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Question: urrgh, Foreign affair is so annoying!!!!! :: Total Votes:66 Poll choices Votes Statistics I believe that this track is a little repetitive but still good enough for me to be in the same room without fingers in ears. 31  [46.97%] It is painfully repetitive and uber dull!! 12  [18.18%] I felt like putting my fist down Mikes/Maggies throat when I heard it. 2  [3.03%] Its one of my favourite songs!! 17  [25.76%] Beautiful but boring. 4  [6.06%] Guests cannot vote

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The Bell(end) Group: Members Posts: 1051 Joined: July 2005 Posted: July 31 2005, 10:51 I find this track so annoying that I tend to skip it, I can see that the first minute is nice but goodness me is it repetitive!! -------------- When the night's on fi-ya, do you need love's arms to hold yew? :D Back to top

EeToN Group: Members Posts: 845 Joined: Sep. 2001 Posted: July 31 2005, 21:10 No, I don't agree, it's a great song. I wish it would be even longer, it's wonderful to listen to it at night - and this is true for the whole Crises album. Anyway, it's really rare that you can't hear any kinds of guitars in an Oldfield track, I only know about these (except for TKF): Foreign Affair Bones The Trap Make Make In the Beginning The Sunken Forest A New Beginning The Spectral Army (only basses) Sunlight Shining through Cloud Broad Sunlit Uplands Firefly ...and even including TKF Foreign Affair was the very first one. -------------- If I were music, I would be Enigmatism. Back to top

raven4x4x Group: Members Posts: 1535 Joined: Jan. 2002 Posted: Aug. 01 2005, 00:49 I wouldn't quite say it annoys me, but I certainly wouldn't say I like it either.  I find it doesn't really go anywhere or do anything much musically. I think some more development would have been nice. -------------- Thank-you for helping us help you help us all. Back to top

Sir Mustapha Group: Musicians Posts: 2802 Joined: April 2003 Posted: Aug. 01 2005, 07:07 That song is one of the very few songs I have that truly tests my patience. Seriously. I can take repetitiveness and monotony (I'm a Cure fan, by golly), but I can't take... whatever Foreign Affair is. -------------- Check out http://ferniecanto.com.br for all my music, including my latest albums: Don't Stay in the City, Making Amends and Builders of Worlds. Also check my Bandcamp page: http://ferniecanto.bandcamp.com Back to top

The Bell(end) Group: Members Posts: 1051 Joined: July 2005 Posted: Aug. 01 2005, 07:23 it would have been nice to have an actual description of her foreign affair hehehe, no I think it is dull and the boring/annoying bits outweigh the good bits, their voices sound great but what they are singing means nothing and unlike Crises it leaves nothing to the imagination.     -------------- When the night's on fi-ya, do you need love's arms to hold yew? :D Back to top

Tubularman Group: Awaiting Authorisation Posts: 2304 Joined: June 2004 Posted: Aug. 01 2005, 08:44 Foreign affiair is a good dance song. Actually, the girls like it when they hear it. And the song remain me of summer and sunshine. Problamy because one of the lyrics: tropical beach.... Anyway, its good and will allways be one of mye favorite song. -------------- Mike Oldfield M i x e s https://soundcloud.com/tubularman Back to top

Tati The Sentinel Group: Members Posts: 3360 Joined: Feb. 2002 Posted: Aug. 01 2005, 11:04 The final part with that repetitions sucks a bit to me. -------------- "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 Back to top

TubularBelle Group: Members Posts: 1487 Joined: April 2004 Posted: Aug. 02 2005, 02:57 It is definitely repetitive and I could understand anyone saying it is boring but I enjoy it. I never get sick of singing that verse over and over again, and it is my 2nd favourite song after Far Country, followed by some of Barry Palmers stuff on Discovery. -------------- I hate getting up early. I didn't even realise there were two 6 o'clocks in one day! Back to top

larstangmark Group: Members Posts: 1760 Joined: Mar. 2005 Posted: Aug. 02 2005, 12:24 Quote (EeToN @ July 31 2005, 21:10) Foreign Affair Bones The Trap Make Make In the Beginning The Sunken Forest A New Beginning The Spectral Army (only basses) Sunlight Shining through Cloud Broad Sunlit Uplands Firefly ...and even including TKF Foreign Affair was the very first one. The Wind Chimes part 1 + most tracks of Killing Fields. Lars T -------------- "There are twelve people in the world, the rest are paste" Mark E Smith Back to top

