We all wore those scarves (it's called a Keffiyeh) in the eighties - it was like a badge that we used to recognise one another...guaranteed if someone was wearing one you knew they were a) NOT a tosser (always a relief) b)liked top notch music c)were going to be someone you'd probably like to have a pint with.
Hello & welcome to this video. This is the Welsh band called A Million. The singer is called Flea because he is a very small man. They were formed in the Welsh town of Oxford & the original line-up still exists to this day. Their biggest hit was Merry Christmas Everybody. Greetings from Cuba.
@florikrug It would be great if it was John Cleese but I think it's Aylesbury's very own John Otway. He had a couple of minor hits like 'Ooh baby that's really free' and 'The flowers are gonna get you'. When Marillion did the video collection that's who Fish said it was. All the best, Keep rockin'
@immemarie hearing the lyrics i would say scotland as heart of lothian could represent edinburgh city and as we know the royal mile is in edinburgh i think princess street fish was born in edinburgh yet the barman in the video is dave out of minder a t.v series set in london in the 80s so i couldnt say for sure but im in no doubt the song is about his hometown
@strumfellow thank you for reply... yes i know the song is a tribute about some of their scottish origins, particullary fish; it would be a logical thing if the video was filmed there... i hope someone could give a certain answer!!! however i think is in scotland, as you supposed!
@NKismynextgoal Yeah i missed that when watching it.its the m25 which orbits london.all the same id have thought a song about his birthplace and home would have been filmed there.we live and learn
I think people are the most proud of their origins when they are not at that place. Last time I was in France, I loved the weather, the beautiful places like Rouen, Paris, Honfleur,...but in a bookshop I found a Belgian newspaper and I had to buy and read it. I guess that's what he meant with 'wide boys, with a heart of Lothian'.
My personal #1 favourite guitar passion from Mr Rothery is this song!!! I love it, its one of those ones that makes me go "pffft wish I'd come up with that riff & the awesome drums in odd time too" I had the honour of getting Steve Rothery to introduce one of my songs, don't expect it to be as good as this!! if you type in "The Rainbow Mandrills Opportunity video" you'll find it, at the end is Steve playing the solos in Pink Floyd's Comfortably Numb, so it will be worth it for you ;-)
@VR4pt0r Well Marillion, Rush and Yes are all still producing music and playing. I saw Marillion just a few weeks ago - and they were fantastic - and Rusah have just done their biggest UK tour ever. Yes are working on a new album and Jon Anderson also has a new album out. And there is a very strong prog scene - check out Classic Rock presents Prog magazine.
Marillion was always my favourite as a teenager in the 80s. Amazing music that grows on you a bit more every time you listen to it. Fish should have stuck with the group!
Amazing song I've being hearing for more than 22 years now.. 80's video too primitive for such rich song!.. It's like video not matching song.. Anyway these great musicians didn't have the budget for a better video ;-)
kwam,kaart,zyn,nichtje,trouwt,alleen,gemeentehuis,aan,harry en angelique nee ik zei die,meid heeft me lang geleden geen woord gezegt ik ga niet met,zyn familie om de tafel zoveel meegemaakt ik doe niets meer tegen myn zin in ik ben geen koppel hy vertelde het nooit,zyn problem
Cos he's not too fond of London and would rather be in Edinburgh, hence born with a heart of Lothian .... London is the opposite of what he likes ... and who can blame him? heehee
Progressive at it's best. Amazing sound, rythm, arrangement and Fishs voice is just fantastic. How could people in the early 80s complain about this music being too complicated? Maybe all of those 4/4 poppers are just too simple minded....
@mtop129 ..of you all curled up cause you like an actor in a movie show but you're feeling like a wino in a parking lot. how did I get in here anyway? do you really need a playback of the show? cause the wide boys want to head for the watering hole.....
Estimated friend, if you want to listen again this song and an endless number of successes of the love I suggest you to visit Radio MUSICA PARA MIMOS - looks for his direction URL in Google ( search Musica para Mimos in Google)-. best romantic music of all the times in Internet, is great, is very good ...!!!
Absolutely fantastic stuff, great album and some amazing memories. Thanks for posting this up, and thanks to Fish and the guys for making such great music!
One of my favorite albums of all time...The lyrics throughout the album were incredible. "I saw a war widow in a laundrette, washing the memories from her husbands coat. She had medals pinned to a threadbare grey coat, a lump in her throat with cemetery eyes"
Gareth and Gettotaco ever think the chan ge may have been due to the very serious throat problems the guy faced! He didn't even know for a while if he would ever be able to sing again. You should cut him some major slack for the joy and passion he has bought so many people over a quartewr of a century.
