Cardiacs Maresnest-12-Big Ship

In 1990 Alphabet Business Concern recorded this Maresnest live performance of Cardiacs at a church in Salisbury Wiltshire before a pond of smelly fish and fancy foul.

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Music

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• cardiacs
• live
• music
• performance

[relicdelic]

thanks

Make Way for the Big Ship

here she comes, god bless her.

[tallbastard]

check out maresnest AND NOW ALSO 'FILTH' channel ..!!

[dramaticuslionus]

I am crying watching this. Nothing, nothing is remotely as genius and uplifting and moving as this band. This gig was phenomenal as were all their others. Those of you who have seen them know exactly what I am talking about. Get well soon Tim.

[petestory100]

Possibly the greatest musical seven minutes in the whole of human history. Help.

If Wagner and Spike Milligan had children...

[keithseatman1]

I love this song. It still makes the hairs on my neck stand on end. glubwartfire1 is def right the image at 5.42 is wonderful.

[MelancholyMusician]

If any of you believe in `the laws of intention' and the power of collective prayer, please say these words..

`Thank you for healing Tim Smith'

Thank you.

[MelancholyMusician]

I have loved this band for nearly thirty years and am greatly saddened by the misfortune which has befallen my hero, Tim. Get well soon maestro.

[dimebolt1976]

those chords. : Am, D/F#, F, Am, D/F#....Am, A#, Am/F#, E.....C, F, Am, D/F# ------------------------ are particularly beautiful. The finale is simply overpowering. One of the greatest songs you've probably never heard. Great thing is, it isn't a one-off. Cardiacs CONSTANTLY produced songs this epic. If this is your first Cardiacs song and you like what you hear, this is the beginning of something truly special for you. :)

[scottyj711]

Found far too late to enjoy them in their prime, these performances show how important the sum of everyone was. The Cardiacs have freed my songwriting aproach forever. A happy Monster at last.

[kartoun]

One of the best songs in the world... Thank you for creating it!

[moidoid]

i am having a massive Cardiacs re-love. Utterly stunning band and the only ones i know on the ska/prog/fairground music crossover scene.

Thinking of you Tim.

[zoohat]

The atmosphere of those long pedal notes, Sarah twirling around, Bill's playing... let alone the songs, it all adds up to the best live concert video I've ever seen. I only heard about them in the mid-90s and I didn't miss an Astoria gig since my first one in 96 but this concert is as good as it ever got. Absolutely fan-fucking-tastic.

[jofcn]

I simply love it!