Mike Oldfield - Montreux 1981 - Ommadawn 2/3

[paelgin]

Excellent.

Why does it seem that the drummer is the only one who looks happy (7:10)?

[manprogrock]

Magnificent! A master-piece...! Tks for posting.

[NaTi74100]

Wonderful!!!!!

[alexgb612]

omadawn es especial. El famoso es tubular bells, pero omadawn... no se, tiene algo, se me ponen los pelos de punta!

[fav70spain]

Sublime, menudo genio eres Mike

[edx9]

Brutal!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!!!!!!!!!!!!!



[rdsmphco]

before he took this show on the road he tested it at lancaster university. I was there

[PairInstabilityType]

1:20 that he could play any of that bit without a pick is impressive to me.

It's almost flawless - what a solo!

[Dirmys]

Es EL compositor de la época moderna al igual que lo fueron Mozart, Beethoven y muchos otros en su época.

[decupero]

Ommadawn da capa ao conteúdo é uma obra-prima. O trabalho é uma viagem, incontáveis foram as vezes que o ouvi. É imensamente prazeroso vê-lo e ouvi-lo ao vivo.

[decupero]

Ommadawn da capa ao conteúdo é uma obra-prima. O trabalho é uma viagem, incontáveis foi as vezes que o ouvi. É imensamente prazeroso vê-lo e ouvi-lo ao vivo.

[bobin1973]

He is GOD!!!!!



[maurilobabus]

Best Of The World!!!!

[colinclarke1000]

In my personal opinion I think ommadawn is better that tubular bells one...although both are superb...ommadawn is the one that gets my vote

[generalhans1]

whos dat fat momma?

[omarlejos]

Se ha dado cuenta de que estaba siendo objeto de coleccionista. Por eso ya no hace nada nuevo y se dedica a vender recopilatorios. Una gran decepción.

[bushibayushi]

he's playing guitar so effortlessly ;) + he's got the most unusual right hand technique i've ever seen

[trebange]

The man is a total and utter genius.

[lukaszswietek]

Ehhhhhhhhhh drums are so cool here.

[cestmoimarie1504]

bien que cette version live soit une pure merveille, l'album mérite vraiment d'être écouter, à mon sens, -solennellement-, dans son intégralité

[ydero]

@cestmoimarie1504 bien daccord. j aime les differences entre cette version et l album, mais pour moi, l album est un chef d oeuvre.

[nicolaspiller]

@ydero c est clair c tous son geni dans cette album. amarok reste mon album de chevet mais j ecoute tous de ce qu il as fais.malgre une preference pour ces premiers albums jusqu au annee 90. apres c est diferent.

nicolas 32 ans belfort.

[cjgone2]

I love my 1970s prog collection. :D

[bikenpreusse]

This music has accompanied me through my youth. Mike Oldfield has always been an idol.

[kobi4u]

the master at work.... best guitarist of all time

[ollala123]

As I see from the DVD he didn't make mistake - if you see closely the fingers are moving but the guitar after changing the tone had some kind of power problems and didn't make any sound.

[emdotambient]

OMG...he's so young there, and had already done so much amazing work...makes me feel really really old. Very, very cool video, though!

[777wallaby777]

la vidéo est décalé par rapport au son --'

[2Salice]

this great piece of art is part of my youth and thus belongs to my life even though it's not my generation :)

[furiera]

prawdziwe dzieło nie zestarzeje się nigdy ot_co

[kurikuchanga]

wow i had goosebumps :))) thumbs up!!!

[mrfitness2008]

Wish he would update Ommadawn and makes Ommaset and play live.He has lost his way it seems.

[davidfaubion]

is she diva or what?!?! 'tis right to give vocal art to women, the sirens soothing the savage more than his instrument could ever know

[FOLLABAMBAS]

Mike, get back your SG and drop the PRS.

[sphereballs]

Who's who in this lineup?

[emdotambient]

@sphereballs Wikipedia says the line up was:

Mike Oldfield – Guitar

Mike Frye – Drums and percussion

Morris Pert – Drums and percussion

Rick Fenn – Guitar and bass

Tim Cross – Keyboards

Maggie Reilly – vocals

[GpunktHartman]

absolute over the top

[purplefurball]

wonderfull,,,,,,,its the only word that embodies Oldfields work....sorry if that is boring to many

[sirenkx]

@purplefurball:, i don't think of it as boring, its such a delight to listen to this album and even better watching him at his performances, then you know that it is real. heh.... best regards

[totophe68000]

Toujours aussi extraordinaire-.-)(

[Caipi25]

he wl´d be my man. :o)

[Caipi25]

This man is amazing.

