Mike Oldfield - William Tell Overture

[@Refmoral]

This guy was so ahead of his time he was doing videos for youtube in the 70's

[@mr.hooman6572]

Ikr

[@DanielVlogsAnything]

Rock Barcellos yes definitely!

[@peter-fuppe-fuchs]

R u stupid, it's made 4 tv, KZbin was not invented in the 70-ies

[@Refmoral]

@@peter-fuppe-fuchsyeah, that's the joke, bro...

[@vntopper]

Long before youtube there was Mtv and the "M" used to stand there for MUSIC!!!

[@andyjay9346]

I never realized he had so many brothers.

[@pentuplove6542]

Computers. It's all him. Your mother must be proud of you. Not.

[@skyscraper7474]

In this case so many twins🤣

[@andyc3088]

and all got the same haircut amazing

[@juanmarcovelardo2782]

And cousins !!

[@rigidthrash2288]

@@pentuplove6542 You're so clever! Shame it went over your head like an aeroplane.

[@theTruthLifeNWay]

This is Mick, Michael, Mickey, Micky, Mikey, Micheàl and Mike Oldfield, what a musical family ❤️

[@TheAmarok87]

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.^^

[@theTruthLifeNWay]

@@TheAmarok87 ❤️

[@andyhance9448]

My god 52 years on this planet and i have only just discovered this fantastic performance of a classic tune

[@joannefalkinder8593]

Where av you been

[@rhrast]

Me tooooooo... 58 for me.....

[@elizabethhair9017]

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.

[@brianclayton1039]

Watch Punkadiddle or The Cooks Tune, you will be hooked to this man.

[@G6JPG]

For another couple of this tune, try Glen's Smokin' one (stick with it to at least 2:28) kzbin.info/www/bejne/fYalmXhmZc1si5I , and the Schmutzdorfers (it was them playing, not those you see) kzbin.info/www/bejne/mqjLeJ-oj7SZfKs (I now _expect_ the baby at 1:02!).

[@niriop]

Oldfield has a level of multi-instrumental professionalism that I can barely even dream of.

[@bsvenss2]

Check out the Swedish band Wintergatan. They are all multi-instrumental - amazing.

[@MaxArt2501]

@@bsvenss2 What's even more amazing is that steel-ball machine.

[@matthewfranklin9796]

niriop above and beyond ♓️♊️❤️🖤🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🙏

[@Krullespam]

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.

[@matthewfranklin9796]

niriop 🍀👋👍🙏

[@pumagutten]

That smile at the end was priceless, he, he!❤

[@GGov86]

Mike Oldfield has a really unique, soft guitar tone.

[@drogoburrows8805]

Sometimes it sounds more like a double reed than a guitar, it's very unique

[@BurrenSHdrums]

And annoying.

[@ChiefFalque]

@@BurrenSHdrums What

[@Craigevansagain]

@@BurrenSHdrums No way! Mike's guitars are awesome!

[@BramClaes]

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

[@ClemensKatzer]

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?

[@dunebasher1971]

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.

[@ClemensKatzer]

@@dunebasher1971 Wow, thanks!

[@antoniocaballero5559]

Mike Oldfield is a musical genius.

[@mixmashandtinker3266]

He is a true multi instrumentalist! He plays all instruments by him self!! ❤❤❤

[@darryllp9399]

This guy is just incredible. Can remember listening to him back in the day, but now, realise just what an incredible talent he was.

[@metafis]

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!

[@Bazonthebass]

Fabulous clean and crisp picking on that SG.

[@jamesmacoisdealbhaigh9904]

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..

[@Marksikt_Sweden]

Intelligent!

[@ayra_c3781]

threedee multitracking

[@AA-sn9lz]

Here we have all the tech and we're still copying comments.

[@katslikesleah]

true

[@arturbarzic1405]

Multi-instrumentalist youtuber before the youtube exist. Not bad at all

[@jonathanhatfield1237]

Excellent

[@Realmasterorder]

One of the Most talented Musicians of the Century !

[@foo219]

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.

[@btsr2553]

8 times Mike on one classic song. Amazing. Timeless. Handcrafted! Without any computer, all the stuff and the electronic helpers we have, now!

[@classicraceruk1337]

Mike Oldfield genius musician and bloody funny as well.

[@lizdepictor90]

Visual effects aside, the timing and syncing is just perfect, and to think everything was played by a single person.

[@pepperchan_dayo]

This guy seems to become very famous on KZbin.

[@kattenbroekcom]

This is the Mike Oldfield Ensemble playing Willian Tell Overture! We have Mike Oldfield - Everything And that's it!

[@EmmaPeelman]

In short: amazing. Thanks Mike for your contribution to music.

