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Posted: April 25 2007, 09:36

All the polls and stuff is gone so it is time to see what fans really mean again. Not that this is a poll, but lets write down the best solo from MR MO anyway

So i start, Mike Oldfield's 10 best guitar solos!!

1. Ommadawn part 1 at. 9.47 amazing fast and lovely

2. Ommadawn part 2 at 12.27 this gives me just amazing chills.

3. Shadow on the wall (very nice) and i love the drums part after also..

4. Ambient guitars from TB2003!! so deep and moody..

5. Far above the clouds (just listen to my mix album "there is alot of trouble, where are you" and you will hear a fantastic solo from mike played on a show)

6. Amarok 22.10 (so spanish and faaaast!!! )

7. Crystal Clear (magical solo)

8. Surfing (Mike have never lost it and never will)

9. Far country (this can make me cry) i have great memories from corfu

10. Discovery (just like shadow on the wall)

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Posted: April 25 2007, 14:18

Sorry Tubeman

english is my 3rd language so I´m not sure I read your post correctly, and I´m sorry if it´s wrong, but I don´t see it as a poll but merely suggestions for a top 10..

So I provide mine top 10 (in no order, since I couldn´t make one top at the list)

1. ommadawn - I totally agree
2. ommadawn 2 - agree
3. far above the clouds - again agree, and whatever the show was, it´s amazing hearing MO going bonkers with the guitar

- also the reprise in horseguard parade is mad as hell.
4. Far country - again agree, very beautiful
5. Five miles out >live< from viaggreio in 1983 - amazing
6. Platinum (north star finale) >live< from the album "the complete" disc 2 - just about 9 min. in.
7. Millenium Bell >live< - just about the end...MO is playing so damn fast and the orchestra is fighting to keep up

8. Magic touch
9. Crises - the beginning of the "2nd. half" - 9.58 min. in
10. To France - the extended version

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Posted: April 25 2007, 18:26

Incantations - part four, just the part between the glockenspiel piece and the final, simply amazing!!!

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Posted: April 25 2007, 21:25

Quote (onion @ April 25 2007, 20:18)

Sorry Tubeman

8. Magic touch
9. Crises - the beginning of the "2nd. half" - 9.58 min. in
10. To France - the extended version

hahah you are absolute right!!!
im sorry.. i forgot to change it..
It is to many solo to choose 1o different so it is up t everyone. I will fix it sorry..

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Posted: April 25 2007, 21:29

Quote (onion @ April 25 2007, 20:18)

7. Millenium Bell >live< - just about the end...MO is playing so damn fast and the orchestra is fighting to keep up

i agree, and that is one of the reason i want him to keep use el guitar in his new album.. But i guess it will be amazing anyway...
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Posted: April 26 2007, 06:17

Have to work on a full 10 but here are some of my favorites (in no particular order).

Tricks of the Light
Blue Night
Far Country
Shine
Magic Touch

I am trying to stick to what I would think of as a traditional "guitar solo" rather than bits like Ambient Guitars which, while superb, are a mix of lots of different guitar parts. Also, these are not necessarily by favorite *songs* just my favorite *guitar solos*.

I'll try and complete and order a full "top 10" after more thought...

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Posted: April 26 2007, 06:34

i must agree that Earth moving is full of great solo guitars!! Also "No dream" from Heavens open is great. It is close to "Surfing".
The same sound and great emotions and feelings.
I agree that Ambient guitars is a mix of lots of different guitar parts. Solo or not, it is great anyway, and it is some of the best guitar moments from Mike.

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Posted: April 26 2007, 13:53

Well, Kay, you've got me a little bit off-guard here because I love Mike's music more for his skills as a multi-instrumentalist than as a guitarist.

However, here are my ten, in no particular order:

Amarok: "Fastest" waltz
Amarok: Ending climax
Serpent Dream
Turtle Island
Red Dawn [I just love Mike's acoustic stuff! :cool:

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Heaven's Open [Yes, there are guitar solos in there!

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Ommadawn: "Diddlydiddly" solo just before the drums-&-vocal finale of Part 1 starts [I'm too lazy to find a time reference, sorry!

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Far Above the Clouds
Pictures in the Dark
Branches (from Sallyangie bonus disc)

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Posted: April 26 2007, 16:41

Overall, I'm no fan of guitar solos. It all depends on how well incorporated it is into the song, so it's a bit hard to say. But here goes nothing, anyway. In no particular order:

- Tubular Bells side 2, before Sailor's Hornpipe section;
- North Star, "Platinum Finale";
- No Dream (I like how the guitar phrasing gets progressively denser as the music goes);
- Moonlight Shadow (of course - the proverbially perfect pop solo);
- Incantations, part 3 (very lengthy and carefully developed)

um... yeah.

