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Poll Question: Which album do you prefer?
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Tubular Bells easily, very easily indeed...

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Originally posted by The Dark Elf The Dark Elf wrote:

LTIA. The first movement of Tubular Bells is great, but it peters out pretty quickly thereafter.


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I really like Tubular Bells, but Larks takes my vote.
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the bells .. the bells
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Originally posted by The Dark Elf The Dark Elf wrote:

LTIA. The first movement of Tubular Bells is great, but it peters out pretty quickly thereafter.
 

the second part is a bit disjointed compared to the first part which flows much better. However to Oldfields credit it is completely different and does have some beautiful moments. Maybe it would have been better to have left in the version of Sailor's Hornpipe with Viv Stanshall that's on 'Boxed' although I think it was not Oldfield's decision.
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love both 

but

Oldfield
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Originally posted by richardh richardh wrote:

Originally posted by The Dark Elf The Dark Elf wrote:

LTIA. The first movement of Tubular Bells is great, but it peters out pretty quickly thereafter.
 

the second part is a bit disjointed compared to the first part which flows much better. However to Oldfields credit it is completely different and does have some beautiful moments. Maybe it would have been better to have left in the version of Sailor's Hornpipe with Viv Stanshall that's on 'Boxed' although I think it was not Oldfield's decision.
Maybe the reason is, if I remember right, that Oldfield originally composed & made demo just the first part. I also think the first part is better, but like really much also the second.
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LTIA.

TB is a 'clever' album, but it's not the best from Oldfield IMO, and I've heard it enough.
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Originally posted by richardh richardh wrote:

Originally posted by The Dark Elf The Dark Elf wrote:

LTIA. The first movement of Tubular Bells is great, but it peters out pretty quickly thereafter.
 

the second part is a bit disjointed compared to the first part which flows much better. However to Oldfields credit it is completely different and does have some beautiful moments. Maybe it would have been better to have left in the version of Sailor's Hornpipe with Viv Stanshall that's on 'Boxed' although I think it was not Oldfield's decision.


Actually, I do love just about half of the second side... it's got some moments that even surpass the first side... yet, once it gets to The Caveman I just can't enjoy it as much anymore. Too bad the music is working on a seemingly magnificent build-up... just to end up doing The Caveman.
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Love both equally, but for very different reasons. Complete an utter dead heat for me.
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Originally posted by AFlowerKingCrimson AFlowerKingCrimson wrote:

Originally posted by kenethlevine kenethlevine wrote:

yeah definitely Oldfield, and that's nowhere near his best

Wow, you must not be much of a King Crimson fan. Lol.

no, lots of respect but to me it ITCOCK is incredible, top 20 all time album for me and nothing else comes close.  I do enjoy lots of the next 3 albums and a couple of mellower tracks on Larks.  But I'm a big Oldfield fan.
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Originally posted by Dellinger Dellinger wrote:

Originally posted by richardh richardh wrote:

Originally posted by The Dark Elf The Dark Elf wrote:

LTIA. The first movement of Tubular Bells is great, but it peters out pretty quickly thereafter.
 

the second part is a bit disjointed compared to the first part which flows much better. However to Oldfields credit it is completely different and does have some beautiful moments. Maybe it would have been better to have left in the version of Sailor's Hornpipe with Viv Stanshall that's on 'Boxed' although I think it was not Oldfield's decision.


Actually, I do love just about half of the second side... it's got some moments that even surpass the first side... yet, once it gets to The Caveman I just can't enjoy it as much anymore. Too bad the music is working on a seemingly magnificent build-up... just to end up doing The Caveman.

yes, the guitars sounding like bagpipes is wonderful
There is a live version of TB 2 on "Exposed" that includes perhaps Oldfield's best extended lead solo just before Sailor's Hornpipe.  It's brilliant and obviously nothing like the more ambient (and quite delightful) section on the studio version
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Can't vote, never heard Tubular Bells 😂😂
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Originally posted by Dellinger Dellinger wrote:

Originally posted by richardh richardh wrote:

Originally posted by The Dark Elf The Dark Elf wrote:

LTIA. The first movement of Tubular Bells is great, but it peters out pretty quickly thereafter.
 

the second part is a bit disjointed compared to the first part which flows much better. However to Oldfields credit it is completely different and does have some beautiful moments. Maybe it would have been better to have left in the version of Sailor's Hornpipe with Viv Stanshall that's on 'Boxed' although I think it was not Oldfield's decision.


Actually, I do love just about half of the second side... it's got some moments that even surpass the first side... yet, once it gets to The Caveman I just can't enjoy it as much anymore. Too bad the music is working on a seemingly magnificent build-up... just to end up doing The Caveman.
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Originally posted by kenethlevine kenethlevine wrote:

Originally posted by Dellinger Dellinger wrote:

Originally posted by richardh richardh wrote:

Originally posted by The Dark Elf The Dark Elf wrote:

LTIA. The first movement of Tubular Bells is great, but it peters out pretty quickly thereafter.
 

the second part is a bit disjointed compared to the first part which flows much better. However to Oldfields credit it is completely different and does have some beautiful moments. Maybe it would have been better to have left in the version of Sailor's Hornpipe with Viv Stanshall that's on 'Boxed' although I think it was not Oldfield's decision.


Actually, I do love just about half of the second side... it's got some moments that even surpass the first side... yet, once it gets to The Caveman I just can't enjoy it as much anymore. Too bad the music is working on a seemingly magnificent build-up... just to end up doing The Caveman.

yes, the guitars sounding like bagpipes is wonderful
There is a live version of TB 2 on "Exposed" that includes perhaps Oldfield's best extended lead solo just before Sailor's Hornpipe.  It's brilliant and obviously nothing like the more ambient (and quite delightful) section on the studio version
 

Yep that Exposed version is superb especially with Pierre Moerlen's fluid percussion/ drumming work adding so much.
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Originally posted by richardh richardh wrote:

Originally posted by kenethlevine kenethlevine wrote:

Originally posted by Dellinger Dellinger wrote:

Originally posted by richardh richardh wrote:

Originally posted by The Dark Elf The Dark Elf wrote:

LTIA. The first movement of Tubular Bells is great, but it peters out pretty quickly thereafter.
 

the second part is a bit disjointed compared to the first part which flows much better. However to Oldfields credit it is completely different and does have some beautiful moments. Maybe it would have been better to have left in the version of Sailor's Hornpipe with Viv Stanshall that's on 'Boxed' although I think it was not Oldfield's decision.


Actually, I do love just about half of the second side... it's got some moments that even surpass the first side... yet, once it gets to The Caveman I just can't enjoy it as much anymore. Too bad the music is working on a seemingly magnificent build-up... just to end up doing The Caveman.


yes, the guitars sounding like bagpipes is wonderful
There is a live version of TB 2 on "Exposed" that includes perhaps Oldfield's best extended lead solo just before Sailor's Hornpipe.  It's brilliant and obviously nothing like the more ambient (and quite delightful) section on the studio version
 

Yep that Exposed version is superb especially with Pierre Moerlen's fluid percussion/ drumming work adding so much.


I guess I need to get some more live Oldfield. As far as I understand, he liked to change things a good bit on his live shows.
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Originally posted by Hercules Hercules wrote:

Originally posted by someone_else someone_else wrote:

Tubular Bells easily, very easily indeed...

Absolutely!
No contest! Tubular Bells by a country mile. Smile
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