Mike Oldfield

Never listened to this guy before, but some of these tracks are absolutely cracking when chewing your own face off.

Loving this one.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZYnFfAQ5QE

I suspect he was in a similar state when he wrte Tubular Bells.....

I found Mike Oldfield slightly bizarre and could never get his music, although technically it was brilliant it never did anything for me.

Being forced to listen to Tubular Bells as a child scarred me for life!

Oldfield needs some listening to but then his music is brilliant. Tubular bells is excellent and Ommadawn, equally as good.

jak wrote:Oldfield needs some listening to but then his music is brilliant. Tubular bells is excellent and Ommadawn, equally as good.

I bought both of those albums at the time but can't say I found much in them.
What I'll do is get'em out (you know what I mean), give'em a listen, over the next couple of days and report back. I'm not expecting much TBH but perhaps there'll be a surprise in store.............

Well, whilst I was poking around trying to find "Ommadawn" or "Tubular Bells" I also came across "Hergest Ridge". I suppose that means I quite liked the music at the time.................anyway, I gave "Ommadawn" a go, volume well up and sat back to see what came through.
It was like stepping into the past, music of it's time I suppose you'd say - "Happy Hippydom" - reminded me I had had longish hair at the time and a full beard - "The Who" came to mind (more the quirky stuff in "Tommy", perhaps the intro of Cousin Kevin, I dunno), then "The Prisoner" (Patrick McGoohan - I know, that was in the late '60's but somehow this music made me think of that TV series), The Pentangle (John Renbourne, Bert Jansch and olde English folk music) oh yes and Nicola - "Nicky" - an upper-class country girl, 'point-to-point', horsey laugh - we lived in Guildford in the early '70's and that country town was crammed full of countryfied nooky. I was a happily married man at the time but our sales reps from "Oop North" used to take it in turns to put Nicky through her paces when they visited and very accommodating she was too, I understand!
Thanks for that jak - a trip down memory lane - can't say I rate the music too highly in today's light but listening to it certainly helped reconstruct a particularly happy period in my life!

Mike Oldfield was one of the artists my dad bought me up on. Always loved his music.

Ezekiel 25:17 wrote:Mike Oldfield was one of the artists my dad bought me up on. Always loved his music.

With all due respect to your dad I allowed my kids to listen to red-hot arse-kicking music or quality stuff - was your pater into mind-bending potions by any chance?

jpr60 wrote:

Ezekiel 25:17 wrote:Mike Oldfield was one of the artists my dad bought me up on. Always loved his music.

With all due respect to your dad I allowed my kids to listen to red-hot arse-kicking music or quality stuff - was your pater into mind-bending potions by any chance?

I was the only 10 year old with Dark Side of The Moon in their CD player.

Ezekiel 25:17 wrote:Mike Oldfield was one of the artists my dad bought me up on. Always loved his music.

My dad brought me up on 'Some Enchanted Evening' by Mantovani and his orchestra. That's why I'm such a tranquil chap.

My old man liked regimental music and Gracie Fields, my mother liked Charlie Kunz, Winifred Atwell with a touch of Bing Crosby - I overcame that lot but, "Dark Side Of The Moon", what chance has a kid got? No wonder you've got issues Jesus!

Avfc_4eva_Sotc wrote:Never listened to this guy before, but some of these tracks are absolutely cracking when chewing your own face off.

Loving this one.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZYnFfAQ5QE

You mean like this www.youtube.com/watch?v=rdV8stKInVQ&feature=related

Avfc_4eva_Sotc wrote:Never listened to this guy before, but some of these tracks are absolutely cracking when chewing your own face off.

Loving this one.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZYnFfAQ5QE

Do you like Future Sound of London or the Orb?

I always felt that some musicians got a bit pretentious and up themselves by the mid 1970s. Mike Oldfield never did it for me, and by the way I'll be happy if I never hear another guitar solo........

God bless punk, it's no accident it came along when it did.

Bedshammer wrote:I always felt that some musicians got a bit pretentious and up themselves by the mid 1970s. Mike Oldfield never did it for me, and by the way I'll be happy if I never hear another guitar solo........

God bless punk, it's no accident it came along when it did.

Amen to that!!

Mike fceking oldfield, boring bastrad

villanfromluton wrote:Mike fceking oldfield, boring bastrad

Lutes you sure you are old enough to remember him???

Bully 9 wrote:

villanfromluton wrote:Mike fceking oldfield, boring bastrad

Lutes you sure you are old enough to remember him???

Didnt he sing born to run? I was only a kid at the time

villanfromluton wrote:

Bully 9 wrote:

villanfromluton wrote:Mike fceking oldfield, boring bastrad

Lutes you sure you are old enough to remember him???

Didnt he sing born to run? I was only a kid at the time

Not sure......i was only a toddler......

Bully 9 wrote:

villanfromluton wrote:Mike fceking oldfield, boring bastrad

Lutes you sure you are old enough to remember him???

Luton's old enough to have forgotten him

jak wrote:

Bully 9 wrote:

villanfromluton wrote:Mike fceking oldfield, boring bastrad

Lutes you sure you are old enough to remember him???

Luton's old enough to have forgotten him

Who is him?

villanfromluton wrote:

jak wrote:

Bully 9 wrote:

villanfromluton wrote:Mike fceking oldfield, boring bastrad

Lutes you sure you are old enough to remember him???

Luton's old enough to have forgotten him

Who is him?

Before my time!

villanfromluton wrote:

jak wrote:

Bully 9 wrote:

villanfromluton wrote:Mike fceking oldfield, boring bastrad

Lutes you sure you are old enough to remember him???

Luton's old enough to have forgotten him

Who is him?

You know. Him!!!