Once at church, my brother nudged me and said, "watch this." He coughed once, and within thirty seconds, a hundred were coughing. It worked every time.
The Beatles did it too. Coughs, sniffles, there's even a hidden f bomb in the radio cut of Hey Jude. Humans make music so there's human sounds in there too. Gotta embrace it.
@@kellypaws Yes Oldfield recognized that the melody needed a slight variation every second bar 6 notes then 7 notes this makes the piece enduring ,we will most certainly be listening to it in another 50 years and beyond
@@dingus_doofus The church in Lyminge (Kent, UK) has an organ that was retrofitted with an electric blower. I remember one morning the organist switched on the organ, there was this loud bang and all the lights went out. That service was held without lighting and two members of the church choir were conscripted into operating the bellows, which remained in situ and functional after the retrofit.
Given that this piece existed long before “The Exorcist”, that is like saying that playing Bach's toccata and fugue in d'minor or Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake because they get used in horror films is ironic. They, along with this, were used because they set a mood, but they belong in a church.
I was about 6 years old when this came out and my sister bought the album which I still have. Listen to it through headphones, in the dark and when the bells ring at the end, of Part I it is like lightning rings down your spine and reforms your entire nervous system.
It's a little hard to follow but it's actually 7/8 + 8/8, the bass part follows the same metric pattern, in the second section with the descending bass line it's just 8+7 instead of 7+8 phrasing
@@spearmintt1342 Haha, you reminded me of a classic argument with my best bud when we were 12, it's 7/8 ...7/8 is impossible..../no it's not listen to me count...../ your weird and your pausing between 6 and 7 to make it 8./ what? ... We were 12.....signature nerds....but it prepared us for Zappa a few years later...🤣
Just came across this video - the man is a genius - in the original Mike Oldfield played all the parts so he recorded each instrument separately and then joined them together - for this man to play multiple parts at the same time, and live in front of an audience - pure genius and cannot be bettered. Thank you!
I know and since all the parts are at different timings it’s no wonder he ended and extra hand to use the stops, limb control that I could only dream of
Welcome to the wonderful world of an organist. You need more limbs than an octopus sometimes 😂😂😂 As a fellow organist, this guy has some dexterity, top marks.
I am a drummer of 30 years playing and although I think I have a decent level of independence to my playing, I know I am an independence amoeba when compared to this incredible musician we see here! What a player, what a set of skills and played with such feel as well! Brilliant stuff and I have this on almost everyday at some point....love it - thank you Theo!
Oh so you believe Stalin was just a ‘naughty boy’ when he killed his own people? Demons are real but satan is not red or has horns or a pitchfork. Demons love hate, greed, lust, envy, pride, violence.
Amazing. So glad people still learn to play these instruments. The need to have a button pusher because all of your limbs are too busy to do it - WOW, just WOW!
Similar to driving a manual transmission automobile in a race or on a crowded city street - clutch, shifter, steering wheel, gas pedal (and brake pedal for #5). Practice, Practice, practice.
I started my day online searching for some Mike Oldfield on Spotify... to have ended up hearing this masterwork of a rendition of Tubular Bells..... simply awestruck.
I can’t believe someone sat there and coughed their way through this wonderful performance, hope their head spun a 180 when they got home, Amazing talent ❤
@@denoroberts4938 Because god forbid people who aren't perfectly healthy and able be allowed to attend musical performances. Try to be less of a bigot, yeah? If they wanted a clean recording, they could have easily booked a time without an audience attending instead of recording a live concert.
There's nothing more uplifting to me than a fine church organ played well. I also love Tubular Bells. This is an amazing performace of that wonderful piece. Such multidextrous virtuosity.
Very good cover, makes me feel old. 50 years ago I bought this album and since then travelled around the UK and Europe watching Mike play. Got every album and still find myself playing his earlier albums Tubular Bells and Hergest Ridge, been there too. I enjoyed your playing, thank you 👍
@@brianwillson9567 Yep Ommadawn is a fantastic album too. I went to Horse Guards Parade to the World Premier of Tubular Bells 3, absolutely soaking wet in the rain, brilliant. Never got wet before at a concert or since, lol.
Very impressive. The skill used to play it on that organ is truly skilled. For anyone that doesn't know, Mike Oldfield compiled the tune by playing various individual instruments, then combined them onto a track in a studio. I was born in 1973 when the album was first released and it was the first album to sold on Richard Branson's Virgin label. Little music fun fact there.
