Mike Oldfield - Montreux 1981 - Tubular Bells part 2

[Aisakyeah]

just in another dimmenssion, yeah

[Reamfist]

ever notice how you forget you're listening to the song and then the solo kicks in at 04:50ish and suddenly you're completely drawn into the song?

[TheGoodnessIsGood]

Music can heal. Most music today is written with the intent to do the opposite I think... or at best, to just make money.

[reekashade]

Real music,real talent used to get of to this back in the day-POWERFULL STUFF.

[MonsieurBrioche]

J'adore cette face,cool,reposante ,aaaah Mike ce Génie!

[bati9rst]

This people realy can love...

Mike Genius!!!

[francispaniol]

madre mía, se me ponen los pelos de punta... que pedazo de artista.. unos de los mayores y mejores músicos del siglo XX

[Jencikee84]

Meggie The Best :)

[7dmetzger]

I am in awe of his talent...what a musical genius he is........he was able to play so many instruments and command the place his music was going. Not dependent on many.

[7dmetzger]

What a talented artist!!

[STARCHILDTHAPRODUCA]

He looks like my ex, born on 31 Oct (scorpio) hmmm weird.

Anyway this is my fave part of the CD I used to listen to every night n go to sleep.. Many moons ago!

[Zliq71]

Think he was 17 when he wrote it. So here he must habe been around 25 or 26. Amazing...

[jester295]

sounds like a tune that could feature in zelda ocarina of time

[XanAxDdu]

this section seems a sort of celtic requiem invocation and fury for someone very very close, if it would be, and it probably was, here comes best reason/inspiration

[geoffdoor]

tit

[truinfini]

mmmmmm yummy music.

[birth46day]

Sorry: mom,"These" end "are", got it.

[birth46day]

Watching this Montreaux videos,suddenly comes to my mind that time really doesn`t exist and this people is actually playing at this very moment. Might be the music, or their timeless talent.

[piano2k8]

@birth46day great post friend! nevertheless, I'd like to be there, in Montreux, as they are playing ... to listen with my own ears to this wonderful - incredibile - fantastic concert. Thanks Mike, thanks thanks thanks thanks thanks

[dogli980]

4:54 best part of the song

[dogli980]

too bad that he doesn't play anymore

[Dyslexica]

Aaah, but he does! It's rare to see him in public, but he put out a remastered Tubular Bells, including this side, this past June. That's when he got the rights to his creation back from Virgin Records. I love his music! All of it! Five Stars to this version! Listen to the Sailor's Hornpipe too... it picks up where this one leaves off!

[Dyslexica]

Amazing what you find on the BACK side of LP albums. Still the sweet melodious sounds found on side A, but there's a beauty to this side, too. A chance to mellow out. Keep your eyes on Mike and Tim - both hardly watch their fingers as they play. Mozart is being emulated in every part of this.

[Bluedybluedyblue]

Mike looks like a little kid here. I didn't realize how young he was when he created this masterpiece.

[DeathAngelHRA]

and this is several years after he wrote and recorded it to album.

[hsd628]

He was 17 when he wrote it. Astonishing. I'm a successful professional musician, and I was heavily inspired by Mike. And at 17, I was listening to him while tripping out smoking dope. I wrote music at the time, but NOTHING like this.. He truly is/was a genius...

[Davccelion]

@Bluedybluedyblue , and here he was already 28! His most famous masterpiece, Tubular Bells, was released when he was just 19!

[endora60]

@Davccelion Damn, that's early to peak. All downhill from there.

[rojblake82]

@Bluedybluedyblue Ace album and it sold over 20 millions copies.

[kohanjin]

he can't sing with his voice at all (check out "Heaven's Open" CD) but he makes that guitar SING for him!!! wow...

glad my name's MIKE too...

[pipistrello64]

THE BEST .............

[Gunsreloader]

Are this performances in a released dvd or somethimg ?

[mvd191]

Its on the "Live At Montreux 1981" DVD

[Gunsreloader]

Thanks a lot !

[TheWolfThatIam]

wooooow,

this man is a god with a guitar!!!

this song can make me at peace in just a few seconds and that says enough!

[metallica35795]

awesome!!!

[kernelcolonel]

i can't believe i've never heard of this guy before today

[hsd628]

Check out "Incantations" for something similarly genius, and of course, his modern masterpiece, "Amarok".

[truinfini]

@hsd628 oh man I can listen to Amarok over and over again. Mike's music will always be timeless in its creation. I grew up to Mike Oldfield. and love everything he has ever put to sound.

[jtaforJesus]

@truinfini

right with you there! =) he's a genious!!!

