Jethro Tull - Thick As A Brick | Opera Singer Reacts

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[@bishopswoodcrafts]

The original studio version of "Thick as a Brick" is one song that a complete vinyl LP over 45 minutes long. Jethro Tull played the complete album version on tour when it was released in 1972, and was a HUGE success. On subsequent tours it was shortened (as in this version) to showpiece a number of parts of the song. Often different parts of the song would appear on different tours, but Tull/Anderson would always arrange them so that they flowed and didn't appear disjointed or jarred in any way. I have been lucky enough to see Tull live over 30 times and every gig has been a wonderous experience. Martin Barre (the guitarist) had great relationships with the various bassists over the years, but there are amateur videos capturing his amazing chemistry with Jeffrey Hammond-Hammond during the Passion Play and War Child tours in the early-mid 1970's. Both would run and leap around the stage almost colliding with each other, whilst Ian Anderson was out front doing his dance moves.... and all the time all members of the group were playing the music in perfect time and not missing a note.. An insane group to watch perform during that time - putting on a brilliant show.

[@vivasanpietro]

Helter skelter Beatles

[@gingerbaker_toad696]

He has a pedal next to his mic stand, so he can add some echo effects You see it perfectly at 5:09 and again at 12:14 when he steps on it

[@stanleydolan5609]

Curious if listen to that one song album?

[@MarkoMakela-kk7qf]

Thank God you were from different eras Maggie as believe it or not, Ian Andersson was a 'ladies man' and notoriously so :P

[@nyifnbr18]

Keep in mind this is a 15 minute arrangement of a 45 minute song, there are many more musical changes and themes to explore throughout the song.

[@StephenBoulis]

YES! It is very much a "through composed" piece, and if you enjoyed this abreviated version, definitely treat yourself to the full album version. This song was the first rock song I ever fully embraced, as a person who was steeped in classical and jazz music from a young age. There are multiple themes that were introduced, explored, reintorduced, and interwoven throughout the original work. Not 100% classical in form, but very much a rock symphony in structure.I still enjoy listening to this song after 40 plus years

[@alldayadventures5418]

The studio version of this album is a top 10 Audiophiles top album productions, along side of Dark-side.

[@straycat1551]

Die beste Live-Band aller Zeiten.

[@roncav8]

Yes, 1972 my first Tull show. He finishes the 40 minute song and says for 'my next song ---' and I'm hoping for Cross Eyed Mary or My God.

[@williambaldridge1203]

​@straycat1551 I agree 100% the greatest live band of all time

[@jamesreding6336]

Jethro Tull should be in rock and roll hall of fame!!!!!!!

[@GÖTEBORGSBYGGENII]

Rocknrollhalloffame is not much to aspire to, though.

[@hepcat-bob]

The R&R HoF is a joke, but yeah, Tull should be in it.

[@jamesreding6336]

@@hepcat-bob thay should change it to the music hall of fame

[@Polyphemus47]

@@jamesreding6336 Maybe 'Pop Music Hall of Fame'? The term 'Rock and Roll' doesn't mean anything, anymore. It has nothing to do with Gene Vincent, Little Richard, etc.

[@DropAnchor1978]

Ian had a pedal he stepped on that added a delay to his voice to "double" it, for effect.

[@andeewb]

At least twice one can see Ian operating that pedal.

[@MarshaBonForte]

You can see him clearly tapping the pedal.

[@davidkettell5726]

i cannot believe she did not see that because i did .

[@Johnnycdrums]

I heard the click right after the leg move.

[@jimshorts6751]

It's not a Delay. It's an actual ADT box early, then a pedal later in their career. There's no slap. It's less than a 4 millisecond separation of the exact initial take. A Delay would add multiple trail-off artifacts.

[@MICKIEG]

I m 70 yrs old. I saw Jethro Tull 5 times back in the 70s. My fave was "Thick as a Brick' tour and "A Passion Play" tour. Early 70s

[@Dawn-u2t]

LUCKY YOU!!!!

[@hepcat-bob]

I saw them in Greensboro in '75, the night before Ian's 28th birthday. The flute he started with appeared to be malfunctioning, so he threw it across the stage and it wrapped around the piano/organ leg. His assistant, who later became his wife, brought another one out to him. Jeffrey Hammond-Hammond was wearing a black and white striped suit and was playing a matching bass.

