Jana Reacts to Jethro Tull ‘Thick As A Brick - Part 1’

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Welcome back to our series: Jana Reacts! In this series I continue on my journey of sharing progressive rock to my decidedly "non-prog" wife. In this video, we are featuring "Thick As A Brick - Part 1" by Jethro Tull! Watch to see how my wife feels about her first dedicated listen to this prog rock classic! Also included towards the end of the video is a great discussion about our preferences regarding the length of songs, so please stick around until the end!
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@R._Thornhill Год назад

I’ve been a fan of this musical masterpiece for over 50 years. It never gets old.

@johnwriter8234 2 года назад

I am 63, I saw his concert in Detroit 1976 .."AWESOOOOME !!"

@lewismaddox4132 2 года назад

The flute interweaving at the end of side one is so good I forget to breathe.

@Rick-or2kq 2 года назад

"the doers and the thinkers no allowance for the others"

@chadbennett7873 2 года назад

The thing I find interesting is just how elaborate the whole joke/parody of concept albums was. The cover was a folded newspaper complete with many stories about how Gerald Bostock, an eight year old school prodigy, who supposedly wrote the lyrics for Thick As A Brick and won a contest. So we have a parody backstory, a parody newspaper supporting it, the parody of the seemingly never-ending song, and lyrics that make fun of all types of subjects, all wrapped up into one delightful package. Regardless on what level you wish to enjoy it, it's there for you. It's a fun album that is just full of all types of surprises, but in the end ... your wise men don't know how it feels to be ... Thick as a Brick! It looks like Jana enjoyed the ride! Well done!

@derwahreguetige 11 месяцев назад

True Words. Greetings from Berlin 👍🎶

@thefunkybuddha69 2 года назад

Y'all are great! I saw Tull in 1987 up in St. Paul, MN.

@tomcurless7691 Год назад

Jana got it! The music and performance on TAAB is just phenomenal, great melodies and complex music all wrapped up in one package. Jethro Tull at their best.

@Rickhorse1 2 года назад

I am 70 & can remember exposing this album to various friends back in the day. A few liked it immediately, but most said "what the F is that?" BUT, after hearing it again all of them got hooked. It is so different & unique that once your ear adjusts to the almost jarring changes it is almost as if you've learned a new language.

@joelong7448 Год назад

I was like that back in the day because I was the youngest and heard this before all my friends. This rivals and perhaps surpasses the best of the 70s Rock.

@willicat44 11 месяцев назад

Perfect description of Jethro Tull's music,...like learning a new language.

@warnistt Год назад

One of the best live bands ever .There is much to learn from these musicians .Iwould suggest the 75 - 77 tours and again in 2003 for a better overview , Watch the lives performances .It is as much theater as music .

@joelong7448 Год назад

You guys did great for a first time listening because usually people do not have to be cognizant to the fact that you're being watched. I was able to hear this in the comfortable confines of my room, relaxed and absorbing it all. It continues to be mind blowing.

@jimgore1278 2 года назад

This is the first side of the original vinyl album. I played bass in a band that did this entire side back in the mid-1970s. Not sure how we got away with that as we were supposed to be a bar band, but people loved it. While we did some danceable stuff we also did a bunch of Tull, Deep Purple, Steely Dan, Led Zepellin, Jeff Beck, Allman Brothers, etc.; not typical bar material. It was far more interesting to play than just covering the usual radio stuff. One cool thing that happened a few years later, when I decided to go back to school and was in first year university, I took some jive dance lessons and my partner was an English women who had come to Canada. She turned out to be the cousin of Tull's bassist at the time of this album Jeffrey Hammond.

@derwahreguetige 11 месяцев назад

Interesting Story. Greetings from Berlin 🎶🎸👍

@larryfroot 2 года назад

Excellent choice

@giamo645 2 года назад

what amaze me is that there's been a time when this album and A Passion Play a year later ranked #1 in the US sales charts..can you believe it?

@NathanOnShuffle 2 года назад

That is really amazing! Maybe I was born in the wrong decade…

@BayouMaccabee 2 года назад

@@NathanOnShuffle Or perhaps you were born in just the right decade...if your roll is to help keep great classic prog alive. Embrace it, people like you are important for current & future generations of new prog fans.

@NathanOnShuffle 2 года назад

@@BayouMaccabee That’s a great way of looking at it- thanks!

@RMForbes505 2 года назад

The very first time I heard this song was live in concert in the Spring of '72. I was immediately hooked on Jethro Tull. Ian Anderson was a huge fan of Monte Python and so this song lasted almost an hour including several little skits along the way. I remember during one of the quieter passages the telephone sitting on the piano started to ring, the band all stopped playing and acted as if they were surprised that it happened. Ian walked over and spoke on the phone for a few seconds and came back to the mic stand, he said, telephone call for Mr Mike Nelson. After the announcement the band picked up exactly where they left off as a guy in full scuba gear including swim fins flopped his way to the phone, talked for a couple minutes and then left the stage. After playing this entire song for about an hour Ian announced for our second selection we would like to do something off of Aqualung. The whole show was over four hours.

