Album of the day (#5156): Tubular Bells by Mike Oldfield - Music

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Tubular Bells by Mike Oldfield (View album | Buy this album)

Year: 1973.
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Overall rank: 514
Average rating: 80/100 (from 643 votes).

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Tracks:
1. Tubular Bells (Side One)
2. Tubular Bells (Side Two)

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Brigand99

Gender: Male

I used to just listen to the one part of this but now I like the whole thing. Remember how perfect this sounded in The Exorcist? It was so great.

DommeDamian

Imperfect, sensitive Aspie with a melody addiction

Gender: Male

Age: 24

Location: where the flowers grow.

Since I never will become a celebrity, I will take the Colbert Questionert here

Best sandwich?
My mom's quesadilla, with chicken and melted cheese

What's one thing you own that you really should throw out?
My wife.

What is the scariest animal?
Humans. They destroy the planet, they manipulate and traumatize the vulnerable, they abuse all other animals, they lie to get on through, and they don't care. And I have to depend on them to survive and live.

Apples or oranges?
Up until about the end of 2022, I would've said apples easily. For the most part, cause I never knew how to eat an orange properly. I have eaten many more apples than oranges in my life, possibly still yearly. However, oranges have won me over mostly cause of their juice and their effect on my singing voice. Oranges are also a better snack to get me full than an apple, so I'mma now go with oranges.

Earliest memory?
I think I was about fifteen...maybe sixteen hours old when I heard my first song, Fill Me In.

Have you ever asked someone for their autograph?
Yes, and for quite a few (mostly danish people like Kato and Balthasar). Unfortunately, autographs are not something I have cherished enough to not take care of, so they are all gone. I do own a few records with autographs but those were bought.

What do you think happens when we die?
Positive answer: I don't know, nobody knows, that's enough reason to just live as much as possible. Kind of like albums or movies, you actually don't know until you've tried it yourself.
Negative answer: Nothing. The world will keep spinning and everyone we loved will move on quickly.
Neutral: We will meet our God.

Favorite action movie?
Who Killed Captain Alex, Uganda's first action movie. It's fucking incredible. It does everything good by being terrifically entertaining and comedic every minute. If you haven't watched it, it's everywhere for free. It was made on a $200 budget by a humble director, who edited it on a computer he built himself. Definitely also a favorite movie of mine, big recommendation.

Favorite smell?
Delicious weed smoke.

Least favorite smell?
My brother's right armpit or any pollution.

Exercise: worth it?
Yes. But for the most part, if it's apart of a routine, instead of having this symbol of curing stuff in your life.

Window or aisle?
I always sit at the window whenever I'm on a train, so I can look out at the outer country, especially during nighttime when it's pitch black.

You get one song to listen to for the rest of your life: what is it?
That's a borderline infuriating question to any music lover, I could pick one movie much easier. But right now, without too much cheating, I would probably go with Tubular Bells by Mike Oldfield. For a few reasons.
1) It's a long song, so instead of a little 2-4 minute ditty that can get tiresome and monotonous, especially if it's the only piece of music I can hear, it's an entire album as a song, at 50 minutes.
2) The length also suggests that I can skip to certain parts of it that I love, if I'm not in the mood to listen to the whole shebang. Although that's rare because all of it is fantastic alpha omega. But it's progressive rock with different sections, and I can treat them as songs within the long song.
3) Since the question don't say anything about writing music, I can write and sing my own songs to this tune, because it's an instrumental. Also, an instrumental can make it easier for me to connect new memories and places to it whenever I listen to it, without the constraint of specific lyrics setting a mood.
4) Speaking of mood, there's so many different styles within the piece, that can cover most of mine. You get new age, neo-classical, hard rock guitarisms, Indian-styled musicianship, folk rock, humble electronics (which is my favorite of electronic music), and all of it is symphonically cohesive and spiritual. Also, within all of the segments, lies sublime melodiousness that'd be sure to accompany my days.
5) Every part flows fluidly into the other, it's the conventionally best order. Going from sinister all the way up to the top of optimism's mountains, I simply love the progression that Tubular Bells gives me. In a way, it's also very uplifting of a song.
6) Most simplistically, it's great classic music all around.
7) Philosophically speaking, this song/album alone is another tremendous reminder about making the art yourself. Except choir, some bass and drums, Mike Oldfield played every instrument himself, which is a testament to the power of individual creativity and dedication. The phenomenality of Tubular Bells is a reminder to push my own artistic boundaries and make the most of my abilities.

