alcovisions Reviews

Brave (1994)

A weak attempt to repeat teenage tragedy, suicide, surreal and psychotic

[23 December 2015]

Really? After a clockwork orange and the wall, did you really think you stood a chance? Marillion, stays mediocre for a reason,... This dead and beaten horse needs to stay in the grave.. Marillion's feeble attempt to revive such modern clichés wasn't meant for video, it is clearly not the best vehicle of choice for crafting and communicating a concept album, especially after compiling the tracks first, and the film later. The production has a paint by numbers feeling to it, not enough place for imagination nor any power of suggestion left open to interpretation. On the other hand, I'm sure it made great publicity for it's time.I have been following Marillion since 1984 and endured the transition from Fish to Steve Hogarth, not sure what to think, either a mockery of Derek Dick's old camp (the old band)or the story of a very,very lost and misplaced childhood. If video killed the radio song Marillion just proved it....