Domtoren Clock Tower Plays the Marble Machine Song

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    - Małgosia Fiebig surprised me completely by playing the Marble Machine song on the Carillion of the Domtoren clock tower for the whole city of Utrecht!
    Thanks so much Małgosia for showing us and everybody else the Domtoren of Utrecht!
    Martin & Co.
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Комментарии • 5 тыс.

  • @AndyGuyCantYouLiftForLife
    @AndyGuyCantYouLiftForLife 6 лет назад +8622

    "What do you play?"
    "Guitar"
    "haha screw you I play a god damn TOWER!"

    • @cseblivestreaming
      @cseblivestreaming 6 лет назад +201

      sounds oddly sexual

    • @Aguantis
      @Aguantis 6 лет назад +28

      😂😂😂😂😂

    • @josephsmith8087
      @josephsmith8087 6 лет назад +38

      Well... I also play bass... Fuck you Glen fricker...

    • @tamago4674
      @tamago4674 6 лет назад +31

      Fucking Brilliant

    • @GuiSmith
      @GuiSmith 6 лет назад +34

      This comment thread, however short, gives me a lot of joy 😆

  • @Sharklops
    @Sharklops 4 года назад +2767

    people passing by: "wow, the marbles in there must be HUGE!"

    • @a1454
      @a1454 3 года назад +113

      Just use cannon balls

    • @andrewmills395
      @andrewmills395 3 года назад +17

      That's funny.👍

    • @thedrawingkid1320
      @thedrawingkid1320 3 года назад +5

      Ya

    • @JamesSmith-tu6mk
      @JamesSmith-tu6mk 3 года назад +3

      (fresh off the boat)

    • @beeallen2743
      @beeallen2743 3 года назад +10

      Can-
      Can the next marble machine just be the classic, but scaled to a massive level?

  • @uppdogg
    @uppdogg 4 года назад +956

    this woman is the CEO of perfectly sightreading

    • @mixazizu
      @mixazizu 3 года назад +19

      She could first-try hardest level in GD since she has good sightreading

    • @whybothertry8642
      @whybothertry8642 3 года назад +2

      @@mixazizu bet

    • @samgoesbam1108
      @samgoesbam1108 3 года назад +2

      @@mixazizu so do you mean deadlocked or Tartarus

    • @wilfdarr
      @wilfdarr 3 года назад +5

      “I was just looking for something else to play”

    • @123bloddytears
      @123bloddytears 3 года назад +1

      @@mixazizu ???

  • @chemicolle7016
    @chemicolle7016 3 года назад +880

    Mad respect for her flipping the pages without skipping a beat

    • @razorransom1795
      @razorransom1795 3 года назад +9

      Welp, most organ players must do so as well, so...

    • @katie-st8nx
      @katie-st8nx 2 года назад +21

      @@razorransom1795 organ players are impressive

    • @rami-succar7356
      @rami-succar7356 9 месяцев назад +4

      @@razorransom1795 most musicians do this. heck all of them do

    • @razorransom1795
      @razorransom1795 9 месяцев назад +2

      @@rami-succar7356 we must, talking from past experience, but organ and harp and some strings have it rough with all they must play, it can be a lot at once.

    • @rami-succar7356
      @rami-succar7356 9 месяцев назад

      @razorransom1795 sure, but you can always put many pages at once the way I do when I practice the piano.
      thought it doesnt take me long to memorize it so I don't need it for long but you get my point, it's nothing wizardly as literally everyone does it.

  • @ernestb556
    @ernestb556 6 лет назад +2151

    “Hey, do you play an instrument?” “Yeah, I play clock tower”

    • @cseblivestreaming
      @cseblivestreaming 6 лет назад +19

      One way to brag

    • @Pacvalham
      @Pacvalham 6 лет назад +16

      I don't think there is a bigger instrument.

    • @janchk5083
      @janchk5083 6 лет назад +22

      Oh, by the way I can control time. How cool it thst?

    • @herrbonk2211
      @herrbonk2211 5 лет назад +7

      A bigger instrument
      Big Ben plays Megalovania

    • @herpyderpy4366
      @herpyderpy4366 5 лет назад +1

      +A Person Using RUclips There's always the Great Stalacpipe-an organ built using a cavern's own stalactites across several acres, and much bigger still (over 60 acres if memory serves) if you consider that the entire cavern serves as the organ's resonating chamber. But even playing conservatively and just qualifying the functionally-integrated stalactites, a clock tower's got nothing on that!

  • @thestormcraft4012
    @thestormcraft4012 6 лет назад +4573

    I was so shocked when I saw this video because I live in the Netherlands and I was in Utrecht that day when Wintergatan got his tour, and I was wondering "what the heck is going on with the bells!" I was so confused now I watch this video one year later and it all makes sense.

    • @minnarewers3573
      @minnarewers3573 6 лет назад +124

      TheStormCraft did you hear the marble machine?

    • @Gren4te
      @Gren4te 5 лет назад +283

      Haha. Same here. I remember wlaking through utrecht and hearing this. I was like.. waaaiit hold on. I know this song. I don’t even live in utrecht but just happened to be there.

    • @NorokVokun
      @NorokVokun 5 лет назад +48

      @@Gren4te so lucky xD

    • @mylittlesecret2717
      @mylittlesecret2717 5 лет назад +83

      I study in utrecht not far from the domtoren. If the wind blows with the right direction I can sometimes hear it play!

    • @snalrus
      @snalrus 5 лет назад +10

      @TheStormCraft i think that you might be lying. i just looked at your channel.

