2 posts tagged “musical influence”

It's been a long while since I posted anything here. Recently I have been listening to far less BBC Radio 4 and a lot more of my own music collection.

Whilst it is a large and varied collection, certain recordings, pieces & albums elicit a strong emotional response, sometimes after more than 20 years. I hope, over the next few weeks, to explain in my own words why.

I am going to start with a controversial choice. Shooting from the hip, the album I am about to describe to you is, in my opinion, the best capsule of songs ever written and recorded as an album.

And the winner is........

Which friend or acquaintance most influenced your taste in music? 
Submitted by Rev Stan.

Hmmm my school friend Rachael most influenced my musical tastes in way I never expected. She was always ranting on about a band called Marillion. Oh how we scoffed at her! Number two singles, "dancing in stilettos in the park", what a silly pop-rock affair!

Then she lent me a copy Fugazi, the album that changed my life. The searing guitars lifted me up whilst the burning anger and bitterness of the forlorn lyrics branded my teenage soul. I have been a fan now for over 20 years, been through the rough and the smooth with a band that always given back as much as they take from the fans. We are a community, and we have found a better way at www.marillion.com.

Thankyou Rachael, wherever you are.