ROLLING STONE traf Jethro-Tull-Mastermind Ian Anderson zum Interview über das neue Album "RökFlöte", nordische Mythologie und die Bandgeschichte. (Interview: Markus Brandstetter. Kamera: Samira Frauwallner/Felix Ferraris)
I was the only kid at my Florida high school in the 90’s who was completely obsessed with Tull. Ian got me through some tough times. Got to meet the band eventually too! Love you always Ian!!
I went through a similar scenario in the 1980s but was not the only fan in my schools. I used to opine that there was only 1 Tullian in every town worldwide.
Ian Anderson's writing for Jethro Tull was unique back in my youth. I guess that's why I liked them. He also impressed me with his guitar playing. Wond'ring Aloud is a prime example and one of my favorites.
A Very cool man! I am so lucky I am living on Earth the time you are living.... Just one unique prodigy in the history of music. Complicated beauty makes it at its richest! 💙🎶
ES GIBT UND ES GAB UND ES WIRD NIE EINEN MUSIKER WIE IAN ANDERSON GEBEN.ER IST GENIAL MUSIKALISCH UNERREICHT, DER PROG.ROCK.MEISTER IN ALLEN KLASSEN.LONG LIVE JETHRO TULL AND IAN ANDERSON.THANK YOU.😊❤
A genius maybe but not a vocalist anymore, Ian’s voice has been abysmal for a number of years now - sad but totally true. An embarrassment if to be brutally honest. As a tull fan through many years, it is so painful for me to watch now. I would never go to see Tull now - I want to remember Ian, Martin & the other guys as one of the finest rock bands in the world and a joy to see live but not now - very sad indeed
@@martinpowell5769 I am fed up with people not distinguishing live and studio. In the latter, after some rest from touring, he still is a great singer. I am glad that he still creates great new music. It's the albums that are for eternity.
Great interview. As usual, the interviewer just leads with a quality question and Ian takes off from there. It's a privilege to be in a time when Ian is making albums, touring, and talking about them on platforms that we have easy access to...
I too was there in the 60's ---and the seventies and IT WAS A FABULOUS time musically -- Jethro Tull my first concert ever at 13!!! :) I went to many of Tull's concerts - Loved all of his albums - still do and am so appreciative that I was born when I was and was able to be a part of all of it truly -- Woodstock etc. A really incredible time without doubt!!!! Nice to see Ian Anderson again and nice to know he is still happily making music as he is genius for sure!!!! I do not trow that term out much either but what a showman and fabulous talent he is!!! "Wondering Aloud" and some of the songs in between the big ones are also so so great!!
Ian Anderson and the various groupings of JT have created such inspiring and beautiful music which has enriched my life over decades, unique, eclectic, I just watched an old video of Life's A Long Song, one of my absolute favourites, a wonderfully, poignant gem of a song. He is a multi-talented composer, musician, songwriter, so very talented and hard-working too!
Never get tired of Ian talking about his wonderful music. Thanks. I cannot even concieve of someone being able to create whole album like this in 4 weeks? OMG.
I think the fact that he does it so quickly just shows how in tune he is with his creative instincts. And there’s so much energy in the music because of it
@@ClaireHoldich Sorry, professionality and lots of experience have nothing to do with creativity and energy. Of course both are lacking in Anderson's music of the last, let's say, 40 years ...
@Dee Stone Your insults demonstrates that you don't have any argument and no clue about music. Ian Anderson is nowadays neither able to sing nor to play flute. A 14 year old boy can do better. If you don't hear that, you are a fan(atic). And it seems I have hurt your feelings. Good.
Congrats on a good interview, not asking all the cookie cutter questions, I think you made Ian reflect a little more than most. I think he enjoyed the interview as well
Kudos to the interviewer here. He asks some really intelligent questions. In the last 30 years I’ve heard many, many interviews with Ian where they ask the same trite and unimaginative questions and he gives the same answers. The questions asked here were well considered and Ian clearly liked answering them. I learned things about him and the band in this interview that I never knew before.
Thank you very much for a good interview with meaningful questions. Wonderful chance to hear Ian talk about his work, and one can never get tired of it- provided they really appreciate what Ian has done so far not only musically, but also lyrically...
Ian never ceases to amaze us fans. We all appreciate his continuous efforts in putting out more music, the greatest flute player of any band, hands down. And he also looks great for his age.
