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15. Oldfield is good - no question. I own several of his albums.

Tue May 28, 2013, 06:41 PM

May 2013

However, he certainly is not and was not a transformative figure in the history of popular music.

To compare things from a little later, it's like asking what's better between The Vibrators "Pure Mania" and the debut album from The Clash. "Pure Mania" is an amazing record, but The Vibrators just aren't The Clash. Both came out in 1977, and while "Pure Mania" has staying power, "The Clash" directly influenced the direction music would take for the next 20+ years.

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Tubular Bells or Autobahn? [View all] kentauros May 2013 OP

The Bells are pretty. In_The_Wind May 2013 #1

It's next to impossible for me to choose. kentauros May 2013 #3

if you're that stoned you shouldn't be driving olddots May 2013 #2

Bells. TexasTowelie May 2013 #4

Are you kidding me? harmonicon May 2013 #5

Revolver is one of the best Albums ever... WCGreen May 2013 #6

I think it's an amazing record... harmonicon May 2013 #8

Britney Spears.... WCGreen May 2013 #10

All kidding aside... harmonicon May 2013 #11

No, I'm not kidding. kentauros May 2013 #12

Oldfield is good - no question. I own several of his albums. harmonicon May 2013 #15

No, he didn't transform "pop" music, kentauros May 2013 #20

I meant "pop music" broadly, to include things like prog/art rock. harmonicon May 2013 #21

I've already answered the first one. kentauros May 2013 #22

I find it a mistake to not define pop music broadly. harmonicon May 2013 #28

If you lived on the East or West coasts, kentauros May 2013 #29

Well, I grew up in Michigan... harmonicon May 2013 #30

If Oingo Boingo got any commercial radio airplay in Houston, kentauros May 2013 #31

I've only listened to online radio for many years now. harmonicon May 2013 #32

I wouldn't call not playing stuff too much as "crazy" though. kentauros May 2013 #33

I just don't listen to music too much at home. harmonicon May 2013 #34

The main reason for not playing the same thing every week kentauros May 2013 #35

tubular bells was too repetitive and, autobahn was too discordant for me. n/t Tuesday Afternoon May 2013 #7

Wait, don't you have that backwards? Dr. Strange May 2013 #9

haha ... could be. Tuesday Afternoon May 2013 #18

Ah, Tubular Bells. KamaAina May 2013 #13

Why not both? RevStPatrick May 2013 #14

Enjoy yourself! kentauros May 2013 #23

Have both, love both... uriel1972 May 2013 #16

Minimum Maximum kentauros May 2013 #24

Neither was worth a listen if one wasn't ingesting certain substances. kwassa May 2013 #17

Not the parties I went to. kentauros May 2013 #19

Autobahn TrogL May 2013 #25

Tubular Bells is minimalistic, kentauros May 2013 #27

To the tintinnabulation that so musically wells Liberal Veteran May 2013 #26

Bells. nt rrneck May 2013 #36

Autobahn - Definitely! nt MrScorpio May 2013 #37

Autobahn ArnoldLayne May 2013 #38

The bells...THE BELLS!! edbermac May 2013 #39

I like both, but TB's been with me for nearly 30 years now. HughBeaumont May 2013 #40

Their music is a sort of--ugh--technopop. Tommy_Carcetti May 2013 #41

Neu! Tom Ripley May 2013 #42