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Ian Scott Anderson, MBE (born 10 August 1947) is a Scottish-born musician, singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist best known for his work as the lead vocalist, flautist and acoustic guitarist of British rock band Jethro Tull. Anderson plays several other musical instruments, including keyboards, bass guitar, bouzouki, balalaika, saxophone, harmonica, and a variety of whistles. His solo work began with the 1983 album Walk into Light, and since then he has released another five works, including the sequel of Jethro Tull album Thick as a Brick (1972) in 2012, entitled Thick as a Brick 2.
Ian Anderson was born the youngest of three siblings. His father, James Anderson, ran the RSA Boiler Fluid Company in East Port, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland. Anderson spent the first part of his childhood in Edinburgh, Scotland. He was influenced by his father's big band and jazz records and the emergence of rock music, though disenchanted with the "show biz" style of early American rock and roll stars like Elvis Presley.
Robert John Gurney Anderson (16 June 1925 – 11 January 2005), known as Ian Anderson, was a former President of the Legislative Council of the Isle of Man.
Mr Anderson was born in Glencross, Rathmullan, County Donegal, Ireland, in 1925. He left school at the age of 13 and joined the Belfast Technical College before moving to the Isle of Man in 1946. In 1963 Ian was elected as a member of Patrick commissioners and remained as such until being elected as member of the House of Keys for Glenfaba. In 1982 he was elevated to the Legislative Council and remained a member until retiring from Tynwald in 1993. In 1988 he was elected as the, second ever non-Governor, President of the Legislative Council. He served until 1990 when the constitution was altered and Sir Charles Kerruish became ex officio President. Ian Anderson also held many Ministerial-level appointments during his career. He died on 11 January 2005.
His son is David Anderson MHK.
Ian Gregory Anderson (born 14 October 1948, in Horsham) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Anderson, who was recruited to Essendon from Miga Lake, debuted in 1967 and finished the year with 21 goals. A forward, he kicked a career best tally of seven goals against Hawthorn in the opening round of the 1968 season. He didn't play in 1969 or 1970 due to war service in Vietnam, where he fought as a Private with the 8th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment. When he returned he spent one final season at Essendon before moving to Western Australia and representing his adopted state at the 1972 Perth Carnival.
"Get a life" is an idiom and catch phrase that has gained international usage. It is intended as a taunt, to indicate that the person being so addressed is devoting an inordinate amount of time to trivial or hopeless matters. The phrase has also appeared as a generally more emphatic variant of the taunt "get a job" and implies the addressee needs to go out and make their way in the world, without being supported by outside sources such as parents or benefactors. It may also be directed at someone who is perceived as boring or single-minded; suggesting they acquire some other, more practical interests or hobbies and get dates, find a job, or move into their own home.
It is also applied to so-called workaholics and others who are perceived as dedicated to their work (out of "labor of love" as opposed to money or loyalty to the company) but not taking the time to relax or enjoy life. Sometimes the phrase is used to describe people who are viewed as officious or meddling in the affairs of others. It is another way of saying "get your own life", or "mind your own business".
Get A Life is a Living reality television show hosted by Jodie Marsh, which premiered March 1, 2007. The show consisted of five shy, nervous, unconfident and low self-esteemed participants who want to change their personalities for the better. Each of the five participants is assigned a mentor—someone he or she aspired to be like, at the top of their social ladder, confident, with a positive outlook on life. The mentors' job is to motivate their protégés throughout the show, giving them words of wisdom and encouragement.
It was reported by the website Digital Spy on March 16 that Living had cancelled the show after just two episodes. However a third episode aired on Living2 on March 20.
The ten contestants reside in a large house for the four-week duration of the show's filming. There are five bedrooms, each one containing a participant and their mentor. The group is regularly driven to various locations and tasked with specialised teamwork-oriented challenges on which they are later graded. Once a week, an expert arrives at the house to teach a "masterclass" on various things the contestants need to improve upon. After four challenges, someone will be asked to leave the house. Each episode is an hour long (including adverts), except for the first episode which was an hour and a half.
