JETHRO TULL | "LOCOMOTIVE BREATH" (reaction)

Check out Sight After Dark (Singer Sifa Graffiti and Guitarist Dan Berg) reacting to “Locomotive Breath” by Jethro Tull.
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[@ArnoldStirrup]

Nice to hear the studio version as that has the great Piano intro, a lot of live versions miss a lot of the intro (but are still great) also as this is usually the end/encore of the show live versions often have other songs added to them. It was so obvious that Sifa knew this song quite well, as she was singing along and knew when the flute was coming in - which was quite nice to see.

[@AquaticDot]

Agreed. The intro really makes this song for me. The piano is just breathtaking, all the way through.

[@phillyflyer12]

Song meaning from Ian Anderson “Locomotive Breath” is a metaphorical examination of the incessant and often overwhelming momentum of society. Anderson has often referred to the song as a reflection on the industrial age’s unstoppable-and sometimes destructive-force.

[@jgreber1790]

Thank God for Jethro Tull! I think, locomotive breath refers to the rapid passing of life as a train speeding down the rails with its brake lever broken off. Hence “ no way to slow down.” live at the Isle of Wight is their song remains the same. Thanks for the reaction.!

[@scotstevens5263]

That has become the concert closure for years as the entire Aqualung album is a play. And since my friend had Aqualung on 8 track when the release, Tull had become y favorite artist.

[@vicprovost2561]

Jethro Tull Rocks, nice to see them getting some love. For some more incredible stuff from Ian Anderson & co, try Minstrel in the Gallery or With You There to Help Me, they were a force of nature in the 70s and have tons of great and unique tunes to try. Enjoy! 🎵🎸🎤🎹🎶

[@SightAfterDark]

Check out our reactions to ‘Minstrel’ and more Tull below and thanks for watching! m.kzbin.info/www/bejne/eam6Y36XiLygb6M&pp=ygUcc2lnaHQgYWZ0ZXIgZGFyayBqZXRocm8gdHVsbA%3D%3D m.kzbin.info/www/bejne/fYqaYmh-e7aKnbM&pp=ygUcc2lnaHQgYWZ0ZXIgZGFyayBqZXRocm8gdHVsbA%3D%3D m.kzbin.info/www/bejne/f6HRhGycjd-tbaM&pp=ygUcc2lnaHQgYWZ0ZXIgZGFyayBqZXRocm8gdHVsbA%3D%3D m.kzbin.info/www/bejne/m52cn4yEoK6Efc0&pp=ygUcc2lnaHQgYWZ0ZXIgZGFyayBqZXRocm8gdHVsbA%3D%3D m.kzbin.info/www/bejne/hmLEcqRvjN6GpsU&pp=ygUcc2lnaHQgYWZ0ZXIgZGFyayBqZXRocm8gdHVsbA%3D%3D

[@paulfenwick8767]

Ian Anderson plays flute, acoustic and electric guitar bass drum and hi-hat on this. The story of a man who's life is falling apart due to capitalism and population explosion. I love this song and Jethro Tull will always be one of the masters of true Prog rock.

[@amedeeabreo7334]

Not sure where the population explosion comes into it. More the story of a man becoming isolated as his family leaves him one by one. But yes a classic without doubt.

[@paulfenwick8767]

@@amedeeabreo7334 suggest you read Ian Anderson's (the composer ) explanation of the lyrics. The story is the metaphor for population explosion and capitalism according to the composer....I guess you know better🙂

[@amedeeabreo7334]

@@paulfenwick8767 I know Ian said that in an interview somewhere. It's just not in the lyrics though. Train as a metaphor of life...children leaving for lives of their own, wife having an affair, man wants it to stop but can't make time slow down. Where is a mention of capitalism??

[@paulfenwick8767]

@@amedeeabreo7334 As I thought, you know better than Ian Anderson 😄. The train is capitalism, relentless driving on, telling you greed is the only way to live. Ian, like my self, is a socialist. That word is evil to most but all it means is think of others rather than just yourself. You won't get it unless you have social friendly views.

