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Matt Group: Admins Posts: 1186 Joined: Nov. 2002 Posted: Mar. 10 2006, 08:52 after pondering what MO track would be best to listen to whilst snowboarding (To Be Free maybe or do we need something a bit wilder?). Does anyone have any favorite associations of Mikes music for particular activities? I love driving and listening to Amarok (a bit dangerous maybe but works for me) especially if I know the trip will be about an hour and can plan for where the climax is going to be :-) Matt -------------- "I say I say I say I say, what's got three bottles and five eyes and no legs and two wheels" Back to top

nushky Group: Members Posts: 104 Joined: Nov. 2005 Posted: Mar. 10 2006, 09:09 platinum north star is very good when galloping on a horse, the rythm (3 beats followed by some delay) is exactly the rythm of a galloping horse. Back to top

Ugo Group: Members Posts: 5495 Joined: April 2000 Posted: Mar. 10 2006, 10:54 I love using stuff from TBII as relaxation music. Pieces like Sunset Door and Great Plain are my favs for this use. I play along with them on my guitar, and that's my idea of relaxing. Now... snowboarding was mentioned above... I'm an amateur snowboarder, but I don't listen to music while doing it - least of all M.O.... - for me, it would spoil the whole fun (and I mean FUN!! ) of it. -------------- Ugo C. - a devoted Amarokian Back to top

TOBY Group: Members Posts: 1562 Joined: May 2002 Posted: Mar. 10 2006, 11:52 Once you get confident at boarding nothing beats wizzing down the slops listenting to some top tunes, not all the time mind you. I like going for walks in the countryside listening to Mike's stuff, especially TB, Ommadawn and Amarok. Stargazing on a warm summers night listening to TSODE is nice too. The great thing about Mike's music is that its pretty much a superb soundtrack to anything. I remember hiking by myself in the Canadian Rockies listening to Tres Lunas a lot in 2002. Now I don't think for a moment TL is Mike's stongest hour but I do have a real fondness for it because it brings back memories of a superb holiday and I listened to it a lot when I was doing some art inspired by my trip. Infact here's a pic I did named after a certain track  Photo Back to top

Ray Group: Members Posts: 857 Joined: Jan. 2000 Posted: Mar. 10 2006, 12:10 waaaait for meeeeeeee...... Crisis for walking up the mountains, Ommadown for comming down. Ray -------------- Looking out over the harbour in Peel....... Back to top

Inkanta Group: Admins Posts: 1453 Joined: Feb. 2000 Posted: Mar. 10 2006, 13:39 I've never snowboarded but used to race and skiied on a demo team. Skiing, cycling (on the road), and horseback riding are three activities I cannot listen to music while doing. Hmmm....not that I've tried....maybe I should. Other activities, sticking to Mike-ish works: Running: Incantations (like to get lost in it), TBIII, Tres Lunas (if it's really hot out and I need to consciously try to keep my heart rate down), FMO, Shade is also finding it's way in. Dancing: Incantations, TBII, TBIII, HR, TSODE, FMO, Platinum Spinning: L+S, Exposed DVD, TMB Berlin Concert DVD, iPOD shuffle (funniest combo was "In the Beginning" followed by "Amber Light" -- sorta worked) Cleaning House: Amarok (usually loud and when no one is home--find it very motivational to do something I really don't enjoy) Driving: Just about anything--I usually try to include stuff I've not listened to in awhile. Hiking at Machu Picchu: Crises Lying on a Beach: Tres Lunas, Guitars Lying back on a summer night watching the moon rise and the sky spin:  Incantations, TSODE, Ommadawn Eagle-watching at sunrise: Voyager Hmmm...think I'll stop now. -------------- "No such thing as destiny; only choices exist." From:  Moongarden's "Solaris." Back to top

EeToN Group: Members Posts: 845 Joined: Sep. 2001 Posted: Mar. 10 2006, 14:10 Quote (Inkanta @ Mar. 10 2006, 19:39) Cleaning House: Amarok (usually loud and when no one is home--find it very motivational to do something I really don't enjoy) I remember listening to Amarok twice in succession during cleaning up, it was indeed great! -------------- If I were music, I would be Enigmatism. Back to top

maria Group: Members Posts: 928 Joined: July 2002 Posted: Mar. 10 2006, 15:25 i have some albums associated to different activities too. i used to go trekking and amarok was perfect for that, maybe because the first time i listened to it was on top of one. however i also like very much to listen to amarok with headphones just before sleep .. even if i'm tired it would have awaken for an hour. for the moment before getting asleep, i also like very much ommadawn and tsode. tsode is one of the best ways to relax at the very end of the day. i also play tsode very often while working on my computer. and i love playing tr3s lunas while on the beach or walking on cliffs. -------------- ...morning and evening i'm flying, i'm dreaming... Back to top

