As a teenager in the 70s, I only listened to This Was, Stand Up, Benefit and Aqualung, and never heard any of their subsequent work until this summer. It now seems to me that their early work was more or less generic blues, and only with Thick as a Brick did they move on to create something original. I still very much appreciate the early work, but the later work has an entirely different creative trajectory. I also did not know until recently that Anderson produced one of Steeleye Span’s albums, which I assume must mean that he knew their music well. This is interesting, because when I first started listening to subsequent Tull, it struck me as very similar to Span, except that instead of playing electrified versions of ancient folk songs, Anderson was creating his own post-Victorian folk songs.
This is when they were just a punk rock band. not as great as they will become in about 6 years from this BUT. still great, the way I see it Ian. Like Frank Zappa did before him. knew he would have to make changes in the band to get people that could do the music Ian wanted to do. More Complex. even tighter and just well, Fuckin more awesome
IAN ANDERSON VON JETHRO TULL IST EIN MASTERMIND UND ER HAT IMMER DIE BESTEN MUSIKER FÜR SEINE WUNDERVOLLEN WERKE WIE HIER 1976 GEHABT!!DA WURDE DIE ROCKMUSIK GELEBT,JETHRO TULL IN IHRER BESTEN ÄRA!!❤😊
WENN SO EIN AUSNAHMEMUSIKER WIE IAN ANDERSON WIE HIER 1976 PERFORMT,DANN KÖNNEN NUR SPITZENMUSIKER DABEI SEIN!!😊 MARTIN BARRE,JOHN EVAN UND BARRIE BARLOW,JOHN GLASCOCK DAS WAR DIE GROSSE BAND JETHRO TULL.❤❤😊😊😊
DIESE TRAUMZEIT DER ROCK-ÄRA KOMMT NIE MEHR WIEDER!! DAS WAREN NOCH ZEITEN WAHNSINN JETHRO TULL IN TOP-FORM!!😊😊 IAN ANDERSON DER BANDLEADER MIT FLÖTE,EIN DERWISCH AUF DER BÜHNE MIT TOP-MUSIKERN A' LA CARTE BARRIE BARLOW,MARTIN BARRE,JOHN EVAN,DEE PALMER UND JOHN GLASCOCK,RIP.😢😢 LANGE IST ES HER,ES WAR SO GUT UND ES WAR SCHÖN!!❤😊😊😊😊
Me gustan mucho J.TULL....hasta el '76 ( incluido Too old to rock' n' roll...). A y The broadsword and the beast...me parecen Horribles...!!OJO!! CHSHH..!!. Para mi...!! Al que le gusten, muy bien...pero a mi...!! No!! .? Vale???... Espero que se respete la opinion d todo el mundo...Al fin y al cabo, la musica es muy importante...!! Pero no para hacer disputas, discusiones, odios y demas!!. Saludos a todos desde España.
Hey all... I'm 66 which is wild to begin with....got intto Tull when i was 13. Started riding in sranrg car with friends frm East coast. Massachusetts, Connecticut, Man loved them then till the end🪘🪘🪘🎸🎸🎸🎸🥁🥁🥁🎵🎵🎶beacon theater,th e. Bitter end..NYC🌹🌹🌹🪻🪻🪻still waering my moccasin boots....✌️✌️✌️man i do miss just piling into whichevers car and party it down...some of wildest time🦋🦋🦋🦋🎹🎹🌼🌼🌼🪻🪻
Ian’s physical gyrations were always so over the top. Amazing he didn’t hurt himself. But he was a great musician and songwriter. Hard to believe he’s actually a very straight, staid gentleman. Claims to have never even tried marijuana.
Perfect capture of the raw sound of a tight, young band - just as it was surely heard back then! I think even those of us who were around sometimes forget that production and audio quality of the time were not nearly that of today’s high-tech, mega-budget shows. Rock concerts 50+ years ago sounded about like they would if the band was playing in a small gymnasium with modest/budget equipment, only louder.
Perfect capture of the raw sound of a solid, young band - just as it was surely heard back then! I think even those of us who were around sometimes forget that production and audio quality of the time were not nearly that of today’s high-tech, mega-budget shows. Rock concerts 50+ years ago sounded more like a band was playing in a small gymnasium with modest/budget equipment, only louder.
Love this song. I'm 73. Saw them at the Filmore East in 69, I believe. I listen to this song all the time. Unlike me, it never gets old. The Album this song is on, Stand Up, is one of my all time favorites. Ian is such a talented musician and song writer.