[lukaszswietek]

The best distortion !!!!!!!!!!!!

[delajaxa]

Mike Oldfield is a music genius. This is just one masterpiece from his vast catalogue.

[metalburger2]

shit, I wanted him to do the caveman grunting part hahaha

[samuraixgtmj]

esta cancion es muy conmovedora :')

[jazzevans]

how does he get that sound...?

Pure genius.

[GpunktHartman]

Best ever ...

[lescailloux1964]

Deus Amo

[kaiserwilhelm23]

great piece of music

[filsgreen]

No word of ta lie this story. I used to listen to this on amy CD in the mid 80s through Bose speakers and my Dobermann dog used to bark about 2 minutes into this piece as someone coughed while Mike played the guitar. Listen to the track on side 2 carefully and you'll hear the cough. That's how peaceful I think this part is the, the dog was woken up! :-)

Phil

[danielexr]

Cough!

[dissent88]

This man is god. He plays such a great heavenly guitar with keyboards, and its true music to my ears.

[TwistedAnvil]

I almost fell asleep while listening to the first bits of Tubular Bells Part 2 on CD (not because it was boring but because it was so calming and soothing) but had a rude awakening by the caveman! Thats the first reason it became my favourite Mike Oldfield piece. The second was the sailor's hornpipe at the end :P

[machetetheandroid]

porn music?

[danielexr]

please, EXPLAIN to EVERYBODY US what is exactly "porn music", as you are an expert of the matter

[Nisshoku]

I'd say music that gives you happy feelings in the pants, but I'm sure he meant something else by porn music.

[amarokobe]

dis is fantastic, maic olfil is a greit musician, guen ai listening dis miusic ai zinc ken ai flai! jajajajaajajajaj

pero como me mola mike oldfiel macho!!!!

Amarok el mejor

[Shaddy999]

Goos Pimples Music ;)

[spursdude92]

Tubular Bells is such a great album. When my dad showed it to me i was just in awe at its amazingness!

[ramblingman48]

This is beautiful. Very mellow yet with a bit of a haunting theme. Fantastic all the way!!

[NoMaTeC]

This is the best version I've ever heard. New versions are not even close to be as good.

[madmoses59]

Tubular Bells, great album

[1piper2]

amazing, her voice is so cristal clear, no more comments!!!!!!

[caracre]

This guy is so diverse with his musical abilities and creativity. Excellent stuff!

[dissent88]

"Hergest Ridge" and "Tubular Bells" are just fantastic pieces of music.

[WwwTitoMikeWebCom]

Beautiful performance. 100% Mike. Now he is at 50% or less

[boxcarguy07]

no way! music of the spheres was amazing!

certainly no tubular bells, but amazing nonetheless.

Well, maybe 50% mike is still very amazing :-)

[DominicGuitarist]

I am a 17 year old guitarist and have been playing for 4 years and I am amaze to have found a guitarist with such amazing finger picking.

[pjrulezxyz]

listen to some Tommy Emmanuel and Chet Atkins... they're also amazing fingerpickers...

[wheelnut059]

Yes they are, but mike is playing in a completely different way. Our world is so much richer because of people like these.

[FelisEbrius]

Am I the only one that thinks Maggie Reilly is off her tits on some psychedelic substance during this whole show?

[DRam1981]

She looks flat out tired & swollen up to me... and it's not much fun waiting around back stage till you're wanted out front - it's too much like being used. Plus, they had *loud* stage volumes back then; her ears were probably getting scorched!

[FelisEbrius]

Yeah, that makes sense man. I agree, it must've been a killer waiting backstage like a puppet.

[stormbouy]

i think they all were off their faces felisebrius

lol

[drapoel]

Has anyone ever thought if the next part, i.e. bagpipes replaced by guitar, if that was playable on a bagpipe? So far, I figured out that a fragment is.

[FrankMann214]

Gosh is so hard to be ahead of time and do things no one quite understands... it must have not been easy to do shows like this one back in the seventies

Even now for chrisaches...

Marvelous musician

[ichmalealsobinich]

"Tubular bells" or "incantations" no matter what it is. In the next century or even earlier you will find MO's music in the classic department side by side next to them of Bach, Beethoven, Franz Liszt a.s.o.

[nosboynx]

he plays the gitaur? whith those nails?!?! IMPOSSIBLE!

[AtticLightEntertain]

he plays guitar in classical or fingerpicking style, and for that its a very good idea to grow out the nails on your picking hand so its pretty much like you have 4 or 5 individual little picks because for classical guitar you have 1-2 strings per finger

[lakemchalicer]

wow.

side two is better than side 1.

easy in top 5 guitarists of all time.

