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Lightspeed Group: Members Posts: 25 Joined: Mar. 2000 Posted: July 10 2002, 18:46 I think i read it in some net bio, that in the early 80's, when Mike was having one of the 1st arguments with Branson...that tabloids of that time refered that Mike had his "pet lion" to maul Branson ...ot was it just a comic strip that showed it??   Well is it true or not??   If it is....what happened to the lil poooor lion?? Please enlighten me!     -------------- "Thou Art In Heaven" :D Back to top

Blue Dolphin Group: Members Posts: 1232 Joined: Nov. 1999 Posted: July 11 2002, 13:09 I really don't know. What I do know, however, is that Oldfield had a pet parrot and a dog called CD. He now has a cat but that's all I know about his pets. -------------- -The mark of a good musician is to play one note and mean it- Mike Oldfield - 1980 Back to top

Tati The Sentinel Group: Members Posts: 3360 Joined: Feb. 2002 Posted: July 11 2002, 13:33 ...and add Misty and Sirius as the horses... -------------- "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

Blue Dolphin Group: Members Posts: 1232 Joined: Nov. 1999 Posted: July 11 2002, 20:17 Oops! Forgot! *stupid*   I also read somewhere that Mike wanted to have a goose farm. -------------- -The mark of a good musician is to play one note and mean it- Mike Oldfield - 1980 Back to top

Korgscrew Group: Super Admins Posts: 3511 Joined: Dec. 1999 Posted: July 12 2002, 09:29 He certainly has swans and ducks... Back to top

timshen Group: Members Posts: 684 Joined: Mar. 2001 Posted: July 12 2002, 11:30 He has some pet peeves too!!! -------------- Expect Great Things. Attempt Great Things. Back to top

Lightspeed Group: Members Posts: 25 Joined: Mar. 2000 Posted: July 12 2002, 18:55 Can't find the page where i read about a "lion"...i only remember it was in the early 80's..... prob it was just a hoax   -------------- "Thou Art In Heaven" :D Back to top

hiawatha Group: Members Posts: 2391 Joined: Mar. 2004 Posted: Jan. 22 2006, 16:24 I was reading somewhere else about a rich guy in the United States who had pet lions in his yard. Or, at least they were in his yard when they weren't escaping and wandering loose! I wonder if Mike's Lion had anything to do with the Amarok section of the same name. -------------- "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

Korgscrew Group: Super Admins Posts: 3511 Joined: Dec. 1999 Posted: Jan. 22 2006, 17:44 It's actually true - the Lion was called Clyde and lived with Mike at Througham for a while. There's also a story I was told by somebody in Kington of Mike having a big cat while he was at The Beacon, which escaped and got shot at by a farmer. I don't think there's much evidence to support that, though. Clyde existed, though, and attacked Phil Newell once. There were some pictures of Clyde in the Dark Star interview with Phil. Back to top

Bill Bobaggins Group: Members Posts: 477 Joined: June 2005 Posted: Jan. 22 2006, 18:33 Here's a link to the pic and info: http://www.mikeoldfield.org/magazine/pn_interview1.htm -------------- Speak friend and enter. Back to top

hiawatha Group: Members Posts: 2391 Joined: Mar. 2004 Posted: Jan. 22 2006, 19:26 Quote (Korgscrew @ Jan. 22 2006, 17:44) It's actually true - the Lion was called Clyde and lived with Mike at Througham for a while. There's also a story I was told by somebody in Kington of Mike having a big cat while he was at The Beacon, which escaped and got shot at by a farmer. I don't think there's much evidence to support that, though. Clyde existed, though, and attacked Phil Newell once. There were some pictures of Clyde in the Dark Star interview with Phil. He probably wanted to do a video with it, but didn't want to be mistaken for Madonna in "Like a Virgin" ! -------------- "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

Deadcalm Group: Awaiting Authorisation Posts: 752 Joined: Nov. 2004 Posted: Jan. 23 2006, 04:51 Could of been a good inspiration for a Superior "Lion King Movie Score "   Back to top

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