Marillion - Tux On

[t1czer]

Its soooooo Linux ;)

[praetorianus72]

Back then, music was an art.

[TheOgo1971]

you had a hard on ...ha ha

[broes1966]

I'm a fan for thirty years now. Marillion with Fish made the music I continue to find the best music ever produced . With Steve Hogarth its a different kind of music but really very good. Far above other bands in my opinion. I hope you all enjoy Marillion as much as I do !

[MAGNUM2F]

some of the b' sides were stunning, the output of this band back then was phenominal!

[soulblacknight]

the build up of this song is magesterial

[patje130]

@soulblacknight so threu, but if you listen to grendel it gives me the gooze

[rainking883]

almost 25 years later and this song still gives me goosebumps... pure magic!!

[Moonraker1974]

MARILLION - FISH = NOTHING

[25yeRS]

@Moonraker1974 thankyou. marillion died when fish left. so well put. cheers!

[ralfemmelius]

Defenetly is the song one of great mystery results of long touring on endless tracks in several countries. Awe-inspiring is at least the word on unspoken stings.

[GhostxWhisperer]

I love this song. My fav bands, Marillion<3 and The Beatles.<3

[RezzKalozzTV]

@GhostxWhisperer lol the beatles suck compared to marillion :') but thats my opinion xD just ignore it lol

[worldcitizengrendel]

@GhostxWhisperer

Yes, but MARILLION are much more better than beatles, either KING CRIMSON, GENESIS, YES, RUSH, PENDRAGON, UK or CAMEL.

Another great song by Marillion, long live to them.

[1padget]

I can't even begin to explain how the Fish era of Marillion influenced my life. To this day, I can play those albums one by one on my old record player and remember back to my formative years. It is a shame that most music today is nothing more than jangle mass produced crap.

[ralliahlen]

Thanks for Sound and good Time

[Culturealimprovement]

the beauty of this song gives me goosebumps and tears in my eyes.

[elzdra]

I was a piano player, I know music and music this is!!!! listen, just listen, you will see...

[meejoir1]

This would have made a great single, back on the day!

[TheHakanKorkut]

Really miss this stuff, thanks for posting!

[TheMproductions]

You dont se them making stuff like this anymore. No FISH. No MAGIC !

[elzdra]

it's not about Fish, who was great and stil is, it's about the music, and this is what they do, music... magic, I luv it!!!

[rostokrssrb]

good

[Vebable]

the uniform that symbolize the comforts of a life...

[365Avalon]

@Vebable Comfortable life.

[Vebable]

@365Avalon Thank you but now im disapointed. My misheard lyrics was deeper.

[07925cat]

EXCELANT....50 YEAR OLD FAN,,,NO SMACK THEN JUST PUFF!! CHEAPEST WAY

TO ENHANCE YUOR HI FI !!!!

[nadzieja8891]

przekurwiste !!!

[amimillie]

I have long known that Script for a Jester's Tear is my favourite song - lyrically and musically - I really feel the emotion of it and have shed more than one of my own jester's tears while hearing it. The ultimate marriage of words and music. Of course, without Fish they are still great musicians, though with zero charisma, and are a pretty average AOR band and nothing more - they cut their own throats when they wanted rid of him.

[Kevdablue1878]

was very lucky to meet the big guy in liverpool when they done the memorial gig for Mylo................very drunk night ..............almost certain he doesnt remember me but I will never for get him. Still see him every year when hes touring............so many memories of the best years of my life

[darkdantepl]

I just love the pureness and the rhythm of the drums that kicks in by the end of the song. Just love it! Marillion, always at the first place of my Top bands list :)

[rg2027x]

Just fantastic...1 of the greatest bands to ever grace planet earth=-

[Holdsyfan]

I am 28 and Marillion is helping me live a second life!

[farmavic]

Fuckin' brilliant song. Great dynamics !

[pooperscoopr69]

The most over used words in the English lexicon:

1. Genius

2. Awesome

[celticpride67]

fish a pure genius with words

[GlassPrisionerPT]

This song is amazing. It just sends awesomeness waves all over the place. Impossible to be indifferent to it. Makes me smile, move, sing, and be happy to be alive.

