Ian Anderson (2 of 11) - The Formative Years

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An exclusive series of Living Legends Music interviews with Ian Anderson of Jethro Tull. Part 2 of 11. Recorded on December 10th, 2007 in Orlando, FL.
Jethro Tull's official website: www.jethrotull.com
Living Legends Music online: www.livinglegendsmusic.com

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@AAA4509 13 жыл бұрын

A thoughtful and articulate speaker and a real musician, a real talent, I always enjoy Ian being interviewed, smart guy and a musical genius

@chrispanayi7875 3 жыл бұрын

This man is a legend!!!!

@kasponya 12 жыл бұрын

I saw the "Thick Of A Brick" Tour when I was eleven. It was in Zurich, Switzerland and must have been around '72 - it was only my third rock concert ever and predictably it blew my mind! :) Understandably I'll always have a soft spot for Tull, and to see and hear Ian talk at length like that is a treat! Thanks for this great series!

@mth9267 4 жыл бұрын

just tuned into jethro Tull. Man I missed a lot of good music

@REBrandenburg 15 жыл бұрын

Great, articulate monologue by a thoughtful, and knowledgable,grumpy guy. Always thought I'd like him. Now I like him more.

@davelogan9221 3 жыл бұрын

Tull was magical from that creative time as well as many others ..Doors..Moody Blues..Yes..Pink Floyd..Zepplin ..ELP..1968-72 5yrs of legendary Albums totally unique in sound and writing ✍

@nakadrog 11 жыл бұрын

Great originality is what typified these 60 British bands.

@MusicGunn 7 жыл бұрын

I saw him a few years ago when he was touring Thick As A Brick 2. Very good concert. First concert I ever saw up close, 3rd row off to the right where there weren't any seats in front of us, and it was a very good because he really engages the people in the first few rows. Several times he came to our side of the stage and sang right to us. Anyway, always was a fan and still am.

@aarfeld 15 жыл бұрын

Yes, I had read somewhere that he has a successful salmon hatchery in Scotland--something of a second career for him. However, I'm glad to see that he's out performing again; he's a great talent.

@wickedvideowatcher 4 жыл бұрын

This is completely off the subject of this video, but has anyone else noticed how social media and sound bytes and such have influenced our patience level? I find listening to people like Ian Anderson a little difficult now because they are thoughtful and measured in their words. They take a moment to think about what they're going to say before they say it. I'm so used to things only taking 1 to 2 seconds of my time before I move on to something else that I for one, seem to have lost the ability to have a calm, thoughtful conversation. I don't like it about myself and it's something that I'm definitely going to try to change.

@Chitoxin 11 жыл бұрын

There are few intellectual rock musicians that can pull off such an articulate interview,,, Ian being, and Neil Pert from Rush being the other one.

@gjohnleigh 11 жыл бұрын

= - O I'm just gobsmacked. I COMPLETELY respect his openness and honesty, but I've NEVER heard ANYONE say that they didn't like Elvis and the Beatles without a trace of irony. He's certainly original...and for good reason.

@handebarlas6248 4 жыл бұрын

He does not say The Beatles, just Paul McCartney. However, Ian and Paul are my idols! Ha ha..

@pyannaguy 15 жыл бұрын

I give everything a chance, but, Honest: Jethro Tull was one of those bands from an era when you wouldn't mistake them for anybody else. And I love what he says about "grumpy people who like to laugh, etc." ...Good stuff! The guy is way original...

@faegrrrl 13 жыл бұрын

@REBrandenburg I completely understand that. I'm one of those grumpy people who love to laugh. :) He's got such intelligence that I can't explain in words, only poetry.

@aarfeld 15 жыл бұрын

It's hard to believe that he took up the flute a mere year before Tull's first record or that brilliant performance on the Rolling Stones' Rock N Roll Circus (which you can see on You Tube). He must be a quick study because, although he's not a technically great player, like a Classically trained flautist, he's still damned good and highly entertaining.

@vagabondrecon 13 жыл бұрын

very articulate

@Veaseify 10 жыл бұрын

He's probably referring to the time in the sixties when Elvis just made movies and didn't tour, plus his later sad career as a Las Vegas Lounge Act..

@antimatterXXXIII 13 жыл бұрын

@pyannaguy What amazes me is that, one, I had the good taste to like them as a kid :) and two, the music doesn't sound at all dated to me. I can't listen to Yes, Genesis, etc these days, it bore the shit out of me, but Tull and Steppenwolf never grow old, and I think that comes from the intelligence and humanity of the front man, as well as being great musicians that would do Bach proud (and did!)

