My mate now passed introduced me to the album Tubular Bells, he was only 32 (suicide), think of him lots but especially this, Stone Roses and Pink Floyds Wish You Were Here, its been 16 years. RIP buddy, gone but never forgotten. X
Maggie played with Cado Bell in the early 70s and they were brilliant; they played the Glasgow scene, especially the places of further education. He voice is phenominal; a huge range and as pure as water.
I sat in the kitchen in the 80's as a kid, my headphones on, waiting for that guitar solo. It sent shivers down my spine and still does. Amazing 👏! What a song, just perfect.
I was just thinking while watching the previous video of this song how much I always liked it and that first solo, the one without distortion. So much to like about this song and I never really knew who it was until stumbling across Maggie's channel just now with a 2023 live version.
similar story (born 1970) in the early 80s i remember with the family being in some department store and i heard this title only faint out of the background easy listening "PA system" of the shopping center, and it caught me, i tried to filter out any other sound - for years did not know who it was but always greatly enjoyed the song and still do. Yet up to date i do not know what the lyrics actually mean (English is not my native language but there are so many other songs i fully understand, only here the lyrics give riddles) but never mind it's a beautiful title.
I kinda like this era. So much music is so accessible, and I often see kids with instruments making new kinds of music ^^ And with the current stuff happening in the world, we'll at least get some good music out of it.
Words don't do justice for how good this song is. So unique, the haunting feel to it sounds like nothing else. Perfect vocals from Maggie Reilly and lyrics that Bernie Taupin would be proud of. 100% a timeless classic that you never forget
The way she sings “shadow”. No slurring, no half hearted words. A beautiful, soothing voice with proper pronunciation! And yes, a massively talented songwriter and musician in Mike Oldfield. 👍🥲
@@ajs41I've found that most Scots speak better & clearer English than the English themselves & that goes for the Welsh too , listen to Richard Burton .
Mike Oldfield is a musical genius and Maggie's vocals are phenomenal. This song brings me back to the times when I was very young and everything was easier or so it seemed.
Eran tiempos....menos duros y crueles, como lo son ahora. Que pena. Todo ha muerto, siento ser tan pesimista. Esto no es lo que esperabamos de los tiempos futuros. Pero todo el mundo esta resignado o esta dormido. 😢
My best friend from police school was a police swat leader and lost his life in the line of duty. This song helps me to bear the grief and pain more easily. I hope to see you him in heaven again one day.
This song is so special to me, this song and 'To France'. Maggie's voice is incredible, and so distinctive. I was only a child when this was released, but I am so thankful that I grew up through an era when music like this was released. I love how Mike uses historic references and tones in his music, he's an absolute genius.
Agree, beautiful recording and video. There's so much great musicianship here, Maggie's voice is perfect for this romantic ballad, and the visuals are a perfecr match (wow, that silky white dress!). The whole feels completely unforced, as soon as you hear it the song feels completely natural like a folk-song, even though it's actually not an easy one to play. I agree this kind of quality pop/rock music is sadly absent from the charts and radio waves these days.
Music CAN be and IS categorised. In musicology. And music can be broken down into its constituent elements and analysed. "Pure music is music" is meaningless. But I can see what you're trying to say.
@@kinorspielmann4649 As another musicologist i can confirm your statement. Its definitly popular music. It has sing songwritters arrangements, but it is more complex in way of harmony and melody. so i would say, it is pop song with huge influnece of prog rock music. Prog pop maybe? :D
@@kinorspielmann4649 Sigh, the art of deconstruction leads to destruction. Not that the process is devoid of value, but it has little to do with the art.
Mike Oldfield is very talented with the number of different instruments he can play, as well as great composing. My first introduction to him was when he recorded the updated theme music for Blue Peter. I was amazed that he played all the different parts himself, then the recordings were mixed together - very unusual in those days.
@@carolynwoodman1734 I don't think Hank Marvin played on this, great guitarist though he is. I believe Mike Oldfield plays all the main instrumentals on his recordings, although the second guitarist in the video was apprently being mimed by one of his touring musicians.
@@snowgirl9094 The shadows recorded an instrumental version of this song and Hank Marvin performed an equally impressive and melodic solo. Recommend them.
I was a kid, when I first heard this song in the radio... I got goosebumps and immediatelly fell in love with her voice... I'm 46 now, an still get goosebumps all over my body, when I listen to this song... This sweet voice, this guitar...
Me too! Same model year. ;) I also got the same reaction listening till "Annies Song" by John Denver. Even though I couldn´t understand the lyrics as a kid. Both songs have something longing dreamy melancholic yet...light.
Blasting away on my dads car stereo as he took me n my pals up to The Cheviots to do our Bronze Duke of Edinburgh awards in the 80s Hapoy days-RIP Dad x
We are like butterfly collectors, the memories from times long gone are the butterflies and the music from those times are like pins that hold them in position.
The dreamy excellence of Mike Oldfield's genius and the female singers he performed with. I remember when this first came out in the charts. Maggie is a brilliant example of those partnerships.
