Jethro Tull - Thick As A Brick /Locomotive Breath, TV Broadcast 1999 

Ian Anderson is the greatest all around rocker of all time! The lyrics, composing, orchestration, live improvisation, musicianship, vocals, stage presence! No one is close!

Tull's music was SO far beyond anything else of their day....complex, powerful, nothing like it....

The poet the flutist the string wizard the intellect The Entertaner Mr.Ian Anderson is truly a genius

Ian Anderson is such a great musician. I was lucky to see Jethro Tull several times in the early 70’s when Tull was at their peak popularity. They put on such wonderful stage shows. Ian is is an incredible showman. Tull has been one of my favorites most of my 68 years.

Tull, ELP and Yes were monsters of musicianship and real songwriting.

Martin Barre is such a good, underrated platyer. Always has been. What a talent! Tull would not be themselves without him. Not to take away from anyone else! I love the tightly controlled, seamless feel of this performance!

Ian Anderson has more talent in his little finger, than most of today's "Artists".

Not many can hold a candle to Ian Anderson. A master at his trade.....

Ian's voice is just the same as it ever was.He's class.

Dolly Parton is in the ROCK AND ROLL Hall of Fame and Jethro Tull isn't? Really?

I've been to my share of concerts in 66 years of life. Jethro Tull 1971 Indy. STILL the best concert I've ever been to. Today I play in a dinner club. You would not believe the amount of people that stop eating, turn their heads with a thumbs up when I play this version of Thick as a Brick.

I love Ian Anderson's sense of humour ... trippy, sly, and a bit subversive

So accomplished - one of the best bands ever!

All these years later I get the chills when Locomotive Breath starts .... I am 62 yrs old n I am Jamming this !! Great Band.....

As a violent kid in the 70’s this song made we want to learn guitar and music, plus it mellowed me out and led me to channel my energies into 🎶still jamming, thanks Jethro Tull

Wow...took me back to the 70s when Jethro Tull was a young band..still sounds the same! Thank you!!🤩🤗

Brilliant Tull! Amazing group.Anderson was SO talented!As musician,singer/writer/arranger and incredible Front man.

These guys have just gotten better with age. Sound so much crisper,,, beautiful music.

How can this talented artist not be in the rock and roll hall of fame

It's really too bad that they caught all that backlash when they won the Grammy for the best Heavy Metal band. They became "uncool" for a long time. But when you revisit some of his music from the last 50 years…and watch his performances on RU-vid, you really get a sense of how great Ian Anderson really is. This is just one of many Jethro Tull videos that capture his genius.

This takes ‘genius’ to a ridiculous level. Unbelievably awesome.❤️

This is absolutely delightful

Awesome!!! Thanks for posting! His voice is sounding great here, and the music is, well, just doesn't get any better than Tull... :-))

This is an excellent performance. Ian's in fine form ^_^

I wish that I could give this a million loves.

the 40 min LP was priceless. Still sounds priceless

Wonderful musicians - and musicianship - here. The beauty of the music comes shining through.

they don,t do uniqueness like this anymore since 1977 i have enjoyed ian and tull live long and keep it comming though if you stopped today you will still amaze future generations

Still fantastic ! First saw Tull in 1976. Springfield Civic Center Just amazing musicianship still high quality! Thanks guys for 46 years

So this just dropped in my feed. I saw Tull their first two tours. Ian Anderson always looked 45, even at 20...and here, 50-yrs later, he looked even younger...

Saw these guys in the mid 70's...amazing concert...incredible show...man I'm getting old

Listened to him since he started... His concerts were full blown Performances... Way above and beyond any other concert... Awesome, beautiful, talent, instrumental, and voice... Nothing will ever be as good or compare... Thank you, Ian Anderson, and your crew!!!

It just don’t get any better!

"I may make you feel, but I can't make you think". Truer today than ever before.

Love You Ian! You STILL ROCK! Saw you many times in the 70s and 80s. Awesome!

And to think Ian and the band have never made the R&R Hall....

