Now I understand why Jethro Tull beats Metallica in the grammy

Yesterday, I watched a Jethro Tull concert in São Paulo. Ian Anderson and the band performed 'Heavy Horses.' It's incredible how much energy this song still has, 46 years after its release. The entire setlist was engaging, but this song was special!!!

There will never be another Ian Anderson.

My favorite Jethro Tull song. I get choked up everytime. It's delivered with such reverence by the greatest showman, entertainer, frontman, and bard off all time.

Oh man, Mark Craney was just an amazing drummer!

When you went to a Tull concert, you were told stories and were entertained. I.A. was a musical Master, and never failed to impress.

Ian Anderson's eyes will follow you more than the Mona Lisa.

Mark Craney, one of the best to ever sit behind a kit!!!

WHAT A SONG. Fucking amazing

I'll never get enough of this mythic band with the incomparable IAN ANDERSON, the greatest showman and the best flutist of the world. I follow them since the biginning !

I am 27 Years old and I am from Chile.what music of those times,I'll make sure my son listens to it

Only Tull could write this way. Masterpiece! So tight Great band.

FXCKING AWESOME - powerhouse lineup. That peak there at around 3:50 when Jobson tosses the violin bow just in time to hit those triplets on the keyboard. . . that's hot.

What a great version. Eddie is a great addition, Ians voice is fit, Dave Peg on the octave mando and the brilliant Martin Barre.

Ian's voice is a million times better than any rock star ever! His showmanship and sex appeal was so powerful, I could never understand why Jethro Tull wasn't much bigger. They will always be superstars to me!! I loved the romance and naughtiness of a medieval past they were able to conjure in rock-n-roll. The band was awesome, great musicians that were so much better than hundreds and hundreds of bands that are supposed to be so good. I still 💘 them!!

Meeting Ian Anderson in person was the greatest moment of my life. Nothing can top it. Except meeting him again. I love this man ❤🎵🎶❤

No matter how hard you search and try to keep an open mind, groups like Tull come along only once in a generation. Glad they were in their prime when I was in mine.

Throwing that violin bow just in time to hit those big triplets on the piano. That's rock and fxcking roll!

i was at this concert ... i remember it well. Been an avid Tull fan since 1973 .. 😍

Ian Anderson forever in My heart😂❤❤❤😅😅😅

Ladies and gentlemen, the amazing Martin Barre!

I wish I could give 1 million likes.

my uncle Harry Lightfoot was a champion ploughman at national level, with Heavy Horses and a Ransomes plough, it's hung in the local church to honour him..as i'm doing here :)

J`ai 72 ans et et je m`aperçois que je suis anvoutée par votre musique. Dès que j`écoute cette chanson en particulier, je suis trasportée dans un autre monde . J`adore cette chanson et j`adore les jethro tull. Je pleure de bonheur.

Pardon my French but nothing Ian Anderson does is "half-a**ed" He puts his 100% feelings, passion and his all into those songs that mean something to him. That's why I admire him and because there's songs they do that pay homage and tribute important matters [e.g. The great and powerful work done by those beautiful creatures those massive equine he honored in 'Heavy Horses all those many years before technology came along. That says a great deal about a person to recognize that. Or, his ode to a tiny rodent most don't think how they might feel but Ian was thoughtful enough to think about 'One Brown Mouse.' Even in 'Weathercock' he makes this object become alive thinking how it could.feel and thanking it for its work. Jethro Tull is one-of-a-kind and added greatly to the humongous songbook of the entire world from the beginning of time. JT=Just Tremendous!

Not only the best ever song, but the best ever performance of that song, the whole band were excellent

Horses are my first loves and my favorite animals. I love how Tull celebrates them and so many other homely creatures on this record. Huge Tull fan. Huge.

the first vinyl I bought , never regret

Humildemente desde mi punto de vista la mejor formacion que tuvo jethro tull jamas.

Been a fan since the beginning. Masterful story teller and ALL of Tull's musicians have been masters. 76' and 77' were my favorite concerts. NO ONE like them.

What a great live performance!

Intro perfect! Masterpiece.

I still love Ian Anderson. He's my favorite musician

Adding a fiddle to Tull immediately reminds me of Fairport Convention with fiddler Dave Swarbrick. Great bands of great times.

This song has so much skill level, that not many realises it. Loving this a lot.

My favourite live Tull track. Incredible Finale. Never known anything quite like it. goose pimples on the back everytime.

Proof that Ian Anderson is one of the greatest songwriters EVER

My first Jazz professor hated rock, except for Tull and a few others. Besides the songwriting and clever arranging, good ol' Martin Barre's impeccable timing

One of my favorite JT songs!

The best tull album ever

The best version of this fundamential song, honoring the best horses of this world! Thanks, Ian! You've helped saving the Heavy Horses ...

Steffan Pila This Live Version of "Heavy Horses" by Jethro Tull reminds me of Kansas with the violin courtesy of Mr Eddie Jobson!!!! Long Live Jethro Tull!!!!

The best progressive piece by Ian Anderson!

I saw this tour with Eddie Jobson playing. Despite the strange outfits, and the shocking lineup change, the concert was really, really good. The songs from "A" were terrific live!

I wish i was there watching them live in 80 when i was 9!

Best live band ive ever seen! Seen them at the n.e.c. in brum in 87. Crest of a knave tour. They played for 3 hours solid. Thats value for money!! Tull 4ever!!

holy shit Martin Barre sets the end of that song on FIRE!!!

Jethro Tull with Ian Anderson are fantastic on this as always. God bless everyone from Patrick

MAGIC, MYSTIC, JETHRO TULL!

musical genius on all levels

What a song! What a performance!