@williambaldridge1203 2 жыл бұрын

Agree with what you said, and I would add Iron Butterfly to that list as well

@robertmacisaac 15 жыл бұрын

A very literate and sensible man. It must be a struggle tfor him to assume the role of "jethro tull" .

@interstategar 13 жыл бұрын

I think Ian Anderson is a genius the way he innovated rock music.

@donkeyshot4932 3 жыл бұрын

ian anderson doesn`t like showbizzy types like elvis and paul mccartney? geez, looks like I`ve finally found someone who shares my musical tastes!

@CJAProductionsInc 11 жыл бұрын

He didn't give up guitar altogether. He merely gave up lead electric guitar. He still plays acoustic guitar in Jethro Tull's music.

@quasarsphere 13 жыл бұрын

@JeffGR4 He wasn't putting them down, only saying they didn't much interest him.

@williambaldridge1203 2 жыл бұрын

I love Jethro Tull, and have been to 44 Tull concerts, but I'm sad to hear Ian didn't like Elvis, or McCartney . But I guess no one is perfect.

@antimatterXXXIII 13 жыл бұрын

He's almost too modest - I think he's a superb acoustic guitarist - the playing on "Minstrel in the Gallery" for example is unsurpassed in all pop music if you ask me.

@mattsta1964 14 жыл бұрын

Yeah! With you on George Carlin One of my all time heroes!

@willicat441 12 жыл бұрын

The Beatles were fun and melodic, and quite diverse, reflective of their era, and pop music's increasing domination. I think they were as driven and creative, just in a simpler, non-progressive traditional approach. But Tull is #1 [for me] as the chord patterns, melodies, lyrical density, ambitiousness, and unique sound.....set's them far from all others. Other than Yes, no other rock band challenges my musical limits.

@pmccachren 3 жыл бұрын

Identified by Tull's unique sound that is easily recognizable. Name your band and listen to just part of one of their songs.

@rainmaker690 10 жыл бұрын

He looks really good for his age (60's) which leads me to believe that if he did drugs, he probably didn't abuse them to the point that other musicians did, Which is also why he's still around. You can always look at these old-school rock musicians and tell who messed themselves up on the drugs and who didn't. Always liked JT songs,though, and enjoyed hearing his flute playing.

@englebertmagentaschweiger1447 10 жыл бұрын

He actually hates drugs. I don't even think he drinks.

@northbrookhistory 10 жыл бұрын

Englebert Magentaschweiger i think he has an occasional beer, thats about it. addiction-free guy. impressive.

@englebertmagentaschweiger1447 10 жыл бұрын

Kurdt Nbk Actually, a friend of my dad's new him personally, and after they gave a concert somewhere in America heard him say:"Those stupid Americans. They think I'm a drugie."

@GrocMax 15 жыл бұрын

Herein lies the problem- those of us old enough to remember the 'originals' consider all newer ones to be ripoffs, copycats, uninspired, etc. After a period of time the public forgets, or dies, and it gets 'reborn' as 'original'. Might I suggest finding a short story by the author Spider Robinson called 'Melancholy Elephants', which deals with this; perpetual copyrights and memory of what came before, and the impossibility of originality.

@MusicDude86 11 жыл бұрын

Very nice :)

@jeffreyhutchins6527 4 жыл бұрын

"When I was at school as a school boy" Where they taught him how not to play the game.

@antimatterXXXIII 13 жыл бұрын

@faegrrrl Same here, and I was probably born a grumpy but funny old man. I'm starting to refer to myself as Aqualung as I approach the mid 50s :)

@ronspeer 11 жыл бұрын

I don't believe that is what Ian meant when he termed Elvis "a show biz guy". I think he was referring to the "pop" aspect of his music along with McCartney. I don't think one could ever label the music of Jethro Tull as pop.

@alanmorri 15 жыл бұрын

Great point. I 'm thinking it's a combo of both the business end of things being run by people who "think " they know what people want to hear and most people just plain old not giving a shit about seeking out something new they would maybe like. Depends on how much time you have available to give to anything really.

@andrenewcomb3708 2 жыл бұрын

Glenn met Gustav thanks to the BBC.

@__Crunch__ 15 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I fall into the same category of "grumpy people who like to laugh", even though I'm only 29. Another example: George Carlin.

@cmcmurphy 14 жыл бұрын

@P0mt3 Please tell me which good music is out there!

@Elavats 13 жыл бұрын

@antimatterXXXIII Well said, I agree.

