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Mike Oldfield — Dark Island
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rdo
(DC)
Posted: Sep 30, 2012 - 14:40
 
 sine-quinn-non wrote:
i usually don't diss songs (though I have made that disclaimer before .. so apparently i DO dis songs) but .. wow .. this was WAAAY to new age easy listening for me.  talent or no talent .. it was almost as painful as easy listening jazz.
 

Sound like Ray Lynch.  It's not a bad thing.  I like New Age.

sine-quinn-non
(wdc)
Posted: Feb 25, 2011 - 10:42
 
i usually don't diss songs (though I have made that disclaimer before .. so apparently i DO dis songs) but .. wow .. this was WAAAY to new age easy listening for me.  talent or no talent .. it was almost as painful as easy listening jazz.

slartibart_O
(N29°57'-W97°34')
Posted: Feb 25, 2011 - 10:40
 
I had Tubular Bells on quadraphonic 8 track from my big brother. Geeez. 

gigikent
Posted: Jan 25, 2011 - 04:12
 
Would be nice to hear more Mike Oldfield songs, he has some pretty good "recent" albums, meaning in the last decade or so...

shakitten
Posted: Dec 24, 2010 - 19:22
 
 DoctorHooey wrote:
Stonehenge!

"and oh how they danced, the little people of Stonehenge, beneath the haunted moon..."
 


Hah! Love it!

DoctorHooey
(/etc)
Posted: Oct 22, 2010 - 10:18
 
Stonehenge!

"and oh how they danced, the little people of Stonehenge, beneath the haunted moon..."

BowTieDad
(Stockholm, Sweden)
Posted: Oct 22, 2010 - 10:17
 
jäsp

shutter
(You can't get here from there)
Posted: Oct 22, 2010 - 10:17
 
Nice to hear some Oldfield.  I really like this one.  Nice n' mellow.  It'd make a good cruising tune for riding on the motorsickle.

Chinto
(kelowna)
Posted: Jul 18, 2010 - 18:26
 
hmmmmm...is it just me?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xyyqipBC4qI


Cynaera
(South of Neanderthal)
Posted: Jul 18, 2010 - 18:19
 
I love his music - mostly because he's so frellin' talented!  I can only dream of being as gifted as he is. {#Notworthy}

calypsus_1
Posted: Jun 10, 2010 - 23:52
 

Mike Oldfield by =zAPPiENCe
Sebastian Steinfort   ©2007-2010 =zAPPiENCe

As you can see this is a bit different editing pictures than my usual way. I tried a mix of a cross + dia push combined with the b/w and high contrast.
I like the pictures but I am still unsure if it is too bad for the artist. I like Oldfield's music and I do not want to give him a weird look or something like that.




Yaourth
(France)
Posted: May 16, 2010 - 02:49
 
Please no more.... {#Beat}

ianmoff
(Nr London UK)
Posted: May 16, 2010 - 02:44
 
Tubular repeat and repeat and repeat

You can stop now Mike - we've all had enough


I'll get me kilt . . . 

vandal
(arriving somewhere, but not here. . .)
Posted: Apr 14, 2010 - 08:21
 
 accordionista wrote:
Looks like he's ready for his "Lord of the Dance" audition...
 
Except that he's auditioning for "Lord of the Crap"



Glencoe_JC
(GlasVegas)
Posted: Apr 14, 2010 - 08:17
 
 NoEnzLefttoSplit wrote:
Why do I feel like I'm sitting in a Chinese restaurant in Aberdeen?
 
Spot on!!!{#Roflol}
As we'd say in these parts twee as f$*%!

trekhead
(Set On FUN!!!)
Posted: Apr 14, 2010 - 08:17
 
I could have sworn that had a Mark Knopfler influence.... maybe it does. {#Cheesygrin}

8.

EssexTex
(Gitche Gumee)
Posted: Apr 14, 2010 - 08:16
 
Tubular balls

nalle
(Malmo, Sweden)
Posted: Apr 14, 2010 - 08:13
 
He must be making fun of us, this is so bad.

Flipmode
(Spartanburg, SC)
Posted: Apr 14, 2010 - 08:13
 
i like that christmas track this guy did, where he played all the instruments himself.

accordionista
(somewhere on the West Coast...)
Posted: Mar 13, 2010 - 17:24
 
Looks like he's ready for his "Lord of the Dance" audition...

cattail321
Posted: Mar 13, 2010 - 17:22
 
U don't get it.....far cry from Tubular Bells fer sure though....why do they let morons listen to music{#Nyah}


macadavy
(Cascadia's attic, eh?)
Posted: Mar 13, 2010 - 17:20
 
Growing on me:  8 > 9


Rotterdam
Posted: Feb 10, 2010 - 04:04
 
 NoEnzLefttoSplit wrote:
Why do I feel like I'm sitting in a Chinese restaurant in Aberdeen?
 
