Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells - 1973 - Original

[reutling]

This is all the dope i have ever needed. I knew I had to have the album the first time just the tubular bells theme  from the Exorcist.

[kimot79]

@reutling grew up listening to this, my da had original album from 73........my favourite for ever

[JohnAllanification]

never heard this before or rather never took time alway's have known it's here. didn't listen ..

[kimot79]

@JohnAllanification and why not, it was only popular cause of exorcist but beautiful piece of music from start to finish

[BeautyEnhancements4U]

NO WORDS can describe the profound beauty of this tune.

[kimot79]

@BeautyEnhancements4U couldnt agree more

[BeautyEnhancements4U]

@kimot79 My Dad used to play it to me when I was about seven. He's dead now and i miss him so much. But just put this tune on and it's like my entire childhood comes flooding back to me... it is SO emotive. This is actually my favorite piece of music in the entire Universe! Thank you for agreeing :)))

[MrGordonPeel]

52 sat here with a gin and tonic so much of my youth is in this tune luv it end off

[mewdar]

@killermanude because I like visual as well as audio seeing the music dance adds to the whole effect for me it won't make the sound any better, nothing could

[mewdar]

oh one thing would have been good to have had some sort of video playing with it too

[killermanude]

@mewdar Why would you need picture? It's Music... for EARS.

[mewdar]

Brilliant I still own the original album on music cassette, if you don't know what one of those are ask your parents well worn now though still find it brilliant

[eddievega1977]

sorry folks should have done my research first...i was thinking of theexorcist song...im only 34

[eddievega1977]

yes mate i love it.but theres only a passing resemblance to the tubular bells that i know......am i missing something here?

[crescentfreshbret]

@eddievega1977 The "Tubular Bells" you're familiar with is probably the version from the Exorcist. Well, "Tubular Bells" is actually a big, long, two-part, album-length song. The part heard in The Exorcist is the opening section. This part here is the end of part one.

[eddievega1977]

@crescentfreshbret thanks mate,ive done my research now,and listened to the whole album,this is one of my favourite parts.but cheers for the advice anyway

[eddievega1977]

never heard this version before,still only 2 minutes in,but i love it already

[mhcxx777]

this is a fantastic song i love it

[ritual64]

Nice to hear the original again... Did you know that Tubular Bells was the first album released on Virgin Records?

[nicomonkeyboy]

Not what you'd call a great video, is it?

[TrickShot1100]

@nicomonkeyboy In 1973 there were no videos with music.

You had your TV on, with the volume down.

In know what you mean though. LOL

[CorrieBergeron]

Oh, *very* nice. Better acoustic fidelity than my ancient LP and needle system, and I had a darned good system. I heard nuances here that I've been missing for years.

[KammeratGak]

Now how did this lead to the newer edition we know.. Sense no coherence to the Exorcist tune.

[scubber10]

ace



[rockcande]

Zen.



[surreydodger]

Viv Stanishall is the [Ginger] geezer doing the voice overs,,, sadly the world went back to being oh so serious and disappearing back up inside its own arse when he died, which if you look now is where your'll currently find it firmly embedded.

[tall32guy]

Tubular bells have a very "Christmas-y" sound. I rather like them. :) They could be used in live performances of probably any holiday song and sound just right. :)

[LOWislander56]

I'm 55 now and I still get goosebumps listening to this song.

[avstud09]

@LOWislander56

I'm 60&still love it!

[MASON0507]

Many nights spent bent on dope listening to this back in the 80's !!!

[sgtgewart1]

@MASON0507 Still have those nights and im 63, original mr tamborine man by b.d.is tops for this as well

[Nasi2y]

@MASON0507 many nights on dope this time too :) bless generation

[louidoggify]

@MASON0507 that's funny cuz I'm bent on dope and it's 2012....



[kamojones1]

@louidoggify grand piano!

[BeeSnitchin]

The LP took a while for me to like, but after a few hearings, I was a totally enslaved addict. Pure genius.

