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Posted: June 05 2008, 10:34

Previously unseen paparazzi footage below proves beyond any doubt that Mike sometimes has little angels guiding him, one good and one who seems to have - ehm - fallen (or at least tripped).



What advice do you think that have been giving him during his career? Accept in advance that peoples opinions will differ on things that might be good or bad and this is just supposed to be a bit of fun!

For instance:

Tres Lunas
Good Mike: Did you hear that the saxophonist Chris White just moved in around the corner?
Bad Mike: Hey look, sound number 64 on the keyboard says "Sax"...

Guitars
Good Mike: Lets play all those great old acoustic guitars gathering dust in that corner
Bad Mike: Heh Heh - A pal told me Midi Drums driven from guitar would sound great

Light+Shade
Good Mike: Enough good tracks here for an Album, maybe 5 tracks on the light side, 5 on the shade, great idea
Bad Mike: Sod that! This is the age of CDs, just fill-um up with 8 tracks a side.

Amarok
Good Mike: Its sounding brilliant Mike, how about some mystical african poetry to go over that last section
Bad Mike: Thatch is the best ain't she, why not get her to do a voiceover?

MOTS premiere event
Good Mike: How about inviting some of your loyal fans. Could have a drink with them afterwords, order in some guinness, maybe a jam session?
Bad Mike: You know those nutjobs on the net. What say we get them to come at short notice but just stick them behind a pillar. Could chuck-em out straight after as well ha ha ha.

Any more?


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Posted: June 05 2008, 10:51

Nice!!!!!

:laugh:  :laugh:  :laugh:


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Posted: June 05 2008, 11:07

That was great  :laugh:  :laugh:  :laugh:  :laugh:

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Posted: June 05 2008, 11:13

Quote (Matt @ June 05 2008, 10:34)
Amarok
Good Mike: Its sounding brilliant Mike, how about some mystical african poetry to go over that last section
Bad Mike: Thatch is the best ain't she, why not get her to do a voiceover?

Wait... Mystical poetry? That sounds like Evil Mike, man!

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Posted: June 05 2008, 12:14

Excellent! :laugh:

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Posted: June 05 2008, 12:38

I can't think of anything bad....sorry. Not one little thing. He never got busted for weed(that I know of), never did time for beating anyone up(that I know of), never got busted for shooting firearms at cars(that I know of), never swung a baby back and forth off a balcony(that I know of), never tore a bats head, fake or real, off with his teeth on stage(that I know of), never got busted for drunk driving(that I know of). Dude's squeeky clean(that I know of).
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Posted: June 05 2008, 14:27

Quote (Scatterplot @ June 05 2008, 17:38)
I can't think of anything bad....sorry. Not one little thing. He never got busted for weed(that I know of), never did time for beating anyone up(that I know of), never got busted for shooting firearms at cars(that I know of), never swung a baby back and forth off a balcony(that I know of), never tore a bats head, fake or real, off with his teeth on stage(that I know of), never got busted for drunk driving(that I know of). Dude's squeeky clean(that I know of).
Jimbo(that I know of)

OK Jim, we could try the reverse:

Platinum
Bad Mike: Dicky says we can make shedloads of cash by recording some punk stuff
Good Mike: Stick to your guns Mikey-boy, a stiff little fingers salute by recording a mock-punk song maybe?


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Posted: June 05 2008, 16:45

I seriously can't de-code any of that. I tried tho.

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Posted: June 05 2008, 16:54

Quote (Scatterplot @ June 05 2008, 21:45)
I seriously can't de-code any of that. I tried tho.

Sorry Jim, probably too many "english-ism's"!

