Marillion get their first top 10 in 17 years - aberdeen-music

jester1470 · 25-04-2004, 14:59

Well I've just heard Marillion have just got ther first top 10 hit in 17 years !! since 1987. The single 'You're Gone' has reached no. 7, a nice 2 fingers up to the record industry and proves you don't have to be a 'hip' band if you have a dedicated fanbase

Cheers

Stuart

25-04-2004, 15:05

awsome

Mouse · 25-04-2004, 21:22

Thats good news, I've not been able to purchase it though as I'm still in debt to my parents for another few weeks to come

jester1470 · 26-04-2004, 00:55

well it'll be onsale this week, sell your body or something, theres some good tracks there, especially the one with the video and EPK,

Cheers

Stuart

delboy · 26-04-2004, 12:13

but is it as good as 'incommunicado' or 'garden party' my two fave marillion songs of all time?

jester1470 · 26-04-2004, 12:36

Nah. its got a far more ambient sound to it :-p buy it and find out, I like Incommuncado but not a fan of Garden Party.

It is amazing, despite being the second highest new entry Radio 1 won't playlist it, Top of the Pops won't put them on and even Radio 2 won't play it, says a lot about how much the charts are manipulated even if you get in there !!

Cheers

Stuart

delboy · 26-04-2004, 12:54

god thats shit that radio 2 wont play it, you'd expect that kind of snobbery from radio 1 but not radio 2 (maybe now going down the same road). but you know good on em, they don't really need radio play anyway!

jester1470 · 26-04-2004, 13:02

without radio play it'll drop out of the charts though, all the bands fans bought it first time round, they won't buy it this week, with the radio play it might manage to get some people to like it on their merit, not on the fans, I have just heard that it's gone top 10 in Holland too, no. 8, which isn't bad. I guess it shows the difference they're getting major radio play there.

I'm disappointed in radio 2, it seems silly that they're all happy to play U2 etc, but not a band like Marillion... doesn't give much hope for the future.

Cheers

Stuart

cow tipper · 26-04-2004, 13:09

it'll be the single to drop the fastest next week.

shame they're not getting TOTP; that would've been funny.

Frosty Jack · 26-04-2004, 13:16

But maybe radio stations aren't playing it because they don't have a very broad appeal. They've done well to sell so many, but they've been bought by a very narrow niche market, i.e. long term fans who have been urged to buy three copies each. Would they appeal to anyone outside of this group? If they would, then why haven't they? Should radio stations be playlisting them because they're in the charts, or because they think a lot of their listeners would be interested?
Shouldn't the charts be an indication of the number of people who have heard a record, liked it, and bought it, rather than how loyal their existing fanbase is?
Shouldn't bands be trying to reach people who don't already love them, rather than pushing the ones who to effectively cheat the charts?
The question is really 'why aren't they getting playlisted?'...