Jethro Tull's Thick as a Brick (Full Cover Version) 

I saw Jethro Tull perform this 50 years ago as a young lad, I’m so glad to see (and hear) young people appreciating it now … awesome job to you all 👍

I had the pleasure of seeing Jethro Tull perform Thick As A Brick, live at The Royal Albert Hall back in 1972 and can truely say that I am impressed by the ability of these young people, and am EXTREAMLY happy that 40 years on there are people who appreciate the music that was created before they were born.

Absolutely fabulous, 50 years after JT introduced us to this masterpiece.

Tears of joy streaming down my face.... There is hope for humanity Love to all of you, Fan-f**king- tastic

Holy cow. This just basically renewed my will to live.

As a retired music lecturer and fan of Jethro Tull, I am potentially your harshest critic. THIS IS SUPERB. TAAB is a mountain to climb both musically and technically. Well done to you all. I sit here in Yorkshire England with a new passion for cover bands when it is done correctly. This is well worthy and Ian Anderson would be very proud that you are undertaking his complex compositions. Well done to all. Excellent job.

The fact that you did the entire 43 minutes of the song live is amazing especially as Jethro Tull rarely did the entire song live at all.

Best Jethro Tull cover *EVER* !! Bloody fantastic!

This can only be described with one word “magical”

As a lifelong fan of Jethro Tull , since the early 1970's , first off let me say it's rare to even find a band with even the ability to attempt Jethro Tull , due to the complexity , time signature changes , etc. Every one of these kids are very talented. Milena is especially talented on the flute , she nailed every piece. Carlo , is a phenomenal drummer. Barriemore Barlow is one of the all time great drummers , and you did remarkable work Carlo !! Excellent work by everyone. Thanks. ‼️👍♥️

Incredible cover of probably the most incredible progressive rock song in my lifetime, and I am 67. I've been a huge fan of Jethro Tull since I first heard this on vinyl. Wow! Is all I can say.

The drummer deserves a friggin medal...

This is stark-raving incredible. The flute is fantastic. Keyboard, great. Guitars, great. Drums, perfect. Vocals a bit different, but still excellent. The thing I wonder, who on earth would attempt this ?? Got my answer. I've played the original 100+ times, and this is a very worthy cover. Absolutely terrific.

I'm a huge Tull fan, and of this song. This is friggin' fantastic. HUGE APPLAUSE AND APPRECIATION FOR THIS.

I totally enjoyed this performance and I give them A for effort in tackling a musical piece this complicated and long, created at least 25 years before they were born. Keep it up.

OUTSTANDING, OUTSTANDING, OUTSTANDING... Melina-crushed it, John-fantastic, Andrea- superb, Raul- home run Pedro- WOW, Carlo- hammer of the gods, Matthew, Stan, Seung no one could have done better... No one

As another female flute player who has numerous performances of Tull music under her belt, I'd like give a special nod to Milena, but of course to all of you for a job well done!

At the age of 15 (60 now) I purchased the LP the day it hit the stores in early 1972. It didn't leave my turntable for months. Never thought I'd live to see a younger generation tackle such a complex piece of music in it's entirety. I'm thoroughly impressed by the instrumentalists - excellent job, one in all. For an encore, I'd like to see your group tackle A Passion Play. I'd pay to see that performance.

In the beginning I thougt it was only the first 4 minuters they would play, but hooray,, the whole TAAB unfolded in a very good performance. You could critisise elements in the piece, but I rejoiced in the enthusiasm of the young musicians. I myself was 19 years old when the LP was released and I know it by heart. Exellent job. One point to mention if improvement is wanted: The flautist was on two legs all the time......

I was their age when this album came out and I am blown away by this note for note cover. Amazing job.

What a amazing sound. Milena is awesone!

I'm not usually a big fan of cover bands however..............you couldn't have possibly picked a more musically technical piece to master. Well done lads. Well done.

70's progressive rock at its best and you guys absolutely killed it! Big Jethro Tull fan here and I am stunned at your performance. This is a very technical, difficult piece to play. Magnificent job - all of you!!!!!

Stumbled upon this, and I must say, I am speechless. I have been a fan of this album since I was very young, and to hear a cover version pulled off so expertly is nothing short of amazing. Thick as a Brick is an incredibly challenging piece.....this group made it look easy, and FUN. Hats off, wherever you are.

