Listening to Marillion: An Hour Before It's Dark, Part 2 - Reaction And Opinion
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I think the crow and the nightingale is beyond musical art... It moves me to tears every time, just like the performance of Neverland live in the Netherlands 2009.
The song literally sounds like a crow flying, it's genius!!!
The crow and nightingale is one of the most beautiful songs i have ever heard
The crow and the Nightingale is simply perfect. So pleased for the band that the album as got to number 2 in the album charts, nice if people pick it up out of interest, and then look into there back catalogue to find out what us fans have known for years. They are such a special band.
This album proves that real musicians play real music with real talent.
Just a quick reminder to everyone, its absolutely normal to cry while listening to this specially when with this voice, guitar and lyrics. well done !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
For Marillion, a crescendo isn't simply getting louder. This music is intimate and personal, yet has the impact of a freight train.
This is probably the most perfect way Marillion has ever been described..
You can tell these guys really know how to play instruments, just brilliant. Each member is definitely a talent, this album is a joy for my ears!
Yup!
After 4-5 listens it just sinks in better. The musicality of Marillion.
This is such a masterpiece. H doesn’t sing but he is performing a story. The Crown and Care are so full of emotion. It makes me cry everytime I hear it. Thank you so much 🙏🏻
Sierra Leone was my favourite from my first listen of the album - and it hasn't changed after many, many listens. Love seeing you enjoy this track Jim. All the musicians at the top of their game and H's voice is just amazing - he uses it so beautifully - never forces it - genius.
It’s indeed a wonderful song, from a wonderful band. Thanks, and thanks ☕️. I appreciate it. 🙏
Both brilliant but my favourite track is Care (1V) -especially the end of the track so moving. Booked to see Marillion live again (York Sept 2022) as soon as a heard it 👍🙂
my personal opinion, the crow and the nightingale, track of the year , really something stunning, one of their best songs, absolutely, a fantastic voyage, truly harmonious and emotional , without words to describe this composition . "just WOW" as you said...!! thank you Marillion !!
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I had the same reactions as you in Sierra Leone...just wow. Cheers brotha! This stuff is good for the soul.."It's more than just a treasure"..undoubtedly a gift from whoever God may or may not be.
The great (or one of the great) things about Marillion is the chord changes. The band sometimes take days or even a week just working on a single chord change... which if you listen to interviews with h frustrates the hell out of him. But when they make music like Afraid of Sunlight, or this album, you realise it's time very well spent. Amazing band.
What a perfect album. Marillion deliver as usual. :-)
The Crow and the Nightingale and Sierra Leone - absolutely beautiful pieces of music with every band member contributing
their parts to create the overall magic of each song.
A wonderful album - have played it EVERY DAY since its release on 4 March.
Steve Rothery is a brilliant guitarist, this band is great.
Marillion fans are an immense minory. Love to belong to this minory.
With MARILLION you can get only excellent surprises. 5 excellent musicians and lovely people ❤️
Fantastic music from an amazing band. See you soon in Eindhoven. I cant wait to see them live again.
It’s a beautiful album, and is certainly in my top 5! My mum got me into Marillion when I was 13, and they certainly got me through my teen and early 20s, the music has always struck a cord with me, and it’s rare anything else ever does in the same way, I always go back to them.
This is the first album that my mum has brought herself from Marillion since Clutching at straws, and what an album for her to rediscover them with!
Number 2 in album charts about bloody time! Well done guys
Oh Jim, Jim, Jim. Wait until you hear Care. 🤯😪😪😪😪😪😪
'Sleeping in the white sand" just absolutely masterful. What an amazing piece of music.
Marillion is determined to improve himself and never cease to pleasently surprise us !!!!
This Album is Amazing! ♥️🎸✌️
Some Marilion songs remind me that this is my favorite band ever. Songs such as "Crow and Nightingale" remind me WHY.
I see your emotions. By me the same. It getting better and better again. Great feeling. Chills over my whole body..
Marillion are genius, I discovered them when I was 3 yo and it is still my favorite band ever. I would like to highlight the beautiful work from Michael hunter who mixed the strings, choir and everything perfectly
Spot on
Adore side 2. Can hardly wait to hear it live in Marillion Weekend Portugal.
