Jethro Tull - We Used to Know - Cardiff 1996 video free download

Lawrence Simmons

....the Steve Miller Band's 'Space Cowboy' has the same baseline as 'Lady Madonna' and Jackson Browne's' These Days' takes from the Allman Brothers' 'Please Call Home'. They are all worthy songs. Its interesting how you can get different feels from the same chord sequences.

trubluhotwheels

There's one point that's being missed here! Don Felder first started working on this piece at his home in Malibu on a particular Sunday and recorded it to a drum machine. He wanted a reggae beat but the drum machine only had a cha cha beat. He recorded all the guitar parts and had a vision of him and Joe Walsh in a guitar duel in the instrumental section of the song. He recorded about 12 tracks to the tape and took it to practice the next day. The tape was played and Glenn Frey & Don Henley only took notice originally of this particular track with the Spanish feel. They bounced ideas off of each other and it was Glenn Frey who came up with a vision of someone driving through the desert during the night. Don Henley took it from there and wrote the lyrics that night. Don Felder recorded the song in Em. The key was too high for Don Henley so it was changed to Bm.Don Felder was not even in the Eagles when they supported Jethro Tull in the late '71 or '72. It is true that while Don Felder was living in Boston at that time he did go to one Eagles concert to catch up with Bernie Leadon and was introduced to the band backstage. At this concert they were the opening support act for "Yes". And Don Felder talks about seeing Yes in his book. No mention of Jethro Tull. I believe it's just coincidence. I don't think Don Felder had heard "We Used To Know". Glenn Frey & Don Henley would have heard it but they did not compose the music, Don Felder did! As Ian Anderson said, Anyone can grab a guitar and start strumming away and eventually come up with the same chord sequence. 

TheWillowview

I understand Hotel California is about the music recording industry... As is Tull's Bungle in the Jungle from several years prior. Hmm Mr Frey, Walsh and Henley at least had been listening 

petereuropa

Ok, it sounds similar. But The Eagles version was a smash hit. Maybe Jethro tull can ask Mr Fry and Mr Henly, The Eagles, to contribute a part of the Revenue of their hit song Hotel California to JT in the future. Glen Fry and Don Henley are well known as very "giving" persons. And I wonder if the Little guitar is the one invented by Alfredo Gil of Mexican famous Bolero Group Los Panchos?

Alexandr Saidov

I think that Hotel California was based off of this song.

Kim McKersie

holy shiite. . . believe it or not, first time i am EVER hearing this song. . .SHAME ON YOU, EAGLES! Buy 'Tull a very nice Dinner!!!

Doug Hart

LIke Anderson has said ......there are only so many notes and so many chord progressions. It's hard to do a piece of music without sounding like something else. 

THE MACKEM !!!

eagles thieved this chord sequence from tull

brok328

just go back and listen to "Stand Up". They really hammed it up there as well I suppose! How many years before...? Not that Eagles are not a great band, nor that these songs sound alike in parts, or are both great tracks. I would not argue in Eagles favour on this one tough - they definitely did not influence "We Used to Know" with "Hotel California".

treetoptop

I love Tull, but it really sounds like they are hamming up this track here to sound even more like "hotel"

Andrew Washington

"i hate the fucking eagles, man" (C)

Andrew Washington

this is 3/4, hotel california is 4/4

Paul Dean

Because of your incorrect spelling and grammar, it is (you) that has displayed the size of (your) brain by confirming your stupidity to the masses. Nevertheless,....I forgive you.

turockandar

The chords are the exact same progression except for the 7th which in the Tull song is a G flat instead of the a minor in Hotel california....no-one with the slightest musical ear can fail to realize that the Eagles plagiarized this from Tull or in the most favourable scenario to them Don Felder unconsciously was influenced. Since 1967 though the Eagles should have had the honestly to recognize the fact that HC is highly derivative and payed royalties...it really is a big disappointment!!!

blompel

Eagles the best, they took this tinkling and made an hit.

blompel

Eagles the best, they took this tinkling and made a hit.

Brenden Patch

Cause they obviously can't -both- be good.

ANMZ3

the eagles shit the first bad old band like one direction now

themarshun

thanks for putting this up - I was there and it brings back good memories. I'm still loving JT in their slowing down years and saw the TAAB2 concert in Cardiff. Sadly there was no Martin Barre and I'm thinking that there may not be another JT tour (as opposed to IA and MB doing their own thing, which isn't quite the same). But they were a fantastic band.

inty carhuarupay

gracias por el video, es una cancion muy nostalgica, lo que si me gustaria saber que es lo que dice aql principio de la canción,

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