Jethro Tull Lyrics "Heavy Horses" Iron-clad feather-feet pounding the dust An October's day, towards evening Sweat embossed veins standing proud to the plough Salt on a deep chest seasoning Last of the line at an honest day's toil Turning the deep sod under Flint at the fetlock, chasing the bone Flies at the nostrils plunder. The Suffolk, the Clydesdale, the Percheron vie with the Shire on his feathers floating Hauling soft timber into the dusk to bed on a warm straw coating. Heavy Horses, move the land under me Behind the plough gliding --- slipping and sliding free Now you're down to the few And there's no work to do The tractor's on its way. Let me find you a filly for your proud stallion seed to keep the old line going. And we'll stand you abreast at the back of the wood behind the young trees growing To hide you from eyes that mock at your girth, and your eighteen hands at the shoulder And one day when the oil barons have all dripped dry and the nights are seen to draw colder They'll beg for your strength, your gentle power your noble grace and your bearing And you'll strain once again to the sound of the gulls in the wake of the deep plough, sharing. Standing like tanks on the brow of the hill Up into the cold wind facing In stiff battle harness, chained to the world Against the low sun racing Bring me a wheel of oaken wood A rein of polished leather A Heavy Horse and a tumbling sky Brewing heavy weather. Bring a song for the evening Clean brass to flash the dawn across these acres glistening like dew on a carpet lawn In these dark towns folk lie sleeping as the heavy horses thunder by to wake the dying city with the living horseman's cry At once the old hands quicken --- bring pick and wisp and curry comb --- thrill to the sound of all the heavy horses coming home.

..For a one off..brief as heck Tull group..what a rewarding piece of music..I can understand BB was more musically involved in the ever weaving imagery with this band..Jethro Tull was his life and his canvass..his drumming is legendary...A righty who learned drums as a lefty..Mark Craney was a humble fusion jazz guy with great feel along with American rock power..it's not about better..Ian needed a drummer..and sure he's different..anyone's gonna be...I think it was an ace choice..Mark had nothing but soul with his drumming and was a damn mountain of a player...The 'A' album and the Slipstream show this...just brilliant..

thats perfection

JT : the true succession of classical music

Je pleure lorsque j`écoute cette musique.

Magnifificent! top nocht ! best Jethro Tull's live performace ever! only happened one time in humankind history! rock will never die!!

Magnífico. Banda inteira em perfeita harmonia. Música é alimento da alma. Eis aqui um verdadeiro banquete.

this was a new kind of sound in the world of rock music band in the mid to late 70's. Theatrical rock? folk rock? program rock: anyways; they were pretty much the only band around that sounded like this.

OMG!!!! This.

Long live the flute

Absolutna klasyka. Super!!!.

Wetton once said in an interview that Eddie Jobson was ridiculously talented...many people don’t know this but Eddie was a child prodigy ...like Mozart and his Sister...Jordan Rudess as well..to name a few . The cream always rises to the top 👏👏

Greatness

Best Tull lineup ever imho. They're on fire!

Wonderful, wonderful performance - brings back such fond memories of a precious time. Thank you for sharing this video. After all these years this song remains unbeatable and Ian Anderson shall be, for me, a great master of music.

Ian Anderson always amazing

It's great song 💯

What a tune , incredible .

British Bands are the Best .Melody and Songs and Accents,

Brilliant song featuring on of Earths greatest keyboard wizards Eddie Jobson and sadly deceased drummer Mark Craney who also played oh Eddie's solo album Zinc The Green Album!

Shakespeare embodied in the best rock band of all time.

Jethro tull rocks

The genius of this. My heart is broken...

i love Jethro, from Brazil.

Outstanding.....

Absolutely phenomenal 👏👏👏

Love Eddie Jobson on this one he is a great musician

May 2020, still loving this group of great musicians

Excellent chemistry, would love this line up to have made albums ('A' was supposedly a solo LP). Jobson added so much live.

Cettte musique me transporte dans un un autre monde. Je me rappelle des année 80 . Je me sens anvoutée . Je perds mes moyens lorsque j`entends cette musique et bien d`autres des jethro tull.

Excellent live version. If you don't own a turntable and a half decent stereo system this is pretty good.

,,love this!! such a great song honoring the mighty beasties that help build our societies!! long live the HEAVY HORSES !!!

I too have followed them since 69 what a great ride no words for Ian Alien maybe

Great post Remy!

Incredible song, amazing band and awesome Ian.

What an extraordinarily talented group of gents! Songs From The Wood & Heavy Horses are such classic studio albums. I never really think of them being played live because of all that's involved in each & every song! Take "Velvet Green" as an example. How on earth could you reproduce that in a reasonable way for the stage?? I still prefer the studio versions, but this live performance just shows what a brilliant group of musicians they were.

Like this song and full album very much!Listen it during many years.

Damn this is amazing. Such a genius he is.

This was a great tour! We saw them the same year in the US, in L.A.!

Toujours excellents.comme Martin Barre un des meilleurs guitaristes du rock.

what a song by a great band

The violin is just beautiful in this song.

Incredible band!!!

So dialed !!love the energy of the performance. Miss these times.

Rock ON

Now THATS how you end a song. Killer version.

fantastic... one of my favorite and a amazing performance.. thanks for the video!! will save this my favorites!

This is off the Slipstream videocassette. I bought it off Ebay a few years ago just to see Mark Craney play drums!

Yes Sir , Meseriasii sunt caii ce gandesc alfel ,, o parere doar ..👍❤️🤗🌈😇