Marbles on the Road | Marillion | Marbles ARE Addictive!

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Marbles on the Road

	Marbles on the Road Marillion Mvd Visual, 2005 average customer review:based on 10 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Influential Legends Marillion Live in 2004! Filmed July 10th & 11th, 2004 at the Astoria in London, England, this DVD captures the band on rare form from the Marbles tour at the end of the first leg. This is the first Marillion video release to retail si

Marbles ARE Addictive!

This release is quickly becoming one of my favorites from this band. Although maybe not as poinant or dark (two characteristics this group is very effective at)as 'Brave','AoS' or 'Clutching...', it is equally moving and effective for me. I'd only recently started listening to Marbles and before I had given it time to "sink-in", I did something I regret...I wrote a 3-star review and shelved this CD. Well I recently recieved the DVD(2 disc set) and it has drastically changed my opinion of this wonderful album. These guys are great at producing mood-inducing music and arrangements, as well as super "catchy" vocals,rhythms and melodies that still remain meaningful to the listener. As for the DVD, after viewing the incredible opening of 'Invisible Man', I knew this was going to be time (and money) well spent. The songs on Marbles works quite well live and the whole show kind of "melds" together to make a very enjoyable watch. Songs like 'You're Gone' and 'Don't Hurt Yourself' are very much upbeat crowd pleasers, while the Marbles theme songs and 'Angelina' are very 'Vibe' type of songs/soundscapes. But my personal favorite has got to be 'Fantastic Place'. Apparently this is a song that people like and can relate with---as evidenced by the random concert-goers singing along. And WOW! what an ending to that song...keep your eye on Steve H. as the song ends---he is either "acting" or very overcome with emotion (or maybe just out of breath). While I'm on the vocalist, here's a couple other things I picked up on. First, and foremost, he does a great job. Not only on the Marbles portion of the show, but also on the 'classics' the band does as encores. There are, however, some parts where his voice seems to no longer be able to modulate to...most notably in 'Don't Hurt Yourself', 'Cover My Eyes' and 'Invisible Man'...but this hardly takes away from this fantastic show. I've actually really taken a liking to his vocal style. He's like a 'palatable' mix of Peter Gabriel, Roy Orbison, Chris Isacc, John Lennon and that guy who sang 'Lady in Red'(Chris DeBarge?). As for the band, they are all top-notch and very adept musicians capable of producing/reproducing many styles and moods of music. After personally going through 'stages' where individual 'virtouses' caught my ear, I can really respect and appreciate a band with no "Hot Dogs"...A band that works together towards the whole sum of the music...yet ready to "cut-up" if the music calls for it. Being a musician myself, I can definitely hear the bands influences---Pink Floyd and The Beatles (especially on the Marbles material), some U2 and, of course, Genesis (though they have stepped more and more out of that shadow with each new album they have released). Well enough opinions and rambling, this concert is played with plenty of conviction, passion and musical technicality to satisfy anyone out there who is "searching" for meaningful music. And other than some annoying lighting effects, the production of the audio and video is of the DVD quality we've come to expect (after all, This IS the 21st Century). Last, but not least, make sure you get the 'Extended' version with the 'Lost Marbles' portion of the show as it includes inspiring versions of 'Bridge','Living with the Big Lie','Afraid of Sunlight' and 'King' among others...Strongly recommended!

So get into Angelina...and get into Marbles!

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On the Road to Perfection

Delighted one more time... that's why I enjoy them for so long now. But I should have guessed that Marbles, Marillion's finest work since "Afraid of Sunlight" in 1999, was an excellent album to be played live. Unfortunately the Marbles tour didn't arrive in Lisbon; fortunately I saw and got this DVD. All playing as good as ever; Steve H. performing every word he spells. After Marbles in the first half, a hand-picked selection of songs from their albums after Fish: from "Seasons End" the Uninvited Guest, from "Holidays in Eden" the hit-single Cover My Eyes and The Party - one of Marillion's finest songs; the first 2 tracks from "Brave", with Living with the Big Lie as one of the highlights of the concert; a short version of Three Minute Boy from "Radiation" and Between You and Me, my first-choice song from "Anoraknophobia". I will end up getting the special edition with 2 discs on the band's site but this is already the DVD I most highly recommend from Marillion with Steve H.

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Best recent album, good video

Marbles is the best recent Marillion album and the video of the tour is a must have for any fan or soon to be fan.

Good DVD

This is a great dvd considering there is no other footage of the Marbles tour. In my opinion, this was an off night. I flew from San Antonio to L.A. to see this show, and what I saw at the house of blues blew this dvd material away. Marillion should tape several shows, then pick the better gig for dvd. This also would have been a better tour to film later in the tour and not sooner like they did. Work out the bugs. This was a rich, complex album that needed alot of practice.
Still, I love this band and God speed to them. That show at house of blues was probably the best I'd ever seen or am ever going to see. Invisible man was brilliant!

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