  • @Daanlikkewaan
    @Daanlikkewaan 4 года назад +263

    You know you've made it in they world when they play your song on the clock tower

  • @mixazizu
    @mixazizu 4 года назад +292

    12:17 that's what are you waiting for

    • @nachov.m.
      @nachov.m. 3 года назад +3

      Thanks

    • @elsahara9897
      @elsahara9897 3 года назад +5

      Our hero.

    • @mixazizu
      @mixazizu 3 года назад +5

      @@elsahara9897 Thanks. Btw here is a really nice song if you are interested: ruclips.net/video/oHg5SJYRHA0/видео.html

    • @elsahara9897
      @elsahara9897 3 года назад +2

      @@mixazizu damn you got me. Hahahah.

    • @6lvl
      @6lvl 3 года назад +4

      @@mixazizu i know the link out of my head, ur not getting me
      :)

  • @Commodore4life
    @Commodore4life 6 лет назад +1485

    Okay, now that's just setting RUclips's cover bar ridiculously high.

  • @francesatty7022
    @francesatty7022 5 лет назад +1947

    imagine being a subscriber living there and hearing that coming from the clock tower
    I would freak out

    • @MeesTrienes
      @MeesTrienes 5 лет назад +33

      I really would have loved to hear it live!

    • @benniegrootnl
      @benniegrootnl 5 лет назад +203

      I'm a sub. And I was in Utrecht that thay. And I heard it!

    • @lhtyeehaw1319
      @lhtyeehaw1319 5 лет назад +5

      @@benniegrootnl how was it?

    • @stantalentstanblackpink9235
      @stantalentstanblackpink9235 5 лет назад +28

      Frances Atty i live 3 minutes from that tower away so i heard it all 😊

    • @BARUtubbig
      @BARUtubbig 4 года назад +5

      I live there! But I wasn't in town then: (

  • @myopinion3431
    @myopinion3431 4 года назад +412

    I never thought that it is possible to play towerbells manually like an organ, this is fantastic!!

    • @StefanCreates
      @StefanCreates 3 месяца назад +1

      rob scallon did a great video on it as well

  • @Budzique
    @Budzique 4 года назад +447

    Incredible, I can’t imagine the feeling of having your song played for the whole city on a tower-sized instrument

  • @vestrocity9561
    @vestrocity9561 5 лет назад +512

    I think this qualifies for possibly the greatest cover of all time. Playing a clock tower for an entire city to play.

    • @vilstef6988
      @vilstef6988 4 года назад +1

      See Rob Scallon's RUclips channel for the best carillon video I've ever seen!

    • @electron2601
      @electron2601 3 года назад

      She's so lucky!

  • @jet_flyer
    @jet_flyer 6 лет назад +507

    Using an iPad as sheet music to play a centuries old instrument, haha awesome

    • @billkeithchannel
      @billkeithchannel 6 лет назад +23

      play play play play play *swipe* play play play play play
      even sheet music has gone hi-tech.

    • @mechatronrasky
      @mechatronrasky 6 лет назад +21

      next: the carrilion tower coupled with a kind of MIDI converter module then plays the song directly from iPad..

    • @user2C47
      @user2C47 5 лет назад +3

      @@mechatronrasky you would need some large industrial grade solenoids.

  • @yonggi2006
    @yonggi2006 4 года назад +1766

    Plays entire marble song and is tired
    “CaN yOU pLAy stAr WArS?”

    • @HalvardSkurve
      @HalvardSkurve 4 года назад +26

      ruclips.net/video/n_LFiw70Tdo/видео.html

    • @leof8887
      @leof8887 4 года назад +9

      @@HalvardSkurve hey thats my home city

    • @BummelCr
      @BummelCr 3 года назад +4

      Hi was really laughing out loud :D

    • @The_DuMont_Network
      @The_DuMont_Network 3 года назад +1

      Why the silly upper and lower case alternation?

    • @tunedwolf
      @tunedwolf 3 года назад +12

      "CaN yOu PLay MeGaLOVanİa

  • @AmpHibious
    @AmpHibious 4 года назад +112

    21st century musician, "i can do everything from this laptop"
    14th century musician, "hold my ale.."

  • @djmips
    @djmips 6 лет назад +2233

    WOW. Your song translates to bells rather nicely.

    • @CoolKoon
      @CoolKoon 6 лет назад +84

      Probably because the original was played on an instrument that's sounded very similarly to the bells....

    • @10zeldafan
      @10zeldafan 6 лет назад +12

      Well the original was played on a bell set

    • @isaiahy9026
      @isaiahy9026 6 лет назад +14

      *vibraphone*

    • @jackderoche5483
      @jackderoche5483 6 лет назад +8

      vibraphone is similar to bells

    • @morgankasper5227
      @morgankasper5227 6 лет назад +9

      the son starts at 12:16

  • @MakerTim
    @MakerTim 6 лет назад +26

    Not kidding, i was in Utrecht when the marble song was played
    i recognized it, but my friend said that i was crazy about the song
    NICE

  • @bengaltigre53
    @bengaltigre53 4 года назад +111

    You can really tell Martin designed this song for an odd, atonal machine, because it sounds damn good on these bells. Better than the other stuff they usually play IMO; he really knows how to bring out the best of these weird instruments.

  • @user-jd3gf5xw1x
    @user-jd3gf5xw1x 2 года назад +51

    the mechanical sound (of pressing the keys) and closing your eyes really gives the feeling of a well oiled machine playing a wonderful song

  • @ArahkasNes
    @ArahkasNes 6 лет назад +137

    I was struck by the old cannon as a weight and suddenly envisioned the Marble Machine the size to take on cannonballs instead of marbles.