[Doigyisabenny]

heh. i love this song - always have - but it totally qualifys for Axis of Awesome's 4 chord song treatment.

[66tull]

When that guitar lick starts I always crank the volume way up. And what vocals by Fish!

[albanlanfant]

superbe chanson je l'adore fish tu est le meilleurs

[oldglenndog]

The combination of narrative arc and mournful chords bring me to tears!

[ozbite81]

Panahachel in the 80´s with my old Mercedes Benz....Lucky man...

[Igsilon]

si isses ripper. good times. great music. gigantische band !!!

[KajTemme]

Absolutely love this song.

[thygegormjakobsen]

Fan..bloody..tastic..

[klistarf]

What a truly haunting song! Absolutely fantastic! The dynamics in this song are phenomenal! Simply wonderful lyrics. Such a cautionary tale - although, who is likely to take heed of the story being portrayed... (:o) I have loved this song for so many years and it NEVER loses a thing. Marillion = Awesome...!! \m/ (:o)

[bojar94]

"We Fraku" - polska wersja tej piosenki :) "w smokingu" można też tłumaczyć. Genialna piosenka. Uwielbiam ten zespół. Mam wszystkie ich płyty. Oczywiście wolę czasy z dużym Szkotem ;d Czyli Fishem oraz jego późniejszą solową karierę.

[OxygeneLady]

@bojar94 A gdzie można znaleźć polską wersję tej piosenki?

[bojar94]

Jest wiele stron ze spolszczeniami piosenek zespołu Marillion:)

Jedynie żałuję że nigdzie nie znalazłem spolszczenia Grendel'a ;/ Mniej więcej wiem o co chodzi ale chciałbym takie całe spolszczenie bo teksty Fisha są genialne, uwielbiam go :)

[OxygeneLady]

@bojar94

chodziło mi raczej o konkretną wskazówkę. Inaczej bym nie pytała.

[bojar94]

@OxygeneLady wysłałem Ci wiadomość przez youtuba, tylko dlatego że tu nie mogłem podać adresu strony. nie wiem czemu. Chyba sobie zastrzegli reklamy, jeżeli nie dostałeś to podaję Ci moje gg i się skontaktujemy ;) 2900047

[ShoeiBoy]

The way Rothery changes it up at 2:33 is sublime.

[Degsywillow100]

Superb!!!!!!!!

[leiken26]

Got a tux on

[sirvidia]

@bouard35 tu as porté un tuxedo.

[sirvidia]

@bouard35 tuxedo - dinner jacket - smart jacket. you had a dinner jacket on

[namr33b]

to espetecla and others: short from of tuxedo. man wearing. search google about.

[shaddybong]

what a belter of a song, just absolutely supoib!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! MARILLION !! best band in the world... FACT

[henk2304]

Ripper36068 I can not agree more, Marilllion with Fish, And later Fish, took my life away, from a Script to Lady Nina a Tux On, love his solo cd's!!

[Nosedigger100]

@ espetecla

it means something like a good dress or something else

[Silmarillion1973]

Probably my favourite B side.

[keauxgeigh]

And the brilliant "Somewhere in a tenement..." coda verse. The lyric arc of the song could've been completed with the funeral and then fade out on the chorus, but then they tag on this extra verse which kinda pulls the camera out and gives a bigger picture of what going on, that the drive for fame is circular and goes on. one of my favorite songs.

[criticsare2apenny]

when it cuts away at 2.33 it`s so powerful it`s frightening. Imagine if this had been made in 2010 sound quality.

[gowestward1]

To me, this song is about "selling-out", a place where Fish didn't want to reside.

[kissmybuttdimple]

best B-SIDE ever... love that old marillion.

[bowfers]

I truely believe that UK music today is fecked, x factor, Cowell, Cold patrol, Snow Play, Arctic Monies, you get the drift.

If youre a good talented player in the UK today you are fowned upon. Its not cool to be good at an instument.

