Jethro Tull - Witch's Promise - 2nd version (1970)

[@donnarawlinsfrench220]

I first heard this gorgeous song at age 14 - and now at 64, still get goosebumps hearing it! It's such a gift being able to watch Ian, Glen, Clive and Martin perform it...I've seen Tull many times, across several continents in the half century since. But seeing this - those young men in their prime - is quite touching. I'm sure they don't feel this one bit, but for us old farts across the globe...well, we feel fragile, a little sad - and so grateful that we had such wonderful music to soundcheck our lives. Thanks, Ian.

[@marcusliddington1491]

Wonderful times, wonderful band...from another reminiscing old fart who was lucky enough to grow up in those simpler times

[@mackydog99]

Am so grateful to have seen Tull 7 times in the 70's. My all time favorite band for sure.

[@briankorbelik2873]

@@marcusliddington1491 Amen Brother, I was 15 when Aqualung was released, and I've loved Tull ever since. And I've seen them a time or two meself. One thing about growing up in the LA area is that Tull would show up often. And even when I moved to Sacramento, there they came. Thank you Ian, thank the rest of the lads, especially Martin for making my life better.

[@biserkasertic1208]

In 1970. I was 14 and this was the first Tull song I've heard on radio.As young teenager I was hard rock fan (Led Zepp, Deep Purple etc) and this was something totaly different - got wrong impression Jethro Tull is some folk band.I was fascinated not so much with flute sound, but with the way of singing. In 1971. friend came from Germany with Aqualung album (in these times was not posible to buy this records in former Yugoslawia), and Jethro Tull became definitly my No1 band.Saw them live first time in spring 1975. in my hometown (Zagreb) and 5 more times in different countries. If I have only 1$ for every hour of listening to their music I would be a millioner!

[@Simon-db5ph]

Second all you have said, couldn't have put it better 👍

[@Malcolm-p4r]

Anyone watching this in 2024 👍

[@genemullaney6751]

With my morning coffee!

[@jdobbs7700]

Yes! I saw JT in concert in 1969 as a high school kid... and took my daughter to see them in 2013.

[@jefflessar7685]

Absolutely

[@jbenavides2567]

sure thing! from Costa Rica watching my all-time favourites. Saw them live here in 1996 during Roots To Branches tour!

[@northlincsfox243]

Yes, I’m watching 😊 2nd November 2024.

[@marcusliddington1491]

Glenn Cornicks bass work is just amazing...a medieval troubadour RIP Glenn...

[@michaelknight4041]

Ian Anderson said that Glenn was the most musically educated of the band and that he and the others often relied on him for the more technical questions regarding theory, writing, arranging, etc.

[@trentsteele1986]

A ture rock musician

[@willemsterk5992]

I had a chat with Glenn when he was with his band Cold Turkey after a gig in Holland, he told me he liked driving though New York in his mini cooper and about his bass lines in bourree he said it wasn't difficult to play for him, so there you go!!! Thanks Genn, RIP.

[@peterrobin1881]

@@willemsterk5992 Wild Turkey actually!

[@willemsterk5992]

@@peterrobin1881 Yes, you are right, sorry for the mistake and thanks for the correction.

[@DTMBYLEZ70]

I am closing in on 71-we had the best music hands down so many ultra talented bands- YES, ELP, ZEP, Floyd, Tull- of course all owe the Beatles

[@williammiller402]

The older I get the more I am awed by Ian & this band.

[@fanderarosetto4358]

Same. I didn’t realize the magnitude of their talent when I was a teenager.

[@TheMonolake]

Me to

[@MSB-fj7cd]

I know, right?

[@steveharrison3007]

The speakers got better 😁

[@kylerodgers9323]

Ian Anderson is a flute master

[@davidzimmerli489]

no other group ever sounded like Jethro Tull.....totally original.....together they cooked up some powerful musical magic......lucky for us......

[@thomasandersen6719]

I want to thank this band for punk happening

[@westrokker]

So true, amazing..

[@davidzimmerli489]

@68’ Rumble Bee I would also include Jethro Tull in my top 24 Favorite Bands. No doubt about it!

[@fernandogarajalde4066]

The Moody Blues came close but I was lucky to discover them just when “Aqualung” was released. I miss the original lineup but I caught 3 tours (Aqualung, Thick As A Brick and Too Old To Rock and Roll...) so I can’t complain. They taught me a lot of what a solid, disciplined group could do within the limitations of 70s rock.

[@davidzimmerli489]

@@fernandogarajalde4066 Great comment! I envy you for seeing them live...it must have been wonderful....

