Mike Oldfield and friends ( Steve Hillage, Pierre Moerlen, Mick Taylor... ) play Tubular Bells live ( part 3 of 3 ). THE best Mike Oldfield video ever !!!
Takes me back to 1974 when I left home to work in Leicester use to help me when I was on my own feeling lonely and a little exposed in a new city with only one friend. Llistening to this was a way to forget my worries. Fantastic piece of music - awesome to think one man was so dedicated and had so much belief in himself that he spent the time he did to complete it. Hats off to those who can play an instrument - Ultimate Respect - if they play more than one. This is the REAL X-Factor
After almost 13 years I had to say goodbye to my best friend, (my dog).The moments I miss him most I listen to this music to feel again the love and all wunderful moments we've had toghether ! Petra (NL)
there's no doubt about it, its a god given gift, I'm so glad to have been on this planet at the same time as this young man,,we're the same age by the way,,,
oh my god......what memories...now what ..35 years ago...in college we were listening to this before the exorist came out and were blown away. thanks for this great video.
1973 on the BBC if you missed it at the time there were no second chances to seee as nobody had VCRs back then (not sure when they became commonplace but certainly not in 73). A wonderful surprise to see this again, just as I remember, almost 40 years on. Long live nostalgia.
This is fab, a fantastic way to hear a classic. Having shown it to my 9 year old after having the very last part of the third part played at my fathers funeral ( we left the venue to the sound of the Tubular Bells, very effective and moving) she now loves the piece, and other works. I remember hearing it for the first time and thinking wow, and as a musician and former A-level music technology student, appreciating what was achieved at a time when the technology wasn't so advanced.
This song was my ticket to the Dark Side. Well, musically speaking, anyway. I was a kid when this came out, only the am stations always played the way-too-short edited version. Then one day a dj said "it's time you heard the whole thing!", and played all of side 1, which is what you heard here. I was absolutely mesmerized! Top 40 radio just couldn't be tolerated anymore (the disco era was just around the corner, too). So I sought out the "underground" fm stations, and never looked back!
just sampled TB II and III and the original version without all the disco beats is still the best. Wonderful to just watch them getting into the music.
This video, in three parts ,had me almost in tears. I remember when I was about 17 years old my friend Greg and I used to perform the last part of this song on two bass guitars. Greg passed when when I was 19. This Video brought back many wonder memories of Greg and I in my bedroom with a bass guitar in our hands, learning all sorts of songs no matter what the style was. Tubular Bells was once such song that made us appreciate music. Thank God for Mike Oldfield.
I don't know when this was recorded but it looks like it was before I was born. Probably the best thing my dad ever did was introduce Mike Oldfield to his children when we were very young. Mike and Ray Lynch are brilliant for sure!
Just fantastic well done for posting these three videos. Reminds me of my maths homework and the last days of school in 1975. I can recall my Auntie asking my mother "when did he start liking bagpipes"? Also how great to see Mr Hillage who is a great inspiration of mine and continues on making excellent music with System 7.
Marvellous. Fantastic to see this piece played by such an amazing group of talents. Really great in particular to see Hillage playing alongside Taylor. What a treat.
Dunno what possessed 2 people to dislike this.....oh wait, hang on, they WERE possessed (throws holy water at Simon Cowell and other judges)....."The power of Mike compels you, the power of Mike compels you!" lol
Wow! I've never seen the whole performance before. Only the edited version on Elements. And wonderful quality it is. Thanks for posting this. A real gem.
Got this album when i was 14 (when it came out), and listened to it all day. Other bands came and went my way, but I will never get tired of listening to this. All these lads are just passionate music nerds, just like me. Thanks.
Brings back some good memories when I played this. I agree with harleygal420. I have my Sony turntable and Onkoyo amp turned up to 11 when the tubular bells came on. My mind left the body a few times and shit fell off the shelves. Wonderful.