[biggeral64]

Viv StanshalL i think his name WAS. he used to be in the bonzo dog doodaah band in the 60s and 70s hes dead now RIP

[BeeSnitchin]

@biggeral64 Yes, that's his name.

[zarquon53]

the voiceover by that Oh so cool English Guy naming the instruments just makes me want to have his babies . And I am a 58 year old hairy-assed biker from L A .

[James78869]

I still listen to this album and reminds me of my childhood.I am 50 now.

[davyboy176]

Fukn kick on Mike oldfeld, yeha

[101adamski]

I remember the glockenspiel and the 2 slightly distorted guitars, classic !!!!!!!

[bassie52]

@VIPrtn I'm Christian to, but what has this to do wih this AWESOME song?

[kdx220a]

We 16 year old rock fans were impressed when it first aired on the radio.It turns out it was just another generation's Bolero. 30 years later, I agree. Give me Keith Richards or Mozart, Oldfield, like Ravel, talented but just sidenotes

[cougarfan1341]

This is the beginning of progressive trance.

[TheMolly1moo]

wow brings back fave memories of the 70's thought i had forgot forever

dont make em like this anymore

[erbro]

Wowowow.... sweet

[dropdeadlegs1954]

The original is STILL the best version - depsite being released and remixed and re-released virtually every decade or so since it was released in 1973. It was ectopic.... embryonic and just bursting to be brought into the world...an amazing piece of work by a remarkable, talented and innovative man..... thank God he defied the pundits....... I have the original, heard the errors that have followed...I still come back to the original

[asparak]

@dropdeadlegs1954 By far the best version, but each of the remixes have their own merits, rather like the Enigma variations. This was the first album I ever managed to save enough pocket money to buy in 1973.

[kimot79]

@dropdeadlegs1954 my total child hood built into this....the most perfect thing for me.....amazing is a word but sometimes even now when i listen it just something else, never to be repeated to what this is....am now introducing my son who was born in 2003 to this so it lives on

[MrGordonPeel]

All of this is the whole in parts a poem in music he mixed it on 16 track tape !

Every part palyed then overlaid like a lover simply genius

Best money richard branson ever invested

Fly virgin fuck it fly oldfield s cheeper an way more fun!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[mygirlruth]

Is it a song?...Is it recipe?....he he, just kidding oh man this brings me back.

[visdorpievrou]

Great upload!!!!

[dcslez]

The whole album was a marvel of complexity sounding simple. The more you listen the more you hear. A true master work

[nickvangreef]

gread pice of music



[mahomednm]

takes me back to my university days in the 70'sgreat piece of music to relax to. thanks for uploading.

[Zeke1950]

Though it may have been used,in a very strange movie,I still find it to be one of the most beautiful pieces I've heard.I remember when it came out originally.

[Karosanyo]

The opening music to this sounds like the music from Argento's "Deep Red". It's the scene where they go to the school to look for the picture.

[MrSpherco]

Best riff ever. Still gives me chills

[MsEpicLama]

OOBE brought me here

[zapkvr]

Viv Stanshall is AWESOME. No one doubts the genius of Oldfield but Stanshall made this the perfect work it is.

[kgranger73]

The glockenspiel is the set of bells, usually silver, that you still occasionally see in a marching band, being carried and held up in front by the player. A xylophone has wooden bars (The word Xylophone comes from the greek “xylos” meaning wood), the glock has metal bars.

[2pacthugzta]

this makes me think of autumn

[The711coffee]

What is a Glockinspeel anyway? Mike?

[armandblanchard666]

@The711coffee a glockinspeel is like a xylophone

[iTzzVirus]

Got shown this is Music class, I can play this in keyboard now :D

[fpetitpied]

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[olcapolca]

This is 1973 people - what other musician had come up with anything like it ? This should be in every riff top 10.

[cheapcape]

@olcapolca shut up trend fag, the word riff didn't exist then

[ItzMeJoey]

@cheapcape The word "riff" has been used in reference to music since the early 1900's. You really should do your research before trying to call other people out.

