Not the only evidence for that! So check out "Rite Of Man", "Don Alfonso" and "The Sailor´s Hornpipe" Vivian Stanshall version and "Froggy Went A Courting"! :-)
Probably turned down any honor he was offered, just like David Bowie, JG Ballard, Stephen Hawking, Malcolm McDowell, John Cleese, LS Lowry and no doubt hundreds of other people over the years.
Well the Honours Commission tends to not look too kindly on people who emigrate to foreign tropical islands and write disparaging remarks about the royal family and the government of the UK.
Keep expecting a circle fade out cutting to the Blue Peter studio with the presenters trilling HELLO! In unison at the end. This has the tingle factor.
Always loved and fondly recall the recording of Blue Peter for Blue Peter the kids tv show when I was 9.. Was in awe.. Still prefer that though sorry Mike! :)
How many of you out there remember when this was recorded? The programme was doing one of its Appeals at the time, and I remember that part of the proceeds from buying this on a vinyl single was going to that appeal. We were so proud when our family bought it, knowing tht not only was it a good tune from a familiar and beloved children's programme, we were donating to the appeal at the same time. As an added easter egg for all Mike Oldfield fans, the B-side was 'Woodhenge', which appears on his album titled 'Platinum@.
for anyone who is interested although often referred to as the Sailors Hornpipe, This is in fact the very famous Hornpipe The Blue Peter, hence it's original adoption for the Children's Television program of the same name, The Blue Peter is actually a flag, the flying of which by Royal Navy Tradition on entering a home Port indicated that there would liberty for all hands, hence the joyous nature of the piece, wether this was to notify or warn the town is open to conjecture!
What are you wittering on about? There is no 'very famous hornpipe' called Blue Peter. The theme is variations on the hornpipe Barnacle Bill. This has been common knowledge for the last 50-odd years. The flag is to tell crew to report aboard ship, not that there would be "liberty for all".
Love this BP theme , but I seem to recall the ending of said track finished rather abruptly and some ended differently . I'm just glad that I still have my copy still along with other Mike Oldfield singles and vinyl albums . Thank you Mike for your contribution to music 🎶 that will outlive some of the cross that is around today.
You are correct. The abrupt ending one as shown here waa the original, but there were so many complaints from radio DJs that got caught out by it, that they had to do a more usual ' it's coming to.an end shortly, mate' version, so that there weren't as many disc jockeys having to apologise for the few seconds of 'dead air ' after thinking it still had another chorus to go. Lol.
Looks like the chase from Jon Pertwee's last Doctor Who story, 'Planet of The Spiders'. All we need is Bessie, the Whomobile and BMS 1100 panda car....
I remember watching Blue Peter when the making of the theme music for BP was made and shown.. Just found a video of that somewhere else from video tape. Awesome. :)
Lindsay Gatward is the pirate (on the union jack hovercraft) and Paul McCollum is Charlie Chaplin (on the Yellow hovercraft). The dog was Muffin. I think the megaphone man at the start was the actual director. It was fun to do. The editing is excellent.
Hi Hovercraftltd - I take it you or your members were involved here? Sorry for sounding thick, but am I right in thinking that whilst McCollum is piloting the yellow hovercraft, the close ups of "Chaplin" are still just oldfield in a wig?
@@RCassinello Nearly all the front on close ups are Mike Oldfield. It looks like it is actually him driving the Union Jack craft at 1.18 as Charlie Chaplin. Also the hat recovery betweeen the cowboy and Chaplin has Paul McCollum driving the Union Jack craft. (He was National and World champion hovercraft racer several years running.) The other shots of the Union Jack craft are me (Lindsay Gatward) as the pirate.
