Drummer reacts to "Back to the Family" & "Look Into The Sun" & "Nothing Is Easy" by Jethro Tull

Thank you to our alpha patrons Cora and Ford Prefect for requesting this fantastic album... these three might be my favorites so far! The album that just keeps giving. Sad to wrap it up next week! This has been a great listen so far. Tull is the best.
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[@SANPARR1]

No band has managed to mix Hard Rock and Folk as well as Jethro Tull.

[@corawheeler9355]

Tull really is the best. I like the message in Nothing Is Easy, "So if you're alone and you're down to the bone, just give us a play. - You'll smile in a while and discover that I'll get you happy my way.". lol Just put on a Tull album; you'll be fine. .🙂

[@robertlear2712]

I am so glad to see you listening to Stand Up. It is my favorite Jethro Tull album. Benefit is great too..

[@emilymartinez6961]

SAME✌️🎶

[@lindaulloa4786]

Nothing is Easy is my favorite song from this album.

[@lawrencesmith6536]

The 3 album run....Stand Up, Benefit, and Aqualung is one of the best sequential trio of records in rock history

[@lemming9984]

Glad you didn't include This Was, a really bad album IMHO - and I've been a Tull fan since about 1972!

[@vicprovost2561]

Spot On, add Thick As a Brick and Minstrel in the Gallery and those are my 5 favorite Tull albums. I never stop listening to them, one of the great bands ever!

[@michaelkeefe8494]

The Yes Album, Fragile, and Close to the Edge give them a run. Those were the days when an album was a single unit of work. I love Lee's channel but I'm still put off by the idea of reacting to a song without the context of the album. It's like picking a chapter from the middle of a book.

[@helenespaulding7562]

Wow, I owned this album. It’s been decades since Ive heard these songs. They’re like old friends. Thanks to whomever requested these ! A trip down memory lane for me!

[@fordp69]

Yer welcome ;-)

[@w.geoffreyspaulding6588]

@@fordp69 😁👍✌️

[@dianerobinson5336]

Same here. A time when musical creativity was alive and thriving.

[@jermaschinot]

Back in th 70's folks used to listen to music together. I was at a party and had just acquired this album so I put it on the player. The party was soon in listening mode.

[@curtadams7406]

"Look into the Sun" is beautiful, and to me--a non-musician--far more complicated and daring in a musical sense than might first be thought. This album and the one that followed it remain my Tull favorites.

[@normandaubry]

Clive is one of the great rock drummers. He is too easily forgotten

[@davidmckenzie420]

I love early Tull. Ian was/is a musical genius.This band epitomizes the brilliance of prog.

[@dunringill1747]

In a sour mood? Play some Tull! In a good mood? Play some Tull! Anywhere in-between? Play some Tull!

[@corawheeler9355]

All the time :)

[@patrickdoake6022]

Some bands are iconic and groundbreaking, tull is one such group.

[@ModTrash]

One of the greatest bands ever!

[@helenespaulding7562]

Look into the Sun is such a great psychedelic rock gem! Haven’t heard it in ages, so this was a pleasant reminder of what a good song that is. First time I’ve really concentrated on the lyrics. They bring quite a positive message which I hadn’t picked up on before.

[@stuBdoc]

I don't find the lyrics to be positive, but rather he's talking about a relationship that could have been wonderful but the woman didn't want it, and he's saying that she will regret it. They are very meaningful lyrics, but kind of sad. One of the most beautiful and poignant songs ever written, IMHO.

[@Hartlor_Tayley]

Loving this album

[@billhawkins1236]

Why JT is not in the R&R HOF is criminal. ( And I know Ian doesn't really care ) Just an amazing album, start to finish. I'm equally ashamed and glad I've seen Tull, 18 times, and I would go 18 times more if able!🤠👍👍👍👍

[@3bwana]

F the RARHOF…silly Jan Wenner museum doesn’t mean squat

[@lizze490]

Yeah, it's utterly ridiculous- and Mountain should be in there too.

[@lizze490]

​@@3bwana😂

[@genegarrett3372]

Almost forgot about Tull Tuesday; stayed up too late watching the DNC

[@PaulMcCaffreyfmac]

My favourite Tull line-up and my favourite Tull album. They were one of the very best live bands in the country in '69/'70 and never less than supremely entertaining.

[@lizze490]

Wow, so many memories, this album is golden.

[@jermaschinot]

Nothing is Easy, Tull's swingingest song!

[@mikeconway9103]

You need to to check out the live version of Nothing is Easy from the Isle of Wight concert!

[@JamesCole-ep4df]

Stand up and Benefit are my two favorite Tull albums back when they were a little more pure, folk, blues, jazz rock oriented

[@cynthiaschultheis1660]

HAVENT HEARD THESE SONGS IN LONG, LONG TIME!!! BUT BRINGS ME RIGHT BACK TO 70'S IN DESERT OR BIG SUR, ALWAYS ON OUR PLAYLIST!!!!👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼🎸🎸🎤🎶🎵🎹🎤🎵🎶🎵👍🏼❤

[@puncht37]

Stand Up kicks.

[@ddthor]

I love, love, love this album!

