Its really great you 2 appreciate Marillion. Its very unfortunate they did not get much airplay in America. Both Fish and Steve Hogarth are amazing talents.

Hogarth is a singer..Fish is a fallen angel who came to Earth to teach us how they sing in Paradise..

I worked this show as front of stage security in '83 at the hammersmith odeon,London,and i remember saying at the time that it was like Genesis at their very best.I became a fan that night. Love the post-fish stuff too.

Thank you for this great song (best in studio version)! For me, the ultimate Marillion is Script for a Jester's Tears (studio version). A great concept album with Fish on top !

Unique rememberable Voice is the defintion.Marillion were Superstars at that time in Europe and especially in Germany.When Fish spoke German with his Scottish Accent,the Crowd went mad ;)

It's a special performance. The whole concert video is ace. Glad you experienced it.

marillion - Ocean Cloud ....true poetry

WOW, i never expected to see a Marillion reaction from this time period. My favorite album by them. I love all their albums. He Knows You Know from the same album is my favorite song by them.

I love Marillion. Their first four albums were progressive masterpieces. Long live The Web!

I first bought script for a jesters tear when it came out, from then on I had everything from the fish era including recital of the script(where the live performance is from) I hadn’t seen this video in about 30 years. Thanks so much for taking me back to my childhood.

Marillion with Fish were great. For me, Misplaced Childhood is my favorite. Best played loud!!!

Much respect for reacting to this awesome band

The very first album I ever bought. And I still love it. Its very niche. Glad you are discovering this stuff.

Indeed Rich, Hogarth has great pipes without a doubt... Fish is Marillion's Roger Waters, he was the rage machine... always angry, hurt or outraged by the world around him & always seemed to convey all his emotions live. I was lucky enough to see them live for the 1st time in 1984.. I was 13 I went on my own.. ( too proggy for my metal friends) .. & I was transfixed by the total theater of their performance. So that wasn't the last time I saw them live.. I REALLY hope we see some more Fish Marillion xx horns to you both \m/

great band,great concert!You´ve gotta watch "chelsea monday" and "forgotten sons" too.Only with Fish Marillion is Marillion!Greetings from Germany.

Fish Marillion´s era is just fantastic! thanks for taking the time!

Both singers put heart and soul in the performance of the music live they are very emotional.

I was given a script for a Jesters tear LP as a present and the lyrics blow my mind...addicted for ever

Rich: Fish's style will grow on you -- you need to listen the the live performance of GRENDEL. And perhaps also FUGAZI.

wow!!! didnt think anyone but me and my friends listened to Marillion still!! ;) big thumbs up! Edit: Its perfectly numb here in Sweden when it comes to Marillion....

Any Marillion is great, but Hogarth seems more contemporary to me now while Fish is a nostalgia trip. That said, I've never seen a more charismatic stage performer than Fish or encountered a more eloquent wordsmith. Forgotten Sons, Chelsea Monday and Grendel from this gig are all worth watching.

Fish has being doing a Fish On Fridays every friday since the covid lockdown amazing interaction with his fan base

FISH e o melhor vocalista, amo a performance dele nessa música, sensacional

Love this band, love this song

Marillion was never the same after fish left

The studio album is worth a full album reaction. Maybe save it for a future road trip or something...

Masterpiece. I remember listen to this in early 90 with my broken herat with a bottle of scotch

the web is the song that got me hooked on them love both eras

You two have chosen well. This is an epic song that takes you on a journey. It may be one of the best . rock/metal songs ever performed. Because of that, Rich, you do owe it to yourself to hear the studio version of the song. There are things that are drowned out or get missed in this version. All in all, though, congrats for reacting to a very underrated and under appreciated masterpiece. Thanks.

I never thought I d find a reaction video for this song. Greetings from Greece

Great that your checking out Marillion. The song White Russian from the last album that featured Fish would be a good song to react to. Cheers!!

Another slant - try out Fish on one of his solo tracks 'A Gentlemens Excuse Me'. Quite different.

Marillion is what Genesis would sound like during the 80's if they never sold out......

What country in the world could produce a duch a unique sounding band with a singer/song writer hes l lyrical masterpiece what a talent

Rothery is an emotional guitarist where everything he play has meaning He can play fast and flashy as and when required

Sorry Rich, can't get into the Hogarth stuff. Check out the clutching at straws album, Marillions best imo.

