Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells (Live at Montreux 1981)

Mike Oldfield took the world of music by storm at the age of 19 in 1973 with the release of his debut album "Tubular Bells", which hit the No.1 spot in numerous countries and has gone on to sell in excess of 16 million copies worldwide. A naturally shy man it was not until the end of the decade that he began to play live on a regular basis. In 1981, by now a confident stage performer, he embarked on his European Adventure Tour which took in the Montreux Festival in July, where he performed in front of an enthusiastic sold out audience.
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LIVE AT MONTREUX - MONTREUX JAZZ ARCHIVES
This performance is part of the unique Claude Nobs Foundation audio-visual collection, included since 2013 in the UNESCO Memory of the World Register. From Aretha Franklin or Miles Davis to David Bowie or Prince, more than 5’000 concerts have been recorded LIVE both in audio and video since the creation of the Montreux Jazz Festival in 1967 by Claude Nobs.
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MONTREUX JAZZ FESTIVAL
WHERE LEGENDS ARE BORN
The Montreux Jazz Festival takes place for two weeks every summer in Switzerland, drawing 250,000 music lovers to the shores of Lake Geneva. Since 1967, the Festival has celebrated all genres of music and generated countless legendary performances. Artists who have graced the stage of Montreux include Aretha Franklin, David Bowie, Prince, Bob Dylan, Lauryn Hill, Kendrick Lamar, Leonard Cohen, Marvin Gaye, Miles Davis, Nina Simone and many more.
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[@KNOPFLERSGOD]

Mike Oldfield, genius at work. For me, the greatest guitarist/composer, he doesn't get enough credit either, easily one of the greatest guitarists ever, and a shame he is so underappreciated.

[@jaysmith2858]

Oldfield, Jarre, Vangelis, Faltermeyer, Hancock, even Kraftwerk etc don't get enough credit. 'The Songs of Distant Earth' is one of my favourite albums.

[@bigwo56]

reminds me of Steve Hackett in the early Genesis days!

[@davidsteer8142]

I had a feeling of accomplishment yesterday whilst taking my two kids (13 & 16 y/o) to band practice. My daughter selected tubular bells to listen to for the journey with my sons instant approval. My work as a parent just reached new heights.

[@TattKingMusicProductions]

awesome

[@Pow3llMorgan]

That's great! I know every generation has said this but what most of the kids listen to now a days is some real crap. It's good to know there are parents cultivating the 'finer' tastes in music in their offspring :)

[@UKSCIENCEORG]

Great stuff. Play them 'Wish you were here' album by Pink Floyd next

[@user-ec6kt2fg7m]

Well not my son but my nephew(10) is really likes this music. Is introducing him to Al Di Meola, Vai & Keith Jarrett too hardcore, too fast?

[@betelgeuse68]

@@Pow3llMorgan You must be "old"... that's OK... I'm getting there myself... ;-) For juxtaposition, when Jazz as a music genre was up and coming, it was often likened as "the devil's music." Now... it's often seen as "old people's music." A hilarious contrast with the benefit of time. But yes, every generation thinks the music they grew up on is the zenith of the art form.

[@tomschmidt4355]

Mike Oldfield, the seemly forgotten genious progressive musician, who never appears in all those rankings. But he has every right to be mentioned in one line with Yes, Genesis, Pink Floyd and few hands full of other masters of Progressive Rock.

[@zapkvr]

Forgotten? Yeah okay boomer

[@colinnormanton4887]

well said

[@iamkarma20]

You left out Frank Zappa..........but then again you foking knowitalls always do!

[@Combustion47]

@@zapkvr that made me laugh

[@luisaugustocruzalves744]

Sem dúvida meu caro

[@UrielX1212]

He plays the guitar like a bloody keyboard. What a legend.

[@johnshields6852]

I'm 62 old rockandroll guy and I remember this from way back, beautiful music.

[@pauljoyquilter359]

I had never realised just how melodic this composition was until I heard it again today for the first time in over 30 years. Timeless classy work.

