mike oldfield is the best musician of all to me,- the are hipper, there are better bands, there are funnier and all, but noone has made soundtracks for my/our lives like oldfield, except genesis, but oldfield just seemed to ejaculate the music!
@GusFolge.I honestly respekt your idea aboat Amoros Album from Mike Oldfield,because everybody listen and feel things like Music of theyr own way and Dimention,but i think you have not heard realy the Ommadawn Album,try it again and again till you injoy or understand it realy,this Album is without any Alternative,Mike Oldfield´s Master Work,and He must be J.S.Bach to make another Master Work like this Album,(Ommadawn),It seems to me like it takes me of a Travel around the Universe or Hyperverse.
Bought the original vinyl when issued. Then the "foreign" pressing which was even better.
Time has taught me how to play this: either with massive speakers or as I prefer, headphones and a subwoofer. You just need the physical vibe for some parts. The music is exquisite and a legal high.
Yo creo que Ommadawn es inexplicable, así de maravillosa y única en la obra de Mike Olldfield. Y ha sido injustamente desplazada por otros trabajos de MO más convencionales.
Ilanbradach....After having heard Tubular Bells, when Ommadawn came out in 1974-1975 I bought it too (On vinyl of course) and was immediately smitten with it. I felt then and now that Oldfield's music is the experience of a journey....perhaps like the next generation of The Moody Blues. Of course some of the mind-altering stimulants we had around then may have helped. :)
After having listened to Ommadawn thousands of times over a 25-year period of time, I feel just like Salieri in the Amadeus movie : I can hear the voice of God.
Let's get things straight. The music from Ommadawn is beyond the reach of any human being. God himself created it. Mike Oldfield was chosen to be God's channel. There is no other explanation. Pure bliss !!!
I haven't heard it for at least 20 years but after it was released I couldn't stop listening to this beautiful music. At that time I lived in Poland it was played on the radio very often back then, I still remember how Polish radio presenter tried to translate the word "Ommadawn" into Polish Since I couldn't speak the language I can't tell if he was able to. Now I read the story behind the title on Wikipedia, man, some puzzles take years to solve, some never do, but I still love the music
je lis que malgré les années il reste encore des anciens( et nouveaux) qui aiment Mike Oldfield. je l'ai découvert à ces débuts par mon fils qui en était fan et malgré mes 60 ans, j'aime toujours énormement "Ommadawn!"
there is a part missing in both tracks ... its the Irish Pipe part when it explodes in cheers .. those of you fans of Ommadawn ... who attended the launch of the album ... the early years .. of the 70's ..who are older than 50 years of age would understand what I'm talking about
Mike was discovered in the backwoods or rural England by no other than Richard Branson. It was Mike's work that launched "Virgin Records" and its many subsidiaries. Mike too, has changed from, that brilliant one man orchestra, to something not so much. from pure brilliance to mot so much. none-the-less this album is still one of the best pieces of music I've ever heard, it genius.
@junknut21 Actually, Mike wasn't living in the backwoods when he first hooked up with Branson, he was living in London. He only moved to the countryside and became something of a recluse following the enormous success of Tubular Bells, which led to more pressure on him than he could handle at that time.
@dunebasher1971 Hi and thanks for the correction. I'm not an expert on Mikes life. However I did watch a Branson documentary many years ago that talked about how he meet mike... I guess I got the story line off track .. but that's where I got the info form, Thanks Junknut.
Got all his works! I use to enjoy his music by the open fire with my one and only. She past away! Dispite the others.. Greate and joyful music made by a greate Composer! Somehow i now that Mike wil be remembered as the composer who made us hart beat fasrter and slower.His music is timeless! He,s gnn be in the row of all great composers which time have brought us!
Tubular bells was fantastic but this is Mike's best work ever. It brings back so many memories and so many emotions. This music inspires people and brings them together.
I never tire of listening to this since it 1st came out.
Ab yul ann I dyad awt, En yab na log a toc na awd, taw may on omma dawn egg kyowl, omma dawn egg kyowl. Translation: I am the fool with music, fool with music <3
excellent and his music brings a breathe of fresh air into my life! He is a maestro in what he does. I have no doubt about that. I play music over and over to get the sound right, as any musician does when they are trying to get the recording righ. They listen to it over and over again till they get it right!. Peter.
I agree, if I had to choose, I would say Hergest Ridge edges the others.
After Incantations I think Mike Oldfield went through a bit of a barren spell in terms of quality. Then came along Tubular Bells II and from this moment, in my opinion, Mike was reborn. All the Tubular Bells albums are very good, along with gems such as Songs of Distant Earth. I'm particularly pleased by his latest offering Music of the Spheres.
@TomateFouree - I do like pieces of music from the Crises, Amarok and Platinum albums but not all of it. Crises first side is good, but the reverse side is hit and miss for me; I'm not a big fan of short almost 'pop songs'. Platinum is also good but this album is more beat and less melodic in nature. Amarok is probably the best of the three, some excellent arrangements.
