Conference marvin::uk_music

    Sally was Mikes sister...the singer was a girl by the name of Maggie
    Reilly.   She did quite a bit of singing for Mike, originally as a
    backing singer on the Platinum tour of 1980 I think.  From a distance
    and in bad lighting, I can see how you could mistake her for Kirsty
     (you mean there is a song she didnt sing on????).
    
    mikef (sad that I know this really)
    

I can't remember the woman's name, but it definitely wasn't Kirsty MacColl.
Yeah, Sally rings a bell (tubular?).  Could be her.

Hth

Whoa!  Mike was quick off the mark!

    Yes - sorry, I am Mr Sad.
    
    Mikef

    If you ask him nicely, he'll tell you who the other musicians were on
    the single.
    
    Oh, what the heck, I'm a sado too
    
    
    Mike Oldfield...........Guitars
    Ant.....................Guitars
    Phil Spalding...........Bass
    Simon Philips...........Drums
    Maggie Reilly...........Vocals
    
    
    The single was from the album, Crises, and reached No.4 in the charts
    in 1983. The b-side was an amusing little ditty called 'Rite of Man'.
    
    
    Mr Sad Too

    Yes, it was on the Virgin label.  There was a 12" available also, but
    there weren't too many of them.
    
    Reminds me of that summer, spending six weeks under canvas in
    Shropshire, drinking lots of Shropshire beer, meeting lots of
    Shropshire girlies...
    
    Mikef
    
     

<sob>

    Thinking about it, although Sally Oldfield (of Mirrors fame) was Mike's
    sister, his common-law wife was also called Sally. They split up in
    about 1984 when Mike ran off with Anita Hegerland, one of his female
    vocalists. None of whom were Maggie Reilly.
    
    
    Sad, I know
    
    
    Balders

    re .1
    
    >backing singer on the Platinum tour of 1980 I think.  From a distance
    >and in bad lighting, I can see how you could mistake her for Kirsty
    
    
    Extremely bad lighting. In fact total absence of light would be needed
    to mistake Maggie for Kirsty. Unless, of course, Kirsty's been pigging
    out on cream cakes and choclates lately.
    
    Balders

    Mike and Sally had a daughter in the early eighties, her name was
    Molly.  She wasn't Maggie Reilly also.
    
    Mikef

    But she did have a song written about her. It was called 'Molly'
    (surprisingly) and appeared on the album 'QE2'. Actually, there was
    a track called 'Sally' on the album 'Platinum', which was named after
    his wife, Sally, or was it his sister, Sally? Anyway, there were two
    versions (at least) of this song, one much sillier than the other and
    talking about Gorillas from Manilla.
    
    Sorry for being sad
    
    Balders
    

    PS, neither myself nor Mike is Maggie Reilly
    
    
    Balders

    Just as a note - the original version of the song Sally can be found on
    early versions of the Platinum album.  These can be identified by the
    matrix number scratched in the runout grooves of side 2 ending with the
    characters B1.  Later versions, with the second version of Sally end in
    B3 onwards...
    
    
    mikef

I once went out with a girl whose sister looked like Meg Ryan.  Couldn't sing 
to save her life.

She wasn't Maggie Reilly though.

    The pre-recorded cassette version of Platinum retained the original
    (silly) version of Sally long after B3 vinyl was released. A bit like
    the alternative Sailors Hornpipe (with the late Viv Stanshall) which
    was dropped from Tubular Bells, but made it onto the Boxed version (in
    quadrophonic no less).
    
    And then there was always the US import version of Platinum, called
    Airborn. That retained the side 1 running order, but completely mucked
    about with the side 2 track listing...
    
    Balders

    And if you watch VH-1 long enough, you'll get to see the video.  
    