Brilliant. So glad I grew up listening to bands like Jethro Tull who took musical journeys and could back up their playing with poise, poetry, and character. As a a guitarist, Martin Barre has always been high on my list as a craftsman. Ian Anderson once commented on his occasional awkwardness "He walks into doors, falls out of windows, but he plays one lot of guitar". : ) Kudos to all band members here. Very tight, and well performed! Thank the heavans for bands like Jethro Tull, Gentle Giant, and the Strawbs. Those were different times.

i am glad i was around all those years ago ,,come to think of it i am glad to be around to hear the maestro at work now

Ian Anderson is one very special songwriter,so sublime and on target.

Freaking brilliant!! Martin-clean as a nun's dry cleaner! Man, Ian, even though everyone's voice changes, you still play the best flute since Rampall

Anderson's voice is remarkably agile here, reaching the high notes with little effort.

Ian Anderson is really an incredible composer, musician and performer. I've heard Jethro Tull's songs probably more than thousand times and I keep listening. Discovered this video some weeks ago and I've seen it already more then 10 times. Also the other live shows of Jethro Tull are awesome.

Seen these boys six times, starting in 1975 and ending too soon. Great, great music. Thank you boys.

Thanks for the post! I almost forgot how great Ian Anderson and Jethro Tull were. My all time favorite!

I was a big Jethro Tull fan back in the day. I always thought their music was very innovative and unique, and some of the lyrics are awesome!

What a great, monumental, magnificent...group !!!! 👏👏👏

Martin Barre made this band BETTER Than it ever could’ve been …you couple him with Ian Anderson on the flute and with Martin’s great licks and pure guitar solos mixed with Ian Anderson’s prowess on the flute and vocals it was superb. I’ve seen Jethro Tull in their heyday nine times and it was always in the first 5 to 10 rows just superb that’s all I can say.

For me as big J. T. admirer since more than fourty years it's a great pleasure to experience them in this intimate atmosphere. Thanks for the upload!

Ian Anderson is a classic musician and songwriter who evokes many emotions and moods in his performances and music. That is as succinctly as I can state it

I was just 16 the first time heard JT from my neighbour's new vinyl collection. And still a huge fan of them, now I am 70 y.o.

Age erodes and dulls the sharper edges and leaves the features and forms of true genius. I like this more.

Saw them live in a small arena on Aqualung tour. Started with Locomotive Breath... dark stage, piano intro in the dark, and then that chord *exploded* ! Best.Show.Ever !

The one and only. Such incredible compositions, you almost cringe when someone calls them songs. One of tge first albums I bught was Aqualung, and still crank it up when one of the "songs" come on the radio. Like 50 yrs later.

Ian Anderson standing on one leg playing the flute. Madison Square Garden, New York circa early 1970s= priceless.

Ian: Mom, I want to play in a rock and roll band. Mom: NO, Ian. You have to learn the flute. Ian: Ok.

Genius! I can listen to it all my life, which goes slowly to the end.

Was lucky enough to see Tull in the early 70s in Montreal, hope to catch them again soon.

I wish my younger brother was here to enjoy this performance since I inherited his Jethro Tull library. RIP Rod

Saw Tull at the old Boston Garden I believe 1971 great concert .

grande Ian Anderson and Jethro Tull. they are my favourite group

I saw them at Merriworth Post Pavilion in the 80s; they were fantastic. Been listening to them since the 70s--such melodic precision and beauty.

Jethro Tull … My first concert ,it was magic. L.A. forum 1972!

Two of my favorite songs, great video thank you for posting it

Ian Anderson is a musical genius and was seriously underrated for way to long

Amazing that they could drive such a tight amplified package in such a small environment. Sounds great!

I was lucky enough to attend a Jethro Tull concert back in the late 60s early 70s in Wilkes-Barre PA, best concert/show I ever saw

there really should be a multiple thumbs up button or something. This is so awesome!

This video shows that a band need not play loud an “balls to the wall” to be powerful. I think in most cases it sounds more powerful. Every note in place. Vocals are great. Band knows the music. I caught Tull in concert when Aqualung was just released. Fantastic!

SO blessed to see him in 1981 ! What a concert , he made me learn the flute !

His voice hasn't dried up at all. Amazing!

Saw Jethro Tull in 1972 or 73 in Johnstown, Pa. It was the Thick As A Brick Tour. Awesome!