@keithewright no, I was just taking what he had to say into prospective. Yeah I defiantly understand what your saying. Fish is a very talented man. He's been doing this for so long I wanted even blame him if gareth is even right in the first place. Everytime I listen to a Marillion song with Fish, it just brightens up my mood and relaxes me. But I do believe that IF he is only doing this for money (which we don't know) then he can stop singing and be proud of what hes left us.
FISH was my musical progrock god for 20yrs;I've seen him 25+ times and loved every time; last time he was a complete CUNT, he's just doin it for the money now, he dont give a shit about the fans as long as he gets PAID-- he's just a crack-whore now : )
@gareth4493 you have to be joking right? or just trolling.. You do know how much Fish makes these days? Its pretty much only enough to live. The sales figures for his recent solo album are only just over 40,000 compared to Misplaced Childhood which was 2.2 million ish.. He probably earns more money from marillion royalties than anything hes done since..
This was when Fish felt something, saw him dozens of times in his good days, then copla years ago he just changed overnight- it's just money now. I've gone from a follower to a hater- he's a twat just takin your money
Progressive Rock's not only UK, just to mention Premiata Forneria Marconi from Italy, Focus (Holland), SBB (Poland), Patrick Moraz (Switzerland), Heart, Lynyrd Skynyrd or Styx (US), Harmonium, Sloche, Rush (Canada), Can, Neu!, Faust (Germany) and many more
Fantastic!!! I've been heavily re-listening to Misplaced Childhood for a weak now... It's incredible how this album still sound updated today, after 25 years!!! Good music is age-less. Too bad Fish is not with them anymore... :-(((
Strangelly the song nakes me think of one of two Edinburgh football teams, Heart of Midlothian (of the middle part of Lothian region, where Fish or Dereck Dick was born). It could be their anthem, if only Fish wasn't a supporter of their bitter rivals, Hibernian... (I know Scottish clubs, 'cause I'm a Celtic supporter). The Heart of Midlothian is also the title of Walter Scott's novel, probably his best one, and it was named after a historical heavy prison in Edinburgh under the same name.
i suppose i'm one of those ♫ ♪ marillion ♫ ♪ fans who only liked the fish era of ♫ ♪ marillion ♫ ♪
i collected all their albums when he was the frontman.i saw the new singer steve performing hooks in you on totp and thought 'nah!' i've buried my prejudice now
and in reverence have put my marillion album trumps on ebay which features all 28 ♫ ♪ marillion♫ ♪ albums and an a full and accurate account of their uk chart performance....enjoy!
@Bhodisatvas This video is really cool. I don't know if you mean the whole vid in general cause they made some epic fail scene parts but this vid rulez.
@boomheadshot75 The only bad thing is that many good underground stuff will never come on the internet. I noticed that many underground Italian and German prog groups are awesome, but are very hard to find... I'm just glad that i have a psycho dad that looks for every prog band from 1917-present :)
yes those stoned hazy summer days of the 80`s were far better listening to fish era marillion albums , clutching at straws another favourite album to hear when you are off you face ;)
this was my 1st record. well it was tape if youre old enough to remember.blew my mind then appetite for destruction playing on a cheap walkman .rock nvr dies
i really do miss marillion with fish, im only 16,but ever since my dad introduced me to them ive been hooked on their melodies ever since-they will also be legends of music itself.
Great old Marillion, excellent sounds .... but this video makes me laugh, these haircuts, makeup and clothes ..... seems to be a light years far from now :)
I love Marillion. I am from Edinburgh and I have followed them from the start. Fish still does it for me. I have all the Marillion albums on my Ipod. Marillion with fish was the best. I didnt follow them after that. No Marillion after him.
I'm probably going to get a lot of thumbs down for saying this but I actualy love both Fish and H. To me they're equally as good but have different strengths. Fish was where they nedded to be in the 80's and H is where they need to be now. I do love their early stuff though...Fish defo rocks
I left Marillion where Marillion left off. There really is no new direction with Marillion. It's entirely a different group, and maybe the the best thing they could of done was to rename the group. Steve hogarths voice makes me wanna take a nap.
I saw Marillion first at the Marquee pre-record deal, pre Hammersmith. I lost interest when Fish left. Having listened to Fish then the new guy now I made the right decision. Marillion without Fish is like the Stone without Jagger. It doesn't, and could never, work. This track is a fav as is Grendel, Market Square Heroes and 3 Boats.
I totally agree, dude, just gave ya' a thumb up. There wasn't a Marillion without Fish anymore, period. I was just sad back then when he left the group, hoped he'd return, but....