@charlesroszman6543 Год назад

Aqualung very quickly became my favorite album. Upon many listens; I couldn't get enough. It was and still is my #1. When TAAB was released; I wanted more of the same. I was initially disappointed...What the hell is this? After several listens...I loved it! I saw this tour on April 24, 1972 in Bowling Green, OH (Anderson Arena)...The concert brought TAAB to life... My #2 favorite Tull album. Your wife is so cute...You guys look like You belong together.

@justaguy2365 2 года назад

Hilarious that what started as a joke or a parody of concept albums, became one of the best concept albums of all time. She needs to see a live version... Ian is fun to watch.

@j.woodbury412 2 года назад

Definitely! She should also watch the live version of Genesis' "Supper's Ready"

@lakhukharacha7354 2 года назад

I have a friend who once said "Jethro Tull is to music what Dali is to art. Not liking them is understandable; saying they're shit is unforgivable".

@marty3888 2 года назад

There's nothing wrong with preferring shorter songs. It's just that us prog rock fans have become used to them. Thick as a brick is actually my favorite song of all time. And when I listen to the whole 43 minutes it doesn't feel like it was 43 minutes. That's because he keeps going back to that starting part and when you listen to part 2 you'll notice things that you heard in part one. That's why it doesn't feel like 8 different songs. But you're doing fine. Both of you are and I'll be coming back.

@NathanOnShuffle 2 года назад

Thanks! I totally agree- I feel the same way about longer songs!

@jimmorris67 2 года назад

It’s a lot of Ian dueling on the flute with the guitar it’s amazing to see live

@TiltCntrlz 2 года назад

"Hey, could you listen and react to just this ONE song?" "Sure." *Thick as a Brick* Epic.

@danmccarthy5247 2 года назад

Tull is always awesome!! I really enjoy this young couple too, if our country had more folks like them in it, I think we might have a real shot at turning things around!!

@NathanOnShuffle 2 года назад

Thanks! We appreciate that!

@danmccarthy5247 2 года назад

@@NathanOnShuffle Did I see a Transatlantic album on wall the behind you,? If so you must know about Neal Morse band?? Also Spock beard?? If not brother, check them out!! You al take care and God bless from Missouri!!

@NathanOnShuffle 2 года назад

@@danmccarthy5247 yes, it is Transatlantic! I’m a HUGE Neal Morse super fan so I have any album he has ever been involved in (Transatlantic, Spock’s Beard, NMB, Flying Colors, etc.)! He is an amazing artist!

@patdavis8416 7 месяцев назад

Saw them 3 times in the 70's OUTSTANDING!

@bobdelp2023 2 года назад

YESSSSS JANA, IT CERTAINLY CHANGES ALOTTTT! :) THAT'S PROG AT IT'S FINEST!

@j.woodbury412 2 года назад

You should also do Jethro Tull's "A Passion Play"

@jeffjones1359 2 года назад

Very cool that Jana liked this! It’s so ironic that a parody of epic prog rock has become a staple in the original prog era, an original progressive rock iconic piece. It’s beautiful. Yes, an epic piece of music deserves an epic reaction and or discussion. Fun fact: “Chunking down”, breaking large ideas, theories or anything really into more easily “digested” pieces is a basic tenant of NLP, (neurolinguistic programming). Some people do this naturally…

@stevedotwood 2 года назад

Ian is a great storyteller - And the music is very interesting. Folk prog from medieval times so to say

@Lightmane 2 года назад

I just want to thank you two for continuing to do this. Jana Reacts every Sunday is now a normal part of my day

@NathanOnShuffle 2 года назад

You’re welcome! We are grateful you continue to tune in and watch every week! It helps motivate us to keep going when we see people are still enjoying our videos 😀

@Lightmane 2 года назад

@@NathanOnShuffle 🙂

@bobdelp2023 2 года назад

THIS IS AWESOME FOR SURE JANA! :) HOPE YOU ENJOY IAN AND THE BAND! :)

@vnnxyz1473 2 года назад

Ian Anderson ''Jethro Tull'' A Scottish Genius !

