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brayne Group: Members Posts: 3 Joined: Aug. 2004 Posted: Aug. 27 2004, 23:08 Hi there, I have a question, and it appears that you guys are the ones with the answers! Years ago, I heard a song called Tubular Bells on the radio. Later on, I heard a cover of it by Jean Michel Jarre & Vangelis. I have now been trying to find the original, however, whenever I do a search for "Tubular Bells", all I seem to find is the Excorcist theme, and not the song I'm looking for. Can someone possibly tell me how I might locate this song? What is the album it's from, and how come it seems to have the same name as the Exorcist theme? I'm sorry if this is a silly question, but I just haven't been able to find any answers to this conundrum! Thanks brayne Back to top

dkaycom Group: Members Posts: 443 Joined: Jan. 2002 Posted: Aug. 28 2004, 01:15 Later on, I heard a cover of it by Jean Michel Jarre & Vangelis. There is no Jarre/Vangelis-cover of any M.O.-material. Although u'll get xx of sources when u try "Tubular Bells" in WinMX or alike.... Now to your question, well ..... maybe u heard TB II or III? Or one of the many real covers/tunes that have TB in it, too many to list 'em all, so I'll just through in some artists/groups that covered it somehow: Blue Vision Wavediver Keyboard Affair (may be the best known in the country I live) Book Of Love Plutonic Angel Company   etc. Tunes based on/including the TB theme (random and absolutely incomplete list): Mental Ground Zero - Tubular Bass Diam's - Oú je Vais Janet Jackson - Velvet Rope Tech N9ne - Be warned Kosheen - Face in a Crowd Samoa Park - Tubular Affair (more like a mashup) etc. And then there are the bands/artists who covered the whole album, like Duo Sonare, Ray Hedges, Studio 99 etc.... Maybe it would help a bit if u'd describe what u heard there.... Later, dkay Tori Amos - Father Lucifer (in live versions until the SLG-tour) -------------- Bootlegs should be shared not sold. (BlackCottonMafia) Find more tubular sounds at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Incantations/ Back to top

brayne Group: Members Posts: 3 Joined: Aug. 2004 Posted: Aug. 28 2004, 03:56 Quote There is no Jarre/Vangelis-cover of any M.O.-material. That's really frustrating. I found the cover of the song, and someone titled it "Tubular Bells (Mike Oldfield)" but they obviously had no idea what they were talking about! The song I heard may not actually be Mike Oldfield for all I know. It's a song that starts off with a very deep, bassy kind of guitar/synth sound, and then is overlayed by a higher melody. I realize that doesn't help much, but the only thing I can tell you that might identify it is that the song is almost entirely instrumental except for someone talking occasionally during the song, and I'm sure they say "tubular bells" at one stage. Does this help at all? brayne Back to top

dkaycom Group: Members Posts: 443 Joined: Jan. 2002 Posted: Aug. 28 2004, 04:23 hmmm, well.... according to the fact that u wrote that the only M.O.-thingie u found so far and had in mind was the "Excorcist theme", u won't find something like any1s speakin' in that tune as it's just the beginning of Tubular Bells. What u're describing there now sounds like u're already in the right board, and simply search for Tubular Bells. The thingie u've heard is at (close to) the end of TB (1973), part one, at least I guess it's what it was/is... About people having "no idea what they were talking about"..., well, there's a lot of stuff flying around the net that's totaly mis-named, such as "Depeche Mode - Tainted Love" or "AC/DC - Highway Star"..... Later, dkay -------------- Bootlegs should be shared not sold. (BlackCottonMafia) Find more tubular sounds at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Incantations/ Back to top

Holger Group: Members Posts: 1506 Joined: Feb. 2003 Posted: Aug. 28 2004, 04:30 Dkay, you sure like to make simple things complicated, eh? "Theme from 'The Exorcist'" is nothing else than the beginning 5 minutes or so of the album "Tubular Bells". The part with the speaking you remember is from that very album. Mike Oldfield - "Tubular Bells" is the album you are looking for. Beware however - there are a few traps on the way. Mike has done no less than six Tubular Bells related albums. If there's any sort of number or any other words in the title, then it's not what you're looking for. And yes, the Jarre / Vangelis version is a fake. Back to top

brayne Group: Members Posts: 3 Joined: Aug. 2004 Posted: Aug. 28 2004, 04:45 Yeeeees, that's it! Thank you all, that's been bugging me for ages. I'll nip out and buy it tomorrow. Bruce Back to top

dkaycom Group: Members Posts: 443 Joined: Jan. 2002 Posted: Aug. 28 2004, 06:11 Quote (Holger @ Aug. 28 2004, 10:30) Dkay, you sure like to make simple things complicated, eh? nopes, _normaly_ not. I'm just none of these who tend to give "parts" of long instrumentals/tunes seperated names. If it's done by the artist(s) 'emself, one can take 'em over, but searchin' for names of "sections" was never somethin' that interested me too much... and, btw: I can't see anything less "complicated" in your answer than in my last... there's " it's just the beginning of Tubular Bells." vs. "is nothing else than the beginning 5 minutes or so of the album "Tubular Bells" and so on.... Later, dkay -------------- Bootlegs should be shared not sold. (BlackCottonMafia) Find more tubular sounds at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Incantations/ Back to top

Holger Group: Members Posts: 1506 Joined: Feb. 2003 Posted: Aug. 29 2004, 05:07 Ah, never mind   Back to top

hiawatha Group: Members Posts: 2391 Joined: Mar. 2004 Posted: Aug. 30 2004, 13:23 Quote (Holger @ Aug. 28 2004, 04:30) "Theme from 'The Exorcist'" is nothing else than the beginning 5 minutes or so of the album "Tubular Bells". The hit single "Theme from the Exorcist" actually has more. Much of it is the beginning section, but the end draws from a couple of parts of what is called "Dark Star" in TB2. As I recall, however, only the beginning section was used in the film. I remember it as the only time Oldfield cracked the top 10. It reached as high as #4, I think. The next closest was years later when the Hall and Oates cover of "Family Man" reached #6 on the singles charts (and that was not very close, as it was not Mike's version). -------------- "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

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