  • @DrakonWyverm
    @DrakonWyverm 6 лет назад +2931

    You play an instrument? Cool what do you play?
    I play the carillion.
    What is that like a guitar or something?
    I play bell piano for my whole freaking town.

    • @ivo2781
      @ivo2781 6 лет назад +20

      wow I'm lmao man

    • @nairocamilo
      @nairocamilo 6 лет назад +186

      DrakonWyverm "what instrument do you play?"
      A bell tower.
      That's one of the best answers to any question.

    • @dylan5218
      @dylan5218 6 лет назад +9

      DrakonWyverm It's more of a bell set played on a keyboard format.

    • @makerofpoohvideos
      @makerofpoohvideos 6 лет назад +51

      "So what do you play?"
      I play a set of centuries-old bells that together literally weighs tons on top of a tower

    • @Ohne_Silikone
      @Ohne_Silikone 6 лет назад +73

      Oh.. and it is powered by a canon.

  • @ideal5643
    @ideal5643 4 года назад +2114

    Hehe

    • @ora_veugle
      @ora_veugle 4 года назад +51

      Perfect rickroll

    • @harrowingseer
      @harrowingseer 4 года назад +35

      Power move 👏👏👏

    • @pyrob2142
      @pyrob2142 4 года назад +71

      @@harrowingseer I think you mean TOWER move.

    • @harrowingseer
      @harrowingseer 4 года назад +26

      @@pyrob2142 J E N G A M O V E

    • @savarshrivastava3633
      @savarshrivastava3633 4 года назад +3

      I went in the comment section to type this exactly

  • @maggpiprime954
    @maggpiprime954 3 года назад +61

    I often forget that my calico cat loves high-pitched music. She came running to my side as soon as the bells started and made her charming burbling noises and poses for affection for the duration of the music, and is now contentedly dozing.
    This beautiful music appeals to the mind and soul, regardless of species. Thank you all for a lovely piece of joy!

  • @SLICTRIX
    @SLICTRIX 4 года назад +621

    The ending got me
    "Can you play Star Wars?"
    LoL

  • @EpreTroll
    @EpreTroll 6 лет назад +2885

    Big Ben Plays Marble Machine song for the last time

    • @Reitenshii
      @Reitenshii 6 лет назад +27

      Make it happen :eyes:

    • @powderphysics
      @powderphysics 6 лет назад +20

      I'd be surprised if someone hasn't done it already lol

    • @grabthebagnow
      @grabthebagnow 6 лет назад +19

      That's exactly what I thought it was going to be. I was like, whaa Martin is posting memes now? That's so unlike him.

    • @PerplexativeKhat
      @PerplexativeKhat 6 лет назад +48

      Never has Big Ben has fallen silent for so long; not during war, not during previous repairs. So now we will hear the last mid-day RUclips hit for some time.

    • @TS_Mind_Swept
      @TS_Mind_Swept 6 лет назад +11

      Yeah! Let’s blow up the Parliament while it’s playing the song!

  • @Dream.of.Endless
    @Dream.of.Endless 4 года назад +502

    Me casually browsing videos to pass time
    RUclips: You liked Marble Machine Song.
    Me: Yeah, sure, great...the guy is an artist playing with marbles, i get it...leave me alone
    RUclips : How about the same song, played on the tower bell of Utrecht
    Me : Say what again...

  • @maxvanboven9456
    @maxvanboven9456 3 года назад +28

    As a Dutchman this is a very interesting experience to listen to. Bell towers are fairly common but I tend to associate them with the background sounds of the city. Hearing one play recent music and specifically the Marble Machine track is something special. I'm moved!

  • @RinoaL
    @RinoaL 6 лет назад +1683

    Man, I love the marble machine but that song sounds really fucking amazing on the bell tower.
    it would be really cool to have a bell tower such as this, unfortunatly the only thing we have like that is a local church, and the church just has a digital organ that sounds too digital.

    • @thevideogamelpgeneration
      @thevideogamelpgeneration 6 лет назад +4

      Rinoa Super-Genius where are you from, you just said "we"?

    • @alvin_row
      @alvin_row 6 лет назад +31

      Lol, I'm thinking of your church having some fat saw wave.

    • @londonnight937
      @londonnight937 6 лет назад

      Hi Rinoa!

    • @CoolKoon
      @CoolKoon 6 лет назад +6

      Rinoa Super-Genius Actually some of the American churches have a Hammond organ still. That one also has a unique voice for sure.

    • @mcp12300
      @mcp12300 6 лет назад +1

      Rinoa Super-Genius oh hey! I guess I shoulden't be surprised that your interested in Martin's work huh.

  • @Jesse_de_jong
    @Jesse_de_jong 6 лет назад +447

    i was in utrecht when that was played i already know that song so i almost cryd when i heard the dom playing it it was beatifull

  • @arelig313
    @arelig313 3 года назад +28

    "So youre in the middle of the sky, playing music." Beautiful thoughts ❤

    • @jeric_synergy8581
      @jeric_synergy8581 3 года назад +2

      CHilly in winter I bet. Even more so in the 1800s.

    • @arelig313
      @arelig313 3 года назад +1

      @@jeric_synergy8581 youre right and i can only imagine the weather (im from mi). But just imagine the view the mornings the sunsets. On a bad day of mine id probably ignore the cold or wear as many thick layers as i could afford and play my heart out

  • @drakkus13
    @drakkus13 3 года назад +36

    The marble machine being played there.. wow what an honour.