[tuemanden]

utroligt. smiler meget :-)

[tuemanden]

wauw

[rocki35]

Thank you for posting. I have been in search of this song for years.

[TheTviper12]

So awesome makes me so hthat i start crying.

[2012fortruth]

an eternal peace comes over me when i listen to this masterpiece!peace dazza

[scabbarae]

Thumbs up if you think this shoud have ended the record, instead of being the end of side one.

[Henrym3tal]

Focking awesome

[freedo333]

i'm listening to this song because i just read fred myrow's mega creepy Phantasm soundtrack was influenced by this song. I know i'll be label'd a philistine, but i like the phantasm song more. . ... . ..

[tomsacadden]

who the fuck are the 25 dislikes,,and wtf are they doin' here?.

[tomsacadden]

PLUS..........and the hairs on the back of my neck still go up,after 30 odd years,.

[s73ve88]

Sequencing certainly did exist at that time. For example, Pink Floyd's DSOTM of the same year used sequencing prominently. But the acoustic instruments on this track could not have been sequenced. Sequencing is for synths.

[mal1gosia1]

I still say: AAAAAAAAAA!

[catwoman807]

Thank You for this

[jeffwhite7a]

great

[80sMeavyHetal]

<3

[Steerpike07]

Introduction to the future - that's what this felt like in 1973. And it never dates. Still fresh & invigorating. Hands up everyone who copies the guy naming the instruments!!

[cogidubnus1953]

@Steerpike07 That was the late great Viv Stanshall of Bonzo Dog fame...

[bouffon1]

oh boy, you guys have cloth ears, I came back to this 40 years later and still think it's crap. Intro ok, then he just mixes various bits, medriocally played, in. 'Greaand piaano' - he plays almost as badly as me.

[leoretrosi]

im 58 and remember this well because no one else had done any thing like it ;

so at 20 i thought this is unreal , i love it but now years later i wonder what other

artists thought in 73. the jaggers the lennons mccarthys ect , my guess is what,

the fuck is going on , this cat justed raised the a lot and to me no one has ever

made it over the ! classic lp of the 70;s thats my story and i;ll stick to it.

[MegaR1rider]

@leoretrosi Im 57 totally agree with ya mate

[SRNF]

@leoretrosi next time use english old man

[brennanr90]

@leoretrosi yes!! you are no alone

[naka721]

@leoretrosi Wow! :)

[TheMolly1moo]

@naka721 will always be my favourite lp-thats vinyl to you lot out there

[101adamski]

@TheMolly1moo I also had this on LP many moons ago!

[zapkvr]

@leoretrosi Hear! Hear! The ONLY thing we can thank Richard Branson for IMHO. It took Oldfield a long time but he finally eclipsed this I think with QE2. He's had some duds along the way but this is a work of the highest art.

[chironman1]

@leoretrosi agree totally, i am same age, and i remember this music like yesterday, there was nothing like it then, or since ,,,, original, amazing, freaky ,,, the guy is a genius

[Barchenson]

MANDOLINE!!!! OH MY GOD!! MIKE OLDFIELD HUMAN??

[Barchenson]

Si el silencio pudiera ser un homenaje a esta SUPERNOVA..yo no podría rendírselo....Grandioso hasta las lágrimas!!!

[Barchenson]

Mike Oldfield human?? baaah He is one of the Gods, just because he can't be The God... He strikes me over and over again with his astonishing talent....He creates worlds!!

[sirnimesni]

... and tubular bells

[Eve91fitz]

@sirnimesni

Always my favourite bit of this bit of music! My granny and me used to always listen to it on a really old tape she had and named all the instruments at that bit and would yell "and tubular bells!" then hum along lol looove Mike Oldfield :)

[secretlab89]

@Eve91fitz my dad used to do the same for me when i was young!

[Eve91fitz]

@secretlab89

Seems like all parents and grandparents who knew about this amazing bit of music did it lol :)

[8bit4ever]

I can't tell you how many times I listened to this as a kid. Great memories, thanks for the upload.

