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Wishing you a Merry Christmas with your loved ones❤

Seasons Greetings to you Mighty Murdock. Hope 2025 brings you a whole range of enjoyable musical experiences. And Oasis.

C arl sagan song is amazing

Thank you so much for introducing these band's I've never heard of ❤

Well done.

Great video, a nice introduction for anyone who's not familiar with Oldfield.

Enjoyed this video. I always enjoy these forays into an entire body of work. The cover of "Five Miles Out" by Gerald Coulson is still one of my most favourite album covers of all time. Sure, it is corny or naive, but I am a sucker for nostalgia. I was kinda sure that your 5th pick would be "Amarok". But then again, the task was "introductory videos" and not a favourite. Wonder how your Top5 would differ from this selection here.

Wow. That was an amazing list. I love it that it isn't the tired same songs. Fantastic.

I'm a massive Mike Oldfield fan. I have every album and so many rare an non album tracks. I got into him around the late 1980s through listening to my mother's Tubular Bells and Platinum LPs. I started my own collecting journey around 1993. Sadly he's criminally underrated in the UK as most people only know him for Tubular Bells, Blue Peter, In Dulci Jubilo and Moonlight Shadow. Hopefully your video will enlighten people. My 5 would be Tubular Bells Ommadawn Discovery The Songs Of Distant Earth Music Of The Spheres

Good lesson in Mike Oldfield. I’m one of those that only know Tubular Bells. Your description of his music has me interested. First off, I was not aware that he had vocals on other songs. I thought all of his music was instrumsntal. I will check him out on Spotify.

Hallo Toby und Stefan, höre mir gerade euer Video an und muss sagen, dass eine Aussage wie "ich hasste es" sehr traurig macht. Also ich persönlich bewerte Musik, die ich nicht mag, mit einem "gefällt mir nicht", aber hassen ? Das ist doch sehr negativ ☹ Meine musikalische Reise ging anfangs der 70er los mit Deep Purple, Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, meine ersten selbst entdeckten Lieblingsbands waren UFO und Slade. Durch meinen älteren Bruder kannte ich alle Prog Bands : King Crimson, Genesis, Yes, ELP , Jethro Tull und Pink Floyd (wo man sich immer streitet, ist es Prog oder nicht). Meine erste eigene Prog Entdeckung war Eloy, die ich bis Ende der 70er liebte, dann kam Rush und 1989 Dream Theater. Ich mochte schon das erste Album aber mit James LaBrie waren sie perfekt ... für 'ne ganz lange Zeit. Ich habe DT seit 2000 19mal live gesehen, anfangs fast nur Männer, höchstens mit gelangweilten Frauen 🤣. Pink Floyd's Meddle ist nicht mein favourite PF Album, da steht definitiv Wish You Were Here vor Dark Side Of The Moon. Da es das Original nicht mehr gibt, war ich letztes Jahr bei der Australian Pink Floyd Show. Sie spielten das komplette Dark Side ... Album und machten das auch sehr gut. Da ich PF nie live sah, brauche ich auch nicht zu vergleichen .... und im Februar gibt es dann Wish You Were Here ... ich freue mich 😄🤘Auch hier wieder die Aussage "ich hasse diese Alben" 😵‍💫 Jethro Tull war lange Zeit "meines Bruders Band", ich konnte auch nicht viel mit Anderson's Geflöte anfangen, aber irgendwann im Leben ändert man schon mal seine Meinung. Aber mein Lieblings-Tull Album ist Aqualung. Ich freue mich über dieses "Happy End", ich dachte schon, es gibt einen kompletten Verriss 🤣

Doves are a great band, Lost Souls is in my top 5 favourite albums of all time. If ever I want to reset my mood (too high or too low) I put it on and I feel normalised by the end of Firesuite. This is a fantastic single, much like Carousels almost 5 years ago. Sadly the Universal Want didn't quite hit the mark for me. I just hope the album can live up to this as a single.

Thank you for this! Doves is one of my all-time favourite bands and your discussion is spot on. They have never produced a substandard album, and I love your description of their mood as melancholic but never depressing. This song is, as you say, immediately recognisable as Doves. Love it. I will be seeing them twice on their upcoming tour, minus Jimi sadly, but cannot wait. (This is the first of your videos I've seen but will definitely check out some more.)

I think it’s fair to say that Doves never had any hits in the States, so there’s a good chance that your American viewers have never heard of them. I got on board with The Last Broadcast, and even though I followed them through the next couple of albums, they didn’t stick with me as much as TLB, to the point where Kingdom Of Rust is one of those records I bought but never really listened to. I can’t even say I think it’s bad… it just fell through the cracks for me, and I skipped their previous reunion album. The singer’s voice has weathered into Guy Garvey territory a bit. Not sure if I’ll get this or not. I did just buy the new Cure record, not having bought one since Wild Mood Swings, so who knows?

Great reaction! It's not as strong as "Pounding" or "Black and White Town" in terms of great Doves singles, but great to have them back!

The samples you played sounded pretty good. I think I’ve heard of them, just haven’t heard them. Gonna check them out on Spotify.

but no, catchy great pop/synth song.

The vines sind super

Amaizing video horibel list

Its class

Good track, I think this would've been a big one back in the 90s tbf

I only have Leaders Of The Free World”. Great album. There’s something about those bands from Manchester. They tend to. Mix the right amount of melancholy.