I was in Leicester - it was a spiritual experience. Enjoy yourself.
Hey Jim, it keeps getting better doesn't it. And Care is jet to come. I'm a life time fan of Marillion and they have made great albums and this is one of them. Keep enjoying their great music.
Fan since '79 here X
@@lalski08 Me Too. Have video of their first outing on BBC 2's Whistle Test with Forgotten Sons.
Jim, after listening to this album a few times, all I want to do is go to see Marillion live, lucky me, they are coming next July, for their Montreal week end special, for 3 evenings of pure joy
it's 236 $ for 3 evenings, like around 147 pounds. One needs to save or earn a good salary to be able to buy the ticket, I have couple months to save for this event !
@@gabiesiren 🎶So worth it. Saw them perform this album & an excellent selection of their other tracks in York September 2022 👍😀
Hi Jim,
First song immediately reminds me of the album Afraid of Sunlight and albums before that one with Steve. Love it, makes me emotional 😢.
The rest Different at the start but also great. I can’t keep my eyes dry with this kind of music. I think the feeling of being uncomfortable due to the war in the east need a way out. Music is a great way to get rid of stress.
This album comes close to my favorite album Afraid of sunlight so far.
It’s wonderful. We all need something to keep us sane. This came along at exactly the right time.
So glad you discovered Marillion! It's been a joy watching your journey, reminding me why this band, amongst so many, are my absolute lodestone
I agree this could possibly be their best ever; stiff competition from Marbles, Brave and Sounds that can't be made
Hoping to see you make similar discoveries with Big Big Train and IQ, if you are not yet familiar with their work
Both Big Big Train and IQ are missing from my repertoire!
@@JimNewstead Let me ponder some recommendations!
IQ is amazing, you looke like basplayer John Jowith
@@JimNewstead Oh wow, you're in for a real treat when you get around to BBT...
This album is pure gold and confirms Marillion as one of the most accomplished bands of my lifetime. I'm the same vintage as the band and a recent fan. How I wish I had found them long ago!
Listening anew with you I'm hearing nuances in their musicianship and lyrics. The soundscape is vast and seems to reveal more on every replay. I'm pleased you have enjoyed and been moved by it.
This album is marvelous! Without doubt, one of their best and I'm a huge fan, seen them many many times live. Really the more I listen to it the more I rank it higher and higher in their discography. In my top 5 Marilllion's album now.
stunning album from start to finish
Votre réaction est juste magique et de plus internationale, j'ai eu la même et j'imagine dans beaucoup de pays
Merveilleux groupe qu'est MARILLION
The more I listen to this album the more I notice and the more the appreciation of it grows. The Crow and Sierra Leone one after the other just leave me in in absolute awe (and an emotional wreck!). My words just aren't capable of summarising the quality that exudes from this from start to finish. Stunning Marillion!
Will definitely try to grab tickets for their next UK tour in September!
One of the most beautiful songs. I love your reaction.
And they upped the ante on side two!
Just great that absolutely fabulous music is still being made...
You really need to react to "FEAR" next! As good as this imo (although "Care" is a step above everything).
Again I’m it’s a joy to watch with you and really enjoy such a beautiful album the way I feel it like you do mate
Oh yes Jim, you 'get' it.. You really do. 👍🏻✊🏻 You're right, this is top of the tree stuff. Next one up... Chuckling to myself now wondering if I dare watch it, lol..
6.36 and people ask where is Steve Rothery on this album 😆
After each listen it just becomes better and better! I will put it up there with Sounds That Can't Be Made as the best since Marbles
Love your reaction ,your a top bloke !!!
I listened to this album several times and 'The Crow' was my most fave song. But after watching your reaction, seeing your emotions on Sierra Leone, I need to reconsider... Thanks for sharing your emotions with us, Jim!!
Thank you for sharing you emotional journey :)
If heaven excists, and I may go there when my time has come, I hope to hear The Crow and The Nightingale. I'm sure this record is being played up there, don't you think?
