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Rileman Group: Members Posts: 93 Joined: Jan. 2004 Posted: May 12 2004, 05:06 Does anybody know what message each MO album have or each song of the albums have? The albums I wonder of is, Discovery, Islands, Earth moving, Heaven's open. What have the title of the albums to do with the songs? Thanks for answer! (Sorry if my english is bad. I'm swedish   ) -------------- It's not easy going where no-one goes, and no-one knows... Back to top

Sir Mustapha Group: Musicians Posts: 2802 Joined: April 2003 Posted: May 12 2004, 07:12 Heaven's Open can be translated to "The Contract with the New Label is Open", since it's Mike's last album with Virgin. The four first songs potray his psychotic relationship with Richard Branson, and the title track is him entering in a new era of his carreer. 'Music From The Balcony' is his last laugh and last "Fuck off". Discovery, Islands, Earth Moving, I don't know if these have a general meaning. I think the songs are just collections of thoughts and ideas about life. Mike was very good with potraying states of mind through lyrics (at least in Discovery era). Islands and Earth Moving were very commercially-oriented, but it seems some tracks on Earth Moving were inspired by his kids (Holy, Innocent) and by Mike Tyson (Runaway Son). -------------- 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: May 12 2004, 14:26 Amarok = be yourself and make what's on your mind. -------------- "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

raven4x4x Group: Members Posts: 1535 Joined: Jan. 2002 Posted: May 15 2004, 21:53 I've never been good at finding meanings in lyrics beyond the painfully obvious. At This topic you will find a very original meaning for Heaven's Open. I'm not sure whether I agree or not but it is quite interesting. Obviously Five Miles Out is about flying, Hergest Ridge is about living in Hergest Ridge in England. Songs of Distant Earth is based on the Arthur C. Clarke book of the same name. Islands, Discovery, Crises and Earth Moving are a bit more difficult. I really have no idea. -------------- Thank-you for helping us help you help us all. Back to top

Ugo Group: Members Posts: 5495 Joined: April 2000 Posted: May 16 2004, 17:09 ..and I guess most of QE2 is about travelling. Not only at sea, a bit everywhere... in places as far apart as Ireland and Africa... -------------- Ugo C. - a devoted Amarokian Back to top

Holger Group: Members Posts: 1506 Joined: Feb. 2003 Posted: May 16 2004, 17:51 Interesting, I never really got that feeling from it... not even from the title track. But then, I couldn't really say what feeling I get from QE2 either... probably just a sort of "QE2" feeling   Back to top

EeToN Group: Members Posts: 845 Joined: Sep. 2001 Posted: May 16 2004, 20:21 I think that Five Miles Out is a mix of flying experiences and lullabies because of the birth of Dougal. Crises is really an interesting question. I've always felt the title track happy despite the lyrics but the ending is quite weird. It's the beginning with distortion... Moonlight Shadow has a very balladistic, sad story, In High Places is about balloons, Foreign Affair perhaps about flying again. I suspect Taurus 3 is only about music, Shadow On The Wall is questionable again to me (maybe compunction?). -------------- If I were music, I would be Enigmatism. Back to top

Sir Mustapha Group: Musicians Posts: 2802 Joined: April 2003 Posted: May 16 2004, 20:26 Crises casts a very nightish mood. VERY nightish. Fits the cover very well. The title track has wonderful visions of night and dawn, Moonlight Shadow needs no comments, In High Places chants about the moon and the stars and sounds nightish, too, Shadow On The Wall... well, too. It is definitely a night album. Five Miles Out sounds very afternoon-y. Orabidoo, especially. I imagine clouds coloured yellow by the sun... great imagery. Side B is really very good. -------------- 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

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