Marillion

I don't really think they are underrated. Rather I think they are overrated and I don't like them except the first three albums with Fish.

red.sector_a wrote: for the time i've lurked here and short time i've posted, i haven't heard a word about these guys. how are they viewed as around here?honestly, i think, one of the most underrated bands in the prog scene with the most enigmatic frontman the genre has seen in a while. IMO.one of my favorite bands.

    

I guess it has been a while since we've had a Marillion topic. We actually have discussed them at length. As was said before, E-Dub is one of their biggest champions (especially Hogarth era).

I am a Fish fan. I love all of those albums. "Script" was a welcome surprise in 1983. I even had the honor of seeing them perform "Misplaced Childhood" in Grand Rapids Michigan.

Although I have tried, I still don't care much for the Hogarth stuff. It seems a little sanitized to me.

About twenty three years ago I wondered into a record store , there was this album with a jester on the cover dripping shades of green with a violin in his hand.  I though this looks strangely weird in a good way I wonder what its about ???  so I purchased it without even hearing it (in prog we must gamble to find what is gold),  the album was entitled Script for a jesters tear . On first impressions to my 16 year old mind I thought ... hey this is kinda trippy and very odd,  but I was getting into some King Crimson back then so I accepted strange  musical creativity,  also I hadn`t heard Gabriel`s Genesis so I actually thought Marillion were totally original. So anyway after about ten more plays I started to form a relationship with script  and with the charismatic theatrical Fish who I thought was kinda like a social rebel  and I dug that !  well Marillion and me kinda gelled,  I would visit the Record store look for Kansas first , then head for the M section for Marillion for many years they provided me with vision artistically till one sad day I went to the store and there was a CD called seasons end   and I found out that Fish had dumped Marillion because lets face it Fish was Marillion  ....  Marillion for me died from that point on  , I tried to like them the same but I can`t  its  just not the same poetically or creatively after Fish left  ... "one more experience one more entry in a diary self penned "  


      Fish was Marillion !


Edited by Masque - January 08 2007 at 10:48

And since when have Marillion released 'A Change of Seasons'?? Either you're talking about some bootleg or you got your info mixed up

Its all good clean fun chaps  both marillions are good  

i love both eras, but im a little more partial to the H era. His voice intrigues me more than Fish's does.


although the first time i heard Misplaced Childhood, i knew i could put that album in the small group of "perfect" albums, in my collection. nothing on that album is flawed. it was also my first introduction into the band.

but Brave and Marbles are my favorite records along with MC and SFAJT. I freakin' love this band!

red.sector_a wrote: i love both eras, but im a little more partial to the H era. His voice intrigues me more than Fish's does.although the first time i heard Misplaced Childhood, i knew i could put that album in the small group of "perfect" albums, in my collection. nothing on that album is flawed. it was also my first introduction into the band.but Brave and Marbles are my favorite records along with MC and SFAJT. I freakin' love this band!

Awesome. Join me along with Stonebeard, Cristi, and Freak in spreading the gospel.

E

iTunes: "Incubus" from Marillion's Fugazi

I´ve been a big fan since Script... They had something special that appealed to me being about 18 who recently had discovered The Wall, Tubular Bells and Selling England. Script had a sparkle and something new yet something of the old masterpieces. Fish was, and still is, the perfect front figure and a real entertainer. Not the best singer but with a theatrical style I liked then and as a lyricist one of the best. Seeing them live was something extraordinary.

E-Dub wrote: red.sector_a wrote: i love both eras, but im a little more partial to the H era. His voice intrigues me more than Fish's does.although the first time i heard Misplaced Childhood, i knew i could put that album in the small group of "perfect" albums, in my collection. nothing on that album is flawed. it was also my first introduction into the band.but Brave and Marbles are my favorite records along with MC and SFAJT. I freakin' love this band! Awesome. Join me along with Stonebeard, Cristi, and Freak in spreading the gospel. E iTunes: "Incubus" from Marillion's Fugazi

    
Hehe... H era is very good. Doubts arise about their "prog" status from time to time, but it's still Good Music.

Freak wrote: Here comes the Marillion revolution! I unfortunately missed out on the couple months of intense Marillion discussion, so I wouldn't mind having a dedicated thread go on for a week or so. As you can tell from my name (best Marillion B-side ever!) and E-Dub's mention up there, I'm a great fan of both eras. I'll gladly defend the merit of h, but I love the Fish era as well.   Long live prog's greatest band (that's still performing at least...)!   [IMG]height=17 alt="Thumbs Up" src="http://www.progarchives.com/forum/smileys/smiley20.gif" width=23 align=absMiddle>   I'm kind of curious, what are the Marillion fans opinions of Holidays In Eden? I consider that one their least brilliant album - not because it isn't proggy enough or anything, but it didn't contain anything memorable except for the stunning "The Party," but that one has more flair live. Maybe I ought to give it another spin...

I, too, enjoy both eras. I listened to Fugazi this morning and just love that disc. It hardly ever gets mentioned alongside the first 4, but it's such a strong disc. "Incubus" is one of my favorite tunes, too.

I enjoy Holidays In Eden for what it is. I think it was pretty apparent that the record company was leaning on them to produce a hit and to showcase the 'pretty boy' fronting their band. Still, it has some nice tunes on it. "Splintering Heart" is still a favorite and a great show opener. "Dry Land" sounds a bit dated even in the early 90's, but still an alright tune. I even like "Cover My Eyes" because of H's vocal performance.

For what HiE lacked, they more than made up for it with the subsequent efforts in Brave and Afraid Of Sunlight. Those discs are just pure magic.

E

iTunes: "Dedication" from Pain Of Salvation's The Perfect Element