Marillion - He knows you know (Live at Reading 83)

[zazz63]

marrilion would probably have been a genesis tribute band if such thing exsited then.. same goes for the fields of nephelim ..just sisters of mercy clones.

assasins was great .. i remember that one well.

[fish407]

@zazz63 yes if only marillion had covered classics like illegal alien and tell me why. and sacked ian mosely and pete trewavas they could have been a decent tribute band.

[zazz63]

i thought the bottling was cool... when big country and marillion the next day came on about the same time during the sunset reading rock festival looked like some kind of medival battle ground with banners rising up from the crowds with wood smoke in the air and these plastic bottle fights starting up all over the place. Had to watch out for the full ones tho... i can only assume they were full of piss. Great atmosphere ... it would never happen today ..too sterile.

[fish407]

stuff of legend

[NATtheNUN]

I remember being right in the middle of the big bottle fight very scary as the guy next to me had a glass bottle smash on the back of his neck. Lots of blood. I was flat out on the floor with my boyfriend on top of me trying to protect me.

[UKRelic]

Great times met my wife here she had just turned 16 and we are still together and I remember the two birds in the campsite that put on a lesbian and show for whoever wanted to watch and then took a young lad with a broken leg into their tent with them. After 1/2 and hour he had to sneek out when their "boyfriends" came back from the pub. I guess he lost his cherry but was scared that he was going to get beat up all weekend LOL Happy days remembering being young and stupid.

[dutchfreeheel]

Thats were I first heard Marillion and got hooked for life.

LabRat6619 From what I remember a few Hells Angels tried to get into the arena with their motorcycles, but weren't let in. They came back later with great forces and forced their way in. They parked their bikes somewhere in the back of the arena and that was pretty much it. My memory might be a bit off though, you know how it is.

[arizonuk]

I was there and lucky enough to meet the guys back stage even brought fish a vodka great times

[manpiano09]

amazing crowd singing along!

[garyllewellynjones]

wow this version is speeded up..i have never heard it this fast before..its pretty good

[LabRat6619]

Thank you VERY MUCH for transporting me back in time!

I loved Marillion then. Long hair, big motorbike. I spent most the day and night out of head on white lighting acid.

Marillion were a psycadelic dreamscape.......AWESOME!

[camelandu2]

Are there any songs where Andy Ward play the drums in Marillion? He is on my top three fav list...

[cuerpoeperra]

It sounds Like Genesis, when Genesis sounds like Manhatan Transfer...Jejejeje good bye to the real prog rock era.......Time of the decadence....

[mentalmoses]

i remember them coming on to grendel.

they blew my mind that night

saw them more than i can remember over the next few years

i remember also when SRV came on he was playin voodoo chile

so many memories :D

[JAZZZZZ8]

I was there and a bit more off me head on Acid,,,,,,superman. Wow watching little men climb out of the speakers as they played this.....

[vroom4749]

Fantastic, I was there in '83' at the grand age of 16. What a great 3 days, remember Stevie Ray Vaughan who just turned up and played.? Marillion were amazing and stole the show. Those were the days..!

[mentalmoses]

you're the same age as me then

i was 16 when i went in 83

:D

[vroom4749]

That's so cool..! I went with my brother, pitched our tent late afternoon and watched The Stranglers on 1st night, then next morning found our tent surrounded by The Windsor chpt of Hells Angles, now that was an experience.!

[LabRat6619]

Didn't the Hells Angels get involved in a fight on the Sunday at Reading 1983??

Memories!

[NATtheNUN]

@LabRat6619

Yes there was a huge bottle fight I was right in the middle . See post above

[LabRat6619]

@NATtheNUN Glad I wasnt involved in my mental condition :/ .......SO LONG AGO!

[Zvonceyoga]

I was there too on this concert, three days and three nights rock & everything...unforgettable thing! I have a lot of photos from there... see on Googleearth as Zvonkopetroski

[bowe310]

I was there!

[usvilla]

i was too