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Olivier Group: Super Admins Posts: 1867 Joined: Nov. 1999 Posted: Oct. 31 2015, 01:24 Mike has released an humorous Halloween special of Poison Arrows called Zombie. You can watch the video clip on Vevo, stream it on Spotify or buy it on iTunes. Back to top

First_Excursion Group: Members Posts: 280 Joined: Aug. 2012 Posted: Oct. 31 2015, 01:55 Just reminds what an effing terrific piece of music this really was. Back to top

stpaul Group: Members Posts: 230 Joined: Feb. 2005 Posted: Oct. 31 2015, 04:30 It would be quite nice, if it was a Halloween Special only ! But for a deluxe edition too cheesy ! Back to top

equinoxe Group: Members Posts: 175 Joined: Aug. 2011 Posted: Oct. 31 2015, 14:22 Oh man, this is almost as poor as Shiva...It's good as a joke, but should not be included on the Discovery deluxe edition, and i really like the original Poison Arrows track as well as entire Discovery album. Back to top

oldfield_fan Group: Members Posts: 198 Joined: May 2001 Posted: Nov. 01 2015, 04:26 For those who like it, someone also posted a "To France" zombie version at youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-gr8CHVC3A Back to top

Delfín Group: Members Posts: 667 Joined: Nov. 2000 Posted: Nov. 01 2015, 06:31 I can't think of a poorer effort by Mike. As much as I always loved this song, if this tries to get a smile from me it jut doesn't. Really poor. -------------- The most precious thing I possess, is knowing the answer's yes Back to top

equinoxe Group: Members Posts: 175 Joined: Aug. 2011 Posted: Nov. 01 2015, 06:32 Quote (oldfield_fan @ Nov. 01 2015, 04:26) For those who like it, someone also posted a "To France" zombie version at youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-gr8CHVC3A It would be awesome without this pointless robotic voice   Back to top

James Group: Members Posts: 39 Joined: July 2002 Posted: Nov. 01 2015, 13:49 kin hell lightin up crowd it's really funny and creative and that voice cracks me up,he's not asking for money so laugh along with it huh! well done Mike and co. Back to top

equinoxe Group: Members Posts: 175 Joined: Aug. 2011 Posted: Nov. 01 2015, 15:42 Quote (James @ Nov. 01 2015, 13:49) kin hell lightin up crowd it's really funny and creative and that voice cracks me up,he's not asking for money so laugh along with it huh! well done Mike and co. As for the money...this Poison Arrows Halloween Special track will appear as one of the tracks on the Discovery Deluxe Edition, so... Back to top

CJJC Group: Members Posts: 210 Joined: Aug. 2010 Posted: Nov. 01 2015, 22:30 And it's available for standalone purchase on iTunes. If it released alongside an untouched instrumental of Poison Arrows, I'd be up for that. I think Discovery is one of the song-led albums I'd most prefer an instrumental version of, a'la Man on the Rocks. -------------- IMHO Back to top

equinoxe Group: Members Posts: 175 Joined: Aug. 2011 Posted: Nov. 02 2015, 00:36 I have to say, that the Haloween Special is really nothing special to me, because you just get an instrumental version with zombie voice overdubbed. What i would like to see on such release as Discovery Deluxe Edition is some rare, unpublished tracks, demo versions, or live versions (concerts) of the period. Some time ago Mike posted on his Facebook group, that he has 25 reels of multitrack tapes, 25 hours of music! So why put Haloween Special, i'am asking? I'd like to get even some "not-so-good" quality live recordings rather than this. Back to top

spark Group: Members Posts: 152 Joined: June 2009 Posted: Nov. 02 2015, 08:22 You Tube fine but not on Discovery !! Its like Mikes I Say I Say joke , his houmer dosnt always amuse everyone . Back to top

Chrissy Group: Members Posts: 68 Joined: Sep. 2013 Posted: Nov. 02 2015, 11:36 Does Mike really think this is worthy of being on the re-issued Discovery? Oh dear what has happened to his musical abilities! Is this really the same man that gave us: Tubular Bells, Hergest Ridge, Ommadawn, Incantations and Amarok? Back to top

Olivier Group: Super Admins Posts: 1867 Joined: Nov. 1999 Posted: Nov. 02 2015, 17:32 To understand, I think we have to look at the movie The Curious Case of Benjamin Button: his most mature work was done at the beginning of his career and now he is just like a child. Back to top

stpaul Group: Members Posts: 230 Joined: Feb. 2005 Posted: Nov. 02 2015, 18:28 Quote (Olivier @ Nov. 02 2015, 17:32) To understand, I think we have to look at the movie The Curious Case of Benjamin Button: his most mature work was done at the beginning of his career and now he is just like a child. True ! Now, I really don't know why to buy this deluxe edition... The track "The Royal Miles" seems to be a re-work of Afghan uDiscover Maybe the only sense to buy this is the extract the single stems from the 5.1. version and make new mixes.... Back to top

MikeArnold Group: Members Posts: 26 Joined: Mar. 2008 Posted: Nov. 02 2015, 19:03 I do have a sense of humour, or at least I thought I did, but.... "OMG" And you can actually buy this thing?  Errr, for what conceivable purpose? Enough said! Back to top

Yann Group: Members Posts: 46 Joined: Oct. 2015 Posted: Nov. 02 2015, 21:14 This song is obviously a joke. And it's terribly bad music... which it's how a person that expresses himself through music shows his sense of humor. "Don Alfonso" in the 70s was a similar thing. It's sad to see such aggressive and derogatory comments in this forum. Sense of humor is a very particular thing. When I see german or dutch people making a joke I feel like "oh, dear God". But being derogatory would be absurd: different people have different sense of humor, that's all. And, honestly, I don't get Oldfield's musical sense of humor... but that's just because I have a different one. Watching those comments, I can understand why Oldfield hasn't had the incentive to invest much work in making great music (and one of the reasons early albums were so great it's because he was working on them 24/7). Back to top

captain cavern Group: Members Posts: 267 Joined: Oct. 2003 Posted: Nov. 02 2015, 21:30 This video is an absolute nightmare, really. Horrible. Wonderful waste of time... Back to top

Chrissy Group: Members Posts: 68 Joined: Sep. 2013 Posted: Nov. 03 2015, 16:23 At least Don Alfonso was funny. This is just plain awful! Back to top

tarquincat Group: Members Posts: 104 Joined: Aug. 2009 Posted: Nov. 04 2015, 06:00 A bit of positivity wouldnt go a miss on this board ! There is a vast amount of negativity produced here for any release coming from Mike. These extras only cost a couple of quid more than the basic album. Every release has been slagged off to the hilt. Mike recently asked on his Facebook page if "fans" would want a polished version of a new multi instrument album or be happy with a first take effort. Perish the thought if he didn't come up with anything that didn't match Beethoven's 5th in full loss less surround sound. Back to top

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