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.^^
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!).
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.
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.
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
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!
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.
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!
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.
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.
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.
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?
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.
@@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.
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 ❤️
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!).
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 🍀👋👍🙏
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!
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
This guy is just incredible. Can remember listening to him back in the day, but now, realise just what an incredible talent he was.
That smile at the end was priceless, he, he!❤
He is a true multi instrumentalist!
He plays all instruments by him self!!
❤❤❤
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
🙂🙃😉👍
Mike Oldfield is a musical genius.
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!
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.
This guy seems to become very famous on TH-cam.
Der hatte schon ne geile Band, damals :-)
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!
One of the Most talented Musicians of the Century !
Visual effects aside, the timing and syncing is just perfect, and to think everything was played by a single person.
Fabulous clean and crisp picking on that SG.
8 times Mike on one classic song. Amazing. Timeless.
Handcrafted! Without any computer, all the stuff and the electronic helpers we have, now!
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
The best👍🏻🇬🇧
me n the boys after the opera
Such a fantastically talented artist always keeps me smiling brilliant thank you
In short: amazing. Thanks Mike for your contribution to music.
Love Mike oldfield xx
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.
Mike Oldfield genius musician and bloody funny as well.
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
Das ist Musik
A great guitar virtuoso.
The Mike Oldfields
This is the Mike Oldfield Ensemble playing Willian Tell Overture!
We have
Mike Oldfield - Everything
And that's it!
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 😊
Never heard these guys before but they’re really good.
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
Playing with all his friends
cleft turnip - playing with himself...
@@bobstar76 Maybe he was schizophrenic, don't judge ;D.
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.........
Great Musician...Great Multi-instrumentalist...Greets From Poland !
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.
Mike Oldfield is my favourite band. Excellent musicians.
One can never have too many Mike Oldfields
Or purple ohm’s
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 :)
My god wasn't he beautiful. Love him all ways
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.
These were the days when several soundtracks and video were combined into one. Who remembers 4-track tape recorders? ;) Super
This is better than the original! I LOVE your music Mike Oldfield! Always have always do and always will even when I pass!
A precursor of nowadays acappella videos. Mike Oldfield a precursor of the best.
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.
who else could do this the mans a musical genius
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!?"
it reminds me that Oldfield is a multi-talented musical genius
THANK YOU VERY MUCH MIKE OLDFIELD 🥂👏
Unbelievable talent Mr Old field... Tubular always the game changer❤️
Genius ! Poland Love Mike Oldfield ;-)
Mike and the Oldfield's !
what a sweet smile at the end :)
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.
When genius and hardworking collide
He is a genius
Absolute magic! My ears bathe in joy
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
Genius at work.
The definition of an intellectual is someone who can hear the William Tell Overture and not immediately think of The Lone Ranger :)
Brilliant just Brilliant
The best multi instrumentalist by far
Love the lockdown haircut. Yes he really was ahead of his time.
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.
magic
2023 we still love him ❤😊
I agree he's just showing off and I too love it.Awesome
Theres only one Mike Oldfield....apart from this video
8 MIKE OLDFIELDS WOW BUT IN THE END THERE CAN BE ONLY ONE MAY IT BE MIKE OLDFIELD!!!
Just timeless. Perfect piece of music.
Oh, he' s just showing off, and didn't I just love it..... yeah!
Fantastic mister,just your music,bless.
The almighty mike ❤
Well, this put a big smile on my face.
Mike Oldfield is the Mozart of new age
New Age??? Do you know what you're talking about?
Let's state the obvious what a musical genius, I can't even play the paper and comb not that I'm bitter
Mike oldfield é wonderful. É storico. È magico💟💟💟💟💟💟💟💟💟💟💟💟💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖
Thank you friends💟💟buon ascolto🌹🍍
Ciao giovanni cioffi💖grazie della condivisione💖buona serata💖
Hudshsoft thanks.
Magnifico.
Vicky Sviski 🌹👍❤️🖤♓️♊️☘️🙏
After "Sir Elton", what about "Sir Mike" - a knighthood for Mike Oldfield?
Definitely!
But we all know Cowell and his ilk will get there before true talent
I must be drunk, surely those are duplicates of the same lad.
Obviously
Cloning was more advanced, then.
Nah. You're blind drunk.
God damn it! Who let Mike Oldfield at the cloning machine again?
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.
Return to Ommadawn will be out soon. The new album by Mike Oldfield. Out in early 2017 !
what a brilliant piece of music this guy is a genius well done mate I love your music being a fan of your music for donkey years.
A very rare talent here
genial!!!!!me encanta!!!best musician of all times... Mike oldfield...without any doubt!
Great to hear this
I love it!! He is a fantastic musician and I'm so grateful that I grew up with him being around :-)
Fantastic. An achievement to make its way in the William Hill advert.
I wish I could clone myself and have a massive jam session.
+PhazonSouffle Alas, you lack the wizardry that only Mike Oldfield possesses.
if think this was the theme of the long ranger
0:35 nice entrance lol
Amaizing 🪕🪘🎷🪈
AMAZING TALENTED GUY CAN PLAY EVERY INSTRUMENT AND PUT ALL TOGETHER ON TAPE TO.MAKE TUNE
An underrated genius