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MFP 
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 Topic: Script For A Jester's Tear OR Misplaced Childhood?
Posted: March 26 2014 at 17:15 |
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genbanks
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Posted: March 25 2014 at 18:53 |
 richardh wrote:
Not a massive fan of either but Misplaced Childhood has Blind Curve which is probably the most exceptional neo prog track of the eighties for me (although IQ's Widows Peak runs it close) so that gets my vote. |
Blind curve is a stunning track
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richardh
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Posted: March 25 2014 at 17:31 |
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Not a massive fan of either but Misplaced Childhood has Blind Curve which is probably the most exceptional neo prog track of the eighties for me (although IQ's Widows Peak runs it close) so that gets my vote.
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Posted: March 25 2014 at 10:42 |
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I think script is alright... and I just can't take MC seriously.
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Barbu
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Posted: March 25 2014 at 10:06 |
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Posted: March 25 2014 at 03:56 |
Aussie-Byrd-Brother wrote:
`Misplaced' has a wonderful first side, and although I KNOW there's good stuff near the later part of the second half, I rarely seem to keep the disc on that long and get a little sick of it. |
my thoughts exactly; sometimes I just listen to side A + "Blind Curve", just perfect to me. But "...Childhood" made them big and influenced/shined a light on a bunch of other guys from the genre. "Script" is my all-time favourite album, even though it has its flaws...I won't POINT at them  But I simply can't listen to it too often, it's too personal for me. So it's tough, yeah, but I'd go with "Script" anyway
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Blacksword
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Posted: March 25 2014 at 03:42 |
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I like the darkness of Script. I loved Misplaced Childhood at the time, but now it all sounds a bit overblown and over produced. There are moments of brilliance and moments that really rub me up the wrong way; Lavender being one of them. It makes my ears cringe.
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Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy!
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Aussie-Byrd-Brother
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Posted: March 25 2014 at 03:37 |
`Script' for me, I like that it has longer pieces and more aggression (although could have done with a little less falsetto!  ).
`Misplaced' has a wonderful first side, and although I KNOW there's good stuff near the later part of the second half, I rarely seem to keep the disc on that long and get a little sick of it.
Both fine albums though. 
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proggman
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Posted: March 25 2014 at 02:14 |
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I like both, but I'll vote for Misplaced Childhood because it has less votes.
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When he rides, my fears subside.
For darkness turns once more to light.
Through the skies, his white horse flies.
To find a land beyond the night.
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Blacksword
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Posted: March 24 2014 at 01:30 |
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Script.
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Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy!
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genbanks
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Posted: March 24 2014 at 00:20 |
iluvmarillion wrote:
Horizons wrote:
Clutching At Straws. |
Take out Warm Wet Circles from Clutching At Straws and what remains is just an ordinary album. Take out any one song from either Script or Misplaced Childhood and both albums hold up extraordinarily well. |
Agree Script > Childhood > Clutching, but At that time of the night and Slaintemath are stunning tracks too IMO. And this Kelly's solo on Just for the record...
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iluvmarillion
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Posted: March 23 2014 at 23:34 |
Horizons wrote:
Clutching At Straws. |
Take out Warm Wet Circles from Clutching At Straws and what remains is just an ordinary album. Take out any one song from either Script or Misplaced Childhood and both albums hold up extraordinarily well.
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Man With Hat
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Posted: March 23 2014 at 18:52 |
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Script, easily.
MC is by far my least favorite Fish Marillion.
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Dig me...But don't...Bury me
I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive
Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect.
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Posted: March 23 2014 at 18:20 |
someone_else wrote:
Script did never grab me as much as Misplaced Childhood did. |
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Posted: March 23 2014 at 15:11 |
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From what I know from them, this are the two albums that make them the giants of prog they are, as good as anything from the 70's, in a decade when you would think you would not find prog again. I got them in a single package, and what a great way to get to know this band I had only read about before. However, I like better Script, it's just a wonderful album as a whole (even is Misplaced Childhood is a more cohesive album). For me, the two most magical moments I've heard from them are the beginning of this two albums, the title track of their debut, and the pair of songs "Pseudo Silk Kimono / Kayleigh" (even though Kayleigh is suposed to be the "hit" on the album - for good or bad - for me that song is nothing without Pseudo Silk Kimono at the beginning).
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Posted: March 23 2014 at 15:02 |
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Script....
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octopus-4
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Posted: March 23 2014 at 14:08 |
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Script is the album which made Marillion a "Genesis clone". Misplaced Childhood is a concept album full of good songs and is when the band became mature and started walking on its own legs, even if on a pop side. Personally I've never liked Script too much.
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genbanks
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Posted: March 23 2014 at 13:25 |
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I must admit that Missplaced is a prog masterpiece for its time (middle 80s) but Script is the best Marillion album.
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Posted: March 23 2014 at 13:23 |
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I'm going for the Script. I lost touch with Marillion after that.
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Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened... 
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Moogtron III
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Posted: March 23 2014 at 13:18 |
Very difficult. Okay, Misplaced Childhood it is.
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