Just imagine how confused people would be when they passed by on the sidewalk and heard Queen getting played on a Pipe Organ from the inside of a giant church! ⛪️
It is very popular in European churches for the organist to have practice in afternoon and play what he or she wants. I have been pleasantly surprised by the talent and variety
4:08 This takes me back to high school marching band. I remember it being the last song and at this point all 200 of us were spread around the whole field in a big block. Everyone has FF as the dynamics. Basically play as loud as you can. The score goes in half time as you walk diagonally forward to your left. It felt badass!
I think this further proves the classical music Influence on Freddie Mercury when he was writing alot of queens music. Some parts sound like they could've come straight out of a Bach Fugue
I was transcribing Bohemian Rhapsody a couple weeks ago, and I recognized much of the harmonic content as being straight out of something Beethoven would've written.
Hapedise, sure, that's the name they put down as writer, but we all know that most of the songs were collaborations, especially the more complicated ones.
Rob-a suggestion for a series. Have a tour with Gary, John and Joey going to each other's instruments. Start it at Wrigley, which would be the least formal place. It would be a big change of pace for Chicago's premiere keyboard guys.
This is something that is worth of doing a second round. Correct the small errors, separate thet unwillingly legato-ed notes and do a recording with more thought out mic placement. This is a treasure that must get WAY MORE exposure.
Awesome! To answer your question @5:22 - The way to top that is to play Pink Floyd's "Celestial Voices" on it. It definitely belongs in a church. There is b&w video of the late great Rick Wright playing it on a pipe organ somewhere long ago, but clearly not of this magnitude. Their performance of it at Pompeii in '71 is probably one of their best. Thank you.
That was just incredible. The thing that actually made me chuckle was on the second "Will Not Let You Go" picked up that subtle imperfection in the vocals. Thank you for posting that. I never even thought of that. Thank you for sharing.
Ha girl, don't even remember how many times ive seen u in comments outside your channel 🙃, maybe u can sing over it? 😋 Whatever ur next video will be i'll be happy to watch it ""
The genius of Freddie Mercury. This music is on par with some of the greatest composers. If that arrangement were cleaned up, it would be really great.
You Folks are really onto something here!... This is a mind blowing kind of thing, I mean people want to hear their favorite songs in this genera... You really have something here! Don't let this just simply fade away.... Think Aerosmith, Rush, Alice in Chains, Sound Garden, Led Zeppelin, Blue Oyster Cult, The Who.. you have something here that will transcend... Please don't let this waste away into nothing!
Having that input port and using a few relays you could have some real fun with pranks of an organ that plays itself at night but only when the lights are out. A simple light sensor and a radar board and you can know when there is movement or lights to turn everything off and go back into sleep mode.
I dont think it was the midi file to be honest. Its probably limitations of the organ itself. It essentially has a spool time for the each of the notes since it relies on wind and not necessarily percussive strikes.
I agree with Rich. Although a pipe organ has delay, it's about the same for each and every note. The most obvious problem with the MIDI file was that successive repeated notes all got melded together into one. I wonder if perhaps it was recorded on a piano-like keyboard while using a sustain pedal, and then the organ's firmware responded to the sustain-pedal messages by erasing all of the gaps between the repeated notes.
It sounds to me as though the MIDI was only the accompaniment without the lead. There were hints of the lead tune at points but I think the main lead wasn't there at all and was never intended to be. It was probably intended to be used in a situation where a person was going to perform the lead while accompanied by a MIDI driven instrument.
I wonder if this is the only organ system in the world to have this capability. I wonder if there's a higher more advanced one that is just as huge? Cuz I would absolutely flat-out love to see it!!! This is extremely awesome!!!
Many organs have digitized consoles nowadays. The onboard computer is usually just used to record the console for playback. They didn't even know there was a MIDI port built in. They had to call the manufacturer to figure out how to even plug it in. This is a matter of no one ever connecting the dots. I'm so going to figure out how to do this with our 1927 Wurlitzer!
