First time I ever listened to JETHRO TULL - Locomotive Breath Live (Reaction!)

The riff, the hair, the flute... All good things.
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[@dagmar.6954]

Jethro Tull are a British progressive rock band formed in 1967. The group’s founder Ian Anderson plays flute & acoustic guitar & is the lead singer & quite a showman. They've had a lot of different members over the years. They had a lot of great songs such as "Thick As A Brick", "Aqualung", "Living In The Past", "Songs From The Wood", "A New Day Yesterday", "Cross-Eyed Mary", "Bungle In The Jungle", "Sweet Dream", "Life’s A Long Song" etc.

[@mkelly1347]

Let's not forget, Ian Anderson was SELF taught on flute and guitar.

[@fancyhat6505]

Witches promise is a personal favourite

[@martinpalazzotto2617]

Actually, Jethro Tull was an eighteenth-century agriculturalist. People make this mistake all the time.

[@leighsaldivar4439]

Scotland is his birthplace.

[@kristinewalberg2938]

@@martinpalazzotto2617 Inventor oof the seed drill, which speeded up the process of planting crops!

[@MaxWray111]

Man, I miss the concerts of the '70s. They just aren't the same anymore. Your face when he started playing the flute was priceless and almost made up for the stoppages.

[@williamtauriello1581]

I first saw Tull in concert, with this song, when I was 14 years old. I’m 68 now. Tull is English theatre with amplifiers! It still rocks!

[@robmcgrath5202]

I also was 14 the first time I saw them. They had just released their Stormwatch album. I most recently saw them in Edinburgh Scotland, my brother and I flew over there from the States for their 50th anniversary show. Always a good show.

[@donfette5301]

@@robmcgrath5202I was an eight month old fetus first time I heard them back in 1973. Can’t say I remember much from that show, but me mom said it was a good one. (sadly I never had the chance to see them as a fully formed human being)

[@MrGlastar1]

I'm 70. Saw them in 74, LA FORUM! This is a GOD song. I suggest you READ the back of his AQUALUNG album? 😉

[@kristinewalberg2938]

I also saw them when I was fourteen, in 1975, right after "Too Old to Rock 'n' Roll: Too Young to Die!" It was my first concert was released. It was my first concert, and they ROCKED. Ian Anderson was such a showman.

[@steverobey711]

I was listening to Jethro Tull when I was in myTeens all the songs were really good Also I have seen him live in the 90's and it was one of the best I am now retired and yes I am still listening to this awesome music All the best from Nottinghamshire 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England 👍👍👍

[@hog7203]

Yes, that was Martin Barre on the guitar. The man's a badass. One of my favorites. Jethro Tull is an incredibly unique and talented rock band. Their album Aqualung is a bonafide classic. You would really enjoy the whole album. Definitely worth your time to give it a listen, even if you can't react to every song.

[@user-te1sm2vi6b]

You should listen to Aqualung.

[@germankitty]

Jethro Tull live is a total trip. I was lucky enough to see them in concert ... well, about 40 years ago. 🙂 Even my high school music teacher, back in the early 70s -- an elderly lady close to retirement, and a trained orchestra conductor, used to be a fan.

[@patticampana9458]

Please remember, most people were high at these concerts😁. The song was about life going off the rails. Love your reactions ✌️

[@kathleenmccrory9883]

Yes. We were. Lol.

[@jonasilia]

Never been high in my life and this was what we listened to as teens. And still are

[@asamcbrez4930]

To respond by the words of Miles Davis: So What.

[@martinl8574]

You should ALWAYS listen to music from the 60s and 70s with headphones!!! The songs were mostly performed and engineered specifically for headphones. Also, always listen to the studio version first, that is how we first heard them. You can get a feeling of how it was introduced to us, why we fell in love with it and why it became a classic. It puts you there at that time and you can discover it as we did. You can always return for alternate versions and live performances later. I'm in my 60s, I got to see it all go down in real time. What a blessing!

[@757optim]

They may have been engineered for headphones, but I heard them on AM radio through 8 inch speakers. LOL.

[@karensilvera6694]

Or sitting between the speakers with the volume up. Ha

[@CuzKatieSaysSo]

Totally agree!

[@plenary123]

Hearing the studio version first is imperative.

