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Mike Oldfield — Ascension
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craigf
(Cambridgeshire, UK)
Posted: Sep 03, 2009 - 04:40
 
great book, by the way.

as far as i know, this is one of the few books with its own soundtrack! :)


raga
(Italy - Como)
Posted: Sep 03, 2009 - 03:50
 
 gumby wrote:
Oldfield on RP? 10
  

Yes! Bill is really great...

And Mike still has his feeling and sound... {#Meditate}




rdo
(DC)
Posted: Aug 02, 2009 - 15:08
 
 modest_mouse wrote:
But here Mike sounds a bit like David Gilmour plays Enya...
 
{#Ask} And sounding like Enya is a bad thing?  I guess you learn something new every day. {#Think}


lwilkinson
(North Am-Home of the Last of the Rugged Individualists)
Posted: Apr 29, 2009 - 09:32
 
For the naysayers; I have this album and if you just sit down and clear your mind and listen start to finish, it flows really well and you'll be enmeshed in it.

To bad that Battlestar Galactica is over; some of this album could have been used in the sound track.



mandolin
(...drifting...)
Posted: Mar 28, 2009 - 20:45
 
...this is nice...

whtahtefcuk
(Flagstaff, AZ, USA)
Posted: Feb 25, 2009 - 08:18
 
Sucks as the day is long!

DrLex
(Belgium)
Posted: Feb 25, 2009 - 08:15
 
 ulibcn wrote:
sounds like somebody trying to sound like Pink Floyd.
Not bad though
 
He failed indeed, because the guitar playing is still unmistakable Oldfield-like.


mgkiwi
(French Alps - rivet rivet)
Posted: Feb 25, 2009 - 08:14
 
Oooops, back to work!!! Thanks for 'The Cult'

fredriley
(Nottingham, UK)
Posted: Dec 24, 2008 - 03:30
 
 modest_mouse wrote:
I know, this comment sounds bad.{#Skull} But here Mike sounds a bit like David Gilmour plays Enya.
 
Spot on. The guitar sound is very Floyd-like. A shame about the cheesy background which detracts from the piece IMO. Interesting to hear Oldfield after all these years, though - the last I remember of him is Tubular Bells which was a massive, massive album hit in the 70s. This is pleasant enough, but doesn't quite hit my spot. 6 from the Nottingham jury.

Is Oldfield still recording?


modest_mouse
(Nuremberg, Germany)
Posted: Nov 22, 2008 - 13:25
 
I know, this comment sounds bad.{#Skull} But here Mike sounds a bit like David Gilmour plays Enya... {#Nyah} But I love a lot of his stuff...



Droidac
(4066 kms east of Paradise)
Posted: Nov 22, 2008 - 13:21
 
If it weren't for that distinctive guitar sound, I could have shown this was Enigma!

nigelr
(Coffs Harbour, Australia)
Posted: Oct 22, 2008 - 00:27
 
Much under-rated musical maestro.

keller1
(In A Gadda Da Vida, Baby)
Posted: Sep 20, 2008 - 08:50
 
 westslope wrote:

Yeah, the just-in headline in the NYT is reporting a US$7 billion rescue plan for toxic mortgages and the proposal that the lid on the debt be shifted to US$11.3 trillion from US$10.6 trillion.

Soothing is good.


 

It's $700 billion, which with AIG and Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, takes the tally this month to just north of a trillion.

I love this charade about "Who's gonna keep your taxes low?"  All too soon, that will shift to just how much taxes are gonna need to go up.

Take it from a tax weary Canadian.  We were there in the 90s.


westslope
(BC coast)
Posted: Sep 20, 2008 - 08:46
 
 keller1 wrote:
Warm, soothing Saturday morning music.

8.
 

Yeah, the just-in headline in the NYT is reporting a US$7 billion rescue plan for toxic mortgages and the proposal that the lid on the debt be shifted to US$11.3 trillion from US$10.6 trillion.

Soothing is good.



westslope
(BC coast)
Posted: Sep 20, 2008 - 08:44
 

8 => 9

And no, it doesn't sound like Pink Floyd. Though I realize that the comment is meant as a flattering remark.



keller1
(In A Gadda Da Vida, Baby)
Posted: Sep 20, 2008 - 08:44
 
Warm, soothing Saturday morning music.

And if there's a similarity to Floyd, it has the advantage of not having been played (literally) millions of times.

