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Any day now, you’ll have more subscribers than you could seat in the Miami Dolphin’s Hard Rock stadium - quite an achievement. You should mark the occasion by reviewing the Who’s live halftime show for Superbowl 44 that was held in the stadium. Running order was: Pinball Wizard, Baba O'Riley, Who Are You, See Me, Feel Me, Won't Get Fooled Again
As it was the first time the category was awarded, I don't think the voters had a clue what 'heavy metal' was. Probably voted for the name they most recognized ;-)
It was unfortunate for the other nominees...because Tull is in no way, shape or form...a heavy metal band...but I knew they were going to win just because they put them in that category...
Metallica had just performed live and they showed them backstage all sweaty and smiling and then...oof. I also remember after they performed "One" the host Billy Crystal said "That song, of course, was written by Steve Allen." Fuckin double oof.
I saw Jethro Tull in San Diego around 1980ish. He opened the concert by swinging on a rope, out to the stage, letting go in mid-air. His flute was slung over his shoulder like a soldiers rifle. After letting go of the rope and while still in the air, he whipped that flute over his shoulder, and by the time his feet hit the stage, he was ripping on that flute like nobody's business. Kicked off one hell of a show.
As it was explained to me years ago by a music professor in college who was part of the production team, the song is an allegory on false moral superiority by the upper class using the jungle as an analogy. Whether its true or not, don't know. But, it does seem to fit."Walking through forests of palm tree apartments" = high rise apartments where the rich live. The "monkeys" are the people who go out and party all week, but then go to church on Sunday (comes into play in the last verse). The next verse is referring to upper-class people being afraid of lower class people "Is it so frightening to have me at your shoulder?" For the last verse, you have to have an understanding of music publishing. The artist provides the lyrics to the publisher EXACTLY as they want it copyrighted. Its why the liner notes and sequence on Pink Floyd's "The Wall" don't match the actual lyrics and sequence. The lyrics and sequence changed between copyright submission and album pressing. If you notice in the lyrics, the words "He" "His" and "King" are all capitalized by Ian Anderson = normally used to refer to God or an all-powerful being. "The rivers are full of crocodile nasties. And He who made kittens put snakes in the grass" = There all kinds of bad things out there and God made all things, good AND bad. "Yes, the King on His sunset lies waiting for dawn. To light up His Jungle as play is resumed, the monkeys seem willing to strike up the tune" = As Sunday ends and Monday dawns, the hypocrisy of the monkeys going back to partying as they preach how morally superior they are.
Yep, that was how I always took it too. Ian Anderson was as equally willing to scold the rich for their hypocrisy as he was to take the common man to tak for their treatment of the poor and down -trodden.
Yes, first Tull song I ever heard, was listing to Top 40 radio. Don't think I heard any more Tull on the radio until I moved to an area that had a rock station as opposed to Top 40. I think the short, direct, radio song nature of it explains why the verse is so much better than the chorus. The chorus is more like a standard radio song, while the verse is more like some of Ian Anderson's deeper lyrics, like "Skating Away" from the same album.
I actually laughed out loud when the "Bungle in the Jungle" notification popped up! I had NO IDEA what your reaction would be...but was pleasantly surprised.
The idea that he rhymed "... are full of crocodile nasties." with "put snakes in the grass, he's" ... will FOREVER be one of the most iconic rhymes ... EVER!
Locomotive Breath is my all-time favorite song...period. Any artist, any genre...if I’m driving and it comes on the radio, I have to pull over and listen because it absorbs all of my focus and attention.
This was one of Tull's radio hits. Fun song but as a hardcore Tull fan, I lean towards the deeper cuts. Got to do "My God" from Aqualung or "Songs from the Wood" title track. "Living in the Past" is also a radio hit but it's in 5/4 time so quite interesting. "Skating Away" from this album is great. So many great songs from these guys. My favorite band of all time after the Beatles.
Great grouping, Jay! Then, there's also the live version of the Thick as a Brick at Madison Square Gardens (it's not the whole piece, it's an excerpt but it's a great moment in time captured on film!)
Agreed, this was a fun, made for radio song and by far, not one of their best pieces of work. My all time favorite is 'Minstrel in the Gallery ', especially the live performance of that song in Paris. They were a fabulous concert band. I also loved 'The Third Hoorah'. Count the number of non tradition instruments in that song.
I've tossed this out there before but I love the live video version of "Songs from the wood" from Madison square garden in '78. I think A&A would enjoy it and get a better feel for what Tull is about. ua-cam.com/video/cDAiJ04UShM/v-deo.html
As far as the lyrics to this song go... it is definitely putting animal traits to human beings and then a step farther."And HE who makes kittens Puts snakes in the grass HE's a lover of life But a player of pawns" etc.
"Moths" is my favorite song off of that album, and I think "Acres Wild" is the most interesting first listen, but there's no way they'd do either of those because they're not big radio hits.
There was a single version, but it cuts out like 3 or 4 minutes so i dont recommend it. The full remastered one is the way to go , and it makes even more sense in the context of that great album in my opinion.
@@zenclover8468 Heavy Horses is probably my single favorite song from them if you don't count full album-length songs like Thick as a Brick and A Passion Play.
5 minutes ago I was watching a video on changing a Evap Temp Sensor for my car and now Im watching a video of college kids listening to Jethro Tull. UA-cam is a wonderful place...
