No Rock And Roll Fun

TOTALLY UN-TUBULAR: One of the things that makes our heart sing more than joy than a bitter old man. Here comes Mike Oldfield. Mike has spent the bulk of the last thirty years endlessly rehashing his masterwork, Tubular Bells, in any variety of remixes, sequel reworkings, reformattings and so on - the musical equivalent of Whistler producing "This is my mother again, but she's outside" and "Look, its mother - but she's got a lovely puppy." It's a bit unfair, then, for Mike to moan that most of current music is "rubbish and lacking any artistic value", don't you think; especially claiming that it's all the label's fault (Mike is still recording happily for Warners) and saying that "that's why I keep away from the music industry" (Mike is about to release a brand new - really brand new - record next month.)
And you can't understand what they're singing, either - mind you, doing your pre-release press in the Czech republic is a start to keeping your distance...