[@garysexton8840]

The best frontman of a band ever and incredible musicians to present their music

[@Howie900]

It's amazing that Jethro Tull is being rediscovered. I remember seeing him as a 13 year old in the 70's at York Uni with my big Brother .... Always remember the impact of the. witches promise 👍 I still listen to Tull just about every day .... Try the Minstral in the Gallery for a real treat.

[@TomCat777]

Ian Anderson is truly a performer. It's amazing to think that he taught himself how to play the flute

[@richdiddens4059]

A serious musician with the heart of a medieval minstrel.

[@ad9aggie]

A few years ago he went to practice with his granddaughter and she was asking him what he was doing, his fingerings were wrong. He told her he learned how to play on his own. He started learning how to play "right" with his granddaughter.

[@nigeldepledge3790]

You can tell he's self-taught because he does things with the flute that a flute teacher would have actively discouraged.

[@ricklee5845]

@@nigeldepledge3790 Exactly, like lifting his fingers too far away from the flute. This is the same with all instruments actually, I know it also from classical guitar and piano.

[@alainmaltais5633]

And he did it because he thought he tucked at guitar lol

[@colbylowrie4017]

I am 62 years old and have seen hundreds of live shows in my day. My top 3 live performances are 1 Jethro Tull, 2 Jethro Tull and 3 Jethro Tull. Ian is a master showman and I am a big fan.

[@maggiereneemusic]

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[@marcuswalden1284]

I’ve seen many concerts …..missing out on Tull is a giant regret.

[@jamesreding6336]

@colbylowrie4017 never been too one of there concerts but have 2 of there live DVD wow great

[@stevestanley4406]

The amazing Jethro Tull! Ian is a genius! What a song writer, what a lyricist, what a musician!

[@philipgulliversr3884]

He basically did things in the flute that are now taught at university levels. Flutter tongue, double tones, singing while playing etc. He taught himself how to play in like 3 weeks or so.

[@stevep2430]

All flutists have to book in for therapy when they see Ian swinging that flute around.

[@clsieczka]

Right! Lol

[@chriscolley2229]

I watched the classically traimed flutist amazed by him but got freaked out the way he twirled it like a baton .😮

[@silasfatchett7380]

Flautist.

[@sumeyyekazdal6985]

Oh yeah😂

[@jimbrown8313]

Oh you just made me laugh out loud!!!

[@alainmaltais5633]

I've seen the Benefit tour, Aqualung tour, Thick as a Brick tour and Passion Play tour when I wore a younger man's clothes... Absolutely unique style of music, a mix of ancient folklore and electronic and acoustic mastery!

[@kimgroh4987]

I'm 71 years old and i've seen them 3 times over the years and they always were a crowd pleaser, very good on stage, love locomotive breath, crosseyed mary

[@gregwaugh8069]

Witches Promise is one of my all time favorite songs of anyone ever.

[@knowhere60]

The drumming on this track in the album and live is at another level!

[@joeeyaura]

when when i was a teen and to mid 20s i went through a huge Jethro Tull stage just listing to everything i could get my hands on. still one of my all time favorites and thick as a brick being well up there in the all time best albums.

[@DragonKind-g7y]

Welcome to Jethro Tull. One of the greatest prog bands of all time. Ian rules.

[@emandude]

Jethro Tull was my first concert in 2007. I'm literally named after this guy. When I saw the flute come out, I was like, "aw yeah, here we go".

[@JLP802]

Saw Jethro Tull in 1991 in Burlington VT and they were absolutely incredible.

[@ronniefarnsworth6465]

Classic Prog Rock of the 70s Maggie its "All" great, Yes/ Genesis-Gabriel 70-75/ King Crimson/ Jethro Tull/ ELP/ Gentle Giant/ Pink Floyd/ Nektar/ Focus/ Camel and many more ! 👍🎶🎼✌

[@MaxNafeHorsemanship]

That sounds like my record collection.