Next video, you guys should use remote microphones throughout the church, right and left channel, I would use a 10 microphone system, separated about 8 feet apart between right and left channel and then go back to the control room and separate them by 10-15 feet per set of two microphones, might be able to give use a better sound performance on UA-cam
I have been wanting to see this combination of musical genres combined for over 20 Years. I have played the pipe organ and am also a metal head. I have wanted to see the prophet song by Queen and war pigs done on a large instrument. You guys today fantastic job with Bohemian Rhapsody the only thing and might recommend is during the past heavy part is putting Freddy's voice on a separate organ division with a louder reed so it can stand out. But I really hope more people watched this and realize That the pipe organ has so many capabilities. And probably in Electronic form (Allen, Rodgers, midi etc) I would like to see more synthesis Of hard rock or metal with the sound of a pipe organ. I think it could be done.
Cant there be concerts with that? Honestly. This is defenetly a great discovery already and it already sounds great. But imagine experienced musicians/organists composing music in midi to utilize the ability of playing all the keyboards simultaniously if need be while actually having the ability to engage certain pipes from the different divisions live according to the music that is being played right now. Like in this song possibly having the opportunity to seperate the guitar and vocal melodies a bit more from the rest of the music and so on. It just looks like the full potential of this instrument has never been unlocked, since obviously a single organist can not play 7 keyboards simultaniously while also engaging and stopping certain pipes while playing. Would be damn awesome to have great musicians actually writing music or arranging existing music specificly for that instrument utilizing all the flexibility it provides
I saw your other extended video too. I don't think your MIDI tracks are quite right for optimal control but this was an amazing experiment. I hope you are working on a way to integrate the stop selection along with the note playing. I think it ought to be possible and I would be curious to learn more. I have access to a 1927 Wurlitzer Theatre organ with a digitized console in a similar setup. I'm going to see if there is a MIDI input port. It has the same computer in the console so i'm sure it does. It would be great to create MIDI files of music to go with films.
It's all likely taken from sheet music so the notes are programmed to appear like legato. It played it in the first video but you can't hear the note separation because of the midi information
Just imagine how confused people would be when they passed by on the sidewalk and heard Queen getting played on a Pipe Organ from the inside of a giant church! ⛪️
A Very Dead Horse Freddie had blessed the church Lmao
well they would think the organist is a genous and maybe come to the next services
I would have converted
Why? Have you heard the Bethlehemian Rhapsody which is exactly the same tune but Christian words?
And the music itself is not evil.
It is very popular in European churches for the organist to have practice in afternoon and play what he or she wants. I have been pleasantly surprised by the talent and variety
the "nothing really matters" part is so powerful and divine sounding!
Also the build up at: Bi ei zi bub, has the devilput aside for Meeee,,, for MEE, for MMMEEEEREEREEREEREEEEE
Out of everything over the years, this moment in Rob's life I am most jealous of. I really want to go see that organ played.
The owner of the pipe organ: this thing 300-plus pistons
Mumbo: I think I can beat that
lol
Very underrated
4:11 probably my favorite part. That chord there in massive and I can’t stop listening to it
That's the absolutely cream of it, especially with the ritardando leading up to it.
4:08 This takes me back to high school marching band. I remember it being the last song and at this point all 200 of us were spread around the whole field in a big block. Everyone has FF as the dynamics. Basically play as loud as you can. The score goes in half time as you walk diagonally forward to your left. It felt badass!
Used to play in a brass band myself. I can definitely relate to where you're coming from, in addition to appreciating this vid.
Same here. It’s always satisfying when you have a part like that.
We got the concert band version
Oh this is gonna be fun.
Edit: It was fun. The organ even hit the C5 around 3:40
Pretty regular note, C5...
I think this further proves the classical music Influence on Freddie Mercury when he was writing alot of queens music. Some parts sound like they could've come straight out of a Bach Fugue
Prophet's Song, even more so.
