Kayleigh worst song ever

I'm not a huge Marillion fan, but Kayleigh is quite a nice song and the lyrics are excellent.

Asyte2c00 wrote: Tony Fisher wrote: Kayleigh is one of my favourite pieces of music. Why do so many people seem to class anything which sells as rubbish? Great tune, lovely guitar solo, fine keyboards. (At the time of its release in 1985 I was trying my damnedest to get off with a colleague called......... Kay Lee (honestly)!! However, I got nowhere and a few months later she moved in with a new partner........called Alison. And I never suspected a thing!) Thats completely true.  ^^^   "Kayleigh" is an awesome song. one of my favorite tracks on Misplaced Childhood.  The album is amazing listened to in its entirety.  strongly advised for any ardent neo-prog fan.

They both speak the truth

Rotherys guitar solo is IMO mindblowingly emotional and melodic!

Kayleigh is one of my favourite tunes.... I really enjoy listening to it. The lyrics are charming and clever, music is cunning... This track really stands out of the entire album.

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Much as I don't like neo prog, I love Misplaced Childhood in its entirety. I even did something with Kayleigh when I was at college. The song, that is.

I absolutely agree with the topic starter, Kayleigh is one of the worst songs ever. I almost threw the cd out of my car the first time I've heard it. This is 80's crap, like Duran Duran or Culture Club or whatever. Neo-prog is overrated.

I quite like it.

But then, I have room in my collection for beauty, sentiment, and even relative simplicity in music.

"Worst song ever" -- snicker!

I noticed that some people don't like some songs just because they're poppish, even if the are really good...
For what do we have to be ashamed to like some poppish songs?

For example, I enjoy some Nirvana (eg. Smells Like Teen Spirit, Polly, Lithium), Blur - Song 2, even Red Hot Chilli Peppers - Under The Bridge. And I love Marillion's Kayleigh Maybe it's partly because I don't listen to the lyrics and try not to pay attention to them. But the composers of these songs have made some great work and there are some great guitar riifs eg. in Song 2. I think there are several songs that just must be liked, even if the listener has sophisticated taste that proggers have... And you don't like them just because you don't want to do it.

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Harold Demure wrote: I noticed that some people don't like some songs just because they're poppish, even if the are really good... For what do we have to be ashamed to like some poppish songs? For example, I enjoy some Nirvana (eg. Smells Like Teen Spirit, Polly, Lithium), Blur - Song 2, even Red Hot Chilli Peppers - Under The Bridge. And I love Marillion's Kayleigh Maybe it's partly because I don't listen to the lyrics and try not to pay attention to them. But the composers of these songs have made some great work and there are some great guitar riifs eg. in Song 2. I think there are several songs that just must be liked, even if the listener has sophisticated taste that proggers have... And you don't like them just because you don't want to do it.

I don't agree with that - there any many poppish songs by prog and non-prog bands which I like (for example, some of Syd Barrett's songs from his Pink Floyd era), but Kayleigh is still the worst song ever!!!  Or at least, one of them.

I can't really add any more than has already been said. You either like it or you don't.

Ounamahl wrote: stonebeard wrote: If you think that is one of the worst songs ever, you have not idea what a song is. I hope you were exaggerating. Yup! And I bet you have not heard that song Gasolina or what was it? eerm or Christf**k.. Whatever. Kayleigh is a good song, really good song

 

OK, OK, once more: I meant "Worst song ever".. from Fish-era Marillion !!! I am only talking about 4 albums!!