[@ArnoldRichard-ch9tz]

Tubular Bells was the first album that i buyed. 50 years later i'm still a huge fan of Mike Oldfield. :)

[@vaudronphilippe5415]

Le mec qui m’a donné l’envie d’être musicien et pas seulement guitariste ! Malgré les chaos de la vie j’ai toujours 15 ans dans mes 55 ans car sans passion je serai déjà près des étoiles , près des miens et de mon ami ! Merci 🙏 la musique te rend ce que tu lui donnes

[@mikeplatts2603]

Beautiful guitar playing and that thumping bass line, hypnotic, well done Mike, a truly underated musician.

[@crumplezone1]

The human brain never fails to amaze me and I am convinced that accomplished musicians abe a cut above us ordinary plebs as they can cordinate their fingers and recall from memory every note in the correct sequence in real time, I will always in in Awe and Mike Oldfield is something extra special

[@michaelbray6010]

While I was waiting to hear Mike Oldfield perform this at the Macroom Mountain Festival in the late 1970s, I watched some crazy roady climb up into the scaffolding with a beer, and sit there above the Dubliners while he drank it. Then the poor bastard had to climb down and set up all the instruments for Mike O all by himself. I was unhappy that the big star was having this poor grunt do all that set up alone. Of course, the crazy roady turned to be the Man himself! An awesome performance even before a note was played!

[@hughmcnamara7697]

I was there great memories 😅

[@512bb]

Wow, I thought you were going to say you helped him set it up. "And now you know the rest of the story" is just so much cooler.

[@michelhille8107]

What a Performance from Mike. The Band is on fire. Best Tubular bells Version.

[@christophlieding734]

True1! Unreal! I will listen to it again right now and then some, So much to feel.

[@cyclofeedubox8332]

Mike’s playing is amazing. The sheer creative talent is insane. Listening to this you’re hearing the bridge between classical and even some modern dance music but I don’t think even today, 50 years on, anyone comes close

[@AlfieGoodrich]

Genius. Was ten years old when I discovered Tubular Bells in 1979. Been a massive Oldfield fan ever since.This is a great performance. One of my faves of the many live versions of TB.

[@jacekpiotrowski9336]

My first "western" vinyl ever. In the early 80's in communist Poland it was an absolute rarity. A place forever in my heart guaranteed.

[@jackdarren9210]

Greetings from Alabama USA.

[@ronammologist16]

Music! A universal language!!! In America we love this too.

[@samulihakala5560]

not bad start for western imperialistic music, not bad at all

[@RageAgainstTheMachine.]

OMG WOW FUKN BEAUTIFUL. It's been years. Fell in luv with this around 50 years ago, i was 13 at the time. I love how high he takes me 🕊...and how gentle he brings me back down🙌🧘✨

[@briane173]

DAMN this is some complex music -- and Oldfield wrote every note, arranged every bar, played every instrument in the studio album. Why I owned Tubular Bells and Ommadawn. There's just nothing out there like it. Wanna see truly PROGRESSIVE rock, this is it.

[@ofdrumsandchords]

That was a great era for music with all these bands playing a mix of written music and improvisation, Yes, Genesis, ELP, King Crimson, Soft Machine. Much more interesting that straight 4/4 rock with three chords. But by the same time, all the Miles Davis sidemen formed their own jazz-rock bands, Return to forever (Corea), Mahavishnu Orchestra (McLaughlin), Weather Report (Shorter/Zawinul), Getaway (DeJohnette), that was really interesting music. In 1980, a young musician started a band, the Pat Metheny Group. Metheny has never stopped to compose since, and wrote a lot of tunes, often suites. Incredible guitarist. Try these bands if you love music.

[@gillesbourgeois5348]

@@ofdrumsandchords ce que tu appelles "straight 4/4 rock with chords", était une réaction, le punk sera encore plus radical en réaction à l'embourgeoisement de ces vieilles stars du rock/psyché/progressive etc. de 60 début 70, que dire du blues ? tu ne peux pas juger une musique au nombre d'accords ou à la complexité de sa structure, c'est absurde! A mon sens, plus une musique est élaborée, moins elle touche de monde. Mais ça ne veut pas dire qu'elle est moins"intéressante."

