Fish: Internal Exile
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- Опубліковано 10 сер 2014
- Official music video. Internal Exile by Fish from the album Internal Exile.
"I was inspired to write the lyric to this song in 1988 when I was in Scotland in residential writing sessions at Dalnaglar castle on the edge of the Scottish Highlands attempting to put together an album that would never happen with my then band Marillion.It was the first time since 81 when I joined the band that I'd spent longer than a few days in Scotland and I was meeting and talking to a lot of old friends who reacquainted me with nationalist politics. At the time it was a period of turbulence and passion as Margaret Thatcher was in power and Scotland was designated as the testing ground for the newly proposed controversial Poll Tax after having fatally damaged the coalmining, shipbuilding and steel making industries in previous years. I was caught up in the fervour and on moving back to Scotland in late 1988 I found my writing strongly influenced by the situation developing around me. The song was completed in the Summer of 1989 and although recorded for my first solo album "Vigil in a Wilderness of Mirrors" was held back and rerecorded to become the title track of my second album released in 1991. At this same time the SNP were putting together a concerted campaign that had a conservative government, now under John Major worried about the forthcoming election in April 92. "Internal Exile" was released as a lead single on the 9th September 1991 and alienated some of my fan base and the general media who saw the song as too political and a minority construing it as "anti English" which it was never intended to be. It was and is a pro Scottish song and I stand by these lyrics to this day. The song didn't receive much airpay at the time either North or South of the Border and I was told it was unofficially banned on some stations because of the sentiments.
In 1992 the hoped for swing from the Labour vote to the SNP didn't happen the Conservatives triumphed and John Major was again Prime Minister. Nothing changed.
I don't expect it to get much airplay these days either but as a song that illustrated my personal feelings then and my opinion now, neither of which have changed over the last 13 years and more, I thought I would put this clip up on You Tube for the first time at the same time as my official statement on my stance on the independence referendum is released."
Read Fish's statement here: wp.me/p4FlUV-CK
Visit Fish's website at fishheads.club
how can people not love this man fish ,his songs are just simply masterpieces,
❤
This is the most Scottish thing on the entire internet.
I am chilean.. but yours warriors. Living in ours minds..
This should be our independence song.
Fish should be on a Scottish Stamp, he's always been the face, heart and soul of Scotland 💖
And Marillion!
I used to work with a right prick back in the early 90s when I was an apprentice. But I'll be forever grateful to him for going out on his lunch hour, buying this album on cassette and playing it non stop in the lab. The bloke introduced me to the genius of Fish, so thank you sir👏
Imagine what a prick he would have been without Fish to direct him to let go his worst frustrations
You're welcome ya no good motherfucker!
Who can explain me, folk, why I am dancing like a Scott here in Russia? Damn, one of my favourite songs of Fish)))
Excellent !!!....my favorite song of Fish. Saludos desde Santiago de Chile ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Marillion fan since 1985, only discovered this song ,and some other Fish material last year on YT. I am from Australia , love this stuff.
It's great lyrics on this tune. Sounded great back then and still packs a punch the day. All the Scottish tropes you could want in one video here!.
Could listen for hours
I'm a Englishman loving this brilliant tune from fish
Brilliant!
I saw a clip on BBC4 Top of the pops the other night. 1995 I think.
Thankfully I found the full thing on here.
Awesome, well done! It's a brilliant song!!
I like the Dropkick Murphy's too.. I think they must have nicked this sound off you! xxx
The fact that this song was slated as being anti english because it told the truth should tell you one thing... you're doing it right.
This song was unlikely to get major radio airplay in the 90's anyway, at this point in time the charts were full of dance songs and boy bands, and this was too "out of the box" to get the recognition it deserved. Nothing has changed right up to this day, hard working artists get ignored, whilst the talent-less, one minute wonders that cowell and the other pop-pap producers continue to churn out get all the limelight.
Quality music doesnt need airplay. Your music will be remembered for what it is now, and what it always will be. Poetry set to music, with a story to tell. I for one cant imagine my life without your music in it, nor do i wish to, and the fact that so many other echo those sentiments, should be a great source of pride to yourself and all those who have contributed to your music.
Brown noser
Well said sir.
Scotland RESPECT from Poland!!!
Desde Argentina también !!!
