Amarok or Omadawn which is the best
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Topic: Amarok or Omadawn which is the best
Posted By: kleinj
Subject: Amarok or Omadawn which is the best
Date Posted: June 21 2005 at 20:49
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Amarok or Omadawn whats the best? |
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Posted By: russellk
Date Posted: June 21 2005 at 22:22
| I rank Ommadawn as the very best music I've ever heard. |
Posted By: pepolo
Date Posted: June 21 2005 at 22:24
| Omadawn in my opinion |
Posted By: Bryan
Date Posted: June 21 2005 at 22:29
| Amarok for me, but I think I'm in the minority. |
Posted By: NetsNJFan
Date Posted: June 21 2005 at 23:01
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tubular bells? ------------- 
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Posted By: greenback
Date Posted: June 21 2005 at 23:44
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I'm a rock fan! (Amarok fan!) ------------- [HEADPINS - LINE OF FIRE: THE RECORD HAVING THE MOST POWERFUL GUITAR SOUND IN THE WHOLE HISTORY OF MUSIC!> |
Posted By: Valarius
Date Posted: June 22 2005 at 03:13
Amarok. 
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Posted By: felona
Date Posted: June 22 2005 at 03:58
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AMAROK!!! ------------- I was never really sure what I was waiting for. When the moment came I was looking away ...... The Church "After Everything Now This" |
Posted By: Chipiron
Date Posted: June 22 2005 at 04:26
| Ommadawn. I also like Hergest Ridge. |
Posted By: Chris S
Date Posted: June 22 2005 at 05:07
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Good question! Amarok, Ommadawn or Incantations? I have to go with Ommadawn though, undeniably perfect in every sense. What a genius. ------------- ...As I venture through the slipstream, between the viaducts in your dreams...[/COLOR] |
Posted By: Chipiron
Date Posted: June 22 2005 at 05:13
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...And Tubular Bells and Incantations too. But the best is Ommadawn. |
Chipiron wrote:Posted By: BiGi
Date Posted: June 22 2005 at 05:26
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Ommadawn is in my opinion more structured and interesting (especially the chanted section at the end of part one)
Amarok is amusing, but I believe it lingers for too long... ------------- A flower? 
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Posted By: BebieM
Date Posted: June 22 2005 at 05:28
Ommadawn for me 
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Posted By: Moogtron III
Date Posted: June 22 2005 at 05:35
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I agree with that. Amarok is more daring, but Ommadawn touches me more emotionally. |
Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: June 22 2005 at 05:38
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Amarok hands down! ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: The Hemulen
Date Posted: June 22 2005 at 05:39
| Ommadawn. Amarok has some wonderful passages but other parts are a bit of a let-down. |
Posted By: asturias
Date Posted: June 22 2005 at 07:05
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Ommadawn and Incantations! Amarok |
(for me)Posted By: JMCecil
Date Posted: June 22 2005 at 07:21
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No question - Ommadawn by a Mile. Amarok is pretty far down the list for me. TB1 and 2, Incantations, Hergest Ridge, FMO, QE2, Crisis are all better than Amarok IMO.
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Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: June 22 2005 at 15:57
| Amarok was originally intended to be released as 'Ommadawn Pt2' apparently.MO thought of it that way.Both are great albums IMO but on Amarok MO suffers from the need to be humourous just to avoid being tagged ''pretentious''.That is the only thing that (slightly) spoils it.Still much music on there to be enjoyed and admired all the same.Ommadawn is actually my favourite instrumental album by anyone (not just Mike Oldfield). |
Posted By: Spacemac
Date Posted: June 22 2005 at 16:51
Ommadawn 
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Posted By: Cesar Inca
Date Posted: June 22 2005 at 17:29
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AMAROK!!!... in my humble opinion, of course. |
Posted By: Moogtron III
Date Posted: June 22 2005 at 18:27
How very humble |
Posted By: Storm-Crow
Date Posted: June 22 2005 at 19:34
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Ommadawn is far superior...except its more inconsistent because part 2 is pretty crappy Yet part 1 makes up for it because its some of the best music ive ever heard. The amazing build up to the climax at the end of the piece and the melodies are just brilliant. ------------- Take a salt tablet!!! |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: June 23 2005 at 02:00
Part 2 starts with some distorted sounds (backwards tape?) ,but to me its like a fog clearing and giving way to a warm clear day.If that's a ''crappy'' peice then everyone else might as well give up!