Here in Australia two guys a doing the complete Tubular Bells live next week Granted its not the original but still to hear it live is going to be fantastic!
Gotta luv this! This third part of this song is my favorite. It's haunting, stimulating & most enjoyable after an encounter with weed. It doesn't get any better. Thanks Mike.
I love that Music: part 3 repeats the melody of part 1 . it is so mystical! every Instrument adds something to the original theme, and finally comes the count down, and "Glockenspiel" and so on. It is so nice! Young People: I recommend to listen to that Music which was so innovative in the SEventies, but also: Pink Floyd, Jethro Tull, Genesis, Deep Purple, Beatles, Yes etc. Mike Oldfield is so earnest and technically perfect! and in the end: Tubular bells! Super! Like a dream. Inge Franz, Germany
This is my favorite version of this song, later M.O made another one were the melody is a little different, this is the one I like it, Is the original. I liove it Peace
If I remember right there was a documentary on the making of Tubular Bells. Done on a *bench* covered in plastic. Against the back were reel to reel recorders, and the plastic was where he wrote what intrument was palyed and the length of time. When I seen it...Computers were the size of a small car, LOL
Increible, yo tendría 6 añitos pero me acuerdo de oirsela a mis primos, quedo impronta en mi mente pra siempre. Simplemente EXCEPCIONAL!!!!!! Quien puede superarlo????
Great. I remember watching this on Second House. This is the only music that I have 4(ish) copies of. Vinyl (black + picture disk), 8 track tape (my folks car only had this in 1976), cassette and CD. Guess I need to get VHS tape, a DVD and download it from i**nes before I die....
Thank you so much for posting this. It took me back to my college dorm days where we played the hell out of the album. I still have my vinyl version in mint condition. A timeless classic; true artistry. This is when music was real music.
At 6:43 How many Mikes, Micks and Fields!!!! Realmente me sorprende la puesta en escena, el set y los instrumentos, el orden y la filmación, no se ven camaras, pero hay un monton de planos cortos..Realmente una producción de adelantados..... SALU"
@mrsZellamSee Hi, get tears in my eyes when i read this, My 3 best little friends are still with me but if i read messages like this, it reminds me that 1 day the day will come i have to say goodbye to them too. Wish you luck and love dear Petra. The music is an absolute masterpiece. After tori amos i jumped on this.
I agree with what Shaktidej has to say in response to your post MrFloydianSlip. Tubular Bells is and will always be an extreme in the classics of composing.
That guitar was made by the Baldwin Company back in the 70s. Very rare. It has split coil pick ups, similar to the type found on the Fender Electric XII. Reissued fairly recently by Burns Guitars.
Oh I miss those years when young musicians were looking for new contributions to music...really pioneers far ahead from their time. I wish nowadays musicians could do the same and continue discovering new sounds and melodies instead of making simple "catchy" rythms with empty lyrics.
Quiet possibly the best bass riff ever! For someone branded "Prog Rock" Mr. Oldfield steers amazingly away from showy solos and time signature shifts. Instead relying on repetition, texture and melody to build up the tension. When i first heard this piece I was expecting a big drumbeat climax. no such carry on!
*sigh* Not to shock nor promote a more experimental time... But there is nothing like a green 1968 Chevy SS Nova, windows wide open, free-railing at 115 mph, big-sky-burnt plains of Montana, the peaks of the rockies beginning to caress the red-shifted sunset, blast gorged on windowpane acid, laser-eyed from 23 hours on the road, and Tubular Bells arcing the journey ahead. Whew.. wish I had the courage that I had back in 1976.
So true my friend. Exemplary cross section of some of "Prog's" finest alumni...And Mick Taylor with thick fuzz!! Fred Frith is now a Professor at Mills College in Oakland, California. This record must have been the cash cow for Virgin. Most of the other rekkids I have on this label probably sold 1/100th of Tubular's unit sales. Were the Virgin recording facilities in London at this time?