[@RealHogweed]

i recognize only one person as talented as him, Ian Anderson.

[@michaeln3023]

I am a Oldfield Fan and Jethro Tull,too. Yes, Ian is famous,too

[@colonelrobertshaw9170]

Agreed 😃

[@progfan5239]

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.

[@berenburg64]

Or Jon Anderson

[@billveusay9423]

I approve this comment eight years after it was posted. Shut up

[@tangerine825]

Great Musician...Great Multi-instrumentalist...Greets From Poland !

[@granthambeard]

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.

[@TheStevewhelan]

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!

[@RalfBlume]

Der hatte schon ne geile Band, damals :-)

[@philipgibbs8565]

Such a fantastically talented artist always keeps me smiling brilliant thank you

[@volt9903]

THANK YOU VERY MUCH MIKE OLDFIELD 🥂👏

[@amarokingtelly]

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.

[@paulogle83]

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

[@cpu_UP]

A precursor of nowadays acappella videos. Mike Oldfield a precursor of the best.

[@klishnor1]

One can never have too many Mike Oldfields

[@TheReverendJones-lv5bz]

Or purple ohm’s

[@pwning22]

My Dad loved this song. Passed by today. Dad i will never forget what you´ve done to me. R.i.p

[@radushv.1763]

Andy De Sir, your Dad will always be with you. That is a promise !

[@filthydwarf]

Andy De I feel exactly the same way for my father. you sir shed tears to my face

[@grahameberry8395]

i am hereby requesting Moonlight Shadow played at my funeral, are you reading this , son Grayman49

[@JackInakiGago]

So sorry mate

[@ChubbyChecker182]

The Mike Oldfields

[@joycedixon8746]

Love Mike oldfield xx

[@biancaturner725]

what a sweet smile at the end :)

[@brunovallesmunoz4757]

When genius and hardworking collide

[@chrissennfelder7249]

Mike Oldfield is my favourite band. Excellent musicians.

[@koenvanvlasselaer2591]

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.

[@Sulfadyn]

it reminds me that Oldfield is a multi-talented musical genius

[@enragedkaiser237]

Before computers musicians had to clone themselves multiple times in order to play their songs

[@KnjazNazrath]

If only you knew how bad things really were: kzbin.info/www/bejne/b2LNkppvrtacp6c

[@jonathanhatfield1237]

This tune is the cloneranger theme tune take it away mikes !!!

[@Imageguru2008]

Written by Rossini (The Finale)

[@jonathanhatfield1237]

@@Imageguru2008 brilliantly done i say !!!

[@katrineggert8126]

@@jonathanhatfield1237 i like gladly his whole Instrumentale music 🙂🙃😉👍

[@crabbitwife5463]

The definition of an intellectual is someone who can hear the William Tell Overture and not immediately think of The Lone Ranger :)

[@NoTengoIlusiones]

Mike and the Oldfield's !

[@DanielVlogsAnything]

This is better than the original! I LOVE your music Mike Oldfield! Always have always do and always will even when I pass!

[@joannefalkinder8593]

My god wasn't he beautiful. Love him all ways

[@darcy_taylor3103]

Genius ! Poland Love Mike Oldfield ;-)

[@briansaiditsoitmustbetrue4206]

REAL genuine talent...Sadly long gone in today's so-called "Music" ..OUTSTANDING

[@loplopthebird1860]

ok boomer

[@briansaiditsoitmustbetrue4206]

@@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.

[@3887g]

who else could do this the mans a musical genius

[@riddick9547]

These were the days when several soundtracks and video were combined into one. Who remembers 4-track tape recorders? ;) Super

[@BackMaska]

Never heard these guys before but they’re really good.

[@gerardmcmahon2064]

The best multi instrumentalist by far

[@radial9202]

Absolute genius, fantastic music by Mike and comes complete with a clipper lighter in a pouch...

[@smilernok]

ready to hit that bong ,,, 🥰

[@robinsebelova7103]

It's only a cover, but masterfully played.

[@mikemyers8064]

The best👍🏻🇬🇧

[@eggfooyoung24]

Absolute magic! My ears bathe in joy

[@jonathanhatfield1237]

8 MIKE OLDFIELDS WOW BUT IN THE END THERE CAN BE ONLY ONE MAY IT BE MIKE OLDFIELD!!!

[@caroldobbin3157]

Genius at work.

[@robertstewart239]

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?

[@bobinscotland]

Argiers was the B-side of The William Tell Overture

[@md-thecleverandplayful4597]

Unbelievable talent Mr Old field... Tubular always the game changer❤️

[@derekthesec]

Fantastic. An achievement to make its way in the William Hill advert.

[@pogopuschel6444]

wer hört noch heute Mike Oldfield ?

