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Thursday, October 17, 2013

Thursday Tunes

North Star performed by Mike Oldfield. This is Oldfield's take on a Philip Glass composition. Like most of Glass' stuff, it's a bit monochromatic. It's also a slow build from a simple pattern, which fits perfectly with Oldfield's style. If you're unfamiliar with either artist, just stick with it. Don't get bored and turn it off after two minutes. It's a subtle thing, but quite beautiful.

Speaking of style, this video was recorded in 1981. Check out those shirts.



Philip Glass original is here if you want to compare.


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posted by Jar(egg)head at 00:01

1 Comments:

Blogger The Mad Builder of Periwinkle said...

Nice! Even has Maggie Reilly doing vocals...that IS an old one. :) Cool find.

I just realized its been several years now I think since I last listened to any of my Mike Oldfield stuff. I don't actually have any of my Oldfield in digital format yet its either CD, cassette tape or...*pause*...vinyal album.

Looks like I'm going to have to visit iTunes now and fix that now. Thanks for finding yet another excuse to separate me from my money. :)

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