[@ofdrumsandchords]

@@gillesbourgeois5348 j'ai un point de vue de musicien pro, ce n'est pas du tout ici un argument d'autorité, mais quand tu as énormément étudié la musique, t'as un peu de mal à t'intéresser à des chansons où t'as déjà tout entendu au bout de dix secondes. Tu parles de réaction à l'embourgeoisement, on a eu ça aussi avec le free jazz, qui était plus politique que musical. Pour moi, les artistes sont ceux qui font évoluer le langage en apportant des choses nouvelles. Comme la plupart des musiciens de jazz, j'ai une formation classique, et je suis fan de Bach ou de Stravinsky. Tous les grands musiciens classiques ou jazz ont intégré ce qui existait et l'ont poussé plus loin. Donc, on peut difficilement faire abstraction du langage utilisé quand on parle d'art musical. Le rock, c'est le langage du XVIIe siècle joué avec des grattes électriques.

[@gillesbourgeois5348]

@@ofdrumsandchords merci pour ces réponses super impliquées et simplement pour ta considération. Je pense que la difficulté chez les jazzmen avec leur bagages théorique et technique c'est de retrouver l'innocence du débutant quand il s'agit de créer et d' émouvoir. Le rap permet à des non musiciens de s'exprimer, et c'est pas rien, le problème sera toujours l'intention, pourquoi joue t-on de la musique ou pourquoi jettons-nous nos textes sur des machines. ..

[@gillesbourgeois5348]

L'intention si elle est honnête et sincère est toujours valable artistiquement,disons: considérable; et je considère quand même que la virtuosité est un piège.

[@johnrambo7630]

Absolutely incredible. 100 years from now people will still marvel at Oldfield's genius.

[@paulkcormier]

i consider mike to be the 'best" guitarist/composer ever

[@Mannizilla]

that is true 👍

[@patriciabarreda4133]

Real genius and he was 19 years old or less when he created this beautiful masterpiece! I am really impressed to watch him perform! Great video❤

[@swamifakkananda4043]

Only 19?????!!!!!

[@jute6317]

Started on the concept when he was 14

[@philippelack4453]

So great ,are sure ,19 ,popopopppp😮

[@phil84220]

This is unknown by most of people today ... and should be when comparing to soup they call music now !

[@bigwo56]

@@phil84220 SOUP?? You are being polite!! 🤣

[@JustReed]

I was 14, I'm 65 and this was epic. Then and now.

[@gm95265]

4:10 - 4:44, Goosebumps every time. One of the most beautiful pieces of guitar music of all time in my opinion.

[@MarcusVinicius-we2pg]

Gregory i agree it's a piece of art..as the whole song..the first time i took ecstasy was listening tubular bells..unique experience.

[@billwood4210]

On long walks, with my Sony Walkman, Tubular Bells kept me going. I knew every twist and turn, every bit that was coming next. Fabulous. Thanks Mike.

[@colinings3771]

I was at this performance, the only time I have been to the MJF, magical Switzerland! I had seen him the previous Summer in Cardiff. What a wonderful piece of music it is

[@jenesisjones6706]

This was fantastic! I remember loving /tubular Bells when it was released as a record...it's taken me decades to stumble upon this live show!

[@mellissadalby1402]

I never would have thought a band could pull this off live, but they did.

[@kachdragonfly]

QE2 was the first album I ever bought; then I discovered Tubular Bells, Hergest Ridge, Ommadawn, Crises etc. This man is a creative and musical MASTER. This is the FIRST time I've seen something of his live. LOVE IT! In an age of musical biopics, Mike Oldfield deserves his own mini-series.

[@TIMG128]

This is what music is like in heaven. Breath taking. Beautiful.

[@markb5859]

What a fantastic piece of music. Mike Oldfield plays the guitar with such passion and commitment. Simply by listening to him play and watching him engage with the superb musicians around him takes you to another dimension. This is real music to be enjoyed by all.

[@alastorfanfics7465]

Man Yes!!!

[@johannespreu1495]

chillin:chillout at wan jet and ever ad-hoc spontan {[( brain/audio for sale not possýbl : ýeaaaaaaa ! )]}:)🌐🌏🌎🌍

[@christophlieding734]

Me too/ he takes me back and the girl singing is mine just with blond hair and Jutta is her name. Same girl, same dress all the same just different hair. Mike Oldfield very special! Much love from Germany.

[@MaynardGKrebs-gv4vy]

Amazing version here....I had not heard this in YEARS....what a talent....

[@stevenhulbert7540]

What a talent, when Reilly just walks up and hits the notes, bloody brilliant!