I first heard this one riding the bus to jr high school around '73. Back in the 1970s the school buses had radios. I heard many hits for the first time going to/from school! THAT'S how much music was a part of our lives. A school without a music class was unheard of. I never heard the name "Jethro Tull" until a few years later when their "Minstral in the Gallery" track hit FM radio. Peace out. Let the music play!
"Thick as a Brick" stands out, for me... though Tull has produced so many masterpieces ... I think you'll enjoy 'Minstrel in the Gallery", but ... think again, once you've had the intense pleasure of hearing their entire discography. So many great tunes, so little time. 😷👍💓
I've been urging them to do a reaction to a video live version of TaaB. Every rock fan should really see Ian Anderson perform at least once in life, ya know?
Yes, I realize a full album listen is not in their wheelhouse, but if you want the full scope, power, and spectrum of Jethro Tull, 'Thick as a Brick' is probably the ultimate listen. Also, they were definitely a band that got better by orders of magnitude when you saw them live. Ian Anderson is a consummate showman and commands an audience with the best of them.
I have the original year release of that on vinyl ,it was a clever cover made as a news paper ..the song is a great folk tune ..I still lean heavy to the first 3 albums when they were into the rock jazz vibe ..those albums are raw ..
I watch your channel and about another 1/2 doz each day. Have always loved the Tull, saw them 3 times in the 70's here in Oz. This song out of all the songs I hear each day, just keeps going around in my head. Had to listen to it again today here. Thanks for reminding me of this great song, brilliant production and Ian's tone and way of singing is so poetic
Me seeing an Alex and Andy Jethro Tull thumbnail: YAAYY!! My favorite band! Seeing it is Bungle In the Jungle: smh, smh. Bungle In the Jungle is to Jethro Tull as I Want to Know What Love Is is to Foreignor, what Dyer Maker is to Led Zeppelin, as Keep On Loving You is to REO Speedwagon. To say BITJ is Jethro Tull "lite" is the biggest understatement in the history of mankind. Oh well, you are right that the song has superior production values and is an excellent introduction to a newbie to the band, actually the War Child album is the one that is the most accessible to a pop audience, but I'd rather you do a banger like Nothing Is Easy or A New Day Yesterday, a masterpiece like Songs From the Wood, there are so many excellent Jethro Tull songs. So if you want to get blown away, to hear something truly unique, do My God from the Aqualung album.
Michael Llewellyn if this is their weakest tune, then imagine what their stronger tune are. I put Jethro Tull on the same tier as Pink Floyd, Rush, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, and ZZ Top for the sheer number of absolutely incredible songs. One of the greatest of all time. BTW, this song along with Teacher are a blast to play live and always get great audience responses.
Come on, it's not _that_ bad. :D It's a radio tune, sure, and very conservative in terms of melody, but still quite fun to listen to. Plus the lyrics are quite good as well.
Hard rockin' British Blues -- Blended Scotch with wartime gin added for 'kick', served straight-up double, chased by Tennent's ESB, taken after midnight between drags from a Player's #6 in the hazy miasma of a grungy Glasgow biker dive.
Don't count me in. I knew Aqua lung was not going to be matched or exceeded. "Bungle in the Jungle" and "Living in the Past" worked for me back in the day.
Someone else mentioned "Living in the Past," I was trying to think of others who made it to Top Forty airplay. I'll stick with the deep tracks, thank you.
You're putting "The Cart before the Horse" if you drop off the First Time Listener at the Deep Tracks. It'd be like introducing a first time listener of Led Zeppelin to "The Crunge" and then telling them to go "Deeper" cause they only get better. LOL!
He doesn’t suck. He’s a great musician. But, he’s not really right for this channel. Pretty much acoustic, mellow. I would say the same about James Taylor and others.
@@rexvisitor44 Acoustic, sure, but Cat knew how to beat out a rhythm on a guitar too. Some of the intonation on 'Peace Train' and some of the tracks from Tillerman really rip into it, and he could belt it out too when he wanted. He deserves some more love!
I remember hearing this on our local AM rock/pop station CKGM (Montreal) back in high school (Grade 9, I think). Jethro had finally made it to the mainstream!
WOW.....I bought that 45 single in 1974 when it came out, my first year in high school...great memories.....that song got a ton of radio airplay in Canada, where it reached # 4 on the weekly charts (only reached 12 in the USA)...thanks for playing it!
Yes, "War Child" is very innovative and has a unique timing structure; this whole album is exceptional. I agree very much with others about "Skating Away". Once you actually "get" Jethro Tull, you pretty much love every song they make, eh?
Pay attention to my handle, I know a thing or two ;-) You are scratching the surface with Jethro Tull. Go on and do the following: Thick as a Brick (the entire album, ~40m) Heavy Horses Hunting Girl Velvet Green Songs from the Wood Acres Wild Start there and we'll regroup after ;-)
This was so good! Enjoyed it. Solid A. "My God" live at the Isle of Wight shows you everything you need to know - 100% performance art. I'm not well versed in Tull, other than to learn a different flute technique. Great job. Enjoy the day.
Good revue. JT is SO diverse. This song was a regular radio hit/tune back in the day. When your High School girlfriend likes it and sings it out loud when it comes on the radio you're an automatic fan! But, if you want JT core music it depends what you are looking for or craving. Rock, Folk, melodic tune? How about the tune that got me hooked in HS? "Living in the Past". This was ready HEAVY back in the 70's. TX guys. Heavy,,,go for "New Day Yesterday" or "Nothing is Easy" from their earlier stuff.