Merci ! Fish ,excellents songs et Ballades
This is a song of the Scottish soul. Thank you! :) I have heard this song first time almost 25 years ago. And I still very like it.
For my father vivá escocia
God music is the humanity soul...( I´m from México and I love the good music wherever come from!!)
FISH: THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR MUSIC ! ! !
YOU ARE GREAT . . .
Fish!!! Você é o cara!!! Viva a Escócia!!! E sua alma!!!
Fier d'être écossais pour un peuple qui a une histoire... et Fish en est un des dignes représentants. Poète, chanteur qui me touche avec sa musique et ses textes depuis plus de trente ans.
This song reached Number 37 in the UK Singles Chart in September 1991.
Papá cada vez que escucho una gaita cuánta falta me haces... todo lo que decías es así... fish escocés tu desde cielo lo ves todo... gracias por tanta confianza
Amazing. A genius
I think that suit needs a comeback!
My Scottish Giant !!!
Such a happy song, and the video largely reflects that.
you do know its about how the scottish people want to leave England
@@donnapickett7674 not really - it's about residents in Scotland who wish to control their own affairs rather than be dictated to by a greedy neighbour!
Just heard this song and saw this video for the first time as a young 32 year old! Lol. Heard some old Marillion material growing up but when I heard your voice on Ayreon's Into The Electric Castle album it really inspired me as a lone musician and song writer. Looking forward to becoming familiar with your back catalogue and taking inspiration from you \m/
Its time to re watch Braveheart Love to Fish Love to Scotland
Back in those happy days when everything was ok.
Can’t wait to see you again and having the privilege to meet you personally 🥰
I love this song with a passion. The song and the video make me feel very homesick, though!
When I saw Fish on his first solo tour I always remember him doing a jig to this song. This brought back ace memories of that. Awesome stuff!
Well I've been looking for this for along time. Derek u used to work with my dad Roger Shaw in 1979 in Scotland. I was just a wee lad then. So enjoy your music even in South Africa. You rock...Well done!
thIS SONG IS BEAUTIFULLLLL, I LOVE IT
Listening to this while quaffing a 12 year old Highland Park and remembering my youth.
Great Stuff!!! Love this album. One of his best.
Great and happy song. Thanks!!!
Great song
I love this song and the video! Thank you for posting it!
SUPER-SONG VON FISH.INTERNAL EXILE,IST SO SCHOTTISCH WIE ES NUR SEIN KANN.ER IST JA SELBST SCHOTTE.MANN MUSS ES SO GUT ES GEHT ZWISCHEN DEN ZEILEN LESEN.HINTERGRÜNDIG IST ES❤
Being Scottish looks like fun :)
We'll get back to you about that on Friday!
Robin Laurén it is. ;)
I wish i was Scottish then. Or at least, fun. But hey, i'm going to be at the BrewDog AGM in about a month from now, so how about that!
It is that pal
I love you
"The land we stand on is never our own". Free Scotland, Wales and ONE Ireland!
"The land we stand on is never our own",talking about the peeps that go to "foreign shores"...did you notice he said "land" not scotland...as it does not exist,no borders exist,only on maps,you are told whom you are and what you are,there are no nationalities we are all the same,only the accents change,if you have a flag,it means you belong and you are not free,everyone you see waving a stupid flag,are what the Manics referred to as "Dumb flag scum"...these are the sheep,controlled b everything they hear and see...sorry.
@@chicsamson6457 Hippie
@@MemoryLaneCinema show me where you get that from...if you can't pin point it...your a complete ass
@@chicsamson6457 Your? You're or you are.
Oh and another thing,my original post...prove that any of it is wrong.....you won't and can't.....because it's right.
A wonderful Song amazing
Freedom,thats all I can say!!!!Yeah!!!!
Jeff fisher from Americam Dad bought me here 🤘✌
you did well! and I believe that no one has to avoid the thoughts of one who writes them into music
You the man Fish! one who backs his words is the real Man, and that is you sir!
Never heard this before but I like it.
What a voice! #Legend
I never heard this song as a hit but only yonks later,great tune for me
Thanks so much for sharing this! I don't think I had ever actually seen the video.