[@stephenpickells2003]

and delightful as always

[@slackdaddy1912]

Just the mere fact this guy plays over 100 instruments is remarkable!

[@carlito6038]

no he doesn’t

[@rockabyebaby6111]

an absolute genius , he played all the instruments by himself in his album, pure music.. no showmanship needed...

[@keithdonnellan5564]

Mike is the nicest person you could meet. We drank together in Pimlico before he joined Kevin Ayres & the Whole World.

[@Realmasterorder]

A real Musical Genius and an amazing guitar player

[@thomasahughes]

A magician on the guitar at such a young age. Truly amazing. Stunningly talented.

[@MrThuggery]

I first heard this album when I was 13yo. I have never forgotten it or where I was at the time! Amazing how music can invoke so much emotion and memory.

[@edwardmaloney8524]

You and I both! One year older(-;

[@thetamihana2561]

I was 9 years old, 1980, living in Northland NZ, no electricity, a battery powered tape deck and tubular bells was the only tape i had, used to play it at night and went to sleep with it every night.

[@laurahammond2048]

♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️

[@pyxxel]

Sweet! Thanks for sharing. What a great memory!

[@blairframpton9196]

Respect!

[@stevecallagher9973]

yeah we had a cassette of this too but it got MINCED when I was about 6!

[@ApteryxRex]

in Panguru or Pawarenga ?

[@NitroModelsAndComics]

An incredible performance from a guitarist who is remarkably overlooked. As even EVH once said. " Mike O makes me want to practice harder". When the greatest of all time says things like this you take notice.

[@joaquinlezcano2372]

Source of the Van Halen quote?

[@NitroModelsAndComics]

@@joaquinlezcano2372 It's been years...

[@followtheboat]

Absolutely no idea why this came up in my recommendations but I loved this album as a kid, just like everyone else. Thank you for this. Masterpiece, both studio and this live version.

[@neilmillward3980]

I had the LP as a youngster. Listened to it over and over

[@shaunbainbridge1584]

A timeless piece of music from a master of his profession

[@rozanoff6175]

The bass guitar part is so important in this piece and is so nicely executed during the live. Congratulations to Mike Oldfield, the musicians, and especially the bassist!

[@fiotrable]

This is the best bass intro then i cant listen to oldfield guitar...

[@restojon1]

He's like a machine, isn't he? Just relentless and omnipresent executing his job to perfection, over and over again with no fuss at all.

[@E69Nazgul]

The best bass I've ever heard in my life

[@trashcan9001]

maybe the best bass intro of all time!

[@macleoddan]

A little spotty - You can hear Oldfield drag him along perfectly once he starts playing…

[@TheJeffcurran]

Still one of my all time favorite videos. It's a masterpiece.

[@badiebakiri1294]

Why am I discovering this only now ?? This version is amazing !!!

[@normvw4053]

Most people never get past the opening notes, but if you listen to the whole composition you get the full genius of the music.

[@emanuelemiorin1394]

Discovered it in 1973..... and still loving it.....Anybody else from that era?

[@gcrockford8191]

Oh yes! I would have been 19/20 years of age

[@buddhastaxi666]

I heard it then. I heard it beneath a desert sky at 2 am beneath stars and winter cloud As I returned home a neighbouring girl was playing it on a new cd machine. It blew my mind.

[@bobgreen623]

I was 17 when it came out, and I bought it then, quickly followed by all the other early Virgin releases.

[@darrellclingman1120]

I actually heard the Viv “grand piano” part on KILT AM radio in Houston when it came out. I was in third grade and was stunned

[@buzzfly1234]

I was 15 driving my first car , had tha 8 track

[@davidevans7643]

It made Branson a multi million air! Now Branson has become a sick destroyer of the most beautiful people of the world!

[@evanwolf6618]

Explain . .

[@jackdarren9210]

2023! And I'm still digging it. 🥰😍

[@mapearce1]

A true classic from the 20th Century!

[@davidcorbett62]

Brings me all the way back to Oct 74. The place catterick Yorkshire The job Army Air Corps recruit. Long before personal music so listened in the time after finishing training. Kept me going through the dark lonely nights away from home, and the inevitable Dear John letter etc. Was still loving it 5 months later when I was posted to Southern England then West Germany. By this time as I was posted for 3 years bought myself a proper hi FI set up and it sounded so much better. Still love it now

[@peterdockerty8077]

I was in Catterick at the exact same time doing basic training with the Royal Armoured Corps, small world.

