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Sweetpea Group: Members Posts: 1476 Joined: April 2007 Posted: April 20 2007, 03:56 Your house/apartment/barn has caught on fire and you can only grab three CDs from your MO collection before fleeing the inferno. I know that favorites can vary from time to time, but just go by your preferences at this moment. My choices: 1) Ommadawn 2) Tubular Bells II 3) The Songs of Distant Earth (PS: If you try to cheat by adding a fourth or fifth album, you'll be overcome by smoke and burnt to a crisp.) -------------- "I'm no physicist, but technically couldn't Mike both be with the horse and be flying through space at the same time? (On account of the earth's orbit around the Sun and all that). So it seems he never had to make the choice after all. I bet he's kicking himself now." - clotty Back to top

bee Group: Members Posts: 1227 Joined: Jan. 2004 Posted: April 20 2007, 13:39 Always good to do this, makes you think about what each album means to you, reflects states of mind in a way, & times of your life too. And yes, it does alter slightly from time to time. Right now as the flames draw ever nearer, my choice would be Ommadawn ( I'd rather be burnt to a crisp, as you say, sweatpea, than never hear that album again) Tubular Bells ( just because it is so unique) & it's either Amarok or Incantations, and because the other two are similar to Incantations, it's going to be Amarok. But how can I leave Hergest Ridge? How can I do that? or Voyager or Tubular Bells III or any of them. I'm keeping them all in a box & then I grab the box! I see you are new Sweatpea, welcome 'on board'!! bee -------------- ....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

Ugo Group: Members Posts: 5495 Joined: April 2000 Posted: April 20 2007, 15:15 Amarok, TBII and the Elements box set. It's a box, so it'd be easy for me to grab it & run. -------------- Ugo C. - a devoted Amarokian Back to top

amazarak Group: Members Posts: 284 Joined: Mar. 2005 Posted: April 20 2007, 17:06 All to easy... I grab 5 miles, amarok and 20th anniversary. cheers amazarak -------------- Just hold your heading true Got to get your finest out Back to top

onion Group: Members Posts: 104 Joined: July 2005 Posted: April 20 2007, 20:04 I would throw the cat into the fire so I could carry more albums   TB II The complete,  disc 1+2 Voyager and thanks to my crispy cat, I add: Crises and my own compiled I´ve called "extended" with all MO´s extended works... burn baby burn   That made me think about a very funny movie by Blake Edwards "Skin Deep" with John Ritter in it  (highly recommendable) Especially the scene where Ritter sits with his grand piano and singing "my romance doesn´t need a castle"  while his (soon to be ex-wife) is pouring gasoline in the piano and the house is set a blaze     Mike -------------- Are soft boiled eggs supposed to make a crunchy noise when you eat them? Back to top

Sweetpea Group: Members Posts: 1476 Joined: April 2007 Posted: April 20 2007, 20:13 Quote (bee @ April 20 2007, 13:39) I'm keeping them all in a box & then I grab the box! Clever idea. It could be labeled EMOR for 'Emergency Mike Oldfield Rations'. Might be a good idea to fill it with duplicate copies just so it will always at the ready. And thanks for the welcome, Bee. Quote I would throw the cat into the fire so I could carry more albums I actually had a mental image of an infant in one hand, a cat in the other, and attempting to grab the CDs with my teeth. -------------- "I'm no physicist, but technically couldn't Mike both be with the horse and be flying through space at the same time? (On account of the earth's orbit around the Sun and all that). So it seems he never had to make the choice after all. I bet he's kicking himself now." - clotty Back to top

Alan D Group: Members Posts: 3670 Joined: Aug. 2004 Posted: April 21 2007, 04:52 Tubular Bells II Songs of Distant Earth Amarok (because I have a love/hate relationship with it, and it will always challenge me) Back to top

Sir Mustapha Group: Musicians Posts: 2802 Joined: April 2003 Posted: April 21 2007, 09:21 With this, I consider that the rest of my CDs are already safe, which is already a big relief. My three Mike Oldfield choices would be Amarok, Tubular Bells and Incantations. -------------- 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: April 21 2007, 10:44 Mine are: Amarok Ommadawn Tubular Bells 2003 -------------- "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

bee Group: Members Posts: 1227 Joined: Jan. 2004 Posted: April 21 2007, 13:41 I suppose depending on how devastating the fire is, ie how many buidings are destroyed, we could always go out and buy new copies of those we have lost! Really don't think I could throw either of my cats into the fire...whatever are you thinking of onion? Have they done you wrong and bad things?!!!   Interesting to hear of everyone's choices though. Very glad to see Amarok is a popular choice. bee -------------- ....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

Deadcalm Group: Awaiting Authorisation Posts: 752 Joined: Nov. 2004 Posted: April 22 2007, 10:23 Not most people choices probably but id grab "5 Miles out" , Tubular Bells 3 . &  "Light & Shade" .. Back to top

gbcrvh Group: Members Posts: 63 Joined: June 2006 Posted: April 22 2007, 13:21 Ommadawn and Amarok always... third one changes... I'm in doubt between Incantations, TB2 or by simply cheating some 3cd collection... but I would say right now that would be TB2 as I have listened to it today. Back to top