This one is where a lot of hate comes in with Jethro Tull fans from way back,,older Tull fans will diss this one fast . I like it pretty well but others by TULL are much better
Love this song...was one probably my original introduction to them as a kid from the radio. As I have stated before..one of my top 5 favourite bands of all time. Well done guys!! A Canadian in Romania.
Hah!!! I knew the "crocodile nasties" would getcha! I get the party feelzz when I hear Tull, "Thick as a Brick" was playing at every 70s party, truly magical with that flute. "Living in the Past" is so good too, listen to "Thick as a Brick" in it's entirety, the album is a continuous masterpiece and journey. I couldn't explain the lyrics LOL but I know someone will. Love your reactions guys!
I was just going to say Hymn43 might be my favorite. Short and to the point but it's a banger. And the lyrics really hit home, especially with everything going on today.
Our first Jethro Tull show, 1974 in Asheville NC. This was the opening song. Folks dressed up as animal characters dancing around on the stage and out in the audience. It was trippy, insane and the sound system & light show was awesome.
The crowd got it right! "Bungle in the Jungle" is a proper introduction song for the entry level listener of Jethro Tull. Although Aqua Lung Fans Evidently thought it was a sellout. Once you react to "Living in the Past" by Jethro Tull you can move along to more Classic Rock Bands.
Pretty sure this was the biggest hit. All over top 40 and FM radio. Can't believe you guys haven't heard this in a bar or somewhere but... I guess we've been there.
Jethro Tull is one of my all time favorites. Last concert I attended was Jethro Tull and Golden Earring at Cincinnati Riverbend, 9/10/93. Me, my friend and our girlfriends, it was one of their birthday's, went in a limo.
🎼JETHRO TULL is my all time favorite band & then ZEP! TULL has always had that cult following of people ! You either like them or you don't! IAN ANDERSON is brilliant & FYI also Andrew Lincoln of the Walking Dead father-in- law..Lol... What you've played so far from Tull was alot of the radio played songs. There are so many more hidden gems that I hope in the future you'll discover?! I'll always be a Zep/Floyd fan , but Tull is total brilliance , Especially back in the day live in concert & their costumes & stage setups depending on the album tour!! Who can forget the giant pirate ship!!? Thanks A2 again✌🍺 cheers
@@evoman1776 Well, yeah, I don't know all of the music from Jethro Tull. Since I was a kid, I was never standing still to listen to a radio unless it was in a car and my parents were driving somewhere. Also, I had other favourite bands that I would go out and buy their albums -all of them were Beatle albums.
Nothing Is Easy. Nothing Is Easy. Nothing Is Easy. Nothing Is Easy. Hopefully, it'll be easy to get this 1969 underappreciated song (I think) played on your channel. It's soooo good. 🥳And...has the BEST flute of ANY Jethro Tull song. 🥳
NOTHING IS EASY best guitar ( Barre ) interplay with flute and Glenn Cornick on bass and Clive Bunker on drums are masterful. Song has great meaning anytime, especially these days. A good philosophy for life.
Also, the line "the rivers are full of crocodile nasties" is in reference to the river representing life and the crocodile is all the turmoil faced in life.
Tull had just had a critical kicking for their Passion Play album and were ready to pack up. This was a sort of come back and a more commercial direction. It's a great radio song and the whole album has plenty of variety. Check out Songs from the Wood and Heavy Horses.
it's gotta be about human relations in general, the title says that to me. have you ever heard the saying "Man is the only creature made by God that doesn't do what it's supposed to do"
exactly. It's basically making the point that we are just animals bungling around in a jungle that we think we've tamed. But we still got our animal instincts, and we're still having to deal with nature. And nature isn't always pleasant, both in terms of the world around us, and also human nature
Love your reactions! I remember buying this album. My dad had this huge console color TV with a stereo turntable built in. My dad loved rock music and we would sit in the living room with headphones on and listen to all of these songs. Still waiting for Gerry Rafferty-Baker Street & Right Down the Line. Love what you’re doing. Takes me back to my young & stupid surfing days, LOL.
War Child was the album that turned me off of Tull, until Crest of a Knave and "Budapest" brought me back. Turns out there are gems in every Tull album.
When Thick As A Brick first came out my roommate played it so often that I finally cut the speaker wires to get some peace. I like it now and listen to it quite often.
I was 13 yrs old when "Bungle in the Jungle" was released on 45-RPM in the US in October 1974, "Bungle in the Jungle" is the A-Side with "Back-door Angels" being the B-Side . Keep listening there are so many Classic 60's and 70's tunes that'll blow your mind.
Hey guys hope ya’ll had a good weekend!! We’re actually in the middle of a recording session in the NEW set! Check our IG story for a sneak peak!!! @AndyAndAlexOfficial 🙌🏻🔥
Any day now, you’ll have more subscribers than you could seat in the Miami Dolphin’s Hard Rock stadium - quite an achievement. You should mark the occasion by reviewing the Who’s live halftime show for Superbowl 44 that was held in the stadium. Running order was: Pinball Wizard, Baba O'Riley, Who Are You, See Me, Feel Me, Won't Get Fooled Again
OMG!!! Thank You Gentlemen!!!!!! I love love this song!!!! I remember being so excited to see Midnight Special to see their preferences!!!
