Saturday, May 07, 2011

A young person's guide to Marillion

Or the A-Z of Marillion as chosen by the band

Asylum satellite #1
Born to run
Cannibal surf babe
Deserve
Especially true
Fantastic place
(a few snatched phrases of Grendel) Gazpacho
Half the worldv
(a short) Intermission
(a crowd voiced/sourced) Jigsaw
King
Last century for man
Marbles
No such thing
(the) Only unforgivable thing
Pseudo silk kimono
Quartz
(the) Release
Sugar mice
Three minute boy (followed by *T*he *U*naccompanied audience later joined for a jam by the band!!!)
Under the sun
Voice from the past
(joined by Dave Gregory of) XTC Senses working overtime
You're gone
(opening with rock 'n' roll) Zeperated out :-) but there were shouts for Stairway to Grendel!


Actually, I'd like to take a bit of the credit for this (or at least the framework for this). Some months ago when Marillion were planning the weekends Mark Kelly (@markke11y) tweeted asking for ideas. I suggested an alphabetic theme, but based over 2 nights (so that Saturday could end with Neverland). In the end, the band decided to try for all 26 in one night's phenomonal performance (well 3, Port Zelande, Montreal, and Leamington Spa). Kudos for including a track from Fugazi and hoping the crowd would help out (and more importantly remember)!

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