This is absolutely thrilling. An Emily Bronte atmosphere, Maggie's sublime voice, and then those contrasting guitar solos near the end. Epiphanic excellence. ❤❤❤
My late father loved this song.I played it a few days before he died,and although he was really ill was able to move his head in time with the music!Played it at his funeral, miss you Dad!!!!
Reminds me of the time when this song came out and was heard everywhere on the radio. As was the case with so many songs that topped the charts and were in heavy rotation I eventually grew to despise it. I hadn't really consciously listened to it in close to forty years (hell, I even tried to actively dodge it if I could). Listening to the tune now, it has definitely opened the floodgates and a lot of old memories come pouring out with it. Younger, so much younger than today...
@@projetor.m.2353 yeah, it has the 90s vibes all over it. I think OP mistook the 9 for 8 in his / her 1983 comment, but I'm too lazy to check. But it definitely sounds and looks like the 90s :)
@@blabla-rg7ky check the facts. It was released as a single in 1983. Excellent music and great performances stand the test of time, unlike the recycled, automated, pitch tuned shit we get nowadays!
One of my earliest memories is being in the back of my dad's green Cortina on a Friday night, and this on the radio. It's been one of my favourite songs ever since, for almost four decades. I always return to it.
Ooh, very cool. I found out years later that my next door neighbour had the 7", which I borrowed and played to death. Certainly not signed though. I'm impressed!
@@neildhan Make that 3 now! Simon Phillips agreed and even paid for the postage back!!?? what a guy! just Mike Oldfield now and all personnel complete on the record!!!!!
A Cortina ?.Those were old already in ´85/´86.Really cool design though,but with a quality reputation more similar with an italian/Soviet car.My dad had a Saab 96 (with a V4 licensied from Ford) at that time.It was AWFULLY ugly in every way you can think of,but not bad at all as a "faithful work horse" !.Anyway,it was good times then though.Today´s cars all look like rounded loafs or soap cups (and getting in or out of ém takes acrobatic abilities to some extent.
40 years from this day and counting ... ! This is one of my favorite songs that the wizzard Mike Oldfield created along with the magical Maggie Reilly.
I just woke up today with lyrics of chorus and Maggie’s voice, luckily after typing the first line of lyrics this song appeared on my search list. Love it! Cheers to all listening in 2023 and beyond!
I can't stop listening to her angelic voice. God bless her and her family. Proud to be a fellow Welsh lady. Classy lady so elegant and stunningly talented.
Sweet. That's lovely 😍 my mum makes the best french toast,she learnt to cook when she was 4 years old. Now she won't talk to me because I feel like she doesn't and never had loved me at all. True story. Anyway, hope you don't think of what used to be,just enjoy each day and get out of the house 🏠
I was teenager in the 80s. A very great time. Mike Oldfield is one of the best. The voice: Maggi Reilly is only can sing this song. Absolutly: Masterpiece.
One of my favourite songs ever! Maggie's voice fits so well, so angelical, it's one of those songs that makes you feel incredibly nostalgic which is such a beautiful and yet melancholic feeling
Mike Oldfield has had the kind of career most can only dream of. He only ever created what he wanted to and then moved on- and along the way created some truly momentous pieces of music- such as this one.
This defines the 80s.. The vibe, the attitude, the fashion, the beauty, it's all definitely 80s, and listening to this is like transporting my mind back four decades. Life was so perfect, surrounded by magic and love, friends and family. Most are gone now, but this music plugs me into their souls in memories, reliving them, like we are all back together for a glorious few minutes ❤️
This is so very true. There was so much love back then, I’m not talking about romantic love, more of love and respect between all people. It’s been lost.
Mike Oldfield is hugely talented but this is definitely one of my favourite of his song, and Maggie Reilly complements it perfectly. Happy memories listening to it when I was at school
Brilliant piece of music. Bass guitar, percussion, Spanish guitar and the synthesizer in the background, all fit so well with Al Stewart’s perfect pronunciation and natural voice.
it doesn't matter in which mood i am (happy, angry, sad...), this song gets me everytime and for 3:42 minutes problems of the world are out of my mind, greetings to everybody who work at this masterpiece
I really believe Mike is one very underrated guitar player. His sound and feeling is simply outstanding. Speed and technical prowess is not everything for an accomplished musician.
Migel, sloth emperor Spoiler: He didn't. That's why he's on "the other side" and she sees him "in heaven". That's the point of the song. He has died obv ;)
This was one of those songs that were stuck in my head from early childhood that I couldn't really remember. Today I was lucky enough to hear it on the radio and I quickly noted some of the lyrics and was able to find it on google. So glad to have found this song!
When this was released in 1983 I thought it was one of the best sounds I’d ever heard…it was a big hit on pub wall-jukeboxes. The Bull in Rothwell Leeds was a great place on a Saturday night, the whole pub would sing along!!
@@rjjcms1 It is beyond marvelous, brilliant and more is what i think about this song. Loved it since it came out a lifetime ago, and will likely love it till i die.
il existe aussi une version chantée par la chanteuse belge -flamande Dana WINNER , elle est tout simplement sublime avec la voix claire comme le cristal de la grande artiste
@@101boertjie I have got to agree with you m8. I love this track. Great singing by Maggie. I'm a mega big Human League fan myself. And like 1man in my ♥️. Which is beautifully sung by Susan Sulley ♥️. I love this track 2.