{#Lol} {#Lol} {#Lol}

NoEnzLefttoSplit
Posted: Dec 09, 2009 - 08:49
 
Why do I feel like I'm sitting in a Chinese restaurant in Aberdeen?

More_Cowbell
(Northern IL)
Posted: Dec 09, 2009 - 08:46
 
Hey it's Braveheart!

akmegan
Posted: Oct 07, 2009 - 10:37
 
Makes me want to dance a jig with a bonny lass...{#Good-vibes}


ianmoff
(Nr London UK)
Posted: Oct 07, 2009 - 10:36
 
Waiting for Enya or Jon Anderson to chime in ;-)

Nice though

;-)

 

j7
Posted: Oct 07, 2009 - 10:33
 
whatever......END ALREADY


Wizzuvvoz
(Land of Nod. East of Eden on Route 66.)
Posted: Aug 05, 2009 - 09:42
 
 mandolin wrote:
RECORDINGS
1973 - Tubular Bells.........

REISSUES
1973 - Tubular Bells Quadraphonic (Tubular Bells).....

...say what you will about his range, but he's certainly earned the 'greatest hit' reputation - these are just his album releases (not even touching singles and videos) averaging one version each sixteen months for the past thirty-six years...

 
LOL!!
Before I scrolled down I was thinking "Isn't this "Tubular Bells" guy?"
I like this.  Dug TBells as well, way way back in the day.



WonderLizard
(2,755.46 mi. due east of Paradise)
Posted: Aug 05, 2009 - 09:40
 
 mandolin wrote:
RECORDINGS
1973 - Tubular Bells
1975 - The Orchestral Tubular Bells
1979 - Tubular Bells (Live I)
1980 - Tubular Bells (Live II)
1992 - Tubular Bells II
1998 - Tubular X
1998 - Tubular Bells III
1999 - The Millenium Bell
2003 - Tubular Bells 2003

REISSUES
1973 - Tubular Bells Quadraphonic (Tubular Bells)
1976 - Boxed (Tubular Bells)
1979 - Impressions (Tubular Bells)
1980 - Wonderland (Tubular Bells)
1981 - Episodes (Tubular Bells)
1985 - The Complete Mike Oldfield (Tubular Bells)
1987 - Mike Oldfield (Tubular Bells)
1990 - Collector's Edition Box (Tubular Bells, The Orchestral Tubular Bells)
1993 - Elements (Tubular Bells, Tubular Bells II)
1997 - XXV (Tubular Bells, Tubular Bells II, Tubular Bells III)
2000 - Tubular Bells SA-CD (Tubular Bells)
2001 - The Best of Tubular Bells (Tubular Bells, The Orchestral Tubular Bells, Tubular Bells II, Tubular Bells III, The Millenium Bell)
2002 - Collection (Tubular Bells, Tubular Bells II)
2003 - The Complete Tubular Bells (Tubular Bells 2003, Tubular Bells II, Tubular Bells III)
2006 - The Platinum Collection (Tubular Bells, Tubular Bells II, Tubular Bells III, The Millenium Bell)
2009 - Tubular Bells Ultimate Edition (Tubular Bells)
2009 - The Collection (Tubular Bells)

...say what you will about his range, but he's certainly earned the 'greatest hit' reputation - these are just his album releases (not even touching singles and videos) averaging one version each sixteen months for the past thirty-six years...

 
Like totally tubular, dude...


mandolin
(...drifting...)
Posted: Aug 02, 2009 - 16:39
 
RECORDINGS
1973 - Tubular Bells
1975 - The Orchestral Tubular Bells
1979 - Tubular Bells (Live I)
1980 - Tubular Bells (Live II)
1992 - Tubular Bells II
1998 - Tubular X
1998 - Tubular Bells III
1999 - The Millenium Bell
2003 - Tubular Bells 2003

REISSUES
1973 - Tubular Bells Quadraphonic (Tubular Bells)
1976 - Boxed (Tubular Bells)
1979 - Impressions (Tubular Bells)
1980 - Wonderland (Tubular Bells)
1981 - Episodes (Tubular Bells)
1985 - The Complete Mike Oldfield (Tubular Bells)
1987 - Mike Oldfield (Tubular Bells)
1990 - Collector's Edition Box (Tubular Bells, The Orchestral Tubular Bells)
1993 - Elements (Tubular Bells, Tubular Bells II)
1997 - XXV (Tubular Bells, Tubular Bells II, Tubular Bells III)
2000 - Tubular Bells SA-CD (Tubular Bells)
2001 - The Best of Tubular Bells (Tubular Bells, The Orchestral Tubular Bells, Tubular Bells II, Tubular Bells III, The Millenium Bell)
2002 - Collection (Tubular Bells, Tubular Bells II)
2003 - The Complete Tubular Bells (Tubular Bells 2003, Tubular Bells II, Tubular Bells III)
2006 - The Platinum Collection (Tubular Bells, Tubular Bells II, Tubular Bells III, The Millenium Bell)
2009 - Tubular Bells Ultimate Edition (Tubular Bells)
2009 - The Collection (Tubular Bells)

...say what you will about his range, but he's certainly earned the 'greatest hit' reputation - these are just his album releases (not even touching singles and videos) averaging one version each sixteen months for the past thirty-six years...


blueotis
(Olympia, W@)
Posted: Jul 04, 2009 - 17:26
 
{#Wink} I can live with this! Keep doin' the thing you do best, Bill. 
Thanks to everyone who has commented on this track, it's one reason I enjoy to RP. 
It's definitely mood music and guess what; I'm a moody guy!
I'd give it a high 7.