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Posted By: sigod
Date Posted: June 23 2005 at 08:02
I was about to say Ommadawn but then surprised myself by realising that I actually prefer Amarok.  ------------- I must remind the right honourable gentleman that a monologue is not a decision. - Clement Atlee, on Winston Churchill |
Posted By: Cesar Inca
Date Posted: June 23 2005 at 08:57
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Richard H has made a good point regarding the presence of humour in the "Amarok" album. May I add that there are, at least, two reasons for it: Oldfield was pleased to learn that the Thatcher-era was reaching an end, and also, Oldfield had become a sworn enemy (after breaking up the friendship) to Virgin Records frontman Richard Branson. The sense of humour was used to scorn about these two guys, mostly, but of course, there was a third reason for humour: the happiness of getting rid of the woman (as a British citizen) and of the man (as a contracted musician). I personally find those humorou scolours quite amusing, which add some Dadaist bizarreness to the diverse provided by the well-crafted music. Regards. |
Posted By: BiGi
Date Posted: June 23 2005 at 09:15
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By the way...can anyone tell me if the chanted lyrics at the end of part one are in Gaelic? ------------- A flower?
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Posted By: wrax
Date Posted: June 23 2005 at 11:56
| Just an opinion but whereas I loved Ommadawn (moves me to tears!) I find Amarok to be self indulgent twaddle! Ommadawn is my favourite Mike Oldfield album. |
Posted By: Progkrates
Date Posted: June 23 2005 at 13:11
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Amarok
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Posted By: Jeremy Bender
Date Posted: June 23 2005 at 13:21
| OMMADAWN! |
Posted By: Captain Squib
Date Posted: June 23 2005 at 13:52
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Amarok; closely followed by Tubular Bells 3.
I also liked his live album Exposed. ------------- He who stands on toilet must be high on pot! |
Posted By: scott.crawford
Date Posted: June 23 2005 at 15:27
| I think I have to go with Ommadawn, although Amarok is probably my #2 Oldfield album. Both exceptionally good. |
Posted By: kleinj
Date Posted: June 23 2005 at 19:22
ive only heard amarok but lots say omadawn is better but i don't think so
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Posted By: kleinj
Date Posted: June 23 2005 at 19:23
do they have the same kind of music style
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Posted By: kleinj
Date Posted: June 23 2005 at 19:29
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might have to get omadawn |
didn't think i would get so many FANS!!! so it is true that mike does have fantastic musicPosted By: aless
Date Posted: June 23 2005 at 19:33
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They are both sh*t HAHAHAHAHAH ------------- jason is gay |
Posted By: kleinj
Date Posted: June 23 2005 at 19:38
f**k off aless you can never be serious 
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Posted By: RUM26
Date Posted: July 11 2005 at 19:48
i am kleinj LOL! ------------- SHEP get with the program |
Posted By: little_neutrino
Date Posted: July 11 2005 at 20:15
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I love both! Desert Island album? I'd have to say Ommadawn ... but I'd be annoyed at the lack of Amarok nonetheless. That and Hergest Ridge. I'm please someone mentioned it up there; it was really, really good, and is as well-constructed as Ommadawn is. Except instead of as in Ommadawn, parts 1 and 2 actually correlate to each other musically.
They are, not that they mean anything But that withstanding, at the time he just told Clodagh Simmonds to improvise some words. She ended up singing nonsense Gaelic - and roughly translated it means "the cat is in the kitchen drinking milk; I'm a fool and I'm laughing" - 'ommadawn' meaning fool. |
Posted By: Olympus
Date Posted: August 26 2005 at 20:07
I Think Amarok is a little better than Omadawn even tough its much longer,  ------------- "Let's get the hell away from this Eerie-ass piece of work so we can get on with the rest of our eerie-ass day" |
Posted By: Ricochet
Date Posted: August 27 2005 at 00:43
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Ommadawn;it is splendid,it is a masterpiece,in my opinion,from
beggining to the end (even with On Horseback).Amarok it's special in
its way,I would say quite unique for Mike Oldfield,very beautiful album. But Ommadawn is better. ------------- 
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Posted By: Politician
Date Posted: August 27 2005 at 14:25
| I like "Amarok" better. It's more complex and restless. |
Posted By: Fishy
Date Posted: August 27 2005 at 15:19
| I consider Ommadawn as one of the best albums that have been issued ever !!!! Its atmospheres are truly wonderful. There's not one Oldfield album that come close to this. Like it is mentioned before Amarok was intended to be Ommadawn part two but I always wondered why. It is a very good album, no doubt that this is another one of Oldfields best albums but it's so different from Ommadawn. Being musically quite adventurous the moods are changing constantly and never get fully developped to my opnion. But I still like it a lot, it's just not on par to Ommadawn. So I'll stick with Ommadawn. |
Posted By: tanis573
Date Posted: August 27 2005 at 19:26
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I prefer Ommadawn over Amarok. Amarok is still good, in my opinion, but it's just not as good as Ommadawn. It's still amazes me that one man can write something great like Ommadawn. Mike Oldfield is a genius. Yes, the beginning of Ommadawn, Pt. 2, may be slow and boring, but the song contains one of the most beautiful pieces Mike has ever written. Here are my top 5 Mike Oldfield albums: 5. Amarok 4. Crises 3. Five Miles Out 2. Hergest Ridge 1. Ommadawn Heh, I'm not really a fan of Tubular Bells. Sorry, Mike. |