A Trick of the Light - The Triffids

Hi davidscalling, I just uploaded the original clip you refer to. Cheers.

The thing to remember is this is not Australian music, its Western Australian music the rest of the country would be lost without us. (AC DC is also WA)

When I lost the love of my life the Triffids moved in... I never quite got rid of them(-:

One of the best songs ever

It doesn't matter how old you are. It's the music that counts. To be honest I don't understand why people under 20 feel the need to say how old they are and then justify listening to music that isn't on radio 1.
I love 80's indie but only got into these guys 4 years ago............It's amazing, Aussies can actually make music that isn't a joke :-)

well i for one really love this version and listened to it all through out my childhood. obviously i still listen to it because it's a wonderful song and just because I'm 16 doesn't mean my opinions are worthless. ( I'm not sure but maybe people would think that which is why I'm making the preemptive strike) I'm not trying to be hostile it's just my point of view. anyway thanks juliesmil for putting this up I'm thinking of using the lyrics of this song for my homework comparing it to poetry.

It did sound better on the radio in the 80's. I think digital gives it too much space.

davidscalling I think the version Of Trick Of The Light your thinking of is the slightly earlier and much better version on a record called in the pines. I find this version a little over produced. great genuinely underrated band

sirlordcomic, I think you are right about this being overproduced (or something). I find this version slightly flat and uninspireing. Not at all what I remember. But the video I saw was from around 1988 so I am not sure if it was from an earlier version.

The "in the pines" version was so under produced I am amazed it got onto the tape at all.
But it is most probably more quintessentially the real triffids vibe, they were more into clean and more raw sounds, especially when they played live.