@ronniefarnsworth6465 2 года назад

One of Classic Prog's Greatest Epics !!! Always in the Top 15 in Prog Magazines yearly poll !! Along with Genesis - Supper's Ready/ Yes - Close To The Edge/ Yes - Awaken/ Yes - The Gates Of Delirium Pink Floyd - Echoes Pt.1 & 2/ Rush - 2112/ Rush - Cygnus X-1/ ELP - Tarkus/ ELP - Karn Evil 9 King Crimson - Starless/ King Crimson - 21st Century Schizoid Man/ Genesis - Firth Of Fifth Genesis - Cinema Show/ Pink Floyd - Shine on You Crazy Diamond Pt.1 No order : D

@PaulMcCaffreyfmac 2 года назад

I don't ever think of Jethro Tull as "prog". Much better than that :-)

@perryedwards4746 2 года назад

A work of Art! Well done! Pip Pip!

@corawheeler9355 2 года назад

If she hasn't yet, Janna needs to see a live performance. I would suggest 'Minstrel In The Gallery'.

@bryanhale5254 2 года назад

My take on whether it's short or long is if it's really long it better be really good and catch your attention and with this album thick as a brick it always catches your attention is always something new and their structure and it's not monotonous that being said then there you have it you don't have the boring monotony or it doesn't seem that long because you're engaged the whole time but that's just me

@jermaschinot 2 года назад

Hey Janna! You obviously enjoyed this. Perhaps it is good to remember That you cannot be expected to understand something like this In one listen, of course. When we were listening to this back in 1972 it was the music, which I think you're agree is so beautiful and interesting, but it was the music that encouraged many repeated listeningsAnd then the story reveals itself, or not. Party on Garth!

@psybasic Год назад

Well the magical thing is that the story itself is actually related to the cover and the narative stated there. Without it the lyrics can be kinda confusing and that certainly is one of the fun side of it :) Ian Anderson wanted to create a parody of concept albums (and he did) and created actually on of the greatest concept albums. :)

@psybasic Год назад

And the confussing parts are there exactly to do thats. To confuse the listener :) Confussion is a good thing sometimes :)

@oskarileikos 2 года назад

Ok, now bring out the prog wife

@TheProgCorner 2 года назад

Stone. Cold. Classic. ❤️🤘🇬🇧

@bryanhale5254 2 года назад

Yeah your girl so right that overdub guitar part you know something you might want to step out of the whole Prague thing and go right to Blind Faith because I think Martin Barre gets a lot of his inspiration from none other than Eric Clapton I mean maybe Steve wouldn't with us are overdubbing with them but I think he played more of the keyboards but he did play guitar but if you play like had to cry today and a few others off the Blind Faith album she would understand what's going on because they do these overdub guitars and they're doing different stuff and that's really cool yeah I love that stuff

@InsideBilderberg 2 года назад

Good album but I love both Passion Play and Minstrel in the Gallery a lot more .

@NathanOnShuffle 2 года назад

All of them are 5 star albums for me!

@zenclover8468 2 года назад

Its too much for the first listen but thats part of the charm. Its overwhelming on purpose in certain sections and very clear and sparse in others. I think its like a trance or a spell that keeps getting broken.

@zeppelinmexicano 11 месяцев назад

The song has 100 reasons to be great but I think one big reason is the use of acoustic guitar along with the flute, with a melody line that sounds almost like it's out of a Tolkien Lord of the Rings setting with hobbits and elves having a little party around the fire.

@theheepster 2 года назад

For me the Album is a Masterpiece. I have the Original Vinyl with the fold out Newspaper and the Steven Wilson Remix which i prefer today more, because the clarity and the soundstage is better. Wilson has been very careful with the remix not to change the original sound. He did a great job on the Jethro Tull Catalog.

@NathanOnShuffle 2 года назад

I agree! I want to collect all the Steven Wilson Jethro Tull remixes on vinyl, but they are hard to find now! I have Thick as a Brick and got the album ‘A’ for Christmas, but don’t have any of the others…

@theheepster 2 года назад

@@NathanOnShuffle Hey Nathan, if you have a hard time getting the Jethro Tull Steven Wilson remixes in the US, check out German mailorder JPC. They have some in stock. The prices are in Euro with 19% VAT, which you have to deduct mentally. Shipping to US is a flat rate of 3.5 dollars plus 5.7 dollars for each kilo of weight. In stock at the moment are: Aqualung, Stand up, A and Stormwatch. This mailorder is the best in Germany. The website is in German but on Top you can switch to english. The Internet ending for Germany is de. Greetings Manfred

@derwahreguetige 11 месяцев назад

@@theheepsterHallo Manfred. Lese deine Nettigkeiten gerade hier mit freude, denn Musik verbindet Menschen. Bin auch ein großer Fan, auch von ua Uriah Heep bezüglich deines Logos. Grüße aus Berlin..wie singt Neil Young..hey hey my my Rock'n Roll can never die...👍❤️🎸🎶