I've seen Jethro Tull 30 + times. There are, "Dead Heads," for the Grateful Dead, well, I'd be a Tull-Head. I've Never heard a band of musicians get this work done as perfectly as this. Our Tull Tribute band did the edited version, but I must admit, this is superior! It is nothing short of phenomenal. It is one of the most difficult songs to get right, ever written in Prog. Rock. Almost impossible actually. Astounding you guys!!

I like how the drummer didn't just copy Barlow's solo he did his own thing, and it sounded very nice. Great performances all around

Wow! I can’t begin to imagine how difficult this album is to play, and you freaking nailed it! Awesome!

I like your acoustic guitar player's hotdog suit. Perfectly adds to the satirical character of Thick as a Brick as a spoof on prog rock.

Impressive, I honestly didn't think it could be played live like this, surely it took incredible amounts of rehersal to get it so perfect

I'm at a loss for words. This is what real musicians sounds like. You can't fake talent.

I was the last person to comment 3 months and 1 year ago. This cover is still perfect.

Omg I’m getting chills! This is my favorite Tull album and you guys nail it!

I can't even imagine how much they had to rehearse for this tune, congrats for sure

Mad respect for learning and executing this difficult piece of music! Well done!!

Please leave this up on youtube forever. It is a super-connection to my father and this was his favourite album.

I have heard the original album hundreds of times and I’m still coming back to this exceptional cover in 2021. I can only dream of being part of something like it. Thank you for this, I hope that you all are having wonderful and rewarding careers right now! Cheers

Wow, hard to believe some of the criticisms on this. Carlo Ribaux you guys did a great job on this. I think people really need to take a step back and understand that Jethro Tull recorded this over the course of a week in a studio, this is a faithful cover and it's done live, great production on the whole thing. That dude playing organ is amazing, and the drummer ain't too shabby either ;) Is the flautist as good as Ian Anderson? Who cares!! She's great and a lot better looking!

I'm speechless seriously...you guys are astonishing!!! I've never imagine to see this piece played by other people that are not from Jethro Tull hahahahaha Congratulations and thank you for the music!!!!! Greetings from Brazil!

43 minute Gem of a song. This song has been playing in my head since I was a Kid in the 70's.

Incredible. I'm in awe of how much practice and dedication that took. Smile on my face for 43 minutes and 21 seconds

I’ve been a fan of JT for years and this is the first live rendition of the whole TAAB album that I’ve ever seen. Really impressive the time and effort involved in performing this complex, beautiful piece. Thank you. Got very emotional!

What a great job!!!! You do Ian proud. The whole group … great job.

WOW!!!!! What a great job. These young musicians are just fantastic. You guys just took me to the memory lane. Performing this complex music is not an easy job. Love to hear more from you guys.

Simply wonderful. You actually made me tear up at times with the sheer joy you played this difficult and complex piece. Your flautist should have tried the iconic one legged flute playing pose though haha.Well done all, you did Jethro Tull justice.

I'm almost 60 ..I seen JT 5 or 6 times ...you guys do this highly underrated music Justice, and it's nice to see the younger generation appreciate real music

Terrific and great performance of a masterpiece. I would pay to see them perform this!

I am 75 years old and at this age now I have time to listen to all the great music I may have missed I jumped around group to group for my favorite tunes. Now I’m back to Tull thank you❤️

Been listening to Tull for 50 years and this rendition is totally awesome. You have done yourselves proud, great work.👏

Producer: So which instruments do you think you should use for this album, Ian? Ian: *yes*

I have been listening to that album since 1972 and every musical phrase is hard wired in my head. This performance is a wonderful achievement...

Bless them for doing this, keeping the music alive. And it's brilliant.

The Drummer Man,The Drummer

a classic of rock, one of the best (long) songs in the History played with skill, love and respect. I'm jealous, I'd like to sing this!