[ben2692]

Ommadawn is probably my favourite Mike Oldfield album. I love how on the original album the chant just builds, becoming more and more powerful. If anybody is interested here is a translation of the chant. Daddys in bed, the cat is drinking milk. I'm an idiot and I'm laughing. They were written down at random in English by Clodagh Simmons who is the vocalist on the original album. They were translated into Gaelic by her mother. In fact the title Ommadawn is based on the Gaelic word for idiot.

[felho21]

Intresting but much better in studio.

[ControlableInsanity]

1:28 only mistake i have ever heard mr him

[truinfini]

@ControlableInsanity That made my heart stop! but that is the beauty of a concert. the imperfections is what makes it real in a sense.

[Teidi]

@ControlableInsanity Not really a mistake....he did lost timing...but he recovered it right on track. Now as in this concert and Exposed one....you do have a lot of notes being being screwed. I think he honestly plays live (and generally) better now than he played in the 80s. Of course this music demanded more of him that his latest one...maybe i'll give a an exceptions to MOTS...nice classical tunes there

[Davccelion]

Does anyone know who is the guy in the keyboards?

Alguien sabe cómo se llama el de los teclados?

[pibrocher]

@Davccelion dunno but he looks like Jayce from that 80s cartoon Wheeled Warriors

[kllbill209]

simple..perfect!!

[Goatees4Ever]

Maggie Reilly Rules and the bearded guitar player was a sexy man too!

[Despanzurreitor]

6:49

Luke transfer all the power to shields!!!

[Davccelion]

@Despanzurreitor roger that, Gold Leader.

[boibad12]

@Despanzurreitor lmfao!

[starstyx]

I love that background melody at the beginning. So simple and so powerful. It should last longer.

[PeterVlotho]

Unfassbar - einmal so spielen können, und dann sterben...

Unbelievable - only once to play as good as him, and then die...

[tammas2000]

so what is CLASSICAL music then? Beethovis? Choppin? Straus?????

Mike's better. Cleverer. They have one or two memorable riffs in an opus. His work is so fuckin original. It's so many hooks, so many melodies, so many emotions.

[lmac1970]

I love how healing this music is, not just for the listener but also for Oldfield as he plays it ... delicious ...

[simgorm]

Had this since the 70's and still listen to it, Mike Oldfield so underated as a musician and composer, will have this echoing around over Christmas.

[Dyslexica]

The Mozart of our age strikes again. Mike's dexterity is nothing short of amazing. To watch his fingers fly, and each instrument, seemingly beg for mercy. I love this piece, too!

[bb06130]

I listened to this album almost non-stop as a teen. It's one of the few albums that I have that I never get tiered of. It is a masterpiece. In college I loved painting to this music.

[MysterCD]

So did I and also TB and HR but this was my favourite!!! Im still painting but not to this these days but the memories flood back with this!!! Saw him live in 1980. CD

[cfov]

Talk about emotion in music! Not perfect, but different evertime you play it. Reality, and wonderful

[Pinfloyd87]

Simply perfect!!

[silvesterde]

although he siad himself, that he used half-speed recording on the studio-album, which gives double-speed in playback, he was able to do it live then. wow. Ommadawn was may first CD.

[MrLosfuegos]

Man, luke skywalker is a fine keyboardist

[QuorkQTar]

Yeah, right, looks really similar ;-D

[dctangoar]

Oldfield is an expert in creating climates dreamlike and transmit emotions.

A musician from another planet

Oldfield es un experto en crear climas oníricos y transmitir emociones.

Un músico de otro planeta

[lsdmadman]

kinder than kind..my wee heart loves Hergest Ridge too (his first) which was very celtically loverly and all too overshadowed by the wonderful TB und this

[viking1au]

Pity 1 female vocalist is missing; see this track, live at Knebworth performance. The other girl (Wendy Roberts??) is far better & Oldfield does not stuff up his guitar solo.

[snoke29]

En fait la chanteuse en question (de Montreux) était de "mauvaise humeur" ce jour ci...

C'est pourquoi la "diva", au talent pourtant immense, se permettait sans aucun scrupule de rater certaines notes. (Beaucoup même ;))

[viking1au]

My French is not that good. Can't read it .