I love this song, this and Kayliegh are the only Fish songs I like. And I wish ppl would grow up! about Genesis, they are AWESOME whether Pete or Phil sings!
From Fish on Myspace *heavily edited, do check out the original
Fish learned a lot from Rickie Lee Jones, Joni Mitchell, Van Morrison and Lowell George. Peter Hammill and Frank Sinatra influenced.
The Genesis guys and that English progressive scene in the 70's. Pink Floyd, Yes, Elton John, The Faces, The Who, Little Feat, Joni Mitchell, The Byrds, The Doors - really too many to mention.
"If I had to pick just one song that influenced me most, it would be ... oops there goes the word count ;-)
The Peter Gabriel Genesis songs are historically Iirrelevant today. The Fish marillion stuff is perhaps even more relevant today than when they were written. End of story.
You check Wikipedia and it lists their influences as Floyd, Queen, Genesis, etc. This is misleading. These guys CLEARLY were imitating one band only most of the time during the Fich years, and that is Genesis. Fish obviously tries to sing just like Gabriel (and to a lesser extent Collins from Trick of the Tail era).
Doesn't mean they aren't good, because they are. But one can close one's eyes and nearly see Gabriel singing this. But not quite.
"These guys", as you put it, have long syne recognised their influences. but what is your point? are you saying that phil copied peter as well?
anyhap. any British folk music knows where the vocal styling that these three used came from.
as to Fish's contribution. His lyrics. The recognition of the lives of the average person was a step away from anything prior. (cite sugar mice: even peter gabriel visited this same subject, only later)
alanlaing: Actually, this isn't pre-MTV at all - indeed, I recall that I got seriously pissed off by the fact that "Kayleigh" became an MTV hit...
In general: Not a super vid perhaps, but it's good to see 80's Fish. Not sure about all these statements about football teams - "Misplaced Childhood" wasn't really about football, you know, and for those that don't know about Lothian it's a part of Scotland. ;)
Ok....people, in the pre-MTV era (and this at the very cusp of that) you have to realise the video was not an important medium and certainly not worth spending any money on.
Only in the late 90's did the video become the all encompassing medium for promoting a tune and the minimum of $250,000 having to be spent to get you noticed by MTV
If anyone in the UK can remember the Chart Show very often bands didnt even have videos for their songs and they had to put up a picture of the band...
Isn't that Len from Minder..?
geffel 2 weeks ago
We all wore those scarves (it's called a Keffiyeh) in the eighties - it was like a badge that we used to recognise one another...guaranteed if someone was wearing one you knew they were a) NOT a tosser (always a relief) b)liked top notch music c)were going to be someone you'd probably like to have a pint with.
geffel 2 weeks ago
Hello & welcome to this video. This is the Welsh band called A Million. The singer is called Flea because he is a very small man. They were formed in the Welsh town of Oxford & the original line-up still exists to this day. Their biggest hit was Merry Christmas Everybody. Greetings from Cuba.
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With 14 years a fan of Marillion, is - Love for all life!
cosmozver 1 month ago
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cosmozver 1 month ago
masterful
ElyDeadpool2010 4 months ago
The opening lyrics there self are 'GENIUS'..love this.!!!!..and this album is 'THE BEST'..!!!!
zingoza 4 months ago
10 people have no taste...
1padget 5 months ago
... has anybody spotted JOHN CLEESE on 2:30 / 2:31 - or am I wrong ?!
florikrug 5 months ago
@florikrug very wrong but funny as hell.
1padget 5 months ago
@1padget ... but would't it be SO COOL if it was him ?! he IS a friend & fan of fish, y'know !
florikrug 5 months ago
@florikrug It would be great if it was John Cleese but I think it's Aylesbury's very own John Otway. He had a couple of minor hits like 'Ooh baby that's really free' and 'The flowers are gonna get you'. When Marillion did the video collection that's who Fish said it was. All the best, Keep rockin'
MCChazzmeister 3 months ago
@MCChazzmeister ... thanx for this - very informative. by the way : where is aylesbury ?!
florikrug 3 months ago
he was born with a heart of a genius imo lol
AldorleaGames 5 months ago
Fish, el primer perroflauta de la historia jaja, pero es un crack! :)
eckae 5 months ago
does anybody know where it was filmed??? england or scotland??? thanks guys, for me is important!!! and for the song too!!
however i think that the sugar mice/incommunucadi director would made something better!!!
bye
immemarie 5 months ago
@immemarie hearing the lyrics i would say scotland as heart of lothian could represent edinburgh city and as we know the royal mile is in edinburgh i think princess street fish was born in edinburgh yet the barman in the video is dave out of minder a t.v series set in london in the 80s so i couldnt say for sure but im in no doubt the song is about his hometown
strumfellow 5 months ago
@strumfellow thank you for reply... yes i know the song is a tribute about some of their scottish origins, particullary fish; it would be a logical thing if the video was filmed there... i hope someone could give a certain answer!!! however i think is in scotland, as you supposed!
immemarie 5 months ago
@strumfellow
The road signs on 0:30 show the roads to 'The City', 'Birmingham' and 'Westminster'.
