The Marillion Round Table

Fellow Marillion Fans,   I've been away from the forum for quite some time and I return to find this great thread!  Rather than jump into the conversation,  I'll just tell about how I came to love Marillion.  I have told part of this story in other threads,  but ... 

  I still need Radiation but I have everything else.  I wanted to make it to Montreal but $$$$$.  I live in Oregon

tamijo wrote: Do love the Fish Era, all of it. Got the Brave on CD, but never grew on me

I was in that place for a while...

Not that its a bad thing

But E-Dub gave me the best advice for listening to that album/ enjoying it ever!

Basically, think about it as a real story - Its a real thing that happened, and although a fictitious story, the ending is the same...

I also reccomend "Listening to it in the dark with the lights off" as the DVD reccomends

Not trying to push it on you, hope it doesn't seem that way - Just trying to help you enjoy it

-Joel

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_1PiLvqLi8

My favorite live version of this song. 9 1/2 of intensity that just saturates you.

Enjoy!

E

Easily better than the original by The Waterboys, and in my top 3 vocal performances ever.

Just amazing stuff!

-Joel

I just got From Stoke Row to Ipanema and Somewhere in London on DVD. So good. It's especially nice to see interviews with the band on Stoke Row. Next, I'll get Live at Lorely and Wish You Were Here to have a nice sampling of their DVDs before filling in the gaps.

tamijo wrote: progkidjoel wrote: tamijo wrote: Do love the Fish Era, all of it. Got the Brave on CD, but never grew on me I was in that place for a while... Not that its a bad thing But E-Dub gave me the best advice for listening to that album/ enjoying it ever! Basically, think about it as a real story - Its a real thing that happened, and although a fictitious story, the ending is the same... I also reccomend "Listening to it in the dark with the lights off" as the DVD reccomends Not trying to push it on you, hope it doesn't seem that way - Just trying to help you enjoy it -Joel   Been listning to the CD again, and it is a great Marrilion album, seems my taste has changed a lot since i put it on last time, quite a few years ago. Careful not to sound compleetly stupid, i must admit, its infact as good or even better an album, as Misplaced Childhood or Clutching the straw.   I guess i should try more, what would you try next ?

You don't sound stupid at all, my man. To be honest, I couldn't get into Brave in the beginning either. It's just one of those discs that grabs you when you least expect it.

I'd snag copies of Marbles, Afraid Of Sunlight and Seasons End. If you like that, get Happiness Is The Road and Anoraknophobia.

E

^^

I need to get that soon... Looks amazing!

h Just seriously has the best voice... Ever!

Eric, you must be a very proud man, because this thread really is achieving a great outcome. Prog fans discovering, or in some cases, rediscovering a great band.

For those who are yearning after the live experiences, in addition to the essential DVDs that Eric has mentioned, I really would recommend going to the Racket Records site and downloading an original live concert recorded by the band directly from the show.

My personal favourite is the recording of the Happiness Is The Road gig from Brighton. Incredible interaction with the crowd, and stunning performances of all work from the new album, The Great Escape sounding as fresh as ever, and Invisible Man & Neverland from Marbles simply blowing your mind away.

E-Dub wrote: Joel, do you have any h era DVD's? You should go after Marbles On The Road and Somewhere In London as soon as you can. Really are the two best so far. From what little I've seen, the DVD from the recent convention could rank up there. Wish You Were Here is VERY good, too. It may be out of print, though. Another one is Christmas In The Chapel from the Anoraknophobia tour. Cozy little gig at the beautiful Union Chapel in London. Awesome show!E

Wish You Were Here is out of print, and I actually don't currently own any Marillion DVD's... Or h for that matter.


I'm planning on ordering these two over the next few days - I tried around a month ago, but the VISA world-pay service was down, so it was an incredibly irritating experience to attempt to order anything



Marillion - This Strange Convention.

A 2 Disc 3 concert live DVD - filmed at the 2007 Marillion Convention titled. It features the whole of 'This Strange Engine' performed live, plus the Saturday and Sunday nights as released on the live CD's 'Friends'
and 'Family'.

Setlist:

Disc 1
Man Of A Thousand Faces
One Fine Day
80 Days
Estonia
Memory Of Water
An Accidental Man
Hope For The Future
This Strange Engine

The Release
Built-in b*****d Radar
You Don't Need Anyone
Holloway Girl
Bedshaped
Six Months In A Leaky Boat
Number One
The King Is Half-Undresses
Good Morning Good Morning
These Chains
Accidents Will Happen
The Bell In The Sea
She Goes On
I Will Walk On Water
Toxic
Blackberry Way
Everybody hurts
Money Money Money
Hocus Pocus

Disc 2
Splintering Heart
Hotel Hobbies
Warm Wet Circles
That Time Of The Night
You're Gone
Fantastic Place
Afraid Of Sunlight
Lords Of The Backstage
Blind Curve
Between You And Me
Neverland
The Great Escape
King
The Invisible Man
The Space

And I'm also looking at:



Marillion - Somewhere In London

Filmed over the final 2 nights of the Somewhere Else album tour at the London Forum in June 2007.
Directed and edited by Tim Sidwell (Bootleg Butlins, Something Else), the soundtrack is presented in in both stereo and 5.1 surround sound, mixed by Michael Hunter.
This special 2 DVD Extended Edition is available exclusively from Racket Records, which includes the remaining songs played during the 2 nights at the Forum, plus a featurette of competiton winners visit to and exclusive tour rehearsal footage from Marillion's Racket Club studio. Also included are 4 surround sound mixes of Somewhere Else album tracks.
The download format of the DVD soundtrack includes the entire set from 'Disc 1' of the 2 DVDs plus the bonus track 'Ocean Cloud'

Setlist:

Disc 1
Splintering Heart
The Other Half
You're Gone
No Such Thing
Faith
Thankyou Whoever You Are
Fantastic Place
The Wound
A Voice from the Past
Somewhere Else
Man of a Thousand Faces
Between You and Me
King
The Release
Neverland

Disc 2
HERE'S SOME WE PLAYED EARLIER
Ocean Cloud
Afraid of Sunlight
Beautiful
Most Toys
Estonia
Sugar Mice
Easter

RACKET CLUB REHEARSAL
The Last Century for Man
Estonia
Neverland
Faith
See it Like a Baby

SURROUND SOUND ALBUM MIXES
The Wound
A Voice from the Past
No Such Thing
Somewhere Else

Both sound amazing, I'm just super irritated with the sites ordering service.


A quick question -
Does anybody have the This Strange Convention, and if so, is it good?

Thanks again guys

-Joel

Edited by progkidjoel - August 01 2009 at 19:18