(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: Jun 02, 2009 - 21:58
 


This music is good for the ears...



monemose
(Istanbul)
Posted: May 02, 2009 - 04:51
 
 kaybee wrote:
Nice to hear some Mike Oldfield on RP!
 

Yes! Agreed with that!


1wolfy
(Mission Viejo California)
Posted: Mar 31, 2009 - 16:01
 

Kind of a national anthem sound...some foreign nation, perhaps Scotland/Ireland




kaybee
(Lost in the Wilds of Toronto)
Posted: Jan 27, 2009 - 18:00
 
Nice to hear some Mike Oldfield on RP!

dezebel
(Toronto)
Posted: Jan 27, 2009 - 13:37
 
 callum wrote:
I don't know anything about Mike Oldfield, but the Dark Island is a Scottish tune.
 
Thank you callum! As a child of Scottish parents I heard this many times over the years.

Apparently it was written as theme music for a 1962 film: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dark_Island 



callum
(its wet, windy and chilly....take a guess)
Posted: Jan 27, 2009 - 13:27
 
I don't know anything about Mike Oldfield, but the Dark Island is a Scottish tune.

mattt
(Undisclosed)
Posted: Jan 27, 2009 - 13:27
 
Not as good as his older stuff, but still nice.

Frater_Kork
(Uppsala, Sweden)
Posted: Nov 25, 2008 - 08:40
 
This is one of my early favourite Oldfield albums.
I do get the aromatherapy point however, Mike attracts fluffy thinking. ;)


SantaFeGrace
(Santa Fe, NM)
Posted: Nov 25, 2008 - 08:39
 
 Tagish_girl wrote:

Hey, this is pretty.  Makes me want to go Ireland and walk barefoot in the misty (and poop-free) meadows, gathering flowers and looking for ghosts....
 

{#Meditate}

Bridieboo
(Halifax, NS)
Posted: Nov 25, 2008 - 08:38
 

This is such a relaxing CD.  And the cover is nice to look at too!



brianlj
(Cambridge, UK)
Posted: Nov 25, 2008 - 08:38
 
Ex-cell-ent!  I think I'll put some Mike Oldfield on my Christmas list.  Via Amazon of course.{#Clap} 


mandolin
(...drifting...)
Posted: Nov 25, 2008 - 08:36
 
...mmmm, aromatherapy...

lalalisa25
(Boonton, NJ)
Posted: Nov 25, 2008 - 08:36
 
 calypsus_1 wrote:

 

the song "Recuerdos de la Alhambra" is an excellent version of the original piece composed in 1896 by spanish composer and guitarist Francisco Tárrega, as know the "Sarasate of the guitar", playing classical to guitar.

it exists one another excellent version of this part, by Mike Oldfield, will be the 10th record album "The Killing Fields" in 1984 and It was the soundtrack album will be the film of the same name; Mike Oldfield spent 6 months working on the score will be The Killing Fields.

** 8 **



 
Thanks for your analysis.
It reminds me to go see The Killing Fields again.
Great song, by the way.


calypsus_1
Posted: Nov 13, 2008 - 10:43
 

 

the song "Recuerdos de la Alhambra" is an excellent version of the original piece composed in 1896 by spanish composer and guitarist Francisco Tárrega, as know the "Sarasate of the guitar", playing classical to guitar.

it exists one another excellent version of this part, by Mike Oldfield, will be the 10th record album "The Killing Fields" in 1984 and It was the soundtrack album will be the film of the same name; Mike Oldfield spent 6 months working on the score will be The Killing Fields.

** 8 **




Slick
(Merchantville, NJ)
Posted: Aug 22, 2008 - 14:53
 
Sorry Irish Muzak, pick something better from Solas, Boys of the Lough, Silly Wizard, and the like.  A solid 2 {#No}

k_trout
(Dream State)
Posted: Aug 22, 2008 - 14:50
 
makes me wanna go find a bar of Irish Spring
or even better just a bar

{#Cowboy}
 


Tagish_girl
(happily seeking hammock)
Posted: Aug 22, 2008 - 14:49
 

Hey, this is pretty.  Makes me want to go Ireland and walk barefoot in the misty (and poop-free) meadows, gathering flowers and looking for ghosts....

wferrier
(Johnson City, New York; Home of the Factory)
Posted: Jun 20, 2008 - 10:31
 
Oldfield dosn't get old, he just fades away. . .