The Recital of the Script concert video is awesome

A jesters live is brilliant. It brings me to tears. Glad you chanced it.

I was into marillion in the 80s when I was about 8 yrs old I was marillion mad seen them in 1987 in the royal court in liverpool and it was amazing.I had six foot posters all over my bedroom walls,picture discs, t-shirts and they was my favourite band.Once fish left I never listened to them again because for me marillion with fish was the best so I stopped listening. WHEN I Iisten to old marillion now which I do a lot they excite me because they was unreal and what a band Chelsea Monday live wow

I'm so pleased you did this one! Cannot tell you how much I love this band. Grew up with Fish era Marillion, and it was those four perfect albums that opened the doors to a world of Prog for me. All the classic Prog bands I now listen to started with Marillion. Just got tickets to see Fish play live early next year. Kind of his 'farewell' tour, as he is bowing out of the music business with a final album. Pleased you enjoyed this. I would personally take Fish's vocal imperfections, as he has all the energy and passion in those lyrics. That was his style in those early days, largely inspired by Gabriel. I pretty much stopped with Marillion after buying Season's End. Just couldn't take to Hogarth. I gave them a go, but Fish's solo stuff was providing me with type of music I wanted.

The ONE and ONLY REAL Marillion!...FISH 4ever

At this point, Prog Metal had just begun and Marillion had kind of morphed into that genre, but this song still holds many elements of Prog Rock. This song is very Yes-like. I did love the theatrics, though, because it fits what is a truly emotional song. This may be the most artistic take on losing the one you love to someone else, that I have ever heard. The one thing I wish was that you had focused on more of the lyrics. From comparing love to a game you play on a playground to comparing losing someone you hav loved forever to another to a jester, who, although he may be broken hearted, his job is to promote laughter, so he has to hide his pain, in he lyrics are moving and memorable. So I’ll hold my peace forever, as you wear your bridal gown is a very telling line. The winner in this game of love is even compared to a prince, while the loser is compared to a frog. And that is just the lyrics. This song covers everything musically. It really embodies everything a Prog Metal anthem is. This song is good enough it has always caused me to put Marillion above Dream Theater in the Prog Metal hierarchy ( For the record my rankings are 1 Savatage, 2 Queensryche, 3 Fates Warning, 4 Marillion, 5 Dream Theater).

WOW!!! Never thought I'd see a Marillion reaction. 30 years of material to go through, so many amazing albums. Please react to Sugar Mice, Kaleigh or Made Again.

First saw them in 1981 at Lancaster. Been every year since 😔

my favorite band, ever

still the strongest memories to these songs and the era during cold war when fish met his german wife and became the iconic german scottish singer talking about germany during cold war and the west Berlin island and Hansa studios there where this album had been recorded. It has been composed and recorded there - just a few meters away from the icron curtain or Berlin Wall which became famous also in the song David Bowie released in the late 70s called Heroes. But Misplaced Childhood had been recorded there 7 years later at the peak of Cold War before Gorbatchov became President. I see convoys curb crawling West German Autobahns Trying to pick up a war They're going to even the score Oh... I can't take any more And in these years he had watched german Autobahn full of military convoy from all the allied forces slowly moving some where and causing all the traffic jams which slowed everything down. Great video here and discussion afterwards.

Yes, Rich, I would listen to the studio version if I were you. Not only are the vocals pristine, but the sound is less muddied, so you can hear Steve Rothery much better and his guitar work on this song is so emotional that it must be heard clearly. There are two really emotional guitar parts in rock/metal that I think evoke the emotions of the lyrics very well. The best, I believe, is the guitar riff played before the last verse of Let Her Cry by Hootie and the Blowfish. The second is in this song toward the end where the lyrics talk of the wedding of the girl the songs subject has always loved. The riff evokes crying and wailing, which is just the feeling that the lyrics try to evoke. It is a perfect match. It is emotional and it is beautiful.