There's something truly magical about old music like this......sadly,as a thirteen year old I was never alive to enjoy those times,but when I hear my friends talking about one direction and flicking miley Cyrus I think,wow am I lucky to know about this music!
you realise that 30 years ago people thought this particular track of Mike Oldfield was way to commercial and to heavily marketed. now I'm not comparing Oldfield to one direction or anything but truth be said, there's some really good music out there besides what you hear on the radio. your being 13, so not yet alive when this music was made is a strange statement, I wasn't alive when Carl Orff wrote carmina burana for instance but I'm glad I live in this day and age when music is just a mouseclick away, think about that :)
its probable that music companies purposefully flood the market with shit to increase the value of their back catalogues so they can increase the value of company property and therefore the company coverage of the mundane lives of celebrities are sold for more than music, music id mostly a gateway for the famouse for fame to promote them to sell shit controversy = free advertising piss off a bunch of prudes and the song will be on the news its an ass, its a tit GET OVER IT go to a porn site or get a hooker and just get it over with you're making them stronger try the newgrounds audio portal or bandcamp or soundcloud or some shit non-commercial songs have to compete on their content instead of their hype the low quality oldies are forgotten because nobody bothers to look for them unless there was something noteworthy about them. over 9000 comments all reading "i hate my generation" "OLD-SHIT records inc" stock up 17% "be sure to ship the "Justin's Greatest sHITS" before we sell our back catalogue of musicians that lay cold in the dust and we dont have to pay we will get more money because of the sales increase from disenfranchised teens who think there UNIQUE for listening to oldies every song EVER has an i hate my generation comment youre not so fucking special youre just surrounded by morons MUSICAL Dunning-Kruger effect
I think I've heard it all my life but couldn't put a name to it. I know it always evoked emotion within me. Then one day I somehow got hold of several music videos and this was one of them. Beautiful song and video, especially with the owl which is a truly magnificent creature.
I’m 13 my dad used to listen to this with my mom when I was about six in summer or so this gives me such good memories of when my parents were still together
B A N G T A N I S D Y N A M I T E my grandchildren suffered like you darling. As the other grandparent said. “ who pays. The kids pay”. Our religion forbids divorce , and I can see why. God can make all things right if you pray to him. And say a “ Hail Mary “.
Maggie Reilly - the angel's Voice. Maggie we thank you! Mike has his own place of respect. But you, Maggie, you're unforgettable, not only for Moolight Shadow.
![Lp. Сердце Вселенной #60 РОЖДЕНИЕ ЛОЛОЛОШКИ [Финал] • Майнкрафт](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/YoR0pAV9FVQ/mqdefault.jpg)
Congratulations to Mike and Maggie on this reaching 100 million views on UA-cam. Fully deserved.
Should 've been over a billion
@@Burgieking1true
Como canta esta es ALUCINANTE !!!
You must be a zoomer
Oké! Nekem az a véleményem hogy sajnos itt Mike Oldfield eladta magát a slágerzenének
A timeless masterpiece
So bloody agree 💯
*This* *song* *is* *a* *actually* *timeless* *masterpiece* *.*
This song is always playing in my head such a beautiful song Maggie voice is perfect. Xxx
My mate now passed introduced me to the album Tubular Bells, he was only 32 (suicide), think of him lots but especially this, Stone Roses and Pink Floyds Wish You Were Here, its been 16 years.
RIP buddy, gone but never forgotten. X
I'm so sorry to hear about your friend
Yes sir. Still makes me smile.
Word for word as you describe it
One of the most beautiful song of all time
This still holds up after 40 years, brilliant.
Music doesn't get old. Only people do.
Часто возвращаюсь
music definately gets old@@RedGallardo
@@sallyjoan Music is the same the day it was written. Only you get old. As a person or as a society, doesn't matter. Music is exactly the same.
nope, music gets really really old@@RedGallardo
Maggie's voice makes this song one of my immortal favorites.
You should listen to her song: Everytime we touch.
@@ruantengyi Thanks! I'll be doing that now.
Maggie played with Cado Bell in the early 70s and they were brilliant; they played the Glasgow scene, especially the places of further education. He voice is phenominal; a huge range and as pure as water.
@@ruantengyithat song is magic👌👌
yes it has haunted me for many years and now I have found it again, Thanks
I sat in the kitchen in the 80's as a kid, my headphones on, waiting for that guitar solo. It sent shivers down my spine and still does. Amazing 👏! What a song, just perfect.
I was just thinking while watching the previous video of this song how much I always liked it and that first solo, the one without distortion. So much to like about this song and I never really knew who it was until stumbling across Maggie's channel just now with a 2023 live version.
yeah. it's the guitar solo...
similar story (born 1970) in the early 80s i remember with the family being in some department store and i heard this title only faint out of the background easy listening "PA system" of the shopping center, and it caught me, i tried to filter out any other sound - for years did not know who it was but always greatly enjoyed the song and still do. Yet up to date i do not know what the lyrics actually mean (English is not my native language but there are so many other songs i fully understand, only here the lyrics give riddles) but never mind it's a beautiful title.