  • @SaveMeMoon
    @SaveMeMoon 4 года назад +378

    So this is how it works! I heard a bell tower play Avicii's "Wake Me Up" soon after he passed away, and was astonished that they can make the bells play practically anything today! Amazing playing by Malgosia!

    • @Framusic
      @Framusic 4 года назад +16

      Sometimes they have digitally progammable bells, with the sound of the actual bells as a sample, so they can program it to make it sound as good as possible and correct it if they want...

    • @hypoelectric
      @hypoelectric 8 месяцев назад

      WHAT, HE’S DEAD?

    • @SaveMeMoon
      @SaveMeMoon 8 месяцев назад +1

      @@hypoelectric Since 5,5 years back.

    • @kidsandliz
      @kidsandliz 4 месяца назад

      @@Framusic Most though are real carillons played by real carillonneurs (I play the carillon). There are even carillon schools and in many universities if they have a carillon you can take carillon lessons. They have practice instruments you learn a song on so you don't annoy everyone in earshot.

    • @ayrtonsenna1588
      @ayrtonsenna1588 2 месяца назад +1

      ◢◤

  • @SheenylHassan
    @SheenylHassan 4 года назад +736

    Now...
    Wasn't that technically a concert since she played for thousands of people?

    • @thegrandestbazaar4800
      @thegrandestbazaar4800 3 года назад +12

      But it is super regular so not really

    • @lisashiplett7659
      @lisashiplett7659 3 года назад +18

      EXCEPT...
      it's thousands and thousands more people
      scattered across the WORLD !❤

    • @klaasj7808
      @klaasj7808 3 года назад

      would be illegal now, gestapo will pick you up

    • @zackmash851
      @zackmash851 3 года назад +2

      @@thegrandestbazaar4800 yeah concerts are pretty regular for most musicians lol

    • @MalinaM1
      @MalinaM1 3 года назад +1

      That's not a concert. I mean your playing for an entire CITY!

  • @christians.8700
    @christians.8700 4 года назад +52

    Instruments be like:
    Organ: There is no bigger instrument than me.
    Carillion of Domtoren Clock Tower: Hold my Bell 🔔
    xD

    • @KingdaToro
      @KingdaToro 3 года назад +3

      A carillon could quite easily be an organ stop.

    • @Karachay_Oramany
      @Karachay_Oramany 3 года назад +1

      boardwalk hall organ

  • @Angela-sf5vt
    @Angela-sf5vt 3 года назад +15

    Man I'm getting second hand proud tears for his song getting played on these historic bells. I love how while she plays it, the pounding on the keys sounds like the percussion bits of the machine. Of course nobody outside the tower could hear that but still.

  • @sirmaxrr4836
    @sirmaxrr4836 5 лет назад +490

    Having an ipad in that old room makes me feel like you guys are time travelers. 🙃

    • @wetlettuce4768
      @wetlettuce4768 5 лет назад +29

      Well I guess if you're going to be messing around with time a clock tower is a good place to start.

    • @rapidoffriends777
      @rapidoffriends777 4 года назад +3

      I think that rooms called the playing cabin

    • @jackielinde7568
      @jackielinde7568 4 года назад +1

      To quote old Ben Kenobi, "From a certain perspective..."

    • @milkshake-380
      @milkshake-380 4 года назад

      Off topic but do you know what plane that is

  • @maartenschouten7810
    @maartenschouten7810 6 лет назад +371

    '' They had the same idea as me '' lol

    • @calebsherman886
      @calebsherman886 6 лет назад +8

      Maarten Schouten Great minds think alike.

    • @origamihawk
      @origamihawk 6 лет назад +1

      Copiers!

    • @billkeithchannel
      @billkeithchannel 6 лет назад +1

      That machine is older so Martin had the same idea as them. ;D
      Love and Hi-5's from America.

    • @MrBranboom
      @MrBranboom 6 лет назад

      The lens only reveals what is.

  • @pentuplove6542
    @pentuplove6542 4 года назад +80

    Domtoren approx 700 years old. Play Elton John's "I'm Still Standing".

    • @llamacorn3745
      @llamacorn3745 4 года назад +1

      😂😂😂😂😂😂this made me burt in laughter

    • @pietvanvliet1987
      @pietvanvliet1987 3 года назад +4

      only to troll the rest of the church, which collapsed in 1674.

    • @TheGremlinsParadise
      @TheGremlinsParadise 3 года назад

      The Domtoren is 638 years old :)

  • @siegmundeurades5753
    @siegmundeurades5753 4 года назад +53

    Imagine how amazing it must feel getting so much recognition someone plays your song on a giant bell tower.
    I'm sure he loved the experience

  • @theking2475
    @theking2475 6 лет назад +364

    I live in Utrecht! I was wondering why thw church playd your song😂 love your work!!

    • @NoNameAtAll2
      @NoNameAtAll2 6 лет назад +15

      When did it happen?

    • @justkiddin1980
      @justkiddin1980 6 лет назад +2

      ja dat marble machine plaatje blijft echt hangen....wordt er ook altjjd vrolijk van als ik ernaar luister

  • @charlietighe
    @charlietighe 6 лет назад +920

    How incredible to hear your song over the entire town!

    • @nly
      @nly 6 лет назад +42

      BOI it's a city

    • @LowercaseBirds
      @LowercaseBirds 6 лет назад +17

      Well then that's better

    • @foureye7058
      @foureye7058 6 лет назад +7

      It's my city! I live in Leicestershire after all.

    • @quinten157
      @quinten157 6 лет назад +4

      TheMusicMaster _ nope, the Netherlands

    • @lordjzargo7940
      @lordjzargo7940 6 лет назад

      Quinten O -_-

  • @stacysalinas22
    @stacysalinas22 3 года назад +14

    The Marble Machine song sounded like it was created for the tower! I love it!!

