I cant tell u how long i have been looking for this!! loads of other videos claiming to be it and just werent. I used to listen to this album on the oldest tape player you can imagine when i was really really young (im 28 now). It got to the point where i have searched for this song so much that i thought i had imagined it up completely!!
It would be a neat trick for this to be in Klingon when the Klingon language didn't appear until Star Trek: The Motion Picture, which debuted 6 years after Tubular Bells. Of course maybe Oldfield was just that cool in '73, he could sing in a language yet to be invented.
This song always bring a smile to my face. I put it up there with pink floyd's "several small species of furry things". I wish I knew what the hell he was saying though.
I have been convinced for a couple years now that he was speaking klingon. I'm still not entirely convinced that he wasn't. And hearing it again for the first time in a few years I'm struck by how much it reminds me of marquee moon. Man do I love marquee moon.
"I'm an ardent Trekkie and I look forward to the United Federation of Planets."
That's what he said on one interview. (cant post the link sorry just search for 5 minute interview mike oldfield) But I don't think this is klingon. Hmm but what if it is some unknown dialect? One can never be sure. :P
As it turned out, the Piltdown Man’s jaw was not that of some prehistoric man at all: it was the jaw of an ordinary ape. And it wasn’t a half million years old as they claimed; it was a recent ape whose jawbone had not completely seasoned. The two molars placed by the scientists on the right side of the lower jaw belonged on an upper jaw, the left side. And they had been filed flat so they would appear worn by the free-swinging jaw of a human, rather than by the fixed jaw of an ape.
This should have been issued as the single from the album. Mike was apparently pissed out of his brain on whiskey when he recorded the vocals, and the guitar that he played on this track (and the whole album) used to belong to Marc Bolan from T-Rex. Fantastic song - still sounds great after all these years! His growling vocals are the predecessor to another artist that became one of the most famous on Virgin Records - Johnny Rotten! ;-)
@SiGhast We all make grand statements about our music heroes, but I must say he was the first to GROWL the lyrics(caveman talk) of a rock song and it was innovative.
@JIMJIM5523 what great music to grow up too. if only my parents had an open mind to this stuff. wonder what your other tastes in music are. the styles that intrest you. because i grew up to great classic rock. and pretty poopy country music.
It's kind of jarring to hear this on the album, just because for basically the whole rest of it there are no vocals, and then this just hits you from out of nowhere.
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MajBummer 1 month ago
mike oldfield
classy bastard
papabuscemeys 1 month ago
I believe that Lynyrd Skynyrd based their entire sound after what happens at 2:08 in this video
Graviton1066 2 months ago
He was just eighteen or nighteen when he made this! Virtually everything played by himself! Lets talk about genius!
stalledrangen 3 months ago
i have this on wax if u play it backwards,it plays i wanna fuck the witch..real freaky just try it...
philmoorereggae 3 months ago
The best part of Tubular Bells!
stalledrangen 4 months ago
Don't suppose anyone's ever seen this performed LIVE???
brummymonkey 4 months ago in playlist brummymonkey's favourites
anyone has a ... kinda .... lyrics of this incredible song???
lukelead 4 months ago
MY FAVE OF THE WHOLE ALBUM !!!
biggeral64 8 months ago
Death metal growling indeed!
peterikarlstad 9 months ago
I cant tell u how long i have been looking for this!! loads of other videos claiming to be it and just werent. I used to listen to this album on the oldest tape player you can imagine when i was really really young (im 28 now). It got to the point where i have searched for this song so much that i thought i had imagined it up completely!!
cheers for posting!!
triniloz 9 months ago
@triniloz * You're Welcome! Piltdown Man was my favourite part of Side 2 of the original Tubular Bells, so I isolated it from the rest of the track.
CalyxAsgard 9 months ago
@triniloz
Me, too!
Ironhandjohn 3 months ago
It would be a neat trick for this to be in Klingon when the Klingon language didn't appear until Star Trek: The Motion Picture, which debuted 6 years after Tubular Bells. Of course maybe Oldfield was just that cool in '73, he could sing in a language yet to be invented.
inversion66 1 year ago
This song always bring a smile to my face. I put it up there with pink floyd's "several small species of furry things". I wish I knew what the hell he was saying though.
chillichomper 1 year ago
I recognise that voice,,,,,he drinks in my local,,,,,,love oldfield havnt heard this for years thanx
purplefurball 1 year ago
Apparently Mike Oldfield did the caveman sounds himself while drunk.
hehe
RyanLies 1 year ago
I have been convinced for a couple years now that he was speaking klingon. I'm still not entirely convinced that he wasn't. And hearing it again for the first time in a few years I'm struck by how much it reminds me of marquee moon. Man do I love marquee moon.
existenceisrelative 1 year ago
@existenceisrelative - Mike Oldfield was a trekkie? Interesting theory, you would need a nerd who can speak Klingon to comfirm this theory.
