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Poll Question: Is it unironically the best piece of music Mike Oldfield ever wrote?
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    Posted: November 15 2017 at 12:46
Yes and no. Sort of, but not quite. Know what I mean?
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Here are the two I mentioned that I prefer to Moonlight Shadow, though they obviously would not have existed without it

First with Barry Palmer



This with Anita Hegerland (his wife at the time) and Aled Jones
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Originally posted by Barbu Barbu wrote:

Originally posted by stegor stegor wrote:

No, but your post did prompt me to listen to it for the first and last time.

C'mon, Steg.

Ok fine! I listened one more time. Still no, but you gotta love the tasty guitars.
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Originally posted by stegor stegor wrote:

No, but your post did prompt me to listen to it for the first and last time.

C'mon, Steg.
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Moonlight Shadow is a nice song

but I much prefer his epic work

Tubular Bells

Ommadawn

Amarok

etc, etc
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Points: 1988 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 13 2017 at 18:54
No, but your post did prompt me to listen to it for the first and last time.
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lol no 
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Originally posted by Wanorak Wanorak wrote:

Perfect pop song but not his best piece by any means.

I agree. 

"Wonderful land" is a great song too.
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Points: 16130 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 13 2017 at 05:36
A very nice song. Always loved it, right form when I first heard it as a kid, but not his very best.
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Originally posted by octopus-4 octopus-4 wrote:

I wouldn't call "In High Places" a pop song. It's the reason why I actually bought Crisis

So it can't be a pop song then? Wink
Well, seriously I don't care much whether it's a pop song or not, it's a song and it is head and shoulders over Moonlight Shadow.
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Originally posted by octopus-4 octopus-4 wrote:

I wouldn't call "In High Places" a pop song. It's the reason why I actually bought Crisis

yeah that is one sweet song
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I prefer the stunning Nikki Bentley vocals on Earth Moving on the album of the same name. Foreign Affair is also cool though not poppy. 
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I wouldn't call "In High Places" a pop song. It's the reason why I actually bought Crisis
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Perfect pop song but not his best piece by any means.
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Speaking of the pop songs only, I like "In High Places" most, then probably "Five Miles Out".
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Originally posted by Dellinger Dellinger wrote:

It's an OK song, I guess... even a good one. But not much more than that.
Indeed. Good song, but that's about it.
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Good one.
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Are you joking? Nice song, but his best....
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Points: 6393 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 11 2017 at 23:48
A very nice song, indeed, but certainly not his best work.
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Points: 12608 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 11 2017 at 21:43
Originally posted by Walkscore Walkscore wrote:

On the issue of great Mike Oldfield songs, while I love all the tunes and albums that have been mentioned, there are three really interesting songs you should check out if you don't know them. These aren't necessarily his best songs, but there are up there among a special list of really moving pieces, and I think provide a window on Oldfield's own psyche.

The first is "No Dream" from Oldfield's album 'Heaven's Open'. The album is actually quite poor, but the interesting thing about this album is that Mike Oldfield sings all the songs, unlike other albums in which he brings in other singers. This particular song is really interesting, in that Oldfield is talking about himself, and it is really awesome musically. The other two are from his more recent album 'Man on the Rocks'. While again, this is not an album that most will write home about, the tunes "Castaway" and "Nuclear" are really awesome, really emotional, and speak to his feelings from his marital breakup (Castaway is also a double-entendre, in that he was cast away, but also he moved to the Bahamas and so is like an island castaway in that sense). Really from-the-heart gut-wrenching tracks.


I haven't heard the album Heaven's Open, except for the title track (which was at least good for me), however, I did like "Man on the Rocks"... however, for me the stand out tracks from it are Nuclear and the title track. The best shorter more traditional songs he has done.
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