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PICTURES IN THE DARK Group: Members Posts: 42 Joined: Nov. 2003 Posted: Nov. 28 2003, 20:09 Hello everyone I guess you all know the song called Blue Night (What a silly question, this is a Mike Oldfield forum!) I heard somewhere that Mike wrote it specially for Maggie Reilly, but... why? It seems to be a love song about a girl who reads love stories and "fantasizes" (I don't know if I've written it well, I'm sorry) with a hero. What has it got to do with Maggie? If they didn't have an affair, why did he dedicate her a romantic song? Can anybody help me? Back to top

Tati The Sentinel Group: Members Posts: 3360 Joined: Feb. 2002 Posted: Nov. 29 2003, 14:10 Mike when he wrote Blue Night thought about Maggie since the song has got a Moonlight Shadow spirit,so he wrote for her to sing only. -------------- "But it's always the outsider, the black sheep, that becomes the blockbuster." - Mike Oldfield, 2014 "I remember feeling that I'd been judged unfairly and that I was going to prove them wrong." - Peter Davison, 2011 Back to top

hiawatha Group: Members Posts: 2391 Joined: Mar. 2004 Posted: July 29 2004, 09:30 Am I the only one who sees "No Dream" as a dark sequel/other-look-at "Blue Night" ? The lyrics seem to fit. -------------- "In the land of the Dacotahs, Where the Falls of Minnehaha Flash and gleam among the oak-trees, Laugh and leap into the valley." - Song of Hiawatha Back to top

larstangmark Group: Members Posts: 1759 Joined: Mar. 2005 Posted: April 27 2007, 20:04 Am I the only one thinking that Maggie's own "Every Time We Touch" is a bit similiar to Blue Night/Man in the Rain/Moonlight Shadow/Crime of Passion? I've talked to people who were convinced that Mike wrote "Every Tim We Touch"! -------------- "There are twelve people in the world, the rest are paste" Mark E Smith Back to top

onion Group: Members Posts: 104 Joined: July 2005 Posted: April 28 2007, 04:13 Quote (larstangmark @ April 28 2007, 02:04) Am I the only one thinking that Maggie's own "Every Time We Touch" is a bit similiar to Blue Night/Man in the Rain/Moonlight Shadow/Crime of Passion? I've talked to people who were convinced that Mike wrote "Every Tim We Touch"! I´m not sure, but I remember it as it was maggies first single after the break with MO....I think the producers went out of their way to make it like a MO sound number.....I think they  very careful tried to make the association with MO so the record could be sold - a rip off I you would.   Mike -------------- Are soft boiled eggs supposed to make a crunchy noise when you eat them? Back to top

Nacho Group: Members Posts: 230 Joined: Feb. 2000 Posted: April 28 2007, 05:09 "Midnight Sun" from Maggie is more Oldfieldish even!!!! Back to top

Ray Group: Members Posts: 857 Joined: Jan. 2000 Posted: April 28 2007, 09:02 Which album are these from  - i've not heard them. -------------- Looking out over the harbour in Peel....... Back to top

yanouch65 Group: Members Posts: 680 Joined: Feb. 2006 Posted: April 28 2007, 11:59 Hi Ray, Do you know a CD called "Earth Moving"? You can find "Blue Night" there! -------------- Ray said : "it is a shame you don't play" manintherain said: "You´d better ask Mr. Y who was first" yanouch65 says: "I am in love with Scotland" Back to top

Ray Group: Members Posts: 857 Joined: Jan. 2000 Posted: April 28 2007, 17:12 I meant Maggie's recored.  The other Chap i've heard of.     Ray   -------------- Looking out over the harbour in Peel....... Back to top

Tubularman Group: Awaiting Authorisation Posts: 2304 Joined: June 2004 Posted: April 28 2007, 18:41 sorry., wrong... -------------- Mike Oldfield M i x e s https://soundcloud.com/tubularman Back to top

Tubularman Group: Awaiting Authorisation Posts: 2304 Joined: June 2004 Posted: April 28 2007, 18:42 Quote (Nacho @ April 28 2007, 11:09) "Midnight Sun" from Maggie is more Oldfieldish even!!!! agree.. I don't find Every time we touch similiar to (moonlight shadows, blue light, crime of passion ect..) I have the albums of Maggie, but when i hear her songs it is strange.. because i feel that Mike is missing.. Anyone else on this feeling?   -------------- Mike Oldfield M i x e s https://soundcloud.com/tubularman Back to top

Navaira Group: Members Posts: 481 Joined: Jan. 2005 Posted: April 29 2007, 04:01 I recommend Maggie's best of album. It has all the tracks mentioned and many more. Plus, it has Family Man and Moonlight Shadow and I'm sure nobody on this board heard these two before. Sadly, either her taste or her producers' is REALLY saccharine. Most of her solo songs are so sweet they make me want to eat fish with lemon and chili peppers. I had two of her solo albums and couldn't play any of them longer than 20 minutes. The compilation, though, is very nice. -------------- http://www.raygrant.com :: My album 'Exorcism' is out on iTunes now Back to top

Navaira Group: Members Posts: 481 Joined: Jan. 2005 Posted: April 29 2007, 04:03 Oh deary me -- she released an album on November 15, 2006!!! http://cdbaby.com/cd/maggiereilly (not a high profile release, apparently) -------------- http://www.raygrant.com :: My album 'Exorcism' is out on iTunes now Back to top

Delfín Group: Members Posts: 667 Joined: Nov. 2000 Posted: Aug. 24 2010, 11:07 Quote (hiawatha @ July 29 2004, 15:30) Am I the only one who sees "No Dream" as a dark sequel/other-look-at "Blue Night" ? The lyrics seem to fit. Hahahaha looks like it's the before / after of a relationship!!!! Third part would be 'The Year Zero'??? I don't think Maggie Reilly's release is a low profile one... she was arguably one of the two best singers to sing with Mike, and her soft voice is known by absolutely everybody!!!!! -------------- The most precious thing I possess, is knowing the answer's yes Back to top

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