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Sweetpea Group: Members Posts: 1476 Joined: April 2007 Posted: July 29 2007, 02:49 I was rereading parts of Changeling, "Pimlico" and "The Horrors" in particular. This is partly because I get a kick out of the EMI audition story. The getting there part dredged up a slightly similar experience I'd had when I was around nineteen. Although mine was merely a molehill compared to his mountain, I could picture that trial sympathetically, and found it awful and funny at the same time. The drug use accounts were very interesting to me, for the obviously occasional harrowing experiences they were, but also because I've had little experience with them. When I turned thirty-nine earlier this year, it occurred to me that perhaps I should try Cannabis, at least once, before my fortieth. Being totally clueless on how to go about acquiring some, however, (and the potential embarrassment of asking one of my nephews for advice) has pretty much nipped that idea in the bud. Mike's breakdown, his immersion in classical music, coming to the realization that he had to do music his way, and the split from his band, reveals a painful maturation, I think. But isn't it fascinating when one thinks it was all preparation for great works to come? -------------- "I'm no physicist, but technically couldn't Mike both be with the horse and be flying through space at the same time? (On account of the earth's orbit around the Sun and all that). So it seems he never had to make the choice after all. I bet he's kicking himself now." - clotty Back to top

Inkanta Group: Admins Posts: 1453 Joined: Feb. 2000 Posted: July 29 2007, 13:16 There is a lot that stands out, really. One thing that struck me is how kind and respectful Mike is to everyone. Maybe if I'd read everything Mike over the years I'd have known some of these things, but I had no idea about the Sally-Marianne Faithful-Mick J connection. Nor did I realise he was a Dr. Who fan. Shoulda known that one, though! I can so relate to his statement  (p 60) “I got the feeling, which I still have, that I could never relax and that things would never be permanently all right, only ever temporarily. I was constantly on my guard, looking around the corner for the next  thing to go wrong.”  When I was high school, my mother was quite ill and they couldn't figure out what was wrong with her. She might feel better for a little while, but it took them a good 4-5 years to diagnose a tumor in her spinal column, which was causing the chronic pain. It was awful to see her suffer like that. The thing that had me laughing was the bit about the reading glasses, and how he needs to leave a pair in every room. So do I--in fact, it helps me to leave a pair in every section of my pocketbook (vortex issue). I enjoyed reading about the Beacon and Ommadawn. Wow--12,000 pounds, the Beacon back then! -------------- "No such thing as destiny; only choices exist." From:  Moongarden's "Solaris." Back to top

Sweetpea Group: Members Posts: 1476 Joined: April 2007 Posted: July 30 2007, 17:15 Quote (Inkanta @ July 29 2007, 13:16) I enjoyed reading about the Beacon and Ommadawn. Wow--12,000 pounds, the Beacon back then! Me too. I hadn't wondered about his financial situation then, but it makes sense that it would take time before the big money started coming in. It was still strange, though, to think that there was Mike, after making what would become one of the best selling albums of all time, buying "a little place, flimsily built and a bit run down", with no fridge, a billowing carpet, no heater, and a rattling roof! Sounds similar to the old house I grew up in. Thankfully, we had a fridge - even if it was circa 1940s! -------------- "I'm no physicist, but technically couldn't Mike both be with the horse and be flying through space at the same time? (On account of the earth's orbit around the Sun and all that). So it seems he never had to make the choice after all. I bet he's kicking himself now." - clotty Back to top

Silver Negus Group: Members Posts: 357 Joined: Sep. 2007 Posted: Dec. 13 2007, 12:49 It is a reminder that no matter how life has been to some people, if they persevere enough, they will achieve. To win through even in adversity, makes even more of an achievement.  Indeed there are many people out there including celebrities who have suffered more trauma than Mike Oldfield, who have also been successful- Marilyn  Monroe, is a very good example. Back to top

Tati The Sentinel Group: Members Posts: 3360 Joined: Feb. 2002 Posted: Dec. 13 2007, 21:05 When Mike says he's a fish out of water,that can apply perfectly to myself.When you realise you're different,first you've got to try to accept it and then deal with it.What is quite interesting for me,even Mike being a famous musician,it doesn't mean that he's going to be sociable at all,like many people would think about being a famous musician. Another part that I've enjoyed was the fact he wanted to be a RAF pilot,but then music has come as an hobby and later on has become his job.Even if you want so much to be something,sometimes the future deserves something else that you're good at and it takes time for you to notice that that would become what you're doing for a living...nowadays this can apply to me regarding my job as a personal teacher,it wasn't my first choice to do,but it's working   Quote (Inkanta @ July 29 2007, 15:16) The thing that had me laughing was the bit about the reading glasses, and how he needs to leave a pair in every room. So do I--in fact, it helps me to leave a pair in every section of my pocketbook (vortex issue). That part reminds of my mum...she's got 3 reading glasses,and it happens the very same thing,lol...when she asks for her reading glasses,I say,"Do like Mike Oldfield does,have a pair of reading classes for each room,haha!" -------------- "But it's always the outsider, the black sheep, that becomes the blockbuster." - Mike Oldfield, 2014 "I remember feeling that I'd been judged unfairly and that I was going to prove them wrong." - Peter Davison, 2011 Back to top

Korkesova Group: Members Posts: 73 Joined: Nov. 2005 Posted: Feb. 22 2008, 12:49 Quote (Tati The Sentinel @ Dec. 13 2007, 21:05) I read his biography. I understanded, why his musik is so magnificent  for me.  I understanded, that Mike's mental pain created music, which  help me very much a I love it all time. I think that mental pain is difficult to heal. Today are  available drugs, which help, but I thing, that are abused many people. I think, that Mike's music is best therapy for mental pain and I hope, that a lot of people find way to his music. What do you think about modern drugs - antidepressants and lithium, lamotrigine and olanzapine and etc. long-term stabilizing therapy of bipolar disorder? Anybody has experience with long-term treatment ? -------------- it's never too late for me Back to top

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