Olympic Oldfield

[sharcnorris]

Hi buds,
Were you as surprised to hear Tubular Bells in the Olympic opening as I was?
There he was, Mike Oldfield, starting with a Bass, switching to the Guitar, and playing for 11 minutes.

Let me tell you, he was great. The Olympic Opening was as dry as an English Biscuit. Pastoral, Industrial, Giant Voldemort being attacked by a fleet of Mary Poppins? and the inflatable bizarre baby. ...not good. (Sorry KW...)

Most during the Bell..... yikes, that wasn't his fault...

And which Bell? Bell no. 5 or 6? I'm sure Jim has heard enough versions...

BTW. Why all the versions over the years? I for one loved every one for its own merits throughout the decades. Each has groundbreaking Sonic properties.

What Mike did with me was push the limits of every Quality Stereo System Ive owned for 40 years. His engineering and productions forced the limits of Imaging and Separation. His utter clarity of the musical note is to be astonished by listening on a high-end system. Try QE2, Lake from Discovery, Simon Phillips on CRISIS. Pierre Moerlen, Peka Pojola, Phil, they all heard what I heard after the Bell was long gone History. At the turn of the Century Mike had a Concert, the Millennium Bell. (a super DVD), this Olympic performance was reminiscent musically to that version of the Bell. the Exorcist was almost a half-century ago, this was not your mothers Bell.

Here is an Article where Mike Speaks on his involvement with the Olympics http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/oly...-ceremony.html

So.... the healthcare bit, the Mary Poppins, ...Yikes
but:

Bravo Mike, great to see you, Bravo!