[@ronniefarnsworth6465]

@@MaxNafeHorsemanship Glad it hear that, plenty of long cold days & nights to listen to Classic Prog where you live ! 👍🎶

[@olivier7779]

Ah ! 👍 Ma jeunesse .... Rajoutons : John Mac Laughlin (et Mahavisnhou Orchest), Zappa, Ange, Clapton, Waether Report, ELO, Tangerine Dream, etc etc ... Âge d'or pour la musique ! 😊

[@ronniefarnsworth6465]

@@olivier7779 Yes sir 👍🎶

[@david-j1r9m]

Tull should always be in the conversation of the very best rock bands ever. Great reaction, thanks.

[@WanderfulHealingTedP]

This is an edited (shortened) version of the song. It's actually a 44-minuute masterpiece!

[@normanshute7162]

I remember going to the Thick as a brick tour ,which they opened with this song. Ian looked at the crowd 45 minutes later and said We would like to play our second song now.😅

[@clsieczka]

And now, for our second number, 🙂

[@Krendall2]

He'd do the same thing for the Passion Play tour.

[@lewismaddox4132]

I remember the band coming out and tuning the instruments and we thought they were just stage hands. Suddenly Ian whipped off that trench coat and he was wearing a red jock strap. I thought, "There he is!" I do remember being afraid to breathe because I thought I'd miss something.

[@joseperes777]

What a band! One of my favorite...I saw them about 30 years ago in Toronto...the show to never forget.

[@mrysedeers]

in my opinion, you need Jethro Tull on a daily basis:)

[@douglac6861]

I listen to locomotive breath just about every day.

[@ChrisJones-cs2zd]

It's worked for me for a few decades. Not dead yet!

[@qhl5579]

Agreed

[@adrianmcguire8048]

Yes you do

[@fw1421]

And now at 71 I still do!😀

[@IanConcannon]

As a teenager, I saw this in a record shop. Intrigued and amused by the cover, I bought it. Not much money and never heard of them. So glad about that!

[@paullabrosse5673]

I had the blessing to see this live in 1977 blew my mind best show ever it was insane

[@alpetrocelli4465]

I love his story of how he took up the flute. In the late ‘60’s he was a budding rock guitarist, and one night went to a club in London. Jimi Hendrix was performing. He decided that night he needed to take up another instrument. Another reason to give thanks to Jimi Hendrix.✌️❤️🎶

[@TonyBailey-xf5tn]

It wasn't Hendrix, it was Eric Clapton

[@tom587]

According to Ian, in an interview he explained he wanted something that he could play and use as the frontman. He saw the Moody Blues Ray Thomas flutist and that inspired him to adopt the flute.

[@rainerkeip8987]

Thick as a Brick was my second LP from Tull i earned and i heard this minimum hundert times. The setting of a story at the highest level. Love it since 50 Years.

[@timtubemusic]

so talented in his singing, guitar and flute. His stage performance was second to none. He keeps you entertained through out his concerts. I was at this concert and recall it with a smile. like an old time medieval minstrel.

[@jeffreylockhart8292]

Bought this album at a record store when it came out and this song on the turntable and speakers sounded insanely great I played the album over and over again from late Saturday afternoon peeled fresh out the wrapper until like 3 am Sunday morning

[@brentgeller3489]

I was lucky enough to see Jethro Tull live in the mid 1970's at the Nassau County Coliseum in Uniondale, NY which is in Nassau County on Long Island. The band put on an amazing performance and Ian Anderson seemed to be drawing upon a bottomless supply of energy. What a phenomenal show. I guess that I picked a good concert to be the first one that I attended with friends.

[@MaxNafeHorsemanship]

This is REAL music!!! REAL talented musicians with no tech crutches.

[@timpwhit]

Ian's short monologue at the beginning shows a glimpse of his true self, rather than the "wildman" persona he portrays on stage. In interviews, he is thoughtful and introspective, not at all like what you might expect if you only saw him perform.

[@jamesreding6336]

I love Jethro Tull

[@garysexton8840]

For total enjoyment of this band in 1970 as they were only two years old check out the Isle of Wight total performance of Tull especially the song My God It shows how good Ian Anderson was at the time because he had only been playing the flute for two years and it was amazing

[@anthonyboyko3686]

One of best singing voices in the history of music.

