Well done for finishing with the incantations part 3 solo. I would also add hergest ridge 1976 version part 1 first main melody, ending where trumpets come in. Also First Excursion, and also Phoeacian Games.
Mike Oldfield's music is not primitive rock n roll music to drink beer and sing along to in any bar. His music is very intelligent and considered music creation on a completely different level. Like Franz Schubert, Johann Sebastian Bach or Bethoven.
Mike Oldfield is the best musician of the twentieth year. Incredible genius and multi-instrumentalist. For me the best guitarist ever. Great melodies, sonorous instruments combined with such beautiful Celtic music. I'm a musician myself and a big fan of Mike Oldfield.
Listening to all these parts gives me chills! I was 16 when I was introduced to him. I'm a guitar hobbyist and Mike Oldfield is pretty much the only one I like playing along with. Of course only the parts for us mere mortals! His guitar solos are somehow so melodic. Two songs spring to mind I haven't seen mentioned here, Pictures in the Dark and Shine. Plus all the bits in this video. I totally agree that Mike Oldfield is a modern day Mozart!
my favorite mike oldfield album is definitely songs of distant earth ,absalutly brilliant and ive ben listening since the first album in the early 1970s tubular bells
I've been a fan of Mike Oldfield since I was introduced to his music by my dad. He is without a doubt the best guitarist ever. He can make a guitar sing like no other and his music so beautiful. Never understood why he was so underrated.
I will forever love him,my first LP from him was five miles out,I was 13 years,now im 55.Yes hes my music god and will be till i die.Hes the best,his music touches all my senses,my heart everything,He wrotes tubular bells at the age of 16,think of that!Hes a underrated genius,especially on guitar and composing.Mike Oldfield forever;)Thank you for decades of enriching my life with your outstanding composing your unbelievible music!Youre the greatest and forever in my heart.
Mike's music has always been and still is a happy haven for me. It's like he's been making that music exactly for my soul, it fits it perfectly, it's like a complete understanding of his musical expression, ever since I first discovered him through Tubular Bells II and gradually through his other masterpieces...
Mr. Oldfield is one of my all time favorites just because of the easily recognizable guitar sound. The fact that he’s somewhat underrated makes him even better
many of the named tracks here are comparable. so, what i'm missing here are, as example , the great "solos" in his pop songs , or the rhythm of NORTH STAR , which looks more easier as it really is ! so many different skills in a nearly perfect way , thats why , he's my god ! and think about how old he was , as he composed his greatest tracks !!!
Everyone says.. Criminally underrated. It's true.. I'll take Randy Rhoads.. And my dad's free favorite. Mike Oldfield.. I been hearing Mike for 40 years.. I'm 43.. I like the live edition. Where he fucced up a note.. Monteuu... And he gets pissed. Then he rips that run with vigor!
Er hat die Musik im Blut: was heutige Künstler am PC machen, hat er im Kopf. Siehe allein die Aufnahme von Blue Peter, wo er ohne schriftliche Aufzeichnungen alle Instrumente hintereinander aufnimmt. Einfach so aus dem Kopf. Da kann heute keiner mehr in dieser Vielfalt.
Your comments at the end are just what I feel and think every single time I listen to him ...most people could never imagine how extraordinary good he really is ...but his taste and musicality is million lightyears ahead from other guitar virtuosos ..... The Ommadawn part always freaks me out since I was a kid trying to learn guitar... God bless him , he developed his TALENT in the most amazing way ... For me he is either an Alíen or an Angel.....or both...Love him so much !!!! Thank you for all of your divine Music , my dearest Mike , I truly love you....
einfach nur genial, krasse Erinnerungen kehren zurück, wie ich das alles als Jugendlicher auf damals schon Beyerdynamik Dt 8xx und Sanyo Plus Series Hifi mit Sony CD-Player, Vinyl und auf Sony Kassentenwalkman bei langen Joggings und Training gesuchtet habe, Wahnsinn, was so eine "Zufallsentdeckung" dieses Zusammenschnitts an Emotionen wachruft ... wo ist meine Gitarre, ich muss spielen und neu analysieren mit heutigen Fertig- & Fähigkeiten ;-) - Danke
I listen every song of Mike in this ranking, but I never listened very carefully the Part three of Incantations.......Unbelievable!! Incredible scales with ups and downs, reaching to the very soul core there uuuffff!! 🤟🤟🤟🤟🤟
Am I missing something but there are no reasons as such on this video. All you have done is to play snippets of the guitar without any explanation or understanding as to why you claim he is as good as you say . Waste of time
I would have added the exquisitely poignant and expressive guitar section near the end of Hergest Ridge. Mike said that at that time he didn't use vocals and could say things of equal validity without words.
I have watched videos of very competent guitarists playing pieces from a variety of Mike's albums, but if you close your eyes, you know it's not Mike. There's just something about the way he plays. My favourites are the ambient guitars at the end of Tubular Bells part 2, and the melodic guitar before the Uilleann pipes in Ommadawn.
