Ian Anderson of Jethro Tull Interview

Some of you might find this interesting, I recently did an interview with Ian Anderson to promote the reissue of 'Too Old to Rock n Roll, Too Young To Die. 

http://figure8magazine.co.uk/default/crazed-institutions-ian-anderson-of-jethro-tull-interview/

Edited by matty3198 - November 10 2015 at 07:44

Nice interview! 

Too Old has been overlooked for too long.....if you dig the folksy side of the Tull, then Too Old is right up your alley.  It's one of the few post-blues band Tull albums that I can sit thru in one sitting. 

dr wu23 wrote: Interestingly...Too Old.. is one of the lowest rated Tull albums at 3.06 with 559 votes. IMHO 3 stars is all it deserves....while there are a few good tracks on it , it is just not a very strong album.

matty3198 wrote: dr wu23 wrote: Thanks ......it was interesting if a bit too short. Would have liked him to talk a bit longer about his thoughts on other bands at that time. I recall my best friend seeing Tull ( I was at college sadly...) in Indianapolis, Indiana with Yes opening up for them in 1970 or 71. he said it was a great show. Sadly i was only given 15 minuites. I  did want to ask him if theres any new stuff that he's into, and maybe talk a bit about Jack Bruce (he was about to do a tribute concert).

Svetonio wrote: A splendid interview and great news indeed! Finally justice for Too Old... - my favourite Jethro Tull album

Edited by octopus-4 - November 11 2015 at 13:49

I think it's an OK album but there are at least five or six Jethro albums I like more.

Nice interview, and I enjoyed the video clips.  Anderson always had an affective performing style that never comes across as quite serious yet is done so well.  I also find his self-deprecating attitude interesting because it never seems to turn against him (as a similar attitude sometimes does with me).  And I think Too Old is a good but not great album, as Ian himself said, somewhere in the middle.