Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells | The Story Behind The Song | Top 2000 a gogo

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  • Musician Mike Oldfield tells the story of his song 'Tubular Bells'. A short documentary by Top 2000 a gogo (Dutch Public TV) from 2007.
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  • @KRAZEEIZATION
    @KRAZEEIZATION 2 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    One of the best composers of the last 50 years. He’s a brilliant guitarist too!

  • @ianferguson3455
    @ianferguson3455 2 ปีที่แล้ว +44

    A genius quote. “It’s just better, don’t ask me why. I hate that question, It just is” This mans music will be played and appreciated for years to come. Music that just touches the soul.

  • @sspbrazil
    @sspbrazil 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    It’s a masterpiece.

  • @tonioreyes
    @tonioreyes 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    vroeger luisterde ik Tubular bells elke dag voor het slapen gaan. ik zette de plaat op en viel dan in slaap met deze heerlijke muziek

  • @SsgtHolland
    @SsgtHolland 4 ปีที่แล้ว +52

    The Moonlight Shadow by Mike Oldfield was the song that made me aware of the beauty of music, I will never forget the moment I heard it for the first time. And I will never forget the joy I felt when I heard it again. This was the time that you had to wait for music to be played again on the radio and you had to be sure the DJ told the name of the artist and song.

    • @winterprei5979
      @winterprei5979 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Same! It was the first song I remember really loving myself. I was 6 years old when it was a hit song in my country and we drove to Italy for the summer holiday. I remember it playing on the radio, while I was sitting behind my parents in the back seat of the car and really enjoying that song. Years later, I was about 20 years old (and before we all had internet at home), I was driving by myself with the radio on and they played Moonlight shadow. I hadn't heard it in years, got excited all over again, and pulled over at a gas station just to listen. When I got back to the city I lived in, I went straight to the record store and bought a Mike Oldfield cd just for Moonlight shadow, and got the rest of the songs as a bonus. I drove my friends nuts that year with Moonlight shadow. Every time someone got in my car, they had to listen to Moonlight shadow. I'm in my forties now and I still love that song and Maggie Reilly's voice.

    • @mikearchibald744
      @mikearchibald744 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@winterprei5979 I hated that song. But I quite liked most of the other songs on that album.

    • @gaztaylor4178
      @gaztaylor4178 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I love the original version ft Maggie Riley on vocals and the other version with Pepsi I think it was on the old live vh1 music channel Pepsi and Shirley of wham fame they were the two babes for sure.

  • @garymills2702
    @garymills2702 4 ปีที่แล้ว +70

    Tubular bells saved my life and helped me survive being a teenager.

    • @marcuskeulertz5852
      @marcuskeulertz5852 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Music in general saved my life. My interest in music started when I was a 7 year old boy. My mom bought me my first vinyl with assorted classical music pieces in a record store in downtown Bonn. I listened to this record every day after school was over and loved those children's suited pieces from Rimsky Korsakoff, Beethoven,Mozart and many others. When I was older my aunt bought me Abba's "Super Trouper on cassette I inhaled their music. Years later when I was 12 years I started to explore more sophisticated bands like Pink Floyd, Genesis, ,ELO ,Deep Purple,whilst my class mates were into RAP and drugs.
      My passion was the music which helped me to survive as a teenager. I never got in touch with any drugs. Fortunately.

    • @ceevee369
      @ceevee369 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      +1. The crescendo build up of all instruments had something powerful to pull energy out for a next fight. That and Rocky

  • @deejayC
    @deejayC 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    I could listen to Mike playing Tubular Bells solo on a grand piano all day. Wonderful.

    • @kevsumner2064
      @kevsumner2064 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      He was playing it so differently to any other pianist I've heard in the past. So much feeling. I'd love to hear him play the whole piece solo or maybe a mix of all three versions.

  • @liamobrien5738
    @liamobrien5738 5 ปีที่แล้ว +292

    ONE OF THE GREATEST PIECES OF MUSIC EVER...

