Marillion - Ocean Cloud
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- Опубликовано: 17 мар 2011
- Taken from the hugely succesful album "Marbles", this track is included on the double CD edition and is all about an ocean rower called Don Allum.
Biography by Geoff Allum.....
Don was born on 17th of May 1937 in London. At age sixteen he joined the merchant navy as a steward. Called up for national service he served nine years in the Royal Green Jackets (army unit). He entered as a private and left as a private in spite of many offers of promotion. He served in many of the world's trouble spots including Borneo, British Guyana, and Berlin. In 1971 he joined me in the row I was planning across the Atlantic; which we started on the 12th of January in Las Palmas, Grand Canaries and finished on the 26th of March at Barbados. Fifteen years later Don set out in the same boat the QE3 from Pasito Blanco, Grand Canaries and rowed in 114 days to Nevis in the West Indies. He started on the 30th of January and finished on the 23rd of May. He was 49 years old. The last two weeks of this voyage Don was completely out of water. And when he landed at Nevis his eyesight and hearing were failing and he had lost half his body weight. It was as a result of these deprivations that a few years later his kidneys failed several times and eventually led to the fatal heart attack that killed him.
Apparently recovered from the 1986 voyage Don shipped the QE3 to St. Johns, Newfoundland for the return voyage that had always been his intention to be the first man to row the Atlantic in both directions. He started from St John's, Newfoundland on the 21st of June 1987 and rowed to Dooagh, Ireland on Achill Island county Mayo in 77 days. He was fifty years old. During the voyage he suffered many capsizes and sustained a severe gash to his head when the compass hit him as the boat went over.
When just eighty miles west of Ireland a fall storm caught up with him and almost overwhelmed the boat. However (unknown to him) the people of Dooagh were expecting him and as the QE3 was swept down the coast the villagers used their car headlights to light the tiny beach as the QE3 was almost shipwrecked. The villagers waded into the sea and carried Don and the QE3 to safety.Don stayed in Dooagh for some time and the local people built a large monument in the town to commemorate his voyage. I believe this was the happiest time of Don's life.
So Don Allum became the first man to row the Atlantic in both directions and is still the only man to have rowed both ways solo [correct for the time of publishing - 1999]. He is also the only man to have completed three ocean crossings in a rowboat [correct for the time of publishing - 1999].
In the last years of his life Don suffered from poor health and two bouts of kidney failure and chest pains convinced him that he didn't have very long to live. In spite of my pleading with him he refused to get treatment. He said, " I have done everything I want to do." Don died on the 2nd of November 1992 from a heart attack at his flat in Heston Middlesex. He was the bravest of us all.
Geoff Allum
In all this time only a plaque has been placed near the point where he landed on Achill Island, County Mayo in Ireland after the final voyage.
It would be wonderful if his achievement could be recognised by way of a postumous Knighthood. 
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I'm 75 and have only just got into Marillion ABSOLUTELY BRILLANT!! Never too late
Best of Luck in an Ocean of Marillion Music.🤗
This music helps me to lift up
Marillion has a lot of young fans. I'm 18 years old and i really love Marillion. There are still people who listen to real music. Thanks Marillion! This is one of the most beautiful songs ever made. I'm sure of that.
29 or 30 now buddy. I'm just turning 30 and have been a marillion fan since I was a kid.
@@samjeffs7396 Nice. 43 now and have been obsessed since I was 15. Amazing band.
I trully love this song. I want to cry while listening to it
My all time favorite Marillion Song! Amazing arrangement, great atmosphere! And some wonderful musicians.
It's now February 2021 I'm nearly 65 and it's the first time I've heard this masterpiece..what have I been missing for so many years..love Marillion..
Man I'm 88 so keep on listening. It gets even better.
Welcome!!!!!!👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Now nearly February 2024 and my love for this band just keeps growing and growing.
Imagine having a song like that written about your life! A rare honour.
Fantastic. Many decades of wonderful notes, compositions, emotions. Marillion at its best.
Transitions in this masterpiece are just overwhelming...the best I ever heard among the greatest prog rock bands
I was one of the idiots who thought how can marillion carry on without fish. I was wrong. they have reached a new level.
