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3Wheeler Group: Members Posts: 828 Joined: Aug. 2007 Posted: Sep. 28 2007, 03:32 I guess weve all had the Tv on at times or been out and about and heard segments of Mike Oldfield Music.. I had the TV on last night and was watching a "Dog" training programme on BBC3 called "Dog Borstal" when half way through the Familiar tones of TB1 started up as one of the Psychotic Mutts was put through its Paces.It was sort of unexpected and Made me Smile Anyway...   it  struck me as funny thats all.. Anyone else heard anything in strange places or when you least expected it !!.. -------------- We're Flying Aeroflot, We've Got Reservations. Back to top

larstangmark Group: Members Posts: 1767 Joined: Mar. 2005 Posted: Sep. 28 2007, 13:01 I remember a swedish documentary from about 25 years ago. It was about murderers who were in jail having some kind of therapy to change the way they think. There was this interview with one of the killers. He was in his call, face shadowed and voice distorted, talking about having murdered. After the interview, the killer leans back in his chair, puts on a record on his portable recordplayer and lights a cigarette. Guess what music he played? Mike Oldfield's "Into Wonderland"!!! It was creepy. Why "Into Wonderland"? I always think of that insane murderer when I hear that song. Obviously, it was his own song of choice! -------------- "There are twelve people in the world, the rest are paste" Mark E Smith Back to top

Trinidad Group: Members Posts: 295 Joined: Mar. 2005 Posted: Oct. 01 2007, 13:42 Yes, recently I was having dinner, when suddenly I hear the beginning of Ommadawn. It took me by surprise; I thought it was coming from the music system, but the CD was in my bedroom, and my computer is not so high-end to turn itself on, get a CD and play it. It was the tv, in an advertisement of a documentary about the spanish transition to democracy. I found the combination quite strange, but our transition started in late 1975, so I suppose that was the connection. Back to top

DarkFeline Group: Members Posts: 144 Joined: Oct. 2005 Posted: Oct. 02 2007, 13:21 A month ago I was chatting online with the TV turned on and right next to the computer, and all of a sudden Sentinel was playing on an episode of Baywatch. The episode had some kind of conspiracy going on, I was already paying my attention to the music and not the show at all! A year ago, Sentinel was also used in a RTM (a national broadcasting company) in one of its documentary segments. Imagine my surprise when both those incidents happened.   -------------- Who's your mummy, where she go? Back to top

Trinidad Group: Members Posts: 295 Joined: Mar. 2005 Posted: Oct. 03 2007, 12:28 Not on tv this time, but yesterday morning a very loud voice woke me up, asking people to go to a demonstration, while Taurus 3 was playing, quite loud as well... It took me a while to know whether I was dreaming or not... Back to top

bee Group: Members Posts: 1227 Joined: Jan. 2004 Posted: Oct. 03 2007, 12:43 Quote (Trinidad @ Oct. 03 2007, 12:28) Not on tv this time, but yesterday morning a very loud voice woke me up, asking people to go to a demonstration, while Taurus 3 was playing, quite loud as well... It took me a while to know whether I was dreaming or not... I'm very curious, Trinidad, did you go on the demonstration?!!!! I think I might have done like a rat following the Pied Piper of Hamelin (The Brothers Grimm!) mainly because I really, really love that track! An how wonderful to be woken up to that being played outside! -------------- ....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

Trinidad Group: Members Posts: 295 Joined: Mar. 2005 Posted: Oct. 05 2007, 08:38 Quote (bee @ Oct. 03 2007, 18:43) I'm very curious, Trinidad, did you go on the demonstration?!!!! I think I might have done like a rat following the Pied Piper of Hamelin (The Brothers Grimm!) mainly because I really, really love that track! An how wonderful to be woken up to that being played outside!  No, I didn't go. I'm quite close to hating politics, or at least politicians, even if they're wearing a Mike mask. And actually it didn't sound so wonderful; it seemed as if they had put a cat, a dog, a guitar and a Mike inside the car boot   . Back to top