Great shots of Calton Hill and old Govan. Which castle is it though? Looks very familiar but I'm not sure. The whole thing really takes you back to the late '80s / early '90s eh? Brilliant.
I also found your piece on the referendum very interesting and honest.
You'll be missed by many when you move to Deutschland but we wish you all the best over there.
Saor Alba! Slainte!
It's Tantallon Castle :)
SagaDenmark Oh, near North Berwick? I kind of thought it was that one but I just couldn't remember the name. Thanks for that!
SCOTLAND!!!
great one
"Like our fathers before us we've eyes for America, dream of a new life on foreign shores. Wherever we go we always know that the land we stand on is never our own."
I love Marillion. I love Fish. But he has no f''''ing idea of how America works. You take that oath and this land is, as they say, my land, this land is your land.
Lovely song
Sensational song!
Amazing
Should’ve been the song we sung at the Euros!
I want to go back to Scotland....
Desde Argenntina Lindo-- Goood VIDEO
Great song, by a greater person. Good luck on the upcoming referendum.
Fish for president
uplifting !!!
Supremo
Fisch Good Luck!!!!!!!Fans From Poland!!!!!!!!!!!!
Pogues done this for years and were praised to the heavens, Now our celtic brother aka Fish does it and some of you are moaning ??????.Its a great sound and not meant as anything else.....
It's meant more than that..and Fish has always been flying the banners of the Isles.
I'm English (and a little bit Irish and Welsh) and I love this song. I might be wrong, but I'm sure I sourced some of the images for the video, back in the long long ago.
Yeah!!!
Scotland forever
Lindo ❤️
Demasiado...solo nosotros sabemos...
L.O.V.E. it!!!
Absolutely brilliant song.
ApolliX Tartan Nice Bernard. top dude
Fish!!!
:) had to play this after Scotland's third victory in a row on England in the 6 nations (though England played well)
The scottish lion throught the british territory the still persits!!
Dig it. Dig high fish. You bang.
FISH I LOVE YOU
A canny even Like it cause av auready Liked it 😖 ragin!! 😂
I saw a blue umbrella ☂️ in Princes Street Gardens
Heading out west for the Lothian Road
An Evening News stuffed deep in his pocket
Wrapped up in his problems to keep away the cold 🥶
Grierson’s spirit haunts the dockyards
(Where) the only men working (are on the) documentary crews
Shooting film 🎥 as the lines get longer
As the seams run 🏃♀️ out, as the oil runs dry
Hey 👋 there laddie, internal exile
When will you (realise) (see that) we’ve got to let go?
Hey 👋 there lassie, internal exile
When will you realise (we’ve) (you’ve) got to let go?
Starlings wheeling round Georgian spires
And the fires 🔥 of Grangemouth burn the skies 🌌
A lion 🦁 sleeps 🛏 in a tenement close
In the country that’s tired 💤 and deaf to his roar 🐯
Hey 👋 there laddie, internal exile
When will you (realise) (see that) we’ve got to let go?
Hey 👋 there laddie, internal exile
When will you realise (we’ve) (you’ve) got to let go?
+(we’ve got to go now)
+(won’t you please let us go now?)
+They bury a wasteland deep in the wilderness
+Poison the soil and reap the harvest
+Of blind indifference, greed and apathy
+Sowed way back in our history
+The fish 🎣 are few and the harbours are empty
+The keels now rot on our soil slicked shores
+The sheep 🐑 are gone, the farms deserted
+(We’re) (it’s) out of sight and we’re out of mind
+Hey there laddie, internal exile
+When will you (realise) (see that) we’ve got to let go?
+Hey there lassie, internal exile
+When will you realise (we’ve) (you’ve) got to let go?
Like our fathers before us we’ve eyes 👀 for America
Dream of a new life on foreign shores
(But) wherever we go we’ll always know
That the land we stand on is never our own
Hey 👋 there laddie, internal exile
When will you (realise) (see that) we’ve got to let go?
Hey 👋 there lassie, internal exile
When will you realise (we’ve) (you’ve) got to let go?
+These lines are omitted from the 7” and karaoke 🎤 edits
Did anyone catch the "Exile on Princes Street" reference?
Annotated videos like this are very welcome. Thanks.
Long Live the Union!
Where is the castle in the video?
Love the song, do you belong to a clan?