[@paulfenwick8767]

@@amedeeabreo7334 here it is from the man himself......, "It was my first song that was perhaps on a topic that would be a little more appropriate to today's world. It was about the runaway train of population growth and capitalism, it was based on those sorts of unstoppable ideas.........guess he was lying, lol

[@amedeeabreo7334]

John Evan on piano. The introduction always reminds me of Tchiakovsky #6 for some reason. Evan was well versed in classical piano. It is a very visual piece of music...at first it seems like a piano player is musing to himself..then suddenly a rock band pushes him out of the way and gets right into your face.

[@dunringill1747]

From the album, Aqualung (1971), "Locomotive Breath" lyrics are metaphoric & critiquing society. Ian Anderson was warning us about the runaway population explosion going hand-in-hand with the moral decay of mankind. It cannot be stopped as civilization's progressive development has literally become a runaway train.

[@T23000PLUS]

youse guys should listen to "Dog Breath In The Year Of The Plague" by Zappa. Just sayin. Speaking of different kinds of bad breath

[@metheus108]

If you are looking for the flute, I would check out the live version of "Living in the Past" from the 20 years box set, aka the "slightly more tricky form."

[@gswithen]

Tull exploded in the late 60s and roared through the 70s like a locomotive, churning out an amazing number of albums. All great and unique. A masterful group.

[@bellowsmain6762]

This Was Tull first album, raw and wonderful. Everything since just got better and better. First saw them 68 or 69 s revelation that has lasted a life time. To be fair, along with Floyd, Genesis, Peter Green,so many from that musically wonderful time.

[@MrFtoudalk]

Isn't Locomotive just self propelled ? Nice 'reaction' to an all time classic!

[@MindFeather]

super fun video, y'all. such a great track. pretty sure i've met people with dog train breath, and thankfully we don't yet have a way to instagram breath smells, lol.

[@ulimenzebach7918]

I'm certain that Dog breath definitely smells/stinks more organic :D

[@bengazeley9730]

It's a great track, really gives the vibe of a runaway train. I prefer earlier Tull like 'look into the sun'.

[@robinreiley1828]

I always thought that Martin Barre had a unique guitar style. In the early Tull albums like "Stand Up" and "Benefit" he was just learning, and he played basic blues riffs, like we all did. As Ian Anderson was learning the flute, it forced Martin Barre to learn new forms, not associated with traditional Rock His phrasings are always Explosive, each riff attacks the first note of the phrase giving an Edge to Ian's traditional English Folk Style Compositions.

[@remasterman3572]

Does anyone know what this song is about? You'll be surprised...

[@jgreber1790]

Just as an interesting aside, the piano piece that’s played during the intro of this song I think is used in the movie the birdcage with Robin Williams and Nathan Lane.

[@ggwalker55]

Love their earlier stuff as well, Benefit and This Was.

[@davidrauh8118]

Dog breath might be worse, but either one will screw your nose.

[@bobhathway6718]

John Evan (keys) is brilliant

[@timgilmour8802]

I saw JT over the span of 40 years , always a awesome show. Thanks for doing this guys.

[@SightAfterDark]

Our pleasure Tim!

[@mikec4666]

Check out Bungle In The Jungle and Living In The Past.

[@SightAfterDark]

Thanks!

[@sanddab]

The worst is whale breath. I was in a small boat once and a whale surfaced right next to us and let out a huge breath. The smell that came out of that blowhole was the worst thing imaginable.

[@SightAfterDark]

😅😅

[@charliediottaviano3995]

Who says that you need a guitar solo in a song

[@damonhines8187]

Loving the tastes of SAD I'm getting before the sit-down and the listening sesh itself. Ill make some time. Classic early prime-time Tull. Saw them a bit l8r, '75: 'Bungle in the Jungle', Gary Wright opening; '76 Pontiac Superdome, Robin Trower opening. His breathy articulated exhalations are an absolute Ian Anderson trademark. ✌🏼😘🎶❤️✨️🕊

[@fredkrissman6527]

IanA sez he wrote the song about what he thought was runaway global overpopulation... The completely inaccurate book ThePopulationBomb was huge bestseller at the time. From wiki: "From the opening page, it incorrectly predicted worldwide famines due to overpopulation, as well as other major societal upheavals, and advocated immediate action to limit population growth." Love Tull, even when they get the story wrong! And love Sifa telling Dan that "It gets even better!"