[@davidcorbett62]

@@peterdockerty8077 Hi Peter.. can’t remember my intake number but we started training Oct/Nov time in 74. The 4th Tanks where the training Reg. we had a cpl called Smith, then they moved to BAOR and the 5th Skins took over

[@peterdockerty8077]

Yeah Intake 74/13 training with the Jocks I was with 1st Royal Tanks trained by the 4th. Basic at Catterick before Bovingdon and Tidworth for trade training and flying straight off to Hong Kong for 18 months holiday. Happy days

[@davidcorbett62]

@@peterdockerty8077 Lucky you. We all in the AAC could put down for what posting we preferred. We all ended up in BAOR on exercise every few months No matter what we had put down lol

[@tangerine825]

Genius ! Brilliant Musician...Great Composer And Multi-instrumentalist...Master ! Poland Love Mike Oldfield ;-)

[@loud7070]

A monstrous piece of music from a such a demonstrative time. Absolutely wonderful!

[@jaovitorbecker1302]

This song is such a masterpiece! It's captivating, beautiful!

[@radimbartosek5356]

What a performance.. No effect, fire, lasers... just pure music.... awesome.

[@felipeweo]

Why not? Mike takes laser beams off his guitar. the band puts many full8hd effects

[@Oh_I_Will]

It’s a Troll “Like” comment for Ratings. You know, the same tired No Cell Phones in the audience type garbage....

[@robynarmstrong7240]

That guitar playing....

[@anonyx4869]

I love music played by people delirious with joy to be paying it, received by people delirious with joy to be hearing it. Mike Oldfield is one of my pantheon of gods. I've no idea who I'm thanking; but, thank you.

[@nonyabusiness3605]

Im 41 and I've lived this long without knowing about this awesome guitarist!?!?! He is one of my new favorites !

[@hildefischer1169]

There is a cosmos of amazing music waiting for you 😊 But I think this was his best time. Magic.

[@josephosullivan9506]

I'm 46 and Tubular Bells helped so much in my teens with depression, isolation, feeling like I didn't fit in, being an outsider etc. Years later I find out that he was feeling the same in his teens and this music saved him. You're gonna love his stuff.

[@77inthehouse]

Mike Oldfield is a seriously under-rated guitar player...this performance is magical

[@chucklemuchuckle2170]

Indeed

[@siegfriedetzkorn2256]

Yep.

[@jimyelektric1126]

HE'S "POSSESED".🎆🎇🙏🎇🎆 THEN AN EXORCISM TOOK PLACE .. MIKE OLDENFIELD WAS NO LONGER STRICKEN WITH AGORAPHOBIA.... IN ONE MAGICAL MEDITATION SESSION

[@killedpatrick]

He’s an everything player really

[@zapkvr]

He's no Glen Campbell. That guy is a freaking machine.

[@Star_Sn1per]

His touch and vibrato on the guitar as if he was playing a violin.. Amazing!!

[@LoneRevD]

Amazing, I heard the album as a teen when it came out and was blown away. I had never seen his right hand technique till this video. I' m proper gobsmacked, if there's anyone I could compare him to it might be Jeff Beck tone wise. Unreal performance.

[@minnaliettya-tyni5475]

The composer's divinely beautiful masterpiece. Deep respect!!

[@devolution000]

I found the tubular bells cassette in with my Dads box of stuff in the garage and pretty quickly fell in love with this amazing and unique music. And to think Mike played most of this himself! I was learning guitar at the time and struggled to try and learn it by ear and certainly struggled with my lack of skill at the time. But as my ear and technique grew I loved being able to play more and more of the album. I really enjoy this version live and love Maggie's vocals and parts she plays in this piece. What a gift to watch over and over again!

[@bladeofhonour879]

Real music & real musicians. Cant get any better. The music of today are not even close to this and never will

[@markmitchell450]

Richard Branson and virgin music have a lot to thank Mike oldfield for

[@deathtomichaelknagge4397]

This is one of the most incredible jams I've heard in my life

[@JackDawson2008]

2:39 my favourite part, why? That Bloody Guitar, the Drums the Chorist, everything Is Simply Amazing, An Underrated Genius. Greetings from Italy.👏🏻👏🏻🇮🇹

[@deirdrea100]

I was there in 73 trying to find my way, I have made it to 71 and it is still so fine.