[@gazcallon8825]

I'm 58, I find tulls music so clever so ancient so druid yet so modern

[@billythedog-309]

Druid??????

[@ThomasRogan-gc5pi]

Tull's first three albums were amazing filled with gems like this! An incredible band

[@Daniel-oh1fn]

This was actually on a later album

[@davidboyce7996]

One of the best bands ever.

[@JungleNation333]

And one of the most underrated

[@namcat53]

1970 had the most amazing and diverse array of music. "Rock" encompassed all forms of music, acoustic and electric blends. English bands like Fairport Convention, Pentangle, Traffic, etc. bridged folk and jazz with rock. Jethro Tull were unique in this broad spectrum and well loved by hip college/high school age Americans like us. Yes opened for them in Alexandria in 1971 effectively blowing our minds and opening many other doors. WE knew how lucky we were to be in the middle of all of that wonderful creativity.

[@ThoseCrookedVultures]

I have loved this wonderful music since 14. I am 68. My husband was a musician. He loved them too. I'm sure he does in heaven. Brings tears to my eyes.

[@oleojazzoil6297]

I am a músician and still like them a lot.

[@ThomasRogan-gc5pi]

I'm 65 can't believe how many people even in their early 40's have No idea about this AMAZING band!

[@davelogan676]

Ian's best Vocal and Magical Tune..no question. Rip Glenn..amazing Player and Bass arrangement For Tull.Chemistry was at Peak right Here

[@beatlesrgear]

An absolutely magnificent song! I love Glen Cornick, he is one of my all time favourite bass players. His style is sort of "Medieval Rock & Roll."

[@moraineasdai8623]

What a bass player!!!!

[@pauldenali6367]

Must admit I never quite forgave Ian for firing Glen. As good Aqualung is I think that album would have been just that much better with Glen on bass.

[@fabrigasan2150]

Anche dopo 50 anni sono originali , lunga vita e li ascolteranno anche i miei nipoti

[@catmom1322]

Thanks for pointing that out! I'm always focused on Ian & his flute.

[@mirosuni]

Agree fully.

[@guymontag349]

One of the greatest of all British bands. I had the chance to see them perform in Chicago in 1968 and passed it up. I've been kicking myself for 56 years.

[@Daniel-oh1fn]

@@guymontag349 I saw them in 1970 at a beach casino ballroom that held maybe 500 people. Twice that amount tried to get in I ncluding through roof skylights. Incredible music. Blown away for $6

[@FlyGuy2000]

Ian Anderson is what happens when a performer becomes the song he is playing.

[@davidchesworth9110]

FlyGuy2000 - Perfect description.

[@Ndlanding]

So true! Both are shite.

[@guileweaver1574]

Ian Anderson is a real entertainer. He goes out on stage and gives the people a genuine performance.

[@scottjackson163]

Ian Anderson as the daft woodsman (or whatever that character was supposed to be).

[@guileweaver1574]

@@scottjackson163 Daft Woodsman is damn near on the money. What I think Ian Anderson was trying to portray theatrically is what was known as an Abram-man. The Abraham-men (also Abram-men or Abraham coves) were a class of beggars claiming to be lunatics. The phrase normally refers to the practice of beggars pretending that they were patients discharged from the Abraham ward at Bedlam. Abram-men made marks on their arms with 'burnt paper, piss and gunpowder. some dance, but keep no measure; others leap up and down". They were also known as anticks or God's minstrels, and later Poor Toms. Richard Head wrote in The Canting Academy, or Devils Cabinet opened (1673) that they ; "used to array themselves with party-coloured ribbons, tape in their hats, a fox-tail hanging down, a long stick with streamers, and beg alms; but for all their seeming madness, they had wit enough to steal as they went along". In 1737 the Dictionary of Thieving Slang still described Abram-men as "shabby Beggars, patched and trick'd up with Ribbons, Red-Tape, Fox-tails, Rags of various Colours; pretending to be besides themselves, to palliate their Thieveries."

[@Vykandar]

This song always reminds me of traveling through Europe in our bus as a kid. Camping in the forests, meeting all sorts of people, swimming in the rivers. Was truly paradise

[@азаматджаманкулов-х3л]

Tull brilliantly stylizes Celtic tunes with rock-n-roll language...

[@johnnyb357]

One of my favorite Tull songs. Reminds me of awesome simple times of my youth.

[@saradecapua3264]

Broad sword runs a close second.

[@dannydine5263]

Loved listening to Glenn's bass lines. That's the kind of stuff that makes me want to play bass.

[@paulgardner9763]

Taught myself 'Living in the Past' on an Epiphone EB-0 bass that I bought for 120 quid used and upgraded. I agree Danny, Glenn was a master and the perfect foil for Ian and Martin. Another terrific work is Glenn's playing on 'Teacher.'