For flute you should be hitting Traffic guys.
My God has some banging flute.
Hymn 43 should be on your Tull list
Who else here is old enough to remember when Jethro Tull beat out Metallica for a Grammy for best Heavy Metal album. That was....weird.
As it was the first time the category was awarded, I don't think the voters had a clue what 'heavy metal' was. Probably voted for the name they most recognized ;-)
It was unfortunate for the other nominees...because Tull is in no way, shape or form...a heavy metal band...but I knew they were going to win just because they put them in that category...
Crest of a knave was the album
Metallica had just performed live and they showed them backstage all sweaty and smiling and then...oof. I also remember after they performed "One" the host Billy Crystal said "That song, of course, was written by Steve Allen." Fuckin double oof.
Oh I remember, I was a Metallica super fan and when they announced the winner I started yelling and cursing
I saw Jethro Tull in San Diego around 1980ish. He opened the concert by swinging on a rope, out to the stage, letting go in mid-air. His flute was slung over his shoulder like a soldiers rifle. After letting go of the rope and while still in the air, he whipped that flute over his shoulder, and by the time his feet hit the stage, he was ripping on that flute like nobody's business. Kicked off one hell of a show.
As it was explained to me years ago by a music professor in college who was part of the production team, the song is an allegory on false moral superiority by the upper class using the jungle as an analogy. Whether its true or not, don't know. But, it does seem to fit."Walking through forests of palm tree apartments" = high rise apartments where the rich live. The "monkeys" are the people who go out and party all week, but then go to church on Sunday (comes into play in the last verse). The next verse is referring to upper-class people being afraid of lower class people "Is it so frightening to have me at your shoulder?" For the last verse, you have to have an understanding of music publishing. The artist provides the lyrics to the publisher EXACTLY as they want it copyrighted. Its why the liner notes and sequence on Pink Floyd's "The Wall" don't match the actual lyrics and sequence. The lyrics and sequence changed between copyright submission and album pressing. If you notice in the lyrics, the words "He" "His" and "King" are all capitalized by Ian Anderson = normally used to refer to God or an all-powerful being. "The rivers are full of crocodile nasties. And He who made kittens put snakes in the grass" = There all kinds of bad things out there and God made all things, good AND bad. "Yes, the King on His sunset lies waiting for dawn. To light up His Jungle as play is resumed, the monkeys seem willing to strike up the tune" = As Sunday ends and Monday dawns, the hypocrisy of the monkeys going back to partying as they preach how morally superior they are.
Yep, that was how I always took it too. Ian Anderson was as equally willing to scold the rich for their hypocrisy as he was to take the common man to tak for their treatment of the poor and down -trodden.
krkhns 🤯
Your comments were very enlightening and make sense. Those who think that Jethro Tull was selling out need to pay attention!
Yeah. Ian has no great love for religion. Many of Tull’s songs are critical of religion and ”god”.
That's about as good an interpretation as can be had for this song.
Need “Skating Away” from that album. “Bungle” was clearly a radio song. Not a complaint, just the reason it was so short and direct.
Yes, first Tull song I ever heard, was listing to Top 40 radio. Don't think I heard any more Tull on the radio until I moved to an area that had a rock station as opposed to Top 40.
I think the short, direct, radio song nature of it explains why the verse is so much better than the chorus. The chorus is more like a standard radio song, while the verse is more like some of Ian Anderson's deeper lyrics, like "Skating Away" from the same album.
Any song titled "Skating Away (on the thin ice of the new day)" is all right by me.
Meanwhile back in the year one. Skating away.....please?
Skating Away is the best song on the album.
Skating Away and Two Fingers are probably the best songs on the album, "Jungle is great but is a bit commercial
I actually laughed out loud when the "Bungle in the Jungle" notification popped up! I had NO IDEA what your reaction would be...but was pleasantly surprised.
"He who made kittens put snakes in the grass" is one of my favorite lines ever.
I saw a guy try to claim that Ian Anderson was "a real Christian". Hard not to laugh in his face, frankly.
Same for me. It is exquisite. *chef's kiss*
The idea that he rhymed "... are full of crocodile nasties."
with "put snakes in the grass, he's"
... will FOREVER be one of the most iconic rhymes ... EVER!
'And he who makes kittens -- Puts snakes in the grass...' Love that line.
Me too tho I have not the faintest idea what it means.... OH WAIT!! It's a GOD reference.
@@philipem1000 🤯
Blake's Tyger: "Did he who made the lamb make thee?"
Wow ! and the snake tempts to pull man down
@@philipem1000 People want to believe god is on their side, but don't want to believe he made the coronavirus.
I'm 63, and saw Tull in Nashville on the War child tour. Highly underrated band. Deserve R And R hall of fame .
It's a crime they're not there.
From this album Skating Away on the Thin Ice of the New Day.
Absolutely. One of my all time favorite songs - of all - not just Tull.
i was about to mention this...or an even deeper track one brown mouse (not a suggestion, but for those curious)...but yeah skating away is tops
Probably my favourite Tull song.
Locomotive Breath is my all-time favorite song...period. Any artist, any genre...if I’m driving and it comes on the radio, I have to pull over and listen because it absorbs all of my focus and attention.