    • @lozthedrum8479
      @lozthedrum8479 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      liam obrien Without a doubt!

    • @triffiks
      @triffiks 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      THE greatest piece of music

    • @unclebigkid1020
      @unclebigkid1020 5 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Beethoven once said “ I have taken music to its limits , anyone who wants to create music now will have to find a new way”. And I think Mike Oldfield did just that in tubular Bells.

    • @bumberClart1000
      @bumberClart1000 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Absolutely man 💚🎧

    • @leesawford
      @leesawford 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Totally agree ...Apart from all the other music! That’s ALL better !.. but apart from ALL the other music ...of all genres ...EVER written ..oh, and ALL the other music that’s yet to be written (probably) ...apart from all of that..it’s up there somewhere for sure! ...maybe!

  • @jdbdg6208
    @jdbdg6208 6 ปีที่แล้ว +171

    Het spannende muziekje uit de Bassie en Adriaan afleveringen.

    • @ljmike1204
      @ljmike1204 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      en de exorcist

    • @kooskansloos4834
      @kooskansloos4834 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Dan ken je Jean-Michel Jarre wellicht ook

    • @alexekelmans1945
      @alexekelmans1945 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Ja, dat is altijd het eerst waar ik aan denk als ik deze intro hoor. Mooie herinneringen Bassie en Adriaan.

    • @KittyK.
      @KittyK. 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Oorlogswinter (de serie)

    • @MrSalarmax
      @MrSalarmax 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Jooaaah! Altijd blijven lachen!

  • @teknical100
    @teknical100 4 ปีที่แล้ว +114

    Create don't destroy, the way to get through your teenage years.

    • @richards9407
      @richards9407 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I like that.

    • @BrianSmith-vl7xu
      @BrianSmith-vl7xu 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      or destroy then recreate

    • @norwegianzound
      @norwegianzound 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Shame Oldfield wants to destroy the EU. He's an ardent Brexiteer.

    • @Lee.Higginbotham
      @Lee.Higginbotham 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Also helps to run fast. Bullying wasn't considered a big deal back then. My dad was in the air force. Moving around alot means your always the new kid and the bullies like to screw with the new kid.

    • @sspbrazil
      @sspbrazil 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      True

  • @geowynleda4641
    @geowynleda4641 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    I was 15 when I was introduced to Tubular Bells. It spoke to me the way no other piece of music has before or since. I don't hear it, I feel it. I have just about everything Mike has recorded but I always come back to the first and best.
    Thank you Mike.

    • @jupiterbuoy2930
      @jupiterbuoy2930 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Me too! Nothing comes close to this wonderful piece of music.

  • @mikecollings2808
    @mikecollings2808 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Don't forget the artwork, probably the most instantly recognizable album cover of all time

    • @andygummybear123
      @andygummybear123 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      except for Dark side of the Moon

    • @mikecollings2808
      @mikecollings2808 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@andygummybear123 not sure about that, I think more none music fans would recognize those tubular bells instantly

    • @paulmanson253
      @paulmanson253 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      As much as I adore Tubular Bells,I must say the most iconic album cover was King Crimson,Court of the Crimson King. Unforgettable. TB is visually low key. Memorable,calming,but so many other albums are truly visual as well. So many visual categories. So many memories.

    • @TesterAnimal1
      @TesterAnimal1 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@andygummybear123 Not forgetting Autobahn!

    • @volt9903
      @volt9903 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      IT'S ONE OF MOST ICONIC....IN THE TOP LET'S SAY....TOP 3??YES FROM ME.

  • @slaphappy7559
    @slaphappy7559 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Mikes music has guided me through despair more than once, carrying this music with you through life can bring a clarity you may not find elsewhere

  • @wizmos74
    @wizmos74 4 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    Mike Oldfield and Vangelis ,my two greatest composers

    • @g.t.36
      @g.t.36 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yes mine too.

