I have not heard this video until today and I agree, it is playing at the top of his game. I have seen other live clips of this group line-up playing and it certainly seems that they gelled well together and the music just flows.
Indeed. I've been watching this at half speed for about three days trying to work out what he's doing. Maintaining alternate picking at that speed for so long without one single mistake is awe inspiring. Then of course there's the great final solo...
@@kvothe6627 Flattered that you ask. :-) I'm pretty useless at tabbing. What I can say is that it's probably easier to learn this one just by watching and listening. Mostly arpeggios over three chords with just a few ornaments and trills thrown in. The only really hard thing is cross picking at that speed! :-D
This man is the most under appreciated British Artist of the last 50 years....He even did the Olympic Opening Ceremony playing a "Latin Christmas Carol" in July!!!!! He will never be truly appreciated by the wider public until he is gone, lucky we know better and can appreciate him while he is still with us.
he is HARDLY UNDERAPPRECIATED. He Created the theme to ''The Exorcist'' and scared the shit out of generations for years, He Is Genius and proof of it is that he's still around for you to pronounce as ''under appreciated'' 21st century johnny come lately
@@RIXRADvidz yes, I think most older Europeans know him. In the States, pretty much unknown. Tried for years to see him in concert. Oh well, won't get that one off my bucket list I fea.
Mike is a genius! The first CD I bought when I was a child was "Crises" (1983) in 1990...I love every album, every song he wrote! But Mike isn't on a "Best guitarists" list??!!! That's a crime!
@@paulmarty6163 I'm having a go at it. The notes themselves seem fairly simple - starts with Eb major... the bastard thing is the speed of the alternate picking and the little ornaments between the arpeggios. Otherwise it's just doing the manic Oldfield style over 3 or 4 chords :-)
You are absolutely right. Or just some nerd sitting in his bunker, disliking cause its not HD 4k whatever. Ridicouless. There should be no dislike button for music ;)
Dude, I'm crying. I can't make sense of that about what a genius he is. All the motifs and songs are heavenly. Ive been listening to him since I was 5.
Only s/he who notices how a simple riff turns subtly into a miraculous solo can truly appreciate what a genius Mike Oldfield is. Both as composer and instrumentalist.
@@gjd9527 I have a S.E.L. rating, but most of my time is in 15 meter class (50 ft span) Sailplanes over the Sierra (Minden, Nevada & Truckee Ca.). Yes..Oxygen onboard. Google: Glasflugel H-301. (The 201 is the standard class version without flaps for high speed cross country flight). 40:1 glide ratiio in the modified H-301.
@@pilot3016 ...It Would Be Nice Up There, Up High With Only Yourself. I've done abit of glider flying with Airforce Training Corps (ATC). Flew a Piper Tomahawk.....that's all. Cheers Pilot 301. "Happy and Safe Flights" My Friend
For me it is always fascinating to see how Mike plays so concentrated. North Star is a brilliant masterpiece, with all the different live versions he could fill a CD. TOP!
That is some serious skill with the rythm guitar. Sounds and looks easy enough, but try it. Oldfield has, and is still, composing the soundtrack of my life.
Can never understand WHY ! Mike Oldfield NEVER gets the recognition he really deserves , me I am a real MO fan , he is a composer & a great musician & has produced many classic pieces of wonderful music , truly one of the great British musical talents
La verdad que los que hemos tenido la suerte de verlo en un concierto. En directo fuimos afortunados. Yo lo pude ver en Donostia. Y es espectacular ver lo creativo que es con cualquier instrumento.
Five Miles Out!!! Fan of Mike since the seventies, Genius of the 20th and 21 century !!!!! He is the guitar player (analog to the song Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, in the sense: Mike, is the guitar player, he is the guitar player .. , OK Carlos Santana and Eric Clapton ... but! who one else???!!!!!!