[starcedric96]

good oldie study music

[hasjtrackers]

Mike Oldfield isnt a god.

Nobody disputes him ^^

[mamawej]

This is one of my all time pieces of vinyl. I remember when it first came out! No one does instrumentals like he does!

[MichaelHatzy]

cronix is a fag

[litiycu647]

Grande musica!!!!  Pezzo stupendo!!!

[ElvisVoer]

I wonder why if you're not capable of understanding this kind of music...you have to press dislike

[bensimps123]

brilliant and so few views

[supperone]

Sick...

[ConverseAllStars3512]

OMFG thats my fav part of that whole song and ive got tonnes of different versions on my iPod!

[acheryzod1230]

why does Mike don't post anything? The most artists do that, but he is and will be a god!

[Nackles]

Every time I hear "Plus...TUBULAR BELLS!" I get chills.

[BlogBitch]

@Nackles

Grand Piano...... gets me

[higgme1ster]

"Glockenspiel"  he said passionately !

[andymouse123]

@higgme1ster He aint the one who speaks

[andymouse123]

@andymouse123 It was Vivian Stanshall...the MC on the first movement

[supersayainbros]

He was so good looking too <3

[Django5198]

@supersayainbros yeah!!!! I love the Jesus face on the Ommadawn cover.

[laredoland]

but there ain't no picture

[steuk63]

spanish guitar and introducing accoustic guitar

and that immortal line gearing myself up for it PLUS TUBLIAR BELLS IM LAUGHING JUST THINKING ABOUT THATB LINE. WOW

[sherrmel]

great song to sit back and listen to after a few drinks or ?

[bluuueyes]

What is this...its fuccing scary

[Django5198]

@bluuueyes this is one of the greatest albums ever released

[JeffersonDinedAlone]

@Django5198 Top 10, easy.

[valmirmarvel]

ouço esta musica desde 1973, não cansa, uma obra de arte.

[TheGutieminster]

Glockenspield.Bass Guitar.bahaha

[nixplank]

I just tripped. Seriously.

[Django5198]

seriously people Mike Oldfield is a god. He played all the intruments on this album and boy does he play them well!!!!!! How often do you come across a musician as talented as that?

[tezcatbus]

@Django5198 I'm holding out until he plays them all at the same time. Live. O_O

NO, I am just kidding. I love this album. My mom used to put Part I on for me for my Sunday afternoon "Sitting and Thinking" time. It was like meditation for kids, with a totally baller soundtrack. This is now the most relaxing song on earth, and I play if for my babies when they are fretful.

[tezcatbus]

@tezcatbus ps: he also needs to sing like the ladies who accompany the tubular bells. I DEMAND IT. :(

[TJB63]

@Django5198 I agree, Fantasic Album, Even the "B" Side was Great. -- John Fogerty played all his own instruments on 'Centerfield' Album plus He sang too...Talent I'll never have.

[Django5198]

@TJB63 I never knew that.

[DarkTwinK0]

@Django5198 More Bacon Strips

[JeffersonDinedAlone]

@Django5198 As an instrumentalist? You come across that once. Him.

[evilmushroom100]

@Django5198

For the darwin festival, two people think they can do it live, I will like to see them try.

[mrshapplymarried]

@Django5198 Prince learned all the instruments as a kid coming up

[Gratiella22]

@Django5198 I believe you are absolutely right in what you have said.. He is a god :)

[oracle2world]

@Django5198 - Oldfield definitely a genius.  Playing all the instruments, though, isn't that hard. Especially when you write the music to accommodate your proficiency.

[altareggo]

@oracle2world Um..... Riiiiiiiggght. But, just listen to his "level of proficiency" on several of those instruments... NOT too shabby at all :D. Granted he was no Bach or Mozart, but he still does it for me!!