[@neuromantoo]

71 too still don't want to grow up.

[@jamesjordan139]

Dude this was in 1981 though ...... maybe your really only 63 ?

[@neuromantoo]

@@jamesjordan139 The album was released in 1973. I we weren't referring to this particular concert.

[@kati1017]

@@neuromantoo 62 and can't believe it! Still a teenager inside! 😜

[@martingregory161]

Stupendous. Just incredible. Love the dual drumming, Maggie Reilly, Mike's guitar...everything!

[@ingefranz2013]

This IS pure Meditation, Like listening to a prayer

[@TheJeffcurran]

It really doesn't get much better than this. Amazing performance.

[@marcorobecchi4398]

La lingua universale...la musica...oltre ogni dimensione emotiva...grazie Mike Oldfield...

[@leiper72]

This gig is still amazing, december 2019!

[@user-eo3kd5sj6k]

No

[@leiper72]

WHAT!!??!!!?

[@giacomopesce3655]

Quando mio fratello tornò a casa con quest'album, appena uscito in Italia, non potevamo credere alle nostre orecchie. L'abbiamo ascoltato per ore ed ore, fino a tarda notte e così l'indomani e i giorni successivi. Ancor oggi lo ascolto con piacere. (When my brother came home with this album, just released in Italy, we couldn't believe our ears. We listened it for hours and hours, until late at night and so on the following day and the following days. Even today I listen to him with pleasure.) Grazie Mike

[@stephenshaw2548]

Wow wow wow Can you imagine any musician these days doing this. LMFAO. MIKE you are pure genius In every sense of the word You were a major part of the building blocks of today's music However as everyone knows today's music is a farce of 4 chord crap Mike your music is immortal Pure pure pure pure pure pure genius Which makes students really listen and consentrate One last thing I listen to you and it seems like you've been playing guitar for a hundred years 😁💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💛💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚❤️

[@thomassladden9077]

There's still some great music out there, just about knowing where to look I guess

[@buffalobrando1288]

Umphreys McGee

[@winschmitt4919]

Love the natural picks grown on his fingers. I'll never forget listening to the album over and over and over! It was a defining moment in this young musicians life!

[@AntonioMoreno-nx2rf]

Absolutely brilliant

[@kashmirabhattarai1255]

You guys are awesome Mike Oldfield is unique heard this music a long time ago Just love it so much 💜💙🤍🌹🌹🌹🌹💜💙🌹🌹🌹💜💙

[@aceholloway8511]

Hauntingly beautiful. Such an incredible composition.

[@MrBonners]

This was the first large scale use of the Moog stylizer filter concept across many instruments as a production release. Massive hit.

[@eleanorkennedy669]

A brilliant show, fantastic arrangement. And Maggies voice is so beautiful.

[@teemusid]

Maggie and Moya Brennan(Clannad) are my favorite female singers. I really can't choose one over the other.

[@willong1000]

I absolutely agree with you Eleanor; I so miss Maggie in Mike's later live performances.

[@donclark7790]

Tubular Bells was a defining moment in defining my musical direction. In a six week period I was exposed to Pink Floyd's "Dark side of the moon", "Fragile" by Yes and in a music lesson at school this iconic track. So it's been with me since the beginning of my Progressive Journey. Only just come across this version which I'm completely blown away by. Stunning musicianship across the whole band. BTW seen Rick Fenn play many times with 10CC but didn't know he played with Mike Oldfield until now.

[@doaksimpson7088]

Most iconic piece of music ever written

[@alberband569]

Bestial Mike y toda su banda; increíble!! Cada vez que lo veo y escucho, me sorprendo un poco más. Gracias!!

[@lmp3033]

Llevo desde el 82 ( lo descubri con 12 años) escuchándolo y no puedo estar más de acuerdo.

[@cyelannford4735]

When music and HiFi had real meaning... and people treated their profession as the art it was. Glad I was alive back then!!