"This man is the most under appreciated British Artist of the last 50 years..." one of the greatest melodists of all times.
so true
Agreeeeeeeee
he can play more than 20 musical instruments
Never get tired of his music listening to the same songs over and over. Can’t say that about any other musician
No doubt.
This is the definitive version of "North Star". I can never tire of hearing this.
I have not heard this video until today and I agree, it is playing at the top of his game. I have seen other live clips of this group line-up playing and it certainly seems that they gelled well together and the music just flows.
For all the non-guitar players, the rhythm Mike is playing is just from another world and not easy to play.
Indeed. I've been watching this at half speed for about three days trying to work out what he's doing. Maintaining alternate picking at that speed for so long without one single mistake is awe inspiring. Then of course there's the great final solo...
@@nickgreen4731 U did write any tabs for it ;)? I would be very thankful for it xD
@@kvothe6627 Flattered that you ask. :-) I'm pretty useless at tabbing. What I can say is that it's probably easier to learn this one just by watching and listening. Mostly arpeggios over three chords with just a few ornaments and trills thrown in. The only really hard thing is cross picking at that speed! :-D
So, challenge accepted xD Maybe I’ll find some time the next weeks, i will report ;)
Corrección: Para los que no somos guitarristas no es difícil, es utópico. Sólo nos queda disfrutar de esta pieza musical.
Mike Oldfield - a true musical genius.
The music is so good it could stop time
Nice lol
i first saw Mike O in Chicago back in the 90s… he had these weird balloon animals with him
This man is the most under appreciated British Artist of the last 50 years....He even did the Olympic Opening Ceremony playing a "Latin Christmas Carol" in July!!!!! He will never be truly appreciated by the wider public until he is gone, lucky we know better and can appreciate him while he is still with us.
Dont forget Jotars Stand. Yare yare
he is HARDLY UNDERAPPRECIATED. He Created the theme to ''The Exorcist'' and scared the shit out of generations for years, He Is Genius and proof of it is that he's still around for you to pronounce as ''under appreciated'' 21st century johnny come lately
So So true.
@@RIXRADvidz yes, I think most older Europeans know him. In the States, pretty much unknown. Tried for years to see him in concert. Oh well, won't get that one off my bucket list I fea.
Mike Oldfields Musik wird uns alle überdauern... Zeitlos und wunderschön!!!
This is the reason, why I started playing guitar. Mike, you are the greatest. I miss you in each list of the best guitarists
Love you!
Mike is a genius! The first CD I bought when I was a child was "Crises" (1983) in 1990...I love every album, every song he wrote! But Mike isn't on a "Best guitarists" list??!!! That's a crime!
hey dude im trying to learn this song on the guitar, have u write down the tab ?
@@paulmarty6163 sorry, I don't have the notes...
@@paulmarty6163 I'm having a go at it. The notes themselves seem fairly simple - starts with Eb major... the bastard thing is the speed of the alternate picking and the little ornaments between the arpeggios. Otherwise it's just doing the manic Oldfield style over 3 or 4 chords :-)
His music is something else... It helps me get through life with a clear mind! Thank you Mike!
"Same" He's Fantastic Ain't He
A bit monotonous but then incredbly beautiful like a starry night
Glad they caught this on tape. It's one of those lightening in a bottle performances.
It just 'flows' doesn't it.
I sometimes wonder, when I see someone dislike godsent music like this, how poor someone's soul must be.....
You are absolutely right. Or just some nerd sitting in his bunker, disliking cause its not HD 4k whatever. Ridicouless. There should be no dislike button for music ;)
It's most likely the doing of an ENEMY STAND.
God sent Alright, You Nailed it. I said that years ago in a comment.
Cheers...
Mike, you made my childhood a bit easier and sweeter. thank's for! This ist the Sound of a hole Generation. just great!
Dude, I'm crying. I can't make sense of that about what a genius he is. All the motifs and songs are heavenly. Ive been listening to him since I was 5.
Well Joswick, i'm happy to hear i'm not alone :-) Music soudld be the currency of the new world :-) have a nice time!
