The Guardian has just published an interview with Mike Oldfield in connection with the Man on the Rocks release, entitled ‘We wouldn’t have had Tubular Bells without drugs’ .
The interview starts like this:
The godfather of ambient chillout on hiding from Dizzee Rascal, being a middle-aged raver in Ibiza and his proudest moment – getting a Blue Peter badge
Hi, Mike! How’s it going?
Good. I’ve just become a granddad for the first time.Congrats! What’s it like to also be the godfather of new age ambient chillout?
I don’t mind what the category is, as long as it’s nice.When did you first see The Exorcist?
About 10 years after it first came out. Every Halloween it still pops up. I even hear it on CNN [hums chilling refrain from Tubular Bells]. I’m the godfather of scary movie music.
Read it here.
It is easy to understand why Mike has never liked British press… But there are some very nice pictures there!