Help Yourself is the fourth studio album by singer-songwriter Julian Lennon.
It was released in August 1991, on Atlantic Records in the US and on Virgin Records in the UK. The album was a commercial success in Europe for Lennon, spawning a UK no.6 hit in "Saltwater" (as well as topping the charts in Australia for four weeks); however, it did not do as well in the US, where Atlantic Records were said to have under-promoted the album.
The album features uncredited guitar contributions from George Harrison.
The album was reissued, along with The Secret Value of Daydreaming and Mr. Jordan, on 8 September 2009 by Noble Rot Records.
Ian Hugh Myddleton Anderson (1953 – 2 February 2011) was a leading figure on the British far-right in the 1980s and 1990s.
Anderson was born in Hillingdon. Anderson's involvement in politics began in the mid-1970s when he was close to certain elements on the right of the Conservative Party, particularly the Monday Club .
Anderson viewed himself as a 'respectable' figure in right wing circles and spent some time at the University of Oxford on two separate occasions studying zoology.
Anderson joined the National Front in the late 1970s and was initially seen as a supporter of National Organiser Martin Webster. However, when the Political Soldier faction, led by figures such as Nick Griffin and Derek Holland, moved against Webster and his assistant Michael Salt, Anderson sided with the rebels and used his casting vote to ensure that Webster and Salt were expelled for mismanagement.
Download transcriptions at https://georgecolliermusic.com and check out the Discord!: https://discord.gg/3qxNDA3NCy Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zic2jFZ745w Performed by: Ian Anderson of Jethro Tull Transcribed by: Alex Vaughan (https://www.alex-vaughan.com, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=By5VNTosIdU) faq: Q: how are you related to jacob collier? / A: i'm not, we just have the same last name Q: how do you transcribe? / A: i use musescore for notation and 'Transcribe!' for beat marking, slowing down etc Q: do you have perfect pitch? / A: no Q: where can i suggest videos? / A: https://discord.gg/3qxNDA3NCy Q: what music do you listen to? A: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0zPgZZd5H1nX9HjTZo5gqy?si=98ac2b29a49e433d Q: why are some videos not transcribed by you? / A: s...
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From the Museum Quarter in Vienna: Jethro Tull's Ian Anderson and Band perform their arrangement of J.S. Bach's Bourrée in E Minor. Part 11 of the crossover music event "Spirits of Mozart" (2006). Featuring Ian Anderson, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Benjamin Schmid, Christiane Oelze, Amira Selim, Mozart in Egypt, Michael Pogo Kreiner and Edsel Gomez. Watch the growing playlist of the full concert: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLBjoEdEVMABLCntZu4Ks7ny36Xjo5MRaA Subscribe to EuroArts: https://goo.gl/jrui3M Johann Sebastian Bach - Bourrée in E minor (Arr. Ian Anderson) Ian Anderson and Band Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra Andrey Bareyko - conductor About "Spirits of Mozart" A crossover experience inspired by the music of Mozart: the surprising and original Spirits of Mozart. In this cr...
Ian Anderson and the Neue Philharmonie Frankfurt performing a set of Jethro Tull classic hits at the Rosengarten, Mannheim on the 8th December 2004. Conducted by John O’Hara. 'Ian Anderson Plays The Orchestral Jethro Tull' will be released on 18th November 2022 and is available to pre-order now from this link now: https://lnk.to/IanAndersonPlaysOrchestralJethroTull Subscribe to the channel here: https://bit.ly/3de3SY4 http://jethrotull.com/ https://www.facebook.com/officialjethrotull/ #JethroTull #IanAnderson
Performing at The Isle of Wight Festival 2015
@officialjethrotull's Ian Anderson sits down with Dan Rather to talk about his love of classical music, how guitarists like Muddy Waters and Eric Clapton influenced him, why he ultimately chose the flute as his instrument of choice, and more on The Big Interview! Watch the full conversation now on The Big Interview: https://www.axs.tv/channel/the-big-interview-with-dan-rather/the-big-interview-with-dan-rather-season-8/video/jethro-tulls-ian-anderson/ Subscribe to AXS TV for more great music content: https://www.youtube.com/c/axstv?sub_confirmation=1 Sign up for AXS TV's Newsletters: https://www.axs.tv/newsletters/ More from AXS TV: The Rolling Stones Release New Album, 'Hackney Diamonds' | Music High 5: Unboxing: Eric Clapton's 'The Definitive 24 Nights' Box Set: https://youtu.be/...