[@gordowg1wg145]

Well, speakers, actually - but decent headphones sure help. Some of the better car istallations kick but for listeng to JT, and many of the other sixties and seventies 'supergroups'. Nowadays, most of the time I'm stuck with a Senn' 280 HMD-13 (studio monitor) headset, and a Creative Labs AE-9 s/card and break-out box. Not the best, but still very respectable for the price.

[@mbh2743]

Ian Anderson is the flutist and singer. And Robin Hood Men in Tights got their inspiration from them. Anderson is still composing and writing music to this day

[@josephvanchierijr.2486]

Ian Anderson was actually a classic guitarist. He picked up the flute later in his career. Shows the built in talent he had.

[@toddbarton7229]

That's incorrect. He started playing guitar at a young age ( rock guitar) and when he realized he would never be as good as the Jeff Becks and Eric Claptons of the world he decided to play something different. He went into a store and traded his guitar in for a flute figuring that no one was playing flute in Rock n Roll. He taught himself to play in about a year. When he put out the first Tull album he had only been playing about 3 years. Their first album was in 1967. He was about 20

[@williambaldridge1203]

​@@toddbarton7229Should also add that he is actually still one of the best acoustic guitar players in the world. And I don't think it was three years before he started playing the flute live, but just a few months.

[@bishopswoodcrafts]

WRONG> as toddbarton7229 says, Ian Anderson started learning the flute (self taught) and playing it live right at the beginning of Tull. If you want to see one of his REALLY badass solo's look at "My God" from the Isle of Wight festival in 1970. It will make your eyes pop. He also plays amazing acoustic guitar.

[@rickwelch8464]

Man I wish someone would do this reaction to the studio version. It's so clear and great.

[@thecrye6798]

While I dig Tull's live shows, the studio version of this song has an incredible slow-build dynamic that is lost when played live.

[@craigplatel813]

I like them both. 2 different takes on the same song that are both fantastic. Over the years the bands I love to see live the most are the ones that can play a song live different from the studio version but make it just as special and unique. It's like a huge bonus song that you get to hear.

[@huskytully3887]

That's not true. You're Living In The Past, I suppose... 🥺

[@thecrye6798]

It's an opinion, man. @@huskytully3887

[@FlatTopSquib]

Totally agree. The studio version has a dynamic that completely draws you in. That live version would be incredible if you were there, but the studio version has more staying power.

[@freedomisall5620]

Agree. But have seen better live concerts...a lot of noise on this one. Check out the studio version.

[@janflewelling6277]

Yes! That driving beat that pushes straight through the song, and then that flute solo that makes Tull SOO special. Another iconic song still living on my Ipod. For all the impact the live video has to see the utter uniqueness of Tull, the original recording IMO hits much harder. Agree with the comment that this is best listened too with headphones.

[@user-te1sm2vi6b]

Jethro tall is the first concert that I ever went to see. I was 16 at the time and they rocked.

[@williamweiss6128]

No matter what decade you may have seen them, all good. Always one of the best live bands. Martin Barre

[@Zankabo]

Locomotive Breath, a song about life, how it won't stop, and how it feels like a train running you over sometimes. Hearing songs like this from Tull are a good reminder that, even if metal fans don't want to admit it, Tull had a big influence on the sounds that ended up in Metal. Also, Locomotive Breath was from the B side of the album Aqualung, which was a set of songs about God, hence the reference to Gideon's Bible. The A side of Aqualung was a set of stories about a small group of characters in a little English town. The entire album is worth a listen, some of the greatest work Tull ever did.

[@spadams999]

Jethro Tull is totally unique. This song is from the album "Aqualung". You should listen to more cuts from this album. Start with the first cut entitled Aqualung.

[@jenniferdooley1038]

Aqualung is my fav!

[@alnorwood134]

Aqualung is indeed a great one, and very chuggy on the flute. Lots of different techniques on the flute and theatrics by Ian Anderson. If you think this is gangsta try Agualung.

[@johnsteward4573]

I'd suggest the entire album, every song, in order, in one sitting. That how us old folk used to do it. Get off my lawn.

[@anitapaulus937]

I saw Jethro Tull in the early 1970’s. It was a great show, and I’ll never forget Ian Anderson playing flute on one leg. They were like early day touring minstrels the way they dressed.