[@uwe2677]

a great masterpiece of music

[@Vaisin]

I can't help but feel Mike Oldfield deserves more recognition. Most poeple that have heard his music know he's a great musician, but I think he desrves much more. We mostly don't see him in rankings on the best music acts and people do not talk about him that much. His soundtrack on The Killing Fields wasn't even nominated for the Oscars and he only has won one Grammy. I think he should have won more and it seems people only know him because of Tubular Bells and ''Moonlight Shadow'' when he has put out amazing records like Hergest Ridge, Ommadawn, Platinum, QE2, Crises, Discovery, Amarok, The Songs of Distant Earth, the Tubular Bells sequels, Man on the Rocks....

[@scotthillard3418]

Most Australians who grew up in the 1970s/ 1980s are very familiar with his music, but not with him. It was used on the public broadcast TV station is fillers - Incantations IV, Blue Peter and Portsmouth. kzbin.info/www/bejne/aYDLg32cabt5nbc

[@gy.l.7054]

Yes, you are absolutely right. Mike is brilliant. He wasn't, or wasn't as absorbed by the star world, and that was good for him and good for us. In my opinion, he didn't want that because he knew that he wouldn't be the one deciding his music, but the businessmen and producers. And that's fine. Many of us, many of us, know very well who Mike Oldfield is and it's our job to promote him everywhere. And whoever prefers to listen to all the dum-dum music of zero value, well, that's their problem.

[@deeceecorfield8103]

One of the best pieces of music ever written and performed.

[@tutankraider3502]

a music masterpiece, that will stand in hundreds of years

[@MarcusVinicius-we2pg]

Nothing Mike produce after TB comes even close...it's his masterpiece!!!

[@hugofranke7548]

Brought me into tears at the end...Won!derful! I heard this masterpiece a lot in the 80' Hearing now again ,.. good music never dies..

[@tapestree3365]

Simply obsessed with this. ❤ What an incredible journey of 16 minutes into otherworldly perfection.

[@ALHEALY9110]

11:17 the crowd cheers! 😎💚The synth! ❤️ What a performance!

[@goedeledecoene6925]

Great video, great music, great Mike Oldfield!!!

[@richomp6562]

I love it how he slides from 1/4 to 1/16 with an unnoticeable manner. Such a musician is godlike.

[@erixoff]

What an amazing guitar performance for Mike. I always liked his guitar playing, but here, it is magic, I love his tone, so fluid.

[@evanjazzista]

Mike Oldfield - guitar Morris Pert - drums Rick Fenn - guitar / bass Tim Cross - keyboards Mike Frye - percussion Maggie Reilly - vocals

[@citizenerased6089]

Thanks

[@TrapnestShinigami]

RIP Morris and Tim :( They live forever here :D

[@clivehatton4001]

God Maggie is stunning. Gorgeous AND the voice of an angel. Yummo.......!!!! 😍😍😍😍😍

[@V3nom7]

This is for this stage session. About the album, every instrument was played and recorded by Mike alone with a rudimentary overdub.

[@GVike]

For a moment I thought Fenn was Darryl Struemer (sp?) of Phil Collins/Genesis fame...

[@wesmartyn3829]

Was into Mike's music since I was 12. When Mike's, at the age of 19, produced an album, played every instrument, and is the theme to The Exorcist. Amazing talent, sheer intelligence.

[@Audiogeek-kf2ez]

I was 13 when this album was released in the EU, it took a few weeks to get to the US, we were all hearing it on the FM rock station(KQRS 92.5) for men. They would play all 23 minutes at 10/11 pm. I am 63, still listen to both live (the December 72 BBC1 recording) and the studio album often. Man, this music just never gets old

[@markstinson4035]

best guitar work i have ever seen

[@microbus99]

Legendary! I was in Hawaii at the time and it caught ear back in back in the late 70's and related to our great Surf Music. Wonder artist and guitarist. Actually an excellent guitarist!

[@GlennDavey]

Chills, every time. If anyone needs proof that Mike was both of his time, underappreciated and ahead of his time, watch this. This guy has Rob Thomas good looks and stage presence to spare. He just never took off as a performing artist. Which is why these videos are so precious.

[@wilsonrawlin8547]

WAY AHEAD OF THEIR TIME, priceless music. JUST AMAZING. MUSICAL GENIUS.