Jethro Tull Reaction: Classical Guitarist REACTS to Jethro Tull Thick as a Brick (Live at MSG 1978)

[@JoneRuiz]

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[@jerryfagansr9983]

My best friend & I saw Jethro in Dallas in 1975 best concert I've ever seen bar none. 😂

[@gregsteele806]

Seeing them in concert was definitely an experience.

[@nyrocks5580]

Jethro Tull are their own genre. Amazing band.

[@elskid206]

As a professional, you really need to flip through half a dozen of his albums and grab a few songs randomly because every one of them is entirely unique, but it brings the same blending of soft voices, quiet instruments and hard rock. Every segment is unique to itself and an intro to the next unique section. I don't think I've ever seen an artist do that. You should try Minstrel in the Gallery

[@robgoodwin8329]

Martin Barre, the guitarist also plays flute and also the sax, marimba and mandolin. They are all fantastic musicians.

[@mickthemerciless9694]

Progressive music is far more emersive and a journey, than the quick fix of pop music. There were no rules.

[@JoneRuiz]

I know right? Music without frointiers!

[@mickthemerciless9694]

@@JoneRuiz exactly

[@Kram62]

Ian is probably the smoothest acoustic guitar player I've ever heard!

[@IYAMNI]

In case someone hasn't already pointed it out, this is actually a short medley of the album, which is about 40 minutes long.

[@erickvermeulen9734]

I love the full album, had it on vinyl, and now on cd. Advantage of cd - no need to flip the disc to hear the other half of the song.

[@rodjohnson2632]

You got me thinking, I wonder if they ever did the full album live? I've never seen such a video. It would be quite an accomplishment to do it in its entirety, but the classic Tull lineup would be up to the task, I'm sure.

[@IYAMNI]

@@rodjohnson2632 Yes, they toured the entire Thick As A Brick after its release but I don't think they've done the entire album since then. You can find recordings of that tour on KZbin with snips of old 8mm footage pieced together over the audio. But it's out of sequence bits and pieces. I don't think anyone has ever posted a film of the entire show in continuity.

[@rodjohnson2632]

@@IYAMNI Thanks for the info!

[@TA-zk7lr]

​@@rodjohnson2632 Hey, they did the whole album live in Iceland in 2014. Too bad Ian's voice wasn't that great at the time. But he's still amazing, and the flute parts are absolutely fantastic, as always. m.kzbin.info/www/bejne/ipDIo2B-g9N8jtk&pp=ygUsamV0aHJvIHR1bGwgdGhpY2sgYXMgYSBicmljayBsaXZlIGZ1bGwgYWxidW0%3D

[@EwaldWiegmann]

I saw them over 100 times and every concert was great. Ian anderson is t He greatest performer ever in rock.

[@knowhere60]

Ian Anderson played the flute for a few weeks before he began performing with it onstage ..

[@deanzaZZR]

I saw Jethro Tull live once. We actually went more for the opening band, UK. Jethro Tull was a big surprise and amazing fun with his cheeky humor and stage antics. What an incredible line up.

[@gilbertgiuliani.4452]

Saw Tull multiple times in the 70s and early 80s always a great live show

[@gregsteele806]

I got to see them live on their Rock Island tour, but they played a LOT of the old favorites.

[@zwyldz1]

I grew up on Long Island NY and was lucky to see a lot of the old classic rock shows. I lived 45 mins from the veterans Memorial Coliseum and at the time..a very inexpensive train ride into NYC where Madison Square Garden is right upstairs from Penn station. the shows I saw there are some of the best memories of my life for sure..most of them cost $12.50 no bull! lol I'm not joking.. I was lucky enough to see Jethro Tull in the garden in 79 and in the Colosseum in 80 something.. Jethro Tull by far put on great live shows even with the technical sounding albums they had with all the mixing they pulled it off every time. And probably still do. Some biggest memories of my concerts on Long Island is Pink Floyd , all the great Southern rock bands you can think of .. also Judas Priest iron maiden blue oyster cult Sabbath.. growing up on Long Island was awesome one week we could go see Marshall Tucker and the week after we would go see iron maiden lol thanks for sharing man

[@alldayadventures5418]

The Studio version of this album is on Audiophiles top 10 best production albums all time. 1-song is 45 minutes. A story about a triad of old-time line of kings. Each king has his own theme song. It is a fantastic album to play at volume 11.

[@darikmatters8866]

I was at this show.. They were in so good live.. Tull was every show every time they were in town.. And yes, they sounded this clear and as loud as anyone who played the garden (MSG is Madison Square Garden, a basketball and hockey stadium in NYC. You made the big time if you filled the Garden)

[@Rick-or2kq]

Seen them 4 times.

[@blackfender100]

Saw Tull many times 70,s and 80,s great band

[@marcfriedman7339]

You need to listen to the entire studio album. It is amazing!!!