Mike Oldfield is a genius. He composed and played all instruments in this brilliant piece. He completed it before the Exorcist was even filmed. It was Richard Branson's then new label (Virgin) who produced it and when William Friedken listened to the piece by chance, he knew it would be his theme song.
Not exactly by chance. William Friedkin tells the story in his memoir, The Friedkin Connection. He was looking for a theme and was given a stack of albums to listen to.
@@loui7210 Why? A beautiful bit of music by Mike Oldfield. The fact that it was used in a film doesn't take away the fact that it is a great bit of music. I did love the film as well. But often Horror and sci fi use the best music.
I know every note of this - having bought the LP as a teen. Have to say that this rendition is quite lovely - both the anarchic power and delicate, hopeful passion of the original are rendered with spirit. Heartfelt thanks.
Oldfield was 19 years old in 1973 when Tubular Bells was recorded, and he played almost all the instruments. Name one 19 year old "artist" of 2021 who can top that..
Not to downplay the real genius of Mike Oldfield at all, but you might want to check out Jacob Collier (lots of stuff here on UA-cam) -- truly frightening composition skills, an incredibly sophisticated understanding of harmony, and always expressing a real _joy_ in music...something to renew your faith in a younger generation, perhaps?
@@chrismiles1663 jacob collier? who is that guy? first time in hell that i heard about him, he have 19 years old too and make somethign like Mike?, that was the question
What an absolutely stunning and joyous version of this modern classic. I'm a huge fan of the genius that is Mike Oldfield. Which is why I've never seen The Exorcist. Listening to Tubular Bells always reminds me of my dad playing it in our home growing up and I never want that wonderful memory tarnished. :) Thank you. :)
Totally mind blowing.From the builder to the writer to the people who dedicate themselves to bring it all to life.It changed my the way I think.Thankyou!❤️
@@chrisglover2697 I attribute it to people's slower breathing during concentrated listening causing mucus build-up and expulsion. Controversial coughing? Interesting. So if they don't like the tune, they make everyone want to pummel them due to their coughing?
I listened to many versions of this song on UA-cam and THIS, by far, Is the best version there is ! I listen to it over and over. Theo…… AWESOME JOB ! ❤
Absolutely Fabulous! As a fan of Mike Old field, to hear this on a Church Organ must really be "music to the ears" - beautifully played. Superb! Well done 👏 xx
How this piece of beauty is not top of the YT recommendations, I'll never understand. Fantastic track, both in original and other versions I've heard, but in this version, wow, I stand in awe of your playing and the instrument. Well done and thank you so much for recording this and putting it out to the world.
A wonderful performance, I grew up on Tubular Bells several years ago I found a CD. It is just brilliant how all this came together as already commented with a complex instrument like the Organ.
NICE !! Always impressed seeing organists being able to play “ blind” with their feet ! And how the organ came to be called king of instruments in its hey day. Thanks for posting.
I used to have this as a ringtone on my phone, & once or twice it went off in church. Because I never saw that bloidy movie, I never really understood the fuss. .
The people who get angry are totally dumb. The exorcist tells the story of two brave Priest who is willing to sacrifice themselves in exorcising the demon , and show that evil can never defeat the will of god.
Oh wow, I listened to this over and over between the ages of 13 and 17. I'd conduct it in the living room, my heart swelling, put it on at night when I went to bed. Forgot how beautifully the opening developed, with surprising and satisfying progressions. Written from 17 and mostly performed by a 19 year-old Mike Oldfield. A rawness to the composition with exuberance in its sweep. Same with the playing.
this is actually a very emotional and moving piece in and of itself...the movie was way ahead of its time, but this score was its heart and soul. very well played, sir! loved it all the way thru! especially the finish. thank you!
I am back again three years later, and I truly do not think I have heard a better rendition of Tubular Bells' opening theme than this one. It seems like it was meant to played on the pipe organ! I'm not proficient enough to know what stops are being used throughout, but the part from 2:07 to 3:10 is absolutely breathtaking!
For me Tubular Bells From Mike Oldfield, but WOW, what a stunning performance this. Those many voices recorded by Mike himself one by one and then dubbed over, or played live by many musicians. And Theo plays them all by himself, at the same time!
