Sadly, Mike's distant cousins from all over Europe (Michail from the USSR, Mikael from Denmark, Mika from Finland, Michel from France, Michalis from Greece, Mikkel from Norway, Michele from Italy, Michał from Poland, Mihai from Romania, Mykolas from Lithuania and Miguel from Spain) didn't want to participate.^^
This was 1977. The multi-layering seen here was nothing new at the time, people had been doing it on videotape since VT was invented in the 1950s (and of course on film for a very long time before *that*), but it needed a lot of VTRs available to minimise analogue generation loss, and a lot of careful pre-planning - you couldn't just alter the relationship of the layers on a whim.
In the 1970's musicians didn't have the technology to record different instruments at different times in the recording studio.. they only had the technology to make 3D duplicate prints of themselves..
For another couple of this tune, try Glen's Smokin' one (stick with it to at least 2:28) th-cam.com/video/GUBhE00h9U0/w-d-xo.html , and the Schmutzdorfers (it was them playing, not those you see) th-cam.com/video/dwhGlrZOfFI/w-d-xo.html (I now _expect_ the baby at 1:02!).
This guitar tone is called "woman tone". Eric Clapton pioneered it in the 1960's. It is achieved by cranking your amp and setting it fairly bright, but turning the tone knobs on a guitar all the way of. It results in a soft almost flute like tone
That is indeed. And the way he plays them is staggering. Also even the "easiest" of instruments is palyed with earnesty,... I wonder whether he had Asperger, or a different form of Autism? But wonderful version of the Tell'sche Ouverture.
Tonight only, Mike Oldfield in concert. Also featuring, Mike Oldfield, Mike Oldfield, and Mike Oldfield, and introducing Mike Oldfield with Mike Oldfield, and also Mike Oldfield.
Anderson is a talented man in a different way. Room for many talents, the more the better. Both a bit under recognised, although, Tull were huge around 71 just before 'Bells.
Amazing how people do stuff like this(visually I mean) on youtube all the time, but back then it was so novel and new. and such a wonderful performance!
Takes me back to when Mr. O was given the freedom of London. Front row (hanging on the barriers in the middle of the stage at the Guildhall with my then friend Kev) My ears are still ringing! Rock On!
I found this single in a bargain bin in early 1980 and played it over and over. It sounded like a simple little tune. Only now, seeing this video, do I realise how much went into it. That bargain bin (35p each single) was a godsend for Mike Oldfield fans. I remember Cuckoo Song b/w Pipe Tune, Portsmouth b/s Speak tho' you only say farewell, a single b/w Argiers (might have been In Dulci Jubilo). I can't recall what was on the other side of this single. Anyone remember?
I just found out, that the part Oldfield is playing is actually the final of the overture, the last bit. Never knew that. But love that song and this video with all the many Mike's
There are very few artistes that are so many talented, Mick Oldfield, David Bowie and Roy Wood, it's fantastic to her them and although I love the other two, Mike Oldfield eclipses them both with his musical skill.
@@loplopthebird1860 BOOMER LOL. ...Gen X actually ... I hate "Boomers" with a passion. That said the only people who don't hate boomers are other boomers... You must admit this guy has some serious talent that is very rare.
What cracks me up about this video, for the longest time, is how he plays the jingle bells as if it the most important instrument in the world. He just is a musical genius.
Hoping the kids who loved Mike's Nuclear, found this and enjoyed. He may not have sang on 'most' of his tracks, but his musical talent that even makes cover versions (Rossini) his own.
This guy was so ahead of his time he was doing videos for youtube in the 70's
Ikr
Rock Barcellos yes definitely!
R u stupid, it's made 4 tv, TH-cam was not invented in the 70-ies
@@peter-fuppe-fuchsyeah, that's the joke, bro...
Long before youtube there was Mtv and the "M" used to stand there for MUSIC!!!
I never realized he had so many brothers.
Computers. It's all him. Your mother must be proud of you. Not.