    As VH-1 only seem to show a limited number of videos, it was a simple
    matter of calculating when it would be on next, hence I did and managed
    to record it.  :-)
    
    tmp

    Whilst this note has turned out to be "who's the female singer that
    sang on Mike Oldfield's record...".  Does anyone know what other stuff
    the woman that sang the title track of Earth Moving has done ?  I think
    her name was Lisa B.
    
    tmp
    

>    Simon Philips...........Drums

Weird (tenuous) synchronicity time; Simon Philips plays drums on most
of the Mo Foster records as mentioned in the Mo Foster topic elsewhere
in this conf.

/g

    re .15
    
    As I understand it Matt, you are a  6 foot, 15ish stone Welsh rugby
    player. Therefore you only qualify as a Maggie Reilly lookalike on the
    basis of weight. Whereas I am a 5foot 6inch 13ish stone English
    ex-rugby player and therefore qualify on both weight and height.
    
    Balders

    re .18
    
    The vocalist on Earth Moving (the track, not the album) was Nikki
    Bentley of B-Force. Afraid that I don't have any idea what else she has
    done. As a side note, Max Bacon and Phil Spalding both had vocal duties
    on the Earth Moving album. This was a reunion for them has they had
    last performed together as members of the band GTR, which featured
    Steve Howe and Steve Hackett on guitars.
    
    

>    Phil Spalding...........Bass
>    Simon Philips...........Drums

weren't they in Toyah Willcox's band at that time?

Chris$another_saddo.

    
    Does anyone Know the name of the Big psycho looking type Bloke that
    was in the group "The Darts"... You know... the big Mentally 
    disturbed looking character.....!!!!
    
    
    

> Big psycho looking type Bloke

That was, in fact, Matt George  (he's not Maggie Reilly at all)

/g

re .-1

have we met?

re 1289.20


errr....actually.....

    
    Sounds like pistols at dawn talk to me...!!!!
    
    
    *:@)))

>    Sounds like pistols at dawn talk to me...!!!!

I prefer custard pies and ballons.

Guy

...or broken Newky brown bottles...!

p.s.engineer?  excuse me?

> p.s.engineer?  excuse me?

Random guess at what an average Digital employee might do - so tell us,
what is it that you do?

Guy

p.s. that's engineer as in software engineer, not as in plumber or person
who fixes cars

Although I am indeed a plumber, and a person who fixes cars, I am actually a 
business analyst. (apparently)

>Although I am indeed a plumber, and a person who fixes cars, I am actually a 
>business analyst. (apparently)

my mistake - "... business analyst formerly known as ..."

Business analyst with a broken Newky Brown bottle?  Remind me not to question
any of your analyses.  Like I said, I prefer custard pies and baloons, but I
usually have to pay for the pleasure.

Sorry, bandying puerile insults and threats I seem to have derailed this
one thoroughly.

Guy (engineer - if you're on a VMS box I'm in between your data and the disk,
	bet that makes you feel safe)

I've got a standalone; does that apply?

    somat like Den Hegarty....
    
    G.

    
      RE- .5/8
    
           We have a slight difference of opinion here................
    
    
           So who the hell did sing Moonlight Frigging Shadow?????????????
    
    
                         Greg
    
    
       Did Maggie Rielly not sing as a backing singer with B.A.Robertson??

    re-1
    
    Balders meant that none of the women Mike scored with were Maggie
    Reilly.  Allegedly...
    
    Mags did sing Moonlight Shadow tho...
    
    Mikef

    Maggie Reilly sang Moonlight Shadow.
    
    Sally Oldfield did not sing Moonlight Shadow.
    
    Kirsty MacColl did not sing Moonlight Shadow
    
    Neither the Sally who was Mike Oldfield's common-law wife, nor any of
    his children sang Moonlight Shadow
    
    Anita Hegerland did not sing Moonlight Shadow
    
    Nikki Bentley did not sing Moonlight Shadow
    
    Mike Fiddler did not sing Moonlight Shadow
    
    Baldrick did not sing Moonlight Shadow
    
    Maggie Reilly is Maggie Reilly
    
    Maggie Reilly is not Kirsty MacColl
    
    Nobody (unless they are called Maggie Reilly) is Maggie Reilly
    
    Balders

Was she in the darts, though?