@@Keithustus That was composed by Brian
I was transcribing Bohemian Rhapsody a couple weeks ago, and I recognized much of the harmonic content as being straight out of something Beethoven would've written.
Hapedise, sure, that's the name they put down as writer, but we all know that most of the songs were collaborations, especially the more complicated ones.
Somewhere on YT there is Xavier Varnus playing 'The show must go on' from Queens on a monumental pipe organ; no exaggeration, it is divine...
wonder how for whom the bell tolls wound sound on the organ
that would sound absolutely monstrous
Hell yeah
Would be better on the carillon
@@lukekline9513 They did play it od carillon!
Oooooof
Freddy would approve! Hell, he would be up there rocking with you guys! I got goose bumps AGAIN!
How many times you watched it? I'm here for the 5th time now
This is great stuff! John is clearly enjoying learning capabilities he didn't know the organ had! Big thumb's up to you, Rob!
This definitely rang to the heavens
I think we all hope freddy heard it, he may have even been watching over
The simulator guy...Or maybe he’s looking up, I don’t know, I don’t know
Rob-a suggestion for a series. Have a tour with Gary, John and Joey going to each other's instruments. Start it at Wrigley, which would be the least formal place. It would be a big change of pace for Chicago's premiere keyboard guys.
I can still hear the singing, wow
TheBlankOne I mean... the midi does include the vocals, just as an instrument instead of a voice
Ok but can it do Never Gonna Give You Up
Probably it can, but do you really want the whole neighbourhood to be like hmmm are we getting mass rickrolled here?
@@jeroen0011 You already know the clear answer
@@jeroen0011 Yes
Imagine Rickrolling god.
NOOOOOOO => YOUR GONE BLOW UP THE PIPES ;-D
This is something that is worth of doing a second round. Correct the small errors, separate thet unwillingly legato-ed notes and do a recording with more thought out mic placement. This is a treasure that must get WAY MORE exposure.
at 4:02 the extremely low bass pipes sound incredible at the last part of this little transition
4:13. He said “wow”.
Translation he enjoyed the bass. Always have more bass to songs it adds grandeur.
"Do what you want with my music, just don't make it boring."
-Freddie Mercury
Awesome! To answer your question @5:22 - The way to top that is to play Pink Floyd's "Celestial Voices" on it. It definitely belongs in a church. There is b&w video of the late great Rick Wright playing it on a pipe organ somewhere long ago, but clearly not of this magnitude. Their performance of it at Pompeii in '71 is probably one of their best. Thank you.
Rob, your MIDI file has a whole verse missing, and half of the guitar solo!
That was just incredible. The thing that actually made me chuckle was on the second "Will Not Let You Go" picked up that subtle imperfection in the vocals. Thank you for posting that. I never even thought of that. Thank you for sharing.
I really hope Freddie can hear this up there - He would LOVE it !!!
I love this series so much
This just gives me goosebumps, i wonder how it was really in that church to hear that.
Youre living the dream my guy
🙏
JS Bach would have loved a MIDI pipe organ. 😂
So would PDQ Bach ;)
Rather would've played Rhapsody and poliphonic pieces forever and ever, by himself, on an organ
One of the best tunes ever written... ❤️
More please. Any song - I straight up don't care. Just do more of this!
Am i the only one who got chills and teary eyed when he said "we miss you Freddie"?
Would love to hear a full queen set on this organ! Anything is possible
This is extreamly epic, cant describe it, I must see this IRL at least once in my life
Now Freddie Mercury’s singing need to be layered on top of this
Hold on imma get to work on it
God Himself maybe add some drums?
Ha girl, don't even remember how many times ive seen u in comments outside your channel 🙃, maybe u can sing over it? 😋 Whatever ur next video will be i'll be happy to watch it ""
That’ll be cool.
Yes
This is solid Rob. You should recreate the pipe organ American Idiot from The Simpson's Movie
You mean Green Day playing their rendition of the Simpsons theme before their barge goes down?
hey Rob- me again. Binaural audio! Just sayin. Would take this to a whole new level.