Dicky = Richard Branson (Virgin music etc. etc.?)
Shedloads = lots
Punk = the "music" that Mike was not happy about at the time which was getting more attention and which Virgin were keen on  promoting do make some money

"Stick to your guns" = stay true to yourself
"Stiff Little fingers" = a punk band in the UK (I think at the same time?), something to do with a rude hand gesture I think
mock-punk song = Punkadiddle, a track on the Platinum album which was Mikes response on the to the Punk phenomenon going on at the time

The idea of the thread was to imagine bad influence and good influence to some of Mikes decisions. In this case I imagined a bad influence trying to get him to chase current trends and money and the good influence telling to stay true to himself but make his own gesture of defiance with the song Punkadiddle. OK, very obscure!


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Posted: June 05 2008, 17:52

MVR -

good Mike Those 3d computer games like MYST are challenging and attracting lots of attention, maybe you should expand your mental boundaries and technical skills?

bad Mike Hey - you've got loads of spare cash and plenty of time on your hands - let's hit Dixons/Radio Shack!


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Posted: June 06 2008, 05:12

[quote=Matt,June 05 2008, 15:34][/quote]
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Guitars
Good Mike: Lets play all those great old acoustic guitars gathering dust in that corner
Bad Mike: Heh Heh - A pal told me Midi Drums driven from guitar would sound great


Not long after I bought Guitars a guitar playing friend of mine says to me.."Hey have you seen the new Mike Oldfield album that`s out.It`s just him playing acoustic guitars and that..brilliant!"...You know even though I told him that it was still a good album.Once I`d started describing exactly what his "acoustic guitars and that" reference precisely entailed.He almost completely deflated right before my eyes.No matter how hard I tried to big that thing back up again,once I`d said the midi word that was it.I may as well have told him there was a duet with Orville The Duck on there and he`d have been less despondant.

Platinum period 1979 Mike
Good Mike:..Think I`ll go out to L.A. and make an album with some session dudes.Loosen up a little bit..Yeah!..Enjoy my music.Can`t be easy for all these young fans of mine against all this punk and new wave stuff around at the moment.
Bad Mike:..Think I`ll go on Blue Peter so I can be interviewed by the most uncool person to ever walk the surface of the planet.That`ll go down a blast with all the "in-kids" of the playground.
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Posted: June 06 2008, 08:36

The man was Simon Groom.He was,as i remember,the suposedly cool one (remember that back then the producer was Biddy Baxter who wouldn't have known cool if it bit her on the bum)young presenter.But you are right Dirk.He really wasn't cool at all and when he tried to be cool he jusat looked like a prat.God bless Blue Peter,Biddy Baxter and the BBC! :laugh:

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Posted: June 06 2008, 21:34

I always thought Peter Duncan was meant to be the cool one back then?You know he`d be like paragliding off the top of mount everest or something in a kind of Jackass of the 70`s sort of way.While old Simon would be back in the studio saying "...and meanwhile me and Goldie went off to my Dad`s farm to muck out the cow shed."..Nothing against the bloke it was just his whole demanour and the way he came over on that show.Even when he did that "fine pair of knockers" thing you were just sat there thinking "why am I sat here watching this crap?... Why isn`t my tea ready yet?"

So when Mike did the whole interview and then of course the charidee single thing.Well as a young teenager back then I took a lot of piss taking for it basically.Even over the next couple of years afterwards I`d be saying things like.."Oh Mike Oldfield`s new album is excellent."..And in return I`d be getting.."Oh really even better than his Blue Peter theme tune!"..So you`d think to yourself well I better not mention all the vocoders on it then.Yeah I`ll keep that one to myself.

But then before too long he`d be on Noel Edmonds Swap Shop talking about flying his bloody helicopter or something.So there would always be some other frankly uncool moment just waiting round the corner to even it all out a little bit.
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Posted: June 07 2008, 02:53

Montreux Concert
Bad Mike: Instead of that sexy black tee that drives the chicks wild, I'll wear this staid striped polo shirt.
Good Mike: Bah! Who needs a shirt, anyway?