The most extraordinary cover of Jethro Tull I have ever seen on the Web or live anywhere. You make a seasoned musician like me wish he had it to do over again. Then I would attend the Berklee school of music and seek out musicians of your caliber and talent. You make it look easy (and it's not)! Fulfilling a dream of doing a live performance of Jethro Tull especially that album, has been my goal. So inspired by Ian Anderson was I, that I remained a dedicated flutist to this day at age 61. I still play his music for sidewalk cafes, coffee shops and ice cream shops for the nostalgic adults and parents who don't mind his provocative lyrics. You really did justice to side one and side two. That refers to the days when music came on vinyl records. "Thick As a Brick" was referred to as a concept album. That means rock artists of the day were competing to play non-stop on each side of the record to break away from the traditional way of recording music. No dead air between songs made the album go over big at beer and pot parties. Aside from all that, you picked a musical genius to perform and you can take that to the bank! Well done Berklee!!

My beautiful Welch Springer Spaniel is named Biggles. Why? "So where the hell was Biggles when you needed him last Saturday?" Fabulous musicians, all of them. Many thanks, you beautiful people. ❤

How did I just find this?? This was fantastic!! Thank you so much for keeping all this alive!

Wow! Was just looking around on RU-vid for a "Thick as a Brick" cover and found this. Absolutely incredible!! The detail is amazing compared to the original Jethro Tull version. This is EPIC! The song has so many movements to it and you can feel the emotion. Great way to spend 43 minutes. Thank you!!

I'm amazed. Never thought such a thing was possible that would be this good. A+

This is absolutely brilliant - one of the best things in the internet!

I'm watching in 2023 and I gotta say..I'm very impressed.

Fantastic drumming Carlo!

The drummer is phenominal! I can close my eyes and think that’s Barriemore Barlow

Holy shit, congrats to all involved, what an achievement. This deserves millions of views.

The drummer is amazing, everyone is amazing.

I think it's fabulous. It's things like this that give me hope for the future.

I've watched this video 10000 times and I'll keep doing it forever.

9 years later I find this...It is amazing...okay TAAB side one is a feat in itself but to play both sides live is remarkable. I saw Tull back on the TAAB tour and they didn't even do the whole side 2. The acoustic guitar player nailed it. Kudos to the drummer the bassist and red organ , the real glue of the band, and that quiet dude on the piano in the back. But damn that young lady is great on the flute and is into it, and is cute too! I hope she is still playing today. I live on the north shore of Boston and would have driven in to the city to see this band if I knew about it at the time. Berklee should advertise or open these recitals to the public to promote the ART... BRAVO to this production !

Just found this seven years after the fact. Hope all of you found the success and happiness you deserve. Such talent here!

As a rabid Tull fan since 1972, this is absolutely incredible! Many parts sounded so like the original, I'd have been hard-pressed to tell the difference. And even doing the fade-out / fade-in for the middle of the "record". I am stunned.

Being a (very) long-time Tull fan, I just stumbled upon this the other day and was totally blown away. What amazing combined talent to be able to pull off this challenging masterpiece. The drummer, organist and bass player are exceptional; the xylophone/bells player, acoustic and electric guitarists, flautist and additional keyboard player are all very good. The weak link is clearly the vocalist, who -- to his credit -- still does a good job with the lyrics despite the obvious foreign accent. I see Carlo has gone on to a successful career in the LA area and hope whichever of you have also graduated continue to make great music. You made for an exceptional group, and got your timings all very well coordinated. I've listened to this several times through and derive pleasure not just from the music itself, but from seeing these talented young adults doing such a wonderful job and clearly enjoying themselves tremendously while at it. Best wishes to all of you!

Love Tull . Saw em 3 times here in KY .. wonderful memories of my youth .

WOW!!! - And I've been playing for almost 50 years... So I know greatness when I hear it! - I've seen the band "Jethro Tull" perform this song live three times (but never" "complete" like the version on this video), and other than the original band members; this is by far the best "Thick as a Brick" cover ever! For the musician's ages and experience levels at the time, they should all be way beyond proud of themselves, especially the floutist (or "flutist" in untrained music circles) , she was beyond fantastic, and super-close to Ian Anderson himself, and that's saying a lot! 😊 (I would love to hear you all do this song now that you've all "matured more on your instruments)!

Makes you really appreciate the JT band that played this live. I was lucky enough to see them. These guys are great.

Still come back to this even though I've watched it dozens of times . You kids absolutely smashed this magnificent piece of music. What a project, what a performance, what dedication to your skills. Simply magnificent and makes this old guy happy as a pig in shite as we say in England.

incredibile ma....VEROOOOO !!!!!!!! sono commossso e in ginocchio!!!!!! bravissimi, bravissimi, e ancora bravissimi!!!!!conosco thick as a brick dal 1973.... l'ho imparata come una preghiera recitandola a memoria. Una scoperta improvvisa, come nell'età dell'adolescenza.....meraviglioso!!!!!!!!

