Jethro Tull - Skating Away on the Thin Ice of the New Day, Live 1980

[@stretch753]

Makes me sad that we're never gonna get anything like this ever again.

[@raymondtucker7056]

You just made me cry 😢

[@raithebatou]

Maybe, but we had it once and for that I am truly grateful

[@AndyRoma68]

well Ian Andreson is still alive...

[@TOMM.E.COCKVOMIT666]

DONT REMIND ME🥺😢😭

[@johnalbert915]

Yes we will. It’s already happening. Less and less bands are relying or even using drum machines and synths, and actual real music is being played by actual real musicians and organic, authentic and beautiful music is being made more and more everyday. Hang in there! We’ll get another Jethro Tull soon!

[@normanmunns4743]

Dripping with talent There will never ever be anybody like him again

[@jtchristiank1]

No doubt and I agree, but he also was talented enought to surround himself with super talented musicians, also.

[@GuitarAndMusicLessons]

How can you not love this masterpiece?! 🥰

[@jarikuukasjarvi7824]

Ian is a real treasure for us all. Grateful dude here..

[@barryrobinson3769]

73 today. Listening to Tull. Most underrated band. Loved them. Always Will. They will always be the Minstrels in the Gallery

[@itjustlookslikethis]

but still no induction to hall of fame.

[@fritzcat6198]

NOT underrated at all fool.

[@davidmiller767]

As a wee lad, I grew up with all his songs. He gave me sanity.

[@benleblanc6133]

Another gem from a unique, musical and lyrical genius. Saw them live , amazing.

[@janicefrantz1831]

One of the top 10 songs ever written, masterpiece.

[@gogoyubari366]

One of my favorite Jethro Tull songs!

[@josephlemko3027]

One of my favorite songs of all time. I have loved these guys since 1968.✌️

[@balthazartwochips3181]

Awesome version of Tull's finest tune. Mark Craney as understatedly masterful on the bass as he was on drums.

[@davidmiller767]

Meanwhile back in the year one When you belonged to no one You didn't stand a chance, son If your pants were undone 'Cause you were bred, for humanity And sold to society One day you'll wake up, in the present day A million generations removed from expectations Of being who you really want to be Skating away, skating away, skating away On the thin ice of the new day So as you push off from the shore Won't you turn your head once more And make your peace with everyone For those who choose to stay Will live just one more day To do the things they should've done And as you cross the wilderness Spinning in your emptiness If you have to, pray Looking for a sign, that the universal minds Has written you into the passion play Skating away, skating away, skating away On the thin ice of the new day And as you cross the circle line Well, the ice wall creaks behind You're a rabbit on the run And the silver splinters fly In the corner of your eye Shining in the setting sun Well, do you ever get the feeling That the story's too damn real And in the present tense? Or that everybody's on the stage And it seems like you're the only Person sitting in the audience? Skating away, skating away, skating away On the thin ice of the new day Skating away, skating away, skating away

[@TREEHUGGAH1]

MAESTRO love this band so much!!!! saved my life as a youth and gave me hope.

[@angelalvarez212]

A masterpiece, i was only 15 years old when i saw this whole video concert back in 1982. Mark Craney (RIP) and Eddie Jobson were priceless assets to the band.

[@johnwolcot]

I've never been that keen on the 'A' period of Jethro Tull. However this performance really does deliver the goods.

[@mikeohagan2206]

ians songwriting skills are second to none. a true musician.

[@lindahuff8976]

Saw this band many times live. Great performers and captivating stage shows. Ian Anderson balanced on one leg playing the flute and making his madman moves.

[@jamesstice2782]

This song is going to be played at my funeral.

[@angelluismercedes891]

great

[@rukeyser]

Been on my dead list for decades.

[@leafs60]

just fucking fantastic so so so under rated

[@televisiondevil5235]

I saw this tour in Dallas on my 19th birthday. Oct 31 1981. Amazing. Eddie Jobson was incredible.

[@knowhere60]

I was fortunate to see it early 1981 in London at the Albert Hall, though with the whole band.

[@dontbakdown6015]

They really and truly don't write music as good as this anymore...

[@charlesgorman9830]

Amazing version of a classic without the accordion and glockenspiel. Don't know if anyone but Ian could really sing this song. That reedy vocal just makes this song work.

