Clutching At Straws Best Song

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   Which song off the superb Marillion album is best? 
Edit: I forgot to say my vote goes to White Russian.

Edited by Cygnus X-2

Poll Question: Which is king?
Poll Choice	Votes	Poll Statistics
Hotel Hobbies	4	[15.38%]
Warm Wet Circles	2	[7.69%]
That Time of Night (The Short Straw)	2	[7.69%]
Going Under	1	[3.85%]
Just for the Record	0	[0.00%]
White Russian	7	[26.92%]
Incommunicado	4	[15.38%]
Torch Song	3	[11.54%]
Slainte Mhath	0	[0.00%]
Sugar Mice	1	[3.85%]
The Last Straw	2	[7.69%]
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Cygnus X-2 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: December 24 2004 Location: Bucketheadland Status: Offline Points: 21342	Topic: Clutching At Straws Best Song Posted: November 02 2005 at 22:38
	Which song off the superb Marillion album is best? Edit: I forgot to say my vote goes to White Russian. Edited by Cygnus X-2


TheProgtologist Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator / Retired Admin Joined: May 23 2005 Location: Baltimore,Md US Status: Offline Points: 27802	Posted: November 02 2005 at 22:46
	Toss up between Warm Wet Circles and Incommunicado,Cyggie.I picked Incommunicado.


video vertigo Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: September 17 2004 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 1930	Posted: November 02 2005 at 22:51
	wow I like so many off this album. I choose Torch Song, but I really like Incommunicado, Warm Wet Circles, Slainte Mhath, Sugar Mice, and That Time of the Night
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Trotsky Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: October 25 2004 Location: Malaysia Status: Offline Points: 2771	Posted: November 02 2005 at 23:02
	I love Incommunicado ... one of the outstanding singles of the 80s
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tuxon Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: September 21 2004 Location: plugged-in Status: Offline Points: 5502	Posted: November 02 2005 at 23:17
	Going under has my vote, though that time of the night and the last straw are equally good, not to mention the rest. great album
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An old fart Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: October 15 2005 Location: Finland Status: Offline Points: 207	Posted: November 02 2005 at 23:40
	So many of them worth voting for, but The Last Straw is a bit overlooked, a great song absent from the set lists on tours after Clutching. So for "sympathetic" reasons, I vote for it. However, Warm Wet Circles is a nice Misplaced Childhood-ish song, in fact all the first 3 songs form a marvellous trilogy and Slainte Mhath still remains captivatingly powerful. What the hell, the truth is, the whole album is an 80's prog rock classic!
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sleeper Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Prog Reviewer Joined: October 09 2005 Location: Entropia Status: Offline Points: 16449	Posted: November 03 2005 at 06:07
	The songs are all so close but I have to go for The Last Straw, just ahead of White Russian
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	Uzis on the street corner..... One of my alltime favourite songs.
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Pylo Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: February 03 2005 Location: France Status: Offline Points: 165	Posted: November 03 2005 at 06:55
	I consider "Hotel Hobbies"/ "Warm Wet Circle"/ "That Time Of The Night as parts of a 3-parts song My vote goes for 'Hotel hobbies' but i like the whole suite.
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Garbs Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Groupie Joined: October 22 2005 Status: Offline Points: 94	Posted: November 03 2005 at 07:19
	Agree with Pylo that Hobbies/Circles/Night is a long concept within itself but my favourite part of the trilogy is the "climatic" That Time Of The Night. This is a major album in my life, listened to it all the time in the late 80s and still makes it's way into my CD player on regular occasions. Not a bad track on it and tells a strange tale as Fish metamorphosises into his alter-ego Torch and embarks on a journey via various drinking dens. Excellent concept & enabled Fish to end his Marillion days on a high note. I would recommend to try & get hold of the bonus disc edition of this album if you can. It contains the last demos Marillion ever recorded with Fish (post Clutching at Straws) - if you own Fish's Vigil in a Wilderness of Mirrors and Marillion's Seasons End you will be in for a very weird experience. You get Fish singing Vigil lyrics to Seasons End music - it is very spooky !!
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Moogtron III Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Prog Reviewer Joined: April 26 2005 Location: Belgium Status: Offline Points: 10616	Posted: November 03 2005 at 12:29
	Wow, that's difficult! Hotel Hobbies, Warm Wet Circles, Going Under and Incommunicado are my favourites because of the music. Going Under and Sugar Mice gives some of Fish' most heartbreaking lyrics. So that's tough. Well, I choose Incommunicado.

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	great poll cygnus! i take warm wet circles, and the 3 adjacent tracks mentioned above are a great moment in the prog history! "like the mother's kiss on your first broken heart - a warm wet circle!" notice the balanced votes in the poll, which tends to show CAS is a great album from A to Z! Edited by greenback
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magog Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: September 06 2005 Status: Offline Points: 218	Posted: November 03 2005 at 12:41
	Clutching at straws has its strenght in the global harmony of its structure, so it's difficult to choose one...I say Incommunicado (even if it's the less prog)

bctruce Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Groupie Joined: June 08 2004 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 79	Posted: November 03 2005 at 12:42
	My head hurts! Too many incredible moments. Great poll. I would have to say That Time or Torch.

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	What an incredible album ,this stands head to heels with misplaced.Not much to do them part
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	White Russian It is one of my favourite Marillion songs