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bee Group: Members Posts: 1227 Joined: Jan. 2004 Posted: April 17 2007, 13:22 I came across something the other day that at the time I found amusing but as the hours have passed I believe I am rather rattled by it. On the itunes website I browsed Mike Oldfield & someone reviewed Tubular Bells, referring to Mike as ' the Bell Banger '    Outrageous! Now, what's got me upset by this is that it's a throw away comment ( we all make them ) & not meant to be at all derogatory I'm sure, but it is actually so very far from the truth and could mislead people. I should write a review myself ( we all should!! to itunes to put the balance right. I doubt it would unclog the cloth earredness among the nincompoops though. He may be a bell banger    but as we all know here, he is so much more. A melody maker, a soundsmith, a musical maestro, a guitar guru, an accomplshed composer... I'll probably now find out that one of you wrote it & I'll have to eat my own words! 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

Tati The Sentinel Group: Members Posts: 3360 Joined: Feb. 2002 Posted: April 17 2007, 19:32 "one man orchestra" -------------- "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

Sir Mustapha Group: Musicians Posts: 2802 Joined: April 2003 Posted: April 17 2007, 20:17 I see what you're getting at, bee, but after eleven hundred billion albums with a 4-shaped tubular bell and the name "Mike Oldfield" on the cover, I don't think people have much of an option... -------------- 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

onion Group: Members Posts: 104 Joined: July 2005 Posted: April 18 2007, 05:48 I have a few   GOD Cousin IT´s uncle DR. Doolittle   (love animals, hate all human forms)   MR. Satellite (no ground contact to mother earth)   MOSES  (I´m sure if he set his mind to it, he could actually both split or walk on water)   MASTER OF CEREMONIES GODFATHER OF PURE BLISS combo-thingy-dingeling   I shut my stinkin trap now   Mike -------------- Are soft boiled eggs supposed to make a crunchy noise when you eat them? Back to top

ProjectZ Group: Members Posts: 243 Joined: July 2002 Posted: April 18 2007, 05:56 I've always liked "The Lord of the Bells"   (don't know who "invented" this name) Would be a good name for a boxset with the whole MO catalogue... -------------- the VANGELIS forum : Invisible Connections ( http://www.vangelis.fr/ ) Back to top

ImAFoolAndImLaughing Group: Members Posts: 536 Joined: Feb. 2006 Posted: April 18 2007, 17:02 How about "Platinum-Selling Artist"? He wrote it, he sold it - seems a pretty fair description to me...   -------------- "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

amazarak Group: Members Posts: 284 Joined: Mar. 2005 Posted: April 19 2007, 02:54 virgin launcher hehehehe amazarak -------------- Just hold your heading true Got to get your finest out Back to top

SoimSandheaver Group: Members Posts: 325 Joined: May 2006 Posted: April 20 2007, 03:56 The Maestro? -------------- "Three blokes go into a pub, one of them's a little bit stupid, then the whole scene unfolds, with a tedious inevitability." Back to top

bee Group: Members Posts: 1227 Joined: Jan. 2004 Posted: April 20 2007, 13:42 Thanks for the replies, great ideas. I especially like Lord of the Bells, that just seems perfect. Another....how about...Mike-rophonic? 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

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