  • @theeggsquidzidboi7324
    @theeggsquidzidboi7324 4 года назад +29

    Teacher: what instrument do you play?
    Student: drums
    Another Student: piano
    Some other student: tower

  • @Ecarroll7575
    @Ecarroll7575 5 лет назад +789

    I play recorder
    I play piano
    I play tuba
    *i play 400 year old tower*

  • @dansaunders1655
    @dansaunders1655 6 лет назад +172

    "We're controlling the time. How great is that."
    -Malgosia Fiebig, City Carillionist of Utrecht

  • @Framusic
    @Framusic 4 года назад +400

    So mrs. Fiebig what kinda music do you play; "I play heavy metal".... "oh, like Iron Maiden or something"... "no that's just amplified guitar noise, i play REAL HEAVY METAL".... ;)

  • @somedandy7694
    @somedandy7694 3 года назад +11

    When Wintergatan builds his dream house, he will doubtless install one of these.

  • @Second_UNIT
    @Second_UNIT 5 лет назад +338

    I think I would weep at my own music being played on such a historical machine.
    Mainly because I actually teared up at the damn thing

    • @mommamug
      @mommamug 4 года назад +15

      My exact thoughts! It must have been the coolest freaking thing for Martin!

    • @vilstef6988
      @vilstef6988 4 года назад +9

      See the video Carillon, a tower with 100 tons of bells. The RUclipsr who presented this got a great grounding in carillon history, then the Carillonneur played the RUclipsr's song Rain which was off the charts awesome. I love carillons and think it's great when they are used to play something other than religious or patriotic music. They are for public music, and playing something fun is not too much to ask.

    • @borisvolski
      @borisvolski 4 года назад

      This instrument going from historical to hysterical if you play sabaton the last stand (used in DEUS WULT meme)

    • @hsmacaraig
      @hsmacaraig 4 года назад +1

      sameeeee

    • @bow-tiedengineer4453
      @bow-tiedengineer4453 3 года назад

      I never tear up at anything, but this is the closest I have ever come. the entire video I just got happier and happier, and then I heard the song. wow!
      just wow.

  • @sregmi2695
    @sregmi2695 6 лет назад +916

    The song starts at 12:06

  • @seanatdawn170
    @seanatdawn170 4 года назад +196

    Me: *rick-rolls the whole town like a boss*

    • @JoeyKeeley
      @JoeyKeeley 3 года назад +5

      Epic

    • @seanatdawn170
      @seanatdawn170 3 года назад +5

      @@JoeyKeeley lol i forgot about this comment months ago

    • @nickkohlmann
      @nickkohlmann 3 года назад +3

      @@seanatdawn170 Did you also forget about this one? :D

    • @seanatdawn170
      @seanatdawn170 3 года назад

      @@nickkohlmann holy cow 😮

    • @WalkerPearcey
      @WalkerPearcey 3 года назад

      69th like, I am the comedy man

  • @MariSan88
    @MariSan88 3 года назад +8

    Omg this has got to be such a HUGE honor to have your own song played on such a historical instrument. 💕

  • @yukihong9726
    @yukihong9726 5 лет назад +394

    The whole time I was watching this, all I could think of is me in that position, and making a horrible mistake for the whole town to hear

    • @wiseconqueror533
      @wiseconqueror533 4 года назад +25

      the good news is that unless you make a sudden pause after the mistake, nobody would notice, unless it's a music critic convention in the town on that day.

    • @jackielinde7568
      @jackielinde7568 4 года назад +8

      @@wiseconqueror533 I'm sure every caretaker has stories about their first public gaff. I bet the town's probably light hearted about it as well.

    • @vilstef6988
      @vilstef6988 4 года назад +13

      I've been assured this is a normal fear of carillonneurs. One of them in a RUclips interview, (Joey Brink of the University of Chicago) made light of this, saying when playing the carillon, you are the most public performer while being the most anonymous player. An amusing but true answer.

    • @uppdogg
      @uppdogg 4 года назад +3

      you could manage to play an entire piece wrong and someone who has no music knowledge wouldn't care if it sounded good

    • @krullenbos94
      @krullenbos94 3 года назад

      city

  • @TheAgamemnon911
    @TheAgamemnon911 6 лет назад +370

    If the tower were marble, you could call it the Marble Machine XXL

    • @sackboy5055
      @sackboy5055 6 лет назад +2

      if it had a zone as well it would be the marble machine zone

    • @JasperJanssen
      @JasperJanssen 6 лет назад +4

      Well, there's marble *in* it here and there?

    • @sneakrrr
      @sneakrrr 6 лет назад +2

      too bad it's made out mostly of bricks

    • @absinthefifi
      @absinthefifi 6 лет назад

      if its not a machine and sonic can win that it would be marble zone

    • @najrenchelf2751
      @najrenchelf2751 6 лет назад

      I feel like you'd need MANY MORE Xs than that!

  • @ApprenticeGM
    @ApprenticeGM 4 года назад +9

    That's just terrific! Martin is world famous and his music is being played everywhere on every instrument by everyone! Love it!

  • @jade_princess24
    @jade_princess24 3 года назад +6

    Hearing the marble machine song on such a beautiful and historic instrument would make me openly weep. It is such an honor and this whole project is so cool and has truly been a delight to follow.

