Sally Oldfield?
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Topic: Sally Oldfield?
Posted By: kenmeyerjr
Subject: Sally Oldfield?
Date Posted: November 19 2005 at 22:59
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Hi everyone. I have loved Sally Oldfield (especially Waterbearer) for many years now, and finally got Waterbearer on cd again and was reminded how gorgeous it is...and prog, as far as I can tell, but am wondering what everyone else thinks. More an early World Music thing? The Mike Oldfield connection is obvious, but what do you think? I can remember the day I walked into the great Blue Mouse record store in Salt Lake City, probably more than 20 years ago, walked downstairs, heard this music, looked over and saw the atmospheric beautiful cover and was sold on the spot. ------------- If you like art of musicians, check my site (the music section) and tell me what you think! http://www.kenmeyerjr.com |
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Posted By: BleedingGum
Date Posted: November 19 2005 at 23:37
Oh..yeah..I have that album on cassette for many many years now. I want to get it on CD this x-mas for myself. 
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Posted By: Chris S
Date Posted: November 19 2005 at 23:49
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...and why not?Waterbearer was a beautiful effort ------------- ...As I venture through the slipstream, between the viaducts in your dreams...[/COLOR] |
Posted By: cobb
Date Posted: November 20 2005 at 01:28
| Hard to tell how much was Sally and how much was brother Mike, but she wouldn't be out of place with a mention here. |
Posted By: Moogtron III
Date Posted: November 20 2005 at 02:51
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I think you can call it prog. Water Bearer is a very good album! Has anybody listened to later albums by her? I've read that they were more pop than prog. |
Posted By: cobb
Date Posted: November 20 2005 at 03:58
| ^ That's true |
Posted By: Politician
Date Posted: November 20 2005 at 08:54
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"Waterbearer" is a classic progressive folk album. Most of her later albums are rather MOR in feel, veering towards pop and then towards mildly prog-ish new age later on, but still with flashes of brilliance ("Mandala", in particular, is a wonderful song). |
Posted By: lucas
Date Posted: November 20 2005 at 11:33
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'Waterbearer' along with 'Easy' (which has a very ugly cover) are the two most interesting Sally Oldfield releases. The following records are much more commercial and the prog-folk touch isn' there anymore. Recently, a collection of songs Sally recorded in his teenage years with her brother Mike was issued under the title 'Sallyangie' : it is folk involving Sally and Mike on vocals, accompanied only by Mike's acoustic guitar. It is worth listening to as Sally's vocal signature was already there, contrasting with Mike's average vocals. ------------- "Magma was the very first gothic rock band" (Didier Lockwood) |
Posted By: kenmeyerjr
Date Posted: November 20 2005 at 13:48
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I didn't get into the later albums so much (but there was one other album, Celebration, that was fairly close to Waterbearer), it is very possible that I like Waterbearer so much because it came at a certain period in my life. ------------- If you like art of musicians, check my site (the music section) and tell me what you think! http://www.kenmeyerjr.com |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: November 20 2005 at 16:02
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If Sally Oldifeld is prog then Claire Hammill should be considered as well. |
Posted By: greenback
Date Posted: November 21 2005 at 01:28
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i proposed her to be included here long time ago! ------------- [HEADPINS - LINE OF FIRE: THE RECORD HAVING THE MOST POWERFUL GUITAR SOUND IN THE WHOLE HISTORY OF MUSIC!> |