Enphasis is on the mediocre.

Sad days.

[wraithlord5150]

How good was a band to release unique B side songs. Never a commercial sell out band and so much talent. I saw these guys many times in the UK and they will always be my favorite band. This song just sums it all up. Couldn't pick a favorite without changing my mind soon after.

[sorahearts325]

while this was one of their least known songs, it's one of my favourites!

[sudakasSDK]

buenisimo el tema! marillion lo mejor the best

[py20041]

As poinent today, as it was then. Great band , great music. I was a lucky man to have seen then on too many occasions to recall in 500 letters. Fish is STILL the man

[splicer45]

Some of Marillions B'sides were a whole lot better than a lot of artists hit singles! Quality songwriting.

[Wierdoinc]

Lucky man

[miloshand]

Oooh, those were the days.....even went to see them...twice!

My life still full of em.....cant get enough....still startin with

script ...n ending with hollidays in eden.......allthough

fantastic records.....n the lyrics; bloody spectacular:)

[vodkavampire]

could not agree with you more , loved them then , love them still !!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Ripper36068]

One of the few bands whose B sides were as good as the A's !! Marillion one of greatest bands to influence my life. I was lucky to be a teenager when they were hitting the charts with their own style and stuff !! How sad music today has lost it's way.

[Marillionmad]

@Ripper36068 I am not an 80's kid, I am a 90's lad, but when I was in secondary school, 02 - 07, this band helped me pull through. I absolutely hated school, was bullied and all sorts, but I am getting somewhere with my life know, I am at Uni and everything.

[draltar]

@Ripper36068 amen my friend...  amen

[28malmstone]

@Ripper36068 besides themselves ,,,what an album !!!

[aarlevanbram]

Like Lady Nina a piece of my youth.

[Pleazantry]

ahh yes.. I agree totally!! It's amazing how Fish/Marillion can continually paint my life with their music. xXx

[aarlevanbram]

and Big Country!

[darkdantepl]

Just play it in the car very loud :) The part when the acoustic drums kicks in right in the middle of the song is just amazing :)) I love it !

[FredZeppelin200]

derek at his best.

[jadehand1]

"Clutching" was my first exposure, and I was an instant addict. How was this this not included outside of the CD?

[gsw999]

the 80s marillion stuff was , still is awesome.

[ccokie1lu]

B-side.....but I love it

[wstrappo]

Great Fish !!!

[christinamaria36DKQ]

yes he is a very special mann...Fish...Marillion...;-)

[Wierdoinc]

Lucky man.

[mkm2112]

great song, one of my marillion favorites.

killer guitar solo

[espetecla]

can somebody translate me TUX ON? my english is not good enough. Thanx guys.

[Moonraker1974]

Hi. TUX is a shortened word for TUXEDO.

(a type of suit)

Therefore TUX ON i guess means wearing TUXEDO suit : )

[slippingsnake]

espetecla,

"Tux" is short for "Tuxedo" (= elgant man-clothes/ Smoking), in this case a symbol for his social success.

4:22 he sings: "...the uniform that symbolizes the comfort her lifes..."

Anyway: 80's marillion songs rule, lyrics (most of them written by fish) are outstanding: check the song "Grendel" , it's about the troll who was fight by Beowulf... :)

[grendel306]

grendel it`s not a troll it is some wather, see creature .a monster.maby closer to dragon :)

[billybigblueballs]

"Tux on" means to wear a tuxedo, a dress suit.

[racv8]

to wear a tuxedo (smoking)

[detritusduhtroll]

A Tux is short for a Tuxedo which is a very formal suit. Generally worn by very wealthy men at very formal dinners etc.

[pathfinred]

@espetecla tux on is a short version for a suit with tails a tuxedo

[franky42]

@espetecla I'm french and I know it's late... it means "habille toi"! take your clothes up

I hope it's so much clear...

[Klose1]

I think the spanish translation is "Ponerse un esmokin/llevar un esmokin".

[kitlex]

@espetecla

Tuxedo suit -or smoking jacket

I believe they mean.

