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tubularbills Group: Members Posts: 528 Joined: Aug. 2000 Posted: April 01 2002, 14:46 Am i seriously the only person here who wouldn't mind seeing this album exist? not so much as in "the next album" but in my lifetime. i love the bells -------------- Terrible, Wonderful, Crazy, Perfect. Back to top

Baggiesfaninessex Group: Members Posts: 682 Joined: Mar. 2002 Posted: April 01 2002, 18:40 ...only if he did the original justice, which he did with TB2 but not with TB3 - IMHO! -------------- “A dog is not intelligent. Never trust an animal that's surprised by its own farts.” - Frank Skinner Back to top

Korgscrew Group: Super Admins Posts: 3511 Joined: Dec. 1999 Posted: April 01 2002, 21:51 I don't think he needs any encouragement... A fun one might be something that picks off where Tubular Bells left off - Parts 3 and 4, something like that. I don't know how people would react to that, though... Back to top

raven4x4x Group: Members Posts: 1535 Joined: Jan. 2002 Posted: April 02 2002, 03:50 I don't know how everyone else would react, considering there are so many of them complaining about Tubular Bells III already. I think that I heard him say once that the Millennium Bell would be the last bell album. In my opinion it could be a bells album but not be called Tubular Bells 4, prehaps something more original. -------------- Thank-you for helping us help you help us all. Back to top

Man In The Rain Group: Members Posts: 405 Joined: April 2002 Posted: April 08 2002, 14:17 Mike has gone on record as stating the common features of an album that characterise it as a 'tubular bells' album - the folk song, the noisy piltdownman or likewise, and the introducing of the bells....outside of these the possibilities are limitless...as mike has said, he feels that the bells are returning to him and not vice versa...so it is certainly possible that we may one day have 'Tubular Bells 4'...but Mike is criticised by the foolish for sticking 'too close to the original' with II, and deviating too much with III...of course the most foolish of all would criticise no matter how it sounded...but it is interesting that amarok is a bells album in spirit, but the millennium bell is not...i do feel though that by returning to the original tubular bells in 2003, Mike will return to the long instrumental format...maybe then, we will receive another Bells masterpiece... Oliver -------------- Hergest Ridge 165 - Ommadawn 038 - Incantations 243 Back to top

MusicallyInspired Group: Musicians Posts: 1445 Joined: June 2001 Posted: April 30 2002, 22:44 i was reading an interview recently and he asked him if he got much flak for having 5 bell albums (i don which five hes talkn about but thats what it said...must be orchestral) and he said yes but he looks at it as hes not trying to please anybody...he does what he feels he wants to do. he said if he did what everyone wanted him to do he would lose the beauty of it and it wouldnt be fun. so he said if i feel to do another bell album i will. i personally think it would be kool. ppl may think he takes it too far and cant do anything else but thats the whole point of makn sequels...to add somethn new to an original. and i love that idea. i went thru many stages where i thought certain albums were just plain junk but i have just decided that everything mike oldfield does is awesome because he likes it and enjoys doing it or else he wouldnt make it. and ive just decided that if i enjoy his music and he enjoys this stuff that i dont like than i must be able to enjoy it too because i like his music. and ive just learned to accept that and now i love everything he does...of course ive always loved tb3..... thats one thing i cant figure out....everyone says he cant do anything else so he just makes another bell album but then they say hes straying too far from it....meaning hes done somethn new. i dont know why they cant see that. i dont care if he does the first one justice or not whatever it is it will be awesome. and ive learned that with all music in a way.....if it sounds good to me (and ill give it careful consideration) than i like it no matter what popular opinion says. thats kind of the way i think that mike is thinkn too anyways...excuse me for blabbing on -------------- BrandonBlume.com "The beauty in life is in the embracing of the variety of things. If all the world was blue there would be no colour blue." Back to top

dgcaer Group: Members Posts: 72 Joined: Dec. 2000 Posted: May 01 2002, 12:57 For me, it's enough for the bells. However, I will be happy to see next year Tubular Bells remake. I don't think it's a good idea to do a Tubular Bells 4. I think it is more interesting to do a Hergest Ridge 2. A fantastic album. Back to top

mirwais57 Group: Members Posts: 188 Joined: Jan. 2002 Posted: May 11 2002, 00:37 I would like more songs in the Taurus series. They were good. He doesn't have to do anything different, he would just have to do another song and call it Taurus IV. It would be pretty easy. -------------- http://www.mp3.com/57_13/ http://www.angelfire.com/electronic2/57_ttpo_13/ NB: Avatar = Mirwais himself. Back to top

Juan Luis Group: Members Posts: 60 Joined: April 2001 Posted: May 13 2002, 13:01 Tubular Bells IV, could be, why not? As someone said somewhere, Only Time Will Tell. Back to top

treslunas Group: Musicians Posts: 55 Joined: Aug. 2002 Posted: Aug. 14 2002, 11:44 There is a tubular bells 4!!!!!!! It is the millenium BELL!!!!!!!! Now tubular bells 5 would be fantastic! being a piano player i have tried and tried to re arrange the tubular bells theme but cos i am such a big oldfield fan i just play either TB1 TB2 TB3 or TMB theme! i just cannot do! Mike, its time for you to shine yet again!   -------------- Tr3s Lunas (Danny Hudson) Back to top

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