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Ian Anderson started his musical career in 1962 and five years later he helped to form Jethro Tull, the band he led for more than 50 years and that became one of the most influential of all time. Progressive Rock music certainly wouldn't be the same without them and they only were able to make a unique kind of music because of the variety of influences the band had. One of them was certainly The Rolling Stones and Ian Anderson once said which was a great album by the band according to him. The Rolling Stones album Ian Anderson said was one the best He had the chance to see the band up-close during their peak in the 60s. Especially when they recorded the film "The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus". Jethro Tull was one of the bands invited to be part of that show. In an interview with Gary James in 2014 he praised their 1968 album "Beggars Banquet". "They had just finished recording 'Beggars Banquet', which I've always thought was one of their... Well, possibly one of their best records to me in terms of having lots of really great songs on it. But I remember lots about it." He continued: "It was not a great experience for anybody, including The Stones. But it was shelved as a project for many years 'til the rights to it were actually owned by Allen Klein, who'd been The Stones' manager and secured rights to things they didn't know about," Ian Anderson said. Talking with Rockonteurs in 2021 (Transcribed by Rock and Roll Garage), he also praised the record. "That was a great album. One of the reasons that I found it as an observer, because we only had a very small part to play in. Having to stay there for the full two days, for the rehearsal and the recording day. You know, being an observer, fly on the wall. (I was) watching all of this take place, it was really quite a place to be," Ian Anderson said. "Beggar's Banquet" was released in 1968 and performed quite well on the charts. It peaked at number 3 in the United Kingdom and number 5 in the United States. It has famous songs like "Sympathy for the Devil", "Street Fighting Man" and "Salt of the Earth". At the time the band was formed by Keith Richards, Mick Jagger, Brian Jones, Bill Wyman and Charlie Watts. Curiously, during that performance recorded for the Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus, Jethro Tull had Tony Iommi on guitar. He was in the band only for only two weeks and then decided to leave and focus on Black Sabbath. The difference between The Beatles and Stones in the early days according to Ian https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BUt0dZXPFoU&pp=ygUTc3RyZWV0IGZpZ2h0aW5nIG1hbg%3D%3D Although the members of both bands were good friends and used to help each other, the fans and press created the myth that there was some rivalry between them. Since he had the chance to see those bands active still in the 60s, Anderson once explained in his opinion, what was the difference between them. He talked about the groups in an interview with Classic Rock in 2021. "In terms of influencing others, the perception of The Beatles as bad boys in Hamburg is a bit of a misnomer. Lennon was probably the only one who’d be handy in a fight. The Rolling Stones were initially seen as ruffians. But that wasn’t so much an attempt to emulate the grubbiness of the formative Fab Four as it was a calculated reaction to their moptop image. Mick Jagger always looked too self-conscious to be considered a tough guy. He looked like he’d fall over if you blew on him," Ian Anderson said.The post The Rolling Stones album Ian Anderson said was one the best appeared first on Rock and Roll Garage.

The FBI should have done more to gather intelligence before the Capitol riot, according to a watchdog report Thursday that also said no undercover FBI employees were on the scene Jan. 6, 2021, and none of the bureau’s informants was authorized to participate. The report from the Justice Department inspector general’s office knocks down a fringe conspiracy theory advanced by some Republicans in Congress that the FBI played a role in instigating the events that day, when rioters...

The results of the 2024 U.S. presidential election either saved the nation from a permanent socialist takeover, or else they marked the second coming of Adolf Hitler, depending on whom you ask. Is it any surprise then that the Merriam–Webster word of the year is “polarization”? “Polarization means division, but it’s a very specific kind of division,” said Peter Sokolowski, Merriam–Webster’s editor at large, in an exclusive interview with the Associated Press...

What do you get when you combine comedian Trevor Noah, tennis legend Roger Federer, and the world famous clock-making, chocolate-brewing, Alpine-skiing symbol of neutrality, Switzerland? Apparently, a delightfully charming train ride through the Swiss countryside and perhaps the greatest tourism ad ever made. Both Noah and Federer shared a tourism ad they collaborated on for the Grand Train Tour of Switzerland, and people are loving it. It's one of those ads that people don't care is an ad because it doesn't really feel like an ad and it's so enjoyable to watch. (It's also incredibly effective—like, give us alllll the train rides through Switzerland, please.) The ad plays like a mini-documentary of Noah and Federer filming a Swiss tourism ad gone wrong. The two men—both of whom are half-Swiss in real life—appear to hop on the wrong train while arguing about whether or not the ad they are filming is funny (or whether it even should be). What follows is a tale involving Swiss punctuality, hospitality, and stunning natural beauty, all wrapped up in wholesome hilarity. Check it out: Thousands of commenters have chimed in with how enjoyable and effective they found the ad:"This clip is brilliant and I am definitely going to travel on that train in Switzerland in the near future. Excellent work," wrote one commenter. "Usually, I hate tourism ads because they're always so clichéd and unoriginal, but this one hooked me from the beginning," shared another. "Switzerland is such a beautiful country, and this ad singlehandedly convinced me so. Looking forward to this train ride sometime in the future! :)""This is criminally short!" wrote another. "I wish for a full hour! I can’t seem to get enough of them."Noah and Federer shared their experience making the video with Financial Times, and their "behind the scenes" stories are as delightful as the ad itself.Federer, who is an official Switzerland Tourism Ambassador, shared how much he has enjoyed making Swiss tourism ads with Robert DeNiro, Anne Hathaway, and of course, Trevor Noah. He said the shoot with Noah brought him back to his own childhood. "I was always on trains, leaving home, looking out of the window, seeing the trees and the fields go by and thinking, 'Will I be a good tennis player? Will I not? Will I win, will I not?'" he said.Several parts of the ad point to how strict the Swiss are about being on time, and Noah shared that there were a few instances while filming when a train really did almost take off with them inside."They weren't even going to hold it for us," he said. "We were like, 'Oh, we're making an ad,' and then they were like, 'Yeah, and the train has a schedule.'" "We were laughing," Noah said, imagining what would have happened if a train really had left with them on it. "Like, would that become the meta joke? Does that become the joke in the joke?"If you enjoyed the train tour ad, take a few minutes to see Noah and Federer share how it came to be and how much fun they had making it. This article originally appeared last year.

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