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MARILLION Live In Nottingham
On Tuesday 14th January at Nottingham's
Royal Centre witnessed a phenomenon.
We were the crowd of frustrated
idealists longing to change the world,
and then there was this man, you see.
No ordinary man, but the unique,
towering Scotsman, the unlikely hero
sporting a beard, the one we call
FISH. For he was the one we call FISH.
For he was the one who punched us with
emotion and dragged us from tears to
laughter and back a thousand times that
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MARILLION Live In Nottingham
The four accomplices who make up our
inspiration blew our minds with their
changing rhythms, dreamy solos and
unbelieveable complexities. We
despaired at the lost loves of "Jigsaw"
and "Kayleigh", whilst the band wove
their magic and captured our hearts. We
were the bitter pessimists in "Blind
Curve" and "Fugazi" but we always come
up fighting because we are "Market
Square Heroes" and we have no
"Childhood's End".
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MARILLION Live In Nottingham
So into the night we went with our eyes
fixed on FISH, the gentle giant with
the tartan stride and the smile of
vulnerability, for he is our leader and
we hang on his every word. This band
evoke thought, pain, ecstasy, they
breed legends and peacemakers and
produce glory from their brilliance.
You want to change the world?
You had resigned yourself to die
a broken rebel
But you were looking backward
Now you've seen the light!
The light is MARILLION and this is just
the beginning! by LEE GREGORY. more >
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All Time Top Ten
1 Careless Whisper.. GEORGE MICHAEL
2 Sexual Healing....... MARVIN GAYE
3 Hello.............. LIONEL RICHIE
4 Still................. COMMODORES
5 Why Can't We Be Lovers
...... LAMONT DOZIER
6 Love x Love........ GEORGE BENSON
7 Hurt.................. MANHATTANS
8 Suddenly............. BILLY OCEAN
9 Have You Seen Her...... CHI-LITES
10 Abraham Martin & John MARVIN GAYE
by JOHN WARBURTON of Northfield
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P545ORACLE 545 Mon27 Jan C4 1702:30
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NILS LOFGREN Live!
I only recently heard "Flip" on The
Tube and bought the album afterwards,
but I did not expect this. No support
band and NILS was on stage at 19.45.
It was a brilliant concert. LOFGREN is
an underrated guitar-playing genius,
and his band comprised excellent
session musicians. One highlight of the
concert was when highly fit LOFGREN did
some breakdancing in the middle of
"Flip" and at the end he did a
somersault backwards off his
springboard.
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P545ORACLE 545 Mon27 Jan C4 1703:46
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NILS LOFGREN Live!
There were more surprises as he sung
his version of JOHN LENNON's "War Is
Over" Christmas song , played his
brother's guitar while TOMMY LOFGREN
played NILS's (without swapping
guitars) and even came off stage to
sing among the audience.
The concert lasted nearly three hours
and put to shame most headlining bands
that can only muster about 1½ hours of
music. It was good of NILS to play
Guildford on his world tour, and with
the state of the charts as it is at
the moment; NILS, come back soon.
by MARK R.HARRINGTON more >
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P545ORACLE 545 Mon27 Jan C4 1710:11
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An All Time Top 10
1 Wasted Life - STIFF LITTLE FINGERS
2 The Man With the Child In His Eyes
- KATE BUSH
3 For You - JUDY TZUKE
4 Child In Time - DEEP PURPLE
5 World War - THE CURE
6 Ghosts - JAPAN
7 Teenage Kicks - THE UNDERTONES
8 Suffer The Children
- TEARS FOR FEARS
9 Borderline - CHRIS DE BURGH
10 Stairway To Heaven - LED ZEPPELIN
by SIMON PALLISTER
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This week's contributors are
MARK PALLISTER
MARK HARRINGTON
LEE GREGORY
JOHN WARBURTON
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