@@Wonderhussy The helicopter cover. He was learning to fly a Bell 47. ABBA shot the Arrival cover in one. There’s a mock-up in the ABBA museum in Stockholm. That my theory anyway.
@@Wonderhussy .. read somewhere that he had been asked by the record company to put something on the album that had more general/popular appeal...(hence both Wonderful Land and Arrival ??) Or possibly he just liked the melancholy in the music and wanted to do his own (great) version ! QE2 was the first MO album I bought and so is still one of my favourites..
I am shocked. I always automatically assumed that ABBA covered Mike Oldfield, because MO is a genius who produces the highest level of art, while ABBA produced nice popular tunes. But it is true. Chapeau for ABBA !
Que dire de plus pour moi Hassler Daniel de Forbach Moselle en France Mike tu est le plus grand guitariste et un des plus grand compositeur de musique au monde je pourrais t'écouter des heures et des heures entieres merci dommage que je n'ai jamais pu aller a un de tes concerts car je sais que tu est déjà venu en France dans les années 80 encore merci a toi
Still haven't. They string-synced and lip synced in this video to the studio album which is a shame because Mike is truly talented and a raw live performance would have been more pleasing than just the studio recording.
If I recall correctly, that was his record company that made him play the studio album anytime he did a show performance like this, rather than playing it raw and live.