So I guess it should be London.
NKismynextgoal 1 month ago
@NKismynextgoal Yeah i missed that when watching it.its the m25 which orbits london.all the same id have thought a song about his birthplace and home would have been filmed there.we live and learn
strumfellow 1 month ago
@strumfellow
I think people are the most proud of their origins when they are not at that place. Last time I was in France, I loved the weather, the beautiful places like Rouen, Paris, Honfleur,...but in a bookshop I found a Belgian newspaper and I had to buy and read it. I guess that's what he meant with 'wide boys, with a heart of Lothian'.
NKismynextgoal 4 weeks ago
@strumfellow He mentions the royal mile and Lothian... has to be talking about Edinburgh.
berni907 1 week ago
My personal #1 favourite guitar passion from Mr Rothery is this song!!! I love it, its one of those ones that makes me go "pffft wish I'd come up with that riff & the awesome drums in odd time too" I had the honour of getting Steve Rothery to introduce one of my songs, don't expect it to be as good as this!! if you type in "The Rainbow Mandrills Opportunity video" you'll find it, at the end is Steve playing the solos in Pink Floyd's Comfortably Numb, so it will be worth it for you ;-)
Pete
TheRainbowMandrills 6 months ago
Yes, Marillion is nothing without Fish, and Fish is nothing without Marillion
kotarak1 6 months ago
Fish is Marillion..love this & have loved Marillion for 28 years!
lilacspace 7 months ago
what's Fish' real name?
fitta74 7 months ago
Derek William Dick
Cedric9172 7 months ago
@fitta74 Derick Dick, no really, it is!!
pinkerton05 6 months ago
always was my fav Marillion track, don't think they ever bettered this album though they came close a few times:)
Progwatcher 8 months ago
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stormynortherner 8 months ago
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stormynortherner 8 months ago
where did all those proper bands go??( Marillion, Rush, YES, PFloyd etc) How come nowdays ppl enjoy shit like Justin Bieber and keisha ?!?!? WTF...
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@VR4pt0r Well Marillion, Rush and Yes are all still producing music and playing. I saw Marillion just a few weeks ago - and they were fantastic - and Rusah have just done their biggest UK tour ever. Yes are working on a new album and Jon Anderson also has a new album out. And there is a very strong prog scene - check out Classic Rock presents Prog magazine.
stormynortherner 8 months ago
Sure, Heart of Lothian went top 30 in the UK. But why release that, when Freaks could breeze into the top 15 at least? :-)
azapro911 8 months ago
@azapro911 They released Freaks in 1988. It got to number 24.
stormynortherner 8 months ago
@stormynortherner I know, but that was the live version and it was two years too late. It should have been released when Marillion were red hot.
azapro911 8 months ago
I was born on the HEART fo MIDLOTHIAN!!! ... ;)
Shono69 8 months ago
Marillion was always my favourite as a teenager in the 80s. Amazing music that grows on you a bit more every time you listen to it. Fish should have stuck with the group!
geiramk 8 months ago in playlist 80s Stuff (more or less... Give or take a decade or so...)
I still love this song from my good old days! Heart of lothian 4 ever!
MrChevyrock 8 months ago
Does anyone know the name and location of the pub in this video?
I know it's somewhere near the Westway (West London), but where exactly?
YehiaTawfik123456 9 months ago
Amazing song I've being hearing for more than 22 years now.. 80's video too primitive for such rich song!.. It's like video not matching song.. Anyway these great musicians didn't have the budget for a better video ;-)
AHMsite 9 months ago
kwam,kaart,zyn,nichtje,trouwt,alleen,gemeentehuis,aan,harry en angelique nee ik zei die,meid heeft me lang geleden geen woord gezegt ik ga niet met,zyn familie om de tafel zoveel meegemaakt ik doe niets meer tegen myn zin in ik ben geen koppel hy vertelde het nooit,zyn problem
mollysangelique 9 months ago
Cos he's not too fond of London and would rather be in Edinburgh, hence born with a heart of Lothian .... London is the opposite of what he likes ... and who can blame him? heehee
SharonW64 10 months ago
Never quite got why this was set in London and not Edinburgh. Great song though.