@@Hovercraftltd Wow, I don't even know how to express how awed I am by this comment. You, sir, have been a part of the best music video ever made. (And it was made by the hovercraft!) :) Thank you so much for the insights. Yes, now I have become more accustomed to the video I think I can tell Paul and Mike apart, as indeed can I tell you and Mike apart. This looks like it was so much fun to make. I would love to hear any stories you have about this shoot, or anything else related to these wonderful machines. :)
Sorry, just one final comment before I leave you in peace, but I don't suppose you know who the "American" on the ATV is, do you? I doubt you would as he seems to just be "A N Extra" as opposed to a skilled pilot as required for other shots.
a further re-recording, which incorporates many subtle changes compared to the TV version, in addition to eliminating the opening snare drum roll, extending the piece to a more suitable duration for commercial release, and being mixed in stereo. The TV version was mono-only (British television was not broadcasting in stereo at that time) and has never been made ava
Best ever BP theme! Mike Oldfield even wrote the mother-in-laws theme! Tubular Bells, the one from the Exorcist!!!!!!! Even poor pazozo would be afraid of the auld cow!
Hi Mike. Sais-tu que tous les Belges francophones relient Blue Peter au générique d'une célèbre émission de la RTBF (notre télévision nationale) appelée Télétourisme, qui existe depuis 1981 ? A bientôt ! Sylvia.
Ha,ha,ha...I have heard that song many, many times (and I mean it as it is uncountable) but I would have never expected that video to it, he,he,he..I love it -lol...Thank you VEVO-lol
This must be the most 1970's video ever; it even has miniature hovercraft! Any idea who the blond girl is, she really looks like "Long Good Fruday" era Helen Mirren?
I cannot find a credit for her anywhere BUT did remind me of a GSX 750 i bought way back when id never seen a production company as a previous owner of a vehicle & that it had a personalised number plate unheard of in the 80s unless you were super rich = turns out it was Virgins holding company & the owner of that Bike was Mike oldfield & it even mentions that particulat bike on his wikipedia :D good bike too till it got nicked
JUST WATCHED THE CLIP FROM BLUE PETER WHEN SIMON GROOME WHEN TO MIKES STUDIO TO WATCHED THE THEME TUNE BEEN MADE WHAT A TALENTED GUY ALL THE INSTRUMENTS AND CONTROL PANELS
Oh my god that is so awesome! I am a huge fan but didn't know he did more soundtrack work. I know his previous go at it for The Killing Fields left him not liking the experience.
How the likes of One Direction can even grace the same page as Mike Oldfield, Who has more talent in a lock of hair than One Direction has all together! Bloody Vevo for doing that!
There’s no comparison with 95% of today’s so called ‘artists’ with that of Mike Oldfield - when you think he was only 17 when he wrote and produced Tubular Bells - and he played every instrument himself An absolute hidden genius
What do you mean, "a proper ending". The track no sooner starts than finishes as it is, how on earth could they have issued a "fade out" version?. You are the SECOND person to make this claim, i have NEVER heard such a fade out version. As for the DJ's, if they had bothered to play this single a bit more then perhaps it would have made a bigger impact on the chart, it certainly deserved to.
It wasn't a fade-out - the final few seconds (where it ends 'cold') was specially re-recorded to give a more 'definite-sounding' ending. It's rarely heard, as it was (I think) only issued to radio stations and has not been given a proper re-issue.
How VERY odd!.I wonder if Oldfield himself altered it or some Engineer at Virgin or the studio.I am intrigued now to hear it as it seems such a minor thing to go to such trouble for.Thanks for your info Paul.Happy new year.
The first pressing of the UK 7" has the shorter version. As my eyesight's too poor to read the matrix numbers it took me 6 tries of buying it for pennies whenever I saw it in a charity shop to turn one up. EDIT: IMO the shorter version is better. The few extra bars simply sound pointlessly tacked on.
+bonnie43uk haha me neither, looks fun though. I can remember the episode when they changed the tune on blue peter quite well. I watched the documentary on him recently then started searching youtube. I was amazed how many songs you know then forget, I did follow a different route in music (hence the thumbnail) but what a very, very talented man.
Ultradalek7 It's not that surprising that MO has written songs of massively varying styles given how long his career is. You're comparing two tracks that were released 35 years apart from each other! I've seen much greater variations take place in much shorter careers of different musicians. If nothing else it shows that Mike is great at composing music in a wide variety of styles and that's something to be respected.
