Mike Oldfield - Amarok Lyrics

it keeps on starting it keeps on ending, mike showed us eternity trough music

I adore this album, like I adore everything Mike does. Like all his music, Amarok is a wonderfully inventive, beautifully musical, varied, surprising and amusing album. At a single, hour long, track and morse guitar lines telling your boss what you think of him, it's also probably the longest f** off note in musical history! I love this album and sitll listen to it a lot. It's soooo Mike. Everything is beautifully played, so while it's an angry protest album in one way, it's also one of his greatest achievement - so I think we should all thank Richard Branson. A work of mad genius, but genius, none the less.

Great stuff -- truly avant and oh so musical.

Shame about the Angry Frodo picture.

Amazinkkkk..but the last 15min are the pinnacle of genius. Thx M.O.

I always though on the part titled Roses from 9.55, they were singing F#'kin hell lol - which would be cool if it was true. Does anyone know the 'true' words

Entre los seres humanos no abundan los genios. Cuando los tenemos delante es vital el cogerlos y no soltarlos. Por supervivencia.

Progressive Masterpice... It's a beautiful journey till the very end... I remember the first time I hear it. Pure ecxtasy! This album is like a pray for me...

300 000 views, 2000 likes? Weird.
Great work of art by the master. The beggining is a bit overwhelming though, wish he could record it will less intrusive dynamics.
Thanks for sharing,. Godbless.

It lacked the emotional intensity of much of his earlier work, but there are some nice bits in there. There's a nostalgic, reflective side to it which is nice, lots of air. It's ironic that Mike's career has spanned massive changes in recording technology from hugely expensive early multitrack to full digital multitrack, now affordable by many amateurs, yet his creativity has diminished if anything. I also can't help but wonder what he would have done if the technology we have now had been available at the start of his career. He was always pushing the boundaries of what technology could allow him to do, but as technology gave more possibilities, his creativity diminished, although this is probably more due to the length of his career and ageing. This has also been reflected in modern music in general. Instead of unleashing creativity, technology has tended mainly to encourage laziness and diminish creativity/hard work. Like most things, I'm sure the answer is deep and even goes into cultural reasons etc.. I have felt sometimes that there are in some ways too many options which technology gives us, and this can lead to being overwhelmed rather than excited to explore. Hence Mike's return to mainly acoustic instruments on this album and RTO? With Mike, he has been in a fairly unique position, being the creative composer as well as the technical person making the recordings, partly because the 2 are often inextricably linked. It's hard for anyone to do both well, but this is part of Mike's genius.

that Trance music that starts at 44.50 is somthing Armin van burren and above and beyound could play with as its wonderful

when i was a boy i used to envite my mates around for this and laugh at them jumping

the most exciting Mike Oldfield album and when your not used to it i am very used to it but when your not a very Jumpy album

5:44 is the best moment of my entire music experience!

What about the bit at 12:45?

Still my favorite piece of musical "disart"

I think the few seconds after the 32-minute mark summarize the whole thing pretty well.

terrible album

its good wont's you get into it

This is my first CD album I bought.

Cd? Lucky you! I got ommadawn!

Fala brate!!

Possibly the most complicated song ever made. Truly amazing.....

Some trivia which I gathered with help from my friends at Tubular.net. The "Scot" pieces were reworkings of an unused Pink Floyd-esque jam tune which appears on the Tubular Bells demos at the end of the demos, "Peace Demo A" and "Peace Demo B". A lost Tubular Bells demo also featured an early version of the "Hoover" piece were Mike originally used his mother's hoover to create a grumbling bagpipe drone.

From around 6:00 to 6:18 this almost sounds like an old Queen song! That's a sound not achieved very often.

This is (in my humble opinion) the greatest album ever made, and the single most important musical work in modern times.

And future! So influential in many ways, and so atemporal at the same time!

From 44:50..what is this song???


I know it since long times but no name.. can anyboy say it??

its zulo dancing to trance music and very beautiful

Chuckling to myself how much of a trolling this album was to Richard Branson when they fell out. :D I love it's utter discordance. :)

The best Mike Oldfield album, period, even if it's maybe not the best introduction to his music.

Ironically, your 'period' was followed by a comma.

Muchos pasajes tienen un aire a tubular bells 2, yo lo veo como demos a ése álbum. Mike es un músico extraordinario.

Mike Oldfield the best forever. Wonderful musicians

why does this alum scream folk tales at me ! its amazing

that ending is soooo powerful>!!! africa mother of earth <3

La source d'inspiration ? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KE70gBDxuYA

Be very carefull with your speakers and ears. Very high dynamic!! The best album from Mike Oldfield - i think...

1. Ommadawn
2. Hergest Ridge
3. Tubular Bells.

4. This.

Incantations nicht vergessen. Ich meine is von 78. War ich 16. Aber sonst : Gute Wahl...!

