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Question: Favorite Taurus :: Total Votes:64 Poll choices Votes Statistics Taurus I (QE2) 12  [18.75%] Taurus II (Five Miles Out) 35  [54.69%] Taurus III (Crisis) 9  [14.06%] can't make a choice!!! 8  [12.50%] Guests cannot vote

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Sonilink Group: Members Posts: 393 Joined: Jan. 2005 Posted: April 11 2005, 15:46 I know taht I could make that poll in two other albums but since it's on QE2 that the saga began I think it' logic that it goes there   -------------- Take the Time Back to top

hiawatha Group: Members Posts: 2391 Joined: Mar. 2004 Posted: April 11 2005, 15:48 Don't forget "Punkadidle", which is like a "Taurus 0": one of its two themes is pretty much the same as that main Taurus theme shared between T1 and T2, only faster. -------------- "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

Sonilink Group: Members Posts: 393 Joined: Jan. 2005 Posted: April 11 2005, 15:55 Quote (hiawatha @ April 11 2005, 15:48) Don't forget "Punkadidle", which is like a "Taurus 0 I've never heard abour that... -------------- Take the Time Back to top

Baggiesfaninessex Group: Members Posts: 682 Joined: Mar. 2002 Posted: April 12 2005, 12:08 Taurus II for me, not just because it's the longest of the three. It would have been Taurus I, but toward the end it seriously loses it's way before the climax and sounds too much of a mish-mash. Sorry, this may not make sense to many, but I know what I mean. I'd better dig the vinyl out again so I can give approximate times of where it all seems to get a tad messy. Punkadiddle = Taurus 0? I've never heard that either. Has Mike said that or is it merely a suggestion to debate? -------------- “A dog is not intelligent. Never trust an animal that's surprised by its own farts.” - Frank Skinner Back to top

hiawatha Group: Members Posts: 2391 Joined: Mar. 2004 Posted: April 12 2005, 13:02 Quote (T4 @ April 12 2005, 12:08) Punkadiddle = Taurus 0? I've never heard that either. Has Mike said that or is it merely a suggestion to debate? I'm usually the last to recognize these things myself. Someone made the connection that the "A" theme of "Punkadiddle" was a lot like the Taurus theme, and I read it a long time ago, probably on the Amarok mailing list. -------------- "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

raven4x4x Group: Members Posts: 1535 Joined: Jan. 2002 Posted: April 13 2005, 06:39 I know that the theme of Punkadiddle is pretty much a speeded up version of the 'bagpipe guitars' tune of Tubular Bells part 2, but I've never heard any connection with Taurus I or II. I'm not hugely fond of either Taurus I or II to be honest, I prefer Crises and The Lake a whole lot more. -------------- Thank-you for helping us help you help us all. Back to top

hiawatha Group: Members Posts: 2391 Joined: Mar. 2004 Posted: April 13 2005, 09:08 Interesting. That would make "Guitars Sounding like Bagpipes" into "Taurus -1".  I never noticed that, but I see it now. Long ago I did recognize the "Guitars Sounding like Bagpipes"  theme in the Martian Thunderstorm in Hergest Ridge. -------------- "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

Sir Mustapha Group: Musicians Posts: 2802 Joined: April 2003 Posted: April 13 2005, 12:01 Well, I don't really believe in the Taurus 0 and Taurus -1 theory myself. To me, all melodies sound similar just because of that sequence of ascending notes. Other than that, they're fairly different. About the poll itself, I choose Taurus 1: lovely set of lovely themes, very cleverly written. -------------- Check out http://ferniecanto.com.br for all my music, including my latest albums: Don't Stay in the City, Making Amends and Builders of Worlds. Also check my Bandcamp page: http://ferniecanto.bandcamp.com Back to top

Sonilink Group: Members Posts: 393 Joined: Jan. 2005 Posted: April 13 2005, 15:48 here's a funny sory yesterday my 10 yaers old brother to tauris III and he asked why there is no taurus IV and I didn't know what to aswer i just said " It's like tubular bells you should't make a fourth one". Do you have an aswer to that???   -------------- Take the Time Back to top

