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Posted: June 11 2024, 15:31 |
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| Quote (nightspore @ June 11 2024, 07:36) | It's more likely that Mike Oldfield is the force behind Apple and uses that to reference the apple/kaustubha in RTO.
And as Milamber reminds us, there are no coincidences |
I'm not aware of any "kaustubha" on Return to Ommadawn, or even the original Ommadawn, or any other Mike Oldfield, or any other Western musical recording or even in any traditional Indian music; nor is it particularly obvious how a "kaustubha" could be used in a piece of recorded music, at all. (Nor is there any mention of an "apple" in Return to Ommadawn; there is indirect reference to horses, which eat apples, though. That could be what youre getting at, I suppose).
Now, could it be possible you meant to say "...'cause tuba..." - in reference to Herbie Flowers (the tuba maestro/extraordinaire - probably the greatest exponent of the instrument in the last 60 years)? Or is that just a coincidence...?
Speaking of coincidences, they certainly exist and can be easily proven; whether or not we want to conflate the same with the concept of fate, per se, is a slightly more tricky matter. It seems to me that there are mere coincidences - happenstance, dumb luck, remarkable flukes etc - and there are also events which are certainly the workings and eventual ripening/fruition of a cosmically inscrutable kind of cause and effect sequence stretching back potentially many lifetimes, forged through vows and the infallible laws of karma. These truly are a source of prodigious wonder and are not, as Marimba reminds us (or helps us to marimba), mere everyday, profane "coincidences" such as enshrined in populist quotations such as "of all the gin joints...." (Although I am sure there is an alternate, spiritual reading of Casablanca out there. If so, fair play to them).
Anyway, with the iPhone ringtone notification/tone, it strikes me as being virtually identical to the chord/effect/hiatus breaker heard at 39:01 (the key may be slightly different, which is a simple matter of a minute adjustment to a mixing desk slider). We know that Mike Oldfield does not work for Apple and has never worked for them, although in all likelihood he has or does presently own an iPhone/Pad or other similarly notifiable device. My question is , could this be a coincidence, or did Mike know of this tone/sound effect, and liked it and thus inserted it into the album? Perhaps he heard the notification during the recording/composition process and was duly inspired? If so, it would be, as mentioned above, reminiscent of the Herbie Flowers "Grandad" doorbell anecdote.
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