An Honorable and fitting tribute to a brave and determined soul R.I.P Don Allum
Marillion is other level of music
I agree my friend, but you need to hear the final two Talk Talk albums, if you haven't already!
Marillion and Talk Talk my two favourite bands.
Masterpiece !!!
This song carried me through a hard patch - it is forever cherished and special to me. When they played it during my first MW in Montreal back in 2011, it was pretty cathartic.
Best underated band ever . Period !!
Marillion ....
Du 1er fish au dernier hogarth reste d un niveau supérieur.
Ce groupe est juste magique, les rois du progressif .
Les solos de rothery sont d une qualité mélodique incomparable ,perfection certain diront , ce groupe fait parti de ma vie depuis 40 années, en espérant qu ils continueront encore de nous régaler
yaay, I'm not the only sixteen year old on the planet who listens to Marillion! Thank god.
music like this keeps the soul FRESH! my salute to all the members of MARILLION: the drummer, humble & solid backbone of the band. the bassist, always in his own energetic world lol (just watch them live). the singer, progressing this progressive rock band since 30 years. and my favorites and imho the SOUL of this band- the keyboarder and the guitarist! i lift my imaginary hat for all u guys! thanks for making art since 30+ years!
To have such a song written based on one's life story is a much greater and more meaningful recognition than all the knighthoods of the world.
This is my first time listening to Marillion, I can sense that I will be a fan of this for a while....
This is an absolute prog masterpiece, as many of this superb band. Art rock at its best. Being a great fan of progressive rock, maybe Marillion is the band that I enjoy the most listening to (after Floyd.....). Long life to this cult and iconic band!!!!
if this music doesn't stir something deep in your soul then you have no soul
agree:)
yep...indeed!!!
Lost and alone
so true
One of the finest songs of the Hogarth era.
One of the finest songs in all of Marillion.
Stumbled on this track at 74 . I left Marillion in the Kayley era. How wrong i have been. Amazing track.
fish was amazing, but this band just keeps on giving. awesome then and awesome now.
I have loved marillion since the first time I heard them. a truly special band. one of my favorite. and I have sold thousands of records in my store over the years. this band will allways be in my heart and soul. not to mention my ears , loudly. A+....
Never heard this until now...and only just finding Marillion......a master class of music....absolutely stunning.
enjoy your journey
Rock on Don!
Incredible music......Total eargasm ... Steve Rothery is as always hummmm .... a pure genius ! 83 dislikes !!!! They must have a poor and sad life...
Awesome. As a student I listened to Genesis, Yes, ELP. Marillion are the best prog rockers so far. Now I am 58 years young and still into this kind of music. Simply awesome. Glad to see that some younger people are appreciating the beauty of this music.
I am very familar with your experiences and age ;-)
Do you know Riverside?
Genesis is still the best
@@yvesmaher7519
Meet Gazpacho. Taste this track:
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Tick Tock and Missa Atropos are fantastic albums, and many more.
I have loved Marillion since I was a child, loved Fish and still love what he brought to the band. But this is equally as brilliant as Fish was. Hogarth and the band are awesome... Great album, as good as "Brave"!😎
The mark of a truly wonderful piece of music - when seventeen minutes feels more like five !!
Amazing song. Amazing band. I remember my dad showing me this song one day during my freshman year winter break. I was 14. A father/daughter moment I will never forget. That was a little over 9 years ago now.
I think Hogarths father was a sailor....
D'accord
Power and emotion what more could you ask for - takes a lot to bring a tear to my eye but this lot do!
Da ascoltare in silenzio e percepirne le emozioni..
Ciao, mi sai dire in che album si trova ocean cloud?
Emanuela Gobbi
Nella versione "estesa" di Marbles, quella a doppio cd per intenderci
Un brano monumentale
Best prog band ever...!!!! Bigger than pink floyd and genesis and all the rest...!!!! Fish and hogarth...???? Thank god they are different....!!!! Both uncomparably brilliant maestro's.
A live version is even better. But this is great but the live version you can really feel the desperation. This is a true story. And he crossed the Atlantic 3 times by himself. Unbelievable
This is one of Marillion's best, and most epic, songs.
