Alan D
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Posted: Nov. 04 2005, 16:57 |
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Quote (EeToN @ Nov. 04 2005, 21:17) | you mentioned the importance of these folk elements in Mike's works more than once, so I'm quite puzzled why your taste and these kind of music (Blue Peter, In Dulci Jubilo, Polka, Wrekorder Wrondo, Portsmouth, Mike's Reel) aren't in perfect harmony. |
Yes, you're absolutely right about my love of the folk elements - but it's true that the list of pieces you give there are the ones that drive me crazy.
The folk elements that I love in Mike's music are the ones that somehow infuse unobtrusively into much of what he writes: in Ommadawn, for example, there are continual shifts and changes that seem to call to mind certain folk-song cadences. My musical knowledge is too poor to be able to analyse them - but I feel their presence almost all the time. Vaughan Williams's music has the same kind of quality.
It's not the folkiness of Cook's tune, Blue Peter etc. that I dislike - but the continual repetitive hammering of the simple tune, whether folky or not. It's the Oldfield treatment, not the folkiness, that's the problem for me.
Does that seem more consistent with what I've said before? The folk music roots are indeed part of the reason why I love Ommadawn and Hergest Ridge - but it's not at all the same kind of treatment as he gives Portsmouth. I don't think there's much I can do about it - I think it's physiological, and I'm stuck with it.
Incidentally, I don't experience this problem with your music at all, EeTon. You'll recall how much I enjoy your Oclamoorie, perhaps?
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