Favourite Marillion Bit

Ed_The_Dead wrote: Rothery's orgasmic solo in Keyleigh... Lavender is awesome also... And of Course, Heart of Lothian... Script for a Jesters tear is also an awesome tune...

It's Fish and only Fish for me when it comes to Marillion.  It was good to see the music didn't change much after he left, but I just can't get beyond the new "breathy" singer enough to fully enjoy the music...and I have been trying.  So for me Clutching at Straws is the apex of their career and the song that does it most for me is Slàinte Mhath, but the live version of La Gazza Ladra.

Blacksword wrote: Script for a Jesters Tear: 'I act the role in classic style. Of a martyr carved with twisted smile..etc'

JUst sounds like he's too far up his own bum

richardh wrote: Blacksword wrote: Script for a Jesters Tear: 'I act the role in classic style. Of a martyr carved with twisted smile..etc'   JUst sounds like he's too far up his own bum

That's a great illustration of the genius of Fish's lyrics - they mean different things to different people (like all great art), and they say a heck of a lot about the person reading them.

Blacksword wrote: Incubus: 'Now, I'm the snake in the grass...etc'

Oh definately, it goes so well after the solo.

Other stand out moments for me are:

The screamed line "BUT EVEN JESTERS CRY" and the solo from The Web.

The last guitar solo on Grendel.

The last couple of minutes of Forgotten Sons.

Practically the whole of Misplaced Childhood, bur particularly the repeated melody from Lavender and the guitar solo from Kayleigh. I also really like the bass parts in Childhood's End?

The last minute and a half of Warm Wet Circles.

The first few guitar chords of Slainte Mhath

The solo and arpeggios from Sugar Mice.

The last few minutes of The Last Straw starting with a sublime Rothery solo.

The solo and chord arpeggio from Easter.

The chord arpeggio from Alone Again in the Lap of Luxury.

The last few minutes of the last track from Brave (Forgot what it's called)

The chord progression and piano solo from Man of a Thousand Faces.

The slide guitar solo from Ocean Cloud.

Among many many others. Incidentally many of the great guitar parts that I mentioned above are tabbed out on this excellent website: www.marillionmusic.co.uk.






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^ I hate to be a prog pedant...but I reckon he says:

'Dont GIVE me your problems!'  I  may be wrong though...

As for the end of 'Script..' I concur. That song is one of their best IMO, anyway, but I really love that weepy ending with the slow fade out (perhaps one of the few occassions where a fade out really works)..

The fool escaped from paradise will look over his shoulder and cry Sit and chew on daffodils and struggle to answer why? As you grow up and leave the playground Where you kissed your prince and found your frog Remember the jester that showed you tears, the script for tears So I'll hold our peace forever when you wear your bridal gown In the silence of my shame the mute that sang the sirens' song Has gone solo in the game, I've gone solo in the game But the game is over Can you still say you love me

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Blacksword wrote: I love being a prog pedant and I reckon he says: 'Dont GIVE me your problems!' The fool escaped from paradise will look over his shoulder and cry Sit and chew on daffodils and struggle to answer why? As you grow up and leave the playground Where you kissed your prince and found your frog Remember the jester that showed you tears, the script for tears So I'll hold MY peace forever when you wear your bridal gown In the silence of my shame the mute that sang the sirens' song Has gone solo in the game, I've gone solo in the game But the game is over Can you still say you love me   The allusion here is to the song from Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night"; "Hold thy peace, thou knave, hold thy peace", with a typical Shakespearean pun on "peace";  ie keeping quiet, not making a fuss, etc. and "piece"; ie, now that the girlfriend has gone, all you're left with is your right hand... This is emphasised by the line "has gone solo in the game..." Fish is a genius!

To name but a few:

• "The fool escaped from paradise..." from Script
• "You're just another coffin..." from Forgotten Sons
• "She'll pray for endless Sundays..." from Chelsea Monday
• The chorus of Jigsaw
  
• "Where are the prophets..." from Fugazi

• All the best freaks are here, please stop staring at me, stop staring at me!

• Three hundred miles an hour on water, in your purpose-built machine. No one dared to call a boat
  

           Screaming blue
           Out of this world
           Make history
           This is your day
           Blue bird

           At such speeds... things fly

• In our racing stripes
  We rejoice at being "connected"
  Without touching
  Thank god for the internet
  
  We stare at our screens
  All our lives
  What a waste of eyes
  'Till the electrical storm blows our fuses
  And we gaze, dumbfounded, at the rain

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I'm not a marillion fan, but I have to admit that:

"approach ...friend " ......until the end  (forgotten sons)

is absolutely awesome !

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