Baggiesfaninessex Group: Members Posts: 682 Joined: Mar. 2002 Posted: April 13 2005, 17:39 I agree with you. I think a 4th Taurus or Tubular Bell is just forsaking new ideas and fresher material!     -------------- “A dog is not intelligent. Never trust an animal that's surprised by its own farts.” - Frank Skinner Back to top

Sonilink Group: Members Posts: 393 Joined: Jan. 2005 Posted: April 14 2005, 17:47 It may seems a bit stupid but do you think that there is a link between the taurus trilogy and the bull in the arena in the video of "The wind chimes"??? -------------- Take the Time Back to top

Ratty Group: Members Posts: 386 Joined: Jan. 2005 Posted: April 14 2005, 18:06 Hey Sonilink, tell your little brother that Taurus lv is actually called Fourus!!! Great that your kid bruv listens to Mikey Boy. Taurus ll is the best for me, it just has bags of raw energy and kicks.     -------------- Far away across the field The tolling of the iron bell Calls the faithful to their knees To hear the softly spoken magic spells Back to top

Afgyhi Group: Members Posts: 73 Joined: May 2003 Posted: April 19 2005, 07:32 I totaly agree with the fact that 3 taurus is enough. If there is to be a fourth I think this should be the lake. I dont know if anyone noticed this before. But if you take the albums QE2, Five miles out, Crises and discovery and take all the songs in sequence in a list, youll see that every ninth song is a taurus song. The ninth song after taurus 3 is the lake. Probably just a coincidence, but you never can tell with Mike My favourite taurus track is taurus 2. I think this song is brilliant!!! -------------- Crises! Crises!! Back to top

Korgscrew Group: Super Admins Posts: 3511 Joined: Dec. 1999 Posted: April 19 2005, 13:33 Quote (Sonilink @ April 14 2005, 22:47) It may seems a bit stupid but do you think that there is a link between the taurus trilogy and the bull in the arena in the video of "The wind chimes"??? The bull in The Wind Chimes is the constellation Taurus (it has the stars marked on it) - it's Mike's star sign, hence the references there and in the Taurus trilogy. Back to top

Tati The Sentinel Group: Members Posts: 3360 Joined: Feb. 2002 Posted: April 19 2005, 20:36 Mine is Taurus I -------------- "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

Ugo Group: Members Posts: 5495 Joined: April 2000 Posted: April 20 2005, 18:09 I think I said it elsewhere: Taurus II, because it's very varied. -------------- Ugo C. - a devoted Amarokian Back to top

The Bell(end) Group: Members Posts: 1051 Joined: July 2005 Posted: Sep. 19 2005, 16:40 Why did Mike make the taurus trilogy, why was it Taurus 1, 2 and 3 as opposed to separately named tracks? -------------- When the night's on fi-ya, do you need love's arms to hold yew? :D Back to top

Sysiyo Group: Members Posts: 245 Joined: Feb. 2003 Posted: Sep. 20 2005, 05:34 Well, why not? They're variations of the same theme, it's quite logical to name them as he did (well, except for using arabic numbers for 1 & 3 and roman for II). Back to top

The Bell(end) Group: Members Posts: 1051 Joined: July 2005 Posted: Sep. 20 2005, 13:43 My theory is that Virgin wanted a trilogy to get customers buying QE2 to get Taurus I as they had taurus II and vice versa   -------------- When the night's on fi-ya, do you need love's arms to hold yew? :D Back to top

natertb Group: Members Posts: 53 Joined: April 2004 Posted: Oct. 04 2005, 14:01 Taurus 3 is my favorite because it is short and sweet, compared to the other two. (T1: 10 minutes/T2: 24 minutes) There are parts of the other two that I like. For example, I love the end of Taurus II with the zither. I don't like the section of Taurus 1 before the vocoder that Mike uses in the QE2 track. -------------- Waiting hour by hour... Back to top

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