The difference is Hergest Ridge, Ommadawn, Incantations flow and can be listened to in their entirety.
I first heard this when it was released about 1975 and I didn't like it at all after listening to Tubular Bells I found Ommadawn too different, but soon it became my favourite piece of music ever, I still listen to it today at age 50, I love Mike Oldfields early music.
@llanbradach I loved this from the first release. Like nearly all Mike Oldfield fans Tubular Bells was the initial attraction. When I first heard Ommadawn I realised that this was better than 'Bells'. I did like Hergest Ridge too, but the later stuff got progressively worse. Of course this is personal preference, lots of young people might rate the Ibiza stuff as better, for me the early Mike Oldfield was superb; he has not surpassed it.
@canopus101, I couldn't agree more, it was his early music that captivated me too, I would eagerly run to the shops to buy his album years ago but I haven't done that for about 20 years.
@llanbradach His music was so good then because it was an honest response to genuine suffering and he really believed in it. It was all about the music, and he needed to do it. He also had masses of talent and the courage to to something genuinely original and ground-breaking. Unfortunately his achievements have has never been properly acknowledged by the musical establishment, aided no doubt by his own modesty and self-doubt.
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Going to make someone very jealous here, but I seen Mike Oldfield at the old Glasgow Apollo back in late 70's early 80's and Ommadawn was what he played live as his encore, along with Amazing Grace. If you think its good here, you should have heard it live when he was in his prime. Incredible!
Going to make someone very jealous here, but I seen Mike Oldfield at the old Glasgow Apollo back in late 70's early 80's and Ommadawn was what he played live as his encore. if you think its good here, you should have heard it live when he was in his prime. Incredible!
I was extremely lucky to have way older brothers that were listening to this when I was very young. Now I am 23 and I could not live a day without Mike's music. My equals think I am weird, but they do not understand this and cannot recognize true music while listening to their HipHop "songs".
had not really listened to Ommadawn much in the past was only ten years at time of realease .The album is quite different from Tubliar Bells i love it now perceptions change as you age so now to me sounds totally new lucky me
MIKE OLDFIELD . I first saw Mike On TV Back in the day when i was a little nipper , Watching, you guessed It BLUE PETER. I was amazed that Mike just wasn't a Musician but a Composer & Producer and i think this little clip of him making the Blue Peter signature tune mad me go out and buy his Albums Brilliant, I Get Lost in his Music all the Time. PS Food for Though.. "Would Richard B be where he is today without him
great bloke a true hanted childhood which ican relate with and his music has healing and soothing qualities which makes the enigma thatis mike oldfield
@steuk63 Aye,a psychiatrist told me the other day the first they look at is family history.The thing is...he would not be the same musician without his troubled upbringing,is that sad for him but good for us?In another life he could have been writing for stock aitken and waterman..so which Mike would you rather?Not as easy as you might think.BTW IDK the answer to my own question.I wonder what MO might say.
@sysrq120 That is very interesting... Have you read the book "Trauma of a gifted child" I forget the authors name but she writes about the pathology of children who have been traumatized due to catastrophic events & environment and the expression there of.
@phfrankh MO wrote TB's around or just after the time of his mothers illness,i think..when you know that the whole thing makes sense,in particular the famous piano riff and embellishments,its traumatic.honestly music can express so much its just crazy.From joy of joys to the depth's of despair.Personally i always preferred the b side!of tb's.
@sysrq120 Um...a pontiff (?) as you described. I don't know M.O. so i cannot speak for him. However, as a survivor I can identify with the depth that M.O. has offered to us. M.O. music does seem to trigger our natural rhythms.
Commenting on music like this......if you see things when you close your eyes even sober, you know its transcendental....and thus true art from the soul. its not a coincidence. further yourself for yourself, and all the world.
I believe that this is the best musical piece ever made in the history of music.So melodical and so nice at the same time.A real masterpiece.And also we have to say ''well done'' to Mike Oldfield because as he did on Tubular Bells and Hergest Ridge,he recorded all the musical instruments on his own!He plays every musical instrument on his own!
Can you please tell me,at the beginning of the song at about 1:16 until 1:45 behind all the musical instruments there is a sound like someone is saying ''oooohhhhhhhhhhh''.is it a synthesizer/mellotron sound or is it actually a woman singing??
@thekillingjimmy Could be either a choir-synth or a woman but it doesn't quite sound like mellotron choir tone too me, plus some notes were held much longer then 8 seconds
One of my favorite records of all time, some of the most beautiful and evocative popular music ever (and most overlooked). Also one of the worst guitar solos ever, always makes me smile. Love the entire album, magical.
Others, may had other opinion of course. For me, this is the best album of Mike Oldfield. Never a song, put me in so many different places. It's astonishing. I've had the luck of having a sister, who bought this album when it was released. Have been passed more than 20 years and still listen it.
Until today, I had only heard the 7 minute segment of this amazing musical piece. I have to say it's even more imaginative then I thought it would be, and I was personally blown back by what I had already heard. The mood changes so much throughout part one that it's hard not to close your eyes and just dream away...