    • @bumberClart1000
      @bumberClart1000 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      💚🎧

    • @g.t.36
      @g.t.36 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@bumberClart1000 To the unknown man by Vangelis. From the album Spiral One of my favourites

    • @paco5386
      @paco5386 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Can't forget the collaboration of Vangelis & Jon Anderson

    • @Mindphaser1
      @Mindphaser1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      What about Jean Michel Jarre?

  • @thornyturtleranch6152
    @thornyturtleranch6152 4 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    When I was 3 or 4 or so my father picked up a mike oldfield ommadawn album, that music resonates with my whole being as a person of earth, all my life I've loved that music in ommadawn. Mike is a masterful composer. Thank you mike.

    • @neoroman0510
      @neoroman0510 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      My feeling exactly! It just sticks with you somehow.

    • @TheValueOfN
      @TheValueOfN 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Ommadawn is definitely my #1 Desert Island Disc for much the same reason as yours, Thorny.

  • @nomad7412
    @nomad7412 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    I usually steer clear of using superlatives, however, this man is simply a musical genius. I have listened to him since his first days and have great stories and memories associated with his music. Thank you, thank you, thank you for sharing your music talent with me Mike Oldfield.

    • @leesawford
      @leesawford 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Nomad - probably best you keep ‘ steering away’ mate.

  • @janiceprescott5694
    @janiceprescott5694 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    By the grace of God its a masterpiece ✨ Thankyou

  • @christianblack9426
    @christianblack9426 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    1:38 it does appeal to people going through that stage, as I am only 19, and it appealed to me when I was 13 years old, and I was going through a lot. Felt like an outcast. Mike Oldfield is still my favorite modern musician.

  • @briancordova1299
    @briancordova1299 4 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    My LP got warped from playing it so much.
    And after all of these years, I am still entranced by Mike's musical magic.

    • @romo2674
      @romo2674 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I feel sorry for you in a certain way

  • @raymondscott8499
    @raymondscott8499 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I am 72 now and I clearly remember buying the vinyl L.P in the first weeks of its release. Like quite a few Saturday afternoons I bought this album purely for the cover, thought id give it a chance.Got it home and stuck it on my Dads old Grundig Mandella gramophone, didn't get it at alI, musical scribble, it had no tracks. Then it struck home I got it.I had just started reading Lord of the rings and stuck it on headphones( pair of Koss that weighed about 3 stone) The 2 masterpieces for me meshed perfectly. The rest as they say is history. Another bought for the artwork was Dark side of the moon, but I did choose some stinkers as well. I miss those Saturday afternoons with my wife doing her clothes shopping and me sat in a record booth drawing on a Gold leaf smoke and loving it. Those were the days my friend .

  • @judyhines7403
    @judyhines7403 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Music of the Spheres is incredibly beautiful, one of my favorites.

  • @Filete
    @Filete 3 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    Thanks to John Peel, he had the audacity to play so many unknown artists and bands!
    Nowadays radio is just an extension of labels with no freedom at all.

  • @tellinit4real87
    @tellinit4real87 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    I get creeped out every time I hear that song . That's the one movie I wish I'd listened to my mother about .

  • @ndekamper
    @ndekamper 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Dit nummer is twee dingen: Bassie en Adriaan en een mooi moment om te gaan douchen tijdens de Top 2000

  • @geoffjoffy
    @geoffjoffy 5 ปีที่แล้ว +52

    Mike is such a likeable man.

    • @douglee1911
      @douglee1911 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Very complex and fragmented man, but likeable.

    • @DrWhom
      @DrWhom 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      In an aspergeresque, authentic kind of way.

    • @brianz7917
      @brianz7917 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      And Handsome.

    • @lyrimetacurl0
      @lyrimetacurl0 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Genius isn't aspergic, it's just something that appears weird because it's above you.

    • @DrWhom
      @DrWhom 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      ​@@lyrimetacurl0 I never said anything about genius in general, I just said that his likability had an aspergeresque aspect.
      Hey, maybe I know I thing or two about being a genius and aspergers...