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Posted: June 07 2008, 05:16

Tubular Bells 2003
Good Mike: Look at all those lovely instruments you've collected, I'm sure you can get a great bass sound from one of those.
Bad Mike: Look at those pretty pictures of instruments on your computer. That one there looks like a bass...

Light + Shade
Good Mike: Remember how groundbreaking Tubular Bells was? You pushed so many boundaries! Let's do it again!
Bad Mike: If you buy FL Studio, you'll get more pretty pictures...

Good Mike: Miriam Stockley seemed like a nice person, why not give her a call?
Bad Mike: I hear they just released Miriam Stockley's voice as a software plugin...

Music of the Spheres
Good Mike: It'll make such a nice change to do a purely acoustic, orchestral album.
Bad Mike: Pretty pictures!
Karl Jenkins: Mike, who are you talking to in there? What the...hey! Leave those synth plugins alone, you know what we agreed!
Bad Mike: Quick, knock him out! D'oh...too slow...I told you not to listen to Good Mike about doing Tai Chi instead of Karate!
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Posted: June 07 2008, 15:09

Amarok
Good Mike: We're nearly finished our contract with Virgin. How about adding some little note into the music to thank Richard for the support over the years? You know we wouldn't be here without him!
Bad Mike: I've just found a book on Morse Code...


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Posted: June 08 2008, 18:42

Quote (The Caveman @ June 06 2008, 12:36)
The man was Simon Groom.He was,as i remember,the suposedly cool one (remember that back then the producer was Biddy Baxter who wouldn't have known cool if it bit her on the bum)young presenter.But you are right Dirk.He really wasn't cool at all and when he tried to be cool he jusat looked like a prat.God bless Blue Peter,Biddy Baxter and the BBC! :laugh:


Yep it was Peter Duncan who was the cool sexy  presenter on Blue Peter,   ;)  speaking from a female (or for guys who are so inclined) point of view.He was the best looking and had an bit of a Daredevil image, I know after leaving BP he did "Duncan Dares" , I remember him trying to cross the Irish Sea in a VW Beetle.

That's quite possibly why I watched boring straight laced Blue Peter rather than Tiswas . See here on PD's website, you'll see what I mean about sexy , (look at the vid of him conducting the orchestra).
http://www.heresoneimadeearlier.com/blue-peter

My local fire station were doing a charity car wash yesterday, as my car was a bit filthy, so to save timeand I was being lazy  I paid the firemen to wash it for me.   I was thinking about how women go for firemen and , I was thinking how sexy my wonderful boyfriend would look in a fireman's uniform, apparently he said they were horrible to wear    ;) .  When I questioned him how he knew, I found out today that he  was a volunteer fireman.  I think us women go for the action types,( as long as they're not bullshite artists, but you can see through them), a uniform of say a  guy who works in a supemarket or a postal worker just doesn't have the same effect on female hormones :p .


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Posted: June 11 2008, 05:10

Ah but Peter Duncan was a couple of years later.Ands his checked green and white suit?Someone god a Blue Peter Badge for that?!?! :)

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Posted: Dec. 09 2008, 02:42

LYRICS
Good Mike: I'll record some catchy songs with actual English words.
Bad Mike: But I'll make them ambiguous so listeners will never know if it's "chaos" or "cars", and "riddle" or "river". Bwahahaha!!


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Posted: Dec. 09 2008, 12:22

Going back to Matt on June 5th, my term is "shitloads" instead of "shedloads". It is a slang term to refer to a large quantity. A vast amount. A large pile. Significant wealth. For example: "Dicky has a shitload of a wad". Oops, another slang word, wad, refers to a "stack of money" or "blow yer wad" to spend all yer money. In the '70s "blow yer wad" had a different meaning I cannot discuss in open forum.  For example, I own a shitload of Mike Oldfield music. This term in no way implies his music is shit. On the contrary it is honeysuckle sweet. I was gonna get back to you in June, but these things take me time. Happy Tubularizations,
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