Mike Oldfield - Tricks of the light

[generalhans1]

2:31 need .gif !!!!!!

[KikoMoM43]

OMG!!! This song is so Damn F*cking Awesom!!!!!!

[AsphyxGr]

Songs like this one make my life more beautiful. I hope this kind of music have touched more hearts the way it did with ours

[MrPomdownunder]

I watch this often why can't they make music like this now ?

[atheistfromaustria]

@MrPomdownunder music like this is no longer requested by the audience - which makes me sad

[TheWestfalenstadion]

GOD MIKE OLDFIELD NEVER DIES IN MY  SOUL !!!!!!!!!!

[Arvias]

Still the best. This man makes THE MUSIC of my life. 

[DosGaming101]

This man has no equal

[lolek15555]

ARTIST, PERFECT, AWESOME, I CANT FIND WORDS TO DESCRIBE IT.

[1103schnucki]

Maggie Reilly is the best singer !!!! :-))

[JeffersonDinedAlone]

First act Virgin signed. His masterwork is TB, but haven't heard anything else that I cared for much.

[flolechauddu63]

@JeffersonDinedAlone Hergest Ridge, Ommadawn? Amarok?

[caquerio]

HEAVENLY VOICE (Maggie)

[uropa1968]

still one of the best ^^^^

[sebek24]

country shit

[generalhans1]

mike oldfield + maggie reilly = always stunning masterpieces of music history

[nunchuckerz]

no stairway,  denied

[MrPomdownunder]

great ! I bet the lass in the crowd was a posh portsmouth Deb.......

[W3rnie]

really, one of the best songs i have ever heard.

[blarihu]

Miren que carita se le queda a la niña despues del solo de Maike.

Look at the face of the girl in audience after the solo of Mike.

[Roseline231]

the King of guitar <3

[DirkDiggler2]

way better than present popsongs

[Jacobanko]

I LOVE MIKE OLDFIELD. I LOVE HIS ARRANGEMENTS AND THE FACT HE NEVER STOPPED TO A SINGLE KIND OF MUSIC.

[123321jamesy]

What an amazing guitar solo, anyone who thinks Mike is not one of the greats, listen and watch the solo in this song.

I wonder what ever happend to the girl in the audience?

[LexxTheSkullptor]

Love Mike Oldfield master monipularor on the synthesisr,I have 2 synths I can usually learn to play most tunes by ear but can't tune my guitar lol,I've made few tunes but it's the production side on my computer I have trouble with"Rock on Live Long"=))

[SirFiddler]

i am wondering what the girl from "0-50 is doing these days

[acrovatis]

Awesome song!! Unique Maggie...love from Greece......Viva 80's !!!!!!

[andreszko]

Oldfield is a Master.

[dianeandwilson]

got a bit of the sound of sniff and the tears well i think so any way,great sound ,,mo is a god!!!!!

[sandantin]

j adore

[dacptn]

Oldfield, the Chuck Norris of musical instruments.

[sezums]

@chickensayboo lmao! X

[chickensayboo]

He has a voice that could grate cheese but he's an excellent musso.

[xennelul]

simply pure genius!

[SirFiddler]

timeless... i used to sit in front of the radio trying to tape his songs... back in the day. now thanks to youtube you can even enjoy the videos again... still, 20 years or so on, a great friggin song

[cairsahr64]

Cool song!

[sbsteven56]

she sings like an angel . i dont believe she belongs to this world .

[Coneman3]

@sbsteven56 Mike always got the best to work with him.

[irishelk1]

Is there any instrument Mike Oldfield cant play....??? what a talent...end of

[Queenmoreta]

@irishelk1 any instrument mike can't play? the only thing i have read is that he struggled to play the violin . he's a one man orchestra :).

[david0ff]

I'm speechless...what a music genious!

he was great in the 70ies and 80ies, disappointing in the 90ies, but

I still think he must be the reincarnation of Mozart...

[TheEnanogran]

@david0ff Stop smoking,please.

[igor190985]

Mike Oldfield the BEST MUSICIAN,ever !!!!

[Caipi25]

I LOVE THIS MUSICIAN! YOU ARE GREAT GREAT GREAT MIKE!!!!!!!

stay your fan ever!

[LanceRocker]

This is just a piece of my life... WONDERFUL !! Thank you, for keeping this incredible song !! Rock on, Lance.