8.


gumby
(Slovenia)
Posted: May 17, 2008 - 04:52
 
Oldfield on RP?

10
ulibcn
(Barcelona Spain)
Posted: May 17, 2008 - 04:52
 
sounds like somebody trying to sound like Pink Floyd.
Not bad though
westslope
(BC coast)
Posted: Apr 15, 2008 - 16:37
 
Nice slow hand on the guitar.

Never heard this tune before. That could be an 8 out of the gate too.


1wolfy
(Mission Viejo California)
Posted: Apr 15, 2008 - 16:34
 
Brilliant music..I almost forgot about Mike
Cruithne3753
(Bristol, UK)
Posted: Mar 15, 2008 - 08:16
 
victoryluna wrote:
Some of the best elevator music I've heard.


A 20,000 mile high elevator... Anyone who's read the book will know what I mean.
wasteman
(Wiltshire, England)
Posted: Mar 15, 2008 - 05:01
 
This whole CD is brilliant. You just listen to it from start to finish in your car, or at home with the headphones on, and you come out of it inspired.
Jelani
(Home of the freak, and land of the vague)
Posted: Nov 10, 2007 - 11:00
 
this tune is tripe.
ugh.
Nabla
(Ver-Cork-st (Ireland))
Posted: Aug 08, 2007 - 04:33
 
Servo wrote:

"Tubular Bells" is nice, but not among Oldfield's best work, IMHO. Yes, it's famous due to "The Exorcist" movie, but still...

Mike Oldfield has a great body of work that's largely unknown to people who equate Mike Oldfield to "Tubular Bells". Personally, the album cover that I always associate with his name is the one for "Exposed", a live double-album. Ironically, my favorite side (thinking in terms of the four sides of the original LP release) is mostly taken up by Part 2 of "Tubular Bells". However if I was to play that track without introduction, I doubt that many people would think "that's 'Tubular Bells'!" because it's so different from the original studio release.

Other notable Oldfield albums include "Five Miles Out" and Platinum".


I agree! Exposed is a (hidden) masterpiece and not only the TB part! I guess one has to hear it very often until one recognises the musical art. It's a wonderful mixture of classical music and art rock!
trekhead
(Oooh, I could just give you SUCH a Pinch!)
Posted: Aug 08, 2007 - 04:27
 
I like Mike!


Nabla
(Ver-Cork-st (Ireland))
Posted: Aug 08, 2007 - 04:27
 
Just came back to my office... Mike Oldfield?! Yes!!
Servo
Posted: Jul 07, 2007 - 16:11
 
Magnus wrote:
How about some Tubular Bells?

"Tubular Bells" is nice, but not among Oldfield's best work, IMHO. Yes, it's famous due to "The Exorcist" movie, but still...

Mike Oldfield has a great body of work that's largely unknown to people who equate Mike Oldfield to "Tubular Bells". Personally, the album cover that I always associate with his name is the one for "Exposed", a live double-album. Ironically, my favorite side (thinking in terms of the four sides of the original LP release) is mostly taken up by Part 2 of "Tubular Bells". However if I was to play that track without introduction, I doubt that many people would think "that's 'Tubular Bells'!" because it's so different from the original studio release.

Other notable Oldfield albums include "Five Miles Out" and Platinum".

MrSpaz
(Orlando, FL)
Posted: Jul 07, 2007 - 16:05
 
Fiji5555 wrote:
OMG! I have this CD and LOVE it! All the songs just flow so smoothly. I give this a perfect 10! Aslo try reading the novel it's based on by Clarke......good read.


Huh, interesting. The title here caught my eye for that very reason, but I had no idea the music was written in response to the book. Thanks for that tidbit. :)
victoryluna
(Cincinnati)
Posted: Jul 07, 2007 - 16:02
 
Some of the best elevator music I've heard.