"The greatest flute player of any band (-)" Many English musicians created (parts of) their music based on American examples. Ian Anderson and his flute: listen to the eminent Jazz musician Roland Kirk on flute (like Anderson a multi-instrumentalist; one who could play three saxophones "live" at the same time - something that the English Dick Heckstall Smith - with two reed instruments - imitated) - listen for example to " You Did It, You Did It" (1961). That's where Anderson got one of his specific flute techniques from.
He was so humble when it is obvious to everybody he has it in his blood, the flute playing; also blessed with a wonderful memory, past all doubt. Nothing less expected of a real artist, a colossus in music who wrote history. And this album, this unbelievable mixture of Norse religion and Jethro Tull is something we barely could have dreamed of, but it is fact now. It is impossible not to be utterly fascinated by all of their masterpieces, how singular and unique they are. In my humble opinion, these guys make you feel, once you become aware of your compatibility with them, that life is worth living just because there is Jethro Tull in it and because of how they make it- pure joy.
La creatividad del señor Ian Anderson es tremenda, este álbum RökFlöjte me ha sorprendido por su poderosa visión épica y eléctrica, soy un fiel fan de Jethro Tull desde "This Was", bendiciones a nuestro admirado flautista y Snorri poético escocés desde México
Disciplined Ian is, look at the amount of work he's done and continues to do. Clean living, hard working, creative, smart, super skilled on so many levels. Many old school JT fans critique his vocals these latter years or complain about his album releases from the 90's but, If you consider his exploratory approach to music there's a lot of discovery in all of his music. Thanks for posting this interview and great that JT forges on - we are lucky listeners.
I met Ian Anderson - around 1985 I believe - I was working in Manhattan and I heard Ian on a radio show saying he was going to be at Macy's department store that day and at what time - to make an appearance introducing his line of gourmet canned salmon - Ian had salmon farms at that time - I happened to work right across the street so I went and there he was - dressed in a kilt looking just like Ian did back then. * PS- The Eagles melody for the song "Hotel California" may have been inspired by the 1969 Jethro Tull song "We Used to Know," they really do sound the same musically.
First off much respect love and appreciation for Ian Anderson and his contributions to the world through his art as a visionary. He's a genius in my opinion. That said, who'd have thought he would have evolved into Walter White 🤣 I'm sorry I couldn't help it.
After Stones,Jethro Tull is the band IV seen most times,my favurite show was in Salzburg,we went on a ride with a horse wagon,and saw this poster on a wall,tonight Jethro Tull live,it was in a big tent in a field. To hot nurses roled in Ian in a wheelshare he hade a straight jacket on and then he broke free and pulled out his flute and began with Lokomotive breath unbelivible 🎶☮️💯💕parden the spelling
Me gustaria queal final de sus carreras hagan un mega recital los stones beatles los the wo y jethro en nombre de las mejores bandas del mundo invitando a mandoki
Obviously Ian still calls Band under the Jethro Tull.."Brand" but now is really a diluted version of Jethro Tull.Its Ian Anderson Projects Inc . legendary career..Sad about his Voice and cigarettes damage done when Younger . Glad he's still at it
This is an ironic interview, of which none of those commenting here seem to be aware. because Ian arrogantly put down Rolling Stone many years ago in a song on Minstrel in the Gallery, released in 1975. They were very displeased and have been forever - until now.. Thus, for example, when they came out with their version of the greatest 100 popular songwriters he was left off the list, revelaing their bruised collective ego's petty resentment and their wllingness to be corrupted by it in what they offer their readers. Jethro Tull has always been my favorite band since I first heard them in the late '60's, and I have always thought, as Ian said in his song "I have no time for Time Magazine or Rolling Stone." I don''t care what some other person thinks about the various musicians I like. As Dylan said, "You don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows". So I commend Rolling Stone for having the heart and mind to finally put their purpose of serving their readers, the musical community, above their ego, so some of their followers can see what a wonderful man, musician and songwriter he is. Now, amend your siilly list by adding his name to it, near the top where he belongs. PS Checkout Minstrel in the Gallery
In old Norse language the word 'rök' actually has an even deeper meaning than just "destiny" or "final destiny". Ragnarök is made up by two words, ragna and rök. The word 'ragna' translates to gods and/or otherwise celestial creators and powers. The word 'rök' is bit more complex to translate. It's absolutely correct that it means "destiny" or "final destiny" but there is also a huge submeaning of what could be described as judgement day and karma involved. Imagine that, the gods finally standing to be judged by their actions. In modern Swedish the word "rök" means smoke and the word "flöte" translates to bobber as in fishing bobber). This makes the name RökFlöte a bit comical for a Swede since it as a whole translates to "smoking bobber" which in turn could be interpreted as "high as a skryskraper on weed". Don't get me wrong here, as a Swede and an old Norse nerd and also a huge Jetho Tull fan, I feel honored by this album and Ian Anderson and his dedication to old Norse paganism.
