From Richard Barnett Sent Thu, Jun 24th 1999, 23:42
From Richard Barnett Sent Thu, Jun 24th 1999, 23:42
"Graham H Freeman" <xxxx@xxx.xxx.xx> wrote: > (Incidentally, Oldfield's _Tubular Bells 3_ is really quite good, a > lot better than the first two, once you get over the shock of the > "Moonlight Shadow" clone. I know, I know, but at least he doesn't put > great long post-modernist self-analysis rambles over his tunes. Well, > perhaps except for Amarok, which had that lady going on about > "endings being just beginnings". Maybe Mike Oldfield was taking the > piss out of DJ Shadow five years in advance. Hmm. I should stop now.) I'm surprised to hear that about TB3, since TB2 was really scary. Amarok, though, is probably the best thing he's done for a long time, despite the voice at the end of the second side being slightly off-putting and a little bit too cryptic for its own good. It's clearly meant to be Margaret Thatcher, but I really can't work out why. Anyway, Middle of Nowhere is much much better than Oldfield's average quality level. -- Richard