MARILLION AND MADE AGAIN ALWAYS MAKES FOR A MAGICAL MOMENT LIVE ON STAGE




This song is a bit cumbersome and what I call clumpy. Very English as well, quite the opposite of slick 80`s pop rock from America that's forsure. 

Marillion remains popular in the niche market of western europe to this day, the
band's brand of progressive rock, progressive pop and in cases like MADE AGAIN, progressive folk, has always hit the spot in places like France and the Netherlands where foreigners flock like seagulls to see English bands playing live in small venues and concert halls. 

Marillion has never had the following to
fill stadiums so the band has learnt in a masterful fashion over the years how to play small venues and make full use of the better acoustics that they offer in comparison to open air stadiums.

MADE AGAIN is a unique,quirky piece of prog folk which is hard to categorise beyond that ambiguous description, I believe the song is a cover tune and not a Marillion original but the band have made it their own since it appeared on the live album bearing exactly the same name back in the mid 90`s. 

I think the version off that recording is slightly better than this one off the Selina Scott Show, which is much more recent, a bit more in terms of panache and liveliness, but this version still sounds lovely and the message conveyed in it is enough to make you feel good from the moment you wake up each day.

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