I have put aside the whole "Exorcist" theme as I have discovered there is a lot more to this piece than the first 60 seconds of it from a movie. Well done.
@@Rayve1609 given what Branson tried to due to Venezuela recently, I'd be surprised if MO didnt have justification somewhere in his experiences to punch Branson in the face. Cant help but be curious is all. I'm not a violent man. It's only a matter of principle.
Imagine walking into church and you hear this playing...
I don’t think we’re in Kansas anymore
@@arrfffff7455 thank you for telling us you no longer live in Kansas
"Plays a song *associated* with demonic possesion"
Well hearing this would give walking into a church some point.
LMAO, that happened to my mom when she was young!😂💀
There's always someone who coughs during a musical performance... especially if it's being recorded.
Seriously. ALWAYS! Even when I record a song at home, I have to redo it cause someone in my family coughs. Drives me nuts
Once at church, my brother nudged me and said, "watch this."
He coughed once, and within thirty seconds, a hundred were coughing.
It worked every time.
It's a basic response of the respiratory system under an emotional production of neurochemicals.
I thought they were coughing on purpose at the right moment to create a percussion effect
The Beatles did it too. Coughs, sniffles, there's even a hidden f bomb in the radio cut of Hey Jude. Humans make music so there's human sounds in there too. Gotta embrace it.
Mike Oldfield recorded all the instruments himself separately, this guy just straight up playin em all at the same time
This is what makes it so superb...!
Nearly all !
Yes, pretty much. But Oldfield composed the piece. Our capable and flexible player did not do that.
@@kellypaws Yes Oldfield recognized that the melody needed a slight variation every second bar 6 notes then 7 notes this makes the piece enduring ,we will most certainly be listening to it in another 50 years and beyond
@@kevinkean3785 Correct! The only instrument that Mike didn't play are the drums that you don't hear until side two.
This guy is an abosulte master, his fingerwork combined with his feet......Insane!
Find some organ videos ofJean Guillou. He never uses sheet music. Has it all memorized like Martha Argerich.
Look for Cameron Carpenter
Look to the East on the 3rd day
When your instrument is so complex that you have to use all your limbs but you still need another set of hands
You also forget the group of blowers who used to physically operate bellows to provide air into the pipes themselves before electric air pumps :D
@@boban250 It still happens, not every organ is outfitted with electric pumps.
@@dingus_doofus The church in Lyminge (Kent, UK) has an organ that was retrofitted with an electric blower. I remember one morning the organist switched on the organ, there was this loud bang and all the lights went out. That service was held without lighting and two members of the church choir were conscripted into operating the bellows, which remained in situ and functional after the retrofit.
The guy should have introduced the woman to “the back of his hand” and yelled, “Back OFF”!
To be fair, Mike Oldfield recorded this in multiple tracks. It was never meant to be played by one person, on one instrument, in one go.
_"The power of chords compels you..."_
Laughed a little too hard at this, for personal reasons.
HaHaHa... Top comment!
terrible
LOLOLOL
the power chords compel you in the metal church
Absolute classic. Nearly 50 years old, and still stands up and holds its own. Bravo, Mike Oldfield.
And he was only 19 when he recorded it.
Really? I never knew.
The album Tubular Bells certainly didn't hurt the fledgling Virgin label either!
Yes! I had this recording on LP. Absolutely brilliant composition. Oh, I'm also an old grandfather today, hehe.
Bravo Theo for playing all in one shot. Not layered.
Indeed still an amazing piece of work
The irony of this being played in church is just gold
Exactly
Agree.
Given that this piece existed long before “The Exorcist”, that is like saying that playing Bach's toccata and fugue in d'minor or Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake because they get used in horror films is ironic. They, along with this, were used because they set a mood, but they belong in a church.
@@0GreatMerlin Yes, we know that.
It is still ironic.
@@grantmcauliffe3437 no it isn't redhard
“Tubular Bells” by the great, Mike Oldfield. A masterpiece of music always deserves its proper title.
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I believe this is Part I. There's two parts to his music.
@@hhds113 Yes. This is the opening, in the first side.
I agree, I was not impressed they referred to it by the title of the film that used it as a soundtrack!
There is actually a part 3 as well that came out in 1998. It's nowhere near as good as the previous parts but it does have some nice tracks on it
This is absolutely insane. Mad respect for this master organist.
Well said. I noticed he barely had time to blink.
😳🎼😈
Great eye, hand and foot coordination.