I don't quite feel the same way about part two, although I love the ending
Soooo many, totaly awesome memories, especially with one of my dearest friend. We use to listen to this and Tubular Bells......And later all other albums....Just LOOOOVE his music..... Music that touch my soul deeply, for over 30 years!!!!!
l remember many years ago , in my 20s , listening to this as we were driving through the Black Mountains in Wales and l was reading Lord Of The Rings for the first time . That brief moment has stayed with me ever since . Ommadawn , Lord Of The Rings and the Black Mountains just seem to fall in together for me . A brief moment of magic that has and will stay engraved in my memory forever .
My dad played mike oldfield all the time as i was growing up i loved it then and i love it now, reminds me so much of him now i dont have him here as he died 8 years ago now listening to this just takes me back god i wish i could go back in time just to see you once more dad as i miss you so much xx
@WASPS1867 sorry replied to u on my daughters you tube account there by accident she left it on lol...thanx wasps it will always take me back to the best days of my life really as he was a great dad thats left me with wonderfull memories x
this music is magic, but it reminds me of when i whas small cause mom used to play this and we lived in the forest with no neighbours, so i always get the picture of the forest and stuff when listening to this, damn i want to go back in time
Estimated friend, if you want to listen again this song and an endless number of successes of the love I suggest you to visit Radio MUSICA PARA MIMOS - looks for his direction URL in Google ( search Musica para Mimos in Google)-. best romantic music of all the times in Internet, is great, is very good ...!!!
His follow up album after Tubular Bells (from memory) and a great bit of Northumbrian pipe playing.
My mum called it hippy music...she was right ! I did have flares on at the time and a liking for lebanese blonde in my pipe...or buddha. Ah yes the seventies, loved every year of it and this album made a good year better.
His follow up album after Tubular Bells (from memory) and a great bit of Northumbrian pipe playing.
My mum called it hippy music...she was right ! I did have flares on at the time and a liking for lebanese blonde in my pipe...or buddha. Ah yes the seventies, loved every year of it and this album made a good year better.
Mike Oldfield made this album just after his mother's dead. Sally and Terry, his siblings, both participated in the making of it. Might explain a lot... wonderful piece of music, anyway. I wish I had discovered it earlier than last year.
@Canaveral305 Thanks for sharing that. His heart (or their hearts) clearly went into it and it's a beautifully fitting tribute to their mother. I only discovered it last week and am glad to have done so - it's never too late to discover something this beautiful.
He's done various kinds. His major symphonic albums are Tubular Bells, Hergest Ridge, Ommadawn, Incantations, Platinum, Amarok, Tubular Bells II and The Songs of Distant Earth. Some of his albums have a lengthy piece of around 20-30 mins length on one side and a set of smaller compositions on the other (e.g. Crises, Five Miles Out, Heaven's Open). The rest are conventional sets of short tracks (either songs or instrumental pieces) such as Discovery, Earth Moving and Voyager.
As a child, the sound of this piece captured my imagination completely, it's so evocative as it pulls you in.
Music like this highlights how far away we have strayed from actually appealing to people's imagination in sound when you have utter garbage like the X factor around. Poles apart in terms of quality.
timeless, over 30 years after and its still epic goodness
MrLibormortis 6 days ago
mike oldfield is the best musician of all to me,- the are hipper, there are better bands, there are funnier and all, but noone has made soundtracks for my/our lives like oldfield, except genesis, but oldfield just seemed to ejaculate the music!
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@GusFolge.I honestly respekt your idea aboat Amoros Album from Mike Oldfield,because everybody listen and feel things like Music of theyr own way and Dimention,but i think you have not heard realy the Ommadawn Album,try it again and again till you injoy or understand it realy,this Album is without any Alternative,Mike Oldfield´s Master Work,and He must be J.S.Bach to make another Master Work like this Album,(Ommadawn),It seems to me like it takes me of a Travel around the Universe or Hyperverse.
Keyhan37 3 weeks ago
Bought the original vinyl when issued. Then the "foreign" pressing which was even better.
Time has taught me how to play this: either with massive speakers or as I prefer, headphones and a subwoofer. You just need the physical vibe for some parts. The music is exquisite and a legal high.
trasnebal 3 weeks ago
Do you know that it will be an SACD edition, very soon?
ajrmach 1 month ago
Wow just listened to the full record for the first time, good stuff...
And I have a feeling it's gonna get better over time too, like Pink Floyd
stilldasayme 1 month ago
Yo creo que Ommadawn es inexplicable, así de maravillosa y única en la obra de Mike Olldfield. Y ha sido injustamente desplazada por otros trabajos de MO más convencionales.
MrJamson007 1 month ago
Ilanbradach....After having heard Tubular Bells, when Ommadawn came out in 1974-1975 I bought it too (On vinyl of course) and was immediately smitten with it. I felt then and now that Oldfield's music is the experience of a journey....perhaps like the next generation of The Moody Blues. Of course some of the mind-altering stimulants we had around then may have helped. :)
bushmandread 1 month ago
He look's like Jesus ! :D
georges61296 1 month ago 2
Give him SIR status pls, he's a real man!!!