ImAFoolAndImLaughing Group: Members Posts: 536 Joined: Feb. 2006 Posted: Mar. 10 2006, 16:39 We're right on the doorstep of the Peak District, where I live, so I do a lot of walking.  I find the whole of Incantations, the end of part one of Ommadawn, The Wind Chimes, and even Music From The Balcony to be truly uplifting soundtracks to some of the gorgeous views to be seen here. Interesting to read that Maria likes listening to Amarok before going to sleep, 'cos I've gotten into the habit of waking up to it on me CD alarm clock first thing in the morning. Tony -------------- "I was in this prematurely air conditioned supermarket and there were these bathing caps you could buy that had these kind of Fourth of July plumes on them that were red and yellow and blue and I wasn't tempted to buy one but I was reminded of the fact that I had been avoiding the beach." Back to top

TOBY Group: Members Posts: 1562 Joined: May 2002 Posted: Mar. 10 2006, 17:30 Music From the Balcony is a superb piece for walks in hills, I've listened to it a lot whilst hiking about. Together with The Lake its my fav short(er) intrumental track. Like The Lake its got some superb musical interplay and a real sense of drama about it, I love Mike's more theatrical pieces. Back to top

stevenmd779 Group: Members Posts: 248 Joined: Aug. 2005 Posted: Mar. 12 2006, 09:45 I think that music and astronomy go together like two things that go real good together, and Mike Oldfield's albums like Tubular Bells, Hergest Ridge, Ommadawn, Amarok, TSODE, and Tubular Bells 3 work perfectly for that. Just last night I layed out on the porch and listened to Hergest Ridge while I was looking at the stars, clouds, and moon. I don't like to listen to these albums very often because I want to get the most effect out of them that I can and not get tired of them by listening during everyday activities. I guess that astronomy is good for about everything. -------------- "A people who would sacrifice liberty for security will lose both, and deserve neither." Ben Franklin Boogs is fo' da chode man. Back to top

moonchildhippy Group: Members Posts: 1807 Joined: Dec. 2004 Posted: Mar. 12 2006, 18:24 Quote (Matt @ Mar. 10 2006, 13:52) I love driving and listening to Amarok (a bit dangerous maybe but works for me) I tried playing Amarok once whilst driving, it almost scared the wits out of me, luckily I was in a 30mph zone with little traffic around. Driving: I've played most of Mike's albums in the car at some point, if I've got them on CD. Dancing : Hergest Ridge, Tubular Bells, TB3 , the dancy tracks on L&S, also In Dulci Jubilo, Portsmouth and Cook's Tune. Letting off steam: Outcast, Tubular Bells, the Piltdown Man section I find so theraputic.  Ommadawn just makes me feel so happy too. Chilling out: Tres Lunas, Voyager, TSODE,  Hergest Ridge Hill walking: (Not that I'm an avid walker ,but I do like to get out into the countryside), especially places with fantastic scenery Hergest Ridge is a favourite also Ommadawn  HR is fantastic for ascending and decending The Ridge   . For observing the Eqinoxes and Solstices Hergest Ridge and Incantations.  I often feel the urge to play Inc at the time of full moon.  Just been watching the Moon out of my window, whilst playing Hergest Ridge.   I had three nights at The Beacon last July, I remember being drawn to the lounge especially the balcony, where I would sit and watch the moon rise over Kington and The Ridge whilst playing Ommadawn or Hergest Ridge, I could sit there for hours   ` , and sometimes I'd fall asleep especially if I'd walked up the Ridge or Bradnor Hill, and then wake up to find it was 2am. -------------- I'm going slightly mad, It finally happened, I'm slightly mad , just very slightly mad If you feel a little glum to Hergest Ridge you should come. I'm challenging  taboos surrounding mental health "Part time hippy" I'M SUPPORTING OUR SOLDIERS BRING OUR TROOPS HOME NOW!! Back to top

hiawatha Group: Members Posts: 2391 Joined: Mar. 2004 Posted: Mar. 12 2006, 18:54 Anymore when I go somewhere and rent a car, "Incantations" plays on the CD player just about the entire time. -------------- "In the land of the Dacotahs, Where the Falls of Minnehaha Flash and gleam among the oak-trees, Laugh and leap into the valley." - Song of Hiawatha Back to top

Inkanta Group: Admins Posts: 1453 Joined: Feb. 2000 Posted: Mar. 12 2006, 19:10 Quote (moonchildhippy @ Mar. 12 2006, 17:24) For observing the Eqinoxes and Solstices Hergest Ridge and Incantations.  I often feel the urge to play Inc at the time of full moon.  Just been watching the Moon out of my window, whilst playing Hergest Ridge.   Oh heavens! How could I miss that one? Indeed, I often dance to the entire Incantations (sometimes Inc-Exposed) when preparing for the esbats (full moon--hmm...should be on my way to one right now, albeit a couple days early, but the weather is too severe--still under a tornado watch) and Hergest Ridge at the equinoxes/solstices. It is so much fun having a foot in the scientific world and another one in the mystical--for me, the true magick is in connecting to other people, other times, and  stepping out of this crazy-paced modern world for awhile to reflect--not exactly as our ancestors would have done, but not so differently either. And...Mike's music has been a huge part of the centering that goes into that part of my life. Probably the high-point was that dance to the abridged Part IV in the bardic circle last year. -------------- "No such thing as destiny; only choices exist." From:  Moongarden's "Solaris." Back to top

