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simmo2005 Group: Members Posts: 173 Joined: Sep. 2005 Posted: Dec. 05 2005, 09:07 It's that time of year again when M.O's festive hit (it got to #5 you know) is used on countless XMAS compilation cd's and can be heard in the background of TV show's (Eastenders to name just one...) However, this saturday on channel 4, Noddy Holder will present a show called Christmas top ten hits, showcasing the most memorable XMAS hits. Anyone want to hedge any bets whether Oldfield's hit will be mentioned (and remember- it's in the album charts at the moment on the 'NOW xmas2005 massive hits' compilation...) Back to top

Deadcalm Group: Awaiting Authorisation Posts: 752 Joined: Nov. 2004 Posted: Dec. 05 2005, 11:22 I put this on another Thread.... Dulci Jubilo  must without doubt be Mikes most played Tk..... Thank God its Decent lol... As for getting in on the Top 10,,, errrrr depends how they format the Table I guess.....  on Plays or sales !! or even worse whats presumed to be Cool  !! Mike appears to be in "The not cool" camp at the moment so have to wait and see I guess,,, That said Old Dog Noddy may have a say and select it as he has a pretty good  ear for quality !!  Ok Whos going to run a Book on it !! 33/1  to be top 3  16/1 4 or 5  8/1 6 or 7  3/1 8 or 9 2/1 no 10    evens not there !!  lol   Back to top

stevenmd779 Group: Members Posts: 248 Joined: Aug. 2005 Posted: Dec. 05 2005, 14:06 I didn't even realize that was a Christmas song. I've never heard it over here in America. -------------- "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

hiawatha Group: Members Posts: 2391 Joined: Mar. 2004 Posted: Dec. 05 2005, 14:15 Quote (stevenmd779 @ Dec. 05 2005, 14:06) I didn't even realize that was a Christmas song. I've never heard it over here in America. I've seen it all over the place in hymnals and Christmas song books. It is often called "Good Christian Men Rejoice" (or "Good Christian Friends Rejoice"). As a Christmas carol, it is a lot slower than Oldfield's version. I've also heard some versions, but never the Mike Oldfield version. I can only hear it if I play "Collaborations". Here, it is one of those "never been played on the radio, tv, etc" songs that is big elsewhere (similar to "Moonlight Shadow"). -------------- "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

bee Group: Members Posts: 1227 Joined: Jan. 2004 Posted: Dec. 05 2005, 16:15 Quote (hiawatha @ Dec. 05 2005, 19:15) Here, it is one of those "never been played on the radio, tv, etc" songs that is big elsewhere (similar to "Moonlight Shadow"). Oh, that's sad, I feel so sorry for you in the US etc. One of the reasons I look forward to Christmas is that I hear In Dulci Jubilo frequently at this time of year & in unexpected places!! They're always playing it on the radio and in shops and in lots of people's houses (who have bought a compilation cd of Christmas songs and who often have not the faintest idea of the musician that crafted it). For me, it's like walking into a room full of strangers and then your eyes, or rather ears, settle on the most wonderful old friend. Familiar and warm and joyful, makes me feel good!! Thanks Mike, yet again!! Maybe to raise the interest levels of the masses re the genius of Mike, a new Christmas piece of music that will be played alongside In Dulci Jubilo, with trademark guitars and now even a voaloid-thingy???...Silent Night? Nahh.... God Rest You Merry Gentlemen...Hmmm...  The Holly and the Ivy...which to choose??? BTW, on a recent UK television tribute to the late George Best, an immensley talented footballer (also of Irish descent...so this is kind of linked to Mr O...a bit) a section of footage was played with Tubular Bells as backing. It was superb and rather apt, I felt, in being music heard for the first time in the 1970's when George Best was in his prime. It all went together very well. I would actually rather like that job, of choosing music to fit with programmes on television, but I think I might be a wee bit biased!!! -------------- ....second to the right and straight on till morning.... You heard me before Yet you hear me again Then I die Till I call me again Back to top

SentinelGard Group: Members Posts: 358 Joined: June 2003 Posted: Dec. 05 2005, 16:46 I to didn't know Dulci Jubilo was considered a christmas song until last year a friend of my gave me a Christmas song compilation cd from the U.K and to my surprise it was on there . . Now its my favourite Christmas song ablum... LOMA   Here in Australia you never hear any of Mike's work on the radio or TV , its a real shame .. -------------- "Onwards & Upwards'" Back to top

stevenmd779 Group: Members Posts: 248 Joined: Aug. 2005 Posted: Dec. 05 2005, 17:13 O, now I hear it. I've heard Good Christian Men Rejoice, but I never recognised the melody before. -------------- "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