This was one of Tull's radio hits. Fun song but as a hardcore Tull fan, I lean towards the deeper cuts. Got to do "My God" from Aqualung or "Songs from the Wood" title track. "Living in the Past" is also a radio hit but it's in 5/4 time so quite interesting. "Skating Away" from this album is great. So many great songs from these guys. My favorite band of all time after the Beatles.
Great grouping, Jay! Then, there's also the live version of the Thick as a Brick at Madison Square Gardens (it's not the whole piece, it's an excerpt but it's a great moment in time captured on film!)
I completely agree with your assessment of this song.
Agreed, this was a fun, made for radio song and by far, not one of their best pieces of work. My all time favorite is 'Minstrel in the Gallery ', especially the live performance of that song in Paris. They were a fabulous concert band.
I also loved 'The Third Hoorah'. Count the number of non tradition instruments in that song.
I've tossed this out there before but I love the live video version of "Songs from the wood" from Madison square garden in '78. I think A&A would enjoy it and get a better feel for what Tull is about. ua-cam.com/video/cDAiJ04UShM/v-deo.html
Everything right here! Could NOT agree more! Also, what Cynthia says air the live MSG version of Thick as A Brick
Got to do “Skating Away”. Just got to do it. Great song that builds up it’s instrumentation like Bungle in the Jungle.
Need to do the live version from Bursting Out
My personal favorite of theirs.
Life's a Long Song.
Fabulous lyrics in all of Jethro Tull's music!
"The rivers are all full of crocodile nasties, and He who made kittens put snakes in the grass."
"Living in the Past" should be your next Jethro Tull song, especially if you like a significant flute rendition.
Yes, Definitely!
A must.
Also if they like unusual time signatures. Living in the Past is in 5/4 time.
@Tom Cass In your opinion.
@Tom Cass Get off the doobie pipe fella, let others enjoy shit, not everything has to be for you and it's not.
After 40 plus years I still remembered the lyrics, no matter what they mean. Similies galore I guess.
To Cry You A Song, Nothing Is Easy, Teacher, three Tull gems
TO CRY YOU A SONG!!! Seriously Badass!
Beauties, so was 'Minstrel in the Gallery '
BENEFIT and Stand Up these are from...
Living in the past. Jethro Tull. Their best one from my point of view. Thx.
One of their more mainstream songs. I like Teacher too.
Yes! Great song!
Oh man. Teacher.. good call.
Most definitely
Please!
Benefit is my fav tull album. "Teacher" "nothing to say" "with you there to help me". All great.
Skating away on the thin ice of a new day is probably the best song off of this album and one of their best all together!
As far as the lyrics to this song go... it is definitely putting animal traits to human beings and then a step farther."And HE who makes kittens
Puts snakes in the grass
HE's a lover of life
But a player of pawns" etc.
I highly recommend "Heavy Horses" by Jethro Tull. It wasn't a single, but it rocks!
The whole album "Heavy Horses" is, IMO, their best.
"Moths" is my favorite song off of that album, and I think "Acres Wild" is the most interesting first listen, but there's no way they'd do either of those because they're not big radio hits.
...And The Mouse Police Never Sleeps.
There was a single version, but it cuts out like 3 or 4 minutes so i dont recommend it. The full remastered one is the way to go , and it makes even more sense in the context of that great album in my opinion.
@@zenclover8468 Heavy Horses is probably my single favorite song from them if you don't count full album-length songs like Thick as a Brick and A Passion Play.
5 minutes ago I was watching a video on changing a Evap Temp Sensor for my car and now Im watching a video of college kids listening to Jethro Tull. UA-cam is a wonderful place...
This song always makes me happy. Been to several Tull shows and they are electric live.
Frankfurt on my birthday 1991...last summer at www.mcmenamins.com/edgefield
I first heard this one riding the bus to jr high school around '73. Back in the 1970s the school buses had radios. I heard many hits for the first time going to/from school! THAT'S how much music was a part of our lives. A school without a music class was unheard of.
I never heard the name "Jethro Tull" until a few years later when their "Minstral in the Gallery" track hit FM radio.
Peace out. Let the music play!
The best track on this album is Skating Away...
Great song, but TBF I could list a half dozen off War Child that easily tops BITJ from a musical perspective.
To me, it's a *hard* choice between Skating Away, Back-door Angels and Two Fingers for best-in-album for Warchild.
@@cobrasys add solitaire to that And that's my picks
Tull, one of the best but underrated British rock bands of all time. The entire band are so good at what they do. More Tull please guys
Again, Alex if you want more flute and, IMO, their best song, do "MY GOD" off of the Aqualung album.
More flute? Got to go with "Living in the Past".
My God is one of their heaviest tunes. When the electric guitar comes in, whoa!
"My God" from Aqualung and "Black Satin Dancer" from Minstrel in the Gallery. They're going to go ballistic over the flute on both of those tunes.
Let it play on to Hymn 43.
My God should be next - progressive rock and roll and flute to the max. It is a fabulous song and I know you both will love it!
My favorite Jethro Tull songs.
Skating Away (on the Thin Ice of a New Day)
Living in the Past
Too Old to Rock N Roll, Too Young to Die...
Teacher
Love seeing how stoked you guys were while listening to this song!
