Comments on: Changeling, by Mike Oldfield

By: Nicolas

Nicolas — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 21:21:45 +0000

Hi Jon, bonjour,
Given the fame Mike Oldfield has in Spain and Germany, I’d like to know if there’s any project of translation of Changeling into spanish, german… or french although I doubt there’s any chances for a french version of it.
Anyway I enjoyed the book and hope to learn more about the way you worked on it.
Nicolas

By: Jonno

Jonno — Mon, 03 Sep 2007 19:51:41 +0000

I think there is a big difference between a biography written for the fans, and an autobiography, which is written for a much wider audience. While such detail might be important for fans, it might be considered turgid and repetitive for non-fans that still want to know more about (to coin a phrase) a man and his music.

By: George

George — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 05:41:23 +0000

I am in agreement with Nic and his comment/suggestions. The real purpose or reason anyone knows Mike Oldfield is his music. More information about album preparation, success and failures according to Mike would have been stellar. I believe that by really digging into the history of his albums, he may have experienced some true excitement in revealing knowledge that his fans would love to hear. Was this ever discussed in your meetings? Did he think it would be boring? Were you ever a fan of his music?

By: Nic

Nic — Thu, 24 May 2007 18:55:58 +0000

Indeed, hence my comment that”I recognise that you did not write this”…my aim was to record my disappointment (such that others might also comment) but also to invite your comments, as you helped Mike with the book, if perhaps only to listen and record (I guess one of my questions would be why you didn’t lead him down some of the paths in my first comment).

Nic

By: Jonno

Jonno — Thu, 24 May 2007 17:02:34 +0000

Enkeli, sorry but no!

Nic, I think you’ve hit on the difference between a biography and an autobiography

Best, Jon