What number am I thinking of?
Uhhhh... 7?
What, was I wrong?! Okay, what am I thinking of?
.
.
.
.
No!

Describe the rest of your life in 5 words.
It's meticulously downhill from here.
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Brigand99

Gender: Male

DommeDamian wrote:

Since I never will become a celebrity, I will take the Colbert Questionert here

Best sandwich?
My mom's quesadilla, with chicken and melted cheese

What's one thing you own that you really should throw out?
My wife.

What is the scariest animal?
Humans. They destroy the planet, they manipulate and traumatize the vulnerable, they abuse all other animals, they lie to get on through, and they don't care. And I have to depend on them to survive and live.

Apples or oranges?
Up until about the end of 2022, I would've said apples easily. For the most part, cause I never knew how to eat an orange properly. I have eaten many more apples than oranges in my life, possibly still yearly. However, oranges have won me over mostly cause of their juice and their effect on my singing voice. Oranges are also a better snack to get me full than an apple, so I'mma now go with oranges.

Earliest memory?
I think I was about fifteen...maybe sixteen hours old when I heard my first song, Fill Me In.

Have you ever asked someone for their autograph?
Yes, and for quite a few (mostly danish people like Kato and Balthasar). Unfortunately, autographs are not something I have cherished enough to not take care of, so they are all gone. I do own a few records with autographs but those were bought.

What do you think happens when we die?
Positive answer: I don't know, nobody knows, that's enough reason to just live as much as possible. Kind of like albums or movies, you actually don't know until you've tried it yourself.
Negative answer: Nothing. The world will keep spinning and everyone we loved will move on quickly.
Neutral: We will meet our God.

Favorite action movie?
Who Killed Captain Alex, Uganda's first action movie. It's fucking incredible. It does everything good by being terrifically entertaining and comedic every minute. If you haven't watched it, it's everywhere for free. It was made on a $200 budget by a humble director, who edited it on a computer he built himself. Definitely also a favorite movie of mine, big recommendation.

Favorite smell?
Delicious weed smoke.

Least favorite smell?
My brother's right armpit or any pollution.

Exercise: worth it?
Yes. But for the most part, if it's apart of a routine, instead of having this symbol of curing stuff in your life.

Window or aisle?
I always sit at the window whenever I'm on a train, so I can look out at the outer country, especially during nighttime when it's pitch black.

You get one song to listen to for the rest of your life: what is it?
That's a borderline infuriating question to any music lover, I could pick one movie much easier. But right now, without too much cheating, I would probably go with Tubular Bells by Mike Oldfield. For a few reasons.
1) It's a long song, so instead of a little 2-4 minute ditty that can get tiresome and monotonous, especially if it's the only piece of music I can hear, it's an entire album as a song, at 50 minutes.
2) The length also suggests that I can skip to certain parts of it that I love, if I'm not in the mood to listen to the whole shebang. Although that's rare because all of it is fantastic alpha omega. But it's progressive rock with different sections, and I can treat them as songs within the long song.
3) Since the question don't say anything about writing music, I can write and sing my own songs to this tune, because it's an instrumental. Also, an instrumental can make it easier for me to connect new memories and places to it whenever I listen to it, without the constraint of specific lyrics setting a mood.
4) Speaking of mood, there's so many different styles within the piece, that can cover most of mine. You get new age, neo-classical, hard rock guitarisms, Indian-styled musicianship, folk rock, humble electronics (which is my favorite of electronic music), and all of it is symphonically cohesive and spiritual. Also, within all of the segments, lies sublime melodiousness that'd be sure to accompany my days.
5) Every part flows fluidly into the other, it's the conventionally best order. Going from sinister all the way up to the top of optimism's mountains, I simply love the progression that Tubular Bells gives me. In a way, it's also very uplifting of a song.
6) Most simplistically, it's great classic music all around.
7) Philosophically speaking, this song/album alone is another tremendous reminder about making the art yourself. Except choir, some bass and drums, Mike Oldfield played every instrument himself, which is a testament to the power of individual creativity and dedication. The phenomenality of Tubular Bells is a reminder to push my own artistic boundaries and make the most of my abilities.

What number am I thinking of?
Uhhhh... 7?
What, was I wrong?! Okay, what am I thinking of?
.
.
.
.
No!

Describe the rest of your life in 5 words.
It's meticulously downhill from here.

Awesome. I couldn't agree more. ???