[Hcosl]

Multi-instrumentalist player. Truly a natural person.

[MichaelKatzengreis74]

YEAH!!!! What a wonderful piece of music!!!! male & female voice matches perfectly! :-)

[nessie986]

that woman looks really really bored is it me or is it a trick of the light

[mrwells2001]

I always loved Maggie singing with him. Her voice just pierces my soul, sort of like Enyas voice.

[riozoerb]

1A !!!!

[Alhene]

One of his best songs!

I Love it!!!!!

[Getdafackap]

what a incredible song!!! mike oldfield's rules!!

[Kungen940127]

Ok....thanks! :)

[Tropico2009]

My guess is that it was recorded in Italy during the Discovery tour (there was a live TV broadcast once)

[Kungen940127]

Where is this??? 

Mike Rocks!!!

[Kungen940127]

Very good song:) !!!!!!!!!!

[1971Hoschy]

Do someone know where I can buy this song?

[spliff2901]

@1971Hoschy : Hi! Tricks of the light appeared on Mike's Discovery-Album from 1984 (Virgin). Later it was released on a couple of compilations (the Platinum Collection for example). Great song!!!

[Tropico2009]

BARRY PALMER ROCKS!!! Great to hear his vocals on this piece!@!

[nobodyisperfect87]

mike oldfield is the best love him

[turo63]

Love  this song !!

[turo63]

Masterpiece, brilliant . Girl in audience wow. Yes, Mike Oldfield is the best of  the best.

[marmas58ink]

Well... this su... is second rate Mike Oldfield music.

[Basseck]

Cool mullet haircut by Mike Oldfield. Today many musicians seem to prefer the bass players haircut instead ;-)

[psprog]

I agree - she has the best voice I've ever heard.

[mirzafofy]

yes she has a good voice but i think olivia newton's voice is better than her

[Crazyforlng2]

Maggie Railey best female voice ever,whoever thinks the same please rate this as good comment.

[manixone]

Greatness!

[Dyslexica]

Mike has amazing dexterity. I like how he pulls the guitar up to his ear. It's one of two things. 1) Am I in tune? or 2) Is this thing on? Maggie shows she's more than a back-up singer in this.

[schneckenpfeifer]

in my oppinion one of his greatest hits!

[hoopsten]

Habe M.Oldfield 1981 in Bremen ( D ) live gesehen. Meine Frau war schwanger. Mein Sohn mag die Musik nicht besonders gern. Gruß an Jogi und Ute.

[captainbimble]

simon phillips on drums and phil spalding on bass.class!

[Kilt2302]

Mike OLdfield is really something.....but try to find the Album "Songs from the distant earth"......it is not music it is another dimension.....really.......eve­n without beer.....)))))

[Keijz74]

Coffee will do? I'll try to get it.

[Kilt2302]

Yeah really try it.......have not heard that good album in years.........well except Marillion, of course.......))))

Tot ziens

[Keijz74]

Marillion?

Great band too!

[flimbar]

agreed, I just discovered songs of distant earth and its heading towards being one of my fave Old Mikefield albums

[pinucciosolovinile]

GRANDE DISCO!!!!!!!!

[RebyTheRebel]

Look at 2.04...

Maggie's smile... (:

[dmidzic29]

wonderful

[n2bazoka]

you are a genious mike!

[xulete007]

Maggie Reilly & mike olfield, two angels in the earth, precious sounds, voice, its allllllllllllllll, live 4ever

[nunchuckerz]

a true musician

[Christine1966]

der junge Mann in 0:10 ist Mike Oldfield.....ich war 1983/84 17 Jahre und hab' das Teil mitgeträllert...mich immer gefragt wie sieht wohl die Sängerin aus??...die Stimme ist echt geil...und M.Oldfields Musik ist schon fast theatralisch gut vom Aufbau und den Instrumenten her =)))

[fanchette122]

Die Sângerin heisst Meggie Reilly ...

Grüssen Dich Christine

Fanchette aus Belgien

[eirinn70]

Maggie Reilly :o)

[Christine1966]

lieben Dank für deine Antwort =)

..ich bin hier so viel~suchend,dass ich das garnicht gelesen hab.Und von Zeit zu Zeit....beim Schreiben am PC hör ich gern Musik....oder seh' oldies....lieben Gruß!