  • @rickr.mortis4821
    @rickr.mortis4821 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Hergest Ridge is another favorite of mine. I've been a huge fan of Mike since the early 70's. A true musician,,something that doesn't really exist anymore sadly.

  • @roberthickerty390
    @roberthickerty390 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I rate it right up there with any of the great classic composers. Well written, moves from one place to another so smoothly, and provokes many emotions.

  • @blackkittens.
    @blackkittens. 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    I bought the vinyl in the 80's. Still have it :)

  • @scopex2749
    @scopex2749 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    This one album launched
    Mike Oldfields career
    And
    Richard Bransons Career!
    LIFE CHANGING MUSIC that has shaped music to this day! A true masterpiece.......
    The rest of us kneel before you Maestro........RESPECT!
    Mike is no big head, he is humble and gracious at all times

    • @Squab1972
      @Squab1972 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Keyboard Krazy well said and doesn’t show attitude like today’s stars.

    • @lyrimetacurl0
      @lyrimetacurl0 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Ru22eLL Branson inadvertently made billions and billions since it was what made him lucky.

    • @Porkcylinder
      @Porkcylinder 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Keyboard Krazy almost makes up for Branson being such an obnoxious arsehole

  • @user-ug9bm5il3j
    @user-ug9bm5il3j 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    He is a great composer. I love him

  • @logotrikes
    @logotrikes 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Oldfield has done some really REALLY good stuff, but then some not so much. A highly talented but much -troubled individual. Own everything he's done, and some gets aired more than others. The world is a better place for having Mike Oldfield in it....

  • @madiantin
    @madiantin 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    My parents had a cassette of this and I heard it and fell in love. I nicked off with their cassette and would listen to it in my bedroom over and over and over again.

  • @theforestreasons8650
    @theforestreasons8650 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    In 2018 year, i was in Greece, and all time, when we go on the roads behind mountance in the car was played this song - tubular bells. And now, this music asociation for me with beutifull nature of Greece.

  • @johnk2743
    @johnk2743 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Mike Oldfield can't possibly know how profound Tubular Bells has influenced my life. It's one of those records that don't wear over time but ripens with age.

  • @2012listo
    @2012listo 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Mike, I was one of those. I still can remember sitting in my '73 mustang mach-1, smoking weed and playing this on my cassette player. Good times! I designed the retro-stang to this music. Got laughed out of Ford for it! Ten years later they built my car.

  • @agentred8732
    @agentred8732 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Eccentric. Honest. I love heart Mike Oldfield.

  • @irishelk3
    @irishelk3 5 ปีที่แล้ว +112

    I don't know why people always focus on Tubular Bells, he's made a lot of good music; that's like someone just acknowledging Leonard Cohen for Hallelujah. His music has brought me a lot of joy.

    • @safakacar3965
      @safakacar3965 5 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      I agree , he has composed and performed other masterpieces as well ... like ommadawn or incantations... his "pop" albums in 80s were impressive too... but he was only 17 when he started composing tubular bells and only 20 when it made a ground-breaking impact on the musical scene of that decade...his gift as a multi-instrumentalist was at the very center of the work etc... personally I am a grateful fan too and ommadawn is not less stunning in my list of oldfield s best...

    • @fufufoofoo
      @fufufoofoo 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Agree, Every Music Lover should listen to Ommadawn, and others

    • @irishelk3
      @irishelk3 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      He's great man, all my friends and family are always like who's that guy you're always playing?, he has that effect on people.

    • @theshamelesspitchmenforjes2173
      @theshamelesspitchmenforjes2173 5 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      I wish that Tubular Bells was never connected to the Exorcist. The connection gets in the way of the beautiful gentleness and sadness of the music.

    • @jonnuanez2843
      @jonnuanez2843 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Um, well it's an iconic piece of music associated with you-know-what-movie. That movie was not just your average gorefest but an actual thriller with maybe-real life implications.
      Prince will always be associated with Purple Rain. It's simple yet elegant and touches the heartstrings. Same here. And people are always free to check out other pieces as well from anybody. It's on them.