The making of this track was filmed in 1979 on Blue Peter - I remember watching it at the time, and thought how amazing he was to play all the instruments himself - here’s the original link: th-cam.com/video/q4lb0gXOq4I/w-d-xo.html
I was there as the 'pirate' driving the hovercraft and can't remember the location. We drove there in heavy fog fog towing the hovercraft carefully following a car doing the same so did not notice the geography!
I think its an airfield further North. Dunsfold airfield is quite near Bolney where the hovercraft arrived from. The journey took us much longer than that distance.
That’s what I love about TH-cam. You find videos you didn’t even know existed. Of songs you have known for over 40 years. Unbelievable. 👍
I like this video because it shows that even the superserious Mike has a good sense of humour.
Not the only evidence for that! So check out "Rite Of Man", "Don Alfonso" and "The Sailor´s Hornpipe" Vivian Stanshall version and "Froggy Went A Courting"! :-)
just thinking the same thing
Folks Mike barn yard boy but what a legend
We all have grown up with this legacy
Yesterday I was on a train and when we passed through Oldfield Park Station I played this much to the amusement of everyone else in my carriage!
Best version of the BP theme ever - thanks Mike Oldfield
The videos for this and for William Tell Overture have convinced me that Mr Oldfield is an interdimensional memelord of the highest order.
Why isn't it SIR Mike Oldfield by now ? !
Probably turned down any honor he was offered, just like David Bowie, JG Ballard, Stephen Hawking, Malcolm McDowell, John Cleese, LS Lowry and no doubt hundreds of other people over the years.
They maybe don't want to p*ss *ff Sir Richard Charles Nicholas Branson?!
Well the Honours Commission tends to not look too kindly on people who emigrate to foreign tropical islands and write disparaging remarks about the royal family and the government of the UK.
Because Mike is not an establishment arse licker.
@@RCassinello Haha, what is Mike complaining about?
I like the dog sitting next to the gramophone at the end. Like the His Master's Voice logo.
Never heard about this song nor the music video of it. Masterpiece . I bet Mike is a downed to Earth dude, despite the fact he is a genius
It was the theme for the tv show Blue Peter between 1979-1989
The actual title of the composition is Barnacle Bill and was composed by Herbert Ashworth-Hope sometime in the 1936.
Mike Oldfield, best Musician of our Time ❤🇬🇧
I like Mike Oldfield,s music in billions of ways and he, is so talented in billions of ways and well minted moneywise.
Keep expecting a circle fade out cutting to the Blue Peter studio with the presenters trilling HELLO! In unison at the end. This has the tingle factor.
It's slightly different to the version used on the show though.
Long have I been a huge Mike Oldfield fan, but somehow I missed this marvellous, marvellous thing!
Same story, but a whopping 7 years later :)
@@mvl71 I'll join you guys ... never seen this!
Always loved and fondly recall the recording of Blue Peter for Blue Peter the kids tv show when I was 9.. Was in awe.. Still prefer that though sorry Mike! :)
This is like every episode of Top Gear mushed in together.
Mike Oldfield, great music and a dog. Perfect :D
How many of you out there remember when this was recorded? The programme was doing one of its Appeals at the time, and I remember that part of the proceeds from buying this on a vinyl single was going to that appeal. We were so proud when our family bought it, knowing tht not only was it a good tune from a familiar and beloved children's programme, we were donating to the appeal at the same time.
As an added easter egg for all Mike Oldfield fans, the B-side was 'Woodhenge', which appears on his album titled 'Platinum@.
All proceeds went to Cambodia = NO ONE moaned about us taking in migrants then !
for anyone who is interested although often referred to as the Sailors Hornpipe, This is in fact the very famous Hornpipe The Blue Peter, hence it's original adoption for the Children's Television program of the same name, The Blue Peter is actually a flag, the flying of which by Royal Navy Tradition on entering a home Port indicated that there would liberty for all hands, hence the joyous nature of the piece, wether this was to notify or warn the town is open to conjecture!
What are you wittering on about? There is no 'very famous hornpipe' called Blue Peter. The theme is variations on the hornpipe Barnacle Bill. This has been common knowledge for the last 50-odd years.
The flag is to tell crew to report aboard ship, not that there would be "liberty for all".
@@nakedmambo And also the letter P.