  • @Wintergatan
    @Wintergatan  6 лет назад +3570

    Just want to say an extra Thanks to Malgosia for the Wonderful surprise!! Seeing this again make me remember How proud i was when i was listening to it live knowing a whole city Could hear :) Its also interesting to hear How different the bells sound from the ground compared to from up in the tower. /M

    • @nafisayazi5167
      @nafisayazi5167 6 лет назад +6

      First

    • @facelessmusicdiary
      @facelessmusicdiary 6 лет назад +20

      Wintergatan thanks for sharing this! now it's not only one city any more :)

    • @kailodeguer4642
      @kailodeguer4642 6 лет назад +29

      seems like the whole city is left confused in-terms of what time it is because of the bells :)))

    • @daanm3869
      @daanm3869 6 лет назад +9

      Wintergatan omg you pronaunce the words so good

    • @stansnijder1775
      @stansnijder1775 6 лет назад +64

      I heard the song whilst shopping for waffles. It was a really cool moment! Love the things you guys do, keep it up!

  • @klausdieter9625
    @klausdieter9625 6 лет назад +595

    "Can you play star wars?"😂

    • @clemclemm
      @clemclemm 6 лет назад +13

      this was the best end ever !!

    • @specjal0705
      @specjal0705 6 лет назад +27

      ruclips.net/video/8NeBS8JXnFI/видео.html

    • @ShedowDimon
      @ShedowDimon 6 лет назад +7

      they really did that?) OMG!

    • @UltraProchy
      @UltraProchy 6 лет назад

      oh wow thats amazing, thats really a dream job

    • @atreidestw
      @atreidestw 6 лет назад +2

      I was hoping she could play some Spinal Tap - There's a particular musical trilogy in D minor that would make the whole town weep.

  • @pugswillfly3211
    @pugswillfly3211 4 года назад +15

    Person: what do you play?
    Margosia: *points to the clock tower*

  • @Strawberrybite89
    @Strawberrybite89 4 года назад +4

    I just found this.... and this town is now on my bucket list!! That is freakin beautiful! 😍😍😍😍😍😢

  • @confuzedgraphite
    @confuzedgraphite 6 лет назад +126

    I love the idea of a instrument so old as this one playing newer songs, there’s just something magical about it.

    • @DanDanDoe
      @DanDanDoe 5 лет назад +3

      I was in the city when she was playing David Bowie as a tribute when he passed away. It was incredibly powerful to hear Space Oddity coming from the tower. Magical, indeed.

  • @rcpanda343
    @rcpanda343 4 года назад +441

    I was so surprised when she said that she played for the death of Chris Cornell. Respect.

    • @HannTheftAudio
      @HannTheftAudio 4 года назад +15

      I freaking cried bro

    • @helpis0ntheway
      @helpis0ntheway 3 года назад +5

      I wonder if his family knew... : ' (

    • @krullenbos94
      @krullenbos94 3 года назад +39

      They do this kind of thing regularly in Utrecht to pay hommage to artists who passed away, really nice!

    • @stacysalinas22
      @stacysalinas22 3 года назад +2

      ❤❤❤❤❤😞😘

  • @runforitman
    @runforitman 4 года назад +6

    I still come back to this
    I can't believe how well this song works on bells

  • @M.J44
    @M.J44 4 года назад +13

    11:25 tears in my eyes. I forgot he died.

  • @koosje8591
    @koosje8591 5 лет назад +1493

    EVRY ONE WAS CONFUSED OF HEARING A SONG 4 TIMES IN A ROW IN UTRECHT XD
    (I live in Utrecht)
    HOLY shit im late
    I heard that and i knew it was you

    • @seangangstad9597
      @seangangstad9597 5 лет назад +31

      F Hoekstra that’s must be very exciting

    • @jackielinde7568
      @jackielinde7568 4 года назад +22

      Dude, that tower is so cool. I'd be interested in knowing what songs that tower played to commemorate important events.

    • @fu2zy_311
      @fu2zy_311 4 года назад +9

      That must have been lit tho 😂
      I also live in the netherlands but not in utrecht

    • @danteross6055
      @danteross6055 4 года назад +1

      I want to go there but I don't have enough to get there.

    • @jannetteberends8730
      @jannetteberends8730 4 года назад +1

      Oh, dat moet te gek geweest zijn. Herkende je de melodie meteen?

  • @itsmeyaboi4536
    @itsmeyaboi4536 6 лет назад +179

    Attention Ultrecht, we have decided that every five minutes is another hour

  • @voxaurae
    @voxaurae 8 месяцев назад +2

    Oh my goodness! The moment I heard her playing it I got goosebumps! Especially seeing and hearing it from the city! That must have been such a special moment for you! Also connecting "machine music" through time, it's just so brilliant! I love your work, keep posting!

  • @junkynioy
    @junkynioy 4 года назад +3

    love how he said "can you play starwars?" at the end :joy:

  • @doapin6240
    @doapin6240 4 года назад +158

    Me: **tries to practice piano**
    Everyone in the town: ...

    • @michalgolonka832
      @michalgolonka832 3 года назад +2

      r/profilepicturechecksout

    • @googoogingus
      @googoogingus 3 года назад +1

      @@michalgolonka832 i was just about to make a comment about that😂

  • @SketchyTigers
    @SketchyTigers 6 лет назад +764

    This actually sounds epic when it's played on the bells

  • @williamkiddo
    @williamkiddo 4 года назад +15

    I thought the sound of the bells would be delay since the tower is really tall (Dom Tower of Utrecht is 112.5 m high, so I estimate it is 1/3 second later than the keystroke.)
    But this is not the case, and I find it amazing.

  • @rcrallyevox918
    @rcrallyevox918 4 года назад +2

    When I was 11 years old I got to play the Klokentoren of the church in the Centre of Roeselare, Belgium. I will never forget that experience.