But PLEASE DON'T play TB. Every time I hear it I can't get the image of a vomiting devil out of my brain.
Nabla
(Cork (Ireland))
Posted: Jun 06, 2007 - 07:58
 
Not bad of the Maestro, but... what about his highlights, such as


prickelpit96
(Hannover, Germany)
Posted: Jun 06, 2007 - 07:52
 
picto wrote:
El Gran Miguel Campo Viejo





LOL

Der grosse Michael Altfeld
picto
(Galicia-Spain)
Posted: Apr 20, 2007 - 03:02
 
El Gran Miguel Campo Viejo




Magnus
(not back in Redondo Beach where I should be)
Posted: Apr 04, 2007 - 08:19
 
How about some Tubular Bells?
maxmox
(Broome, Western Australia)
Posted: Apr 04, 2007 - 08:19
 
meghan89 wrote:
Eh
I can't tell if I like this not
I feel nothing
Maybe if I was getting a massage or my eyebrows waxed I could appreciate it, but definately not up to analyzing this mushiness at 2:30 on a Monday afternoon


For some of us it's 11:17 on a Wed nite.
Zweiblumen
(Boston, MA [2,606 miles ENE of Paradise, CA])
Posted: Apr 04, 2007 - 08:16
 

Fiji5555
Posted: Mar 19, 2007 - 19:44
 
OMG! I have this CD and LOVE it! All the songs just flow so smoothly. I give this a perfect 10! Aslo try reading the novel it's based on by Clarke......good read.
MoonMoth
(Drawn to the Light)
Posted: Mar 04, 2007 - 03:03
 
The chords make the hairs on the back of my neck stand up. I always find I turn it up after the first section and then just ...
Mari
(île de lesvos)
Posted: Mar 04, 2007 - 03:01
 
Chamat wrote:
Hey man!!! what a trip this number 20/10
... that's the spirit of ascension!
Chamat
(Paradise found - Côte d'Azur South East France)
Posted: Mar 04, 2007 - 02:59
 
Hey man!!! what a trip this number 20/10
natural_tools
(Dallas, TX)
Posted: Feb 16, 2007 - 11:18
 
celadonstone wrote:
Nope, you're not. I am also reminding of the 1990s chanting monks song with the girl speaking french or something in it? Anyone feel free to help me out with the title of that song.


You mean "Sadeness (Part I)" by Enigma?
zorrofox
(Scotland)
Posted: Feb 16, 2007 - 11:14
 
Mike Oldfield's awesome but this isn't one of his better tracks. A bit insipid for me. Maybe they'll play Amarok, that's a good track ;o)
celadonstone
(Southeast of the USA)
Posted: Feb 16, 2007 - 11:13
 
33rpm wrote:
Big boys don't cry...Big boys don't cry. Am I the only one who thinks this has a 10CC vibe to it?


Nope, you're not. I am also reminding of the 1990s chanting monks song with the girl speaking french or something in it? Anyone feel free to help me out with the title of that song.
fretman
Posted: Feb 16, 2007 - 11:13
 
Overwrought.

There was a hole in the "2" part of the histogram.

Not anymore! "He-he" said Fretman, gleefully.

xouba
(Corunna, Spain)
Posted: Mar 09, 2006 - 02:24
 
I have this CD, but the cover is different (almost completely black, more "like space", if you get my drift). Maybe I have a later reissue, or a previous edition?

milarupa
Posted: Jan 24, 2006 - 01:31
 
Not exactly bad. Light years away from Oldfield's best. The guitar solo is great anyway.
xouba
(Corunna, Spain)
Posted: Jan 24, 2006 - 01:16
 
I have this LP, and there is a lot of filler. But play this one song, eyes closed, with headphones, and it really feels like travelling through space. I like it.

trekhead
(Just Missed Me.)
Posted: Jan 09, 2006 - 11:29
 
I don't know what you CALL it...
but I LIKE what he DOES with it!
8 right out of the chute.
meghan89
(between 2 vertices)
Posted: Jan 09, 2006 - 11:26
 
Eh
I can't tell if I like this not
I feel nothing
Maybe if I was getting a massage or my eyebrows waxed I could appreciate it, but definately not up to analyzing this mushiness at 2:30 on a Monday afternoon
iMacomania
(Bavaria - Germany)
Posted: Jan 09, 2006 - 11:24
 
It's not his best work, but I love his guitar sound
bigstory
(Ottawa, Canada)
Posted: Dec 11, 2005 - 11:28
 
Platypus wrote:
guitar ain't bad... but overall it sounds like i'm trapped in an elevator.


Amen. This is anonymous, bland, lifeless, wallpaper music. Yet somehow pompous, too. Oldfield can do better.

It's amazing how prevalent the hiphop approach to drums is now, isn't it? Another sampled funk rhythm, there it is, on a Mike Oldfield track. Not necessarily the right thing. But we barely notice anymore, do we?