[oracle2world]

@altareggo - guitar, piano, reed and pipe organ, glockenspiel, bass guitar, double-speed guitar, distorted guitars, mandolin, spanish guitar, acoustic guitar, tubular bells. He didn't do the vocals.

So you have guitars (guitar is his primary instrument), a few keyboards, and two chromatic percussion. That's it. He did the original melody and arrangement, which is way more important than actually playing the instruments (musicians are a dime a dozen).

[MrGordonPeel]

@Django5198 so true a god amongst men nice tune as well

[NZWolf2]

@Django5198 Roy Wood also plays every instrument on his albums.

[TheGary1882]

@NZWolf2 So did John Fogerty on his Centerfield release. All talented above the standard of any era.

[MrJeffrey75]

@Django5198 amen



[utubefaceu]

@Django5198 damn straight and yeah, he was only 17 when he recorded it

[tie32101]

@Django5198

Acctually he didnt play all of them. But the 90% of the instruments he did play are well played indeed.

[cheapcape]

@Django5198 Exactly, no one compares.

[XxAussieFuryxX]

@Django5198 Matt Bellamy, Prince. :P

[XxAussieFuryxX]

@XxAussieFuryxX Billy Corgan

[Django5198]

I came

[MrGordonPeel]

Nice



[MrGordonPeel]

This is the true spirit of the 70,s av it large listen to the great one make it happen s all good

[bigorniasis]

SIMPLEMENTE UNA BELLEZA !!!!!!!!!

[Originalbud55]

after all these years i stil get chills when he introduces the bells!

[kramrollin69]

And Richard Branson Kisses this album everyday, because of it was'nt for Mike Oldfield and THIS Album, Richard would still be selling second hand records or running an op shop. Hi Richard :).

[TheCaleyman]

Love this the original, but I might as well play my CD of it as there's no actual "video"

[waztashw]

@ThBearsFriend: Try and imagine making this in a time when "sequencing" did not exist!

[ThBearsFriend]

I can see that this isn't going to be a popular POV - but I just don't get it. Why is this music so popular? I have the "Songs Of The Distant Earth" CD, which I like a lot - but this piece just sounds like a simple bit of sequencing - and the instrument sounds aren't even as good as they could have been.

[NULUSIOS]

@ThBearsFriend missed the date? Those people paved the way...

[RexMundi73]

21 people have no ears

[AaronSensation]

@RexMundi73

21 people have not got speaker boxes to these sounds come out.

[nightshadebj]

it has past the test of time and even now it a strong pas as i remember as a kid

[tommyholli]

nunca mas musica como esta.......q talento dios

[delawarr1970]

Take a listen to Ruby Colleys interpretation of Tubular Bells on electric violin its amazing

[PineyWhitepine]

ahhhhhhhhhhhh great memories ! * sighs*

[chiefy67]

used to work as a house mover when I was a teenager ..... kept seeing this album.... one day went and bought it ...... In the days before you could listen first, I used to get burned all the time by crap music...... this album inspired me to believe there was more incredible music out there...... very few came close......

[PrZemek44]

Two slightly distorted guitars!

I could never get this till my daughter told me...

It's the second part of TB of course. Amazing piece of music .Whatever Mike Oldfield touched 'turned into gold'... :)

[Jhensy2012]

Back in the 70s this was one of the few songs that made my father -- a classical music buff and rock hater -- come to the door of my room and say "Hey, who's that? That's pretty good". Led Zeppelin's "Kashmir" was another, which shocked my brothers and I at the time. Now I understand.

[chandravene]

Oops! My bad; Rickman was the announcer on the '92 re-release of TB, but I could have sworn I heard his voice earlier.

[foxyrosie22]

@chandravene

Thought the original was voiced by Viv Stanshall?

[chandravene]

That is NOT the original '73 version. The one I have has Alan Rckman intro'ing the instruments, & that is NOT Alan Rickman.

[PineyWhitepine]

@chandravene thats right ...the instruments Were introduced..... One by one ........

my thanks for that memory ....I had forgotten ......

OK now I have to see if I can find the CD