[@mscarelann]

i saw them in vancouver at that time, unique, awesome...

[@anitapaulus937]

@@mscarelann Unique is the appropriate term.

[@anitapaulus937]

@@wyomarine6341 Not at all. I’m not sure they even know the meaning of the word.

[@anitapaulus937]

@@wyomarine6341 I guess we are teaching some of them in our comments.

[@takamatsuiki]

At the end of Ron Burgandy's flute solo is actually a nod to Jethro Tull with the Aqualung riff. Maybe my second favorite flute solo too ;-)

[@jamesloughran7278]

Ian Anderson plays the flute almost as a percussion instrument and is the ultimate showman.

[@steelrarebit7387]

Watching you react to Jethro Tull while my cat, Jethro Tull, sleeps on my lap. He is named after this great band. That flute solo was the first I ever heard of a flute solo in rock music and has always been my number one for the flute in itself.

[@secolerice]

I am a huge Tull fan! Their music is various from classical, folk rock to heavy metal. And their lyrics are pure poetry.

[@kareng4658]

Seeing your face when the flute started was priceless! I saw Jethro Tull in 2015, what an exciting show!

[@alisonmiddle877]

Saw Jethro Tull at Hull City in 1969 when i was a teenager, Ian Anderson had such a stage presence, and a brilliant performer

[@papacarl2002]

So glad you took the time to read and contemplate the lyrics - this is definitely a kick ass rocking song… But there are many Tull songs that showcase Ian Anderson’s amazing bard/minstrel captivating storytelling & singing abilities. 🤘🏼🎧🤟🏼

[@greggwilliamson]

That look on your face when Ian started his first Flute Solo!! I've seen that look on MANY faces over the last 50 years. Had it myself the first time I heard it.

[@roymarshall649]

Jethro Tull have been a part of my life since 1972 when I discovered a song called "Life is a long Song"...... I respectfully suggest you buy the Aqualung album as this was the band's first big album in the USA.....they have a plethora of eclectic songs that span a variety of styles....Folk rock would be a general description of there gendra. Many albums with various line ups keep the brand alive. Mr Anderson has been their creative lynchpin throughout. Enjoy 😊

[@Lateralus138]

My mom was a hippy/biker and I was named after Ian (the singer), JT was one of her favorite bands. I grew up on this in the late 70s/80s... Album version is a bit different from the live version, of course. Dude is the epitome of a showman...

[@donnakay2286]

It's not often you hear a flute in a rock song. I have been listening to this since I was old enough to tune in a radio . You should also check out ACDC " It's a Long Way To the Top if You Want To Rock and Roll" Bon Scott plays the bag pipes as Angus Young is playing the guitar

[@Cheezsoup]

Your analysis of the lyrics was spot on, for you. Mid to late 70s people would sit about (possibly with the help of substances) and discuss between themselves what the lyrics meant. Originally Jethro Tukll was na inventor(of agricultural machinery) but the band decided to take that for their name, the lead singer and flautist was Ian Anderson. He was self taught on the flute (only having nine usable fingers he developed his own style )he realised just how restricted he had become when his daughter learned to play so he adjusted his style to be more mainstream.

[@kimmycook2698]

My dad introduced me to Tull after he went to a concert...said the man never stood on two feet the entire show. Miss ya dad.

[@srv451]

I saw Jethro Tull during their Thick As a Brick tour in Ft. Worth. Eagles was the opening act. They were about to have their first album released.

[@JohnHazelwood58]

Their song "Bourée" (< an short instrumental) is one of my favs sounds ever ... studio version - in stereo -, of course! :) When the band was in Germany - like 30+ (!?) years ago - I've been on the tour bus with them, riding to a concert at a extremly large hall (or stadium) ... pure fun and an epic night! :) It's worth to check out some more JT ... It's a quite interesting band! Well, ... I'll listen to "Bourée" now! Can't get this sound out of my head right now! ^^+gg XD

[@armadillotoe]

Jethro Tull is well worth a deep dive on Aqualung, and Thick as a Brick. Two of their great albums.