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This glorious song proves that heroes still live in Britain. I listened to it again after almost a year. It is timeless.
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Albacorewing 1 month ago
I'm dreaming!!! Fab Mike!!!
mark197ify 2 months ago
I love this record so much! Reminds me of when I was a young lad ;)
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After having listened to Ommadawn thousands of times over a 25-year period of time, I feel just like Salieri in the Amadeus movie : I can hear the voice of God.
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Let's get things straight. The music from Ommadawn is beyond the reach of any human being. God himself created it. Mike Oldfield was chosen to be God's channel. There is no other explanation. Pure bliss !!!
ZEC2ZEC 2 months ago
I haven't heard it for at least 20 years but after it was released I couldn't stop listening to this beautiful music. At that time I lived in Poland it was played on the radio very often back then, I still remember how Polish radio presenter tried to translate the word "Ommadawn" into Polish Since I couldn't speak the language I can't tell if he was able to. Now I read the story behind the title on Wikipedia, man, some puzzles take years to solve, some never do, but I still love the music
biTVToni 2 months ago 3
Mike Oldfield looks like Frodo Baggins with a beard :)
wedonttastetheair 2 months ago
I dont have to be a duck - I have the same skin right now !!
mobyboy 2 months ago
c'est l'album que j'ecoutais lors de mes grandes ballades sur les plages de bretagne
paddygton 3 months ago
je lis que malgré les années il reste encore des anciens( et nouveaux) qui aiment Mike Oldfield. je l'ai découvert à ces débuts par mon fils qui en était fan et malgré mes 60 ans, j'aime toujours énormement "Ommadawn!"
flasche98746 3 months ago
GENIUS!
SKOTP69 3 months ago
the spreading of a vision
hazardous541 3 months ago
In Irish, Ommadawn (amadán) means idiot :P
NaJoJo 3 months ago
there is a part missing in both tracks ... its the Irish Pipe part when it explodes in cheers .. those of you fans of Ommadawn ... who attended the launch of the album ... the early years .. of the 70's ..who are older than 50 years of age would understand what I'm talking about
therohb1 4 months ago
I used to love this album. Lost it in a burglary in the mid 90s. Just fabulous. Great to discover it all over again. I must pick up a cd.
walkabou5 4 months ago
@walkabou5 extreeemely musical thief, thumbs up
petalnpaper1 4 months ago
Tubular Bells is the only track of Mike Oldfield's I had heard before today. YouTube is the best.
ebonics4everyone 4 months ago
@ebonics4everyone You have so much more to experiance and enjoy! :-)
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Mike was discovered in the backwoods or rural England by no other than Richard Branson. It was Mike's work that launched "Virgin Records" and its many subsidiaries. Mike too, has changed from, that brilliant one man orchestra, to something not so much. from pure brilliance to mot so much. none-the-less this album is still one of the best pieces of music I've ever heard, it genius.
junknut21 4 months ago
@junknut21 Actually, Mike wasn't living in the backwoods when he first hooked up with Branson, he was living in London. He only moved to the countryside and became something of a recluse following the enormous success of Tubular Bells, which led to more pressure on him than he could handle at that time.
dunebasher1971 1 month ago
@dunebasher1971 Hi and thanks for the correction. I'm not an expert on Mikes life. However I did watch a Branson documentary many years ago that talked about how he meet mike... I guess I got the story line off track .. but that's where I got the info form, Thanks Junknut.
junknut21 1 month ago
para mi posiblemente lo mejor de Mike Olfield
yalosehombre 4 months ago
Sebutones - Newport
FUZATl 4 months ago
Guitar at 6:49, just gives me goose bumps every time :)
brieflycake 4 months ago
Not heard this for ages!!
Planetoxo 4 months ago
i only last in 0:05 after that i died :')
orestisyr 4 months ago
merci pour cette musique de reve !!
kcilam57 4 months ago
神秘から浮き上がる美しい女神のような･････大鬼才､ﾏｲｸ･ｵｰﾙﾄﾞﾌｨｰﾙﾄﾞの最高のﾌｧﾝﾂﾃｨｯｸ世界"ｵﾏﾄﾞｰﾝ"
blackandtanful 5 months ago in playlist Mike's Albums
tą muzykę dyktowały Mike owi Anioły
1Sepia 5 months ago
Heard a sample of this in Newport by the Sebutones. Great song.
MCBucky4 5 months ago
Got all his works! I use to enjoy his music by the open fire with my one and only. She past away! Dispite the others.. Greate and joyful music made by a greate Composer! Somehow i now that Mike wil be remembered as the composer who made us hart beat fasrter and slower.His music is timeless! He,s gnn be in the row of all great composers which time have brought us!
tolenaars53 5 months ago
Tubular bells was fantastic but this is Mike's best work ever. It brings back so many memories and so many emotions. This music inspires people and brings them together.