❤Es un simpatico video con muy buena musica y con la actuacion de guapo Mike Oldfield, ademas. Felicidades.
Love this BP theme , but I seem to recall the ending of said track finished rather abruptly and some ended differently . I'm just glad that I still have my copy still along with other Mike Oldfield singles and vinyl albums . Thank you Mike for your contribution to music 🎶 that will outlive some of the cross that is around today.
You are correct.
The abrupt ending one as shown here waa the original, but there were so many complaints from radio DJs that got caught out by it, that they had to do a more usual ' it's coming to.an end shortly, mate' version, so that there weren't as many disc jockeys having to apologise for the few seconds of 'dead air ' after thinking it still had another chorus to go.
Lol.
My childhood, Thank you x
Love this "His Master's Voice" reference in the video, haha!
That dogs name was Muffin & was owed by one of the female actors
The Best version of the Blue Peter theme tune in my opinion :)
just a bunch of people having a jolly good time
is what I see
So this is what inspired Top Gear.
HaHaha...Great comment!!! Hahaha...HiHiHi
Looks like the chase from Jon Pertwee's last Doctor Who story, 'Planet of The Spiders'. All we need is Bessie, the Whomobile and BMS 1100 panda car....
the show came in 77. this song was made 3 years after
Mike is so talented in billions of ways and he is well minted money wise he must have got millions or even tens of millions of pounds in money .
This music was the credits of a broadcast of the Belgian RTBF television "Télétourisme"
It is the theme to _Blue Peter_ on BBC television
I remember watching Blue Peter when the making of the theme music for BP was made and shown.. Just found a video of that somewhere else from video tape. Awesome. :)
The genius of Mike Oldfield
Loveeeee u Mike!!! He was a fine boy!!😍😍❤❤
Back from school , its a week day afternoon and the world seems great :-)
every time i listen to this classic, all is right with the world.
One of his best :)
Lindsay Gatward is the pirate (on the union jack hovercraft) and Paul McCollum is Charlie Chaplin (on the Yellow hovercraft). The dog was Muffin. I think the megaphone man at the start was the actual director. It was fun to do. The editing is excellent.
Can I just say that I agree that this is amazingly put together. I honestly want to know so much more about this shoot as it looks so brilliant.
Hi Hovercraftltd - I take it you or your members were involved here? Sorry for sounding thick, but am I right in thinking that whilst McCollum is piloting the yellow hovercraft, the close ups of "Chaplin" are still just oldfield in a wig?
@@RCassinello Nearly all the front on close ups are Mike Oldfield. It looks like it is actually him driving the Union Jack craft at 1.18 as Charlie Chaplin. Also the hat recovery betweeen the cowboy and Chaplin has Paul McCollum driving the Union Jack craft. (He was National and World champion hovercraft racer several years running.) The other shots of the Union Jack craft are me (Lindsay Gatward) as the pirate.
@@Hovercraftltd Wow, I don't even know how to express how awed I am by this comment. You, sir, have been a part of the best music video ever made. (And it was made by the hovercraft!) :) Thank you so much for the insights. Yes, now I have become more accustomed to the video I think I can tell Paul and Mike apart, as indeed can I tell you and Mike apart. This looks like it was so much fun to make. I would love to hear any stories you have about this shoot, or anything else related to these wonderful machines. :)
Sorry, just one final comment before I leave you in peace, but I don't suppose you know who the "American" on the ATV is, do you? I doubt you would as he seems to just be "A N Extra" as opposed to a skilled pilot as required for other shots.
a further re-recording, which incorporates many subtle changes compared to the TV version, in addition to eliminating the opening snare drum roll, extending the piece to a more suitable duration for commercial release, and being mixed in stereo. The TV version was mono-only (British television was not broadcasting in stereo at that time) and has never been made ava
Very useful information.
Best ever BP theme! Mike Oldfield even wrote the mother-in-laws theme! Tubular Bells, the one from the Exorcist!!!!!!! Even poor pazozo would be afraid of the auld cow!
Every time I hear this, I keep expecting Simon Groom, Peter Duncan and Janet Ellis to pop up and say 'Hello!'