Beautiful
I don't usually thumbs up requests for thumbs up but anyone who gets how great this track is can have a thumbs up any time, especially if you're only 16. Enjoy my friend.
I am a sailer , and followed Marillion all my life this captured it . Fantastic !
Vinne Vector, same here, well said.
Or sailor
My goodness!, an epic. It Reminds me songs like "Grendel", or Genesis` "Supper´s ready", That`s why progressive rock will never die...
J'aime tellement de musiques différentes, du rock au pop, en passant par tous les styles. J'ai 51 ans, j'ai redécouvert ce groupe il y a env. 10 ans mais ce morceau... je ne sais pas comment l'expliquer... il est le plus touchant, magnifique, inspirant, profond, que je n'ai jamais entendu.
Marillion - the Soundtrack of my live. thx guys for this great piece of music.
Marillion have been providing the soundtrack to my life for the past 30 years - If you've never heard them, you have no idea what you are missing - These guys don't go with the flow, they innovate!
I agree Darren. I have come back to them late, in my early 60s after following them in the 80s, and have so much catching up to do. I admire their independence artistically and morally. We could do with a few politicians thinking the same way! I mean generally and not at any specifically: when all said and done there aren't any huge differences, in my opinion.
Ditto, re: soundtrack for life
I'm 23 but i beggan to listen to this amazing band at 18 or so.. its so inspiring
I've been in a taxi today and I heard this. Late at night, my dissertation speech is on Monday. But I'm heartbroken. My girlfriend left me because I was too clumsy, too different, too incompatible with her, a lesser man... And she came to the conclusion that this is the case after 6 months of relationship, without ever telling me that these constitute too much of a problem for her. She was love bombing me at first, telling me that I was perfect for her. And I continued to be myself. After 6 months, she told me I was not, not anymore. My go to song in the beginning of the relationship was Rocket Man by Elton John. This was what I felt. Loved more than ever in her company. Loved for the first time and for the only time. Now I'm here, hurt, alone, incapable of making sense of this or finishing my paper. But this morning, I will fucking finish it for sure. And this song is my anthem for this. Thank you for listening guys
God bless you brother soar like marrillion.
This song is just beautifully put together. I have seriously cried from how beautiful it is before.
I love both singers so much. Fish and H are both super yet both so different. Happy 65th birthday Steve. Before any one jumps on me saying he's 62, he admitted on his podcast he was born in 1956 not 1959. They decided to make him 3 years younger when he joined lol
Simply Amazing! It's full of emotion and ups and downs!
I am an "older" person but i think its GREAT that teens like you take the time to listen to Marillion. So thumbs up for you for daring to be different ;-)
Magique groupe, magique musique...
Con questa musica la fantasia vola oltre le quattro mura dove sono rinchiuso, prigioniero di questo assurdo lockdown. Marillion forever!!!!
Hai pienamente ragione... W la musica🎤🎼🎹🎶 ma soprattutto i MARILLION
Marillion.. The most profound band of any.. of any era.. I`ve been listening to your beauty for thirty years.. this..is beyond words..
+Alex DL I'm not sure that Genesis ever quite got the synthesis between moving lyrics and music as well as Marillion - and I say that as someone for whom Genesis is my favourite band. I suppose it depends on what you define as 'profound'... :)
+Chris Parsons Totally agree with you. Genesis are great. Definitely don't move me in the way Marillion do
music for the people who love life! thank you, marillion, for everything u done for me!
Mihai Girghescu 💙
One of my top five songs of all time.
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The best Marillion song of the Hogarth era, IMHO. Epic, from the first sounds of the sea until the very end. Rothery plays his finest solo, truly playing his heart out. Just fabulous in every way.
Very touching❤
A true epic.. my heart weeps for what we have become...
Why must people take two brilliant musicians and disparage one at the exaltation of the other. Fish and Hogarth are amazing and were integral parts of Marillion at different junctures. Their styles different, their sounds different, their stage presence different, but likewise breathtaking.
True....they are both genuine marillion singers!!!
Exactly. I was devastated when Fish left and didn't give H a chance. Completly lost sight of Marillion for 20 years. Biggest miss out of my life. Today, I am actually happy that Fish went solo. We probably would have never heard of Steve and I am afraid that Fish's voice hasn't aged that well.
