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So very good to hear music about real things, earthy and natural; horses, weather cocks, silver streams, sharp and frosty mornings and a thousand more celebrated in song in such a unique and artistic way. I am still waiting to encounter my very own " hunting girl"!

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Maybe he wasn't a huge fan of theirs. Ian seems to take a lot of his influences from pre-Beatles and pre-rock and roll sources, stuff like baroque, medieval/renaissance folk, and even some jazz. Never really got much of a Beatles-y vibe from Tull like with other groups of the era (Yes and Genesis in particular).

@@mrgrey361 youre right. thats very true and I see what your saying but I really wasn't referring to his sounding like the Beatles. Although Aqualung is pretty Lennonesque. It was mostly that he was able to do his renaissance rock within the context of the rock genre that the Beatles started and opened the door to. Before them that didn't exist. Once they incorporated Baroque music into the rock idiom ,it made it ok. It was art rock .Jethro Tull was still doing basic blues when the Beatles were doing piggies and strawberry fields hide your love away Norwegian Wood ect.. They'd been there and done that. Ian would not have had the format in which to exist without their guidence. I think Ian and Tull are the best in the world but I think it's really uncool for him to be down on the guys that invented his job . I wish he wouldn't do that cuz I admire him tremendously. If Robin Hood could rock , it would sound like JT.

@@mayaadobe "Invented his job" lol I think you're going a bit far with this, there were others who inspired the Beatles such as Bob Dylan, Roy Harper, the Beach Boys, and Ravi Shankar. Yes the Beatles were extremely influential, but they did not just create everything out of thin air without being influenced by something earlier. And there were others who were adding non-rock influences into the rock idion very early on in the mid-60s, like Frank Zappa, who Ian has acknowledged as an influence. So it's extremely possible that Ian was not personally influenced very much by the Beatles music. Anyway not sure why you think Anderson is "down" on the Beatles just because he doesn't mention them here...is he supposed to bow down and kiss their feet in every interview he does?

@@mrgrey361 in the first place ,thanks for knowing your stuff. Makes a difference. It's pretty obvious you know what your talking about. That said . . . You mentioned Roy Harper. Roy stated on record that Norwegian Wood was the game changer, this was 1965. Roy was in awe of Lennon. Even sounds like him. Ian stated that Roy was a huge influence on him. Even Lennpns look and persona and voice. Anyhow , the point is that on past interviews Ian goes out of his way to knock the Beatles,. I was there - ( yes I'm old ) when the Beatles broke ,it was totally new. The aforementioned people were totally unknown. Ravi Shankar came to the attention of the world via the Beatles. Songs from the wood is pretty much Shankarish. Ian imitates the Fabs shamelessly. Scottish farm, Animal preservation and classical music - McCartney. If ian were to read tjis - which i doubt , he know exactly what im talking about.The genre as you and I know it today DIDN'T exist. The Beatles were the template. They touched on every genre. Undoubtedly JT took it further to another level . But that was way way later. So his downing them in interviews is totally ludicrous. I can't really say anymore than that. If you don't follow what I'm saying, it's pointless. All I'm asking is that he be respectful of the guys that paved the way. He would never have had an inkling of a chance without them. Not even Dylan who went electric after hearing them. Don't know what more to say other than i love Ian and Jethro tull . But the Beatles are the great grandfathers who deserve respect. Even from ian. No Beatles no Ian and no nobody. But thanks for sticking up for JT. I'm a huge huge fan.

@@mayaadobe Fair enough point about the Beatles being influential (which I totally do agree with), I just don't see how he's downing them simply by not mentioning them. It's true, he's not a huge fan of theirs, although I read an interview where he acknowledges that Sgt Pepper album was a massive cornerstone of rock history...he's also a good friend of George Martin and sings his praises endlessly. And Tull weren't really way later than the Beatles, I mean they started to blow up in '68, while the Beatles were still together and only 2-3 years after the Beatles first started experimenting with non-rock forms. Tull were injecting folk, jazz, and classical into their music by '69 so they weren't really that much later than the Beatles. Tull's rock influences seemed to come more from bands like Cream, who were sort of psychedelic/jazz/blues mixture. I just don't see how Ian is disrespectful of them...now the punk bands like the Clash and Sex Pistols, THEY were outright disrespectful of the Beatles.