[@clancykobane9102]

i'll stay in the woods forever with Jethro Tull

[@ReaBoeringa]

Wonderfull song!

[@StavrosIII]

Not only mind blowing music, but Ian's shredded clothing was decades ahead of its time.

[@frogandspanner]

No - it was the fashion of the time. I too had shredded and patched jeans.

[@StavrosIII]

@@frogandspanner Were you a hippy by any chance? Or maybe a biker? Or possibly American? It wasn't what the UK mods/skinheads would have spent money on.

[@frogandspanner]

@@StavrosIIIBiker? I had a Lambretta SX200 followed by a Norton 650SS (which I still have). In the early '70s split/worn jeans were _de rigeur_ , which fitted in with my unwillingness to repair, and the undergraduate requirement to spend money on beer, not clothes.

[@StavrosIII]

@@frogandspanner Cheers. I understand better where you're coming from now.

[@PotterSpurn1]

He was too poor to buy new clothes and got them from a dumpster.

[@jamesmason5491]

This song always stuck in my head. Always loved tull. Since I was 14 now at 64 still loving his music. Seen him many times over the years. Fantastic showman and a very talented musician.

[@stevestruthers6180]

Who knew that a flute, an electric bass guitar, a six-string acoustic guitar and a simple drum kit could rock so hard? This has always been one of my favourite Tull tunes. I remember hearing it on the radio quite often when I was a kid, and it's hard to believe that was 54 years ago.

[@h6yt88gg]

Yes, but there are some keyboards in there too. (Mellotron, I think).

[@ernestturriziani2489]

Jethro Tull from 1968 to 1972 were at their peak.

[@chrislewis-n3v]

this song just sounds better and better as the years pass- jethro tull's greatest record

[@javierllerena5756]

There are no words to describe Jethro Tull, since they started in 1968 became to me the best progressive rock band and lasted until the 2000s years as the best , they never had competitors in prog rock . It was very sad when Ian Anderson decided disband Jethro Tull in 2011. But in my mind and heart will remain my favorite band forever .

[@curiousnomad]

The musicality, originality, and creativity of this band was astonishing. Search for the musicians who name “Stand Up” as a masterpiece- you’ll be surprised at the diversity of people.

[@richardmoloney689]

Peter Gabriel and Andy Latimer too.

[@tullfan2560]

Joe Bonamassa

[@benjamin8011]

Stand Up was and is extraordinary

[@josephalvaro5244]

Stand Up is still my favourite.Still playing songs from it and the complete Thick As A Brick album in a trio called Tullepathy.A real workout but never fails to put a smile on this old bassist's face.Jethro Tull will always be a highwater mark in musician and showmanship.

[@StephenDorocke]

Stand Up huge record for a young me

[@jarikuukasjarvi7824]

Nothing compares to JT. Awesome band and its heart is IA.

[@hudentdw2]

Benefit is my favorite record from these lads!

[@philipferguson8570]

'Benefit' and 'Stand Up'.

[@sixbladeknife44]

Stand Up, Benefit and Aqualung are the perfect trifecta.

[@0patience4flz]

Songs From the Wood....is sooo good... Hello from USA!

[@williamjackson1819]

Benefit just blew my mind. I couldn't stop listening to it over and over. Thank you Sean O'Hara for introducing it to me. 😊

[@neilcarpenter2669]

Never before never again, absolutely unique .

[@MarkArnold-ue6ok]

One of the most entertaining rock bands of all time.❤❤

[@ZM-kulashi]

One of my favorite song’s ever… Can’t understand how could one create this masterpiece in the 70-ies. It definitely belongs to some much earlier godly times.

[@robertocatuozzo3585]

Soltanto la ghiandaia conosce più canti dei JETHRO TULL ! ❤

[@robertdavis6086]

Magnificent!!! Excellent superb song and band

[@tinamarief64]

No one makes great rock music anymore So grateful I grew up with great music Rock on. ♥️🎶🤘

[@RedArrow73]

Niche musicians, exceeding hard to find, still put interesting stuff out.

[@DavidLee-fe7yf]

he gets better with age he does , timeless

[@adolforodolfo6929]

Sadly his voice hasn't - but I'm still a huge fan.

[@jamesbrookfield104]

His voice is finished. Still one of my favorite bands

[@joedebacco1480]

Awesome Jethro Tull song here. Classic Tull. One of my all time favorites. Never appeared on an album until Living in the Past LP was released although I think it was recorded during the Benefit making. Thanks for posting.