Sounds like me and Mr. Bigs every single song.
Maggies voice is just awesome too!
We didn't realise how special the '80's were until we left it behind and looked back.
Amen
I kinda like this era. So much music is so accessible, and I often see kids with instruments making new kinds of music ^^
And with the current stuff happening in the world, we'll at least get some good music out of it.
Mike Oldfield is a genius. This song has not aged at all. I must have listened to it 10,000 times over the years
Oldfield & Reilly - a very cool event in music world
i only found this tune last year and think i've listened to it 10,000 times already. my toddler loves it too
@@erinniccoinn1gh same here just last month only love the cool voice
Mike went to the same school as me, sadly now knocked down. His father was a local doctor in Reading.
I know how you feel.... I literally can't move on until I hear this song to completion whenever it plays on my random playlist.
one of the best things about 50 years old , is the fact that i lived my teenage years in the 80's that is priceless and i am grateful !!!
Merci
I listen to mike music all the time, my favorite mike album is Amarok
Thankful
❤️
:)
Mike oldfield is a genius and Maggie's voice is just perfect for this song love it
1.000.000 times agreed!
Oe
what a coincidence
Perfect comment.
Amo tantissimo i brani geniali
Che ascolti anno dopo anno, sempre. Super Mike, great Maggie..❤
I kind of would have liked to hear Kate Bush take a stab at it.
*This* *is* *not* *song* *.*
*This* *is* *timeless* *masterpiece* *.*
Ancora oggi dopo 40 anni riesce ad emozionarmi 😢
you just repeated your comment from a year ago
Words don't do justice for how good this song is. So unique, the haunting feel to it sounds like nothing else. Perfect vocals from Maggie Reilly and lyrics that Bernie Taupin would be proud of. 100% a timeless classic that you never forget
The way she sings “shadow”. No slurring, no half hearted words. A beautiful, soothing voice with proper pronunciation!
And yes, a massively talented songwriter and musician in Mike Oldfield. 👍🥲
Funny thing is she doesn't sound Scottish at all when she's singing, but obviously does when talking since she's from there.
@ajs41 unlike The Proclaimers !!
@@ajs41I've found that most Scots speak better & clearer English than the English themselves & that goes for the Welsh too , listen to Richard Burton .
So, what about as......from Bosnia?
She still sounds the same
This song has everything: good lyrics, magical melody and a great guitar solo
Yep!😍
I've alway thought that Mike Oldfield is a musical genius going back to when I was a 16 year old listening to Tubular Bells( I m 64
65 now and Maggie Reilly has got a lovely voice🤭😁🎧🏴🏴🎸🎼
You sound like you know your music Joan 🌟🎧👍🏴🎼🏴🎸😁
two solos really the one from mike on the strat and the one on the V is good too
名曲は色褪せない
Mike Oldfield is a musical genius and Maggie's vocals are phenomenal. This song brings me back to the times when I was very young and everything was easier or so it seemed.
Eh oui ... les années 80 ... 👍
Far far better times indeed, sometimes I'm brought to tears by the memories.
Couldnt agree more.
Eran tiempos....menos duros y crueles, como lo son ahora. Que pena. Todo ha muerto, siento ser tan pesimista. Esto no es lo que esperabamos de los tiempos futuros. Pero todo el mundo esta resignado o esta dormido. 😢
Era...mas dulce. Menos conflictivo. Los tiempos que han venido despues, han dejado mucho que desear. Que decepcion y que chasco por Dios. 😢
1984년 당시 내나이 14세, 지금의 나는 54세... 40년의 세월을 역주행하여 추억을 소환한다.
당시 소니 카세트 라디오로 듣던 기억이 납니다. 기술이 발전하여 지금은 PC-Fi로 듣고 있는데 기술이 바뀌어도 이 명곡은 질리지 않고 계속 듣게 되네요. 이제는 대를 이어서 애들도 이 노래는 좋다고 하네요.
@@electromotiveoscillation4110 Search for Shin hae Chul to you 80's. There's a great compilation of the 80's era in Korea by ASCotter
@@electromotiveoscillation4110 Look up ASCotter, he has a great compilation of the 80's in Korea with the song to you by Shin hae chul
Yo también y se me cae una lágrimas😢
Similar age, dude. Grew up on this stuff, and very nice to see other cultures enjoying Oldfield. The bloke is a virtuoso magician.
This song is perfect. Angeliic, mysterious, emotional. I never get sick of this.
yes yes miguel campoviejo es un genio
Armourlego after 30 years, never!🙂
So true 💕
You're right, it's an immortal song, only a few belong to that club !
Far from perfect, too precise. Rhythm exactly to the heartbeat from start to finish which even lovely lullaby-melody can't compensate.
My best friend from police school was a police swat leader and lost his life in the line of duty. This song helps me to bear the grief and pain more easily. I hope to see you him in heaven again one day.