The 49 folk who have given this the thumbs down obviously aren't Tull fans

Interesting to find this. I was lucky enough to see Tull 3x in the 70s and once again on 7/5/19 in Indio CA. We even had a 7.1 Earthquake during the concert.

One of the most complicated peices of music ever written, but recreated here with enthusiasm and fun. Ian Anderson will be thrilled if he ever stumbles on this!!

In 1972 at age 14 my 1st concert was Jethro tull.their 1st song they played was 45 minutes long and was indeed this song.As good a tribute song as i have ever heard.absolute perfection

stunning performance! This song is older than everyone there - and they did it true justice! edit: what incredible stamina to keep this up all the way through!

Extremely daring to cover such a difficult and complicated album. I can't but admire this great performance.

I have seen this video so many times. It keeps coming back. What a tight band this is! Particularly I like the style of the singer, he knows what the song is about and how to do it! Thank you, thank you and thank you!

I don’t know how many times they played this together, but we were blessed that this take got recorded and we all got to hear it.

back for more, folks. Have to say you all look so relaxed and enjoying this trip! All of you were so obviously prepared ahead as the performance progressed which really made for a seamless delivery. And after some research and thoughts, i have to say that Tull themselves have never performed this with the same level of detail from the original recording as all of you have. They, due to limited personel on stage, have had to take shortcuts. You really aced it! thank you!

I've been a Jethro Tull fan since the early 1970's. I saw this album played live, in full, by Tull in 1973 - and many times since in shorter versions. Nothing can replace the original...but this comes pretty damn close! Well done!

Man, this is really outstanding. I consider Thick as a Brick to be one of the greatest pieces of music ever recorded. And doing the whole thing in one go was even challenging for Tull! So hearing a group of what I assume to be music students is really impressive.

In 1972, I saw Jethro Tull perform This As A Brick throughout. Their play was beyond belief. But, you, music students absolutely simulated that perfectly. Wonderful job!!!

This is insanely fantastic! I'm a huge Tull fan since my youth and was lucky to see them live in 1976 at the LA Coliseum. I'm also a musician relatively familiar with their music so I know how challenging their longer pieces such as Thick as a Brick are to play. The fact that you tackled the entire album amazes me! I have no idea how you got this band together but to see such young folks mastering this piece as well as an audience of young folks appreciating it is sincerely inspiring!

This is a performance of a lifetime. One for the ages!

Completely awesome, the singer was nervous at first, but nails at the end. Even as a musician, I can't even imagine the amount of work you guys have put into it. Really amazing job!

Congrats on such a good version. I saw Tull do this full version 49 years ago in Cambridge UK and it blew my mind then. The thought that younger folk such as you guys, along with my daughters, dig it, it keeps the legend of Jethro Tull and Ian Anderson alive.

GREAT PERFORMANCE....OF A CLASSIC JETHRO TULL SONG....!!!

I could nit pick random stuff I didn't like but I am just a random commenter on RU-vidr.. in the end, this is very inspiring. All very talented. Thick As A Brick is a monster of an album and you guys did it. Wish I could perform this with a group.

Just came across this and it is amazing. So well done! My compliments to these musicians. Of all the pieces in the world to pick, it's kind of astonishing that they chose the idiosyncratic, incomprehensible "Thick as a Brick".

This really spun me out , I found Jethro out really quite early in my life, about 1988, I love to see its a thing, that other people get.

Wow, nobody does this! Ian is proud as hell at this version. I caught TAAB 1+2 so I got to hear it all live and it was worth the wait of decades.

Just found this. I must say you did an excellent job on this extremely difficult song. I saw Tull do a 10 minute version in the 70's. Your full version is divine.

Colour me absolutely floored. IMO it takes nerves of steel to perform such a lengthy and complicated piece but you all looked so relaxed and nailed it. Johannes, take a bow sir, you were spectacular on the vocals! Bravo everyone involved including the techies recording and editing it all together. Nicely done.

Listening to this yet again. Wonderful.

since 1972, my favorite piece of music. Great!!!