[@dennishinkle5010]

This album is where Ian started to show his sheer brilliance and it's so much fun. One of their very best ever. Thank you for sharing.👍

[@shiannesmith6877]

More tull!!!

[@davidrauh8118]

Wow only their second album. Nothing Is Easy is worth the price of admission.

[@danielcarroll3ify]

All killer, no filler. My favorite off this album is Reasons for Waiting.

[@vicprovost2561]

Great album and 3 more classic songs from it! This album never gets cited by the critics but for me, it is one of their best. Seeing some of it live back in the 70s still freaks me out. Martin Barre is criminally underrated. He was so important to their signature sound right after Ian's flute. More greatness to come, enjoy! 🔥🎵🎸🎤🎹🎷🎻🎶🔥

[@bobasher2197]

By far my favorite Tull album, I can't wait until you get to " We used to Know ".

[@dadmateryn8092]

I had a couple so I want to get this off my chest we butted heads (no fault of yours) but I want you to know not only are you doing a great job but I get the feeling this music from my generation saved your life. I hope so. Keep it up!

[@will-x9c]

Before this album I thought Tull was just a Cream knock off with a one-legged flute player. But as you said this was the Tull-to-be. And then they spaced it all away, getting lost in art rock. Their journey, not mine. They had this Olde English lyricism and yet they were hippies and Ian seemed to speak directly to us like a wise older brother (although Look Into The Sun was bad advice for acid heads). I saw them twice around this time. Not just a rock concert, it was The Greatest Show on Earth

[@lizze490]

❤❤Nothing Is Easy❤❤ bad ass

[@shemanic1]

I still have this wonderful album on vinyl, though I play the repress now, fewer scratches. Jethro Tull, in the early days would jam so that tunes like "Back to the Family" would last ages live, great times. I see "Look Into The Sun" caught you, "Nothing is Easy" is a great track.

[@midnightpiledriver]

This is one of the most underrated albums of that period in the late 60s-early 70s. Album full of incredible songs. This Was, Stand Up, Benefit and Aqualung, that four album run is my favorite era of Tull. I do love stuff that came later, some also amazing songs and some of my favorite Tull songs (Heavy Horses, Minstrel in the Gallery etc.) but this early Tull era, idk what it is, excellent mixture of raw blues energy, hard rock elements, folk creeping in, even some jazz in it as well.

[@jermaschinot]

Such a great great album but you should know "the Tull sound" really evolves on the nest album "Benefit" with the addition of a fifth , John Evans on the piano.

[@glenndespres5317]

Man, Lee… 3 great tracks from one of Tulls greatest albums. Nothing’s Easy and we all know it!

[@3bwana]

Barriemore Barlow’s first Tull Lp is ‘Thick As A Brick’ Clive Bunker plays drums on everything up thru ‘Aqualung’

[@CliffordLake]

Pretty easy to listen to...

[@Coquinagirl]

A good and interesting first song! A pretty acoustic. They’re all nice! Thank you, Cora, Ford Prefect, and Lee!

[@tullfan2560]

We Used to Know is my favourite off this album, closely followed by Back to the Family. I love Ian's off-handed delivery. In particular, "Sister's by the mirror; thinks her hair looks funny". Classic Tull lyric. And the song's got a great jammy outro with the fluttering flute, wah-wah guitar and walking bassline ending in a cacophony of sound. Sooo good.

[@ronniefarnsworth6465]

Nothing is Easy has been in the "Live" setlist for Tull from the very beginning and you can hear why Lee ! 👍🎶🎼 ✌

[@Linda-y9h]

I have this CD in my car at all times. Bought the original vinyl when it came out. ❤😂

[@vicprovost2561]

The Pop Up of the band was so cool, de-seaded a lot of good weed on that album cover...

[@Linda-y9h]

@@vicprovost2561 🤣🤣🤣🤣👍

[@nyrocks5580]

One of my favorite albums by any band, let alone Tull. Side two is phenomenal, as are the bonus tracks, so continue to enjoy! P.S. Yes, Ian's singing affect was quite different in the early years.

[@mickell241]

if you love this music...... Stand Up!!!!

[@captainmoretokin2172]

My big brother got ''Stand Up'' when it came out. I was in the 4th grade and my brother made me sit down and listen to it with him. At first i was mad , then the music made me settle down real fast. I was like '' hmmm'' What in the world are we hearing? He say's Jethro Tull. as it went on i fell in love with it before the first song was over. They won me over for real when '' song for Jeffrey '' started playing. Jethro Tull has been my second favorite band ever since. I got to meet them decades later at a book store / music outlet. I just bought the ''Crest of a knave '' album and took it for an autograph ( among every lp they had done) . I was so anxious that when i reached out to shake Ian's hand, I knocked his pipe out of his hand . It flew straight up into the air with both of us watching it tumbling round and round and watched as it landed on my new album( just the cover. Tip, never take the album with you to get a cover signed) . It put a burn mark on it but i didn't care. Martin laughed about it. Dave Peg snickered. They signed every cover i had. Later on that night was the show and i had 2 front row center seats. Ian saw me there and even called me by name right when he saw me. It was fucking awesome. There's more but I'll leave it where it's at. Subbing to your channel right now . Peace out. P.S. Your rite , he is very smart, with a great sense of humor.