@@mollybloom5681 I was in the same mood at the end of eighties. For me, MARILLION had "died", when FISH left. Years later... coincidentally I zapped through TV programmes when a band played. It took some time to realize that it was MARILLION with new leading voice. And it was stunning, I was perplexed. First time I heard EASTER, SPLINTERING HEART and I recognized what I missed. Oh my god... Some time later BRAVE was edited with that great movie accompanying the album. And AFRAID OF SUNLIGHT I could see LIVE in Leipzig. It was extraordinary, overwhelming, incredible... And it was a lesson for me not to follow prejudices again. 😉
I think H took marillion a little farther along musically! Theatrically like Jethro Tull!!!! Beautifully!
Different and unique.
Well, I´m speechless. I´m working on my computer, and I´v the feeling of the sand and waves whirling through my fingers. It´s the 16 th time I heard the song, and I feel sorry for not being able to know such a person. Those should be the men and women to lead us all, people full of courage, determination, and yet of human failures and emotions. Great spirit, great song. Greetings from Chiapas, México.
Marillion is my all time favorite. Magnificent and magical. Really fascinating. I'm a drummer and I also must say Ian mosley's also my all time favourite drummer
Fantastic epic song and brilliant accompanying pictures to go with it.A knighthood for Don a true British hero.
The keyboard and synth create almost a euphoric feeling.
One of their most majestic, no doubt. A good song to end the say with, something smooth and serene.
Best way to sum this up "Class band doing what they do best".... Long live great music.. ( How marillion dont win bucketloads of awards is beyond me)
Marillion. How beautifully they can describe the nature's voices by sounds. And how perfectly they can merge voice with instruments. Oh yes.... If perfection doesn't exist then for sure they are so close to it.
Thank you for this masterpiece!
Absolutely miraculous ... SCHIRRMI
everytime I hear this, emiinds me what music from the heart sounds like...it can be anything, but true feeling holds you! Marillion....legends...
Fan de marillion depuis 30 ans, je ne me lasse pas d’écouter ce groupe. Superbe voix, superbes mélodies. Continuez à me faire planer
Whatever awaits us Don Allen,.. You Sir, are a one of a kind tribute, and the finest of examples to the soul of the human spirit.
I`m a spiritual rather than religious man sir, but with nature as our mother.. You are with her now.. May she bless you..
Incredible music from an amazing band.
one of my all time favourite Marillion songs - not that I dislike any other songs of theirs but this one take you into one hell of a ride
this song is in the memory of a man who rowed a boat three times across the atlantic ocean there & back three times ? i cant comprehend how the guy done that but he did read the story. the band have made the best tribute possible for don allum & his family. rip don.
The most emotion I have ever felt in a song, ever. Every time I listen to this song, chills run down my spine. I close my eyes as I'm listening and I'm taken to somewhere else. Truly magical.
This is what Marillion does with every song they play, they take you to other places. Songs like Neverland, motreal, hapiness is the road, the gold el dorado and on and on they make you travel just siting on your couch!
This is the best band in the world. They are always under the radar. If you have not been to see them live you need to. If not buy there CD's and listen to them one by one. Start with the latest Cd's and work down.
Surely start with grendel and work forward
It speaks from the deepest part of my soul...just think of the lonely boat in the ocean...let this song take you
They played this in Rio Vivo hall, 2014.
I've never heard the song before, being a more "Fish" era seasoned fan.
I fell in love at the same time, and this became one of my favorite musics ever. I will never forget that moment.
LAST TIME IN RIO, WONDERFUL
I think it's safe to say that I will be listening to Marillion until the day I die. And then afterwards- I'll make sure it's played at my funeral too :)
A magnificent epic work of art, beautifully written and produced by one of the most talented team of people on this planet.
EPIC!!! Brillant - thank you Geoff and Don Allum - and Marillion...THE best band EVER! Yes; outstanding!
Brillante . Magestuoso . Obra de arte.❤
One of the most beautyfull song from Marillion. Spaced an mystic. A greate song. The sun is shinning an the cloud´s diving between the sky above. So greate and peacefull, hopefull and it is so wonderfull. Thanks Marillion. The German!