The crow and the nightingale.......close your eyes and guess : Is it D. Gilmour or S. Rothery? This is the best album of the new century! Greetings from Germany
Hello 👋
I love this album that brings me to tears .Glad I got to see them do it live. I often listen to this. Album with my head phones and just just drift off to another place.no drugs needed music is my drug.
Incredible album
I came on board with Marillion in the Fish era and have followed them ever since.I haven’t stopped playing this album for the last two days.You still have Care to come.As an aside I play in a part time band who has a person with some extreme right wing views and got very vocal about us doing Imagine calling it humanitarian b/s .I ignored him.To the ‘fans?’who think Hogarth ‘s lyrics are too left preachy try entering the word humanitarian into your vocabulary.Steve Rothery’s solos are majestic and I have finally convinced a rabid David Gilmour fan to listen to him.
The warmth and comfort of vinyl - the needle in the grooves. It took me a few listens to appreciate the beauty and depth of these two.songs.
Que ce soit sur le plan musical, vocal ou lyrique, "The Crow and Nightingale" est un Pur Joyau.
C'est une chanson qui ne me quitte pas de la journée, et je me surprends très souvent à la fredonner.
J'aurais trop aimé que cette chanson ait été écrite pour moi. Elle touche ma sensibilité au plus profond de mon être.
Merci Marillion pour cette œuvre Sublimissime qui nous enchante et nous donne à ressentir des frissons, Merci infiniment Steve pour avoir écrit une si magnifique chanson et Merci aussi de l'interpréter dans toute sa beauté avec autant de sensibilité
I took my teenage children (it was their first major gig) to see Marillion on this tour in September and they performed the whole of "An Hour" in the first section of the show and if you closed your eyes, you would have believed that it wasn't live and that it was the album/CD playing. They are that good live. All are exceptional musicians, but, for me Steve Rothery is among the top 5 rock guitarists in the world.
Quite p0ossibly the most beautiful album of all time!
Wow. You've come a long way since I saw the video of you being blown away by Neverland!
That was a long time ago, in a galaxy far far away. Well, three years and a move to the opposite side of Milton Keynes!
I think the time is right for Marillion's 94 epic concept album "Brave".
Sierra Leone. Tears every time.
Jim hope some day you can react to this 3 marilion sogns live This Town/Rakes Progress/100 Nights but live versions. Superb
Are they available as a single video run, or individual songs from different shows?
@@JimNewstead In the live versions, the three are almost together in the same video. I leave the link for me the best version. ruclips.net/video/zQMGnvNlgBg/видео.html. Love to see your reaction soon
Haven't heard all of Marillion's work? 3 words for you my friend: CLUTCHING AT STRAWS 👍
I really don't get the meaning of the lyrics in The Crow and the Nightingale (tho "Wrapping the sun with silk/ Make it something that can be looked at / Without hurting /I can try" has a personal meaning for me), but it makes my eyes wet every time. Needless to say The Crow and the Nightingale is my fav from the new album.
At the gig, H explained that it was a tribute to Leonard Cohen, who he particularly admires. This link may help you. marillionations.blogspot.com/2022/03/the-crow-and-nightingale.html
Love love your reactions, what kind of headphones are those must get me a pair
They are AKG K701 open back reference headphones. I love them!
Being a Marillion fan for years i lost touch over the last few albums and well as this great album i discovered the FEAR album id recommend a listen its a grower but its amazing.
Glad you're enjoying it mate, you seem to have the same turntable as me too, nice bit of kit isn't it? 😀
It’s a great turntable. I have to say a bit of improvement by changing the cartridge and more recently passing through a preamp.
@@JimNewstead yeah mine is through a pre amp into my 1993 Aiwa seperates system, sounds nice. Also I made the decision tonight that I'll get this Marillion album on vinyl, played the cd 4 times now and I can honestly say it's their best since Marbles.
Hello
Thank you for this good experience. I could be you, you could be me When I hear the song Sierra Leone, the situation makes me think of Kiev, walking in free town. Pure goosebumps, from the first second to the last, pure goosebumps. Thank you for your videos. Do you know that after the last song there is another song after 8.36 minutes?