ianisme 10 months ago
I always enjoy a bit of prog. It's like a rich cake - too much of it will stodge you up.
tomstickland 11 months ago
Progressive at it's best. Amazing sound, rythm, arrangement and Fishs voice is just fantastic. How could people in the early 80s complain about this music being too complicated? Maybe all of those 4/4 poppers are just too simple minded....
getdealtwithquick 11 months ago 10
Gareth...... You're a knob!!!!
fullyalarmed 11 months ago
ITS THE FUCKING WINCHESTER!!!!!!!
botman9822 11 months ago
and the man from the magazine wants another shot...
mtop129 1 year ago
@mtop129 ..of you all curled up cause you like an actor in a movie show but you're feeling like a wino in a parking lot. how did I get in here anyway? do you really need a playback of the show? cause the wide boys want to head for the watering hole.....
Trailerparkofthedead 11 months ago
Trippin on the light fantastic. Enough said wow
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robertoamor2011 1 year ago
I love the little line from the Quadrophenia track 'Love Reign Over Me' by The Who at 0.38
t0mme1981 1 year ago
thats the pub from minder !!!!! wheres arfur daley?!?!??!
StronglyFancied 1 year ago
Absolutely fantastic stuff, great album and some amazing memories. Thanks for posting this up, and thanks to Fish and the guys for making such great music!
Shawoddynoddy4000 1 year ago
superb, Fish is legend
grandesenhor 1 year ago 2
I love Marillion! Fish, what a poet!
glyderau 1 year ago 13
what a great video if never seen it
kalekaasje 1 year ago
One of my favorite albums of all time...The lyrics throughout the album were incredible. "I saw a war widow in a laundrette, washing the memories from her husbands coat. She had medals pinned to a threadbare grey coat, a lump in her throat with cemetery eyes"
timcpatrice 1 year ago
What a fucking video! Nice ........
eggnogonthebog 1 year ago
Gareth and Gettotaco ever think the chan ge may have been due to the very serious throat problems the guy faced! He didn't even know for a while if he would ever be able to sing again. You should cut him some major slack for the joy and passion he has bought so many people over a quartewr of a century.
keithewright 1 year ago 2
@keithewright no, I was just taking what he had to say into prospective. Yeah I defiantly understand what your saying. Fish is a very talented man. He's been doing this for so long I wanted even blame him if gareth is even right in the first place. Everytime I listen to a Marillion song with Fish, it just brightens up my mood and relaxes me. But I do believe that IF he is only doing this for money (which we don't know) then he can stop singing and be proud of what hes left us.
Gettotaco 1 year ago
Thanks for uploading , took me right back to my growing up in Edinburgh in the 80's .
TheIainCollier 1 year ago
I was bbbbbbooooorrrrrnnnnnnnn with a heart of lothian
MichaRock 1 year ago
FISH was my musical progrock god for 20yrs;I've seen him 25+ times and loved every time; last time he was a complete CUNT, he's just doin it for the money now, he dont give a shit about the fans as long as he gets PAID-- he's just a crack-whore now : )
gareth4493 1 year ago
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Gettotaco 1 year ago
@gareth4493 you have to be joking right? or just trolling.. You do know how much Fish makes these days? Its pretty much only enough to live. The sales figures for his recent solo album are only just over 40,000 compared to Misplaced Childhood which was 2.2 million ish.. He probably earns more money from marillion royalties than anything hes done since..
davidthegreat06 1 year ago
This was when Fish felt something, saw him dozens of times in his good days, then copla years ago he just changed overnight- it's just money now. I've gone from a follower to a hater- he's a twat just takin your money
gareth4493 1 year ago
Progressive Rock's not only UK, just to mention Premiata Forneria Marconi from Italy, Focus (Holland), SBB (Poland), Patrick Moraz (Switzerland), Heart, Lynyrd Skynyrd or Styx (US), Harmonium, Sloche, Rush (Canada), Can, Neu!, Faust (Germany) and many more
krokeman 1 year ago
The question is, why is this not an Edinburgh anthem. I'm a wideboy, born with heart of lothain!! yes!
grandesenhor 1 year ago
Me & Rich share the same birthday !
RaunchyRocker 1 year ago
Poetical eloquence Marillion with Fish rocked and always will...
syvee45 1 year ago
Is that John Otway at 3:02?
belterness 1 year ago
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belterness 1 year ago
looks like a young Steve Hackett on drums! :)
gardenchair 1 year ago
@gardenchair he played with steve hackett!
santepiolo2 1 year ago
At 1:47, what a fail xD
93HS 1 year ago
superbe chanson
madmiask 1 year ago
Truly beautifull Marillion song but can't help hearing echoes of Genesis here.
