At 03:16 PM 8/5/2003 -0400, Mark Bacino wrote:
>In regard to the Family Man quote, although it does come from the songbook
>of the mighty H&O, I believe (sadly, giving credit where credit's due) the
>tune is actually a cover.  Something in the sick, useless corners of my mind
>tells me that "Family Man" was actually penned by Mike Oldfield of "Tubular
>Bells" fame?  Weird...
>
>Can any Auditeers out there with similar useless knowledge confirm this? :)

Indeed it was, from the period of "I'm going to write pop songs, which is
something I'm not actually very good at, instead of writing 40-minute
instrumentals, which I do quite well," which came before the current period
of "I'm not even pretending that I have anything interesting or relevant in
me anymore, so I'm just gonna rework TUBULAR BELLS every few years."

S