He’s a master at playing with his organ.
A very talented man, thanks for this 👍🏻
Considering this was written using a multitrack, this organist is doing a fantastic job of interpretation. Bravo sir.
A lot shifty time signatures, too. Hats off.
I was about 6 years old when this came out and my sister bought the album which I still have. Listen to it through headphones, in the dark and when the bells ring at the end, of Part I it is like lightning rings down your spine and reforms your entire nervous system.
What are you taking? I need to get some. “Lightning “rings” down your spine and reforms your entire nervous system”. Wow that’s some powerful stuff.
What a fabulous description…. I get it.
@@martinryan8101 you understand what I was getting at...
@@skwervin1I certainly do. And the 2003 version has an even greater impact on me - especially the introduction.
Wow, the hands part is in 9/8 and 7/8 alternating and the foot pedal part is written in 5/4 . This guy has skills.
Not to mention the Woman leaning over him changing the settings!!! Bet this Guy can pat his head and rub his belly counter-clockwise simultaneously?
It's a little hard to follow but it's actually 7/8 + 8/8, the bass part follows the same metric pattern, in the second section with the descending bass line it's just 8+7 instead of 7+8 phrasing
I dont know what all that means, but it sure looks hard ....
Why don't you look up the actual composer whom is well known in the UK as Mike Oldfield. He explains exactly how _"Tubular Bells"_ was constructed.
@@spearmintt1342 Haha, you reminded me of a classic argument with my best bud when we were 12, it's 7/8 ...7/8 is impossible..../no it's not listen to me count...../ your weird and your pausing between 6 and 7 to make it 8./ what? ... We were 12.....signature nerds....but it prepared us for Zappa a few years later...🤣
Just came across this video - the man is a genius - in the original Mike Oldfield played all the parts so he recorded each instrument separately and then joined them together - for this man to play multiple parts at the same time, and live in front of an audience - pure genius and cannot be bettered. Thank you!
I know and since all the parts are at different timings it’s no wonder he ended and extra hand to use the stops, limb control that I could only dream of
Welcome to the wonderful world of an organist. You need more limbs than an octopus sometimes 😂😂😂 As a fellow organist, this guy has some dexterity, top marks.
Mike Oldfield said this song took its toll on him physically and mentally.
No doubt it is his Opus, but he was about 17 when he started this.
not the same at all.
imagine walking into church and you hear this playing... and then someone coughs throughout the performance
I am a drummer of 30 years playing and although I think I have a decent level of independence to my playing, I know I am an independence amoeba when compared to this incredible musician we see here! What a player, what a set of skills and played with such feel as well! Brilliant stuff and I have this on almost everyday at some point....love it - thank you Theo!
My sister used to come home from work at lunchtime, play side 1 of this album and go back to work. I miss you sis.
BANG! Right in the feels!
Brave memory share - thank you.
She was smokin somethin on her break
People coughing up demons in church while this plays
Oh so you believe Stalin was just a ‘naughty boy’ when he killed his own people? Demons are real but satan is not red or has horns or a pitchfork. Demons love hate, greed, lust, envy, pride, violence.
@@gjeacocke Sssshhuuuutttt uuuupppppppppp
@@ReasonsWhy1 child calm doon
"Bless you"
@@gjeacocke Yeah righto champion. Demon.
That was absolutely astounding!. I hope Mike Oldfield has seen this. He should be truly blown away by your amazing rendition!
Amazing. So glad people still learn to play these instruments. The need to have a button pusher because all of your limbs are too busy to do it - WOW, just WOW!
And introducing....two slightly.. distorted coughs.....
GF ha ha, genuinely laughed big laughs at your comment
Very good. Clearly a fan. I salute you.
😆 That took me right back
LOL
I wonder if Viv Stanshall genuinely saw the guitars distorted owing to being so bladdered!
Thanks for that funny remark: I laughed and spat all over my tablet!
Why anyone disliked this is beyond me, its just amazing.
Maybe the power of this version didn't manage to compel Pazuzu from their rotten souls...
Probably superstitious about playing this at a church
They know real music.
It could be the damned coughing that they don’t like. Can’t say I blame them if it is.
It's her
The level of skill, talent and concentration from both musicians is beyond measurement! Bravo!
This literally gave me chills. Absolutely outstanding!