I never tire of listening to this since it 1st came out.
andycan1 5 months ago
I only like this song from this album.
jcast18k 5 months ago
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2littlelies 5 months ago
Why is this song so beautiful? Why does it inspire so much? Why do all those feelings warm up from deep within?
Why is this melody so masterfully crafted and yet so haunting?
Why do I feel so happy listening to this song, and yet I want to cry?
Why?
MrRottenPotato 5 months ago
I can SEE the music till listening it...
MrRingouStarr 5 months ago
the beginning is the spreading of a vision
hazardous541 6 months ago 2
Ab yul ann I dyad awt, En yab na log a toc na awd, taw may on omma dawn egg kyowl, omma dawn egg kyowl. Translation: I am the fool with music, fool with music <3
NumaNumaYeahBitch54 6 months ago
Definately Mike Oldfield´s masterpiece.
I never get bored of listening it. It´s a wonderful masterpiece!!
flyandfunmadrid 6 months ago
excellent and his music brings a breathe of fresh air into my life! He is a maestro in what he does. I have no doubt about that. I play music over and over to get the sound right, as any musician does when they are trying to get the recording righ. They listen to it over and over again till they get it right!. Peter.
1952mrpdc 6 months ago
any1 who doesn't like this music should have their head examined and listen to their own music. Mike
1952mrpdc 6 months ago
I still remember the first time when i heard this wonderfull piece...it was in 1985...and i feel the same feeling...yes, i remember...
MrJamson007 6 months ago
He was about 17 when he wrote this, and about 20 when he recorded it. A genius.
Albacorewing 6 months ago 3
his best by far.
60vernon 7 months ago
Up there with Hergest Ridge and Incantations as all time best.
simbalivesyt 7 months ago
@simbalivesyt Hergest Ridge is mind blowing.
MrGreekstatue 6 months ago 2
@MrGreekstatue
I agree, if I had to choose, I would say Hergest Ridge edges the others.
After Incantations I think Mike Oldfield went through a bit of a barren spell in terms of quality. Then came along Tubular Bells II and from this moment, in my opinion, Mike was reborn. All the Tubular Bells albums are very good, along with gems such as Songs of Distant Earth. I'm particularly pleased by his latest offering Music of the Spheres.
Keep it going Mike.....
simbalivesyt 6 months ago
Yes sure, Crisis, Amarok or Platinum are bad albums x_x
TomateFouree 6 months ago
@TomateFouree - I do like pieces of music from the Crises, Amarok and Platinum albums but not all of it. Crises first side is good, but the reverse side is hit and miss for me; I'm not a big fan of short almost 'pop songs'. Platinum is also good but this album is more beat and less melodic in nature. Amarok is probably the best of the three, some excellent arrangements.
The difference is Hergest Ridge, Ommadawn, Incantations flow and can be listened to in their entirety.
simbalivesyt 6 months ago
cool album
oldskooldancemusic1 7 months ago
An album of shining brilliance packed to the brim of flowing ideas lifting the listener from one pinnacle to the next.
doncool69 7 months ago
IT'S LIKE BEING A MEDIEVAL STONER
djrem 7 months ago 33
@djrem omfg mindfuck
cuakmelu 7 months ago
@djrem oh man, this comment made my day.
meanmugmartin 4 months ago
@djrem i logged in my youtube account for the first time after about half year just to tell you...your comment is win
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RyanYardComposer 7 months ago
Still listening to the universe after all these years....
cogidubnus1953 7 months ago
There really isn't anything to compare this with. Utterly magical.
WeTheStrange 7 months ago
@WeTheStrange
Hergest Ridge, Incantations?
simbalivesyt 7 months ago
@simbalivesyt Well yes, but Ommadawn is in a class of its own.
WeTheStrange 6 months ago
Comes from that place where emotion informs intelligence and only music can describe it correctly.
bluesteelzephyr 7 months ago 2
it's MAGIC !
theminotauros1 7 months ago
This album is one of the reasons I wanted to learn to play music.Timeless
mccscott45 7 months ago
j adore!!!
TheBABAR29 7 months ago
Amazing.
EdwardWMort 7 months ago
dont care if people are fed up of the 'im 17 and i love this' coments, BECAUSE I AM !!!
curtis8516 7 months ago
I first heard this when it was released about 1975 and I didn't like it at all after listening to Tubular Bells I found Ommadawn too different, but soon it became my favourite piece of music ever, I still listen to it today at age 50, I love Mike Oldfields early music.
llanbradach 7 months ago 22
@llanbradach I loved this from the first release. Like nearly all Mike Oldfield fans Tubular Bells was the initial attraction. When I first heard Ommadawn I realised that this was better than 'Bells'. I did like Hergest Ridge too, but the later stuff got progressively worse. Of course this is personal preference, lots of young people might rate the Ibiza stuff as better, for me the early Mike Oldfield was superb; he has not surpassed it.
canopus101 3 months ago in playlist Mike's Albums
@canopus101, I couldn't agree more, it was his early music that captivated me too, I would eagerly run to the shops to buy his album years ago but I haven't done that for about 20 years.
llanbradach 3 months ago
@canopus101 u nailed it, this, tubular, then ridge. unique stuff that eventually turned me onto tangerine dream, jean michel and orb
TheTaxman67 3 months ago 2
@canopus101 I honestly think that Amarok is an exception. I think it is the best thing he ever recorded.