Have 40 years passed? This is as fresh as flowers I picked ten minutes ago.
no,no..passed it's now again
Bella canzone
🥲
@@hal19018 voglio tornare indietro nel tempo,oppure ripristinare la realtà di un tempo. Oggi fa schifo,fin qui siam tutti d'accordo
dude
I feel so privileged I grew up listening to masterpieces like this
💙
Me too, glorious eighties 😊
me too! born in 1980
When I was a kid I felt in love with that beautiful voice... 40 years later it's still the same feeling
Yep similar here - in my 50's now and transports me back all those years
Quoting Lee from CinemaWins: "Appropriate reaction."
Ich Auch
Me to
The same
will never get tired of listening to this maggie such a beautiful voice
This song is so special to me, this song and 'To France'. Maggie's voice is incredible, and so distinctive. I was only a child when this was released, but I am so thankful that I grew up through an era when music like this was released. I love how Mike uses historic references and tones in his music, he's an absolute genius.
Ji
Agree, beautiful recording and video. There's so much great musicianship here, Maggie's voice is perfect for this romantic ballad, and the visuals are a perfecr match (wow, that silky white dress!). The whole feels completely unforced, as soon as you hear it the song feels completely natural like a folk-song, even though it's actually not an easy one to play. I agree this kind of quality pop/rock music is sadly absent from the charts and radio waves these days.
@Beth Connor You so pretty too young Beth.
This song will never die , It will live forever!
❤
Always. For all eternity!
Indeed.. the nowadays f***** should take a look and should learn
Yes this song will never die, it will live forever. I love this song. I know this song since my childhood.
Love & respect from Romania, Craiova!!!!!!!
This is a proof that music CAN NOT be categorised! Pure music is not pop, not rock, not classic. It's music!
Well said
Music CAN be and IS categorised. In musicology. And music can be broken down into its constituent elements and analysed. "Pure music is music" is meaningless. But I can see what you're trying to say.
@@kinorspielmann4649 Great music most people can understand without others explaining i am sure.
@@kinorspielmann4649 As another musicologist i can confirm your statement. Its definitly popular music. It has sing songwritters arrangements, but it is more complex in way of harmony and melody. so i would say, it is pop song with huge influnece of prog rock music. Prog pop maybe? :D
@@kinorspielmann4649 Sigh, the art of deconstruction leads to destruction. Not that the process is devoid of value, but it has little to do with the art.
Everyone's praising Maggie's singing, and rightfully so, but my god, can we talk about that guitar solo for a second? I could listen to it for hours.
Hank B. Marvin. Genius. Happy New Year. 😊
Mike Oldfield is very talented with the number of different instruments he can play, as well as great composing. My first introduction to him was when he recorded the updated theme music for Blue Peter. I was amazed that he played all the different parts himself, then the recordings were mixed together - very unusual in those days.
@@carolynwoodman1734 I don't think Hank Marvin played on this, great guitarist though he is. I believe Mike Oldfield plays all the main instrumentals on his recordings, although the second guitarist in the video was apprently being mimed by one of his touring musicians.
@@snowgirl9094 The shadows recorded an instrumental version of this song and Hank Marvin performed an equally impressive and melodic solo. Recommend them.
pratt,Hendrix pisses all over it!!!
I was a kid, when I first heard this song in the radio... I got goosebumps and immediatelly fell in love with her voice... I'm 46 now, an still get goosebumps all over my body, when I listen to this song... This sweet voice, this guitar...
Me too! Same model year. ;) I also got the same reaction listening till "Annies Song" by John Denver. Even though I couldn´t understand the lyrics as a kid. Both songs have something longing dreamy melancholic yet...light.
Blasting away on my dads car stereo as he took me n my pals up to The Cheviots to do our Bronze Duke of Edinburgh awards in the 80s Hapoy days-RIP Dad x
can we just appreciate how underrated Mike is as a guitar player? Sweet Lord, those guitar solos at the end.
WE CAN! underestimated
A genius imho
You've heard his albums I presume? The genius doesn't stop at the guitar!
Another underrated comment.
I just came here to learn the guitar solos and play along to practice 🎸
Maggie Reilly has one of the sweetest voices I've ever heard
💖
Its flawless right? Like a full body massage for the ears
True to that, I thought exact same thing when I first heard this song...
She REILLEY does
Maggie Reilly and Maddy Prior.
I was a boy, playing in my grandparents garden in a hot summer many years ago, and I still remember this song playing on the radio.
@Max Migliorato Same for me
This song gives me great memories of a hot summer holiday in North Wales. A great pop song which has stood the test of time 😊
We are like butterfly collectors, the memories from times long gone are the butterflies and the music from those times are like pins that hold them in position.
@@johndaartist5499 ... Beautifully said and I agree, what a great analogy!
Just like me!
What have they done to our country, heritage and people?
Wonderful song, beautifully performed.
The dreamy excellence of Mike Oldfield's genius and the female singers he performed with. I remember when this first came out in the charts. Maggie is a brilliant example of those partnerships.
Fantastic Blast from the past, Happy Days!!!
喔我三才才情況才欸欸成就感有安欸俄奧。。。
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John Diamond wat a classy video & music from the 80s.