Trinidad Group: Members Posts: 295 Joined: Mar. 2005 Posted: Oct. 10 2007, 21:58 And three days ago, in one of the worst tv programmes I've ever seen , "Arrival" was played in an insurance company's advertisement. Back to top

Ugo Group: Members Posts: 5495 Joined: April 2000 Posted: Oct. 11 2007, 13:21 I don't know whether commercials count, but M.O. music pops up all the time in various TV advertising campaigns, here in Italy. The latest one is an ad for an insurance company set to the opening guitar theme of "To France". -------------- Ugo C. - a devoted Amarokian Back to top

New Incantation Group: Members Posts: 85 Joined: Sep. 2007 Posted: Oct. 22 2007, 04:16 I remember an award show called "The Bores Of the Year" hosted by Ian Hislop (I think) and was celebrating the most boring people in their respective industries .. or something like at that. Anyway there was a studio audience along with some VIPs sitting at tables more closer the stage. Anyway, half through the show Ian says there will be a musical interlude and then introduces special guest Mike Oldfield on stage, who begins to play one of his songs (forgive me but I can't recall which one). 1 minute into his patter the camera pans out and we see all the invited guests leaning back on their chairs snoring away or looking totally bored! A nice little in-joke for Mike - who didn't seem to mind his music been labelled  "boring" Back to top

Trinidad Group: Members Posts: 295 Joined: Mar. 2005 Posted: Oct. 23 2007, 11:58 Quote (New Incantation @ Oct. 22 2007, 10:16) I remember an award show called "The Bores Of the Year" hosted by Ian Hislop (I think) and was celebrating the most boring people in their respective industries [...] half through the show Ian says there will be a musical interlude and then introduces special guest Mike Oldfield on stage, who begins to play one of his songs I knew I'd seen that somewhere in Internet! It's here, with Mike playing "The Bell". It's... *aaahhhhh* very... boriinnn....       Please, can somebody write what they're saying, I can't understand it, and looks to be funny. Back to top

Matt Group: Admins Posts: 1186 Joined: Nov. 2002 Posted: Feb. 27 2008, 05:26 BBC's "Horizon" programme last night (26/2/08) on supermarket goods had a section with the original Tubular Bells theme in the background. Surprise surprise it was used in its "Excorcist" sense alongside images of pesticide use! -------------- "I say I say I say I say, what's got three bottles and five eyes and no legs and two wheels" Back to top

Scatterplot Group: Members Posts: 1981 Joined: Dec. 2007 Posted: Feb. 27 2008, 06:09 Saw a porn flick once where the soundtrack was the entire Ommadawn album. -------------- We raise our voices in the night Crying to heaven And will our voices be heard Or will they break Like the wind Back to top

Bleat Group: Members Posts: 97 Joined: June 2006 Posted: Feb. 27 2008, 11:09 What on earth were they doing during the irish pipe and acoustic guitar section..... or .....even worse,dare I ask what about......On Horseback .....haha Bleat Back to top

Scatterplot Group: Members Posts: 1981 Joined: Dec. 2007 Posted: Feb. 29 2008, 13:13 Hmmm....that was around 1985. I do remember I was more entertained by Ommadawn than the flick!! I was like, 23, bored, went for a drive one night while pretty buzzed. Went to San Marcos(Texas) and I thought as I watched, "gee I ought to write to one of those addresses on MO's LP covers about this!" But in the end what good would it do. Some lawyer gets a letter about a low budget insignificant movie ripping off Mike Oldfield. The effort would no doubt yield little or no return for him, or they would laugh it off. My late brother was once an attorney for the Embassy Suites, a fairly prestigious chain of high dollar hotels and a lot of his jobs over the years was to sue corporations. I asked him about it and he laughed his ass off. But it was funny at the time. Jim -------------- We raise our voices in the night Crying to heaven And will our voices be heard Or will they break Like the wind Back to top

