{"id":102981,"date":"2025-07-29T20:36:10","date_gmt":"2025-07-29T20:36:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/102981\/"},"modified":"2025-07-29T20:36:10","modified_gmt":"2025-07-29T20:36:10","slug":"classic-rock-singer-shades-other-legendary-vocalist-he-didnt-set-the-bar-very-high","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/102981\/","title":{"rendered":"Classic rock singer shades other legendary vocalist. \u2018He didn\u2019t set the bar very high.\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jethro Tull <\/a>lead singer and flutist Ian Anderson spoke candidly about the struggles of singing as you get older in a new interview. Within that discussion, he may have thrown a few garbs at a couple of classic singers along the way. <\/p>\n

Anderson, 77, was a video guest on Now Spinning Magazine<\/a>, discussing how he handles the demands of singing and playing the flute at his age. In 2020, Anderson revealed he was suffering from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and thought that his career was coming to an end. The vocalist still performs to this day, and the British rock band is currently on a European tour. While speaking about his experiences, Anderson drew his attention to The Rolling Stones singer Mick Jagger. <\/p>\n

\u201cIt depends what you do,\u201d said Anderson as transcribed by Blabbermouth<\/a>. \u201cYou can be physically animated, but there\u2019s a degree to which you can only do so much if you\u2019re playing a flute. If you are Mick Jagger and you\u2019re just running around with sort of shout-out vocals, then, yeah, no disrespect, but Mick Jagger didn\u2019t set the bar very high in terms of vocal skills right from the very beginning.\u201d<\/p>\n

Anderson then went on to speak about Jagger\u2019s vocal style, which it doesn\u2019t seem like he\u2019s a fan of. <\/p>\n

\u201cSo, he\u2019s a shouter, and he doesn\u2019t have to really hit the notes or necessarily be terribly great on intonation or phrasing or anything,\u201d Anderson stated. \u201cHe\u2019s a shouter, and he runs around in a very animated way, and that\u2019s great for someone who\u2019s \u2014 whatever \u2014 a couple of years older than me, or three years older than me.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Jethro Tull singer then spoke about singers such as the late Ozzy Osbourne<\/a>, Phil Collins<\/a>, and Billy Joel,<\/a> who all have experienced physical ailments and conditions that have affected their abilities to perform. Anderson\u2019s comments aren\u2019t despite them, but rather acknowledging a thankfulness that he can still perform. <\/p>\n

\u201cLuckily, I\u2019m not in a position of poor old Ozzy Osbourne or equally poor old Phil Collins, or Billy Joel or a whole bunch of other people whose performance has been essentially terminated forever because, although they\u2019re still alive, they\u2019re not physically capable of doing concerts,\u201d said Anderson. \u201cAnd that\u2019s hopefully a way off in my life. But you\u2019ve gotta face reality. I\u2019ll be 78 in a couple of weeks\u2019 time. And that\u2019s bringing with it a few issues.\u201d<\/p>\n

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