GusFogle 1 month ago
@GusFogle You may be right, I have not heard everything Mike Oldfield has recorded. I will listen to 'Amarok', on your recomendation.
canopus101 1 month ago
@llanbradach His music was so good then because it was an honest response to genuine suffering and he really believed in it. It was all about the music, and he needed to do it. He also had masses of talent and the courage to to something genuinely original and ground-breaking. Unfortunately his achievements have has never been properly acknowledged by the musical establishment, aided no doubt by his own modesty and self-doubt.
Coneman3 3 months ago 3
Sei un assassino... tagliare il video sull'assolo stupendo di chitarra significa nn capire una cicca e nn amare mike oldfield. lascia postare i video a chi ne capisce, please!
marioUva 8 months ago
I saw Micheal in concert at the Wembley Arena when he did Omndawn the guess star was Pepsi from Pepsi and Shelley.
5000drwho 8 months ago
Going to make someone very jealous here, but I seen Mike Oldfield at the old Glasgow Apollo back in late 70's early 80's and Ommadawn was what he played live as his encore, along with Amazing Grace. If you think its good here, you should have heard it live when he was in his prime. Incredible!
phil1404 8 months ago
Going to make someone very jealous here, but I seen Mike Oldfield at the old Glasgow Apollo back in late 70's early 80's and Ommadawn was what he played live as his encore. if you think its good here, you should have heard it live when he was in his prime. Incredible!
phil1404 8 months ago
What a FANTASTIC piece of music guys. I really think he is one of the best ever. For sure a genius and a real innovator.
Mike, sei fantastico!
Thanks!
Deuterio72 8 months ago
think I smoked a lot of pot listening to this music... those were the days.
kamion53 9 months ago 3
knowing there is such a beautiful song on earth makes me feel better even in the worst days of my life.
mandorcan 9 months ago 3
I was extremely lucky to have way older brothers that were listening to this when I was very young. Now I am 23 and I could not live a day without Mike's music. My equals think I am weird, but they do not understand this and cannot recognize true music while listening to their HipHop "songs".
Thank you Mike, for all you have done!
Foxhoundn 9 months ago 2
had not really listened to Ommadawn much in the past was only ten years at time of realease .The album is quite different from Tubliar Bells i love it now perceptions change as you age so now to me sounds totally new lucky me
steuk63 9 months ago
Search for this Vid "Dl11D09I4OM" for the Making Of Blue Peter
acuk66 9 months ago
MIKE OLDFIELD . I first saw Mike On TV Back in the day when i was a little nipper , Watching, you guessed It BLUE PETER. I was amazed that Mike just wasn't a Musician but a Composer & Producer and i think this little clip of him making the Blue Peter signature tune mad me go out and buy his Albums Brilliant, I Get Lost in his Music all the Time. PS Food for Though.. "Would Richard B be where he is today without him
acuk66 9 months ago
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sysrq120 9 months ago
great bloke a true hanted childhood which ican relate with and his music has healing and soothing qualities which makes the enigma thatis mike oldfield
steuk63 9 months ago
@steuk63 Aye,a psychiatrist told me the other day the first they look at is family history.The thing is...he would not be the same musician without his troubled upbringing,is that sad for him but good for us?In another life he could have been writing for stock aitken and waterman..so which Mike would you rather?Not as easy as you might think.BTW IDK the answer to my own question.I wonder what MO might say.
sysrq120 9 months ago
@sysrq120 That is very interesting... Have you read the book "Trauma of a gifted child" I forget the authors name but she writes about the pathology of children who have been traumatized due to catastrophic events & environment and the expression there of.
phfrankh 9 months ago
@phfrankh MO wrote TB's around or just after the time of his mothers illness,i think..when you know that the whole thing makes sense,in particular the famous piano riff and embellishments,its traumatic.honestly music can express so much its just crazy.From joy of joys to the depth's of despair.Personally i always preferred the b side!of tb's.
sysrq120 9 months ago
@sysrq120 Yes, one never forgets ones mother! unless one is in s state of psychopathy. I could be wrong!
phfrankh 9 months ago
@phfrankh Whats psychopathy,did MO have that?You sound like like a learned fellow,way above my humble station.lol
sysrq120 9 months ago
@sysrq120 Um...a pontiff (?) as you described. I don't know M.O. so i cannot speak for him. However, as a survivor I can identify with the depth that M.O. has offered to us. M.O. music does seem to trigger our natural rhythms.
phfrankh 9 months ago
Commenting on music like this......if you see things when you close your eyes even sober, you know its transcendental....and thus true art from the soul. its not a coincidence. further yourself for yourself, and all the world.
KeithHarbaugh 9 months ago
Ommadawn was the first Oldfield album I bought back in 1975 and thus this album have a special place in my heart.