[poioFumegante]

theres a slight difference between ARTISTS like mike oldfield....and the common nowadays pop star. Cheers for an eternal quality musician!

[Daniloba]

Joer Mike, me haces la cagadita en la parte que más me gusta macho...(min 1:26) por cierto, me gusta su guitarra. ¿Qué modelo es?

[MahavishnuBoy]

Es cierto, lo que hacen los malditos nervios.

[CielBlanche]

your a big'n. a big dong. youa dong

[Sheyimash]

Superb performance! What Mike does with guitars, skipping from one instrument to the next is simply awesome. Thank you whobearUK for sharing all 3 parts, specially this one!

"Ommadawn" is more than a musical masterpiece, it´s what you´d call an "spiritual" experience, something beyond physical senses.

I´d like to share a visual interpretation based on part 2 on the album (the continuation to this live performance here), you can find the video by typing "Ommadawn Visions".

Peace!

[Eqvaliser]

this version gets a little to jazzy for my taste.

[Mossman67]

try guinness

[HighPlainsDreamer]

The chant starts at 4:11. I could listen to it all day. I just wish Mike Oldfield wouldn't keep breaking the spell with his disturbing interludes. Any chance of a re-edit with the harsh bits taken out?

[djote]

Cómo en una parte tan importante como el minuto 8:25 en adelante pueden estar enfocando el vestido de la mujer y no las manos del GENIO!!????

[Mossman67]

that is absolutely brillo and i really like watching it after a few cans of cider and it makes me go - wow -more please...

then i go to the offie and get another four cans and watch it again

[JMRBAQ]

1:24 min. EL MAESTRO SE EQUIVOCA.

[ComentaristaDeGoku]

hasta el fallo ha quedao bien.

[alancambridge03]

A mike siempre se le escapa alguna de vez en cuando.

[Fritsman000]

It's GREAT! Who is the man on piano? I've seen him ofter.... Please tell me.

[mek1962]

His name is Tim Cross

[salahazzouz]

ladies & gentlemen stand up 4 M.Oldfield a virtuoso in complete mastery of his art

[victorcentolo]

fucking MASTER

[inthaniak]

<3 the drummer :) ('bout 4:40)

and don't mess with maggie, her voice is just what it is - excellent.

[pelussa69]

Es el puto amo, solo con estas 4 palabras lo dejo claro

[traductor21]

Totalmente de acuerdo

[Ntclarinet2]

I would have to disagree about Maggie. The tone of her voice is beautiful and effortless, but she seems inexperienced vocally. She lacks a strong mental concept and that results in not being able to place pitches with good accuracy. If you see her in later years, her voice is immpecable

[niconob17]

haha, he missed the beginning of the solo and some parts

but this is still very enjoyable cause his technique is awesome...

the way he is playing, it's unique.. the oldfield's sound.. great

steve vai and famous guitarrists suck!!!

feeling rules

[tofi21]

vai and malmstein and all those guys play to amaze- faster, the music is only a platform for them to show of.. only cold technique.

[zurraspillas2]

The new cronology: we are in 32 year after ommadawn, after listening to that music i believe in God

[Shishkahuben]

God? Mike Oldfield be thy name.

[daisyplague]

I prefer the recorded version for a couple reasons. Wider variety of instruments. I really liked what the flute and classical string instruments do to the song. And the woman they chose to do the live vocals, in my opinion, is horrible.

[Shishkahuben]

Without the help of tons of other musicians, the live performances can never measure up to the studio albums. Still, it's great to actually see Mike play.

[clusterobserver]

What?? Horrible?? Dude, that woman is Maggie Reilly herself. Live does sound different than the original but describing Maggie as horrible...I don't know.

[liam0562]

Maybe Mike is not the greatest guitarist, though I would disagree. But I have yet to see any of the "better" guitarists play any other instruments. So I suppose Mike is the best musician!

[paisleyprint]

So many performances get 'fixed' for DVDs, that I kinda like the honesty of this 'warts & all' release. And, really, the few mistakes are easily forgiven. It's a long set and Mike's constantly working - often complex pieces. I don't think many that watched the concert would deny the phenomenal level of playing.

[amazenboy]

I absolutely agree. Besides we can see on the DVD that Mike was sweating almost all the concert long, it must have been very warm on the stage and I would rather wonder how he managed not to make MORE mistakes ! :-)

[amazenboy]

I absolutely agree. Besides we can see on the DVD that Mike was sweating almost all the concert long, it must have been very warm on the stage and I would rather wonder how he managed not to make MORE mistakes ! :-)

[amazenboy]

I wanted to answer and agree with paisleyprint (not on the fact that Maggie Reilly is "horrible").