[fanchette122]

du auch und danke shön für deine Antwort

Grüss dich

Fanchette

[Christine1966]

really greatful song....<3

[fanchette122]

Merde pourquoi Mike Oldfield n'a plus de succès maintenant ....Je l'adore, c'est ma jeunesse ...Et en plus j'ai assisté à son concert à Cologne en 1984 .....Un super concert de plus de 3 heures...

Thank you Mike

Fanchette

[allyplumb]

Mike has said on numerous occasions that he is not a natural vocalist so gets other people to do the vocals when he does straight pop songs..

[SatteroCZ]

Best song! Music of the light!

[yayan17]

mike really rules !!!!!

[harrrykat13]

Just perfect!

[COBRE1975]

gran tema,sus mejores trabajos han sido junto a maggie realie,que pena que esten peleados,

[DiruGala]

Y se sabe por que? :'( porque a mi me encantaban como pareja artistica...

[hosscollar]

Mike should have had kids with Maggie. They would sing and play guitar well. Beautiful baby in the audience too.

[TrefyJot]

Other than the untouchable Tubular bells this, for me, is MOs best album. All of it powerful and individual and complimented brilliantly by the wonderful tone given to it by both Maggie Reilly and Barry Palmer.

[yosemaketu]

Sonidos celestiales que evocan una gran epoca, inspiracion acustica de alto nivel, todo un lider de estilo. Gracias Mike,en Galicia te queremos y regresa a esta tu segunda casa.

[puss0in0bootsPL]

GREAT SONG! THIS IS TRUE MUSIC!

[vicko77]

That is excellent masterpiece. And WHO is that girl in the audience. Such a sexy beauty. WOW!

[Ph4n3s]

Concuerdo en todo contigo.

Ella "parece" inocente pero quién sabe si realmente lo es... Y tienes razón, esta canción se trata de la naturaleza del amor y cómo a veces somos engañados (sin embargo, y si nos extendemos en al amor propiamente dicho, si somos engañados es porque en realidad nunca hubo amor).

Con respecto al título Trucos de la luz, puede interpretarse como estar "enceguecido" por alguien (o a lo metafísico o ambas cosas a la vez ya que están ligadas).

[Ph4n3s]

Es ya casi al final que se descubre que ella color verdadero es "rojo", lo cual explicaría el por qué de ese engaño o desengaño. Ciertamente esto hace que tenga un significado muy profundo y hasta espantoso.

Pero en fín, todo es para aprender. Y como dice el refrán, no hay mal que por bien no venga. Si tenemos desgracias quizá así encontremos la gracia.

Muchas gracias a tí también. Saludos desde Argentina,

Vanesa

[mikestat2007]

enceguecido? jaja

[Ph4n3s]

Y sí... Si fue "ella" y su familia quienes idearon el macabro plan. Y él... cayó en la trampa. Ni la menor idea tenía él que había pisado el palito mal, las consecuencias fueron infernales.

Al cabo de unos años, le llegó un "mensaje" y descubrió que se trató de un plan. Sin embargo, al principio le fue difícil entenderlo porque le parecía que era sanata pero finalmente... al ir atando cabos, pudo ver bien.

Vanesa

[Ph4n3s]

Y fue todo un "descubrimiento" (por eso el álbum se llama DISCOVERY).

Vanesa

[LanceRocker]

Ist mein Lieblingsvideo bei YouTube !!

Sehr genialer Song !!!

[camerondelaplata]

das weckt erinnerungen.geile mucke

[Ph4n3s]

Well said there!

[qthinker]

The raw transendent gift.

[Ph4n3s]

Well said there!

[Ph4n3s]

Well said there camerondelaplata!

[xensboy]

A flawless pop song, full of incident: an irresistible almost-walking bass, a guitar hook that screams for attention, a sympathetic male voice and a delicious female counterpart. And here, of course, a goddess in the audience

[Ph4n3s]

ha, that's the question... was she a goddess (beautiful) or the devil? Pay attention.

Regards,

Vanesa

[Ph4n3s]

ha, that's the question... was she a goddess (beautiful) or the devil? Pay attention.

Regards,

Vanesa

[Ph4n3s]

That's the message for YOU

xensboy.