Such a beautiful voice. As a child I thought this was sung by a fairy
How sweet
Toute ma jeunaisse je kiff
I heard it for the first time recently on the radio and basically, I thought the same (I'm 27 btw)
An Angel she is
Best comment ever.
This is absolutely thrilling. An Emily Bronte atmosphere, Maggie's sublime voice, and then those contrasting guitar solos near the end. Epiphanic excellence. ❤❤❤
What a magnificent word Epiphanic!
It's a stellar tune. One of the very best.
I still hum it to this day
My late father loved this song.I played it a few days before he died,and although he was really ill was able to move his head in time with the music!Played it at his funeral, miss you Dad!!!!
He would be proud of you😉
Sorry about your loss
Jes
Bollocks
Lego jurrassi
Reminds me of the time when this song came out and was heard everywhere on the radio. As was the case with so many songs that topped the charts and were in heavy rotation I eventually grew to despise it. I hadn't really consciously listened to it in close to forty years (hell, I even tried to actively dodge it if I could). Listening to the tune now, it has definitely opened the floodgates and a lot of old memories come pouring out with it. Younger, so much younger than today...
This song is it from 1983, now is 2022.. this master piece is 39 years old..and still is a very beautiful song
One of those songs once heard never forgotten. Also the guitar playing is sublime. Time to dig out Tubular Bells 🔔again.
And it sounds so fresh. It's incredible. I could swear this song was from the 90's or early 2000's.
Tubular Bells has 49, a master piece too.
@@projetor.m.2353 yeah, it has the 90s vibes all over it. I think OP mistook the 9 for 8 in his / her 1983 comment, but I'm too lazy to check. But it definitely sounds and looks like the 90s :)
@@blabla-rg7ky check the facts. It was released as a single in 1983. Excellent music and great performances stand the test of time, unlike the recycled, automated, pitch tuned shit we get nowadays!
One of my earliest memories is being in the back of my dad's green Cortina on a Friday night, and this on the radio. It's been one of my favourite songs ever since, for almost four decades. I always return to it.
I have the vinyl sleeve signed by 2 member's on the song!
Ooh, very cool. I found out years later that my next door neighbour had the 7", which I borrowed and played to death. Certainly not signed though. I'm impressed!
@@neildhan Make that 3 now! Simon Phillips agreed and even paid for the postage back!!?? what a guy! just Mike Oldfield now and all personnel complete on the record!!!!!
Same here mate, my dad had an avo green mk4.
A Cortina ?.Those were old already in ´85/´86.Really cool design though,but with a quality reputation more similar with an italian/Soviet car.My dad had a Saab 96 (with a V4 licensied from Ford) at that time.It was AWFULLY ugly in every way you can think of,but not bad at all as a "faithful work horse" !.Anyway,it was good times then though.Today´s cars all look like rounded loafs or soap cups (and getting in or out of ém takes acrobatic abilities to some extent.
This is Real Music.
A Absolute Masterpiece.
LOVE THIS
She certainly has the voice for this song. Really just perfect is the only way too describe it.
Ditto
Ditto
Absolutely
senza parole questa canzone non morirà mai,grande maggie🇮🇹🇮🇹
Rollingstone
Mike's guitar absolutely sings during the guitar solo. So much emotion. He is the master.
It's a great solo, though very reminiscent of Mark Knopfler.
This song is the musical bond to my dad. I discover Oldfield with the cd elements. This... is a masterpiece. Thanks, dad
40 years from this day and counting ... ! This is one of my favorite songs that the wizzard Mike Oldfield created along with the magical Maggie Reilly.
This song is just... legendary. No others word possible.
Still a classic in 2024. There just ain't songs like these around anymore. Well deserved views of over a 100 million 🎉😊
¿Sólo 104M de vistas?
¿Dónde puso UA-cam los 900M faltantes que se merece esta canción?
Yeah 💯 %
Yes
العزف على الجيتار غير تقليدي
لقد أدخلت السرور إلى قلوبنا يا مايك
انت تحفه جديره بالاحترام تحياتي واحترامي الكبيرين لك والصاحب القناة المحترم.
I just woke up today with lyrics of chorus and Maggie’s voice, luckily after typing the first line of lyrics this song appeared on my search list. Love it! Cheers to all listening in 2023 and beyond!
I can't stop listening to her angelic voice. God bless her and her family. Proud to be a fellow Welsh lady. Classy lady so elegant and stunningly talented.
Not Welsh but Scottish from glasgow
@@stewartjackson5483 Yup, I was about to say that.
Not Welsh from my home town Glasgow great singer
Magical ! Timeless, beautiful and still perfect. Now that's what I call music compared to "music/songs" of recent years.
One of the most beautiful songs ever recorded.
Great memories...when i was young my favourite song on the radio while my mother was cooking/baking
Lovely comment. X Me too.
Sweet. That's lovely 😍 my mum makes the best french toast,she learnt to cook when she was 4 years old. Now she won't talk to me because I feel like she doesn't and never had loved me at all. True story.
Anyway, hope you don't think of what used to be,just enjoy each day and get out of the house 🏠
Those magnificent guitar solos at 2:09 and again at 2:39 gives me goosebumps every time. Mike Oldfield, you're a genius.
