Woodwinds are the hardest to play in my opinion

He would love the Thors hammer reference. Tull like pull.

But he never blew smoke UP the flute!

Think he said "fire"

I seen that too lol... love how she starts off criticising his lack of professional technique with his fingerings but by the end she's like "wow"

Me too Gregg. Hubby is a fan too, more than me

That would be Heline. Concert-trained and a 10-year flute teacher as well. I like her sincere reactions, especially when watching early Tull: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/fdaDhK-AtKmrqn0.html

Such a shame he cannot sing anymore! Love Tull!

I did see it, too!!! The pinky, the pinky 🤣🤣🤣🤣

Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha!🤟😜

You know my ex wife as well then.

He's Pan, not Gandalf, and Pan sure knows how to party!

(Gandalph likes blowing smoke - rings, that is! LOL!)

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

I've always thought "catweasle"

Lmaoooo omg right on!!

I was lucky enough to see Tull live with Procol Harum open for them... That was a fucking show!

SPOT ON my friend.

I second that!🤟😜

@@Super_sayin-God. ,what year was that?

Hahaha

Ironically there is only 4 years separating them. 72 and 76

@@lawrenceeason8007 true, but Richards gets extra years credit, for the miles of coke, and god knows what else, that bootfucked his entire being....lol

Haha. They’re both still making music.

@@mikek8729 Yeah, serious bonus points for Keef. And Jagger is 77.

Right after Robin Hood took care of the Sheriff of Nottingham.

1968 first album Jethro Tull This Was. Ian Anderson is still playing today 50 years later. Chevk out Jethro Tull live from Madison Square garden. The live performance of Thick as a Brick is excellent! The album by the same name was released in 1972. It is one continues song that covers both sides of the album and is about 42 minutes long and one hell of a piece of work! The Madison Square garden live version is about 12 minutes long and a great live performance. You won't find any other band that puts on a live show like Tull does.

Ian has COPD and recently announced it publicly - which may explain why he's had trouble getting enough air to sing for awhile. I can't see him continuing to tour much longer, but he's had a far better run than most, and the vast majority of the music he composed and performed has stood the test of time. A close friend who knows Tull very well gave me the following feedback "I try to separate the art from the man, but the day he ruthlessly eliminated Martin Barre from the band, Jethro Tull died for me. It was just gone, and I've not bothered to follow what Ian has done since. I will go see Martin Barre however, wherever he plays. His shows are more like vintage Tull than IA's recent ones by far. Another interesting thing about Tull's history (which I've learned from listening to the "Talk Tull To Me" podcast) is just how much the other band members often contributed in talent and creativity to some of the band's best albums. For instance, the Hammond organ/keyboard player John Evan, often written-off by fans as a minor contributor, was a major force in making the ambitious, epic "Thick As A Brick" work. Without his creative use of the Hammond organ, the album would have been quite boring, or worse. The rapid changes in texture and driving rhythm of the organ carry the whole thing, with the rest of the band hanging flourishes on that foundation. I never realized it, but going back and listening again, it's true. People often thought (including Ian) that "Jethro Tull *is* Ian Anderson, but in retrospect on a lot of records it's really not true."

David King Totally agree about Ian’s callous treatment of Martin. I’ve been a huge Tull fan for many years, and I’ve seen them live several times. Great shows musically, but Ian’s voice has been declining for years. If I recall correctly he had nodules on his vocal chords, maybe? In any event, Martin has always been a vital architect of Tull’s sound, a versatile guitarist who can do everything from ballsy rock to complicated prog licks to delicate acoustic music. I’ll go to see Martin any day, but I’m done with Ian

@@johnhoerl7326 check out the pod cast Talk Tull to me. Two guys have started with fist album and review each and every song...

Playing a side-blow instrument like that, your body is somewhat contorted and off-balance. If you stand on one leg, it forces you to make sure that your body is correctly postured to hold the instrument and to breathe while you're doing it.

You could kill someone if you brought your big cell phone in from your car, and started hoisting it up and about.

Endeed!!!! Ciao

J Giles Band Or WAR , Who had the better harmonica?

lol... i gobbled it all up in my teens during the 90ies... :)

Especially King Crimson on In The Court of the Crimson King, bassoon, oboe...

@ There was a mellotron, but also woodwinds and reeds. The only thing missing was a tuba...but Blood Sweat & Tears had a tuba solo on "Go Down Gambling"

A lot of modern occult rock bands are currently making music in the style of ‘60s and ‘70s rock, while each adding their own unique twist to it. You should check out Blood Ceremony, Brimstone Coven, Ghost, Jess and the Ancient Ones, Thundermother, and Twin Temple.

That's why you see these metal-head boomers with burnt-ass fingers!

For "badass" flute, you may perhaps like this flutist/pianist: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/kN-Fp9iovtuok30.html kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ab2pfs6HuMincWQ.html kzfaq.info/get/bejne/bLCKea5_rcjRiH0.html (There are a few Abba musicians in there playing as well.)

@@herrbonk3635 cool video, but its not really "bad ass." That is typical, floaty, light flute playing. I think the reason Ian Andersons playing is so bad ass is the raw emotion behind his music. It's heavy, his themes and lyrics can be dark, while sounding whimsical. I don't know, just my humble opinion.

@@joezerbo1922 Which of the three tunes did you listen to? Did you hear them out? Björn J:son Lind is known for his frenetic style on the "recorder" flute, and he often use much the same "spitting" technique as Ian, on that kind of flute.

@@joezerbo1922 (Jethro Tull are very skilled, indeed. But raw emotion is not my picture of them. To me, their complex arrangements and constant changes in rhythm sound rather coldly calculated. That's not me trying to put them down, just an observation. I like them!)

