The Marillion Round Table

 Fish to do one more album/tour and that`s IT, no more...

I think this really is the end of the road. The simple fact is that his voice gets shot to pieces far too easily now, and his general health is, I believe, not particularly good as a result of years of abusing his body.

Let's hope for a true Fish masterpiece and a great four to give him a massive send off.

lazland wrote: I think this really is the end of the road. The simple fact is that his voice gets shot to pieces far too easily now, and his general health is, I believe, not particularly good as a result of years of abusing his body.

I did not know he was in bad health , dare I ask how he abused his body?

anyway, his last album was great, I am sure he will deliver some good music in the future, I've never been disappointed by any of his albums.

Cristi wrote: lazland wrote: I think this really is the end of the road. The simple fact is that his voice gets shot to pieces far too easily now, and his general health is, I believe, not particularly good as a result of years of abusing his body. I did not know he was in bad health , dare I ask how he abused his body

Booze. Fags. Joints. Other more entertaining activities.

It's rock & roll (man)!

Cristi wrote: lazland wrote: Cristi wrote: lazland wrote: I think this really is the end of the road. The simple fact is that his voice gets shot to pieces far too easily now, and his general health is, I believe, not particularly good as a result of years of abusing his body. I did not know he was in bad health , dare I ask how he abused his body Booze. Fags. Joints. Other more entertaining activities. It's rock & roll (man)! see, I did not know that...

add to that two ex-wifes and a canceled third marriage after sending out the invites  ;)

Catcher10 wrote: lazland wrote: Cristi wrote: lazland wrote: I think this really is the end of the road. The simple fact is that his voice gets shot to pieces far too easily now, and his general health is, I believe, not particularly good as a result of years of abusing his body. I did not know he was in bad health , dare I ask how he abused his body Booze. Fags. Joints. Other more entertaining activities. It's rock & roll (man)! Steve, fags in the US does not mean cigs as it does in the UK....just sayin

Aha......d'oh!

Talking of fags (the smoking kind! ), I am now only a couple of weeks away from the first anniversary of giving up the demon weed.

Do I miss them? Do I miss them? Well, no, only when I breathe, really.........

yeah Fish was a hell of a party DEAMON... his last album is superb is greatest masterpiece of his solo years, of his years in Marillion the two fav`s of mine are: Fugazi/Misplaced Childhood. the one downside is the lack of a full fish era live album the tour I`d like to have would be the Misplaced tour... but it will never see the light of day but there`s the patchy live one meaning not full shows...   

I'd always wanted to attend a Marillion Weekend but the cost has made it a no-no. Even the prospect of seeing the band perform Marbles in its entirety was not enough to sway me. £125 plus booking fee each for me and the missus, plus travel costs, hotel accommodation and copious amounts of beer = too expensive.

However all is not lost . They are now selling day tickets so I will be going to the ball after all. £45 each for the tickets, one night's accommodation and copious amounts of beer is much better!! Honestly I can't express how much I'm looking forward to this. Marbles is one of the greatest albums of all time (by anybody). I can't wait.

Rest assured I will return next week with a full write up

Sorry, it's taken a few days.  What an amazing gig on the saturday of the Marillion weekend.  One of my favourite albums of all-time played in it's entirety, I couldn't have asked for more.  A superlative performance.  All the band in fabulous form, and abolutely perfect sound.

A fabulous night, even the expensive beer prices couldn't put me off .  Honestly, one of my best ever gigs.  I've seen hundreds over the years and this was right up there.  The fourth time I've seen the band recently and this was head and shoulders above the others.

Whilst the entire set was fantastic, the standout for me (not surprisingly) was Ocean Cloud.  H was almost beyond words, such passion and emotion.  Rothery's guitarwork mindblowing and I had goosebumps almost throughout this epic track.  The ovation at the end of Ocean Cloud was incredible, it must have gone on or over 5 minutes.  The crowd just wouldn't stop.  They were bowled over, as were the band at the reaction.

To top that, after all of Marbles what do they serve up as the first encore?  Out Of This World - only my second favourite Marillion track .  Simply sublime.  And then the second encore?  King, my third favourite Marillion track.  Well blow me down with a feather.  And then to finish, STCBM title track, already becoming a Marillion classic.

I'm not great at reviews but honestly I couldn't find the words to do it justice.  Roll on 2017!!

Popping in from a long break to note the latest news from Fish about his retirement plans. Sad to see the big guy retire, but if he thinks the well's about to go dry it's probably best for his legacy to go out on a high rather than put out albums below the high standards his recent work has set or putting on gigs he's not satisfied with.