[@stevejones8660]

This album was entirely written, arranged and recorded in 10 days. The album cover newspaper The St Cleve Chronicles took members of the band longer to come up with (14 days).

[@Bogie3855]

This is my absolutely FAVE album. I was fortunate to see the release concert for this and it was WILD show. Anderson entertains..

[@Bogie3855]

Many years ago I bought my first CD player so I could listen to this album without having to get up and flip an LP. Never looked back.

[@mikelenox7999]

Great video. Westone ears are wonderful.

[@dragoneyeshatesg00gle76]

short version of the entire song. Saw this tour in Montreal at the time. Jethro Tull was always a great stage show and the Music was Great.

[@salsonny]

Saw him on this tour in 78 at Boston garden couple weeks before this show.

[@davidmckenzie420]

I saw them in the mid-70's, on their Passion Play tour. They also did half of Thick as a Brick. FABULOUS. Ian Anderson is a Prog Rock GOD.

[@corawheeler9355]

You should listen to the whole album. If you're going to get into Tull, I'm a subscriber. 🙂

[@cynergy4]

Saw them in '74, excellent show! Ian Anderson does play guitar but when he realized that he would never be able to play like Clapton, he switched to flute. I think that he lives another life as a minstrel in the middle ages

[@papalaz4444244]

This is a simplified version. The actual piece is an entire album and it's incredibly detailed. There are multiple themes, then varations in the themes and multiple time signatures. :)

[@martinellis7156]

Another totally unique English band that came out in the 1970's. Jethro Tull were fronted by Ian Anderson who basically wrote all the songs, of which there were many, and gave us wild flute in rock music, unheard of before. The guitarist Martin Barre stayed with the band for over 30 years and gave a great distinctive counterpoint to Ian. Try "My God" live from the Isle of Wight for another blow your socks off performance. Just legendary..

[@andrewgibson395]

Ian Anderson the lead singer is Scottish not English.

[@rodjohnson2632]

I think this is the best live performance of Thick as a Brick, and it's pretty much exactly as they played it a year later in 1979 when I saw them live for the first, and unfortunately, only time.

[@Bogie3855]

Sadly I was at the original release concert in 72 and it was NOT recorded. It was a massively entertaining and was a life altering show. Still my fave album. I play it when I need a lift, never fails.

[@rodjohnson2632]

@@Bogie3855 It must have been amazing to see and hear! It's too bad that more concerts from the 70's weren't recorded, but I guess back then nobody could foresee how popular their music would still be 50+ years later.

[@erikahlander3489]

Before you leave Jethro Tull, don't overlook the songs "Minstrel in the gallery" and "Songs from the wood". Both includes obvious influences from (English) musical tradition backwards through the centuries (and please note influences you can find!). (This one was more of a parody of contemporary progressive concept music).

[@richardlambert3364]

This my favorite video I have found w/Jethro Tull doing Thick as a Brick, mostly because of how he performed it. That said, his music at that time, Aqualung, etc. is not my favorite. Stuff from albums like From Heavy Horses, Chrest of a Knave, Songs from The Wood, Broadsword and the Beast(Broadsword is very cool in it's own way) much better. I like them because they are crisper, "cleaner", not as much pure harder rock. Lots of songs with a social message or a story.... Songs from the Wood is One of a Kind... Lots of flute, so many good songs.... Heavy Horses, is the The Title Crack, is about how the Noble big heavy horses served us for centuries but technology w/tractors, cars, etc. made them no longer needed. Then at the end, the Heavy Horses triumph. They faded away, but them comes a day when they are needed again and will reclaim their Glory. Farm on the Freeway, the Famer loves his farming, the force him to sell to make room for a freeway. Offer him big money, but he doesn't care at all about money, it is about a life and lifestyle is gone. I think Crest of a Knave is my favorite. Budapest, Raising Steam, She Said She was a Dancer, On and On... That album is very technical musically, super crisp, clean, the songs tell wonderful stories that are easy to understand...

[@Bogie3855]

This is a 42 minute studio recording

[@TerryKrysinski]

Live is not the optimum way to first experience any given song. Check the studio versiomn first. Then it's easier to absorb how a band transferred it to a live format. And- you already know how the song was originally presented. :-) T

[@salvybar9992]

Try to listening to Ian Anderson with pfm

[@Arturo.H.M]

Aun no he visto el video, pero ya de entrada, te digo que este tema antes que en directo, hay que escuchar el del LP. Es una sola cancio en dos partes, cara A y cara B del LP. Ahora ya, veo el video.

[@jimralston7562]

One of great ironies is Ian composed this album to mock all the pretentious "concept" albums that were being released. To be "thick as a brick" indeed!

[@TheAncells]

Always wondered which concept albums he was mocking…?

[@jamessewell5636]

Only one type of music what i play its called loud.

[@salsonny]

He's a Minstrel.

[@headrushindi]

These guys were thr trailblazers. Jethro Tull ( Ian Anderson) , Queen, ELO, Yes, Rush etc ... true talent no longer exists .