[@joeybenoit6269]

I've listened to Jethro Tull Ian Anderson for 52 years! I love Jethro Tull! Takes me back to my days of surfing big tubes! San Diego Madison high School! I was on the surf team! San Diego had tons of waves in the 1970s!

[@Broonzied]

Even the song title on its own is profound and inspiring. Ian is far too clever and talented for this planet. I would love to share a pint with him.

[@robertmac8477]

I'll buy first round to sit in.......

[@bobbysue9363]

@@robertmac8477 I'll buy all the rounds to sit in. haha

[@itjustlookslikethis]

But still no induction to hall of fame.

[@bcsemotorworks2462]

Ian is a true character of rock and roll. A real mad genius. Personality of bands really was something back in the day. Today just sucks so bad.

[@Yamparunner]

He appears onstage as mad genius but in real life he’s quite grounded, scholarly, and i think he owns a business that benefits his community

[@ashoknair8993]

What a great piece of happiness...times will pass but music will stay alive

[@patearly9492]

Fantastic as always! Thank you Jethro Tull with Ian Anderson and God bless everyone from Patrick

[@fransschmitz2628]

so beautiful, thank you Ian for all the hours of good music you gave me.

[@thelastperfectman4139]

One of my all time favourite Tull songs

[@reneetone8965]

Fabulous.

[@c.s.4428]

My favourite from 'Warchild' and one of my all-time favourites from Blackpool's Jethro Tull.

[@russellbor]

I caught them on this tour at the Oakland Colosseum. Just an epic show. Eddie Jobson was just brilliant.

[@c.a.t.732]

I was there too! I remember Ian introduced "The Pine Martin's Jig" by saying they were a few dates into the tour and hadn't nailed it yet. Afterwards, he sad something like "Got it!".

[@Wayne-je4bj]

Seen him at least 20 times

[@claudiabrown66]

Most amazing song- the instrumentation increase as it progresses and gets more complex and beautiful. Love the way he is making a cup of tea at the beginning. The lyrics, the flute- one of my favourite songs of all time. So amazing. Fun to hear it live.

[@ashoknair8993]

Seeing him live is on the top five of my bucket list....before skating away.....

[@claudiabrown66]

@@ashoknair8993 LOL funny. He is an amazing flautist.

[@tommyrawlings3046]

One of the greatest songs ever created!

[@scarletbegonias2359]

I was only 16 and this was my first concert

[@RichardWells01742]

Same! Houston TX USA :-)

[@malcolmcraycroft2323]

Eddie Jobson on mandolin. I saw this show in Long Beach, CA. Rod Morgenstein from Dixie Dregs on drums

[@davidporshia5081]

0:03

[@billfountain856]

The original studio recording featured an accordian but the two mandolin players really nail this live performance.

[@realthursty4953]

This is probably the best live rendition of Skating Away that there is. Eddie Jobson's mandolin is a huge part of that.

[@reneetone8965]

Totally agree! Jobson's work on this and other pieces is amazing. He plays the electric violin as well.

[@paulwolf6925]

​@@reneetone8965And keyboards as well!

[@svenbergmann9904]

I didnt know Eddie Jobson. But now I know him as a fantastic mandolin player. Thank you for your kind information.

[@jujumulligan43]

The great music from this band never ends!

[@leafs60]

Oh and by the way why is this band not in the hall of fame? Really, Joan Jett is nominated this year. What the hell.

[@PaddyDixieTheMinerva82]

They're in my Hall of Fame and for that I am eternally grateful! Unique, inspirational, educational, talented. Once in a lifetime and I'm glad it was mine

[@leafs60]

TheMinerva82 Couldnt have said it better

[@johnhassall1782]

very good point ,,!but with joan jet ,,its no roal seal!

[@johnhassall1782]

that should be royal btw!

[@bolerkins]

Haahahhaha that is funny "hate speech". Too funny !

[@nestormaestro963]

Un genio, un fenómeno, un artista extraordinario. Me encanta su folk, su manera de tocar la guitarra, la flauta y su manera de cantar. Un bufón del Rey maravilloso!!

[@ceramicmug8500]

Estoy de acuerdo!