[@loveloochay]

This is a hot one Sebs .. great tune 🔥🔥🎼🔥🔥 .. you are very good with your interpretation!! .. he wrote this as a revolt against big tech .. the world going to fast .. and how it is hard to get off this ongoing growth of media. Love it

[@Jims_Camera_at_dawn]

I always thought the song referred to someone's life. Their life, the train, was out of control. As it sped along out of control others were getting "off the train" or out of his life. The Bible was getting his hand on the throttle? Maybe that happened too late? Yet another song that makes one think, feel, and wonder.

[@belindahutchings9420]

Martin Barre is the guitarist. The final solo was the melody from a song called "Black Sunday." A few years ago, someone asked Ian the meaning of the song, and he said it was about the environment. But I'm willing to bet if someone else asked him, he'd have another answer. LOL! They have decades worth of great music. :)

[@rockymountboy]

You may want to listen to the studio version, which features the full (beautiful) piano intro. The song is a general critique of runaway population. I do like the personal interpretation you took. The change at the end, after the last "No way to slow down", is to a different song from a different album ("Black Sunday", from "A"). The balloons come out at the last song of the show.

[@MidwesternCornbilly]

The guitarist Martin Barre tours The United States quite frequently with his Martin Barre Band. I saw him in May 2019 during the 50 Years of The Music of Jethro Tull tour (which featured the original Tull drummer Clive Bunker and longtime Tull collaborator Dee Palmer on keyboards).... and then again in January 2023 for the 50th Anniversary of Aqualung Tour. Ian Anderson is back to writing new music and touring again (he was sidelined by COPD) although he and Martin have (for the time being) gone their amicable separate ways they both perform these great songs from their ginormous catalog of music. Martin typically plays small venues (I saw him at the 350 seat Wildey Theater in Edwardville, Illinois) so the musical experience is very intimate. I was surprised to see that Martin is, himself, a very accomplished flutist

[@davidmontgomery9846]

Now you know why the late sixties and seventies were the greatest musically.Bands like Jethro Tull sat alongside Zeppellin, The Who , Deep Purple , Sabbath and The Beatles.

[@joonzville]

Rock n Roll flute! Jethro Tull is unique and wonderful. Locomotive Breath is exactly as you say, the music is so relentlessly upbeat and the lyrics are so in your face about what our lives often look and fell like. Some further reqs are Aqualung, Thick As A Brick, Bungle in the Jungle, Living in the Past and many more.

[@fridaylong2812]

He is self taught on that flute. The original Jethro Tull was an English agriculturist in 1700, and that revolutionized agriculture.

[@cathybrookeburt2616]

Ian Anderson is amazing on that flute. It is what sets their music apart from other bands. This was my very first concert at age 15. 1968. LOL 'Aqualung' was my favorite song by Jethro Tull. LOL

[@thomasmacdiarmid8251]

I largely agree with you, except in that even in songs that do not feature the flute, the music of Jethro Tull stands apart from all other bands.

[@schtepke]

seen a few of your reactions now. it's great to watch you truely enjoying that 'old' stuff. keep widening your horizon, man. your on your way. thanks.

[@matthiasnolte3817]

Love your reaction! You are one of the few people who actually listen to the songs. Not onl the music, but also the lyrics. Keep on!

[@larryramirez2439]

I just saw Them in Los Angeles for the 7th time I have seen them starting in 1976 . Great band I have loved over the years !

[@firedoc5]

My first experience with Jethro Tull, two or three lifetimes ago, this is the song I heard, and it blew my mind. Ian Anderson's stage presence is fantastic, but the studio version is what you really need to hear. He made flute playing cool, making me wish I did more with my sister's when I stole it to tease her.

[@marksterner7532]

Ian Anderson is a musical genius. His creativity is off the charts. "Thick As A Brick" is an entire album that is one story, but the music evolves, rises, falls, quiets down and then explodes throughout the song/album. There is a live version in which Ian and his band cut it down to the best parts - just over 8 minutes - and that might be a good review for you. "Aqualung" is one of Tull's most iconic songs, and you MUST review it. To see Ian Anderson the genius up close and "unplugged", check out "Life's A Long Song" (Living With The Past, available on KZbin) - a studio performance with a chamber orchestra in his later years that is a masterpiece. You will love all of these!

[@emole9511]

The diverse band ever, stiil going strong after 55 years. There are great concert songs, such are Bourree, Thick as a Brick, My God and Aqualung. You must see and listen. BRILL3!!!!!

