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I think it's for the most part pretty awful. The tone of his electric at the climax of Ommadawn Part 1, for example, is basically the only thing detracting from an otherwise flawless track.
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Posted: April 29 2011 at 20:09
His tone is one that I might think is bad with another band, but in the context of his music it sounds great, nice and crunchy and... ringing. First option.
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The Dark Elf wrote:
I consider Mike Oldfield to be a mediocre guitarist.
Yeah, but what about his tone? For me, I think it is a really good one that is unique and easily identifiable. He's not the greatest of guitarists, sure, but nobody else sounds quite like him.
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Posted: April 29 2011 at 22:03
Progosopher wrote:
The Dark Elf wrote:
I consider Mike Oldfield to be a mediocre guitarist.
Yeah, but what about his tone? For me, I think it is a really good one that is unique and easily identifiable. He's not the greatest of guitarists, sure, but nobody else sounds quite like him.
Yes, he is a banal guitarist with excellent tone.
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OBJECTION!
Hmm, Let There Be MORE Light is far better!
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Bantam19 wrote:
I think it's for the most part pretty awful. The tone of his electric at the climax of Ommadawn Part 1, for example, is basically the only thing detracting from an otherwise flawless track.
I'm afraid I do not agree. Oldfield often annoys me, but that particular climax is just the way it should be.
Still, I think I know what many of you are getting at: when Oldfield plays electric guitar solos, he often sounds "boxed in", it seems as if he's playing some kind of toy guitar. (Steve Hackett tends to have similar problems.)
If you want to hear Oldfield at his freest, I suggest the following two tracks:
1. "First Excursion", a five-minute collaboration with David Bedford. Here Oldfield's guitar really "opens up" and the music really breathes. It's ecstatic music, similar to early Terje Rypdal. (The track can be found on BOXED and on ELEMENTS).
2. "Whatevershebringswesing", the title track to the eponymous Kevin Ayers album, a delicate love ballad. Oldfield provided a longish electric guitar solo which he recorded before he got famous (I think); for my money, it's the most beautiful thing he's ever done.
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Snow Dog wrote:
For me, I think it is a really good one that is unique and easily identifiable. He's not the greatest of guitarists, sure, but nobody else sounds quite like him.
