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Originally posted by Nogbad_The_Bad Nogbad_The_Bad wrote:

Originally posted by progprogprog progprogprog wrote:

Mike Oldfield's were the only songs that I unconsciously tend to close my eyes while listening to it :)

BTW despite many guys here I like Guitars album Embarrassed
I hope you don't play any of his stuff in the car. LOL
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I agree as concerns the bagpipe section on Ommadawn.
One of the most beautifully heart wrenching pieces of music Ive ever heard.
 
I think his most powerful guitar playing is found on the live side
of The Complete Mike Oldfield, where he brings Platinum
to its climax  with a spellbinding dose of raw rhythmic intensity.
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Originally posted by progprogprog progprogprog wrote:

Mike Oldfield's were the only songs that I unconsciously tend to close my eyes while listening to it :)

BTW despite many guys here I like Guitars album Embarrassed
I hope you don't play any of his stuff in the car. LOL
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Honestly, of all the Oldfield I've heard, TubeBells is my least favorite. I still love it, but he only got better.
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I've got a bit of Mike Oldfield and definitley want to get more. I have Tubular Bells (the 2003 remake), which I love, plus tubular bells 2 (I must say I didn't like it so much... it seems to me like a mockery of the first one... though it's got a few really beautiful moments too), and Songs from Distant Earth (which I really liked a lot too)... plus a best of compilation, which has excerpts from Incantations, Ommadawn, and Amarok, which are perhaps my very favourite parts from that album, and makes me want to get the whole albums (plus Hergest Ridge, which I believe is similar to those ones), so I guess those are the next albums I want to get. About my favourite moments... I'm not really sure, there are many many magical moments throughout Tubular Bells, and a few others on Tubular Bells 2, and I expect to find many others on the albums I want to get next.
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Most of my favourite moments are on Incantations
 
Part One - The trumpet part
Part Two - Maddy singing Hiawatha
Part Three - The stunning extended guitar 'solo' (not really a solo but a composition in itself)
 
The whole thing is perhaps let down a bit on Part Four which doesn't have anything remarkable about it!
 
Others:
The girly vocal part on Tubular Bells Part Two. I much prefer that to anything on Part One
 
Hergest Ridge - the quiet section before the headbanging bit
 
Ommadawn - Opening section is beautifull and the Northumbrian Bagpipes as already mentioned is wonderfull
 
Platinum - the 'Roaring twenties' section is very pleasing. Oldfield had some fun with that live!
 
Acoustic guitar solo in To France (not very long but just lovely)
 
Probably loads more if I think about it
 
 
 
 
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Originally posted by progprogprog progprogprog wrote:

Mike Oldfield's were the only songs that I unconsciously tend to close my eyes while listening to it :)

BTW despite many guys here I like Guitars album Embarrassed

I really like Guitars as wellSmile
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Mike Oldfield's were the only songs that I unconsciously tend to close my eyes while listening to it :)

BTW despite many guys here I like Guitars album Embarrassed
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I'm on old fan of Mike Oldfield. Beyond what you mentioned

I really like Tubular Bells 2. It builds on Tubular bells and there are truly beautiful moments in it.

Incantations is awesome! I usually listen to all 4 sides in sequence. Sally Oldfield vocals on the Song of Hyawatha are solid - worth a listen. 
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Originally posted by Anonamoose52 Anonamoose52 wrote:

Originally posted by timothy leary timothy leary wrote:

His guitar tone instantly identifies him. When you here it you know who it is.

Such a strange sound he coaxes out of it. I've been trying to replicate it for a while now but to no avail.

I totally agree. A lot of people don't like his tone, but I honestly love his tone. It's really sustained and stark sounding. 
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Happy?  Never heard Amarok until the CD age.  Makes me kind of unhappy and happy.  One of those things that missed its moment for me.


Edited by Slartibartfast - February 05 2012 at 13:08
Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened...
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It puts him on my map. I would recommend the album....5 miles out....if you want to listen to some of his later stuff and...songs of distant earth

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Originally posted by timothy leary timothy leary wrote:

His guitar tone instantly identifies him. When you here it you know who it is.

Such a strange sound he coaxes out of it. I've been trying to replicate it for a while now but to no avail.
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His guitar tone instantly identifies him. When you here it you know who it is.
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I think Oldfield is wonderful, and my personal favourite is probably not shared by many, but is his cover of The Shadows Wonderful Land.
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Go off the beaten path and check out his collaboration/guest appearance with Pekka Pohjola.
Oivallettu Matkalyhty / The Percieved Journey Lantern / The Sighted Light /The Consequences Of Indecision.  
Also has Sally.

Cool stuff.


Edited by Slartibartfast - February 05 2012 at 11:43
Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened...
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Not really classic Oldfield, but I get a kick out of his over-the-top guitar solo in Kevin Ayers' "Lunatics Lament" from his early days. What a racket!
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Ommadawn is a top 5 all-time album for me.Maybe even top 2.
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