[@davidlagassee8236]

i saw him in concert in 1975. he was so fantastic.he is among the best floutists in history tho he doesn't show it too often.

[@josephvanchierijr.2486]

Aqualung and Thick as a brick are classics.

[@kevinlundgren1169]

Yes , I love Jethro Tull , listened to them for forty years ! You wanted something that you don't hear very often , how about Ten Years After , doing the song , I Can't Keep From Crying , live at Winter land in 1975 , if you want some cool guitar !! And yes , I do love Jethro Tull !!

[@robertclymer6948]

Hello beautiful Brother! Your intuition and decernment of this song and others is actually quite above all others. Also, everyone reacts differently to sounds and vibrations of the Hz being broadcast and it somehow effects your teeth. Thanks for sharing. Fun to view it with you. Cheers from Michigan.

[@beverlywest7627]

OMG! so glad you are reacting to this. This is great music, it's timeless. one of my fav's at age 16!

[@minerva4558]

I saw Jethro Tull several times in San Francisco when I was 16. His flute playing is absolutely incredible and he is amazing to watch performing as he usually did on one leg.

[@dizastro5437]

JT is the best concert I ever saw. Not only the music, the crowd was epic. Biker crowds are underrated.

[@dizastro5437]

And yeah, JT beats Maiden and Rush.

[@HRConsultant_Jeff]

Martin Barre is a genius guitarist really. He has many styles from classical to blues, to rock and never copied others.

[@danacasey8543]

Jethro Tull always put on a great show! Ian Anderson and his traveling band of minstrels! The entire Aqualung album is golden. Dive in!

[@2299jsimon]

Man, I haven't heard that in years... still as awesome as ever.

[@peytonbrunken8856]

I’m a new subscriber to your channel, and I want to say I genuinely enjoy watching your reactions to music I’ve grown up listening to. It’s cool to kind of relive experiencing these songs for the first time, as I witness your reactions to discovering these tunes, and the appreciation and respect you show for the talent and abilities of the artists. I’m glad I came across your channel. Good luck, and I hope you keep creating content like this!

[@rachelbrachman1510]

I saw Jethro Tull in concert in 1972. Those were the days of hallucinogens...my steering wheel melted on the way home from the show😂

[@tinamarcum6170]

Ahhhh those were the days!!!! Went to see the band Boston many years ago didn't really see Boston I heard them. I was kinda laid back in my seat eyes closed the smell of Marijuana floating in the arena. Man I miss that.

[@bobbenson6825]

Still one of the best concerts I ever attended: the Tull show in Rhode Island on the Songs From The Wood tour. Locomotive Breath was a standout, but the whole thing was wonderful. Jethro Tull had so many excellent songs.

[@soldierbluewood8335]

JethroTull is Troubadour Rock...and Ian Anderson is the Mad Pier of Rock n Roll!!...

[@kimwilson3863]

This took me back, sae them years ago and the energy was electrifying. I don't know if you have reacted to or listened to Johnny and Edgar Winters live with Tobacco Road but if not give it a shot, it'll blow you away. 👍🌝🇬🇧

[@Marcus-Oh-really-yes]

Jethro Tull's two biggest hits in the U.S. that you might enjoy are "Bungle in the Jungle" and "Living in the Past."

[@Hodad3000]

I've seen them several times, and I even wonder if I saw this particular show, with the balloon breaking like that. Been a favorite since I was a little kid.

[@daveking9393]

I just watched that solo live last night. Martin Barre band fantastic group. He does a great job at this song he always has. It's his to own...

[@jpdj2715]

Flute - in this period around 1970, we had a band "Focus" in the Netherlands with flautist, keyboardist, musician Thijs van Leer. Check out his composition "Hocus pocus" (that's a pseudo Latin magical formula derived from another pseudo Latin formula often found in old Harry Potter like stories, I guess). The entire Focus band actually was a quartet of incredibly good musicians. There's the album version that is at normal tempo ("time") but also a live recording in a pop program where artists were assumed to stay within a 3 minute time frame - so the band played the piece at double time (twice the speed). Another thing happening at the time, Jethro Tull also did that, was to work classical themes into rock/pop pieces. The transversal flute (as opposed to the other flute called recorder) was used before this time in jazz music, limited, but still. The flute depended on amplification in order to still be heard in jazz bands. So a flute in a jazz performance became realistically possible in the 1950s. Thoughts go out to Eric Dolphy (who also played sax and bass clarinet), or more fusion like jazz, Hubert Laws. Both Tull's Anderson and Focus's Van Leer have advanced flautist techniques - one of them self-taught in two years and the other a very good musical school education.