"Thick as a Brick" stands out, for me... though Tull has produced so many masterpieces ... I think you'll enjoy 'Minstrel in the Gallery", but ... think again, once you've had the intense pleasure of hearing their entire discography. So many great tunes, so little time. 😷👍💓
I've been urging them to do a reaction to a video live version of TaaB. Every rock fan should really see Ian Anderson perform at least once in life, ya know?
Yes, I realize a full album listen is not in their wheelhouse, but if you want the full scope, power, and spectrum of Jethro Tull, 'Thick as a Brick' is probably the ultimate listen. Also, they were definitely a band that got better by orders of magnitude when you saw them live. Ian Anderson is a consummate showman and commands an audience with the best of them.
@@ArtofFreeSpeech Agreed, and I was fortunate to be able to see them LIVE! ... seven times! 😷👌🎶💓🎸
And Passion Play.
I have the original year release of that on vinyl ,it was a clever cover made as a news paper ..the song is a great folk tune ..I still lean heavy to the first 3 albums when they were into the rock jazz vibe ..those albums are raw ..
I watch your channel and about another 1/2 doz each day. Have always loved the Tull, saw them 3 times in the 70's here in Oz. This song out of all the songs I hear each day, just keeps going around in my head. Had to listen to it again today here. Thanks for reminding me of this great song, brilliant production and Ian's tone and way of singing is so poetic
You guys have to go back to the Aqualung album one more time and do “My God. It’s got everything to qualify as a banger.
What can I say the 70"s just were the BEST! "He who makes kittens puts snakes in their grasses".
I recommend "My God" for some very nice flute
One of my favorites from Tull...
And fantastic lyrics.
Me seeing an Alex and Andy Jethro Tull thumbnail: YAAYY!! My favorite band! Seeing it is Bungle In the Jungle: smh, smh. Bungle In the Jungle is to Jethro Tull as I Want to Know What Love Is is to Foreignor, what Dyer Maker is to Led Zeppelin, as Keep On Loving You is to REO Speedwagon. To say BITJ is Jethro Tull "lite" is the biggest understatement in the history of mankind. Oh well, you are right that the song has superior production values and is an excellent introduction to a newbie to the band, actually the War Child album is the one that is the most accessible to a pop audience, but I'd rather you do a banger like Nothing Is Easy or A New Day Yesterday, a masterpiece like Songs From the Wood, there are so many excellent Jethro Tull songs. So if you want to get blown away, to hear something truly unique, do My God from the Aqualung album.
Michael Llewellyn if this is their weakest tune, then imagine what their stronger tune are. I put Jethro Tull on the same tier as Pink Floyd, Rush, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, and ZZ Top for the sheer number of absolutely incredible songs. One of the greatest of all time. BTW, this song along with Teacher are a blast to play live and always get great audience responses.
Kinda had the same reaction when I saw this. It was fun, though, to see them enjoy it.
You're full of shit.
Some of Anderdon's best allegorical lyrics.
@@johnperrigo6474 it's not a fun song if you were intelligent enough to understand the lyrics.
Come on, it's not _that_ bad. :D It's a radio tune, sure, and very conservative in terms of melody, but still quite fun to listen to. Plus the lyrics are quite good as well.
"A new day yesterday" early hard rock Tull....
Hard rockin' British Blues -- Blended Scotch with wartime gin added for 'kick', served straight-up double, chased by Tennent's ESB, taken after midnight between drags from a Player's #6 in the hazy miasma of a grungy Glasgow biker dive.
Ian Anderson was a musical genius. The Jethro Tull band had a sound all of their own and it worked very well for the 70's
I remember when this was released we were all thinking Jethro Tull is beginning to "sell out"
Don't count me in. I knew Aqua lung was not going to be matched or exceeded. "Bungle in the Jungle" and "Living in the Past" worked for me back in the day.
We felt the same way. This was never near the top of Tull songs for me either way.
Someone else mentioned "Living in the Past," I was trying to think of others who made it to Top Forty airplay. I'll stick with the deep tracks, thank you.
You're putting "The Cart before the Horse" if you drop off the First Time Listener at the Deep Tracks. It'd be like introducing a first time listener of Led Zeppelin to "The Crunge" and then telling them to go "Deeper" cause they only get better. LOL!
It was very commercial compared to their other offerings.
Oh Man!!! Always LOVED this song! Been a while since I’ve heard it, but a DAMN GLAD you guys brought it out! Thanks!!!
What about Cat Steven's Wild World?
Among others...
YES
Are you trying to kill these guys??? Cat Stevens SUCKS!!!!
He doesn’t suck. He’s a great musician. But, he’s not really right for this channel. Pretty much acoustic, mellow. I would say the same about James Taylor and others.
@@rexvisitor44 Acoustic, sure, but Cat knew how to beat out a rhythm on a guitar too. Some of the intonation on 'Peace Train' and some of the tracks from Tillerman really rip into it, and he could belt it out too when he wanted. He deserves some more love!
I loved your reaction to my favorite Jethro Tull song! You’ve made an old lady happy❤
Killer band. For a slice of progressive magic from TullI suggest Minstrel in the Gallery.
Baker Street Muse
One White Duck On Your Wall
Side one of "thick as a Brick" is the ultimate Tull. Saw them six times in concert and they never disappointed.
"For Queen and Country" is the best I think from this album
I remember hearing this on our local AM rock/pop station CKGM (Montreal) back in high school (Grade 9, I think). Jethro had finally made it to the mainstream!