[@carlosedcnatal1367]

Ian Anderson is my favorite musician and composer ever! Hail to the Jethro Tull!

[@paulaarmstrong8431]

I really love this song. The musicianship is great, and it has a nice historic, folkloric, feel.

[@gvis3880]

Yeah like the Wicker Man soundtrack

[@denisemackie6536]

I never tire of listening to these amazing talented artists one of a kind

[@davelogan676]

Look at the Great Glenn Cornick diving and dipping with Ian..best magical Line up.. No Question.. Never the same after '70

[@devilsrejects7058]

The best lineup of Jethro Tull

[@travelinben1966]

R.I.P. Glenn.You’re the reason I chose the bass guitar.👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@serjeick]

This is beyond its own historical time. It´s magnificent.

[@TomTom-xp2jb]

This is my favourite iteration of JT!!! So cool and original!!! Wonderful song!!! ❤️ Rip Glenn. Love your bass sound forever!!! ❤️

[@monabiehl6213]

Ian Anderson has a beautiful voice! An excellent flutist, we forget that he could sing

[@biserkasertic1208]

This vocal was first thing what catch my ears when I heard this song on the radio for the first time (1970)

[@alanthomson6162]

Ian Anderson is also a very good acoustic guitarist 😀

[@EdwardMichaels-w9n]

Greatest and best innovative group ever..hands down !!!!!

[@straitarrow5784]

One of the best songs to emerge from the Progressive Folk Rock genre. I bought this on an E.P in 1970.

[@josephcomuniello964]

One of my many favorites from living in the past🙏🏻🌹❤️✌️✌️✌️✌️✌️✌️✌️✌️✌️😢

[@josephcomuniello964]

Was talking about life’s a love song 😢😢😢😢😢😢

[@agatamazzone4894]

half a century of life in another dimension ... thank you ... God bless Ian Anderson ...

[@hlodowing5561]

Dio Mio, quanto E' bella questa Canzone!!! I Ricordi della Mia andata Giovinezza!!! Un nodo in gola, E le Lacrime, che Solcano il Mio viso!!!☺Grazie, *much Thanks "Jethro Tull", per la Felicita' che mi avete dato!!! You Shall be, forever in my Heart!!! Hlodowing'55

[@paradox7743]

Ian is a master musician N showman-I saw Tull in the early 90's N they were truly incredible...

[@ramonalujan5889]

Saw Tull 1973 in Denver awesome Santana was the headliner GF older brother took us

[@trickeydick5024]

@@ramonalujan5889: 73 1st concert in Detroit.. first album I listened to was aqualung 71 and when he came to Detroit id go to every concert. Yeah they are very good.

[@guillermorenteria6537]

It was Austin, 1970, Jethro Tull, Santana and Fleetwood mac. Great lineup and music. Worth

[@namcat53]

Yes opened for Jethro Tull in Alexandria 1971.

[@scottwilliams8334]

Saw them in 71 in Houston with Yes opening. ​@@namcat53

[@josefelix8132]

Impresionante lo que este señor hace con una simple flauta travesera.

[@virginiamiller9765]

Still Beautiful, Ian.

[@daviddragavon7555]

I grew up in a "Neal Diamond " town on the NW Canadian Border. A friend had a copy of the album "Living in the past " and lent it to me. I played it until I wore the grooves out and had to buy him a new copy! Instant fan! Now my little bitty town had two (count 'em), two Jethro Tull fans!

[@davelogan676]

A Masterpiece.. Never duplicated.. One Time Magical moment. Bass is incredible and Arrangements

[@ernestturriziani2489]

Listen to this takes me back to the happiest times of my life

[@trickeydick5024]

He's got his best around him in 70

[@infopack9480]

The Tull back catalogue has certainly stood the test of time and this song is no exception. Still writing and performing after all these years! It is a testimony to the creative genius of Ian himself and the talented, progressive musicians he surrounds himself with. Thank you for posting!

[@lorenzo6mm]

Ill be checking out to Jethro Tull......I' ve decided over Pink Floyd............they have something that all the other Greats dont Have...❤ So lucky to have known Glenn Cornick personally.

[@JHasselroth]

It was in Sacramento, CA where I first heard and fell in love with Ian Anderson and the Jethro Tull Band.

[@maynard2012]

The seeds of the genius of Songs From The Wood/Heavy Horses were planted here.

[@marymarkey5807]

Lucky to have been of an age to remember such talent and musicianship. Thanks Ian and all the Tuĺl gents over the years

[@marisaelenenadiejamusiccom3974]

They are fabulously RAD...big fan of flutes and Jethro Tull...Ian etc..