[gusgorilla76]

To all those who criticise the "fail", I say: you do it! Me, I'll just travel back in my mind to the West Sands at St Andrews, where this great music always takes me.

[JRneko]

the funny thing is that the fail does not bother me. Actually, I rather hear it with that fail than otherwise :)

[nehovor]

1:44 - 1:54 for me, amazing riff :) love his music

[amazenboy]

Maggie Reilly's singing is absolutely extraordinary on this extract !

And like Mike Oldfield, she's always here more than 25 years later, with the same pure voice. Her latest album ROWAN is a jewel, don't miss it !

[ControlableInsanity]

1:27 mess up

[bemoni]

yes, but a nice catch-up

[TsUkiaKu]

... so?

Who cares? <.<

[miyakoube]

とても良い曲！大好き！

[miyakoube]

とても良い曲！大好き！

[hornstra1]

ol' mike stood and certainly didn't hang there in 1981. LOL. But nice music.

[enggroup]

what a magic sound!!!!!

you can have a trip without any drug

Mike Oldfield belongs to the Masters of music

[jmjoe]

I am going to buy that dvd right now, I did not realize how good was this performance. Ommadawn is the masterpiece from a imcomparable guitar player. Check out his performances in the early Kevin Ayers records, at age 17.

[FANUUUCH]

1:06 pure JOY!!! Thanks for posting.

[Ph4n3s]

I second that!!! :)

[mchampag]

What an awesome singer! Who is she?

[onkelrocknrolf]

Maggie, us good old Maggiiiie

[sheratan1664]

Maggie Reilly Who contributed to Ommadawn, QE2, Five Miles Out, Crisis and Discovery : then was discarded by Mike Oldfield and it was a great mistake because her voice and his music was the greatest alchemy you could find. After Discovery, Mike Oldfield dived into oblivion because his further albums were really mediocre.

[Humanfishboy]

Hrmmm... I suppose a lot of his further albums are, but you can't call Amarok mediocre!

[sheratan1664]

Amarok is the best of his "post Maggie Reilly" Era (with Islands), but Earth Moving was really awful, Heaven's open was poor, Tubular Bells 2 or 3 are audible; Tres Lunas, the Millenium Bells, Light and Shade are too much "New age". I mean that I can listen to his 1970-1985 albums every day, many times a day (All but Hergest ridge) but I rarely listen to the others. His "Maggie Reilly" era, for me, provides us with the best of his art. (I'm an heavy Mike Oldfield fan since 1979 and still a fan)

[IKE66]

That's right!

I wish he would ask his old fellows for playing this concert once again

[Hyardacil]

hey, Music of the Spheres rocks!

So does Songs of Distant Earth!

[sheratan1664]

Music of the Sphere is a great album but there's maybe too much of Carl Jenkins's touch in it. As a fan of Adiemus also, I should mingle while listening to Music of the Spheres between an Adiemus album and a Mike Oldfield Album. However, I find this really enjoyable and Music of the Spheres is a pleasant mix between Incantations and Adiemus.

[cheeseknife301]

The tunes are cool. But the keyboard guy looks like the kinda guy who locks himself in the bathroom with drunk broads at parties. Then proceeds to dig around in their gotch while they lay there, passed out.

[iitalane]

years going, it stays

[lsdmadman]

very dear to my hearts there haint nothing like this anywhither...dear little zhaleh likes it n what she sez...goez

[annore68]

Gott, da wäre ich gerne dabei gewesen - wunderbar!

Many thanks for this.

[dracd235]

Mike Oldfield single-handedly started New Age music no credit given for that yet

the best;)

[sheldonscott]

I recognize GREAT MUSICIANS when i hear them... n this is ONE of 'em....

[numberseventeen]

Not one mate, they are with more people :)

[davesporty]

but without a great musician the other "people" wouldnt be on the stage at all.

[vidgamer77]

one of the most brilliant musicians ever.  Thank you Mike!

[chrzaszcz3]

Au même titre que l'aventure de Genesis, de Pink Floyd ou encore de Kate Bush, celle de Mike Oldfield est unique. On accroche ou pas : il faut un login et un mot de passe pour entrer ! Mais pas besoin d'être un baba cool attardé pour y trouver plaisir et intérêt, ne serait-ce que comme alternative/complément à la psychothérapie. Mike m'a aidé à vivre voire à survivre dans ce monde qui "craint".