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Posted: April 27 2007, 03:52

- Ommadawn, Part One - the finalé is mindblowing
- Ommadawn, Part Two - the guitar just before On Horseback is great - possibly my favourite
- Taurus 1 - The guitars in the last two minutes are lovely with the emotional peaks, and the piano in the background just adds to the atmosphere of a life of tranquility
- Taurus 3 - I love this track, I always feel like I'm on a beach in the Pacific or something when I hear this one
- The Bell - I love the closing guitar chords at the end of this piece, even though it's only acoustic guitar, it is so lovely and gentle
- Man In The Rain - The instrumental near the end is fantastic, so emotionally charged and full of undertones of sorrow and longing

All I can think of for now. I'll try to think of some more later.

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Posted: April 27 2007, 04:03

I don't think I'm qualified to make a list, since there are so many pieces I've yet to hear. But I was struck by SoimSandheaver's comment regarding acoustic guitar. It reminded me that I've been very impressed with some of MO's acoustic guitar playing. I'm curious... is the general consensus that MO is better with electric than acoustic?

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Posted: April 27 2007, 07:03

My favourite solo type bit is half way through moonlight shadow. specially watching the edinburgh concert

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Posted: April 29 2007, 22:44

No serpent Dream?

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Posted: April 30 2007, 04:42

Serpent is close to my top 10 list..
But i think the solo in Inner child is better. That song is full of emotions and crying, it is just superb.

Someone mention Taurus 3, and i must agree. It is lovely! It is like beeing down in the mediterranean sea... :zzz:

Taurus 3

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Posted: April 30 2007, 06:16

To much to go through to pick out 10 !! But Taurus3 is sort of Cute !! Muse is cool to ..well the whole of "Guitars" is cool ..Electric Storm on Hergest Ridge is great to though although its a multi tk thing..love the little section before it starts..Surfing of course 3 mins in love that little link into "Tears of an Angel" my fav part of the whole album.

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Posted: April 30 2007, 13:11

I'll guess I'll have to try and compile a list, Oh I can't think atm

, have to have a Mike listening session over the next few days

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Posted: May 05 2007, 22:10

My favourites:

1. Shine: the most cheerful and playful one

2. Altered State: it's great how the two guitars play different but entirely harmonic melodies and reach the same end
3. Far Above the Clouds: melodically simple but very emotional - especially the live version from the premiere concert where Mike almost tore his strings

4. No Dream: very powerful, but I'd listen to it longer
5. Ascension: going higher and higher and higher...
6. Ommadawn Part 1 floating solo at the middle
7. Amarok Lion Reprise (36:43)
8. Man in the Rain: long and diversified solo, some months ago I heard it in radio and then I realized how great it is
9. Incantations Part 4 middle guitar solo
10. Magic Touch: interesting technically and also structurally, going high, low and high again, in a non-obvious way

And I'd give the Strangest Guitar Solo Award to Gimme Back.

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Posted: May 23 2007, 09:44

I'm finding it hard to compile a list of favourite solos but what I'm certain is Far Above the Clouds (Reprise) from the premier in HGP as well as Shadow on the Wall from Viareggio in 1984 were some of the best live solos ever. Anyone care to put up a list of favourite live solos?

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Posted: June 24 2007, 05:50

mmm

Ok... let's see

First, of course: OMMADAWN!! *-*
but o.o
it goes like this:

1- Ommadawn (Knebworth festibal starting in minute 56:26.
and OMG!! Check how he makes the guitar literaly scream here:
1 hour, 3 minutes, 59 secs. OMG!!!... My heart!!! I can't take it!! is too much!!! *O*)

2- Ommadawn (Solo from the 2nd Part, at the end, befoere Horseback)

3- In Dulci Jubilo (The electric guitar. So clean, so clear...)

4- William Telle Overture (From "The Complete Mike Oldfield". Have u seen how much and fast he plays here?)

5- Far Above the Clouds (well... to me it's his best song anyway ^^. o.o oh.. here's the unnoficial musical vid for that song... I made it ^^ FATC Musci Vid )

6- Shine (John Andersson sings, and the guitar does it too. And it's also a so lovely tune! ^^)

7- Moonlight Shadow (Here: OMG!!! MOONLIGHT SHADOW!! I just was unable to stop repeating it over and over)

8- Serpent Dream (On the TB III Premiere. So much power on it!! *-*)

9- Tricks of the Light (Fast, clear sound, presice *-*. It's Mike Oldfield)

10- Platinum Pt.1 (I love all the first part and how he uses the guitar in the whole song)

^^ How is my list?

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Posted: July 10 2007, 07:40

I would say his best guitar work is on QE2, and the track QE2 itself has some fantastic playing!

I also believe that Platinum live at montreaux - during part two i think is awesome - i dont really rate ommadawn or TBiii's guitar playing too much, i dont know, but im not so sure that its his best, lots of emotion yes, but hes played more intracately for me.

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