@theheepster 11 месяцев назад

@@derwahreguetige "Danke für die Blumen". Ja, an meinem Nickname und meinem Avatar kann man wohl doch erkennen, wer meine All Time Favorite sind😇. Bin aber ansonsten ziemlich breit aufgestellt, auch Neil Young. Nur der Meister ramponiert ordentlich meinen Geldbeutel, weil er nicht gerade sparsam mit Veröffentlichungen ist. Gruß aus Hannover🖖

@derwahreguetige 11 месяцев назад

@@theheepster Hallo. Nett dass du gleich geantwortet hast, ist ja eigentlich ein älterer Kommentar von dir usw. Zur Musik gibt es so viel zu sagen, wie alt bist du eigentlich, ich bin 67 . Ich frage deshalb, weil eine fachlich emotionale Unterhaltung ja auch eine Frage des Alters ist, bezüglich Zeitzeugen Gespräche usw. MfG

@jimcain6378 2 года назад

This one definitely requires more than one listen. And listening to the 2nd side helps too. Remember, this was Ian making fun of the full blown prog theatrical presentations of the time. His jab at Genesis will you.

@carloscesarpires5100 2 года назад

Listen to Yes, The Gates Of Delirium. LIVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!...... Minuts, minuts and... BEST AND BEAST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!....... And Jethro Tull? "My God", live in White Island. (In portuguese:"no último show "registrado do Jimi Hendrix"...)

@pipco121234 2 года назад

By Anderson’s own words this album is not a concept Album. It was inspired by Monty Pythons thumbing their nose at the British way of life. The centrepiece of the album was a poem, ostensibly written by 12-year-old Gerald Bostock, a completely fictitious character invented by Anderson, and you, yes you need to read the newspaper print on the album cover to get the gist of the Album 🎼🎶

@davidwoolbright3675 2 года назад

The irony of this is in his attempt to parody concept albums he created one of the greatest concept albums of the 70s!!

@IllumeEltanin 2 года назад

Was this the Steven Wilson remix? The sound was awesome. I hadn't noticed how phat the bass is before.

@NathanOnShuffle 2 года назад

I think this was actually the 1997 remastered 25th anniversary edition. But I do have the Steven Wilson remix on vinyl and it sounds incredible!

@martinhayward4466 2 года назад

Whilst Ian was the obvious frontman and 'star', just listen too how good the rest of the band are. John Evan plays phenomenal keys on this, Martin Barre many tasty guitar links, Barry Barlow killing it on his first full album recording and Jeffrey Hammond showing improved bass work already. Great musos.

@krispynachos9980 2 года назад

Hey look everyone a prog fan that isn't a virgin, gotta be a first lol

@bobdelp2023 2 года назад

AND THAT'S HOWWWW GREAT CLASSIC ROCK BANDS RECORDED THEIR MUSIC YOU GUYS, INTENTIONALLY! :) WELL I'M GLAD JANA ENJOYS THIS NATHAN, WHAT'S NOT TO LOVE ABOUT TULL, I'M BIAS OF COURSE AS TULL IS MY 2ND FAVORITE BAND AFTER ELTON! :) YOU GOTTA DO PART 2 PRETTY QUICK SO YOU GET IT ALL.

@demonhoopa 2 года назад

It was a single, and yes it was on the radio. Not all opinions of music are equal. You can have a legitimately stupid musical “opinion” such as (I’ll make one up), The Bay City Rollers we’re more accomplished musicians than Emerson, Lake and Palmer. Yes one is entitled to that opinion but everyone else is entitled to inform them how galactically clueless a statement that is.

@jimcain6378 2 года назад

It’s great that you got lost during the lyrics Janna because it’s actually BS. This is the prog album for you Janna because Ian Anderson was actually making fun of the pretentious extended prog records. Ian gets you!! But the music grabs you and melts you if you let it.

@j.woodbury412 2 года назад

This album was actually Ian Anderson's response to everybody calling the previous album, Aqualung a "concept album". He said something like "If you think Aqualung was a concept album, I'm going to make the mother of all concept albums", or something like that.

@stuarthastie6374 2 года назад

It took me years to understnd that it is his autobiography, strting with being born in Blackpool during WW2.. Some of the references are peculiar to British cultural icons.

@jackadesman8386 2 года назад

You need to have her listen to A Passion Play!!!!

@NathanOnShuffle 2 года назад

I would love that!!

@demonhoopa 2 года назад

Weren’t Tull kind of ridiculing prog and concept albums with this release?

@rubicon-oh9km 2 года назад

Indeed, they were. Hence the 20+ minute side-long sections. Pure genius.

@mmhey4688 2 года назад

Musical genius, in all aspects. Definitely not worthy of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. But Dolly Parton is worthy, go figure. This exactly why this world is so messed up

@derwahreguetige 11 месяцев назад

That's True. Greetings from Berlin 👍