Mike Oldfield: Ommadawn- Part Two 1/2

[EROSPONCHIONE]

MIKE IS GOD!!!

[nancyl2]

The resonance within this BEINGS creations do something within. Thanks dear Friend Angel BEing from the U.K. for sending this Mike Oldfield my way or I would not have found this GEM today. Namaste' Dear ONE I owe you big time. :-))) Love to you for all you have shared with me today Mon.Dec. 5, 2011. An UPLIFTING time for my soul. No greater love can be shown to anyone then music. I accept these gifts with such gratitude. :-)

[todddillingham111]

his finest lp

[vuotopiuscuro]

what about the full version?

[777dasar]

@vuotopiuscuro i know right? it tears me up to hear it just stop...makes you wonder why some one would load up just part of it....oh well what can you do? ...peace...

[vuotopiuscuro]

peace 2 U 2, brother

[pally315]

I am a tonal composer and have written a good amount of music that depends on harmonics for the piano. I was stunned when I first heard the lines in Oldfield's work. Particularly starting at about 7 minutes in part one of Ommadawn. Beethoven proved in his adagio's that while the simplest music is the toughest to write, it is also the most intense. Only else in Keith Jarett's Koln Concert have I heard phrases that bring tears to my eyes. Oldfield is a treasure.

[MaestroZ]

If music ever had an orgasm......this is it folks!!

[cogidubnus1953]

Magical as ever...thank you FoggyNotion0 for uploading these...

[gasphetti]

The problem with this album is that it's a trip from beginning to end and full of so much it's hard to separate out something you might call "the best bit".  But after listening to what comes before it, the air, with Mike's guitar and Paddy's uillean pipes, at 5:06 onwards is pure and beautiful enough to weep at.

[5000drwho]

This does make me think and say thankyou to my girlfriend who died aged 18 in 1989.

[MrNodrog1954]

the last 5 mins are so so relaxing

[MegaCatlady66]

who on earth didnt like this u must be mad its some of his best work

[lintym]

Its so dirdy, no life to it

[fergy623]

at 55 years of age and always Enjoyed Mikes Talents. The entire music industry needs to award Mike and musicians a great reward, I wished I was part of his band.

[AdamsApple1963]

When I first heard this album, I honestly thought it was music from another planet! 35 years later, I still feel the same way!

[rojblake82]

@AdamsApple1963 This track is to me very like music from another planet, and it could fit in science fiction series and science films.

[IndieFuckkatyperry]

Dit roept herinneringen op, van mijn kamertje en de vele avonden dat deze muziek me deed janken om alles in mijn jonge leven. De muziek bracht me in vervoering en vertolkte precies wat ik voelde, of, deinden mijn gevoels mee op deze muziek ? Ik weet dat ik, na het huilen en op de laatste tonen, ik opgelucht was en weer verderkon. Tot de volgende keer...

[ASTcandles2]

I feel the same, since i was a little boychild, .. more then 30 years ago ...

[jorgecalderon48940]

Es el mejor disco del siglo XX

[akie567]

This is a spiritual piece of music. And to me it tells more than words can ever express. It's a language beyond that. I Love this and have loved it for years. Ommadawn has lifted me many times when I have been down and depressed. What a fantastic piece of Music this is.

[Coneman3]

@akie567 I totally agree with you. In Mike's autobiography he states he wanted to get down in music things he felt but couldn't explain, a kind of different, spiritual experience. He definitely succeeded ! Trouble is, most people can't appreciate it. WE truly are the lucky ones.;-)

[ydero]

this album followed me all my life.For me it is a masterpiece and you konw what?

I think mike oldfield has done to world music what beatles have done to rock and roll.

[AdamsApple1963]

@ydero AMEN!

[camelitto1]

my favorite album , with incantation also

[GlAsSaRm]

it is spiritual i have this record over 30 years

some people i knew then are gone, my parents this makes me think of them and thier unconditional love

[Coneman3]

The climax at 4 minutes in is astonishing. It provides some solace from the inner loneliness I have felt virtually all my life. It gives me hope that someone understands, that I'm not the only one. I love so much different music, but there's nothing quite like this - it feels like it was written for me !. It's like a melody from a higher being, as 'spiritual' as anything can get in real life (I'm an atheist).

[Barryt58]

@Coneman3 I remember this from my youth and have many memories as my girlfriend died the year before at 16 years old! Mike oldfield is a great composer and musician, I am sorry to hear you feel alone and I hope you get this message, kind regards to you

[Coneman3]

@Barryt58 Cheers. I do have hope.

[TheTongapuss]

@Coneman3 If you get the same feeling from the climax in Tubular Bells then I know EXACTLY how you feel. I however am not an atheist.

[Coneman3]

@TheTongapuss What strikes me about this music is how honest and sincere it is - how it is lacking any pretensions - like most great music I guess. It also expresses deep vulnerability to me, making it's honesty even more impressive. It feels like Mike is opening up his soul in this music.

[alfie3zip]

thought it was played by herbie flowers

[ggrahamm17]

Its a Northumbrian bagpipe being played by Paddy Maloney of the Cheiftans

[Coneman3]

I love Mike in repose. To me his more gentle reflective music is more profound and pleasing.

[Synrikeman]

It's like he can see the music through that window, we have to look in his eyes (the window to the soul) His music is a glimpse into his soul. though we try we may never understand completly his music. Love it.

[byroncallas]

It's a masterpiece.

[Geskleithron]

It's the best I've heard from MIke Oldfield so far. I like it!

[gusgorilla76]

A nondescript mess? How dare they! Just because the rhythm and melody are less well defined doesn't mean they are not there. There is a clearly defined progression. Reminds me of the works of Debussy, who is similarly expressive and similarly misunderstood. The bit from 5:00 to 5:25 is just like fog clearing and giving way to wonderful, invigorating but at the same time soothing sunshine.

[RoninCZ]

Can some1 tell me, please what instrument is it that starts playing at 7:13 . Thanks!

[AleDaino]

Uillean pipes.

[lukaszswietek]

@RoninCZ bagpipe

[EntropiaMusic]

Oh my God , what a great piece of music !!! After discovering MO's music , i was not the same person . Serendipity ...

[Coneman3]

Love, love love this section. It's deceptively simple. even die-hard Oldfield fan's often overlook it. It says sooo much. I feel it's a real cry from the heart.

[HollywoodRose243]

I'm a die-hard Oldfield fan and I made sure to listen to everything I could possibly find of his. At first heaps of it seems really random, but the more you listen the better it gets! What a genius - he's my hero ^_^

[JoaquimRaminhos]

Deceptively simple, you got that right! The intro was done only with guitar sounds, no keyboard or synth. And for what I heard they were no less than 62 over-dubbed guitars! The result is simply amazing. And you're right, it's unfairly overlooked even by Oldfield fans. Cheers from an "ommadawn egg kyowl" ("fool with the music")

[Coneman3]

Are you sure there isn't an ARP 2600 in the background behind the guitars ? That multitude of notes going up rapidly one after the other like digital noise ? The climax after the TBells has such a sweet and powerful melody - it feels like he's opening up his soul for us to see his deepest inner torment. I remember reading a music website review by a so-called expert who said the start of part 2 (here) was something like a meandering nondescript mess ! What a cloth-eared nincompoop !

[docgonzobordel]

A music more older than the universe, a journey without travelling, we are in the deep core of our stars.

[nakashix]

ちゃんと雨粒が分かるジャケット版ですね