moonchildhippy
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Posted: May 31 2008, 18:38 |
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| Quote (Scatterplot @ May 31 2008, 16:36) | That John McClump(whoever), was a jerk(the writer of the topmost newsclipping). For 1973, that was a real technical challenge let alone by a 19yo kid. So it might have been immature in some ways compared to later albums, but I say f^&% him. The bass obviously worked fine, but I still think its ugly. The shape looks like......well, something a dentist scraped off a tooth. I like my Fender bass. Very pretty. Blonde in fact.
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I agree with you Jim about that John McLump feller or hatever his name was. I'm not a violent person but I would love to lump him around the head, but only to knock some sense into him. I wonder could he have done better???  I doubt it.
I don't hear anything I'd regard as immature about Tubular Bells, I think parts have a childlike innocence about them, and to me there's a big difference between being childish and being childlike. That's what I enjoy with many of Mike's works , there's this element of frivolity in there , as well as the more serious stuff. I'm sure it was mentioned, I think it was on Blue Peter , when he recorded the theme tune, that Mike was quite young when he made Tubular Bells, I always thought that he was 25/6, when he made Tubular Bells,(must be the Incantations sleeve that makes Mike look older than his years). It was on the net I found out he was 19.
Maybe when you're a 19 year old you think you know it all, but it's when you reach your late 20's / early 30's that you realise that you didn't know it all.
I think TB is a very mature work for a 19 year old, and having read up upon Mike's family background, and also mental health probs, I think this album is even more of an achievement
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I'm not degenerating mental health probs, 1 in 4 people will suffer with depression, anxiety or other mental health probs at some stage in their life. I'm challenging the sterotypical myths about mental health probs. Take as an example depression, it isn't that simple as being able to "Snap out of it" or "Go and get a job" etc etc.
About that bass, it's OK , yep not the best looking guitar in the world, I to prefer the sleek lines of a Fender Precision.
About that Bells of Oldfield article, thanks for the scans MITR, but I found myself guessing at words, that would make sense as part of the text is chopped off. I'm wondering if the text could be made a little larger as it's a bit hard to read, makes my eyes go all sqiffy  .
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I'm going slightly mad,
It finally happened, I'm slightly mad , just very slightly mad
If you feel a little glum to Hergest Ridge you should come.
I'm challenging taboos surrounding mental health
"Part time hippy"
I'M SUPPORTING OUR SOLDIERS
BRING OUR TROOPS HOME NOW!!
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