Brüder im Geiste! Weisste. Und nicht zu vergessen "Watch" von Manfred Mann. Damals auf nem Universum Plattenspieler von Neckermann oder Quelle. Schrecklicher Sound aber wir waren hip. Frag nicht nach den Klamotten...kein Kommentar...

Virgin didn't give this any marketing, so when I walked into the record store, and found a new Oldfield album I was stunned. I only just had enough money on me to buy it on cassette, so I popped it into the walkman for my 45 minute bus ride home. I missed my stop by 15 minutes, and had to walk back several miles, because I was so entranced, and didn't come out of my reverie until the music had ended.

What an amazing mix of brilliant music and absolute nonsense! Shades of Brian May in the guitar playing. And I was happy to hear that I'm not the only person who brushes his teeth musically.

Yes, definite shades of Brian May! I've never thought that about anybody else's playing. Maybe there's science-y reasons for the similarity. I'm just glad to hear it. Great tones!

WHAT A FANTASTIC ALBUM !!!!!!!!!!!! THANK YOU MIKE !!!!!!!!!

I have listened to this album so much throughout my life, I know every note like the back of my hand. Inarguably top 3 albums ever made

The greatest album un music history

Still not sure? Try headphones and a darkened room. You'll get it.

I agree....nice headphones is the only way.

Lighthouses are neat.

Todos los fans de este álbum deberíamos crear una civilización desde cero.

Mike Oldfield=Leonardo Da Vinci

MASTERPIECE. 'Nuff said.

Tubular Bells will always be my favorite, but I'm enjoying this immensely, especially the 2nd half.

all time classic.

Mike Oldfield=genius, genius, genius!

well... so lovely, to me its was always reflecting the stress in our life.. the mouse chasing we are all in... and the ambitious for relaxing, for silence... for nirvana... for happiness.... thanks you mike for everything.

Fast Riff 18:00
Lion 19:57 and Lion Reprise 36:04 my absolute favourite parts on the album.

This is the LONGEST song ever. I’ve never heard of any song other than this one that is an hour long

Bravo. Hvala.

Underrated😢

Janet Brown, the Margaret Thatcher impersonator at the end of this great album, also played Maggie at the end of the James Bond film For Your Eyes Only when she congratulates Bond on a very successful mission.

God gives a little more to those who understand.

great album it follow me everywhere since a long time. Mike you awake me to the music. tubular bells ommadown découvert and the GREAT amarock big thanks

Turd shame we have to be offered shit for chocolate. What's wrong with the original,?!!!

I can't believe that this album is nearly 30 years old. I remember buying this on vinyl when it came out and it just gets better with age.

Genial álbum/canción. Muy bueno. Durará una hora pero se hace corto de lo envolvente y mágico que es. Obra maestra absoluta

very well

Keyboard Morse : FUCK OFF RB

à écouter sans modération!!!! Quel plaisir!!!

Obra maestra del siglo XX

When your favourite album is also your favourite song.

Ha ha ha (total)!!!

Trivial bonus info: Amarok (amaroq) means Wolf in Greenlandic / Inuktitut. Great album but a bit too intrusive to be used as background music, while I Work.

Will stick this on today after I've done Ommadawn and Music of the Spheres. Happy birthday Mike. Many happy returns on your 66th

Happy diwali to you :P

58:44 still gives me all the goosebumps, even after 20+ years of listening to this album. Happy Birthday Maestro!

The best track of the time. Thanks Mister Oldfield.

O paraíso certamente terá a discografia de Oldfield a nossa disposição

Amarok was intended to be Ommadawn 2- Mike even hinted as much- this album is so superior to Return to Ommadawn- Mike s guitar playing amazing

fuck off r b

Love that section: 5:46 - 6:20. True Oldfield.

Extraordinaria obra...uno de mis albums favoritos...

La pieza que más me gustó fue la de: "soltera"... "Soltera"... xD...

For a hour long fuck you to executive mismanagement this is quite good.

To all those voted down... I was once you... once without nature or taste...

Facinante todos sus álbumes grandioso !!!! 😀😀

"AMAROK" TRACK LISTING:
Fast Riff Intro - 0:00
Intro - 2:32
Climax I (12 Strings) - 5:46
Soft Bodhran - 6:18
Rachmaninov I - 7:20
Soft Bodhran 2 - 8:35
Rachmaninov II - 9:29
Roses - 9:56
Reprise I (Intro) - 10:42
Scot - 12:45
Didlybom - 13:16
Mad Bit - 15:00
Run In - 15:56
Hoover - 16:11
Fast Riff - 18:00
Lion - 19:57
Fast Waltz - 21:57
Stop - 23:42
Mad Bit 2 - 24:33
Fast Waltz 2 - 24:46
Mandolin - 25:06
Intermission - 26:07
Boat - 26:23
Intro Reprise 2 - 29:27
Big Roses - 32:07
Green Green - 33:13
Slow Waltz - 34:24
Lion Reprise - 36:04
Mandolin Reprise - 37:05
TV am / Hoover / Scot - 37:47
Fast Riff Reprise - 39:50
Boat Reprise - 42:22
12 Rep / Intro Waltz - 43:32
Green Reprise - 44:12
Africa I: Far Build - 44:46
Africa I: Far Dip - 48:00
Africa I: Pre Climax - 48:46
Africa I: 12 Climax - 49:32
Africa I: Climax I - 50:24
Africa II: Bridge - 51:00
Africa II: Riff - 51:17
Africa II: Boats - 51:34
Africa II: Bridge II - 51:52
Africa II: Climax II - 52:10
Africa III: Baker - 54:22