    I did sing a drunken rendition of Moonlight Shadow once, during the
    famous Shropshire trip.  Its not available on either 7" or 12" though
    I'm afraid.  I didn't have Maggie Reilly with me either.  
    
    I could be persuaded to reform and recreate this legendary version of
    the song, although it may involve some of Balders favourite 
    sized glasses of Southern Comfort.
    
    Mikef

    .39>was she in the darts, though?
    
    
    Tents more like. You got a lot of woman for your money with Maggs.
    
    
    Balders

    re .40
    
    If I put on a baggy frock, wear a wig and shave my legs; and if
    everyone else drinks a lot of Southern Comfort and squint a lot, I can
    pass for Maggie Reilly at 1000 paces. So how about it Mikef?
    
    Balders

I sense a UK_MUSIC Karaoke/fancy_dress evening in the pipeline!

    Ok - but can I wear a dress and pretend to be Kirsty MacColl?  As long
    as I dont have to snog Shane Mcgowan.
    
    Mikef

Didn't Maggie Riley sing some naughty lyrics for the Sisters of Mercy?

Chris.

    I certainly hope not, although Patricia Morrison who did sing for SOM
    was a very weird woman indeed. See the video for This Corrosion for
    confirmation.

I've got the `Shot' video, which has This Corrosion, Dominion, Lucretia
and 1959 on it.  It gives me a good excuse to leer at Aunty Pat.

Chris.

> Didn't Maggie Riley sing some naughty lyrics for the Sisters of Mercy?

I think she accompanied laughing boy Eldritch on the "Under The Gun" single,
which to my ears bore a suspicious ressemblance to that chronic scandanavian
duo who did "Sleeping in your car" and other things (can't remember the name
at the minute).  Anyway, it wasn't up to much.


>    I certainly hope not, although Patricia Morrison who did sing for SOM
>    was a very weird woman indeed. See the video for This Corrosion for
>    confirmation.

I thought she was dead tasty, more so in the next video set in the desert;
can't remember the name of that either.  However having a predilication
for kinky black PVC gear may have clouded my judgement.

Guy

Den Heggarty was the frightening one in Darts, and later went on
to lie on a table and go DONG in Tiswas.


+Maggie+

>I think she accompanied laughing boy Eldritch on the "Under The Gun" single,

that was the wifey out of Berlin, er, wotserface, you know the one I
mean?  I'm pretty sure Maggie Riley sang on about 1/2 the tracks on
Vision Thang though.  Possibly.

Chris.

>that was the wifey out of Berlin, er, wotserface, you know the one I
>mean?

The one with the zebra hair?

>I'm pretty sure Maggie Riley sang on about 1/2 the tracks on
>Vision Thang though.

OK, now I see the "naughty" bit - that's the "another mother***** in the
marmalade" lyric?

Guy

p.s. the desert video, as Chris pointed out, was "Dominion" where our Andy
swapped the black for a white suit.  The name of the lousy scando duo still
evades me.

Volvo?

    
    Roxette ?

    
    re-1 solve this puzzle and you'll get the name of the scandanavian
    couple - 
    		female		balls

Last word - Roxette was the name I was looking for.

Another record worth looking for is "First and Last and Forever, a tribute
to the Sisters of Mercy" with an awesome version of "Black Planet" by
Automatic Head Detonator.

Guy

    
    	This place is lively -	two 16:06's and two 16:07's

    
    
         re-1 
    
              Staurt Roberston from Ayr is that you???????????
    
                  Love from Irene Burns/Pam Rodie from SQF.

    
    	Yes it's me - still hanging in here by the skin of my teeth - 
    
    
    			Irene - been to any good partys latley??
    
    
    	Were having good ones down here! [closing party soon]

    
    re:- lively notes .
    
    I reckon this is the busiest it's been for ages ! daft thing is it's
    all got very little to do with any new releases, tours, scandals or
    anything... just loads of people who can't remember who performed a
    particular song over 10 years ago...
    