Really enjoy the Videos. Love Marillion. Clutching At Straws, is My favourite Album. Love Genesis, also. And Pink Floyd and Tom Petty. Ronnie MC Nairney Scotland

I'm a Hogarth fan but all Marillion is awesome

This song is about feelings and regrets for his ex-girlfriend Kay and how their relationship ended. This song is also connected to their 1985 song "Kayleigh", from the Misplaced Childhood album. There are several lyrics/message in these songs that are connected. In this song, "I never did write that love song, the words just never seemed to flow" go with the lyrics/message in Kayleigh, "Kayleigh, I'm still trying to write that love song, Kayleigh is more important to me now you're gone". Another example from this song, "Too late to say I love you, too late to re-stage the play", go along with the lyrics in Kayleigh, "Kayleigh is it too late to say I'm sorry? And, Kayleigh, could we get it together again, I just can't go on pretending that it came to a natural end". I'm not sure Fish has ever really gotten over her.

Oh I love you for celebrating the golden 80ies so much!! So much memories of my youth. Can you please react to Queensryche's "Take hold of the flame".....

People always talk about how Fish was basically Marillion, and without Fish Marillion is no more, but I can't help to think of how identifiable is Rothery's sound and Pet Trewavas bass playing and his lines, but also, the influence of Mick Pointer in the drums when all of it started. He wasn't just a drummer, he did a lot for the sound of Marillion even though he didn't last very long. I love both eras, and my favourite songs are from the Script album and then from Marbles.

Cinderella Search live in Zurich is almost certainly worth a look if you want to see a great Fish era live performance

Check out Kayleigh Steve’s guitar solo is iconic the music video is good too

you are a beautifull couple, like your reactions so much, keep it up!

Glad you did a live performance Fish could just hold a audiance if you want too see it for yourself best place is the 1983 performance of Grendal for there fan club the web. its on you tube you guys should definetly check it out.

Love the Maiden shirt Kel...only 2 weeks away before you and Rich get to witness the magic of Maiden live! Hope you guys are doing great..Happy Independence Day!

Nice reaction guys! You could also try 'He knows you know & Chelsea Monday' from the same album. Steve's guitar on Chelsea Monday is pure class!

We had at that time a record shop in Bremen where they had like 4 record players that constantly played one record and you could take headphone and listen to it. And when i saw one day that cover i was directly interested and then blown away by this song. A few friends of mine always called them a Genesis copy, but for me they were just the same genre, but there was not soo much in that genre, but in the end they sound quite different. And also Genesis were so good, that more music of that kind was always welcomed to me.

This is the song that made me first discover marillion. As a keyboard player in the 80`s read article about Mark Kelly and was hooked. Big fan of both Fish & Steve but no-one here in Australia has ever heard of them.

Excellent job picking Marillion, guys. Thank you, glad they are still being appreciated. In two minds about this live version, the tempo seems noticeably slower than the album, particularly at the start where it loses some of the punch, but Fish puts even more emotion into the vocals than the studio version (if that is possible). A bit more speed at the start, and this would be perfection.

Thank you for a bit of Derek William Dick aka Fish. Became a fan as soon as I heard market square heroes

You should check "Grendel" from Marillion guys. A pure masterpiece.

Brings me back to my misplaced childhood tears. Damn. Been a while since I listened to this masterpiece

Three years. Really hope you two are well. I mean that.

I saw Marillion on the promo tour for this album.'83 and 82 before they had signed a record deal.

Our musical tastes parallel so closely! Sure, I have friends in real life, you two are like my best online buds. I look forward to your return to posting. Best wishes, guys!

Beautiful, in the final, is fantastic!!!

El final de esta canción es de lo mejor que he oído nunca.

His performance suited the song. He's never afraid to go near the edge, vocally or emotionally . Hogarth is too smooth for me. I wss lucky enough to meet him after a solo gig in the early P. M. (post-Marillion period). A nicer man you could not wish to meet. His vocals are softer on the Misplaced Childhood and Clutching At Straws albums.

Holy holy you guys are digging....

really digging and I love it....Fish....

My youth...right there

This is in some ways a parallel to Genesis, with a theatrical singer, like Gabriel. Unlike Genesis, though, Marillion never went commercial.

Probably the most emotive frontman I would say I have ever seen live, fantastic musicians also of course, very tight band. Lucky enough to see them a good few times in their very early years in Fish's hometown of Edinburgh.