Right. I guess it's time to listen to Tubular Bells once more :)
It is just stunning. I keep listening to the guitar solo...it's a beautiful sound. Don't forget to give the guitar player some credit as well! 🎸😃
The guitar player was Mike Oldfield. Brilliant
sometimes i ONLY play the solo parts . amazing work
Exactly …
Always gravitate back to this for a listen. Timeless classic. Mike Oldfields guitar playing is legendary and what a voice Maggie Reilly has.
I was teenager in the 80s. A very great time. Mike Oldfield is one of the best. The voice: Maggi Reilly is only can sing this song. Absolutly: Masterpiece.
I'm jealous now.
Same here. Really good times.
Gostaria de ver a letra dessa musica
@@-sturmfalke- Don't be.
Live the time you have now, love the times you are in now.
One of my favourite songs ever! Maggie's voice fits so well, so angelical, it's one of those songs that makes you feel incredibly nostalgic which is such a beautiful and yet melancholic feeling
2:09 these guitar solos are just so good, i have always liked them.
This jewel should have millions of likes.
HOW COULD WE FALL SO MUCH MUSICALLY WORLDWIDE???????
Because before the internet blow up, we were listening on cassettes, not on youtube.
Musicalmente solo ?. 😢😢😢😢
Not many pop songs are perfect. But this is definitely one that is!
Это произведение у меня ассоциируется с английскими балладами, ветер дует из глубины веков
Русские идут.☝️😎
❤ divine
Mike Oldfield has had the kind of career most can only dream of. He only ever created what he wanted to and then moved on- and along the way created some truly momentous pieces of music- such as this one.
This song moves me to tears every time I listen to it. It's been on my playlist for 24 years now.
its so beautiful song😊
I was on Ibiza in 85. I know your feeling
I’m 24 years old, It’s been in my playlist for a mere 3 years
мне 46 и в моем плейлисте она уже 34 года
UA-cam isnt even 20 years old, how is your playlist that old?
Maggie has a wonderful voice. Mike Oldfield is fantastic.
This defines the 80s.. The vibe, the attitude, the fashion, the beauty, it's all definitely 80s, and listening to this is like transporting my mind back four decades.
Life was so perfect, surrounded by magic and love, friends and family.
Most are gone now, but this music plugs me into their souls in memories, reliving them, like we are all back together for a glorious few minutes ❤️
Krásné myšlenky. Vážím si vašeho komentáře a děkuji za něj. ❤
This is so very true. There was so much love back then, I’m not talking about romantic love, more of love and respect between all people. It’s been lost.
Sad but true what have happend to our society 😢
Better times back then
What a voice she had it is out of this World. ❤❤❤
Absolutely one of the best Classics of Mike Oldfield and Maggie Reilly.
So ein wundervoller Song. 🌹
Don't forget, To France!
Mike Oldfield is hugely talented but this is definitely one of my favourite of his song, and Maggie Reilly complements it perfectly. Happy memories listening to it when I was at school
Brilliant piece of music. Bass guitar, percussion, Spanish guitar and the synthesizer in the background, all fit so well with Al Stewart’s perfect pronunciation and natural voice.
40 years old and still superb - wish I could turn the clock back from this horrible world
Stay strong, people are fighting back ✌🏼
Me too brings tears to my eyes
hang in there buddy
@@kristywilliams7840 that’s why this world sucks now
I agree. The world is a miserable place. I was fortunate to grow up in the 80s and listen to hits like this.
The voice of Maggie Reilly is golden and made this beautiful song to a diamond of pop and rock music.
If you like her check out Cado Belle
Or Annie Haslam from Renaissance.
OR .... Maddie Pryor from Steeleye Span .... OR ....Judy Tzuke with Morcheeba lol all incredible voices
哦也錯喔我我猜錯唷錯錯在喔哦喔才在車全球最易
it doesn't matter in which mood i am (happy, angry, sad...), this song gets me everytime and for 3:42 minutes problems of the world are out of my mind, greetings to everybody who work at this masterpiece
😢
我也是
She has the voice of an angel.
I really believe Mike is one very underrated guitar player. His sound and feeling is simply outstanding. Speed and technical prowess is not everything for an accomplished musician.
He is not underrated bro. He is legend
This song sums up my childhood. So awesome
How did those six gunshot wounds heal?
Nah, kidding, this was my gateway from childrens music as well.
The shots all hit his toes, obviously.
=D
Migel, sloth emperor Spoiler: He didn't. That's why he's on "the other side" and she sees him "in heaven". That's the point of the song. He has died obv ;)
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was one the musics that my mom always was saying... stop listening this i cannot listen the tune, love it, but stop a little bit
I can't get the melody and lyrics out of my head - bloody fantastic song.👍👍👍
Absolute classic now and forever. And she is adorable.
this song is amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Matte_l m 00
This was one of those songs that were stuck in my head from early childhood that I couldn't really remember. Today I was lucky enough to hear it on the radio and I quickly noted some of the lyrics and was able to find it on google. So glad to have found this song!
welcome back to heaven
I HAD THE EXACT SAME EXPERIENCE!! So haunting it stayed with me for all these years despite not hearing it for years ❤️
Que bom que você encontrou parabéns.
