Cavalier (Lost Version)
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Posted: July 26 2014, 14:01 |
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With apologies, MasterGeek, eventually you have!
Long ago, I made the mental promise that whosoever was the first person to play me a bit of Mike on the streets would profit handsomely from the experience. I anticipated that that would turn out to be one of the obvious examples from his back catalogue, and only feared that when it did happen, I would not have the money on hand to make good on the pledge.
And so, in late 2012 and on the South Bank in London - whilst browsing the book stalls underneath Waterloo Bridge next to the National Film Theatre, my ears perked up as a semi-familiar tune broke out. A busking duo - lady on fiddle or violin, gentleman on guitar - were suddenly playing not Moonlight Shadow, nor anything from TB, but Polka! I was only recently acquainted with this from the re-issues, and as far as I now know they played both the composite tunes. The reason I don't is that I was whiling away the time, looking at books until my train left, on account of being absolutely penniless. I had hoped to be in the position of dropping at least £5 to my first Oldfield buskers, and learning more that way. How much they would have appreciated feedback and inquiry from someone who couldn't even drop 1p into their case, I can never know but I felt I could only appreciate the performance from nearby and thus not even be certain that they were covering him - they might just have been fans of Irish polkas!
-------------- "Who was that?" "That was Venger - the force of Evil! I am Dungeon Master - your guide in the realm of Dungeons & Dragons!"
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