[anders110]

I have all Mike Oldfields music, I dig it a bit but there is something boring in it. He can play guitar ok but not the best. sorry if you get pissed off.

Ommadawn is maybe his best, it makes me cry its so sad.

But could be shorter, it is repeat after repeat

[Cougo]

If it makes you cry... then it's done its job as a work of art. :)

[davesporty]

whats wrong with repating something if its fantastic,it could repeat itself all day and i would never get bored with it.

the more repeats the better ..please!

Mike also said something like this in explaining his music.

[anders110]

one of the first qitarist that got famous without talents..his music is genious no doubt about it but boring..could be done less than 20 minutes

[whobearUK]

I only wish I was so untalented!!!

[eheister2006]

if this is no talent, I wish I had no talent too.

[Tjoppy]

you're full of sh*t and don't know what you're talking about man. prove your vain comment and do it in less than 20 minutes

[Mallekid]

I think i know now where game composers as Koji Kondo(Zelda) get their inspiration from.Virtuosity at its finest.

[theshaleshifter]

The guitar solo shows Mike at his very best, and doing what he does best.........playing the guitar. Sheer genius at work.

[MoonlightShadowlolz]

1:53 did you noticed his boner O_o????? omfg but still nice playing mike :)

[wymcot]

Stick to the day job mate

[MoonlightShadowlolz]

lol ;p but i like this song very much but too bad that you can't post songd this long on youtube :(

[martnhsl68hw]

Is that a tubular bell in your pocket, or are you just pleased to see me?

[wymcot]

My all time favourite piece, thankyou

[FOLLABAMBAS]

Quien pudiera tocar las guitarras y el piano y los teclados y la percusion como Mike . Un autentico GENIO DE LA MUSICA

[eheister2006]

Did he ever release a CD for this concert video?

[alanowlsalanowls]

this is now on dvd.

[thedavid2007]

All superb musicians.

[jimsan1]

such a great performance! thanks for posting them all on youtube. thanks again and again.

yours - subscribed. (jimsan1 age 77)

[sisibar]

LOL!!! Watch the moment at 05:58 when the keyboard player takes off his mic headset thinking the singing is over, then instantly putting it back on when he realises he has to sing another line!!! Absolutely hilarious!!

[mecrashboy]

Wow....that guy was fast:))

[RickardJohansson]

I have the concert on dvd and I just love Ommadawn<3

Mike Oldfield IS the worlds best guitarist!

[eselsdistel]

The world's best guitarist doesn't fail like in 1:27, pal... He's over the average for rock standards, but making such an absolute statement is a bit too much, I think...

[Soten101]

Steve Vai failed playing Tender Surrender in Brazil.And not only Vai others have failed too.

And this mistake doesn't erases the geniality of Oldfield's music

[eselsdistel]

Of course, everybody can fail. But that run is a relatively easy one to mess it up like that, and being a good guitarrist doesn't mean being the best one (neither Oldfield nor Vai are). About his geniality: had he died in, let's say, a car crash after Incantations, he might have been a rock genius. But everything he has done since then -Amarok excluded- is falling lower and lower.

[eselsdistel]

I have to be thankful though, because (despite finding nowadays the most of his stuff mere average) it was the beginning of a long way that would take to New Age, Minimal Music, and afterwards to Avantgarde, Jazz, some World and Ethnic Music, and back to classics. Without being an annoying hardcore Mike Oldfield for a couple of years in my teens it probably wouldn't have happened (that way, at least).

[eselsdistel]

Ommadawn, Tubular Bells, some parts of Incantations, the end of Hergest Ridge Pt.1, The Platinum Side A, couple of cuts of QE2, Taurus I&II(not the whole II), some cuts from "The Wind Chimes", and 3/4s of Amarok ist all you need from Mike Oldfield. The rest is a complete waste of money.

[Gonzalito200]

and Amarok

[PrZemek44]

I'd put my money on TB, but I love all Oldfield's stuff from that time. Yhanx for posting!

[tonykoski]

great stuff.i mean tubular bells is ab fab but this is more moody and melodic,my fav oldfield album.

[vdols]

such a great performance! thanks for posting it.

[lovelyboylondon]

Go Mikey....Musical genius.