Matt Group: Admins Posts: 1186 Joined: Nov. 2002 Posted: Mar. 13 2006, 05:08 Quote (hiawatha @ Mar. 12 2006, 18:54) Anymore when I go somewhere and rent a car, "Incantations" plays on the CD player just about the entire time. Tried that once and nearly fell asleep (I find Incantations very relaxing). Maybe thats why I like Amarok whilst driving./ Absolutely no chance of falling asleep to that! -------------- "I say I say I say I say, what's got three bottles and five eyes and no legs and two wheels" Back to top

mink stoles Group: Members Posts: 88 Joined: Aug. 2005 Posted: Mar. 13 2006, 16:44 I have always thought the total high intenstiy climax bit of ommadawn part one (where the glockenspiel comes in) would be great if getting chased through some snowy woods by an evil step mother at the turn of the 19th century, somewhere along the lines of the wolves of willowby chase, but on acid! I have not done this though... -------------- So if you you feel a little glum, To Hergest Ridge you should come. Back to top

mink stoles Group: Members Posts: 88 Joined: Aug. 2005 Posted: Mar. 13 2006, 16:53 The Songs of Distant Earth for when your night out didn't go according to plan but you're glad your back in bed. (is that an activity?) -------------- So if you you feel a little glum, To Hergest Ridge you should come. Back to top

Inkanta Group: Admins Posts: 1453 Joined: Feb. 2000 Posted: June 08 2006, 14:23 <Finds topic, lightly dusts it off> I had the most amazing run a couple of mornings back. Nothing like today when my feet hurt and nothing on the iPod shuffle meshed. But the other morning….. Absolutely fantastic. I was running in the cool air of sunrise under a deep pink sky with the iPod on shuffle. There are over 1100 songs on it at this point—obviously lots besides MO’s works. I don’t really remember what played at the outset, but a few miles later upon reaching my favorite, somewhat deserted stretch of the Mississippi, "Let There Be Light" appropriately kicked in just as the sun rose over the water. That was pretty cool. It was followed by Korg’s "Force 9."  In conjunction and in time with the faster portion of that piece, the heron that had been perched on a piece of driftwood along near the shore took off, flying swiftly along the water.  (Note to self: Film the herons.)  After that, some Starcastle  (“Venus raging with her heart against the sky…..” love those lyrics) and then “Quicksilver.” Finally, within two blocks of home I decided to lengthen my already somewhat long run by adding the college hill. I was getting a bit tired, but figured I'd see what happened. I felt fantastic all the way up, but was dripping with sweat. Since this is a small town and people know where I live, they must think I'm in completely rotten shape. "Look at her! She's not even two blocks from home!" As I began the ascent, TB Part II had kicked in. Around 10 minutes in, listening to the part that reminds me of a journey (before the Piltdown section), I reached the breathtaking view of the town and the Mississippi. After the tornado weeded all of the trees from that portion of the campus, the view of the River is much more expansive. At that point, I had such a lovely feeling of wellbeing and oneness with the universe. I reached home just as Part II was ending. Deciding to water the garden while cooling down brought yet another relevant treat, though not Oldfieldian--"Lady of the Flowing Waters" by Lisa Thiel. I began to wonder if the iPod possesses powers of intuition. After today I wonder not, and attribute the other morning to what it was: a lovely arrangement of musical coincidences. -------------- "No such thing as destiny; only choices exist." From:  Moongarden's "Solaris." Back to top

Alan D Group: Members Posts: 3670 Joined: Aug. 2004 Posted: June 08 2006, 15:05 Quote (Inkanta @ June 08 2006, 19:23) After today I ... attribute the other morning to what it was: a lovely arrangement of musical coincidences. Or synchronicities, perhaps? Or (as John Ruskin would have it), occasions of fors, by which he means particular comings-together of chance events and fate, with apparent purpose. Congratulations too on finding this old topic! Back to top

Sir Mustapha Group: Musicians Posts: 2802 Joined: April 2003 Posted: June 08 2006, 16:08 As far as synchronicities go, I remember the latest trip by bus I took to the beach, this year. I was listening to Sigur Rós's "Takk..." on my portable MP3 player, and while it was playing, the bus made three stops in different stations - and the three of them coincided with moments in the album when the music considerably quiets down: the middle of "Sé Lest", the transition from "Gong" to "Andvari", and the transition from "Svo Hljótt" to "Heysátan". It was kind of like the album was meant to that occasion. Very odd, and very funny. -------------- Check out http://ferniecanto.com.br for all my music, including my latest albums: Don't Stay in the City, Making Amends and Builders of Worlds. Also check my Bandcamp page: http://ferniecanto.bandcamp.com Back to top

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