The Caveman Group: Members Posts: 2178 Joined: Jan. 2008 Posted: Mar. 07 2008, 12:20 Wasn't there an early 70's porn star calling himself Mike Oldfield or something very similar.All of Ommadawn?The mind boggles.The end of side 1 i can understand but that's about all.Paddy's pipe tune though????? On a slightly different tact (moving swiftly on)i remember as a kid there was a programme called Jackanory(anyone else remember jackanory boring story?)which was a British kids tv show on which someone would read a story.On one occasion there was a charming story about Little Nose the caveboy and the theme tune was the harp bit in side one of Ommadawn.Surely more appropriate a use. Also in the late 80's there was a kids tv show hosted by Emma Freud (watch the Exposed DVD-she's in the choir!!,the name of which escapes me.It used the beginning of Airbourne for a section of the show and Platinum itself for the theme tune.Very odd choice as the show was based around the (then)state of thre art computer game 'Paperboy'.Maybe she was repaying Mike. -------------- THE COMING OF THE GREAT WHITE HANDKERCHEIF IS NIGH. Back to top

3Wheeler Group: Members Posts: 828 Joined: Aug. 2007 Posted: Sep. 30 2008, 17:41 TB1 made a re appearance tonight on BBC 3s "Dog Borstal" show...    tonight...   Couple of Dalmations got the Honours lol..   -------------- We're Flying Aeroflot, We've Got Reservations. Back to top

Dirk Star Group: Members Posts: 1331 Joined: Sep. 2007 Posted: Oct. 01 2008, 02:57 [quote=The Caveman,Mar. 07 2008, 17:20][/quote] Quote Also in the late 80's there was a kids tv show hosted by Emma Freud (watch the Exposed DVD-she's in the choir!!,the name of which escapes me.It used the beginning of Airbourne for a section of the show and Platinum itself for the theme tune.Very odd choice as the show was based around the (then)state of thre art computer game 'Paperboy'.Maybe she was repaying Mike. Yeah I can remember that show Caveman I made some mention of it in this thread here.The show was called First Class although my memory tells me that Debbie Greenwood presented the first series so maybe Emma took over later on? Back to top

Dirk Star Group: Members Posts: 1331 Joined: Sep. 2007 Posted: Nov. 07 2008, 04:47 Yesterday I watched a French porn movie entitled Fous De Linda (no kidding folks)   Which featured a cheapo synthesised accordion version of Foreign Affair..The track appeared in the movie twice, along with craptacular renditions of other 80`s favourites such as..Sign Your Name by Terrance Trent Dartboard and Get Down On It by Kool and the Gang(bang)..   Don`t ask me what was playing when the guy turned up wearing stockings & suspenders though,as I could`nt hit the skip button fast enough..Well yeah ok I did go back and have a little look later on, out of some form of mild curiosity.But it was too far ridiculous even for me.On the Dirk Star scale of ridgidity,I would rate this movie a 2 out of 5(slightly turgid)..But for those of you still interested (and yes I know you`re out there somewhere) here`s a description of the movie from the very wonderful google translator.. Managers of undertaking, Marc and Linda are prone to all temptations. The first extremely appreciates the “special” services of theirs secretary but is not sulky either its appétissantes female colleagues which are shown very authorizing when they do not dredge it deliberately. As for Linda, it spontaneously puts the “hand at the leg” (and not only the hand) with the men who surround it whose distinction dissimulates unavowable desires as well as a sexual appetite and an endurance without fault. It is thus with the devastating spectacle of extraordinary drive out-cross of unchained couples, which are devoted to all sexual imaginations during their unrestrained continuation of the pleasure, that invites us. Quite!...I have to say having now watched the movie.I do think some of those people may well have been "dredging it deliberatly" in fact.Although of course it`s often so difficult to tell in these kind of situations.Besides which, at the end of the day I`m no Barry Norman,so who am I to say?I`d just like to add that in no way shape or form is this post meant to be a slight against French pornography in general.Which along with Italian porn has got to go down as the best around imo.Way way better than American porn by far.And don`t even get me started on the terrible stuff that we Brits knock out.It`s even worse than German porn for crying out loud...But hey each to their own and all that! Back to top

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