  • @antonystringfellow5152
    @antonystringfellow5152 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Very powerful piece of music.
    Even more powerful when you know the story behind it.
    A true musical genius!

  • @andrewkostelnyk272
    @andrewkostelnyk272 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I never have got tired to listening to Tubular Bells -an a amazing piece of music that will live forever - a masterpiece- Mike Oldfield s a genius to have composed it at such an early age -incredible!

  • @tangerine825
    @tangerine825 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Genius ! Poland Love Mike Oldfield ;-)

  • @jasebrown2634
    @jasebrown2634 4 ปีที่แล้ว +126

    And then then it got stuck on the Scariest film ever made.

    • @mattiemclean9882
      @mattiemclean9882 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Not that scary...

    • @willyappel7722
      @willyappel7722 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      th-cam.com/video/kbRc88PtGAk/w-d-xo.html

    • @Sassenhaim
      @Sassenhaim 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@willyappel7722 dankje 👍🏻maar clowns zijn ook horror volgens sommigen 🤡😫

    • @robmoir7524
      @robmoir7524 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I would never watch The Exorcist J a s e Brown no way I never have and I never will

    • @robmoir7524
      @robmoir7524 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@mattiemclean9882 what do you mean not that scary ? The Exorcist I never want to see that movie I never have and I never will

  • @soundhobo
    @soundhobo 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    The soundtrack to my youth...and a scary film. Still love it all these years later 👍

  • @thomaskolb8785
    @thomaskolb8785 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    One of the most likeable superstars ever.

  • @kainkai007
    @kainkai007 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Mike the best Musician in the last century !

  • @thankyouforyourcompliance7386
    @thankyouforyourcompliance7386 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I often came back to that BBC performance. Mostly late in the evening after a long day.

  • @terpag11
    @terpag11 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Wow. What a great bunch of answers. Seems like a real guy, no pretensions at all.

    • @henrikpetersson3463
      @henrikpetersson3463 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      I remember him saying in a 90s interview that he could play anything that anyone has ever played on guitar.
      Yeah, very humble guy 😉

    • @leesawford
      @leesawford 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Are we watching the same interview ? One of the most pretentious of the series !

    • @colinbremner9030
      @colinbremner9030 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@henrikpetersson3463 its probably true though, if i remember correctly Mike played every instrument on that album.

  • @IllyaLeonovMorganFreepony
    @IllyaLeonovMorganFreepony 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    It has all that Mike says it has and the wonderful memories of the past in which it was produced. I was in love, and had not yet had my heart broken.

  • @kooskansloos4834
    @kooskansloos4834 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Couldn't believe this is the same guy behind Moonlight Shadow. Love that song too.

    • @Meddled
      @Meddled 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Perry Kettler Dave Angel, Ecowarrior.

    • @kooskansloos4834
      @kooskansloos4834 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Meddled Meaning?

    • @jane1975
      @jane1975 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@kooskansloos4834 You have to of watched the Fast Show to know, its used for his characters titles on the show, played by Simon Day.

    • @gurneymcbuzzin
      @gurneymcbuzzin 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Don't forget the theme to Blue Peter.

    • @jeninegrasc8414
      @jeninegrasc8414 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Perry Kettler people always forget about that song. I think it’s one of his best.

  • @Squab1972
    @Squab1972 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great album and a timeless classic, thank you for sharing.

  • @rss3785
    @rss3785 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The absolute best musician of all time.I have loved his music for the past 35 years and am never tired of hearing his compositions!

  • @lylewilliams1371
    @lylewilliams1371 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    What a haunting melody! Thank you.

  • @sufiest666
    @sufiest666 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    One of the greatest musicians of the 20th century

    • @yvesandrethevenot3489
      @yvesandrethevenot3489 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Absolutely. Way underrated. His importance will prevail, some day.

  • @zogzog1063
    @zogzog1063 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you for sharing that. Much appreciated.