[@philippruckert8221]

Mark Carney is one of my biggest influences. The whole group is so phenomenal!!!

[@colonelkilling2425]

Wow, I needed this today. Great video!

[@juanfernandez820]

Posiblemente el grupo mas grande que ha habido. Siempre da gusto inundarse en su música, que abarca todos los estilos. GRANDE JETHRO.

[@wildrosecece]

Playing that so well and singing at the same time.

[@frankphillips6001]

The lyrics to this song are as profound as they come. A million generations remove from expectations of being who YOU really want to be...

[@philipavello3925]

Great artist from the beginning !!!

[@fransschmitz2628]

You must have a pritty mindblowing mind to be able to create something like this

[@juliettaalice3588]

Year I was born. I saw them in Anchorage when in late teens. Thank You the Tull for visiting Alaska. Saw you With my mum and her husband. Yea...thank you.

[@ashoknair8993]

You are a lucky girl from lucky days.....am still waiting to get a glimpse of this Idol.....stay safe and stay long

[@grannyweatherwax8005]

I know you wrote this five years ago but, doing the math, I was at that same show! Front row!

[@andrewdawe8667]

I keep commenting... Out of Words.... Just Love it All!

[@tomaszsmiechowicz6500]

Kocham Deep Purple, Genesis, Pink Floyd, ale najlepszy muzycznie, brzmieniowo w latach 70 był Jehro Tull!

[@joanka67]

Widziałam i słyszałam ich "na żywo" Jestem pod jeszcze większym wrażeniem. Chociaż tego nie zaśpiewali.

[@richardschmidt5733]

love this guy it isn't xmas until i play or hear solstice bells

[@gabrieli4734]

Amen brother played it just this evening

[@grgeorydbishop148]

I have always felt that a band with all the success that Jethro Tull has had should be in the Hall of fame .We are talking about one of the all time favorite bands of a whole generation and beyond which has been in the for front of the whole industry is not in the Hall of fame.I don't get it at all.I.for one whose life was changed through the way of what was Tull stand in total shame.What do you do to not be named to the Hall of fame.I have no fucking idea .I'm the son of a Minster who was very hard on the music of Rock and roll.I did work with a band as a young teenager who whole reason for playing the music was pushed by the words and sound of Tull .Wind up was one of the reasons I looked at the church in a different way.I have been in such a tight home where much of the whole English Church was a way of life.The music allowed me to step back and look .Is this how God works ?No He is not the kind you wind up on Sunday .

[@wingfoot48]

the hall of fame is a gimmick just ask steve miller

[@melissamichalk2146]

Society has shot and Ian Anderson, probably because of his religious writings and songs. He bucks the system and tells it like it is. Society doesn't want to hear that. One day he will be accepted, when everybody figures out religion is nothing but a big Fairy Tail

[@michaelpeach2833]

Jethro Tull is too good and talented for the Hall of Fame.

[@honban]

perhaps because of the grammys thing lol - when u get an award u don't deserve u also don't get an award u actually do deserve

[@JamesCouch777]

They are in the only hall of fame that really matters and that is the one where they will still be remembered and played long after all the wannabes are long gone and forgotten.

[@thewilythylacine]

Great performance of my favorite JT tune.

[@razor7241]

Genius! That’s all there is to say!

[@josephlicano8701]

Friggin electric mandolin! Lol Really love this song and great video of a good live version.

[@tommyrawlings3046]

Jobson is an incredible musician!

[@angelmcclure2401]

They're a legend.

[@daviddansereau1793]

Really nice version of this song live.

[@hhollanderjr]

Mandolin! Fantastic complement.

[@racketman2u]

"Two slightly distorted guitars"? oops, sorry, wrong artist. but seriously, yes, this is exquisite.

[@6stringhawk]

Geniuses with the touch of madness :)

[@davidgidman7561]

Masterpiece

[@alvarogarcia1062]

Great, great, great music and Great jethro tull.

[@shannonbailey8677]

The BEST EVER

[@MrTRobb-bq3hv]

Absolutey wonderful!!

[@carlostchetche7814]

patinando no gelo fino de um novo dia você sente que tem que rezar esperando um sinal da mente universal prá te inscrever no drama da paixão LETRA MARAVILHOSA

[@jasonedwards3969]

Love it!