Sarah Green, surely?!
Chris Trace & Valerie Singleton. Must be my age - !
Yes!
"Down Shep, Sit Shep, I said SIT SHEP" 😂 😂 💩 💩 💩
@@nigewalker-mead6263 and his not-so-toilet trained baby elephant
Hi Mike. Sais-tu que tous les Belges francophones relient Blue Peter au générique d'une célèbre émission de la RTBF (notre télévision nationale) appelée Télétourisme, qui existe depuis 1981 ? A bientôt ! Sylvia.
Ha,ha,ha...I have heard that song many, many times (and I mean it as it is uncountable) but I would have never expected that video to it, he,he,he..I love it -lol...Thank you VEVO-lol
Grande Mike
This guy is such a good musicians
this video made my.. year. Thanks!!
Ach wundervolle Musik da muss ich sofort an ein Hobbit denken der am Denken ist der gleichzeitig tanzt und betrunken ist achja 👌
It brings back memories
This must be the most 1970's video ever; it even has miniature hovercraft! Any idea who the blond girl is, she really looks like "Long Good Fruday" era Helen Mirren?
I cannot find a credit for her anywhere
BUT did remind me of a GSX 750 i bought way back when
id never seen a production company as a previous owner of a vehicle & that it had a personalised number plate unheard of in the 80s unless you were super rich = turns out it was Virgins holding company & the owner of that Bike was Mike oldfield & it even mentions that particulat bike on his wikipedia :D good bike too till it got nicked
Very good
El legado del maestro👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
This is SO damn catchy!!! :O
If that is the official Video from this Non-Album-Track - it is pretty Freak!! xD
(Pat, Switzerland)
Brilliant!
"Mmmm. What a beautiful pair of knockers..."
JUST WATCHED THE CLIP FROM BLUE PETER WHEN SIMON GROOME WHEN TO MIKES STUDIO TO WATCHED THE THEME TUNE BEEN MADE WHAT A TALENTED GUY ALL THE INSTRUMENTS AND CONTROL PANELS
Did you know that Mike Oldfield still is active? Just now in early 2017 he has released a new album called "Return to Ommadawn".
I was surprised that not only is he still active, but that he also does video game work; he made one of the major themes of MGSV; Nuclear
Oh my god that is so awesome! I am a huge fan but didn't know he did more soundtrack work. I know his previous go at it for The Killing Fields left him not liking the experience.
remember this from blue peter in the 80's, the sailors hornpipe.
0:34 - 2:00 Pov: me on my first solo flight
Genuinely, what was the event here?! This looks amazing.
It was the theme for the tv show Blue Peter between 1979-1989
Calvin Harris should really remix this tune with the other variations.
It would be an epic tune to play in the clubs - nostalgic too!
Tip. Set speed to .75 if trying to play along with your recorder.
Never knew this was Mike's work, hearing it now, it's so obvious. :D Had a BP badge once, found it I'll admit, then somebody pinched it.
genius
How the likes of One Direction can even grace the same page as Mike Oldfield, Who has more talent in a lock of hair than One Direction has all together! Bloody Vevo for doing that!
One direction are bollocks compared to Mike Oldfield
There’s no comparison with 95% of today’s so called ‘artists’ with that of Mike Oldfield - when you think he was only 17 when he wrote and produced Tubular Bells - and he played every instrument himself
An absolute hidden genius
I remember Mike teaching Simon Groom a buzz roll as the intro to the BP theme. Should have got Pierre Moerlen (RIP) to do it!!
I agree with quizpubbob, it is the best version of the tune.
this was the original release. early copies ended suddenly and djs complained so further pressings had a proper ending.
What do you mean, "a proper ending". The track no sooner starts than finishes as it is, how on earth could they have issued a "fade out" version?. You are the SECOND person to make this claim, i have NEVER heard such a fade out version. As for the DJ's, if they had bothered to play this single a bit more then perhaps it would have made a bigger impact on the chart, it certainly deserved to.
It wasn't a fade-out - the final few seconds (where it ends 'cold') was specially re-recorded to give a more 'definite-sounding' ending. It's rarely heard, as it was (I think) only issued to radio stations and has not been given a proper re-issue.