People like this are practically a genius, how do you split your brain to make 4 limbs play 4 different sets of notes individually but in unison ?
Similar to driving a manual transmission automobile in a race or on a crowded city street - clutch, shifter, steering wheel, gas pedal (and brake pedal for #5). Practice, Practice, practice.
STUDYING.-
JS Bach did it! :-)
...practice.
@@crosslink1493 I was gonna argue, because it comes so natural to me to drive a manual car, but yes, it takes practice, you are right.
I'd be more scared by the organist's supernatural co-ordination of his limbs than by the music.
He was possessed by the God of Music while playing this piece
It's not harder than dance dance revolutions
Luckily he does not have to turn the pages himself
I started my day online searching for some Mike Oldfield on Spotify... to have ended up hearing this masterwork of a rendition of Tubular Bells..... simply awestruck.
I can’t believe someone sat there and coughed their way through this wonderful performance, hope their head spun a 180 when they got home, Amazing talent ❤
i am a smoker, i cough randomly, cant control it, ppl cough for many reasons and dont do it purposely
@@rogerw-interestedThen politely remove yourself from the venue, especially during a recording.
@@rogerw-interestedI poop myself can I come to your wedding?
@@denoroberts4938 Because god forbid people who aren't perfectly healthy and able be allowed to attend musical performances. Try to be less of a bigot, yeah? If they wanted a clean recording, they could have easily booked a time without an audience attending instead of recording a live concert.
@@monatae9725 Could probably start by kicking the habit. It's not like it's a disability.
Haunting. Just shows you the quality of Mike Oldfields writing.
There's nothing more uplifting to me than a fine church organ played well. I also love Tubular Bells. This is an amazing performace of that wonderful piece. Such multidextrous virtuosity.
I wish I could hear this live.. simply beautiful!!
Very good cover, makes me feel old. 50 years ago I bought this album and since then travelled around the UK and Europe watching Mike play. Got every album and still find myself playing his earlier albums Tubular Bells and Hergest Ridge, been there too. I enjoyed your playing, thank you 👍
Wow, just found this. Personally I preferred ommadawn to Hergest ridge. I also went to Hergest ridge, on the strength of the album, ha ha.
@@brianwillson9567 Yep Ommadawn is a fantastic album too. I went to Horse Guards Parade to the World Premier of Tubular Bells 3, absolutely soaking wet in the rain, brilliant. Never got wet before at a concert or since, lol.
Very impressive. The skill used to play it on that organ is truly skilled. For anyone that doesn't know, Mike Oldfield compiled the tune by playing various individual instruments, then combined them onto a track in a studio. I was born in 1973 when the album was first released and it was the first album to sold on Richard Branson's Virgin label. Little music fun fact there.
the fact so many people were coughing would scare me a hell of a lot more walking into a church then the exorcist theme playin'...
2021 vs 1973 lol. Yes I agree
If you think this is bad you should listen to a chess tournament
@@phiodite7850 Interesting observation.The most prolific countries that play chess also have highest smoking related deaths.
@@ecosseza4030 hmm interesting
WOW! What an amazing piece of musicianship. It must have sounded awesome in the venue, so expansive and LOUD!
Mike Oldfield is a genius. He composed and played all instruments in this brilliant piece. He completed it before the Exorcist was even filmed.
It was Richard Branson's then new label (Virgin) who produced it and when William Friedken listened to the piece by chance, he knew it would be his theme song.
Not exactly by chance. William Friedkin tells the story in his memoir, The Friedkin Connection. He was looking for a theme and was given a stack of albums to listen to.
That was brilliant. Can you imagine, walking past the church on a dark night hearing this coming from it. Love it
This was one of the pieces of music played at my Sisters funeral. Means so much and it is wonderful to hear it played like this.
Weird to play at a funeral tbh
@@loui7210 Why? A beautiful bit of music by Mike Oldfield. The fact that it was used in a film doesn't take away the fact that it is a great bit of music. I did love the film as well. But often Horror and sci fi use the best music.
How this man's mind must be working is astonishing. Truly outstanding. Thank you both for your efforts in delivering this piece.
Brillant, note and 😂pitch perfect I was in awe of this gentlemans talent 👌.. but I did notice he didn't use his elbows... ;)
I know every note of this - having bought the LP as a teen. Have to say that this rendition is quite lovely - both the anarchic power and delicate, hopeful passion of the original are rendered with spirit. Heartfelt thanks.
