arron11196
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Posted: Nov. 20 2007, 17:33 |
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You know, it strikes me as rather odd. I remember having a discussion before... i believe it was just before L+S was released, and what came out of it was that there was this divide... some people could be quite happy with "recycled ideas" but new interpretations whilst others only want completely original stuff.
As always with Oldfield, I doubt although he's said he's interested in listeners, thats really his motivation. Typically, in the past we've seen him be particularly self motivated when it came to the music he produced - especially after he left Virgin. I really do believe MOTS is an experiment like so many albums before, like "I wonder if i can make an album with ONLY guitars" this is like "I wonder if I can make an album with ONLY classical instruments".
I for one sit in the interpretation camp. I don't mind whats produced, because ultimately, I believe we have very little actual control over what is put out anyway. I appreciate MOTS for what it is, whether that is a complete rip off of the TB structure, some of the themes or not. There's still enough originality for me to consider it as a seperate piece of music to an earlier piece, so for that I'm glad.
We've already had like 20 odd albums before that... I dunno about the board here but I for one would like to see some rethinking of old themes... like maybe crises II or somesuch. Like i said though, thats entirely up to Mike. So i'll just take what I can get and be happy with it.
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Arron J Eagling
Everyone's interpretation is different, and everyone has a right to that opinion. There is no "right" one, I am adding this post to communicate my thoughts to share them with like-minded souls who will be able to comment in good nature.
(insert the last 5 mins of Crises here)
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