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goodjob Group: Members Posts: 13 Joined: Sep. 2006 Posted: Sep. 30 2006, 07:11 it's very strange that I haven't ever listened to ommadawn but now i want to hear it! Is there any other MO-album that has the same style as ommdawn? I just want to know the genre of ommadawn, rocky, peaceful, unpredictable or something else... Please give me a hint before I will buy it! Back to top

Markus K. Group: Members Posts: 154 Joined: Aug. 2004 Posted: Sep. 30 2006, 08:44 Of course you should buy it. It's a masterpiece.   rocky? Hmm...not much anyway. But there's some big drama ending part one. (which seems like an obvious inspiration for "Far Above the Clouds" on Tubular Bells 3) peaceful? Some parts. Part two maybe mostly peaceful and part 1 starts peacefully and very emotionally and then develops and goes trough all kinds of moods. unpredictable? Most certainly.   (But it's not as crazy as Amarok) or something else? Lots of something else. Well it's an instrumental piece of varying beautiful music in two parts. I personally like it quite a lot and if you like the long instrumentals then Ommadawn is for you. -------------- --- Markus K. Back to top

goodjob Group: Members Posts: 13 Joined: Sep. 2006 Posted: Sep. 30 2006, 09:27 That was the hints I wanted! To the store! Back to top

Tubularman Group: Awaiting Authorisation Posts: 2304 Joined: June 2004 Posted: Sep. 30 2006, 12:55 good luck! you are just bying my mike oldfield favorite album   -------------- Mike Oldfield M i x e s https://soundcloud.com/tubularman Back to top

Piltdownboy on horseback 22 Group: Members Posts: 1548 Joined: Sep. 2005 Posted: Sep. 30 2006, 13:22 Tell us what you think of it!!! To me, of the old albums, I prefer Incantations and TBells, but this one is class too... it's the Amarok of the 70's hahaha   -------------- "And now we're going to play Platinum!" Back to top

mink stoles Group: Members Posts: 88 Joined: Aug. 2005 Posted: Sep. 30 2006, 14:45 I find Ommadawn to be truly amazing - not just mike's best album in my opinion but also one of the best albums i have ever heard and it never gets boring.  you should buy this as soon as possible! -------------- So if you you feel a little glum, To Hergest Ridge you should come. Back to top

hiawatha Group: Members Posts: 2391 Joined: Mar. 2004 Posted: Sep. 30 2006, 18:08 As I get older, the more "Ommadawn" seems like an excerpt from a longer work. It just seems too short, and in a hurry. -------------- "In the land of the Dacotahs, Where the Falls of Minnehaha Flash and gleam among the oak-trees, Laugh and leap into the valley." - Song of Hiawatha Back to top

glasgow_tubular Group: Members Posts: 215 Joined: July 2006 Posted: Sep. 30 2006, 18:21 Cant believe you had to ask lol. Ommadawn is so good   -------------- www.myspace.com/allaroundmyhat Back to top

Piltdownboy on horseback 22 Group: Members Posts: 1548 Joined: Sep. 2005 Posted: Sep. 30 2006, 21:17 Quote (mink stoles @ Sep. 30 2006, 14:45) I find Ommadawn to be truly amazing - not just mike's best album in my opinion but also one of the best albums i have ever heard and it never gets boring.  you should buy this as soon as possible! Haven't seen you in a while! Hello! How are you???   -------------- "And now we're going to play Platinum!" Back to top

Iksion Group: Members Posts: 212 Joined: Sep. 2006 Posted: Oct. 01 2006, 06:27 Ommadawn is great album. But hergest ridge is better -------------- Im crazy old man, Im dressed in red, I drink sky like honey, enough i have said. Back to top

moonchildhippy Group: Members Posts: 1807 Joined: Dec. 2004 Posted: Oct. 01 2006, 17:12 YES most definitely,you just HAVE to HAVE Ommadawn   no Mike Oldfield collection is complete without Ommadawn. It's my favourite Mike album,no my favourite album of all time   . It's groundbreaking in that it's perhaps the first album to mix what's now called  "World Music" with rock and Celtic music. George Harrison introduced Indian music into The Beatles,and Brian Jones played sitar on Paint it Black, and Led Zeppelin's Kashmir has Arabic musical influences.       In 1971 an album "Brian Jones Presents The Pipes of Pan at Joujouka" was released, a recording of The Master Musicians of Joujouka Brian made on a trip to Morrocco in 1967. I guess the PofP was the first album of world music to be released, in the west. As this LP is very rare I've never heard it,sounds interesting.  Ommadawn I  would consider the first album to combine various forms of  world music throughout,rather than say just introducing it for one song. When you do hear Ommadawn youll,most likely laugh,cry,smile,what I'm saying is Ommadawn is a fantastic ride of emotions,I guess your reaction depends upon how you're feeling when you play it , however Ommadawn makes me feel there's always the childlike innocence of On Horseback,to bring  a happy ending . Formore on world music,including the Master Musicians of Joujouka see here,unfortunately no mentionof Ommadawn is made here   www.wikipedia.org/wiki/world_music -------------- I'm going slightly mad, It finally happened, I'm slightly mad , just very slightly mad If you feel a little glum to Hergest Ridge you should come. I'm challenging  taboos surrounding mental health "Part time hippy" I'M SUPPORTING OUR SOLDIERS BRING OUR TROOPS HOME NOW!! Back to top