[@knight8152]

Grew up in the 60s graduated 1976. Welcome to my world 😇

[@timbillings6884]

@@knight8152 1978 here we did have a blast!!! Good old times.!;🤔

[@Dawn-u2t]

@@timbillings6884 I'm from the Class of '74. We all did have the BEST music back then didn't we?

[@garysexton8840]

One of the most incredible bands ever to see live which I have seen over 40 times since 1971 and it is my favorite band

[@olafsrensen9578]

mine too ! Only seen them 10 times but ........... what skilled gyes .

[@lancevaughn432]

I was 13, my first concert 1971 the aqualung tour, I was hooked.

[@diamondsmith892]

The Pied Piper of rock ‘n’ roll

[@paulhart3812]

Ian gets that “double voice” effect by stepping on a reverb button by his feet. It’s completely intended. Watch his right foot stepping on the floor reverb device. He did that in all his shows in the 1970s.

[@stephenp.6395]

Reverb does NOT double a voice. You're thinking of a Chorus pedal.

[@patsaylor8973]

I always enjoyed his "Songs of from the Woods." I seen that concert, it was fantastic back in the 1970s.

[@elskid206]

Because you're a singer, I would love to see your reaction to the last half of the second side of Thick as a Brick. There are some tremendous vocals in there. Some tremendous powerful transitions.

[@stephanlazarz1921]

Real music, unlike 95% of the shite that you hear nowadays .

[@Dawn-u2t]

Back when Ian was younger, he could hold his leg up nearly throughout an entire song. Haven't noticed much change in his vocal ability.

[@juanaboynkin1196]

I saw Tull a couple years after this on the "Live Bursting Out Tour" and it was amazing. My older sister talked her husband into taking us to Long Beach Arena and we were in the 19th row. My brother in law hasn't been the same since.

[@mhleadpastorscnc10]

Love Jethro Tull. Amazing musicianship and creativity to create totally awesome and unique musical art.

[@timtubemusic]

saw him live and he is the ultimate showman. Once you see him, you will never forget. Self-taught on the flute.

[@eue073]

It could not be better 😍

[@lancebon2931]

Early music influences, Troubadours, touches of Tudor Elizabethan. Jethro Tull was one of my top favorite groups. I am 78, I haven't yet figured out how to get old..

[@dunringill1747]

Ian Anderson is a self taught genius. He took no training for any of what he does. As for his band line up we see here -- INCREDIBLE TALENT that has been greatly praised by some of the most noteworthy professional musicians of our day. For the echo effect - Ian has a foot pedal switch. We see him using it on those wider full stage camera shots.

[@Krendall2]

The lineup here is generally considered Tull's best lineup.

[@mickymiller6130]

Saw them live in Vancouver BC 1970 with Fleetwood Mac. Fantastic performance! Jethro Tull (baptised 30 March 1674 - 21 February 1741, New Style) was an English agriculturist from Berkshire who helped to bring about the British Agricultural Revolution of the 18th century. He perfected a horse-drawn seed drill in 1701 that economically sowed the seeds in neat rows, and later developed a horse-drawn hoe. Tull's methods were adopted by many landowners and helped to provide the basis for modern agriculture.

[@ricklee5845]

Yes Sir, that is correct. With Ian Anderson nothing is by chance, everything has a meaning, even the name. 👍

[@smogthehorse9409]

Jethro tull is my ancestor on my mothers side, she was a tull from Berkshire, Reading has a great museum with lots of Jethro stuff. As I kid my mum told me about Jethro tull, as a teenager I was dissapointed she wasn't talking about the band.

[@ricklee5845]

@@smogthehorse9409 LOL...👍👍

[@patrickfulmer9596]

I saw Tull in Birmingham in '79 for the "Stormwatch" tour. A truly theatrical concert.

[@leenicholls2845]

The greatest frontman of all time.

[@susanfitzsimons2384]

This is the condensed version of the 45 minute album cut of this song. One of the most gifted Prog bands of all time. Ian was so far ahead of his time with issues that we are still involved with to this day (homelessness, environmental, etc..). He is self-taught on the flute so the genius is clearly evident. He is the poster boy for any ADHD person (my husband's idol). They were a great LIVE band and put on a great show. Saw them and AC/DC in the same month and I am not sure I have fully recovered all these decades later.

