Mike Oldfield - Making of Ommadawn (part 1 of 2)

A two-part short documentary about the making of one of Mike Oldfield's masterpieces.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Mike
• Oldfield
• Ommadawn
• making
• of
• documentary

[flitwicksman]

Mike Oldfield is a gift to our world.

[mankywomb]

Ommadawn is beautiful, haunting and earthy. I love this album. It's an antidote to the rat race and modern-living generally. It enriches your soul.

[sharonpayne28]

first heard it in 1980,could not stop,hergest ridge incantations,platinum,crises,b­rilliant.

[kingofthekop100]

keep your eyes open for a very young steve hillage on there at 2;43

[comprehensiveboy]

To listen to that staggering groovy bass riff you wouldn't think it was being played by a bloke in tank top with no shirt sleaves, an accountant in a cricket sweater and a hippy in a beany hat. I am so proud of England, so many geniuses.

[jarabaa]

So wonderful to see the ... genius at work. I remember being totally, er, well, infatuated at the time. Yet this is fascinating. He really was an incredible phenomenon. Maybe I should say "is". Somehow I know nothing of Mike Oldfield today in 2011. There is something special about a boy musical genius in his own time. Now I guess he's in his mid to late 50s. Still a genius, no doubt, but being a phenomenon is all about youth, the thrill of discovery, the era. Those times have passed.

[MoveOverCasanova]

to this day i haven´t really listened closely to part 2 though i heard part 1 a million times

[forbeliculus]

@mankywomb

The only thing this music "enriches" you with is like the thing they use in flour to "enrich it" when in fact they take out all the nutrients so your body doesn't get anything it needs. So this music gives you emptiness while giving you the impression that you're full, and in fact keeps you dumb, musically or otherwise! Truth!

[forbeliculus]

@flitwicksman

yeah and crack!

[tankman1962]

Amazing musician

[Simon0]

i love part 1 of ommadawn