[@Ozarkprepper643]

Ian Anderson the self-taught flutist and multi-intermentalist Mastermind Behind the Music. In 1976 four of us traveled from Az. to Tampa Fl. to watch this concert. Towards the beginning of a concert a woman in the front was heckling about how she didn't like flutes. With the band still playing he walked over and made some lewd gestures with the flute in her face and mumbled something we couldn't quite hear. Lol At 43 minutes their song Thick As a Brick is the longest rock song recorded. 🤠🏞️🐂

[@Nito1974Reis]

Thick as a Brick, Aqualung, Stand Up, there are so many cool performances, guitar solos, flute solos, best progressive rock band...

[@fredalaggia9990]

When I first heard this song, shortly after its release, it instantly became my all time favourite. It wasn't until later years that I feel I began to understand the lyrics. It seemed to me to say, as we push hard in our lives to succeed, to focus so much on what's directly ahead of us, that we miss all the important things in our lives. What advice, you ask? You said it in your closing remarks. Family, love, those around you that are important...focus on them and what makes you happy. The rest of it all just doesn't matter.

[@GinMae]

Thanks, Sebs Ian was unique.. when you have time & inclination, also please listen to "Aqualung" (Ian looks like that crazy old guy...)- amazing stuff from these guys... there was a minor uproar when they received a "best rock" award, b/c a few people said that "flute doe not belong in rock music"... I tend to disagree based on what I hear from these guys.. lol... appreciate your reactions... and your interest in these very creative 70's bands... pre-autotune and vibrant and unique...

[@greggwilliamson]

There are a couple of reactions to this by classically trained concert flautists. One nearly goes apoplectic watching Ian sling his flute around!!

[@clare1061]

Check out The studio version of Aqua Lung You'll get the true sound of the guitar solo. He changes it up a lot in the live sessions.

[@dumdumbush]

You should also check out the studio version. Pretty amazing.

[@TamSpreckley-ot9zw]

I’m lucky enough to have my first live Jethro Tull concert in July 1974 and they were arguably at their all time peak. I was already a huge fan before I saw them and I was awe struck seeing them live. Brilliant recording band and even better live. I still put on a Tull album regularly.

[@gregdickerson137]

Been to 12 Tull concerts. The current Jethro Tull band with Ian Anderson is currently touring the US as is Martin Barre's band. Both are still rocking.

[@edwardcrews2952]

This is fantabulous. Check out the studio version for the phenomenal intro

[@capcolombie3834]

What an epic song and performance from an epic band.

[@outernothingness1177]

Well done for a first listen! Yes, it's Martin Barre alright. He was only 37 here, but some people go combover at an early age. It doesn't affect their ability to play a mean guitar, though, thank God (even if He stole the handle).

[@JustMe-vk4fn]

"Let me sing you songs from the woods....." I was just out of high school in the early 70's when we went to a Jethro Tull performance in Detroit, MI and watched this song, and others, performed live on stage. :D Please understand that it was possible for Tull fans to arrive at a concert in Detroit during the early 70's in a perfectly sober state and *still* wind up with a fairly good "attitude adjustment" in around ten minutes or so that cost you *nothing.* Nothing except taking a deep breath or two of the smokey atmosphere in the auditorium as you found your seat. :D Win-Win.

[@user-cw9tf7ns5d]

I recommend Deep Purple - Child in time. Its breathtaking, instruments and voice so on Point

[@meehanasap]

Bro, Skating away is another very cool tune. Great take on the tune.

[@montag4516]

It can't be emphasized enough of how distinct and hugely recognizable name that Jethro Tull (the band) has played in the roster of classic rock. For those well familiar with them will simply say to one another Tull, as in "let's listen to some Tull, dude".

[@bethhowton2719]

I've seen them live 5 times and would go again. They are on tour now and if they come back to Houston I'll be there. They always put on a show that is worth the money. I hope you will check out more. Enjoy

[@tomdevore9576]

I was fortunate enough to have seen them live several times in the 70's. This was also the first album that I ever bought, at the age of fourteen. Tull started my love of Prog music. This catalog is great. Enjoy the ride.