Anne in the Rain Group: Members Posts: 33 Joined: July 2004 Posted: Aug. 02 2005, 12:46 Quote (larstangmark @ Aug. 02 2005, 12:24) Quote (EeToN @ July 31 2005, 21:10) Foreign Affair Bones The Trap Make Make In the Beginning The Sunken Forest A New Beginning The Spectral Army (only basses) Sunlight Shining through Cloud Broad Sunlit Uplands Firefly ...and even including TKF Foreign Affair was the very first one. The Wind Chimes part 1 + most tracks of Killing Fields. Lars T + The Top of the Morning Back to top

hiawatha Group: Members Posts: 2391 Joined: Mar. 2004 Posted: Aug. 02 2005, 15:27 Top of the Morning? I'd better check the Elements DVD, but I thought I saw guitars playing during "Top of the Morning". Not sure, though: I might be thinking of another track. -------------- "In the land of the Dacotahs, Where the Falls of Minnehaha Flash and gleam among the oak-trees, Laugh and leap into the valley." - Song of Hiawatha Back to top

Craig Evans Group: Members Posts: 253 Joined: Sep. 2004 Posted: Aug. 02 2005, 15:52 Quote (hiawatha @ Aug. 02 2005, 15:27) Top of the Morning? I'd better check the Elements DVD, but I thought I saw guitars playing during "Top of the Morning". Not sure, though: I might be thinking of another track. Yeah.  That's right Hiawatha.  The guitar in the Horse Guard's Parade DVD video for Top of The Morning is a brown Paul Read Smith Custom 24 electric guitar being played through the Roland VG8 virtual guitar modelling unit with a flute and bagpipe preset selected.     -------------- "It is good to be on Horseback" - Mike Oldfield "On Horseback" "(Insert "The Thunderstorm" here)" Back to top

Holger Group: Members Posts: 1506 Joined: Feb. 2003 Posted: Aug. 07 2005, 08:00 None of the above - great song and just a little too repetitive. Back to top

EeToN Group: Members Posts: 845 Joined: Sep. 2001 Posted: Aug. 07 2005, 20:57 Quote (larstangmark @ Aug. 02 2005, 18:24) The Wind Chimes part 1 + most tracks of Killing Fields. Yes, as I wrote, that list intentionally didn't include any tracks from TKF. You're right about TWC1 but it's not really a separate track or is it? Quote (Anne in the Rain @ Aug. 02 2005, 18:46) + The Top of the Morning Indeed, I thought about not including guitar sound and not guitar playing, so TTOTM should be there. -------------- If I were music, I would be Enigmatism. Back to top

Baggiesfaninessex Group: Members Posts: 682 Joined: Mar. 2002 Posted: Oct. 24 2005, 06:37 It is a bit too repetitive but I still like it. It just could've been so much better. It has so much potential to go elsewhere but the same lines get repeated ad nauseum. Thankfully, it is a good tune and Maggie's voice is as fine as ever. -------------- “A dog is not intelligent. Never trust an animal that's surprised by its own farts.” - Frank Skinner Back to top

The Man who is He.. Group: Members Posts: 75 Joined: Oct. 2005 Posted: Oct. 25 2005, 17:11 The Only time I ever felt like shoving my fist down a throat was when I heard Bros on the radio, many years ago. The song would be 10 times better if it just had another verse instead of playingon and on. It makes you think it's about 10 minuites long. Back to top

lettherebeme Group: Members Posts: 14 Joined: Oct. 2005 Posted: Oct. 25 2005, 18:58 I love the whole feel of Mike's work during that period, Maggie had a great voice for his stuff and he was producing unforgettable pop songs and instrumentals for a pastime. Dare I say bring it back -------------- lettherebe more Mike Oldfield in our lives Back to top

New Incantation Group: Members Posts: 85 Joined: Sep. 2007 Posted: Mar. 09 2010, 08:36 Quote (Baggiesfaninessex @ Oct. 24 2005, 11:37) It is a bit too repetitive but I still like it. It just could've been so much better. It has so much potential to go elsewhere but the same lines get repeated ad nauseum. Thankfully, it is a good tune and Maggie's voice is as fine as ever. Spot on. Maggie has a great voice, and thus makes the repetitive chrous a whole lot more tolerable. Back to top

Scatterplot Group: Members Posts: 1980 Joined: Dec. 2007 Posted: Mar. 09 2010, 14:32 I adore Foriegn Affair. One of my fav. songs. -------------- We raise our voices in the night Crying to heaven And will our voices be heard Or will they break Like the wind Back to top

larstangmark Group: Members Posts: 1760 Joined: Mar. 2005 Posted: Mar. 09 2010, 17:08 In High Places and Foreign Affair are fantastic tracks. They have a cold, chilly quality that sends shivers down my spine. In the case of Foreign Affair I can't help but thinking how perfectly it would fit on Patrick Bateman's walkman - cold, repetetive, cocaine-like digital synth arpreggios and lyrics that could be a synopsis for a cheap 1983 direct-to-video drama. All delivered by Maggie in a voice that expresses as much sadness as indifference. I have no about the intentions behind the song. But it's a cool shiny surface. As opposed to say...Magic Touch. Lars T -------------- "There are twelve people in the world, the rest are paste" Mark E Smith Back to top

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