Marillion have never really been on my radar though I've probably only
ever heard the one song!

Would that one song have been Kayleigh? That is the only one I have ever heard played anywhere, but it is one of my all-time favorites from the 1980s. It is awesome.

Several years later my sister loaned me one of their later albums, Fugazi, and I really couldn't get into it. I am not even sure if I listened to the whole thing or not.

Mike

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Re: Marillion (was: YAY The echo is back!)
By: Mike Powell to Nigel Reed on Tue Sep 01 2026 16:15:12

Would that one song have been Kayleigh? That is the only one I have ever heard played anywhere, but it is one of my all-time favorites from the 1980s. It is awesome.

How did you guess? They have another song, Lavendar but I've never heard it that I know of. I just know it from music quizes I do.

Several years later my sister loaned me one of their later albums, Fugazi, and I really couldn't get into it. I am not even sure if I listened to the whole thing or not.

I'll have to give it a try and see if it clicks with me.
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Would that one song have been Kayleigh? That is the only one I have ever
heard played anywhere, but it is one of my all-time favorites from the 1980s. It is awesome.

How did you guess? They have another song, Lavendar but I've never heard it that I know of. I just know it from music quizes I do.

I will have to look for that one and give it a listen!

Mike


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Hello Nigel!

** On Wednesday 02.09.26 - 02:07, Nigel Reed wrote to Mike Powell:

How did you guess? They have another song, Lavendar but I've never heard it that I know of. I just know it from music quizes I do.

Just checked out Lavender. Not too impressive for me. It's primarily just the same four notes/chords repeated over and over, and then it crescendos to some screetching guitars. No thanks.

It had potential to be a pleasant rock "anthem", but it fails for me.
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Re: Marillion
By: August Abolins to Nigel Reed on Wed Sep 02 2026 23:21:00

Just checked out Lavender. Not too impressive for me. It's primarily just the same four notes/chords repeated over and over, and then it crescendos to some screetching guitars. No thanks.

lol over 25 Beatles songs also have only 4 chords (or less) but I guess they don't have the screeching guitar endings.
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Just checked out Lavender. Not too impressive for me. It's primarily just
the same four notes/chords repeated over and over, and then it crescendos to
some screetching guitars. No thanks.

lol over 25 Beatles songs also have only 4 chords (or less) but I guess they don't have the screeching guitar endings.

If John had his way, we'd probably have had several that included Yoko screeching throughout. :D

Mike

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Re: Re: Marillion
By: Mike Powell to Nigel Reed on Thu Sep 03 2026 15:24:36

If John had his way, we'd probably have had several that included Yoko screeching throughout. :D

Thankfully, they didn't let that happen.
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Hi Nigel...

Re: Marillion
By: August Abolins to Nigel Reed on Wed Sep 02 2026 23:21:00

Just checked out Lavender. Not too impressive for me. It's primarily just
the same four notes/chords repeated over and over, and then it crescendos to
some screetching guitars. No thanks.

lol over 25 Beatles songs also have only 4 chords (or less) but I guess they don't have the screeching guitar endings.

I don't think there are comparable Beatles tunes to the marillion one. Lavender has an interesting gentle start, but then it's the same progression of chords/notes that gets tiring for me.

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If John had his way, we'd probably have had several that included Yoko screeching throughout. :D

Thankfully, they didn't let that happen.

Yeah, they broke up instead. :)

Mike

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Hello Mike!

** On Friday 04.09.26 - 16:14, Mike Powell wrote to Nigel Reed:

If John had his way, we'd probably have had several that included Yoko
screeching throughout. :D

Thankfully, they didn't let that happen.

Yeah, they broke up instead. :)

I recently heard Lennon's "Woman" on the radio. Did he write that song with Yoko in mind?

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NEVERMIND.. found something:


`Woman', John Lennon's first posthumous single, was a love song written for his wife Yoko Ono. It first appeared on the 1980 album Double Fantasy.

`Woman' came about because, one sunny afternoon in Bermuda, it suddenly
hit me. I saw what women do for us. Not just what my Yoko does for me,
although I was thinking in those personal terms. Any truth is universal.
If we'd made our album in the third person and called it Freda and Ada or
Tommy and had dressed up in clown suits with lipstick and created
characters other than us, maybe a Ziggy Stardust, would it be more
acceptable? It's not our style of art; our life is our art. Anyway, in
Bermuda, what suddenly dawned on me was everything I was taking for
granted. Women really are the other half of the sky, as I whisper at the
beginning of the song. And it just sort of hit me like a flood, and it
came out like that. The song reminds me of a Beatles track, but I wasn't
trying to make it sound like that. I did it as I did `Girl' many years
ago. So this is the grown-up version of `Girl'.

John Lennon, 1980

FROM: https://www.beatlesbible.com/people/john-lennon/songs/woman/


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I recently heard Lennon's "Woman" on the radio. Did he write that song with
Yoko in mind?

[..some time passes..]

NEVERMIND.. found something:

`Woman', John Lennon's first posthumous single, was a love song written for
his wife Yoko Ono. It first appeared on the 1980 album Double Fantasy.

I always assumed it was written with Yoko in mind. Glad to see you found an answer.

I didn't remember that "Woman" was released after his death. The song I most associate with that time is "Watching the Wheels."

Mike


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