  • @Pow3llMorgan
    @Pow3llMorgan 5 лет назад +468

    "normal sized human being" You seem to forget you are in the Netherlands, the land of the giant people.

    • @dailyyy_
      @dailyyy_ 5 лет назад +7

      The length of the friend of my sister(lol) is 2 meters

    • @judiklettenmeijer854
      @judiklettenmeijer854 4 года назад +12

      RV games
      Actually 2 mtrs is quite common in holland. My husband is only 1.90, but my son 2.08 and grandson 2.05

    • @dailyyy_
      @dailyyy_ 4 года назад +1

      @@judiklettenmeijer854 ik ben ook NL😁

    • @diddy_dante
      @diddy_dante 4 года назад +5

      @@dailyyy_ G E K O L O N I S E E R D

    • @diddy_dante
      @diddy_dante 4 года назад +4

      @@judiklettenmeijer854 meanwhile I'm like 16 and I'm 180ish and normally that's tall but in Holland I'm still a midget

  • @drstrangefart
    @drstrangefart 6 лет назад +95

    "Can you play Star Wars?" My man's asking the IMPORTANT questions.

  • @laospeedwagon3023
    @laospeedwagon3023 4 года назад +6

    Martin, that was the most beautiful and wonderful thing I have seen in a very long time. Thank you, you must have been so proud to hear YOUR music on that ancient clock tower!

  • @leightonvalencia4167
    @leightonvalencia4167 3 года назад +3

    i was having a rather terrible day, and im now smiling for the first time today after seeing this, thanks.

  • @tnl1962
    @tnl1962 5 лет назад +345

    Wintergatan: I play a unique marble machine.
    Malgosia: Hold my beer!

  • @katie-vf5id
    @katie-vf5id 6 лет назад +198

    I bet the city is like "wHat Im so cOnfuseD wHy aRe tHere sO mAnY sONgS?!?!1!!1!"

    • @juanangel2546
      @juanangel2546 6 лет назад +5

      +Yrsa Hoitink
      But can she play star wars?

    • @MazaAzi
      @MazaAzi 5 лет назад +1

      as well as the occasional "hAy I kNoW tHaT SoNg"

    • @scythal
      @scythal 4 года назад

      @@cameronhoitink6597 Definitely her!

  • @MonkeNeuronActivated
    @MonkeNeuronActivated 5 месяцев назад

    The fact that the key strikes of the instrument literally provide their own percussive trait is so cool. Its not distracting, and its actually nice to hear both versions.

  • @aperture147
    @aperture147 4 года назад +11

    Teacher: What’s your favorite music instrument?
    Me: A tower

  • @djdrew11
    @djdrew11 6 лет назад +186

    I can not stop smiling. The pure joy, the pure awe he displays after hearing his own song played is absolutely adorable, and I can feel the raw emotion in his words, in his reactions. It's beautiful hearing it, and the song.

  • @osamaal-khanchi8433
    @osamaal-khanchi8433 6 лет назад +110

    He made a shadow clone that's how he filmed from inside and outside of the machine

    • @ValosarX
      @ValosarX 6 лет назад +4

      Osama Al-Khanchi so he a low key Naruto Ninja is that what you're saying?

    • @FloppydriveMaestro
      @FloppydriveMaestro 6 лет назад +12

      Nahh He mastered teleportation years ago,

    • @limerickman8512
      @limerickman8512 6 лет назад +3

      It is the magic of the Dom of been in two places at once.

    • @emilynam7842
      @emilynam7842 6 лет назад +4

      nah, he just walked up and down the 366 steps
      it would take me about 10 minutes to go up and down that many, and i don't see why it'd take him any more than 20 seconds

    • @randomredstoner2202
      @randomredstoner2202 6 лет назад +3

      that or teleportation. both require a transdimentional black hole core though \_(^_^)_/

  • @kristinacable
    @kristinacable 3 года назад +11

    I bet I could clear an entire city pretty quick with my " musical talent"

  • @leighdonald1467
    @leighdonald1467 4 года назад +2

    I have absolutely zero interest in music or musical instruments, I like watching your video's because I have an interest in mechanics and particularly marble machines but hearing your song played on that giant bell tower made me smile so much, that was the coolest thing ever.

  • @hlfan
    @hlfan 6 лет назад +467

    "Can you play Star Wars?"😂

    • @lassehansen1580
      @lassehansen1580 6 лет назад +9

      Or game of thrones, how awesome would that be?

    • @studiobirb
      @studiobirb 6 лет назад +18

      Malgosia actually played some of the Star Wars theme music on the carillon. It was legen- wait for it- dary!

    • @hirokokueh3541
      @hirokokueh3541 6 лет назад +6

      bells have too many overtones, chords in Starwars are too complicated, the sound will stack together into a cluster fuck

    • @enescakr4203
      @enescakr4203 6 лет назад +3

      K. O. Fan interstellar would be great

    • @danielchmiel7787
      @danielchmiel7787 6 лет назад +4

      Pirates of Caribbean!

  • @dottn
    @dottn 6 лет назад +23

    The "Can you play Star Wars" comment brought me back to her initial comment about being careful to forget that you're playing for the city, not just yourself.

  • @DanielTseng100
    @DanielTseng100 3 года назад +2

    It sounds so beautiful it brought tears to my eyes. I hope the tower keeps being played by people forever, it's something really special that you just can't replace with a machine. It's music that is alive 💙

  • @mattmiller4645
    @mattmiller4645 3 года назад +3

    What an amazing thing. Her job, the music, the beautiful tower. Everything about this is just so wonderful. I hope to visit one day...