    Oh well..

Checked last night - Maggie Reilly is indeed credited on the Sisters Of Mercy's
Vision Thing.

Guy

    And I checked last night, Ofra Haza and Terri Nunn are credited with
    vocals on the "A slight case of overbombing" which features "Under the Gun"

    
    Caught the White Room last night  - Bjork's first track - her new single
    - what's it called? - was really really good - mmmmmmmmm she was very 
    tasty as well - looked good in the chinese dress and make-up for a
    change  - sssshhhwinggg
    
    

"Army of me" was the track, and yes she's gorgeous.

    BJORK.JPG can be copied from UBOHUB::
    
    mmmmmmmmm
    
    
    mikrf

It's not the black'n'white one, is it?  I've got one as my backdrop on my VAX, 
and a couple of others nicked from the web page...

I wonder if there's a case to be put for having a UK_MUSIC "Gallery"...

dammit, it is the black'n'white one...!

    Sorry - but by manipulating the image you can get a lot of detail (spot
    the perv...).
    
    U have any others?
    
    mikef

Yup....just looking for them.  Also, a few of the explosive sex-midget Kylie.

Mike, BG.GIF is about to be copied to UBOHUB::

I've got various gifs (& jpegs) lying around of Lush, Pat Morrison,
Kim Wilde, Toyah, and, oddly enough, Kylie.  And loads of other things
I can't remember, my Unix system's switched off at the mo 'coz I can't
stand the noise.

Chris.

Muffle the Unix, and float the pics on the net, then...!

    You got a piccy of Patricia Morrison? Where I can I get a copy from?

I'll bung them on an FTP site, should be ready sometime after lunch...

Chris.

okay, there's some odds n sods in /pub/cbh/pix on vodka.rhc.  Most
of the stuff seems to have disappeared down a black hole somewhere
along the line, but a lot of it comes from ftp.uwp.edu.  Oh yeah,
use anonymous ftp to get in...

Chris.

    Maggie Reilly did backing vocals for Runrig on one of their earlier
    albums (b*gg*r*d if I can remember the title tho).
    
    Balders

    I keeo hearing a track on the radiom, the lyrics go something like:
    
    " I got a letter from the government, they wanted me to go ..."
    
    It sounds like a woman singing, but I have a feeling its really a guy
    (Tricky?). Anyone have any idea what the tune is?
    
    Mikef
    

That sounds like the Tricky single.  It's a woman singing, but I can't
remember her name offhand... (there was an article in a recent NME or
some such rag, but I can't remember that either!)

Chris$memory_man.

Black Steel?  (Public enemy song?)

/g

    I could have sworn Tricky was a bloke - in the NME the other week
    dressed in a devil costume?  Supported PJ Harvey on her last tour?
    
    mikef

Tricky is a bloke, but he got some woman to sing on his latest single.

Chris.

    ahh...well confusing.  
    
    I probably wont buy the rcord anyway.
    
    mikef

A bit late I know but I went mad and got married...

The said song is indeed by Tricky (from a Public Enemy ditty) and the singer
is called Martine.

    I have just been asked by she-who-must-be-obeyed if I could identify
    the following current chart song. Its sung by a male, and the chorus
    contains the line "I swear I left her by the River" and is believed to
    be called "Hazard".
    
    stuart

Current song?  It was out years ago!  It is called Hazard, although
I'm not sure who recorded it, possibly Marc Cohn.

Chris.

    Richard Marx !!
    
    

    The evil incarnate that Hazard is, was unleashed upon an unsuspecting
    world 3 years ago, I know because I was working in a hotel near Cardiff
    Airport at the time (I had just graduated=no money=do badly paid job)
    and Red Dragon Radio made sure it was played twice an hour.
    
    I reckon he did kill her you know.
    				     dickie.

    No.. he swears he left her by the river, he left her safe and sound,
    and he's such a nice man I'm sure he did - I quite liked that song..
    
    Andrea