Bang on boombheadshot75 those are 4 Greatest ever Bands.
This song is one of their best
GraZIE Francesco!
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soundspur 1 year ago
"On the outskirts of nowhere, on the ring road to somewhere". Yes, Fish, it's where I live; Basingstoke. :-D
TheJerryludlow 1 year ago
So Edinburgh song :)
kpiotreq 1 year ago
The beginning is still part of Bitter Suite, right?
CarnalDiafragma 1 year ago
@CarnalDiafragma No, it isn't.
Maciejbarel 1 year ago
o kurwa, popłakałem się
LordBen1975 1 year ago
Mark Kelly with hair!!!
psychobollox 1 year ago
Marillion is the best song in the 80' years, i love this album "Misplace Childhood"
anlubs 1 year ago
drinking in liverpool with this on the jukie - great band and great frontman FISH - where are the songmasters of the newage
TheMerseyBoy 1 year ago
Génial,çà me rapelle de très bons souvenirs
lejack66 1 year ago
Fantastic!!! I've been heavily re-listening to Misplaced Childhood for a weak now... It's incredible how this album still sound updated today, after 25 years!!! Good music is age-less. Too bad Fish is not with them anymore... :-(((
PerfectStranger1 1 year ago
****ing awesome Marillion.
TheJerryludlow 1 year ago
one of the best beautifull songs in the world, this band... this vocalist... are gods
Cyrdan1001 1 year ago
dwd what a singer its like being at the royle court liverpool in 1989
hocking32 1 year ago
Strangelly the song nakes me think of one of two Edinburgh football teams, Heart of Midlothian (of the middle part of Lothian region, where Fish or Dereck Dick was born). It could be their anthem, if only Fish wasn't a supporter of their bitter rivals, Hibernian... (I know Scottish clubs, 'cause I'm a Celtic supporter). The Heart of Midlothian is also the title of Walter Scott's novel, probably his best one, and it was named after a historical heavy prison in Edinburgh under the same name.
krissie660 1 year ago 2
It's very nice. Thank you for sharing.
Greetings from Poland!
krissie660 1 year ago
whats a lothian?
cr00mz 1 year ago
@cr00mz Lothian is an area of Scotland where Fish or David Dick is from.
flyscotsguy1975 1 year ago
@flyscotsguy1975 Derek Dick
Silmarillion1973 1 year ago
@Silmarillion1973 yeah i know. i was drunk when i wrote that last post and only realised what i wrote next day!
flyscotsguy1975 1 year ago
@flyscotsguy1975 It's happened to us all lol
Silmarillion1973 1 year ago
kurwa very nice
Nycek 1 year ago
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i suppose i'm one of those ♫ ♪ marillion ♫ ♪ fans who only liked the fish era of ♫ ♪ marillion ♫ ♪
i collected all their albums when he was the frontman.i saw the new singer steve performing hooks in you on totp and thought 'nah!' i've buried my prejudice now
and in reverence have put my marillion album trumps on ebay which features all 28 ♫ ♪ marillion♫ ♪ albums and an a full and accurate account of their uk chart performance....enjoy!
yuryiodizadebee 1 year ago
oh these glory days when a music video was a nice short novel compared
to the crap that is made today
gasarvid 1 year ago 14
Was that John Otway on the door?
grendel305 1 year ago
is that dave from minder letting the band in the pub?
bnpdronfield 2 years ago
yep!!!
xjboy550 1 year ago
And the man in the mirror has sad eyes...
Macrospore 2 years ago
beautiful!!!! thanks for sharing
elisaloba 2 years ago
marillion=epic band. this video=epic fail.
Bhodisatvas 2 years ago
@Bhodisatvas - it was the 80s, remember? :p
OokwantsREVENGE 2 years ago
@Bhodisatvas This video is really cool. I don't know if you mean the whole vid in general cause they made some epic fail scene parts but this vid rulez.
every1luffsaslinky 1 year ago
The Beginning seems to show one of fishs main themes, as in He knows you know: The Character needs help, but no one wants to give it him
574rdu57 2 years ago
1:40 - 1:48 made me lol.
It's too bad they cut this song in half.
PorcupineFloyd68 2 years ago
wtf?
leolodreamland 2 years ago
I bought this on 12 inch picture disc. Cracking song from a cracking band. Wish they would do a reunion!!
Rushrock 2 years ago
This clip brings back memories of the 80s, which are otherwise mostly a blur, I'm sorry to say.
Thx for posting this.
RuudJH 2 years ago
hey thanks, don't you ever remove this vid !!! ;-o))))
renetastoimenova 2 years ago 38
Best Marillion song from the best album ever!
