Fun Music Information -> Mike Oldfield
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Song Parodies:
Original Song Name | Parody Song Name | Parody Author |
| "The Bell" | "Eight Belles" | Max Power |
| "Moonlight Shadow" | "London Night Bus" | Stella Baker |
Untapped Commercial Ideas:
Song Name | Product | Submittor |
| Guilty | Coverage Of Michael Jackson's Trial | pickle* |
Misheard Lyrics:
"Moonlight Shadow (extended)"
Misheard Lyrics: The last time ever she'd seen him
Carried away by a moonlight shadow The crowd gathered just to leave him. Original Lyrics: The last time ever she'd seen him
Carried away by a moonlight shadow The crowd gathered just beneath him. | "Man In The Rain"
Misheard Lyrics: Lambs are burning, but nobody is at home.
Original Lyrics: Lamps are burning, but nobody is at home.
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"Moonlight Shadow"
Misheard Lyrics: Lost in a riddle last Saturday Night
Original Lyrics: Lost in a river last Saturday Night
| "Moonlight Shadow"
Misheard Lyrics: Caught in the middle of a custard pie
Original Lyrics: Caught in the middle of a desperate fight
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Misheard Lyrics Story:
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"Foreign Affair"
Misheard Lyrics: A new territory for an Internet story
Original Lyrics: A new territory for an intimate story
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Story about this misheard lyric by: Fernando A member on a Mike Oldfield forum pointed out that one. Very funny, considering that the song came out in 1983. |
Super Long Pop Songs:
"Tubular Bells (Pt. 2)" Length: 23:20
Part 2 was entirely played on Side B.
Submitted by: Mickey D.
"Tubular Bells (Pt. 1)" Length: 25:36
Theme from "The Exorcist." The song was cut down to 3:18 for a #9 Hot 100 hit single. Part 1 was played entirely on Side A.
Submitted by: Mickey D.
Foreign Language in English Songs:
"Ommadawn"
The Lyrics: Ab yul ann I dyad awt en yab na log a toc na awd taw may on ommadawn egg kyowl ommadawn egg kyowl ...
Why: These Gaelic words are chanted by Clodagh Symonds near the end of side 1 of this beatiful suite from the composer of "Tubular Bells" (which some foks know as the theme from The Exorcist).
The translated lyrics basically are: "The cat is in the kitchen, drinking milk...I am a fool with music..." Submitted by: Agrimorfee
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