As for me - immortal song of real exMarillion lad. Excuse my english, I am from Russia)))
Согласен
Не, ну наши люди, однозначно...))))
The.real...
Papà para ti
Schotland stile song
Who's the bearded man on 2:38 ?
The only Scottish
Flag that should be recognized is the Lion Rampant
Love Fish love Marillion too,but love the union more.
Scottish independence died with the fucked up strategy of Sturgeon,the best cause of unionism to date.
Until she is gone Scotland can forget it🇬🇧🇬🇧
Scottish independence reborn thanks to the fucked up strategy of Johnson, the best cause of freedom to date, Unless he goes the UK will soon be forgotten SCO SCO
Dear Fish, thanks for sharing your thoughts on this song. To be honest, I'm really glad this kind of music never happened with Marillion and you took your pop ideas to be completed on your own. Sure, it's a nice little song you can move your leg to while working but I can't imagine listening to it at home. Marillion was always all prog to me and I really don't get it why spoil the mood with shallow, uninspired songs like Lavender, Incommunicado or Hooks In You (so that you know I'm not taking hits at you personally). Looking at your solo catalogue, I'm really glad you never forced most of those ideas into Marillion. You don't need a prog band anymore when you're done with the genre, do you? Anwyay, I really liked your recent album and, while it still has its "incommunicados" (I wish All Loved Up never made it to the album) I think it's a rather well arranged and inspired piece of work. Too bad Frank wasn't there to aid you, still not pleased with the guitar work there. Otherwise, a really good album. Keep it up!
Well that's the magic of Fish`s work he has a tendency for more songs to resonate
differently with others, and a great expectation we all have with new releases, I for one certainly cannot be upset with Fish`s musical output theres been more majesty than tragedy!
GALLEGOS ASTURIANOS SOMOS CELTIBEROS...
Tattie scones in a pop vid.....Words fail me.
Let them have independence and good riddance....
Indy died when Brexit happened -fact.
I'm all for Scotland to separate from England. But hell, I'm American!!!!!!!.
American by birth, Irish by blood and Southern by the GRACE OF GOD!!!!!
Patronizing Pish...An embarrassing piece of volume..Why waste yer luggies on this crap ?
Fish talks about his new album 'a feast of consequences' and gives a preview. In my opinion this new album [as can be seen from the title] is overblown and pretentious. The artwork mentioned is far inferior to the artwork on 'script for a jester's tear' and 'misplaced childhood.' In my opinion it's a shame that Fish has become 'up himself' I know many will disagree but I am sad to see one of the finest vocalists of all time reduced to this....
suilven mountain This video is from his second album - not A Feast of Consequences.
Of course, if you'd actually read the description right underneath the video you might have spotted the words "I was inspired to write the lyric to this song in 1988 when..."
Regarding your comment 'sad to see one of the finest vocalists of all time reduced to this.... .
I'm sorry you feel this way. Blind to the Beautiful is, beautiful. The song A Feast of Consequences is a bit close for comfort and The Other Side Of Me is just bliss to listen too. I'm not sure why you think it's pretentious, the new artwork is just different. I love it, but I respect that everyone has their own opinion ..... happy listening :)
Agreed - I don't want to get into an argument about opinions but I think that Fish's interpretation of the battle of High Wood, the Somme battlefield and WWI in general is also so very far from pretentious. Talking about "A Feast of Consequences" as a whole album - I find it hard to think of any moment that could be considered in this way. It's moving, genuine and sublime in so many places. The exact opposite in fact. Alright, maybe "All Loved Up" could be considered pretentious - but that's the protagonist of the song. If that irony is lost on you then I do feel that you've missed the point entirely.
Too low quality for today: 2014. The videos with Queen has only 2 miljon views when they could have 50 - 100 miljon each or more...... This is tv format of early 80´s quality. Worse quality than MTV ever had. Go HD now. Better use the right original master to do high quality music videos and attract a new audiance and sell more records. This video are the best there is but the audiance I am thinking of is the whole world and all ages. They won´t take the time to watch UA-cam music videos in 360 low quality..
This was filmed in 1991 and we didn't have the option of HD. The master will not be significantly different to this on You Tube
That's like saying black and white movies are not colourful enough for today! The video looks perfectly alright to me.
fat bastard, but great video