BHAFOREVER 2 years ago 11
@BHAFOREVER Thatßs right and next is Script for Yester Tear. Love Marillion the greatest Band of the 80`.
Hammer6410 7 months ago
another masterstroke!
Mrmemania21 2 years ago 8
"On the verge of indecision, I'll always take the roundabout way..."
Classic lyric.
dufortrph 2 years ago 7
1.56 --> that's how the eigthies look like :D
kvonribbenburg 2 years ago 6
I love this band , I love this song ... my son is called...Lothian !
jabandrade 2 years ago 9
progressive rock kicks ass, i can gladly listen to any genesis/yes/marillion/pink floyd
boomheadshot75 2 years ago 50
You should listen to a Brit Prog Rock band called Camel. Especially the Stationary Traveller album.
DancerAC 2 years ago 5
Agreed! :)
samantharutherford 2 years ago 3
You missed Rush! ;)
weegerri1sm 2 years ago 2
@boomheadshot75 don't forget RUSH
2197CR 1 year ago
@boomheadshot75 The only bad thing is that many good underground stuff will never come on the internet. I noticed that many underground Italian and German prog groups are awesome, but are very hard to find... I'm just glad that i have a psycho dad that looks for every prog band from 1917-present :)
Jebletic 11 months ago
@Jebletic Mistake 1970 :D
Jebletic 11 months ago
I know a man, Scotland born, he has a heart of Lothian. Amazing man.
ThroughAMirrorDarkly 2 years ago 5
This is a truly great album to listen to when you"re stoned.
ajb7876 2 years ago 3
yes those stoned hazy summer days of the 80`s were far better listening to fish era marillion albums , clutching at straws another favourite album to hear when you are off you face ;)
darkstar3869 2 years ago 4
this was my 1st record. well it was tape if youre old enough to remember.blew my mind then appetite for destruction playing on a cheap walkman .rock nvr dies
1974oldgit 2 years ago
oh man what a song!!!!!!!!!this one works great live!!!!!
andrewmilios 2 years ago
best Marillion song ever!!!!
8888sam 2 years ago 3
i really do miss marillion with fish, im only 16,but ever since my dad introduced me to them ive been hooked on their melodies ever since-they will also be legends of music itself.
musicalkaratekid 2 years ago
i TOTALLY AGREE WITH YOUR DAD
lornemac50 2 years ago 2
i know-i do too:P
musicalkaratekid 2 years ago
I love both Era's
But it's good to hear not all 16 year olds (I'm 15) are listening to 50Cent and Snoop dog.
:D
Keep progging, friend :)
progkidjoel 2 years ago
well,me too-since i can find good in all music(well,most music) i sure will keep progging thoug man-have done all my life;)
musicalkaratekid 2 years ago
God i miss the 80's ! Underground !
RaunchyRocker 2 years ago 3
i know-i wasnt even born in the 80's but there was so much brilliant music from then.
from melodic progressive rock to blackened death metal-those were the days,had i been born 10 years earlier;)
musicalkaratekid 2 years ago
To be fair, blackened death metal didn't REALLY start until the mid-late '90s... but I agree, the neo-prog of the '80s was great.
endlessintertwined 2 years ago
marillion only with FISH
zbyszek2808 2 years ago
and chips.
LeonardCohenRocks 2 years ago
Great old Marillion, excellent sounds .... but this video makes me laugh, these haircuts, makeup and clothes ..... seems to be a light years far from now :)
Nynulka78 2 years ago
Look at what Fish is wearing here, he's quite cutting edge with his scarf.... When was this song, 1986, 1987?
RiverbankCocktail 2 years ago
Fish was and is an incredible artist.....Too bad he's had so many hardships
tfidas 3 years ago 4
mARILLION without fish is like, Queen without Freddy. It doesnt seem real anylonger.
Alxscode 3 years ago 4
exactly:P
musicalkaratekid 2 years ago
nice to see eugene levy got a huge kick out of the kerfuffle on the sidewalk there
fr34kzi11a 3 years ago
I love Marillion. I am from Edinburgh and I have followed them from the start. Fish still does it for me. I have all the Marillion albums on my Ipod. Marillion with fish was the best. I didnt follow them after that. No Marillion after him.
firstwickedangel 3 years ago 7
DITTO
jasonctennant 2 years ago
I'm probably going to get a lot of thumbs down for saying this but I actualy love both Fish and H. To me they're equally as good but have different strengths. Fish was where they nedded to be in the 80's and H is where they need to be now. I do love their early stuff though...Fish defo rocks
bournemouthlass 3 years ago 4
I left Marillion where Marillion left off. There really is no new direction with Marillion. It's entirely a different group, and maybe the the best thing they could of done was to rename the group. Steve hogarths voice makes me wanna take a nap.