Baker St. Muse, Man Of God
I feel like _Minstrel in the Gallery_ is very underappreciated in general. It has so many good songs.
Baker Street Muse DEFINITELY. Andy and Alex will love it.
@@robertjewell9727 Agreed. And it's 5 songs for the price of one (really long one)! 😁
WOW.....I bought that 45 single in 1974 when it came out, my first year in high school...great memories.....that song got a ton of radio airplay in Canada, where it reached # 4 on the weekly charts (only reached 12 in the USA)...thanks for playing it!
My God and Wind Up are my two Tull favorites. War Child from this album is pretty good. Lyrically, Tull was so British he needs translation...
Tull is an imaginary character Ian Anderson plays
Yes, "War Child" is very innovative and has a unique timing structure; this whole album is exceptional. I agree very much with others about "Skating Away".
Once you actually "get" Jethro Tull, you pretty much love every song they make, eh?
One of my lease favorite of their prominent songs. Surprised that you liked it that much. You will be blown away when you listen to the good stuff.
"Minstrel In The Gallery"
The drums on that song are just straight up badass.
Absolutely the best Tull song, especially the live version, in Paris.
@@johndef5075
So are the bass riffs and lead. Great musicians, all.
Got to see them in concert in Frankfurt back around 1980. Awesome show.
Pay attention to my handle, I know a thing or two ;-) You are scratching the surface with Jethro Tull. Go on and do the following:
Thick as a Brick (the entire album, ~40m)
Heavy Horses
Hunting Girl
Velvet Green
Songs from the Wood
Acres Wild
Start there and we'll regroup after ;-)
Love your comments guys.. Constructive straight to the point… And what an epic
For the next Tull, I recommend returming to Aqualung and a little song called "My God"
Hymn 43
When my kids were young they would ask me to play this every time we went somewhere! I raised those kids right!
Nice job John. Love your name, also.
This was so good! Enjoyed it. Solid A. "My God" live at the Isle of Wight shows you everything you need to know - 100% performance art. I'm not well versed in Tull, other than to learn a different flute technique. Great job. Enjoy the day.
Good revue. JT is SO diverse. This song was a regular radio hit/tune back in the day. When your High School girlfriend likes it and sings it out loud when it comes on the radio you're an automatic fan! But, if you want JT core music it depends what you are looking for or craving. Rock, Folk, melodic tune? How about the tune that got me hooked in HS? "Living in the Past". This was ready HEAVY back in the 70's. TX guys. Heavy,,,go for "New Day Yesterday" or "Nothing is Easy" from their earlier stuff.
This one is where a lot of hate comes in with Jethro Tull fans from way back,,older Tull fans will diss this one fast . I like it pretty well but others by TULL are much better
Nah, I always liked this one, but i was pretty young when it came out too. Still like it though.
A little too commercial for my taste. This and "Skating Away" were just not the choices l would have made. I mean, really, anything off Benefit.
NICE DAWG, yes this one was "commercial" but I still loved it!
I have no problem when a rock band makes a pop hit...gotta pay the bills...this was a good one.
My least favorite of their hits for sure.
Love this song...was one probably my original introduction to them as a kid from the radio. As I have stated before..one of my top 5 favourite bands of all time.
Well done guys!!
A Canadian in Romania.
The song Nothing is Easy is a banger
Hah!!! I knew the "crocodile nasties" would getcha! I get the party feelzz when I hear Tull, "Thick as a Brick" was playing at every 70s party, truly magical with that flute. "Living in the Past" is so good too, listen to "Thick as a Brick" in it's entirety, the album is a continuous masterpiece and journey. I couldn't explain the lyrics LOL but I know someone will. Love your reactions guys!
I think you guys are ready to tackle "Thick As a Brick". It's a full album, but it's also one song that is worth hearing in its entirety.
time to give Tulls song Thick as a Brick a try ...one of my favs
They have a strong ENGLISH ROCK SOUND..feel like IM at a Renaissance Festival when I hear J Tull
I have to say it one more time "LIVING IN THE PAST" !!! I know you guys love percussion instruments so much and this one delivers!!
“Songs from the Wood”
Thank you, guys! This was a surprise. I haven't heard this in a few years. It sounds really great
You have to do a Live Jethro Tull reaction particularly "My God" at the Isle of Wight 1970.. dear lord Ian is an absolute monster in that video
Excellent! Thank you for reviewing some Jethro Tull, great track and such a fantastic voice, A+ from me 😊
It's a good song when it comes on the radio, before you know more of Tull. I'd go for Hymn 43.
I was just going to say Hymn43 might be my favorite. Short and to the point but it's a banger. And the lyrics really hit home, especially with everything going on today.
I remember this on the radio in the family Dodge when it first came out. I was about 6. Loved it!
"Living in the Past" better than this one.
Our first Jethro Tull show, 1974 in Asheville NC. This was the opening song. Folks dressed up as animal characters dancing around on the stage and out in the audience. It was trippy, insane and the sound system & light show was awesome.
The crowd got it right! "Bungle in the Jungle" is a proper introduction song for the entry level listener of Jethro Tull. Although Aqua Lung Fans Evidently thought it was a sellout. Once you react to "Living in the Past" by Jethro Tull you can move along to more Classic Rock Bands.
Pretty sure this was the biggest hit. All over top 40 and FM radio. Can't believe you guys haven't heard this in a bar or somewhere but... I guess we've been there.
