qcfoetus
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Posted: Feb. 27 2015, 16:10 |
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Thanks for sharing this lovely story. It reminds me of how I got to be introduced to Mike's music.
It happened in the summer of 1974, not long before I turned 16. Having decided it was time for me to get off my ***, my father had found me a job in a state park one hour away from home. He had basically dumped me there (at least that's how it felt), working and living with a bunch of guys in their early 20s who all drank, smoked grass, partied every night... basically did real-life, adult things I didn't know much about at the time. So there I was, alone and scared in this god foresaken place when one night, in the middle of yet another party I wouldn't dare walk out of, this guy puts on this incredible music! I can still picture the portable 4-track tape recorder, smack right in the middle of the floor. Following some irresistible force, I lied down next to it, transfixed, my ear glued to the speaker. The magic lasted eleven minutes... Music had crashed into my life, and things would never be the same for me. The artist's name was Mike Oldfield, and I had just experienced what would later be called Harmonics, Peace and Bagpipe Guitars (TB side 2).
Today, 40 years later, Mike's music is still a central part of my life. I've found something to like, to love, in all of his albums, but the first four will always hold a very special place in my heart.
Thanks Mike!
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