[xensboy]

You're right, I guess. I meant goddess in the sense of having physical beauty (those lips!), but she does look mean (except just before the 3-minute mark, where she's innocent, but it could be a trick of the light). I thought that the song was maybe about the nature of love and how we are sometimes deceived. The new tinge you mention makes it spookier and deeper.

Muchas gracias, Vanesa. Saludos desde Galicia.

[lsdmadman]

listened to this bizarre album while traveling in the middle east in 84 thanky for them memories

[alsheliak]

This song is terrific!!!

Great Mike!!!

[Lewsir46]

Oh yeah - that's kinda important...the dude's a genius...

[Lewsir46]

Oldfield is so low key - here he looks like a random guitar player in the band, not even provding any back-up vocals. Does he ever sing at all?

[myspysen90]

yea in some songs does he sing , though it doesn't sound so great^^ well he's the composer, thats the big deal i guess^^

[manchasman]

Buenísima rola, y la voz de la chava, increible.

[mcklain]

Those where great times...

[Interpr8er]

I simply love this song - the best one from Discovery (in my humble opinion).

I love mike's shorrter songs, but hey, you can't beat anything he has done with a stick - right?

[aureliosjc]

Meg Ryan rules!

[Dreamcosplay]

The album is Discovery-you'll get To France as well.

Great. Pure genius of pop !

[TSIEHTA101]

what album is this from? and can i buy it in CD form cause this is just awesome

[harmony68]

Thank you so much for the video! I thought I'd never find it again :)

[feelfree19]

Phantastique!!

Like all what you do.

[twilight0406]

Dieser Song gehört zu meinen Lieblingssongs übehaupt! Mike ist so großartig!

[eastendgirl]

Oh I love you Mike !!!

[VeryTastefool]

the solo is .... unbelivable ...

just perfect, and makes me soo hapy :D

[Andanzas]

1986, Mensajeros Radio. (antigua empresa de mensajeria)

Yo tenia 18 años, sobre mi Derbi recoriendo Barcelona, toda una temporada escuchando Discovery, Five Miles Out, y Amarok.

MIGUEL CAMPOVIEJO, ERES EL MEJOR. ETS COLLONUT !!!!

MIKE OLDFIELD, YOU ARE THE BEST. YOU HAVE BIG BALLS !!!!

[Andanzas]

En autentico Walkman.

[KARES06]

DE PUTA MADRE VAYA CANCION Y VAYA SOLO DEL MAIKI :p

[Maszynownia]

Stary dobry rock i stary, dobry Oldfield. Jeszcze bez nadmiaru elektroniki.

[journalistgirl07]

přesně:-)

[maurice]

It has a catchy beat to rank alongside any fast-paced rock classic. Why the hell have we never heard it on the radio again since it first came out in 1984, and why didn't it do better than it did? It deserved better than so many moany tuneless songs that succeeded. Music business history has baffling moments.

So many somethings we will never know.

[matpiccirillo]

Holy shit. This song is amazing. I recetly posted on Magic Touch, and said I would have someone that sounds like Max Bacon or Kate bush in my badn one day. Well, cancel that and put in Maggie R and the other dude, I forget his name. lol (I gotta make up my mind). ANyways, thnks for posting, great vid.

[BillyBennyJess]

The other dude is Barry Palmer

[AgentXnine]

No wonder how Mr. Phillips plays so great. He has a different arranged drum kit that makes it easier for him to play the hard parts (hence "Crises"). By the way, nice girl in the audience!

[beatoldfield]

Greaaaaaat. Never seen that!.

[RICHMONDBLANC]

chulisima¡¡¡¡, Mike tiene buenas canciones pop además de moonlight shadow, esta es todo un descubrimiento

[rg2027x]

most excellent..

[sydcowley]

you are wrong..phillips simon..ffs get a life

[rambojohn123]

If I´m not mistakin Simon Phillips the drummer, was on tour together with the fantastic band TOTO this year??

[matas]

Thanx !!! Didn't know there was a video of this song.

[ShadowontheBeast]

Lol love her hands expression of "Duh, it's the tricks of the light" Love this song-Thanks!

[pwl0lwp]

lol what a classic video! i love the flipping up of the single cover. and mike seems to be channelling Nigel Tufnell from Spinal Tap (or is it the other way around ? ;) )

[pwl0lwp]

whoa! what album was this on ?

[4evernate28]

Discovery

[gingerfoozle]

Never seen that. Nice to see Simon Phillips on drums.