19 Mar 11
Mike Oldfield.
Was it an early 70's revelation that changed music, or a load of rubbish from a guy who had the ability to play lots of instruments?
It certainly made him insane.
It certainly set Richard Branson up to become a billionaire (in pounds sterling).
Thoughts from the seventies please.
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19 Mar 11
Originally posted by mikelomGot the album...."loved" it, like "Switched on Bach" from the late 60's.
Mike Oldfield.
Was it an early 70's revelation that changed music, or a load of rubbish from a guy who had the ability to play lots of instruments?
It certainly made him insane.
It certainly set Richard Branson up to become a billionaire (in pounds sterling).
Thoughts from the seventies please.
-m.
19 Mar 11
Originally posted by wormwoodNice adage of Floyd there wormwood.
music for the middle-class middle-aged people. comfortably numb. conventional. conformist.
(do I have it? sure. it's soothing. and nice.)
I always found it soothing and a rapturuous build up.
I found Hergest Ridge a lot more developed and on a par, if not surpassing.
I don't know if it affeted music of the seventies, to this day?
-m.
19 Mar 11
Originally posted by mikelomI think the movie "The Exorcist' helped popularize the sound, got it out there. I think it was a ground breaking album, much like Kraftwerk's stuff.
Mike Oldfield.
Was it an early 70's revelation that changed music, or a load of rubbish from a guy who had the ability to play lots of instruments?
It certainly made him insane.
It certainly set Richard Branson up to become a billionaire (in pounds sterling).
Thoughts from the seventies please.
-m.
