Rain Gods with Zippos

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   I am sorry Shrinking Violet, but, while I read it and found it interesting, I didn't have any input because I simply haven't heard it yet. I place it on my things to check out list. I loved the material of Fish's on Marillion but the one LP I heard in his solo career(Internal Exile) seemed weak or just not my cup of tea. I thought the songs were a little too happy and the music accompanying it lacked the bite his material with Marillion had. I do plan on giving the guy another listen, however in the future.
Cheers
P.S...I love your passion for Fish

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gdub411 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: August 24 2004 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 3484	Posted: October 17 2004 at 20:23
	I am sorry Shrinking Violet, but, while I read it and found it interesting, I didn't have any input because I simply haven't heard it yet. I place it on my things to check out list. I loved the material of Fish's on Marillion but the one LP I heard in his solo career(Internal Exile) seemed weak or just not my cup of tea. I thought the songs were a little too happy and the music accompanying it lacked the bite his material with Marillion had. I do plan on giving the guy another listen, however in the future. Cheers P.S...I love your passion for Fish Edited by gdub411

ShrinkingViolet Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: April 11 2004 Location: Scotland Status: Offline Points: 433	Posted: October 17 2004 at 19:46
	I'm a Scot...Fish is a Fellow Scot WoW!!!! this guy is amazing truly a genius..i read this post on Friday ..waited to see who replied but it was read with no replies. Fish from Marillion is a prog man and his solo stuff is great and no one can reply! well i'm relpying, i've heard Fish solo albums from Visual to Sunsets on Empire and Raingods and a disappointing Felini Days to Field Of Crows his latest. This man is a great lyricist..vocalist and im astounded no one has replied to this post. You read but don't reply. even if you don't like it you can at-least voice an opinion on a major talent who should not be lost on the music scene...it saddens me to hear he might be chucking the music scene..then again when i seen this response on the thread it might well explain it. Fish for me is a mighty fine musician, i will be listening to Fish because for me the man is absolutely fantastic. Are there Fish people on this site? Edited by ShrinkingViolet

Fragile Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: June 27 2004 Location: Scotland Status: Offline Points: 1125	Posted: October 15 2004 at 18:24
	Over the last 6 - 8 weeks an album I have been playing almost every day is 'Fish's 'Raingods with Zippos'.It's not new I have had it for nigh on 5 years since it's release in 1999.For many Fish fans 'A vigil in a wilderness of mirrors' is their fave from this mightly gifted fellow Scotsman,but after playing it for a short while on it's release I turned to other things. Quite why now begins to make scratch my head rather viciously for this is a truly brilliant work from a man whose works I have always admired.The album begins with the tinkling gentle piano sounds of 'Tumbledown before exploding into raucous thumping guitar.The tracks include 'Mission Statement and two soothing lovely ballads 'Incomplete' and the harrowing 'Tilted Cross' a song about land mines whose gentle beauty defies the song's content.Thereafter it is the fantastic piece of music 'A plague of ghosts which starts with the equisite 'Old Haunts' before the rythm and mood changes with 'Digging Deep' to the beautiful 'Waving at stars' and the suite ends with the remarkable 'Rain Gods Dancing' throughout Fish is ablely assisted by one Steve Wilson of Porcupine Tree playing blistering guitars and other very fine musicians.For me Fish has so much to offer the prog music scene/ rock scene I believe he is so pissed off with the music industry as a whole that he has threatened to quit touring.Lest I forget there is also a great version of Alex Harvey's 'Faith Healer'.Wordsmith/Vocalist' don't give up' as the Arch Angel said. Edited by Fragile