[EgoTrascendentale]

@espetecla tux is the short form of "tuxedo", something such as "smoking".

tux on means, i believe: to wear the tux :D

[FlyDice123]

nur geil der song^^ daumen hoch^^

[zouzouterrible]

where are you fish?

[silmarilight]

hear about the new album of derek william dick ( fish), you'll be surprised

[patotenorio]

Thiis is the best music you

can never listen and learn. Fish (Derek Dick) as GOD

Listen carfully. Rain gods withZipos

[androprimo]

Yes pato...holy words!!!

[raggedman]

pero estos no eran unos jevis escoceses?

[bez1]

class

[sawillow]

Awsome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[beamerman1964]

love this song

[kazilar]

Thanx for the lyrics!!!My spine shiver ,so powerful ,Fish is Fish,no one is like him...

[karljc11091960]

come back FISH

[humblefofdeath]

fish is amazing.i feel so lucky having seen him live!!

At the same time i can't say i dislike H,because lets face it...he's been in the band for 20 years and during that time Marillion's released excellent stuff,,i can't consider him a session member...

Still i can't seem to get over Fish

[lunarex]

fish is the ultimate poet.

[Alxscode]

Alright Brie, hows this Hogarth wears panties.

[Chuixupu]

That's hot.

[Alxscode]

The demand is for FISH. Hogarth is a Panzy.

[brie45]

People calling a person a panzy is the biggest panzy of them all.

[chorizoalegre]

this band is amazing, great, great song... ich freue mich (is this right?)

[woodykinskileone]

one of the saddest songs ever written

[leiken26]

@woodykinskileone No That would be Back to Earth- By Barclay James Harvest.

[truelikeodin1]

Ich hörs immernoch nur

[forestdad]

Fish and Marillion could perform "Happy Birthday" and I'd be happy. Love this band (1981-1988).Great song thanks for posting.

[Physikerin2903]

Ein Lied, was ich früher nur gehört habe. Super

[Pillhip]

Genau, isch au´. Escht än Steher, also...dä Song!

; )

[hybridalienrob]

I remember asking Rothers why they didn't play this track when i was at the front row for the hooks in you video shoot many moons ago. he kinda laughed & i can kinda understand why now, but i used to love this track & spent many misplaced hours of my childhood playing along to the sublime solo ;)

[sergeiman]

first time I heard this song (on the B' sides themselves cd, I think I replayed it 15 times in a row.

and I played in in loop dressing to go to my prom

love the song

got the see them once in montreal with Fish, great concert

once with the other guy, was pretty good also

[Plante80]

Great song!

[sorahearts325]

at first this was just another one of the millions of marillion (fish) songs, then i listened to it, and i wish i heard it way before!

[hornet963]

Simply brilliant.

[Sulposcorner]

I agree.

[akjo72]

to jest to o co chodzi w muzie kocham ten song

[beamerman1964]

absolutely excelloent fish and marillion at there best dont car if u dont like it is a fav of mine !!!

[pebkau]

what can i say, have a few drinks, sit in a dark room amd listen to the words. This is all about how fame fucks you up this is the last time we see the real fish before he hides behind his lyrical genius. This is his cry for help and no one heard. Trust me listen to this with no distractions and tell me what you think

[pagwitty]

Hey pebkau !

i've had a few drinks, I'm in dark room room and I've listened like you said.

Fucking awesome ! ! !

In my opinion, Fish leaving the band was the death of Marillion, but it will always live on in my heart and mind.

[androprimo]

EgoTrascendentale, Tux è un'abbreviazione di Tuxedo (abito molto elegante tipo smoking e molto costoso), Tux on ...chi veste questo abito forse ha raggiunto il successo ... "lucky man with the tux on"

God bless Fish yo!!!

[greig72]

I've always liked the track but think it's definitely b side material.

[floydpink64]

This was the best song from the Clutching at Straws recording sessions and it didn't even make it on to the album. Still a very good album though.

[dizzydiane123]

Saw marillion in 1985. Best concert ever!

