Kayleigh worst song ever

I really enjoy listening to Marillion, specially Fish era. But there's one song I can't stand: "Kayleigh". When I discovered that this was their biggest hit I couldn't believe it.  I really like Misplaced Childhood, but I usually skip this track. For me it's their worst song. My favourite album is "Fugazi".

Any comments?

Any punk song is worse

It's poppy, yes, but it's quite nice in all it's poppiness. Whet do you hate about it so much?

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!)

Edited by Tony Fisher

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. 

eddietrooper wrote: sleeper wrote: How can you skip Kayleigh, its the start of the story! Maybe as English is not my main language I'm more focused into the melodies of the songs and I don't mind the lyrics so much. Really is not THAT bad, what I try to say is that Kayleigh in my opinion was the worst song of Fish era, so the rest of their material deserved to be more popular than this one.

Fish's lyrics and inparticular the way he delivers them are very important to each of their songs from that era. As for better songs, they certanly do have better songs but also the likes of Three Boats Down From The Candy, Charting The Single and half of CAS are worse than Kayleigh IMO.

I love Kayleigh and Fugazi. I prefer Fugazi to Misplaced Childhood.

I like Kayleigh. Not their best track, but a good hit single. Without Kayleigh, Lavender and Heart Of Lothian I wouldn't have known of Marillion back in 1985. It would have happened afterwards, I admit, because of prog magazines and sites, but still...

 

Kayleigh actually makes me sick.  Otherwise Marillion is so/so, but that song makes me nauseous.  I just hate it.  Its just so standard, not proggy at all.  Even Genesis's singles (some at least) at the time were more exciting and proggy.

If you think that is one of the worst songs ever, you have not idea what a song is. I hope you were exaggerating.

Cheesy indeed,but nothing wrong about it,from my point of view.