[@mrsamarok7600]

Viel mehr Menschen, als du glaubst.:) Gibt sogar sowas altmodisches wie ein Forum mit sehr netten Menschen und einer Menge Musikverstand!

[@UteAlbers-yd1se]

Ich ,und das sehr sehr oft und sehr sehr gerne 😊

[@bryandale2318]

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.

[@neilproudley4195]

Love the lockdown haircut. Yes he really was ahead of his time.

[@Piecekidd]

God damn it! Who let Mike Oldfield at the cloning machine again?

[@frieder8249]

alder Schwede .... endlich mal eine Bildhafte Darstellung, wie man solche mehrspurigen Aufnahmen erzeugt ...... vielen Dank

[@williamgrant215]

Let's state the obvious what a musical genius, I can't even play the paper and comb not that I'm bitter

[@Lucarius1]

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

[@wiredwrong8]

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.

[@clg850b]

Oh, he' s just showing off, and didn't I just love it..... yeah!

[@ΒΑΣΙΛΕΙΟΣΜΕΝΔΡΙΝΟΣ]

A great guitar virtuoso.

[@kaigeisler8503]

Just timeless. Perfect piece of music.

[@greygtv6]

Possibly the most musically talented person to have lived. I doubt a musical instrument has been made that he cannot play extremely well.

[@andywright8803]

Never heard him play a saxophone, trombone or cello

[@fanatamon]

⁠@@andywright8803probably no good on the hobo.

[@benkennington8941]

Jacob Collier.........

[@Rockpommel78]

The almighty mike ❤

[@kennethmason433]

Fantastic mister,just your music,bless.

[@agnieszkasmolarska7620]

Amaizing 🪕🪘🎷🪈

[@andraxTube]

Mike Oldfield is the Mozart of new age

[@Quellochelecanzoninondicono]

New Age??? Do you know what you're talking about?

[@erwinwoodedge4885]

Well, this put a big smile on my face.

[@MZophiel]

Complete with the bodhrán! Maith thú Mike!

[@Donegaldan]

He is a genius

[@nonamernobrainer846]

Back in the day, when people first saw this, they must've thought they were seeing the future.

[@pentuplove6542]

What is meant when you typed "...when people first say this,.."? Thanks.

[@nonamernobrainer846]

@@pentuplove6542 Sorry, I mistyped. What I meant to say is "when people first 'saw' this". It's corrected now :)

[@patcummins2001]

I agree he's just showing off and I too love it.Awesome

[@teltri]

Why now? Why I couldn´t see this 15 years ago? But thanks anyway. It is Great.

[@metalgoat69]

+teltri I know that feel bro...Im just discovering Mike's music TODAY!! And I'm like "WHY NOW!? WHY THE HELL NOW!?"

[@elkeschroeder2930]

Das ist Musik

[@turnerthemanc]

Theres only one Mike Oldfield....apart from this video

[@vtpdrummer]

I love it!! He is a fantastic musician and I'm so grateful that I grew up with him being around :-)

[@sallywarne9398]

Brilliant just Brilliant

[@johnafirth]

That guitar tone is unmistakable.

[@cleftturnip7774]

Playing with all his friends

[@bobstar76]

cleft turnip - playing with himself...

[@kasper6873]

@@bobstar76 Maybe he was schizophrenic, don't judge ;D.

[@vickysviski2344]

Mike oldfield é wonderful. É storico. È magico💟💟💟💟💟💟💟💟💟💟💟💟💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖

[@vickysviski2344]

Thank you friends💟💟buon ascolto🌹🍍

[@vickysviski2344]

Ciao giovanni cioffi💖grazie della condivisione💖buona serata💖

[@vickysviski2344]

Hudshsoft thanks.

[@caroldobbin3157]

Magnifico.

[@matthewfranklin9796]

Vicky Sviski 🌹👍❤️🖤♓️♊️☘️🙏

[@daveching]

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.

[@bigfish74f]

A very rare talent here

[@johnslaviero2080]

An underrated genius

[@Mixthelightintogray]

0:37 a wild and young Mike Oldfield appeared!

[@henryb.2941]

1:53 there he wasn't so wild anymore :-)

[@chszarz1986]

He has the gift of multilocation :)

[@wataloadabollox]

Mike was doing lockdown band videos before anyone.

[@HappyCodingZX]

Excellent work - plus the added bonus of werewolf fingernails at 3:30 :)

[@BedsitBob]

The only other person I've seen, who plays electric guitar in such a leisurely and relaxed way, is Hank Marvin.

[@SilviaGarcia-lr8pp]

Me encanta .....y la sonrrisa del final.....❤❤

[@cyrilbrocard]

Ahaha !! This is great :-) I didn't know that Mike had that sense of humour. He's fun when he does things like that.