I sometimes think that if I could sing like a rock star it would be Ian Anderson in his good years, Bon Jovi when he's snarling or Greg Lake with that pure operatic power. Then I hear this and think of the versatility with which McCartney could work those pipes. This clip reminds me of all the confidence and complexity he could bring to his work with both melodies and harmonies and I think it would be good to be this beautiful.

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"Beware of the man who works hard to learn something, learns it, and finds himself no wiser than before," Bokonon tells us. "He is full of murderous resentment of people who are ignorant without having come by their ignorance the hard way."
-- Kurt Vonnegut jr., "Cat's Cradle"


Just once I would like to persuade the audience not to wear any article of blue denim. If only they could see themselves in a pair of brown corduroys like mine instead of this awful, boring blue denim. I don't enjoy the sky or sea as much as I used to because of this Levi character. If Jesus Christ came back today, He and I would get into our brown corduroys and go to the nearest jean store and overturn the racks of blue denim. Then we'd get crucified in the morning.
-- Ian Anderson, of Jethro Tull

Only Ian Anderson has enough musical credibility to wear those pants. *promote

Ian Anderson is one of my personal heroes. What a goddamn amazing show! I was born in the wrong decade!!

Hey,

I'm glad that you saw something special in his musicianship. I would recommend the "Aqualung" CD to get you started, and then, "Thick as a Brick." If you try those two and enjoy them I've got other suggestions as well.

Jethro Tull is an old band, but I think a century or two from now Ian Anderson will be one of the brilliant composers remembered from our time.

Enjoy!

In reply to this comment by JAPR:
Beautiful. Never seen anybody do that with a flute before.

It appears they are not going to ever be cool again. But they were and when they were they were amazing. I post this stuff so the younger generation can get a small taste.

Happy New Year!

In reply to this comment by schmawy:
Tull isn't going to be cool again, is it? That was the first band I was ever totally obsessed with.

I'm an old Tull freak. I also listen to a lot of Peter Gabriel and attendant musicians. I loved Yes and The Who. A lot of that music still stirs the soul . Now I have added goodies like Bela Fleck and Phil Keaggy (his instrumental stuff is of particular interest).

I find that the current music scene has been diluted in multiple ways (all bad) and I keep going back to the standbys that knew how to make music.

I'm glad your iPod is rockin'!



In reply to this comment by snoozedoctor:
Silver,
You and I need to sync our i-pods. On the other hand, they probably have the same songs.