Deadcalm Group: Awaiting Authorisation Posts: 752 Joined: Nov. 2004 Posted: Dec. 06 2005, 03:49 IN DULCI JUBILO was on GMTV Breakfast show today on another Xmas Record Feature..... Its also on the TOP 50 selling List for Christmas Singles in the UK which you can view here ,  Mikes 48 http://www.everyhit.com/christmas/festivefifty.html   Back to top

simmo2005 Group: Members Posts: 173 Joined: Sep. 2005 Posted: Dec. 06 2005, 06:18 It also featured on BBC radio 2 yesterday in a xmas song quiz- listeners had to correctly identify 9 'snippets' of songs, of which In dulci was the last extract... Actually radio 2 is pretty good at playing M.O, I often hear Moonlight Shadow, and most of his promo interviews take place on there... Back to top

olracUK Group: Members Posts: 1683 Joined: June 2003 Posted: Dec. 06 2005, 06:22 As I have worked in retail stores for far too many years, I was thinking how many times I've heard In Dulci Jubilo.. Let's see...one hour looped cd, 9 hour shift, cd starts 5 weeks before Xmas, 18 years... that's 4050   And that doesn't include listening at home on various compilations. Mind you, that's easier to live with than 4050 of Slade or Wizzard's Xmas song. -------------- The answer is 42 - but what is the question? Back to top

TubularBelle Group: Members Posts: 1487 Joined: April 2004 Posted: Dec. 06 2005, 16:10 I had no idea it was a Xmas song either. @ Sentinel Gard, they do play 'Moonlight Shadow' occasionally on MMM and those middle of the road stations. I listen to JJJ and they were having a 'moon' theme once so they played 'Moonlight Shadow'. The DJ said, 'I bet that was the first time you ever heard Mike Oldfield on JJJ and it will be the last'. That really bugged me because while I personally am not a fan of his songs I still appreciate that many people are and that song in particular brought him into the Public arena even moreso than TB, but I still think the songs are in NO WAY indicitive of Mikes 'true' style. If JJJ played excerpts (obviously long instrumental peices are a problem for ANY radio station) from albums like TB, Amarok, SODE and so forth, I have no doubt whatsoever that some of the young fans who listen to JJJ would go, OH MY GOD, this is brilliant, who is this guy!!!!! -------------- I hate getting up early. I didn't even realise there were two 6 o'clocks in one day! Back to top

moonchildhippy Group: Members Posts: 1807 Joined: Dec. 2004 Posted: Dec. 06 2005, 19:13 Heard In Dulci Jubilo playing in Wilkinsons, IDJ always makes me feel so happy  . I remember  hearing IDJ and Portsmouth as a kid, must be between 1976-78, unfortunately back then I didn't know that Mike had so fantastically crafted these tracks.  Up until the release of Blue Peter I always thought of  Mike as "the Tubular Bells guy"   , I'm sorry Mike. ( I seem to remember seeing Incantations in record shops too). I'm wondering if someone had told me that In Dulci Jubilo and Portsmouth were by MO, would I have become a fan of Mike's music earlier on in my life. Yes I would     . -------------- 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

The Big BellEnd Group: Members Posts: 971 Joined: Jan. 2004 Posted: Dec. 06 2005, 19:20 I like it too, it remind's of my first bikini -------------- I, ON THE OTHER HAND. AM A VICTIM OF YOUR CARNIVOUROUS LUNAR ACTIVITY. Back to top

hiawatha Group: Members Posts: 2391 Joined: Mar. 2004 Posted: Dec. 06 2005, 23:17 Quote (bee @ Dec. 05 2005, 16:15) Quote (hiawatha @ Dec. 05 2005, 19:15) Here, it is one of those "never been played on the radio, tv, etc" songs that is big elsewhere (similar to "Moonlight Shadow"). Oh, that's sad, I feel so sorry for you in the US etc. One of the reasons I look forward to Christmas is that I hear In Dulci Jubilo frequently at this time of year & in unexpected places!! They're always playing it on the radio and in shops and in lots of people's houses (who have bought a compilation cd of Christmas songs and who often have not the faintest idea of the musician that crafted it). For me, it's like walking into a room full of strangers and then your eyes, or rather ears, settle on the most wonderful old friend. Familiar and warm and joyful, makes me feel good!! Thanks Mike, yet again!! Maybe to raise the interest levels of the masses re the genius of Mike, a new Christmas piece of music that will be played alongside In Dulci Jubilo, with trademark guitars and now even a voaloid-thingy???...Silent Night? Nahh.... God Rest You Merry Gentlemen...Hmmm...  The Holly and the Ivy...which to choose??? BTW, on a recent UK television tribute to the late George Best, an immensley talented footballer (also of Irish descent...so this is kind of linked to Mr O...a bit) a section of footage was played with Tubular Bells as backing. It was superb and rather apt, I felt, in being music heard for the first time in the 1970's when George Best was in his prime. It all went together very well. I would actually rather like that job, of choosing music to fit with programmes on television, but I think I might be a wee bit biased!!! Here, we have Halloween, not Christmas to get Oldfield heard. I'll always hear the first part of "Tubular Bells" on the radio then, even if I have to call in a request in order to get it played! -------------- "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