Rayneenights 9 months ago
so calming - yet very powerful. My Dad always had this or tubular bells playing downstairs late at night.
craftijo 9 months ago 12
@craftijo was there also a strange smell like burnt grass when he was down there listening to it?
jimberkt 7 months ago
just lie back and feel yourself sink wat music can do this
wellhungchopper 9 months ago in playlist omadawn
Before punk, nobody frowned at lengthy pieses like this one. I'm glad we now live in an age where styles simply co-exist.
klausbluetner1 9 months ago 3
ΠΟΛΥ ΚΑΛΗ Η ΜΕΤΑΦΟΡΑ ΤΟΥ ΜΟΥΣΙΚΟΥ ΘΕΜΑΤΟΣ !!!!!!!!
MrMusicofthesoul 10 months ago 3
Now this is music. Showing you a whole new world without speaking a single word.
Dendrago0 10 months ago 3
I believe that this is the best musical piece ever made in the history of music.So melodical and so nice at the same time.A real masterpiece.And also we have to say ''well done'' to Mike Oldfield because as he did on Tubular Bells and Hergest Ridge,he recorded all the musical instruments on his own!He plays every musical instrument on his own!
thekillingjimmy 10 months ago 3
Can you please tell me,at the beginning of the song at about 1:16 until 1:45 behind all the musical instruments there is a sound like someone is saying ''oooohhhhhhhhhhh''.is it a synthesizer/mellotron sound or is it actually a woman singing??
thekillingjimmy 10 months ago
@thekillingjimmy from the live shows, i believe it's a real woman singing =)
HandreyAlex 10 months ago
@HandreyAlex ok thanx for ur heelp friend...
thekillingjimmy 10 months ago
@HandreyAlex help
thekillingjimmy 10 months ago
@thekillingjimmy
Kelp
BeTheDeathOfMe 10 months ago
@BeTheDeathOfMe what do u mean kelp??
thekillingjimmy 10 months ago
@thekillingjimmy
Well... Kelp isn't too tasty is it?
BeTheDeathOfMe 10 months ago
@BeTheDeathOfMe WHAT DO YOU MEAN?!?!
thekillingjimmy 10 months ago
@thekillingjimmy
It's all bitter and stuff. I only ever use it to season japaneese rice.
BeTheDeathOfMe 10 months ago
@BeTheDeathOfMe LOFL
BobMookJong 10 months ago
@thekillingjimmy Could be either a choir-synth or a woman but it doesn't quite sound like mellotron choir tone too me, plus some notes were held much longer then 8 seconds
boibad12 9 months ago
One of my favorite records of all time, some of the most beautiful and evocative popular music ever (and most overlooked). Also one of the worst guitar solos ever, always makes me smile. Love the entire album, magical.
Hopspop 10 months ago
This is..WONDERFUL!!!!! I LOVE IT........
LONG LIFE MIKE.......YOU'RE ....GENIOUS..
Jack, from Brazil......Mike's fan eternal♥
JackAngelBlue 10 months ago
Others, may had other opinion of course. For me, this is the best album of Mike Oldfield. Never a song, put me in so many different places. It's astonishing. I've had the luck of having a sister, who bought this album when it was released. Have been passed more than 20 years and still listen it.
joedguma 11 months ago 18
@joedguma I agree... :-))
scimmiadigiada 10 months ago
@joedguma
I would say the same thing
Filo6868 4 months ago
Es una delicia para los oidos, no me canso de oirla.
Itshaidiwa 11 months ago
well this was my first encounter with Oldfield. Masterpiece album , great work
MosCalifar 11 months ago
I love that change at 6.58!
jakemetropolis 11 months ago
@jakemetropolis
right! best part of Ommadawn :)
it's too bad, that this moment with flute is so short... :P
LewyLobo 11 months ago
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jakemetropolis 11 months ago
Just amazing
KatesPinkZeppelin 11 months ago
Until today, I had only heard the 7 minute segment of this amazing musical piece. I have to say it's even more imaginative then I thought it would be, and I was personally blown back by what I had already heard. The mood changes so much throughout part one that it's hard not to close your eyes and just dream away...
I don't quite feel the same way about part two, although I love the ending
DeugarTheOne 11 months ago 2
Soooo many, totaly awesome memories, especially with one of my dearest friend. We use to listen to this and Tubular Bells......And later all other albums....Just LOOOOVE his music..... Music that touch my soul deeply, for over 30 years!!!!!
mijajzon 11 months ago
l remember many years ago , in my 20s , listening to this as we were driving through the Black Mountains in Wales and l was reading Lord Of The Rings for the first time . That brief moment has stayed with me ever since . Ommadawn , Lord Of The Rings and the Black Mountains just seem to fall in together for me . A brief moment of magic that has and will stay engraved in my memory forever .
alunhughes147 1 year ago 3
My dad played mike oldfield all the time as i was growing up i loved it then and i love it now, reminds me so much of him now i dont have him here as he died 8 years ago now listening to this just takes me back god i wish i could go back in time just to see you once more dad as i miss you so much xx
dundeetinker 1 year ago
@dundeetinker ..it's great that a piece of music will always take you back to a good time with your dad..i really think that's pretty cool..