How VERY odd!.I wonder if Oldfield himself altered it or some Engineer at Virgin or the studio.I am intrigued now to hear it as it seems such a minor thing to go to such trouble for.Thanks for your info Paul.Happy new year.
a top 20 hit
The first pressing of the UK 7" has the shorter version. As my eyesight's too poor to read the matrix numbers it took me 6 tries of buying it for pennies whenever I saw it in a charity shop to turn one up.
EDIT: IMO the shorter version is better. The few extra bars simply sound pointlessly tacked on.
Makes you want to get up and jig around the room a little.
your a great actor.....
does anyone think that the revised version without the abrupt end is better or bad
UN GÉNIE TOMBER DU CIEL ...MERCI MIKE
Know i now what i need. I need a Luftkissenfahrzeug.
The gorgeous Sarah Greene ❤️
Heh, not seen this before, love it :-)
+bonnie43uk haha me neither, looks fun though. I can remember the episode when they changed the tune on blue peter quite well. I watched the documentary on him recently then started searching youtube. I was amazed how many songs you know then forget, I did follow a different route in music (hence the thumbnail) but what a very, very talented man.
fatbaldandover40 heh, your youtube name reminds me of a great song by Babybird called "45 and fat" .. it'll be on youtube no doubt.
bonnie43uk it is lol, I watched it. It was crap. Anyway I am about to add another 10 years on. Doesn't time fly. Cheerio
bonnie43uk
On dvd ELEMENTS ❤❤
Try listening to 'Nuclear', & then back to this.
Then nuclear,
Then back again.
No way that is the same artist.
Ultradalek7 It's not that surprising that MO has written songs of massively varying styles given how long his career is. You're comparing two tracks that were released 35 years apart from each other! I've seen much greater variations take place in much shorter careers of different musicians. If nothing else it shows that Mike is great at composing music in a wide variety of styles and that's something to be respected.
MagnusBruce I never said it was a bad thing.
Ultradalek7 My apologies - I misunderstood.
+Ultradalek7 You haven't followed him since 1973 then.
David J I was only born in 1998, so how was I supposed to do that?
Haha, awesome!
0:16 that face 🤣
YESSSS ! 🤣 Love it.
Great.
Where was this filmed?
générique de la célèbre émission de la RTBF (TV Belge) : Télétourisme
The making of this track was filmed in 1979 on Blue Peter - I remember watching it at the time, and thought how amazing he was to play all the instruments himself - here’s the original link:
th-cam.com/video/q4lb0gXOq4I/w-d-xo.html
Thanks bud!
good old English lunacy XD
Schönes Lied
❤❤❤
Does anyone know the airfield where this was filmed?
I was there as the 'pirate' driving the hovercraft and can't remember the location. We drove there in heavy fog fog towing the hovercraft carefully following a car doing the same so did not notice the geography!
For some reason this reminds me of sea shanty 2 from Runescape
This reminds me of Goldie, before he went all drum and bass...
Simon Groom's dog was into drum n' bass?!?
Beep beep beep boop boop
🎧▶🎶🪂
I know where it was filmed top gear test track you can see the layout for god sake but
I think its an airfield further North. Dunsfold airfield is quite near Bolney where the hovercraft arrived from. The journey took us much longer than that distance.
I want to know what Episodes 1 to 3 were about.
Is that Rick Fenn from 10CC?
11 months ago, i didnt even know 1 direction were around then, which kind of illustrates your point
i can l;iterally watch the video, but no download site can see it, wtf
He wasn't superserious at all. If he was, he wouldn't have had that well known (late) loon Vivian Stanshall narrating on his record.
They promised us mini hovercrafts...
Is this where Top Gear got it's ideas from?
A good lucidy
it has its as a single
This is a very english "the little ships"
I'm glad I know this song because of the panto I did a few months ago
You think she's sexy, you should see me!
Mike oldfield is also a qualified pilot so I'm curious as to whether he was actually flying the ultralight or the bell 47 helicopter in this clip
Knowing Mike Oldfield he was probably in all the vehicles.....
@@Chris-fh3bu bravo, sir!