La belleza hecha canción

This gig came close to the end of a 64 date tour that ran for nearly 6 months so, yes, fish's voice was starting to go off a bit. Normally he could reach the higher registers without straining. I would recommend Grendel from the same gig, it's an absolute classic. Fish and Marillion are both touring, seperately unfortunately, this winter.

The fool escaped from paradise, will look over his shoulder and cry, Sit and chew on daffodils and struggle to answer why!! great lyric

thank you, 1st album i ever bought, me, myself :D don't how i came to know Marillion at the time, but was my fav band in the early 80's, before my metal phase

Best album ever made by anyone. Yup.

Marillion, great band with two amazing singers.

I am a Marillion fan first album I got was clutching at straws ,I am English I have been to the usa never seen a marillion t shirt on anybody there so never knew they were known there much

They used to play in my local lol, Fish is huge, at least 6 ft 4 and a really great bloke

This brings back memories, live at the Edinburgh Playhouse..

Kochane MARILLION👍💪👏💟to jest najpiękniejsza piosenka na świecie,o utraconej MIŁOŚCI!!! ✋ POZDRAWIAM z POLSKI💟.

One of the best bands ever to play!

Yesterday I went into a record store and found the 1985 album, Misplaced Childhood by Marillion... it's fantastic. It's a concept album without a single break in the music as it moves from song to song. In 2003 it was ranked as the 4th best concept album of all time... a side note; my daughter was named after the second track from the album. Kayleigh

Marillion are the my treasure music forever

remarkable band

Without question for me the best album I ever purchased.

Great reaction from you both and interesting comment from Rich about Fish vocals..that was the early days and Fish vocals got better until Clutching at straws album...for me who has been keyboardist for 3 years in Real to Reel - Marillion 's Fish era tribute band in UK, playing this song was always emotional...and still...after my very first listen in 1983...Now I m a part of the Marillion H era tribute in UK called BRAVE but we are planning to add Script to our set very soon...memories will flow again...

I love both Fish and Steve Hogarth. Fish is my favorite lyricist, and H is such a massive vocalist....both are epic acts!

Yes!! Contributed with others to suggesting this. Other Fish-era Marillion tunes that're good are "Lavender", "He Knows You Know", "Kayleigh", and "Assassins". Good stuff!

Marillion is awesome!!!!

They were always labelled - somewhat unfairly - as the poor man's Genesis; particularly the Gabriel era. but for that fact, they would have been massive. Check out my favourites, Lavendar and Kayleigh.

Could I just point out that this performance was the last show of the tour in Hammersmith odeon arena in London. So Fishs voice would sound a bit off sometimes. Maybe check out Some studio versions of the song maybe Fugazi (1984) the title track, maybe The Web off the same live show or maybe their most popular realises like Misplaced Childhood (1985) or Clutching the Straws (1987) Any song of each is great from the studio is the best. Want Steve Hogarth go from Seasons End (1989) and on. One last thing Check out their longest song with fish Grendel which is from the same performance

Thanks for this No he wasn't a classically trained singer, He sang in a false falsetto that was too high for his register. But TOO much on the criticism of this, Fish is a genius, Im one of those, "The band became unlistenable after fish left. For the greater part the album cuts are fantastic, but the true genius of Fish is his Lyrical songwriting. The PROSE of it, and the DELIVERY. He's unmatched in wordcraft, to the point of being poet laureate of the world. he has GOD LEVEL wordcraft. A Master poet. The Only ones Near his level alive are Bob Dylan and Steve Kilbey from the Church. Listen to Fugazi and Misplaced childhood in full, Clutching at straws is epic, La Gazza ladra is great (saw the tour as a high-schooler) -And the Musicianship- Rothery, god level also underrated as good as lifeson in my book - Fish's solo work also deserves a good hard look. Best lyricist alive today by far.

Great song, Fish is a superb singer/songwriter. The band was originally called Silmarillion after the J R R Tolkein Book But shortened it to Marillion when Steve Rothery joined the band. Fish has gone on to even greater heights as a solo artist, Sunsets On Empire and Field Of Crows are two of his finest albums.

Love Marillion.... always will.

I know that song inside out, upside down and backwards! My very first live gig was Marillion, when I was 15 years old and Script sang to all my teenage insecurities. Weirdly my in-laws live a couple of miles from Fish so I often see him in the pub when visiting them but have never spoken to him.