You've got the real words !! I'm lived the same things with is music
Dude you nailed it in your comment
Genius from another planet....😁❤🌷
Maggie reilly is perfection
Voice of an angel.
Only s/he who notices how a simple riff turns subtly into a miraculous solo can truly appreciate what a genius Mike Oldfield is. Both as composer and instrumentalist.
Mike Oldfield est un artiste complet. Il a un talent incroyable et un musicien unique !!!!!!! 👋🎶🎶🎶🎼🎼🎼💛❤️💙👏👏👏
Maggi is magic. Her voice make any music wondefull
+Fry Fryev Agree.
Mike Oldfield and Maggie Reilly always evergreen for me
this is like feeling beyond the world from another dimension
Mike Oldfield: il a de l'or dans les doigts, sa musique est la voix du Ciel !
Outstanding absolute world class! And Simon Phillips on the drums!!! Fan in Germany at the end of May 2020, since this days until now!!!
Was Simon Phillips the percussion player with the curly hair? I remember that the main drummer was Morris (sp? Maurice?) Pert.
That is not Simon Philips...
Definately Morris Pert on the kit. Pierre Moerlen on percussion?
Someone tell Mike he is a pure genius.
Joswick Gilmer - That wasn't a question , that's a a given, right?
Bill Graefer right.
oui !!
ME :)
I'm sure he has already heard that more than once--Richard Branson, for one, ought to have told him since he got rich by publishing Mike's work.
J adore ❤
Du pur genie🙏🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️🙏
En plus il a un charme💙💜❤️
The sound of the world turning...a global constant star. Beguiling forever.
Thanks JoJo
Sutā Purachina! OraOraOraOraOraOraOraOra ORA!
Mudamudamudamudamudamudamuda
Lmao I thought I was the only one who googled “Does Star Platinum have a musical reference”
@@kikyojojimura6417 welcome to the club
That is some truly wonderful rhythm guitar playing.
I see this video one hundred times maybe and still loving
So simple, so genius, 😊😊
My First introduction to Mike was that song "Five Miles Out"... Many years ago..Since then Im hooked.
Was playing His Music just the other day, There Ya Go.
Hooked For Life.
Cheers All
God Bless
As a pilot... Love that song.
@@pilot3016 what do you Fly??
@@gjd9527 I have a S.E.L. rating, but most of my time is in 15 meter class (50 ft span) Sailplanes over the Sierra (Minden, Nevada & Truckee Ca.). Yes..Oxygen onboard. Google: Glasflugel H-301. (The 201 is the standard class version without flaps for high speed cross country flight). 40:1 glide ratiio in the modified H-301.
@@pilot3016 ...It Would Be Nice Up There, Up High With Only Yourself.
I've done abit of glider flying with Airforce Training Corps (ATC).
Flew a Piper Tomahawk.....that's all.
Cheers Pilot 301.
"Happy and Safe Flights" My Friend
The greatest musician alive…there is nobody else...
I concur
💪👍Mike Oldfield is One ofe the best in my opinion!!!!Since i like musik
For me it is always fascinating to see how Mike plays so concentrated. North Star is a brilliant masterpiece, with all the different live versions he could fill a CD. TOP!
beautiful ~ ~ ~
Exactly! that is what I've been always thinking: an album only with all the North Star version!
+O. Mon ..and maybe one with all the "Sailor´s Hornpipe" - versions =:o)
Yes , he is a genius , he composed the best song for our souls ....a point of view ....servus , Doamne Lumineaza -ne !
That is some serious skill with the rythm guitar. Sounds and looks easy enough, but try it. Oldfield has, and is still, composing the soundtrack of my life.
Que suerte he tenido de coexistir con este genio. Te echo de menos
love MAGGIE & MIKE
Mike Oldfield performing P.Glass...............two giants.
+Alessandro Venturi Yes, but it's Mikes version of North Star.
