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ex member 892 Group: Members Posts: 827 Joined: July 2008 Posted: April 27 2010, 20:44 Mine I'm sure is not nearly as impressive or touching as many others will be, but for me it was reading Terry Brooks' The Sword of Shannara while listening to Ommadawn and Hergest Ridge. There it is. It's not much but something about the way the story and the music mingled together that really affected me. Back to top

nightspore Group: Members Posts: 4770 Joined: Mar. 2008 Posted: April 27 2010, 20:54 Quote (Syd B @ April 27 2010, 20:44) Mine I'm sure is not nearly as impressive or touching as many others will be, but for me it was reading Terry Brooks' The Sword of Shannara while listening to Ommadawn and Hergest Ridge. There it is. It's not much but something about the way the story and the music mingled together that really affected me. I can't read and listen to music at the same time. I have to do either one or the other. Back to top

nightspore Group: Members Posts: 4770 Joined: Mar. 2008 Posted: April 27 2010, 20:56 My fondest MO memories are driving through the beautiful landscapes of far north Queensland with MO playing in the car. The down side now is that I can't listen to the music concerned without getting a terrible nostalgia. Back to top

The Caveman Group: Members Posts: 2178 Joined: Jan. 2008 Posted: April 28 2010, 08:00 Number once is hearing Ommadawn on birthing tape my ex and i made for the birth of my first daughter. Number two.NEC July 99 "I'd like to play a peice of music i wrote in 1975..."Nuff said. -------------- THE COMING OF THE GREAT WHITE HANDKERCHEIF IS NIGH. Back to top

Milamber Group: Musicians Posts: 2275 Joined: Feb. 2010 Posted: April 30 2010, 05:08 Quote (Syd B @ April 28 2010, 11:44) Mine I'm sure is not nearly as impressive or touching as many others will be, but for me it was reading Terry Brooks' The Sword of Shannara while listening to Ommadawn and Hergest Ridge. There it is. It's not much but something about the way the story and the music mingled together that really affected me. The Sword of Shannara, gee that time warps me back. From memory Elfstones was my fave. For the ultimate in fantasy you cant go past The Well World series by Jack L Chalker. Fondest and most painful memory is getting a TB tattoo at 16. Back to top

nightspore Group: Members Posts: 4770 Joined: Mar. 2008 Posted: April 30 2010, 08:05 Quote (The Caveman @ April 28 2010, 08:00) Number once is hearing Ommadawn on birthing tape my ex and i made for the birth of my first daughter. So your daughter came into the world to the strains of " Big brown beastie, big brown face"?? No wonder she sought revenge on you in later life by playing you-know-what!   Back to top

The Caveman Group: Members Posts: 2178 Joined: Jan. 2008 Posted: April 30 2010, 08:08 Lol.It was only side one if memory serves. -------------- THE COMING OF THE GREAT WHITE HANDKERCHEIF IS NIGH. Back to top

ex member 892 Group: Members Posts: 827 Joined: July 2008 Posted: April 30 2010, 12:17 Quote (milamber @ April 30 2010, 05:08) The Sword of Shannara, gee that time warps me back. From memory Elfstones was my fave. For the ultimate in fantasy you cant go past The Well World series by Jack L Chalker. The first one was my favorite. The Well World, never heard of it. No entry on Wikipedia, what's it like? Back to top

Milamber Group: Musicians Posts: 2275 Joined: Feb. 2010 Posted: May 01 2010, 00:46 Quote (Syd B @ May 01 2010, 03:17) Quote (milamber @ April 30 2010, 05:08) The Sword of Shannara, gee that time warps me back. From memory Elfstones was my fave. For the ultimate in fantasy you cant go past The Well World series by Jack L Chalker. The first one was my favorite. The Well World, never heard of it. No entry on Wikipedia, what's it like? Midnight at the Well of Souls is the stand alone first novel in a quintet pretty sure amazon has it . An old one from the 70's it explains the universe, god and well everything . Its the sort of story you cant do justice to in a few words and its a bit saucy too! The main character is immortal and has to reset the universe every billion years or so from a master planet that has well gates that take you there and only open if your suicidal .   Back to top

