Fish - Little Man What Now (from 'A Parley With Angels' EP)
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- čas přidán 6. 09. 2024
- This was one of the first lyrics I completed for the ‘Weltschmerz’ album during a period of intense self-reflection while recovering from surgery last year. I was inspired by the 1933 novel of the same title by the famous German writer Hans Fallada which was written about a young couple desperately trying to survive the harsh economic depression at that time in a society that was raging and in turmoil. I applied my own take and created my own ‘Little Man’ who was struggling to come to terms with his life; the heartaches, betrayals, the constant battle against his own inner demons and inherent weaknesses that seem to take him down at every turn. It’s about an eternal fight in which he refuses to surrender in but questions his involvement every day. I wanted a broody dark atmosphere in the song that suggested 1930’s Germany and the addition of Egbert Derix’s string arrangement together with David Jackson’s magnificent saxophone performance provided a cinematic feel that fitted perfectly with what co-writers Steve Vantsis and Robin Boult and producer Calum Malcolm and I had envisaged. It’s my favourite song on ‘Weltschmerz’ so far.
This man ( Fish is the same age as myself ) has been part of my life since the day i discovered Marillion, all those years ago. I like many others, don't want the big man to stop doing what he does best, giving us great pleasure with his music. But I know how i feel having worked for the last 40 years and would like to call it a day, just like Fish. I don't want him to stop, but we can't deny the man his retirement, he has earned it.
I go to see him live tomorrow night in Glasgow, first time I have saw him and am really looking forward to it, I came late to his solo work but am enjoying it all so far, just glad I will get a chance to see him before he bow's out. :)
WILL BE A SAD. DAY. ...BUT. IT. COMES TO US ALL ..WE ARE NOT IMMORTAL ...BUT. WHAT. A JOURNEY ITS BEEN. ...(WE BURN A LITTLE BRIGHTER NOW...) best of luck derek. Go tend to the garden
@@BROTHER-52 couldn't agree more, as his lyrics melded and fused my mind to write, especially dark fantasy writes.
More phenomenal music that 99% of people will never know of...
Unfortunately.
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They’ve won a watch there then!
He’s making some of his best music of his entire career, it’ll be so sad on that last gig 😥
In my opinion, one of Fish best songs
What a gift for words. What a song... it's a shame he is retiring, but a what a way to go out. Weltschmerz is in my opinion, his finest.
Just another brilliant song from Big Scotsman with the Heart Full of Poetry :)
Oh, five years since this song was released. Die Zeit vergeht schnell.
Stunning, this album for me is his legacy solo
"Welschmerz" is a fantastic name for the album. Sadly, most people don't understand what the word means.
This isn't a song, it is a movie without pictures, moody, moving, the production is incredible, I love the way my room vibrates from the bass, the whole thing is just sublime, one of Fishes best! Brilliant album and this is one of the real high points. Thanks Fish!
Cudowny Sax ! Piękny utwór ! Pamiętaj Derek ! W Polsce słucha Cię więcej ludzi niż myślisz !!! Na zawsze będę pamiętać uścisk Twej dłoni. To było jak talizman ! Dziękuję!👏👏👏👏👏
Magic excellent brilliant 👏👏👏👏 thanks again. the Best album of an amazing career
Absolutely beautiful song. Love you FISH.
Very timely ! Given the world is in the hands of evil and in self shut down
Fish will be that till he takes his last breath, Godbless big guy
Little Man What Now?
Fish
He deliberates the night
To convince himself the fight's worth winning
At the end of every day, he just wants to walk away, and give in
Embrace the dark, and curl up in his bed, the curtains drawn
Shut out the light, and prays his sleep is deep and long
So he forgets the things he did and hasn't done
The guilt that thrives, and fills the empty spaces in his mind
The cut-out work that's frayed, that he has left yet another time
The words deserved to be spoken, when his tongue was tied
The truths that were too difficult became easy lies
In a world which if he's honest, he'd be glad to leave behind
If his heart would just stop beating and he was only less alive
So little man what now, little man what now?
When the weak can only whimper, and the strong assert their claim Cowards thrive and prosper, once brave men shy away
From straight-backed moral duty, desert the higher call
And eloquently mumble as the ignorant shout them down
Backed into a corner, humbled by the might of greed
And market forces of the privileged who cite
Well little man what now?
Tangled up and tangled down
Your thoughts are strangled tight
The creeping knotweed, tearing down your castle and its towers
All your hopes and all you did believe
The mortar crumbles, the stones dislodged
The rooms now darkened, the ceiling falls
He awakes with trembling hands
To break the crust of dried out tears from swollen eyes
Trying to recall just who it was, or what he'd lost that made him cry
The only thing that's making sense is the here and now
With the how's and why's just meaningless asides
He can't seem to find a way to focus on the day, he's overwhelmed
He just can't wait for hours to pass to crawl back into night
He picks at daydreams with the food he hardly stomachs
Drowned in wine
The TV silent, the images up loud
He registers the heartbreak without a sound
With all the grace that he can muster, the emotion he allows
He entertains the dizzy headiness of flight
But he's grounded by what he cannot leave behind
He's scared by possibilities, by matters out of his control
He's only ever faced the world with his back against the wall
And the voices in the background, the voices in his mind ask
Little man what now?