bee Group: Members Posts: 1227 Joined: Jan. 2004 Posted: Dec. 07 2005, 12:49 Quote (The Big BellEnd @ Dec. 07 2005, 00:20) I like it too, it remind's of my first bikini What do you mean???!!!...on second thoughts, don't answer that! And, Hiawatha, great to hear that the Tubular Bells intro is part of the Halloween celebrations over there, but isn't it a shame that it's associated with such a disturbing film? That has always bothered me, because the music is so beautiful. (A friend of mine likes having a Halloween party and does insist on putting little plastic spiders in a large bowl full of lime green jelly, it looks disgusting but the kids love removing them and getting completely covered in slime!! Perhaps I'll suggest they do it with the start of Tubular Bells playing in the background!) bee -------------- ....second to the right and straight on till morning.... You heard me before Yet you hear me again Then I die Till I call me again Back to top

hiawatha Group: Members Posts: 2391 Joined: Mar. 2004 Posted: Dec. 07 2005, 13:41 Quote (bee @ Dec. 07 2005, 12:49) but isn't it a shame that it's associated with such a disturbing film? That has always bothered me, because the music is so beautiful. (A friend of mine likes having a Halloween party and does insist on putting little plastic spiders in a large bowl full of lime green jelly, it looks disgusting but the kids love removing them and getting completely covered in slime!! Perhaps I'll suggest they do it with the start of Tubular Bells playing in the background!) bee Heh. We take our Oldfield music where we can get it I have say I make the association myself, because at one time I heard it on the radio many times as "Theme for the Exorcist" before I gave all of "Tubular Bells" a serious listen. I've not even seen the film myself, except to watch a few minutes just to hear where they used "Tubular Bells" in the soundtrack. -------------- "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

The Big BellEnd Group: Members Posts: 971 Joined: Jan. 2004 Posted: Dec. 07 2005, 13:59 For me The Exorcist is less disturbing than The Killing Field's because we know for sure that war does go along that path and thing's like that really happen. The Exorcist is a supernatural horror movie aimed at shocking with intent from almost the begining of the film. -------------- I, ON THE OTHER HAND. AM A VICTIM OF YOUR CARNIVOUROUS LUNAR ACTIVITY. Back to top

moonchildhippy Group: Members Posts: 1807 Joined: Dec. 2004 Posted: Dec. 07 2005, 17:56 Quote (bee @ Dec. 07 2005, 17:49) [ And, Hiawatha, great to hear that the Tubular Bells intro is part of the Halloween celebrations over there, but isn't it a shame that it's associated with such a disturbing film? That has always bothered me, because the music is so beautiful. Quote The Big BellEnd   Posted on Dec. 07 2005, 18:59For me The Exorcist is less disturbing than The Killing Field's because we know for sure that war does go along that path and thing's like that really happen. The Exorcist is a supernatural horror movie aimed at shocking with intent from almost the begining of the film. I  agree both films are disturbing, I've watched The Exorcist once, I was alone at the time, and was so scared by it I've never watched it since, I've never really been a fan of horror films. The Killing Fields makes me cry when I see it, to think these atrocities can and do happen. Isn't this drifting away from the original topic about In Dulci Jubilo, it's christmas or being more Pagan I celebrate it as Yule, a time of goodwill to others ,   although ideally this goodwill is extended throughout the year not just in December   . -------------- 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

olracUK Group: Members Posts: 1683 Joined: June 2003 Posted: Dec. 07 2005, 18:08 i've just seen a trailer for the channel 4 show - i can't see mike being on it. the main theme seems to be to get artistes from past xmas hits and get them to write a new "uber xmas song". oh well, yet again a master goes un-noticed. -------------- The answer is 42 - but what is the question? Back to top

bee Group: Members Posts: 1227 Joined: Jan. 2004 Posted: Dec. 07 2005, 18:41 Quote (olracUK @ Dec. 07 2005, 23:08) oh well, yet again a master goes un-noticed. Very true, Moonchildhippy, both films have made their mark in time. Just glad Mike's music is a part of that impression left. I have never seen the Exorcist either, Hiawatha, and I'm not that curious but I'm sure sometime in my life I will get to see it. About the UK TV show that may or may not feature Mike, (the part of Olrac's post quoted above) it's just so frustrating to think that every year people have the music of an inspired genius in their midst and they simply are unable to hear or even give it a chance. I believe he deserves recognition. I have really tried to encourage people I know to listen to Mike Oldfield over the years but get the same response to the effect that it's 'OK'. I am, ofcourse,  speechless when I hear that and must admit that now I don't bother. They are missing out. It's probably something you have to discover for yourself anyway. Think I might be way off topic now, sorry. -------------- ....second to the right and straight on till morning.... You heard me before Yet you hear me again Then I die Till I call me again Back to top

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