  • @darcy_taylor3103
    @darcy_taylor3103 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great Musician ! Greets From Poland Mike !

  • @robmoir7524
    @robmoir7524 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I really enjoy Mike Oldfield Tubular Bells part one and part two I first heard that around the middle of September 1974 I really enjoyed it then as well

  • @astra004
    @astra004 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thanks to Mike Oldfield for this inspiring piece of music. It helped a lot.

  • @mrrolandlawrence
    @mrrolandlawrence 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    what a fascinating series of videos. mind blown. amazing to hear the insights of the songs. mike you are a legend!

  • @khymaaren
    @khymaaren 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The most regular looking musician I listen to. Honestly, if I ran into him on the street, I wouldn't be able to guess his profession. And I like it.

  • @jamesroyce1845
    @jamesroyce1845 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I grew up listening to TB and have enjoyed all of Mike's work throughout the years. TB has evolved but there is so much great music to listen to. I even have the VR stuff produced many years ago - not brilliant by today's CGI standards but fun. There is so much depth to Mike's music - love it all.

  • @gaztaylor4178
    @gaztaylor4178 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    My favourire album of all time still listen to it today 2023 solid album from start to finish 👍 🇬🇧

  • @wysiwyg2006
    @wysiwyg2006 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    i adore TBII, thats the masterpiece for me *the whole album!

  • @kainkai007
    @kainkai007 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Mike Oldfield, you're just a magician :)))

  • @allisonhunter2940
    @allisonhunter2940 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    That was so interesting, very honest and real

  • @pedromanafaia
    @pedromanafaia 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Absolutely brilliant!

  • @Vaisin
    @Vaisin 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I love his music, he seems nicer than I expected and that's awesome!

  • @JustReadable
    @JustReadable 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Such a masterpiece. It accompanied me since back then. And kudos to John Peel.

  • @Xnocturnus
    @Xnocturnus 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    THANK YOU, for this timeless masterpiece!! >..

  • @patbrownastoria
    @patbrownastoria 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Back when I used to go through used record store bins a lot, I found this record more than any other.

  • @fritzcat6198
    @fritzcat6198 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    One of the greatest albums of all time. I was in high school when it came out. Smoked weed and enjoyed the heck out of it!

  • @MarttiSuomivuori
    @MarttiSuomivuori 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I'd like to thank you for what you did.

  • @bkinouye
    @bkinouye 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    This was the very first audio cassette I ever bought.

    • @axel6699
      @axel6699 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Ha! As a family, we bought our first cassette player (Philips I think) together with our first tape - Tubular Bells.

    • @sirandrelefaedelinoge
      @sirandrelefaedelinoge 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      What is this "audio cassette" of which you speak...?

    • @April-sp8un
      @April-sp8un 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      I ruined an 8 track i borrowed from brother in law cause i played it over and over. Felt bad cause couldnt afford to replace it. He had album too. I did too for awhile

  • @davidweatherhead1431
    @davidweatherhead1431 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The greatest musical album EVER 👌👌

  • @philrabe910
    @philrabe910 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Possibly my favorite album of all time. now I have to haul it out and give it a spin. It is one of 3 actual vinyl albums I own.

  • @TheHumbuckerboy
    @TheHumbuckerboy 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    An amazingly brilliant piece of music !

  • @mickwinters8484
    @mickwinters8484 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    You are truly a GOD my friend, followed you my entire life you are a musical genius!:)

  • @harrieakkers3002
    @harrieakkers3002 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Tack you...
    Love from sweden...

  • @kkuenzel56
    @kkuenzel56 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I wore out my 8 Track tape of Tubular Bells back in the 70s.
    Masterpiece!

  • @iismyalias
    @iismyalias 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    It took me a looong time to listen to this and appreciate it for being the exceptional work it is, without out getting flat out terrified. I was a really young kid when The Exorcist came out and totally shouldn't have been watching it!

  • @TheCaptainKim
    @TheCaptainKim 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    John Peel! Nice to hear his name mentioned again.