[EgoTrascendentale]

hello, i need some help:

how do you say "tux on" in italian language?

ps: does anybody want to send me lyrics? :D

see ya again

[jarekkokser]

steve rothery is so underrated ;s

[bfhjjk]

Bravo pour tes comparaisons de valeurs que je partage globalement ( le cas fugazi m'a tj apparu compliqué ).....Fan du groupe ( plus de 100cds et 50aines de vinyles ca commence à compter..),

[bfhjjk]

dommage que les commentaires en français soient si inintéressants ...90% des fans du groupe aiment ( je n'ai pas dit adorent ) les deux périodes

[supernaut0517]

great song, i´ve seen them twice live here in Mexico City, but with Steve Hogarth, which is not bad...i wish i could´ve seen them with Fish...merci et salut!

[Candyman667]

THE BEST SONG

[sweetheart6969]

Comment les as-tu connu puisque c'est pas ta génération et qu'ils sont peu connu en France ?

J'aime pas Marbles, les seuls de valabes avec Hogarth sont les 3 premiers et encore Holidays a une production limite et Brave est sombre avec des passages chiants a mourir

[sweetheart6969]

putain, quand je pense à la merde qu'ils font aujourd'hui...

[NOVAVALIANT]

Easy the best band in the world, i own heaps od their stuff and sing heaps of also.

[Kabziu]

Nope, Pink Floyd's the best;] But I love Marillion also...

[chugin667]

I love Marillion period but, this song is a hidden gem [except to us of course!]

[Marillionmad]

This is one of my fav marillion songs from fish era! Love it!!!!

[a1mint]

Pure poetry.

[ducetun]

super cette chanson, mais il faut trouver la vidéo qui va avec!!!

[bouard35]

désolé mais à ma connaissance aucun clip n'a été tournée pour cet chanson et aucune vidéo live (officiel) n'a été tournée ...

c'est en effet bien dommage ....

[Iamfish2]

c' est vrai, pas de video pour cette chanson... pas besoin non plus, ca se passe dans ta tete. c' etait la magie de Marillion !...

[gillianpage34]

it is a great number

[paulallen902]

they can do no wrong

[6293phil]

wot a fuckin tune,always a classic and yes it was on b/sides themselves.....

[CoNexXBorGiR]

trop belle cette chanson!!

montage réalisé par toi ben sa va c'était pas trop dur^^

[madbul007]

you had a tax on!

lucky man

The best!!!

[bajovoltage]

just the best marillion...fantastic tune.

[psylosyfer]

Excellent, Always the case when dealing with Marillion.

[fahrenheit961]

was it on the b'sides? anyway it is excelent!!!! fish was the best for Marillion

[trueblue4everandaday]

anyone ever remember the time i got the crew (nae fish)

to sign me T-shirt

i was crazy drunk the boys werent gonna arghue with me

even trho me T-shirt was a rush t sahirt lolol

never seen a 6 and a bit foot friend hide so esasy

always love u thomo

[trueblue4everandaday]

fuckin fantastic

listen to lyrics for fook sake

these are the songs that didnt make the A-side

god bless marillion

well in thomo!!!

timless

goblin/bogeyman callin grendel

copy it big fella!!!!!!!

[brindleworld]

Fantastic!

[sams89iloverocknroll]

Beautiful song!

Merci de l'avoir postée...

Ma préférée =D

[stoneybiker10]

good song

[beefjake]

B-sides themselves! Great album

Grendel, Lady Nina, Freaks amd this! Great stuff!

-" First time and the last time you tought you had control..."

[floydpink64]

Yer, one of my fav albums from the Fish days - an album full of B-Sides - now thats sheer brillance. It proves that everyone of their songs is nothing less than great!

[crommy76]

awesome b-side and i recommend anyone to get a copy of a b-sides album marillion brought out in 84! a compilation aptly named b-sides themselves!some rare marillion gold to be found on this record!

[G74Lanarkshire]

slow to start, but worth it in the end.

[darksyde84]

good song and a well nice solo

[supramid]

genios