Marky Group: Members Posts: 390 Joined: Sep. 2005 Posted: April 22 2007, 13:30 Quote (Tati The Sentinel @ April 21 2007, 15:44) Mine are: Amarok Ommadawn Tubular Bells 2003 I think Tati has it about right... TB2003 or TBIII for me...too much indecision and I'd get a boined pinky.... Back to top

Starwatcher Group: Members Posts: 129 Joined: June 2004 Posted: April 22 2007, 14:49 Very hard choice...   but at last it would be TB II The Platinum Collection   ... and (really!!! Islands -------------- "...but every while I would remember..." Back to top

ImAFoolAndImLaughing Group: Members Posts: 536 Joined: Feb. 2006 Posted: April 22 2007, 18:05 Oh... tricky, but the three I couldn't live without are... 1) Incantations (essential for quiet reflection) 2) Ommadawn (Just for the side 1 finale alone) 3) The Songs Of Distant Earth (More dancified but still damn beautiful! ) This is, of course, assuming that all other Oldfield records had been destroyed in a freak accident, and I was unable to buy them again, afterwards... -------------- "I was in this prematurely air conditioned supermarket and there were these bathing caps you could buy that had these kind of Fourth of July plumes on them that were red and yellow and blue and I wasn't tempted to buy one but I was reminded of the fact that I had been avoiding the beach." Back to top

TubularBelle Group: Members Posts: 1487 Joined: April 2004 Posted: April 22 2007, 23:35 Quote (onion @ April 20 2007, 11:04) burn baby burn   That made me think about a very funny movie by Blake Edwards "Skin Deep" with John Ritter in it  (highly recommendable) Especially the scene where Ritter sits with his grand piano and singing "my romance doesn´t need a castle"  while his (soon to be ex-wife) is pouring gasoline in the piano and the house is set a blaze     Mike Oh My God, is that the movie where John Ritter who was hiding in the closet wearing a 'glow in the dark' condom comes out to another guy wearing a 'glow in the dark' condom, (in fact, I think one of them had the stars and stripes on it) and they have a sword fight in the dark with their glowing penis's. I loved that movie. His wife left him because he was a sex addict. R.I.P. John Ritter. You know I think I have talked about that movie on this site before. Now to address SweetPeas ridiculously obscene request. I have had to pick a Top 5 which was hard enough as my list is a Top 10, and even that is a struggle, but I have never had to pick a Top 3. I could not leave without Tubular Bells (or at the very least TB2003) It has travelled with me for my entire life since I was 12 years old and it would be like leaving one of my children behind. Amarok as it is my actual favourite Mike Oldfield album. And the thrid would have to be Incantations Hergest Ridge or Ommadawn God this is SO hard. I think I could possibly leave Ommadawn behind as it has some similarities to Amarok, and Hergest Ridge just because it is shorter than Incantations. So for today my third choice would be Incantations but I love SODE so much too and Tubular Bells II I'm melting!!!!!!!!!!!! Ok, final decision for today Tubular Bells Amarok Incantations I need a valium  8^) -------------- I hate getting up early. I didn't even realise there were two 6 o'clocks in one day! Back to top

TubularBelle Group: Members Posts: 1487 Joined: April 2004 Posted: April 22 2007, 23:38 Quote (Sir Mustapha @ April 21 2007, 00:21) With this, I consider that the rest of my CDs are already safe, which is already a big relief. My three Mike Oldfield choices would be Amarok, Tubular Bells and Incantations. Hey Man, Same as me! 8^) -------------- I hate getting up early. I didn't even realise there were two 6 o'clocks in one day! Back to top

theweightless Group: Members Posts: 604 Joined: April 2001 Posted: April 23 2007, 02:16 TBII TSODE TBIII -------------- ASMK Back to top

moonchildhippy Group: Members Posts: 1807 Joined: Dec. 2004 Posted: April 23 2007, 16:22 Ommadawn, Hergest Ridge, Tubular Bells, no Incantations no, Five Miles Out no TSODE no TB3, oh Buggered if I know, maybe I'd have to take my Boxed LP set then I get Ommadawn, HR and TB,  and take my CD of the Original TB for the variation     . -------------- I'm going slightly mad, It finally happened, I'm slightly mad , just very slightly mad If you feel a little glum to Hergest Ridge you should come. I'm challenging  taboos surrounding mental health "Part time hippy" I'M SUPPORTING OUR SOLDIERS BRING OUR TROOPS HOME NOW!! Back to top

Ray Group: Members Posts: 857 Joined: Jan. 2000 Posted: April 23 2007, 17:32 Quote (Sweatpea @ April 20 2007, 08:56) Your house/apartment/barn has caught on fire and you can only grab three CDs from your MO collection before fleeing the inferno. I know that favorites can vary from time to time, but just go by your preferences at this moment. My choices: 1) Ommadawn 2) Tubular Bells II 3) The Songs of Distant Earth (PS: If you try to cheat by adding a fourth or fifth album, you'll be overcome by smoke and burnt to a crisp.) My Ipod! -------------- Looking out over the harbour in Peel....... Back to top

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