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hiawatha Group: Members Posts: 2391 Joined: Mar. 2004 Posted: Oct. 23 2004, 12:05 Here's a sarcasm-filled discussion of William Shatner's pending trip into space on Richard Branson's yet-unbuilt space ship. It is full of sarcasm, insults of both Shatner and Branson, and discussion of the Virgin empire. No mentions of Oldfield that I've seen yet: Slashdot: Shatner Aims for Real 'Star Trek' On a related subject, I'm wondering if Oldfield music will by played in Branson's new reality TV show which is going to air very soon in prime time on a major US TV network. -------------- "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

raven4x4x Group: Members Posts: 1535 Joined: Jan. 2002 Posted: Oct. 25 2004, 05:56 I'm sure Mike would love to have some of his music played aboard that spaceship. It would be the trekkie's ultimate dream! -------------- Thank-you for helping us help you help us all. Back to top

Sir Mustapha Group: Musicians Posts: 2802 Joined: April 2003 Posted: Oct. 26 2004, 07:13 I guess Shatner would like to play something by himself... maybe his personal version of, say, "Space Oddity"? "Ground Control... ... ... ... to Major Tom... ... ... ... ... ... ... Ground Control... ... ... ..." -------------- 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

Tati The Sentinel Group: Members Posts: 3360 Joined: Feb. 2002 Posted: Oct. 26 2004, 08:27 Mike should be invited to be on this trip also.That would be great for Mike,and we know he likes space stuff,like Star Trek.And maybe inspires him to write some music! -------------- "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

hiawatha Group: Members Posts: 2391 Joined: Mar. 2004 Posted: Oct. 26 2004, 09:23 Does Mike get along with Richard Branson now? -------------- "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

Sir Mustapha Group: Musicians Posts: 2802 Joined: April 2003 Posted: Oct. 26 2004, 09:40 I think I recall him saying, recently, that they are okay with each other now, and that the only think that still irks Mike is that Sir Branson can't pronounce "Tubular" proberly. It's always "chooblar". I read that on an interview in this website. Don't ask me which one. -------------- 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

hiawatha Group: Members Posts: 2391 Joined: Mar. 2004 Posted: Oct. 26 2004, 09:50 ...and we will see if the new album has a song about the reconciliation, just like "Flying Start" was about reconciling with Kevin Ayers. -------------- "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

hiawatha Group: Members Posts: 2391 Joined: Mar. 2004 Posted: Nov. 11 2004, 12:03 Branson's new "reality show" debuted a couple of nights ago. It is free of Oldfield music. I really think that "Make Make" would have been a great theme song, and they could have played the morse code section of "Amarok" every time he had to kick a contestant off. The theme song they use instead is "Live and Let Die". It is combination of existing reality shows: the prize and business competition of Donald Trump's "The Apprentice", the daredevil stunts (but no bug eating) from "Fear Factor", and the globetrotting of "Great Race". I can't imagine that this show will do very well, especially compared to The Apprentice. Everyone here knows who Donald Trump is, but few know much about the Virgin companies let alone who Richard Branson is. -------------- "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

qjamesfloyd Group: Members Posts: 1357 Joined: April 2001 Posted: Nov. 12 2004, 09:11 Weather Mike and Richard Branson get on or not,i don't know,but i'm sure Mike was very happy to see Richard in the rain while watching the TB3 concert in London. Back to top

hiawatha Group: Members Posts: 2391 Joined: Mar. 2004 Posted: Nov. 12 2004, 09:41 Weather Mike and Richard Branson get on or not,i don't know,but i'm sure Mike was very happy to see Richard in the rain while watching the TB3 concert in London "Branson in the Rain" He's the one who first signed you on... He had his chance, he just threw it all away. Living in a spice-world that you'd never be a part of Then it was time to walk away. [ Chorus ] You couldn't stay, no, you couldn't stay. Give him "Heaven's Open" and got on the train. And yet now he's standing here tonight At live "Tubular Bells 3", he's a man in the rain. -------------- "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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