This version is the best North Star! Viva '80
Montreux 1981
Remarkable guitarplaying indeed !!!. Mike Oldfield is a very underrated guitarist; along with Rory Gallagher and Michael Schenker ......
GOD BLESS YOU FOR EVER MIKE...!!!!! for our childhood with your great music.....
Well,I will say something,watch some of his recent stuff.He still knocks the socks off what the current music press thinks are the best guitarist.
One of my favourite pieces of music
So great, so beautiful. Cannot stop listening.
I was there!
Never listened to this song before. Thanks for bringing this here.
It will stay forever with you
Can never understand WHY ! Mike Oldfield NEVER gets the recognition he really deserves , me I am a real MO fan , he is a composer & a great musician & has produced many classic pieces of wonderful music , truly one of the great British musical talents
Incredible precision, always right notes at right time
enjoying with closed eyes
wondering how many parts of the body react to this masterpiece
Best North Star version!!!!!
I've been falling for M:O. for years now, and I did not know....Washes me away
North Star by Philip Glass in 1977 cover by Mike Oldfield in 1979.
Yes...but there is no comparison
JUST HEAVEN
Obrigado Mike. Desde há mais de 40 anos que nos acompanhas.
Flawless performance.
wow beautiful - ALL of it
There will never be a man as sharply dressed as this keyboarder.
Isn't he fantastic? That's dear old Tim Cross, sadly no longer with us. His story is one worth having a read through.
@@restojon1 Yeah, he was a great musician. May he rest in peace.
Masterpiece.
Some nice references to Ommadawn in the guitar solo at the end. Loved it!
Michael is so great.
Heaven!
Mike Oldfield- ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Thank you for sharing this it is first class
Ke genio ha sido y será este hombre, GRACIAS MIKE por estos brillantes transformados en música!!
Sublime
Perfect!
Simplemente fantástico!!!!
La verdad que los que hemos tenido la suerte de verlo en un concierto.
En directo fuimos afortunados.
Yo lo pude ver en Donostia.
Y es espectacular ver lo creativo que es con cualquier instrumento.
Great guitar.Beatiful.
had a major crush on her when i was very young...!!!
So did I!
Mike Oldfield "Maestro"
@3:15, the pick goes up to the mouth and the fingers play magic. Unbelievable. And @3:42 a little bit of Incantations creeps in. Luv it!
If he had been born 100 years before he would be hailed as one of the greatest composers of all time
I love this tune.
brilliant!!!! :)
thanks for sharing!
Musical genius
Thank you 👍👍👍👍
mike is awesome!
Oh...i love it soo much...
The Best!
Epic!!!
Quel génie et que d émotions qui vous prennent aux tripes
Thanx for posting that piece o´gold!
Gracias por tu magnífica música.
El puto amo.
Awesome, thank you very much. Extremely healthy, very good luck, money, prosperity, abundance, wealthy, happiness and success! 🍀🏆💗
isn't she out of this world
STAR PLATINUM THE WORLD
It was thosand years ago... why am I still alive?
BEST OF THE BEST
génial !!!!!!!!!!!!!
Magic
Magic Mike
❤Mike Oldfield es todo un estuche de monerias, es un brillante compositor y tambien un brillante musico y paracolmo es todo un forro de hombre.
still after so much time my lungs catch fire
Mike Oldfield Star
Five Miles Out!!! Fan of Mike since the seventies, Genius of the 20th and 21 century !!!!! He is the guitar player (analog to the song Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, in the sense: Mike, is the guitar player, he is the guitar player .. , OK Carlos Santana and Eric Clapton ... but! who one else???!!!!!!
MAGNIFICOS, ❤❤❤GRACIAS
Star platinum
Um,I was going to say something.There are no words!
Temazo absolutamente precioso de Mike sobre los acordes de un tema de Phil Glass.
Title says North Star, CZcams says Platinum
“It must be a stand user!”
grandios-absolut top.
Одна из лучших композиций.это превосходно.это великолепно.как будто шторм