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Mike Oldfield
Posted: Sun Dec 12, 2004 11:44 pm
by The Dreaming
How many of you guys are fans? To me, Ommadawn part 1 is just rapturous. Any other fans around here? What do you like of his stuff?
What does the British coalition have to say about him? He is completely unkown here except as the guy who did the Exorcist theme.
Posted: Sun Dec 12, 2004 11:48 pm
by Worm of Despite
Don't have any Oldfield, but I must say that I love the way he paints with his guitar, rather than strangling it in the usual rock fashion.
Posted: Sun Dec 12, 2004 11:55 pm
by The Dreaming
He is certainly an unbelievable musician. There is no doubt about that. Hell, the man records an entire orchestra's worth of instruments by himself in his basement, and makes absolutely unbelievable music.
Posted: Mon Dec 13, 2004 12:27 am
by CovenantJr
What stuns me is that he was about 17/18 when he wrote and recorded the first
Tubular Bells 
Fortunately, my dad is an Oldfield fan, so I was familiar with him before I ever even heard of the Exorcist. I haven't heard that much though. I own the first two
Tubular Bells and I borrowed
Crises from my dad for a while; I haven't heard
Ommadawn, but the name rings a bell.
Incidentally, it was young Mike's original
Tubular Bells which kicked off Richard Branson's Virgin empire. Until Branson decided to help Oldfield record this beast, he just ran a tiny mail order record retail thing. The immense success of TB is what got Virgin rolling.
Posted: Mon Dec 13, 2004 1:14 am
by The Dreaming
Well, you know he actually snuck into the recording studio at off hours to record the album. (I think he had a friend who worked there that let him in). He finished the album for free and presented it to the guys in charge of the studio. They got it released and it was a huge hit.
Posted: Sun Sep 04, 2016 2:19 am
by Cord Hurn