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sugar shack?

TLM170 wrote: sugar shack?

Cabane au sucre

I have the first three Fish-era discs.  The first one I acquired was Misplaced Childhood, and it blew me away on the first listen (rare for a prog album).  To this day, it remains one of my favorite concept albums, and I never get tired of listening to it.  I also like Script for a Jester's Tear, mainly for the title track and Garden Party, but I haven't listened to the other stuff enough, even though I've enjoyed it.  Fugazi is also good, though again, my experience with it is limited.

Edited by Hanyou - February 27 2011 at 13:21

Marillion was one of the first bands I heard starting beginning of the 80ties and at that time they were one of my favourite bands. I was crazy enough to translate their lyrics into German!
I saw them Live 1987 - my first live concert in my life!
I bought a ticket for a concert in 1988 and got a letter back, that Marillion split (no internet that time!!!).
So after that I was kind of lucky, because there were two good bands, Fish and Marillion with Hogarth. But Marillion left the path of making music I like after 'Holidays in Eden'. I followed Fish for a longer time, but this also stopped after 'Raingods with Zippos' (very bad Keyboarder imho).
Still my favorites:
- Script for a jester's tear
- Fugazi
- Season's end (with Hogarth)
- Vigil in a wilderness of mirrors (Fish)
- Internal exile (Fish)

By the way - with Misplaced Childhood the was a slight change of their music style - which was powered by the 1984 Marquee concerts of ELOY. Did you know that Fish wanted to do a double headliner tour with Eloy that time?

Progfan1958 wrote: E-Dub wrote: Progfan1958 wrote: E-Dub wrote: Progfan1958 wrote: I'm not sure , but we'll have to be home at least one point during the day to feed the dog and let her out, unless we can get a sitter. ( Perhaps we can bring her to the show...dress her up like a kid and get her a wristband - ha ha )  I would like to see the Q&A as well.  Has the Fan Club offered any other events like the Sugar Shack you went to last time ? Optionally, if you and Kenmar want to check out any other places in the town I could act as chauffeur . Richard Pilon set up the Sugar Shack expedition last time. Even though it was up for consideration, I don't think he's going to do it this time, which really bums me out. His reasoning is with all of the stuff going on this time with Brutopia and the Sunday afternoon event, would interest even be a consideration? Personally, I'd loved to go back to the Sugar Shack. Got to see the lovely Canadian countryside and have a wonderful brunch. He's thinking about doing the tour of Montreal, which really doesn't interest me at all. Personally, I'd prefer the Sugar Shack, but I understand his reasoning. Thanks for offering, Steve. Mighty kind of you. May have to take you up on that one. E Well, I know few places that serve a mean Sunday brunch, and if you and Kenmar are willing , together with Denise and myself we could go to one and stuff ourselves. On the way back into town I could give you the 50 cent tour ( Just like Chevy Chase and his family at the Grand Canyon in Nat'l Lampoon's American Vacation ) before we get to the final evening at L'Olympia. All I would ask of you is that if we ever get to KC ( or Portland in Kenmar's case ) you do the same for us.  Sound like a tentative plan ?   Sounds like a fair deal to me. You and Denise make it to KC and I'll introduce you to authentic barbeque that will make you weep. E Deal !

Steve, if you're wanting to hit that good prog record store (Friesen, I believe).

E

Thanks, lazland and E-Dub!  At the time I wasn't a member of progarchives and I didn't even visit the main page regularly, so I didn't really have proper context.  I was kind of blindly looking things up.  There were a lot of "best" discs for H-era Marillion, but I settled on Anoraknophobia because the good reviews I read of it were extremely enthusiastic.  Probably not a good idea, but again, I didn't really know where to go at the time.

Edited by Hanyou - February 28 2011 at 02:46

E-Dub wrote: Progfan1958 wrote: E-Dub wrote: Progfan1958 wrote: E-Dub wrote: Progfan1958 wrote: I'm not sure , but we'll have to be home at least one point during the day to feed the dog and let her out, unless we can get a sitter. ( Perhaps we can bring her to the show...dress her up like a kid and get her a wristband - ha ha )  I would like to see the Q&A as well.  Has the Fan Club offered any other events like the Sugar Shack you went to last time ? Optionally, if you and Kenmar want to check out any other places in the town I could act as chauffeur . Richard Pilon set up the Sugar Shack expedition last time. Even though it was up for consideration, I don't think he's going to do it this time, which really bums me out. His reasoning is with all of the stuff going on this time with Brutopia and the Sunday afternoon event, would interest even be a consideration? Personally, I'd loved to go back to the Sugar Shack. Got to see the lovely Canadian countryside and have a wonderful brunch. He's thinking about doing the tour of Montreal, which really doesn't interest me at all. Personally, I'd prefer the Sugar Shack, but I understand his reasoning. Thanks for offering, Steve. Mighty kind of you. May have to take you up on that one. E Well, I know few places that serve a mean Sunday brunch, and if you and Kenmar are willing , together with Denise and myself we could go to one and stuff ourselves. On the way back into town I could give you the 50 cent tour ( Just like Chevy Chase and his family at the Grand Canyon in Nat'l Lampoon's American Vacation ) before we get to the final evening at L'Olympia. All I would ask of you is that if we ever get to KC ( or Portland in Kenmar's case ) you do the same for us.  Sound like a tentative plan ?   Sounds like a fair deal to me. You and Denise make it to KC and I'll introduce you to authentic barbeque that will make you weep. E Deal ! Steve, if you're wanting to hit that good prog record store (Friesen, I believe). E

Freeson up on Mount Royal Boulevard. Sure, no problem. We'll go up there are see what they have in.

Hanyou wrote: Thanks, lazland and E-Dub!  At the time I wasn't a member of progarchives and I didn't even visit the main page regularly, so I didn't really have proper context.  I was kind of blindly looking things up.  There were a lot of "best" discs for H-era Marillion, but I settled on Anoraknophobia because the good reviews I read of it were extremely enthusiastic.  Probably not a good idea, but again, I didn't really know where to go at the time. I'll definitely check out Brave.  I've read about the concept and I also know the music doesn't have hooks--you have to work to understand it.  I don't mind that. Even though I like the Fish era for its accessibility (I mean, it was passable as pop), I've listened to more sophisticated prog and I look forward to whatever Brave and the other H-era albums have to offer.  I certainly don't intend to give up because I don't understand the music yet! Again, thanks.

You're more than welcome

BTW, as you spend more time on the site, you will find that there are reviewers who you can "trust" to give you a decent chance of enjoying (or not) an album, and those you can't. The latter, by the way, does not mean they are bad reviewers, just that their tastes will not accord with yours.

if you want on fleury near christophe colomb there's a small store (used and new) specialized in prog! i found some awesome stuff there

if I remember properly it's called Le Rappel