[@MarkArnold-ue6ok]

Always loved Ian,s banter with the audience, great sense of humor.

[@RogGhoullum]

this JT music video is what got me into Ian Anderson's JT..

[@stevendegiorgio3143]

I remember listening to this song driving to JFK airport on the Van Wick expsy going to work as a baggage handler.My first job after graduating from tech school for aircraft maintenance.Good times.I was in my 1976 Plymouth Fury.

[@lindapadley5806]

Used to watch Old Grey Whistle Test on BBC2 for something different.Jethro Tull were certainly that! Loved the fact of a flute being played in modern music. Not sure how you would class them, not pop, not folk. Just themselves!

[@TheHumbuckerboy]

What a brilliant song from a great band !!! 😃

[@chandand5740]

This is such a gem of Tull’s formidable repertoire of those times. I still get goosebumps - what an upload - thank you

[@andyh9182]

Wonderful share . Thank you

[@outdooroldies]

i got in to Tull in 1974 after listening to Bungle in the Jungle on radio caroline on my transistor radio ... BOOM ! .. i was hooked thereafter. Rushed out to buy Warchild album ( which i still have ) and within days bought the back catalogue on vinyl ... seen them live about 6 times from 1977 till about 10 years ago .. still love all their albums

[@peterstudley1804]

One of the best tunes from early 1970 , love the mellotron.

[@stevenmaginnis1965]

My favorite Tull song.

[@allan4923]

You know something mate...I think it's mine too.

[@ing.joseluisjuarez2391]

Ian Anderson a Genius And rest of de band great musicians

[@noname1st139]

The guitar work in this is beautiful

[@pauldenali6367]

This line up plus John Evan on keyboards was the best line up IMHO.

[@WillyAffentranger-jb1oi]

The early days, sensationell!!!!!!

[@williambradfordbaldwin4386]

First Tull song I heard and I was hooked, seen at least 5 times!

[@gordonlandreth9550]

Excellent !! A rare Tull treat ! I love it when the bass player just cuts loose and takes over a song .

[@Joe_Peroni]

You can still see HIS type wandering the streets of Hillhead, Glasgow.

[@philo5096]

Great band, I loved Thick as a Brick. Great 70's music.

[@ninabuehler9623]

This warms my heart: It makes me long for a time before I was born, and reminds me of this part of me I don't have words for.

[@geekpie100]

Sometimes it feels like a songwriter has put a key in the great lock of heaven and the door has yielded a little.

[@luisreyguerrero6511]

Simplemente FANTÁSTICOS!!, Tull clásico.

[@keithmilburn4866]

Brilliant band, all virtuoso musicians, Aqualung and Thick as a brick must have albums

[@fershred]

I think all of their albums are great, except for A

[@drummagick]

My first Tull song. My life changed in that moment.

[@WillyAffentranger-jb1oi]

J.t is one of my 5 top Bands till the rest of my life!!!!

[@mejustme6944]

Saw 'em in '77 - Incredible Ian Anderson was as if a Minstrel from the 13th Century had walked into the 20th Century to give a performance.......

[@jurgentreue1200]

I read, Jethro Tull were medieval minstrels teleported to the 20th century and were forced to play music to be able to return to their own time.

[@chatham43]

....that explains alot...thanks....

[@jeremyjames6350]

Absolutely brilliant 👍

[@josefelix8132]

Es increíble cómo esta maravillosa banda te levanta el ánimo solo con escucharla tres segundos, gracias por haber existido genios.....

[@thebones]

All mimed but my god how great was Glen!

[@alexbowman7582]

It’s live although it may be recorded live and mimed later.

[@whodey59]

Pretty badly mimed. Ian can'r seem to get that flute up to his mouth quick enough to match the music.

[@TomTom-xp2jb]

thebones: Cornick is one of my fav bass players!!! ❤️

[@hippydippy]

@@TomTom-xp2jb And Jack Casady!

[@jackal59]

@@alexbowman7582 It's not live. The instruments don't match what's on the audio track at all.

[@davelogan676]

Magical Adventure..

[@Senerian]

Their overall body of work is a masterpiece. Truly a unique and wonderful sound. Great song writers. Are they in the rock and roll hall of Fame? surely they are.

[@biserkasertic1208]

No they are not.But Jethro Tull is in R&R hearts of their fans.🎻🎸💖💓

[@bonscott602]

Brilliant and beautiful

[@stewartdaggett-yz9jt]

Yes I'm watching...what an amazing song... memories of carefree loving life x

[@MarkArnold-ue6ok]

This is off of Living in the past, the mother of all compilation albums. ❤

[@golds04]

Tull. Nyc MSG- unforgettable. Ty. Great.