Oldfield was 19 years old in 1973 when Tubular Bells was recorded, and he played almost all the instruments. Name one 19 year old "artist" of 2021 who can top that..
Taylor swift 🤣
Not to downplay the real genius of Mike Oldfield at all, but you might want to check out Jacob Collier (lots of stuff here on UA-cam) -- truly frightening composition skills, an incredibly sophisticated understanding of harmony, and always expressing a real _joy_ in music...something to renew your faith in a younger generation, perhaps?
@@chrismiles1663 jacob collier? who is that guy? first time in hell that i heard about him, he have 19 years old too and make somethign like Mike?, that was the question
Harry styles
I’m sure Prince played all the instruments on a lot of his works.
that moment when the holy water slowly begins to boil
If basketball and football could be played at the same time, this is your man. His ability to coordinate like that is exceptional!
What an absolutely stunning and joyous version of this modern classic. I'm a huge fan of the genius that is Mike Oldfield. Which is why I've never seen The Exorcist. Listening to Tubular Bells always reminds me of my dad playing it in our home growing up and I never want that wonderful memory tarnished. :) Thank you. :)
Loved the random Covid percussions effects.
Just stumbled across this. Blown away. It's almost as if Tubular Bells was written for the church organ. Magnificent playing also.
Totally mind blowing.From the builder to the writer to the people who dedicate themselves to bring it all to life.It changed my the way I think.Thankyou!❤️
Quite amazing. Each limb and digit controlled with precision in harmony. Genius.
Whoever is coughing, ya'll need to stop :)
It was god
I call it controversial coughing
@@chrisglover2697 I attribute it to people's slower breathing during concentrated listening causing mucus build-up and expulsion. Controversial coughing? Interesting. So if they don't like the tune, they make everyone want to pummel them due to their coughing?
You ever been in a church before?? Always someone hacking away with a germ spreading cough!!
@@pj1909 haha yeah this is true :)
Man, the level of coordination required to play this piece of music... I'm in awe
What a talent. Would have loved him to have played that at my wedding. And have the congregation to all stare at my mother in law.
I just woke up my wife I was laughing so hard. That silent laughter where your body shakes. Thanks for this.
Diabolic 😂
🤣🤣🤣
Fantastic arrangement for organ voicing. Captures the spirit of Oldfield’s original writing fantastically. Beautiful work. Thank you.
I don't know how they can do it. So talented.
Practice.
Beautiful rendition of Mike’s work !
Thank you so much for sharing it with us.
I listened to many versions of this song on UA-cam and THIS, by far, Is the best version there is ! I listen to it over and over. Theo…… AWESOME JOB ! ❤
Absolutely Fabulous! As a fan of Mike Old field, to hear this on a Church Organ must really be "music to the ears" - beautifully played. Superb! Well done 👏 xx
That organ though. What an amazing piece of instrument art.
How this piece of beauty is not top of the YT recommendations, I'll never understand. Fantastic track, both in original and other versions I've heard, but in this version, wow, I stand in awe of your playing and the instrument. Well done and thank you so much for recording this and putting it out to the world.
I've watched this with open mouth, it truly is an amazing performance of Mikes masterpiece... thanks for sharing!!!!!
Absolutely amazing!!!I remember running to get this on 8-track tape, amazing album, even now almost 50yrs later thanks for the memories 🙂
I think few people completely understand how difficult exactly this is. You are amazing man. I'm in awe.
Yes, no one realizes the difficulty of this piece. It is a wow!
A wonderful instrument, a gifted musician, a mighty melody.
A wonderful performance, I grew up on Tubular Bells several years ago I found a CD. It is just brilliant how all this came together as already commented with a complex instrument like the Organ.
NICE !!
Always impressed seeing organists being able to play “ blind” with their feet ! And how the organ came to be called king of instruments in its hey day. Thanks for posting.
And then Mike Oldfield (the master himself) appears and plays an incredible electric guitar solo.
Only montalban can Play an incredible Guitar
@@TheRassamee6y Not the guitar is incredible, the solo is. And btw monta who?
this guy got to be a close contender for the second place
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This was a beautiful rendition of a wonderful piece of music that I grew up listening to while I did my homework...!
Well done you two. This is quite the achievement. Skilfully and gracefully done. Thank you.
I used to have this as a ringtone on my phone, & once or twice it went off in church.