Well, little man what now?
Tangled up and tangled down, your thoughts are strangled tight
The creeping knotweed tearing down your castle and its towers
All your hopes and all you did believe
Tangled up and tangled down, inevitable tendrils slowly twisting
Cutting out the light from nascent hopes and seedling dreams
Naïve persistence
You slash and burn ,you cut and run, the creeping knotweed
The miserable Fear!
Excellent song... you never disappoint
Na kolana..... 🎸 🎸 🎸 🎸 🎸 🎸 🎸 🎸 🎸 Wspaniały utwór...... Genialny Album Mistrzostwo świata...... Oby nie był to ostatni album FISHA..... BRAVO FISH WELTSCHMERZ.... 🎸 🎸 🎸 🎸 🎸
Still get goose bumps listening to this magificient song. I wish Fish will never retire, however, he is one of the few who really deserves it. Looking forward to the upcoming tour and the new Weltschmerz songs and lyrics.
Dear Fish, an absolute MASTERPIECE.!!!!!!!! I just can't understand that there are 5 thumbs down.... The perfectly balanced music and lyrics are going into the deepest core of my bones and heart. you will certainly be missed. I wish you all the best for 2019.
Love this song I call my grandson little man
This sounded absolutely amazing live at Norwich UEA. I look forward to the whole album with mixed feelings; have absolutely adored Fish's voice from the first time I heard it way back in the early 80's. An absolute legend.
Like me..
For a moment, I thought Roger Waters would appear as a guest vocalist in the middle of the song... It must be something with the sax that put my train of thought into that track.
Roger and Fish. let it happen. even if its just for one tiny little song.
One of the best artist of the world, thank you fish
What a brilliant track at the age of 60 he's put so much effort into this ep and gee it's a gem of a song i'll sum it up Epic!
I know you're all getting sick of this but I love this man! I used to be able to remember all the Script..and Fugazi..LP lyrics (even wrote them all from memory at work in the early 80s whenever I was bored) but it's more difficult now. Still love to be 'in the moment' with his tracks though. This is epic. ❤️
He came to Carlisle a few years ago and I missed him. I was gutted..even moreso when this bloke showed me a pic on his phone..arm round him at the bar, all that. Talk about rubbing it in lol.🙄
I saw him years ago in Carlisle just after he left Marillion and was trying his new material out on small crowds.Down Scotch street i think it was.A basement club.I come from Harraby.This new stuff is awesome.
I saw him at Manchester Apollo in the early 90s. It was near Christmas so you can imagine what the atmosphere was like.😃 The gig in Carlisle was at The Brickyard, I believe, maybe about 10 years ago? The time flies so quickly now I lose track of it. I've lived in Carlisle since 2005 but I'm from Blackpool originally.
I agree about his new stuff. It instantly takes me back to when he fronted Marillion. I saw them a few months ago (with H, obviously) in Toon and I'd not seen them for years either. That was an epic gig as well. Fish, however, well, he was my first love lol.🙄
No it was just before vigil was released.Could have been at the Brickyard though.Not seen Marillion live at all.Another band ii have fell in love with is Riverside.Polish rock band.Try the album Love,Fear and the Time Machine.Also New Generation Slaves and Wasteland albums.All 3 of those by Riverside are amazing.
A song in style! ❤️👏🥂
And literally hanging out bad too his last album with Marillion then flying solo Clutching At Straws 5disc box set brilliant album & well done Fish great stuff a fan from Australia
Chef d'oeuvre from a great artist, thanks a lot derek 👏👏👏👏 Fish makes me dreaming since I discovered him 30 years ago
It cuts like a wire-cutter. Perfectly complex.
Brilliant! Best saxophone ever!
Looking forward to this album, but not the fact it's your last. Throwing the fins in Fish! I'm hopeful of a nice vinyl copy! I bought Script on the day it was released and I've been a fan ever since.
It is going to be my most often played song.
I had read this book during high school and it was an utterly depressing story but well written. I expected none other than Fish to be able to transmute this work into his own world. I escaped darkness, but this old f(r)iend ever keeps watch, piggybacking wherever I go, so I have to feed him every day. The diet is humour.
С большущим вкусом исполнено!Браво,Рыбина!
Fish & Jaxon. Awesome!!
Thank you for that Derek.....!
Fish is a part of my life.
This is a particularly splendid track. Great vibe to it.
Great track!!! Looking forward to concerts in Poland!!!
Sempre Grande. Grazie Fish.
Wonderful piece of music from the Big man !!!!
Just want to crawl inside my heart to reflect
Che artista immenso....che brano meraviglioso.... un duetto in questa canzone con roger waters sarebbe stato meraviglioso
Weltschemerz è un capolavoro...forse il suo album più bello ...poi penso ad album come vigil , raingods with zipoos ,Fellini days e feast of consequences e dico che è difficile dire qual è il migliore.. sicuramente è il suo grande epitaffio
Heart touching.
