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SentinelGard Group: Members Posts: 358 Joined: June 2003 Posted: July 09 2003, 23:07 Ive just heard the cover of Moonlight Shadow by "Groove Coverage" and im shocked that a classic piece of Mikes work can be turned into a Techno , bass pumping orgy..  I dont know whats going on in this world Shame ,shame,shame,,,,,, Is nothing sacreed..... -------------- "Onwards & Upwards'" Back to top

timshen Group: Members Posts: 684 Joined: Mar. 2001 Posted: July 10 2003, 02:36 I agree! Groove Coverage absolutely ruined a good song and they even missed out the best parts...listening to it, it is a really amateur mix and i'm surprised that it got to #1 in some German charts and other charts around the world. Here in Singapore it's one of the top ring tones available   -------------- Expect Great Things. Attempt Great Things. Back to top

MusicallyInspired Group: Musicians Posts: 1445 Joined: June 2001 Posted: July 10 2003, 08:43 This isn't the first cover to do that to Moonlight Shadow. -------------- BrandonBlume.com "The beauty in life is in the embracing of the variety of things. If all the world was blue there would be no colour blue." Back to top

BOOsTER Group: Musicians Posts: 1024 Joined: Jan. 2003 Posted: July 10 2003, 10:03 Well Sandra did a very good trance cover some time ago )))))))))))))) I am sure it's better than the one by GC It made me cry -------------- http://www.djbooster.net Back to top

Blue Dolphin Group: Members Posts: 1232 Joined: Nov. 1999 Posted: July 11 2003, 12:03 I think every cover of Mike's music f*cks up his great masterpieces.   Damn those trance, techno etc. commercial crap people   -------------- -The mark of a good musician is to play one note and mean it- Mike Oldfield - 1980 Back to top

Music, the ancient language... Group: Musicians Posts: 407 Joined: Jan. 2003 Posted: July 11 2003, 13:15 Quote I think every cover of Mike's music f*cks up his great masterpieces. Thank you! You're a great support for everyone who covers Mike's music.     -------------- Read everything I write at own risk. I cannot be held responsible  for depressions and/or suicide attempts of any kind, caused by reading my posts. Back to top

BOOsTER Group: Musicians Posts: 1024 Joined: Jan. 2003 Posted: July 11 2003, 14:16 Quote (Music @ the ancient language...,July 11 2003, 19:15) Quote I think every cover of Mike's music f*cks up his great masterpieces. Thank you! You're a great support for everyone who covers Mike's music.     Sure...and btw ...the cover groove coverage has done...is actually a ----------------------------------- [Edit] I am sorry I better not start this[/edit] -------------- http://www.djbooster.net Back to top

dkaycom Group: Members Posts: 443 Joined: Jan. 2002 Posted: July 12 2003, 13:31 hmmmmm what makes a tune sounding different? the style ("Damn those trance, techno etc. commercial crap  people") ? what about all these ear-violations contained on the TBF- and other official Mike O. 12"-releases then? are they any better, only because they have the name "Mike Oldfield" directly in the name ? just wondering, dkay -------------- Bootlegs should be shared not sold. (BlackCottonMafia) Find more tubular sounds at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Incantations/ Back to top

dkaycom Group: Members Posts: 443 Joined: Jan. 2002 Posted: July 12 2003, 13:36 Quote (BOOsTER @ July 10 2003, 16:03) Well Sandra did a very good trance cover some time ago )))))))))))))) I am sure it's better than the one by GC It made me cry Sandra did a MS-cover ? When and where should this 1 have been released ? Seems that this is a naming-error.... Later, dkay -------------- Bootlegs should be shared not sold. (BlackCottonMafia) Find more tubular sounds at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Incantations/ Back to top

BOOsTER Group: Musicians Posts: 1024 Joined: Jan. 2003 Posted: July 12 2003, 13:51 can't say :-/ I already don't have the CD which that one was on :-/ but I am sure it's not a naming error -------------- http://www.djbooster.net Back to top

Blue Dolphin Group: Members Posts: 1232 Joined: Nov. 1999 Posted: July 12 2003, 14:06 Quote are they any better, only because they have the name "Mike Oldfield" directly in the name ? yes   -------------- -The mark of a good musician is to play one note and mean it- Mike Oldfield - 1980 Back to top

Blue Dolphin Group: Members Posts: 1232 Joined: Nov. 1999 Posted: July 12 2003, 14:08 Oke, maybe some not. I hate the millenium bell. I get your point dkaycom. -------------- -The mark of a good musician is to play one note and mean it- Mike Oldfield - 1980 Back to top

dkaycom Group: Members Posts: 443 Joined: Jan. 2002 Posted: July 12 2003, 15:13 Quote (BOOsTER @ July 12 2003, 19:51) can't say :-/ I already don't have the CD which that one was on :-/ but I am sure it's not a naming error hmmm, well - it's strange that even google shows only 3 entries on this 1, all of these as playlist-entries..... there's a bunch of naming-errors around, for example  "Julian" by Mandy Winter is often labeled as "Crazy Juliette" bein' by Sandra..... Later, dkay -------------- Bootlegs should be shared not sold. (BlackCottonMafia) Find more tubular sounds at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Incantations/ Back to top

dkaycom Group: Members Posts: 443 Joined: Jan. 2002 Posted: July 12 2003, 15:17 Quote (Blue Dolphin @ July 12 2003, 20:08) Oke, maybe some not. I hate the millenium bell. I get your point dkaycom. I actualy hate no kind of music, as "hate" is a too strong word to describe personal opinions about music for my taste.... and additionaly I wouldn't put TMB into the "dance/techno"-genre, just because it has a few tunes that sound a bit like that on it.... also it's no 12".....   Later, dkay -------------- Bootlegs should be shared not sold. (BlackCottonMafia) Find more tubular sounds at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Incantations/ Back to top

Blue Dolphin Group: Members Posts: 1232 Joined: Nov. 1999 Posted: July 12 2003, 17:15 actually, I meant the song "Millenium Bell", not the total album. It has some nice songs in it. -------------- -The mark of a good musician is to play one note and mean it- Mike Oldfield - 1980 Back to top

BOOsTER Group: Musicians Posts: 1024 Joined: Jan. 2003 Posted: July 12 2003, 17:28 Quote (dkaycom @ July 12 2003, 21:13) Quote (BOOsTER @ July 12 2003, 19:51) can't say :-/ I already don't have the CD which that one was on :-/ but I am sure it's not a naming error hmmm, well - it's strange that even google shows only 3 entries on this 1, all of these as playlist-entries..... there's a bunch of naming-errors around, for example  "Julian" by Mandy Winter is often labeled as "Crazy Juliette" bein' by Sandra..... Later, dkay well maybe :-/ maybe it was a bootleg or just something someone named bad way yyyyyyyyyeaaaaaars ago and all these people thought it's real... maybe even me so if it's naming error it's not mine )))))))))) -------------- http://www.djbooster.net Back to top

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