Sunday, November 05, 2006

Spreading the Joy

When I can't sleep my emotional state mirrors this screenshot from Mike Oldfield's "Pictures in the Dark" video:
You see what I mean? There's a choirboy with a crooked collar, and an '80s girl with lopsided breasts, and Mike Oldfield is in a muscle shirt, screaming, with fireworks.

That's how I feel.

8 comments:

Anonymous said...

To be fair its an awful video and the screen shot does it justice!

Anonymous said...

I should add my name is mark
http://mcs230968.spaces.live.com/

Anonymous said...

suck it up Princess!!! Love it!!!

Adam Thornton said...

Hi Mark! It's hard to differentiate between the anonymous folk. :)

Mike Oldfield crosses the line into "cheesy awful" pretty frequently...I don't know whether it's him or his PR people. I still love much of what he does ("Amarok!") but he can make me cringe.

Note to self: must read "The Magus."

Adam Thornton said...

And what a surprise to have Madonna in our midst! Pop-star or religious icon (or both)?

According to our receptionist, she picked up the phrase "suck it up, Princess" from her daughter.

Anonymous said...

chekc me out at http://www.mikeoldfield.com/

Adam Thornton said...

But Mike, so much of what you've done in the last 6 years has been crappy. WHY?!?

Adam Thornton said...

That's no way to talk about your wife.

Here's my recommendation, Mike: stop trying to be a pop star, an Ibiza house convert, and a hippy-yoga-guru all at once. Retreat back behind your ego and make a new single-album song (and DON'T call it "Tubular Bells 4!") Bring back Maggie Riley. Ditch the sequencers. Don't sing.

And I'll be there! Taurus! TAURUS!