The best bit of this video of Mike Oldfield recording the Blue Peter theme tune...

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dl11D09I4OM

Poll Results

Option	Votes
2:15 - acoustic bass	3
6:40 - "NO!!!"	2
7:35 - "I have a com-pu-ter"	1
0:26 - rhythm guitar	0
7:04 - reeeeeeeeewind selector	0
6:20 - couldn't manage a roll in a sandwich shop	0
5:40 - electric guitar	0
5:15 - like throwing a dustbin down some stairs	0
4:58 - "all you people who are pretending not to be here"	0
4:40 - nostaaaaaaaalgia	0
4:14 - "typical guitarist"	0
3:38 - "basically because I can't play it that fast"	0
2:50 - "electronic gadgets called synthesisers"	0
1:43 - "Irish drum" / serious musician is serious	0
1:28 - The Mike Oldfield Sound System	0
1:06 - "quicker than I thought"	0
0:38 - Simon Groom, music critic	0
8:00 - feels like I just got in from school	0

― Paul McCartney, the Gary Barlow of The Beatles (snoball), Sunday, 9 December 2012 14:01 (twelve years ago)

I don't know why but that's left me feeling slightly depressed...

― The Pastiche Liberation Front (sonnyboy), Sunday, 9 December 2012 16:32 (twelve years ago)

Seeing this on TV in 1979 was one of my formative experiences, one of the influences that made me want to be a musician.

― Paul McCartney, the Gary Barlow of The Beatles (snoball), Sunday, 9 December 2012 16:37 (twelve years ago)

That was a great trip back in time for me - I watched that as a ten year old and thought "That looks like fun". Now I watch it and think "I'd love that equipment, was that a Korg there?". Favourite part? That squeal of feedback as he is about to play the guitar solo.

― Rob M Revisited, Sunday, 9 December 2012 17:50 (twelve years ago)

acoustic bass, it's like an electric bass except it's all made of wood

― abanana, Sunday, 9 December 2012 17:51 (twelve years ago)

Nice to see that again. For all these years, I'd got into my head that the whole thing was speeded up - I'd remembered the tape-speed cheat but not the specifics.

― Michael Jones, Sunday, 9 December 2012 18:14 (twelve years ago)

Slightly longer version (the one at the top of the thread is from a later 'request yer fave clips yer snivelling brats' BP episode, hence the appearance of Peter 'art movie' Duncan)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f4K6_8_Q0PQ

― Paul McCartney, the Gary Barlow of The Beatles (snoball), Sunday, 9 December 2012 18:18 (twelve years ago)

(still shite picture quality, so bad luck fellow synth spotters)

― Paul McCartney, the Gary Barlow of The Beatles (snoball), Sunday, 9 December 2012 18:18 (twelve years ago)

The first synth is a ARP Solina String Ensemble, with the keyboard for a Moog modular balanced on top of it, and presumable the rest of the modular somewhere in the gloom behind it. No idea about the preset synth used for the 'sped up' bit.

― Paul McCartney, the Gary Barlow of The Beatles (snoball), Sunday, 9 December 2012 18:36 (twelve years ago)

In the longer second clip, which shows the whole process, there's an ARP 2600 providing the click track somewhere in shot at the start which Mike then plays the acoustic guitar to.

― Rob M Revisited, Sunday, 9 December 2012 19:28 (twelve years ago)

acoustic bass, it's like an electric bass except it's all made of wood

yes i love that too, that's my favorite. the "gadgets called synthesizers" is pretty great too though, and i am always a fan of his seriousface.

― teledyldonix, Sunday, 9 December 2012 21:20 (twelve years ago)

this thread sent me down the youtube wormhole of Oldfield-British-TV-appearances last night

thank you

― Milton Parker, Tuesday, 11 December 2012 20:05 (twelve years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

― System, Saturday, 15 December 2012 00:01 (twelve years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

― System, Sunday, 16 December 2012 00:01 (twelve years ago)

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