I love “songs of the wood”.

To this day, Songs From the Woods is one of my favorite all time albums.

What an album... i was introduced to Tull in 1994 at the age of 14. The Broadsword and the Beast. To this day its one of my all time favourite albums. Shame the only song they ever perform from it is Cheerio. Saw them live in Oxford about 15 years ago... blew me away.

Broadsword and the Beast was my first Tull album- I'm second Gen (1980's).

Benefit was my introduction to Tull; Songs from the Wood was my second of six concerts. I had a front-row seat for Crest of a Knave tour (the guy at Ticketron made a mistake: he'd accidentally printed a REAL ticket as a test for the printer).

@@lilpinkshock81 ditto! + Heavy Horses

There's a video of Ian at some kind of flute workshop where he was talking about his playing before launching into a Tull song. Was pretty interesting.

cigarette lighters

What made them age like that ? I mean not just one of them. Seriously?

What he said!!! UBU, baby!! 🥰🤣😁

Couldn't agree more

When I was in high school 1999-2003, I would listen for this! My dad would be BLASTING this and I would listen for Jethro Tull, King Crimson, Black Sabbath, Pink Floyd, etc and look for dad’s Mercedes 300E. Lost him in 2014, I still blast dad’s music when I can.

I’m getting ready to turn 64 and I agree with @Timothy McCune !

@@Proud.American58 how do you get ready for 64? I'm 5 years off and very curious

Don't forget"Teacher"!!

And Walking on Velvet Green

That's the list right there

@@emilymartinez6961 oh ya teacher

Wind Up!

Don't say "Tull" and "Hippy" in the same breath, Ian hates Hippies! ;-)

There weren't any real ways to get past premature balding back then (a toupee was really your best option), makes them look so much older.

The reason they look old is ‘cause they’re balding, not the beards or clothes.

Studio version is phenomenal for that!

Gentle Giant and Focus are rock bands that heavily feature the flute.

The Moody Blues used it, too....as did The Mamas and The Papas....

You are the only person (besides my cousin who introduced me to them like 25years ago) who knows Gentle Giant! Still have the record with the mask!

Debut album in 1968 with Mick Abrahams on lead guitar, "This Was"

David King My most favorite Tull album followed by Stormwatch

@@irishgrl I am a huge songs from the wood fan and heavy horses fan and have no idea why I've never gotten into stormwatch I'm going to have to give it a listen

David King Just as I need to get a copy of Heavy Horses 😂

Songs from the Wood is definitely one of my favorites.

@@daveking9393 Same here! I never heard Stormwatch, but SFTW & Heavy Horses are cherished possessions of mine! I will have to listen to Stormwatch now!

Made me think of Grateful Dead's 'Casey Jones' though..

Ian would have exploded snorting coke with all that natural energy he has. If we could harness it we could power the world.

Some people don’t need drugs. They are that way naturally.

Yep- from the Aja album- one of my most treasured albums!!!

1000% this dude!

Perplexing Metallica, Jethro Tull and just about everyone else outside the music industry. I suppose it's the same logic that gets rap/hip-hop in the R'n'R H.o.F.

@mark tamayo Then changing the name to the Pop Music Hall of Fame seems appropriate because despise what Ice Cube said, he's wrong. Rock n Roll is first and foremost a genre of music seperate from rap and hip-hop. Should Mozart be in there too because he supposedly had a rock n roll attitude? It makes no sense.

In fact listen to the whole album...Aqualung is a masterpiece.

Common mistake.. The Grammy was for hard rock/heavy metal (later split off the metal category which Metallica won). It was still an odd choice. Tull's record label ran an ad after that stated "the flute is a heavy, metal instrument". The band didn't even bother to attend so poor Alice Cooper accepted for them and was booed.

@mark tamayo did you even listened the video above? Where do you hear folk rock? I mean obviously folk rock is one of the genres JT explored but hard rock too. Just thinking about Minstrel in the Gallery, For a Thousand Mothers, To Cry You a Song, Taxi Grab, Something on the Move, Beastie. They sure are hard rocking tracks

Fist time I heard Rusted Root, they were opening of Plant/Page. We were gobsmacked! We saw them a few times when they came around on their own. First and only time we ended up following a warm up act

omg yes, i second this

Thanks bruh he is oe my top 3 blues players of all time...all the greats know him and steal out of respect. And he did the song at the end of the Departed too....master Roy R.I.P.

Yo he up there with Jimi and SRV for real.....and man....so many greats loved this dude...

Also check out jumpin at shadows Peter green. He in my top 3 too. He just passed yesterday R.I.P. Mr. Green. And I got a good mind to give up living....whoooaa

Roy's bluz Roy Buchanan live austin tx might be the greatest blues technique clinic of all time... Tone...feel....damn it has it all. And I live the organ solo intro......badass

Agree it was too fast and lost the menace

The studio version was recorded entirely by Ian Anderson...the band wasn't getting the sound he wanted so he recorded each instrument track separately himself to get it how he wanted it. Edit: I got to 'rub elbows' with Ian at a concert back in the '90's, (he doesn't shake hands), absolutely the nicest performer I've ever met. Very personable and appreciative of the fans. Edit 2: Ian taught himself to play the flute. Tull is pronounced the same as hull, as in the hull of a boat. Love your reactions, new sub here.

I love this live version! They are all getting down

Huh, I actually prefer this live Version. The guitar is way louder and ruffer. The energy is unbelievable. The tempo also does add to that. Alltogether it drives you with it and at times gives you the feeling that the Train might be about to Crash, so to speak. :D But to each his own, I suppose. 🤷‍♂️✌

Agreed. Tull needs to be listed on vinyl.

SAME!!!

William man I was clueless kinda scared😂