arron11196
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Posted: Aug. 25 2005, 07:18 |
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Quote (Alan D @ Aug. 11 2005, 12:16) | Quote (familyjules @ Aug. 11 2005, 14:50) | Quote (Alan D @ Aug. 11 2005, 09:31) | That whole concept is what I mean by the Tubular Bells 'discovery'. |
Thanks for that, Mr D. I'm not sure I buy it, but it's an interesting theory, nonetheless..... |
I'd just add that I don't say this lightly. It's something I've thought about for many years, gradually coming to this conclusion. In a crude sort of way, for Tolkien, or Wagner, the symbol they drew on was the idea of the 'ring'; for Rossetti it was the 'woman/goddess'. For Mike it's 'tubular bells' (a more uniquely personal symbol than for those others). Oddly enough, though there is almost nothing that I'm certain about in life, this is one of the things I come closest to being certain about. By letting the idea kick around in the back of my mind over a long period of time, so much of what Mike does started to make more sense, somehow.
For a start, try thinking about it while you listen to Tubular Bells 3... Outcast, Inner Child, Man in the Rain, Far above the clouds...... There's a story there about someone who feels rejected, finds inner strength but feels alone, and an outsider, but believes that he knows something important and precious... and he can't spell it out for us because it's beyond words. All he can do is leave us with the sound of Tubular Bells.... |
Took the words out of my mouth, amen to that.
I've also thought, to expand upon your point Alan, that there are two very different sides to the music: There's the side that we as the listeners pick up on from hearing the music, and then there's the way in which it was intended as a statement. This could be demonstrated at how Alan D here took my advice a while back and chose to listen to 'Voices' by Vangelis - because I recommended it. I got one thing from Voices, but Alan got something different - in the end it seems not quite as, shall we say, profound as I have found it to be.
I fully agree with Alan's convictions that TBIII is like a personal story, and I feel that subconsciously, Mike could never avoid doing that to any one of his albums. Sometimes he's more restrained perhaps, or maybe it's just that we're not hearing the message properly? I'm not fully certain of this, and my bad explanation goes lengths to explain the embryonic nature of my theory, but I still feel it's possible.
I suppose it's a bit how literature analysts can tell what an author's personality is like by reading their works. Another thing I've wondered, is does Mike know about this, and is he playing with us all? Remember: Terrible, Wonderful, Crazy, Perfect.
-------------- Arron J Eagling
Everyone's interpretation is different, and everyone has a right to that opinion. There is no "right" one, I am adding this post to communicate my thoughts to share them with like-minded souls who will be able to comment in good nature.
(insert the last 5 mins of Crises here)
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