Please by god listen to My God off of the Aqualung album.
I agree!
I got my FIRST FM radio when this came out, it was a big commercial success and began my love of Jethro Tull.
Another HIT example of Ian Anderson's metaphoric genius.
Big "signature" JT single.
You guys help me enjoy and appreciate this music more than I have since I was 9 yrs old
its maybe the most commercial Jethro Tull song. but still a cool song. but not there best.
Nothing like - To Cry You A Song or Nothing Is Easy or Teacher all from 69 -70 when Tull was raw and more into the rock vibe
Jethro Tull is one of my all time favorites. Last concert I attended was Jethro Tull and Golden Earring at Cincinnati Riverbend, 9/10/93. Me, my friend and our girlfriends, it was one of their birthday's, went in a limo.
"The rivers are full of crocodile nasties, and he who made kittens put snakes in the grass"
I “Adore” this song. A wonderful song from when I was a kid...loved it!
Jethro Tull is clearly using their metaphors like they are similes.
🎼JETHRO TULL is my all time favorite band & then ZEP!
TULL has always had that cult following of people ! You either like them or you don't! IAN ANDERSON is brilliant & FYI also Andrew Lincoln of the Walking Dead father-in- law..Lol... What you've played so far from Tull was alot of the radio played songs. There are so many more hidden gems that I hope in the future you'll discover?! I'll always be a Zep/Floyd fan , but Tull is total brilliance , Especially back in the day live in concert & their costumes & stage setups depending on the album tour!! Who can forget the giant pirate ship!!?
Thanks A2 again✌🍺 cheers
Great Band, but my least favorite song. Check out - Jethro Tull - My God, Live At The Isle Of Wight Festival, 1970 - it will knock your socks off
HAHAHA great reaction!
If you like his great flute, you HAVE to do "My God" - one of the more interesting tracks on Aqualung
Minstrel in the gallery by Tull- straight up rocker
WTF??? Jethro Tull do this song?!? I DID NOT know that! LOL 😆
Cat Butte OR perhaps don’t like that one because compared to the rest of the catalog this one is a very weak example of their music
How could anyone familiar with Jethro Tull not figure out by sound alone that this is Jethro Tull? Seriously, the voice and flute don’t give it away?
@@koshersalaami I was thinking the exact same thing. If you don't this is Tull then you don't know Tull.
@@koshersalaami Because I wasn't expose to a lot of Jethro Tull. That's why I don't know about the band.
@@evoman1776 Well, yeah, I don't know all of the music from Jethro Tull. Since I was a kid, I was never standing still to listen to a radio unless it was in a car and my parents were driving somewhere. Also, I had other favourite bands that I would go out and buy their albums -all of them were Beatle albums.
Nothing Is Easy. Nothing Is Easy. Nothing Is Easy. Nothing Is Easy. Hopefully, it'll be easy to get this 1969 underappreciated song (I think) played on your channel. It's soooo good. 🥳And...has the BEST flute of ANY Jethro Tull song. 🥳
NOTHING IS EASY best guitar ( Barre ) interplay with flute and Glenn Cornick on bass and Clive Bunker on drums are masterful. Song has great meaning anytime, especially these days. A good philosophy for life.
Tull was just so far ahead of what anyone was doing at the time. I love the almost minstrelish SONGS FROM THE WOOD" album.
Also, the line "the rivers are full of crocodile nasties" is in reference to the river representing life and the crocodile is all the turmoil faced in life.
I totally agree. There is no other band like them. Unique and always a pleasure to listen to.
Tull had just had a critical kicking for their Passion Play album and were ready to pack up. This was a sort of come back and a more commercial direction. It's a great radio song and the whole album has plenty of variety. Check out Songs from the Wood and Heavy Horses.
it's gotta be about human relations in general, the title says that to me. have you ever heard the saying "Man is the only creature made by God that doesn't do what it's supposed to do"
exactly. It's basically making the point that we are just animals bungling around in a jungle that we think we've tamed. But we still got our animal instincts, and we're still having to deal with nature. And nature isn't always pleasant, both in terms of the world around us, and also human nature
"With you there to help me" from the "Benefit" album will really show what the band could do in that era
"Cross Eyed Mary"
They've actually already reacted to this already🙂
Love your reactions! I remember buying this album. My dad had this huge console color TV with a stereo turntable built in. My dad loved rock music and we would sit in the living room with headphones on and listen to all of these songs. Still waiting for Gerry Rafferty-Baker Street & Right Down the Line. Love what you’re doing. Takes me back to my young & stupid surfing days, LOL.
thud. my least fave from J T. just a silly ass song. Thick as s Brick for life ✌️😎
The only 40 minute song i listen from start to finish
Thick as a Brick would be an awesome choice.
Andy reacted to that before Alex was part of the team. Check the JT playlist.
War Child was the album that turned me off of Tull, until Crest of a Knave and "Budapest" brought me back. Turns out there are gems in every Tull album.
When Thick As A Brick first came out my roommate played it so often that I finally cut the speaker wires to get some peace. I like it now and listen to it quite often.
I was 13 yrs old when "Bungle in the Jungle" was released on 45-RPM in the US in October 1974,
"Bungle in the Jungle" is the A-Side with "Back-door Angels" being the B-Side .
Keep listening there are so many Classic 60's and 70's tunes that'll blow your mind.