Album spettacolare dall'inizio alla fine
This just got ruined by RUclips - RUclips decided to put in a commercial during the opening song- what bone head thought that up it’s spoilt my whole experience of listening to this. I’m gonna have to go away for 5 mins calm down and start at the beginning again- 1st impressions and all that. Hopefully it’ll get better second attempt
My friend and because they're not like coldplay that's why they make such good music. As simple as that
Sierra Leone, infinitamente circolare.Capolavoro assoluto.
If someone wants to know what is an eargasm I’ll lead him to this react… ❤
Is that a good thing?? 🤔
@@JimNewstead always 😅😂
Since Brave....
Always liked marillion but never got around to them.
But this.... Its on par with Dark side of the moon for me i really mean that
Just ordered the live dvd
Choir Noir used on the album are the same choir which were at the Albert Hall with Bring me the horizon
I would have liked to have heard a little more of Choir Noir on the album. They are featured quite a bit on the accompanying making of DVD in the deluxe CD pack
One song left to go!
I don't think you'll be disappointed. My personal favorites are the first, fourth (Crow) and final (Care), but I agree there's a consistency of quality here that's almost unmatched.
I love Marillion, but have found the lyrics twice mentioning Greta T, was at least two times too many.
Apart from that, just a great album, musically among their best ever, especially "Care"
I just hope we get at least one more album from them, before they fade into their sunset years.
"The Yes Album" was released in February, 1971. "Fragile" was released in November, 1971. IMHO, the content of either album was not harmed by the fast release of both. It troubles me that it took AHBID five years to be released. Le us hope the next album isn't half a decade away from a release date. But let's enjoy the release we just got and not worry about the next one.
@@Yesquire0 Ahh, but i am not worried about the next album - just worried, as band members approach 70 years old, if indeed there will be one.
Remember, they are not 1970's Yes. Every two years without a pandemic in the way, is a normal output.
So, even if this is a finale - it is out on a high note - but my fingers are very firmly crossed for one, or may I dare hope, two more studio releases.
That will make Ian be approaching mid-70's in age, if a two year gap is maintained.
So as I say - my fingers, and indeed toes, are firmly crossed - even while I am thoroughly enjoying this one.
Just regarding the 'Greta T' lines... h loves a bit of playful wordplay, and he's clearly playing on the fact that 'Greta T', run together, sounds a lot like 'regret'... and it's perfect, because it's a song about the next generation having to live with our generations' regrets, having to grow up too soon and be the ones to try to bring about a change before it's too late.
@@Yesquire0 to be fair COVID didn't help the timescales. Hopefully the next one will be a bit quicker, if comments from the band last weekend in Leicester are to be believed. There was a lot left over from the writing sessions for AHBID.
K finally listened to it without RUclips interrupting its very good isn’t it ? I like the 1st song I think it’s my fave so far- though I got a bit lost did Sid=dd 2 have 2 songs on it or were there more ? I got a little confused as to where one song ends and another starts ? I also didn’t know a album had 3 sides so that’s u interesting
my god marillion
In The Crow and the Nightingale there's the one flaw in the recording or the mixing of the choir. One particular female voice sticks out every time in one particular note every time and I can't un-hear it.
I didn’t hear it!!!! I’ll listen again….
She represents the Nightingale
iwhat a album....t was sent to me from god...via siera leone
Which lol not the 🧙
I found that first song here (I forget the title) to be quite good.
However, if I'm being completely honest, Sierra Leone really didn't do anything for me. Nothing against the band meant by that, it's just not to my preference.
Hey fella! Don’t worry about it. Music is completely subjective…. Think how many people didn’t get or like Be’lakor. Thank you for listening bud, hope it hasn’t put you off the channel!
@@JimNewstead Not at all! I know not everything here will be my cup o' tea! 😁
An hour before its bollox.
Ok, I get it. You don’t like it. Fair enough 👍🏼
Meanwhile, at the Marillion FB page, the moderator for the page has announced that the band is going to end its presence on the page for an unspecified amount of time due to fan negativity regarding AHBID apparently affecting their state of mind or heart. It seems like an extreme over-reaction to me. Fan response has been mostly positive, with a minority generally offering up opinions about how disappointed they are with the political messages and the "wall of sound" approach that many also viewed as a weakness of F.E.A.R.