In this case so many twins🤣
and all got the same haircut amazing
And cousins !!
@@pentuplove6542 You're so clever! Shame it went over your head like an aeroplane.
This is Mick, Michael, Mickey, Micky, Mikey, Micheàl and Mike Oldfield, what a musical family ❤️
Sadly, Mike's distant cousins from all over Europe (Michail from the USSR, Mikael from Denmark, Mika from Finland, Michel from France, Michalis from Greece, Mikkel from Norway, Michele from Italy, Michał from Poland, Mihai from Romania, Mykolas from Lithuania and Miguel from Spain) didn't want to participate.^^
@@TheAmarok87 ❤️
I am more amazed by the fact that they were able to overlay videos already at the time when Mike Oldfield looked like this. Late 60s or what?
This was 1977. The multi-layering seen here was nothing new at the time, people had been doing it on videotape since VT was invented in the 1950s (and of course on film for a very long time before *that*), but it needed a lot of VTRs available to minimise analogue generation loss, and a lot of careful pre-planning - you couldn't just alter the relationship of the layers on a whim.
@@dunebasher1971 Wow, thanks!
In the 1970's musicians didn't have the technology to record different instruments at different times in the recording studio.. they only had the technology to make 3D duplicate prints of themselves..
Intelligent!
threedee multitracking
Here we have all the tech and we're still copying comments.
true
Multi-instrumentalist youtuber before the youtube exist. Not bad at all
Excellent
My god
52 years on this planet and i have only just discovered this fantastic performance of a classic tune
Where av you been
Me tooooooo... 58 for me.....
I'll soon be 52 too and my late father raised me on Mike's excellent music - have every album, every single and most live concerts on dvd.
Watch Punkadiddle or The Cooks Tune, you will be hooked to this man.
For another couple of this tune, try Glen's Smokin' one (stick with it to at least 2:28)
th-cam.com/video/GUBhE00h9U0/w-d-xo.html
, and the Schmutzdorfers (it was them playing, not those you see)
th-cam.com/video/dwhGlrZOfFI/w-d-xo.html
(I now _expect_ the baby at 1:02!).
Mike Oldfield has a really unique, soft guitar tone.
Sometimes it sounds more like a double reed than a guitar, it's very unique
And annoying.
@@BurrenSHdrums What
@@BurrenSHdrums No way! Mike's guitars are awesome!
This guitar tone is called "woman tone". Eric Clapton pioneered it in the 1960's.
It is achieved by cranking your amp and setting it fairly bright, but turning the tone knobs on a guitar all the way of. It results in a soft almost flute like tone
Oldfield has a level of multi-instrumental professionalism that I can barely even dream of.
Check out the Swedish band Wintergatan. They are all multi-instrumental - amazing.
@@bsvenss2 What's even more amazing is that steel-ball machine.
niriop above and beyond ♓️♊️❤️🖤🏴🙏
That is indeed. And the way he plays them is staggering. Also even the "easiest" of instruments is palyed with earnesty,...
I wonder whether he had Asperger, or a different form of Autism?
But wonderful version of the Tell'sche Ouverture.
niriop 🍀👋👍🙏
That smile at the end was priceless, he, he!❤
He is a true multi instrumentalist!
He plays all instruments by him self!!
❤❤❤
Mike Oldfield is a musical genius.
This guy is just incredible. Can remember listening to him back in the day, but now, realise just what an incredible talent he was.
Tonight only, Mike Oldfield in concert. Also featuring, Mike Oldfield, Mike Oldfield, and Mike Oldfield, and introducing Mike Oldfield with Mike Oldfield, and also Mike Oldfield.
Mike Oldfield is my all-time favorite. Love his music from the early 70's till today.
Mike Oldfield genius musician and bloody funny as well.
Before computers musicians had to clone themselves multiple times in order to play their songs
If only you knew how bad things really were: th-cam.com/video/91jag9yqiqE/w-d-xo.html
This tune is the cloneranger theme tune take it away mikes !!!
