Tati The Sentinel
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Posted: Mar. 13 2014, 06:06 |
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Quote (Olivier @ Mar. 12 2014, 21:16) | Quote (knife edge @ Mar. 12 2014, 13:37) | Quote (Matt @ Mar. 12 2014, 05:42) | I can imagine listening to and enjoying the album in the future but the aspects of Mikes music I enjoy the most aren't present enough on MOTR for me to give it a five star review. I'll go for 3.5/5 |
I quote this The same feelings here. Not enough Mike... I surprisingly prefer listening to Light and Shade because, at least, it's pure Mike music. |
This is becoming surreal... I think the exact opposite. To me, MOTR is unmistakably Mike inspired by pop and rock, L+S is teenage music that thinks it's inspired by Mike. |
9 years on,L+S sounds like an amateur experiment Mike did but wasn't successful in terms of musical ideas.Way too disconnected from what it was trance/edm back in 2005.Back then I did enjoy it a lot,still like (and listen to) Angelique and Nightshade,but that's it really.
On the other hand,MOTR is more Oldfieldish without the PRS Custom on it.You've got the Telecaster there,which strips down Mike's guitar playing to another level.I can barely hear way too overprocessed guitars/synth guitars on MOTR.Raw,still getting back into his old form (slowly...).
At this moment of my life,I do enjoy MOTR.Standouts are the title track,Castaway,Dreaming in the Wind and Chariots.Moonshine is very U2-ish but has a lot of potential as the next single(MO said he's been editing the radio version on MO Personal FB page).Still don't get Following the Angels and Irene really...
-------------- "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
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