[@HVSJR-n5q]

I saw Tull in Philadelphia around that time. Great show didn’t even mind the 100 mile drive. It was well worth it. His facial expressions remind me of a George Carlin character. I had great seats in the front of the theater balcony unobstructed viewing for the entire concert.

[@geoffreynolds8835]

As a teenger I went to quite a few of their concerts. As a bloke in his 70s now. It was good listening to it again. Thank you .

[@VeljkoNikolic-is5px]

He is real ARTIST much greater then others who think they are artists.🥰😍😘

[@strydershadow391]

Really was interesting hearing an Opera Singer review one of my favorite bands from my era. Seeing them live was a total experience of sound because they would usually have the local orchestra join them. You'd have loved it!

[@friscocoonsliscano]

We saw them in concert around 1976 and they were brilliant 👏 👌 Legends

[@Pho_King_A]

One of my all time favorite bands. Saw them seven times from mid 70s to mid 80s. Always loved the interplay between the musicians in Tull.

[@jamesreding6336]

The pipe piper of Rock and roll heaven is great great great great

[@jimobrien4421]

Best live performance concerts!!!

[@The-Saxon]

I have been fortunate enough to see JT live on numerous occasions and there is never a dull moment with them. Incredible entertainers with Ian Anderson as the front man and driving force. Without doubt, one of the best bands of their era.

[@tobiaslieblein2686]

Yes, what a phenomena. Remember when I was a little boy my brother had this record of JT and I was staring at the cover while listening to Locomotive Breath. It was a kinda band like all others, despite I could hear that that there's something special to it. Only way more later with KZbin I understood that Ian Anderson was very musical and I realized how much they were experimenting without care what the mainstream would say. Anderson didn't depend on financial income by music because of his farming, so he did whatever he liked musically. I saw them life on a small festival in the 90ies and they had lots of songs that were really long and very nested. Wow. Lots of acoustic instruments like mandola, mandolin and alike. Ian still was very movable! When you were 100m away watching him, you'd think you see a 20 year old dancing around the microphone stand... 😊

[@plantlord3266]

they always had a unique sounf and how they played to the audience-

[@sleepingwolf_8]

Some don't like the fact that he plays the flute and say it's not a rock instrument (and still do). I am not one of them. He is a rockstar in his own rite! And a very nice person on and off stage.

[@alwilson3204]

Except in some moments, like when he went to Russia a few years ago and ran down America, something he never would of done when so needy for the almighty U. S. dollar.

[@gosborg]

That’s so hilarious! A bucket can become a rock instrument if you hit it right.

[@BillBitterman-ny2jl]

I still have my original LP which I bought when it was first issued. The record jacket was actually a newspaper that went along with the whole parody of the record. Thick As A Brick (one song that was both sides of the LP) was actually written as a response to the critics that called the Aqualung album a concept album. It was amazing to put the record on the turntable and read the newspaper as part of the experience. Ian Anderson was/is an absolute genius.

[@Bogie3855]

When he did this track in 72, he came out dressed in rags and spent most of the act on one foot with his flute spinning over his head and he would just reach up and pull it out of the air. To see this done live is mind blowing. I had never seen anything like it and I had been to a lot of concerts by then. My stereo system will cleanly play at concert level. Damn I love this album, it has provided so much happiness over the years.

[@ricklee5845]

Have you in all these years actually figured out where the hell Biggles was when you needed him last Saturday? This album is incredibly profound.

[@ellenosceola5707]

Tull was a British blues band. My favorite band of all time.

[@jamesreding6336]

Pure emotion!!!!!!!

[@gentryxc]

I saw a Tull show in early 1974 (I think) where they played Thick as a Brick for the whole 2 hour show (except for the encore). Truly a whole lotta brick! Extensive jamming by the band. It remains to this day, 50 years later, my favorite show I've been to. Fabulous band. Ian Anderson is a great showman.

[@jonathanwetherell3609]

Anderson and Tull at their height. Classic. "Songs from the Wood" always takes me back to student days.

[@ChrisJones-cs2zd]

read your comment just as we got to: Spin me back down the years And the days of my youth Which is exactly where Songs takes me every time. Kismet and stuff!