Thick As A Brick by Jethro Tull, live in Golders Green Hippodrome, London, England in February 10, 1977. The concert was covered live by BBC, and later released on various bootleg DVD versions by fans. This version is the best quality one, produced by "Room 101". The strange thing about it is that Ian Anderson's speaks between songs are subtitled in Japanese. All material is visually remastered by BigDaddyAEL1964. DVD PLAYLIST 1. Skating Away 2. Jack-In-The-Green 3. Thick As A Brick 4. Songs From The Wood 5. Velvet Green 6. Hunting Girl 7. Aqualung 8-9-10. Guitar solo / Wind-Up / Locomotive Breath JETHRO TULL LINEUP Ian Anderson - vocals, flute, acoustic guitar Martin Barre - guitar John Glascock - bass Barriemore Barlow - drums and percussion John Evan - keyboards David Palmer - keybo...
Music video by Jethro Tull performing Locomotive Breath (Rockpop In Concert 10.7.1982). 2016 ZDF Entertainment GmbH © ZDFE under exclusive license to Aviator-Management GmbH & Co KG http://vevo.ly/0S0lxL
Live-only parody of Eric Clapton's "Layla" Little is known about this band in particular but Ian Anderson is a part of the rather notable band Jethro Tull
This fragment of Ian Anderson interview by Piotr Kaczkowski is very special. It is just brilliant. It is quite short, but it says it all. Listen to it! As mentioned in the video, all materials have been used with absolutely no intention to violate copyrights. In case if anyone feels that copyright could have been violated, please get in touch. But watch the video first ;-) The audio is a part of a track from the supplement CD to "Przy mikrofonie" book by Piotr Kaczkowski. Poland, 1999. Universitas – ISBN 83-7052-806-6. Copyright © Piotr Kaczkowski All images are found on Web.
Ian Scott Anderson, MBE (born 10 August 1947) is a Scottish-born musician, singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist best known for his work as the lead vocalist, flautist and acoustic guitarist of British rock band Jethro Tull. Anderson plays several other musical instruments, including keyboards, bass guitar, bouzouki, balalaika, saxophone, harmonica, and a variety of whistles. His solo work began with the 1983 album Walk into Light, and since then he has released another five works, including the sequel of Jethro Tull album Thick as a Brick (1972) in 2012, entitled Thick as a Brick 2.
Ian Anderson was born the youngest of three siblings. His father, James Anderson, ran the RSA Boiler Fluid Company in East Port, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland. Anderson spent the first part of his childhood in Edinburgh, Scotland. He was influenced by his father's big band and jazz records and the emergence of rock music, though disenchanted with the "show biz" style of early American rock and roll stars like Elvis Presley.
I looked in the mirror then
saw my face in a dream.
With eyes sharp as diamonds
Blessed with clear vision
Things were not as they seemed
Black and White Television
stared back from the wall.
Is that my life?
Am I here at all?
Down in the High Road, see
motor cavalcades glide
past shopwindow dressers
desperately covering
all the parts they can hide.
Black and White Television
stares at me again.
Is that their lives?
Even dummies pretend.
The truth is so hard to deny.
The answer is here
The screen never lies.
Black and White Television.
It's the right television.
Show me it's all a dream tonight.
The boys on the corner sulk
in their Suzuki haze.
In primary colours
(each year more startling)
but they still fade to grey
on Black and White Television.
It's sweeping the land.
Is that your life?
Do you understand?
Black and White Television
Back the right television
Black and White Television
Hard to fight television
Show me it's all a dream