Jethro Tull was on this Supersonic kids show in England in 76, making weird faces, drinking beer, etc.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VcmJThaACHQ&t=1shttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m__wmsIn99E&t=1s
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Jethro Tull was on this Supersonic kids show in England in 76, making weird faces, drinking beer, etc.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VcmJThaACHQ&t=1shttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m__wmsIn99E&t=1s
Wow, some of the worst lip-syncing I've ever seen.
Their "Rock & Roll Circus" performance was either a much-better job of syncing, or actually played live.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FNvOlyf-JAw
This wasn't a children's show, though, just a pop music show. I actually saw this at the time, probably in a version edited for American TV, as it included only "Too Old" and not "Living in the Past"--I don't think I've seen that clip before. The only other act I remember was Sailor, doing their hit "A Glass of ChamPIYINE."
The article I read said it was a children's show. Sorry about that, chief. Missed it by that much.
Your ears are better than mine.
Well, listen to just the first few notes of the song. There's a very clear note at the end of the first phrase that isn't played on the record.
Good on them for making a little bit of theatre from it. Most bands would just turn up and mime it straight but JT said let's have some fun.
Ian: OK, we'll have John playing claves on Barrie's head.
John: Great idea!
Barrie: Wait, what?
Ian: Shut up, we'll give you a crash helmet
Barrie: I'll look silly
Ian: No you won't
(cut to shot of Barrie looking silly)
My thoughts too. Had never seen the LitP video
But he's late with the wooden blocks (should've discarded the maraccas sooner)...
Yup, he overdoes so bad it on the first two clips. But then again, the whole goofing around on those two Supersonic clips is atrocious.
yeah, took me a second look at it.
Is it me, or did Glen changed his right-handed Fender bass neck to a left-handed one? It just looks so odd.
Did Ian ever lift the right leg in his one-legged stances, though?
Yikes, you're correct, his bass neck is upside down. The body looks right, though. Glenn was right handed, wasn't he? (Man, that bass is beat up!)
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Ian is standing on his right leg, and Tony Iommi is a left-handed guitarist.
He did. A lot of players have done this over the years, both on bass and guitar, and some models even come that way new. I can't imagine Cornick is the first to have done this, but I can't think of an image of an artist before this who put a left-handed neck on a right handed instrument.
According to Cornick: "The reverse neck fender was a 62 Jazz Bass and I hated the neck so I exchanged necks with someone with a Precision except it happened to be a left handed Precision. That was in late 66 I think. In the end the frets were so thrashed that it was almost unplayable. No one at that time did refretting."
So it's actually a Precision neck on a Jazz body, and it was done apparently out of necessity rather than for the look.
I've never personally liked the look. It seems odd to me too.
Bill
I loved Glenn’s bass playing so much! I saw him with JT in 1970 open for The Who. Very innovative.
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maybe this video might be a bit more scary........
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_toN5VfWBo
Where's this from? Never seen it before. It's quite charming!
That was shown during the “Hare” interlude in the 1973 Passion Play concerts. (I remember it WELL!) It was included on the 2007 CD reissue of A Passion Play.