Written by Rossini (The Finale)
@@Imageguru2008 brilliantly done i say !!!
@@jonathanhatfield1237 i like gladly his whole Instrumentale music
🙂🙃😉👍
This guy seems to become very famous on TH-cam.
Das ist Musik
i recognize only one person as talented as him, Ian Anderson.
I am a Oldfield Fan and Jethro Tull,too. Yes, Ian is famous,too
Agreed 😃
Anderson is a talented man in a different way. Room for many talents, the more the better. Both a bit under recognised, although, Tull were huge around 71 just before 'Bells.
Or Jon Anderson
I approve this comment eight years after it was posted. Shut up
Fabulous clean and crisp picking on that SG.
Der hatte schon ne geile Band, damals :-)
One of the Most talented Musicians of the Century !
Amazing how people do stuff like this(visually I mean) on youtube all the time, but back then it was so novel and new.
and such a wonderful performance!
Love Mike oldfield xx
The best👍🏻🇬🇧
The Mike Oldfields
8 times Mike on one classic song. Amazing. Timeless.
Handcrafted! Without any computer, all the stuff and the electronic helpers we have, now!
This is the Mike Oldfield Ensemble playing Willian Tell Overture!
We have
Mike Oldfield - Everything
And that's it!
In short: amazing. Thanks Mike for your contribution to music.
me n the boys after the opera
Great Musician...Great Multi-instrumentalist...Greets From Poland !
what a sweet smile at the end :)
A great guitar virtuoso.
Such a fantastically talented artist always keeps me smiling brilliant thank you
Playing with all his friends
cleft turnip - playing with himself...
@@bobstar76 Maybe he was schizophrenic, don't judge ;D.
Visual effects aside, the timing and syncing is just perfect, and to think everything was played by a single person.
Mike and the Oldfield's !
Possibly the most musically talented person to have lived. I doubt a musical instrument has been made that he cannot play extremely well.
Never heard him play a saxophone, trombone or cello
@@andywright8803probably no good on the hobo.
Jacob Collier.........
I've always loved the way he approaches lead guitar, usually just switching that tone control off and wobbling the shit out of each note. Magical.
I was brought up with his music my mother loved it so do I, I am now sixty seven and I still cannot get enough
When genius and hardworking collide
One can never have too many Mike Oldfields
Or purple ohm’s
Takes me back to when Mr. O was given the freedom of London. Front row (hanging on the barriers in the middle of the stage at the Guildhall with my then friend Kev) My ears are still ringing! Rock On!
I found this single in a bargain bin in early 1980 and played it over and over. It sounded like a simple little tune. Only now, seeing this video, do I realise how much went into it. That bargain bin (35p each single) was a godsend for Mike Oldfield fans. I remember Cuckoo Song b/w Pipe Tune, Portsmouth b/s Speak tho' you only say farewell, a single b/w Argiers (might have been In Dulci Jubilo). I can't recall what was on the other side of this single. Anyone remember?
Argiers was the B-side of The William Tell Overture
The definition of an intellectual is someone who can hear the William Tell Overture and not immediately think of The Lone Ranger :)
Back in the day, when people first saw this, they must've thought they were seeing the future.
What is meant when you typed "...when people first say this,.."?
Thanks.
@@pentuplove6542 Sorry, I mistyped. What I meant to say is "when people first 'saw' this". It's corrected now :)
it reminds me that Oldfield is a multi-talented musical genius
Never heard these guys before but they’re really good.
Genius at work.
My god wasn't he beautiful. Love him all ways
wer hört noch heute Mike Oldfield ?
Viel mehr Menschen, als du glaubst.:) Gibt sogar sowas altmodisches wie ein Forum mit sehr netten Menschen und einer Menge Musikverstand!
Ich ,und das sehr sehr oft und sehr sehr gerne 😊
Mike Oldfield is my favourite band. Excellent musicians.
God damn it! Who let Mike Oldfield at the cloning machine again?
