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bee Group: Members Posts: 1227 Joined: Jan. 2004 Posted: Aug. 15 2005, 13:40 I have just answered my own question but thought i'd post it anyway. I read on MO.com that Mike was " off on the Hayabusa". I had no idea what this was and vaguely wondered if I had missed some details of a new tour (oh please,please!  Then I checked, and it's a very powerful motorbike! Well ofcourse it is!! Now I'm worrying myself sick that he'll be alright. Speed scares me. I thought he liked Tai Chi and that sort of stuff. This is the other end of the spectrum!! -------------- ....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

hiawatha Group: Members Posts: 2391 Joined: Mar. 2004 Posted: Aug. 15 2005, 15:18 "On Hayabusa" I love to ride, I love to go fast My engine roaring, louder than "Outcast" And if you see me zooming past It's me on my Hayabusa Chorus Hey and away we go Smash the grass, flatten the snow Bugs get caught in my teeth, of course I'd rather be here than on a brown horse. My bike thunders, gives your ears pain Wide open throttle, I've got no shame As long as the helmet protects my brain, I'd like to be on a Hayabusa Riding in the city, I make big noise Causing traffic chaos: I love my toys! And always, when given the choice, I'd rather be on a Hayabusa Chorus You'll see me zooming, here and there. With a motorbike, instead of a guitar. But when you see me, it's not in a car, You'll see me on my Hayabusa. Some stay on, and others fall, Some smash their bikes against the wall. But it doesn't really matter at all, When you happen to be on Hayabusa. Chorus So if you you feel a little downtrod, Ride at Hergest Ridge: tear up the sod! You'll be a motorbikin' god, It's good to be on a Hayabusa. Chorus Chorus -------------- "In the land of the Dacotahs, Where the Falls of Minnehaha Flash and gleam among the oak-trees, Laugh and leap into the valley." - Song of Hiawatha Back to top

Tati The Sentinel Group: Members Posts: 3360 Joined: Feb. 2002 Posted: Aug. 15 2005, 16:29 I think that it is one of his motobikes.Afaik,he does like Tai Chi and meditation... -------------- "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: Aug. 15 2005, 18:03     Hiawatha, you are so funny!!! I am still laughing, brilliant poem, wonderful images!! I especially loved the bit about tearing up the sod... I think you may just have influenced the way I listen to Ommadawn in the future. FAB   -------------- ....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

EeToN Group: Members Posts: 845 Joined: Sep. 2001 Posted: Aug. 15 2005, 19:46 I totally agree with Bee. -------------- If I were music, I would be Enigmatism. Back to top

hiawatha Group: Members Posts: 2391 Joined: Mar. 2004 Posted: Aug. 16 2005, 09:58 thanks I was hoping to do one that would give Mike himself a chuckle if he ever showed here. -------------- "In the land of the Dacotahs, Where the Falls of Minnehaha Flash and gleam among the oak-trees, Laugh and leap into the valley." - Song of Hiawatha Back to top

familyjules Group: Members Posts: 1190 Joined: May 2004 Posted: Aug. 16 2005, 10:35 Hiawatha, you utterly rule!  LMAO!! Jules -------------- I like beer and I like cheese Back to top

hiawatha Group: Members Posts: 2391 Joined: Mar. 2004 Posted: Aug. 16 2005, 10:50 Nothing adds to the almost-sacred atmosphere of Hergest Ridge than having a a lot of loud motorbikes crisscrossing it, eh? -------------- "In the land of the Dacotahs, Where the Falls of Minnehaha Flash and gleam among the oak-trees, Laugh and leap into the valley." - Song of Hiawatha Back to top

Korgscrew Group: Super Admins Posts: 3511 Joined: Dec. 1999 Posted: Aug. 17 2005, 01:59 In response to the original post (if I may return to the topic proper ), I'm reliably informed that it's not just any old powerful motorbike, but the fastest motorbike in the world. It's made by Suzuki, and it's the black one in the recent pictures. By the way, I'm amazed that you, of all people, hiawatha, haven't yet also given us "The Song of Hayabusa"... By the shores of Gitchee Gumee, By the shining big sea water, At the doorway of the wigwam, In the early summer morning, Hayabusa stood and waited. Mike revved up the mighty engine, The air no longer full of freshness, He sped off churning dust behind him, Westward toward the neighbouring forest, Past the swarms of papparazzi, To Mercury, the money-makers, Happily singing in the sunshine. Is it now clear why those pictures show Mike in the woods with his motorbikes? Back to top

hiawatha Group: Members Posts: 2391 Joined: Mar. 2004 Posted: Aug. 17 2005, 10:23 hahahah!!!! If only Mike Oldfield did show up anywhere near Lake Superior.... -------------- "In the land of the Dacotahs, Where the Falls of Minnehaha Flash and gleam among the oak-trees, Laugh and leap into the valley." - Song of Hiawatha Back to top

Holger Group: Members Posts: 1506 Joined: Feb. 2003 Posted: Aug. 17 2005, 16:56 Quote (Korgscrew @ Aug. 17 2005, 07:59) To Mercury, the money-makers That's my favourite line.     Back to top

a_r_schulz Group: Members Posts: 425 Joined: Sep. 2001 Posted: Aug. 17 2005, 18:31 "Hayabusa", n., m. - someone who smokes the grass instead of feeding it to his horses..   Back to top

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