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Points: 1578 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 10 2016 at 05:13
^ well, that first clip has a horrible quality, so I couldn't make any cheese out of it.

But the second clip has a nice intro. It got me the more excited. 

Edited by Kingsnake - December 10 2016 at 05:14
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Ermm Sounds like Reginald Dixon on the Wurlitzer organ at Blackpool Tower Ballroom to begin with but hopefully that section of cheese is short-lived.

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Mike has said in an interview with Prog Rock mag that it's a deliberate return to his acoustic era.


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Originally posted by Dellinger Dellinger wrote:

Mike Oldfield is among my favourite 5 artists, mostly because of his 70's stuff, though there's stuff I like from later on. I'm excited about this Ommadawn follow up indeed, the first one (specially side one) is my favourite piece from him, but I guess we shouldn't get our hopes too high... as far as I'm concerned, the follow up to Tubular Bells was rather a disappointment (it tried to hard to follow the same steps of the first one, but every equivalent part was inferior to the original). Still, I heard a teaser for this Ommadawn one, and it sounded promising, even if a bit too tame (hopefully the album will get some highs).

Where did you hear the teaser?

Also, when I look at the album info, (like old days) Mike plays all the instruments himself. So, no vocals, drums etc. Probably it will have that organic, pastoral sound we all love so much. Wink
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 I feel like a 14 year old fanboy right now LOL
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I've never regretted the day that I bought Tubular Bells on vinyl. Fantastic album.
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Mike Oldfield is among my favourite 5 artists, mostly because of his 70's stuff, though there's stuff I like from later on. I'm excited about this Ommadawn follow up indeed, the first one (specially side one) is my favourite piece from him, but I guess we shouldn't get our hopes too high... as far as I'm concerned, the follow up to Tubular Bells was rather a disappointment (it tried to hard to follow the same steps of the first one, but every equivalent part was inferior to the original). Still, I heard a teaser for this Ommadawn one, and it sounded promising, even if a bit too tame (hopefully the album will get some highs).
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Ommadawn is his finest album. If it's anywhere near as good as it it'll be worth it.
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Points: 1578 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 09 2016 at 06:55

I'll just ignore those comments. Moving on.

I was talking about this forthcoming album:
 
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Originally posted by Dean Dean wrote:

Originally posted by Kingsnake Kingsnake wrote:

 
 I feel like a 14 year old fanboy right now LOL
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Originally posted by Kingsnake Kingsnake wrote:

 
 I feel like a 14 year old fanboy right now LOL
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I love anything that mister Oldfield did. The long symphonic pieces of the seventies, his disco/pop adventures. His celtic, dance, anything. He's so amazing in anything he puts his mind to.

Now I saw the he's planning a follow up to Ommadawn, to be released in 2017.
I'm already excited, I feel like a 14 year old fanboy right now LOL
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