[@twofarg0ne763]

I saw JT in London in 74 just after they released their album War Child. Great group. Ian is awesome.

[@LynnThompsonAuthor]

A lot of the '70s progressive rock bands had these really long songs with multiple changes inside them. Emerson, Lake & Palmer and Yes are two more; lots of classical influences on them, as well. These guys were great musicians!

[@jesseheiman1806]

You were amazed at the number of musical changes in this performance. When this song came out, he performed on stage and on the album all 45 minutes of this song. There were many more changes in that full performance, including the appearance of a 6-foot tall white rabbit on stage. This song was the lead song on the album that followed Aqualung and Ian felt that he had to come out with something entirely different than the Aqualung album, so he came out with this masterpiece. On stage, he was in constant motion, dancing and prancing all over the stage. The night I saw them was just magic.

[@thomasmacdiarmid8251]

"This song was the lead song on the album..." Er, this song WAS the album.

[@timbillings6884]

@@jesseheiman1806 Lucky wish I was there!!!

[@user-jf9vx1cl8k]

It's like he has an out of body experience when he plays. So inspiring !

[@markbronson7942]

JT!!! Thank you Maggie.

[@TheParadoxDestroyer]

Front row at Cobo Arena in Detroit for this concert. Utterly amazing.

[@ccwilliams2]

Ian was using a reverb/doubler pedal. He also uses a delay, like a Memory Man, during parts of his flute playing.

[@fw1421]

Aqualung and Thick as a Brick were Tulls best selling albums. I first saw them on stage in 1969 and went to every tour right up until I enlisted in the USAF in 1964. One of my all time favorite bands in concert.

[@jamesgarlena5612]

Yep, they're really good. Great reaction dear. Now I have to do dishes, ah, life. Once I saw this reaction I did put off the dishes for 20-some minutes.....I'm still stalling.

[@elskid206]

He's self-taught floutist. He picked it up, figured it out snd 2 weeks later he was using it on stage!!

[@gitrdone3770]

His lyrics are beyond what anyone was doing in his (our) time or since. He concentrates on the narrative of the Passion Play in a classical sense while making it relateable to the the average working class person. His musicality is undeniable but his prose/poetry speaks to all times.

[@lesliedavis2185]

Wonderful song and Album, I remember being😊 very excited when this came out. Then I saw them live, oh yeah

[@rockyvannucci2964]

Listen to any 70's Tull and enjoy the exploration

[@titovanzappa4629]

Lovee❤❤❤ rockanroll!!! For the eternal glory!!! The best músic in SXX

[@steven.6227]

Greatest live show I ever saw

[@johnness2457]

Back when thick as a brick came out, his concerts would sell out very quickly. He is one of a kind and surrounds himself with great musicians. I'm 68 and remember having agualung in 8 track and buying the stand up album when I was about 14.

[@jimbrown8313]

He is the consummate PERFORMER!!! A bard, a minstrel.

[@cesaralonsotoledo8220]

El mejor flautista del MUNDO !!!!

[@ericarachel55]

they put on a great show, I saw "A Passion Play" back in 1973 on long island at Nassau coliseum

[@pancentricism]

Hopefully the ice cream lady wet her drawers when she saw you. Jealous as anything. My favourite Tull album, but never saw it live.

[@charlesottina7432]

My first rock concert

[@ericarachel55]

@@charlesottina7432 It was great, but loud, we sat by a stack of loudspeakers, my ears were ringing for a few days afterwards...lol

[@APaganPerspective]

That pose in ancient Ireland was Called the Heron pose

[@ricklee5845]

Now that's interesting - thank you!

[@Xandrosi]

The Thick as a Brick album is one of my favorites of all time. The long version is fantastic and very much worth your time. This the story of a a person's life who is forced into a military life.

[@timshelton8535]

Got to see them twice! Great shows!!!

[@-.NYX.-]

MagS!!! missed you lady !!! great reaction!!! dive into Tull dear!!

[@andrewash9318]

The full version is really a rock opera in one act.

[@user-ps5ph2zw1n]

Yes and A Passion Play!!!!❤ Love Tull!!!!!!

[@kevinlundgren1169]

It's Jethro Tull , of course it's going to be cool !