Marillion has generally been copacetic with all the copyright violations appearing all over RUclips as people in love with the music of Marillion relentlessly upload most of their back catalog. But they have always previously been miffed by uploads of recent releases, and it is a huge change in policy for the band to themselves immediately upload every song on AHBID for free listening. My guess is that, after working on this project for five years, and polishing it to what they see as their very best work, and after adding the girls from In Praise of Folly, plus a choir, they expected universal acclaim, and maybe even, at last, a breakout into the entire world of popular music a la Phil Collins' Genesis. To discover that some of their lifelong fans don't think it is all that much probably burst their overly optimistic bubble. Realistically, nothing artists can produce should be expected to excite and entertain everybody.
Personally, I never listen to Marillion studio products. Hogarth sings way to meekly on them, all too often hovering in a zone in between his true voice and his falsetto in a whispery way. It's not at all pleasing to my ear, but he seems to love that zone. So, I am not surprised that I'm not onboard yet with AHBID. I suspect I'll like it a lot more once I've seen and heard it live at the Montreal Marillion weekend in July. Live Marillion is ten times better than studio Marillion. And a less than gobsmacking new release from Marillion is still better than 99% of anything else out there. Musically, AHBID is, indeed, quite beautiful to hear, but upon first listening the movements within the longer songs seem disjointed, and the transitions a bit abrupt, but I imagine I'll grow used to them to the point where that will no longer be an issue. With my politcal views being apposite of Hogarths on many issues, the lyrical messages interfere with my enjoyment of some of the songs.
The original point of "progressive rock" was to create new music filled with new sounds unlike what had come before it. That was a lot easier to do back in the classic era when electronic sound modifications expanded the palettte of both guitar and keyboard sounds. All prog artists risk some fan alienation if they remain true to that ethos. Marillion has changed its sound to a fuller, more orchestal one in their last two releases. Some fans have described it as "sonic sludge", and they long for a simpler approach like what was presented on "Marbles".
The presence of political messages regarding climate change and Covid on AHBID also made the moderators at Marillion web sites allow for political debate on those issues in the comment sections where political posting had previously been totally verboten! Those debates quickly turned nasty and exposed the fallacy that Marillion fans are one big happy Family, and I imagine that, too, upset band management and the members of the band.
it's hard to know whether the band withdrew because of the small number of critical points made by fans or because of the extensive whining by fans who had not received their pre-orders, as the band's message announcing their withdrawal talks about both
@@dingbat19 That's a good point. Signing all of those copies was a modern day version of cleaning the Aegean stables, and the band has no control over the delays in accustomed delivery times due to the world-wide disruption in supply chains. It might also explain why the marilliononline uploaded the songs. There does not have to be one reason for the withdrawal. People are rarely so simplistic.
I've never seen Marillion as "progressive rock" or "neo prog". I've been on a journey with the band since 1983 and to me they're just Marillion, and I feel so lucky to have them around and still making exquisite music.
@@JoshMainka I'm willing to try to identify a musical genre that fits Marillion. I don't know why the sub-genre "neo-prog" exists other than to serve as a place to put prog bands that did not have their heyday in the early 1970's. To me, Marilliion can readily be categorized as "symphonic prog". I draw the line, though, at trying to describe their music in tems of what other bands they sound like. They sound like Marilliion.
It’s not the Marillion official FB page but the “Marillion and fans” group that they - and that is effectively Lucy and Ian - have taken a break from. Lucy reads everything and tries to respond positively to as many posts as possible so it doesn’t surprise me she needs to get away from it for a while. I’ve muted it for 30 days myself because of the quantity and repetitive nature of posts. In a group of 20,000 + members you’re always going to get a few wankers who deliberately try to wind up the majority by incendiary posts of an extreme nature.
I don’t see Hogarth’s words as political but humanitarian. If people are offended by a humanitarian viewpoint, then so what, who cares?
Didn't like the album. Couldn't disagree more with H.
A few decent songs but barely...
Also, some of those lyrics won't go down too good in the future...