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proggman
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Topic: A Mike Oldfield Song VS A Magma Song Posted: December 29 2014 at 12:40 |
Magma, Tëha.
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When he rides, my fears subside. For darkness turns once more to light. Through the skies, his white horse flies. To find a land beyond the night.
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richardh
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Posted: December 29 2014 at 04:37 |
zravkapt wrote:
Supposedly Oldfield was present at a Magma recording session in 1972 (when he was Kevin Ayers' bassist). I can't remember the exact piece Mike was accused of stealing. |
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Posted: December 28 2014 at 18:09 |
Magma
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Posted: December 28 2014 at 10:17 |
Supposedly Oldfield was present at a Magma recording session in 1972 (when he was Kevin Ayers' bassist). I can't remember the exact piece Mike was accused of stealing.
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Posted: December 28 2014 at 10:11 |
Personally, I prefer MDK to Tubular Bells, but it does seem odd to me that he would claim Oldfield ripped him off. Tubular Bells doesn't sound particularly Vander-ish. Anyway, I don't necessarily agree with Vander, I just find the supposed connection between the two to be rather intriguing.
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Posted: December 28 2014 at 06:40 |
Grangma
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“The Guide says there is an art to flying or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.”
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richardh
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Posted: December 28 2014 at 03:40 |
progrockdeepcuts wrote:
Didn't Vander claim that Oldfield ripped off Tubular Bells from an unreleased part of MDK?
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Yes he did although clearly TB had a multitude of influences. No one else could have written and recorded this piece of music the way it was done so I'm tempted to say that Vander was bitter at not being able to make something this amazing. Having the germ of an idea is one thing but doing a full blown modern intrumental masterpiece is another..
However there was something else that influenced Oldfield even more than Magma and I confess I have forgotten what it was and am too lazy to research it properly.
Edited by richardh - December 28 2014 at 03:41
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Posted: December 27 2014 at 22:42 |
I'm actually not familiar with either song here, but I'm a much bigger Magma fan than I am of Oldfield. Will check out soon.
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Posted: December 27 2014 at 22:25 |
As almost all I ever heard from Magma is for some strange reason I cannot catch rather unlistenable for me (I don't understand the hype around Magma here...), Mike is thus easy winner. Although Punkadiddle isn't any special song IMHO.
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Posted: December 27 2014 at 17:23 |
Didn't Vander claim that Oldfield ripped off Tubular Bells from an unreleased part of MDK?
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Posted: December 25 2014 at 09:30 |
Kati wrote:
This forum topic is not clear to me, a Mike Oldfield song vs a Magma song, is there such thing or title song name? xxxxx |
Your post is confusing...but here's a Xmas hug anyway.
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Kati
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Posted: December 24 2014 at 21:44 |
This forum topic is not clear to me, a Mike Oldfield song vs a Magma song, is there such thing or title song name? xxxxx
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Posted: December 24 2014 at 20:07 |
Punkadiddle is such cutesy shameless fun I have to vote for it. That, and it's by my man Mike Oldfield.
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The world of sound is certainly capable of infinite variety and, were our sense developed, of infinite extensions. -- George Santayana, "The Sense of Beauty"
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Posted: December 24 2014 at 10:18 |
Punkadiddle. Platinum is such a fun album
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Posted: December 24 2014 at 03:58 |
An odd match really and I am a fan of both. Not sure of the motive here.
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Posted: December 24 2014 at 03:50 |
"Tëha", but neither did much for me.
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richardh
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Posted: December 24 2014 at 03:19 |
Padraic wrote:
I thought a Mike Oldfield song is a Magma song.
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I had to shut that Magma song off after 2 minutes. Life is just too short. Oldfield's song is quite quirky and never boring.
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Posted: December 24 2014 at 01:15 |
Oldfield.
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Posted: December 24 2014 at 00:07 |
Punkadiddle
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Posted: December 23 2014 at 21:21 |
Magma
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Dig me...But don't...Bury me I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect.
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