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Question: What is Crises about? :: Total Votes:33
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It was totally inspired by Terry Ilott's painting 4  [12.12%]
It's about crises in Mike's life 8  [24.24%]
It's about crises in someone's life 6  [18.18%]
Crises is just an additional conception 10  [30.30%]
It's about something else (please explain it) 5  [15.15%]
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Posted: Sep. 23 2012, 06:07

The sound fx seem just as random as the ones used in Atom Heart Mother.

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Posted: Sep. 24 2012, 08:54

Quote (raven4x4x @ June 15 2004, 03:54)
I am certain it's 'crises'.

It's actually "cry seas, cry seas, you can't get aweigh"

As in "anchors aweigh" the nautical term.

Although this may be entirely spurious.

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Posted: Oct. 06 2012, 19:33

First there is the 10 years celebration thing.
Crises would be promoted with much more effort
than Oldfields previous albums. Thanks Richard Branson.

Branson is in the balloon on In High Places.
Not sure if Mike wants him to come down again.

Taurus 3 was there to complete the trilogy about Mike's
own star sign. A statement about Oldfield following his own way,
whilst Branson was running after punk and new wave bands.

Moonlight Shadow has the John Lennon connection.

Crises from another angle could also reflect
the cold war theme and climate of the early 80s.

There was the reference to Poland in Shadow on the Wall.
And there was the nuclear mushroom cloud on the back sleeve.
The soldier on the front cover completes the picture.

I would rather think that the sleeve painting was made
with the album in mind, instead of the other way around.
There's a moonlight shadow and a shadow on the wall in it.

The watcher and the tower is the sleeve's main theme.
A very strong metaphore it is. Only one room with the lights on
in the tower. Maybe that's the light of hope shining through.

One note about Foreign Affair: it's like a siren singing
in the soldiers head, whispering promises of better times to come.
Maybe it's the woman that lives on the top floor in the tower.
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Posted: Sep. 22 2013, 01:43

Quote (dazzler @ Oct. 06 2012, 19:33)
Crises from another angle could also reflect
the cold war theme and climate of the early 80s.

Voted for the option 5th, because i also think, that Crises releates largely to what was happened in the socialist countries at the time.
What makes me to think like this, is:
- that one of the track from the album (Shadow On The Wall) refers to imposition of the martial law in the Poland
- the track (and album! ) title "Crises" can refers to political crises and generally hard times in those countries to live, so not only the track, but also entire album can refers to that
- screeetching tires and gun shoots sounds
- lyrics "Crises, crises, you can't get away"

I think Mike could be under the influence of that events, which have had an impact to write the album. Just my thoughts.
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