  • @johnakaoldguy3158
    @johnakaoldguy3158 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Such a classic piece.

  • @londonroulette
    @londonroulette 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    So true how the best music just comes.by chance, by inspiration, by life.

  • @snuffpappy
    @snuffpappy ปีที่แล้ว

    Amazing writer / performer.

  • @kevinstrawser5073
    @kevinstrawser5073 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    In the 1970,s this is the best song to test a new stereo. Play TB THROUGH A SET OF AR7S,UNREAL

  • @Spineloro
    @Spineloro 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    inspiring ! Thxs!!!

  • @g2macs
    @g2macs 4 ปีที่แล้ว +57

    If Mr. O had decided to become a plumber instead of tinkering around with bells, we would not have Virgin trains, Virgin Air, Virgin Space, Virgin Music etc-etc and Beardy would be quietly retired in a council estate somewhere.

    • @antonystringfellow5152
      @antonystringfellow5152 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Indeed!
      Oldfield is a true genius!

    • @hanniffydinn6019
      @hanniffydinn6019 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      So true, also Branson didn’t even like the record, didn’t think it would be a success.... weird huh?

    • @l3p3
      @l3p3 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Hah, that is the story for every single person in history. These "what if ..." questions are a lil bit pointless I think.

    • @lyrimetacurl0
      @lyrimetacurl0 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      So you're saying Richard Branson rode off Mike Oldfield's back?

    • @I_Don_t_want_a_handle
      @I_Don_t_want_a_handle 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Nope. It's a nice dream but Branson is from a rich family - he'd have been financed without riding on Mike's coat-tails.
      Besides, I'd rather have Beardy in all his slime and Mike Oldfield than no Mike Oldfield.

  • @Beun007
    @Beun007 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Also on my playlist!

  • @deezynar
    @deezynar 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Great music. Someone should use it in a movie.

  • @DAYGLOUKNOUKNO
    @DAYGLOUKNOUKNO 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hey he looks like Daniel Craig.......!!!!!! On a serious note......how much joy has T.Bells brought to the generations......BLOODY MASTERPIECE!!! And just a Smart kid too.....WE SALUTE YOU!!!

  • @geowynleda4641
    @geowynleda4641 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I have to listen to it now.

  • @theshamelesspitchmenforjes2173
    @theshamelesspitchmenforjes2173 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    A true artist.

  • @jerzinho92
    @jerzinho92 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I say the same. Dont ask me why. It is. 😆. I love you Mike 👍🏻

  • @surferdjnj
    @surferdjnj 14 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I remember being like 7-9 when this came out. It was part of the Exorcist soundtrack I think. I loved it and it's darkness freaked me out all at the same time. It, I think, was the beginning of my subconscious mind understanding that music could make me feel different things / ways.

  • @MrPhilgascoine
    @MrPhilgascoine 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    If he is reading these comments I was to say thank you thank you 👍👍👍👍

  • @loki76
    @loki76 ปีที่แล้ว

    I have several of his albums. I love listening to them when reading books. Especially the books by Dean Koontz. It just works well together.

  • @edwardtait4285
    @edwardtait4285 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Love it...:-)))

  • @larslindqvist1320
    @larslindqvist1320 ปีที่แล้ว

    One of the best composer there is, i think not more people know if him is because he's withdrawn personality

  • @vargo0515
    @vargo0515 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    AWESOME !! 😉👽😈

  • @thankyouforyourcompliance7386
    @thankyouforyourcompliance7386 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    All the suffering and problems he had at least created a beautiful piece of art. I guess that most extraordinary pieces of art come from this source.

  • @drumdad54sdl47
    @drumdad54sdl47 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    A brilliant piece of work. Tubular Bells 2 is also very good.

    • @leesawford
      @leesawford 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      drumdad54 sdl A’s is tubular bells 3 -return of the bells. 4 is a bit of the ‘same old same old’ though..Don’t get me started on 5 !

  • @ulrichhermes1315
    @ulrichhermes1315 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Just a genius!