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In this ep, we set out with the intention of continuing our discussion about Marillion's The Hard Shoulder, the second volume of Happiness Is The Road.
We discuss the time we got trapped in a dinner party with Sophie Ellis Bextor's mother, and the pick and mix and lewdly-named shower gel you can buy at Port Zelande, before we get onto Asylum Satellite #1 and Older Than Me.
In true BYAMPOD style, this opens up a big discussion about ageism - and whether or not Marillion have done a better job of avoiding it more than Paul has...
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In this episode, we finally begin to delve into Volume One of Marillion's Happiness Is The Road, discussing the album's conception, its creation, and the first two tracks - Dreamy Street and This Train Is My Life.
Could this be Marillion's most underrated album?
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We start an epic look at Marillion's 15th album, Happiness Is The Road, with an analysis of the album's launch - and the band's controversial decision to put it out for free on peer-to-peer sites ahead of the physical release. Noses were put out of joint... but did Marillion have any other choice, and were fans right to react as they did?
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We're finally digging deep into Marillion's Happiness Is The Road Volume 2: The Hard Shoulder. We manage to cover Thunder Fly and The Man From Planet Marzipan - the latter of which manages to provoke some of the soul searching and strong emotions that we thought we'd managed to avoid this time. We should know ourselves better...
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This week, we have an exclusive interview with keyboard wiz Neil Cockle - founding member of Silmarillion, and current member of The Mighty Bard. Neil talks about his time in the band, and some secrets about those very early days. If things had gone another way, Marillion might have had a very different name...
Also, we self-indulgently read out some letters telling us how great we are.
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They said it would never happen - yet in this special, extra long, 100th episode, BYAMPOD finally interviews Marillion lead singer Steve Hogarth! Find out what he really thinks of early Marillion, why he still feels like an outsider even after 33 years, and why he's already dreading writing the next Marillion album. As you'd expect, it's a searingly honest, open, emotional, and funny chat. Plus! We celebrate reaching this 100th episode milestone with our own thoughts about the journey so far.
Thanks to Jerden Cooke for the extended closing theme music!
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We tried something a bit different this week; a rare, Marillion-lite, in which we look the key events and music releases of 2008, in a bid to put the release of Happiness Is The Road into some sort of context.
We're not totally sure it works as a format, but as a wander down memory lane it does it job. Also, we tease our big 100th episode, and discuss the messed-up way British people make fun of the things they love... including their favourite band...
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We're back! And it's quite the episode. Not only did we realise halfway through that the sound recorder had switched itself off... but we get to discuss the new Deluxe Edition of Marillion's Holidays in Eden, the forthcoming An Hour Before It's Dark tour, and why we fear we're blacklisted by the band and our fellow podcasters... before doubling down on all those reasons, and making everything worse.
Please note, the Glasgow show has been rescheduled for the Glasgow O2 Academy the following day on Tuesday 20th September.
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As the UK leg of the 2022 AHBID tour comes to a close, we take a look back at recent shows, and review the final night at Hammersmith; a show that was slightly more dramatic for us than anticipated...!
We also hear from some of you about everything from the tour to Tux On, Deluxe Editions, the video competition for Whatever Is Wrong With You... plus we talk a whole lot about death and grief.
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It's possibly our most ADHD-addled episode ever. We're wrapping up the Somewhere Else letters with tangential discussions about Fish's Funny Farm Kitchen Garden, look at a very early Fish newsletter, and talk about the new Steve Hogarth solo single!
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This ep we're mopping up the last drips of Somewhere Else in the shape of the b-sides; Circular Ride and Say The Word. This takes us into a discussion about whether Marillion are more prog pop than prog rock, Steve Hogarth's Musical Boobs, and the under appreciated genius of producer Mike Hunter.
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In our final trawl through the tracks on Marillion's Somewhere Else - The Wound, Last Century For Man, and Faith - we get buzzed by helicopters, make some unflattering comparisons, and discuss which band member would assault you with a fluffy slipper.
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We've reached our ninetieth episode! And what better way to mark the occasion than with the third part of our retrospective on Marillion's least-loved album, captured on the hottest day in recorded British history? Suffice to say, Paul is grumpy, Sanja's in her bra, and there's some serious Devil's advocating going on when it comes to Make Poverty History.
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In this ep of BYAMPOD we kick off with our take on the Marillion Weekend 2023 news, before getting stuck into the first clutch of songs on Somewhere Else: The Other Half, See It Like A Baby, Thankyou Whoever You Are... and the notorious Most Toys...
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We're finally at the point of talking about Somewhere Else - Marillion's 2007 follow-up to Marbles. It's an album that has something of a mixed legacy, and in this episode we argue that it's a record that deserves better than its reputation. We also explore where it might've gone so wrong - and why Paul may have had something to do with it.
Also, we check in with The Corona Diaries, and enjoy a review of the Montreal Marillion Weekend...!
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This week, we're looking back at the time Marillion played Milton Keynes Bowl - the biggest audience they ever faced in the UK. Then we have the final word on Marillion setlists, as we look at which albums are the most unrepresented live. Also, sorry for the 10 minute rant about politics. And the belch.
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This week is a bit of a mixed bag... we discuss everything from next year's Marillion Weekends, to Fish's Funny Farm Kitchen Garden project. Then we delve back into the postbag for some more letters, discussing the Marillion albums we found most immediate, some additional thoughts on An Hour Before It's Dark - and we dig down into one of Ocean Cloud's most iconic lines...
Also, it was out of date almost the second we recorded it: Lucy has since announced that Port Zealande will be going ahead in 2023. More on that next time!
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This ep, we spend the first three minutes battling a housefly, before discussing butterflies and moths. When we do eventually settle down... we take a look at the latest Marillion DVD (plus one from a while back), then we're joined by Stephen Wicks from the very funny Mockillion page on Facebook. He tells us about making fun of the band... and the recent Stockholm Marillion Weekend.
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We've finally reached the end of our setlist statistics trawl, with a look at Marillion's most-played live songs. Where does Neverland come in the ranking? What about Market Square Heroes? What's the song Marillion have played live more than any other - and is it Fish-era or h-era? And why do we go off at a tangent about prank phone calls?
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What would you call a Marillion tribute band fronted by a dolphin? Find out in this episode!
Seemingly, we were among the few people to avoid getting Covid at the recent UK Marillion Weekend (that didn't stop us getting ill though)... Which led us to discuss the risks of gigging in a 'post'-pandemic world. After that, we resume our look at Marillion's setlist statistics, with a selection of songs from somewhere in the middle, including some of the epics - Ocean Cloud, Interior Lulu, and Grendel.
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