goodjob Group: Members Posts: 13 Joined: Sep. 2006 Posted: Oct. 16 2006, 09:29 I've got it now! And I think it's just great! I need to listen to it some more before I can say if it is one of the greatest MO's ever. The only thing I don't like with it is the length. It's to short!!   Back to top

amazarak Group: Members Posts: 284 Joined: Mar. 2005 Posted: Oct. 16 2006, 11:48 Quote (Markus K. @ Sep. 30 2006, 14:44) rocky? Hmm...not much anyway. Maybe not, but check out some live versions of Ommadawn part 1 from the early 80s, for instance the one from the 10th anniversary concert. These are a bit rocky cheers amazarak -------------- Just hold your heading true Got to get your finest out Back to top

SoimSandheaver Group: Members Posts: 325 Joined: May 2006 Posted: Oct. 16 2006, 12:28 Ommadawn was voted as being the best MO Album on a Poll thread some time ago...like when i first joined. That's just how good it is. It's very surprising it didn't manage to top the Album charts when it was released. It only reached Number 4, which is still respectable. I listen to it a lot. I've got it on my MP3, permanently stationed, and it shall not be moved. -------------- "Three blokes go into a pub, one of them's a little bit stupid, then the whole scene unfolds, with a tedious inevitability." Back to top

larstangmark Group: Members Posts: 1767 Joined: Mar. 2005 Posted: Oct. 16 2006, 12:58 Ommadawn is guaranteed to give you a hard-on. And I'm not joking. -------------- "There are twelve people in the world, the rest are paste" Mark E Smith Back to top

hiawatha Group: Members Posts: 2391 Joined: Mar. 2004 Posted: Oct. 16 2006, 13:28 Quote (larstangmark @ Oct. 16 2006, 12:58) Ommadawn is guaranteed to give you a hard-on. And I'm not joking. Thanks! That explains those dozens of emails I get every week with titles like $$ 5AVE 0N V1AGR4, C14LIS, 0MM4DAVVN $$ -------------- "In the land of the Dacotahs, Where the Falls of Minnehaha Flash and gleam among the oak-trees, Laugh and leap into the valley." - Song of Hiawatha Back to top

familyjules Group: Members Posts: 1190 Joined: May 2004 Posted: Oct. 17 2006, 07:46 It's his best ever album.  If you like TB or Incantations or Amarok, you'll love it, but it's pointless using comparisons, because it's the best of the lot really. Jules -------------- I like beer and I like cheese Back to top

Tati The Sentinel Group: Members Posts: 3360 Joined: Feb. 2002 Posted: Oct. 17 2006, 19:11 OF COURSE you should get Ommadawn,just perfect Mike's guitar technique to me   -------------- "But it's always the outsider, the black sheep, that becomes the blockbuster." - Mike Oldfield, 2014 "I remember feeling that I'd been judged unfairly and that I was going to prove them wrong." - Peter Davison, 2011 Back to top

moonchildhippy Group: Members Posts: 1807 Joined: Dec. 2004 Posted: Oct. 18 2006, 08:26 Here's my short and straight point answer  to the question..... Yes,yes, yes,yes,yes,yes,yes YES,YES YES YES, YES          !!!  I could fill the page with yesses,but I'd probably end up with RSI that's  Repetitive Strain Injury, (RSI) as well as incurring the wrath of the admins. -------------- I'm going slightly mad, It finally happened, I'm slightly mad , just very slightly mad If you feel a little glum to Hergest Ridge you should come. I'm challenging  taboos surrounding mental health "Part time hippy" I'M SUPPORTING OUR SOLDIERS BRING OUR TROOPS HOME NOW!! Back to top

arron11196 Group: Members Posts: 826 Joined: April 2005 Posted: Oct. 18 2006, 14:12 I suggest you speak to Jonnyw about RSI. I have a feeling he knows a lot from his research.... -------------- Arron J Eagling Everyone's interpretation is different, and everyone has a right to that opinion. There is no "right" one, I am adding this post to communicate my thoughts to share them with like-minded souls who will be able to comment in good nature. (insert the last 5 mins of Crises here) Back to top

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