Exactly the same just happened to me lol
Same here but I hummed at Google mic and got this.
I love the way Maggies voice takes on a different tone at 1:49.
I love it too.
When this was released in 1983 I thought it was one of the best sounds I’d ever heard…it was a big hit on pub wall-jukeboxes. The Bull in Rothwell Leeds was a great place on a Saturday night, the whole pub would sing along!!
Maggie Reilly's voice is as clear as a bell - marvellous!
yes. sounds clear, like a bell
beautiful. calming
Marvellous piece of music all round,I think.
@@rjjcms1 It is beyond marvelous, brilliant and more is what i think about this song. Loved it since it came out a lifetime ago, and will likely love it till i die.
il existe aussi une version chantée par la chanteuse belge -flamande Dana WINNER , elle est tout simplement sublime avec la voix claire comme le cristal de la grande artiste
@@101boertjie I have got to agree with you m8. I love this track. Great singing by Maggie. I'm a mega big Human League fan myself. And like 1man in my ♥️. Which is beautifully sung by Susan Sulley ♥️. I love this track 2.
Few songs reach the realm of perfection. Moonlight Shadow is one of them.
One of the best guitar solos ever. Took me many years to even realize that guitar solos exist, but here I am.
Absolutely, Greetings from Germany 🙏💖
The best part about this guitar solo is that we get two of them.
Still fall in love with this song
Maggie Reilly looks and sounds like an angel. What a voice!
timeless song
Her voice is so heavenly, sweet and gentle 💗
Such a unique and beautiful song.
There's something truly magical about old music like this......sadly,as a thirteen year old I was never alive to enjoy those times,but when I hear my friends talking about one direction and flicking miley Cyrus I think,wow am I lucky to know about this music!
you realise that 30 years ago people thought this particular track of Mike Oldfield was way to commercial and to heavily marketed. now I'm not comparing Oldfield to one direction or anything but truth be said, there's some really good music out there besides what you hear on the radio.
your being 13, so not yet alive when this music was made is a strange statement, I wasn't alive when Carl Orff wrote carmina burana for instance but I'm glad I live in this day and age when music is just a mouseclick away, think about that :)
its probable that music companies purposefully flood the market with shit to increase the value of their back catalogues so they can increase the value of company property and therefore the company
coverage of the mundane lives of celebrities are sold for more than music, music id mostly a gateway for the famouse for fame to promote them to sell shit
controversy = free advertising
piss off a bunch of prudes and the song will be on the news
its an ass, its a tit GET OVER IT
go to a porn site or get a hooker and just get it over with you're making them stronger
try the newgrounds audio portal or bandcamp or soundcloud or some shit
non-commercial songs have to compete on their content instead of their hype
the low quality oldies are forgotten because nobody bothers to look for them unless there was something noteworthy about them.
over 9000 comments all reading "i hate my generation"
"OLD-SHIT records inc" stock up 17%
"be sure to ship the "Justin's Greatest sHITS" before we sell our back catalogue of musicians that lay cold in the dust and we dont have to pay we will get more money because of the sales increase from disenfranchised teens who think there UNIQUE for listening to oldies
every song EVER has an i hate my generation comment youre not so fucking special youre just surrounded by morons MUSICAL Dunning-Kruger effect
12 years old, my first holiday crush, this song on the radio all the time on our way home..still gives me an ache in my heart every time I hear it.
When i was a child my mother used to sing this song. I miss those days
Better days back then fullstop.
mine too ... and it was played at her funeral
There is no such music today.
Wonderful song, I never get tired of it! Also seeing Mike Oldfield in his early years is amazing, what a genius he was!
Not was, still is. Needs more recognition.
His early years started in 1973 😂
Masterpiece!!!!!
I think I've heard it all my life but couldn't put a name to it. I know it always evoked emotion within me. Then one day I somehow got hold of several music videos and this was one of them.
Beautiful song and video, especially with the owl which is a truly magnificent creature.
I’m 13 my dad used to listen to this with my mom when I was about six in summer or so this gives me such good memories of when my parents were still together
:((((
san. Nah don’t be sorry for me it was a long time ago and I’m over it ahah
You could listen to this song while learning about basic punctuation. ^^
Evil666D no need to be that agressive with them
B A N G T A N I S D Y N A M I T E my grandchildren suffered like you darling. As the other grandparent said. “ who pays. The kids pay”. Our religion forbids divorce , and I can see why. God can make all things right if you pray to him. And say a “ Hail Mary “.
cant believe this song is one year older than me, still loving this. guitar solo is awesome
Maggie Reilly - the angel's Voice.
Maggie we thank you! Mike has his own place of respect. But you, Maggie, you're unforgettable, not only for Moolight Shadow.
Oh my god what a melody! Plus Maggies voice is amazing and she absolutely nails this! 👏👏👏👏
Nice comment! Thank you. She deserves so much respect! I believe, life didn't treat her that well. Hopefully, i am wrong.
risumotus really hope your wrong and did have a good life cause looks a nice lass and anyone with that voice deserves success.