Because I never saw that bloidy movie, I never really understood the fuss. .
The people who get angry are totally dumb. The exorcist tells the story of two brave Priest who is willing to sacrifice themselves in exorcising the demon , and show that evil can never defeat the will of god.
@@then00brathalos I agree
@@then00brathalos - The music wasn't made for the movie. It was chosen afterwards. The music has not anything to do with exorcisme
Truly amazing! I love Tubular Bells and to hear it being played on a church organ is incredible. The organist is a real artist 👍👍👍👍👍
Oh wow, I listened to this over and over between the ages of 13 and 17. I'd conduct it in the living room, my heart swelling, put it on at night when I went to bed. Forgot how beautifully the opening developed, with surprising and satisfying progressions. Written from 17 and mostly performed by a 19 year-old Mike Oldfield. A rawness to the composition with exuberance in its sweep. Same with the playing.
If this was playing late at night in this setting, you would see where my exit would be, by the bricks missing. Wonderful to listen to really
Damn straight
Your skills are insane.
Regards from France.
I absolutely think it's mind blowing and a beautiful art to play that on such an organ I love listening to this brilliant xxx
An absolutely masterful performance: utterly astonishing!
Words cannot express how great this guy is. Simply amazing.
Not only is his playing extra ordinary but so is that instrument.
Absolutely AWESOME! You both did great. HUGE THUMB UP!!!
iv never heard tubular bells sound so good! thankyou so much for sharing, fantastic work.
This had to sound so powerful and majestic down on the floor, with the full acoustics to amplify it!!!
Absolutely fantastic, would loved to have heard that live. Well done to his very able assistant
Two feet and three hands. A master composition, Mike Oldfield! Masterful execution!
this is actually a very emotional and moving piece in and of itself...the movie was way ahead of its time, but this score was its heart and soul. very well played, sir! loved it all the way thru! especially the finish. thank you!
This is so incredibly brilliant! I can’t stop listening! Marvelous work, Theo!
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I am back again three years later, and I truly do not think I have heard a better rendition of Tubular Bells' opening theme than this one. It seems like it was meant to played on the pipe organ! I'm not proficient enough to know what stops are being used throughout, but the part from 2:07 to 3:10 is absolutely breathtaking!
Mike Oldfield. Have had the album for decades. quite a piece of music.
Me too, listened the hell 😈 out of it in college.
God bless you Mike Oldfield. Still one of my favourite albums of all time.
A MASTERFUL PERFORMANCE!!!! ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE FOOT ACTION ON THOSE ORGAN PEDALS!!!! BRAVO!!!!❤️❤️❤️
For me Tubular Bells From Mike Oldfield, but WOW, what a stunning performance this.
Those many voices recorded by Mike himself one by one and then dubbed over, or played live by many musicians.
And Theo plays them all by himself, at the same time!
You are the man. This is amazing. Love this.
The clarity of tone took me back 48 years.Brilliant.
INcredible rendition. Mad respect, sir! And your assistant rocked it too.
“There you go Vicar, I’ve tuned the organ for you, she sounds fine”
Imagine standing at the alter waiting for your new bride to come down and this starts playing...
Absolutely fantastic! One of my favorite pieces in a fabulous format. Would have loved to have heard it live!
Very well done! Another example of how versatile the organ is as an instrument! Thanks for sharing!
I have put aside the whole "Exorcist" theme as I have discovered there is a lot more to this piece than the first 60 seconds of it from a movie. Well done.
Mike Oldfield is one of the most versatile and original artists one could ever find.
Without him, virgin records/space industry wouldn’t be..
@@72marshflower15 Yes. But you might know about his little morsecode in Amarok, dont you? It didnt end well, that Oldfield-Virgin marriage.
@@Rayve1609 given what Branson tried to due to Venezuela recently, I'd be surprised if MO didnt have justification somewhere in his experiences to punch Branson in the face. Cant help but be curious is all.
I'm not a violent man. It's only a matter of principle.
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Well... Branson sell Tubular Bells for the movie without the Oldfield knowledge or consent and don´t give him a pound
@@pepeperez2774 😒 figures..
Talk about talent! This man is outstanding!
I am baffled by the technique of both musicians and their synchronization! BRAVO!
...what a resounding success!...good show, you two!...
Absolutely mad skills! Very impressive! Bravo!
Applause, Applause......that was great!