different sound, Jethro Tull's, "The Third Hoorah", from the "Warchild" album.
Jethro Tull - My God (Nothing Is Easy - Live At The Isle Of Wight 1970) so much better!
There are so many classic Jethro Tull songs worth reacting to covering so many genres.
For another artist, have you ever heard Vanessa Amorosi? She has an incredible voice. Have a listen to Sun's Up.
You should check out their album This Was.
It's a masterpiece. 😊 🇬🇧
"Elevating" music, more like. A left field JT recommendation: "Skating away on the thin ice of a new day"
Yeah, but it's 5/4. Did you catch that? It's a British rock song and you're playing it in fake mono.
You should check out a group of sisters from Mexico called The Warning. Awesome group.
You like flute? Listen to "Bouree."
Definitely agree with "Skating Away."
Tull suggedtion MY GOD
Other artist Sandy Denny who knows where the time goes.
Been my Fav. band since '69, NO ONE like them!!
Two more good JT songs that many of you will like are "The Whistler" and "Broadsword".
Give a listen to Traffic doing" John Barleycorn Must Die' an old English folk song
Search Jovany Satera & Aljun Alborme - Delilah. They are amazing!
Before everybody else gets their suggestions in, let me strongly recommend "We Used to Know", mainly due to the guitar work as the song goes on.
This was well before Aqualung. Trying to make the singles chart with this song.
Try Baker Street Muse. It's like 10 or 12 songs in one
Look up Steeleye Span, another electric folk group ps love your Ur stuff jx
This song is such a vibe!!!! great reaction!!!!!!!!!!
For some really good folky rock try “Velvet Green” from “Songs From the Wood”.
ghost love score. nightwish live at wacken 2013.
Try Steeleye Span or Pentangle for some innovative folk.
They are very diverse - progressive rock. band They do straight folk and rock and combine the two! If a band's music all sounds the same they become - boring! Like many modern bands, IMHO....
Great reaction Maggie to a great classic rock band. Keep up the good work. Thank you wintersun Alex ❄️👋❤️
Please listen and react to Jethro Tull Baker Street muse. It's a masterpiece
i Feel this piece is inspired by classical music=whats your opinion
5/4 time. Elevator music?
If you want to hear flute playing listen to my god i think is the name of the song
Do you know what elevator music is?
'Bungle in the jungle' would be a good posible option
Elevator music???
Get a life!
Similar to jazz classic take five.
Listen to Broadsword it is one of the most epic songs in rock.
I'd ride in this elevator any day
That's an insult that this is elevator music
Tull are their own genre.
Some elevator !
10 beats to the bar
Cool song, cool band.
Ian Anderson!
Skating away
Well: what made these iconic bands iconic? Maybe: versatility. Surprising the audience with different tempo, different styles, different...something in every next song. "Elevator music" is a good one! Haha! Isn't it kinda uplifting to listen to it? (No: I don't wanna talk about music beeing played when the elevator is on it's way down. Nope 🙂
Let me take the chance to mention a band from the UK who blew our minds here in Hamburg, last fall: Morganway. In the song "Come Over", all six members are also singing. Their 1st time in Germany as opening act for Elles Bailey.
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Hi, I'm just a UK fan. Your reaction videos are wonderful.
Here's something you may enjoy an Opera duo Charlotte & Jonathan - Britain's Got Talent 2012 audition
I don't know if a live performance of PASSION PLAY is available, but it was awesome to see live. Started with an apparently lifeless image of a ballerina on a huge screen. A drumbeat seemed to start her red heart throbbing until she rose to dance. But I like that you've discovered wildly different sounds from the sane band. Interesting note: the first Grammy Award for "Heavy Metal" went to Jethro Tull! So always turn it up (minding your ears)!!! ❤✌️🎶🎵🎶
Fun fact. Mick Abrahams was their original guitarist from 67 - 68. I went to school with his son who later taught me guitar (well, tried to anyway) 😊
That "low voice" is right in the middle of my register :) And 5/4 is always so much fun to play and sing...
love Tull-lots of memories-I was like 10 when this was on radio-great flute playing and drums..good reaction maggie
56 years later, they are still performing and making albums.
Skating away on the thin ice of a new day is another great song by Jethro Tull.