I am so fortunate to have seen Jethro Tull with the incredible Ian Anderson out in front back in the 70's as they come through on their Midwestern tours. Their music still haunts me in such wonderful ways...Peace and love to all from S. Oregon.

A masterpiece. It's more than a song. It's a prayer, a hymn.

Excellent performance of these two songs. So glad I came upon them.

A masterpiece song. Always inspiring.

There was nothing like a Jethro Tull concert at MSG in NYC back in the late 70’s. Ian still sounds great!

Especially in this intimate setting. He still sounds Great!!!!

I’ll never forget when the Grammys have them the best heavy metal band award. I sang along with Tull for years and years. Still do at 65.

Can't believe this was 21 years ago.

I was never that much of a Tull fan back in the day but recently with all of the archived material to binge on I've come to really enjoy their music. Ian and Martin are legend in my book now. So seasoned.

Still doing the one legged flautist thing after 50 years. Awesome!

Love the change over to Locomotive Breath when Martin Barre begins to Shine

Brings back memories I seen them at Va Tech in the early 70s. This album Thick as a Brick was just released..

Ian der Performer, einer der Größten der Rockgeschichte ! Alle Bandmitglieder sind edle Sahne in ihrer Perfektion und Kompaktheit und schufen das Gesamtpaket Jethro Tull, als eine der besten Bands der Welt !❤❤❤

Purple haze and black light paint made the pictures we painted while listening to this in the seventies much more interesting. Great painting on the walls of my friends house till his wife abruptly screamed at us at 3 in the morning because the music was extremely loud. Good drugs, good music and good times back in the day.

I only know of two bands of this era that used flutes Jethro tull and marshall tucker saw tucker never saw Tull both where awesome bands👍🇺🇲👏

The fact that this video doesn't have 40 million views speaks to the sad state of musical appreciation in America today! And, just WHO are the 26 morons who disliked this???

Ian Anderson is phenomenal. He taught himself to play the flute after he decided he would never be as great a guitarist as Clapton; in doing so, he came up with this way of sort of speaking and playing that flute simultaneously, creating a completely different sound, and thus, the flute was introduced to rock & roll. Saw Tull in about 1981 or so, front row, amazing. What a showman. It was Tull that began using the big screens at their concerts, like every artist now who performs live. They called it Tullevision. Jethro Tull is a remarkable, poetic, sort of a medieval vibe of a band.

Never gets old.......one of my favorite concerts of all time. 1977, Louisville, KY

Love the fact that he still puts the feeling into his facial expressions as he plays it.

Finally, I'll get to see the band. August 8, somewhere in Spain, perfect vacation.

All the precision of a string quartet!

Ian Anderson. you are ---- A Marvelously Maddeningly Mighty Magician--- -- Mystically Magical----

Love Tull... what a great performance.

A perfect example of what great musicians can do without tons of equipment surrounding them. So many little runs going on between the keyboard player and Martin Barre. And that drummer was on point with basically no kit. Really great clip.

I was at the 71 Red Rocks and one thing I remember most, besides all the tear gas, was JT still played and the piano and the organ were on the opposite side of the stage. It was most notable on Locomotive Breath where the keyboardist had to run across the stage many times while avoiding the tear gas.

Thanks for posting this!

En dépit de sa diversité stylistique, I. Anderson était avant tout un compositeur d'esthétique expressionniste, toujours proche du drame, de la profondeur, de l'angoisse et la vision profonde et tourmentée de la vie qui semble émaner de la métaphysique de l'homme comme de sa même nature profonde§

+1.. Great music contribution by the great Jethro Tull band! .. Transported to former times having bought the Benefit album in 1970. .. Great Tull albums would come... Fond memories as if it were yesterday .... Thanks Ian Andersson & the JT Band .. P.S., Man,,, the 8-Trk and Phillips cassette sucked balls ...

Nice! l'm a huge, Yes, Genesis, ELP, Crimson, Zappa listener, but these guys were pretty good! lan's voice in the begging of TAAB is really gorgeous! Glad he's still alive. Saw Wakeman interview him the other day too, and that was cool. He looked very respectable in a lovely back suit!