Amo Amarok

This is great, weird, funky, serene, magical, it's Oldfield goodness

I really wish he'd used more synth! ;-)

Virgin Records wanted him to release it as Tubular Bells II. He refused, so it was boycotted and became his worst selling album. If everyone who adores it bought one copy, it'd be a commercial hit instantly :-) A masterpiece!!!

And right now it's just before Christmas... time to get a copy for everyone you know!

AMAЯROЖ is weird

YO 2019 .

ABSOLUTE FANTASTIC!

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i've listened to tubular bells, the original (before it was messed with) hergest ridge, ommadawn, incantations countless times, as well as five miles out, qe2, and platinum... and other than some other bits and pieces not on those albums, that's it, as far as listening to his master works that i've listened to many times.... i'm sorry to say this album does virtually nothing for me.

Interesting, that is the opposite reaction to most people.

@Serendipitous Illicit it starts off with this crunchy sounding noise, then when it levels out around the first one minute mark, it sounds like an accidental extension of a looping rhythm.. the audio version of a wave that's crashing to the shore, yet somehow, a digital loop backs it up in mid fall so it's not rounded and timed right. .. to me this is a disjointed, distracting, and often times annoying muzak version of his former self, attempting to compensate with hurried loudness and creative weirdness the kind of magic he already created previously but for whatever reasons, lost.. i can't explain it all but I can't see how fans of his earliest works hold this in the same high regard. His earlier works transport me beyond time... this to me is just a bunch of noise... 'copy'?

@Jeremy Feit so....................................... not happy?

Alter so many years and so many times of hearing still getting goose bumbs and tears in my eyes. MO is the best.

A friend of mine showed me this, and I have the following to say about it:
It's relaxing, it's trippy, it's DERPY AF and I love it!

Amazing feat of (sound) engineering.

This is an amazing masterpiece!!

A real masterpiece

I'm not familiar with Mike's work, except the greatest hits.
After listening this strange album for 5 minutes, I'm ordering CD online right away.

Mutlti stiu putini cunosc ....Maestrul creaza si gandeste , altfel ....Bravo Dlui Mike Oldfield , un Meserias QE2...O parere doar ....servus/tschuß👍❤️🤗☘🏊🍀👌✌️🌈🌅😇❤️😘

impossible to match

Yes it's a hour long and no break,but trust me,the journey will be worthwhile. I bought this the week it came out and took a few plays to get my head round it. One of my favourite works by this genius musician.

LIBERATION TOTAL de Mr. Branson , LE DIEU OUI LE DIEU THE GOD de la MUSIQUE de TOUT LES TEMPS ... MERCI , Mr. MO.

Stojanoviću sjedni 5

Ha harderst question of all time: what do you listen to after this?

Tangerine Dream

It s the last song of the day. Always.

I love how spotify lists this as a single.

He does play almost all the instruments, apart from vocals, tin whistle and some percussion.

Other than that, Mike Oldfield plays acoustic bass guitar, acoustic guitar, banjo, bass guitar, bass whistles, bouzouki (misspelled in the liner notes as "bazouki"), bell tree, bodhran, bowed guitar, cabasa, classical guitar, electric guitars, Farfisa, Lowrey and Vox organs, Flamenco guitar, glockenspiel (misspelled in the liner notes as "glockenspeil"), high-string guitar, jaw harp, kalimba, mandolin, marimba, melodica, Northumbrian bagpipes, penny whistles, percussion, piano, psaltery, rototom, sitar guitar (a Coral electric sitar), spinet, timpani, tubular bells (listed as "long thin metallic hanging tubes"), twelve-string guitar, ukulele, violin, vocals, and wonga box.

@Serendipitous Illicit what a slacker

48:00 in Morse Code:
..-. = F
..- = U
-.-. = C
-.- = K
--- = O
..-. = F
..-. = F
.-. = R
-... = B

Ge disque m'a été offert par mon ex à sa sortie en 1990 - nous étions déjà fans de Mike. A la première écoute, j'ai été scotché ; à la deuxième, j'ai adoré ; à la troisième, je l'ai trouvé génial...j'écoute Amarok encore très souvent. Génialissime ! j'adore aussi the songs of distant Earth : le bouquin de A.C Clarke et l'album de M. Oldfield.

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