[@fransschmitz2628]

so beautiful!

[@walterhoenig6569]

I saw this concert in San Antonio Texas. "Disco Sucks" was a prevalent T-Shirt.

[@johnthonig8832]

I was there.

[@davidgarione2206]

Very good for Eddie Jobson and David Pegg, great musicians both. But it was a pity that the original crew from the 70's had departed after Glascock's death.

[@bent2]

Barlow left because he was depressed after Glascock died, they were very close friends. Palmer and Evans parted because of disagreement with Ian over the direction the band should take. Remember, A was supposed to be a Ian Anderson solo album. I think Ian always has been very self conscious that the band should be relevant, even sacrificing band members in the process to achive that goal. In the end, even Barre was out after several decades. I don't agree with many of his choices on that matter.

[@itjustlookslikethis]

@@bent2 Anderson is the only original member left. Tull has had so many members Anderson would have yearly "reunions"

[@juliettaalice3588]

Thank you for bringing me to concert.

[@divad2332]

listen to the early albums

[@jairourdaneta1]

I saw them live in Carbondale, Illinois Southern Illinois University

[@ismailozay2173]

I think this have more guitar than it's album version. Ian's performance is great. Really, he's big as much as a whole band!

[@mikehaughee9324]

Fantastic !!

[@matthewgarnier6460]

"Cause You Were Bred For Humanity"

[@julesdowner5585]

wonderful

[@petertompkins7664]

Shivers.

[@ashratempel5094]

Never gets old.

[@ThomasRogan-gc5pi]

Great question WHY is Tull not in R&R Hall of Fame? Guess we would have to ask people who run it! I've heard one of people who run Hall have a personal dislike for Ian because it's certainly not for they're lack of greatness or for they're place in R&R history! There's loads of people and groups inducted who aren't fit to clean Ian's suede 👢 boots😢

[@Shaliaj7]

Who care for that hall?Ian Anderson and Tull are too big for that hall. Millions of fans around the world make a bigger better Hall for Jethro Tull.

[@Shaliaj7]

Who care for that hall?Ian Anderson and Tull are too big for that hall. Millions of fans around the world make a bigger better Hall for Jethro Tull.

[@Shaliaj7]

Who care for that hall?Ian Anderson and Tull are too big for that hall. Millions of fans around the world make a bigger better Hall for Jethro Tull.

[@sandrapugh7789]

Pure genius

[@sandrapugh7789]

Love this guy

[@sandrapugh7789]

Still. He has been with me since 1969. Put me in a hospital for drugs. He saved my mind from f ck up.

[@maxelldenomie667]

All of us r still going through that back forest... city alley... dimension... Onward in the fog.

[@guytitanic]

In the year one, when you belonged to know one, you didn't stand a chance son, if your pants were undone.

[@stellaercolani3810]

Jethro Tull a genius...

[@dalewetzel773]

Yep great band.... Martin Barre has never gotten the recognition he deserves

[@ronaldwellspeak1652]

oNE oF mY fAVORITE bANDS

[@rudyhartt]

[@carpenter284]

Man's a genius .. full stop

[@stephenharris]

Gold

[@rubicon-oh9km]

You think Ian is great on the flute? His acoustic playing is brilliant.

[@avlisk]

I read that he said he would never be up to the standards of all the other contemporary guitarists, so he needed to find another instrument. . .and he did!

[@lesliebalk]

Fist bit of vid is off the slipstream video. . Brilliant!

[@robertkostanczuk5015]

Great video.

[@Lee.Higginbotham]

I wonder when Metallica went into the RHOF did they thank Jethro Tull for not being nominated that year?? I'll take Tull anyday!!! War Child is a great album and this is a great track from it!!

[@francesimagina7]

Thanx Remy, totally cool video release.

[@jeffreyspencer4315]

timeless !!!

[@jeffreyspencer4315]

Watching again for life !

[@jthoen61]

This is my life's mantra......

[@ashoknair8993]

Very true my friend stay safe

[@jthoen61]

@@ashoknair8993 You too.

[@Devsfan202]

Cool-my teenage anthem thx

[@norbertsteidl35]

run ❤