MARILLION - "Gaza" (LIVE) (Reaction)

[@laurentcorso4219]

Hello, Glad that you enjoy Marillion. It’s a so special, intense and emotional band ! They are such a big discography that if you want to earn Time , i suggest you to give a listen of the short list below. So, If you want to discover a little more of their work, i suggest you to listen to theses titles : Care : kzbin.info/www/bejne/iHKadZ9tibmlhbM The Space : kzbin.info/www/bejne/joqxfoWOrcqkrM0 White russian : kzbin.info/www/bejne/eqOlp3VphN1ge5I This strange engine : kzbin.info/www/bejne/g4aqhK2emN90fLs Neverland : kzbin.info/www/bejne/qIippq2gpq-Mprs Living with the big lie : kzbin.info/www/bejne/fJq3fpiJarN6edE The new kings kzbin.info/www/bejne/bKXGc6OdjpKnh80 Season’s end : kzbin.info/www/bejne/bqrTnIlnjbeqd68 Power : kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z5K9qX6bdrOmf9k The great escape kzbin.info/www/bejne/bZvGdaChrqp3qsk Enjoy my friend and thank you for your Channel.

[@albell4522]

Brilliant band absolute class amazing live 👏

[@tonyfurminger8308]

Welcome to the party, Jonathan. There's some brilliant tracks for you to look forward to, always choose the live version if you can. Try The Great Escape, This Strange Engine or Neverland next

[@stephenwest673]

Always listen live..they are the best live band out there 😀👍

[@marcosantomero4650]

Awesome Song, Awesome reaction. Go on with Marillion. You won't regret.

[@barrett8637]

You'll dig, in particular: * Ocean Cloud (admittedly, a lot of youtubers have reacted to it) * Neverland (ditto) * Strange Engine (ditto) * Interior Lulu

[@romaneberle]

dude, i'm seriously impressed. i felt like commenting maybe 100 times - but i'll make it quick: you pointed out a ton of things that i think are remarkable about this song, and Marillion. fantastic. :)

[@jenphillips3212]

The bass player here is Pete Trewavas, he also plays with Transatlantic. And a very nice bloke

[@abbavoyage1972]

Sensacional! Essa música é mais uma obra de arte do Marillion.

[@saytamaner]

From a Mariillion fan of 38 years: Great song, wonderful reaction. Looking forward to more Marillion songs. Thanks & cheers!

[@JonathonThamesMusic]

The song is incredible, and now that I've had the chance to digest some of the lyrical context better over the course of a few listens now, I'm further encompassed in just how powerful of a piece of music it is! Thank you for watching and for the kind words, looking forward to continuing the Marillion discovery journey!

[@carstenhorn5075]

I love them since 1985. I had the great pleasure to see them twice in the Royal Albert Hall in London back in 2019, where they also played Gaza

[@jeremyonslow8347]

Thanks so much for this! Love your passion and knowledge. You've reacted to two of my faves and like how you commented looking later into the context of the lyrics too. Look forward to the next one! Ocean Cloud is a belter.

[@mladenstojanovic7789]

Marillion - Care.

[@theturtleproject]

Pete is one of the best , most precise bass players ever

[@abfilms4091]

as per usual my friend I enjoyed the hell out of your content! :) keep making more of these fantastic reaction vids

[@paulharcourt7775]

Fantastic reaction - thanks! Like hearing the song for the first time all over again

[@didididi71]

Test Something live from the new album….”be hard on yourself”

[@romaneberle]

10:36 they really have tuned their sound to literal perfection, haven't they? :-)

[@digibirder]

Glad you're enjoying the Marillion epics. You should try "This Strange Engine". Its got some of Steve Rothery's best guitar solo work. Live is best.

[@peterratcliffe9139]

Two of my favourites are power and man of a thousand faces. Both amazing live

[@Jesusistheway5724]

Great reaction 👍🏻👊🏻 I recommend Ocean Cloud (live) or Neverland (live '09)... And the first 3 songs (in a row) of their album Clutching at Straws (studio)

[@arthurmol6875]

Ocean Cloud is amazing

[@kevingunning7569]

Thank you Jonathon. I do also recommend that you either react to 'This Strange Engine' or 'Ocean Cloud'. Kindest regards, Kevin from England

[@jmurray2018]

Wow that was a great song so many different parts it was like a million songs in one

[@stephenhaunch3468]

Great reaction to an amazing song.