[@robertjewell9727]

Barrie joined in '71, but wasn't featured on an album till Thick as a Brick in '72 although he did record the song Life's a Long Song in '71 which later appeared on the album Living in the Past which is primarily an album of unreleased tracks and B-sides and outtakes and such, an album definitely you should listen to although a few of the tracks you'll already know. Oh! And there's a song coming up where you will definitely hear Ian SING! It's worth the wait.😂

[@johncollier9280]

Glenn Cornick's last Tull album was Benefit. Clive Bunker's last Tull album was Aqualung.

[@davidschecter5247]

Still my second-favorite album of his after the amazing THICK AS A BRICK. This is superb pop-rock music!

[@tomwagner4406]

This is the album that made me a fan of Tull, been a fan ever since

[@kweile4339]

Nice to see Tull take you out of your troubles for a little while.

[@jamesw.5855]

My favorite JT album, and that`s saying something.

[@craigryan3069]

Martin Barre's first LP with JT (after he replaced Tony Iommi, who thankfully returned to my other favourite band - Black Sabbath!)

[@stuBdoc]

Tony Iommi was only with them briefly, but his musical vision and Ian's were too divergent. The original drummer was Mick Abraham, who left to form Bloodwyn Pig. Fortunately, that left all of the artistic direction to Ian.

[@pierretoureille7359]

The classic Tull line-up/

[@BritIronRebel]

My favourite Tull LP. Also brings back memories...a girl gave me this LO for Christmas the year it came out. Same chick bought me the Tommy (The Who) LP as a gift.

[@Bill_Jones.]

Three superb song choices for you, Lee !!!

[@cynthiaschultheis1660]

"LIVING IN THE PAST" VIDEO👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼❤❤❤

[@tullfan2560]

Great album cover art too. In the same vein as Cream's Disraeli Gears.

[@craigryan3069]

Suggest you watch Clive Bunker's drum solo from Tanglewood in 1970 - it's impressive!!!

[@GeoffCB]

Clive played on Aqualung.

[@johnnyeveritt5695]

Whilst attending High School in the later years; STAND UP was my intro to JT .... To become one of my Top 3 favourite Groups for following decades .... A GREAT album ! 🎸🥁🎵🎶

[@fenderchamp8241]

The Stand Up album actually stood up. When it opened the band popped up. Then the music was awesome. I miss those days.

[@sharondavid-melly1498]

A red bandana around the neck meant don't come within five feet unless you want to dance, kiss, or run into the woods to get away for awhile together no matter what.

[@tommy8058]

Interesting, is that 'Look Into the Sun' was the B-Side of 'Locomotive Breath'.🙂

[@jamessomers8808]

I’m sitting here watching this and I’m tripping out on the album cover. I don’t know if I’m seeing two Jethros, I mean two Ians. I definitely recognize the bass player and the guy they’re sitting on. I’m guessing either the drummer or the keyboard artist. I know, google it.😂

[@lynnieiapichino1121]

Always Glenn☮️💙💙💙

[@dominicschaeffer909]

I can’t think of a single song (maybe Manic Depression) where that drum riff is used.

[@sharondavid-melly1498]

🎸🔥❤️

[@dominicschaeffer909]

Ian, Barrie (TAAB), Jefferey (Aqualung) and John Evan (Benefit) were in The John Evan Smash prior to Tull.

[@corawheeler9355]

I forgot .... They perform Nothing Is Easy on the Isle of Wight video ... Lee :) ps; I did not know that about Andy Johns ... thanks for the tid bit .... You already did We Used To Know (the song that Hotel California copied)

[@vicprovost2561]

Yes, them there or at Tanglewood would be worth reaction, wild and crazy early, Rocking Out Tull.

[@cynthiaschultheis1660]

Method Full and the Moody Blues only groups with flute!!!❤❤❤❤👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼🎵✌🎶

[@BG-id2cv]

You can add Horslips to those 2.

[@vicprovost2561]

Traffic & Golden Earring.

[@BG-id2cv]

And how could I forget Focus?

[@stuBdoc]

And The Marshall Tucker band.

[@lewismaddox4132]

You haven't done "Life's a Long Song", which I think will be difficult for you to get around to because it comes from the two disc Living In The Past, which would bring a lot of redundancy. (Not that that's bad with Tull.) It's a masterwork compositionally and in regards to string arrangement and emotional build up. It would be a travesty if you didn't get around to it.

[@corawheeler9355]

I'll request that he do the songs he hasn't heard on Living In The Past

[@lynnieiapichino1121]

☮️💙💙💙🔥🔥🔥😎

[@THOMASSBLAQUELOURDE]

You might want to check out Ian Anderson & Ritchie Blackmore and Play Minstrel Play from the first Blackmore's Night album Shadow of the Moon

[@johnnyeveritt5695]

Take a listen to / watch Clive's drum-solo on * Dharma For One * ( Live ) ... ! 🥁🤙💫💥