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    Posted: July 22 2005 at 10:40
Originally posted by cmidkiff cmidkiff wrote:

Does this music have a solid rythym section with multiple melodys or is it more ambient, spacy and experimenting with sounds? 

If you are looking for "a solid rythym section with multiple melodys", then check out Five Miles Out, Chrisis, Platinum, Tubular Bells II...

If "more ambient, spacy", then - The Songs of Distant Earth, Tres Lunas, Voyager...

And if "experimenting with sounds", then first of all get Amarok. It's his most progressive work, imho.

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Originally posted by Pablo_P Pablo_P wrote:

"Tubular Bells" is a great piece of music, often considered as a new age album...

well I hope its not a "New Age" album, as I usually don't like New Age which is mostly background music to me. 
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"Very impressive album made by only one man..."

Not quite true... He had several guest musicians on it as well.
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Originally posted by Pablo_P Pablo_P wrote:

"Tubular Bells" is a great piece of music, often considered as a new age album...

Very impressive album made by only one man... Mike Oldfield is a great musician

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Original Tubular Bells is a vastly overrated album, imo. Don't get me wrong, I am not saying it's bad, just... overrated. Especially considering some of his other works, such as Amarok for instance. I also clearly prefer Tubular Bells II  and Tubular Bells 2003 (which is a remake of original Bells, re-recorded with better sounds/performances and fabulous production). I sincerely hate his The Millennium Bell  though... What a waste of plastic!

My other favorite Mike Oldfield albums are Five Miles Out, Crises and Platinum. Discovery has one of Mike's best instrumentals, "The Lake" - a pure musical gem at the end of (mostly) a pop album. 

 
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Don't stop listening when approaching in the first few days . TB is a part of our musical culture. By no means I could invent one phrase of this magical album. And I'm playing instruments. - TB is a milestone in music.
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"Tubular Bells" is a great piece of music, often considered as a new age album...

Very impressive album made by only one man... Mike Oldfield is a great musician
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I decided to give it a try and ordered it today.
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I love this album, I have three versions of it and I think 1973 became the year of prog rock in the 70, with Thick as a brick, Dark side of the moon, Quadrophenia (by the who) & and many gems
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Originally posted by paulindigo paulindigo wrote:


...Otherwise, I think it's hard to pin down Tubular Bells to a style ...

True. That's what makes it so difficult to answer the question.

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"TB is more like a modern classical symphony". maybe it's the only
possible definition for an extraordinary record.
Otherwise, I think it's hard to pin down Tubular Bells to a style. It has
pastoral elements, grotesque bits, great themes and riffs, heavily
fuzzed and gentle acoustic guitars... absolutely bizarre, as it
sometimes seems made of bits and pieces glued together, but really
beautiful. There's also a live version on Exposed (which I highly
recommend): it is a completely different but equally stunning piece.
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Originally posted by Easy Livin Easy Livin wrote:

Nothing like that CMIDKIFF. Oldfield plays every note himself, and on real instruments too. There's a lot of reviews of TB in the reviews section, so you should get a fair indication from there. TB is more like a modern classical symphony (if that makes sense!Embarrassed), played on modern instruments.

 

That makes perfect sense.

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Nothing like that CMIDKIFF. Oldfield plays every note himself, and on real instruments too. There's a lot of reviews of TB in the reviews section, so you should get a fair indication from there. TB is more like a modern classical symphony (if that makes sense!Embarrassed), played on modern instruments.
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Points: 208 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 18 2005 at 14:49

What I'm trying to avoid is the type of music where the artist sets an arpeggio or loop going for a while and makes sounds or noises or even noodles over top. Like what Porcupine Tree does allot of. Or just very few notes played with cool keyboard sounds.

Can anyone give some characteristics of the music?
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Originally posted by Snow Dog Snow Dog wrote:

Yes I bought some ambient pork chops today!
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I prefer Crisis

Tubular Bells is a symphonic piece, with rock and classical music magicaly mixed, great album 
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Yes I bought some ambient pork chops today!
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Points: 2383 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 18 2005 at 13:58

Originally posted by cmidkiff cmidkiff wrote:

Does this music have a solid rythym section with multiple melodys or is it more ambient, spacy and experimenting with sounds? 

Ambient is a term you hear WAY too often.
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