Hey, Fish! It's so cool as all that you doing! Good luck!
Fish Is Fish, no more words necessarry...
Wir haben alle unseren eigenen "kleinen Mann".
Wundervoller Song!
A piece of art!! Lost for words because of it.
A masterpiece 👏👏
Perfect ! Thank you from Germany
Absolute masterpiece. Love it.
Мощно! (Неожиданно)
More awesomesauce. Thank you my friend.
Great performance tonight. Thx
great song! Fish can't do wrong.
You are so good! I've always enjoyed all your music regardless ! !!!! I wish you the best, cus you earned it min!!!!!!
Great! Fantástic!!!!
que belleza!!!
That VOICE!
Great song, great lyrics
❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥
Damn, this hits close to home
I easily understand why this would be your favourite so far - in my opinion it's the best song you've done since Vigil!
Two concerts in Denmark and I can't attend any of them 😭
Sehr schön
goodbye...and thanks for all the fish!
voice sounds excellent
Brilliant track where the music fits the words perfectly .
speechless
Grandioso...!
This is a Morrissey song title from 1988.
Always beauty !!!
Super Song, super Stimme👍
Will miss the big man if this is really. (Childhoods end) But its been amazing..thank you Derek....class as allways......big man what now.....?????..
Well said my missus ...BIG MAN WHAT NOW .. it's turned into a long wait for this double album..but I know your gonna go out with the best for last ..... it's been a pleasure ..best of luck from us both .
Wonderful song overall! Amazing work!
Super
Love it
ROLL ON THE 27 th MARCH MANCHESTER ...CARNT WAIT TO HEAR WHAT THE BIG MAN GIVES US NOW
Beautyfull and amazing
What a good idea you had to split with marillion, it gives us 2 great bands instead of 1
Of course there are other great artists like udo, Steve harris, kai hansen, Dave mustaine, chick corea, Roger hodgson but Fish has something more, like js Bach
Nice!
Muito bom , gostei ~~~ y ~~~
Misplaced Childhood...Script...Fugazi...Clutching at Straws..sorry nothing he does these days are gonna touch them albums for me.Great artist who for me has been missed (Except for Vigil) since them days.All the best Fish..great memories..great music..Yesterday starts tomorrow,tomorrow starts today.
AFTER THE FINAL TOUR .THAT THE BIG MAN HAS PLANNED FOR US.( if they come to be)
Then this lyric will become that much more relevant..EXCEPT IT WILL BE .....BIG MAN WHAT NOW??...
Sounding like Pink Floyd's The Division Bell featuring FISH !!
Yes Finrôd, with a little bit of a Mel Collins touch !
Good comparison.
Nie wydaje mi się
I reckon you're really close on the money, there. Which is no bad thing, as is clearly evidenced here... \m/ (:o)
@@klistarf sorry, but why mention PF, this is FISH and FISH alone creating a masterpiece, love
Oh
no rush
of course you did old friend
I'm here again drunk as a pig but ,drives me on
I would love to find the correct lyrics to this song. They have been attributing "Waverly Steps" as a substitue.
I need the lyrics. please!
I googled it. Seek and you shall find 👍🏻
Come back and play the Royal in Keith once more big man
I love fish, but isn't this Zoe ,25 again?
Mark Hitchmough ... no I don't hear it mark ..granted he doesn't belt them out like ( forgotten sons..and the likes) anymore ...but he still a lyrical genius....a man with a gift for words
Lyrics!! please? must be engraved in stone
Thx for sharing, very nice, btw. I know the answer for the rethoric question: Just for today! ;)
Take care@g24h
GODDESS' RICHEST BLESSINGS
- NO OTHER GOSPEL -
THE ONLY TRUE AND FAITHFUL EVANGEL
- Peace to the surrendering ones -
The Eternal Covenant's Boundless Community in inconditional Love Goddess is Presenting to all people without any prerequisite is the Only Eternal Covenant between God and humans!
I'm sorry to say that, but that's what I feel. I love Fish in the Marillion season. After that, it's been more of the same. Each album is a copy of the previous one with slight differences. I realize that his voice is no longer the same, but what I miss is the theatrical voice with which he sang, the small nuances. Now is more a singer like many others. Marillion's Fish disappeared with his departure.
It's probably time you got over it. Fish left Marillion 30 years ago He's made a huge amount of wonderful music since then. And his voice sounds much more rich now when he sings in a lower register. He has aged like a fine wine. Get over it.
Mota Arkhe all copies???? Amazing they are all completely different
It's called getting old ( voice is no longer..the web ,forgotten sons ,, White Russian.) had one of most powerful voices in rock then ..but his solo albums are not copies of each other..don't see were you get that ( have you even heard everything since marillion) .. voice my not be the young mans it once was he is 60 ..but we still get the lyrical genius we've always got ..the man with a gift for words...
Sure he had an operation on his throat a few years back so hardly surprising. Damaged vocal cords by singing false furleto for so many years. I like both his styles of singing. This album has fantastic vocals.
Straitjacket808 I agree .every word you say is right ...I love his early voice ...as much as his lower key stuff ...but. It is the fish ..