Jethro Tull - Living in the Past 1969

Yea Nami, this is some kind of mashup. The clips of yellow scarf ian are from the Too Old to rockn'roll TV special from around 76. There's a bit of 'The Whistler' close to the end, and the black and white bits look like 1991 Rocks on the Road video.

Yes let's just enjoy this classic track !

Blimey, I thought Soul fans were pedantic 'till I read some of the comments below! :-)

Sorry, John Glascock appears at 1:02, not 3:17! It looks like a combination of clips from 76 and later. Perhaps 1982 like ibelden36 mentioned? Since you can't see who's on bass it's hard to tell but it's a good guess that Dave Pegg was on his right judging from Ian's hair~.

Although the video identifies this song as being from 1969, Isn't the primary clip of Ian wearing a leather jacket with a yellow scarf actually from 1976? If you look closely there is a quick image of John Glascock at 3:17 so this would make this clip from around 1976 perhaps from the period of the "Too Old To Rock and Roll To Old to Die" album.

"Now there's revolution but they don't know what they're fighting"- Who says history doesn't repeat itself? Thank you Jethro Tull for giving me all you got for my whole conscious life. I've enjoyed this music since I could recognize what music is. May God bless them all...

Ouch! I just watched another youtube offering of Living in the Past and Ian introduces it as "5/4" after all. Mea Culpa. I recall a drummer friend in my past talking about "5/4 with an alternating 2/4 and 6/8 feel", but we all know drummers are from a different planet anyway LOL.

Yes, "terri", I've always counted it as 5/4. Tap your foot in time with the descending chords and you'll see. I'm no musician either, but IMHO, Living in the Past is not 5/4, but rather alternating 2/4 and 3/4 (or possibly 2/4 and 6/8). I count it as 1 2 123, 1 2 123. Whatever it is, it's uncommon and gives the tune its distinct rhythm. Can anyone real knowledgeable tell what's going on in Cream's NSU? Are Clapton and Bruce really playing in two different time signatures at the same time?

I'm no musician, ngiyaxolisa, but are you sure the bridge in Cream's 'White Room' is 5/4 time? I love both songs and when I listen to them, I hear a time difference, but again, I'm not even close to being a musician (though I'm surrounded by them in my family :)
Peace...

Isn't the intro and reoccuring bridge to Cream's "White Room" 5/4? Certainly the most often heard and best known example by far, is it not?

I thought he looked older than he should be for that time

The songs for Living in the Past were recorded Feb 1969 - May 1971

Interesting and unusual use of 5/4 or 10/8 time signature. Not many others, Paul Desmond's Take Five most notably.

This video is not from 1969 - the original audio may be. It's from about 1982. Good tune though.

you can't look at jethro tull as just a band, they're more than that they're a movement with a massive live following

Sorry. *You're*

just felt sorry for him.

no, I love Jethro Tull, don`t get me wrong, agree, they are great! Really!

Sure! To the one next to your shrink's clinic!

uckersf your an idiot. These guys are pretty ok. They got an award for best metal band, and they beat Metallica in it.
Classic song.

So good !

Your an idiot.

Jethro S**ks ass.

These guys S**k .

thes videos are way after 69. some are late 70s and other are even as late as early 90s