How come you never hear anything about whether Ian is married or not? Is he trying to keep it hidden? He is married, btw, to the same lady since '76. And two kids.
He's a stone of a man! He lost his voice in the early -mid eighties and he has mostly composed song-format pieces since then, facing serious problems to sing them. Ian found the path he should have followed through all these years eventually. Hope now that he reckons he has opted for a more instrumental stuff for this album he doesn't give up playing. Then, he made a call to the old mates...🎸🪘🪗🎹
Listening to Ian in interviews since the early 70s; and r😮eading so much about him; makes sense to me about the mask. He is very disciplined and he seems to 😮rely on a c😮ertain amount of common sense in lieu of taking risks. It's no wonder he has some damage to the vocal cords from all the concerts he has done and he doesn't hold back his voice in the 60s, 70s and somewhere in the 80s. I do miss his beautiful and unique voice. I am just so glad I have purchased what DVDs the industry has to sell of his performances and memories of seeing him live 4 times in concert so when I want to see him in concert I play one of the DVDs.i will be a fan till the end.
Mientras viva Ian, existirá Jethro Tull, y esperemos que todavía sean muchos años más!…ah y por cierto quiero comentar pues no que no “tenía tiempo para la revista Time ni para la revista Rolling Stone” como dice en la canción “Crash Barrier Waltzer”?, después de 48 años ya aceptó la entrevista, grande entre los grandes mr. Ian Anderson.
Why call it Jethro Tull when it is another solo Ian album.. .. Ian seem to have enjoyed replacing instrumental players to aid him in changing styles to add freshness using new ideas . . But Ian failed to understand it doesn't always work that way with some players when they have developed a unique fingerprint to the band that helped shape its chemistry.. . Martin Barr was one of those that cant be replaced just as much Ian can not be replaced .. Yet he did.. .. just like if Ian was missing . without Martin it just lacks its Jethro rights.
Well stated. Might as well have called Thick As A Brick 2 and Homo Erraticus both Jethro Tull albums, as I cannot see (or hear) how The Zealot Gene, and I presume this new one, isn't of the same ilk. Presumably the former 2 didn't sell as well (which they didn't) .......funny how with the Jethro Tull moniker, The Zealot Gene makes the top 10 for albums in both the UK and US...the new one I can see similar chart positions. Glad to see that the new one apparently is more instrumental...frankly, I think they should be all instrumental as Ian's voice is shot and if someone states that it isn't, then they are lying.....BTW: I have followed Tull through thick and thin since 1972 as a 13 year old.
@@BG-id2cv I began with JT from Songs From woods ever since .. I may have had a break since A & Under Wraps period .. I return with the 20th years bos set & Crest of a wave..
Martin Barre leads the Martin Barr band, Ian Anderson leads the Ian Anderson band, jethro tull as a band expired several years ago. We needed both Ian and Martin together to keep tull alive
Totally agree. How anyone could want to see, or listen to, this watered down version of "Jethro Tull" is beyond me. This is nothing but Ian Andersons solowork under the Tull name - purely out of financial reasons. The boring guys backing him up on stage have nothing to do with Tull and is just the same bunch he toured with doing his soloshows. I can´t begin to explain how disappointed I am by this tragic end of a once great band.
Her didn't lose his voice and the album is not instrumental. He has problems during lengthy touring, but after some rest from that, he is still a very charismatic singer in the studio.
So glad I saw this band in the 1970s ie. 74, 77, 78. The last album which was any good was Crest of a Knave in 1987 but I will make an exception with TAAB 2 . Ian Anderson has written some great tunes but these days he's an ex parrot, a dead Norwegian blue.
There were giants on the radio in the 70's. Sadly, the least objectIble principal/algorithm and centralized programing ruined the experience since. It is so generic and mind numbingly dull now. Zero testosterone.
Bla bla bla, overthinking music. Like many fans, still waiting for the next Tull album after Minstrel. The year When Tull and the band died...... If you can't sing any longer, you do an instrumentals.
