If so, which incarnation do you think is best.
1,2,3,Millennium Bell etc.....
Any other Oldfield pieces do it for you?
2006-09-25 10:00:02 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music
I favour TB2 out of all the versions as I love spacey, sparkly synth work and the electronic beauty of it.
Closely followed by TB1 of course.
Also, I love 'Portsmouth' by Mike Oldfield.
2006-09-25 10:05:38 · answer #1 · answered by CeeO 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Tubular Bells 2 is the best for me by far, though I like one of his other albums (I forget what it's called, not Tubular Bells 1 or 3 though), I think it's the one with Foreign Affair on.
Tangerine Dream are also very good.
2006-09-25 10:11:28 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Tubular Bells. After that, Ommadawn sounds like a rehash, more of same. TB was groundbreaking when it came out. And I can't agree with the other poster about On Horseback. For me it was totally out of place and silly. "I'd rather be with you, than flying through space"? Come on!
2016-03-27 09:24:47 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I totally adore Tubular Bells. As kids we had it ona vinyl version and made up dances to the various changes. There is a bit on the B side that sounds like horses galloping and that's my favourite bit.
2006-09-25 10:02:55 · answer #4 · answered by helen p 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yep, I'm a massive M.O. fan. Think I prefer 'Tubular Bells 2' to the original.
I LOVE the songs such as 'Crime of Passion', 'To France', 'Tricks of the Light', 'Man in the Rain', 'Pictures in the Dark', 'Earth Moving'.
I wish he'd do a few more songs than instrumentals.
Do people realise that as well as launching 'Virgin Records' he was one of the first artists to use 'Sampling' in records? I think the first example was in the 1984 Discovery 'Talk about your life' where he used a whole section from his other hit 'To France' ?
A true genius.
2006-09-25 10:18:13 · answer #5 · answered by David 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Tubular bells is immense! In Dulci Jubilo is a fun xmas song, although a wee bit silly (think pixies holding hands and skipping)
2006-09-25 10:01:48 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Original, with Viv Stanshall monologue! I loved Oldfield's stuff up until I think it was called Amarok. Through him I also discovered David Bedford (through Collaborations), but could not get all his stuff.
2006-09-25 10:09:32 · answer #7 · answered by waycyber 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
All incarnations of tb work 4 me, tho the original is the version i play most. wore out 4 vinyl over the years, now all on cd & sometimes mp3. ommadawn close 2nd.
2006-09-25 10:16:20 · answer #8 · answered by yellowduck48 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mike has great songs. But on the whole his albums are rather uneven except for OMMADAWN which I think is superb from the beiginning to the very end.
2006-09-25 10:11:12 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The first one is absolutely wonderful - certain bits of it make the hairs on the back of my neck stand up. The Killing Fields soundtrack does it for me too.
2006-09-25 10:03:52 · answer #10 · answered by Sam O'Shanter 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