A precursor of nowadays acappella videos. Mike Oldfield a precursor of the best.
Brilliant just Brilliant
8 MIKE OLDFIELDS WOW BUT IN THE END THERE CAN BE ONLY ONE MAY IT BE MIKE OLDFIELD!!!
He is a genius
I just found out, that the part Oldfield is playing is actually the final of the overture, the last bit. Never knew that. But love that song and this video with all the many Mike's
My Dad loved this song. Passed by today. Dad i will never forget what you´ve done to me. R.i.p
Andy De Sir, your Dad will always be with you. That is a promise !
Andy De I feel exactly the same way for my father. you sir shed tears to my face
i am hereby requesting Moonlight Shadow played at my funeral, are you reading this , son Grayman49
So sorry mate
Genius ! Poland Love Mike Oldfield ;-)
My very 1st Mike Oldfield video I've watched 30 years ago. But only in 2001 I could finally could appreciate his works and been a fan ever since.
The best multi instrumentalist by far
That guitar tone is unmistakable.
Absolute genius, fantastic music by Mike and comes complete with a clipper lighter in a pouch...
ready to hit that bong ,,, 🥰
It's only a cover, but masterfully played.
There are very few artistes that are so many talented, Mick Oldfield, David Bowie and Roy Wood, it's fantastic to her them and although I love the other two, Mike Oldfield eclipses them both with his musical skill.
magic
zum Glück gibt es mehrere Oldfields
Aber leider keine Live Konzerte mehr
Theres only one Mike Oldfield....apart from this video
who else could do this the mans a musical genius
Este absolut. Nu conteaza partea video. In cazul lui este muzica. Si aici este sublim, unic. Ii multumesc.
This is better than the original! I LOVE your music Mike Oldfield! Always have always do and always will even when I pass!
A very rare talent here
Just timeless. Perfect piece of music.
Absolute magic! My ears bathe in joy
Why now? Why I couldn´t see this 15 years ago? But thanks anyway. It is Great.
+teltri I know that feel bro...Im just discovering Mike's music TODAY!! And I'm like "WHY NOW!? WHY THE HELL NOW!?"
Mike old field is brilliant
REAL genuine talent...Sadly long gone in today's so-called "Music" ..OUTSTANDING
ok boomer
@@loplopthebird1860 BOOMER LOL. ...Gen X actually ... I hate "Boomers" with a passion.
That said the only people who don't hate boomers are other boomers... You must admit this guy has some serious talent that is very rare.
These were the days when several soundtracks and video were combined into one. Who remembers 4-track tape recorders? ;) Super
Amaizing 🪕🪘🎷🪈
THANK YOU VERY MUCH MIKE OLDFIELD 🥂👏
What cracks me up about this video, for the longest time, is how he plays the jingle bells as if it the most important instrument in the world. He just is a musical genius.
Let's state the obvious what a musical genius, I can't even play the paper and comb not that I'm bitter
alder Schwede .... endlich mal eine Bildhafte Darstellung, wie man solche mehrspurigen Aufnahmen erzeugt ...... vielen Dank
Mike Oldfield is the Mozart of new age
New Age??? Do you know what you're talking about?
Hoping the kids who loved Mike's Nuclear, found this and enjoyed. He may not have sang on 'most' of his tracks, but his musical talent that even makes cover versions (Rossini) his own.
Utterly superb.
Fantastic mister,just your music,bless.
Oh, he' s just showing off, and didn't I just love it..... yeah!
Complete with the bodhrán! Maith thú Mike!
He has the gift of multilocation :)
The almighty mike ❤
0:35 nice entrance lol
An underrated genius
A Gibson SG playing Will Tell - only Mike could pull it off !
Totally amazing in every way
Fantastic. An achievement to make its way in the William Hill advert.
Unbelievable talent Mr Old field... Tubular always the game changer❤️
And that my friends is how its done, genius at work.
Well, this put a big smile on my face.