Fish - Garden of Remembrance (Official Video)
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- Опубликовано: 23 июл 2020
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Video directed by David Lam & Hannah Thompson
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‘Garden Of Remembrance’ is a beautifully moving and personal song from the Scottish singer, and stands as the album’s most poignant and personal moment; a gorgeous piano ballad wrapped in a stirring arrangement that showcases one of the best vocal performances of Fish’s long and illustrious career.
With an ever-increasing awareness of old age and its associated illnesses through the death of his father in 2016, and his elderly mother moving into care with Fish and his wife in January 2019, he was presented with a touchstone for the lyrics of the song. The aptly titled ‘Garden Of Remembrance’ tells the story of a married couple dealing with the early onset of dementia and the resulting issues of a husband who's "Lost between the here and now/Somewhere that he can’t be found” and his wife.
With such a delicate and deeply touching subject matter the emotional delivery borders on heart wrenching, with Fish’s superbly spellbinding and fragile performance. Lyrically, he has dared to enter a very dark personal space where most of us fear to tread and has managed to convey a deep beauty that celebrates life in the fading light of days.
“The song was put together as though we were painting a delicate piece of Royal Doulton china,” comments Fish.
To complement the brave and deeply honest song, its accompanying video is equally exceptional. Directed by David Lam and Hannah Thompson (daughter of Fish’s long term collaborator and illustrator Mark Wilkinson), the outdoor shots were filmed at daybreak during lockdown on a deserted beach, a glass wall separating the couple, who at one point are very briefly reunited.
Fish's intense performance, seated alone in an art gallery lined by artwork from his career, is focused directly on the camera where he allowed his raw emotion to take hold during the filming, resulting in a genuine tear at a crucial moment.
“The video involved a complicated approach as the whole country went into lockdown just as we were due to start filming,” explains Fish. “I had to be filmed in front of a white screen in my home and then the gallery around me was created as a miniature 3-D model into which I was magically transported. Meanwhile the couple were filmed on an Essex beach, rather than in Scotland as intended and the gigantic glass wall across the beach was intended to symbolise the separation of the couple. However it came to take on another meaning as lockdown separated families across the country.
“I was very aware of my mother in her room only 15 metres away and, although not on camera, I felt her presence intensely during the performance. My wife's hand on my shoulders at the end of the video added to the emotional dynamic, drawing together yet another circle within the story.”
The new single is taken from the brand new double album Weltschmerz, marking Fish’s eleventh - and final - studio recording. It is an extraordinary piece of work that brings down the curtain on this phase of the Scotsman’s successful career.
But whilst Weltschmerz emits a certain air of finality and closure, it is not a depressing record. Besides bringing us Fish’s finest set of lyrics to date, Weltschmerz is also his most adventurous and varied piece of work. It will stand as a remarkable achievement, a truly magnificent end to his recording career of over 40 years - during which he has sold millions of records both as the frontman of Marillion and throughout his three decades as a solo artist.
The 84-minute double album is available to preorder now from fishmusic.scot in multiple formats including double digipak CD with 16 page booklet and as a gatefold 180-gram double vinyl.
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I lost my beloved wife of 31 years 3 years ago. She and I would listen together to your music from Marillion to Feast of Consequences and cry at the poignant beauty your words created! Now I cry alone. This is a intensely emotional song and one of simple beauty for me! How much I would give to have her here to enjoy this with me! Thank you, Fish, for an amazing journey in song through the years! My Lori and I love you and wish you well my friend!
I ignored Marillion and Fish for years. I thought they were just a weak carbon copy of early Genesis but I was so wrong. I do CD exchanges on my channel and my buddy gave me a recent Marillion album (FEAR) and in time I grew to love it and then checked out more of their discography. The Fish years are amazing and "Clutching At Straws" got to my soul like few albums ever do. I now love Marillion and I love Fish.
I lost my beloved wife 28 years ago in the age of 34......
Just lost my Uncle on Tuesday, he would have been 64 this Sunday, diagnosed with dementia at a young age, these last few years have shown just how much it can change a person. So playing this in memory of him, Kevin Haywood 1959-2023. Goodnight Uncle.
This song is so on point. It's not only a song, it's introspection and extrospection in balance, it's a sharing of loss and a sharing of vulnerability, regret and nostalgia for all that was and is no more. It's what many of us experience, at different levels, but we're too afraid to face. I can't thank Fish enough for the life insights that he has shared over the years...I am 53 years old now but have been following him since I was 18 years old. He has never disappointed, and never will. More than a musician, I think he is one of the most influential poets of our times.
This is just simply incredible. Your last Marillion album gave us Sugar Mice, your last solo album gives us Garden of Rememberance. Pure emotion. I am deeply moved.
Looking at you.... thinking of '88.... Such a charismatic guy... I'm so sad... Such a beautiful, energetic guy. stage performance so high.... What is left?? I find it realy difficult to watch this now. There's no comparison to that fantasitic guy anymore...
Hey everybody and Fish. I live in Sweden and my former girlfriend just broke up with me. So i´m felling really down at the time and i dont know what do anymore. In some wierd way this amazing song came on my spotify list. Can anyone help with a small thing. Has this song been in a movie or series? i just love this song and it takes me back to the time i had my girlfriend in my arms
Listening to Fish / Marillion over 37 years. Having lost my dad to Alzheimer's few years ago how could I not fall in love with this song. Now at 65 wrestling with stage 4 bladder cancer I have so much time on my hands to reflect. I need to remind myself that life is good even though we may be in the Autumn / Winter of our lives it's still good. Thank you Fish for this beautiful song.
When your dad suffers from this evil illness. Always remember the good times you shared with him🥲
My Dad died 2 month ago, this was the first song I heard, when I stepped from his bed. I'm ao thankful for Fish and his music.
"I never did write that lovesong
A friend introduced me to Marillion's music when I was 16. It was the Fugazi album and I soon bought Script, Misplaced Childhood and then Clutching At Straws to my collection and played them endlessly. I'm 53 years old now and I still love those early (Fish era) Marillion albums as well as the solo Fish albums. Thank you so much for a lifetime of amazing music sir.
I have kept this video on loop for months. I wanted to read 1 million and today, it finally happened.
There should be a "love it" button in RUclips... Thank you, Fish, for so many years of most beautiful poetry.
He hears a voice, he tries to recognise the source and place the name
Hi all folks. My dad passed away 25th july. He´s still here. Love you.
I have been on this journey with you since 1983. Having never heard of you, the Script album cover pulled me in at a record shop while on holiday and the rest has been a beautiful journey. As a 12 year old boy in Aiken, SC I was one of the few in my town listening until Misplaced got some air time with a local station. Seeing all of the pictures pulled from all of the years brought a tear to my eye and a smile to my face. We have all cried with you, broken ourselves down with you, rejoiced with you, and built a better version of self with you. The memories and the music will never fade. Thank you Oinkle Fish for bearing your soul and thank you for the music that quite literally saved a life, my life. I know I am not the only one. The jester is dead, long live the jester.
This song took one listen to move me to tears. As a Marillion fan, I never ever expected this from Fish, but this was incredible.
I'm a Soviet man. I don't speak inglish! But..! I know this muzic...! Мне 54года, их творчество мне известно с 1983 года.. это великолепно!