Ugo Group: Members Posts: 5495 Joined: April 2000 Posted: May 01 2010, 06:25 My fondest M.O.-related memory is actually discovering his music. I saw the TBII Edimburgh performance on TB and I was completely hooked, hypnotized. The day after that, I went into a record shop, TBII was playing and the hypnotized feeling was back. I bought it immediately, then I bought TB 1973 and the rest is history. TBII is still my fav M.O. album, right behind Amarok. -------------- Ugo C. - a devoted Amarokian Back to top

nightspore Group: Members Posts: 4770 Joined: Mar. 2008 Posted: May 01 2010, 07:04 Quote (Ugo @ May 01 2010, 06:25) ) TBII is still my fav M.O. album, right behind Amarok. Agreed, with Islands number 3 (if we're talking about records as a whole, here). Back to top

Milamber Group: Musicians Posts: 2275 Joined: Feb. 2010 Posted: May 01 2010, 07:09 Nightspore I thought there was at least one track on Amarok that you didnt like. Back to top

Ugo Group: Members Posts: 5495 Joined: April 2000 Posted: May 01 2010, 07:24 Quote (milamber @ May 01 2010, 13:09) Nightspore I thought there was at least one track on Amarok that you didnt like. Ha! Amarok is one track. You either love it or you don't. By the way, that's not Jethro Gibbs (a.k.a. Mark Harmon) from NCIS - that's Mike "white-haired" Oldfield. @ nightspore: the first three places in your Oldfield "chart" are exactly the same as mine. -------------- Ugo C. - a devoted Amarokian Back to top

Milamber Group: Musicians Posts: 2275 Joined: Feb. 2010 Posted: May 01 2010, 08:02 Quote (Ugo @ May 01 2010, 22:24) the first three places in your Oldfield "chart" Would make a good thread/poll. Back to top

Matt Group: Admins Posts: 1186 Joined: Nov. 2002 Posted: May 01 2010, 08:49 Quote (milamber @ May 01 2010, 13:02) Quote (Ugo @ May 01 2010, 22:24) the first three places in your Oldfield "chart" Would make a good thread/poll. There is a similar one here if you want to resurrect it by adding your own order of preference -------------- "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

nightspore Group: Members Posts: 4770 Joined: Mar. 2008 Posted: May 01 2010, 09:42 Quote (Ugo @ May 01 2010, 07:24) Quote (milamber @ May 01 2010, 13:09) Nightspore I thought there was at least one track on Amarok that you didnt like. Ha! Amarok is one track. You either love it or you don't. By the way, that's not Jethro Gibbs (a.k.a. Mark Harmon) from NCIS - that's Mike "white-haired" Oldfield. @ nightspore: the first three places in your Oldfield "chart" are exactly the same as mine. Ugo, I have the feeling that Milamber was teasing me about Amarok    And while I love Amarok I do tend to stop it after the tubular bells section, which always seems the perfect ending for me. So I was right about the picture of Mr O - thanks! And number 4 on my "album as a whole" chart would be The Songs of Distant Earth. Back to top

Ugo Group: Members Posts: 5495 Joined: April 2000 Posted: May 01 2010, 19:07 Quote (nightspore @ May 01 2010, 15:42) And number 4 on my "album as a whole" chart would be The Songs of Distant Earth. Here we disagree, because for me Music of the Spheres comes right behind the first three. It would even be a 'medalist' if it wasn't for its overall very sombre mood. -------------- Ugo C. - a devoted Amarokian Back to top

nightspore Group: Members Posts: 4770 Joined: Mar. 2008 Posted: May 01 2010, 20:05 Quote (Ugo @ May 01 2010, 19:07) Quote (nightspore @ May 01 2010, 15:42) And number 4 on my "album as a whole" chart would be The Songs of Distant Earth. Here we disagree, because for me Music of the Spheres comes right behind the first three. It would even be a 'medalist' if it wasn't for its overall very sombre mood. Yes, for me Music of the Spheres is in the bottom three or four, after Incantations, Ommadawn, and Hergest Ridge[I]. Apart from anything else I find tiresome the whole idea that you can just have an orchestra, and, lo and behold, you have a "classical" album. Really, MotS doesn't sound classical at all,but it it is sombre - I agree - and therefore gets the raspberry. Back to top

wiga Group: Members Posts: 2113 Joined: Sep. 2008 Posted: May 02 2010, 03:45 I'll give you raspberry - nightspore! Fancy - Incantations, Ommadawn, Hergest Ridge, MoTS in your last four. What a rebel . -------------- Barn's burnt down - now I can see the moon. Back to top

Milamber Group: Musicians Posts: 2275 Joined: Feb. 2010 Posted: May 02 2010, 03:49 Yes but a rebel with a cause Tre Lunas Im now hooked Damn you Nightspore HaHaHa Back to top

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