[@kentclark6420]

Too bad the world didn't listen to reason. Overpopulation doesn't cause the problems, but it is a powerful catalyst, making the problems a thousand times worse. Not to mention all the bi products of too many people, like the pollution that is killing the planet with climate change, and humanity health issues.

[@kentclark6420]

Besides the over crowdedness in cities that drives up crime. They did experiments with mice, with a few mice acting normally. Then when more mice were added, making it crowded, they became violent and turned on each other.

[@SightAfterDark]

Thanks so much Fred!

[@kentclark6420]

There is a band called the Alan Parsons Project. You guys would be blown away by them in the same way you were with ELO and Supertramp! Try 'Eye in the sky', 'Time', 'Old and wise', and 'The Raven'. Alan Parsons helped produce Dark side of the moon and Abbey Road. They will send you to places in the higher realms! I also would suggest Renaissance, another prog rock band from the 70s. With a vocalist off the charts- Annie Haslam. 'Carpet of the sun' is one of my favorites. 'Can you hear me' is another. They have many.

[@DUBEE43]

Have u guys listened to NO NO CHERRY by FRANK ZAPPA?? If not, your in for a treat!!

[@chalkwitch471]

I like that finger wag!

[@grandwazoodebris1015]

That was fun. Glad you did the studio version. Easy to hear the great lyrics, the intro is wonderful, and I've always loved the little guitar fills in the main part of song in the studio version. Assume it was Martin, but Ian played some electric on this song so who knows. My favorite Tull song, though I love a lot of them.

[@barryhickman6911]

One of the best showmen of his time! GREAT music and LOVED your reactions!

[@lynnieiapichino1121]

☮️💙💙💙🔥🔥😎

[@jonthomson8392]

👍👍👍👍👍

[@robertpearson8798]

This one of the few instances where I actually prefer the live concert version. Anderson is so interesting to watch and the flute playing is even more amazing.

[@johnirvine1491]

Which concert version? They played it differently on different tours, to keep it fresh. Not different every night like LZ, but brill in their own way. Accomplished musicians.

[@robertpearson8798]

@@johnirvine1491 A very good question. The one I like the most (and seems to be the one most reacted to) is from the July 10th 1982 concert. Most of the clips seem to omit the piano intro (a shame) but I find the performances to be excellent. Anderson’s flute playing is especially good and Barre is in top form. The balloons in the audience always remind me of “The Prisoner”.

[@paullacroix527]

Great song. One day when you have 10min to spare check out Ian's flute solo in Tampa Bay 1976 on YT. It's got everything. The singing while he's playing, beat box flute (some call him the granddaddy of beat box flute) and a little Bach thrown in. It's quite amazing. If you like him, you'll love this. Always watching enjoy your channel...

[@SightAfterDark]

Thanks Paulla!

[@TheMinster1960]

This is from the album, Aqualung (1971). It is Jethro Tull's all-time biggest seller though not their highest ranking as far as peak chart position goes. Thick As A Brick (1972) was their number one album on Billboard. Aqualung still holds up over 50 years later. It's a perfect album with so much variety from track to track.

[@benoitdesmarais2948]

A Passion Play also reached #1. Really weird to think that their two proggiest albums were the ones to top Biillboard with albums featuring... one song! (Ok, two for Passion Play.)

[@stevedotwood]

you gotta love Tull. The song is about the population explosion "The train won't stop going no way to slow down"

[@paulfenwick8767]

Just as importantly, it was about capitalism too.

[@AmberPearcy]

Locomotive breath is probably like smokers breath. 🤷‍♀️😂 I forget about the beginning part of this song but it’s always been a fave from listening to classic rock radio. Surprised Dan hasn’t heard this but happy he picked up on all the things I enjoyed from this tune. 😁

[@SightAfterDark]

😂thanks Amber!

[@MilosDaddy]

My first rock concert in 1975. My mind was blown! Ian Anderson is a force of nature!