[IceTeaEdwin]

nice song

the singer has a "where the hell am i!??!" expression ^~^

[proinsiaspad]

Is this ABBA playing this song? Looks a bit likr Bjorn...?

[dissent88]

I have an original Virgin record of "Tubular Bells", and I think that side 2 of Tubular Bells is really not listened to enough. If people really listen to the whole original side 2, it's actually quite nice.

[lilLeLuen]

yes it definetly is nice

[Squab1972]

Beautiful the second side, what a genius Mike Oldfield is.

[mrzeegrr]

Ah...The sound of genius.

[shredyairi]

This video is 27 years old and still as fresh as ever!!

Unbelievable!

There are just a handful of supremely talented individuals that we ever have the priviledge of watching, and here is one of them!

Absolutely top shelf!

[Mereas65]

Hes a very good musician, one of my favorites.

[Biochips1]

A man came to earth in the name of music!

[Ianturner77]

You would get arrested in the middle if you killed :L

[emergency92]

I would kill to get to that consert!!

[manduko3333]

I agree, I would pay thousands to get there...

[NoMaTeC]

Fucking awsome. Godlike Mike Oldfield is the best.

[NoMaTeC]

Omfg, you are so right!!

[NoMaTeC]

I don't think he's from earth..he's from somewhere else...

[Testecoeur]

does a dvd exist of this concert?

[IKE66]

yes: Mike Oldfield - Live At Montreux 1981

by the way: two day after seen the concert on youtube (shared by whobearUK) i've ordered the dvd - and enjoyed it so many many times until now.

[ADOLFOKARRASCO]

Ainda existe esperança para esta bosta de mundo!

[Cinatas666]

I'm not sure what side I like more, 1 or 2. 1 could recognise anyway, but I maybe could with 2. and 2 has that 'celtic' sorta section on it before the caveman, and who can't love the caveman?

[sinistar64]

If the world had this much peace there would not be war!

[Sabiancym]

People would fight over who is more peaceful.

[mattnconwayx]

B-E-A-utiful

[Danishdonjuan]

Can music get any better?

[beelzibubbles]

in reply to Danishdonjuan .... no apart from his other albums

[Marigoldnn]

Ovo nije samo muzika. Ovo je utociste...

[louswire]

I still have this on vinyl... guess I'll have to buy the cd someday... always loved this . . .

[Gavyn84]

really... want to sell it? email me

[dissent88]

I know what you mean. I'm still looking for a cd of this. But I still enjoy listening to my vinyl of it.

[Squab1972]

The CD to Tubular Bells is still available through amazon and most record retailers.

[descale]

Mike Oldfield is sipply a musical genious

[Zolfiqar05401]

Beautiful

[bbbckcal]

Don't he has another work called "en la alberca" (in the pool)? it was marketed to spanish networks, but I'm not certain if it was his

[Morganissima]

I have never noticed anyone posting an anti-MO post, unlike for some other "artists'" (and I am a past mistress at it). Could it be that people recognise class and talent? MO always manages to find people with talent to accompany him. His music is magical.

[PrZemek44]

Good point, it seems, kinda, 'unethical' to critisize this kind of 'heavenly music'... I think, your last sentence explains it.

I'm not gay, but for him I'd... LOL. Amazing guy.

[DeGuerre]

I think that part of it is that MO isn't a "celebrity" or, perhaps, doesn't rely on it.

[zigleviet]

Thank-you WhoBear, Thank-you. First two LP's I ever owned were Black Sabbath, Paranoid, and Mike Oldfield, Tubular Bells. Haven't dug them out in over 20 years. Just went and looked, they're still there.

[phillace]

one of the most talented composers of our time , if not THE most talented thanks for posting a classic.

[Morganissima]

I wonder if MO ever wears shoes instead of trainers.

[whobearUK]

Hmmm never even noticed Mike had feet before!

[klemaks]

WHY DO! HE IS THE MEMBER OF EARTH!

[TFFgeek]

I love the whole side 2 of TB, exept 4 the caveman and the too long intro.

PrZemek44, you're totally right

[Didyagetanyonya]

Are you kidding the caveman kicks ass!

[lovelyboylondon]

Wonderful post. Awesome to see a live rendition of this classic. History in the making....

[PrZemek44]

Thanx for posting! This side was always, kind of,

"in shadow" of the main theme, but it's also beautiful.

[TrockRon]

True! The real Mike Oldfield fans know this as a cut from the "one long song" because that's what it is really. One long awesome song!