  • @jeffreyedwards7902
    @jeffreyedwards7902 5 лет назад +115

    It was weird hearing the song without the clicking of the machine, but damn it is beautiful.

    • @joshuabytestv8798
      @joshuabytestv8798 3 года назад +1

      The clicking of the notes makes it better IMO.

  • @FerralVideo
    @FerralVideo 6 лет назад +577

    Am I the only one impressed by the maintenance job done on this thing?
    This machine is centuries old, and yet that clock mechanism looks FLAWLESS.
    Oh, and it's still accurate, when parts of it aren't disconnected intentionally at least.
    I want one.

    • @jellebleeker
      @jellebleeker 6 лет назад +23

      this is where all my tax money goes

    • @kekman3923
      @kekman3923 6 лет назад +6

      Darijus Uosis woke

    • @benedykt123313
      @benedykt123313 6 лет назад +6

      Darijus Uosis Funny joke, dude! Oh no wait, it wasn't. There are loads of stupid people here in The Netherlands complaining about where "their" tax money goes to without realizing that a lot of it comes back to them in one way or another.
      Besides that, it's an public place of discussion. Jelle is free to make his dumbass joke, just as I am free to criticize his dumbass joke.

    • @kekman3923
      @kekman3923 6 лет назад +10

      benedykt123313 why so serious?

    • @FelixHdez
      @FelixHdez 6 лет назад +1

      benedykt123313
      Are you from the Netherlands?

  • @Dzwonek05
    @Dzwonek05 3 года назад +1

    I'm a huge bell fan and i must say this is incredible and I really want to go there

  • @kingofnothing9414
    @kingofnothing9414 4 года назад +11

    Imagine a random person walking down the street and says oh that’s Chris Cornell

    • @cptfwiffo
      @cptfwiffo 3 года назад

      We do. There are not a lot of beiardiers (bell-ringers) around, but they're free to play anything. And they want to play & practice, so if you live nearby one, chances are good they'll play different tunes.

  • @bobdole4916
    @bobdole4916 5 лет назад +141

    Holy crap, that sounds so freaking awesome.
    And the energy it must take to be able to play that thing. Good gravy - she's practically punching the keys.

    • @tactileslut
      @tactileslut 4 года назад +13

      Amazing that she can maintain rhythm when the mechanism runs a few seconds behind.

    • @healthya7975
      @healthya7975 4 года назад +2

      tactileslut thats because her ears run a few seconds behind ha ha haha ha
      No

    • @vilstef6988
      @vilstef6988 4 года назад +6

      Think of it this way, you climb a high hill to get to your instrument, then you punch and kick several dozen bells into submission! Aside from being amazing musicians, I'm sure most carillonneurs are in great shape! If I arm wrestled one of them, I'd be concerned about being driven through the table!

    • @oddpotato4038
      @oddpotato4038 4 года назад +1

      @@vilstef6988 Basically they're having a workout by going to work as a musician, how rad is that? 😂 Even I can't get through the top while panting heavily midway.

    • @vilstef6988
      @vilstef6988 4 года назад

      @@oddpotato4038 Yeah, rad and awesome-and the sound of the bells too! There are some videos of concerts from the Dom Tower. I've put the Abba and another one on my Pinterest. I think you might enjoy a vid called Carillon a tower with 100 tons of bells. This is about the Rockefeller Memorial Chapel Carillon at the University of Chicago. I have lots of comments on it. I've watched and re watched the video it's so enthralling. You can search by the title I gave, and I think the channel owner's name is Rob Scannon. He's a huge music nerd like Wintergatan, and he has lots of videos. Joey Brink the Carillonneur also played a piece by Rob called Rain. Seriously cool. Rob has lots of different versions of Rain on his channel. Great guy-I'd like to meet him!

  • @MegaFPVFlyer
    @MegaFPVFlyer 6 лет назад +759

    This channel is a gift to this earth like no other. I cannot even express how cool this video is, and the song sounds bloody fantastic when played on a clock tower. Who would've guessed.

    • @cseblivestreaming
      @cseblivestreaming 6 лет назад

      I totally agree!

    • @thefunkycarno5871
      @thefunkycarno5871 6 лет назад

      Jonah Beale I can agree with this

    • @carolynmmitchell2240
      @carolynmmitchell2240 6 лет назад

      I have never seen him reply to someone, your comment is almost the top comment in the comment section

    • @michaelfisher5276
      @michaelfisher5276 6 лет назад

      Jonah Beale sounds awful

    • @Terabit3
      @Terabit3 6 лет назад

      You could probably play it with a plank of wood and it'd still sound great

  • @Jonathan-NC
    @Jonathan-NC 4 года назад +2

    That song has such magical powers over the mind. It makes you feel overwhelmed with joy

  • @Bare_Essence
    @Bare_Essence 3 года назад +2

    An amazing piece of living history with an amazing view! Thanks for sharing. Cannot believe that she played your music! Love it. What is only more amazing is that ANYONE down voted this!

  • @iamweasl123321
    @iamweasl123321 6 лет назад +54

    I just love how you guys were just straight up playing with an instrument that the whole city of Utrecht could hear

  • @robertbrighton9797
    @robertbrighton9797 6 лет назад +122

    141 people have lost their marbles

  • @katie-st8nx
    @katie-st8nx 2 года назад +1

    Honestly the melody works super well with the bells. It's much less cluttered then the other songs and fits super well within the range, love the video!

  • @filipedrumond
    @filipedrumond 3 года назад

    Precious!! Thank you so much for sharing this with us!