Section from 6:00 is amongst Oldfield’s best improvisory performances in his life. Simply heart stopping, with 7:43 and 7:58 vibratos indescribably beautiful.
i'm not sure he is really underrated, it's just that his music is not for all, you need to be tuned to its sublime beauty, you need to feel and accept the blissful pain in it, his immense talent and technique has always been meant to the service of his powerful heart. So, this is difficult, you have to deserve it.
Mike Oldfield has had many fine female singers on stage with him over the years. I sure miss Maggie Reilly though! None of the other voices have possessed the same beautiful tone and bright clarity in my opinion.
Then, if you haven't already done so Scott F., you must check out video of the 1981 "Live at Montreux" concert. It is presented here on RU-vid in several segments that cover virtually the entire performance. My personal opinion ranks it higher than this Nottingham presentation. I don't know whether its the staging, lighting, camera angles and shot editing, or the quality of the sound recording (I'm neither technician nor expert in those fields), but this performance just doesn't seem to convey the same energy as Montreux - 1981. “Mike Oldfield - Montreux 1981 - Ommadawn 1/3” is the title of one segment--I find that it is now blocked in my country (USA)--I hope you are able to view it. Of all the Mike Oldfield performances I’ve watched here on RU-vid, “Tubular Bells II (Live in Edinburgh castle) 1992” is my personal favorite. Mike has grown older by then; the music mellower and more orchestrally layered. I find it suits my present tastes quite well. Edit: In 2023, another user informed me that the link I provided to the live Tubular Bells II concert did not work in Germany; and I found it no longer working in USA either. I found a more recent upload from a different source that does play in the USA. Rather than provide a link again, I just urge any who are interested to use the search function to seek “Tubular Bells II (Live in Edinburgh castle) 1992” from their location.
@@willong1000 Your link is not available in Germany, but see the same remastered concert with timestamps and musicians in the video description ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-kI04NQ_Rm44.html
@@mymusic-321 That is Tubular Bells III (Three) and I see that link I provided nine years ago no longer works even here in USA. However, I find a later upload of Tubular bells II (Live in Edinburgh castle) 1992 from a different source at: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-fF8dlKs3rd0.html Check it out when you get the chance. Thanks for bringing non-functional link in earlier comment to my attention--I will edit the comment to correct.
Superbes extraits de ses albums les plus rocks. Et c'est d'autant plus envoûtant qu'il se sert de la voix comme d'un instrument. Enfin un concert live qui met en valeur ce musicien hors pair que j'ai suivi avec passion pendant toutes mes jeunes années.
I remember taping this off the tele years ago, I was probably about 13, so great to see it again. The Ommadawn section is brilliant, so different from the original but great in its own right
Schade um den Verschnitt; der Drummer heißt sicher Jesus Glasses - oder so.. Aber die Performance ist großartig. Oldfield ist ein hervorragender, fast genialer Musiker.
