Mike Oldfield vs. Mikael Åkerfeldt

Originally posted by paganinio I did so because I wanna enrage the Oldfield fans and make them vote for Oldfield.

I have a feeling the Oldfield fans would have voted for Oldfield anyway.

Originally posted by Alberto Muñoz Absolute are right in what Oldfield have done, he truly composes in more styles that many prog rock bands, and the fact is in the albums themselves.   And  p0mt3  i'm curious to know what other modern artist can do what Oldfield have done?

Why do they have to do exactly what Oldfield has done in order to match or even surpass him musically?

I think people such as Mikael Akerfeldt, Steven Wilson, Jeff Martin, Adam Jones, The fellas in Indukti, Meshuggah, Cynic, etc. are all better songwriters than Oldfield. They may not use the exact same methods or instruments as he does, but that doesn't mean they can't be as good or better.

You can of course argue this, but my main point here is that this is all opinion, and nothing more. I just proved that point not once, but now twice. Any rebuttal you give will just be a different opinion than mine, and therefore cannot contradict it. Is that really so hard for folks to understand?

Mikael Jacksonfeldt

Originally posted by paganinio I read the above replies, and decide to apologize. My original post was horribly biased   towards Mikael. Actually it was part of my strategy: I intentionally called Oldfield "new age", and said he would lose by 500 votes. That's mean. I did so because I wanna enrage the Oldfield fans and make them vote for Oldfield. That's my endgame. But it wasn't the right thing to do. Sorry.

Well hey, it takes guts to admit something like that.  Thanks! 

Originally posted by splyu Originally posted by cronholm But seriously, how can  Oldfield be ahead in this poll? Is the world going mad? You people who say that really crack me up. Are you even really familiar with Mike's work? Ommadawn? Amarok? Incantations?

Originally posted by bsms810 im going to go and listen to some Opeth

Well, the atleast  something good came out of this poll then.

Originally posted by p0mt3 Originally posted by absolute This is a poll? Count me info for Oldfield. "Oldfield is good at what he does; but what he does is stock material." No disrespect to Opeth/Akerfeldt, but it's a very bad comparison- Oldfield's composed in more styles than almost anyone labeled 'prog', everything from Incantations to Songs of Distant Earth can hardly be labelled "stock" in any sense. And honestly I don't find everything Oldfield does as memorable or fantastic- but he has far more accolades than any more modern composer / artist. That's an opinion; not a fact. Opeth mixes Folk, Jazz, Classic Rock and Metal all the time in their music; not to mention the fact that their music is far superior to many in terms of technical prowess and composition. You say no modern composer or artist can match Oldfeild, I say different. Big time.

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This is a poll? Count me info for Oldfield.


"Oldfield is good at what he does; but what he does is stock material."

No disrespect to Opeth/Akerfeldt, but it's a very bad comparison- Oldfield's composed in more styles than almost anyone labeled 'prog', everything from Incantations to Songs of Distant Earth can hardly be labelled "stock" in any sense. And honestly I don't find everything Oldfield does as memorable or fantastic- but he has far more accolades than any more modern composer / artist.

Originally posted by Ivan_Melgar_M The people who like Oldfield more is not vnecesarilly Metal haters

Sorry for the triple post, but I want to say: Indeed! Mike is my favourite but I'm actually a metal fan, including extreme metal. Only Opeth aren't among my favourite metal bands.

and BTW: Oldfiekld is not a New Age artist, Tubular bells is a classic album as well as Amarok and Omadawn....Saying Oldfield is a New Age artist is klike saying Wakeman is also.   Plus Oldfield is a complete muti-instrumentaluist, to a level few artists can't even dream.

Again, indeed! Mike does have a few new age albums, but that only started in the mid-90s. And by no means everything he did since then has been new age either. Before that, not at all.

My ranking: 1. Oldfield, 2. Jackson, 3. Åkerfeldt. All are good, but Åkerfeldt is the least best.