WASPS1867 1 year ago
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daniixxmcrxx 1 year ago
@WASPS1867 sorry replied to u on my daughters you tube account there by accident she left it on lol...thanx wasps it will always take me back to the best days of my life really as he was a great dad thats left me with wonderfull memories x
dundeetinker 1 year ago
this music is magic, but it reminds me of when i whas small cause mom used to play this and we lived in the forest with no neighbours, so i always get the picture of the forest and stuff when listening to this, damn i want to go back in time
Troforso 1 year ago 3
love this memories
mrsinatra49 1 year ago
Once a long time ago i heard this live it was one of the most beautifull memories i have!
ortew1 1 year ago
Wow weird music.... But good.
enmiettinyt 1 year ago
This music is magical, inspirational, haunting - the very essence of life itself captured in the whole master piece
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robertoamor2011 1 year ago
I can picture a movie featuring this music!From ultimate sorrow to love and Hope
Viznel137 1 year ago
Absolutely the best song of Mike Odfield (according to my personal opinion).
Like a trip in wonderland. Thank you :-)
piccolomangart 1 year ago 2
Génial!!!!! toujours aussi magique... intemporel....
Sckelington 1 year ago
I love the part starting at 7:00.
lemonrind 1 year ago
Thanks KaitainCPS for that. It's been so long since I listened to either of them.
The original vinyl albums are stored away awaiting a new turntable one of these decades lol.
A talented musician if somewhat self indulgent, distinctive and underated guitarist.
culmie 1 year ago
Pure magic this is - it's been with me my whole life so far and I loved it beyond words.
boehlahz 1 year ago
His follow up album after Tubular Bells (from memory) and a great bit of Northumbrian pipe playing.
My mum called it hippy music...she was right ! I did have flares on at the time and a liking for lebanese blonde in my pipe...or buddha. Ah yes the seventies, loved every year of it and this album made a good year better.
culmie 1 year ago
@culmie
Actually, the follow-up album to Tubular Bells was Hergest Ridge. Ommadawn was his third.
KaitainCPS 1 year ago
His follow up album after Tubular Bells (from memory) and a great bit of Northumbrian pipe playing.
My mum called it hippy music...she was right ! I did have flares on at the time and a liking for lebanese blonde in my pipe...or buddha. Ah yes the seventies, loved every year of it and this album made a good year better.
culmie 1 year ago
This glorious song proves that heroes still live in Britain.
Albacorewing 1 year ago 11
@Albacorewing in between all the homos and nigger worshipping liberals and chavs.
JenkemSweetNSooty 8 months ago
My fav album of Mike.
Mainly the 1st piece, with the guitar parts (acoustic and electronic)
Ciao dall'ITALIA!!!
Fabio
ironland75 1 year ago
Been listening to this for many, many years, still brings a lump to my throat, still as good as the first time I heard it. Mike's a musical genius.
woodseats123 1 year ago 2
I was recently introduced to this by a friend. I am amazed by the beauty of it.
TheFantasticBarbara 1 year ago
pleasure for the ears !
mobyboy 1 year ago
Mike Oldfield made this album just after his mother's dead. Sally and Terry, his siblings, both participated in the making of it. Might explain a lot... wonderful piece of music, anyway. I wish I had discovered it earlier than last year.
Canaveral305 1 year ago
@Canaveral305 Thanks for sharing that. His heart (or their hearts) clearly went into it and it's a beautifully fitting tribute to their mother. I only discovered it last week and am glad to have done so - it's never too late to discover something this beautiful.
asloem 1 year ago
@asloem This is not written from heart.
Mlajen 1 year ago
This is my introduction to Mike Oldfield. Amazing stuff! Do all his albums play as one or does he make individual tracks? Either way it's stunning.
asloem 1 year ago
@asloem
He's done various kinds. His major symphonic albums are Tubular Bells, Hergest Ridge, Ommadawn, Incantations, Platinum, Amarok, Tubular Bells II and The Songs of Distant Earth. Some of his albums have a lengthy piece of around 20-30 mins length on one side and a set of smaller compositions on the other (e.g. Crises, Five Miles Out, Heaven's Open). The rest are conventional sets of short tracks (either songs or instrumental pieces) such as Discovery, Earth Moving and Voyager.
KaitainCPS 1 year ago
Well I used to have this record given by my dad... Never thought of it with such importance and threw it out in the trash... Oh well :S
This was actually worth keeping.
LinkBulletBill 1 year ago
This piece of music provokes images of a japanese forest in my mind... I'm not sure why.
BeTheDeathOfMe 1 year ago
As a child, the sound of this piece captured my imagination completely, it's so evocative as it pulls you in.
Music like this highlights how far away we have strayed from actually appealing to people's imagination in sound when you have utter garbage like the X factor around. Poles apart in terms of quality.
moodyblue1964 1 year ago 43