@SongSwan 11 жыл бұрын

Perhaps...but what is "pop" music ? it is popular music and Jethro Tull has certainly been popular over the years...my point is and was that its show business period and Ian Anderson by any standard is a showman,any concert he has ever given is a show.

@Ash1955 16 жыл бұрын

what year is this interview?

@Muz64 13 жыл бұрын

Ian is a great interview, a very interesting guy. Although I do not understand his reasoning for giving up guitar. So what, now matter what one does there is always some YOU MAY THINK ARE BETTER but IMO musicians are just different not better than one another.

@williambaldridge1203 2 жыл бұрын

He didn't give up the guitar. He's one of the best acoustic guitar players in the world, and when you hear Jethro Tull, the acoustic parts are almost always Ian.

@MusicGunn 7 жыл бұрын

He mentions the Jazz from the 70s as being over by the end of that decade, or maybe not over, but "everything that could be done, was done". That is only partially true, Jazz Fusion by the people he mentions including Weather Report was seeing a downtrend, but other bands were coming up such as The Dixie Dregs, who really took it to another level. Also not sure if he was aware in 2007 of another more recent Blues devotee by the name of Joe Bonamassa. Again a different approach from anyone else.

@williambaldridge1203 2 жыл бұрын

Ian knows Joe Bonamosa. I even saw Bonamassa come on stage, and perform with Jethro Tull. at a concert.

@MusicGunn 2 жыл бұрын

@@williambaldridge1203 That must have been a real treat. I would have loved that.

@thev0id 14 жыл бұрын

hard 'r' at 0:40

@SongSwan 11 жыл бұрын

Suprised that he would say Elvis was a show biz guy,he was,but i don't recall Elvis ever making a full length video with characters dressed up as Animals like Tull did with "The Hare Who Lost his Spectacles....face it Mr Anderson,you have been involved in quite a bit of show biz yourself complete with many a costume and get up...now before people start trashing me i loved Jethro Tull and Ian Anderson is a musical genuis but hypocrisy is hypocrisy no matter how talented one is.

@pulmon66 6 жыл бұрын

Right on!! He grew up being a complex ridden individual. George Carlin was also a guy who hated Presley, and was also complex ridden, in addition to the worst of them all, the truly despicable Frank Zappa, another Presley hater. What they do not know is that Presley was and is above it all. Stephen Barnard define it best. And I quote ""He never understood the artistic claims that were made for him, probably thought very little of the nature of his appeal or his music; yet, as author Greil Marcus points out in 'Mystery Train', it is possible to see (all that) as a positive factor; Presley viewed 'rock and roll' as for the body, not the mind, so he recorded and performed accordingly; and, if much of his rock music sounds superficial, it was thanks to his undoubted vocal talent and extraordinary charisma that, at least, it was all gloriously superficial and celebratory; he knew better than to take it seriously and, in doing so, he become the consummate rock figure, one that defined its spirit by delighting in its very limitations' Unquotye Anderson could never describe ANYTHING the way Barnard does in his book. 'Popular Music, Volume I: Folk or Popular?).

@Cpayne30 6 жыл бұрын

Jim Burrows - Now, I'm quite an Elvis fan, but I don't understand the hero worship of "he's above all"...

@williambaldridge1203 2 жыл бұрын

Elvis made dozens of movies. And that was a huge part of his career

@Berkcam 13 жыл бұрын

I'm in good company... not liking Elvis either. Our house had more than enough Elvis, jazz, folk and blues etc and I opted for 'Cream' and Hendrix.

@pulmon66 6 жыл бұрын

Yeah, and guess who was the one who loved Elvis? Hendrix

@martinhayward4466 4 жыл бұрын

Please do not do an interview on the declining years 2011 onwards.

@ThefightingCelt 11 жыл бұрын

Peter Hammill is equally if not more articulate. : )

@JeffGR4 13 жыл бұрын

@gallivant1234 I'm an Ian Anderson fan, but I agree with you that Anderson screwed up by putting down Elvis and Paul McCartney. He looks bad doing that. I think he's got a grudge against The Beatles because, their producer George Martin blew him off in the early days of Anderson's career.

@raysa53 5 жыл бұрын

i´m agree with Ian i didn´t like Elvis either

@ChiefSchenevus 4 жыл бұрын

Fuck you

@goofe.washington953 3 жыл бұрын

@@ChiefSchenevus I didn’t like you either, Elvis - you seemed like a walking cartoon. And I KNEW you weren’t dead. If you were, you wouldn’t be posting. Thank you...... thank you very much.

@andrenewcomb3708 2 жыл бұрын

He should keep the hair. He's kind of looking domesticated and making excuses . . . which he really doesn't need to do.