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Posted: May 17 2004, 06:32

The other day an extract of Ommadawn was played on Desert Island Disks,  this explorer bloke chose it saying that our friend mike was one of the most talented msucians.

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Posted: May 17 2004, 07:10

That's good that he didn't choose Tubular Bells. Shows that he knows Mike's music more than the average person

The full list can be found here:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/factual/desertislanddiscs.shtml#discs
until the end of this week
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Posted: May 17 2004, 12:31

That's a bizarre list. "Can't Get You Out Of My Head"?

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Posted: May 21 2004, 16:55

Hehe it is really, isnt it?   I wonder if anyone else has put any other Oldfield albums on their Desert Island Disks...
Can't really be bothered to go through all those names of other "Castaways"


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Posted: April 12 2014, 05:02

You can do a search on the Desert Island Discs site, sadly only 3 people have choosen Mike's music:
Richard Branson - Tubular Bells
Ara Darzi - Tubular Bells
Pen Hadow - Ommadawn

Mike himself has not been on this program, but maybe in the future he could be as he has probably been to a desert island near him.
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Posted: April 12 2014, 05:42

...it's not quite the same thing but.... back in 2006 he did a 'tracks of my years' on Radio 2 for Ken Bruce...I can remember sneaking away from work to be able to listen to it on a radio I'd smuggled in ... ( how things change...now I'd just tune in on my phone and discretely use earphones and no one would be any the wiser!  )

This programme was in the days before the autobiography came out, so maybe less was known about Mike then.

The tracks are listed on the second page thanks to Tati's good work!!

here

I'd love to hear him on Desert Island Discs for three reasons: firstly, it's Mike so of course I'd listen! Secondly, I think it is a really interesting way of hearing about someone's life, funny, factual and sometimes quite moving too, and lastly, Kirsty Young is a brilliant interviewer...she is sympathetic, sensitive and very perceptive...and has the ability to gain the confidence of her interviewees allowing them to really open up.  But only 8 songs and then to choose 1...very difficult thing to do...although I suppose it does make you think what music really does stand out for you.

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Posted: April 12 2014, 05:53

Yes, I also remember hearing Mike on Tracks of My Years, I still listen to that show every week :) I was always supprised Mike chose Hendrix, I don't feel and liking of his music from Mike at all, but then you can just like someone's music without being influenced by them.
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Posted: April 14 2014, 06:53

Even further back he did a show called "My Top Twelve".
(I think we're talking early 80's)

Which I'm sure I have on cassette tape somewhere!
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Posted: April 14 2014, 07:18

And do you we what his top twelve was back then?
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Posted: April 16 2014, 07:06

Quote (qjamesfloyd @ April 14 2014, 12:18)
And do you we what his top twelve was back then?


Yeah... if I can find my cassette !
(I'm SURE I ripped it in the past and have it somewhere digitally...)

BUT.. Look what *I* just found!
http://www.radiorewind.co.uk/radio1/andy_peebles_page.htm

29/10/1983 !


And this...  MP3 CLIP from Show

(I can't hear this at work, but IIRC one of the tracks was The Zombies "She's not there")
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Posted: April 16 2014, 08:53

Here's where My Top 12 was raised a few years ago - I'd totally forgotten it was one I contributed to!
http://tubular.net/forums....=top+12


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Posted: April 16 2014, 09:24

Very interesting, I would not have guessed those songs would have been choosen by MO, even the Pink Floyd track is not one I would thought he would have choosen, but then I guess you can like and then dislike certain songs over the course of many years.
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