CalyxAsgard 1 year ago
@CalyxAsgard I think he growls the "f" word towards the end. It's either that or "shock", though not easy to tell.
fatpizzaman 1 year ago
@CalyxAsgard
"I'm an ardent Trekkie and I look forward to the United Federation of Planets."
That's what he said on one interview. (cant post the link sorry just search for 5 minute interview mike oldfield) But I don't think this is klingon. Hmm but what if it is some unknown dialect? One can never be sure. :P
BlackBunik 1 year ago
stays awesome, i was so freaking amazed when i was relaxing to tubular bells, then all of a sudden this thing came on.
megasam10000 1 year ago
As it turned out, the Piltdown Man’s jaw was not that of some prehistoric man at all: it was the jaw of an ordinary ape. And it wasn’t a half million years old as they claimed; it was a recent ape whose jawbone had not completely seasoned. The two molars placed by the scientists on the right side of the lower jaw belonged on an upper jaw, the left side. And they had been filed flat so they would appear worn by the free-swinging jaw of a human, rather than by the fixed jaw of an ape.
purpleleach1 1 year ago
This should have been issued as the single from the album. Mike was apparently pissed out of his brain on whiskey when he recorded the vocals, and the guitar that he played on this track (and the whole album) used to belong to Marc Bolan from T-Rex. Fantastic song - still sounds great after all these years! His growling vocals are the predecessor to another artist that became one of the most famous on Virgin Records - Johnny Rotten! ;-)
fatpizzaman 1 year ago
This is the very first DEATH METAL song ever made. Mike Oldfield was way ahead of his time. Onya Mike!
xj900man 1 year ago
This is the very first DEATH METAL song ever made. Mike Oldfield was way ahead of his time. Onya Mike!
xj900man 1 year ago 14
@xj900man Mike's vocals piss all over death metal artists that's for sure.
fatpizzaman 1 year ago 9
@xj900man Growling doesn't make it death metal. :P Imagine if they did growling in a techno song... would it be death metal all of a sudden?
SiGhast 1 year ago
@SiGhast We all make grand statements about our music heroes, but I must say he was the first to GROWL the lyrics(caveman talk) of a rock song and it was innovative.
xj900man 1 year ago
@xj900man Fair enough!
SiGhast 1 year ago
@xj900man Listen to Boris The Spider by The Who. 1967, death metal growl by John Entwistle (the bassist), so Mike's not really the first ! =)
But yeah, it was still pretty experimental
Canaveral305 1 year ago
Wow that was great to hear. This could be the first growl in a rock song. Mike was the first maybe to growl the whole song though.
xj900man 1 year ago
@xj900man
I've been saying the same thing. How metal is this?
cometcrasher 11 months ago
he actually made this by screaming in the microphone with the recorder on half speed
nofihgt 1 year ago
Omg, Nostalgia!!
My parents also put me to hear this when I was little, and I loved it!!
I listened to the whole album for a number of times, when I was a clueless child, and i loved it
truely amazing song and Album
fumado2000 1 year ago
Amazing! Been looking for this for months, thanks for posting. My parents used to play me this to get me to sleep! It never worked XD
JIMJIM5523 1 year ago
@JIMJIM5523 Maybe becayse this sort of music would scare a little kid trying to sleep.
CalyxAsgard 1 year ago 2
Haha, i think I was too busy rocking out to caveman madness to sleep XD
JIMJIM5523 1 year ago
@JIMJIM5523 what great music to grow up too. if only my parents had an open mind to this stuff. wonder what your other tastes in music are. the styles that intrest you. because i grew up to great classic rock. and pretty poopy country music.
metalmattm 1 year ago
@metalmattm Mainly classic rock, blues, prog rock and classical. But I'll listen to anything once!
JIMJIM5523 1 year ago
It's kind of jarring to hear this on the album, just because for basically the whole rest of it there are no vocals, and then this just hits you from out of nowhere.
Truly one of the best.
helikestv 2 years ago
haha, i was gonna say the exact same thing!
paprikachick 2 years ago
Great song, when I was a child I was scared of the voice lol
Danizeta 2 years ago
I know, this part used to freak me out too when I was little. great post!
jujuslim 2 years ago