[@ianarnett]

Jethro Tull was actually a British inventor from the 17th century who was an inventor. He is remembered for inventing ploughing and seed drills and was at the time of The Industrial Revolution. It is from him that the band gets its name.

[@rebeccahuth4060]

And when Ian Anderson isn’t touring or recording, he’s farming

[@mrvlsmrv]

Saw them I believe on this very tour. Supporting the live ablum 'Bursting Out'. My roomate and I were sitting in our apartment one late afternoon. Our neighbor offered us 2 tickets to Tull. I said that I only had a couple bucks. The tickets were still $6.50. So I traded my new 'Breakfast in America' album. It was ASU activity center in Tempe AZ. That was like 6 blocks away. The tickets were 16th row center. You notice Ian Anderson flinging those big balloons over the crowd. As long as at least one of them was floating they kept playing. Thats why they stopped abruptly. I heard somewhere on the tour they played over an hour. Because the last balloon was still intact. Unfortunately our attendees popped them in about 10 minutes. Awesome concert regardless. Anderson, Barre and band were phenomenal. Bought the album when I got paid.

[@bigpapi2658]

If you listen closely you will hear, when he takes a breath, during his flute solo, his breath is in key with the music.

[@lawrenceholzer9286]

Sebs a bit of my background I am 71 and saw Tull more then a dozen times.I also sat in an interview with Ian Anderson in the late 70's. Ian told us the song Locamotive Breath is essentially his take on the rapid and continuous growth in Population and Capitalism..40 years later these 2 things are still growing and unable to slow down

[@styleisaweapon]

You need to do Iron Maiden's live Hallowed Be Thy Name performance. Lead singer holds an epic note the whole performance is incredible. All Iron Maiden songs are Stories, and I suspect you care about the lyrics.

[@mloumackay-santilli5363]

They used to call Ian Anderson Mad Dog Fabian, because of his Dickensian look and crazy stage antics. But be sure to listen to the album Aqualung-Ian at his best.

[@sethcohen4119]

That whole ending is the ending of a completely different song (Black Sunday) tacked onto the end of this one for the live show. Love it.

[@williamscoggin1509]

This video was made during the "Bursting Out" tour. I was at the Oakland coliseum arena when I saw this live. Still till this day, one of the best concerts I ever saw!

[@natelan69420]

i found you originally a while back when bo burnhams inside was released and you started reacting to those songs. i havent seen many of your videos since then, just hasnt popped up... but my dad raised me on jethro tull and im a huge fan. i was very happy to be a part of your first jethro tull experience. if you release more tull videos, i will absolutely watch them all. every single thing they did from 1968 through to the 1980s were top notch amazing pieces of art. they are perhaps most infamous in rock n roll history as "stealing" best rock or hard rock album of the year on the grammys from metallica when metallica released the black album. it was a huge deal at the time. please make more tull vids

[@827dusty]

More of that great music we had back in the 70s. What a time it was.

[@CynicalTesuji]

If you're interested in analyzing the lyrics of this song, I would highly, highly recommend listening to the entire album. Aqualung is considered a concept album, and there certainly are themes being explored throughout the various songs. The concepts are deep and well-voiced, and while you may not always agree with him, Ian's a bit of a philosopher poet and his lyricism from Tull's early albums through the 70s is absolutely incredible. For me, Thick As a Brick was earthshattering- the album, not the radio edit that most people are familiar with. The album, Thick As a Brick is one 45 minute song in two parts (the two sides of the LP), complete with recurring themes and musical motifs; it's an astounding piece of music.

[@rolandratz1]

Ian anderson is called the "sprint devil" on stage all his life. His trademark is the leg bent at flute... Supposedly he got so better desire for his energy-sapping moves on stage. Even now at an advanced age he is unstoppable...!

[@ronniefarnsworth6465]

Nothing Gangsta about Classic Prog man Lol !! I get you 😆 👍🎶🎼✌

[@Cashcrop54]

Jethro Tull is full on awesome live! They don't give up on anything the whole concert. Both times I've seen them were amazing!

[@keelybarger1509]

Wow. One of my favorite concert of all time!!!