MARILLION = MAGIC.
This is by far one of the best real life stories represented in an epic song, that I've ever encountered! RIP Don Allum. It sounds like he was a living superhero, considering his ability and achievements. I love the video/picture accompaniment as well. Thanks!
He's seen too much of life
And there's no going back
The loneliness calls him
And the edge which must be sharpened
He's losing it. And he knows.
But there's a fighter in his mind and his body's tough
The years have been unkind but kind enough
The smell of the earth
It's his favourite smell
But he's somehow compelled to the stinging salt hell
To the place where he hurts and he's scared
And there's no one to tell
And no one who doesn't listen
"You can take all the boys and the girls in the world
And I'll trade them this morning for my sweet Ocean Cloud
I've seen too much of life
So the sea is my wife and a sweet Ocean Cloud is a mistress I'm allowed
For now."
"You can take all the boys and the girls in the world
I wouldn't trade them this morning for my sweet Ocean Cloud
I've seen too much of life
So the sea is my wife and a sweet ocean cloud is a mistress I'm allowed
For now."
"Only me and the sea
We will do as we please."
He remembers the day he was marched to the front
By the physical knuckle head teacher of games
'Look lads' he declared, "This boy's a cream puff
No guts and no muscles
No spine and no stuffing"
The whole schoolroom sniggered
And silently thanked God it wasn't them..
But time is revenge. All the bullies grow weak
And must live with faithless women who despise them
I'll be in Barbados in a couple of weeks
With a rum on the table and yarns by the yard
A story to tell and a story to save
..unless she changes her mind
I'll trade them this morning for my sweet Ocean Cloud
I've seen to much of life so the sea is my wife
And the sweet ocean clouds will look down on my boat tonight
The wind changed
I felt it run beneath my ear
Like silk drawn across my neck
A dream of your legs
Defying gravity in love
The medium wave
Brought signals here from far away
Your tender voice riding on the sea spray
Something in the air
For those who know the signs
Something in the air
A storm..
When I was alive
When I was alive
Don't wanna remember
When I was alive
Watch me watch me
Paint this picture
Stretchin Hurtin Cursin
Watch me
Takin it Takin it Takin it Takin it....
Watch me. Watch me. God above..
Between two planets
In between the points of light
Between two distant shorelines
Here am I
Between two planets
In the black daylight of space
Between two heavenly bodies
The invisible man.
Ripping out the radio
I want to be alone
"You can take all the boys and the girls in the world
I wouldn't trade them this morning for my sweet Ocean Cloud
I've seen too much of life
So the sea is my wife and a sweet Ocean Cloud is a mistress I'm allowed
I've seen too much of life
So the sea is my wife
And the sweet ocean clouds will look down on my bones tonight..
Kudos🎉
No need for much words...just beautiful!!!! For me Marillion makes the best diverce music! Keep up the good work guys!!!
I went to dons plaque in dooagh in achill island to pay respect to a real legend rip the only one 🙂
I'm in agreement... I'm not a Fish hater, but I'm glad Hogarth got his chance to shine...
i could listen to this over and over again...fantastic !!!
One of the best from this album. Reaches IQ Frequency levels in some parts!
Marbles is entire a MASTERPIECE
Beautiful and breathtaking.... only Marillion can do that :-)
Pure magic by Marillion.Probably the best band in the world.They are perfectionists with every note in their musicwriting.The lyric is a tribute to the fantastic achivement by Don Allum and the music is a tribute to Pink Floyd.Just listen to Ian Mosleys drumming, it's just like Nick Mason in some parts of the song.
Heard this live here in Rio de Janeiro Brasil, didn't know the song before (hardcore fish era fan lol)
This song struck me so hard, from which I remembered it lyrics only from hearing it once... first thing I did when I got home to search around for this masterpiece.
Thanks a lot Marillion, this song is pure love for mankind dreams of peace.
i do love marillion and this song proves how great they are and they always will be!!!!!!
perfekt 🤗
What a wonderful song and tribute to a quite remarkable man.
This is when the use of the word "epic" becomes true and real
Released on this day in 2004, amazing
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