Interesting choice for a review, I suppose because that was your personal introduction to the band. To me, BaRB is the last album of their stellar run. I started listening with Cast Of Thousands. They’ve certainly had songs I’ve loved since BaRB came out, but not so much full albums. Guy Garvey has my favorite voice in contemporary music, though. So lived-in and world-weary, but also warm and enveloping. Nice review.

Reluctant to criticise, but it’s not their finest hour and reminds me somewhat of late period Ultravox, and that’s not a compliment…

First time I listened to this track ...... I didn't like it, it seemed flat, maybe uninspired... and now of course haha .... upon further listening I quite like it. I agree with you, it's catchy. MSP are one of my all time fav bands, I do hold them in very high regard, and I know they're full catalogue of songs inside and out. Cheers, keep up the good work.

manics for me are this weird band where the more "dark" or "punk" their songs wants to be the more "poppy" they actually sounds, like trying too hard. And the more "poppy" their songs are actually the more rock'n'roll they sound.

Thanks for this dude, more people need to listen to this band!! Favorite track is Alabama, just a beautiful song.

Great footage! Thanks! 😊 I was sat at the opposite side when I saw Runrig play there a few years back. Love the hoodie!

Just spotted your video! Thanks for posting Murdock! 😊

Glad Jethro Tull landed on top. I too feel musically overwhelmed with most of the K.C. catalog and underwhelmed with P. F.’s music when I compare it to their reputations. Tull plays everything which defies categorization and when they venture into other genres they do it better than bands who exclusively do it.

Back in the day, "prog rock" did not exist. No band headlined themselves as such. What each band did was to do was present new sounds, new ideas, new creativity. They would admit / aspire to being "progressive" though. Prog, as a label, was a mid / late 90s thing. Think Dream Theater (esp. the later works). Often they follow a formula - yes, some novelty (esp. later on) but none of the original bands had a formula.... ever! :)

Great in-depth album review.

Great in-depth review of this album and your pressing. I have my original 45 of the Tubular Bells single that I got as a 12 year old in 1973. I have been a fan of Tubular Bells and Oldfield ever since. I have the original mix of Tubular Bells in the box set called "Mike Oldfield Boxed" with Hergest Ridge and Ommadawn. They are all tragically dead sounding! I have heard that the original pressings do indeed sound dead. I bought the 2023 50th anniversary remastered version and it sounds much, much better. The original mix is on disc one and remixes on disc 2 and other related tracks. I do appreciate the improved sound of the newer TB pressings. I hope you don't regret not having an original. You are lucky to have that one! - Matt in Los Angeles

Enjoyable video. Great channel. I subscribed.

Rock Music was for kindergartners until King Crimson came and showed what genius sounds like. Marinate your mind in the music that lead up to it, and you will notice that the music is suddenly an octave higher, along every dimension. But only the very smartest people with the biggest wangs were apprized to its uniqueness. (Jack 3:16) Same was true of prog and fusion listeners, who were more likely to work with the mind than the body. And it was never drinking music, since drinking regresses the mind. One is better able to appreciate the progress if one's mind were in an exalted state. (Buckwheat 4:20) Enjoying the show, still in progress...

Thanks for this great review! My favourite band since 1965. I was lucky to meet with them many times over the years. Lots of memories!

Great video, thank you for the recommendations! For people just getting into baroque music, I'd encourage you to listen to performances of the same work by different musicians or groups and compare them. For example, here are three different versions of a movement from Handel's Water Music. ua-cam.com/video/MVUeDpfzxbQ/v-deo.html ua-cam.com/video/fUhcVPatYk4/v-deo.html ua-cam.com/video/EVAB2z1RPu4/v-deo.html In the first one, the piece is played at a faster tempo, compared to the other two. The third performance opens with the flute playing solely accompanied by the theorbo(?) and has the orchestra join in on repeat. In contrast, the second performance opens with the full orchestra, but is more subdued when repeating the first section. In my opinion, it's always interesting to see what kind of choices the performers make, and how those choices can make the same piece sound (sometimes dramatically) different. Anyway, sorry for writing a wall of text 😅 please keep up the good work!

I would include Reign "he line of least resistance its by the original yardbirds 1971 You forgot Top Topham he was the first guitarist I have all their original Columbia singles plus one ep.

You really handle Händel.

Nye Bevan would be proud.

I found this video fascinating. My knowledge of Baroque is limited in music, as I know more about the art scene and how later movements in art sort of poked a bit of fun at it. Honestly, the only piece that I know I’ve heard is “The Messiah” and that’s been years since I last heard it. Though it was very recognizable when it came up in the samples of his work during the video. I really enjoyed this, I have a disco version of some Bach pieces with the album Joy- Apollo 100 by Tom Parker. I have some Flute concertos from Bach as well, but no Handel. I’ll look into that since Handel seems to have had a bit more staying power.

Nobody calls them “the street preachers”, call them the Manics, man

Hahahahha bruder 😂❤

All good things come to an end.... Sort of frightens me because they truly are the soundtrack to my life, and i sort of half feel once they stop..... so will i. It sounds ridiculous, but i can not stress enough how entwined they are too my life, the ups and the painful downs. Also regarding this particular tune. They always start by releasing "an anthem" Look at international blue as example. Typical new age manics. Fine by me.

There’s actually ia statue of Glenn Frey standing on the corner in Winslow Arizona 😊

I liked the predictions! It has grown on me but it's still not lead single material. Up tempo/guitar worked great on International Blue, but this is a sub-par Orwellian for me.