Like so he sees this
true, would be awesome
Me: I have to do homework
Rob Scallon:*video*
Me:
This genuinely made me hapoy
I think somewhere in the universe Freddie is smiling about this project.
Really majestic ,so fitting for a Queen.
“We missed you Freddie”
Im not crying you are
if this doesnt get played at my funeral im not showing up lmao
If I knew this was being played at my funeral, I'd show up early.
The genius of Freddie Mercury. This music is on par with some of the greatest composers. If that arrangement were cleaned up, it would be really great.
You should play some initial D on it! Imagine hearing deja vu or running in the 90s on a freaking pipe organ
Rafael Santos I so want to hear this now
Back on the rocks (mustang gt theme) would be perfect
@@arsyahr138Especially since Back on the Rocks uses the main introduction of Toccata in D
I'd love to hear a binaural recording of this! Maybe next time you can set up two mics, ear-length apart, and put them on separate balances!
This was awesome, and it actually brought a tear to my eye toward the end.
I'd love to hear the full clip of rain playing on this too.
You Folks are really onto something here!... This is a mind blowing kind of thing, I mean people want to hear their favorite songs in this genera... You really have something here! Don't let this just simply fade away.... Think Aerosmith, Rush, Alice in Chains, Sound Garden, Led Zeppelin, Blue Oyster Cult, The Who.. you have something here that will transcend... Please don't let this waste away into nothing!
now it sounds holy
At this rate, we see gonna have a "I used a pipe organ to take over the world"
You need to post the Necrophagist playthrough as well, that was fucking epic.
This made me smile. Thanks Rob 😊
Having that input port and using a few relays you could have some real fun with pranks of an organ that plays itself at night but only when the lights are out. A simple light sensor and a radar board and you can know when there is movement or lights to turn everything off and go back into sleep mode.
Beautiful. Thanks for the upload, Rob.
A true masterpiece.
This is the equivalent of drifting a cement mixer!
Need to upload full versions of Rain and Anchor on the organ!!
Imagine going in there to pray then some people are just playing Bohemian Rhapsody on the organ
Hearing rhapsody in a church organ is an even greater reason to pray i think
Someone from the pews out front yells “Freebird”!!! LOL! 🤣🤣😂😂 also this would be the most epic way imaginable to play marry had a little lamb lmao 🤣
4:15 you can hear the Oh Yeah! O,O
Crazy stuff, thanks for sharing
Sends shivers down my spine
Had to have the organ with all it's voices-and Freddy's voice is still very much missed in the mix.
"you can do whatever you want with my music, just dont make me boring". i think you succeeded.
Wow! That was mindblowing!
That MIDI file was absolute rubbish but Rob's enthusiasm more than makes up for it.
I dont think it was the midi file to be honest. Its probably limitations of the organ itself. It essentially has a spool time for the each of the notes since it relies on wind and not necessarily percussive strikes.
I agree with Rich. Although a pipe organ has delay, it's about the same for each and every note. The most obvious problem with the MIDI file was that successive repeated notes all got melded together into one. I wonder if perhaps it was recorded on a piano-like keyboard while using a sustain pedal, and then the organ's firmware responded to the sustain-pedal messages by erasing all of the gaps between the repeated notes.
@@ionator2000ist Hmmm ... ua-cam.com/video/qO_h00i6s0Q/v-deo.html
It sounds to me as though the MIDI was only the accompaniment without the lead. There were hints of the lead tune at points but I think the main lead wasn't there at all and was never intended to be. It was probably intended to be used in a situation where a person was going to perform the lead while accompanied by a MIDI driven instrument.
This is basically the Rev Richard Coles most days at evensong.
