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changeling Group: Members Posts: 15 Joined: May 2007 Posted: May 28 2007, 11:05 Greetings from Australia, I have been visiting this site as a guest for a  couple of years now. I just wanted to say that this is a fantastic site and I love reading your forums...you folk are just so passionate about Mikes music (and many other things too)...it's great. My name is Derek, I'm an aussie and I've been listening to Mike's music since I was a boy..my older brothers obsession with Tubular bells was the starting point for me... I play guitar and I love many genres of music... I would love to meet up with any fans from Australia Peace and Happiness -------------- "Terrible, wonderful, crazy, perfect"                        Mike Oldfield 1998 Back to top

jonnyw Group: Members Posts: 522 Joined: Oct. 2005 Posted: May 28 2007, 18:49 Nice to meet you! Im a guitarplayer also, not aussie though, have fun here! -------------- Grand piano. Reed and pipe organ. Glockenspeil. Bass guitar. Vocal chords. Two slightly sampled electric guitars. The venitian effect. Digital sound processor. And Tubular bells. Solo music - http://-terrapin-.bebo.com Band music - http://www.rsimusic.com Back to top

clotty Group: Members. Posts: 237 Joined: Mar. 2006 Posted: May 29 2007, 02:40 Quote (changeling @ May 28 2007, 11:05) ..my older brothers obsession with Tubular bells was the starting point for me... Welcome Changeling. You had the same starting point as me. I blame my older brother for buying Tubular Bells in 1973. I have been addicted ever since. -------------- Clotty Back to top

Inkanta Group: Admins Posts: 1453 Joined: Feb. 2000 Posted: May 29 2007, 03:56 Welcome, welcome!!!! Best regards, Inkanta -------------- "No such thing as destiny; only choices exist." From:  Moongarden's "Solaris." Back to top

Matt Group: Admins Posts: 1186 Joined: Nov. 2002 Posted: May 29 2007, 04:28 Hi Changeling, my elder brother had a copied tape of Tubular Bells which he didn't like and swapped it for a new blank tape of mine (the fool!. Listening to that while being forced to spend a day tidying my room aged about 9 was my introduction! -------------- "I say I say I say I say, what's got three bottles and five eyes and no legs and two wheels" Back to top

Iksion Group: Members Posts: 212 Joined: Sep. 2006 Posted: May 29 2007, 14:14 Heya!! Nice to see new faces around here Anyway welcome and enjoy!! Peace to ya' too! -------------- Im crazy old man, Im dressed in red, I drink sky like honey, enough i have said. Back to top

moonchildhippy Group: Members Posts: 1807 Joined: Dec. 2004 Posted: May 29 2007, 17:55 Welcome Changeling, I first heard Mikes music about 1976/7 I remember at my infants school I heard Portsmouth and In Dulci Jubilo in school assembly, I've always loved those songs but had no idea 'til many years later they were by Mike, and of course I remember seeing Tubular Bells, but I didn't appreciate the music until later on. Then when I was 11/12 Moonlight Shadow was a UK no 4 hit. I too play the guitar   ,well at least try to. I guess "The Zimmers"  a group of pensioners that ROCK BIG TIME   with their cover of The Who's My Generation are proof that you're never too old to rock and roll   . -------------- 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!! Back to top

olracUK Group: Members Posts: 1683 Joined: June 2003 Posted: May 29 2007, 18:01 Welcome from me too. Although I'm a Brit, there is a strong group of Aussie fans, who I know will be making your aquaintence soon. Enjoy your time here, especially now we have so much activity, what with last years NOTP shows, the book, new album and Mike popping up all over the media. -------------- The answer is 42 - but what is the question? Back to top

Alan D Group: Members Posts: 3670 Joined: Aug. 2004 Posted: May 30 2007, 03:28 Hello Derek, welcome, in Australia, down below. I have a question - something that I'd really like to know about Mike Oldfield's album (the one of most renown): on all Australian versions, does the bell hang upside down? Back to top

glasgow_tubular Group: Members Posts: 215 Joined: July 2006 Posted: May 31 2007, 05:32 welcome from scotland    keep posting. Its all good   -------------- www.myspace.com/allaroundmyhat Back to top

changeling Group: Members Posts: 15 Joined: May 2007 Posted: May 31 2007, 14:12 Greetings, Nice to meet you all! Its interesting to hear your stories on how you first were introduced to Mike's music.. To me it feels like its a constant journey of new discoveries & levels of understanding listening to Mike..even as the years pass you can still go back over albums and have new experiences... How cool is that! Quote Alan D   Posted on May 30 2007, 03:28 I have a question - something that I'd really like to know about Mike Oldfield's album (the one of most renown): on all Australian versions, does the bell hang upside down? I'm not sure what you mean Alan, as far as I knew our Bell was always the right way up...and everyone else's was upside down!!     -------------- "Terrible, wonderful, crazy, perfect"                        Mike Oldfield 1998 Back to top

Tati The Sentinel Group: Members Posts: 3360 Joined: Feb. 2002 Posted: May 31 2007, 20:12 Welcome to the forum and enjoy! I've been listening to Mike's music since 2001,and it's a pleasure to listen to such a special music.And I'll never forget the 3 NNOTP concerts I attended last year and watched Mike playing \o/ Greetings from Brazil   -------------- "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

TubularBelle Group: Members Posts: 1487 Joined: April 2004 Posted: June 05 2007, 00:50 Hey Derek, I'm an Adelaide girl, originally from NSW. Used to come in here every single day until I got addicted to You Tube. @Galadriel. The Zimmers are on You Tube. A very popular member Peter (Geriatric1927) who I subscribe to, is one of The Zimmers. Aren't they great, the lead singer is 90 years old! Check me out in You Tube, same username, and join me in MSN chat anytime you feel inclined. tubulartracy@hotmail.com WELCOME to tubularnet. Tracy. TubularBelle -------------- I hate getting up early. I didn't even realise there were two 6 o'clocks in one day! Back to top

moonchildhippy Group: Members Posts: 1807 Joined: Dec. 2004 Posted: June 05 2007, 08:17 Quote (TubularBelle @ June 05 2007, 04:50) @Galadriel. The Zimmers are on You Tube. A very popular member Peter (Geriatric1927) who I subscribe to, is one of The Zimmers. Aren't they great, the lead singer is 90 years old! Yep I see lead singer Alf has become a bit of an unlikely sex symbol     . I'm just waiting for the album, how about a cover of The Rolling Stones' ( I Can't Get No) Satisfaction, I'd like to see Alf cover Jumpin' Jack Flash, Led Zeppelin's  Whole Lotta Love, or David Bowie's   Ch-ch-ch-ch Changes . -------------- 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!! Back to top

torbenyj Group: Members Posts: 377 Joined: Jan. 2003 Posted: June 05 2007, 08:31 hej thanx for Mary torben denmark btw - who cares Back to top

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