Alxscode 3 years ago 2
DITTO
jasonctennant 2 years ago
true
AOKONE 2 years ago
I saw Marillion first at the Marquee pre-record deal, pre Hammersmith. I lost interest when Fish left. Having listened to Fish then the new guy now I made the right decision. Marillion without Fish is like the Stone without Jagger. It doesn't, and could never, work. This track is a fav as is Grendel, Market Square Heroes and 3 Boats.
parkylondon 3 years ago 2
I totally agree, dude, just gave ya' a thumb up. There wasn't a Marillion without Fish anymore, period. I was just sad back then when he left the group, hoped he'd return, but....
phoenixx19651 3 years ago 4
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I'm glad steve hogarth joined the band. fish was a bit boring.
LeonardCohenRocks 2 years ago
We are not worthy!
FISH RULES
Torch6661 3 years ago
Great song - shit video.
tigerdraft 3 years ago
I love this song, this and Kayliegh are the only Fish songs I like. And I wish ppl would grow up! about Genesis, they are AWESOME whether Pete or Phil sings!
Leosgirl16 3 years ago
From Fish on Myspace *heavily edited, do check out the original
Fish learned a lot from Rickie Lee Jones, Joni Mitchell, Van Morrison and Lowell George. Peter Hammill and Frank Sinatra influenced.
The Genesis guys and that English progressive scene in the 70's. Pink Floyd, Yes, Elton John, The Faces, The Who, Little Feat, Joni Mitchell, The Byrds, The Doors - really too many to mention.
"If I had to pick just one song that influenced me most, it would be ... oops there goes the word count ;-)
trashysinatra 3 years ago
They make such great clips!
ReNeGaTe 3 years ago 2
I was led to believe they based themselves on a band called Yes?
nam131b 3 years ago
The Peter Gabriel Genesis songs are historically Iirrelevant today. The Fish marillion stuff is perhaps even more relevant today than when they were written. End of story.
billthaxton 3 years ago
You check Wikipedia and it lists their influences as Floyd, Queen, Genesis, etc. This is misleading. These guys CLEARLY were imitating one band only most of the time during the Fich years, and that is Genesis. Fish obviously tries to sing just like Gabriel (and to a lesser extent Collins from Trick of the Tail era).
Doesn't mean they aren't good, because they are. But one can close one's eyes and nearly see Gabriel singing this. But not quite.
pclansman 3 years ago
Greetings pclansman - a fellow prog lover.
"These guys", as you put it, have long syne recognised their influences. but what is your point? are you saying that phil copied peter as well?
anyhap. any British folk music knows where the vocal styling that these three used came from.
as to Fish's contribution. His lyrics. The recognition of the lives of the average person was a step away from anything prior. (cite sugar mice: even peter gabriel visited this same subject, only later)
trashysinatra 3 years ago
Perfect song! I love it!
Ametrida 3 years ago 2
alanlaing: Actually, this isn't pre-MTV at all - indeed, I recall that I got seriously pissed off by the fact that "Kayleigh" became an MTV hit...
In general: Not a super vid perhaps, but it's good to see 80's Fish. Not sure about all these statements about football teams - "Misplaced Childhood" wasn't really about football, you know, and for those that don't know about Lothian it's a part of Scotland. ;)
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Bobbi3125 3 years ago
Ok....people, in the pre-MTV era (and this at the very cusp of that) you have to realise the video was not an important medium and certainly not worth spending any money on.
Only in the late 90's did the video become the all encompassing medium for promoting a tune and the minimum of $250,000 having to be spent to get you noticed by MTV
If anyone in the UK can remember the Chart Show very often bands didnt even have videos for their songs and they had to put up a picture of the band...
alanlaing 3 years ago
that is a very fine tune. could anyone explain please the meaning of heart of lothian? some local club? football?
the video is not poor - it's real and has a urban with a nice local flavor;
tomaszek888 3 years ago
Added this and it didnt upload grrr...
The Heart of Lothian is set in the stone of a street in Edinburgh and shows the true heart of the city
The Football team you talk of is Heart of Midlothian and this does not refer to them. Especially since Mr Dick (Fish) was a Hibs fan.
Hibs and Hearts are like Inter and AC Milan or Liverpool and Everton....bitter city rivals
When I saw them play in the 80's he appeared on stage in Edinburgh with a football strip made from the two teams sewn together
alanlaing 3 years ago
What a great track! Bring back the 1980's!
ahudspith 3 years ago 5
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I agree... this video's really poor :-(
topinotopino 3 years ago