🤣😂❤
I'd go to church if it was like this everyday
Ho Lee Schitt!! That was AMAZING!
this is amazing i love it
Please do more of Queen
I wonder if this is the only organ system in the world to have this capability. I wonder if there's a higher more advanced one that is just as huge? Cuz I would absolutely flat-out love to see it!!! This is extremely awesome!!!
Many organs have digitized consoles nowadays. The onboard computer is usually just used to record the console for playback. They didn't even know there was a MIDI port built in. They had to call the manufacturer to figure out how to even plug it in. This is a matter of no one ever connecting the dots. I'm so going to figure out how to do this with our 1927 Wurlitzer!
Next video, you guys should use remote microphones throughout the church, right and left channel, I would use a 10 microphone system, separated about 8 feet apart between right and left channel and then go back to the control room and separate them by 10-15 feet per set of two microphones, might be able to give use a better sound performance on UA-cam
I have been wanting to see this combination of musical genres combined for over 20 Years. I have played the pipe organ and am also a metal head. I have wanted to see the prophet song by Queen and war pigs done on a large instrument. You guys today fantastic job with Bohemian Rhapsody the only thing and might recommend is during the past heavy part is putting Freddy's voice on a separate organ division with a louder reed so it can stand out. But I really hope more people watched this and realize That the pipe organ has so many capabilities. And probably in Electronic form (Allen, Rodgers, midi etc) I would like to see more synthesis Of hard rock or metal with the sound of a pipe organ. I think it could be done.
Part of the reason it wasn't playing every note is just due to mechanical limitations. Pipe organs aren't meant to shred.
Cant there be concerts with that?
Honestly. This is defenetly a great discovery already and it already sounds great.
But imagine experienced musicians/organists composing music in midi to utilize the ability of playing all the keyboards simultaniously if need be while actually having the ability to engage certain pipes from the different divisions live according to the music that is being played right now.
Like in this song possibly having the opportunity to seperate the guitar and vocal melodies a bit more from the rest of the music and so on. It just looks like the full potential of this instrument has never been unlocked, since obviously a single organist can not play 7 keyboards simultaniously while also engaging and stopping certain pipes while playing.
Would be damn awesome to have great musicians actually writing music or arranging existing music specificly for that instrument utilizing all the flexibility it provides
- Hey dude, I play the bass and you?
- I play church.
Pretty wonderful!!
I'd love to have been sat in there!
we need the separate video for One.
THIS WAS SO BEAUTIFUL NOW DO NEVER GONNA GIVE YOU UP
Iv herd a lot of version of this song and and other than when I herd it on wan world this is my 2and favourite version
It would be wild to have experienced this live and in person. The recording doesn’t do this justice.
Great job! I love it!
Imagine being the guy who made that MIDI and seeing this.
1:33 Wholesome
I'd love to see "I want to break free" by Queen, or some AC/DC song.
Amazing!
$3M organ controlled by a $1000 laptop. The neat thing about the old paper roll organs was they had a line for stops and also swell levels.
What a beautiful intro
The thing about Bohemian Rhapsody is it makes me want to listen to Bohemian Rhapsody.
I saw your other extended video too. I don't think your MIDI tracks are quite right for optimal control but this was an amazing experiment. I hope you are working on a way to integrate the stop selection along with the note playing. I think it ought to be possible and I would be curious to learn more. I have access to a 1927 Wurlitzer Theatre organ with a digitized console in a similar setup. I'm going to see if there is a MIDI input port. It has the same computer in the console so i'm sure it does. It would be great to create MIDI files of music to go with films.
One Word ...... WOW !!!!!!!!
Imagine walking by a church and this is playing...
I live nearby Chicago and never have been to this church
Soooo freaking cool!!!
Is there a MIDI download available? I want to try this on my pipe organ...
I need the djent part of the woven web
It's all likely taken from sheet music so the notes are programmed to appear like legato. It played it in the first video but you can't hear the note separation because of the midi information
Must have sounded amazing in that hall!
A midi-controlable pipe organ? Cool!!
Your computer guy looks like he came from a different industry if you catch my drift lol