[@didididi71]

Thanks for this❤

[@markus-bx6xo]

Hi Jonathan, like your profound sendibility for their music and their Playing together as one! Please do "Ocean Cloud" live. Won't be dissapointing. Been an follower of tem since 1984 and still love them. Such lovely and nice guys, seen them several times. Amazing live band❤ Greetings from Germany, stay well!

[@Womberto]

Yeah definitely more Marillion! Ocean Cloud or Seasons End?

[@JonathonThamesMusic]

Thank you for checking out the video and for the recommendations! Awesome, I'll go ahead and add both of those to the roster of their tunes to check out soon!

[@arthurmol6875]

What a masterpiece from this amazing band. Loved your reaction mate!! Next song suggestion...Neverland,New Kings, Great Escape , Wave and the space in Royal Albert hall

[@francismartinetti2229]

cette chanson est tout simplement un chef d'oeuvre !!!

[@catherinestora6213]

Un bon gros morceau de propagande en tout cas

[@scottliberati7050]

Looking through the comments, I echo the suggestions of This Strange Engine and Ocean Cloud. If you are able, do a little quick read-in on these songs for some lyrical context.

[@theturtleproject]

Neverland, Ocean Cloud, Go (live in royal albert hall version)

[@mpdsmartphone9323]

I'm happy that you are totally free from the prejudice of the English music press of the 80s and 90s, which projected a completely disproportionate hatred towards the band. Perhaps their highly sophisticated rock-pop-prog style was a "danger" to the music industry and should be destroyed.

[@whitweedug]

Marillion and toe fungus, great combo

[@JonathonThamesMusic]

Right!? 🤣

[@whitweedug]

@@JonathonThamesMusic Hi Jonathon, check out Marillion....This Strange Engine live version. What a song that is

[@AzaharSpain]

The lyrical content of the track was also important perhaps??!!

[@Yesquire0]

Steve Hogarth writes highly emotional songs. He has a technique in doing so. He can take a hot political issue like Zionism and its effect on the Palestinian people, and express it in very human terms. In doing so, you are being preached at, but it does really feel like you've been sitting through an insufferable sermon. He personalizes issues and relates them from the perspective of an individual human being, and with you also being an individual human being, it is much easier to relate to what the person in the song is portrayed as feeling. This song was released as a big part of the 2013 release, "Sounds That Can't Be Made", and was sort of a turning point for the art of Marrillion in the Hogarth Era. Hogarth's focus had begun to turn outward and away from introspective pieces about love and the human psyche. It was three years until the next release, "F..E.A.R", where the majority of the the CD was spent on overtly political songs. Six years later (!), in 2022, wth the release of "An Hour Before Its Dark", the songs all seem to be about highly political causes, Covid-19, environmental degradation, global warming, with a tribute to Leonard Cohen tossed in. Hogarth explained in an interview that it made no sense for a guy in his mid-60's to still be writing and performing love songs, and to have a desire to pass on his wisdom to younger people. Unfortunately for me, I'm older than Hogarth and have no need for his supposed wisdom, most of which runs counter to my own conclusions about the things Hogarth is now writing about. Hogarth has a favorite charity, a school in middle-east, not sure exactly where, that serves Palestinian and Jewish children in the hope it can cure the rift that exists there, so he was almost certainly speaking from personal observations and experiences when he wrote "Gaza". The song began a healing process of sorts among Marillion fans, many of whom are fans only of the old, pre-1989 Fish era. Fish was a much angrier guy, it seemed, and his compositions had a much angrier tone to them. "Gaza" was viewed by some as a return to the band's roots.

[@aurelizurita3540]

Has estado en Gaza? Marillion Si. Y todos los minutos que dura esta canción son formidables.

[@outernothingness1177]

For God's sake listen to the lyrics! That's what this is all about!

[@JonathonThamesMusic]

As a musician, composer, songwriter, and producer, I use my first listen to engage with the musicality of a piece of music. I'm not an AI, and I don't possess the ability to focus on the totality of the music while also being able to accurately decipher and translate lyrics on a first listen. Of course, lyrical context IS important, but the music is what sets the scape of the song's emotion, which is what I connect to on a first listen. After recording a reaction, I have to hear the song multiple times while editing the video, and use that as an opportunity to put the lyrics into context with the music, and try to understand their meaning. In the case of this song, and with most songs, yes, the lyrics are extremely important -- but a musical analysis doesn't seek to undermine that point. Thanks, and have a great day.

[@juergenblaas6573]

Is it blasphemic to say that Rothery is even better than Gilmour?