Jethro Tull - Thick as a Brick - live at Madison Square Garden 1978 ( il giradischi )

Master showman, musical genius, multi-instrumentalist, poet, Celtic warrior, and champion of the English language, there are few who rival Ian Anderson in the pantheon of rock and roll. And he did it all without artificial stimulants or bending the knee to commercialism and the US dominated music business. Well done Ian. You will live forever in the culture of quality music.

Can't think of a more talented front man than IA. We're lucky he's with us.

I am 26 years old and I was raised on classic rock, that is all we listened to. I show people my age this song and they think it's weird and laugh, but I truly value and adore 60's-80's rock. Jethro Tull wasn't on my list of top bands as I didn't listen to them much, but about a month or so ago, I came across this song again and I haven't been able to turn it off. This one, as well as part two. There is just something so calming and satisfying about listening to this, his voice, the flute, the change of pace throughout the song. I have been so obsessed with this song, I play it in the car, at the gym, when I'm at work, you name it. Again, people look at me like I'm crazy when I play this song, but I DON'T CARE. This is true, authentic, music as well as talent from all these individuals. Jethro Tull is one of a kind.

Can we just appreciate he is one of the greatest front men of rock n roll ever. Bringing the flute into play amazing and the stamina. And this guy was clean as a whistle. Never did drugs. Haha

This has to be one the most electrifying openings of a concert.

These songs weren´t just "songs".....it was more like a whole opera ceremony, so many different melodies, rhythms put in one....unforgettable !

The fact that they could play this complex music and still visually put on a show is always astonishing to me! Obviously Ian is just incredible but John Evan, Martin Barre, Barriemore Barlow and Tony Williams ( who was a last minute replacement as John Glascock became ill) are incredible as well. So grateful I got to see them many times from 1971 (with Clive Bunker) through 1976 until Jeffrey Hammond left. Greatest live act during that period. No one could touch them live. Pure joy!

Perfect. When music was based on talent and amplifiers. They don't make 'em like this anymore

I've watched and re watched this so many times. It's still to my mind, the absolute best musical performance on YouTube

Another masterpiece from Jethro Tull.

Congratulations my friend: due to copyright strikes, this is the only version of TAAB live at MSG currently existing on YouTube! It probably has to do with the way you edited your video with that cool frame. My unedited upload was the most popular before the strike, with 2 million views... Anyway, you are the last of us :-)

Historical concert. I had the double LP in my hands at that time.

You know you are getting old, I was here this night. Took the train in for Newark

I recall myself and a couple of my friends, way back in 1972, couldn't await the release of Thick as a Brick, being ardent Jethro Tull fans. What a surprise it turned out to be.

I remember watching the Telecast in 78. I was 16 and I’d not heard of JT prior to this, but god was I converted. I’m still a huge fan to this day.

This reminds me of the Jethro Tull concert I attended in honor of Baldwin VI of Flanders in 1070 just before aid was requested from Philip I, king of the Franks.

I saw Tull in Milwaukee in 1972, soon after Thick As a Brick came out. Howlin' Wolf was the warm-up act. Tull was very different, and to release an album as one long song was definitely new. I clearly remember Anderson playing the flute with his leg lifted and his foot against his knee, in his signature stance, center stage. It wasn't until a couple of years later that someone told me to really listen to those opening lyrics. He was talking about us! Many years later I heard Anderson interviewed on a rock FM station in Minneapolis. The interviewer, a DJ there, kept trying to talk about the rock star life, the parties, etc. Anderson just kept steering away from that and said that in England he was paid only like a successful doctor, for example. That most of their income was taken out in taxes. But he loved the remote farm he lived on and he clearly wasn't throwing any TVs out of hotel room windows. A very anomalous band from the heart of the rock era. "Sitting on a park bench..."

Just 15 when i first listened to this 50 years on still listening that ssays it all

Best flute player in progressive and classic Rock and Roll.

A piss take of Progressive Rock is one of the best prog rock songs ever. Classic British humour.